History Manga / CardcaptorSakura

* TheUnfavorite: Tomoyo seems to be one to her own ''mother'' Sonomi, compared with Sakura. Sonomi was obsessed with Nadeshiko when they were younger, and seems to have transferred her affection to Nadeshiko's daughter. Despite [[ParensAsPeople barely having time for her own family,]] Sonomi manages to make time to attend Sakura's school sporting events and even chaperone her on vacation. Anytime they're on screen together Sonomi fusses over Sakura and practically ignores Tomoyo [[hottip:*: This may be an ObserverEffect or UnreliableNarrator; since Sakura is the main character, there'd be no point in Sonomi being in the scene if not to interact with her]]. Tomoyo even tells Sakura at one point that Sonomi grows Tomoyo's hair long and styles it like Nadeshiko's in order to remember her.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Sakura twice over, first after getting victimized by the Small Card, and later when sucked into Eriol's AliceInWonderland illusion. She uses the Small Card to shrink again in the latter, but only to revert to normal size after [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever an enlargement spell]].

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Tomoyo.

* YamatoNadeshiko:
** Sakura's mom [[MeaningfulName Nadeshiko]] (though she also was [[{{Dojikko}} kinda clumsy]] when young). Also, Sakura's friend Rika Sasaki.
** Fujitaka could nearly be considered a male example, if such a thing was possible.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The Firey Card. [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Firey"]] isn't a word, but it could simply be "Fiery" misspelled.
** The main element cards are just the element with "y", lending itself to some odd GratuitousEnglish. The four cards are: Watery, Firey, Earthy, and Windy.

!!This anime/manga provides examples of: [[hottip:*:(Note: Many more tropes in the [[Characters/CardcaptorSakura Character Page]]

* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Kero, Yue, and the later Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon were created by Clow Reed. We neither get nasty results from them or HumansAreBastards type reactions to them.

* InASingleBound: Jump Card, period. Can cross HUGE distances (whole city blocks), [[RoofHopping roof hop with ease]], reach heights to ''the top of Tokyo tower'' and always lands soft from any height with exceptional accuracy.

* And Syaoran. Even without magic, he seems to have springs for legs that allow him to reach impossible heights, even to the tops of trees and in a series of jumps gets to the top of a several storey high Ferris wheel with no problems.

** Kero eats a box of chocolates... unfortunately, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids they were '''liquour''' chocolates.]] Ends with a "What happened last night?" moment.

Compare ''SailorMoon'', which is the other "major" example most people think of vis-à-vis {{Magical Girl}}s. Contrast ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the most notable {{Deconstruction}} of the genre.

** LeftHanging / [[AvertedKissingShot Averted Hugging Shot]]: And this. Literally in mid air. The Cliffhanger-esque ending of the Sealed Card didn't go down too well with many fans either, especially when compared to the last frame of the manga. While using the Jump Card clearly indicates what will happen, it's not the same as seeing it happen.

* DubNameChange: Both the English and French dub suffered from it.

* DubNameChange: The French dub was infamous for this (it was sadly very frequent in TheNineties and early 2000s).

* FoeYay: [[spoiler: Sakura and Syaoran.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The Nameless card with the heart on it was more than just a SequelHook, and [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower it's true power is revealed at the last moment]] [[spoiler: Combining with the Void card to form the Hope card without anyone having to sacrifice their own love.]]

* MomentKiller: Too many to list, but Syaoran's attempted love confessions and Toya trying to tell Yukito the truth about himself, and then in the Sealed Card Sakura's own attempts at love confessions. In fact one occasion Sakura was interrupted by Void in a play while playing the part of the princess about to tell the prince how she feels.

** The Void card, especially so! Until she does a HeelFaceTurn after getting a heart (literally) and becomes a ...

* SphereOfDestruction: Card #53 (Void) is notorious for doing a special version of BeamSpam with this, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of holes all over the city.

Compare ''SailorMoon'', which is the other "major" example most people think of vis-à-vis {{Magical Girl}}s. Contrast ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the most notable {{Deconstruction}} of the genre.

** Episodes themselves were extended and Syaoran's role in the story was as well. In the manga Syaoran never catches any cards for himself and never takes part in the final judgment. In the anime, he does both of those things. And the final judgment was in itself extended, in the manga Sakura never failed and thus never got to experience the pain of a world without love. In the anime, she does. The reason the expansion works instead of falling apart is because Nanase Okawa, writer of the manga, wrote and oversaw the anime as well.

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Syaoran to Sakura, it would seem.

* {{Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever}}: Sakura, first when she fights a Dragon created by the Create Card, and later, when she counteracts her [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinkage]] while trapped in Alice In Wonderland.

** Just ask [[ThursdayNext Landen Parke-Laine]].

** Syaoran in Episode 33 evades, lures and exposes the Freeze card without any magic, and earlier ''punches'' apart the magical ice forming on Sakura. For his efforts he gets to keep [[MonsterOfTheWeek that episode's]] card.

* BareYourMidriff: Sakura has [[http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pink_Flower_Costume two]] [[http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bat_Burglar_costume outfits]] that shows her belly button in two episodes.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wishing to shoot Syaoran's heart with love was a ''very bad'' idea when you are in possession of the Shot Card, as Meilin found out. [[spoiler: It took it literally.]]

* {{BFS}}: Syaoran's sword. Luckily, it is a magic sword, or a skinny little boy like Syaoran probably wouldn't even be able to pick it up, much less wield it effectively.

** Syaoran himself shows traits of this towards Meiling (and arguably Sakura early on), possible inversion since his age comparison to either of them is unspecified.
* BigFancyHouse: Tomoyo is the most prominent, but other characters have their own, too.

* CardsOfPower: The Clow cards contain magical spirits and each card allows Sakura to have to have access to various types of powers such as PlayingWithFire or MakingASplash.
* ChaseScene: Kero and Spinel Sun pursue a ball of fried octopus [[PinballProjectile on a complicated path all over town]] in the [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Bonus episode]] following the ending of the second movie.

* ChekhovsGun: The Nameless card with the heart on it was more than just a SequelHook, and [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower it's true power is revealed at the last moment]] [[spoiler: Combining with the Void card to form the Hope card without anyone having to sacrifice their own love.]]

* TheChessmaster [[spoiler:Clow Reed, in a rare good example that doesn't have any anger or angst motivating it]].

* ConsummateLiar: Yamazaki. A RunningGag in the series is Sakura and Syaoran falling for it every time.

* CrashIntoHello: Sakura's crashed into Yukito at least twice, met Kaho exactly as described on the Trope page, ended up running into her brother just as she confessed taking his share of cake. In the Sealed Card she runs into Syaoran around a bend, and then later into Yukito (again) while crying.

* CrossDresser: Both the plays in the TV series have the main characters playing Gender swapped roles. Hilarity Ensues. And yeah, it's CLAMP again.

** And even with all the butchering they did, they couldn't remove the subtexts. It's still pretty obvious how Syaoran and Sakura feel about each other.

* CutenessOverload: To spectacular effect - in fact it won an award for [[spoiler: the cutest character of the year]].

** And as a backup Deus Ex Machina Yukito just happend to be passing by at that precise moment to come and pick her up.

* DisappearedDad: Tomoyo's father doesn't seem to exist, and Sakura muses to herself that it seems to be a "complicated matter". Also, Syaoran's father passed away when he was very young.

** And in episode 69 she even tries to fight Eriol, who has retained ''all'' his powers from his previous life as Clow Reed.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Played in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin standard textbook style]]. [[spoiler: Earthy is captured by Wood and Fiery by a combination of Windy and Watery]].

** OnlyTheChosenMayWield - The Sealing Staff that can capture the cards.

** Rarely if ever mentioned beyond its introduction, but Sakura and Tomoyo are actual cousins.

* {{Evolving Credits}}: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example. Partway through season one, Li is added to the opening following his introduction to the story. He appears for just one second along with the other supporting characters. Everything else in the intro stays the same. In the American uncut DVD release, this version of the intro was never used.

* TheFaceless: All characters who appear in Sakura's foretelling dreams. [[spoiler: Their faces are shown over time (except Yue)]]. Also Eriol and his guardians in scenes where he watches from the shadows.

* FanOfTheUnderdog: Meiling of the anime adaption, [[StalkerWithACrush idolizing Syaoran]] and being the only other member of the FiveManBand that considers him most deserving of the title of Master Of The Cards.
** Sakura also exists as an interesting light variation, in that despite being Syaoran's [[TheRival rival]], she looks up to him greatly and is largely convinced of his superior intelligence and competance. Her extremely affectionate treatment towards Syaoran would naturally also play into his own opinion of her. In addition Sakura is also kind and supportive to Meiling ([[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy which leads the latter to accept her as Syaoran's true love]]).

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sakura in a rather swift period of time can endear herself to almost any living entity due to her everpresent compassion and innocence, even Syaoran's strict and stoic mother (Li Yelan) can't resist after just one day with her and even gives a very motherly kiss. Note that at that time Syaoran was still seeing Sakura as a rival...

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Somehow, the scene with Kero getting drunk off chocolate managed to get by Nelvana. His [[MattHill dub voice actor]] doesn't even try to disguise it.
* GiantPoofySleeves: especially in the promotional art
* GenreSavvy: Tomoyo insists that Sakura wear costumes and have a signature pose because that's what [[MagicalGirl magical girls]] are supposed to do.
** Also, she has a crush and thinks it's cute.

* HappyEnding: Both manga and anime.
** Both share a feature. Post [[LoveConfession love confessions]], the moment Sakura hugs Syaoran, the series is over.
* HappilyEverAfter: Well, rather a surprise isn't it - coming from Creator/{{CLAMP}}? But then it is targeted mainly to kids and younger teens.

* HotForStudent: Third grade teacher and student romance, complete with engagement ring -- yup, it's Creator/{{CLAMP}} all right. To their credit, they'll be waiting until she's older. And in the anime it's a one sided crush from the student.
** Kaho's and Touya's relationship is an aversion; though they met when Kaho was Touya's student teacher, they only confessed romantic feelings after Kaho's teaching position had ended.
** Played straight with Fujitaka and Nadeshiko; Fujitaka was a teacher in the high school Nadeshiko attended. It's implied that they started living together even before she graduated.
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*** [[FoeYay Or does she?]]

* [[HowDoIShotWeb How Do I Shot Web?]]: When [[FreakyFridayFlip in Kero's body]], Syaoran cannot use his wings, falling out of a window twice.

* InASingleBound: Jump Card, period. Can cross HUGE distances (whole city blocks), [[RoofHopping roof hop with ease]], reach heights to ''the top of Tokyo tower'' and always lands soft from any height with exceptional accuracy.
* And Syaoran. Even without magic, he seems to have springs for legs that allow him to reach impossible heights, even to the tops of trees and in a series of jumps gets to the top of a several storey high Ferris wheel with no problems.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Suppie (Spinel Sun). Eating ''anything'' which has sugar in it ''in any amount'' results in a massive out of control drunken spree that sends him on a sugar binge. As a side effect a drunk Suppie becomes much cuter and hilarious. But...
** BreathWeapon: Eventually he starts firing these, and then hell breaks loose.
** Kero eats a box of chocolates... unfortunately, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids they were '''liquour''' chocolates.]] Ends with a "What happened last night?" moment.

* LateForSchool: Sakura's biggest "Hoee!"s are usually reserved for this. The best one was when she arrives to class about 5 seconds before Terada walks in.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: An {{Omake}} suggested that the entire series had been filmed and edited by Tomoyo, and included her attempt to film and record the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-vw2UfF3I opening song]].

* {{Lolicon}}: Yoshiyuki Terada. Though to be fair, [[spoiler:he waited until Rika was older]].

* NothingIsScarier: The SceneryGorn the Nothing caused in The Sealed Card, made worse by the fact you can still see what most of the things taken used to be. [[NightmareFuel Goodness]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Poor Syaoran, no matter how hard he tries to act dignified and stoic his mystique is always destroyed by some affectionate soul, usually Sakura, reducing him to an (adorable) piece of jelly.
* NeverGrewUp: Eriol.
* NighInvulnerability: Most of the time, no one gets even slightly injured. Not even after being buried under tidal waves, falling from just about any height (even landing hard on some occasions), rocked by gigantic earthquakes, hit by explosions of antimatter type magic, repeatedly slammed into walls and even steel girders, pierced by razor sharp crystal shards, almost drowned by huge water spouts, surrounded by raging fires and so on.
** But the worst offender is when Sakura is not even scratched after being hit and sent flying by a fast moving roller coaster.

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: [[spoiler:Clow, and later Eriol]]
* TheOneGuy: Syaoran is the only male character in the main group of four protagonists.
** That goes true for his family as well (''4 older sisters and his mom''). In fact in the manga it is [[LampshadeHanging explicitly commented]] that he has a very feminine family.

* PingPongNaivete: Sakura is often proved to very resourceful and cunning in her handling of the cards and the perils they cause, however she also has a rather realistic childlike complex, viewing ethics and emotions in a very simplistic manner, and often acting outright oblivious to those of others right in front of her face. She somehow [[ObliviousToLove never figures out by herself that her two best friends are madly in love with her]] (neither of whom are even remotely shrewd about it).

* ThePowerOfLove: The whole story is built around this trope. Prevails in spite of ''everything''. In the manga it succeeds [[spoiler: in bringing Syaoran back to Japan to be with Sakura]]. The anime takes this to the next level very literally when [[spoiler: Sakura creates the nameless card with a winged heart. Later this card merges with the Nothing at the last minute to form the Hope card, and ensuring that Sakura and Syaoran's love survive intact even against the otherwise unconquerable]].
** The Sealed Card Ending has [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Ashita e No Melody]] in the background for this.
* PragmaticAdaptation : Among others, the ending is the most notable case in the series. The manga explicitly states [[spoiler: (when Yukito consoles Sakura when she makes the teddy bear for Syaoran)]] that overcoming the Long Distance barrier testifies to ThePowerofLove. The impact of long distance is toned down in the anime with characters frequently and liberally using air travel [[spoiler: (e.g Meling, who makes 7 trips in total)]] whenever needed (and [[PutOnABus not needed]]), unlike the manga. The anime instead shows the triumph of ThePowerOfLove by having them [[spoiler: capture card #53, which [[RelationshipSabotage actually threatens to take away one's deepest love, not to mention its genocidal tendencies]]]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld:

* RunningGag : Tomoyo, every time she talks about videotaping Sakura or her latest costume, which is about half a dozen times an episode. All the more funnier because it comes at the most (in)appropriate moment.
--> (In the middle of Snow Card's fierce blizzard): "At this rate...at this rate...''I can't film Sakura!''

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: In fact, Tomoeda Elementary has uniforms for ''every'' occasion!
* ScrewDestiny: Sakura & Syaoran's love seems destined to be doomed by Card #53, until the PowerOfLove (literally) pulls a BeyondTheImpossible feat of Card redemption, which doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* SpontaneousReverb: Tomoyo

* StalkerWithACrush: Tomoyo, to some degree. ''Much'' gentler and reasonable than the standard, of course (If you consider being with your best friend stalking.).

** (spoiler for {{XXXholic}} and Tsubasa) [[spoiler:She tells an alternate Sakura this, who repeats it in {{XXXholic}} chapter 177 and TRC chapter 217, to her 'sons' Watanuki and Tsubasa (Male) respectively]].

* TransformationIsAFreeAction / TalkingIsAFreeAction: As expected of this genre, every single time.
* TrainStationGoodbye: Correction... ''Airport goodbye''. With Meiling, twice. Also the TV Series Ending and the last chapter of the manga, when Syaoran has to go back to Hong Kong and Sakura meets him at the airport.
** However in all cases, they again return whenever the need arises.
* TropeOverdosed

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The anime omits ''way too many'' plot points from the conclusion of the manga, leaving it at a less Sugar Filled Ending.

** [[spoiler: The splitting of Eriol's magic and the revelation of Fujitaka Kinomoto being the other half of Clow Reed are missing as well. As a result Fujitaka doesn't get to be reunited with his wife's spirit again]].
** The second [[TheMovie movie]] wraps thing up, however.
*** Actually ''The Sealed Card'' resolves very little of the details in the manga's climax. Syaoran (and Meiling) only returned briefly to Tomeda [[spoiler: for a visit Nadeshiko Festival and supposedly would return to Hong Kong afterwards , the series only goes so far to cement that he and Sakura are now in a LongDistanceRelationship, but with the possibility of visiting each other in the holidays]].

*** [[CannonFodder Not quite]]. The above Cliffhanger of the ''The Sealed Card'' ending [[CliffhangerCopout is resolved ''with special mention'']] by a [[SideStoryBonusArt special poster released along with the movie in the DVD]], showing Sakura [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ccs27_320.jpg making the leap and the two hugging]]. Most likely it was for the [[http://ccs.sky-bound.org/gallery/details.php?image_id=57140 high ]] [[http://ccs.sky-bound.org/gallery/details.php?image_id=57141 resolution]] and the incredibly detailed artwork that would never have been adequately captured in a darkly lit far away shot on a video frame.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHlfaMJFmj4 And now there's even a video for it.]]
*** Not to forget that this is the whole point of the Second Movie and the end of the manga as well. If Sakura hugs Syaoran, the show's over!

%% Personal opinions are being moved towards YMMV where there is a separate section for discussing the above issue of the picture.

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: This show has no villains; in the first arc, [[MonsterOfTheWeek the Cards]] are portrayed more as mischievous beings than truly evil troublemakers (if somewhat inept to their occasionally dangerous powers) and are all subject to DefeatMeansFriendship, and in the second arc, the "villain" is quickly hinted (and revealed at the end) to be much more of a TricksterMentor. All the intelligent characters are presented as decent people, which underscores the "Humans Are Good" part of the trope.
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Touya seems to have a new job every episode.

* TheWorfEffect:

** [[spoiler:Syaoron, when he is thrown aside by Yue in the Final Judgement.]]
* YamatoNadeshiko:

* BigBrotherInstinct: Touya has one for Sakura. {{Lampshaded}} by Yukito in which he tells Touya he has a 'little sister complex'.

!!This anime/manga provides examples of: [[hottip:*:(Note: Many more tropes in the [[Characters/CardcaptorSakura Character Page]])]]

** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation It's entirely]] [[WildMassGuessing possible]] that Terada is only returning the crush out of kindness, [[GenreSavvy knowing or betting]] that Rika may find someone closer to her age as she grows up. [[spoiler:That it doesn't happen that way reaffirms the whole "love is unstoppable" thing]].
** There are some fans that refer to Sakura as the Lolicon Queen because... [[RuleThirtyFour well, you know]]...

One of {{CLAMP}}'s most iconic manga series, it was adapted into a 70-episode anime with 2 movies which [[AdaptationExpansion added a lot of new elements in the process]]. Alongside ''SailorMoon'', this is widely considered as close to a "canon" MagicalGirl show as you can get, and is often one of ''the'' examples even the most casual anime fan will think of when magical girls are mentioned and [[TropeCodifier its influence on all works which followed it]] is deep and pervasive. The anime was dubbed by {{Nelvana}} with much {{Bowdlerization}} in the process. However, Media Blaster took over the dubbing of the second movie to be more faithful to the original.

* {{Bishounen}}: It's {{CLAMP}}.

* {{CLAMP}}: Arguably one of their best and most popular works; certainly, one of their most iconic, given how many characters have since [[TsubasaReservoirChronicle reappeared in another form]]...

* CostumePorn: AND HOW! Besides the many marvelous outfits Sakura goes Cardcapting in, even her everyday clothes have flair. See section on LimitedWardrobe for more details. And remember everyone it's {{CLAMP}}!

** It's {{CLAMP}}.

* EyeScream: {{CLAMP}}'s fetish deserves a special mention because it's conspicuous '''by its complete absence!'''

* HappilyEverAfter: Well, rather a surprise isn't it - coming from {{CLAMP}}? But then it is targeted mainly to kids and younger teens.

* HotForStudent: Third grade teacher and student romance, complete with engagement ring -- yup, it's {{CLAMP}} all right. To their credit, they'll be waiting until she's older. And in the anime it's a one sided crush from the student.

* SideStoryBonusArt: Tons and tons of it. What do you expect? Its {{CLAMP}}!

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ccsakuratvtropes_3751.jpg]]
-->''RELEASE!''

* TheWorfEffect: Alas, poor Kero-chan.
** And [[spoiler: Syaoron, when he is thrown aside by Yue in the Final Judgement]].
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sakura's mom [[MeaningfulName Nadeshiko]] (though she also was [[{{Dojikko}} kinda clumsy]] when young). Also, Sakura's friend Rika Sasaki.

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