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** The Lina and Naga adventures (the ''Special'' novels, ''Special'' and ''Excellent'' [[OVA|OVAs]], and first four movies) are canon back story to all three.

** Additionally, manga adaptations exist for the first two anime seasons, ''Revolution'', and ''Evolution-R'', as well as two other manga series, ''Slayers: Light-Magic'' and ''Neo-Slayers: The Hourglass of Falces'', with ''Hourglass of Falces'' as possibly the first entry in a new ongoing fourth continuity.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Rezo is a bishonen who is unsettlingly calm and polite.

** Xellos, particularly the anime incarnation, is generally polite, well-mannered and charming... until he decides to remind the viewers that he's part of a race of [[Chaotic Evil]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]].

* [[Living Doll Collector]]: Episode 15 of ''Next'' has one of these, who also turns Lina's friends into dolls and attempts to kill her, for a filler related reason (re: None). {{spoiler|It turns out that the collector is actually a doll himself being manipulated by a doll-like Mazoku that he carried around.}}

* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: [[Word of God]] states that {{spoiler|Naga is actually Amelia's elder sister}}, though neither {{spoiler|Lina nor Amelia}} appear to be aware of this. (Naga never told Lina her real name.) {{spoiler|Naga's}} identity was concealed all three times she met {{spoiler|Amelia}} in continuity -- once intentionally.

* [[Long Speech Tea Time]]: When Dilgear is ranting about punishing Zelgadis for his [[Heel Face Turn|treachery]] and the death of the fishman Noonsa, the other henchmonsters are eating Noonsa.

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Mazokus are fond of these.

* [[Tsundere]]: Lina is a tsun-tsun subtype, but she definitely has a few dere-dere moments. The reverse is Filia, ignorance-based holier-than-thou attitude aside, with her [[Berserk Button]] (which Xellos has a talent for finding and pushing).

* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: Both older and current critics of the show argue that Amelia is a [[Trope Codifier]] of the [[Moe]] character archaetype, alongside Rei Ayanami of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''; Amelia has the [[Genki Girl|energetic]] and innocent aspects of the character, complete with a short yet bodacious body, whereas Rei has the [[Extreme Doormat|more demure and shy]] aspects (ironically, Rei was meant to be a [[Creepy Child]]). Now, though, with the craze in full swing, Amelia is arguably a subversion; she's no powerhouse, but she's far from useless (a trait that built overtime), has a go-getter attitude (most moe characters are unable to speak out for themselves), and has [[Stepford Smiler|deep and harrowing issues]] that arguably created her energetic and positive ideals in the first place.

* [[Underwear of Power]]: Lina wears what looks like yellow bra and panties over her tunic and leggings. Martina also wears a thong over leggings.

* [[Unholy Nuke]]: Lina's Dragon Slave spell (when it is not [[Played for Laughs]]). Just listen to the incantation.