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6	-> '''Archer:''' [[LetMeGetThisStraight Let's get something straight]]: You have no wish.\
7	'''Rin:''' Correct.\
8	'''Archer:''' You think I'm Satan.\
9	'''Rin:''' ''[[InsistentTerminology Actually]]'' Satan. [[InsaneTrollLogic The "Actually" is important, I think]].\
10	'''Archer:''' And you would win this war with me, "Actually Satan", leaving the ability to make any wish I want in my hands regardless of what I, "Actually Satan", might want to do with that kind of power?\
11	'''Rin:''' Totes.\
12	'''Archer:'''...Fuck it, I'm in! I'm all about that zero accountability life!\
13	'''Rin:''' Cool.\
14	'''Archer:''' I humbly swear, my master, that together, you and I are going to fuck up ''all'' the bitches.
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16	Continuing the proud tradition of the AbridgedSeries, ''Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]'' is created by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyTcwepCvnTrXia3oVsnrQ Project Mouthwash]], with the first episode having been released on April 12 2017.
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18	Featuring ''tons'' of [[MythologyGag Mythology Gags]] to both the spoilery parts of UBW, as well to the prequel ''Zero''. Also notable for containing several Abridged Series stars, most notably being [=YamatoSFX=] in the role of Shirou, most famous for his role as Kirito in the insanely popular ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''.
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20	The series follows AxCrazy {{Tsundere}} Rin Tohsaka, her DeadpanSnarker StraightMan of a servant Archer (Actually Satan, at least according to Rin), wannabe hero Shirou Emiya, and his emotionally scarred, perpetually angry servant Saber, as they participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War. [[WithFriendsLikeThese If they don't wind up killing each other first]].
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23	!! '' Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Abridged'' contains examples of:
24	* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Implied to be set up for Sakura. Only the ''Heavens Feel'' route of the original gave her a happy ending. Here Gilgamesh seems to have killed Zouken off-screen, thus unknowingly freeing Sakura from his control.
25	* AdaptationNameChange: Souichirou Kuzuki becomes Kazuki Yamashiro. Episode 6 reveals it's a DeadPersonImpersonation. Incidentally, Kazuki Yamashiro is the name of a teacher from ''VisualNovel/WitchOnTheHolyNight''.
26	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Taiga does not see Kiritsugu in as much a positive light as her regular series counterpart does. Her visit to his grave is her passive-aggressively ranting at Kiritsugu for his distant and aloof behavior, which Caster admits gave her a bunch of mixed messages.
27	* AdaptationalDumbass:
28	** Archer. While not by any means dumb, unlike in canon he is a BadLiar who frequently drops hints about his real identity. Rin, Shirou and Saber are just never able to pick up on them.
29	** Rin was often the voice of reason next to Shirou's ChronicHeroSyndrome in canon. While she still acts as the reasonable one in those moments, everywhere else she is a PsychopathicWomanChild who comes up with plans like loudly announcing how defenseless she is in an attempt to lure Caster into a trap, and is shocked when Caster doesn't fall for it.
30	** Caster's original master, Atrum Galliasta, wasn't smart in canon but this series actually makes him even dumber. In canon, he assumed Caster's Noble Phantasm was to summon the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece and belittled her when he found out she had the less offensive Rule Breaker instead, and belittled her further when she showed she could create superior magic crystals to his machinery due to the blow to his ego. Here, his disappointment is entirely based in Caster's inability to summon the dragon (Archer notes how idiotic this is, since such an ability is something that a Rider class Servant would use, not to mention she wasn't described as having any control over the monster in question in her myth anyways) with no comment about Rule Breaker, and his anger about Caster being better at magecraft than him is due to cluelessness rather than pride.
31	* AdaptationalIntelligence: Lancer seems much smarter and more eloquent here than in the original. He makes educated guesses about Archer's identity based on his weapon and waxes philosophical about heroism and the world's view of it as he kills Shirou in the school.
32	* AdaptationalJerkass:
33	** Sakura, full stop. In the original source material, she's a kind and soft-spoken young lady. Here, she's still soft-spoken but way more sarcastic and bitter, constantly commenting on how much of an idiot Shirou is. Considering that she seems implicitly aware of how the Unlimited Blade Works route pushes her OutOfFocus so Rin can be Shirou's love interest, you can't really blame her for being frustrated that the boy she likes barely gives her the time of day.
34	-->'''Sakura''': I haven't heard from you in a couple of days and you haven't returned my calls. But ''sure'' let's go ahead and talk about ''other'' girls.
35	** Kotomine was a villain in canon, but his manners were genuine. Here, he is more openly rude. When Shirou was planning to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, Kotomine mocked him for quitting before a single Servant died. When explaining the Holy Grail War and that the winner gets a wish, he states it will even grant stupid wishes like Shirou's.
36	** Gilgamesh has so far appeared to be one. While already a JerkAss in canon, here he does nothing to hide his contempt for Shinji. He is also far more rude to Kotomine in their interactions.
37	** Rider is also extra-snarky, taking extra shots at her master, Shinji.
38	** Played with with Archer. He still agrees to let Shinji and Gilgamesh have Rin after his battle with Shirou, but he points out that he can't do anything about Gilgamesh and more or less expects Rin to be able to handle Shinji on her own.
39	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed with Archer. He's still a pragmatic {{Jerkass}}, but unlike Archer in canon, he's less willing to commit controversial acts. Best exemplified in his fight with Caster. He saves Shirou on reflex despite his hatred of him, threatens to kill Caster's master if she attacked any more innocent people rather than just let her go like in canon, and admonishes Shirou for saying he should have killed Caster rather than let her go.
40	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Shirou and Saber, even taking into account that Rin is the LoveInterest for Unlimited Blade Works. The ShipTease moments referencing Saber and Shirou's romance have been removed, with their relationship being entirely platonic. Instead their dynamic plays out more like Saber is Shirou's overprotective mother. Archer is shocked to see this.
41	* AdaptationalWimp:
42	** While he performs just as well as in the original, here Archer is much more open with Rin about his inability to openly fight Lancer and Berserker, constantly telling her though their PsychicLink that they will kill him.
43	** Shirou also qualifies. While he wasn't exactly the picture of Hercules in the original, Shirou is more cowardly here.
44	-->'''Shirou:''' [''while being chased by Lancer at the school''] [[MotorMouth AH DON'T KILL ME I'M A HERO!]]
45	* AffectionateNickname: Rin calls Saber "Bae-ber."
46	* AlphaBitch: Rin is well aware of how many of her fellow students are attracted to her as well as how proficient she is at magic without any hint of delusion, which she admits she very often uses to her advantage to get what she wants.
47	* AlternateUniverse: Archer retains his memory of events from his own stint in the Murder-Death-Kill, but expects events to follow the Fate/Stay Night route. Despite his foreknowledge of the cast and many of their abilities, the sequence of events in this route consistently throws him.
48	* AnalogyBackfire:
49	** Archer tries to illustrate how stupid Shirou's ChronicHeroSyndrome is by saying Shirou would probably try to save Rider if she were about to be hit by a bus, even though Rider had tried to kill him earlier. Shirou points out Rider is a Servant who can't be harmed by non-magical attacks, so a bus would be no threat to her.
50	** When in the library looking for sigils to remove the barrier around the school, Rin mentions how Shirou's the [[Literature/HarryPotter Ron Weasley to her Hermione]]. Shirou asks her how much of ''Harry Potter'' she's read.
51	** When Archer lets Caster escape, Shirou calls him Franchise/{{Batman}} and asks why he let ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} get away instead of finishing her off. Archer points out Batman doesn't kill and Zatanna is a good guy.
52	* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Played with in Episode 3, where Archer overhears Rin talking about Shirou's "rockin' bod" and then spends a later scene essentially fishing for compliments by asking Rin what ''Saber'' might find attractive about Shirou. Rin, who wants Baeber for herself, is less than keen to participate.
53	* AngerBornOfWorry: Rin is furious at Shirou for essentially giving away Saber to Caster in Episode 7 due to both Saber getting kidnapped and Shirou nearly dying as a result.
54	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Episode 7 when Shirou begs that he help Rin save Saber which has Rin at first mumble that she doesn't want him to get hurt which of course Shirou doesn't hear. He asks her what she said before she screams that she likes him as well that he's stupid.
55	* ArousedByTheirVoice: Rider's voice is very sensuous. Shirou thinks she's doing it on purpose to try to make him get DistractedByTheSexy.
56	* AssholeVictim:
57	** Just like in canon, Caster's original master. He's an egomaniac who planned to kill orphans to use to create magic crystals and got mad at Caster being able to the same thing better. Archer was happy to hear he was dead and kept asking Caster if she ate his soul.
58	** Right after meeting Shinji, Gilgamesh founds the Matou's Crest Worm magic to be utterly gross and disgusting so asks if Shinji has any living relatives, so he can find and kill them. This would normally be DisproportionateRetribution on Gilgamesh's part, but his intended target was Zouken Matou, who is pretty much the walking definition of EvilOldFolks and a HateSink on par with, if not surpassing Shinji.
59	* AsYouKnow: Lampshaded to hell and back due to parodying ''Fate/stay night'''s many, many {{Infodump}}s. This ranges from Ayako repeatedly telling Shirou about how good he is at archery to Taiga almost out of nowhere mentioning her past as a Kendo champion. Thus far, there is only one defiance of this when Rin unveils her family crest, which Shirou recognizes and Rin acknowledges as a HandWave for them to not bother explaining what the hell a crest is due to both of them already knowing what one is.
60	* BadassBoast: Unsurprisingly, a few appear:
61	-->'''Archer''': I cannot give you hellfire, Rin, but allow me to show you the might of a hero, who has ''seen'' Hell!
62	-->'''Lancer''': Behold - the fangs of Chulainn's Dog!
63	* BadBadActing:
64	** After Rider and Shinji's failed assault on the school, Kazuki was reportedly seen laying in a T-pose on the gym floor, flatly intoning about how he was in horrible pain like everyone else. Rin laments his pitch-perfect deception.
65	** In episode 7, Rin loudly announces how defenseless she is when dating Saber in hopes it will draw out Caster.
66	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Lampshaded by Shirou about the victims of Rider's Noble Phantasm:
67	-->'''Shirou''': You know, you'd expect some scarring and boils and stuff from the melting as long as they did. But ''naw''. They're all still beautiful! ''Crazy.''
68	* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Subverted. Rin very quickly makes assumptions and sticks to those assumptions, but is shown to be perfectly willing to immediately change her mind once irrefutable evidence comes up, such as her quickly accepting that her servant is an Archer once the real Saber appears.
69	* BerserkButton:
70	** The events of ''Fate/Zero'' did ''not'' give Saber the best of times. Triggers include guns, explosives, Emiyas, and Command Seals.
71	** Rider very quickly becomes enthusiastic about ripping out Shirou's eye upon realizing that he's the boy Sakura told her about.
72	--->'''Rider''': If you ''are'' the boy she described, you should know you had this coming.
73	** Shirou is basically a button that presses itself whenever Archer sees him or knows that he's nearby.
74	** Rin is ''not'' happy when Shirou implies she's out of shape.
75	** [[UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro Assassin]] does ''not'' like it when Saber guesses his True Name is UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi.
76	* BetterThanABareBulb: If half of the humor relies on {{Mythology Gag}}s, then the other half relies on characters [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the awkward expositions or story progression the original anime had, such as Ayako's strange existence as nothing but pure CharacterShilling, Shirou conveniently already knowing about family crests to avoid any explanations for such lore tidbits and Rin and Shirou for some reason completely and mutually abandoning their fight to investigate someone screaming.
77	* BigNo:
78	** Rin's reaction in Episode 7 when Shirou plans on giving his Command Seals to Caster.
79	** And Archer's response to Rin contracting with Saber in Episode 10.
80	* BigYes: Rin's response to making said contract with Saber.
81	* BirdsOfAFeather:
82	-->'''Rin:'''...we're both pretty single-minded idiots with daddy issues and bad reasons to fight in this thing.'
83	* BlackComedy: Every time Sakura shows up there are frequent {{Mythology Gag}}s to the Heaven's Feel route and her immense neglect and abuse. Of note is a certain DoubleEntendre that occurs when Shirou confronts Shinji after discovering Sakura's bruises.
84	-->'''Shirou:''' ''[[BigBrotherBully You hit Sakura?]]''
85	-->'''Shinji:''' ''[[BrotherSisterIncest You know it!]]''
86	* BloodKnight:
87	** Assassin is a polite example, but he lets Archer pass through the gates because he'd rather fight Saber instead. He doesn't even care that Caster is in trouble so long as he can enjoy the fight.
88	** Rin's absolute lack of chill lends itself very well to combat.
89	* TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed: Averted. Gilgamesh repeatedly refers to the Matou family crest worms as "penis bugs".
90	* BornLucky: Saber's incredible Luck stat gets her out of near impossible odds.
91	--> '''Lancer:''' Well that's dumb. My attack that will always pierce the heart was disrupted by a metaphysical critical roll on a D20.
92	--> '''Assassin:''' ''[After avoiding [[SimultaneousBladeSpam Tsubame-gaeshi]]]'' Well now, that was just unlikely.
93	* BreakingTheBonds:
94	** Subverted. Caster ties Shirou up with threads, explains how she has been draining the townspeople, and prepares to steal Saber's contract. Shirou attempts to summon up righteous fury and break the threads, but fails, with Caster pointing out no matter how he talks tough, he lacks the power to do so.
95	** Later played straight when Berserker breaks free from Gilgamesh's Enkidu, complete with "[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Red Like Roses]]" starting to play again.
96	* BreakThemByTalking: Turns out when Rin said she "obliterated" Ayako, she meant she hurt her feelings.
97	* BrickJoke:
98	** Episode 3 starts off with Kiritsugu's marble metaphor (see {{Metaphorgotten}} below), and ends with this bit of dialogue between Shirou and Archer:
99	--->'''Archer:''' Your dream is stupid Shirou!\
100	'''Shirou:''' (exasperated) ''God'', did someone hurt you?\
101	'''Archer:''' ''Marbles hurt me!''\
102	'''Shirou:''' What does ''that'' mean? Help me understand you!
103	** Episode 3 had Rin and Archer discover that a LovePotion was being crafted when they smell Mountain Dew and compost. Episode 4, which properly introduces Caster has her reveal that she stole enough love to imbue the soil she and Shirou are standing on with the potion. Shirou notes that it smells like Mountain Dew, which Caster confirms is what the essence of men smells like.
104	** Caster agrees with Rin and Archer that Shirou has strong hands.
105	** When the heroes prepare to ambush Caster and Kuzuki, Shirou points out it won't work because Servants can sense each other, but Rin and Saber brush this off. Later, when Saber attempts to attack Caster, Caster points out she can sense her.
106	* BrokenPedestal: Shirou eventually comes to realize that his hard crush on Rin was ''extremely'' misguided considering her AxCrazy tendencies.
107	* BuffySpeak: Rin occasionally swaps in her own to-the-point nomenclature during normal conversation, starting with her insistence on calling the Holy Grail War the "Murder-Death-Kill".
108	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Upon learning that Rin finds Shirou hot, Archer starts "suggesting" that Shirou has other physically attractive qualities like strong hands.
109	* CaptionHumor: You will want to watch this with subtitles, regardless of how well you can understand the speech.[[note]]The Canadian English subtitles are where the jokes are. The American English track is a straight transcript for accomodation's sake.[[/note]]
110	* CatchPhrase:
111	** Rin: "One Hundred Percent Maximum ''No Chill''!" whenever she does....[[LargeHam well, anything]].
112	** Shirou: "I want that!" whenever he sees a servant use their Noble Phantasms. Given the nature of [[PowerCopying Unlimited Blade Works]], this probably doubles as a MythologyGag.
113	* CerebusCallBack: After calling Archer "Actually Satan" repeatedly up til Episode 7, Rin admits to him and to herself at the beginning of Episode 8 that her actually summoning Lucifer would have been unlikely. [[spoiler:But after Archer's betrayal, she references this gag one more time.]]
114	--> [[spoiler: '''Rin:''' I finally realized that you aren't Lucifer, only to find out you really are the devil.]]
115	* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: After Archer [[SayingTooMuch accidentally lets slip]] that he knows about Reality Marbles, causing Rin to realize he actually ''has'' one, he tries (''badly'') to try and get her to forget about it.
116	* CharacterShilling:
117	** Parodied with Ayako, as her entire character seems to be nothing but existing to say "Shirou, you were an ''awesome'' archer!", and serving as a MsExposition to Shirou about Rin's attempts to kill him.
118	** Rider spends some time talking about how Shinji's sister is talented and beautiful, partly out of crazy devotion and partly to highlight how much she despises Shinji.
119	* ChickMagnet: Saber is both this and a DudeMagnet. It gets to the point that she and Shirou have compiled a list of people who want to get in her pants.
120	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Saber's TotallyRadical way of speaking eventually phases out, which is lampshaded by Rin in Episode 7 and explained by Saber as her fully acclimating to the time period.
121	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Shirou and Archer, naturally. It's even to the point where Archer saves Shirou from Caster ''reflexively'', despite ''[[IHatePastMe wanting]]'' [[IHatePastMe Shirou dead]].
122	-->'''Archer:''' What the fuck is wrong with me, ''why did I do that''?\
123	'''Shirou:''' Because you're secretly a really good guy, and you couldn't just let your protege die!\
124	'''Archer:''' ''You're not my protege!'' I didn't mean to save you.
125	* CloudCuckoolander:
126	** Rin. When summoning Archer, she assumes he is a Saber class Servant despite him insisting otherwise, and also believes that he is Actually Satan. In her interactions with Shirou, more often than not she manages to make him look like the normal one in comparison. When [[NotSoDifferentRemark noting the two of them are similar]], she lists qualities that clearly only apply to her.
127	** Leysritt is even weirder than her canon counterpart and speaks almost entirely in weird macros, neologisms, and the occasional use of ebonics.
128	* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: [[RightForTheWrongReasons Rin is wrong about Archer's identity, but is right that he is lying to her about it.]]
129	* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Archer tries to be this to Rin, [[IgnoredExpert but she never listens to him]], for better and for worse.
130	* ColorFailure: Saber suffers this when Shirou asks her about Illya in episode 3.
131	* ComicallySerious: Kirei Kotomine maintains a polite demeanor, even when faced with bizarre situations like Shinji threatening to sue him.
132	* CompetitionFreak:
133	** Rin once broke a classmate's legs so they wouldn't beat her in a foot race.
134	** Saber hates as much to lose here just at in canon. In Episode 7 when Shirou and Rin were beating her in the batting range, she not only yelled at Shirou but she later threw bats at the fiber mesh separating the three of them in an attempt to stop Rin after she got a comfortable lead.
135	* ComplimentBackfire: A two-fer with ComicallyMissingThePoint. Shirou realizes that, deep down, Archer is a "[[FallenHero Good]] [[UsedToBeASweetKid Person]]" and must have dreamed of helping people, and so promises to ''[[{{Irony}} become a hero for Archer's sake as well as his father's]].'' [[spoiler:Archer, meanwhile, wants to kill Shirou in order to prevent him becoming a hero]].
136	--> [[spoiler: '''Archer:''' I'm feeling very complicated version of hatred right now!]]
137	* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Hints about Archer's past reveal he is Shirou from the Fate route, rather than just being Shirou from an unspecified future.]]
138	* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: In episode six, Gilgamesh interrupts Shinji's explanation of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what his family's crest worms do]] in order to express his contempt for the latter. Gilgamesh's overt disgust for the "penis bug magic" indicates he already knows, besides.
139	* DeadPersonImpersonation: Episode 6 reveals that Kuzuki killed the real Kazuki Yamashiro and assumed his identity to create a new life.
140	* DeadpanSnarker: Sakura's coping method for being shoved off to the side by the plot is to complain in every appearance, to the point that the subtitles refer to her as Sassy Sakura.
141	* DeathByAdaptation: It’s implied that Gilgamesh kills Zouken Matou off-screen due to [[EvenEvilHasStandards sheer disgust with his methods and magecraft.]]
142	* DescriptionCut: Illya appears in episode 6's opening to boast about how Shirou and Rin are probably going out of their minds with dread at the thought of facing off against Berserker again. Cut to Shirou and Rin discussing how to take out Caster and Kazuki, with Shirou wondering if they're forgetting something.
143	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Both Shirou and Rin are guilty of this in Episode 7
144	** Rin planned the date hoping to catch Caster off guard while Archer was secretly following them but due to Caster being able to know where all servants are at all times, she was able to trap Shirou, Saber and Rin in a bounded field without Archer knowing what happened.
145	** Shirou assumed that Caster was going to use her dagger to cut off his arm which would free Saber from their contract but allow Saber to openly fight Caster or make a contract with Rin. He didn't realize that Caster's Noble Phantasm, Rule Breaker, would simply make Saber Caster's servant right away.
146	* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When Shirou confronts [[HateSink Shinji]] about Sakura's [[DomesticAbuse bruise]], the latter insists that he didn't hit Sakura. He just smacked her around a little.
147	--> '''Shirou:''' ''[[LampshadeHanging What the hell kind of distinction did you just make]]?!''
148	* TheDogBitesBack: Downplayed with Shinji; not five minutes after he discovers the Matou family's crest worms, Gilgamesh demands Shinji take him to his grandfather (the tremendously wicked Zouken) so that Gilgamesh can murder the old man. Shinji's actually very cheerful at the prospect.
149	* DoesNotLikeGuns: Saber ''really'' doesn't like guns, or explosives for that matter. After ''Literature/FateZero'', can you blame her?
150	--> '''Saber:''' ''(after Shirou collapses from his wounds)'' Shirou! Promise me you'll never touch a gun, and ''I will get you help!''
151	* DoNotCallMePaul: Kuzuki does not like being called by his real name, seeing it as a reminder of his past life as an assassin and much rather be called Kazuki Yamashiro.
152	* DramaticIrony: Quite a few of the jokes rely on the characters not knowing what the audience does, which includes basically 90% of Archer's dialogue.
153	** We know Shirou is only Kiritsugu's adopted son, but Kirei and Gilgamesh assume they are biologically related. This leads to Gilgamesh sarcastically noting that he [[SecondLove got laid again]] while Kirei lost his wife.
154	** Archer wins an argument with Rin the same day Shirou failed to finally tell her off like he intended.
155	** Rin runs into Shirou and says "speak of the devil," unknowingly referring to Shirou as Satan yet again. There are a few of these lines sprinkled throughout.
156	** Rin, who obsessively pressures Shirou to give her his Servant, despises Shinji, who (unbeknownst to Rin) successfully did the same to Sakura.
157	* TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs. Apparently Mr. Yamashiro terrified all his drama students into leaving the school, so he's no longer allowed to teach it. But he was ''only'' the drama teacher, leaving him without a class. Everyone's too scared to fire him, though.
158	* DumbassHasAPoint:
159	** In episode 6, as the group hide while preparing to ambush Caster's master, Shirou is the one to point out that Saber hiding is pointless since Servants (especially Caster) are capable of sensing other Servants.
160	** In episode 8, Rin asks about Archer's identity, pointing out some holes in his claims of having name memory like calling his Noble Phantasm (something that Rin ironically never considered in canon) and recognizing Caladbolg. Archer tries to lie and say he's Fergus mac Róich, but Rin points out that Fergus is Lancer's foster father, and Lancer didn't recognize him.
161	** After [[spoiler:Archer's betrayal]], Rin suggests she and Shirou form an EnemyMine with the remaining Servants and their Masters. Shirou incredulously points out that both Berserker and Lancer have very little reason to help them given their prior track records and calls the idea borderline suicidal.
162	* EnemyMine: [[FriendlyEnemy Sasaki]] holds off Archer to give [[WorthyOpponent Saber]] and Shirou a chance to escape out of the respect he has for her as a Swordsman...but also because Archer [[SeriousBusiness lied to him.]]
163	* EntertaininglyWrong:
164	** When Archer and Lancer fight at the school, Lancer recognizes his swords Kanshou and Bakuya. He assumes Archer's true identity is Gān Jiàng, the blacksmith who made them, and that his ability to pull them out of thin air every time they are destroyed is related to his blacksmith legend. In reality, Archer can make any weapon with his Tracing and Projection ability.
165	** Illya at one point muses that Shirou and Rin are in fear of Berserker, struggling how to find a way to defeat him. In reality they are entirely focused on dealing with Caster and Mr. Yamashiro.
166	** Saber assumes that Shirou inherited [[TimeMaster time magic]] from Kiritsugu, as most mages pass down their magic to their children. When that guess turns out to be wrong, her next incorrect assumption is that he inherited the Einzbern [[{{Familiar}} familiar]] magic, before finally making the ultimate shot in the dark and asking if Shirou inherited his father's gun skills.
167	** Shirou's assumption that he could [[SquishyWizard easily beat Rin in a direct fight as she's a mage who'd have neglected any combat training]]. Rin responds by [[MagicKnight magically reinforcing her already impressive athletic skills]] and proceeds to [[SarcasmMode mockingly agree that she's "so weak"]] while effortlessly outfighting him until he [[KnowWhenToFoldEm runs away to hide in a classroom]]
168	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
169	** PlayedForLaughs Kotomine doesn't approve of Rin calling Saber "Bae-ber," considering it rude. He also doesn't approve of her calling the Holy Grail War the "Murder Death Kill," "on principle."
170	** Likewise PlayedForLaughs and zigzagged with Gilgamesh, who is so utterly repulsed by the Matou Family Crest Worm "[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil penis bug magic]]" that he immediately resolves to cut the responsible sorcerer's face right off. That said, Gilgamesh is a colossal {{Jerkass}} in his own right, and gets his answers by kicking Shinji around emotionally and treating him as worthless.
171	** Caster's original Master was eager to sacrifice orphans to create magic crystals. Caster considered it a waste of human life when she could create crystals of superior quality just by using the mana in the area.
172	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: To Saber, and Shirou's annoyance, almost every girl in the series is attracted to her. Rin also states a number of girls have confessed their love to her.
173	* EveryoneHasStandards: Shirou by his own admission suffers from a ChronicHeroSyndrome. Nonetheless when Rin suggests going to get help from Illya and Berserker, he criticizes it as suicidal, stating that he thought he was the suicidal one.
174	* EvilIsPetty: Gilgamesh makes it clear from the outlet that he does '''''not''''' want to partner with Shinji and only gives in when Kirei ignores his protests. He spends his conversation with Shinji belittling him and giving him orders, such as, when talking, to "use as little air as possible."
175	** Shortly afterwords, Gilgamesh finds the Matou's Crest Worms to be so vile and disgusting that he asks Shinji if he has any living relatives, so he can kill them. Luckily the target of his spite is Zouken.
176	* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
177	** Rin originally didn't think Shinji would target the school before she started listing off the various reasons why he would exactly be the type of person to do so.
178	** When Archer spills that Kazuki is Caster's master, Rin, Shirou, and Saber are in disbelief...until their reasons for why he's not slowly devolves into reasons why he ''is''.
179	* {{Expy}}: Archer sounds a hell of a lot like he's an OnlySaneMan version of Alucard from ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''. His voice seems to be emulating [=Takahata101=] as well.
180	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Both Rin and Caster want Saber for reasons more than her being a powerful Servant.
181	* FailedASpotCheck: Shinji thinks that he and Gilgamesh will be friends in their first meeting, even though Gilgamesh clearly doesn't like him.
182	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: In episode 7, when Caster attacks the group, Rin dramatically declares that Caster has fallen into her trap and orders Archer to come out hiding and attack... only for nothing to happen as Archer isn't there.
183	* FreudianExcuse: ItAmusedMe traits aside, Rin all but admits that her AxCrazy tendencies are brought about by her family's destruction in ''Fate/Zero'' and her dedication to maintaining the Tohsaka family's integrity.
184	* FunWithSubtitles: The series frequently has jokes buried in the captions, such as "incorrect" declarations of who's speaking.
185	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Shirou is completely against Rin moving in until she says she'll be sharing Saber's room. Once she says she'll be sharing Saber's bed Shirou's all for it.
186	* GodwinsLaw: After the confrontation with Caster in episode 4, [[IHatePastMe Archer compares himself and Shirou]] to Hitler. He gives Shirou a hypothetical scenario that mirrors their situation. In it, Hitler, right before his death, gets a chance to go back in time and confront his past self. Archer asks Shirou if Hitler should stop his younger self from going down the same path he did.
187	* GoodCopBadCop: Rin interrogates Shinji and at first calls herself the "Bad Cop" and wants Shirou to be her "Good Cop". After seeing that Rider was killed, she tries again, only calling herself "Bad Cop/Worse Cop". She scares him by firing a Gandr near his head and saying Worse Cop wouldn't miss.
188	* HeroicComedicSociopath: Rin, to the hilt. She revels in opportunities to exhibit violence and superiority, and suffers frequent failures to care about the feelings of other people or deal with humiliating events. When Shirou demands an apology from her[[note]]for letting Archer try to kill him and then basically offering him the first shot in a duel to the death to make up for it[[/note]] she struggles with a half-hearted apology that quickly dissolves into a few not-so-{{Stealth Insult}}s. Later, she demands advice from Shirou about what to do when she loses an argument.
189	-->'''Rin:''' ''If I can't be a monster, ''nobody'' gets to be.''
190	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: "Nobody gets to say my dream is stupid except me!"
191	-->'''[[IHatePastMe Archer]]''': [[ExactWords Hey, Shirou! Your dream is stupid!]]
192	* HonorBeforeReason: Even when Saber points out it is logical for her to carry the group's bags because she has SuperStrength, Shirou insists on carrying them because [[MartyrWithoutACause he's Shirou]]. Later, when Caster holds Taiga hostage, he insists on surrendering Saber to her to save Taiga, despite Saber and Rin pointing out they have so many other options. He later lampshades his stupidity.
193	* HypocrisyNod: Shirou incredulously points out the flaws in Rin's proposal for an EnemyMine with Ilya, capping it off by saying ''he'' was supposed to be the [[TooDumbToLive suicidal one]].
194	* IHatePastMe: Archer. The ''minute'' Shirou is around, he'll start ''begging'' Rin to let him kill Shirou off, or at least let one of the other servants do it. When that doesn't work, he'll settle for insulting and belittling him at every conceivable turn.
195	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Rin relishes in the fact that she's such a DudeMagnet that undoing a single button on her shirt got people to do whatever she wanted. She attempts this on Shirou (promising to let him touch her boobs if he comes out of cover) but failed to realize that he has enough common sense to know she wants to kill him.
196	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Shinji thinks that he and Gilgamesh will be friends, despite Gilgamesh doing almost nothing but hurl insults at him.
197	* IgnoredExpert: Archer clearly has knowledge of the Servants in the Holy Grail War, but Rin rarely listens to him. He openly warns her that fighting Lancer is a mistake, and she insists that Archer can beat him anyways despite Archer himself saying he can't. Even worse she insists on him helping against Berserker, despite Archer himself demonstrating that his attacks have no effect on him.
198	* IgnoreTheFanservice: Rin's attempt to lure Shirou out with a promise to let him touch her breast understandably does nothing to make him forget she is trying to kill him.
199	* IHaveThisFriend: When Archer helps Shirou's out of control magic circuits in episode 6, he says Shirou was lucky as a friend of his had to deal with the same problem for an embarrassing two years.
200	* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Rin's reasoning for why she's attracted to Shirou:
201	--> '''Rin:''' You're the only person whose ever defied, denied, ''and'' outclassed me. And... I think I like it.
202	--> '''Shirou:''' Oh... what a strange friendship we have.
203	* INeverToldYouMyName: Caster is shocked when Archer casually calls her Medea. He later calls Assassin "Sasaki," though that one seems to fly under the radar.
204	--> '''Caster:''' Kid's right, you do know things...
205	* InsistentTerminology:
206	** Rin always calls Archer "Actually Satan", saying the "Actually" is important.
207	** When Shirou calls Saber a talented swordswoman, she insists he call her a swordsman.
208	** Caster mocks Archer for trying to take her on with arrows. He says he uses ''projectiles'', which is accurate since he throws swords as well as arrows.
209	** When Caster boasts about her magic, Shirou says he can do magic too. Archer rightfully says Shirou can only do mere magecraft.
210	-->'''Shirou:''' Tomayto, tomahto.
211	-->'''Archer:''' More like tomato to-Nuclear Warhead!
212	** Later, when Shirou attempts to demonstrate his Reinforcement magecraft to Saber, he emphasizes that he is doing magic.
213	** Rin refuses to call it the Holy Grail War even when corrected. It's the Murder-Death-Kill.
214	* InsultBackfire: Archer was smugly confident that Shirou could never actually figure him out enough to return fire against him verbally, and invited him to try his luck in episode 4. [[spoiler: Then Shirou called him a "[[UsedToBeASweetKid Good Person]]" who [[FailureKnight failed to be a hero]], and kept going... ]]
215	* ItsAllAboutMe: Issei is convinced that everything that goes wrong at the school is actually an indirect attack on his tenure as student council president, trying to make him look bad. During his later fight with Rin, Shirou notes that the damage to the hallways will give Issei a heart attack.
216	* JerkassHasAPoint: Shirou may find Archer's philosophy abhorrent, but he does admit it's true that "saving everyone" and "stopping a threat" are [[PacifismBackfire mutually exclusive concepts]].
217	* KickTheDog: Archer taunts Shirou about having lost his parents twice.
218	-->'''Archer:''' You never did get a mother in that second set.
219	* KnightOfCerebus: Illya. Her first encounter with Shirou is played completely seriously, and outside of a few DeadpanSnarker moments, she has thus been played as an entirely serious character.
220	* LargeHam: Several of them, actually.
221	** Rin. She doesn't half-do things.
222	** Shirou, whenever he's in "Hero Of Justice" mode, talks like a stereotypical KnightInShiningArmor, dramatic speeches and all.
223	** Mr. Yamashiro says everything in a dramatic, ominous, and vaguely threatening way, to the point where his drama students too scared to come to campus.
224	** Saber occasionally forgets that she's supposed to be pretending to be a normal teenage girl and ends up pontificating about how she's a king and calls people she doesn't like "knaves."
225	** Shinji is a [[SmallNameBigEgo entitled egomaniac]] who is prone to losing his temper the minute the world doesn't bend over backwards for him. And also sometimes when the world does bend over backwards for him.
226	** Unsurprisingly, Gilgamesh's egotism makes him as hammy as ever.
227	* LaughablyEvil:
228	** Shinji. He is every bit the JerkAss he was in canon, but his egotism is played up to point where it's downright comedic.
229	** Gilgamesh. His egotism and domineering attitude are dialed up to the point where he won't even allow Shinji to speak to him without permission.
230	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
231	** Sakura's AdaptationalJerkass makes more sense if you consider the anime and the Unlimited Blade Works route's lack of focus on her.
232	** Shirou notes the alarming number of people who are attracted to Saber, aka the Nasuverse's SeriesMascot waifu.
233	** Shirou and Rin's after school standoff in episode 3 involves Shirou [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] the fact that many of the series's jokes rely on knowledge of ''Literature/FateZero'' and Nasuverse lore to fully appreciate them.
234	* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Archer tries to do this by leaving Shirou and Saber alone in the shed in episode 6, except the two aren't dating on this route.
235	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Rin orders Archer to never approach Shirou unless Shirou gives his consent to Archer's very specific and '''very terrible''' request. They all agree to wipe it from their memory after Archer says it.
236	--> '''Archer:''' ''[[spoiler:Mista Shi-whoa, big tuff muscle myan, would it be OK if wittle ole' me mosey'd on over dere for a byit?]]''
237	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: In the aftermath of the supposed death of Caster, Rin and Archer get into a painfully intense argument that Shirou and Saber compare to a domestic.
238	* LikeASonToMe: Saber views Shirou like a troublesome son, thus is disgusted when Archer assumes she's dating Shirou in episode 6.
239	* LoveAtFirstSight: Rin was already pretty dead set on getting a Saber as her Servant, but upon seeing Artoria, has become practically obsessed with it.
240	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Shirou is oddly indifferent about the fact that he got killed and brought back to life. He chalks it up to his experience as a survivor of the Fuyuki City fire making him having SeenItAll. Saber is confused by all this.
241	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Explicitly name dropped in episode 8; Archer calls Kuzuki this for Caster, reasoning that Caster needs him to support her pursuit of happiness and in so-doing enable her to remain immature.
242	* ManipulativeBastard: Kotomine, unsurprisingly. Rin tries to get him to explain the Holy Grail to Shirou in hopes he will withdraw, allowing Rin to take Saber. When Kotomine learns that Shirou was adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu, he instead explains the Holy Grail War, putting an emphasis on how the winner gets a wish, saying that Shirou can have his desires granted if he wins, convincing him to stay in the war instead. Later when he was planning to gave sanctuary to Shinji, after explaining that a Master who loses their Servant can't compete in the Holy Grail War anymore, he changes his tune after hearing Shinji's family name and tells him that he can stay in the war with Gilgamesh as his Servant.
243	* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Episode 3 opens with a flashback of Shirou talking with Kiritsugu, who compares life to a bag of marbles. A metaphor which rapidly devolves into a broken rant about the events of ''Literature/FateZero'', with "marbles" as stand-ins for the other characters.
244	-->'''Shirou:''' Dad... Did marbles hurt you?\
245	'''Kiritsugu:''' No kiddo... I hurt me. I also hurt marbles. I feel worse about the marbles.
246	* MortonsFork: Archer has trouble denying he and Shirou aren't that different.
247	-->'''Shirou:''' He and I are nothing alike!\
248	'''Archer:''' Right; so, since he said that, I'm going to guess that I should say, "we're exactly alike"...? [[LampshadeHanging There's no right answer for me here, is there?]]
249	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Yamashiro delivers totally innocuous statements with the gravitas of a Shakespearean villain. This causes everyone to be confused and terrified of him.
250	* MundaneUtility: Assassin's special technique, the Tsubame Gaeshi, allows him to strike 3 times in a single breath. He used to use this incredible magical talent to...cleanly kill birds stealing his grain.
251	* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: When Shirou first uses his projection magecraft it cuts to Archer saying he knows something horrible just happened.
252	* MythologyGag: ''Most'' of the jokes, really, adding an extra layer for those who have seen Zero or the original UBW.
253	** Rin believes Archer to be Actually Satan, referencing VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia where [[spoiler:Shirou is actually Aŋra Mainyu]].
254	** Archer's "hateboner" for Shirou and Saber being weirdly triggered or defensive about seemingly random things is hilarious enough. The more you know about their history, however...
255	** When Gilgamesh meets with Kirei after the latter met Shirou, Gilgamesh decides to hurt Kirei by bringing up his [[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia deceased wife]].
256	** Shirou's flashback of Kiritsugu has him go into a {{metaphorgotten}} about his various regrets over his actions in ''Literature/FateZero''. When Shirou mentions this later on to Rin, he also brings up that Kiritsugu let slip the identity of [[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Aŋra Mainyu]], though Shirou misremembers it as [[FanNickname/FateGrandOrder Angry Matthew]].
257	** Upon their initial meeting, both Saber and Assassin mistake the other's true identities for someone they naturally don't have pleasant feelings about.
258	*** Assassin mistakes Saber for UsefulNotes/JeanneDArc, much like Gilles de Rais did in the [[Literature/FateZero Fourth Grail War]].
259	*** Saber mistakes Assassin for UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder his hated rival]].
260	** Kirei wasn't interested in Shinji until he learned he was the nephew of [[Anime/FateZero Kariya]], Kirei's previous source of amusement.
261	** Shirou scoffs that Taiga and Sakura only criticize his dream because they don't know he has magic. ''Heaven's Feel'' reveals that [[spoiler:Sakura ''does'' know, and the incompetence with which he practices it, if anything, makes her respect him ''less''.]]
262	** Archer alludes to the moon being really weird, a reference to it being either [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} the remnant of a TYPE]] or [[VideoGame/FateExtra a massive supercomputer]].
263	** Archer in general makes a number of references to the Fate route.
264	*** He is hinted to have romantic feelings for Saber, and noting how iconic Shirou and Saber being a couple is, he is shocked when he learns the two have no romantic feelings for each other.
265	*** He assumed that Saber used Excalibur to defeat Rider.
266	*** He states that this is the second Grail War where Caster didn't accomplish anything after he thinks he one shotted her.
267	** The Fate route itself is represented by footage from the original Creator/StudioDeen anime adaptation.
268	** Gilgamesh claims his class is "Gilgamesh" because no container can adequately match his power, which is actually the case in ''VideoGame/FateExtraCCC''.
269	** Rin tells Shirou [[PropertyOfLove he's hers]] and that she won't let any "purple-haired bitch from Ancient Greece" have him. She's talking about Caster being their enemy, but there's another Servant who fits that criteria- Rider, who can develop feelings for Shirou and has sex with him in ''Ataraxia''.
270	* {{Narm}}: InUniverse, Rin lies about the total number of traps she set for Shirou not to have an advantage over him or anything, but because admitting that she set [[Lol69 sixty-nine]] traps would seriously undercut the dramatic showdown they were having. She admits to it [[NoExceptYes exactly one sentence after lying]].
271	* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Saber chastises Archer for his derisive comments regarding the fallen [[spoiler: Rider]] in episode 5.
272	* NonIndicativeName: Rin argues to Kirei that, like the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy Grail War involves neither an actual Holy Grail nor an actual war.
273	* NoodleIncident: We don't know exactly what happened but apparently Archer's meeting with the CEO of Banasonic in Episode 5 went so badly that not only did Archer not get any batteries, he thinks he might have become the CEO's mortal enemy.
274	* NotAfraidToDie: In episode 7, Caster threatens Assassin for getting snippity with her. He scoffs and says she can't scare him because he isn't afraid to die. She responds by using her magic to break his ribcage open, but [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction he is nonchalant about that too]].
275	* NotHelpingYourCase: Rin initially assumes Archer is a Saber class Servant, despite his insistance he is an Archer. He doesn't help his point he uses Kanshou and Bakuya, a pair of short swords, against Lancer.
276	* NotSoDifferentRemark: After getting to know each other better, Rin realizes that she and Shirou have something in common. They are, in her own words, both idiots with DaddyIssues and terrible reasons to fight in the Holy Grail War.
277	* ObviouslyEvil: Kirei Kotomine. His conversation with Shirou where he convinces him to stay in the Holy Grail War makes it so obvious he is evil that it's downright comedic.
278	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Shirou is prone to recklessly throwing himself into dangerous life or death situations. So when Rin suggests getting help from Illya and Berserker, and Shirou thinks the plan is suicide, you know how dangerous he thinks it is.
279	* OhNoNotAgain: When [[spoiler:Caster as]] Rider gets uncomfortably close to her, Saber can only exasperatedly lament that yet ''another'' person is attracted to her.
280	* OffTheRails: From Archer's perspective. [[spoiler:His memories are mostly off of the Fate route while the show is based on the Unlimited Blade Works route]]. While this gives him a lot of early knowledge, he's caught off guard by Rider being killed by someone other than Saber and that Shirou and Saber aren't dating.
281	* OnlySaneMan: Which of the main four heroes is the one holding the SmartBall varies between scene to scene with Shirou generally holding it the most and [[PsychopathicWomanChild Rin]] holding it the least.
282	* PetTheDog: AlphaBitch and AxCrazy as she is, Rin's first act of kindness, resurrecting Shirou, is because she knows Sakura likes him and she'd feel bad if anything happened.
283	** Even before that, she rushes to stop Lancer killing him without even knowing who he is, simply because she "doesn't want any rando being killed".
284	** In episode 3. She gives a speech about how Mages care for nothing except killing their enemies to win the war. [[HypocriticalHumour before IMMEDIATELY dropping her fight with Shirou when she hears someone screaming]]. As much as she plays at being AxCrazy, it's clear that she doesn't want any innocent people to die.
285	* PhraseCatcher: It's frequently noted that Archer is weird. He's weird about Shirou.
286	* PointOfDivergence:
287	** In canon, Sakura shaped herself to invoke the YamatoNadeshiko trope and be more appealing to Shirou. This series' interpretation of her is a Sakura who didn't do that, remaining the pessimistic, prickly, obviously traumatized girl that hides beneath the first layer of canon Sakura's personality.
288	** [[spoiler:Archer is blindsided by an in-universe point of divergence; in his timeline, Saber loved him/Shirou romantically, and not enough to care more about saving him than obtaining the Grail. In the current timeline, she does the opposite of the latter and has a more maternal relationship with him.]]
289	* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Unsurprisingly, Kotomine and Rin's interactions turn into this. Rin brought Shirou to Kotomine in hopes he would convince Shirou to withdraw from the Holy Grail War. When Kotomine convinced him to stay, Rin exploded at him for standing in the way of her and "Bae-ber." Kotomine instead responds that calling Saber "Bae-ber" is rude, which only makes Rin angrier.
290	* PoorCommunicationKills: In Episode 7, Saber assumes that [[VictoryByEndurance her group can stall until Caster runs out of Mana]]. Caster comments on her error and mocks Shirou and Rin for forgetting to tell Saber that Caster basically has unlimited Mana thanks to her territory.
291	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Partial example. Rin has only read the first four ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books. When she and Shirou team up, she compares them to Ron and Hermione. Shirou, who has read all the books, feels awkward because those two get together in the end, but Rin doesn't know that.
292	* PowerMisidentification: As Shirou and Rin are both unaware he has Avalon in his body, they think his HealingFactor comes from his own powers. Avalon only works when Saber is near, so in episode 7, when Caster captures Saber, it becomes moot. Unaware of this, Shirou attempts to call upon his powers to heal his injuries, only to humilate himself.
293	* PreMortemOneLiner: After Shirou compared Archer to Batman, Archer tries to kill him after remarking, "Maybe you are my Robin. You do remind me a lot of [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily Jason Todd]]."
294	* PunchCatch: When Archer lets Caster escape, Shirou angrily tries to punch him, but Archer effortlessly catches it. Later, Rin calls him a moron for thinking a punch would work.
295	-->'''Shirou:''' Damn, you've got strong hands!
296	* RhymesOnADime: Lancer is very fond of speaking in Limericks.
297	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Rin figures out Archer is lying about his amnesia right off the bat... but becomes convinced it's because he's {{Satan}}, and refuses to let go of that idea.
298	** In episode 5, Shirou vowes that today is the day he tells off Rin. He's right, in a sense. He does no such thing, but Archer does.
299	* SarcasticConfession: Archer is a ''lot'' less subtle than he is in the source material, but he makes up for it by making most of his lines sound like he's just ''heavily'' mocking Shirou.
300	--> [[spoiler: '''Archer:'''' [[BadassBoast Prepare to face]] [[IronicEcho the wrath of]] [[IHatePastMe Shirou]] [[PrecisionFStrike F*cking]] [[PreMortemOneLiner Emiya!]]]]
301	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Saber points out that you really can't expect the reality manipulating magus' competing in the reality breaking Holy Grail War to actually follow the rules.
302	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Berserker shows up in episode 2, Archer makes a break for it without hesitation. [[spoiler:It's all but said outright he remembers what Berserker did to him last time.]]
303	--> '''Archer:''' ''Nope!'' He who runs away and doesn't fight, ''runs away first!''
304	* ServileSnarker: Rider does very little to hide her disdain for Shinji.
305	-->'''Shinji''': RIDER! HE'S FREAKING ME OUT!
306	-->'''Rider''': Doesn't take much, does it?
307	* ShipperOnDeck:
308	** Yamashiro congratulates Shirou on scoring Saber.
309	** Archer, in spite of his hatred of him, seems to be behind Rin being in a relationship with Shirou. Probably because it would be a victory in romance for him by proxy.
310	* ShoutOut:
311	** Rin "[[Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor loves a woman who can kick [her] ass.]]"
312	** Rin referring to the Holy Grail War as [[Film/DemolitionMan MurderDeathKill]].
313	** Gilgamesh comments Berserker went from [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hero to Zero]], then offers to do a Creator/JamesWoods (who played Hades) impression.
314	** While calling a truce, Lancer recites the Universal Greeting from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. Which according to him is just 'the Universal Greeting'. He has no idea what 'Transformers' are.
315	* SkewedPriorities:
316	** The school seemingly the victim of a terrorist attack and a student has been found with her blood drained? This is all clearly a supernatural character assassination to discredit Issei's term as student council president.
317	** Shirou stops in the middle of a fight to ask Caster and Kuzuki if they can help him reconcile his dream of becoming a hero with the contradictions Archer's criticisms of it pointed out. They and Rin basically ask Shirou if he's lost his mind, yet he keeps talking even when Caster points out she doesn't care about his dream. On the other hand Kuzuki DOES give him some advice, it would have been better though if he did it without his Shaksperean way of speaking.
318	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: ''Everyone'' wants Saber, usually to a creepy extent. She and Shirou start making a list to keep track.
319	* SoProudOfYou: When Shirou uses Projection magecraft for the first time and forces Caster and Kuzuki to retreat, Kuzuki comments that while he's disappointed they lost, as a teacher, he is proud of Shirou.
320	* SophisticatedAsHell: Saber flip flops between speaking in refined and eloquent English and TotallyRadical slang. More often than not she's confused by what comes out of her mouth half the time.
321	* StraightMan: Archer plays this role to Rin...usually. He'll offer common sense to counter her InsaneTrollLogic, attempt to reign in her AxCrazy, and grumble about ridiculous the whole situation is...unless Shirou is involved, at which point their roles [[IHatePastMe reverse immediately]].
322	* StupidSexyFriend: Saber doesn't like Archer because he tried to kill Shirou before, but takes time to comment on his abs twice in episode 6.
323	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:
324	** Saber, when Shirou asks her if she knows anything about Illya.
325	---> '''Saber:''' No. I do not know anything about Illyasviel Von Einzbern. Or her mother. Or her terrible father. I have no connection to that family.
326	** Rider, after describing Shinji as the the last remaining heir of the Matou bloodline and how he's the brother of the beautiful and sagacious Sakura, denies that she's ever heard of them.
327	* TalkToTheFist: Kuzuki punches Rin hard enough to send her flying and knock her out while she was busy bragging about how he is no match for her.
328	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Gilgamesh's reaction when Kirei orders him to become Shinji's Servant.
329	* TotallyRadical: ''Saber''. Evidently, part of the knowledge imparted by the Grail includes modern slang... but not proper ''context'' for the slang, resulting in her sounding like this a lot of the time.
330	* {{Tsundere}}: Doesn't matter if it's a parody, doesn't matter if she's AxCrazy here, ''Rin Tohsaka, is still Rin Tohsaka''. Here, it's less a matter of luminescent blushing and more a matter of Rin staging attempts on Shirou's life when she knows he won't be around to die.
331	* TranquilFury: Rider never raises her voice but is very obviously pissy about having to serve as Shinji's Servant. This is further amplified (and more serious) whenever Sakura is especially concerned.
332	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Parodied in Episode 10. As Archer prepares to use Unlimited Blade Works, Shirou asks Saber to stop him, only for her to continue standing there because she's interested in what he's doing.
333	* TheUnapologetic: Rin does not normally apologize for anything. When she swallows her pride and apologizes for Archer trying to murder Shirou, she finds the experience very disturbing.
334	* TwiceToldTale: The series is riddled with in-jokes and references to all three routes of VisualNovel/FateStayNight, it's direct prequel Literature/FateZero, and the Franchise/FateSeries as a whole, and is clearly written under the assumption that the viewer is already familiar with all of those works. Thus, for anyone unfamiliar with the franchise about half jokes wouldn't make any sense or would be missed altogether. As an example, the first episode alone makes numerous jokes related to Archer's true identity, a major [[TheReveal reveal]] from later in the story, but makes no attempt to explain who he is.
335	* UnderestimatingBadassery:
336	** Shirou decides he has a chance against Rin on the basis that since mages are more focused on refining their magical craft, they failed to make time to physically tone their bodies for fitness. He gets proven severely wrong when Rin pulls off some LeParkour while screaming about how out of shape she is.
337	** Caster thinks the combined might of Saber, Archer, Assassin, and Caster herself could easily take down Berserker. This just tips Archer off that Caster knows nothing about [[ImplacableMan Berserker]]. He has to awkwardly walk that one back when it's confirmed Excalibur can shave off most, if not all, of Berserker's lives in a single blow and Caster has an effectively limitless supply of mana to power Saber with.
338	** Archer himself thinks Caster is a pushover and is quickly and sorely proven wrong.
339	** Rin assumes that because Mr. Yamashiro is an ordinary person with no magecraft, he'll be no match for her, only for him to punch her out.
340	** Caster attempts to murder Kirei with her skeleton familiars, only for him to easily smash them. She then comments that she didn't expect him to be a badass.
341	** Shirou himself is underestimated by every character (including Sakura) but despite his severe lack of skills, HAS managed to survive so far and gets stronger in every chapter, to the point of being able to Project flawed, yet fully functioning, Noble Phantasms. All of this without taking into account his [[FutureBadass possible future]].
342	* TheUnreveal: It's never revealed who Rider was [[spoiler:before she died]]. Bummer.
343	* UnholyMatrimony: Caster and Mr. Yamashiro. Caster is a [[SickeninglySweethearts sickingly affectionate]] towards him, but he makes it clear that their love is mutual.
344	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ayako doesn't ask any questions about the fact that Rin has a knife coated in a corrosive luminescent glow that ate through her locker. Probably because she knows better than to dig herself deeper when Rin is already angry.
345	* VainSorceress: Rin is a rare non-villainous example. While some of it has been her awareness of being a DudeMagnet, she has displayed pride in her looks as well, once describing her chest as "legendary."
346	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Lampshaded by Shirou who points out he and Rin didn't even learn Rider's name before she died, mostly due to the Unlimited Blade Works route not focusing on Rider and Sakura.]]
347	* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Rin confesses to Shirou and Archer that she honestly couldn't care less about the Grail or its wish. She's fighting the War because it was what her father asked her to do the last time they ever saw each other. She even admits it's probably not a very good reason for fighting in the Holy Grail War.
348	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Shinji asks Shirou to tell Rin that Shinji said she has beautiful eyes.
349	* WhatTheHellHero: Rin and Archer tear into Shirou when his stupidity leads to Saber getting captured by Caster.
350	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: While telling Archer about her first Master, Caster mocks him and asks what kind of a name is Atrum.
351	* WhoWritesThisCrap: After Saber calls Assassin out for developing Tsubame Gaeshi to get rid of birds in his garden instead of just hiring a cleaning lady, Assassin denies that he "wrote this."
352	* WithFriendsLikeThese: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. After our heroes spend the entire fight with Berserker and Illya arguing, culminating in Archer nearly killing Shirou, Illya decides the best way to kill them is to leave them to their own devices.
353	* WomenPreferStrongMen: Rin undeniably finds power attractive; she openly says she'd hit that when Shirou is talking about how powerful Saber is in episode 2, and admits she found Shirou incredibly attractive when he revealed his projection magecraft in episode 6.
354	* WouldHurtAChild: When Shirou tells Taiga and Sakura about Illya, Sakura says she'd dropkick her in a heartbeat.
355	* WorfHadTheFlu: Rider spends every scene essentially running on fumes; even after Shinji directs her to unleash a VampiricDraining field on the whole school, she notes mockingly that his ''very'' conspicuous plan will only get her up to bare minimum fighting capabilities. Archer mockingly notes her lack of performance after she dies.
356	* WorthyOpponent: Saber and Assassin become fast friends due to their mutually impressive sword skills and polite personalities.
357	-->'''Assassin:''' I am having a very fun time, Saber.\
358	'''Saber:''' As am I, other Saber.
359	* WrongGenreSavvy:
360	** When he and Rin have their after-school standoff, Shirou seems to buy into the RPG cliche that mages are frail and physically weak, having spent time they could have used building strength and endurance instead researching more powerful magic. By this logic, he figures that he can rush Rin and overpower her in melee. Unfortunately for him, Rin is better at time management than that (and Nasuverse magic doesn't work the same way typical RPG magic works), and [[LeParkour quickly proves him wrong by empowering her limbs and effortlessly hopping down the stairwell]], while screaming at him about how out of shape she is. He quickly concedes the point.
361	** Shinji is under the assumption the Holy Grail War works like a video game where Servants can come back from the dead, and goes berserk when he learns nobody told him "permadeath" was a rule.
362	* {{Yandere}}:
363	** Medusa gets the inkling that Shirou might just be the boy Sakura's been complaining about, in which case she feels Shirou getting his eyes plucked out is especially well-deserved.
364	** PlayedForLaughs with Shinji, who in his ridiculous attempt at TermsOfEndangerment the very next day makes himself sound like he was attacking Rin because he's a CrazyJealousGuy for ''Shirou'', while still finding room in his little speech to basically beg Shirou to tell Rin that Shinji thinks she has beautiful eyes.
365	** [[spoiler:After Medusa gets killed]] the day after ''that'', Shinji accuses Rin of being a sociopath, while the subtitles swap in the word "Yandere" instead.
366	* YouCanKeepHer: When Rin threatens Shinji, Gilgamesh makes it clear he doesn't give a rat's ass about him, and actively encourages her and Shirou to kill him. He's disappointed when they back down.

Context WebVideo / FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorksAbridged