* AnimationBump - The majority of the dance numbers flow quite nicely. Especially in Episode 13.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep - Miki can sleep most anywhere, this includes the trunk of a van, two or three foldable chairs, and even while Haruka is piggybacking her in the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* ArentYouForgettingSomeone - The Producer repeated this word-by-word when the girls forgot him buried in a sand castle.
* ArtShift - Whenever Kotori gets into an ImagineSpot, this happens. Thus far, the art sometimes shifted into Shojo style, or Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure style. Then it's back with a vengeance in ''26''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny - Hibiki stops in the middle of her swimming race with Makoto in ep 5 to catch a fish.
* BakersDozen - The ''Live For You'' OVA came bundled with the ''Live For You'' version of the game.
* BareYourMidriff - Miki and Hibiki very regularly. A few of the girls' stage outfits, specially Miki's, Hibiki's and Mami's.
* BeachEpisode
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* BeautyMark - Kotori. It seems to jump around her face from time to time.
* BeingWatched - Takane feels the presence of the {{Paparazzi}} during episode 19.
* BigDamnHeroes - On the "Live For You OVA". [[spoiler: Iori sends a helicopter to pick the girls that are stranded somewhere in the middle of Japan, so they can make it in time for their live.]]
* BigFancyHouse - Iori's.
* BlandNameProduct - Miki's headphones are a ''Somy'', Chihaya lives near a ''Burger Queen'', the camera Yoshizawa uses is a ''Qanon'', the bilboard announces a ''Tricster'', there's a ''PSB'' in the office in episode 17, etc.
* BlankWhiteEyes - Haruka gets this when the Futami twins are trying to discover who stole the pudding.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Miki(blonde), Chihaya(brunette[[hottip:*:She has blue hair, but in the Arcade game she has black hair.]]), and Haruka(redhead) fit this trope when they host ''Live!? On Sunday''.
* BlueWithShock - [[ShrinkingViolet Yukiho]] had several of these at the beggining of the series. Haruka, Makoto and Iori also had one in at least one occasion.
* BlushSticker - Miki on the ''Live For You'' OVA
* BookDumb - Haruka and Yayoi are implied to be this in episode 11.
* BreatheOnTheFan - Hibiki does this once.
* BreakingTheFourthWall - Subverted/Played with in a InUniverse example, during episode 15, with Haruka mention of the script ([[LampshadeHanging lampshaded by Miki]]) and Ami and Mami commenting about the report during the Ramen segment with Takane.

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* BeautyMark: Kotori. It seems to jump around her face from time to time.
* BeingWatched: Takane feels the presence of the {{Paparazzi}} during episode 19.
* BigDamnHeroes: On the ''Live For You'' OVA. [[spoiler: Iori sends a helicopter to pick up the girls that are stranded somewhere in the middle of Japan, so they can make it in time for their live.]]
* BigFancyHouse: Iori's.
* BlandNameProduct: Miki's headphones are a ''Somy'', Chihaya lives near a ''Burger Queen'', the camera Yoshizawa uses is a ''Qanon'', the bilboard announces a ''Tricster'', there's a ''PSB'' in the office in episode 17, etc.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Haruka gets this when the Futami twins are trying to discover who stole the pudding.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Miki (blonde), Chihaya (brunette[[hottip:*:She has blue hair, but in the Arcade game she has black hair.]]), and Haruka (redhead) fit this trope when they host ''Live!? On Sunday''.
* BlueWithShock: [[ShrinkingViolet Yukiho]] had several of these at the beggining of the series. Haruka, Makoto and Iori also had one in at least one occasion.
* BlushSticker: Miki on the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* BookDumb: Haruka and Yayoi are implied to be this in episode 11.
* BreatheOnTheFan: Hibiki does this once.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Subverted/Played with in a InUniverse example during episode 15, with Haruka's mention of the script ([[LampshadeHanging lampshaded by Miki]]) and Ami and Mami commenting about the report during the Ramen segment with Takane.

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* CameraAbuse - Ami and Mami literally grab a hold of the camera demanding to be filmed in the first episode.
* CatSmile - The Futami Twins do this sometimes. More prominent during their introduction on the first episode.
** Makoto has this too when the Producer tell her there's comments about [[SeamlessSpontaneousLie how ''sexy'']] she's becoming.
* TheCameo - 876Pro's Ai, Eri, and Ryou show up for The Big Talent Agency Sports Competition in episode 10. They also are shown in one of the shots of episode 18's ending, and on episode 25 during an interview with Yoshikawa. This moment also features Manami, Ai and Ryo's manager.
* CharacterFocus - By episode 19, every idol has had a focus episode.
* ChekhovsGun - Haruka's present for the Producer, a wallet.
* CherryBlossoms - Prominent in the final minutes of the final episode when everyone on the 765 Agency goes Cherry Blossom viewing.
* ChickMagnet - More of a Fangirl magnet, but otherwise fits Makoto fits to T.
* ChristmasEpisode
* ChromaticArrangement - From the Live For You OVA. Haruka - Red, Miki - Green, Chihaya - Blue.
* ClarkKenting - Haruka literally puts on glasses (and a hat) to avoid being recognized in public. 
* ClassTrip - [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Haruka during the BeachEpisode that their hotel had this feel.
* ClingyJealousGirl - Miki's reaction on the final episode when [[spoiler: the Producer reveal a wallet he received as a get-well present from Haruka. It was actually to be a christmas gift.]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint - Takane in Episode 2.
--> '''Chihaya''': Haruka? What's wrong?
--> '''Haruka''': I think my heart is going to leap out of my chest.
--> '''Takane''': That's terrible. *gets up* We need to call a doctor.
* ConspicuousCG - The audience in ep 25. 
* CookingDuel - An ''IronChef''-esque version in episode four.
* CoolBigSis - Aside from Azusa, Yayoi is this to her siblings.
* CoyGirlishFlirtPose - Miki pulls this off on the Producer from time to time.
* CrossPoppingVeins - Mostly Ritsuko, but Haruka has one of these on the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* CryCute - Yayoi
** Later, in episode 20, with [[spoiler: Chihaya]].
* CuteLittleFangs - Hibiki
* DancingTheme - Both openings. At least the first ending (The World Is All One) counts as well.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first half of the series was very lighthearted, the second half progressively began to take on darker tones, culminating in 765 Pro's rivalry with 961, Chihaya's dead little brother plot, and [[spoiler:the Producer getting into a life threatening accident and Haruka's subsequent breakdown]].

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* CameraAbuse: Ami and Mami literally grab a hold of the camera demanding to be filmed in the first episode.
* CatSmile: The Futami twins do this sometimes. More prominent during their introduction on the first episode.
** Makoto has this too when the Producer tells her there's comments about [[SeamlessSpontaneousLie how "sexy"]] she's becoming.
* TheCameo: 876Pro's Ai, Eri, and Ryo show up for The Big Talent Agency Sports Competition in episode 10. They also are shown in one of the shots of episode 18's ending, and on episode 25 during an interview with Yoshikawa. The last moment also features Manami, Ai, and Ryo's manager.
* CharacterFocus: By episode 19, every idol has had a focus episode.
* ChekhovsGun: Haruka's Christmas present for the Producer, a wallet.
* CherryBlossoms: Prominent in the final minutes of the final episode when everyone on the 765 Agency goes Cherry Blossom viewing.
* ChickMagnet: More of a Fangirl magnet, but otherwise fits Makoto fits to T.
* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 22.
* ChromaticArrangement: From the ''Live For You'' OVA. Haruka - Red, Miki - Green, Chihaya - Blue.
* ClarkKenting: Haruka literally puts on glasses (and a hat) to avoid being recognized in public in the second half of the series. 
* ClassTrip: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Haruka during the BeachEpisode that their hotel had this feel.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Miki's reaction in the final episode when [[spoiler: the Producer reveals a wallet he received as a get-well present (really his Christmas gift) from Haruka]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Takane in Episode 2.
-->'''Chihaya''': Haruka? What's wrong?
-->'''Haruka''': I think my heart is going to leap out of my chest.
-->'''Takane''': That's terrible. *gets up* We need to call a doctor.
* ConspicuousCG: The audience in ep 25. 
* CookingDuel: An ''IronChef''-esque version in episode four.
* CoolBigSis: Aside from Azusa, Yayoi is this to her siblings.
* CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Miki pulls this off on the Producer from time to time.
* CrossPoppingVeins: Mostly Ritsuko, but Haruka has one of these on the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* CryCute: Yayoi. Later, [[spoiler: Chihaya]] in episode 20.
* CuteLittleFangs: Hibiki.
* DancingTheme: Both openings. At least the first ending (The World Is All One) counts as well.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first half of the series was very lighthearted, the second half progressively began to take on darker tones, culminating in 765 Pro's rivalry with 961, [[spoiler:Chihaya's dead little brother plot]], and [[spoiler:the Producer getting into a life threatening accident and Haruka's subsequent breakdown]].

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome - When Iori is telling ghost stories to Makoto and Yukiho at the beach at night.
* DespairEventHorizon - Chihaya came very close to crossing that line.
* DoesNotLikeMen - Yukiho is frightened of ''any'' men. Inverted/played with Makoto who ''want'' more male fans.
* DontYouDarePityMe - Chihaya (again) [[TenMinuteRetirement during her]] HeroicBSOD.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune - The song "Yakusoku" on episode 20. Fits because even if the girls are [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]] they are ''not'' song writers.
* DraggedByTheCollar - Well, by the arm, but otherwise fits during Makoto and the Producer's ''date''.
* EatingTheEyeCandy - The audience in episode 15, particularly towards Azusa's outfit.
* EndingTheme - Subverted. Each episode has a different song sung by the idols.
* EpicFail - Episode 15, Makoto tried to wear a cute MagicalGirl-style dress and 'cutefy' herself (call herself 'Mako-rin' and make up cute sounds). The audience is not amused. (At least until Yukiho fixes her to a more boyish outfit and the audience instead {{Squee}}s like crazy)

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: When Iori is telling ghost stories to Makoto and Yukiho at the beach at night.
* DespairEventHorizon: Chihaya came very close to crossing that line.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Yukiho is frightened of ''any'' men, though she overcomes this in episode 3. Inverted/played with Makoto, who ''wants'' more male fans.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Chihaya [[TenMinuteRetirement during her]] HeroicBSOD.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The song "Yakusoku" on episode 20. Fits because even if the girls are [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]], they are ''not'' song writers.
* DraggedByTheCollar: Well, by the arm, but otherwise fits during Makoto and the Producer's ''date''.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: The audience in episode 15, particularly towards Azusa's outfit.
* EndingTheme: Subverted. [[EveryEpisodeEnding Each episode has a different song sung by the idols.]]
* EpicFail: Episode 15, Makoto tried to wear a cute MagicalGirl-style dress and 'cutefy' herself (call herself 'Mako-rin' and make up cute sounds). The audience is not amused...At least until Yukiho fixes her to a more boyish outfit, and the audience instead {{Squee}}s like crazy.

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* TheFaceless - President Takagi and Kuroi.
* FacelessMasses - The [[ConspicuousCG audience]] in episode 25.
* FestivalEpisode - The girls make their first stage as a group on Ep 3 during an Festival. Episode 19 shows the girls visiting one, [[spoiler: and Chihaya's remembers her dead brother when they where both on a Festival.]]
* {{Flashback}} - Chihaya gets quite a few.
** FlashbackEffects - The animation is darker than normal.
* FragileFlower - Yukiho 
* FreezeFrameBonus: - In episode 11, Haruka and Chihaya have a sleepover in an apartment building named "Mber". Haruka, Chihaya, and Imber were [[spoiler:in a robomantic love triangle]] in {{Idolmaster Xenoglossia}}.
* FrenchMaidOutfit - The outfit Hibiki and Takane use during the [[ShowWithinAShow "Ribbit Ribbit Kitchen"]] episode. Complete with ZettaiRyouiki.
* [[spoiler: FriendOrIdolDecision - Played literally with Miki in episode 24 when she has a chance to become the solo MC of the show to be aired in the timeslot that would succeed the "Are We Live?" show.]]
* FullNameBasis - Takane does this on occasion.
* {{Gainaxing}} - [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzaged]] in Episode 10 between Azusa and Takane.
* GameBreakingInjury - Azusa gets the mumps a few days before a RGKM secret live.
* [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Get A Hold Of Yourself, Girl!]] - Hibiki's ''hamster'' does this to her!
* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies - Yukiho naturally, and, unusually, Makoto, gets freaked out by Iori's scary stories and the haunted house at an amusement park.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals - Iori is always with her bunny and Makoto is specially prone to this too.
* TheGlomp - Episode 10. Makoto receives one, initially by Yayoi, Ami and Mami.
* GoOutWithASmile - Parodied in episode 9 by Ami when she has to leave for an interview and left Mami to investigate the disappearance of Iori's pudding.
* {{Gonk}} - Played for laughs on episode 2 with Iori, Ami, Mami and Yayoi trying to look more... erm... "adult".
* GullibleLemmings: Touma believes in Kuroi's lies that 765Pro are cheats and cowards but is unaware that Kuroi regularly uses these tactics.

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* TheFaceless: President Takagi and Kuroi.
* FacelessMasses: The [[ConspicuousCG audience]] in episode 25.
* FestivalEpisode: The girls make their first stage as a group on Ep 3 during a festival. Episode 19 shows the girls visiting one, [[spoiler: and Chihaya remembers her dead brother when they were both at a festival]].
* {{Flashback}}: Chihaya gets quite a few.
** FlashbackEffects: The animation is darker than normal.
* FragileFlower: Yukiho. 
* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode 11, Haruka and Chihaya have a sleepover in an apartment building named "Mber". Haruka, Chihaya, and Imber were [[spoiler:in a robomantic love triangle]] in {{Idolmaster Xenoglossia}}.
* FrenchMaidOutfit: The outfit Hibiki and Takane use during the [[ShowWithinAShow "Ribbit Ribbit Kitchen"]] episode. Complete with ZettaiRyouiki.
* [[spoiler: FriendOrIdolDecision: Played literally with Miki in episode 24 when she has a chance to become the solo MC of the show to be aired in the timeslot that would succeed the "Live?! On Sundays" show.]]
* FullNameBasis: Takane does this on occasion.
* {{Gainaxing}}: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] in Episode 10 between Azusa and Takane.
* GameBreakingInjury: Azusa gets the mumps a few days before a RGKM secret live in episode 18. Ritsuko is forced to come out of idol retirement to take her place.
* [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Get A Hold Of Yourself, Girl!]]: In episode 16, Hibiki's ''hamster'' does this to her!
* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Yukiho naturally, and, unusually, Makoto, gets freaked out by Iori's scary stories and the haunted house at an amusement park.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Iori is always with her bunny Charles. Makoto is prone to this too.
* TheGlomp: Episode 10. Makoto receives one, initially by Yayoi, Ami, and Mami.
* GoOutWithASmile: Parodied in episode 9 by Ami when she has to leave for an interview and left Mami to investigate the disappearance of Iori's pudding.
* {{Gonk}}: Played for laughs on episode 2 with Iori, Ami, Mami, and Yayoi trying to look more... erm... "adult".
* GullibleLemmings: Touma believes in Kuroi's lies that 765Pro are cheats and cowards, but is unaware that Kuroi regularly uses these tactics.

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* HiddenEyes - Chihaya gets this during the bath scene in episode 5.[[spoiler: Kuroi's face is normally [[TheUnreveal hidden]], but the only time we see his face he's actually like this too in episode 25.]]
* HypocriticalHumor - Ritsuko tells the girls to overcome the heat with their minds... while she's with both her feet in a bucket of iced water. Also a shoutout to a near-identical scene in You're Under Arrest.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard - [[spoiler: [[BigBad President]] [[MagnificentBastard Kuroi]] convinces the audio technician from the Idol Jam to ''conveniently'' forget where he put the CD with the 765PRO idols songs. This comes to bites him in the rear, when Chihaya starts to sing Nemuri Hime in ''a cappella'', making the tech (and the crowd) be so moved by the scene that he restarts the audio in the next chorus, effectively creating a greater effect on the public than it would be if she had just started singing normally.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, this little stunt was the last drop for his own group of Idols who didn't want to keep up with his crap anymore and quit his company ''before'' the song Chihaya was singing even ended.]]
* IdolSinger - Quite obviously a whole bunch of them, not only the girls on the 765PRO.
* IndecisiveMedium - Part of the RedHerring on the first episode, with the Producer's lines not spoken but subtitled, as in the game.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit - Iori, Mami, Ami and Yayoi's dresses when retaking their promos.

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* HiddenEyes: Chihaya gets this during the bath scene in episode 5. [[spoiler: Kuroi's face is normally [[TheUnreveal hidden]], but the only time we see his face he's actually like this too in episode 25.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Ritsuko tells the girls to overcome the heat with their minds... while she's with both her feet in a bucket of iced water. Also a shoutout to a near-identical scene in ''YoureUnderArrest''.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: [[BigBad President]] [[MagnificentBastard Kuroi]] convinces the audio technician from the Idol Jam to ''conveniently'' forget where he put the CD with the 765PRO idols songs. This comes to bites him in the rear, when Chihaya starts to sing "Nemuri Hime" in ''a cappella'', making the tech (and the crowd) be so moved by the scene that he restarts the audio in the next chorus, effectively creating a greater effect on the public than it would be if she had just started singing normally.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, this little stunt was the last drop for his own group of Idols who didn't want to keep up with his crap anymore and quit his company ''before'' "Nemuri Hime" even ended.]]
* IdolSinger: Quite obviously a whole bunch of them, not only the girls on the 765PRO.
* IndecisiveMedium: Part of the RedHerring on the first episode, with the Producer's lines not spoken but subtitled, as in the game.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Iori, Mami, Ami, and Yayoi's dresses when retaking their promos.

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* InSeriesNickname - Ami and Mami have one for almost everyone in the main cast.
** Nii-chan - Producer; Harurun - Haruka; Mikimiki - Miki; Yayoichi - Yayoi; Piyochan - Kotori; Himechin - Takane; Hibikin - Hibiki; Yukipyon - Yuikiho; Makochin - Makoto; Iorin - Iori; Ricchan - Ritsuko
* {{Joshikousei}} - Though not displayed as much as implied, several of the girls are in High School.
* [[KaraokeBox Karaoke Mic]] - The Producer sings on one during their Cherry Blossom Viewing on the last episode, though we don't get to hear him.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini - President Kuroi ]]
* LimitedSocialCircle - The girls aren't shown to have many friends outside their 765PRO ones. The only one with a named friend is Azusa, and even then, Tomomi is never shown (or voiced for that matter). To be fair, at least Haruka was shown in episode 11 eating lunch with her ''classmates'' in the ending sequence, but they never appear in the main show.
* LuminescentBlush - Played for laughs. Chihaya blushes when Miki enters the bath with her and Haruka on the ''Live For You'' OVA, though it isn't as much an embarassed blush and [[GreenEyedMonster more a]] [[ACupAngst envious]] [[BuxomIsBetter one.]]
* MagicSkirt - Despite all the dance routines, there's not a single PantyShot during the whole show. Maybe justified since the stage outfits are, well ''[[CaptainObvious stage]]'' outfits and therefore made to be this way. The only time this is almost averted is with Azusa in episode 15 when she's wearing the same clothes as the workers from the daycare center they're filming at.

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* InSeriesNickname: Ami and Mami have one for almost everyone in the main cast.
** Nii-chan - Producer 
** Harurun - Haruka
** Mikimiki - Miki 
** Yayoichi - Yayoi
** Piyo-chan - Kotori
** Himechin - Takane
** Hibikin - Hibiki
** Yukipyon - Yuikiho
** Makochin - Makoto
** Iorin - Iori
** Ricchan - Ritsuko
* {{Joshikousei}}: Though not displayed as much as implied, several of the girls are in high school.
* [[KaraokeBox Karaoke Mic]]: The Producer sings on one during their Cherry Blossom Viewing on the last episode, though we don't get to hear him.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: President Kuroi.]]
* LimitedSocialCircle: The girls aren't shown to have many friends outside their 765PRO ones. The only one with a named friend is Azusa, and even then, Tomomi is never shown (or voiced for that matter). To be fair, at least Haruka was shown in episode 11 eating lunch with her ''classmates'' in the ending sequence, but they never appear in the main show.
* LuminescentBlush: Played for laughs. Chihaya blushes when Miki enters the bath with her and Haruka on the ''Live For You'' OVA, though it isn't as much an embarrassed blush and [[GreenEyedMonster more an]] [[ACupAngst envious]] [[BuxomIsBetter one.]]
* MagicSkirt: Despite all the dance routines, there's not a single PantyShot during the whole show. Maybe justified since the stage outfits are, well ''[[CaptainObvious stage]]'' outfits and therefore made to be this way. The only time this is almost averted is with Azusa in episode 15 when she's wearing the same clothes as the workers from the daycare center they're filming at.

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* OneOfTheBoys - Much to Makoto's dismay.
* OnionTears - Iori in episode 3.
* OnlySixFaces - 765 Pro idols, like in the games, albeit less noticable.
* {{Paparazzi}} - An unnamed one is hired by Kuroi to dig up dirt about the 765PRO Idols.
* PaperThinDisguise - Haruka's ClarkKenting and [[{{Tomboy}} Makoto]] dressing up as ''boy'' so she wouldn't be [[FacePalm recognized...]]
* PhotoBoothMontage - Miki on episode 12.
** Makoto on 17.
* PinkySwear - The Producer to Yukiho (ep 3) and Miki (ep 12).
* PlotTumor: Chihaya's issues concerning her dead little brother keep popping up in various episodes, even when the focus isn't on her, and are constantly foreshadowed throughout the series, [[spoiler: before it eventually blows open in episode 20 when the series does focus on her]].
* PoorCommunicationKills - The Producer to Miki on episode 6, setting the chain of events that almost made her quit for good on episode 12. Though, to be fair, he ''was'' in the middle of what seemed to be an important phone call, and the fact that Miki kept talking to him despite the fact probably didn't help.

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* OneOfTheBoys: Much to Makoto's dismay.
* OnionTears: Iori in episode 3.
* OnlySixFaces: 765 Pro idols, like in the games, albeit less noticeable.
* {{Paparazzi}}: An unnamed one is hired by Kuroi to dig up dirt about the 765PRO Idols.
* PaperThinDisguise: Even more than Haruka's ClarkKenting, [[{{Tomboy}} Makoto]] dressing up as a ''boy'' so [[FacePalm she wouldn't be recognized]].
* PhotoBoothMontage: Miki in episode 12 and Makoto in episode 17.
* PinkySwear: The Producer twice to Yukiho (episode 3) and Miki (episode 12).
* PlotTumor: Chihaya's issues concerning [[spoiler:her dead little brother]] keep popping up in various episodes, even when the focus isn't on her, and are constantly foreshadowed throughout the series, [[spoiler: before it eventually blows open in episode 20 when the series does focus on her]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: The Producer to Miki on episode 6, setting the chain of events that almost made her quit for good on episode 12. Though, to be fair, he ''was'' in the middle of what seemed to be an important phone call, and the fact that Miki kept talking to him despite the fact probably didn't help.

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* [[AdultsAreUseless The Producer Is Useless]] - Mostly through the second quarter of the anime and in the ''Live For You OVA''. When Azusa disappears, he started running around without doing much of anything while [[AwesomeMoment Makoto is beating up thughs.]] When Chousuke (Yayoi's brother) run away from home, again he just runs around without stopping to think about it.
* PutOnABus - The Producer on the ''Live For You OVA''
* RedHerring - The Producer's lines in the first episode aren't voiced, leading to believe that the adaptation of the game would be a ''literal'' adaptation.
* RefusalOfTheCall - Ritsuko ''really'' doesn't want to be a pinchhitter for Azusa when she gets the [[GameBreakingInjury mumps.]] The thing is, she doesn't have a choice.
* [[TrainingMontage Rehearsing Montage]] - Several, with the first one going along the [[EvolvingCredits credits]] of the very first episode.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter - Hamuzou
** Arguably also a HypercompetentSidekick, especially since said ''critter'' can understand a ''TV show on cable''.
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie - The Producer to Makoto in episode 17 (helped by Haruka).
* SeriousBusiness - Well, 765 PRO is an Idol Agency, after all.
* SexySantaDress - Miki, Ami and Mami on [[ChristmasEpisode episode 22.]]
* ShipTease - A good portion of the second half of the anime has this with several of the girls, particularly when the girl is the [[CharacterFocus focus of]] [[ADayInTheLimelight the episode.]]
* ShoutOut: There's probably some staff from ''SoraNoWoto'' working on the series, given Sister Yumina's appearance as a minor background character (the photographer's assistant) in Episode two. Wait, why does Chihaya in the anime look like Rio??

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* [[AdultsAreUseless The Producer Is Useless]]: Mostly through the first half of the anime and in the ''Live For You OVA''. When Chousuke (Yayoi's brother) ran away from home in episode 7, he just runs around without stopping to think about it (Iori calls him out on this afterwards). When Azusa disappears in the next episode, he started running around without doing much of anything while [[AwesomeMoment Makoto is beating up thugs.]]
* PutOnABus: The Producer on the ''Live For You OVA''...[[SubvertedTrope or so the twins lead us to think]].
* RedHerring: The Producer's lines in the first episode aren't voiced, leading to believe that the adaptation of the game would be a ''literal'' adaptation.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Ritsuko ''really'' doesn't want to be a pinchhitter for Azusa when she gets the [[GameBreakingInjury mumps.]] The thing is, she doesn't have a choice.
* [[TrainingMontage Rehearsing Montage]]: Several, with the first one going along the [[EvolvingCredits credits]] of the very first episode.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Hamzou. Arguably also a HypercompetentSidekick, especially since said ''critter'' can understand a ''TV show on cable''.
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: The Producer to Makoto in episode 17 (helped by Haruka).
* SeriousBusiness: Well, 765 PRO is an Idol Agency, after all.
* SexySantaDress: Miki, Ami, and Mami in [[ChristmasEpisode episode 22.]]
* ShipTease: A good portion of the second half of the anime has this with several of the girls, particularly when the girl is the [[CharacterFocus focus of]] [[ADayInTheLimelight the episode.]]
* ShoutOut: There's probably some staff from ''SoraNoWoto'' working on the series, given Sister Yumina's appearance as a minor background character (the photographer's assistant) in episode 2. Wait, why does Chihaya in the anime look like Rio?

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* SliceOfLife - This show is basically a Slice of Life with an Idol twist.
* SmokingIsCool - Yoshizawa seems to always have a cigarette on his lips.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTxk1-4_5s4 Makoto's battlewith man in black]] is set to [[IntercourseWithYou Agent Yoru wa Yoku]].
* SnowMeansDeath: The climax scene in the Idol's second movie trailer in the episode 26 OVA.
* SparklingStreamOfTears - Kotori, whenever she gets out of one of hers [[ImagineSpot Imagine Spots]].
* StaringKid - Episode 5, the kids are amazed by Yukiho digging a hole on the sand... for the sake of dig a hole in the sand.
* StealthPun: In episode 5, there's a scene where Azusa and The Producer are drinking, while Ritsuko is there too but doesn't drink. As The Producer and Ritsuko converse, one can hear the tipsy Azusa going "Neko neko nyan nyan~ Neko nyan nyan~" in the background.[[spoiler: Doesn't that make her [[KOn Azu]][[DontExplainTheJoke nyan?]]]]
* StockFootage - The final episode has this in spades.
** StockFootageFailure - [[spoiler: How can Azusa and Takane be dancing on the floor in front of the stairs and in the next take they're still descending said stairs?]]

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* SliceOfLife: This show is basically a Slice of Life with an Idol twist.
* SmokingIsCool: Yoshizawa seems to always have a cigarette on his lips.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTxk1-4_5s4 Makoto's battle with some men in black]] is set to [[IntercourseWithYou Agent Yoru wa Yoku]].
* SnowMeansDeath: The climax scene in the Idols' second movie trailer in the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* SparklingStreamOfTears: Kotori whenever she gets out of one of her {{Imagine Spot}}s.
* StaringKid: Episode 5, the kids are amazed by Yukiho digging a hole on the sand... for the sake of digging a hole in the sand.
* StealthPun: In episode 5, there's a scene where Azusa and The Producer are drinking, while Ritsuko is there too but doesn't drink. As The Producer and Ritsuko converse, one can hear the tipsy Azusa going "Neko neko nyan nyan~ Neko nyan nyan~" in the background. [[spoiler: Doesn't that make her [[KOn Azu]][[DontExplainTheJoke nyan?]]]]
* StockFootage: The final episode has this in spades.
** StockFootageFailure: [[spoiler: How can Azusa and Takane be dancing on the floor in front of the stairs and in the next take they're still descending said stairs?]]

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* UnlimitedWardrobe - The girls are rarely seen using the same casual clothes (aside from the stage outfits).
* TheUnreveal - Three different types/instances. The Producer's real name. Presidents Takagi and Kuroi's faces and Chihaya's forced smile on episode 2.
* VerbalTic - Miki's "-nano" and Yukiho's "-desu"
* VitriolicBestBuds - Makoto and Iori.
* TheVoiceless - The first episode [[RedHerring lead us to think that]] the Producer isn't voiced.
* WatchingTheSunset - [[BeachEpisode Episode 5]] has a scene like this.
* WeddingDay - Played with in episode 8.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 19; [[spoiler: marks the point at which the show stops subtly flirting with drama and decides to go for the kill.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NcLVxfkOodc The preview for episode 20]] makes it very clear that the tone of the story has changed completely.
** Episode 23 [[spoiler: shows the Producer getting in an accident [[HeroicSacrifice trying to save Haruka]]. To make matters worst, there is no character ending theme. Nothing. Just a sad piano playing during the credits. There's even a shot of Miki, Kotori, Ritsuko, and the president at the hospital. [[CerebusSyndrome This entire sequence makes it the darkest moment in the entire show.]] The preview to the next episode ''is even more unsettling.'']]

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* UnlimitedWardrobe: The girls are rarely seen using the same casual clothes (aside from the stage outfits).
* TheUnreveal: Three different types/instances. The Producer's real name. Presidents Takagi and Kuroi's faces, and Chihaya's forced smile in episode 2.
* VerbalTic: Miki's "-nano" and Yukiho's "-desu"
* VitriolicBestBuds: Makoto and Iori.
* TheVoiceless: The first episode [[RedHerring leads us to think that]] the Producer isn't voiced.
* WatchingTheSunset: [[BeachEpisode Episode 5]] has a scene like this.
* WeddingDay: Played with in episode 8.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 19, [[spoiler: which marks the point at which the show stops subtly flirting with drama and decides to go for the kill.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NcLVxfkOodc The preview for episode 20]] makes it very clear that the tone of the story has changed completely.
** Episode 23 [[spoiler: shows the Producer getting in an accident [[HeroicSacrifice trying to save Haruka]]. To make matters worse, there is no character ending theme. Nothing. Just a sad piano playing during the credits. There's even a shot of Miki, Kotori, Ritsuko, and the president at the hospital. [[CerebusSyndrome This entire sequence makes it the darkest moment in the entire show.]] The preview to the next episode ''is even more unsettling.'']]

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