Sailor Moon: Rise of the Dark/Tropes

* Adapted Out: Tuxedo Mask is noticeably absent in the film. Word of God is that his presence would have distracted from Usagi's storyline in the film and choose to have him be Saved for the Sequel instead.
* Adaptation Distillation: The film combines plot elements from the early manga chapters to create its own narrative.
* Adaptational Nice Guy: Luna is less abrasive and self-righteous in the film.
* And the Adventure Continues: The film ends with the Sailor Guardians hanging out together when they hear of a monster attacking the center of Tokyo, leading them to transform and leave to face the threat together.
* Central Theme: As with the manga, the power of love and friendship. More precisely, how friendship can help you grow into a better person.
* Coming of Age: The story is essentially Usagi maturing from an irresponsible girl to a responsible woman with help from her new friends.
* Company Cross-References: The opening narration was inspired by the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film, another Paramount film based on a Japanese property.
* How We Got Here: The film begins with the Sailor Guardians fighting Garoben, afterwhich Sailor Moon begins to narrate and introduce herself and the Guardians.
* Mythology Gag: 
** Sailor Moon introduves Venus as "Minako Aino. Codename: Sailor Venus", alluding to the Codename: Sailor V manga where she debuted.
** The girls are introduced in the same order as they were in the manga and anime: First Usagi, then Ami, then Rei, then Makoto, and finally Minako.
** In the manga and 90s anime, Ami was identified as a Sailor Guardian when she resisted Garoben's cpntrol. In the film, this is how Luna finds all the Sailor Guardians.
** To Sailor Moon R: The Movie:
*** The film begins withb ailor Moon introducing herself and the Sailor Guardians to the audience, which is also how the Sailor Moon R film began.
*** The Guardians' backstories were insoired by what was shown in the film.
** Much like in an early episode of the anime, the Sailor Guardians are shot by police officers under the villains' control, leading to a quip by Sailor Moon about Police Brutality.
** As in the end of the first saga in the Crystal anime, the epilogue has Usagi waking up early to her mom's amusement.
* Nightmare Fuel: The control over people's minds by Garoben is given a more disturbing twist. The results of draining their life forces causes them to become more and more corpse-like. And with them still serving Garoben, they pretty much turn into zombies. Zombies that still possess their normal skills...
* Pragmatic Adaptation: The Monster of the Week format in the manga and animes obviously couldn't be transkated to a feature film, so the writers instead used elemebts from the early mangas to create a new story.
* Promoted Famboy:
** Director Kristen Dunst is a fan of the original anime.
** Executive music producer Lizzo also grew up watching the original anime.
* Self-Made Adaptation: Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi was a producer on the film.
* Shout-Out:
** When under attack, Ami asks Sailpr Moon for a plan, only for Usagi to answer with, "Do I look like a girl with a plan?!".
** The ending of the film is an homage to the end of Back to the Future.
* The Stinger: Jadeite reveals to the Queen of the Dark Kingdom of Garoben's failure and the Sailor Guardians' existence.