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!Haruhi Suzumiya

* MsFanservice: While not as extreme as Mikuru, Haruhi herself qualifies. She is described as being quite the beauty, and she's much more of a Shameless Fanservice Girl on top of that. Her legs also get ample emphasis in the anime, be it thanks to the short skirt she wears as part of her school uniform or her trademark bunny suit.

* BiTheWay: Haruhi tells Kyon that if the person she was dating were anything but an ordinary human, she wouldn't mind if that person were a boy or a girl.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "I'm so bored!"
** Another one gets Lampshaded but ultimately subverted — in the first episode, Kyon notes that Haruhi has a habit of saying "totally", but the audience doesn't hear it enough for it to qualify as a Catchphrase.

** In The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyon risks his life to save Haruhi [[spoiler: from falling to her death as part of an attempted Kill the God attempt]]. When that plan falls apart [[(because a Diving Save doesn't really help in this situation)]], he's at least thankful that they'll die together.

** In The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyon risks his life to save Haruhi [[spoiler: from falling to her death as part of an attempted Kill the God attempt]]. When that plan falls apart [[(because a Diving Save doesn't really help in this situation)], he's at least thankful that they'll die together.

* EveryoneHasStandards: As amoral and downright lacking in any degree of care for others that Haruhi initially had prior to her proper HeelFaceTurn, when the island vacation they had with Itsuki's uncle turned into a [[spoiler: seemingly]] genuine murder case, Haruhi immediately dropped any and all of her antics and is just as horrified as everyone else. [[spoiler: This is only further amplified when she ends up stuck with Kyon in a cave during the storm, and while thinking through the 'evidence', she comes to the horrific realization that Kyon, Itsuki, and the butler had likely accidentally killed their host by mistake, and chooses to keep quiet to spare them the horror.]]

* InformedAttractiveness: Is said to be beautiful on cosmic levels, but because of the art style, she doesn't immediately seem any more or less attractive than any other female character.

* TheSociopath: At the start of the series, her behavior fits almost every diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder; she [[ItsAllAboutMe steamrolls over everyone in her way]] for the sake of her goals, has an extreme LackOfEmpathy to the point of openly declaring Mikuru her toy in ''Sigh'', has a pathological need for stimulation, constantly going above and beyond to find excitement and make her life less boring, and at one point, is utterly bewildered and disturbed when a band she helped out sincerely thanks her for her help. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better as the series progresses]].
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In “The Disappearance Of Nagato Yuki Chan” Haruhi bemoans having to constantly explain that Koizumi isn't her boyfriend, too. She doesn't view him as anything more than a friend, even though Koizumi wishes things were different.
* {{Shorttank}}: She is the closest the series comes to having this archetype; evidence of this includes a passion for sports, which is most explicit in "Boredom", and her wardrobe including cuffed jean shorts, as seen in "Remote Island Syndrome", "Endless Eight", and "Sigh".

* RealityWarper: A unique take on this trope. Haruhi is an omnipotent being capable of bending reality, though she is not at all aware of this. The short list of people who are aware of this fact are her completely average and reluctant best friend Kyon, and a trio of supernatural creations of hers (and their respective employers). The four of them are forced to engage in random activities to keep her from getting too bored and causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt by subconsciously wishing it were different. And telling her about her powers is not an option because who knows what she would do if she had conscious control.

* TheEeyore: Haruhi's inner workings appear to be quite this at or before the beginning and episode 6 particularly. Being fed up with the boring world, just wishing for something interesting to happen when it just doesn't seem to happen, despite her efforts. In the end (or rather in the middle), she's so frustrated she subconsciously begins to destroy the universe and create a new one. Of course, most of the time she's a genuine Genki Girl.

* ButNotTooBi: She makes it very clear right from the start that she doesn't care about the gender of the one she is with, as long as they're not an ordinary human being. However, aside from her touchy-feely behavior towards Mikuru (which isn't treated seriously, since it's largely PlayedForLaughs and {{Fanservice}}), she doesn't really show any romantic interest in other girls, and it seems as though only boys have confessed to her.

* SupremeChef: Oddly enough, Haruhi in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' turns out to be this as part of her [[TeamMom Team Mom]] persona later in the books. She says she learned because her mom is a LethalChef. When she cooks for a sick brigade member Kyon thinks ''it might actually work''.

** Haruhi Suzumiya is credited as the ''director'' of the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime. And not just director, but '''[[LargeHamTitle Ultra]]''' Director, as in her ShowWithinAShow.

* ComfortingComforter: In the episode "Someday in the Rain" Kyon wakes up in the clubroom with two cardigans over him. Haruhi demands hers back, but the owner of the second is up to the shippers. Haruhi doesn't show her sweet and gentle side often, but when she does, she can be kind and nice, even if she'd never openly admit to it.