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** This also occurs with the five prince suitors who are interested in her. Although she has a choice in which one to marry, and she sends them on a [[Fetch Quest]], she is still expected to marry ''one'' of them.
* [[Arcadia]]: Princess Kaguya lives this lifestyle before she is forced to move to the city and live the life of loyalty.
* [[Deranged Animation]]: The animation style of the film adapts to Kaguya's emotions. In the scene where Kaguya runs away from the capital, the animation style becomes rough, unpolished, and uneven to reflect her sudden anger. Near of the film, where Kaguya reunites with Sutemaru, they run away together, and this is shown as them flying through the landscape. {{spoiler|Sutemaru's later [[All Just a Dream]] scene makes the flying scene more unnatural.}}
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Perhaps one of the easiest methods to induce amnesia in any piece of media: {{spoiler|simply putting on a robe}}.
* [[Engagement Challenge]]: Kaguya sends the five suitors each one of these, the objective being to [[Fetch Quest|fetch]] a rare item which they have compared her to.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: This film is, you guessed it, a tale about Princess Kaguya.
* [[Fetch Quest]]: Kaguya's five suitors are asked to find the precious objects which they compared her to — such as the Jeweled Branch of Mount Horai and a robe of fire-rat fur — as a test of their loyalty. {{spoiler|Some of the items brought back were fake, and one suitor died trying to obtain his quest. Another gave up on his quest and turned back.}}
* [[Ghibli Hills]]: A common occurrence at the start of the film, present in almost all shots, depicted in a different, minimalist art style reflective of ancient Japanese paintings than [[Trope Namer]] Ghibli's usual lush green paintings.
* [[Gilded Cage]]: Kaguya's home in the capital serves as this to her. It's luxurious and large, but she feels confined due to the expectations placed onto her. She resorts to having a slice of the [[Arcadia]] life she used to live, planting a small garden in the house.
* [[Leitmotif]]: A rare example where the motif used is both diegetic and non diegetic. Kaguya's motif accompanies the opening credits, and appears in other places in the film as well. She also frequently sings it when she's playing with the children and Sutemaru.
* [[MacGuffin]]: The items that Kaguya asks the suitors to bring her.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: 'Princess' Kaguya, who refuses to do almost everything expected from a princess. She refuses to paint her teeth black, or to pull out her eyelashes, only doing so after much time and {{spoiler|discovering that Sutemaru and the other kids she grew up has moved away form her home}}. Instead of dedicating herself to rigorous study, she instead chooses to play and run around her house.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Occurs a lot in Kaguya's early childhood, with many shots focusing on distant mountains, greenery, or small animals.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Princess Kaguya, running away after guests at her naming party demands to see her, but her father not permitting. [[Deranged Animation]] follows.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: When Kaguya is being {{spoiler|taken away to the moon}}, joyful and festive music plays in a scene which should be melancholic. The soundtrack eventually progresses to a depressing and sorrowful song, averting the usage of the trope in the later parts of the scene.
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