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* [[Book Ends]]: Episode one took place during the Maiden of Fire festival (with Rio as the maiden) with the girls standing at the fort entrance waiting for Kanata to report for duty. The last scene in the TV broadcast ends with them at the same spot waiting for {{spoiler|Rio's replacement}}. The bonus episode thirteen, which marks the final episode of the entire series, take place exactly one year later during another Maidens of Flame festival, this time with Kanata as the maiden.

* [[Bottle Episode]]: The events of episode eight occur within the confines of the Clocktower's dining room and a few nearby corridors.

* [[Breather Episode]]: The first DVD exclusive episode is a silly, lighthearted story, occurring between [[Wham Episode|episode seven]] and eight. Similarly, episode eight acts as a breather episode built around [[Overly Long Gag|waiting for a phone to ring]].

* [[Breather Episode]]: The first DVD exclusive episode is a silly, lighthearted story, occurring between [[Wham! Episode|episode seven]] and eight. Similarly, episode eight acts as a breather episode built around [[Overly Long Gag|waiting for a phone to ring]].

* [[Bring News Back]]: Someone has to tell the Roman and Helvetian forces that the peace treaty has been signed since the [[Epic Hail]] range is fairly short for people without [[Super Senses]].

* [[Bullethole Door]]: In order to take out their [[Spider Tank]] a hole in the wall is required. They went a bit overboard, though.

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* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: It may take {{spoiler|fighting your own army}}, but things can work out in the end.

* [[Eat the Dog]]: Rio's immediate reaction to Shuko's appearance is to try to [[Crowning Moment of Funny|make dinner out of the owl]], before Filicia instead adopts her as the [[Team Pet]].

* [[Eyecatch]]: Consisting of [[Chibi|simplified drawings of the main cast]], along with a happy little tune. The music is absent in [[Wham Episode|Episode 7]] though, and the eyecatches are dropped altogether in episode twelve.

* [[Eyecatch]]: Consisting of [[Chibi|simplified drawings of the main cast]], along with a happy little tune. The music is absent in [[Wham! Episode|Episode 7]] though, and the eyecatches are dropped altogether in episode twelve.

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: {{spoiler|Klaus}} is not really the Desert Wolf, just a really good lookalike. However, this doesn't stop him from becoming a real hero and saving Kureha in the middle of a typhoon.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Seize, an animated copycat of Cuenca, Spain, is in the country of Helvetia, a Switzerland stand-in where Helvetian (French) is the main language. Elements of several other cultures are present, especially those of Japan. Furthermore, in Rome, people are [[Ambiguously Brown]] and speak German.

* [[Festival Episode]]: The festival in the first episode has many distinctly Asian traits despite being set in an Ersatz Switzerland. Episode 7 also features Toro Nagashi/[[You Mean Xmas|Fiesta des Lumiéres]].

* [[Festival Episode]]: The festival in the first episode has many distinctly Asian traits despite being set in an Ersatz Switzerland. Episode 7 also features Toro Nagashi/[[You Mean "Xmas"|Fiesta des Lumiéres]].

* [[First-Name Basis]]: Filicia, the leader of the 1121st, prefers that everyone call each other by name instead of rank to promote friendship.

* [[Foreshadowing]]

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** A more subtle example in episode four, when Noël asks Kanata if she is frightened by a machine that’s killed many people. After the revelation that Noël is the Witch of Helvetia, she was asking the question with respect to herself as well, rather than the Takemikazuchi alone.

* [[Forgiveness]]: Seen in {{spoiler|Aisha }} and [[Fridge Brilliance|less obviously]] in Filicia.

* [[Freak Out]]

* [[Freak-Out]]

** Noël has one near the end of Episode eleven and throughout episode twelve, the latter being induced by a [[Hannibal Lecture]] delivered by Hopkins

** {{spoiler|Filicia}} in the Episode 7 flashbacks. She loses her faith in a fair world after her ordeal and recovers by following the example of the person who rescued her, {{spoiler|Iliya}}.

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* [[Image Song]]: There are five so far, each featuring various combinations of the cast.

* [[Imagine Spot]]: In the second episode, Kanata imagines what the world might've looked like if not for the war, with the girls all practicing music while wearing [[Joshikousei|school uniforms]].

* [[Improbably Female Cast]]: Played straight with the 1121 Platoon and {{spoiler|Filicia's old team}}, but averted for the rest of the military, who hit the opposite end of the sex balance.

* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]: Played straight with the 1121 Platoon and {{spoiler|Filicia's old team}}, but averted for the rest of the military, who hit the opposite end of the sex balance.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]:

** The Fire Maidens.

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* [[Modesty Towel]]: When the group relaxes in the hot springs at the end of the fifth episode, these come into play. They aren't used in the first OVA.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The entire story alternates between slice-of-life elements and exploring the harsh realities of war.

** Episode seven is in essence a [[Wham Episode]] about the [[War Is Hell|darker side of warfare]] and ends on a contemplative note. Then… '''[[Memetic Mutation|AIJOU YUUJOU]]'''!!

** Episode seven is in essence a [[Wham! Episode]] about the [[War Is Hell|darker side of warfare]] and ends on a contemplative note. Then… '''[[Memetic Mutation|AIJOU YUUJOU]]'''!!

** Episode eleven ends with the cliffhanger with {{spoiler|a gunshot being fired and it's unknown if it's the Roman soldier A’isha or Noël who's been hit}}. The scene fades to black, and the viewer is treated to more '''AIJOU YUUJOU''!!

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Spider tanks possess rappelling gear that proves to be highly useful for rescuing people.

* [[Music for Courage]]: From the very first scene of the series.

* [[Never Gets Drunk]]: Much to Kureha's sorrow in the OVA, as everyone else gets plastered. She also gets sick from drinking without even getting tipsy.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The preview for [[Wham Episode|Episode seven]] was the girls making cicada noises over a visual of Noël and Kureha doing laundry.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The preview for [[Wham! Episode|Episode seven]] was the girls making cicada noises over a visual of Noël and Kureha doing laundry.

* [[No Sense of Direction]]: Kanata does have a tendency to get lost easily, although she enjoys it. This is averted in Noël's case, who manages to find the observation stations despite having lost their compass, although it does take them a little longer than they would otherwise have.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Humorously done with Noël in the first OVA, where the garrison (plus Sister Yumina) plays a war game and she goes on a rampage with her modified water Gatling gun. This may have something to do with Filicia spiking the tea with Calvados. Either way, it further reinforces the fact that Noël isn't a [[Emotionless Girl|Rei clone]].

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* [[Scenery Porn]]: The regions untouched by the war are beautiful landscapes with lush vegetation and blue skies.

* [[Scavenger World]]: Some of the ancient technologies can be operated, while others serve unknown functions

* [[Schizo Tech]]: The 1121st are equipped with World War II era equipment but happen to have an inoperational computerized high-tech [[Spider Tank]] in the garage. This is clear in episode four: glass-blowers replicating a machine-made laser-sensor lens using traditional manual techniques find that the task is challenging.

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The 1121st are equipped with World War II era equipment but happen to have an inoperational computerized high-tech [[Spider Tank]] in the garage. This is clear in episode four: glass-blowers replicating a machine-made laser-sensor lens using traditional manual techniques find that the task is challenging.

* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Filicia and Rio are seniors to the other three, but it's most notable in how Kanata and Kureha look up to Rio.

* [[Shout Out]]: Kanata mentions swearing the Oath of Parador when joining the army in Episode four - the series 'creator' is named as "Paradores". In Spain, a ''parador'' is one of a chain of luxury resorts located in a picturesque location, often a historical building. The Clocktower Fortress just happens to be modeled mostly upon Cuenca's ''parador'', which was originally a convent.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Kanata mentions swearing the Oath of Parador when joining the army in Episode four - the series 'creator' is named as "Paradores". In Spain, a ''parador'' is one of a chain of luxury resorts located in a picturesque location, often a historical building. The Clocktower Fortress just happens to be modeled mostly upon Cuenca's ''parador'', which was originally a convent.

* [[Sick Episode]]: Kanata goes down with malaria in episode 3, just as Rio is the only one home to take care of her.

* [[Simultaneous Arcs]]: Episode six, with the same events seen from the team's and Kanata's perspective respectively.

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* [[War Is Hell]]: Episode seven exemplifies just how much of a hell it is.

* [[Welcome Episode]]

* [[Wham Episode]]: Episode seven reflects on {{spoiler|Filicia's post-traumatic stress disorder from wartime}}.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode seven reflects on {{spoiler|Filicia's post-traumatic stress disorder from wartime}}.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The battle with water guns. Granted, it was technically a military exercise, but everyone except Kureha behaved quite over the top, with [[Heroic Sacrifice|Heroic Sacrifices]] and dramatic last words, a consequence of being drunk at the time

* [[While Rome Burns]]: