Tart/Tropes

Tropes that apply to Tart, written as if it were a TV Tropes page.

## Characterization and background

* **The Heroine**: Of *Tart Magica*.
* **Bound and Gagged**: After she's captured in chapter 18.
* **Expy**: She bears a strong resemblance to Ruler with her braid intact. Then again, they're based on the same person.
* **Glacier Waif**: Because she has a very Awesome, but Impractical energy usage as an attacker, she's mostly trained to fight a defensive battle. After training, it turns out Tart can tank damage that killed her previously.
* **Heroic Sacrifice**: Defends Melissa from an attack by Corbeau and Fléche. She gets revived by Melissa's wish.
* **Historical Domain Character**: The Jean d'Arc of Magiverse, using a less known spelling of d'Arc.
* **Hope Bringer**: Her appearance causes instant morale boost for the French army.
* **Incorruptible Pure Pureness**: Tart is utterly pure and virtuous. Whenever her Harmony Gem clouds, it's usually because of the sheer amount of magic she uses, not out of despair. Upon finding out that some Witches were formerly Magis, she's initially shocked and unsure, but soon reaffirms her vow to save France and keep moving forward.
* **Lady and Knight**: The Lady (historically known as "La Pucelle", meaning "The Maiden") to Riz's Knight. Interestingly, Tart's Puella Magi uniform resembles a knight's armor.
* **Lady of War**: Given that she's *the* Joan of Arc.
* **The Hero Dies**: Unlike her canon counterpart, Tart isn't the one burned at the stake at the end, but she still Ascends to Perservehood.

## Appearance

* **Important Haircut**: She left her braid at her sister's grave.
* **Power Makes Your Hair Grow**: Whenever she transforms, she regains the long braid she cut off following her sister's death.

## Abilities

* **Holy Hand Grenade**: Uses holy magic.
* **Light 'em Up**: Her main powers involve light magic and are very flashy and powerful.
* **Mighty Glacier**: Tart has impressive offensive and defensive stats as well as a vast amount of innate magic reserves, but has below average speed and has trouble keeping up with more speedy enemies like Corbeau. She can usually one shot most Witches with ease and tank a couple of powerful magic shots before becoming severely wounded.
* **Popularity Power**: A literal example: Tart becomes far more powerful the more people believe in her, as it makes her magical destiny all the more all-consuming.
* **Power Incontinence**: Tart has such immense power that when she uses it to defeat witches, her Harmony Gem is quickly dirtied - *despite the confirmation that Harmony Gems only darken when they experience negativity*. A mysterious Puella Magi that she rescued before the battle of Orléans gives her a sword to help with that.
* **Light Is Good**: Upon being contracted, a massive light can be seen from all over France.
* **Superpower Lottery**: It's noted quite frequently that Tart is, in terms of sheer brute strength, one of the most powerful Magis of her time, and quite possibly the second strongest seen in the franchise after Melody herself. She's shown striking down witches in single blows, breaking through barriers with casual ease, and creating bursts of light seen for miles around. And she actually becomes *stronger* with time. As confirmed in PMTM (the original version), it's suggested that if she were to become a Witch, she would threaten all of Europe. It's shown many times that, in fact, Tart is so insanely overpowered that her main risk in combat is that she's *too* strong — she burns through magic at a frightening rate.
* **Blade on a Stick**: Tart summons an enormous spear in her transformation sequence. Said spear is also her first weapon.
* **Heroes Prefer Swords**: Tart's magic-saving sword.

## Relationships

* **Heterosexual Life-Partners**: With Melody.
* **Ideal Hero**: Barring a few flaws played mostly for comedy, Tart is one of the most singularly moral characters in the franchise: she's kind, self-sacrificing, brave, strong-willed, genuine in her attitudes, empathetic, and never compromises her beliefs or who she is.
* **Only I Can Call Her That!**: While Tart herself normally doesn't mind, Melody gets annoyed if anyone else calls Tart "Tartie-san."
* **Criminal Doppelganger**: Due to her resemblance to Tart, Minou is mistaken for her and is tried and burned at the stake, partly due to Melody's intervention.