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* [[Action Girl]]: Right from the first few words of the theme song, it's very clear that this reboot not only embraces the original "girl power" themes underlying the original ''Sailor Moon'', but extends and expands them.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Rabbit-head imagery appears on just about everything Usagi owns, starting with the umbrella she carries in the opening credits, and even extending to the ''brand logo'' on her laptop computer.
** It's also the logo for the company that makes the "Sailor V" cabinet video game, judging by a poster several places around the Crown Arcade in episode 11.
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Following in the footsteps of the [[Live Action Adaptation]], ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal'' uses a new theme written for it instead of the venerable "Moonlight Densetsu". Rather than being about finding one's "miracle romance", the new theme is about being a strong and determined woman ready to do battle for what she believes in.
* [[Art Shift]]: Compared to the original anime, which disturbs some fans. In addition to a crisper, sharper look (no doubt thanks to modern digital animation) with a hint of pastels in the coloring, the overall art style harkens directly back to the original manga.
* [[Badass Damsel]]: Late in episode 9, after regaining Princess Serenity's memories, Usagi vows that she will never be a "tragic princess" again.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Metaria's final strike against the Moon Kingdom before being sealed away turned everything in it into a poisonous black mineral. This effect apparently extended to the ''entire'' Moon.
* [[Benevolent Precursors]]: According to Queen Serenity, this is one of the reasons for the very existence of the Silver Millennium: "to watch over Earth and help it improve."
* [[Big Blackout]]: Imposed by Kunzite on Tokyo in episode 9.
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* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Used in the Sailor Senshi's transformation sequences, to make smoother [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning and twirling]]. Pulled off relatively well for Usagi and Ami, but [[Special Effects Failure|not so well in Rei's case]]; she looks the most like a 3D model.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Upon regaining her previous incarnation's memories, Usagi realizes the Princess was basically this at the end of her life. She vows [[Badass Damsel|never to be the "tragic princess" again]].
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In episode 11, the sword brought back from the moon is shown to be powerful by how a diamond shatters when struck by it. Because it's hard, it's held up to be be ''tough'' as well. But diamonds, hard as they are, are ''brittle'' -- you can shatter one easily with an ordinary hammer.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: As in the original anime, the Senshi have one under the Crown Arcade. Unlike the original anime, though, this base appears to be in a pocket dimension rather than a sub-basement.
* [[Evil Vizier]]: Oddly enough, Beryl appears to be this to Metaria. Rather than the devoted servant we've seen in previous incarnations of the story, she's ''using'' Metaria to achieve her own ends while fully intending to deny Metaria its own goals.
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* [[Flashback Cut]]: When Usagi and Ami's hands touch for the first time, Ami gets a momentary flashback to the Silver Millennium. Rei gets one just upon ''seeing'' Usagi the first time, as does Makoto.
** Usagi gets her own in episode 8, and comments that she felt like she was almost about to remember something important.
* [[Forbidden Fruit]]: Revealed in episode 9 to play a big part
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: Played with -- Sailor Moon's "sonic attack", which in the original anime was used during her first appearance and never seen again, here shows up twice -- but the second youma [[It Only Works Once|is unaffected by it]].
* [[Free Prize At the Bottom]]: How Ami gets her henshin wand and Usagi gets her disguise pen -- they're both dispensed from the ''Sailor V'' video game when Ami beats the high score.
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* [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]]: Umino -- and they're huge to the point of comedy.
* [[Paper Master]]: The youma behind the Crystal Seminar.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Usagi starts with Rapunzel Hair, but in the wake of regaining the memories of her previous incarnation, her hair accelerates its growth to an incredible degree, leaving her looking like a scene out of ''[[Tangled]]''.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Serenity during the Silver Millennium had a habit of secretly traveling to Earth just to hang out -- and then later to meet up with her boyfriend.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Queen Beryl is not above showing up in the human world and taking a hand in matters.
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* [[Weird Moon]]: It always seems to be full, for weeks at a time (until it's necessary for the plot for it ''not'' to be full), and when full is much larger than "normal". And when it's not full, it's always a distorted crescent whose points almost touch, enclosing a black circle. It also only has realistic surface detail when it's full, otherwise it's flat white.
* [[Windows Match the Drapes]]: Ami. Also Kuri, one of Usagi's pre-Senshi friends, who has matching dark amethyst hair and eyes.
* [[Wings Do Nothing]]: The projection of Queen Serenity in episode 10 has accessories to her gown which look like dragonfly wings, but which don't seem to have any purpose but to look pretty (or make her image, at about a foot tall, look like a fairy).
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Mamoru looks like the college student he was in the original, but turns out to be a junior in high school, per his depiction in the manga.
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