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* [[And Man Grew Proud]]: The degree to which Helvetian and Roman mythologies are true is unclear [[Epileptic Trees|and contested]], but share similarities in that both accounts are embellished recollections of [[The End of the World As We Know It|the great war they fought]] and involve supernatural punishment of some kind.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class I: several relics from the past civilization remain, but much of the world is uninhabitable save small regions. However, the consequences of the war might lead to a {{spoiler|Class IV; with the ocean receding and the surface succumbing to desertification, despite the war with "Them" having ended centuries ago}}.

* [[Aside Glance]]: Kureha does this twice in the first OVA.

* [[A Truce While We Gawk]]: Both the Helvetican and Roman armies temporarily halt their advances when Kanata {{spoiler|plays Amazing Grace in the midst of the battlefield}}.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The Takemikazuchi {{spoiler|disables several tanks from the 9th division}} and applies the "stomping" element in a literal sense during the finale. When humanity squared off against "Them", [[Spider Tank|Spider Tanks]] were on the receiving end.

* [[Danger Room Cold Open]]: Episode five opens with the 1121st platoon engaging in combat with an unseen enemy. When their rounds hit, Rio leaves the cabin of the Takemikazuchi to signal for an advance, but it turns out that they are inside the hanger and participating in a combat exercise.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Sister]]: {{spoiler|Even after death Princess Iliya still motivates Rio until she finds her own goals at the end of the series.}}

* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: {{spoiler|Filicia}} had one during the battle of Binnenland.

* [[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]].

* [[Foreshadowing]]

** In the third episode Filicia comments on Rio's lack of manners with: ''"What would your father say if he could see you?"''

* [[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.

** The Fire Maidens.

** The Desert Wolf, although it does not refer to {{spoiler|Klaus}}

* [[The Mafia]]: The 1121st deal in bootleg liquor alongside various other goods.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: {{spoiler|Filicia's old crew seen in episode seven}}.

** The ghost that Kanata and Noël saw is ultimately revealed to be {{spoiler|a girl who died many years before "They" attacked }} in the [[Audio Adaptation|drama CD]]. Rio helps her with her [[Unfinished Business]] and she disappears.

** Whether {{spoiler|Filicia's}} [[Dead Person Conversation]] was an hallucination or real

* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: A jingle bell that Rio wears around her neck and belonged to the mysterious trumpeteer seen in the very first sequence of the series.

* [[The Messiah]]: Princess Iliya is one of [[The Paragon]] type, given her lasting influence on people.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: An intense tank battle is set to to the slow, melancholic ''Servante de Feu''.

* [[Something About a Rose]]: A prop used by Filicia during a fake Calvados deal gone bad put on to scare off the more violent central Mafia edging into Seize.

** Filicia, rather than Felicia or Phylicia

** Noël, rather than Noel, Noelle or Noeru

** Olga, rather than Origa.

* [[Spider Tank]]: The design allows them to scale buildings, wreckage and sheer cliff walls, which is highly useful given the geography of Helvetia

* [[Staged Shooting]]: Nöel and Kureha unload their machine guns at two men, causing two members of the mafia to flee in terror. It turns out the guns were loaded with blank rounds, and the two men fired at regularly do business with the Clocktower Maidens.

* [[Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure]]: Seen in the Binnenland flashback.

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: Duty vs. morality. {{spoiler|Morality triumphs.}}

* [[Translation Convention]]: Based on the written texts that appear, Helvetian is French. Some text appears to be Japanese kanji, which only the priesthood seem able to read. Strangely, one of the lanterns in episode seven has English writing on it and some signs in Seize are written in Spanish.

* [[Unsuspectingly Soused]]: Pretty much everyone in the first OVA. Even Filicia, who planned the sousing, underestimates her own tolerance.

* [[Used Future]]

* [[Welcome Episode]]

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

* [[While Rome Burns]]:

** Sweets and a cup of something hot are the ideal thing to have after {{spoiler|committing treason and before a war}}.