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%% * InconsistentSpelling: Meena or Mina. The English manga release from Yen Press chose the latter while Creator/FUNimation's anime release chose the former spelling. %% needs explanation who this character is, i couldnt find em in the character sheets
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Sebastian uses cutlery and a serving tray to take out the mafia.
** In chapter 9 Ciel angrily tosses a pillow at Sebastian for withholding information from him.
** In chapter 9 Ciel angrily tosses a pillow at Sebastian for withholding information from him.
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* KnifeNut (and Fork Nut): Sebastian throws the Phantomhive household's silver cutlery around with abnormal speed and precision.
** Claude uses the Trancy's gold silverware as weapons as well.
** Claude uses the Trancy's gold silverware as weapons as well.
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** [[spoiler:This becomes a bit of a FunnyAneurysmMoment when it is revealed that the vice-principal was one of the Undertaker's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Bizarre Dolls]], and his poor coordination as well as his [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild reactions to injuries]] are because he was DeadAllAlong]].
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** [[spoiler:This becomes is given a bit of a FunnyAneurysmMoment CerebusRetcon when it is revealed that the vice-principal was one of the Undertaker's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Bizarre Dolls]], and his poor coordination as well as his [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild reactions to injuries]] are because he was DeadAllAlong]].
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[[Manga/BlackButler Black Butler Main Page]] | [[BlackButler/TropesAToB A to B]] | [[BlackButler/TropesCToD C to D]] | [[BlackButler/TropesEToG E to G]] | '''H to K''' | [[BlackButler/TropesLToN L to N]] | [[BlackButler/TropesOToR O to R]] | [[BlackButler/TropesSToT S to T]] | [[BlackButler/TropesUToZ U to Z]]
!! Black Butler - Tropes H to K
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[[folder:Tropes H]]
* HappinessInSlavery: Agni towards Soma.
** Ciel's household staff seem to be pretty happy living with him, even though they aren't good at their designated job.
* HellishPupils: Sebastian, occasionally.
* HeroicBSOD: While Ciel's intentions for the circus children back at the workhouse might not be described as "heroic" so much as "self-serving with a side of philanthropy", Ciel's reaction in chapter 36 upon realizing that [[spoiler: the entire workhouse was empty and abandoned, and had been for what looked like years, meaning the circus children had fought--and died--in vain]] can be aptly described as a BSOD. A very, ''very'' frightening one.
** Ciel has one in [[spoiler:Chapter 41, after finding Sebastian's body. It was an act, but he did seem genuinely pleased about being able to smack Sebastian around a little]].
** Ciel has another one earlier in Chapter 34, [[spoiler:when Baron Kelvin made an exact replica of where he was held when imprisoned, complete with an altar for sacrificing and even two cages full of children. This leads him to burn down the entire building... including the children (who were well past BSOD themselves, showing ''no reaction'' to the fire)]].
** Ciel gets another in Chapter 54, complete with flashbacks like the ones he had in Chapter 34.
** And another one in the Werewolf Arc. [[spoiler: It wasn't due to a "curse" as it was previously assumed, but the inhalation of a toxic gas. And Sebastian accidentally made it even worse...]]
* HiddenDepths: Every recurring character, especially if they initially appear shallow and annoyingly cheerful.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria. Here, she is [[BadassBiker Badass Horse Rider]] who somehow inspire [[AnachronismStew a TV serial]] about a certain badass noble. In RealLife, she is griefly stricken with Prince Albert's death (in 1861) and become hard to work with for the rest of her reign.
* HistoricalInJoke: In the manga, Queen Victoria has the occasional fit of tears that can be only alleviated by a servant (John Brown) with a Prince Albert puppet.
* HollywoodAtheist: Ciel, surprisingly, given his experiences with demons and other supernatural forces.
* HorrorHunger: Maggy in Chapter 52.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Ciel causes quite the scene when Sebastian is [[spoiler: found dead in Chapter 41. Ciel manhandles Sebastian's body while commanding him to get up and cursing him for leaving him behind.]] It's all subverted later on when [[spoiler: we find out Sebastian was just [[DeathIsCheap playing dead]] again and Ciel knew all along.]]
* HumanSacrifice: Ciel was used for this, but ended up making a deal with Sebastian instead.
* HypocriticalHumor: ''[[ManipulativeBastard Ciel]]'' chastises [[spoiler: Cole]] for keeping secrets, lying, cheating, and manipulating others to do his work while flashbacks show Sebastian doing all the work of [[spoiler: picking through the school's trash for Cole's notes to his underlings and taping the fragments together, not to mention setting up an elaborate tin-can-telephone and scattering hundreds of photos of Cole's makeup routine all over school]]. Lampshaded by Sebastian, and Ciel also seems fully aware of it.
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[[folder:Tropes I]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: "The/That Butler, ______."
** Changed in the second season to just "_______ Butler".
* IgnoranceIsBliss: Ciel tells Snake that his missing friends' whereabouts were unknown, that he is looking for them and that staying with Ciel will be the fastest way to see them again. [[spoiler:The reader knows that they were all killed by Ciel's staff when they tried to ambush Ciel's mansion]].
** Poor, poor Siegliende. [[spoiler:If only she didn't learn her whole life was basically an enormous lie--her secluded village is actually a military area, the villages are all soldiers in really convincing werewolf costumes, and she isn't the descendant of the powerful "Green Witch", she's an ordinary girl with enormous talent for chemistry which was used to finish the previously-failed military project of making a stable mustard gas]].
* ImmuneToBullets: Sebastian can just spit them out.
* ImportantHaircut: Soma gives one of these to Agni in the flashback in Chapter 17.
** Madam Red had one, too.
* ImprobableAge: Ciel, considering his ownership of the Phantomhive company and service to the Queen.
* InNameOnly: The anime diverged from the manga at Episode 7 (until the Indian Butler arc at Episode 13, before diverging when that finished again), making it essentially a completely different series. Besides just the setting and characters, there are many major plot points, such as the terms of the contract between Ciel and Sebastian, that are also changed. The anime returns to following the manga at the 3rd season.
** The characters are markedly different in personality between the two mediums. In the manga, Sebastian has a much wider range of emotions while he's always "cool" and rarely stressed in the anime. Anime Ciel is crueler, Soma is more childish. Grell is more competent, violent, serious, and less romantic in the manga. In the anime, Elizabeth has no dark side. Finally, the anime has far more ecchi humor and significantly larger bustlines than in the manga.
* InnocentInnuendo: The corset scene.
* IOweYouMyLife: Ciel towards Sebastian in a ''very'' literal sense.
** Subverted in the anime, when [[spoiler:Ciel becomes a demon and makes Sebastian serve him for eternity]].
** The servant trio towards Ciel and Sebastian.
** Agni towards Soma.
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[[folder:Tropes J]]
* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: The villain of one of the early arcs.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Ciel.
* TheJeeves: Just as supernaturally competent, but whereas he was "heaven sent", Sebastian is "one hell of a butler".
** There's an interesting parallel in the respite chapter 37, when Sebastian has [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster particularly strong views on a red tie]].
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Pieces of backstory are only revealed much later.
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[[folder:Tropes K]]
* KidWithTheLeash: Ciel's relationship towards Sebastian. While largely true to the trope, it lacks the usual element of contrast in that, with a few exceptions, Ciel is just as amoral and ruthless as his servant.
* KillTheCutie: All of the [[spoiler:main circus crew (except for Snake) and the kidnapped children from the Circus arc]], and [[spoiler:Phelps]] from the murder mystery arc.
* KissingCousins: Ciel is [[ArrangedMarriage engaged]] to Elizabeth, who is his cousin. This was rather common in the Victorian Era.
* TheKlutz: The vice-principal of the boarding school Ciel goes to is [[RunningGag very prone of falling down the stairs]].
** [[spoiler:This becomes a bit of a FunnyAneurysmMoment when it is revealed that the vice-principal was one of the Undertaker's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Bizarre Dolls]], and his poor coordination as well as his [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild reactions to injuries]] are because he was DeadAllAlong]].
** And Mey-Rin. ESPECIALLY when Sebastian is around.
* KnifeNut (and Fork Nut): Sebastian throws the Phantomhive household's silver cutlery around with abnormal speed and precision.
** Claude uses the Trancy's gold silverware as weapons as well.
* KudzuPlot: The pieces have slowly been coming together, but every answer brings more questions.
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!! Black Butler - Tropes H to K
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[[folder:Tropes H]]
* HappinessInSlavery: Agni towards Soma.
** Ciel's household staff seem to be pretty happy living with him, even though they aren't good at their designated job.
* HellishPupils: Sebastian, occasionally.
* HeroicBSOD: While Ciel's intentions for the circus children back at the workhouse might not be described as "heroic" so much as "self-serving with a side of philanthropy", Ciel's reaction in chapter 36 upon realizing that [[spoiler: the entire workhouse was empty and abandoned, and had been for what looked like years, meaning the circus children had fought--and died--in vain]] can be aptly described as a BSOD. A very, ''very'' frightening one.
** Ciel has one in [[spoiler:Chapter 41, after finding Sebastian's body. It was an act, but he did seem genuinely pleased about being able to smack Sebastian around a little]].
** Ciel has another one earlier in Chapter 34, [[spoiler:when Baron Kelvin made an exact replica of where he was held when imprisoned, complete with an altar for sacrificing and even two cages full of children. This leads him to burn down the entire building... including the children (who were well past BSOD themselves, showing ''no reaction'' to the fire)]].
** Ciel gets another in Chapter 54, complete with flashbacks like the ones he had in Chapter 34.
** And another one in the Werewolf Arc. [[spoiler: It wasn't due to a "curse" as it was previously assumed, but the inhalation of a toxic gas. And Sebastian accidentally made it even worse...]]
* HiddenDepths: Every recurring character, especially if they initially appear shallow and annoyingly cheerful.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria. Here, she is [[BadassBiker Badass Horse Rider]] who somehow inspire [[AnachronismStew a TV serial]] about a certain badass noble. In RealLife, she is griefly stricken with Prince Albert's death (in 1861) and become hard to work with for the rest of her reign.
* HistoricalInJoke: In the manga, Queen Victoria has the occasional fit of tears that can be only alleviated by a servant (John Brown) with a Prince Albert puppet.
* HollywoodAtheist: Ciel, surprisingly, given his experiences with demons and other supernatural forces.
* HorrorHunger: Maggy in Chapter 52.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Ciel causes quite the scene when Sebastian is [[spoiler: found dead in Chapter 41. Ciel manhandles Sebastian's body while commanding him to get up and cursing him for leaving him behind.]] It's all subverted later on when [[spoiler: we find out Sebastian was just [[DeathIsCheap playing dead]] again and Ciel knew all along.]]
* HumanSacrifice: Ciel was used for this, but ended up making a deal with Sebastian instead.
* HypocriticalHumor: ''[[ManipulativeBastard Ciel]]'' chastises [[spoiler: Cole]] for keeping secrets, lying, cheating, and manipulating others to do his work while flashbacks show Sebastian doing all the work of [[spoiler: picking through the school's trash for Cole's notes to his underlings and taping the fragments together, not to mention setting up an elaborate tin-can-telephone and scattering hundreds of photos of Cole's makeup routine all over school]]. Lampshaded by Sebastian, and Ciel also seems fully aware of it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes I]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: "The/That Butler, ______."
** Changed in the second season to just "_______ Butler".
* IgnoranceIsBliss: Ciel tells Snake that his missing friends' whereabouts were unknown, that he is looking for them and that staying with Ciel will be the fastest way to see them again. [[spoiler:The reader knows that they were all killed by Ciel's staff when they tried to ambush Ciel's mansion]].
** Poor, poor Siegliende. [[spoiler:If only she didn't learn her whole life was basically an enormous lie--her secluded village is actually a military area, the villages are all soldiers in really convincing werewolf costumes, and she isn't the descendant of the powerful "Green Witch", she's an ordinary girl with enormous talent for chemistry which was used to finish the previously-failed military project of making a stable mustard gas]].
* ImmuneToBullets: Sebastian can just spit them out.
* ImportantHaircut: Soma gives one of these to Agni in the flashback in Chapter 17.
** Madam Red had one, too.
* ImprobableAge: Ciel, considering his ownership of the Phantomhive company and service to the Queen.
* InNameOnly: The anime diverged from the manga at Episode 7 (until the Indian Butler arc at Episode 13, before diverging when that finished again), making it essentially a completely different series. Besides just the setting and characters, there are many major plot points, such as the terms of the contract between Ciel and Sebastian, that are also changed. The anime returns to following the manga at the 3rd season.
** The characters are markedly different in personality between the two mediums. In the manga, Sebastian has a much wider range of emotions while he's always "cool" and rarely stressed in the anime. Anime Ciel is crueler, Soma is more childish. Grell is more competent, violent, serious, and less romantic in the manga. In the anime, Elizabeth has no dark side. Finally, the anime has far more ecchi humor and significantly larger bustlines than in the manga.
* InnocentInnuendo: The corset scene.
* IOweYouMyLife: Ciel towards Sebastian in a ''very'' literal sense.
** Subverted in the anime, when [[spoiler:Ciel becomes a demon and makes Sebastian serve him for eternity]].
** The servant trio towards Ciel and Sebastian.
** Agni towards Soma.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes J]]
* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: The villain of one of the early arcs.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Ciel.
* TheJeeves: Just as supernaturally competent, but whereas he was "heaven sent", Sebastian is "one hell of a butler".
** There's an interesting parallel in the respite chapter 37, when Sebastian has [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster particularly strong views on a red tie]].
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Pieces of backstory are only revealed much later.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tropes K]]
* KidWithTheLeash: Ciel's relationship towards Sebastian. While largely true to the trope, it lacks the usual element of contrast in that, with a few exceptions, Ciel is just as amoral and ruthless as his servant.
* KillTheCutie: All of the [[spoiler:main circus crew (except for Snake) and the kidnapped children from the Circus arc]], and [[spoiler:Phelps]] from the murder mystery arc.
* KissingCousins: Ciel is [[ArrangedMarriage engaged]] to Elizabeth, who is his cousin. This was rather common in the Victorian Era.
* TheKlutz: The vice-principal of the boarding school Ciel goes to is [[RunningGag very prone of falling down the stairs]].
** [[spoiler:This becomes a bit of a FunnyAneurysmMoment when it is revealed that the vice-principal was one of the Undertaker's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Bizarre Dolls]], and his poor coordination as well as his [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction mild reactions to injuries]] are because he was DeadAllAlong]].
** And Mey-Rin. ESPECIALLY when Sebastian is around.
* KnifeNut (and Fork Nut): Sebastian throws the Phantomhive household's silver cutlery around with abnormal speed and precision.
** Claude uses the Trancy's gold silverware as weapons as well.
* KudzuPlot: The pieces have slowly been coming together, but every answer brings more questions.
[[/folder]]
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