History Anime / PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion

** Almost the same "chicken and the egg" speech appears, as in Creator/HermannHesse's {{Sandbox/Demian}} and Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Homura becomes a demon, suppresses Madoka's powers, takes over the universe, gains control over the Incubators, resurrects everyone, traps Madoka in her personal utopia and tells her that unless she stops being so selfless and duty-following, they'll become enemies.]] All in less than '''fifteen minutes'''.

* BodyguardingABadass: [[spoiler:Sayaka and Nagisa]] act as Madoka's helpers and, at times, protectors, even though the latter is a PhysicalGod; though this is so that they can [[spoiler:confound the Incubators' attempt to capture Madoka]]. Deconstructed by [[spoiler:Homura, who decides to become an evil RealityWarper so that she can suppress Madoka's powers and become her guardian]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: But of course. Tears into [[spoiler:ThePowerOfLove even more than the anime.]]
** [[invoked]]On a more meta level, it also deconstructs a lot of the elements that the fanbase tends to focus on, such as the LesYay subtext, memes, and the slice-of-life aspects of the show. [[spoiler:The ending is especially brutal in its tearing down of the expectations that fans have toward the series.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: A lot of elements from fanon are stuffed into the movie, such as the group living a happy life and Charlotte and Kyubey being friendly mascots, though they're all deconstructed and/or played for drama. There's also a load of typical MaleGaze fanservice stuffed in, especially during the first thirty minutes and [[spoiler:with Devil Homura]].

* ThePowerOfLove: A deconstruction as [[spoiler: it is what corrupts Homura's soul gem and turns her into a [[GodOfEvil goddess of evil.]]]]

* TakeThatAudience: The entire OutOfGenreExperience can be read as a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''-esque attack on the fanbase, given how similar it seems to many, many {{fan work}}s. [[spoiler: The attack comes from the fact that the whole thing is both completely ridiculous and utterly fake (since it's really an illusion created by a witch). The ending of the movie almost seems to be a {{deconstruction}} of {{fix fic}}s that try to create a happier ending for the original anime.]]

* SynchronizedMorningRoutine: There's a scene nearly identical to the one shown in the [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica anime]] --Madoka waking up her mother, with the two of them grooming themselves together in the bathroom. While it does reinforce Madoka and her mom's closeness, it, however, serves different purposes. It's meant to mirror the anime's beginning, adding to the feeling of deja-vu and confusion. Furthermore, its subtle discrepancies from the original scene hint that the universe in which the film takes place is not quite the same as the anime. It's not a retelling or something similar, it's a continuation.

** Almost the same "chicken and the egg" speech appears, as in Hermann Hesses Demian and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

** And, depending on how one views it, [[spoiler:Homura usurping Madoka and rewriting reality]] later on.

* LighterAndSofter: It's easy to cite the first half as thus, and for good reason, but ''the entire movie'' is lighter and softer. [[spoiler: While the second half starting from the reveal that the world is a LotusEaterMachine isn't what one could call lighthearted, and has more than its fair share of tear jerkers and nightmare fuel, it never hits the level of 'miserably hopeless' that the anime did. Just compare the fight against Walpurgis and the fight against Homulilly. While Walpurgisnacht had a lone magical girl fighting what everyone more or less knew was a hopeless battle, complete with ominous, downbeat music, Homulilly is on the receiving end of what could almost be called a CurbStompBattle by multiple magical hirls working in sync, with upbeat, triumphant music. For a moment, it looked as if the only one to die in the movie would be Homura, and while her death would have landed the story a BittersweetEnding, she would have ascended to heaven with Madoka had it played out as intended: a ''much'' better fate than turning into a witch. And while the morality of Devil Homura's actions are ambiguous at best, it's hard to argue with all the characters alive and well and the previously-untouchable Kyubey reduced to a quivering wreck. It actually makes a bit of sense the more one thinks about it: unlike the anime, in the movie the good guys have the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Hope backing them up.]]

The movie has a [[ComicBookAdaptation manga adaptation]] by Hanokage, who did the manga adaptation for the first anime, as well as the SpinOff ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story''. Rumors and vargue teasers about a proper sequel to the film would float around for years afterwards, before it was eventually confirmed in April 2021 that a sequel film, ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieWalpurgisnachtRising Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising]]'' was in production.

** Kyoko came from a neighboring town Kasamino[=/=Kazamino, which was only named from side materials. The town is consistently said to be a small town scarce of prey, the main reason why Kyoko moves in to Mitakihara.

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** Kyoko came from a neighboring town Kasamino[=/=][[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kazamino]], which only named from side materials. The town is consistently said to be a small town scarce of prey, the main reason why Kyoko moves in to Mitakihara.

** In the intro fight against a nightmare, Madoka sneaks into a troupe of ballerinas unnoticed.