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* [[Human Doorstop]]: Zelgadis and Gourry get used as an anchor and dragon-bait at the end of a giant fishhook respectively in the course of the same ''Next'' episode.

* [[Humanity Is Infectious]]: Though not too much, being "tainted" with humanity can cause distinctly unnatural behavior in Mazoku. The most famous example of this, in-series, is Chaos Dragon Gaav.

* [[I Call It Vera]]: Filia's mace is named "Mace-sama".

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Gourry.

* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: {{spoiler|Zangulus}} wouldn't do that just to prevail over a man, but in such circumstances...

* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]]: Lina's treasure, specifically the Orihalcon statue, in the first season.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Lina and Zelgadis

* [[Kiss of Life]]: Episode 7 of ''Slayers NEXT'' -- During a meal hunt for a dragon on a boat, Zelgadis almost drowns. Amelia suggests giving him mouth-to-mouth, in which he promptly blushes, expecting her to do it. Unfortunately for him, the (male) captain gives it to him. And to make matters [[Squick|squicky]], the captain [[Ho Yay|licks his lips after doing so]]. It accumulates even ''further'' when, at the end of the episode, it's revealed that Zel himself resembles the captain's late wife...

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]/[[The White Prince]]: Parodied. Both Lina and Sylphiel has an image of a prince -- noble, heroic, handsome, blond, clad in white, riding on a white charger. Then they meet Amelia's father, Philionel el di Seyruun. He's the Crown Prince. Very impressive looking and quite [[Badass]]. [[Martial Pacifist|Peace]]- and [[For Great Justice|justice]]-loving. Merciful. Minor user of [[White Magic]]. He even sometimes rides on a white horse. Problems? {{spoiler|He looks like a bandit who just climbed down the mountain, and is ''slightly'' nuts}}.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Rezo (after we find out about him), Gaav, and Valgaav are really the only ones that qualify. Most of the other Gods/Monsters don't have this profound an effect on the tone of the show since they have comic relief/lighter moments (even Phibrizzo).

* [[Konami Code]]: [[Played for Laughs]], one of Amelia's famous finger pointing moments that she usually gives with her all-empowering support speeches actually prompts the code to activate on screen.

* [[Lady Land]]: {{spoiler|Played with in ''Slayers Next'' episode 17 where a city of only women, which does not allow men to even enter. It is shown to have many men crossdressing as women (presumably sons of women of the city who did not wish to part with their children) in order to stay within the walls.}}

* [[Large Ham]]: Amelia and her father.

** Gourry, again for exposition purposes.

* [[Love Freak]]: Ditzy [[Cute Clumsy Girl]] Amelia is a rather satirical example.

* [[The Magic Touch]]: Astral Vine to enchant anything sharp including corporeal spell effects to damage targets immune to normal weapons. Amelia eventually creates the Visfarank spell to apply the same sort of general effect to her fists.

* [[Market-Based Title]]: The TV series was marketed as "The Slayers" outside of Japan. When [[ADV Films]] licensed the OAV and films, they retained the original name.

* [[Mundane Solution]]

* [[Mysterious Watcher]]: Xellos.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Gourry.

* [[Neutral Female]]: Parodied in the first episode, when Lina is attacked by bandits and Gourry comes to her aid. Lina is preparing to just blast the bandits into oblivion, but then realizes that she's supposed to be all passive and girly in these situations.

** In the second volume of ''Super Explosive Demon Story Slayers'', the scene goes exactly as in the anime. The subject is mentioned briefly in the third volume, where Zelgadis, after capturing Lina, wonders why her spells were so weak... "Oh, I know! You're in THESE days!"

* [[Not So Harmless]]: Jillas from above. Despite being comic relief for the first quarter of Try, he manages to separated the gang from Filia and Xellos, get the others into a situation where they could't use magic, all through tactical and psychological manipulation. And he later outdoes himself by creating an explosive rocket, that is as powerful as a dragon slave.

== O - Z==

* [[OAV]]: Six of these were produced, each of them set before the events of the TV series and covering the adventures of Lina Inverse and a solitary companion, a [[Gag Boobs|ridiculously buxom]] and extremely flaky sorceress called "Naga the Serpent", who served more or less as a one-woman [[Goldfish Poop Gang]] and [[Unknown Rival]] to Lina.