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*** You know what bugs [[Comartemis|me?]] That more people don't notice that and assume Ami's the weakest just because her FIRST and WEAKEST attack is a support spell with minor offensive power.
** First of all, the Outers are stronger. Second, Ami is water, but seems to concentrate on ice.
** I have a theory: Mercury isn't controlling water directly, but kinetic energy. It would explain why she seems to control water in all three phases, and why a seemingly liquid wave (Shine Aqua Illusion) causes instant frostbite; it's supercooled. With a little imagination, she could potentially be the deadliest of the inners if not the entire team, by
*** Incidentally, this is how Ami's powers first manifest in ''Moonshadows'', a [[Darker and Edgier]] reimagining of the Sailor Moon mythos.
*** Call me completely unfamiliar with physics, but how does draining the kinetic energy out of something hurt it? And what's ''Moonshadows''?
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* Why don't the monsters in question just attack during the [[Transformation Sequence]]? She's wide open, after all.
** [[Transformation Is a Free Action|You don't interrupt]] [[Fan Service]]. Hordes of angry, horny nerds are a terrible enemy, especially if the target is even vaguely female.
** It's worth noting that the senshi rarely transform in front the monster of the week. Usually they transform out out of sight, then jump in with the [[
** And why don't the supervillains ever send more than a bare handful of monsters and goons at a time? As Nixon said when he learned of the disastrous attempted hostage rescue raid in 1980, "Six? You sent six helicopters? Why not a thousand? It's not as if we didn't have them!"
*** Because of [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]]. 'The more enemies, the less threat they pose'.
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*** Certainly true in PGSM, anyway; the stock footage in the anime is so prevalent that it's pretty hard to tell.
*** Episode 106 of the anime appears to confirm this. In Haruka's backstory, which is shown from her point of view, we see Michiru transforming instantly.
**** I refer you to [http://www.genvid.com/lunarch/faqyou/magical.html here]{{Dead link}} (WARNING, some non work safe images therein) and specifically to 1.05. The Lunar Archivist answer better than I ever could.
*** Actually, the main anime series never seems to decide on how long it takes. In the first season episode when Usagi gets captured alongside Mamoru, she transforms in front of him in the elevator. It goes at the usual stock footage speed, but intercuts reactions from Mamoru.
*** It's not as contradictory as you think. All he did was look at her and say "What? Sailor Moon?" That, along with Usagi's inner debate and transformation, were slowed down to make it more dramatic.
** I'm thinking the transformation magic opens a little dimensional pocket inside which the actual transformation happens that closes upon its completion. It's somewhat like how [[X
** Okay, so if the transformation sequence all happens in a blink, then why don't the monsters attack them when they're doing all the posing? "In the name of the moon, I will pun-AAH!"**
*** [[Captain Obvious|It's rude.]] And Sailor Iron Mouse does leave during the speech in one of the episodes of [[Star S]].
*** In episode 63, Sailor Moon does her speech, then it cuts to Kooan powdering her face and then asking "Huh, did you say something?" which shows they have plenty of time during the [[In the Name of
*** For that matter, why don't the other Sailors use the same opportunity for sneak attacks?
* How old is Sailor Pluto, anyway? And who built the Time Gate and installed her there?
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** It's clearly stated that Sailor Cosmos is an illusionary form of Chibi Chibi.
*** No it wasn't, its the other way around Chibi Chibi is the illusionary form of Sailor Cosmos.
*** [http://2.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/203/18-002.0/compressed/l17.2.069.jpg\]{{Dead link}} and [http://7.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/203/18-002.0/compressed/l17.2.072.jpg\]{{Dead link}}
*** This troper thinks that Sailor Cosmos is actually is an ultimate form of [[Chibi Usa]]. This actually makes sense because as we know her mother's reign was peaceful. And then Chaos reappeared. After an ages of fighting, Chibiusa/Sailor Cosmos despairs and flees to the past where she meets Sailor Moon. So in a way they both encourage each other. Sailor Moon defeats Chaos. And Sailor Cosmos returns to her time to defeat Chaos there.
** I remember reading something from Naoko about how Sailor Cosmos was the future Sailor Moon. It doesn't really need to be Usagi, just Sailor Moon. Could be that eventually, Usagi's family line morphed from being able to turn into Sailor Moon to being able to turn into Sailor Cosmos. Maybe Sailor Cosmos is a distant descenant of Neo-Queen Serenity?
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** The point was to show that they are together not only because of destiny.
* On the subject of Mamoru [[Break His Heart to Save Him|breaking up with Usagi to protect her]], why didn't Chibi-Usa vanish out of existence, since she's their daughter and all? Is it because they didn't know it yet? I mean, in something like ''[[Back to
** I want to say it's because the ultimately got back together in the end, but given how she faded out of existence in the early part of Stars, that kind of shoots that theory to hell.
* During the Makaiju arc, why didn't Eiru and An stay a couple when disguised as humans instead of pretending to be siblings?
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** My guess is that Endymion's kingdom didn't actually encompass the entire Earth.
** Fridge Logic to the original answer: His Kingdom is only the Northern Hemisphere. Hence the Shitennou.
** Maybe Far East, North America, Europe and Middle East were their primary ''hunting grounds'' as members of the Dark Kingdom (saying primary because the [[Codename: Sailor V]] manga shows a subordinate of Kunzite working in Tokyo itself, with a side-activity in Honolulu).
* How come (in the anime at least) Chad/Yūichirō sleeps on the temple steps? That doesn't look remotely comfortable.
** Yuichirou falls in love at first sight with Rei and decides to sleep on the steps so that next day he can ask for a job at the shrine. (Presumably his previous address is too far away to get back in one day and he just doesn't want to delay.) He doesn't sleep on the steps again after that first night.
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** Whoever designed the transformation was obviously [[Crazy Prepared]] regarding making sure that they would always be elegant looking, no matter what.
** According to The Materials Collection, it's hinted that certain powers/attacks(i.e. Shabon Spray, Fire Soul) comes from their magically painted nails(gloves or not).
* This may seem a bit stupid about getting upset over, but in one
** Seems rational an orphan would like friends being around.
* About the senshi's powers, when they get upgrades, do they lose their previous abilities in exchange for the new ones, or do they get to keep the previous powers? An episode in the R season suggests the latter. On the other hand, Moon's previous abilities seem to disappear everytime she gets a new wand.
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** This isn't the only question. Assuming that the senshi have some ability to keep their enemies from recognizing their civilian forms, why didn't Kunzite notice that the same girls appear at these contests would appear shortly before the senshi appear?
* What was the point of returning Hotaru to her father, only to take her away later? (From the standpoint of the writers.) Did they not know what would happen? It seems kind of cruel, and it's not really mentioned again later on.
** The in-universe reason is that the Sailors are not omniscient, not even Pluto. They gave baby Hotaru to her father to give them a chance at a normal life, one where Hotaru would no longer be tainted by her possession by Mistress 9. It's not their fault they eventually failed (a whole season later, at that). The out-of-universe reason is that Professor Tomoe [[Spared
* How does Tuxedo Mask get to the fight scene in time? The Sailors themselves always just happen to be there by accident, but Mamoru can be at a completely random location at that time.
** In the anime, before he realized he was Tuxedo Mask, he would go into a trance whenever Sailor Moon transformed. Afterward, I'm guessing he just has a sixth sense about protecting Usagi, so he probably has a backup plan to get to her quickly. Also, while brainwashed by the Dark Kingdom he showed an ability to teleport. And on top of that, he's showed flight in a few episodes.
* This one has probably been analyzed to hell and back, but... Why is Pluto linked with time and Saturn with death? Wouldn't it make more sense the other way round?
** [http://www.genvid.com/diesgaudii/saturnpluto/new/index.html It has, in fact, been analyzed to hell and back.]{{Dead link}} The main point is that Sailor Moon draws from more than just Greek/Roman mythology.
* How come that Queen Beryl immediately recognized Tuxedo Mask aka Mamoru aka Darien as Prince Endymion but she didn't recognize Sailor moon aka Usagi aka Serena as the moon princess?
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* In the anime, a big deal is made of the fact that Chibi-Chibi looks just like Usagi. Not her sister, but rather her daughter or even closer. Well, in the manga, it makes sense for them to look similar. In the anime... it doesn't.
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