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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Is Hitomi a scheming, man-stealing bitch or a good friend who wanted Sayaka to confess to the boy she liked instead of endlessly pining after him? This has been exacerbated further since, in the bonus route in the PSP game, she becomes something of a [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] once {{spoiler|Sayaka tells her she refuses to give up on Kyousuke.}}
** As of episode 9, Hitomi seems to worry about Sayaka and wants to ask Madoka about what's going on, but is refused. That would lean towards the third speculation: {{spoiler|she and Kyosuke may be now an [[Official Couple]] (and in the mangas, they ''are''), but she's still worried about how Sayaka could be taking it.}}).
** Besides, let's be brutally honest here: Kyousuke didn't hate Sayaka, but he didn't like her in that way either. If he did, he'd have let her know when he checked out of hospital. [[Your Mileage May Vary|YMMV]] on what this makes him, but whatever that is, the fact is that a relationship just doesn't work when one party isn't interested in the other, no matter how much vice versa is true. Hitomi's actually in a bit of a bind here - she likes Kyousuke, and maybe even has evidence that Kyousuke likes her back, but because neither he nor Sayaka is willing to bring matters between the two of them to a head and resolve them at last, however messily, she's the one who's forced to act. In this light, that she did at least give Sayaka a chance to take her own shot is, whilst maybe not angelic, certainly kinder than she could've been; and it's [[Locked Out of the Loop|hardly her fault]] that she just happened to [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom|have very, very unfortunate timing in doing this.]]
*** It's also implied in the anthology that Kyousuke is uncomfortable about starting a relationship with Sayaka because he isn't in love with her, and doesn't want to fake his feelings, especially since it would come off as him being in debt to her (which is exactly what Mami warned her about in episode 3). He chose Hitomi because they could have a normal relationship.
** Some suggest that Madoka's {{spoiler|self-sacrificial nature}} really comes from a sense of [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|self-worthlessness]].
*** Madoka's [[Image Song]] adds to this, with lyrics indicating her as a [[Stepford Smiler]].
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Both the scenery and the city are the same as always
Even though I expected nothing would change,
I still think I'm the only one who is small. }}
** Many (all?) Witches are implied to have very tragic back stories. Because of this, several people like to [[Draco in Leather Pants]] them, especially [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Charlotte]].
*** Charlotte's scene: [http://images.puella-magi.net/6/6a/How_The_Hell_is_Charlotte_MOE.jpg as told from her perspective].
** Is Walpurgisnacht laughing or crying?
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Pretty much the reaction to having a fixed date for the last two episodes of the series.
** Some rejoiced when they found an ''[http://www.madokamagicausa.com English]'' website for the show. Some time later, Aniplex USA announced they got the license.
*** [[Cristina Vee]] has joined the fray just makes it sweeter. Now this means that [[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]] will take a [[Darker and Edgier]] line.
** They're releasing a video game. A video game with art by Gekidan Inu Curry ''and'' with Urobuchi being involved in development.
** And it's now official! The show is getting not just one movie, but ''[http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* [[Base Breaker]] Opinion is spilt on Kyubey. He's either a {{spoiler|disgusting, [[Complete Monster|irredeemabley evil]] [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]], or an [[Cute Is Evil|adorable]], yet [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmarish]], [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|with admirable goals]]}}.
** The characters involved in the Sayaka-Kyosuke-{{spoiler|Hitomi}} [[Love Triangle]] are fairly controversial, especially as people have different opinions on who was to blame for the tragic results.
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Awesome Music|Now has its own page]].
* [[Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy]]: Between the characters' [[Poor Communication Kills|unwillingness]] to listen to each other and the overall hopelessness, some viewers wonder why they should care. See the variant mentioned on the main page.
* [[Death of the Author]]: [[Word of God|It has been stated]] that Shaft made the opening without input from Urobuchi or any of the other writers and that it carries no real meaning. Fans still believe that it does (for example, the [[Cats Are Magic|black cat featured in the opening and the resulting witchery in-series]]). Given that [[Word of God]] has now explained the cat, this may be
* [[Deconstruction Fic]]: [[Magica Madoka Veneficus Puella]] is one example.
* [[Die for Our Ship]]: {{spoiler|A portion of the fanbase now despises Hitomi for confessing to Kamijo and, unbeknownst to her, completely breaking Sayaka mentally and emotionally. Not to mention turning her into a witch, killing her and the person who [[Mercy Kill
** Actually, {{spoiler|she did talk to Kamijo... but it's not known ''what'' she exactly told him. Did she truly say "I love you" to Kamijou, or did she say "Sayaka-chan loves you, why are you so mean to her?" instead? Only Urobuchi and Co. know?}}
*** It is heavily implied {{spoiler|that Hitomi was confessing for herself, and Hitomi outright stated that she had had her eye on Kyosuke for a while, and that she was interested in pursuing him. Furthermore, with the faces Sayaka makes as she listens in on their conversation}} it's kind of hard to doubt.
**** Which is ''still'' not reason or excuse for the fandom's bashing and slutshaming of {{spoiler|Hitomi}} and the canonization of {{spoiler|Sayaka.}} As said above, {{spoiler|Hitomi}} had no idea of WTF was going on, and would've likely thought twice if she at least knew {{spoiler|Sayaka}} had reasons to not confess; if {{spoiler|Sayaka didn't take the headstart given to her}}, it's ''her own responsibility'' and not {{spoiler|Hitomi's}}.
***** Part of the reason the prevalence of the theory that she was {{spoiler|confessing on Sayaka's behalf}} drives me
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Kyoko is a cynical, antisocial [[Social Darwinist|darwinist]] who is prone to [[Ax Crazy]] mements and allows familiars to kill people so they can become Witches that produce Grief Seeds, she mocks Sayaka's wish and goads her into fighting {{spoiler|(Although she starts to show a softer side after learning the [[Awful Truth]] and then trying to speak to Sayaka)}}... but the fandom adores her [[Fan Dumb|and some use her to bash Madoka.]] And this was from ''before'' her genuinely [[Dark and Troubled Past]] was revealed.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Mami.}}
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** With a [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Revolutionary_Girl_Utena_and_Madoka.png Revolutionary Girl Utena] homage/send off, you bet it is.
* [[Ear Worm]]: ''Sis, puella magica'' is one of the most haunting melodies of the show.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Mami. We've only seen her for three ( {{spoiler|actually five, but the fourth was an alternate timeline}}) episodes ( {{spoiler|And then she gets [[Killed Off for Real]]}}) , but due to her sheer sexiness, badassery and really awesome [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QEa4TiHDBA theme], she is well liked by the fans. She even went on to win Saimoe 2011 (a tournament of the most [[Moe]] characters of anime in the recent times), directly beating Kyouko and Madoka from this series, and other popular characters like [[
** Out of all the witches, Charlotte, who has a respectable amount of fanart despite appearing for all of two minutes. Even though she's an [[Eldritch Abomination]], many fans find her [[Killer Rabbit|adorable]]; having a face that wouldn't look out of place next to [[Hello Kitty]] helps with that. The biggest reason for her popularity though is likely her status as the {{spoiler|[[Knight of Cerebus]] - most of the artwork of her is with ''Mami'', albeit usually under a more benign setting.}}
*** Also, with the revelation that {{spoiler|witches are corrupted magical girls}}, there's now fanart popping up depicting what Charlotte might have looked like {{spoiler|as a human.}}
*** Fanartists have also latched onto the [[All There in the Manual]] tidbit that Charlotte loves cheese but is [[Tragic Dream|unable to create it]]. Awww.
**** With at least a couple of them even attempting to speculate on [[Tear Jerker|why]]...... [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/865755 Example]
** Depending on how much you view her as a separate character {{spoiler|past Homura would count, due to her [[Shrinking Violet|combination]] [[Meganekko|of]] [[moe]] [[Adorkable|factors]]...and the fact that [[Took a Level
** Kyubey's face shows up in the strangest of places in Japan - namely arcades and price tags for stuff in specialty stores -, not quite rivaling [[One Piece|Tony Tony Chopper's]] popularity in that respect but getting there. A curious case considering {{spoiler|he is the closest thing to the series' [[Big Bad|main villain]]}}
** A bear-themed magical girl has managed to catch a lot of attention from fans, despite only showing up for the briefest of seconds in episode 12.
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** The real kicker? Some of those were ''[[I Knew It!|right]]''.
** [[Up to Eleven|The real kicker]] [[Groin Attack|to the groin]]? Some of those that were right qualified as [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees]] ''right off the bat''.
* [[Esoteric Happy Ending]]: the series ends with {{spoiler|Madoka being the [[Abstract Apotheosis]] for Hope, changing the [[Magical Girl]] system for the better and creating a new universe with no Witches and somehow making it convenient for everyone, Incubator and Human alike.}} Everything seems to be okay, right? Well... not exactly. {{spoiler|First, the only thing Madoka changed in the system was that they won't become Witches, which means that they are still subject to have their souls being transformed into an fragile Soul Gem. Second, She didn't change much to everyone's lives. Mami's parents are still dead, Kyouko's family are still killed, and Sayaka still got screwed over in the [[Love Triangle]] with Kyousuke. Third, instead of becoming Witches, the Magical Girls simply fade away, being whisked by Madoka and thus leaving behind no body. Lastly, Madoka [[
* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: {{spoiler|Madoka sacrifices herself for the humanity in the final episode that first aired on Good Friday. And the logical conclusion is..?}}
* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: When Madoka gets worried about Sayaka's well-being due to the latter's strong sense of justice, Madoka's mother tells her to do something wrong to balance it out. While the qualifier she adds makes it valid advice (that it's easier to recover from mistakes while you're still young, and learning to pick yourself up will be a valuable skill as an adult), this advice ''might'' be what possessed Madoka to {{spoiler|snatch Sayaka's [[Soul Jar]] and throw it off a bridge above a freeway}}. <!-- in-universe%% -->
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* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Rewatching early episodes is kind of uncomfortable in light of [[Wham! Episode|recent events]].
** {{spoiler|In [[Whole-Episode Flashback|Ep 10]], the Sayaka in a previous timeline asks if Homura can use any weapons other than [[Stuff Blowing Up|bombs]] because she thinks she might get caught up in one of the explosions. Later in that timeline, guess how [[One-Winged Angel|Witch!Sayaka]] is defeated?}}
** In a more [[Meta]] example, Episode 10 featured the image of a destroyed and flooded Japanese city. Shortly after it aired, Japan got hit with a massive earthquake and tsunami.▼
** Kazuko's [[You Have to Believe Me|wacky]] [[Character Filibuster|ramblings]] about her failed relationships. In the first episode she warns the girls about men who judge women by the eggs they can prepare. {{spoiler|Incubator}} turns out to be exactly that kind of guy. In episode 4 she goes off on a tangent about biological eligibility having nothing to do with finding or pursuing love. Unfortunately {{spoiler|Sayaka}} is in no state to listen and only [[It Got Worse|gets worse]].
*** It's also possible that, in light of what happens to {{spoiler|Sayaka}}, her frustration, instead of something to be taken lightly, might actually be a symptom of deep depression.
* [[Genius Bonus]]: This show is crammed full of it, from the [[Shout-Out
** Physicists will laugh when they realize that Kyubey is {{spoiler|[[w:Maxwell's demon|Maxwell's Demon]].}}
** 魔法少女. Mahou Shoujo. Magical Girl, right? Lets examine this. 少女: Shoujo, which means girl. 魔法. Mahou, which means magic, right? Not
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*** It gets even more obvious when you realize the choice of
** The outside of Homura's house is rather reminiscent of a locale in the video game ''[[Shadow of Destiny]]''. Some ome of the possible titles used before they settled on the final one were ''The Day and Night of Walpurgisnacht'', ''Days of Walpurgis'', and ''Time Adventure''. Sounds like a regular [[Shout-Out]], no? Well, the game is about a man who {{spoiler|travels back in time to prevent his death multiple times}}, which it turns out is {{spoiler|very similar to what Homura is trying to do with Madoka}}.
** The witch Oktavia von Seckendorff {{spoiler|who was once Sayaka}}. Her name comes from Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, who composed for "Der König in Thule", the poem that prefaces Goethe's ''[[Faust]]'', as well as wrote a book called "Das Rad des Schicksals" (The Wheel of Fate). Oktavia fights by throwing wheels, and the word "Schicksal" appears in her labyrinth. Also, the Wheel of Fate (or Fortune) is a tarot card which symbolizes "possibilities, opportunities, new developments, sudden changes"; {{spoiler|a rather apt description of Sayaka's life after meeting Kyubey}}.
* [[Growing the Beard]]: If the first two episodes didn't already show a stubble to some fans indicating this isn't the usual [[Magical Girl]] series, then [[Wham! Episode|Episode 3]] should've done it.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: In hindsight, it's pretty unfortunate that Mami just so happened to wear her Soul Gem as a [[Hair Decorations|hair dec]], {{spoiler|since she loses it along with her head}}.
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* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: {{spoiler|Oktavia's scream. Nightmarish because, well, ''[[Eri Kitamura|it's Sayaka's voice.]]''}}
* [[Het Is Ew]]: The amount of fans who simply cannot accept Sayaka devoting herself to a male love interest is ''staggering''.
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* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: Almost every episode will leave you off with an unstable mind trying to comprehend what just happened.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Sayaka refuses help from any magical girl who does not meet her ideal of justice. {{spoiler|She gives Kyoko a grief seed from a witch just because Kyoko briefly helped her in the fight. She also refuses a grief seed from Homura, knowing that her soul gem was too tainted for her to go on that way.}}
* [[Hype Backlash]]/[[Hype Aversion]]/[[Angst Aversion]]: This is the second most popular [[Magical Girl]] anime on [https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/all?include_tags=218 Anime Planet] (the most popular being the ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion|Rebellion]]'' movie), and the most popular magical girl anime on [https://myanimelist.net/anime/genre/66/Mahou_Shoujo MyAnimeList.net] in June 2023. Of course someone is going to feel like the series doesn't live up to their standards (given ''any'' good show, and a large enough crowd, you will find someone who dislikes it).
* [[I Knew It!]]:
** Episode 6: {{spoiler|Soul gems are [[Soul Jar|soul jars]].}}
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* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Madoka x Mami, Madoka x Homura, Madoka x Sayaka, Madoka x ''herself'' (the last one comes from the opening animation). [[Hilarious in Hindsight|It's slightly hilarious]] that the trope namer is ''[[Doctor Faustus]]''.
* [[Les Yay]]: [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Ho Yay|We have a separate page for this]].
** Every character has at least one possible lesbian pairing. It's a mahou shoujo anime with an all
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*** The big couples are [[Rescue Romance|Homura and Madoka]] (the former is curiously obsessed with the latter) and [[Slap Slap Kiss|Kyoko and Sayaka]] (the former suddenly takes a big interest in the latter after they have a heart-to-heart, and {{spoiler|they both die right after a ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' reference of all things}}).
*** Sayaka{{spoiler|'s witch form is a mermaid}}, Kyoko's magical weapon is a <s>harpoon</s> spear, make of that what you might. Also, in the episode {{spoiler|Kyoko took Sayaka down with her}}, the episode-end guest-image is a [[Catgirl]] Kyoko.
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* [[Love to Hate]]: Kyubey. Most of the fans would love to see him die horribly, yet he's also a [[Fountain of Memes]] and the source of much humor and entertainment in the fandom.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Kyubey's line in episode 9 cemented him as one in many fans' eyes.
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** {{spoiler|Homura}} becomes one in ''Rebellion'', being even able to completely outdo the above-mentioned Kyubey in the end.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Both Homura Akemi and {{spoiler|Goddess Madoka.}}▼
▲* [[Memetic Badass]]: {{spoiler|Goddess Madoka.}}
** Also, to a lesser extent, Junko Kaname is a bit of a [[Memetic Badass|Memetic]] [[Badass Normal]]. She's among the few characters (from all media) the fandom assumes can take on Homura on even footing.
* [[Memetic Molester]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDNKIWKslhE Kyubey.] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/855506 Oh, Kyubey.]
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Has its [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Memes|own page]].
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: There is a whole boatload of artwork for {{spoiler|Goddess Madoka}}.
* [[Memetic Sex God]]: Mami, or more specifically, her breasts. They have ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131016062238/http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Mami%27s_mammies their own wiki page].''
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Yuki Kajiura's mother apparently works out to "Magia", of all things.
* [[Moe]]: Very much so, though not in the way people were expecting. The promo materials made it look like the "adorable [[Magical Girl
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: Kyubey [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbZrPHuTOLo has gotten] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dkUk0knlf8 this treatment].
** Many of the witches also get this treatment in fanart. Which may be justified, considering {{spoiler|they started out as Puella Magi prior to reaching the [[Despair Event Horizon]] and becoming witches}}.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: The fandom is divided on when he becomes an [[Acceptable Target]] of much fan hatred (the infamous '[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/2939 Everybody hates Kyubey]' pool in Danbooru (NSFW) standing as eternal proof of this), but the most commonly believed [[Moral Event Horizon]] crossings are either when {{spoiler|he mislead Kyoko into believing that Sayaka could be saved after turning into a witch, leading to her [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and leaving Homura as the only Puella Magi to fight Walpurgisnacht - all in hopes that Madoka would contract with him}}, or {{spoiler|his casually delivered line asking Madoka to give his kind a call when she'd be ready to die for the universe}}.
** {{spoiler|Kyouko's father killing his entire family after finding out that his older daughter's wish was the only reason for his popularity. Kyouko survived but ended up bitter and amoral.}}
* [[Narm]]: Considering that Kyubey's "charm" is his [[Perpetual Smiler]] traits, his [http://i55.tinypic.com/106kap5.jpg "Nightmare Face"] from the manga (which he pulls when {{spoiler|Homura calls him "Incubator"}} ''could'' come off as more ridiculously overblown than truly scary. Even more since, ever since then, he's drawn with stupidly [[Anvilicious]] [[Black Eyes of Evil]], as if the viewers were idiots who needed to constantly be reminded of how [[Captain Obvious|eeeeeeeevil]] he's supposed to come as. A little subtlety, people,
** Mami's cute little hops with bended knees and pigeon toes before her [[Transformation Sequence]] were... well, pretty out of place.
** In episode 11, {{spoiler|Walpurgisnacht}} is supposed to be a ''very'' dramatic fight... except for {{spoiler|Walpurgis the witch}} having a super ultra high-pitched [[Evil Laugh]] that completely ''ruins'' the effect. [[Most Annoying Sound|Shut up, stupid bitch, just SHUT THE GODDAMNED HELL UP!]]
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** Charlotte's [[One-Winged Angel]] is a large worm that appears to be made out of candy and looks as though it has the face of a clown. It's something of the equivalent of [[Code Geass|Lelouch's pink sword]] in dramatic effect, especially after it {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Fuel|dev]][[Cruel and Unusual Death|ours]] [[Tear Jerker|Mami]].}}
** The signature head-tilt can turn a serious and dramatic moment somewhat narmy given how unnatural it looks.
* [[Narm Charm]]: In episode 12, when {{spoiler|Madoka makes her wish and [[Out-Gambitted|out gambits]] him}}, the camera zooms to Kyubey [http://i52.tinypic.com/33e7ytg.png making His Most Epic Face
* [[Nausea Fuel]]: {{spoiler|A regenerated Kyubey eating the corpse of his body which Homura had just killed.}} Oh my GOD... eeeeeew.
** That is, unless you think that it's actually {{spoiler|another member of the Kyubey race. [[I'm a Humanitarian|Eating his own]] to replace him and absorb his knowledge.}} Insert more 'eeeeeeew'.
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* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Witches are everywhere and they are responsible for suicides. Whats worse, they are completely invisible to normal humans until you wander into their lair, wherein you will be killed in a most horrific way. That friend of yours online that just killed herself? Could have been because of a witch. Wanna take that shortcut through the alleyway? Could walk in right into a witches lair. You are never safe.
* [[Possession Sue]]: Sayaka is not a [[Mary Sue]] in canon, but a pretty loud part of the fandom loves to overproject on her. Sometimes to extremely uncomfortable degrees: in their view Sayaka is a pure little girl who never commits mistakes, never should be responsible for the missteps she takes, deserves {{spoiler|Kamijou}}'s penis handed to her on a platter because she healed him, is soooooo like the poor woobie that her "fans" are in [[Real Life]] and thus {{spoiler|Kamijou}} is her property and {{spoiler|Hitomi}} is a whore who must die for daring not to give up on her feelings for him [[Completely Missing the Point|since that's soooooo like what happened to them in real life]]...
* [[Rescued
** The rescuing also comes in part on eventually learning the truth about Magical Girls and the reason why Homura actively keeps Madoka from joining a career as a Magical Girl: {{spoiler|it's in fact a [[Deal with the Devil]] that involves transforming into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Be Careful What You Wish For|just for a single wish that you are very likely to screw up]]. Madoka became [[Genre Savvy]] enough in one of the timelines to made Homura promise to keep her from becoming a [[Magical Girl]].}}
* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: A big part of the [[Fan Dumb]] really, ''really'' took {{spoiler|Mami's [[Freak-Out]]}} in a horrible way.
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* [[The Scrappy]]: Danbooru has ''[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/2939 an entire pool]'' (WARNING: MANY IMAGES ARE NSFW) dedicated to fanart of people maiming, killing, and otherwise beating on Kyubey. At last count the pool had 250+ images and climbing.
** Though most of the hate doesn't actually come from the fact that he's annoying, but because of his morally questionable (if [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|well-intentioned]]) decisions, which result in him having a large share of the responsibility for the characters' suffering.
** Hitomi gets a ''lot'' of flak from the fanbase due to the fact that her hooking up with Kyosuke caused so much trouble with Sayaka, or simply [[Die for Our Ship|they think Sayaka would be better with him.]]
* [[Serious Business]]: [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Magica_and_Science There are people running MATLAB simulations over this show.]
** That's nothing compared to a ''[[Up to Eleven|224 page]] [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Literature_on_Madoka book]''!!!
** The fact that the fans has go deep and wide to discover '''every single''' symbolism in the show; from the Witches' back-stories, meaning of their name and its connection to said back-stories, astronomy connection of said names, philosophical and psychoanalysis of the characters, foreshadowings, deciphering the runes, thermodynamic, Homura's {{spoiler|time travel mechanic}}, Mitakihara's architectures and their comparison to the real-life buildings, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|canon's evidences of those yuri undertones]]...
* [[Shout-Out]]: There's a pretty blatant [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' in Episode 9.
** And one to ''[[Bokurano]]'' in the same episode.
* [[So Cool Its Awesome]]: This series is one of the, if not THE, most acclaimed show in 2011 and everyone and their grandparents are talking about it. The series' thread on this site holds a record for the fastest growing Anime thread. Yeah, it qualifies.
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* [[Wangst]]/[[What Measure Is a Non-Badass?]]: Madoka is [[The Scrappy|condemned]] for being emotionally crushed by all that happens to her and not react with violence or bitchiness, as well as hesitating in becoming a [[Magical Girl]] after {{spoiler|her big sister mentor Mami dies ''horribly''}} and realizing that being a [[Magical Girl]] involves a [[Deal with the Devil]]. The fanbase simply ignores the part on how Homura told Madoka that if she becomes a magical girl she will lose ''[[Deal with the Devil|everything]]'', and Madoka's doubt comes in part from being drawn into a lifetime of servitude [[Be Careful What You Wish For|just for a single wish]]. Oh, and her emotional breakdown reaches its peak in Episode 6 when she loses it and {{spoiler|tries to stop Sayaka from fighting Kyoko by throwing away her Soul Gem, not knowing the effects of said action}}. Thus, Madoka had to endure some time being called "emo", "selfish", "bitch", "lazy", "whiny", "slut" until she redeemed herself to a part of the fanbase by [[Messianic Archetype|openly dying for your sins]].
** Made worse when we see that {{spoiler|if she ''does'' become a Magical Girl, Madoka is very similar to still living!Mami: a reliable, cheerful, and ultimately self-sacrificial [[Magical Girl Warrior]] with inner struggles}}, therefore this means that she MUST take up the contract or people will keep calling her "stupid weakling" for not living up to their "standards" of what a "strong female character" must be... while obviously missing the huge downside of her {{spoiler|being WAY more likely to become the most powerful Witch ever.}}
** And in some circles, '''very''' bad things have been said about {{spoiler|Sayaka}} and {{spoiler|Mami}} after the first's {{spoiler|[[Freak-Out]] and transformation into a Witch}} and the second {{spoiler|[[Go Mad
*** Don't forget how the first is idiotic, offensive and weak (if not ''slutty'') for having {{spoiler|Kamijou}} as her major motivation. [[Double Standard|But when Homura does everything just for Madoka, it's A-Okay!]]
**** Which is even sillier since {{spoiler|Sayaka}} has every reason to care so much about {{spoiler|Kyosuke}}, as they've known each other since they were kids. {{spoiler|Homura}} on the other hand threw her life away every bit as unknowingly as Sayaka, but for the sake of a girl she met [[The Dulcinea Effect|a month ago.]] On the other hand, an argument can be made for {{spoiler|Madoka}} being more willing to return {{spoiler|Homura's}} affections than {{spoiler|Kyosuke}} is for {{spoiler|Sayaka}}
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** A part of {{spoiler|Hitomi}}'s hatedom also comes back to this trope, since [[Real Women Don't Wear Dresses|she's a girly-girl]] who "dares" not back off in her own word {{spoiler|and does ''not'' pull an [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] when the tomboyish Sayaka doesn't confess to Kamijou}}. Being a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] who doesn't bow to a [[Tomboy]] is an horrible, terrible sin!
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: From [http://princess-kally.tumblr.com/post/13771473595/apparently-madoka-magica-is-very-misogynistic this blog]...
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** Chew on that and remember the old magical girl genre conundrum... why are there no magical ''boys''? Surely not only females [[Closer to Earth|are so ruled by their emotions]] that only they can possess such unstable powers? Just sayin'.
* [[The Woobie]]: '''[[World of Woobie|Everyone in the whole Goddamn series]]''' (aside from Kyubey) makes the viewers want to give them a big hug and tell them that all is going to end well (even if it really doesn't), but special mention goes to Homura for being an '''[[Iron Woobie]]'''. There's a reason her [[Fan Nickname]] is {{spoiler|[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|Homurika]]}}, you know.
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Little Girls?|What Do You Mean, It's Not For Little Girls?]]: Hey, look at this show where the casts are all little girls who wear cute dress and can do magic {{spoiler|[[Wham! Episode|OMG DID THE SANDWORM JUST BITE THAT GIRL'S HEAD OFF?!]]}} [[It Got Worse]] from there.
* [[World of Woobie]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Kamen Rider Ryuki]] meets [[Magical Girl
** In which in turns into [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] meets [[Magical Girls]].
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