History Recap / FateGrandOrderEvent33Christmas2018HolySambaNight

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only event, to date (discounting recently released events and crossover events, which usually have three year waiting periods) which has ''never'' been given a rerun.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: The final narration implies that Ruggiero might have participated in the tournament as part of the African team, but was eliminated before Bradamante would have come across him.

* NeverTrustATrailer: In addition to the ManipulativeEditing mentioned above, Jaguar Warrior warns that not all the teams featured in the televised promo will be fought inn the main story.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: The final narration implies that Ruggiero might have participated in he tournament, possibly as part of the African team, but was eliminated before Bradamante would have come across him.

* AllYourPowersCombined: In the climax, Bradamante temporarily receives the Santa power of Good Quetzalcoatl, Altria Alter, Jeanne Alter Lily, and Altera to finally overcome Black Quetzal Mask. In gameplay, this maxes out her level and brings her to NP5.

* CallBack: According to Anastasia, the reason she was riding around inside a {{Snowlem}} was because it's "SO GODDAMN HOT!!!", much like how she expressed her opinion of Hawaii's weather in her OneSceneWonder during [[Recap/FateGrandOrderEvent30ServaFes2018ServantSummerFestival Serva Fes]].

* CallBack: According to Anastasia, the reason she was riding around inside a {{Snowlem}} was because it's "SO GODDAMN HOT!!!", much like how she expressed Hawaii's weather in her OneSceneWonder during [[Recap/FateGrandOrderEvent30ServaFes2018ServantSummerFestival Serva Fes]].

* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Anastasia and Ivan represent Russia, and they're the strongest of the EliteFour and considered one of the strongest teams in the tournament, facing off with Quetzalcoatl and Bradamante in the semifinal round.

* PlayingPossum: Bradamante defeats Ivan by blinding him when he assumes she's down for the count.
* PowerLevels: Anastasia uses "tsarpower" to explain the difference in strength between her and Ivan's super move to what the Quetzal Sisters can do. Mash points out that it's not even a real unit of measurement but Bradamante rolls with it anyways.

* PlayingPossum: Bradamante defeats Ivan by blinding him when he assumes she's down for the count

* WholePlotReference: While the overarching plot is a beast all its own, the meat of the story is a massive reference to [[{{Manga/Kinnikuman}} Kinnikuman's]] "Dream Chojin Tag Arc", and follows similar narrative beats with certain characters filling in for teams in that tournament. For example, Lionman (Edison) and Big Body (Bunyan) are stand-ins for Neptuneman and Big the Budo.

* TournamentArc: This year event is a wrestling competition in Mexico.

* LoopholeAbuse: The China team abuses this out of the ass to get around the "two persons to a team" bit, with even their ally Jaguar Warrior exasperated with how far they take it. Carmilla registered as Wu Zetian's niece, Red Hare is explicitly a ''vehicle'' for Wu to ride on, and the {{Mooks}} Wu brings along are registered as her "weapons".

* ManipulativeEditing: Jaguar Warrior introduces Chaldea's team in the pre-fight promotional video with a clip of Quetzalcoatl reassuring her team that the wild beasts they're about to face in the forest pose no threat. The way Jaguar Warrior places it in the promo, however, makes it look like Quetzalcoatl was trash talking the other contestants.

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