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{{quote|''"This is Tankery, not war. Your tank will cry if you're a bad person!"'' <ref>The '''official''' translation of the second sentence was "The tanks would be sad if we forgot that," but the "tank will cry" version has become memetic.</ref>}}
 
Miho Nishizumi is a high-school student who has just transferred to Oarai Academy. On her first day at school, the student council recreates the tankery club - tank battles as a sport - which has been defunct for several years. While she has tankery experience, and her new friends are interested in joining, she doesn't want any part of it — she chose to come to Oarai specifically hoping to never be involved with tanks again. Pressure from the student council, however, causes her to reconsider, and with her new friends, she joins the tankery club... and she eventually discovers that the student council had a very good reason to get her to join the club.
 
'''''Girls und Panzer''''' is a 2012-13 [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] with a manga adaptation plus several spin-offs, as well as a movie, a follow-up movie series, light novels, and a video game, about girls who operate tanks as a martial art. Among the manga, ''Little Army'' is a prequel about tankery in elementary school; ''Little Army 2'' follows one of the girls from ''Little Army'' but is set six years later, beginning just after the main ''Girls und Panzer'' series (the main character sees a news broadcast about Miho's victory). ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' ("It's the More Love Love Operation!") shows side-stories revolving around daily life aside from tankery and providing more detail of [[Character Development|the characters' development]]. It's often, even '''usually''', comical, and frequently though not always uses [[Yonkoma|4-Koma]] and weird [[Imagine Spot]]s. '''Lots''' of [[Les Yay]], too. ''Ribbon no Musha'' ("Ribbon Warrior") covers an alternate tank sport, Tankathlon, which among other things is limited to the lightest tanks and "tankettes." ''Phase. Erika'' is another prequel, dealing with middle-school tankery; [http://www.mangareader.net/girls-und-panzer-phaseerika/2/3 even then, Erika regarded Miho as the rival she needed to overcome]. ''Gekitou! Maginot-sen Desu!!'' ("Fierce Fight! It's the Maginot battle!!") is set between the St. Gloriana match and the tournament's beginning, as the Oarai team tries another friendly match — this time against French-themed Maginot Girls' Academy — to get more practice.
 
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== A-E ==
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: Powerful enough to order tanks and ammunition (and ''C-5M Super Galaxy'' cargo jets, in Saunders's case). {{spoiler|Not powerful enough to save Oarai from budget cuts.}}
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: There are a number of differences, particularly in sequence of events, between the anime and the primary manga. Just as one instance, in the anime the only tank immediately available in the first episode was the Panzer IV; in the manga, the Type 89B, Pz 38(t), StuG III, and M3 are also there in the garage from the start.
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** Unlike in the anime, {{Spoiler|Duck Team's ambush of the Matilda successfully disabled it in the manga ... except that another St. Gloriana tank was behind the one "killed"}} and promptly took revenge. This meant Miho had to face three tanks, not four.
* [[A-Team Firing]]: All of the Oarai tanks at first (given their relative lack of practice), but Momo never really gets better.
* [[Averse Adept]]: Miho Nishizumi changed schools in order to get away from an school club activity that she's good at but no longer likes. However, in what looks like bad luck, her new school's [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] forces her to not only join the same club at the new school but also become the club's captain. She eventually learns to not only tolerate the situation, but embrace it.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In the match against St. Gloriana, the student council get their tread repaired and manage to get back into the fight just in time to save Team Anglerfish. Although Momo '''still''' missed her shot — at point-blank range.
** In [[The Movie]], when packing up their belongings to leave Oarai, the question of what to do with the tanks arises. Cue Saunders and their C-5M Super Galaxy (putting the ''Big'' in Big Damn Heroes) -- they pack out the tanks to hold them until the Oarai students get re-settled.
** Later on in the movie, it's competition day, Miho has her school's 8eight tanks and is going out of her mind trying to figure out a strategy to beat a 30-tank elite university team. Just before the match starts, [[The Cavalry|reinforcements roll over the hill]] -- tanks from several other high schools, especially those they fought in the anime, temporarily transferring to Oarai to make up the numbers.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: The Nishizumi and Isuzu families have them (apparently, tankery and flower arrangement pay ''really'' well, at least at the highest levels), but neither Miho nor Hana are entirely welcomed in them.
* [[Big "What?"|Big "WHAAAAT?!"]]: Commander Kay is (very vocally) shocked to learn from Alisa that her intel on Oarai's movements is bad, and {{spoiler|Oarai managed to fool them and isolate their flag tank.}}
* [[Bling of War]]: Oarai's tanks' first paint-jobs are rather spectacular. Hot pink, gold, flags... they quickly learn that it's not very practical in their match against St. Gloriana.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Saori is an extremely rapid texter, which she suggests will serve her well in the job of Team Anglerfish's radio operator. Hana doesn't think it'll be that applicable, but it does come in handy when {{spoiler|Saunders Academy is listening in on their radio transmissions.}}
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Commander Nishi of Chihatan sometimes lets her enthusiasm get away from her. When the high schools band together with Oarai, she misunderstands the plan (to bring 22 tanks between the seven schools, to give Oarai 30 tanks to match the University) and brings 22 tanks ''herself''.
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* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Ek3h4HTRE The Anglerfish dance]. The movements look silly, the lyrics sound silly even when not translated, and the Anglerfish costumes are especially silly-looking. All that, while riding down a public street on a flat-bed vehicle, is a recipe for maximum embarrassment. (On the other hand, [[Fanservice|the costumes fit like a coat of paint, and those dance steps wave some quite shapely hips about]]....)
* [[Cool Ship]]: Each Academy appears to be a converted aircraft carrier. Except that no country ever built an aircraft carrier (or any other ship) as freakin' '''''BIG''''' as these; one of the '''smaller''' vessels is over seven '''kilometers''' long. For comparison, the longest (real-world) ship ever built, the ''Seawise Giant'', didn't even crack the half-kilometer mark, at 458 meters (1504 ft).
** [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: The [[w:Draft (hull)|draft]] on those cool ships would cause them to run aground on the continental shelf in Real Life, barring submarine canyons or massive dredging operations. And the top decks of the largest ships are far enough above the waterline that they're in the stratocumulus cloud layer.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The front cover of the ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' first volume shows a dramatic scene, Anglerfish Team looking battered but fiercely determined, except for Yukari, who appears to be [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|dead or dying in Miho's embrace]]. The back cover has [[Chibi]] Yukari cheerfully announce, [[Lampshade Hanging|"The front cover is a complete lie!"]]
* [[Covert Pervert]]: ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' has a chapter in which the rival schools' leaders have heard rumors that if Oarai defeats them again, '''they'll''' be made to do the Anglerfish Dance. Darjeeling and Nonna, though, [http://www.mangahere.cc/manga/girls_panzer_motto_love_love_sakusen_desu/c007/3.html mentally picture Orange Pekoe and Katyusha, respectively, looking shyly adorable] in Anglerfish costumes....
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* [[Dull Surprise]]: Duck Team, with its commander, Noriko, crouched completely outside the turret for some reason, finds Saunders' flag tank, with Alisa standing in the hatch. And they just stare at each other, blank-faced, for more than twenty seconds, before either does '''anything'''.
* [[Eek! A Mouse!|Eek! A "G"!]]: The sight of a Creepy Cockroach (referred to as a "G" for "gokiburi") sends Rabbit Team bailing out of their tank like it's on fire. Momo chastises them for making such a fuss and delaying practice...[[Hypocritical Humor|while '''she''' stands well away from the tank]]. (Miho calls her on the hypocrisy.)
* [[Enemy Rising Behind]]: Episode 4. Oh, my, look, there's a garage door starting to open. Let's park in front of it, ready to blast the tank inside. Why, no; we DON'T'don't'' need to pay any attention to the exterior elevator behind us.... The St. Gloriana tankers really '''[[Idiot Ball|deserved]]''' to get shot in the back the way they did. {{Spoiler|Too bad for the Type 89 that its puny gun couldn't penetrate even the '''rear''' armor on the Matilda.}}
** Becomes a [[Brick Joke]] in ''Der Film'', at what looks like the same elevator... and the same St. Gloriana tank commander.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Shiho Nishizumi isn't really "evil", but she's convinced that Oarai's victories are down to a combination of luck and their opponents' laxity ({{spoiler|until they defeat Maho and Kuromorimine}}). Maho understands that it's due to Miho's skill, flexibility, and her ability to bring her team together, but Shiho isn't having any of it -- "That's absolute heresy", she says.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Alisa gives one of these when she thinks she's overheard Oarai's battle plan in detail. It obviously creeps out the other two girls in the turret with her.
 
== F-J ==
* [[Fair-Weather Friend]]: Miho was a valued member of Kuromorimine's tankery team, but when she chose to give up her tank (and thus the match) to save some of her teammates from drowning, her schoolmates turned on her (or at least were terrified into shunning her by the ones who truly scorned her).
** [[A Friend in Need]]: The very day they meet, Hana and Saori are willing to stand by Miho's refusal to join the remade tankery team, and even be expelled with her, even though they'd like to take tankery themselves. (Which in turn inspired Miho to change her mind.)
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** Erwin might be expected to use Gratuitous German instead, but she agrees to one of Miho's plans with the words "Why not!"
* [[Gratuitous German]]: The production company itself is called "Girls und Panzer Projekt", and the commands "Panzer Vor!" and "Panzer Halt!"
** [[The Movie]] is entitled ''Girls und Panzer: Der Film''., and the sequel movie series is collectively titled ''Girls und Panzer: Das Finale''
** Ludicrously, the first time "Panzer Vor!" is spoken, Saori mistakes it for a remark about [[Panty Shot|"Pantsu"]].
* [[Gratuitous Italian]]: When Oarai plans for the match against Anzio, they acquire diagrams and specifications for Anzio's known tanks — marked entirely in Italian.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Of course most of the dialogue is Japanese, which is not gratuitous, but the girls of Chihatan (themed after the Imperial Japanese Army) use Japanese commands to advance and halt, rather than German phrases as Oarai does. In fact, the commander doesn't recognize the meaning of the German terms during a friendly match with Oarai against St. Gloriana and Pravda, and has to have them explained to her.
* [[Gratuitous Latin]]: Takako Suzuki, one of the history-buff girls of Team Hippo, uses Latin phrases because she's chosen the "soul name" (nickname) of "Caesar". Lampshaded in OAV 7:
{{quote|'''Caesar''': Isn't it normal to speak Latin and Italian?
'''Everybody else in the room, in unison''': No, it's not!}}
* [[Gratuitous Russian]]: Clara (of Pravda) converses almost exclusively in Russian, much to Katyusha's irritation. The subtitles get pretty intense: her lines (and Nonna's, when she replies in Russian) are given in Cyrillic, Roman-letter Russian, and English. Nonna's voice actress is fascinated by Russia, speaking (and singing) very good Russian.
** Katyusha knows '''some''' Russian, and occasionally even uses it in circumstances where one would think she'd instead default to her native tongue; at one point she hastily says "Nyet!" when a subordinate suggests taking an inappropriate risk.
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** Lost in an unfamiliar city, [http://www.mangahere.co/manga/girls_panzer_motto_love_love_sakusen_desu/c012/16.html Erika takes Miho's hand so they won't get separated while finding their way back to their comrades]. Whose reactions suggest they're [[Les Yay|reading something else]] into the gesture.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Subverted by Anteater Team, online gamers who find out their real tank's gears are harder to shift correctly than they expected from game experience. Played straight by Yukari in the first practice battle in Episode 3. She fires just three times, each shot knocking out a vehicle. How did she get to be so good a gunner? [[Foreshadowing|Episode 2]] showed her taking the other girls to a "tank accessory" store, where she spent some time playing a tank battle [[Arcade Game]] that bears a remarkable resemblance to the original ''[[Battlezone (1980 video game)|Battlezone]]''. She's likely done '''that''' a lot, and aiming has less to do with physical strength.
* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]:
* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]:* Hana's mother is distraught that her daughter is involved with tankery (which she views as the antithesis of the delicacy and femininity that Isuzu flower arrangement should embody), to the point of telling her to not come home until she quits.
** Miho herself is viewed as the inadequate inheritor to her family's tankery legacy. Her mother is threatening to completely disown her because she's not [[We Have Reserves|ruthless]] enough. Mom describes Miho's way of adapting tactics to circumstances and fostering [[Team Spirit]] as "heresy" that must be '''broken'''.
* [[In Medias Res]]: The first episode begins with the opening stages of the match against St. Gloriana. Then, after a scene that looks as if Miho is about to get hit by a shell, the story cuts back to her first day of school at Oarai. The St. Gloriana match isn't seen in full until episode 4.
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* [[Instant Win Condition]]: In the tournament, the goal is to immobilize the enemy's flag tank. This allows Oarai to defeat their numerically-superior opponents.
* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: When Darjeeling sends the message to {{Spoiler|rally the other schools to help Oarai, Mika of Jatkosota School says something that implies she}} isn't interested in joining in. Come the big day, though, there's Jatkosota's BT-42. Aki calls Mika out on the apparent hypocrisy — and Mika responds, "We were just carried here by the wind."
 
== K-O ==
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: After the tankery club is announced, one of the girls in the background says "I wonder if any boys drive tanks? It's just so weird to think about, when only girls do it!"
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: During the final minutes of the match against Saunders, Kay discards her army's numerical advantage by sending five of her tanks away from the final showdown. This is to make up for Alisa {{spoiler|listening on Oarai's radio communications}}, which is a legitimate strategy in war, but as she says after the match, "This is tankery, not war!"
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{{quote|'''Hana:''' I don't want to forget that fierce feeling of numbness...}}
* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: Inverted, in that tank combat is treated as a feminine art form on par with flower arranging.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: Caesar of Hippo Team is shown to practice divination. When Rabbit Team and Saori are lost in the depths of the school ship, Caesar phones Yukari to tell her, "West." Yukari and friends turn westward, and the next thing that's seen is them finding not only the lost girls but also the tank the lost girls were looking for.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Hana means "flower"; probably deliberately chosen by her mother, as the Isuzu family is known for their school of flower arrangements.
** Erika, the second-in-command of Kuromorimine, shares her name with the titular flower of ''Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein'', as well as the woman who is described in the song (the singer's fiancee, whom he is reminded of when he sees said flower).
*** In a ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' chapter, Katyusha refers to this, identifying Erika as "the girl waiting back at home, I remember now!" Erika points out that the same description applies to Katyusha's name.
** Commander Katyusha of Pravda shares her name with a Russian wartime song, as well as the iconic WWII Soviet rocket artillery (named after the song). Episode 8 has Pravda sing this song as their tanks head for battle.<ref>Due to copyrightlicensing problems (''not'' copyright - the song itself is in public domain, but the performance on the soundtrack CD has Nonna and Katyusha singing, which would have required an additional license payment for the vocals if [[Sentai Filmworks]] wanted to use it), a different song replaces it for release in the U.S.</ref>
** In a backwards way: the Hall Monitors or Public Morals Committee (depending on translator) have nicknames that invoke [[The Bible|two cities that became notorious for '''immoral''' behavior]]. The two who speak most often are Sodoko and Gomoyo; the third, Pazomi, is named for a filmmaker whose very [[Squick]]y [[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom|final movie]]'s title referred to the cities. This is portrayed as a '''coincidence''', because their nicknames are formed by dropping some of the syllables out of their actual names.<ref>Sono Midoriko, Goto Moyoko, Konparu Nozomi</ref> (Sodoko especially doesn't like being called by the nickname, except by Gomoyo or Pazomi.)
* [[Medium Awareness]]: When Oarai's teams are assigned to their tanks, pictures of the team members (sometimes a group shot, others single) appear in insets to the image of each tank. One member of Rabbit Team, a bit crowded by the frame of the inset, has put up her hand to push back against it.
* [[Miko]]: In the manga, the "recruiting film" shows tank operators dressed as miko, rather than like soldiers as the anime does.
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** That certainly is a '''lot''' of Pravda tanks suddenly '''surrounding''' us, isn't it?
** Maus. Katyusha looks scared even though '''she''' isn't fighting it (this time); Darjeeling, likewise a spectator, doesn't look '''frightened''', but definitely not happy.
* [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]]: Nekota (or [[In Universe Nickname|Nekonyaa]] Nekonyaa). Without- without them, as the opening credits and a '''very''' few other shots show, [[Beautiful All Along|she looks]] like a [[Leiji Matsumoto]] leading lady. She also wears a [[Cat Eared Headband]], presumably to play up her name.
 
== P-T ==
* [[Parting Words Regret]]: Mako and her mother had a big fight as their final conversation before Mako's parents died in an accident. After she learns this, Miho starts to think about the last conversation she had with her family...
* [[Panty Shot]]: Completely averted despite the uniforms' short skirts, and advertised as being averted. Noteworthy because the show appeals to the same audience that watched ''[[Strike Witches]]''.
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Kei, during the final match in the tournament. (Being a walking [[Eagleland]] stereotype, of course her bucket of popcorn is as big as a KFC chicken bucket.)
* [[Plot Parallel]]: Hana's subplot about her relationship with her mother mirrors protagonist Miho's plot about her relationship with her mother.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Lack of communication almost {{Spoiler|got the school shut down,}} because only the Student Council knew what the stakes were, and the team got careless in the Pravda match. Granted, the secret was kept to avoid pressuring them, but still.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Oarai's tanks have some of this vibe about them. The best were all sold off when the school gave up tankery, so what's available are the odds and ends too "worthless" to sell, and there's no national theme as with the other schools shown. [[Fridge Logic|Wait,]] a StuG III and Panzer IV were '''"worthless"'''?
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* [[Serious Business]]: Tankery. Serious enough that {{spoiler|Oarai's existence is on the line depending on their performance in the tournament. So is the question of whether or not Miho's family disowns her.}} In [[The Movie]], it is revealed that promoting tankery is a matter of ''Japanese national policy''.
** In the Isuzu family, flower arrangement -- to the point that Hana's mother all but disowns her over joining tankery, because she thinks it conflicts with the delicacy that the Isuzu style should embody.
* [[Shout -Out]]:
** When Yukari asks a question at Saunders's pre-match meeting (having snuck in to gather some intelligence), she gives her name as "[[Kelly's Heroes|Sergeant Oddball]]" when challenged. It doesn't fool anyone, but Kay takes it in good humor.
** In onethe ofOVA the"Survival OVAsWar!", the girls are having a picnic of rations. A comparison to "luncheon meat" is made, and a recreation of [[Monty Python]]'s "Spam" sketch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsvLZvAkOg ensues.] (Appropriately, the girls recreating the skit are from Rabbit Team, who are known for their love of Western movies, and who have a [[Killer Rabbit]] as their mascot.)
** Surrounded, in wintry weather, and offered a chance to surrender, Momo exclaims [[World War II|"Nuts!" -- in English, like General McAuliffe at Bastogne]].
** It's brief and unobtrusive, but a poster on a street corner at Oarai reads "[[A Bridge Too Far|Market Garden]]." This '''could''' be an ad for an actual market garden ... if it weren't that the poster's picture is of a man brandishing a rifle, with the bridge at Arnhem in the background.
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** The first page of a ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' chapter starring St. Gloriana's Darjeeling, Orange Pekoe, and Assam looks [http://www.mangahere.co/manga/girls_panzer_motto_love_love_sakusen_desu/c005/ an awful lot like] the famous image from [[The Beatles (band)|Abbey Road]]. The Fab Three?
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Miho and Maho would much rather ''not'' be rivals, but it's [[Enforced Trope|enforced]] by their mother. Shiho is determined to see Miho's "heretical" tankery style crushed, and she implies that she might cast Maho out of the family if she fails. When Miho and Maho finally face off, Shiho decides {{spoiler|they both demonstrated such strength of their respective styles that she reconsiders}}. In ''Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'' she is shown regretting having pushed them against each other.
* [[Significant Birth Date]]: Everybody on Goosefish Team. Saori and Hana's birthdays were mentioned in episode 1, the others are [[All There in the Manual]]:
** Miho was born on the anniversary of the Second Battle of El Alamein<ref>And her older sister Maho was born on the anniversary of the First Battle of El Alamein</ref>
** Saori was born on the anniversary of Operation Barbarossa
** Hana was born on the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
** Yukari was born on the anniversary of D-Day
** Mako was born on the anniversary of the day Germany invaded Poland
* [[Sobriquet]]: It doesn't get as much play as usual examples, being mentioned only once, but Katyusha and Nonna are nicknamed respectively "Snowdrift" and "Blizzard." Also — and this doesn't appear at all in the anime, only in manga versions — Darjeeling, her loader Orange Pekoe, and her gunner Assam are ''collectively'' nicknamed "The Noble Sisters."
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The Saunders girls' names are transliterated 'literally' in the English dub of the anime (Kei, Arisa), and are spelled in more 'conventional' Western style in other media (Kay, Alisa). And some subtitles and references spell it "Sanders".
** "Ankou" usually gets translated as "Anglerfish" in-series, but at some points as "Goosefish" (a specific type of anglerfish).
* [[Take That]]: In Episode 7, Saori is exploring the ship with Rabbit Team when one of them asks ''why'' the school is on a ship. Saori rattles off a minor [[Info Dump]] of the official reasons, but finishes, "So basically, it was an overreaction to the government's lack of action on educational policy." On behalf of the government, ''Ouch''.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: ButThe [[High Concept]] of coursethe series is "[[X Meets Y|Cute Girls Doing Cute Things meets Tank Goodness]]".
* [[Team Handstack]]: Just before the big battle against Kuromorimine, Miho goes to her tank and lays one hand on its front slope. The other four of her crew gather round and set their hands atop hers. She still doesn't quite grasp how highly they regard her, and looks from one to another of them in surprise.
** Duck Team is earlier shown, in their volleyball uniforms, standing in a circle with their hands together. Dipping the stack a bit, they yell in unison, "Fight!"
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* [[Theme Naming]]: Commander Darjeeling, Assam, and Orange Pekoe of St. Gloriana are all named after teas. Their school's insignia, after all, '''is''' a teapot and cup.
** Continuing the tradition is Rosehip from ''Der Film'' -- and the commander of the Matilda ambushed by Duck is named for a Kenyan tea, Rukuriri.
** The Italian-themed Anzio High School has Commander Chiyomi "Anchovy" Anzai, Carpaccio (named for a pasta dish), and Pepperoni, although "This Is the real Anzio Battle" makes clear that these are [[sobriquet]]s. (The school insignia is a pizza.)
** The girls of the Automotive Club / Leopon Team are named after Japanese race-car drivers.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: During a conversation with the minister of education in [[The Movie]], Shiho Nishizumi says that Kuromorimine is intending to fight Oarai again (and defeat them) -- and she's not about to let some bureaucrat take that chance away.
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* [[True Companions]]: Team Anglerfish. Miho is quickly befriended by Saori and Hana on her first day, and when the student council threatens to expel her for not joining the tankery club, they're willing to get expelled with her -- even though they'd been enthusiastic about taking tankery. This is part of what causes her to change her mind.
** When Miho is threatened with having to do the "sea devil dance" ("Anglerfish dance" in the anime) if {{spoiler|the team loses their practice meet against St. Gloriana}}, her friends quickly reassure her that they'll dance with her in that case. In fact, when the time comes, the ''entire club'' dances!
 
== U-Z ==
* [[Universal Driver's License]]: Averted -- Mako has a tank operator's license, but not a driver's license.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Alisa breaks down pretty hard when her {{spoiler|radio interception}} ruse is discovered and exploited by Oarai, going from smug superiority to crying, whimpering about the reliability of the Sherman, and ranting about how {{spoiler|Oarai is going to be shut down.}} She even pokes her head out of her hatch and shouts at her pursuers, not that they can hear her. She throws in a few remarks, too, about how the boy she likes doesn't seem to notice her feelings.
* [[Wants the Work Done for Them]]: Momo insists on everything being done immediately and to her satisfaction, but rarely does any of the actual work herself (outside of ''[[The Movie|Girls und Panzer der Film]]'', when she has no other option). Since she's part of an [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]], she never gets called on her behaviour except indirectly by other Student Council members.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Little Sister / Daughter" Girl]]: Two of the five main characters.
** Miho feels tremendous pressure from her mother and older sister to live up to the Nishizumi school of tankery. In fact, she initially transferred to Oarai Academy because they ''didn't have a tankery club'', even though this required her to live alone. Impressing her family becomes part of her motivation in the tournament. In the end, they acknowledge her strength.
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* [[You Fool!]]: Kay is quite vocal about her displeasure with Alisa when she hears that {{spoiler|she was listening in on Oarai's radio transmissions}}.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Leopon. Tunnel (see Locked Out of the Fight above). When Erika angrily orders her people to drag the disabled Leopon out of the way, its crew laugh and say, "Take your time!"
** In the manga, someone, probably{{verify}} Nakajima, the commander, actually says, "You shall not pass!" as Leopon brings its gun to bear on the approaching Kuromorimine vehicles. In the anime, they just let the gun speak for them.
 
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