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Tropes shown in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie Trailer. These tropes only apply to the characters in the Concept Movie Trailer. Tropes present only in the anime go here. Note that any tropes listed on the main page and the Rebellion page may also apply in the Concept Movie Trailer.
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Madoka Kaname
Madoka Kaname
- Badass in Distress: Within the previous universe, she was God. Here, she is shown running away from Homura's minions and may be forced to perform ballet for Homura.
- Ballet: Seems to be forced to perform ballet for Homura over and over again.
- Dainty Little Ballet Dancers: Makes her first appearance practicing ballet in a gold and white tutu.
- God in Human Form: Is said to have been Brought Down to Normal by a salamander girl who took pity on her.
- Heart Trauma: Is said to have been cut in half by Homura.
- Lonely at the Top: The price of becoming a goddess was to have herself and all memory of her life erased from the lives of her friends and family.Do you know what happiness is? It's having your name called by someone. It's calling someone's name. It's when someone is thinking of you. But God alone cannot have any of this.
- Mundane Luxury: In the trailer, she asks an unknown person what happiness is, and mentions things like the bright May sunshine and fried eggs for breakfast as examples of that. But, as God, she cannot have any of those things.
- Pieces of God: The Madoka seen in the trailer is only half of Madoka, brought down to Earth by Homura and rendered mortal.A lizard girl took pity on God...so the lizard girl tore God in two, and brought one of her halves from Heaven down to Earth.
- Straight to the Pointe: The first shot of her in the trailer is her foot revolving gracefully in a pointe shoe as she performs ballet.
- Unlimited Wardrobe: Shown in multiple pimped out dresses, one which might be a new magical girl transformation as it shows her Soul Gem prominently.
Homura Akemi
Homura Akemi
The demon in charge of the world seen within the Concept Movie.- Animal Motifs: The salamander. Within the new creation myth in the trailer, she is described as a salamander who "took pity" on God because God (Madoka) could not interact with the world, and so cut God in half.
- Ballet: Seems to be forcing Madoka to perform a ballet performance over and over, as she is seen in shadow clapping for an imprisoned Madoka.
- Control Freak: Is implied to be forcing Madoka to perform ballet and to have imprisoned Sayaka for knowing too much.
- Dark Messiah: Is still in charge of the world as Akuma Homura.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: And then become Cthulhu yourself.A lizard girl took pity on God...so the lizard girl tore God in two, and kidnapped one of her halves to Earth from Heaven.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Homura's animal motif is the salamander, which is often grouped with reptiles, and she is the Villain Protagonist.
- Villain Protagonist: Is shown as a menacing figure within the Concept Movie, still having captured Madoka and forcing her away from her position as a goddess.
Mami Tomoe
Mami Tomoe
- BFG: Even more so than usual, her gun is so massive it punches a hole through Homura's barrier.
- Hero Antagonist: Shown opposing Homura and trying to restore the world to its previous state.
- Took a Level in Badass: Is shown with a giant gun destroying one of Homura's barriers, implying she found a way to surpass a god.
Sayaka Miki
Sayaka Miki
- An Arm and a Leg: While it's not clearly visible in the film itself, concept art reveals that both her arms are amputated, and the charms hanging from her chains actually being made from her bones.
- Badass in Distress: Assuming she retains her skill from Rebellion, she's on par with Mami, and is shown injured, impaled by countless arrows, and with some kind of white light leaking out of (or going into) her broken legs in the wrecked Mitakihara city, seemingly unable to move.
- Cool Versus Awesome: Her Witch form, Oktavia, is briefly seen apparently fighting a Satori Wraith, the second most powerful Wraith in Wraith Arc. An Eldritch Abomination controlled by an archangel in human form, versus The Heartless.
- He Knows Too Much: At the end of Rebellion, Sayaka is the only one in Homura's new world who remembers what she did. In the trailer, she's bound and gagged, implicitly because Homura can't let her tell anyone else.
Kyoko Sakura
Kyouko Sakura
- Demoted to Extra: Is barely shown within the trailer at all despite being a member of the main cast.
