History Anime / Hamtaro

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Howdy.

* OutOfCharacterMoment:

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter And HOW!

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Lapis and Lazuli in the later seasons. They were a duo of hamsters who lived in their magical world of candy called Sweet Paradise and often invited the Ham-Hams over. Lazuli was also a scientist and often took up many an episode with an experiment of some kind.

** Laura's teacher, Mr. Yoshi, has a crippling fear of chickens, and, of course he's in love with a girl whose father is a chicken farmer... and a BoyfriendBlockingDad, to boot.
** The ham-ham's are also afraid of chickens as well as little chicks, but to their credit, the chickens on the show are pretty scary. One of the chickens that belongs to said BoyfiendBlockingDad has an ''eye patch'' for crying out loud.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Bijou is given a french accent in the English dub provided by the lovely actress Creator/ChantalStrand

* GenreShift: The first GBC title was a [[WidgetSeries WJT]] title, essentially a fortune teller/love meter program with a virtual pet function threw in as an afterthought. The second GBC and first GBA titles were of the adventure/RPG genre, the second GBA title was a adventure/RPG+minigames genre game, the third GBA title was a sports title made to tie in with the 2004 olympics, the first DS title was a quiz game, and the second DS title as well as the only PC title was an edutainment title. Yeah.

** ''Ham-Ham Heartbreak'': After Spat runs away for good, there are still a few remaining couples left to completely fill up the love meter, including none other than [[spoiler:Hamtaro and Bijou]]. Then, the duo need to complete all classes of the Hula Contest in order to obtain the final Ham-Chat word from Boss and Harmony.

* PandaingToTheAudience: Panda's not a real panda, but he's got the markings of one to earn his name.

** Laura's teacher, Mr. Yoshi, has a crippling fear of chickens, and, of course he's in love with a girl whose father is a chicken farmer... and an OverprotectiveDad, to boot.
** The ham-ham's are also afraid of chickens as well as little chicks, but to their credit, the chickens on the show are pretty scary. One of the chickens that belongs to said OverprotectiveDad has an ''eye patch'' for crying out loud.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Oxnard and Hamtaro to Boss's Manly Man.
** Hamtaro is also a Manly Man to Oxnard's Sensitive Guy.

--> "Snoozer, Penelope, Panda, Howdy, Oxnard, Bijou, and Boss, let's go! zerSnoo, pePenelo, ssoB, daPan, dyHow, nardOx, jouBi, and Hamtaro!..."

* OffModel: This happens in any episodes animated by Tokyo Kids who would draw the hamsters with [[https://hamtaro.fandom.com/wiki/File:Bandicam_2015-08-10_11-02-00-731.jpg paws that were too big for their tiny bodies]].

** Jingle never gets Hamtaro's name right, much to Hamtaro's annoyance.[[note]]Among his screw-ups: Ham-n'-cheese, Ham-n'-eggs, Hambozo and Hamtaco.[[/note]]

* ShesAManInJapan: The female veterinarian that took care of Bijou in the dub was originally a {{Bishounen}} male in the Japanese version. He was changed to a female in the dub, presumably due to his feminine appearance. However, this made her interactions with Maria even more awkward.

** Later seasons introduce Sweet Paradise, a land made entirely out of giant magic candy that is completely safe for hamsters to eat.

* DreamEpisode: There are several episodes where Laura and Hamtaro are dreaming where Laura and the Ham-Hams would play a character depending on the story. One episode in particular ("The Legend of the Courageous Hamtaro!") is where Laura is a princess and Hamtaro and the other Ham-Hams are the guards and Boss plays a villain. Another episode is based on ''[[{{Literature/Snow White}} Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', where Laura is Snow White and some of the Ham-Hams are the seven dwarfs. Also Laura can communicate with the other Ham-Hams including Hamtaro himself.

** The fourth film gives us one by Ayayamu,as the Mini-Hams are absent throughout the movie.

* Disney Acid Sequence: All of the Mini-Hams' musical numbers in the movies. They come out of nowhere, usually don't have anything to do with the plot, and use 3D-animated models for the characters, much like in an idol anime (fitting, as the Mini-Hams are based on the real-life Japanese idol group, Mini-Moni).

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jingle. While he is a considerably more mellow example than your typical Cloudcuckoolander, his nonsensical poetry, strange advice, and obliviousness to danger or urgency usually results in the other Ham-Hams viewing him as weird.

* Cloudcuckoolander: Jingle. While he is a considerably more mellow example than your typical Cloudcuckoolander, his nonsensical poetry, strange advice, and obliviousness to danger or urgency usually results in the other Ham-Hams viewing him as weird.

%% * ChristmasEpisode.

%%* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Tux.

** The movies give us "Tensai Let's Go! Ayayamu" for Ayayamu as an image song that gets also featured in the credits.

* TheFaceless: Due to her shyness, Penelope is only ever seen under cover of a yellow blanket. Subverted in the intro sequence, however, as her blanket flies up to briefly reveal brown and white fur. However, it gets subverted in the [[AllThereInTheManual official guide]], which includes an illustration of how she really looks like. At least one of the toy releases also allowed you to remove the blanket and see the ham-ham underneath.

->''"Hamtaro's here to help you! Hamtaro's team is for you!"''

* PromotionToParent: Pashmina is viewed as a mother figure to Penelope. She once said "Come on, Penelope dear, the play is starting!" in the episode where Sandy and the other female Ham-Hams are doing a ribbon show.