History Anime / ManabiStraight

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5duKu10qnHU a snippet]] sounding suspiciously like the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGyeGgMpk8 theme]] starts playing.

** Mei - AyaHirano

-->''Massugu, GO!''

''Manabi Straight!'', occasionally given in full as ''Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!'', originated in 2005 as a manga serialised in ''Dengeki Daioh''. In 2007, it was adapted into TwelveEpisodeAnime (plus an {{OVA}}) by {{ufotable}} (later of ''Literature/KaraNoKyoukai'' and ''Literature/FateZero'' fame).

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard, a snippet sounding suspiciously like the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' theme starts playing.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender - They even do a ''ThreeStooges'' number in Episode 7.

** Another to ''ParanoiaAgent'' of all things: Lil' Slugger's bat and a pink plush doll resembling Maromi can be found in the Student Council room.

* BigNo: Manabi, upon Momo inspecting a "lucky pencil" of hers and finding a "Made in China" label.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard, a snippet sounding suspiciously like the ''BackToTheFuture'' theme starts playing.

** Manabi - YuiHorie

* AdultsAreUseless - In the earlier part of the series, the adults in the school mostly just sit there saying "ooh" and "ahh" a lot, while Manabi revitalizes the school.

* ArtisticAge - See PuniPlush.

* AsYouKnow - In the first episode, the principal explains the demographic changes of the past decades in a speech.
* BigNo - Manabi, upon Momo inspecting a "lucky pencil" of hers and finding a "Made in China" label.
* BlitheSpirit - Manabi.
* BrokenBird - [[spoiler:Mei.]]
* CameraFiend - Momo.
* CatSmile - Mikan, frequently.

* CatchPhrase - Manabi's "Massugu, GO!" ("Forward, GO!"), which quickly catches on with the rest of the girls.
* ChekhovsGun - A few, including [[spoiler:most of the footage that Momo keeps shooting of the rest of the girls]] and [[spoiler:the old dormitory building]].
* ChristmasCake - Aikoh's superintendent.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong - Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard, a snippet sounding suspiciously like the ''BackToTheFuture'' theme starts playing.

* [[spoiler:SavingTheOrphanage Saving The School Festival]]: The main conflict in the series.

* {[[TrueCompanions BestFriends]] -- The student council.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome - Mei's BigDamnHeroes arrival and takeover of the presentation about the school festival). Manabi's outlook turns anything she does into an event, even eating jelly.

* TheJimmyHartVersion - Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard, a snippet sounding suspiciously like the ''BackToTheFuture'' theme starts playing.
* LesYay - Mutsuki is ''popular'' among her kouhai, and she's teased InUniverse by the rest of the girls because of this.

* WelcomeEpisode: In the first episode Manabi stumbles upon all the members of her future [[TrueCompanions groups of friends].

* {{Nakama}} -- The student council. It's even one of their mottos: ''"From friends, to nakama"''.

* WelcomeEpisode: In the first episode Manabi stumbles upon all the members of her future {{Nakama}}.

* [[spoiler:SavingTheOrphanage Saving The School Festival]]

* TimeSkip - [[spoiler:The last episode. Twice.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? - Mei's BigDamnHeroes arrival and takeover of the presentation about the school festival)

* ComingOfAgeStory

* HighSchoolRocks - [[spoiler: Grade school, OTOH, sucks.]]
* HotBlooded - Manabi definitely counts to at least '''some''' extent.
* HoverBoard - Manabi has one.
** In the finale, [[spoiler:it's a jet bike]].

* EroticEating - Mutsuki, with an ice lolly in episode 6; also an instance of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* LesYay - Mutsuki is ''popular'' among her kouhai.

* DoNotAdjustYourSet - A local-to-the-school example, courtesy of [[spoiler:Momo, of course]].

* ShoutOut - In episode eight, the characters are all wearing yellow construction helmets. Mikan's helmet has a few markings subtly added to make it the same as the one worn by the [[InvincibleMinorMinion Metool]] enemy in ''Game/MegaMan''.

''Manabi Straight!'' originated in 2005 as a manga serialised in ''Dengeki Daioh''. In 2007, it was adapted into TwelveEpisodeAnime (plus an {{OVA}}) by {{ufotable}} (later of ''Literature/KaraNoKyoukai'' and ''Literature/FateZero'' fame) under the name of ''Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!''

* CatchPhrase - MASSUGU, GO! (''Forward, GO!'')

* {{Tsundere}} - Mei, as [[LampshadeHanding lampshaded]] by Momo on one occasion.

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''Massugu, GO!''

* AdultsAreUseless -- (In the earlier part of the series, the adults in the school mostly just sit there saying "ooh" and "ahh" a lot, while Manabi revitalizes the school)
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming -- ('''Ma'''nabi, '''Mi'''ka, '''Mu'''tsuki, '''Me'''i, '''Mo'''moha)
* ArtisticAge -- (See PuniPlush.)

* AsYouKnow -- (In the first episode, the principal explains the demographic changes of the past decades in a speech)
* BigNo -- ("Made in China")
* BlitheSpirit -- (Manabi)
* BrokenBird -- [[spoiler:(Mei.)]]
* CameraFiend -- (Momo)
* CatSmile -- (Mikan)

* CatchPhrase -- (MASSUGU, GO!)
** (''Forward, GO!'')
* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Building]]
* ChristmasCake -- (Aikoh's Superintendent)
* CompellingVoice -- (Mei's shouting can make a cicada stop crying.)
* CrashIntoHello -- (Manabi's introduction, to the entire school)
* DistantFinale -- (The last episode jumps to the girls' graduation. [[spoiler: And then to a year and a half later.]])
* DoNotAdjustYourSet -- (A small scale example)
* DynamicEntry -- (Uehara to the student council adviser at least once, as well as to some miscreants [[spoiler: during the SchoolFestival.]])
* ElaborateUniversityHigh -- (Two of 'em, but minus most of the students)
* EroticEating -- (Mutsuki, with an ice lolly in episode 6. Seriously.)
** (Which can also be seen as an example of GettingCrapPastTheRadar)
* EyesAlwaysShut -- (Shimoji-sensei)
* TheFakeCutie -- (Aikoh's superintendent around her boyfriend [[spoiler: who just happens to be Manabi's brother.]])

* FourthWallPsych -- (In episode 2, Manabi climbs up to the point on the wall where the camera should be and acts like she's reaching for it. She instead grabs a camera that's hidden from view.)
* GenkiGirl -- (Manabi. Yes.)

** Manabi -- YuiHorie
** Mika -- AiNonaka
** Mutsuki -- MarinaInoue
** Mei -- AyaHirano
** Momoha -- SakiFujita, better known as the voice of [[{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]]
* HighSchoolRocks -- [[spoiler: Grade school, OTOH, sucks.]]
* HotBlooded -- (Manabi definitely counts to at least '''some''' extent.)
* HoverBoard-- (Manabi has one)
* TheJimmyHartVersion -- (Every time Manabi jumps on her airboard something pretty close to the ''BackToTheFuture'' theme starts playing)
* LesYay -- Mutsuki is ''popular'' among her kouhai.
* MadnessMantra - (Heat induced.)
* {{Nakama}} -- The student council. It's even one of their mottos: ''"From friends, to nakama"''
* NewTransferStudent -- (Manabi, again.)
* OldSchoolBuilding -- The student council move in here when their room in the clock tower is destroyed by lightning.
* OpeningShoutout -- [[spoiler: The opening of the series is actually the finale.]]
* PluckyGirl -- (You can't stop Manabi for long)
* {{Ponzi}} -- (Mei once plans to start a Ponzi scheme to get enough signatures on the petition)
* PowerWalk -- (One of the special skills of the 82nd Seioh Student Council)
* PuniPlush -- (The main cast look like they're 11 or so, but are supposedly in high school. [[spoiler: In the opening the girls are supposedly 19-20 years old]])
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship -- (Mikan with just about everyone, and Mei with just about everyone.)
* RousingSpeech -- (Manabi is the master of these, one time she even wakes up everyone in the middle of the night just to give one)
* SavingTheOrphanage -- (Sort of. Compounded with ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam)
* SchoolFestival -- (Focus of a major part of the show.)
* SchoolNewspaperNewshound -- (Momo.)
* {{Sensei-chan}} -- (Shimoji-sensei takes being dive-kicked by his students suprisingly well)
* SeriousBusiness
* ShoutOut -- In Episode eight, the characters are all wearing yellow construction helmets, however, Mikan's helmet has a few markings subtly added to make it the same as the one worn by the [[InvincibleMinorMinion Metool]] enemy in ''Game/MegaMan''.
** To ''ParanoiaAgent'' of all things. Lil' Slugger's bat and a pink plush doll resembling Maromi can be found in the Student Council room.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender -- (They even do a ''ThreeStooges'' number in Episode 7)
* {{Sneezing}} -- (The school principal sneezes when Momo mentions that she wasn't punished for her antics due to "super-regulatory measures".)
* StandingInTheHall -- (During the election in episode 1.)
* StopMotion -- (The ED.)
* StudentCouncilPresident -- (Manabi, of course, and also Takako Kakuzawa from Aikoh High School.)
* TimeSkip
* {{Tomboy}} -- (Mutsuki)
* {{Tsundere}} -- (Mei, definitely)
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture -- (Interestingly, everything other than Manabi's air-board IS technologically feasible.)
** And near the end of the series there's also a jetbike.
* {{WAFF}} -- (''The whole damn show.'')
* WaifFu -- (Mutsuki can take down {{Delinquent}}s)
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome? -- (Mei's BigDamnHeroes arrival and takeover of the presentation about the school festival)
* WrestlerInAllOfUs -- (Mutsuki Uehara to the student council adviser for [[spoiler:failing to warn them of the {{school festival}}'s imminent cancellation.)]]
* ZettaiRyouiki -- (Momo)

* HoverBoard: Manabi has one.