History Anime / FullMetalPanicFumoffu

* CatSmile: Tessa displays one briefly when trying to sneak into Sōsuke's bed again in episode 9, right before Mao grabs her and handcuffs her.

This series is based on various episodes from the 8-volume short story collections, rather than the novels - with the exception of the 2-parter ''A Goddess Comes to Japan'', which was written especially for the anime - which is why many of the episodes are made up of two shorter episodes.

* AnAesop: Parodied in the legendary rugby episode. After witnessing a group of [[TookALevelInBadass total wimps turned psychopathic]] [[CurbStompBattle beat the shit out of]] the OpposingSportsTeam, Sosuke ([[DrillSergeantNasty the one who MADE them psycho]]) muses that his time with the team taught him that violence is the worst possible outcome for any situation. Then Kaname [[DopeSlap smacks him]] with [[PaperFanOfDoom her fan]] and says "Don't go trying to give this a neat little conclusion!"

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Yoko Wakana! Her first scene involves chasing Sousuke and Kaname on a bicycle - sideways through an alley, up stairs, and over and down a hill. It ends with the police car engine ''exploding''.

* LighterAndSofter: This anime is based on ''Full Metal Panic'''s more comedic side stories than the main plot, and thus it emphasizes the high school romantic comedy aspects and the romantic tension between Sousuke and Kaname. None of the original series' mecha combat or political intrigue can be seen here aside from the Bonta-kun battle suit, which is a parody.

* CastingGag: Akiko Hiramatsu as Yoko Wakana. Yoko's a walking parody of Miyuki Kobayakawa, except that she's a bit nuts and has an obsession with taking down Sousuke for ruining her kei patrol car.

* HeroStoleMyBike: Kaname and Sōsuke steal a bike in order to get back to school in time for their test. HilarityEnsues when a crazy policewoman tries to pull them over, leading to a ChaseScene that results in her crashing her squad car. Which then explodes.
* HeManWomanHater: Tsubaki [[spoiler: until he puts his glasses on]]

* BrickJoke: Near the start of episode 10, Sosuke laments that although he modified and mass-produced the Bonta-kun costume he used earlier into a powerful weapon, he had little luck finding buyers, as only the Miami FBI and police force ended up buying some (most likely on a whim, as those are essentially armed theme-park costumes, and Disneyworld is within their jurisdiction). At the end of the episode, we see a news report from Miami, stating that a large-scale drug dealing operation was exposed and put a stop to, thanks to the Bonta-kun costumes they bought.

* FailedAttemptAtScaring: Kaname tells a scary story, which very much terrifies Kiyoko and Mizuki. However, Sousuke is unphased. Suggesting that a trip to a real haunted location might prove more effective, Kaname and Mizuki take Sousuke to an abandoned hospital that is reputed to be haunted (Kiyoko is excused due to a recent run in with a sex-offender). Mizuki is immediately scared off when she sees an old woman in the hospital window. Kaname thinks Mizuki is just being paranoid...until Sousuke reveals he also saw the woman, but wasn't frightened because she wasn't armed. Throughout the hospital, Kaname and Sousuke encounter classic haunted house tropes, like mysterious phone calls from people claiming to be burning in a fire (the hospital was closed after a fire), whispering voices, things moving in the shadows, ghostly apparitions, and even a blood-soaked girl holding a hammer saying "Go home or drop dead." in a CreepyMonotone. All of this has Kaname freaked out, but Sousuke, a veteran of numerous battlefields, is utterly unphased. It turns out the whole thing was an effort by some local kids to do the hospital as a haunted house to keep teens and hooligans from using the hospital as a make-out spot or harrassing the man who lived there (the son of the former hospital director).

* GenreRefugee: the basic premise leans fully into the [[Literature/FullMetalPanic main series]]'s FishOutOfWater elements by taking its [[ShellShockedVeteran shell-shocked]] mech pilot protagonist, Sousuke Sagara, and throwing him into a full-on ScrewballComedy. Kaname even has to explain to him OnTheNext episode preview that he's no longer in a [[RealRobotGenre Real Robot Show]], a turn of events which he has no idea how to handle.

* {{Fanservice}}

* LighterAndSofter: This anime is based on ''Full Metal Panic'''s more comedic side stories than the main plot, and thus it emphasizes the high school romantic comedy aspects and the romantic tension between Sousuke and Kaname. None of the original series' mecha combat or political intrigue can be seen here aside from the Bonta-kun, which is a parody.

* RugbyIsSlaughter: Trope image, thanks to you-know-who. the episode is also something of a subversion due to the clear indication that it was excessive violence, which got Sousuke immediately kicked out. Sōsuke gives TrainingFromHell to a sissy team of rugby players. The ending result is... [[HilarityEnsues highly amusing]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: Kaname more than usual when Tessa is near to Sōsuke. She really snap when Tessa try to do a [[CPRCleanPrettyReliable CPR]] to him.

* GoofySuit: Bonta-kun!

** [[{{Irony}} The policewoman is actually this]].

* BrickJoke: Near the start of episode 10, Sosuke laments that although he modified and mass-produced the Bonta-kun costume he used earlier into a powerful weapon, he had little luck finding buyers, as only the Miami FBI and police force ended up buying some(most likely out of whimsy at using theme-park costumes in the vicinity of Disneyworld). At the end of the episode, we see a news report from Miami, stating that a large-scale drug dealing operation was exposed and put a stop to, thanks to the Bonta-kun costumes they bought.