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* RecruitTheMuggles: During the Mahora Festival, the mages are outnumbered by an army of demon-powered robots and mechas, so they decide to recruit several thousand muggles and arm them with magical weapons. (Fortunately, both sides were using non-lethal weapons.) Since the muggles must not know anything about magic, the mages tell them that it's [[AllPartOfTheShow a giant role-playing game]].
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** Often and Asuna is usually the victim. This reached new heights during Mahora Budokan. See Panty Fighter.
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* RegainedMemoriesSequence: Yue gets to experience one of these after she confesses her feelings to Negi but tells him to wait until she graduates to give her a proper reply, exactly what she told Nodoka to do much earlier in the story.
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* RealityEnsues: In a flashback, Tsuruko (Motoko's sister from ''Manga/LoveHina'') says that contrary to all shonen logic, someone who follows swordsmanship with no thought other than causing chaos and bloodshed really will become incredibly strong. [[spoiler:Tsukuyomi flattens Setsuna throughout their entire duel, leaving her beaten on the ground before she gets up and wins... somehow... in a single hit. No explanation is given for why she won.]]
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* RedBaron: The Pactio cards have an epithet under the Ministra/Minister's name that gives them a Latin title that matches their role, personality and/or abilities.
** Negi's epithet is "Magistrulus Magi", meaning "Wizard Teacher".
** Asuna's epithet is "Bellatrix Sauciata", meaning "Wounded Warrioress". Her Pactio card depicts her holding her {{BFS}} and having bandages wrapped in her arm and leg.
** Nodoka's epithet is "Pudica Bibliothecaria", meaning "Modest Librarian" because of her role as a CuteBookworm.
** Setsuna's epithet is "Gladiaria Alata", meaning "Winged Swordswoman". It refers to Setsuna being a Shinmei-ryuu swordswoman and a WingedHumanoid with crow demon blood.
** Konoka's epithet is "Regina Medicans", meaning "Healing Queen". She has very powerful healing magic and later becomes the WhiteMagicianGirl in Ala Alba.
** Yue's epithet is "Philosophastra Illustrans", which roughly translates to "Illuminating Philosopher-in-Training".
** Haruna's epithet is "Fictrix Comica", which roughly translates to "Comic Artist". She draws {{doujinshi}}.
** Chisame's epithet is "Idolum Virtuale", meaning "Virtual Idol". She's secretly a popular net idol and her Artifact is a MagicWand that can create a virtual reality.
** Kaede's epithet is "Speculatrix Clandestina", meaning "Secret Spy". She's a {{Ninja}}.
** Ku Fei's epithet is "Pugilatum Exercens", which roughly translates to "She Who Trains to Fight with Her Fists". She's a martial artist who fights barehanded.
** Chachamaru's epithet is "Pupa Somnians", meaning "Dreaming Doll". DoAndroidsDream is the main question of her character arc, as she had doubts that she could make a Pactio because it requires a soul. Negi proves that Chachamaru does.
** Ayaka's epithet is "Burgensis Florens", meaning "Flowery Burgess".
** Akira's epithet is "Siren Valida", meaning "Powerful Mermaid". Her card depicts her as a mermaid with PowerFist.
** Makie's epithet is "Armatura Quinquiplex", which roughly translates to "Trouper with Five Apparatus". She gets a rare Artifact that consists of five tools (ball, hoop, ribbon, baton, rope) instead of only one.
** Ako's epithet is "Cultrix Cum Traumate", meaning "Caretaker with a Wound". Her Pactio card depicts her in a nurse uniform and she has a large scar on her back.
** Natsumi's epithet is "Actrix Timida", meaning "Shy Actress". She's in the theatre club and lacks self-confidence.
** Chao's epithet is "Polymathes Universalis", meaning "Universal Polymath". She's the biggest TeenGenius of the entire school.
** Misora's epithet is "Joculatrix Monachans", meaning "Jester Who Acts as a Nun".
** Yuuna's epithet is "Strenuus Arcarius", which roughly translates to "Energetic Shooter". It refers to both her upbeat personality and her gun Artifact.
** Kazumi's epithet is "Reportatrix Denudans", meaning "Reporter Who Exposes" because of her role as an IntrepidReporter.
** Satomi's epithet is "Machinatrix Insana", meaning "Insane Inventor". She's the MadScientist of the class.
** Chizuru's epithet is "Servatrix Stellarum", meaning "Guardian of the Stars".
** Evangeline's epithet is "Magistra Puparum", meaning "Mistress of Dolls". She's a MarionetteMaster with animated dolls/robots as her servants.
** Mana's epithet is "Vulnerans Semidiaboli", meaning "Half-Devil Who Causes Damage". She's an ActionGirl and a half-demon.
** Sayo's epithet is "Umbra Invisibilis", meaning "Invisible Ghost". She's the CuteGhostGirl of the class, but no one can see her.
** Satsuki's epithet is "Coqua Fabulosa", meaning "Fabulous Cook" because of her role as the SupremeChef of the class.
** Zazie's epithet is "Primaria in Diabolimundo", meaning "Foremost in the Demon World". [[spoiler:She's secretly a demon princess.]]
** The Narutaki twins share the epithet "Geminae Simulatrices", meaning "Copier Twins".
** Misa's epithet is "Hilaratrix Accensa", meaning "Excited Cheerleader".
** Sakurako's epithet is "Hilaratrix Fortunans", meaning "Lucky Cheerleader". She's both a cheerleader and BornLucky.
** Madoka's epithet is "Hilaratrix Durans", which roughly translates to "Tough Cheerleader".
** Albireo's epithet is "Bibliothecarius Ironicus", meaning "Ironical Librarian". He's a MagicLibrarian and TheGadfly.
** Rakan's epithet is "Armiger Milliplex", meaning "Bearer of a Thousand Weapons". His Artifact can become any weapon he wishes for.
** Negi's epithet is "Magistrulus Magi", meaning "Wizard Teacher".
** Asuna's epithet is "Bellatrix Sauciata", meaning "Wounded Warrioress". Her Pactio card depicts her holding her {{BFS}} and having bandages wrapped in her arm and leg.
** Nodoka's epithet is "Pudica Bibliothecaria", meaning "Modest Librarian" because of her role as a CuteBookworm.
** Setsuna's epithet is "Gladiaria Alata", meaning "Winged Swordswoman". It refers to Setsuna being a Shinmei-ryuu swordswoman and a WingedHumanoid with crow demon blood.
** Konoka's epithet is "Regina Medicans", meaning "Healing Queen". She has very powerful healing magic and later becomes the WhiteMagicianGirl in Ala Alba.
** Yue's epithet is "Philosophastra Illustrans", which roughly translates to "Illuminating Philosopher-in-Training".
** Haruna's epithet is "Fictrix Comica", which roughly translates to "Comic Artist". She draws {{doujinshi}}.
** Chisame's epithet is "Idolum Virtuale", meaning "Virtual Idol". She's secretly a popular net idol and her Artifact is a MagicWand that can create a virtual reality.
** Kaede's epithet is "Speculatrix Clandestina", meaning "Secret Spy". She's a {{Ninja}}.
** Ku Fei's epithet is "Pugilatum Exercens", which roughly translates to "She Who Trains to Fight with Her Fists". She's a martial artist who fights barehanded.
** Chachamaru's epithet is "Pupa Somnians", meaning "Dreaming Doll". DoAndroidsDream is the main question of her character arc, as she had doubts that she could make a Pactio because it requires a soul. Negi proves that Chachamaru does.
** Ayaka's epithet is "Burgensis Florens", meaning "Flowery Burgess".
** Akira's epithet is "Siren Valida", meaning "Powerful Mermaid". Her card depicts her as a mermaid with PowerFist.
** Makie's epithet is "Armatura Quinquiplex", which roughly translates to "Trouper with Five Apparatus". She gets a rare Artifact that consists of five tools (ball, hoop, ribbon, baton, rope) instead of only one.
** Ako's epithet is "Cultrix Cum Traumate", meaning "Caretaker with a Wound". Her Pactio card depicts her in a nurse uniform and she has a large scar on her back.
** Natsumi's epithet is "Actrix Timida", meaning "Shy Actress". She's in the theatre club and lacks self-confidence.
** Chao's epithet is "Polymathes Universalis", meaning "Universal Polymath". She's the biggest TeenGenius of the entire school.
** Misora's epithet is "Joculatrix Monachans", meaning "Jester Who Acts as a Nun".
** Yuuna's epithet is "Strenuus Arcarius", which roughly translates to "Energetic Shooter". It refers to both her upbeat personality and her gun Artifact.
** Kazumi's epithet is "Reportatrix Denudans", meaning "Reporter Who Exposes" because of her role as an IntrepidReporter.
** Satomi's epithet is "Machinatrix Insana", meaning "Insane Inventor". She's the MadScientist of the class.
** Chizuru's epithet is "Servatrix Stellarum", meaning "Guardian of the Stars".
** Evangeline's epithet is "Magistra Puparum", meaning "Mistress of Dolls". She's a MarionetteMaster with animated dolls/robots as her servants.
** Mana's epithet is "Vulnerans Semidiaboli", meaning "Half-Devil Who Causes Damage". She's an ActionGirl and a half-demon.
** Sayo's epithet is "Umbra Invisibilis", meaning "Invisible Ghost". She's the CuteGhostGirl of the class, but no one can see her.
** Satsuki's epithet is "Coqua Fabulosa", meaning "Fabulous Cook" because of her role as the SupremeChef of the class.
** Zazie's epithet is "Primaria in Diabolimundo", meaning "Foremost in the Demon World". [[spoiler:She's secretly a demon princess.]]
** The Narutaki twins share the epithet "Geminae Simulatrices", meaning "Copier Twins".
** Misa's epithet is "Hilaratrix Accensa", meaning "Excited Cheerleader".
** Sakurako's epithet is "Hilaratrix Fortunans", meaning "Lucky Cheerleader". She's both a cheerleader and BornLucky.
** Madoka's epithet is "Hilaratrix Durans", which roughly translates to "Tough Cheerleader".
** Albireo's epithet is "Bibliothecarius Ironicus", meaning "Ironical Librarian". He's a MagicLibrarian and TheGadfly.
** Rakan's epithet is "Armiger Milliplex", meaning "Bearer of a Thousand Weapons". His Artifact can become any weapon he wishes for.
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* PantyFighter: [[{{Lampshade}} Lampshaded]] during the Mahora Budokan. When Asuna and Setsuna change into their provided combat attire they discover after they are already into the sexy lingerie. They have no real choice, so they go into battle as [[{{Meido}} combat maids]].
-->'''Asuna''': ''I can't do anything in this without flashing the entire crowd!''
* PantyShot
** Often and Asuna is usually the victim. This reached new heights during Mahora Budokan. See Panty Fighter.
** The spin-off {{OVA}} threw in a lot of panty shots for Yue, including a rather detailed bit during her TransformationSequence.
* PaperFanOfDoom: The weaker form of Asuna's pactio artifact.
* PaperTalisman: Setsuna is known to use ''Ofuda''. She once used them to protect the hotel from shikigami during the Kyoto arc.
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Beside the obvious examples of Negi and Asuna, both orphaned, nearly all the characters live alone in a boarding school with no parents in sight. The two dads that showed up were extremely plot relevant.
** Then there's Kotarou -- apparently any [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{youkai}} where he's from will be abandoned at birth.
* ParentalIncest: No actual incest occurs, but Yuuna ''really'' loves her dad. She says that she wouldn't mind giving a "deep, passionate kiss" to her dad, which elicits a NoJustNoReaction from Ako.
* ParentsInDistress: Negi's father is missing in action and has been for years. [[spoiler:Negi doesn't find out where he is for over three hundred chapters when he suddenly shows up on the battlefield possessed by the Lifemaker.]]
* PartyScattering: The main cast is at a [[PortalNetwork Gateport]], having just arrived in the MagicWorld from Wales. The Bad Guys pick that moment to launch their attack on the PortalNetwork to cut the Magic World off from the real one. As the system explodes, there's all kinds of [[BuffySpeak swirly craziness]] and the cast end up scattered in ones and twos across a surface area nearly a third that of Earth. It takes an interminable period to get everyone back together, but when they do, everyone has, as they say, [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]].
* PensieveFlashback:
** Negi and Asuna use a spell to get an OutOfClothesExperience inside Negi's memories of the destruction of his DoomedHometown.
** Done again, and to the same flashback, by Kurt Godel, while trying to convince Negi to join him. Negi's subsequent BerserkMode is only stopped by [[spoiler: coming face to face with the illusion of his father]]... and an ArmorPiercingSlap [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu from the the Loli-Catgirl.]]
* PerpetualMolt: Not as bad as some others, but it still applies.
* PersonalityBloodTypes:
** 28 of 31 class members have a blood type listed (they get a small bio page in their introduction chapter in the manga) and they all fit very well. (Those who don't get a specified blood type are the vampire, the ghost and the robot...)
** Negi is type AB which very much fits his personalty also fits his parents personalities [[spoiler: his father would be a Type B and his Mother fits Type A very well]]. It also befits his status as the center of the harem. AB is compatible with ''everyone''.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: If you hear someone starting an incantation with "''To Sumbolaion Diakoneto Moi''", ''RUN''.
* PerspectiveFlip: [[spoiler:A flashback near the end of the final Negi/Fate fight shows us the Lifemaker observing Nagi and Ala Rubra twenty years ago. Rather than being dismissive of the foolish humans, he or she actually seems pleased and respecting of Nagi as an exemplar of humanity. This puts Nagi's final beatdown of the Lifemaker shown in Godel's flashbacks in an entirely different light.]]
* PerversePuppet: Chachazero has a bit more free will than a normal old puppet, but she is definitely psychotic. In the most adorable way possible.
* PetalPower: Tsukuyomi weaponizes these in order to put Kotaro to sleep.
* PetTheDog: Chachamaru's love for cats is the reader's first hint that, despite her mistress, she isn't all that evil. Once Negi and Asuna decide to ambush her while she takes a "day off," they follow her with increasing discomfort as she literally wanders around the city performing random acts of kindness for complete strangers. Later dog petting becomes rather irrelevant given that she’s one of the nicest people in the cast.
* PillarOfLight: One of these arose when a demon reached it's point of power during the War of Mahora.
* PinballProjectile: Mana expertly ricocheted bullets to reach targets around corners.
* {{Pixellation}}: Rakan's nude form required this.
* PlaceOfPower: Twelve of them, including Mahora itself. One is also apparently on the moon.
* PlayingWithATrope: One of the big reasons this series is so popular is because Akamatsu goes out of his way to toy with tropes common to the Shonen genre and winds up coming up with twists and turns that catch even his own long-time readers by surprise, to say nothing of the people who were expecting this series to be little more than "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Dragonball Z meets Harry Potter / Love Hina]]". See BeamOWar for one example among many.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Right after Ala Alba gets spread out across the Magic World, Negi comes to and finds a bathing [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]].
* PleaseWakeUp: Before the thousand master saved his sister from petrification in his flashback, Negi was yelling this at her. Unlike most examples, she luckily got better.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: The pills everyone's favourite Ermine orders in. The author of the manga has a ''lot'' of fun playing with these.
* PluckyGirl: Several, most notably Asuna, Anya, and later on, Yue. Even ''later'' on, Nodoka proves that she just tops them all in this regard.
* PointThatSomewhereElse: During their big fight, Negi has Setsuna's magic daggers hovering at Jack Rakan's throat. He decides to bite down on a couple, and the others get nervous.
* PomPomGirl: It's school, there's competition so there are at least three of these in Madoka, Sakurako and Misa.
* PoolScene: A {{Fanservice}} staple, though sometimes the focus tends to be on the less well-endowed girls.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If [[spoiler: Chao or Fate would have taken the time to explain their goals to Negi rather than opposing him from the beginning without explaining why, everybody could have saved a massive amount of time and effort. Chao was likely doing this intentionally]].
* PornStash:
** Subverted; it's merely used as a distraction.
** Asakura's secret report on Negi's room makes a note on the lack of this in Negi's drawer since, y'know, he's 10.
* PostEpisodeTrailer: Utilized in the first anime.
* PostKissCatatonia: After [[spoiler:Chachamaru]] gets her artifact in a ravishing Pactio kiss that goes on for ''four pages'', and after [[spoiler:Negi goes into Kiss Terminator mode on Asuna]].
* PostVictoryCollapse: Setsuna passes out shortly after enduring (and ignoring) an intense force field to save Konoka.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Negi's hair turns white during his [[SuperMode Magia Erebea]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The kingdom [[spoiler:Asuna]] came from was a land that had no real defenses compared to its neighbors, relying primarily on its connection to the creator of the magic world. To defend itself, it did have one trick up its sleeve: [[spoiler:the antimagic abilities of Princess Asuna, who was bound and used as a human weapon. It left her emotionally void, something Ala Rubra and Ayaka helped her get through.]]
* PowerLevels: In the manga's Magic World arc, Jack Rakan, with his own ''personal ranking chart'', puts a major villain's power in context with an oddball list that includes: a cat (0.5), a normal human teen girl (1), a tank (200), a magic teacher (300), Negi (500), a dragon (650), an Aegis Battleship (1500), and the villain (3000). [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]] Chisame doesn't even know where to begin in pointing out all the problems with such an arbitrary list (which probably shouldn't be taken very seriously).
* ThePowerOfBlood: It's implied that a Pactio can be made using blood, when kissing would be uncomfortable for the parties involved.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: When Negi is [[spoiler:willingly going through training that turns him briefly into an uncontrollable monster]] the stowaways realize that their presence [[spoiler:helps him suppress his bloodlust.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential
** Some of the cast are more aware of this than others. Rakan uses his speed and power to flip girls skirts and take their panties off before they notice. His "secret ultimate technique" is Silent Flipping and Stripping, Combined with the Rakan Gentle Breeze Tempest Fist, oddly enough it actually works as a battle strategy.
** Haruna loves exploiting her artifact. She makes a kissing golem with a 23 cm tongue and a "[[BitchInSheepsClothing Dark Nodoka]]." Nodoka seems to have stopped her plans for making an Ero Nodoka though.
* [[KingInTheMountain Princess In The Mountain]]: [[spoiler:Asuna's general situation until Nagi came and rescued her. Later, she goes back to the "mountain" for a hundred year sleep.]]
* ProjectileSpell: The functionality of the [[ElementalPowers light-elemental]] Sagitta Magica attack spell is very similar to your standard Magic Missile. Other-element variations have more varied effects.
* PsychicLink:
** Any pair with a Pactio can communicate telepathically.
** Later we see other people using this without a Pactio.
* PsychoLesbian:
** Tsukuyomi.
** And Chichigami, the queen of SkinshipGrope.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Stonehenge serves as a gate to the Magic World.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** "[[BerserkButton Chachamaru-san!]] [[CurbStompBattle Is not! A DOLL!!!]]"
** Not as cool and more of a joke, but "[[FinishingMove Eternal!]] [[CallingYourAttacks Negi!]] [[ChestBlaster Feverrr!!!]]"
* PuppyDogEyes: Usually Negi.
* PureMagicBeing: In some way, this could be said of [[spoiler: the majority of the MagicWorld's denizens.]]
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The Fatettes contain aspects of both type three and four, having been wronged (they're all war orphans or worse) and deciding they're going to fix society by completely redoing it. Whether they like it or not. As it's rather bluntly stated to Ala Alba, they don't even care what Negi's plan is or if it will work because they're more concerned with making a peaceful world than saving all the people. Having the people saved is just a nice bonus to them.
* QuiveringEyes: Negi again.
* RadialAssKicking: Asuna and Setsuna's battle against the demons in Kyoto played out like this. Once they began to realize that either girl could [[OneHitKill cut them down with a single stroke]], they kept their distance and attacked more strategically in this fashion.
* RainAura: During Sayo's flashback episode.
* RainOfArrows: Rain of (Magical) Arrows: There doesn't seem to be a limit to how many Magic Arrows you can shoot off, although it's usually a prime number.
* RazorWind: Wind-type spells, including Negi's old standby Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens, run on this trope. Griffins also have RazorWind breath.
* RealityEnsues: In a flashback, Tsuruko (Motoko's sister from ''Manga/LoveHina'') says that contrary to all shonen logic, someone who follows swordsmanship with no thought other than causing chaos and bloodshed really will become incredibly strong. [[spoiler:Tsukuyomi flattens Setsuna throughout their entire duel, leaving her beaten on the ground before she gets up and wins... somehow... in a single hit. No explanation is given for why she won.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Fate Averruncus tends to do this to Negi.
** After Negi starts to crack after one of Fate's speeches, Asuna gives Negi her own The Reason You Suck Speech, the point being that he's an idiot for even considering what Fate is saying. The next time Fate attempts one of these, he gets a punch in the gut and a ShutUpHannibal for his trouble.
** Evangeline has a knack for these, against Setsuna, Asuna, Negi...
* RedStringOfFate: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one of the first two {{OVA}}s: Nodoka and Yue find a spell in Yue's Artifact that seems to indicate who the caster's tied to. Instead, [[LiteralMetaphor it just ties things together with magical, glowing red string that can't be cut.]] Since Nodoka was thinking of Negi when she cast it... HilarityEnsues.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the {{Masquerade}}. We ''hear'' several times in the beginning that mages try to help the world through {{NGO}}s, but 99% of what we ''see'' magic being used for is destroying the landscape during fights.
* ReferenceOverdosed: Negima references several series from many mediums, and even some references from across the ocean such as Colonel Sanders.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: During several years, Setsuna distanced herself from her childhood friend Konoka due to feeling ashamed of her failure to save her from almost drowning when they were kids. In the Kyoto arc, Konoka is kidnapped and Setsuna helps to save her. After that and Konoka telling Setsuna that [[FreakinessShame her wings are beautiful]], they become close again.
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Kotaro lives with Chizuru and Natsumi under the pretense of being Natsumi's little brother.
* RescueArc: The school trip to Kyoto evolves into a RescueArc when [[spoiler: Konoka is kidnapped]].
* RescueRomance
** Nodoka starts crushing on Negi after he saves her from falling down the stairs in the library.
** Konoka's rescues by Setsuna give her a chance to be extra affectionate.
* RiddleForTheAges: Due to the abrupt end of the series, a number of important questions were unanswered. Some were addressed in ''Manga/UQHolder'', see that page for the answers to some of these:
** What happened to [[spoiler:Negi's mother]], Arika? She's never seen in the present and no explanation has been given for her whereabouts.
** Who was the girl that Negi liked? He tells Asuna and she reacts, but the audience doesn't receive an answer.
** Related to the above, if Chao is Negi's descendant, who was her female ancestor in the equation?
** How did Negi [[spoiler:rescue his father]]? Readers got to see the before and after, but not the middle.
** Did [[spoiler:Setsuna and Konoka]] marry? The ending heavily hints but never fully confirms it.
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: 3-A's festival project is remarkably detailed for the amount of time they spent on it.
* RightBehindMe: When Anya learns that the group are in Evangeline’s resort, she gets terrified and begs everyone to run away from the horrible evil witch before it’s too late. Cue Evangeline in her adult form behind her with black eyes. Apparently, it’s really funny to scare little girls.
* RivalsTeamUp: Kotaro reenters the story to try to warn Negi a demon is coming for him. They team up to take him on, earning Kotaro a pardon in the process.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Most noticeable in Yue's Pactio outfit, which is practically the essence of this trope. Very noticeable when she summons her item while in a 1-piece swimsuit -- yes, 1-Piece Swimsuit, Cloak and a Wizard Hat.
* {{Robosexual}}: Teased at. Chachamaru has obvious feelings for Negi and feels an equivalent to sexual pleasure, but the idea of making a move on him doesn't even seem to occur to her. As far as being 'anatomically correct' goes, she refused upgrades several times.
* RobotMaid: Evangeline's resorts are staffed by older [[OlderThanTheyLook (but younger-looking)]] versions of Chachamaru, usually referred to as Dash-Chachas or Chacha<number>s.
* RocketPunch
** Chachamaru uses a rocket punch on Negi after he gets too into a fight and has an arm cut off for his trouble.
** With the use of [[spoiler:lightning magic]] Negi fires off his fist for a distance punch [[spoiler:and then the rest of his body shoots after it, thwarting Tsukuyomi's attempts to take hostages.]]
* RoofHopping: Chao, in the chase that sets up the plot of the Mahorafest mega-arc.
* RousseauWasRight:
** All over the place, [[CerebusSyndrome at least for the first few arcs]]. Once the Ala Alba head to the Mundus Magicus, however...
** Even then it mostly holds up enough that Negi is extremely surprised when [[spoiler: Tsukuyomi laughs her ass off when he notes that she's probably working for the bad guys for a noble cause like all the other villains and explains that she's really just playing along with Fate for the opportunity to hurt/rape/kill people. The only other example is the Megalomesembrian senate, who are probably, given the usual lightness of the series, not horrible individually(just selfish and arrogant) and are more just evil through mob mentality.]]
* RoyalBlood: Despite her clear lack of competence for the job, [[spoiler:Asuna ''is'' the last non disinherited member of the Ostian bloodline, making her a princess once the fact is publicly revealed.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
** Princess Arika worked alongside Ala Rubra twenty years ago to thwart Cosmo Entelechia [[spoiler:though she was turned into a scapegoat for it.]]
** In the present, after all the fuss dies down for the most part [[spoiler:Asuna uses her royal connections and abilities to support the Mars project, eventually becoming an actual cornerstone for the project at the expense of being put to sleep for a century.]]
* RPGEpisode:
** The climax of Mahorafest, AKA Mahora vs. Mars.
** The entire Magic World arc could count, as the plot is decidedly on the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' end of the spectrum, and an enormous number of videogame terms are used to explain the mechanics of how magic works. Not to mention the fact that [[spoiler: the Magic World is implied to be a massive artificial reality game, complete with a GameBreaker[[note]]and is referred to as such by the characters themselves[[/note]], and a BigBad who can literally [[RealityWarper rewrite the "code" of the "game".]]]]
* RubberFace: Asuna does this a LOT to Negi.
* RuleSixtyThree: An odd canonical example [[PlayedforLaughs played for laughs or fanservice]] with Negi during the Mahorafest Arc as a joke by the class to bring in more customers. [[spoiler:Played far more serious with the introduction of Sextum in the Magical World Arc, herself {{Rule 63}} of Fate.]]
* RuleOfCool: A good chunk of the manga runs on this and...
* RuleOfFunny: Anything that isn't totally logical or [[RuleOfCool awesome]] is going to be this. And let's not forget about...
* RuleOfSexy: Any reason for the girls to dress in {{Fanservice}}-y outfits or in nothing at all is used.
* RunningGag
** Many, including Setsuna's CannotSpitItOut-ness and how Jack Rakan tends to ignore the laws of magic that don't suit him. [[spoiler:He actually doesn't, he simply happens to know more than the people he goes up against and lets them think whatever they like.]]
** Takane getting [[NakedPeopleAreFunny stripped]].
** Chisame [[LampshadeHanging notes]] that Jack Rakan bleeding after he tries dark magic, for the first and only time, is becoming one. Every time he said that he was [[TemptingFate invincible]] he would start to bleed.
** Several characters have noted that Negi really needs to get his ass kicked one of these days, for a variety of reasons (mostly his harem).
** Negi also hates baths despite being otherwise very clean and neat, prompting Asuna to force him to take a bath with her so he'll stop smelling.
** Asuna's obsession with finding an undetermined creature called "Chupacabra" in ''Negima!?''.
-->'''Asuna''': ''I can't do anything in this without flashing the entire crowd!''
* PantyShot
** Often and Asuna is usually the victim. This reached new heights during Mahora Budokan. See Panty Fighter.
** The spin-off {{OVA}} threw in a lot of panty shots for Yue, including a rather detailed bit during her TransformationSequence.
* PaperFanOfDoom: The weaker form of Asuna's pactio artifact.
* PaperTalisman: Setsuna is known to use ''Ofuda''. She once used them to protect the hotel from shikigami during the Kyoto arc.
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Beside the obvious examples of Negi and Asuna, both orphaned, nearly all the characters live alone in a boarding school with no parents in sight. The two dads that showed up were extremely plot relevant.
** Then there's Kotarou -- apparently any [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{youkai}} where he's from will be abandoned at birth.
* ParentalIncest: No actual incest occurs, but Yuuna ''really'' loves her dad. She says that she wouldn't mind giving a "deep, passionate kiss" to her dad, which elicits a NoJustNoReaction from Ako.
* ParentsInDistress: Negi's father is missing in action and has been for years. [[spoiler:Negi doesn't find out where he is for over three hundred chapters when he suddenly shows up on the battlefield possessed by the Lifemaker.]]
* PartyScattering: The main cast is at a [[PortalNetwork Gateport]], having just arrived in the MagicWorld from Wales. The Bad Guys pick that moment to launch their attack on the PortalNetwork to cut the Magic World off from the real one. As the system explodes, there's all kinds of [[BuffySpeak swirly craziness]] and the cast end up scattered in ones and twos across a surface area nearly a third that of Earth. It takes an interminable period to get everyone back together, but when they do, everyone has, as they say, [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]].
* PensieveFlashback:
** Negi and Asuna use a spell to get an OutOfClothesExperience inside Negi's memories of the destruction of his DoomedHometown.
** Done again, and to the same flashback, by Kurt Godel, while trying to convince Negi to join him. Negi's subsequent BerserkMode is only stopped by [[spoiler: coming face to face with the illusion of his father]]... and an ArmorPiercingSlap [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu from the the Loli-Catgirl.]]
* PerpetualMolt: Not as bad as some others, but it still applies.
* PersonalityBloodTypes:
** 28 of 31 class members have a blood type listed (they get a small bio page in their introduction chapter in the manga) and they all fit very well. (Those who don't get a specified blood type are the vampire, the ghost and the robot...)
** Negi is type AB which very much fits his personalty also fits his parents personalities [[spoiler: his father would be a Type B and his Mother fits Type A very well]]. It also befits his status as the center of the harem. AB is compatible with ''everyone''.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: If you hear someone starting an incantation with "''To Sumbolaion Diakoneto Moi''", ''RUN''.
* PerspectiveFlip: [[spoiler:A flashback near the end of the final Negi/Fate fight shows us the Lifemaker observing Nagi and Ala Rubra twenty years ago. Rather than being dismissive of the foolish humans, he or she actually seems pleased and respecting of Nagi as an exemplar of humanity. This puts Nagi's final beatdown of the Lifemaker shown in Godel's flashbacks in an entirely different light.]]
* PerversePuppet: Chachazero has a bit more free will than a normal old puppet, but she is definitely psychotic. In the most adorable way possible.
* PetalPower: Tsukuyomi weaponizes these in order to put Kotaro to sleep.
* PetTheDog: Chachamaru's love for cats is the reader's first hint that, despite her mistress, she isn't all that evil. Once Negi and Asuna decide to ambush her while she takes a "day off," they follow her with increasing discomfort as she literally wanders around the city performing random acts of kindness for complete strangers. Later dog petting becomes rather irrelevant given that she’s one of the nicest people in the cast.
* PillarOfLight: One of these arose when a demon reached it's point of power during the War of Mahora.
* PinballProjectile: Mana expertly ricocheted bullets to reach targets around corners.
* {{Pixellation}}: Rakan's nude form required this.
* PlaceOfPower: Twelve of them, including Mahora itself. One is also apparently on the moon.
* PlayingWithATrope: One of the big reasons this series is so popular is because Akamatsu goes out of his way to toy with tropes common to the Shonen genre and winds up coming up with twists and turns that catch even his own long-time readers by surprise, to say nothing of the people who were expecting this series to be little more than "[[JustForFun/XMeetsY Dragonball Z meets Harry Potter / Love Hina]]". See BeamOWar for one example among many.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Right after Ala Alba gets spread out across the Magic World, Negi comes to and finds a bathing [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Chachamaru]].
* PleaseWakeUp: Before the thousand master saved his sister from petrification in his flashback, Negi was yelling this at her. Unlike most examples, she luckily got better.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: The pills everyone's favourite Ermine orders in. The author of the manga has a ''lot'' of fun playing with these.
* PluckyGirl: Several, most notably Asuna, Anya, and later on, Yue. Even ''later'' on, Nodoka proves that she just tops them all in this regard.
* PointThatSomewhereElse: During their big fight, Negi has Setsuna's magic daggers hovering at Jack Rakan's throat. He decides to bite down on a couple, and the others get nervous.
* PomPomGirl: It's school, there's competition so there are at least three of these in Madoka, Sakurako and Misa.
* PoolScene: A {{Fanservice}} staple, though sometimes the focus tends to be on the less well-endowed girls.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If [[spoiler: Chao or Fate would have taken the time to explain their goals to Negi rather than opposing him from the beginning without explaining why, everybody could have saved a massive amount of time and effort. Chao was likely doing this intentionally]].
* PornStash:
** Subverted; it's merely used as a distraction.
** Asakura's secret report on Negi's room makes a note on the lack of this in Negi's drawer since, y'know, he's 10.
* PostEpisodeTrailer: Utilized in the first anime.
* PostKissCatatonia: After [[spoiler:Chachamaru]] gets her artifact in a ravishing Pactio kiss that goes on for ''four pages'', and after [[spoiler:Negi goes into Kiss Terminator mode on Asuna]].
* PostVictoryCollapse: Setsuna passes out shortly after enduring (and ignoring) an intense force field to save Konoka.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Negi's hair turns white during his [[SuperMode Magia Erebea]].
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The kingdom [[spoiler:Asuna]] came from was a land that had no real defenses compared to its neighbors, relying primarily on its connection to the creator of the magic world. To defend itself, it did have one trick up its sleeve: [[spoiler:the antimagic abilities of Princess Asuna, who was bound and used as a human weapon. It left her emotionally void, something Ala Rubra and Ayaka helped her get through.]]
* PowerLevels: In the manga's Magic World arc, Jack Rakan, with his own ''personal ranking chart'', puts a major villain's power in context with an oddball list that includes: a cat (0.5), a normal human teen girl (1), a tank (200), a magic teacher (300), Negi (500), a dragon (650), an Aegis Battleship (1500), and the villain (3000). [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]] Chisame doesn't even know where to begin in pointing out all the problems with such an arbitrary list (which probably shouldn't be taken very seriously).
* ThePowerOfBlood: It's implied that a Pactio can be made using blood, when kissing would be uncomfortable for the parties involved.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: When Negi is [[spoiler:willingly going through training that turns him briefly into an uncontrollable monster]] the stowaways realize that their presence [[spoiler:helps him suppress his bloodlust.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential
** Some of the cast are more aware of this than others. Rakan uses his speed and power to flip girls skirts and take their panties off before they notice. His "secret ultimate technique" is Silent Flipping and Stripping, Combined with the Rakan Gentle Breeze Tempest Fist, oddly enough it actually works as a battle strategy.
** Haruna loves exploiting her artifact. She makes a kissing golem with a 23 cm tongue and a "[[BitchInSheepsClothing Dark Nodoka]]." Nodoka seems to have stopped her plans for making an Ero Nodoka though.
* [[KingInTheMountain Princess In The Mountain]]: [[spoiler:Asuna's general situation until Nagi came and rescued her. Later, she goes back to the "mountain" for a hundred year sleep.]]
* ProjectileSpell: The functionality of the [[ElementalPowers light-elemental]] Sagitta Magica attack spell is very similar to your standard Magic Missile. Other-element variations have more varied effects.
* PsychicLink:
** Any pair with a Pactio can communicate telepathically.
** Later we see other people using this without a Pactio.
* PsychoLesbian:
** Tsukuyomi.
** And Chichigami, the queen of SkinshipGrope.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Stonehenge serves as a gate to the Magic World.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** "[[BerserkButton Chachamaru-san!]] [[CurbStompBattle Is not! A DOLL!!!]]"
** Not as cool and more of a joke, but "[[FinishingMove Eternal!]] [[CallingYourAttacks Negi!]] [[ChestBlaster Feverrr!!!]]"
* PuppyDogEyes: Usually Negi.
* PureMagicBeing: In some way, this could be said of [[spoiler: the majority of the MagicWorld's denizens.]]
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: The Fatettes contain aspects of both type three and four, having been wronged (they're all war orphans or worse) and deciding they're going to fix society by completely redoing it. Whether they like it or not. As it's rather bluntly stated to Ala Alba, they don't even care what Negi's plan is or if it will work because they're more concerned with making a peaceful world than saving all the people. Having the people saved is just a nice bonus to them.
* QuiveringEyes: Negi again.
* RadialAssKicking: Asuna and Setsuna's battle against the demons in Kyoto played out like this. Once they began to realize that either girl could [[OneHitKill cut them down with a single stroke]], they kept their distance and attacked more strategically in this fashion.
* RainAura: During Sayo's flashback episode.
* RainOfArrows: Rain of (Magical) Arrows: There doesn't seem to be a limit to how many Magic Arrows you can shoot off, although it's usually a prime number.
* RazorWind: Wind-type spells, including Negi's old standby Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens, run on this trope. Griffins also have RazorWind breath.
* RealityEnsues: In a flashback, Tsuruko (Motoko's sister from ''Manga/LoveHina'') says that contrary to all shonen logic, someone who follows swordsmanship with no thought other than causing chaos and bloodshed really will become incredibly strong. [[spoiler:Tsukuyomi flattens Setsuna throughout their entire duel, leaving her beaten on the ground before she gets up and wins... somehow... in a single hit. No explanation is given for why she won.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Fate Averruncus tends to do this to Negi.
** After Negi starts to crack after one of Fate's speeches, Asuna gives Negi her own The Reason You Suck Speech, the point being that he's an idiot for even considering what Fate is saying. The next time Fate attempts one of these, he gets a punch in the gut and a ShutUpHannibal for his trouble.
** Evangeline has a knack for these, against Setsuna, Asuna, Negi...
* RedStringOfFate: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one of the first two {{OVA}}s: Nodoka and Yue find a spell in Yue's Artifact that seems to indicate who the caster's tied to. Instead, [[LiteralMetaphor it just ties things together with magical, glowing red string that can't be cut.]] Since Nodoka was thinking of Negi when she cast it... HilarityEnsues.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the {{Masquerade}}. We ''hear'' several times in the beginning that mages try to help the world through {{NGO}}s, but 99% of what we ''see'' magic being used for is destroying the landscape during fights.
* ReferenceOverdosed: Negima references several series from many mediums, and even some references from across the ocean such as Colonel Sanders.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: During several years, Setsuna distanced herself from her childhood friend Konoka due to feeling ashamed of her failure to save her from almost drowning when they were kids. In the Kyoto arc, Konoka is kidnapped and Setsuna helps to save her. After that and Konoka telling Setsuna that [[FreakinessShame her wings are beautiful]], they become close again.
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Kotaro lives with Chizuru and Natsumi under the pretense of being Natsumi's little brother.
* RescueArc: The school trip to Kyoto evolves into a RescueArc when [[spoiler: Konoka is kidnapped]].
* RescueRomance
** Nodoka starts crushing on Negi after he saves her from falling down the stairs in the library.
** Konoka's rescues by Setsuna give her a chance to be extra affectionate.
* RiddleForTheAges: Due to the abrupt end of the series, a number of important questions were unanswered. Some were addressed in ''Manga/UQHolder'', see that page for the answers to some of these:
** What happened to [[spoiler:Negi's mother]], Arika? She's never seen in the present and no explanation has been given for her whereabouts.
** Who was the girl that Negi liked? He tells Asuna and she reacts, but the audience doesn't receive an answer.
** Related to the above, if Chao is Negi's descendant, who was her female ancestor in the equation?
** How did Negi [[spoiler:rescue his father]]? Readers got to see the before and after, but not the middle.
** Did [[spoiler:Setsuna and Konoka]] marry? The ending heavily hints but never fully confirms it.
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: 3-A's festival project is remarkably detailed for the amount of time they spent on it.
* RightBehindMe: When Anya learns that the group are in Evangeline’s resort, she gets terrified and begs everyone to run away from the horrible evil witch before it’s too late. Cue Evangeline in her adult form behind her with black eyes. Apparently, it’s really funny to scare little girls.
* RivalsTeamUp: Kotaro reenters the story to try to warn Negi a demon is coming for him. They team up to take him on, earning Kotaro a pardon in the process.
* RobeAndWizardHat: Most noticeable in Yue's Pactio outfit, which is practically the essence of this trope. Very noticeable when she summons her item while in a 1-piece swimsuit -- yes, 1-Piece Swimsuit, Cloak and a Wizard Hat.
* {{Robosexual}}: Teased at. Chachamaru has obvious feelings for Negi and feels an equivalent to sexual pleasure, but the idea of making a move on him doesn't even seem to occur to her. As far as being 'anatomically correct' goes, she refused upgrades several times.
* RobotMaid: Evangeline's resorts are staffed by older [[OlderThanTheyLook (but younger-looking)]] versions of Chachamaru, usually referred to as Dash-Chachas or Chacha<number>s.
* RocketPunch
** Chachamaru uses a rocket punch on Negi after he gets too into a fight and has an arm cut off for his trouble.
** With the use of [[spoiler:lightning magic]] Negi fires off his fist for a distance punch [[spoiler:and then the rest of his body shoots after it, thwarting Tsukuyomi's attempts to take hostages.]]
* RoofHopping: Chao, in the chase that sets up the plot of the Mahorafest mega-arc.
* RousseauWasRight:
** All over the place, [[CerebusSyndrome at least for the first few arcs]]. Once the Ala Alba head to the Mundus Magicus, however...
** Even then it mostly holds up enough that Negi is extremely surprised when [[spoiler: Tsukuyomi laughs her ass off when he notes that she's probably working for the bad guys for a noble cause like all the other villains and explains that she's really just playing along with Fate for the opportunity to hurt/rape/kill people. The only other example is the Megalomesembrian senate, who are probably, given the usual lightness of the series, not horrible individually(just selfish and arrogant) and are more just evil through mob mentality.]]
* RoyalBlood: Despite her clear lack of competence for the job, [[spoiler:Asuna ''is'' the last non disinherited member of the Ostian bloodline, making her a princess once the fact is publicly revealed.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
** Princess Arika worked alongside Ala Rubra twenty years ago to thwart Cosmo Entelechia [[spoiler:though she was turned into a scapegoat for it.]]
** In the present, after all the fuss dies down for the most part [[spoiler:Asuna uses her royal connections and abilities to support the Mars project, eventually becoming an actual cornerstone for the project at the expense of being put to sleep for a century.]]
* RPGEpisode:
** The climax of Mahorafest, AKA Mahora vs. Mars.
** The entire Magic World arc could count, as the plot is decidedly on the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' end of the spectrum, and an enormous number of videogame terms are used to explain the mechanics of how magic works. Not to mention the fact that [[spoiler: the Magic World is implied to be a massive artificial reality game, complete with a GameBreaker[[note]]and is referred to as such by the characters themselves[[/note]], and a BigBad who can literally [[RealityWarper rewrite the "code" of the "game".]]]]
* RubberFace: Asuna does this a LOT to Negi.
* RuleSixtyThree: An odd canonical example [[PlayedforLaughs played for laughs or fanservice]] with Negi during the Mahorafest Arc as a joke by the class to bring in more customers. [[spoiler:Played far more serious with the introduction of Sextum in the Magical World Arc, herself {{Rule 63}} of Fate.]]
* RuleOfCool: A good chunk of the manga runs on this and...
* RuleOfFunny: Anything that isn't totally logical or [[RuleOfCool awesome]] is going to be this. And let's not forget about...
* RuleOfSexy: Any reason for the girls to dress in {{Fanservice}}-y outfits or in nothing at all is used.
* RunningGag
** Many, including Setsuna's CannotSpitItOut-ness and how Jack Rakan tends to ignore the laws of magic that don't suit him. [[spoiler:He actually doesn't, he simply happens to know more than the people he goes up against and lets them think whatever they like.]]
** Takane getting [[NakedPeopleAreFunny stripped]].
** Chisame [[LampshadeHanging notes]] that Jack Rakan bleeding after he tries dark magic, for the first and only time, is becoming one. Every time he said that he was [[TemptingFate invincible]] he would start to bleed.
** Several characters have noted that Negi really needs to get his ass kicked one of these days, for a variety of reasons (mostly his harem).
** Negi also hates baths despite being otherwise very clean and neat, prompting Asuna to force him to take a bath with her so he'll stop smelling.
** Asuna's obsession with finding an undetermined creature called "Chupacabra" in ''Negima!?''.
