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Developed by Noriyasu Agematsu (composer of music for games and anime including [[Wild Arms]] and [[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]), published by [[.hack|Kadokawa]] [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Shoten]], and animated by [[Fairy Tail|Studio]] [[Genesis of Aquarion|Satelight]].

Currently setting up a [[Senki Zesshou Symphogear (Anime)/Characters|Characters page]]. Help is greatly appreciated!

 

 

For a similar premise with musical play, see ''[[Ar Tonelico]]''. Compare and contrast ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' and ''[[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|Lyrical Nanoha]]''. See also ''[[Wild Arms (Franchise)|Wild Arms]]'' and ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]''.

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Kanade uses the mythical spear of Odin, Gungnir.

* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Kanade, in a flashback during episode four, lets fly a ''massive'' geyser of this, when she injects herself so Gungir will sync with her. This is a set standard when invoking the "Ultimate Song", too.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: The bustiest girl is the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Phine}}, who can easily take on several other Symphogears at once. On the heroic side, it's played with. The one who's a brawler (Hibiki) doesn't have the biggest bust.

* [[Book Ends]]: Just as Hibiki did in the first episode, in the last episode Miku rescues a girl under Noise attack, they run, she falls, a heartbeat is heard...

* [[Breather Episode]]: A ''well-deserved'' one, at that. Episode 9 is a "girl's day out", and [[Nana Mizuki]] [[Shout Out|performs karaoke on an]] ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|Enka]]'' song.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Tsubasa and Chris. Tsubasa by experiencing the death of a partner and Chris after undergoing {{spoiler|child slavery}} made one to become a cold and obssessive death-seeker and the other a violent, mistrusting terrorist.

* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Chris comes around in episode eight with the typical "bolt upright" move.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Hibiki's "I think I'm cursed..."

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Episode 7 is a good contender for the ''most BSODs'' in one episode.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: How {{spoiler|Kanade saving Hibiki from the Noise}} and potentially anyone who uses the Ultimate Song.

** Tsubasa is voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]], who had voiced [[Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise)|another BFS-wielder before]].

*** Kanade is voiced by [[Minami Takayama]], who voiced [[Detective Conan|Conan Edogawa]], [[Ranma One Half|Nabiki Tendou]], amongst others. She's also part of TWO-MIX, in which ZWEI-Wing would be some sort of [[Dream Team]] of J-Pop (see above)

** Chris is voiced by [[Ayahi Takagaki]], and she shares similarites with [[Chrome Shelled Regios|another anti]]. {{spoiler|Get's to show off [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome singing]] [[Crazy Awesome|while in her Symphogear]].}}

** Ryoko and Phine are [[Black Rock Shooter|Yomi and Dead Master]].

* [[Hot Blooded]]: Kanade, Genjurou and his alumn Hibiki. Watch a man teach martial arts to a girl with lines like "Your fists ought to fly like hammers that hit the thunder of the bolt that strucks you!" and the girl respond "I didn't understand a word of that, but I'll try!". Same gal who yells battlecries while playing an arcade ''crane game''.

'''Hibiki''': [[Big Word Shout|SYYYYMMPHOOOGEEAARRRRRRR!]] }}

* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]: Tsubasa

* [[Ice Queen]]: Tsubasa. [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] after she wakes up from her coma.

* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Genjuro's idea of training includes watching action movies and playing fighting games, and trying to copy main characters' moves...[[Cosplay|while being dressed like them]]. It includes [[Beyond the Impossible|trying to teach Hibiki]] [[Street Fighter|Hadouken]], by having them both dressed as Makoto and Gouki/Akuma. All of this set to a [[Badass]] ''[[Rocky (Film)|Rocky]]''[[The Jimmy Hart Version|-like theme]].

* [[I Thought It Was Forbidden]]: By the end of the series {{spoiler|the Ultimate Song, or sometimes translated, "swan song"}} has been used so often that it doesn't look that dangerous.

* [[Invincible Minor Minion]]: The Noise are truly dangerous [[Mook|Mooks]]. They can actively adapt, morph, mutate, and combine to form some of the strangest kinds of [[Eldritch Abominations]]. The concert scene destruction in the first episode, for example, was comprised ''fully'' of [[Mook|Mooks]] and several [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Boss in Mook Clothings]]. Episode 4 is the first episode to actually show a [[Mook Maker]] and a Boss, if you would call it that.

* [[Its Not You Its My Enemies]]: Hibiki's relationship with Miku become strained after Hibiki become a superheroine. However, Miku will always support Hibiki. [[Les Yay|Aww...]] until {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]] kicks in, and Miku stops supporting Hibiki for a while for constantly lying about her secret identity.}}

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Hibiki takes to her new powers and working with her heroine earnestly.

* [[Music for Courage]]: In the [[Darkest Hour]], the school's anthem rallies the forces of good.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Hibiki -- we see through her eyes what is like the situation from the point of a civilian and then [[Rookie Red Ranger|from the organization that fights the bad guys]].

* [[Never Found the Body]]: Space is vast. Or maybe {{spoiler|they}} burned in the atmospheric reentry.

* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa and Chris somehow survive episode eleven after singing their Ultimate Songs and being caught in a [[Wave Motion Gun]] blast and a humongous explosion respectively}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]: The girls do survive the destruction of the Moon fragment and return ''without a scratch''. They are declared officially dead in a cover-up for political reasons.}}

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Tsubasa isn't terribly consistent with the whole "A sword should have no emotions" thing.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Reportedly, it's actually (supposed to be?) Old Norse, which fits with the Symphogears' naming theme.

* [[Orange Blue Contrast]]: Kanade/Hibiki's uniform next to Tsubasa's.

* [[Painful Transformation]]: Hibiki at the end of the first episode.

** Kanade has a hardened American style, complete with [[Gratuitous English]] and very strong strokes similar to [[The Eighties]] Comics.

** Tsubasa has an Oriental style like those from the [[Feudal Japan]]. The kanji are showcased in very deep and complex strokes, and makes [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to famous paintings.

** {{spoiler|Chris}} has a [[Wild West]]-esque theme, complete with a brown overlay you often see in said genre.

* [[Power Limiter]]: There are several factors that limit a Symphogear's power. {{spoiler|Like the [[Big Bad]] being in charge of their tuning for a long time.}} [[Limit Break|Nothing that the right song can't release]].

* [[Posthumous Character]]: {{spoiler|Kanade}} keeps appearing all through the series in flashbacks and [[Talking in Your Dreams]].

* [[The Power of Rock]]: This is a series about fighting evil ''Noise'' with power armours running on ''singing''.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Genjuro wears a pink tie.

* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|The introduction with Hibiki dead was actually a cover-up by Genjurou. The animators left out the few minutes after, showcasing Hibiki, Kanade, and Chris well alive and ready to fight.}}

* [[Red Sky Take Warning]]: Episode 11, complete with a [[Weird Moon]].

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: {{spoiler|Hibiki for Kanade after.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Why Kanade took up the Gungnir Symphogear; her family was carbonized by the Noise. As a result, she initially would go utterly crazy while fighting them. She started to tone it down, however, after people began thanking her for saving their lives.

** {{spoiler|Tsubasa does the same thing when fighting against Chris as a way to make up for the loss of Kanade.}}

{{quote| '''Miku''' in the first episode: I miss you! I cannot bear not being able to see you anymore, Hibiki!}}

* [[Rule of Cool]]: ''Singing'' while fighting energy creatures in your mystical power armour.

** [[Megadeth (Music)|Megadeth]] PARTY. In episode 10, she transforms into the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory|Dendrobium Orchis.]]

* [[Shower of Angst]]: In the second episode, Tsubasa has one to show how distressed she is by Gungnir's reappearance.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Phine is prone to this humourless grin.

* [[Starts With Their Funeral]]: The first few minutes of the first episode reveals under [[Grave Clouds]] that Hibiki is already dead and buried. The series then flashbacks to two years ago and then forward two years again (though some time before the initial scene, since Hibiki's still alive) to show it got to that point. Also doubles as a [[Foregone Conclusion]].

* [[Start X to Stop X]]: {{spoiler|Chris}} wants to stop all wars and fighting... by viciously beating anyone with a weapon using her Symphogear.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: The Nehushtan armour {{spoiler|when worn by Phine}} makes its user sport [[Underboobs]], [[Bare Your Midriff]] and comes with [[Combat Stilettos|absurdly tall platform boots]].

* [[Taking You With Me]]

** How {{spoiler|Kanade}} died.

** {{spoiler|[[Subverted]] with Tsubasa taking down Chris -- they both survive}}

* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa has a [[Dead Person Conversation]] with Kanade when she is in a coma.}}

* [[Tears of Blood]]: {{spoiler|Tsubasa}} after her Ultimate Song.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Especially for poor Tsubasa.

* [[Those Two Guys|Those Three Girls]]: Besides Miku, Hibiki has another three friends, one of which oddly enough plays the role of a [[Meta Guy]].

* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: Tsubasa after {{spoiler|Kanade's}} death.

* [[Tower of Babel]]: {{spoiler|The tower Phine built to reach Him is obviously supposed to be it, despite being unnamed within the show. But since she mentions the [[Curse of Babel]] too, it's obvious.}}

* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: Shown in episode 12, when {{spoiler|Hibiki starting her transformation into her new Symphogear creates a shockwave that pushes Phine away.}}

* [[Unmoving Plaid]]: Sometimes the school uniform skirts move but the fabric pattern doesn't.

* [[Unusual User Interface]]: The consoles in the control room include features such as virtual faders/drawbars and turntables.

* [[Waif Fu]]: Hibiki can send a punching bag 20 feet away with one hit after getting a few weeks of training from Genjurou.

* [[War Is Hell]]/{{spoiler|[[Humans Are Bastards]]}}: The Noise {{spoiler|was created by humans in order to fight against rival humans during the [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|early ages]].}}

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: {{spoiler|Kadingir}} is not a [[Tower of Babel|tower]] - {{spoiler|Phine even references the biblical Shinar}} - even though it is referenced as such, but an humongous energy cannon with the intention of ''shooting the moon''.

* [[Wham Episode]]: Episode 11; the [[Big Bad]] and her plan is revealed, bad guys change sides or turn to have been [[The Mole]] for the good guys all along.

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: During transformation sequences, a random splice of words flow in the background. In most cases, they're faux German, except for maybe a few. During Kanade's transformation, for example, the word "ziggurat" flows for a short moment before the cut. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat Strange how The Other Wiki notes that] none of the shrines on them were saved.