History Anime / MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha

* DefeatMeansFriendship: It's basically a meme that "befriend" is another word for "blast into submission", as a result of Nanoha making friends by defeating them in combat over the course of the franchise, starting with Nanoha's final duel with Fate.

The anime was licensed and dubbed in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}}, but is now out of print. After Geneon USA shut down, Creator/FUNimation took over the distribution of the original series and its sequel ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' until the licenses for both expired in 2011. In 2023, however, [[https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1714085251360969129 Discotek Media has licensed rescued the original series]] and will be available on Blu-Ray in 2024.

The anime was licensed and dubbed in North America by Creator/{{Geneon}}, but is now out of print. After Geneon USA shut down, Creator/FUNimation took over the distribution of the original series and its sequel ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' until the licenses for both expired in 2011.

* ByThePowerOfGreySkull: Averted for the most part. In the first episode, Yuno tells Nanoha a password she needs to say to activate Raising Heart but after that she doesn't need it.

* StormingTheCastle: The season's climax is the storming the Garden of Time.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After Fate forcibly activates the remaining Jewel Seeds, rather than wait for Fate to exhaust herself and potentially get hurt for biting more than she could chew, Nanoha defies orders to help Fate.

* TastesLikeDisdain: Fate brings [[AbusiveParents her mother]] a box of sweets when she goes to report on her progress collecting the Jewel Seeds. In the original anime, Precia ignores the food and there's a shot of Fate seeing the box untouched on a table after Precia is done [[ATasteOfTheLash whipping her]]. The movie on the other hand goes in the opposite direction, with Precia furiously slapping the box out of Fate's hands upon seeing it, taking it as a sign that she's wasting time rather than focusing on her mission.

* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: The photograph of Fate and her mother in episode four. Interesting because the secret isn't what Precia looks like -- she's shown in episode seven -- but that [[spoiler:she's smiling: the photo was taken before she went insane. Also, it's not really Fate in the photo, but her [[ParentalFavoritism sister]]/[[CloningBlues original]], although Fate has no clue.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The movie has the best English so far with the devices finally having learned proper grammar.

* TheThingThatGoesDoink: Lindy's Japanese-style receiving room has one. Said room also happens to be ''on a spaceship''.

%% zce * ThemeMusicPowerUp: "Don't Be Long", replacing "Take A Shot" in the same scene from the original.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The ''Starlight Breaker'' is enhanced UpToEleven, which is also an understatement. This is probably one of the reasons why only three of Fate's limbs are locked instead of four, giving her a chance to cast shields to defend herself (the other reason is that Fate has no other option than to block Nanoha's ''Divine Buster'').

[[caption-width-right:350: ''A Whole New Type of Magical Girl. ''[[note]]Clockwise from top right: Presea Testarossa, Lindy Harlaown, Chrono Harlaown, Yuuno, Nanoha Takamachi, Fate Testarossa and Alph.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: ''A Whole New Type of Magical Girl.''[[note]]Clockwise from top right: Presea Testarossa, Lindy Harlaown, Chrono Harlaown, Yuuno, Nanoha Takamachi, Fate Testarossa and Alph.[[/note]]]]

* PantyShot: Several in the first episode, courtesy of Nanoha.

* IgnoredExpert: The people in charge cares more about conserving time and money than making sure that the power plants they built were safe, to the point of ignoring legitimate concerns raised by their own engineers. [[spoiler:One of said engineers being the still-sane Precia Testarossa.]]

* AdultFear: The people in charge cared more about conserving time and money than making sure that the power plants they built were safe, [[IgnoredExpert to the point of ignoring concerns raised by their own engineers]]. [[spoiler:One of said engineers being the still-sane Precia Testarossa.]]

* StunGuns: Nanoha explicitly sets Raising Heart to stun. Presumably, RH's default setting is "befriend".