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== The Dark Kingdom is behind Pluto's demotion to a dwarf planet. ==
It was just a matter of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|time...]]
* Actually, it would make [[Accidental Pun|chronologically]] more sense if it was [[Big Bad|Chaos]] who engineered it, as the Dark Kingdom would've been long dead and gone by the time of the planet's demotion, while Chaos, while dormant, would still be pulling strings from behind the scenes...
== Usagi is a natural master of [
The number of times she just ''barely'' manages to dodge an attack despite having no formal combat training violates the laws of probability. The sanest explanation for Usagi's incredible luck dodging attacks is that Jupiter taught Serenity a few things about self-defense in the Silver Millennium. The knowledge carried over to Usagi subconsciously.
This would also explain how she knows enough martial arts to pull off a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V980_NWYsmQ flying heel kick]
* If Silver Millennium's Jupiter was like [[Bleach|Tatsuki]], then surely she taught Serenity so much that Princess Serenity would be a black belt.
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The original manga reason for Chibi-Usa turning back from [[The Dark Side]] was specifically Setsuna's love.
Setsuna was also the one who gave Chibi-Usa the cat Diana, a plot point later [[
* Oh, and Pluto has red eyes.
** In initial manga sketches Chibi-Usa had blue eyes, just like Usagi.
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** Actually the reason for her fondness is quite obvious - ''anyone'' would get attached to cute Chibi-Usa if they were ''trapped in a time vortex all alone for eons at a time''. And Chibi-Usa is certainly cuddly enough...
== The Silver Millennium wasn't really a Utopia, but a dictatorship, with Queen Beryl being on the wrong side of propaganda. ==
* If we take it further, could be that the Ginzuishou is some sort of [[Gurren Lagann|Anti-Spiral]] drive, and everybody is turning to immortal being, but in eternal despair. A proof? If Crystal Tokyo was a perfect place, Sailor Pluto wouldn't be lonely, and Chibi-Usa wouldn't be bullied.
** No one said that Crystal Tokyo was perfect. It's just the next stage of evolution...the Ginzuishou controls time, rebirth and all that but it ''doesn't'' control the human heart. Uh...and Pluto was lonely ''even on her own planet''? Just like Neptune and Uranus.
** The Ginzuishou can't be an [[Gurren Lagann|Anti-Spiral]] drive - it powers the Moon ''Spiral'' Heart Attack.
== Humans and youma are the same species, and the Silver Millennium modified them; this resulted in the [[Balance Between Good and Evil]] being screwed up. ==
The Seven Shadows, who were prominent in the first major filler arc, all seemed to have been reincarnated into humans rather easily. The original versions of daemons from the manga (one of which appeared in the anime in Haruka's flashback) are referred to as "atavists": a regression in [[Evolutionary Levels]]. Messing with the personal [[MacGuffin]] of any character—soul mirror/star seed/whatever—seems to inflict or dispel the effect rather easily. This also explains why [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]]; Chaos and its children are trying to reclaim their own.
== Each of the senshi represent different religions. ==
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== All of History is a Plot by Sailor Pluto ==
Ever since the end of the Silver Millennium (1,000 - 20,000 years ago, depending on who you ask), Sailor Pluto has been manipulating the the fates of individuals and nations towards one purpose: ensuring that the genetics were set up right for the fallen children of the Moon Kingdom to be reincarnated in identical bodies. She did this, of course, because that's the only way to assure that Usagi and her friends will be able to raise Crystal Tokyo to replace the long-lost Moon Kingdom. (After all, if Usagi were reincarnated in a different body, [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|she'd end up being Misato Katsuragi or, even worse, Excel Excel]]. Murrue Ramius would of probably worked to Pluto's advantage, maybe)
* Now this troper is getting images of Sailor Pluto behind [[Who Shot JFK?|a certain grassy knoll]] with a sniper rifle in her hands.
** No, that's [[Red Dwarf
*** All part of Sailor Pluto’s manipulations.
*** A surprisingly regular trope in Sailor Moon crossovers where the Senshi aren't instant allies.
== Pluto is a demon of [[Warhammer 40000|Tzeentch]]. ==▼
Or is a former one, just so that she can fit into the above WMG. Also, the idea of Pluto with her fingers in the [[Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive|Gendo Ikari Finger-Steepled Pose Of Doom]][[
== Sailor Venus is Korean ==
The other Sailor Senshi's real identities follow [[Theme Naming]]: their family names start with the kanji that is used in the name of the corresponding celestial body. For instance, the "tsuki" in Sailor Moon's "Tsukino" means "moon". Sailor Venus is the one exception. The kanji used in the name of the planet Venus is the kanji for the most common Korean family name, Kim. Koreans are discriminated against in Japan, dating back to the pre-World-War-II Japanese occupation of Korea, giving Minako's family a motivation to change their name.
* Actually, had Venus followed the [[Theme Naming]], her surname would likely be Kaneno or Kinzokuno ("of metal"), similar to how the other Senshi are named after elements associated with their planets (Mizuno - "of water", Hino - "of fire", Kino - "of wood"). The reason is simple: Minako was created for the ''Sailor V'' manga before ''Sailor Moon'' was even conceived.
** Actually it would have been Kinno (Similar as Makoto's but spelled with
*** You've used the wrong readings of the kanji. The Japanese names for Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter are Suisei, Kinsei, Kasei and Mokusei respectively. Point stands that the Senshi's names are derived from the kanji of the planet names though.
** Conversely, her surname might be a pun to the Goddess Venus herself, as "ai" also means love, and Minako is something around the lines of "Beauty Child".
== Minako subconsciously altered reality while disguising herself as Princess Serenity ==
When Minako was Sailor V her compact was powered by moonlight, and when she she looked at her reflection in it the moon symbol appeared on her forehead rather then the symbol for Venus. Furthermore, the only other Senshi with an unusual surname is Hotaru who is the Messiah of Silence who is the counterpart of Princess Serenity.
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* It also has to do with Venus and Earth's moon having a lot in common.
== The Sailor Team was subject to meddling by [[
Most Sailor Senshi are ordinary humans, apart from their, well, Sailor Senshi powers. And those who aren't? Two espers (Rei and Hotaru), two time travelers (Setsuna and Chibiusa), and three aliens (the Starlights; four if you count their princess) -- in other words, the exact kinds of people Haruhi desires to meet.
* Does that make Usagi Haruhi and Mamorou Kyon?
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== The kid who turned into a Daimon in Sailor Uranus's flashback in ''S'' died later that day, despite his earlier seeming recovery. ==
Uranus and Neptune had no healing ability, there's ''no reason'' killing the Atavist would have healed the kid. (Which was also the case for these kinds of Daimons in the manga.) "Possessed" humans in previous seasons had to be healed via some technique or another. So until Sailor Moon shows up, Uranus and Neptune ''had'' to kill the possessed ones. Ironically the Witches Five moved to possessing inanimate objects with Daimons ''because,'' presumably, it's easier and there was no advantage since U and N just killed them anyways. Then Usagi comes along, is [[The Messiah]] literally, and scolds them for sacrificing people without providing an alternative ''for them.''
* Being fair, it's not like Usagi ever KNEW about the Kid. So she was saying those things on the basis of that these two were acting in a less-than-jake manner based on her own experience (and to be fair, up to this point, she's gone though a lot).
== Sailor Jupiter is the strongest of all Sailor Senshi. ==
When we first see her, she has superhuman strength. And the only one who lose their powers in the series are the ones who turn into monsters. That means that Sailor Jupiter still has her super-strength. Therefore, she is the strongest Senshi around. She is the "brawn" of the team, with Sailor Mercury being the "brains".
* This was debated?
** Possibly... Since "strongest" doesn't mean "most powerful", it's still valid. Also, Sailor Uranus almost ties with her in physical strenght, thus, making the Outer Senshi a team almost like the Inner Senshi (that is, if you count Chibi Moon on the team).
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The powers that Sailor Pluto possesses, not counting her attack magic, seem to align quite nicely with those said to be possessed by Atlantis in Escaflowne. She can see the future, teleport, and alter the future to some extent, all things that those with access to the power of Atlantis were shown to do. Additionally, her Garnet Orb looks suspiciously like a scaled up version of the energist crystals that the Atlantians and Hitomi used when channeling their power.
== The Death Phantom was [[Monster (
According to his back story in the manga, Death Phantom was an extremely dangerous and highly intelligent criminal who revived crime and murder in the utopia of Crystal Tokyo and could kill people indirectly. Not to mention his ability to corrupt and manipulate the Black Moon Clan and his reasons for wanting to destroy everything boils down to ''just because I can'' seem awfully familiar. So long story short, Neo Queen Serenity captured Johan and exiled him to the Planet Nemesis where he found the Evil Black Crystal and mastered its power which turned him into a immortal super-powered monster of death and chaos.
* Alternatively, Death Phantom is [[Death Note
== The Silver Crystal isn't Usagi's Star Seed. ==
In the anime the Silver Crystal was in seven pieces (none of them with her) for the first 14 years of Usagi's life, but she suffered no ill effect. Furthermore, the Silver Crystal was also used by Queen Serenity and later by Chibiusa.
* It was an anime-only point, though. In the manga, the crystal is the tool they need to take over the Universe, but not Sailor Moon's <s>Star Seed</s> Sailor Crystal, or else, {{spoiler|Sailor Cosmos couldn't travel back in time, as it was already passed to Chibi-Usa}}.
** The Silver Moon Crystal canonically is Usagi's Sailor crystal. She gave up her senshi powers when she became Neo-Queen Serenity.
*** Most people theorize that Sailor Cosmos is a fusion of Usagi and Guardian Cosmos considering the Ginzuishou's origins.
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== Chibi-Usa is actually Rubeus and Usagi's daughter ==
Be it by force or not, Rubeus ended up impregnating Usagi at some undetermined time. Chibi-Usa and Rubeus share the red eyes (duh), but also note that Chibi-Usa's black moon powers (i.e. turning into Black Lady). It was probably amplified by the blood running in her veins.
** Not that I care too much, but why the sudden influx of Usagi/Rubeus speculation in the SM fandom? Don't they only have, like, four scenes
== Luna and Artemis are from the same planet as Jake, [[The Cat
Why not?
* So, he's from Planet Mau as well? And you forgot Sailor Tin Nyanko.
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== Usagi wasn't originally meant to be the "Moon Princess". ==
As has already been mentioned, Usako Tsukino can be read as "the rabbit on the moon." However, while people have mentioned the Japanese version of the myth, which has the rabbit making mochi, the Chinese version has rather interesting implications. In the Chinese version of the story, a nobly born woman does something she really shouldn't (drinking a potion meant for someone else, usually, though it can vary), out of a misguided desire for attention or status (this also varies), and ends up trapped on the moon. Her bunny animal companion is busy making medicine that might be able to reverse the effect and allow her to return to the ground/earth and to freedom.
So if Usagi is the rabbit, the facilitator who opens the way for the princess, the true princess is someone else. (possibly even Minako) Or was meant to be, anyway. Though this could instead be interpreted as Usagi opening the way to restore the ancient Moon Kingdom, with the woman on the moon symbolizing the magitechnology and prosperity of the Silver Millennium.
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*** Except Chibi-Usa is [[Older Than They Look|born within the next thirty years or so,]] making her [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|over 900.]]
*** In the manga, but in the anime they don't ever say that ChibiUsa is that old. Anime ChibiUsa can be assumed to be the age she appears.
*** Speaking of [[Chibi
== Sailor Moon is in the same universe as [[
How else can the government give such stupid explanation to clearly supernatural events purported by the villains? Because Builders League United is covering them up.
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* This could be part of the very reason why Sailor Cosmos wanted the Galaxy Cauldron destroyed. If she is in fact a far-future incarnation of Usagi (everything seems to point in that direction), then who knows just how many times she has experienced it over and over again? That would be enough to drive ''anyone'' to the breaking point, and what is more heart-wrenching is that even though she went to the past to try and change it, she failed. If this is true, the entire series is one gigantic [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]], and [[Big Bad|Chaos]] [[The Bad Guy Wins|ultimately wins]].
** Wow, that's an awesomely depressing theory.
** Sailor Cosmos explicity states, that she travelled back in time because she lost hope of ever winning against Sailor Chaos. Otherwise, the endless rise of the new forms of darkness to challenge the light, represented by Senshi, is pretty much canonical for the manga. Usagi believes that it is possible to just defeat them every time, though, and seeing as she managed to avoid repeating the fate of Queen Serenity in the end of the Dark Kingdom arc, she might be on to something.
*** Allow me to present my counter-argument:
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* Endymion and Serenity conceived only one child who is a pre-teen after a supposed thousand years of marriage. That goes a fair bit beyond [[Chaste Hero]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|or perhaps stops well before it]].
* The Inner Senshi in the present day were able to defeat the Black Moon Family, but in Crystal Tokyo their best (and only) plan was to convert themselves into [[Barrier Maiden|power supplies for the city's defense shield.]] Did they all go the way of [[Final Fantasy IV|Tellah]] or what?
* [[Put
Where does this leave us? By my estimation, somewhere right around...
== The Time-Space Door is actually a [[Doctor Who
== Dub!Fish Eye is a trans
== King Endymion's mask is prescription. ==
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Shingo really isn't an idiot, in fact across all versions of the series he's shown to be rather clever and intelligent (if a little apathetic in the live-action version). Like many other teenage girls Usagi presumably keeps a diary, and Shingo, like many younger brothers with teenaged sisters, breaks into it from time to time. All he needs is one little slip up to figure out the whole thing. Several time he's also shown that he loves and respects his sister greatly... just so long as she doesn't know about it, and of all the Sailor Senshi Moon is his favorite, despite his obvious crush on Ami. He also had a rather close relationship with Chibi-Usa, because he knew that she was his niece and wasn't sure just how much time he would get to spend with her.
== Sailor Pluto is a [[Doctor Who
The true reason she is not allowed to open the Gates of Time is because that would let the Daleks in. Time travel within this pocket universe uses another door or set of doors inside the TARDIS since it'd be silly to travel using the TARDIS while you're inside it.
* Romana?
* Or, alternatively, the Gates of Time are her TARDIS. The wibbly-wobbly interior is because she never put up a desktop background- the 'Fourth Dimension' we see is the true, untamed interior of a TARDIS.
* Considering the rumours going around back in the 1990s that Setsuna's dub name was going to be "Susan", Sailor Pluto isn't ''just'' a Time Lord - she's ''[[Doctor Who/Characters/Companions and Supporting Cast/Classic Series Companions#Susan "Foreman" (First Doctor)|the First Doctor's granddaughter]]''. She's certainly exhibited enough of The Doctor's powers... although regenerating into the same appearance (as shown after she died but got better) is something he hasn't (yet) figured out.<Ref>Although he eventually ''will'', as shown by [[Doctor Who/Characters/Doctors#The Curator|The Curator]] in the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Special ''The Day of the Doctor''.</ref>
== Sailor Iron Mouse Was a [[Doctor Who
== Chibi-Usa is not Mamoru's daughter. ==
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Basically, the Senshi thought it was just another enemy trying to destroy the world. Only this time, it was either get rid of the villain and let the Deep Freeze occur, or let the [[Omnicidal Maniac]] create an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]. The Senshi may have tried to stop the Deep Freeze, but it ended up being the only alternative to total destruction.
== Esmeraude was [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
The events of the Meakashi-hen arc convinced me that Shion will be reincarnated into the Black Moon family. I mean the green hair, the [[Evil Laugh|crazy laughing]] (ESPECIALLY the laughing). It fits almost too perfectly.
== The Moon isn't ''supposed'' to be the center of the solar system. ==
A lot of people mention that it doesn't make sense that a relatively small planet's single moon is the center of the whole solar system's government. Maybe it wasn't originally that way, but Queen Serenity gained enough power that she engineered the Moon's rise to power? Perhaps she was from the Moon and married to royalty from Earth, but then later she became the ruler and decided to remake the way the solar system was governed to have the Moon Kingdom rule over all the others. This would explain why there is tension between Earth and the Moon. It would also explain why the Moon Kingdom simply has the ''Silver'' Crystal whereas Earth has a ''Gold'' Crystal. Perhaps her defeating Ice Princess Kaguya had something to do with it?
* This troper always assumed the Moon was something vaguely like the [[Justice League (animation)|Hall of Justice]] or Babylon5 in that it really existed only to be the seat of the moon kingdom, but wasn't actually a Kingdom in and of itself. It was just the seat of the High Queen.
* Another possibility to consider is that the original Earth Kingdom suffered a coup d'etat and went into exile on the Moon, thus becoming the Moon Kingdom.
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Xena used to be evil, right? Also, she's a warrior. Not to mention that with a little imagination, her clothes look like Galaxia's sailor suit. So, Xena, not satisfied with ruling only her own planet, started taking over other planets, where she either recruited or killed warriors as skilled as herself.
* Before Eris got its official name established, I actually stumbled upon a fanart drawing called "Sailor Xena". I'll leave its contents to the reader's imagination.
* This is hilarious for anyone who watched the show with the German dub - Galaxia and Xena have the same voice actress in their German versions.
== All of the villains are in purgatory. ==
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Aside from the name, they're both monsterous women who need crystals (different reasons). Also for some reason, the anime design for Nehellenia includes an eye-like crown thing. In Eversion, {{spoiler|there is a giant eye in the room you meet her at.}} Mostly saying this because of the names.
== Usagi is one of the reincarnations of the [[Warhammer 40
We know he has been reincarnated many, many times in mankind's history. We know he has great powers. We know he hates non-humans. We know he is almost always a ruler. Who else could Usagi be?
* Since when does Usagi hate non-humans? Extending a welcoming hand to everyone, even eldritch abominations, is pretty much her defining characteristic.
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== Kaorinite is a clone of her original self. ==
Think about it for a second. She's the only villain in the series to be resurrected. She says that Tomoe did it in the anime, but how exactly did he do it?
== When Chibiusa went back in time, she created a split timeline. ==
This one is pretty obvious, but if you look closely you can see drastic differences between the Neo Queen Serenity from Sailor Moon R and the one that we see from that point onwards, indicating that before Chibiusa became involved, things happened much differently.
In the original timeline, obviously the Dark Moon never was an issue, and therefore the Sailor Senshi were never powered up, there was no reason to. Thus, when the Pharaoh 90 issue came around they were grossly under prepared. Sailor Uranus and Neptune never realized any respect for any of the Inner Senshi, so they never listened to them. Of course the Holy Grail was still found and Usagi still got it, but Uranus and Neptune never saw her as anything even remotely close to a Messiah, and Pluto just went along with it, perhaps she was colder in this reality. In the end, Uranus and Neptune kill Hotaru, who without Chibiusa's heart crystal was never able to become Mistress 9, and Pharaoh 90 was never summoned (thus the chalice was never destroyed). Usagi got upset and decided she would never forgive Uranus and Neptune for being murderers, however Uranus and Neptune didn't care, they didn't see Usagi as a threat since she wasn't able to stop them and went rogue. As the Dark Circus arc came around, the Inner Senshi are still underpowered as they never gain the powers of Pegasus, but Usagi has the chalice. In the end, instead of finding a peaceful resolution with Nehelania, Usagi is instead forced to kill her to save the world, not being able to find an alternative. At the same time the Chaos incident, with her spirit already broken from losing Hotaru and killing Nehelania, she doesn't hold back and kills Sailor Galaxia instead of saving her.
Thus in the future Neo Queen Serenity is a cold and bitter ruler, she has lost her sympathy for those who cause trouble, and banished those from the Dark Moon instead of trying to find a peaceful resolution with them. She is so jaded she isn't even able to express her love to her own daughter, thus Chibiusa doesn't even think her own parents care about her. This also explains why the original future Senshi are so weak, in comparison to the Senshi from the second timeline. When Chibiusa went back in time though, everything turned out for the better, the Senshi get stronger faster, Hotaru, Nehelania, and in turn, Sailor Galaxia are not killed, and Usagi ends up a happier person who doesn't lose her child-like innocence afterall.
== At the fall of the Silver Millennium, Sailor Venus devastated Earth ==
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* According to the Egyptians, when Man disrespected Ra he sent Hathor, the goddess of love, to teach them respect. In a single day she exterminated most of mankind, and she didn't finish the job because during the night the other gods (all of them) created a sea of beer and got her drunk.
* Aztects myths give Venus two gods. Xolotl was Venus as the Star of Evening, and while the god of bad luck and death was not malicious (he helped the sun to return from the underworld, and in some traditions helped the deads to reach the afterlife). Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli was Venus as the Star of Morning, and had the bad habit of causing harm to the people by shooting darts.
* Morning Star is a traditional name of Venus, whose Latin equivalent is [[Exactly What It Says
All these myths of Venus or the Goddess of Beauty and Love bringing death or disgrace have to come from somewhere. Add that Minako in the manga actually echoed the 'all the men I love die' and the 'causing horrible smell' parts, that her [[Stalker
== Mamoru's Golden Crystal is the result of being a chimera ==
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== Sailor Pluto is related to [[Doctor Doom]] ==
[[Word of God]] is that Sailor Pluto is of [[Romani]] descent. Now who else do we know of who's also a time-traveling Romani sorcerer? Setsuna could be Victor von Doom's daughter... or alternatively she could be his ''mother'', after Doom liberated her from Hell.
== Sailor Mercury is a Time Lord ==
She's certainly smart enough, and at least in the first season she avoided violence. And that outfit she wore on her date with Urawa Ryo was straight out of the 1950s. Besides, [https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7049665 would fan art lie to us?]
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