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* [[Cyberspace]]: Chisame's Artifact, anyone?
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|The motivation for most of the villains in the series so far, and for Negi to a degree as well.}}
* [[Dance of Romance]]: Chapter 260 has two of them actually: one by Negi and Asuna and the other one by Kotaro and Natsumi.)
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: Plenty of the resident [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] wear one, or ''have'' worn one.
* [[Dark Fic]]: ''[[Negimaru]]''.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Akamatsu-sensei appears to be rapidly accelerating his use of this trope. Chapters 277 and 278 feature {{spoiler|Rakan and a boatload of [[Mauve Shirt|Mauve Shirts]] being dissolved into flower petals}}, and the dozen-odd chapters before it feature {{spoiler|an ominous secret that borders on [[Go Mad From the Revelation]], the story of someone who saved the world being sentenced to a brutal death for it, and Negi nearly murdering the wrong person for revenge.}}
* [[Darkest Hour]]: Well, see above. Most of what happened/is now happening after the Governor's ball trumps their previous predicament in awfulness.
** To see how bad it's gotten since ''then'', see {{spoiler|[[Total Party Kill]]}}. It doesn't get much darker an hour than that.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Varies, but the few right bastards have all been humans with no explicit connection to darkness.
** Shadow magic is the [[Elemental Powers|manipulation of shadows]], no relationship to alignment. The three prominent users shown so far have included an antagonist that [[Defeat Means Friendship|quickly became the protagonist's best friend]], a friendly character mostly known for ending up [[Clothing Damage|embarrassedly disrobed]] and a [[Punch Clock Villain]] bounty hunter who was simply doing his job.
*** Also, Kagetarou, who looks like a villain at first but turns out to be Jack Rakan's buddy. Of course, now we have a shadow-user {{spoiler|named Dynamis}} in Fate's group, and this new guy is quite evil, {{spoiler|erasing people from existence and making it quite clear that he intends to kill Nodoka, even using her as a shield and coming close to snapping her neck before Setsuna saves her by hacking off his right hand}}<ref>Of course, he seems to believe that [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|he's doing them a favor by killing them]], so even he isn't a [[Complete Monster]]</ref>. Then there's the whole {{spoiler|summoning shadow demons thing he does, including a ''[[Eldritch Abomination|huge]]'' one.}}
** The demons showcased so far have all been perfectly amicable, at worst neutral characters who [[Punch Clock Villain|just happened to be hired by the enemy team]] and don't seem very pleased at having to cause serious damage. Justified in that the "Demons" are a race of the Magical World. The more demonic looking ones are a different kind of demons. The demons summoned in the Kyoto arc are oni. Setsuna and Kotarou are [[Half-Human Hybrid|half]]-[[Youkai]] (Han'you). Demons like {{spoiler|Mana and Poyo}} are a different kind as well.
** Magia Erebea is... pushing it. It is not explicitly evil, but not the kind of power expected from a paragon of virtue either.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Most people in the Live Action Adaptation seem far from their supposed age
* [[Day in The Limelight]]: Almost every girl gets a chapter, or even an entire arc, devoted to her. Especially if she hasn't had much "screen time" yet.
** Lampshaded when Negi (in his bishonen form) tells Ako that `everyone's the main character in their own life'.
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|Death Of A Thousand And One Cats]]: Used humorously to illustrate Negi's confusion over a [[Power Level]] chart.
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Doesn't actually occur, but Haruna points out that this is how love triangles usually end, causing the two girls involved to freak out considerably.
* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: Rakan's favourite method of dealing with cute female enemies.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Mostly subverted (in that the people fighting are already friends, and are in a tournament or whatnot), but played straight with {{spoiler|Kotaro and Eva, to a lesser extent.}}
** Recently Negi declared he wants to become {{spoiler|Fate's}} friend. Given the characters you can guess how this [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|"befriending"]] is going to happen.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Slavery is a state-sanctioned practice and completely normal in Mundus Magicus. Seeing how they use Latin as (one of) their main language and that the political powers date back to Middle Ages if not Ancient Rome, this is to be expected. The current slave system was created by {{spoiler|Queen Arika}} to deal with the {{spoiler|thousands of Ostia's homeless after the destruction of their country.}} Slaves can buy their freedom and are protected against "excessive mistreatment", which the [[Slave Collar]] reports automatically, but the electrifying feature of the [[Slave Collar]] doesn't seem to fall under "excessive mistreatment" until the heroes beat the the crap beat out of a guy who did it and told him that he was going too far. There might have also been other, off-screen punishments, it was explicitly stated that it's only supposed to be used if a slave revolts or a similar extreme scenario scenario.
* [[Demon Slaying]]: The Shinmei-ryu's speciality
* [[Departure Means Death]]: {{spoiler|Magic World natives cannot survive on Earth, so when the magic world goes they'll go with it. Albireo ''may'' be an exception, but he might just be a book instead.}}
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Odd gender inversion: despite the series having far more women than men, the majority of Negi's opponents have been male. At this point, the only named male characters he hasn't fought are {{spoiler|Eishun, Johnny, Filius Zect and some of the magic teachers.}}
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|When Asuna dies in ''Negima!'', Negi splinters like a broken broomstick. His artificial cheerfulness masks it temporarily, but it quickly becomes ghastly.}}
** In the original manga, Negi probably crosses this after {{spoiler|Fate attacks his students at the Gateport and scatters them across Mundus Magicus.}} It isn't quite as bad as in the anime, but the fact that he was {{spoiler|completely unable to protect them after he promised to do so}} really gives him issues later on.
** Played for laughs after Rakan's hilarious first failed attempt to teach Negi Magia Erebea. '''''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v22/c204/2.html "I'M GONNA DIE."]'''''
** Rakan MADE this happen, purposely depressing the crap out of negi after his "Make a bad face and punch!" initial plan doesn't work. Also those were meant to be strong punches, Rakan told him to do 1000, which even for normal people would be quite tiring.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: During the [[Gecko Ending]] of the first anime, the {{spoiler|[[Time Machine]]}} used to fix the [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] that kicked off the final arc. Fight fire with fire, they say...
** In the manga, this artifact has a completely different purpose and gets explained in detail. But {{spoiler|in the anime}} it's an [[Ass Pull]] that's immediately used to solve what had been an {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|apparently]] [[Really Dead Montage|unsolvable]] [[All Deaths Final|problem]]}}.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: Fate seems fond of his [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c222/13.html coffee] parties.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: The first couple times Asuna attacks Eva (literally with a punch), {{spoiler|before anyone understands her anti-magic abilities}}.
** Also, {{spoiler|Chisame to Magia Erebea-fueled [[Unstoppable Rage]] Negi, coupled with [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] and [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]}} in chapter 265.
** When Nagi {{spoiler|punched the [[Physical God|Mage of the Beginning]] in the face.}}
** During the Magic World's final battles, a much more literal example: when {{spoiler|Quartum}} pulls out his final move, [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Entei]] [[Wreathed in Flames|Shoukan]], {{spoiler|Negi}} jumps out with {{spoiler|Raisoku Shundou}} and literally ''socks it across the face!''
* [[Dirty Business]]: Negi wonders if {{spoiler|defeating Chao's plan to reveal [[The Masquerade]] was the right thing to do throughout the Festival Arc.}} He's reassured {{spoiler|by Chao herself, no less}} that there are no hard feelings, though.
* [[Dirty Mind Reading]]: Nodoka gets a heavy dose of it from Paio: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c218/8.html "Although one of them was just really screwed-up..."]
** Heck, Nodoka gets this from ''[[Covert Pervert|herself]]''.
* [[Diving Save]]: Negi and cat
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: All over the place. A noteworthy example in the fifth panel of [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v03/c018/16.html this page].
** The most blatant occurence of this is any time between Negi and Chachamaru wherein Negi...turns her crank. Akamatsu couldn't have been more obvious if he'd included a subtitle saying, "OMGSEXLOL!"
*** At another point Chachamaru [[A Date with Rosie Palms|turns her own crank while moaning loudly.]] [[Caught with Your Pants Down|She is then caught doing it by Evangeline.]]
*** And, as if it weren't clear enough, the mana-in-a-can that she's using looks like a WD-40 can...which is, for all intents and purposes, a machine lubricant.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]: The tankobon extras reveal just how much effort Akamatsu-sensei and his team put into this manga.
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]: Every song to date.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Negi's [[Taken for Granite|petrified]] hometown.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The word "Partner" being the biggest one.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]
* [[Drool Hello]]: Twice, with the same occidental dragon in the underground beneath Mahora.
* [[Drop the Washtub]]: Characters can make a washtub fall on others' heads by casting it as a spell.
* [[Drum Bathing]]: Kaede and Negi share a barrel in an early chapter.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: Played straight mostly, normally on poor Negi, but inverted every once in a while with the ''sleeper'' doing the kissing.
* [[Dungeon Crawling]]: Library Island at first, then Nodoka's adventuring party. All also have...)
** [[Durable Deathtrap|Durable Death Traps]]: ...Though these can be explained by [[A Wizard Did It]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Everyone, and not just in combat either. Sometimes it seems that a kick to the face is just how the ladies of Mahora say "hello".
* [[Elaborate University High]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]], Mahora Academy encompasses a fair sized ''city''.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Two so far: the demon that Evangeline curb-stomped in the Kyoto Arc, and {{spoiler|the huge black shadow-demon summoned by Fate Averruncus' shadow-using minion in the Ch. 270's}}.
** Appropriately, this one also gets curb-stomped, this one by {{spoiler|Chachamaru's [[Kill Sat]] Artifact}}.
* [[Elemental Baggage]]: Subverted in the literal sense, but invoked by Evangeline and Chao's high-level elemental spells. The supplementary materials at the back of the tankobon explain that Kosmic Katastrophe breaks the Laws of Thermodynamics, and that freeze spells are considered higher-level than fire spells because they break more laws.
* [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: Negi has [[Shock and Awe|Raiten Taisou]] and [[The Same but More|Raiten Sousou]], and [[Playing with Fire|Homura]] can transform into a fire spirit. {{spoiler|Recently revealed Quintum, the Averruncus of [[Blow You Away|Wind]] has an ability similar to Negi's transformation.}}
* [[Elephant in the Living Room]]: Poor Negi...
* [[Elevator School]]: Mahora Academy.
* [[Ending Theme]]
* [[Environmental Symbolism]]
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: At this point, Negi's harem consists of a whole ''lot'' of girls...and {{spoiler|''Fate''.}} (If that's what he meant by '[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v37/c336/17.html he already] [[Ho Yay|belongs to me]],' anyway...)
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: A lot of examples here. Asakura has a hair clip, and whatever holds her hair up in that pineapple shape. Asuna has her trademark hair-bells. Yue has baubles at the ends of her braids. Ku Fei has those things giving her hair those... spike...things. A form of cloth binding is used in the hair of Chao, Hakase, the Narutaki twins, and Mana. Even Negi has his hair bound back into a ponytail.
** Something this troper found funny happens at the climax of {{spoiler|Negi versus Fate, after Negi has truly accepted the darkness of Magia Erebra. Negi goes up to where Fate is and deactivates his Raiten Taisou. What's funny is that amongst the seriousness of the situation, his hairband comes out of nowhere and magically ties up his hair as he walks towards Fate (as his hair in lightning form is long and flowing).}}
* [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper]]: [[In-Universe]] example, played absolutely literally in the first chapter, which features Asuna getting stripped twice in front of Takahata. Despite the fact he's known her since she was a little child, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v01/c001/60.html this] is the result when Asuna gets Negi to read his mind to see what he thinks about her.
** Also, Takane's constant [[Clothing Damage]] has become a running joke. Everyone just says "Ohh...the stripper" when she introduces herself, and even she's started thinking of herself this way [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v18/c165/13.html (bottom left panel)].
*** [http://www.mangareader.net/209-58005-7/mahou-sensei-negima/chapter-304.html Seems to be a Shadow Mage thing...]
* {{spoiler|[[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]:}} Asuna experiences this in chapter 352. Though to be fair {{spoiler|she is 130 years in the future.}}
* [[Everyone Is a Super]]: At least, in the magic world, magic is, understandably, very common, and nobody bats an eye at its use.
* [[Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: Especially sharks that [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v07/c061/15.html know] ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v07/c061/16.html Kenpo]''.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Only the fake, robotic ones, though. To his [[Adorably Precocious Child|dismay]], Negi's time machine won't take him back that far.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]
* [[Lava Adds Awesome]]: The Ultimate Spell of Earth element wouldn't be awesome enough without it.
* [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods]]: Chisame learns the hard way [[Naughty Tentacles|just how squishy things get]].
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: On the contrary; Chief Mama one of the nicest people in Mundus Magicus... so long as you're on her good side.
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c030/3.html For this page of the manga]
* [[The Evil Army]]
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: {{spoiler|A group of them has been manipulating the Megalomesembria Senate and is responsible for every major event that has happened in the story so far, starting with the war. Even the events of the Festival Arc may have been a result of their actions.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]]
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Almost a beneficial example. The executives wanted another Harem Comedy, while Akamatsu wanted to make a shounen manga. Thus, the end result is ''[[Love Hina]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]'' meets ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and perhaps one of the most awesome works ever.
** Also the reason for the abrupt ending of the manga. The publishing company of Negima were attempting to steal the copyright to Negima from Ken Akamatsu. Full story can be read [http://astronerdboy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-proposed-japanese-law-reason-ken.html here].
* [[Exploding Calendar]]
* [[Expy]]: A few of the girls are based off of the characters from [[Love Hina]]: Asuna, Chisame, Nodoka, Ku Fei, Setsuna, Asakura, Akira, Chizuru, and possibly Madoka.
** On top of that Kotaro is a tribute to [[Inuyasha]].
** Plus Yuna seems to be based off of [[Final Fantasy X 2|a certain gun wielding summoner]].
* [[Exposition of Immortality]]: Evangeline reminisces about having known Negis' father and about her own, lengthy existence.
* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: After a while, characters' attempts to maintain the [[Masquerade]] start to seem kinda half-assed, but everyone still falls for it anyway
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: The Festival arc spanned only 3 days June 20-22, 2003 but took up half the manga up to that point -- 9 volumes.
** It's okay though, because they actually {{spoiler|[[Fantastic Time Management|go through the three days]]}} four or five times at the end of it. {{spoiler|They only run into themselves once,}} and manage to not cause {{spoiler|[[Temporal Paradox|any issues]]}}. Never mind that {{spoiler|[[The World Tree]]'s}} magic that is letting Negi's {{spoiler|[[Time Machine|Cassiopeia]]}} work, as well as power the current [[Big Bad]]'s {{spoiler|[[Screw Destiny|plot]], [[No Conservation of Energy|never runs down]].}}
* [[Eyecatch]]
* [[Face Fault]]
* [[False Camera Effects]]: [[Fish Eye Lens]]
* [[Fan Service]]: Any excuse to get the characters naked, up to [[Clothing Damage|clothes-destroying]] [[Sneeze of Doom|sneezes]], lasers, and [[Naughty Tentacles|octopodes]].
** [[Fan Service Pack]]: Yuna outright [[Lampshade Hanging|states]] that her breasts are getting bigger as the series goes on.
** And [[Fan Disservice]]: There's a surprising amount of [[Squick]] in the series, since many fight scenes against ''[[Psycho Lesbian|severely]] [[Naughty Tentacles|messed-up]] [[Dissonant Serenity|people]]'' occur with the girls in various states of undress.
*** There's also guys in states of undress.
** And more than one [[Fanservice Extra]]: Check out the girl in the lower left panel of [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c215/4.html this page]. She encapsulates about 12 different [[Turn-On Tropes]] and adds nothing whatsoever to the story except some eye candy.
*** Aside from the waitressing gig, she must have a second job as a [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]].
* [[Fantastic Arousal]]: Setsuna's wings seem to be very sensitive, and poor Chachamaru can't seem to impress on Negi to wind her up ''slowly and gently''.
** Her own damn fault in that she keeps telling him that it feels good, Negi, being only ten, thinks [[Good Feels Good]], so more is naturally better. Chachamaru ends up talking in a wingdings-like font.
* [[Fantastic Nuke]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Against woodnymphs and other demihumans by humans, who also had no problem cutting horns off them(a bit like real life, the horns, not hunting humans) and selling young girls into slavery.
* [[Fantastic Time Management]] - Negi uses [[Time Travel]] and [[Year Outside, Hour Inside]] techniques to get more things done during the Mahora Festival and also to have more time to train as well as do his job as a teacher.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: [[Ninja|Ninjas]], [[Robot Girl|robots]], [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]], [[Church Militant|nuns]], [[Miko|priestesses]], [[Human Aliens|aliens]], [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-demons]], [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists]], [[Everything Is Online|hackers]], [[Kid From the Future|Time Travelers]]...
** And that's just some of the girls in Negi's class.
*** Mana even lampshades it at one point, having figured that {{spoiler|Zazie Rainyday}} '''couldn't''' be normal, simply because hardly anybody in the class was.
*** Let's put it this way: Even the normal kids {{spoiler|Makie}} end up either with supernatural powers, or are so normal {{spoiler|Makie}} they're immune to reality warping effects because they {{spoiler|have no worries, Makie again.}}
* [[Fighting a Shadow]]
* [[Finger-Snap Lighter]]
* [[First Kiss]]: A few of them, though not the entire class, nor all fifteen of the girls Negi pactioed with
* [[First-Name Basis]]: In a similar vein, [[Ojou|Konoka]] spends most of her time trying to get [[Bodyguard Crush|Setsuna]] to call her 'Kono-chan' rather than 'Ojou-sama'. It doesn't work.
* [[Fission Mailed]]: The {{spoiler|first failure to stop Chao Lingshen}}, parodied in [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v16/c140/5.html Haruna's fanart].
* [[Flash Back]]: Sayo's memories in episode 19, Konoka's in episode 21. In the manga, Asuna also gets many flashbacks related to her mysterious past with Ala Rubra.
** The most hilarious take on this trope is when [[The Ace|Rakan]] watches Homura's [[Flash Back]].
* [[Flash Step]]: Including in thin air, somehow.
* [[Flexible Tourney Rules]]: Averted, with Asuna disqualified instantly when she broke a rule.
* [[Flight]]
* [[Floating Continent]]: Ostia, though most of it has crashed.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Fate and Negi, dear god. Especially after chapter 336.
** As far as Fate's concerned, Negi "belongs to" him and he even rebuffs the potential love interests' plans to confess with that very excuse. Said love interests hilariously decide Fate to be one of their biggest rivals for Negi's attention. They're right.
* [[Foreshadowing]]
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: The Pactio cards ability to summon the partner to the master, no matter where they are. You'd think that would ruin the current {{spoiler|kidnapping plot}} quite nicely.
** Not forgotten, Fate himself also used that function to [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v24/c215/15.html summon his subordinates] just before {{spoiler|confronting Negi and kidnapping Asuna}}. Also, it has been mentioned [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v21/c189/16.html by Chachamaru] that the functions of the Pactio Cards are very easily jammed. More a case of [[Awesome but Impractical]] and [[Useless Useful Spell]].
* [[For Science!]]: Hakase's justification for peeking into Chachamaru's 'treasured images' folder. Never mind that this effectively meant probing Chachamaru's mind against her will, on the subject of her crush, no less.
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: The Age Changing Pills
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Played with in Eva's case: after recounting the tale of her life, including how she became a vampire and killed her way through the centuries, Asuna's response is immediately "So... it's not your fault, right? Because you didn't choose to be bad?" Eva takes this as more evidence that Asuna is an idiot.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: The end of "The Great Baka Rangers and the Secret Library Island Final Exam Operation" arc.
* [[Frogs and Toads]]: Motsu is a frog.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]
* [[Fun Size]]: Both Sayo and Setsuna have an absolutely adorable smaller form. Then there's Chachazero, who despite being psychotic can be quite cute.
* [[Funbag Airbag]]
* [[Functional Magic]]
* [[Furo Scene]]: Quite a few, starting with a furo the size of a swimming pool.
* [[Gadget Watches]]: Cassiopeia and Athena.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: We still don't see it yet but from the looks of things, there's a ton of key players that are in here. Ala Alba (Negi's group) may turn out to be [[Unwitting Pawn|Unwitting Pawns]] or the [[Spanner in the Works]].
** {{spoiler|They turn out to be neither, and go about their own agenda, despite attempts by multiple groups.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Gainax Ending]]}}: Sort of in the manga.
* [[Gecko Ending]]: In addition to the sudden and [[Mood Whiplash]]-laden ending to the original anime, the manga itself concluded with rushed sequence that felt more like a [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] than an ending. Many dangling threads were indeed tied up, but far from satisfactorily, and the central driver for much of the action -- Negi's search for his father -- is ''resolved off-screen, between chapters and never explained.''
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
** Chisame and Haruna both fit this trope, though Chisame expresses it more, predicting the paths of various other characters in regards to love with Negi.
** A lot of characters dabble in this on occasion whenever there's talk of their roles as main and side characters.
* [[Genre Shift]]: Trope picture. The current chapters barely even resemble the first few. The series essentially started as ''[[Love Hina]]'' [[Recycled in Space|WITH MAGIC]], but eventually developed into an action series rivaling the likes of ''[[Naruto]]'' and ''[[Bleach]]''.
** {{spoiler|After the Magical World arc, it seems to have gotten back to the old hijinks, but these are probably just a few [[Breather Episode|Breather Episodes]] before the intensity comes back.}}.
* [[Geometric Magic]]: Required for ''pactio''.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Asuna to Setsuna, Nodoka to Yue, Yue to Negi, Asuna to Negi, Chisame to Negi, Nagi to Arika twice, and Jack to Negi.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: ''Loads'', and from a certain point of view the first two volumes could be seen as a grand scheme to get the rest of the series past the executives. But, on a more traditional note, a good example is an early chapter where the girls are giving Negi a bath to cheer him up (everyone's wearing swimsuits) and someone shouts "Negi is so small and cute! Let's watch him grow!" "He's only ten, I don't think there will be much "growing..."
** In the very first episode of the English dub, in the commotion of a fight between Asuna and Ayaka you can hear one of them call the other a twat.
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]
* [[Giant Spider]]
* [[Giving Up the Ghost]]: When Negi is training with Rakan, Rakan tells him to use his strongest attack on him so he can estimate how tough he is. When Negi does and it hurts more than he expected, Rakan hits him back so hard that this ends up happening.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: Negi and Kotaro enter several gladiator tournaments in the Magic World.
* [[The Glomp]]: More examples than you could possibly list.
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Most of the female characters, [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|Akamatsu-sensei being who he is]].
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Negi's pince-nez glasses, too small to work, sometimes absent, never commented on ever.
** They may actually be useful if he's farsighted. Not everyone is [[Mr. Magoo]], after all.
* [[Going Commando]]: During the Kyoto arc, Asuna has to find new clothes after the ones she wore were turned to stone and shattered (she herself was immune to the effect). She is midway through a fight with a massive army of demons when one of them remark on her boldness, and she realizes in panic that she forgot one particular article.
* [[Goldfish Scooping Game]]: Negi and Asuna play it during their Chapter 77 date. Asuna isn't too good at this so Negi tries to help her... but this being ''Negima'', he grabs her where he shouldn't and they end up in a position strangely resembling a certain infamous two-digit number.
* [[Grand Finale]]:
** The [[Gecko Ending]] of ''Negima!'', that is. According to Akamatsu-sensei, he was only about halfway through the manga storyline then.
** The manga will end with chapter 355, which is scheduled to be published in the middle of March, 2012.
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: Not just [[Gratuitous English|English]], but [[Altum Videtur|Latin]]... and [[Gratuitous Greek|Greek]]... and ''Sanskrit''...
** And [[Surprisingly Good English|Surprisingly Good Foreign Languages]], at that. Read the furigana pronunciation guides during incantation to see just how good.
* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: Yue's Pactio Artifact.
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Four examples:
** Haruna's artifact, which can basically [[Art Initiates Life|generate anything she can draw]];
** The [[Time Machine|time travelling pocketwatch]], Cassiopeia, which Negi eventually learns to use to dodge the [[One-Hit Kill]] [[Time Travel]] bullets ''after having been stricken with them''. Chao even notes his ability to learn at such a quick pace.
** Albireo's artifact, which can transform him into anyone he's met.
** Jack Rakan's artifact, which can take the form of any weapon imaginable.
* [[Gun Fu]]: Do ''not'' mess with Mana.
* [[Hadaka Apron]]: Setsuna's [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|yuritastic]] 'Cosmo Entelechia' dreamworld features Konoka in this.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Used constantly, especially because the pactios allow the partners to summon "artifacts" out of nowhere. Also used for [[Hyperspace Arsenal|Hyperspace Arsenals]] such as Mana's, and Setsuna's wings.
* [[Hammerspace Hideaway]]: Kaede's Artefact is a cloak (essentially a flat piece of tattered cloth) that can hide several people inside... it does have a fully furnished house in there after all.
* [[Hand Behind Head]]
* [[Harem Hero]]: Negi,who knows how many girls would end up having a Pactio with Negi.
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Several cases, but Negi's destroyed hometown is the first we hear of. Whether his or {{spoiler|Asuna's}} is worse is up for debate.
* [[Harsh Word Impact]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Heaven]]: According to the Cosmo Entelecheia wielders of the Code of the Lifemaker, those dissolved by it go to a garden where they meet all their loved ones. Also, humans (or those not born of the Magic World) leave a body behind. For some reason, this reassurance makes him all the more creepier.
* [[Hermetic Magic]]: and traditional Japanese magic, too -- an almost unheard-of combination at the time the series first appeared
* [[Heroic Albino]]: {{spoiler|Setsuna}}. Kinda.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Negi, after he almost killed Shiori}}.
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Evangeline at her best. At her worst she is a bloodsucker or [[Sociopathic Hero]].
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* [[Heroic Willpower]]: Although Negi certainly qualifies, Rakan takes the cake. The man willed himself into ''existing.'' {{spoiler|'''TWICE!'''}}
** This seems to be the secret behind Rakan's power: Every once in a while (such as {{spoiler|when he takes Negi's point-blank Thunder Tempest and Nagi's Thousand Bolts}}) he uses the silent incantation "Willpower Defense" to survive things he really should ''not'' be able to survive. {{spoiler|The reason Negi's Titan Slayer attack is able to stun him even briefly is that it was delivered at the end of a brutal series of attacks, so he didn't have time to muster his Willpower Defense.}} At least some of his endurance is due to {{spoiler|decades of combat experience}}.
* [[Hero Insurance]]
* [[Hero Unit]]: Lampshaded in the Battle of Mahora {{spoiler|with Chao's robots}}; referenced by name, even.
* [[He's Back]]: At one point in the Eva arc, he flys away believing the others, especially Asuna, are in danger because of his presence. He comes back after meeting Kaede, however.
* [[High Altitude Battle]]
* [[Honorifics]]: Many of the girls call Negi "Negi-bozu", which in addition to its literal meaning is a pun on "negibozu", a variety of onion and a slang term for an inexperienced youth; also, Negi uses ''yobisute'' with Takamichi and Kotarou, as well as Anya, indicating their close friendship.
* [[Hope Spot]]: Chapter 311. The team's plan goes off with barely any trouble and they were able to {{spoiler|get Asuna and the Grand Master Key away from Fate in the middle of his ritual, only to find out Fate isn't the only averruncus Dynamis revived.}} Shit quickly hits the fan.
** Also Chapter 329. {{spoiler|Negi has finally defeated Fate and they are about to join forces, until the Lifemaker shoots both of them. Of course, [[Big Damn Hero|all the powerful characters that weren't present show up over the course of the next two chapters.]]}}
** Indeed ever since entering the Gravekeeper's Palace it's been pretty constant hope spots: {{spoiler|Even before most of the team could even get off the ship almost [[Diabolus Ex Machina|everyone is wiped out by Poyo Rainyday's artifact]], [[Deus Ex Machina|with a little help]] Negi manages get himself and his class out of Poyo's enchantment and starts tearing apart everything Cosmo Entelechia throws at him. After a protracted battle Al Alba gains enough of an [[Hope Spot|advantage to have Negi continue onwards]], only for [[Diabolus Ex Machina|him to get hit]], getting consumed by darkness, then [[Taken for Granite]]. Despite losing their leader, Al Alba decides to continue without Negi, and actually [[Hope Spot|manages to accomplish their objectives]], only for things to fall apart when Al Alba gets [[Diabolus Ex Machina|overwhelmed by extra Averuncuses]], luckily Negi revives with a [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] to boot, and with the help of a [[Heel Face Turn]] and Fate's wanting to defeat Al Alba on his own terms, the [[Hope Spot|new Averuncuses get quickly taken out]], but Fate quickly reverses any gains Al Alba had made without its leader. Now Negi finally gets to fight Fate on top of the tower and [[Hope Spot|manages to befriend him]], who wants to bet that Diabolus is on it's way?}}
*** {{spoiler|[[Diabolus Ex Machina|It is.]] [[Oh Crap|ENTER THE LIFEMAKER!]]] [[Army of the Ages|Plus everyone he has ever created.]]}}
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Mostly ''sento'' episodes, though Negi and Kotaro did create one for Asuna once. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for her, this was during her training with Eva. Eva was so furious she threw her back out into the polar blizzard she'd just escaped, wet and naked.}}
** There's also one for the Ala Rubra Drama CD. It also involves Eishun's glasses.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]: {{spoiler|Negi making contracts with everyone in his class in both ''Negima!'' and ''Negima!?'', sometimes called the "Mass Pactio" by fans.}}
* [[Hunter of His Own Kind|Hunter Of Her Own Kind]]: Setsuna is a half-demon who specializes in anti-demonic arts.
** {{spoiler|Also Mana, who occasionally does exterminations with her, is also a half-demon.}}
* [[Hybrid Monster]]
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Referenced almost by name in chapter 276, when {{spoiler|Mana uses an unincanted spell to reload her [[Guns Akimbo|Desert Eagles]]}}.
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: Used by {{spoiler|Chao in the Battle of Mahora arc, when Negi negates her power, she reveals she actually ''can'' use magic.}} Also, in the final tournament battle in the Magic World arc, done by Negi no less than ''five times''. And every one of them is [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].
*** Let's just say the [[Fridge Brilliance]] section answered the question right on our faces.
* [[I Am Your Opponent]]: Invoked nearly word for word on numerous occasions.
* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "By Asuna".
* [[Idiot Crows]]: With Ayaka, of course.
** Rakan also gets them.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] and subverted all to hell. Negi is notably ''not'' an idiot by any stretch of the word (well, except for his [[Chaste Hero|chastity]], but he's [[Justified Trope|ten]]), and it is made perfectly clear throughout the series that he is a bona-fide genius. However, by thinking too much, he has time to worry and despair. [[The Rival]], Kotaro, is very much an [[Idiot Hero]], explaining that Negi needs to learn how to act without thinking. In other words, he needs "[[Arc Words|that little bit of courage]]."
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Haruna Saotome.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: During Mahorafest, when Negi becomes the Kissing Terminator; played deadly straight in Ch. 285, when it's really more of a {{spoiler|We're Going To Beat The Crap Out Of You While Evangeline Helps You Seal Your Evil Side Fight}}.
* [[I Like Those Odds]]: As part of the big flashback, The [[Redheaded Hero]] is saving the princess; meanwhile, the rest of Ala Rubra has to hold off the forces overseeing the execution, leading to this exchange:
{{quote|'''Head Mook''': Do I have the necessary forces? You Fool!. The guards for this event are more numerous than those you see here. There are two entire fleets stationed over a surrounding area of tens of kilometers, not to mention elite troops numbering around 3,000. You may be powerful, but even you cannot...
'''Jack Rakan''': Like I said. Are you seriously telling me you think that's gonna be enough?! }}
* [[I'll Kill You!]]: Done [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifyingly]] during Godel's Ostian Ball, by someone you wouldn't really expect.
* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]: Shiori's sister, the [[Implied Love Interest]] of [[Anti-Villain|Fate/Tertium]]. He does not take [[Psycho Electro|Secundum]]'s erasure of her [[Off with His Head|well]].}}
* [[I'm Not Afraid of You]]
* [[Image Boards]]: During the Tournament arc, magical and scientific spam/rumor-bots compete with each other on 2ch(an?) over [[Masquerade]]-breaking combat footage.
* [[Image Song]]: every song to date
* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: {{spoiler|Every time Negi winds Chachamaru, and during their Pactio.}}
* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]
* [[Indirect Kiss]]
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Fate's girls are, indubitably, for the most part, characters worth the sympathy of the reader, even if they are unflinchingly devoted to Fate...and yet it seems that they can never win any fight they participate in, even if Rakan isn't the opponent.
* [[Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress]]
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: "Whip it out, boy!"
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]
* [[Instant Bandages]]
* [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]]: During the Mahorafest Budokai, Asuna and Setsuna get dressed while distracted. They notice they're wearing [[Panty Fighter]] gear.
* [[Instant Runes]]: Happens almost any time a fairly powerful spell is cast.
* [[Instant Web Hit]]: The class page the girls create.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Nagi definitely counts, if "possibly the strongest man in existence" counts as genius. After all, he once told his son: "I can understand your feelings of admiration for this young, accomplished, yet super cool genius and undefeatable father who was also a hero..."
* [[Internal Reveal]]: The audience knows all along that the boy Ako falls in love with is really Negi [[Overnight Age-Up|magically aged up]], but she doesn't find out until over 100 chapters later. Cue [[Shower of Angst]] before Ako's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[In the Hood]]: Akamatsu loves this one.
* [[Intro Dump]]: A very necessary one, in the form of Negi's class roster, which is reused in the tankobon as a sort of [[Dramatis Personae]]
* [[Invisible to Normals]]: There exist spells that act like a powerful [[Weirdness Censor]], stopping the [[Muggles]] from noticing, say, the young English teacher flying around on his staff.
* [[Invoked Trope]]
* [[Involuntary Group Split]]: Almost a figurative "Rocks Fall, Party Splits" scenario as well, with a falling stone spell used to smash a teleporter, scattering its victims all across the magical world.
* [[I See London]]: A primary source of both comedy and [[Fan Service]].
* [[Jaw Drop]]: [[Weasel Mascot|Chamo]] does this in chapter 50 when he sees Negi run out of magic, the Giant Oni is standing in front of him, and the powerhouse mage behind him gets out of his bind.
** The tropers are sure the ENTIRE STADIUM did one when Rakan stood up after Negi's [[Taking a Level In Badass|Eight level of Badass taken during their fight]].
* [[Kabuki Sounds]]: In Negima?!, to highlight Setsuna's samurai qualities.
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Negi is ''not happy'' with Quartum's treatment of Chachamaru.}}
* [[Keigo]]: Manga!Negi speaks like this to all but his closest and oldest friends.
* [[Ki Attacks]]: [[Chinese Girl|Ku Fei]] defeats Mana during the Mahorafest Budokai with a ki strike, and she only gets better at them from there. Shinmei-ryu sword techniques also run off ki.
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: Kotarou suggests this trope to Negi during their fight with [[Invincible Hero|Jack Rakan]], but he decides not to, not due to [[Honor Before Reason|any sense of fairness]], but rather that he was pretty sure [[Nigh Invulnerability|Rakan was faking it.]]
* [[Kimodameshi]]
* [[Kotatsu]]: Makie's gymnastics ribbons are apparently really handy for grabbing extra oranges without having to get up from the table.
* [[Lady and Knight]]: Konoka Konoe and Setsuna Sakurazaki
* [[Lady of War]]: Princess Arika and Setsuna.
* [[Language of Magic]]: Latin, for common spells. Ancient Greek for High Ancient magic. Sanskrit for even more Ancient magic.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Some memory altering spells help protect the [[Masquerade]]
* [[Late for School]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|noted]] by Setsuna on one of the few days they weren't late and [[Status Quo Is God|"Yet they run"]]
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Ku:nel Sanders
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Lecherous Licking]]: Evangeline licking Negi's wound, and Tsukiyomi licking her blade.
* [[Left Hanging]]: The Kansai mages' plot is never really resolved, and a number of threads get cut short by the [[Gecko Ending]] in ''Negima!'' for lack of time.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Takamichi's ramen.
* [[The Library of Babel]]: The school library; both lampshaded and played straight.
* [[Lightning Glare]]
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Living Shadow]]: Zazie's 'friends'.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The series started off with thirty-one students, one teacher, one principal, and two advisors. It has since expanded with new characters coming in from the magical community.
** The [[Mahou Sensei Negima/Characters|character page]] had to be split in ''seven'' because it broke the folder system. Twice.
* [[Lockdown]]: Why are there blast doors in Library Island?
** [[Library of Babel|Well, it has everything else.]]
* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]]: Negi pulls out no less than '''five''' new techniques as trump cards during his fight with Rakan. Trump card number 3 was basically an ''upgrade'' to trump card number 2, and trump card number 4 wasn't even used except to trick Rakan into helping Negi set up for trump card number 5. Kotaro also demonstrates a brand new form and a few new techniques during that fight.
* [[Lost in Translation]]: The official Del Rey English release removed foreshadowing for jokes and innuendo in several places, and made it so Negi was at the bottom of his class instead of the top, among other things. The Omnibus re-releases fixed this.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: {{spoiler|Cosmo Entelecheia, apparently.}}
* [[Love Chart]]: Lampshaded twice by Chamo.
** There is also [http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/305/negima.png this chart], ''which has to leave some things out''.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Chamo describes it as something of a web
* [[Love Is in the Air]]: When Asuna force-feeds Negi his own love potion; particularly notable in ''Negima!''
* [[Love Potion]]: See above
* [[Lover Tug of War]]: poor Negi
* [[Love Triangle]]: Lampshaded [[Crowning Moment of Funny|when Nodoka looks in her artifact]] for clues to resolve the situation.
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