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The series eventually received a follow-up manga called ''Oruchuban Ebichu Chu~'' which follows Ebichu housekeeping again for Office Lady and Kaishonachi after they have married and given birth to two daughters.
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* BetaCouple: At some point in the story, a pair of newlyweds move into O.L.'s apartment and she envies their perfect relationship.

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* BetaCouple: At some point in the story, a pair of newlyweds move into O.L.'s apartment block and she envies their perfect relationship.



* EasilyForgiven: All it takes is a few kind words from Kaishonachi, and Office Lady will immediately forget his neglectful nature. It also helps that Ebichu frequently does something even ''more'' infuriating — instead of O.L. being mad at Kaishonachi, they ''both'' [[EnemyMine wind up being so angry with Ebichu that they forget they were just arguing.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: All it takes is a few kind words from Kaishonachi, and Office Lady will immediately forget his neglectful nature. It also helps that Ebichu frequently does something even ''more'' infuriating -- instead of O.L. being mad at Kaishonachi, they ''both'' [[EnemyMine wind up being so angry with Ebichu that they forget they were just arguing.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** The master's boyfriend always cheats on her constantly and comes up with extravagant lies to cover it up. It typically doesn't work.
** Although he has a girlfriend, Maa-kun lusts over Ebichu.
** In one episode, O.L. finds another man at her workplace, but it doesn't work out when Ebichu messes it up for her. This is treated as more sympathetic, seeing as how she's normally faithful and is the usually one getting cheated on by her boyfriend.
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According to one source, the origin of the anime stems from the production of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''; Creator/KotonoMitsuishi would read the manga between takes to lighten the mood, often showing others why she was laughing. The decision was eventually made to animate it for ''Ai no Awa-awa'', and the lead role was promptly offered to Mitsuishi.

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According to one source, the origin of the anime stems from the production of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''; Creator/KotonoMitsuishi would read the {{Yonkoma}} manga between takes to lighten the mood, often showing others why she was laughing. The decision was eventually made to animate it for ''Ai no Awa-awa'', and the lead role was promptly offered to Mitsuishi.



** In Chapter 2 of the manga, O.L. becomes visibly distressed after she finds herself unable to locate Ebichu in the house after watching a show on TV about how pet cats [[AdultFear go off somewhere to die somewhere where their owners can't find them]]. Cue the AngerBornOfWorry tears when Ebichu reveals to have been secretly eating cheese the whole time.

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** In Chapter 2 of the manga, one comic, O.L. becomes visibly distressed after she finds herself unable to locate Ebichu in the house after watching a show on TV about how pet cats [[AdultFear go off somewhere to die somewhere where their owners can't find them]]. Cue the AngerBornOfWorry tears when Ebichu reveals to have been secretly eating cheese the whole time.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi very rarely show that they care for one another. The former more often than the latter. In fact, the number of times that Kaishounachi actually cares about O.L. can be counted on one hand.
* BalloonBelly: Ebichu gets one after drinking many syrup containers.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
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O.L. and Kaishounachi very rarely show that they care for one another. The former more often than the latter. In fact, the number of times that Kaishounachi actually cares about O.L. can be counted on one hand.
** In Chapter 2 of the manga, O.L. becomes visibly distressed after she finds herself unable to locate Ebichu in the house after watching a show on TV about how pet cats [[AdultFear go off somewhere to die somewhere where their owners can't find them]]. Cue the AngerBornOfWorry tears when Ebichu reveals to have been secretly eating cheese the whole time.
* BalloonBelly: Ebichu gets two; one instance from eating an entire package of Camembert cheese, another after drinking many syrup containers.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi.Kaishounachi very rarely show that they care for one another. The former more often than the latter. In fact, the number of times that Kaishounachi actually cares about O.L. can be counted on one hand.



* BlushSticker: Ebichu sometimes gets these.

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* BlushSticker: Ebichu sometimes gets these.almost always has these on her face.



* BrutalHonesty: Ebichu.

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* BrutalHonesty: Ebichu.Ebichu, on occasion. It's mostly due to her lack of social awareness.



* CoordinatedClothes: The newlyweds have these.

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* CoordinatedClothes: The newlyweds have these.these, which only serves to make O.L. more jealous.



* ThirdPersonPerson: Ebichu usually does this.

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* ThirdPersonPerson: Ebichu usually does this.this, which cements her as weird.
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* {{Squick}}: Many characters react this way whenever a sexual encounter involving Ebichu shows up. Except for Maa-kun, of course...

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* FromBadToWorse: "The Camembert Cheese Incident".

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* FromBadToWorse: "The Camembert Cheese Incident". Ebichu just can't help herself from staring at the cheese package, attacking the cheese package, and then eating the entire cheese package. [[spoiler:And it wasn't even meant to be delivered to her house.]]


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* HaHaHaNo: A delivery boy briefly entertains Ebichu's antics before swiftly delivering a punch to her noggin.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The protagonist is simply known as O.L. (OfficeLady) or Goshujin-chama; her sexual partner as ''Kaishonachi'' (useless bum).

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The protagonist is simply known as O.L. (OfficeLady) or Goshujin-chama; her sexual partner as ''Kaishonachi'' (useless bum). We never find out Maa-kun's real name either; even his live-in girlfriend only refers to him as Maa-kun.



--> '''Ebichu''': I'll use it then, chu. The most frighting thing in the world, dechu.

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--> '''Ebichu''': I'll use it then, chu. The most frighting frightening thing in the world, dechu.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Office Lady once said that she wished she never bought Ebichu and although she immediately regrets those words, just a short time after Ebichu goes missing. O.L. then worries for Ebichu's well-being.



* BestialityIsDepraved: Maa-kun is definitely romantically and sexually attracted to Ebichu, but she doesn't reciprocate.

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* BestialityIsDepraved: BestialityIsDepraved:
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Maa-kun is definitely romantically and sexually attracted to Ebichu, but she doesn't reciprocate.reciprocate nor even notice.
** O.L. actually gets turned on by imagining Ebichu being gangbanged by sewer rats. She chastises herself for thinking that way.


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* ChainedToABed: When Ebichu goes missing, O.L. imagines Ebichu being tied to a substitute bed by sewer rats and getting raped.


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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Many characters mention doing this and Kaishonachi actually does it on screen. Ebichu attempts to do so too.


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* MurderSuicide: Parodied. When Ebichu reveals one of O.L.'s masturbation techniques, O.L. states she will do this out of embarrassment.


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* ObliviousToLove: Ebichu never notices Maa-kun's crush on her, [[BestialityIsDepraved which is probably for the best]].


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* RuggedScar: When Ebichu goes missing, Office Lady imagines Ebichu being captured and tied up by various rats, one of whom has these. To fit the trope, the rats in her imagination are definitely the opposite of nice.


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* UndyingLoyalty: Ebichu usually has this towards O.L. For example, when a PantyThief broke into O.L.'s house, Ebichu tried seducing the man to distract him and let O.L. escape.
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* BoundAndGagged: Because Ebichu was eating too much and becoming really fat, Kaishonachi tries tying up Ebichu to make her stop. Of course, it ends up making Ebichu look like a bondage victim.


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* ClassReunion: Ebichu wants to go to O.L.'s but can't.


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* GroinAttack: Ebichu tries attack Kaishonachi's groin in his sleep at least twice, that being once in the manga and another time in the anime. For the former, Ebichu actually starts turning him on by doing so. For the latter, Kaishonachi was actually awake the entire time and beats up Ebichu as revenge.


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* {{Squick}}: Many characters react this way whenever a sexual encounter involving Ebichu shows up. Except for Maa-kun, of course...


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* ViciousVac: Ebichu tries scaring O.L. with one in order to coerce O.L. into taking Ebichu to her ClassReunion. Needless to say, O.L. isn't scared at all.
--> '''Ebichu''': I'll use it then, chu. The most frighting thing in the world, dechu.

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Ebichu is the talking pet hamster of a woman identified only as "Owner", "O.L.", or "Office Lady", a 25 year old, technically single woman facing ChristmasCake status. O.L.'s life consists of trying to get by, negotiating the hazards of dating her philandering boyfriend "Kaishounachi" -- a nickname literally meaning "useless" -- and beating Ebichu like an ugly redheaded stepchild on Sunday for minor infractions and major insults. Ebichu's life consists of thankless housework, cheese, an astonishing lack of anything remotely resembling tact, an unfortunate tendency to interrupt O.L. and Kaishounachi ''in flagrante delicto'', and getting beaten violently. Around this core swims a sea of perverts, private moments made public, illicit liasons, promiscuity, and the odd side character who finds Ebichu ''[[BestialityIsDepraved sexually attractive]]''.

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Ebichu is the talking pet hamster of a woman identified only as "Owner", "O.L.", or "Office Lady", a 25 year old, technically single woman facing ChristmasCake status. O.L.'s life consists of trying to get by, negotiating the hazards of dating her philandering boyfriend "Kaishounachi" -- a nickname literally meaning "useless" -- and beating Ebichu like an ugly redheaded stepchild on Sunday for minor infractions and major insults. Ebichu's life consists of thankless housework, cheese, an astonishing lack of anything remotely resembling tact, an unfortunate tendency to interrupt O.L. and Kaishounachi ''in flagrante delicto'', and getting beaten violently. Around this core swims a sea of perverts, private moments made public, illicit liasons, liaisons, promiscuity, and the odd side character who finds Ebichu ''[[BestialityIsDepraved sexually attractive]]''.



* AbhorrentAdmirer: In the manga, a stranger saves Ebichu from a trap in the woods and later on, Ebichu goes to their house to pay them back. Unfortunately for the stranger, Ebichu tries to give them sexual favors and a strip tease.



* BathtubScene: Office Lady and Kaishonachi have sex in the bathroom, but Ebichu ends up ruining the whole thing by intruding.



* BreakingTheFourthWall: Kaishonachi asks if Ebichu is actually able to play mahjong, and Ebichu replies that she already did so pages before.
--> '''Ebichu''': Ebichu played mahjong on page 41.



* DoubleDate: O.L. once double dated and played mahjong, but Kaishonachi ended up flirting with O.L.'s friend.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Regarding O.L. and Kaishonachi's relationship, the manga features abuse from both sides but the anime only ever shows the former hitting the latter.



* EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn:
** When Ebichu goes to the beach, she tries putting tanning lotion on O.L.'s back but with her small paws, it only leads to O.L. having paw prints all over her back.
** Later at the beach, Ebichu tries sleeping on O.L. and leaves a hamster-shaped marking on the latter's body.



* FakingAndEntering: Ebichu once forgot to tape a soap opera for O.L. and ends up wrecking the entire house in order to pretend that a robbery happened and a burglar took the tape. O.L. isn't impressed.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Not that the show in general is family friendly, but you don't expect a tiny rodent to have so much blood...



* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Not that the show in general is family friendly, but you don't expect a tiny rodent to have so much blood...


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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Although Ebichu is typically naked, there was at least one time where she went to a club with O.L. and felt insecure about her nudity, so she put on panties to compensate.


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* ReplacementGoldfish: Ebichu often goes to visit a stranger's house, whose mother and son love Ebichu. The mother ends up buying her own pet hamster for the son, but the latter is confused as to why the hamster will no longer eat cake nor listen to music.


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* TerribleArtist: Ebichu is one herself, as shown in her diary.


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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: In the manga, Ebichu tries giving someone a strip tease after they have helped her.

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* ACupAngst: O.L. feels this way about her own chest.



* AllMenArePerverts: Numerous men in the show have shown perversion to O.L., courtesy of Ebichu's detailed descriptions about her life.



* BetaCouple: At some point in the story, a pair of newlyweds move into O.L.'s apartment and she envies their perfect relationship.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: One of Office Lady's female friends actually has romantic feelings for Office Lady's boyfriend, boyfriend, as revealed when they all get drunk.

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Played with. Ebichu wonders how O.L. would feel if the former became a handsome male who is "big in that important place". O.L. gets excited thinking about large genitals, but Ebichu is actually talking about her spots.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: One of Office Lady's female friends friends, Watanabe, actually has romantic feelings for Office Lady's boyfriend, boyfriend, Kaishonachi as revealed when they all get drunk.



* BlueWithShock: Office Lady becomes blue when she finds out Ebichu broke her pearl necklace.
* BlushSticker: Ebichu sometimes gets these.



* ButtMonkey: Ebichu, especially when Office Lady and her boyfriend beat her up. Poor Ebichu can't catch a break.

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* ButtMonkey: ButtMonkey:
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Ebichu, especially when Office Lady and her boyfriend beat her up. Poor Ebichu can't catch a break.break.
** The Office Lady also serves as one, typically due to Ebichu's antics.



* CoordinatedClothes: The newlyweds have these.
* CranialEruption: Ebichu often gets this trope whenever she is beat by the humans.



* CrossPoppingVeins: Other people may sport these when around Ebichu.



* {{Foil}}: The newlywed's relationship serves as a severe contrast to O.L.'s own.



* JawDrop: O.L.'s jaw drops when Ebichu dominates a game of mahjong.



* LuminescentBlush:
** O.L. may get one when she actually cares about Ebichu. Strangely enough, she also blushed when she was excited about Ebichu become a human male.
** Maa-kun may also blush around Ebichu.



* PantyShot: O.L. frequently gets panty shots when she's stepping on Ebichu.



* RagingStiffie: Maa-kun, courtesy of him thinking about Ebichu.

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* RagingStiffie: Maa-kun, courtesy of him thinking about Ebichu. Other characters may occasionally get one for O.L.



* RightThroughTheWall: O.L. and Ebichu can hear their newlywed neighbors having sex, which they gleefully listen in on.



* ThirdPersonPerson: Ebichu usually does this.



* YourCheatingHeart: Although he has a girlfriend, Maa-kun lusts over Ebichu. And the master's boyfriend always cheats on her constantly.

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* YourCheatingHeart: WeightWoe: According to Ebichu, O.L. gets upset over gaining two kilos, despite her having an hourglass figure.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** The master's boyfriend always cheats on her constantly and comes up with extravagant lies to cover it up. It typically doesn't work.
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Although he has a girlfriend, Maa-kun lusts over Ebichu. And Ebichu.
** In one episode, O.L. finds another man at her workplace, but it doesn't work out when Ebichu messes it up for her. This is treated as more sympathetic, seeing as how she's normally faithful and is
the master's boyfriend always cheats usually one getting cheated on by her constantly.boyfriend.

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* FootprintsOfMuck: At one point, Ebichu is cleaning the floor and she leaves behind these, much to her dismay.



* InterspeciesRomance: Maa-kun and Ebichu.
* IronButtMonkey: Despite Ebichu getting abused a lot, she, surprisingly survives from them.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Maa-kun and Ebichu.
Ebichu. It's as weird as it sounds.
* IronButtMonkey: Despite Ebichu getting abused a lot, she, she surprisingly survives from them.every beating.



* PantyThief: O.L.'s house gets one in one episode. The thief is promptly laughed at when found out.



* SuperheroEpisode: Ebichuman.

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* SuperheroEpisode: Ebichuman.Ebichuman segments feature these, where Ebichu goes to save people's sex lives. She's actually pretty good at it.



* TalkingAnimal: Ebichu, duh.

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* TalkingAnimal: Ebichu, duh. In Japanese, no less!

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* AffairHair: Office Lady finds one long, straight hair while brushing Kaishonachi's shirt.



* BestialityIsDepraved: Maa-kun is definitely romantically and sexually attracted to Ebichu, but she doesn't reciprocate.



* ClingyJealousGirl: Office Lady often becomes this because Kaishonachi cheats on her.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Kaishonachi reacts like one when he believes that his girlfriend has become a nude model behind his back.



* FleaEpisode: Ebichu eventually acquires fleas (like any other animal) and passes it onto Office Lady and Kaishonachi. Once they realize this, O.L. throws Ebichu outside and accidentally leaves her sitting in the rain.



* IdenticalStranger: Office Lady has one that's a nude model.



* MistakenForCheating: Subverted. Kaishonachi tries to claim this trope is in play with him, but in reality Office Lady knows he's a lying cheater.



* NoSell: When O.L. punches Ebichu while the latter is in heat, the hamster barely even flinches that time.
* NoSocialSkills: Ebichu.

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* NoSell: When O.L. punches Ebichu while the latter is in heat, the hamster barely even flinches that time.
flinches.
* NoSocialSkills: Ebichu. It's probably due to the fact that she's a hamster, so she can't really understand human social norms.


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* OnlySixFaces: The art style isn't known for its detail, after all.


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* VisibleOdor: The regular hamsters that Maa-kun sees have these.

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* ChristmasCake: O.L.

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* ChristmasCake: O.L. It's probably part of the reason why she stays with her BastardBoyfriend no matter what he does.
* CryCute: Ebichu is this, seeing as how she's a very emotional yet adorable hamster.


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* ExpressiveHair: Oddly enough, ''Ebichu'' gets three long single strands of hair that follow her mood. The hair is determined to be a good omen by the humans, but Ebichu notes they look like pubic hairs more than anything else.


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* HairyGirl: Office Lady's sometimes unshaven pubic hair is often pointed out, as strange as it sounds.


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* TearsOfJoy: Ebichu frequently gets these and is just very emotional in general.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: One of Office Lady's female friends actually has romantic feelings for Office Lady's boyfriend, boyfriend, as revealed when they all get drunk.



* YourCheatingHeart: Although he has a girlfriend, Maa-kun lusts over Ebichu.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Although he has a girlfriend, Maa-kun lusts over Ebichu. And the master's boyfriend always cheats on her constantly.
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* StylisticSuck: In the first episode, Ebichu imagines a squirrel or chipmunk, one that is intentionally drawn poorly.
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* {{Engrish}}: Ebichuman's introductory narration consists of borderline-incoherent English (you have to read the subtitles to know what the creators were after) delivered in a fairly good but extremely exaggerated American accent.
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* AdaptedOut: Dobuyosi-kun and Tanukio, characters in the manga, are not present in the anime.
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* NoSell: When O.L. punches Ebichu while the latter is in heat, the hamster barely even flinches that time.

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* SickEpisode:
** "Ebichu Gets Sick".
** "Master Catches a Cold".



* TheToothHurts: Ebichu gets a cavity from drinking too much syrup in Episode 10. Kaishonachi tries to fix it himself, which earns him a punch from Maa-kun.

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* TheToothHurts: TheToothHurts:
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Ebichu gets a cavity from drinking too much syrup in Episode 10. Kaishonachi tries to fix it himself, which earns him a punch from Maa-kun.Maa-kun.
** The entirety of "Cavities and Hearts Both Throb" focuses on O.L.'s toothache.

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* BeachEpisode: "To The Beach".



* FromBadToWorse: "The Camembert Cheese Incident, dechu!".

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* FromBadToWorse: "The Camembert Cheese Incident, dechu!".Incident".
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi.

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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi.
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* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: O.L. and Kaishounachi.
* BalloonBelly: Ebichu gets one after drinking many syrup containers.


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* RagingStiffie: Maa-kun, courtesy of him thinking about Ebichu.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Ebichu, Office Lady, and Kaishonachi are routinely stuck down by this.


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* TheToothHurts: Ebichu gets a cavity from drinking too much syrup in Episode 10. Kaishonachi tries to fix it himself, which earns him a punch from Maa-kun.

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-->''"That's the wrong hole!"''

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-->''"That's ->''"That's the wrong hole!"''



* FromBadToWorse: "The Camembert Cheese Incident, dechu!".



* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: Rodents can't vomit. Then again, they also can't talk.



* VomitIndiscretionShot: O.L. and a drunken Kaishonachi throw up in Episode 12; Ebichu throws up after drinking too much alcohol in Episode 14.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: VomitIndiscretionShot:
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* VerbalTic: Ebichu tends to replace "s" and "sh" with "ch" toward the end of her sentences, leading to words like ''arimachen'', ''kudachai'', and most commonly ''dechu''.

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* VerbalTic: VerbalTic:
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Ebichu tends to replace "s" and "sh" with "ch" toward the end of her sentences, leading to words like ''arimachen'', ''kudachai'', and most commonly ''dechu''.
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!!Tropes:!!''Oruchuban Ebichu'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* {{Mahjong}}: Maa-kun first meets Ebichu over a game of Mahjong. ''Ebichu wins.''[[note]]Although O.L. and Kaishonachi immediately confiscate the money after Maa-kun leaves.[[/note]]

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