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* RatedMForManly - Hayate and Hinagiku. For Hayate, he ''[[TrainingFromHell TRAINED HIMSELF THROUGH HELL]]'' when he was young and is also firearms expert for such a young age. For Hinagiku, she's manlier than any guy at Hakuo Academy, is a sword expert, and is possibly the manliest character in the series. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer That's why she's so popular]].
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* RatedMForManly - Hayate and Hinagiku. For Hayate, he ''[[TrainingFromHell TRAINED HIMSELF THROUGH HELL]]'' when he was young and is also firearms expert for such a young age. For Hinagiku, she's manlier than any guy at Hakuo Academy, is a sword expert, and is possibly the manliest character in the series. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer That's why she's so popular]].
* RedOniBlueOni - Hayate (red oni) to Hinagiku (blue oni)
* RedOniBlueOni - Hayate (red oni) to Hinagiku (blue oni)
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*** It turns out that Hina being sick and suddenly relying on him like this causes Hayate to recall [[spoiler: Ruka's recent confession which makes him nervous. Hina then asks why he can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for her, she tells him that she wishes he'd occasionally treat her like his lady and asks him to hold her while while he falls asleep. Hayate does so as he convinces himself that nothing would happen even if he holds her hand like this. He then calls her Oujo-sama just as the MomentKiller opens the door]].
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*** It turns out that Hina being sick and suddenly relying on him like this causes Hayate to recall [[spoiler: Ruka's recent confession which makes him nervous. confession]]. He notes that would make it seem like there was something with Hinagiku too, then tells himself that it could never happen once again. He's then surprised when Hina then asks [[spoiler: wonders why he can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate him that he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for her, she Nagi, which he surprisingly considers. She then tells him that she wishes he'd occasionally treat her like his lady and asks him to hold her while while he hand as she falls asleep. Hayate does so as he convinces himself that nothing would happen even if he holds her hand like this. He then calls her Oujo-sama just as the MomentKiller opens the door]].
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** Chapter 353 then has Hayate catching the cold as well, as Alice warned him about, and unfortunately for him it's also the day of the Hakuou final exams (that being the "punchline" to the previous chapter. He was just going to take soem medicine but couldn't as he didn't want Nagi to think that she gave him her cold and feel bad. Then he thought he could just focus on merely passing but couldn't as Hinagiku was expecting great scores from him due to all the studying they had done together. After that it was just a set of disasters that made Hayate's cold worse and killed any time he had to prepare. Fortunately Maria figured out he was sick and let him rest when he finally got back.
** In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she's alone since everyone is out. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from the fever, and she recalls a time when she was small where something similar happened. This time, however, when she asks for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to her. At first it's heartwarming ShipTease, and then of course HilarityEnsues. It continues next chapter with Hayate taking care of her as nobody else will be back. Cue a massive blush and [[GoodAngelBadAngel little angel and devil Hina's]] popping up to give her advice; the angel saying to just sleep while the devil says to get Hayate to spoil her, like peeling an apple for her. Hina rolls over in bed...then calls out to Hayate for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out that Hina being sick and suddenly relying on him like this causes Hayate to recall [[spoiler: Ruka's recent confession which makes him nervous. Hina then asks why he can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for her, she tells him that she wishes he'd occasionally treat her like his lady and asks him to hold her while while he falls asleep. Hayate does so as he convinces himself that nothing would happen even if he holds her hand like this. He then calls her Oujo-sama just as the MomentKiller opens the door]].
** In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she's alone since everyone is out. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from the fever, and she recalls a time when she was small where something similar happened. This time, however, when she asks for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to her. At first it's heartwarming ShipTease, and then of course HilarityEnsues. It continues next chapter with Hayate taking care of her as nobody else will be back. Cue a massive blush and [[GoodAngelBadAngel little angel and devil Hina's]] popping up to give her advice; the angel saying to just sleep while the devil says to get Hayate to spoil her, like peeling an apple for her. Hina rolls over in bed...then calls out to Hayate for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out that Hina being sick and suddenly relying on him like this causes Hayate to recall [[spoiler: Ruka's recent confession which makes him nervous. Hina then asks why he can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for her, she tells him that she wishes he'd occasionally treat her like his lady and asks him to hold her while while he falls asleep. Hayate does so as he convinces himself that nothing would happen even if he holds her hand like this. He then calls her Oujo-sama just as the MomentKiller opens the door]].
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** Chapter 353 then has Hayate catching the cold as well, as Alice warned him about, and unfortunately for him it's also the day of the Hakuou final exams (that being the "punchline" to the previous chapter. chapter). He was just going to can't take soem medicine but couldn't as he didn't want since Nagi to think that she gave would have felt bad about giving him her cold and feel bad. Then cold. And he thought he could can't just focus on merely passing but couldn't as coast since Hinagiku was is expecting great scores from him due to all the their studying they had done together. After that it was just a The rest is an escalating set of disasters that made Hayate's makes his cold worse and killed kills any time he had to prepare. Fortunately Thankfully Maria figured out he was sick and let him rest when he finally got back.
**In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she's very badly sick while all alone since everyone is out. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from in Chapter 388, causing her to remember the fever, and she recalls a time same thing happening when she was small where something similar happened. little. This time, however, when she asks calls for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to care for her. At first it's played for heartwarming ShipTease, and ShipTease then of course then HilarityEnsues. It actually continues next chapter into Chapter 389, where Hina realizes she's going to be all alone with Hayate taking care of her as nobody else will be back.for the night. Cue a massive blush and [[GoodAngelBadAngel little angel and devil Hina's]] popping up to give her advice; the angel saying to just sleep while the devil says to get Hayate to spoil her, like peeling an apple for her. Hina She rolls over in bed...to go to sleep...and then calls out to asks Hayate for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. rabbits.
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** In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she winds up alone since the others were all out and nobody knows she's there since she was supposed to be at Kendo Training Camp. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from the fever, and she recalls a time when she was small where something similar happened. This time, however, when she asks for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to her. At first it's played for max ShipTease. Then Hina remembers that she was so sick and tired that she was unable to put on her pajama bottoms before getting into bed. HilarityEnsues.
*** It continues in chapter 389, with Hayate taking care of her since nobody else will be coming back that night. Cue a massive blush and [[ShoulderAngelShoulderDevil a little angel!Hina and devil!Hina]] pop up to give her advice. The angel thinks she should just go to sleep to get well, while the devil thinks she should get Hayate to spoil her a bit. Hina rolled over to go to sleep...and the called out to Hayate to ask for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out [[spoiler: Hina's situation made Hayate nervous as he was reminded of Ruka (a similar hard-working person) confessing to him. He convinces himself nothing like that could happen with Hina, but later she asks why Hayate can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate that he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for Hina, she wishes that he'd treat her like his lady occasionally too and asks him to hold her hand until she falls asleep. Hayate does so, while telling himself that even if he holds Hinagiku's hand like this nothing will happen. Then he calls her 'Oujo-sama/Milady' just as Alice gets back]].
*** It continues in chapter 389, with Hayate taking care of her since nobody else will be coming back that night. Cue a massive blush and [[ShoulderAngelShoulderDevil a little angel!Hina and devil!Hina]] pop up to give her advice. The angel thinks she should just go to sleep to get well, while the devil thinks she should get Hayate to spoil her a bit. Hina rolled over to go to sleep...and the called out to Hayate to ask for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out [[spoiler: Hina's situation made Hayate nervous as he was reminded of Ruka (a similar hard-working person) confessing to him. He convinces himself nothing like that could happen with Hina, but later she asks why Hayate can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate that he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for Hina, she wishes that he'd treat her like his lady occasionally too and asks him to hold her hand until she falls asleep. Hayate does so, while telling himself that even if he holds Hinagiku's hand like this nothing will happen. Then he calls her 'Oujo-sama/Milady' just as Alice gets back]].
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** In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she winds up she's alone since the others were all out and nobody knows she's there since she was supposed to be at Kendo Training Camp.everyone is out. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from the fever, and she recalls a time when she was small where something similar happened. This time, however, when she asks for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to her. At first it's played for max ShipTease. Then Hina remembers that she was so sick heartwarming ShipTease, and tired that she was unable to put on her pajama bottoms before getting into bed. HilarityEnsues.
***then of course HilarityEnsues. It continues in next chapter 389, with Hayate taking care of her since as nobody else will be coming back that night. back. Cue a massive blush and [[ShoulderAngelShoulderDevil a [[GoodAngelBadAngel little angel!Hina angel and devil!Hina]] pop devil Hina's]] popping up to give her advice. The advice; the angel thinks she should saying to just go to sleep to get well, while the devil thinks she should says to get Hayate to spoil her a bit. her, like peeling an apple for her. Hina rolled rolls over to go to sleep...and the called in bed...then calls out to Hayate to ask for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out that Hina being sick and suddenly relying on him like this causes Hayate to recall [[spoiler: Hina's situation made Hayate nervous as he was reminded of Ruka (a similar hard-working person) confessing to him. He convinces himself nothing like that could happen with Hina, but later she Ruka's recent confession which makes him nervous. Hina then asks why Hayate he can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate that he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for Hina, her, she tells him that she wishes that he'd occasionally treat her like his lady occasionally too and asks him to hold her hand until she while while he falls asleep. Hayate does so, while telling so as he convinces himself that nothing would happen even if he holds Hinagiku's her hand like this nothing will happen. Then he this. He then calls her 'Oujo-sama/Milady' Oujo-sama just as Alice gets back]].the MomentKiller opens the door]].
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*** It continues in chapter 389, with Hayate taking care of her since nobody else will be coming back that night. Cue a massive blush and [[ShoulderAngelShoulderDevil a little angel!Hina and devil!Hina]] pop up to give her advice. The angel thinks she should just go to sleep to get well, while the devil thinks she should get Hayate to spoil her a bit. Hina rolled over to go to sleep...and the called out to Hayate to ask for a peeled apple cut like rabbits. It turns out [[spoiler: Hina's situation made Hayate nervous as he was reminded of Ruka (a similar hard-working person) confessing to him. He convinces himself nothing like that could happen with Hina, but later she asks why Hayate can't always be that nice to her and tells Hayate that he's always focused on Nagi. In a bold move for Hina, she wishes that he'd treat her like his lady occasionally too and asks him to hold her hand until she falls asleep. Hayate does so, while telling himself that even if he holds Hinagiku's hand like this nothing will happen. Then he calls her 'Oujo-sama/Milady' just as Alice gets back]].
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* {{Shallow Love Interest}} - Koutarou Azumamiya used to be this for Hinagiku originally, and the anime even added a few episodes of this to him, but since the second year started, he's actually gotten some character of his own.
** Although he now seems more concerned with ''Hayate'' instead after that development. Nagi certainly took notice of the way he was holding Hayate's sleeve on the Mt. Takao trip and Nishizawa immediately edged closer to Hayate while giving him a look as soon as she met the guy and he said barely two words to Hayate. Perhaps they notice something Hayate doesn't...
** Although he now seems more concerned with ''Hayate'' instead after that development. Nagi certainly took notice of the way he was holding Hayate's sleeve on the Mt. Takao trip and Nishizawa immediately edged closer to Hayate while giving him a look as soon as she met the guy and he said barely two words to Hayate. Perhaps they notice something Hayate doesn't...
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* {{Shallow Love Interest}} SatelliteLoveInterest - Koutarou Azumamiya used to be this for Hinagiku originally, and the anime even added a few episodes of this to him, but since the second year started, he's actually gotten some character of his own.
** Although he now seems more concernedown as the story develops him slightly in regards to his relationship with ''Hayate'' instead after that development. Nagi certainly took notice of the way he was holding Hayate's sleeve on the Mt. Takao trip and Nishizawa immediately edged closer his butler, who is going to Hayate while giving him a look as soon as she met the guy and he said barely two words to Hayate. Perhaps they notice something Hayate doesn't...university overseas.
** Although he now seems more concerned
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Halfway through ''Can't Take My Eyes Off You!'' is when the anime's arc kicks into high gear, and gets more serious. It's also the point at which the humorous intros, outros, and commercial bumpers disappear.
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* TogetherUmbrella - When Hayate is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion, and is left sitting in the falling snow, Hinagiku shields him with hers while they talk and invites him to warm up at her place.
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** In Chapter 388 Hinagiku gets another one. This time she winds up alone since the others were all out and nobody knows she's there since she was supposed to be at Kendo Training Camp. It's bad enough that she can barely move or speak from the fever, and she recalls a time when she was small where something similar happened. This time, however, when she asks for help Hayate instantly shows up to tend to her. At first it's played for max ShipTease. Then Hina remembers that she was so sick and tired that she was unable to put on her pajama bottoms before getting into bed. HilarityEnsues.
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* WhamEpisode - Chapter 300. Not only did it see the return of [[spoiler: Athena, who either appeared in a dream or broke into Hayate's bedroom]]. It also had Aika returning from Greece at last to set up a few possible plot points. Then things get weird when [[spoiler: Hayate and Hinagiku are talking and a little girl who looks like Athena from the End of the World Arc appears out of nowhere and bumps into Hina]]. Then just to ''really'' make us all wonder what the hell was going on, [[spoiler: loli!Athena calls Hinagiku "mama"]].
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** Chapter 300. Not only did it see the return of [[spoiler: Athena, who either appeared in a dream or broke into Hayate's bedroom]]. It also had Aika returning from Greece at last to set up a few possible plot points. Then things get weird when [[spoiler: Hayate and Hinagiku are talking and a little girl who looks like Athena from the End of the World Arc appears out of nowhere and bumps into Hina]]. Then just to ''really'' make us all wonder what the hell was going on, [[spoiler: loli!Athena calls Hinagiku "mama"]].
** Chapter 300. Not only did it see the return of [[spoiler: Athena, who either appeared in a dream or broke into Hayate's bedroom]]. It also had Aika returning from Greece at last to set up a few possible plot points. Then things get weird when [[spoiler: Hayate and Hinagiku are talking and a little girl who looks like Athena from the End of the World Arc appears out of nowhere and bumps into Hina]]. Then just to ''really'' make us all wonder what the hell was going on, [[spoiler: loli!Athena calls Hinagiku "mama"]].
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* SheCleansUpNicely - During the Greece Arc, Hayate winds up trying to pay back Hinagiku to show his appreciation for all her help. To do so he takes her out to a ''very'' fancy restaurant and tries very hard to put aside his troubling plot-related thoughts to ensure that she has a wonderful evening. He needn't have bothered as Hinagiku showed up a moment later wearing an elegant dress and looking literally stunning. As in Hayate's thoughts just stopped and he wound up [[EatingTheEyeCandy staring at her]] [[DistractedByTheSexy for a few minutes]] until she brought him back to reality.
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** Chapter 382 is also a huge wham episode, specifically the moment Luca [[spoiler: kisses Hayate]].
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome - Chapter 282, where Ayumu is trying to trick Hayate into asking her when her birthday is (it's that day), while Hayate is trying to avoid the subject like the plague (they have a surprise party planned for later), is played exactly like a fight scene, complete with side characters commenting on the tactical choices.
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* RelaxOVision - Hilariously inverted in Chapter 221 where Hayate beats up Gilbert yet again for bothering them while they were on vacation in Greece. Instead of soothing images, it shows some pretty brutal shots of faceless characters punching each other (with over-the-top blood spurts). And the caption, "as this portion portrays extreme cruelty, please enjoy these images".
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* SingleTargetSexuality: After finding out that that pretty girl he fell in love with was just [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Hayate in drag]], Kotetsu has pretty much become Hayate-sexual.
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*** Hayate brings his Tsundere side out again in Chapter 371: He and Chiharu are shopping and she notices that he seems to be 'the popular type' (he memorizes the girls' likes and dislikes, casually carries the heavier bag, is popular with the older ladies in the market, and matches his pace to the girl he is walking with). He instantly blushes and gives a stuttering denial, then laments that he isn't popular at all as Hinagiku is always getting mad at him. Chiharu tells him that she (Hina) is probably happy having someone always being so casually kind to her to make her feel special...the follow up chapter has him get flustered yet again and mention how he doesn't believe it is possible (talk about denial...)
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* YourFavorite - Seems to be a special ability of Hayate's. If he makes food for someone he will almost certainly tailor it to the person he is making it for, and he repeatedly shows knowledge of the girls' likes and dislikes.
** In Chapter 371 he is shopping with Chiharu and casually references that Ruka doesn't like carrots, asparagus, or bell peppers. He then decides to get some peaches since he knows Chiharu likes them. She's excited at first and then realizes she never told him that; he responds that he knows because she always looks so happy when she's eating them. He was also earlier shown to make a special batch of honey-lemon tea for Hinagiku every morning for when she got back from her jog, and was seen to actually ask her what kinds of food she likes and dislikes (she doesn't like pickled plums and sour stuff and likes curry and hamburgers). There is a reason a lot of characters picture him like a housewife.
** In Chapter 371 he is shopping with Chiharu and casually references that Ruka doesn't like carrots, asparagus, or bell peppers. He then decides to get some peaches since he knows Chiharu likes them. She's excited at first and then realizes she never told him that; he responds that he knows because she always looks so happy when she's eating them. He was also earlier shown to make a special batch of honey-lemon tea for Hinagiku every morning for when she got back from her jog, and was seen to actually ask her what kinds of food she likes and dislikes (she doesn't like pickled plums and sour stuff and likes curry and hamburgers). There is a reason a lot of characters picture him like a housewife.
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* TrashOfTheTitans - Chapter 374 shows that this is what Yukiji turned the night duty office into. [[spoiler: Substitute/Acting]] Chairperson Kirika finally decides to start charging her rent over it. Hayate and Hinagiku wind up 'helping' her clean it [[spoiler: to keep her from trying to barge into the Violent Apartments]].
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a shout out to deathnote. What;s the shoutout? Is the chip or the notebook or the monolgue what? I\'ll just put it under plan.
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* {{Shotacon}} - The "nun" Sonia who has developed a crush on 13-year-old Wataru. Her profile even outright states that she likes "cute little boys". Saki is also shown to have a lot of affection for Wataru, certainly more than an employee is expected to harbour towards her employer.
** The Chairman of Hakuo Academy is both a {{Shotacon}} '''AND''' a {{Lolicon}}, at least in the anime.
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** Do note, however, that calling them "very nice people" was a form of censor on the anime due to its time slot. The manga outright calls them Yakuza and makes all of their actions perfectly clear. {{YMMV}} on whether or not the anime's RunningGag made it funnier.
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** Do note, however, that calling them "very nice people" was a form of censor on the anime due to its time slot. The manga outright calls them Yakuza and makes all of their actions perfectly clear. {{YMMV}} on whether or not the anime's RunningGag made it funnier.
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** Hinagiku even once did it to Hayate when they were in the haunted old building at school late at night[[spoiler: but she was just kidding and was messing with him due to her intense dislike of losing (triggered by getting scared earlier and getting saved by Hayate)]]. Hayate even makes a CallBack to this around 200 chapters later, [[spoiler: though he claimed he was also kidding, it's a cover for it actually being a SecurityCling but instead because ''he'' was scared and wanted to protect ''her'' from Tama]]. [[{{Tsundere}} She didn't quite take it]] [[{{Understatement}} as well as Hayate did...]].
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** Hinagiku even once did it to Hayate when they were in the haunted old building at school late at night[[spoiler: but she was just kidding and was messing with him due to her intense dislike of losing (triggered by getting scared earlier and getting saved by Hayate)]]. Hayate even makes a CallBack to this around 200 chapters later, [[spoiler: though he claimed he was also kidding, it's a cover for it actually being a SecurityCling but instead because ''he'' was scared and wanted to protect ''her'' from Tama]]. [[{{Tsundere}} She didn't quite take it]] [[{{Understatement}} as well as Hayate did...]].Her reaction was that of a typical {{Tsundere}}.
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** [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/311/7 And now Luca]]. "I thought that you had no relatives left ... when both of your parents ran away after dropping the debt on you...."
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** [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/311/7 And now Luca]]. "I thought that you had no relatives left ... when both of your parents ran away after dropping the debt on you...."" By this point, you could pretty much call this work "ParentalAbandonment: The Manga".
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* PantyShot - Mentioned more often than explicitly shown, but still there - One of Hayate's duties becomes to prevent this with Nagi (who wears short skirts quite often) and when he isn't there, [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/192/page/6 it]] [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/192/page/7 shows.]]
** Nagi isn't the only one who wears [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/169/page/13 short]] [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/192/page/11 skirts.]]
** And played explicitly for {{Fanservice}} [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/160/page/9 with]] [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/304/page/8 Maria.]]
* PaperFanOfDoom - Sakuya's signature weapon.
* PaperThinDisguise - Hayate briefly dresses up like [[MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] and sneaks around a school in a large cardboard box...
** Plus, Himegami's idea of a weird eye mask that does nothing to hide his unique hair and his "pseudonym" of 'Princess God' isn't fooling anyone.
** And Nagi showing up to rescue Hayate wearing a silly domino mask and calling herself "Mask the Money".
** Also, Klaus makes a cameo in the [[TournamentArc Butler Battle Tournament]] with Tama, both wearing nothing different from their usual clothes, except they're both wearing a Power Rangers/Super Sentai mask. Also subverted in this one, because except for Maria, nobody knows it's him.
** Maria and Saki show up as the 'Max Hearts'. All that the costume is is eyewear. They both realize (and comment) on how paper thin the disguise is. Nagi ''didn't'' see through it, and wanted to get their autographs.
** Alternately, Chiharu's 'disguise' as Sakuya's maid 'Haru' seems solid enough that they don't recognize her in the least.
* ParentalAbandonment - Hayate Ayasaki, whose parents sold him to the [[strike:yakuza]] very nice people to pay off their 156,804,000 yen debt and ran away
** Nagi Sanzen'in, whose parents are dead
*** Her father is never seen and supposedly died before Nagi could remember him. She has a few memories of her mother though.
*** Her grandfather is said to have given her some raising, but she is estranged from him from the start [[spoiler:and then she gets cut off from the inheritance.]] Mother figure is Maria.
** Maria, who is a DoorstopBaby
** Hinagiku happily lives with her (and her sister's) adoptive parents, though only their foster mother has been seen.
** Sakuya's family also appeared during her birthday party. Both her father and her little siblings are comedy-obsessed-crazies just like her. Hell, her father's even ''worse''.
*** Presumably her mother was with the other two children during this event. She lives, and presumably was raised by her two butlers.
** Wataru Tachibana has living parents, but runs the family business and lives alone with his maid.
*** His mother is shown to have been living in Las Vegas and his father in some other eastern country.
** Athena, whose parents are dead, mentioning this is Athena's {{berserk button}}.
** Isumi's female family (up to her great grandmother) has been shown, but no mention of her father, grandfather or great grandfather has been made.
*** Isumi only has one grandfather, one great grandfather, one grandmother and one great grandmother? Eww.
**** Isumi apparently has no paternal family tree period
** Izumi lives with her father (and it is implied that her mother is simply not shown.)
** Riza lives with her grandfather, though her father may have been seen, it isn't mentioned.
** Miki is implied to live with her parents, but they have not been seen.
** Both of Chiharu's parents are shown to be around, but are neglectful to the point of eventually burning down their own house in a money-making scheme.
** Both of Ayumu Nishizawa's parents are shown, and are decent folk.
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/311/7 And now Luca]]. "I thought that you had no relatives left ... when both of your parents ran away after dropping the debt on you...."
* ParentalSubstitute - [[spoiler: Hinagiku to Loli!Athena. Holy. Shit. Basically there's a little girl who may or may not be an aged-down Athena who appeared on the campus out of nowhere and bumped into Hinagiku. When the others asked where her mother was she pointed to Hina and said "Mama". Cue absolutely everyone in the panel being completely stunned. Knowing Hata...and the advice Hayate got earlier in the chapter...there is a very good chance that Hayate will be playing fake!dad, which will result in mind-blowingly-large ShipTease with him and Hinagiku]].
** [[spoiler:Confirmed, Hayate is announced to be her father. Hinagiku was chosen as the 'mother' because of the sword she carries.]]
** Although Nagi wishes he were more of a boyfriend, Hayate seems to be playing this role for her. Maria is her mother figure, though the role originally seemed to be that of big sister.
*** Hinagiku and Yukiji found the Katsura's to be both willing {{Parental Substitute}} and get to play the {{Happily Adopted}} card when their parents dropped a large debt on them and disappeared.
*** In the character profiles, Sakuya is said to have been raised by her two butlers and her nurse, instead of her parents, while also serving as the parents to her siblings.
* ParodySue - Hayate, Hinagiku, [[spoiler: and Maria.]]
* PerpetualPoverty – Hayate. 150,000,000+ yen debt aside, if he is ever given any money he will certainly lose it. [[TheJinx Even people around him]] seem to spontaneously lose money just by being in his proximity. Later chapters of the manga even give him the title [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin “God of Poverty”]]. He [[GenreSavvy notices this trend]], and is quite dismayed.
** Hayate becomes explicitly flat broke at least five times in the manga.
*** The first is when he has to spend a few days out of the mansion and manages to lose 1,000,000 yen in a few hours mostly helping people in trouble; he ends up broke, without a coat, and depressed in the snow when [[spoiler: Hinagiku finds him and invites him over]].
*** The second is when he buys Hinagiku a birthday present, partially to repay all the help she has given him, and also buys Nagi a hair-clip in a rare bout of forethought knowing that she would be jealous as well as a stuffed animal for Maira as thanks for her help as well.
*** The third time is when he tries to get Ayumu a White Day gift and [[spoiler: accidentally gives it to Maria when he tries to practice what he's going to say]]; Hinagiku and later Maria helped bail him out.
*** The fourth time is when he winds up taking Hinagiku out on what both would - eventually - find out is a date and when the movie tickets he was given fall through he [[spoiler: steps up and gets tickets to what is very obviously Disney Land Tokyo]].
*** The fifth time is in Greece when Hinagiku saves him by curb-stomping Gilbert in (what is [[GretzkyHasTheBall more-or-less]]) beach volleyball and he takes her to a very fancy restaurant as a way to pay her back...thankfully Maria knew the place and made sure they would only charge him the money that he actually had.
* PerverseSexualLust - Parodied. Hayate yells, "I only like 2-D girls!" to get Nishizawa to leave him alone.
* PervertDad - Izumi's dad likes making his daughter do cosplay as a form of punishment and jumps at any other reason to see her in a costume. A flashback also revealed that he was just a little too pleased when his kindergarten-age daughter innocently stated that she [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother wanted to marry him]].
* PleaseDontLeaveMe - Although the romanticism is questionable, Nagi uses this in typical {{tsundere}} method by implying that Maria and Hayate will eventually leave her (presumably for romantic relationships), and after convincing attempts are made by Hayate, she 'allows' him to continue working as her butler.
* [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Gets You A Job]] - Whenever Hayate says anything, at least one person is sure to misunderstand it.
* ThePowerOfLove - ChurchMilitant Sonia requests a kiss from Wataru if she rescues Saki, who had just been kidnapped. Wataru pays in advance. Next page, Hayate (on bike) catches up to the flaming wreck of the kidnappers' car: a giant cross driven through the hood, the men tied up nearby, and Saki unhurt but confused.
* {{Promise}} - Hayate has promised to always protect Nagi, and to always love Athena.
** Hayate also made a promise to Hinagiku to give her a present on her birthday. It doesn't seem like much but it meant a lot to Hinagiku, [[spoiler: enough so that her emotions began to build up and confuse her as she started dreaming about Hayate and not knowing why. When he forgets this promise and she winds up spending several hours waiting for him it triggers her deep-seated fears of abandonment (amplified by Wooden Masamune) and she mentions this promise and her confusing feelings as she chews him out before she can regain control of her emotions. Fortunately for them both, things turned out all right in the end]].
* {{Prince Charming Wannabe}} - Played for comedy, Kyonosuke Kaoru is this for Yukiji Katsura. She actually seems to have a fondness for him, but he seems to think he needs to sweep her off her feet, which causes her to reject his advances.
* PuppyDogEyes - Nagi (or really, any girl) going all sniffly and teary-eyed will cause Hayate to not just steel his resolve and do whatever's necessary to make them happy, but will ''adamantium'' his resolve. [[spoiler:We learn why during "The End of the World" - he took Athena's advice to heart.]]
** And even though he probably doesn't realize it, Hayate himself is quite good at this. [[AttractiveBentGender Especially when cross dressing]] as a [[MoeMoe super moe]] CatGirl. Or maybe that would be [[IncrediblyLamePun Kitty Cat Eyes]]?
* PunchClockVillain: The [[{{Yakuza}} very nice people]]. The spend the first few chapters chasing after Hayate to settle his debt. However once Nagi pays it off, they later approach Hayate and chat amiably with him, apologize for the whole ordeal, and even offer to buy him lunch.
* TheQuietOne - The infinitely huggable Isumi.
* RedEyesTakeWarning - Athena, oh so much.
** Not really, since her eyes are always red.
* ReferenceOverdosed
* RefugeInAudacity - Hayate's parents, who have relied on his hard work for their booze and gambling money his entire life, and never displayed a single bit of love and affection for him, show up to ruin his latest job for him so they can steal his latest paycheck and go gambling with it, and run up such a horrible debt doing so that they ''cheerfully'' '''sell him and his organs to the Yakuza'''? Played for ''laughs''? (And that's all just in the first chapter!)
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent - We can't quite be sure how the series feels about this trope. [[spoiler: Machina's]] alternate form (we think) is a giant snake, and his first acts include nearly [[spoiler: killing the main character]] and acting like an all around bad guy. But as of ch 255-ish, he's being more than friendly with the heroes, even jokingly (we think) asking Maria to marry him for her (and Sakuya's) hamburger-making skills.
* RescueRomance - Hayate should be the God of this. He helps people out all the time, even when it's not his job, and Chapter 273 showed us that if Hayate helps a girl with a problem in some way (up to and including saving their life) there is an incredibly high chance of that girl developing feelings for him...one ''guy'' seems to have fallen for him this way even!
** While Nagi and Hayate's relationship has shades of this, it might not exactly count since she fell in love ''before'' he rescued her when she thought he was asking her out (because Hayate is the worst criminal ever). This applies better to how Hayate met Hinagiku as he...at least tried to help her down from the tree, but was practically invoked afterward when he told Hinagiku that he would come save her if she ever called for him...and delivered on that when they were both in the haunted building at school.
** Unbelievably, Yukiji of all people actually gets in on this too. Apparently she was totally wasted (as usual) one night and stumbled across Ashibashi-sensei who was getting harassed/mugged. After defeating the thugs with ease, it seems that Ashibashi might have fallen for her...especially after stopping by Hakuou the next day and successfully picking her up in his awesome sports car. Currently Yukiji is oblivious to this new possible romance (as is standard for this series) and Kaoru-sensei is left speechless that a love rival has shown up.
* {{Retcon}} - The first episode of the second season establishes that only a month has passed since Hayate became a butler, placing the entire first season into a vague quantum state of semi-nonexistence. Or something.
** The first season veered off the manga's path sometime after Hayate entered Hakuou. The second picks up the actual storyline from where it left off.
* RieKugimiya - Nagi.
* RieTanaka - Maria.
* {{Right Behind Me}} - Hinagiku gets clobbered by this in the current arc (starting at chapter 300)[[spoiler:, it's not quite the same effect of having Hayate himself hear her confession, but it does give blackmail bait]].
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - This could possibly be an explination for Hinagiku's initial encounter with Athena, especially since she's pushed anything resembling romance aside because of her past.
** Her relationship with Miki may have started as this, but when Miki started to push for it to go further, Hinagiku made it clear she wasn't interested. The two are still close though.
** Less explainable, but not entirely out of the question for her reaction to seeing Luca's performance, since she now has clear affections for male Hayate, but he's completely oblivious to it.
* RPGEpisode - Filler episode where the Student Council trio gets sucked into an old [=RPG=] after the game gets fed up with all the insults being heaped upon it.
** Just look at Hina's stats screen. Further proof that her Sue-ness is OverNineThousand.
** RPG stats are referenced in a manga chapter too, as Hayate assembles a team for a dungeon crawl.
* RuleOfCool
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag - Whenever a character is near-broke, it has become a running gag to leave them with 12 yen. (One 10 Yen coin and Two 1 Yen coins)
** There's also the matter of Hayate girlish face and being forced to crossdress; it's gotten to the point that it actually seems to be plot-relevant that if someone met him while he crossdressed there would be no way they woulds know he was a guy (as proven once by Kotetsu and again later with [[spoiler: Luca]].
** On a more meta-note, it's been noted to much amusement that Hayate never gets to see {{Fanservice}} of Hinagiku despite seeing or being the ''cause'' of it for literally almost every other female in the cast. Hinagiku also never seems to be around when Hayate is providing the fanservice, with the only time she has ever seen him crossdressed was on the boat to Athens where we didn't see them together or her reaction to it.
*** Unfortunately, this one seems to be shot down, with Hinagiku undressing partially in front of Hayate to give him her clothes to keep Luca in the dark about Hayate's true gender.
*** An even more meta, fandom example would be jokes regarding the nigh-impossibility of the chances of Hinagiku ever confessing her feelings to Hayate properly.
** Hayate's bad luck in general has got to be this, especially as everyone is aware of it.
** This one is part {{Bowdlerization}} and part AscendedMeme, but in the anime, the phrase "Very Nice Men" or somesuch adaptation thereof invariably refers to the {{Yakuza}} that Hayate's parents sold him to. This extends to pretty much all fan discussion of both the manga and the anime.
* {{It Runs in the Family}} - Though we've only seen the female half of the Saginomiya family, they're all pretty well {{CloudCuckooLander}}. Isumi is the closest one to sane, and she barely qualifies as such.
** Isumi's grandmother mistakes Isumi's mother -- her own daughter! -- for Hayate when meeting him for the first time. And the mother thinks she actually is! Even wondering where she went when the grandmother changes paths.
** Sakuya's family is just as comedy-obsessed as she is.
* SacredFirstKiss
* {{Samus is a Girl}} - Hinagiku as Silver Red is just asking for this. All of the characters who don't know it's her think Red is a guy.
* SayItWithHearts - Maria, Hayate, and Izumi all do this frequently . Nagi has done it a few times too . If Hinagiku does it, it probably means she's pissed ♡.
* {{School Idol}} - Hinagiku Katsura, it's even called out on, particularly during the Valentines Day and White Day arcs, and a lampshade is hung during her birthday arc.
** Maria and Athena Tennos used to hold this position before they graduated, Athena is even said to have shared the title with Hinagiku.
* ScaryShinyGlasses - Klaus, Chiharu, and Sonia, combined with AudibleGleam. In Chiharu's case, the shininess once burned up a piece of paper she was mad at.
* SchmuckBait - ''[[http://www.mangareader.net/203-13693-4/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-215.html This]]''.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney - Nagi is not even remotely above solving her problems by throwing her ludicrously vast fortune around. Inverted with the Yakuza, who only start to ''obey'' the rules when they get their money. IE, they don't just kill people for fun; it's NothingPersonal.
** During the school marathon, Klaus is set to fight Himuro, instead of pulling out a weapon, he pulls out a briefcase of money, and wins.
*** Himuro actually ''bleeds from the mouth'' as he concedes defeat.
* SecurityCling - Nagi does this several times, mostly to Hayate. Hinagiku is another favorite target for this, sometimes even when Hayate is also present. Most often it's someone hiding behind one of them for protection but the clingy-ness is definitely there.
** Hinagiku even once did it to Hayate when they were in the haunted old building at school late at night[[spoiler: but she was just kidding and was messing with him due to her intense dislike of losing (triggered by getting scared earlier and getting saved by Hayate)]]. Hayate even makes a CallBack to this around 200 chapters later, [[spoiler: though he claimed he was also kidding, it's a cover for it actually being a SecurityCling but instead because ''he'' was scared and wanted to protect ''her'' from Tama]]. [[{{Tsundere}} She didn't quite take it]] [[{{Understatement}} as well as Hayate did...]].
** Hinagiku had a short one even earlier in chapter 45 where she clings to Hayate after he comes out of nowhere to save her from a monster in the haunted school building. Hayate's face [[LuminescentBlush completely lights up]] and he stutters trying to think of what to say. The next chapter has Hina making Hayate swear to never tell anyone (as an after-thought as she was more concerned about people knowing she was scared of the monster due to her pride as Hakuou's StudentCouncilPresident).
** Nagi also does one to Ayumu in Chapter 215 after they wind up alone in a dark cave in Greece. She was actually fine up until Ayumu turned the flashlight off...right after she recalled that Nagi mentioned not being good with dark places.
* SeriousBusiness - Butlers must be ready to defend their masters with their lives, and Hayate's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower superhuman feats]] are apparently the bare minimum for a butler--heck, he doesn't even have a master sword technique that sets stuff on fire!
* {{Shallow Love Interest}} - Koutarou Azumamiya used to be this for Hinagiku originally, and the anime even added a few episodes of this to him, but since the second year started, he's actually gotten some character of his own.
** Although he now seems more concerned with ''Hayate'' instead after that development. Nagi certainly took notice of the way he was holding Hayate's sleeve on the Mt. Takao trip and Nishizawa immediately edged closer to Hayate while giving him a look as soon as she met the guy and he said barely two words to Hayate. Perhaps they notice something Hayate doesn't...
* ShaggyDogStory - The show devotes an entire episode to these, where the cast takes turns telling various stories with no point.
** And that episode is based on a manga chapter.
* ShamuFu - During an ocean cruise the boat they are on starts to sink (it was basically a clone of the ''Titanic'' so it was hardly unexpected) Hayate ends up in the lower levels, injured and in danger of being eaten by a giant shark with poor Isumi trying to save him by waving a pathetically small stick. As soon as Nagi jumps in to help him he recalls there were ''two'' sharks. When Nagi's attacked by the other one, she has about a couple seconds to be afraid before Hayate ''brains it with the first shark effortlessly'' taking them both out in out hit.
* {{She is all Grown Up}} - Actually seems to have been inverted , Hayate [[{{Not Distracted By The Sexy}} doesn't seem to have noticed]] A-tan's growth when he meets her after ten years of separation, until he's directed to look via an extremely obviously loaded question...and even then it seems to take him a moment. This is particularly funny as they met when they were children and she's now one of the most developed girls in the cast. Interestingly, he actually seems to prefer the memory of the younger Athena too.
* {{Shinigami}} - Several characters have stated that Hayate must be being followed by one on a regular basis, this is probably never actually going to come up again...maybe. It's been joked on forums for a while now that it's probably a girl and that he's taking 'flirting with death' rather more literally than most and that with all the comments about him dying young and being fated to a horrible death she may just be the "winner" of the UnwantedHarem in the end.
* ShipperOnDeck - Many on several different levels, particularly confusing as some of the supporters also have crushes on one (or both even) members of the couple their trying to pair up - this creates an extremely weird M.C. Escher-esque...thing...of interlocking love triangles, squares, and other shapes.
** A more straightfoward case would be Mrs. Katsura. She very clearly supports Hayate/Hinagiku and even told Hina already that she would gladly accept him as a son-in-law, as well as leading to one of the major Hayate/Hinagiku moments by telling Hayate when Hina's birthday was and that he should get her a nice present. Sadly even this example becomes complicated by the fact that Mrs. Katsura is just a little ''too'' fond of Hayate.
* ShipSinking - Chapter 265 apparently sinks [[spoiler:Athena X Hayate]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But in the best way possible!]] [[hottip:* :Of course, given the fact that the mangaka is a TeasingCreator and certain spoiler material, who knows where this might go.]]
** And then comes chapter 266 with [[spoiler:Athena deciding to go back to Japan after all]]. TeasingCreator indeed.
** It also appears that the [[spoiler: Wataru/Isumi ship]] has been sunk as well with [[spoiler: him]] seeming to get over [[spoiler: her]] in a similar manner to the above example.
* ShipTease - Ooooh yeah.
** Oh yeah indeed. :)
** Hayate with ''everyone''. (Well, at least half the cast.)
* {{Shorttank}} - Hinagiku Katsura could be considered for this, though she tries to impress the fact that she is feminine while her friends try to convince her she acts more like a guy. She seems to prefer the female school uniform in most cases, wearing a pair of sports shorts underneath (to keep guys from looking up her dress apparently). She's been shown continually to have feminine tastes for cute things and seems extremely embarrassed when the guy she likes notices that she is feminine.
* {{Shotacon}} - The "nun" Sonia who has developed a crush on 13-year-old Wataru. Her profile even outright states that she likes "cute little boys". Saki is also shown to have a lot of affection for Wataru, certainly more than an employee is expected to harbour towards her employer.
** The Chairman of Hakuo Academy is both a {{Shotacon}} '''AND''' a {{Lolicon}}, at least in the anime.
** Also, Hinagiku's mom appears to like Hayate a little too much.
* ShoutOut - Too many, at ''least'' one per episode. [[ShoutOut/HayateTheCombatButler The series even got its own page.]]
* ShyBlueHairedGirl - Hayate fits this trope to a T, except that he's, ya know, not a girl ([[DudeLooksLikeALady despite the way he looks]]).
** Of course, there is the cross-dressing to take into consideration...
** And now we have Luca (Luka?) who also seems to fit this trope in its more traditional sense, [[spoiler: except for her job as an IdolSinger]] especially where her self-made manga is concerned.
* SickEpisode - Chapter 352 has everyone [[spoiler: in the Violet Mansion]] except Hayate getting colds. Hayate tends to them and decides to go out to get medicine for them, given his luck [[spoiler: he is sent flying by Kayura and hit by a speeding truck]]. Despite this he seems okay and returns with the medicine.
** Chapter 353 then has Hayate catching the cold as well, as Alice warned him about, and unfortunately for him it's also the day of the Hakuou final exams (that being the "punchline" to the previous chapter. He was just going to take soem medicine but couldn't as he didn't want Nagi to think that she gave him her cold and feel bad. Then he thought he could just focus on merely passing but couldn't as Hinagiku was expecting great scores from him due to all the studying they had done together. After that it was just a set of disasters that made Hayate's cold worse and killed any time he had to prepare. Fortunately Maria figured out he was sick and let him rest when he finally got back.
* SkinshipGrope - Hinagiku seems to be a common victim of this as EvenTheGirlsWantHer, with Ayumu at the hot springs (played up more in the anime) and with Miki in Greece being the two biggest examples, though the Student Council Trio seem to like doing this to Hinagiku at other times as well. Hell, Miki even uses this by name when she surprises Hinagiku in the bath while claiming that their skinship is far too low. Hayate becomes a victim as well whenever Kotetsu appears unexpectedly, with the public bath trip in 304 being the best example yet.
* TheSlacker - [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], Miki Hanabishi, Izumi Segawa, and Risa Asakaze, actually take this to the level of barely staying within the relevant plot of characters. Izumi is the only one who's actually shown interest in Hayate, Miki has actually disdained his interest (sometimes) and Risa hasn't seemed to decide whether she wants to be interested or not. All three love to hang out with Bottle Fairy Yukiji, actually attempt to keep their grades barely above failing and only seem to show up often enough to cause trouble for the chapter to revolve around.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism - [[ZigZaggingTrope It’s all over the damn place]], [[CerebusRollercoaster sliding from one end to the other at various parts of the story]]. Instead of a sliding scale, it's more of a stew.
* SocietyIsToBlame - Hayate uses this trope when trying to explain his reasoning for attempting to kidnap Nagi. Only the fact that he fails, horribly, and then saves her from real kidnappers, getting her to take him on as her butler saves him, and starts the real story.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist - Worst. Parents. Ever.
** Well, let's not be too quick to say [[RanmaOneHalf worst]]... ...well, then again, fine, worst.
*** [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Worst]] [[BlazBlue in a]] comedy [[NeonGenesisEvangelion series]], [[CodeGeass maybe]].
* SomethingAboutARose - Himuro Saeki
* StableTimeLoop - In the final episode of the first season; in [[{{Foreshadowing}} Athens, Greece.]] Adapted from a bonus chapter in the manga (volume 4).
* SpiderSense - Hayate seems to have something like this that tells him to react even when he's distracted, however it also fails him frequently for the sake of comedy.
** Hinagiku has one as well, specifically she has a super precise spiritual sense that allows her to feel the presence of spirits and such that she can't see. In Chapter 360 she uses it to track Father Lynn when she tries to hunt him down. Hayate is at first amazed by her sense when she can tell he's in the room with them (even nearly taking him out when he first appeared) and can immediate tell when he leaves, but finds her perception frightening when he can pinpoint where he went.
* StalkerWithACrush - While [[spoiler: Athena]] watching Hayate from afar is more like schoolgirl pining, Chapter 304 reveals that [[spoiler: Kotetsu]] has become this when [[spoiler: he follows Hayate into the public bath and directly states this as the reason why he is there]]. Surely one has to at least admire his tenacity if nothing else.
* StormOfBlades - Athena can summon it.
** or is it Midas?
* StudentCouncilPresident - Hinagiku.
** And Maria was a former president.
** And Luca [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/13 was one]] when she was trying to go to High School.
* SubordinateExcuse - Pretty much the real reason that Hayate is employed, at least as far as Nagi believes. In truth, she gushes over him in private while he remains cheerfully unaware of any perceived romance on Nagi's end.
* SummonToHand - Parodied with Hinagiku summoning the Wooden Masamune blade, which is Isumi's family sword. In an omake segment Isumi laments that the sword keeps disappearing, which we see is because Hinagiku spots trouble and calls for the Wooden Masamune to go save the day. It instantly answers her summon because it's fond of her apparently.
** Sadly we aren't sure what's happened to Wooden Masamune now that [[spoiler: Hinagiku has obtained the Shirosakura sword, marking her as an Ally of Justice to boot, and has been summoning it ever since instead. Last we saw, Hayate had used Wooden Masamune to beat King Midas so either he has it now (he ''is'' a highly skilled swordsman after all) or it's gone back to Isumi's place for now]].
* SupernaturalAid - The unlucky stones.
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious - Of course Hayate has delicious supernatural blood. It's part of the His Life Sucks package. In fact, his blood when he's half-dying is one of the most mystically infused substances in the world; and can completely power up [[spoiler:Isumi or her grandmother]]. The latter has no problem with snacking on him, while the former tends to abstain, but once when Nagi was in danger, [[spoiler: she tasted just a little and that gave her enough power to both break a PowerLimiter curse that was on her and use her magic powers to teleport Hayate onto a spaceship in freaking Outer Space.]]
* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids - Up there on Hayate's nemesis list, what do you mean flight and missiles aren't required for a robot butler to clean the house?
-->'''Hayate''': Is he really made for nursing?
-->'''Klaus''': I'm sure it's necessary equipment for women living alone... Like a protection against stalkers!
-->'''Nagi''': Sounds really fishy.
* SuperWindowJump - One of many feats Hayate can do that borders on the supernatural.
* SurpriseSantaEncounter - An imaginary Santa representing Hayate's morals and work ethic.
** Not so imaginary. [[spoiler: Mikado admits it was him.]]
** To say nothing of [[DetectiveConan Santa Conan.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Happens several times, but the end of chapter 288 has Hayate make one for the mangaka by saying that the successful mangaka character is most definitely not an AuthorAvatar.
** Nagi does this ''a lot''
--> ''It's not that I'm jaundiced from staying up all night, even skipping school, to make chocolates and failed''
* SweatDrop - Pretty much mandatory in the manga.
* SweetOnPollyOliver - [[http://anymanga.com/hayate-the-combat-butler/031/004/007/ Luca has started to act this way towards Hayate and doesn't know why!]]
* TeenGenius - We're not talking [[AzumangaDaioh Chiyo's]] level, but Nagi skipped three grades after all. Hayate actually did start to compare her to Chiyo in the manga, but Nagi told him not to go there.
** Nagi and all of her friends, Isumi, Sakuya and Wataru are all at Hayate's grade, while being three years younger than he is. Although Wataru seems to be the most street-smart and least book-smart of all of them.
*** Isumi is literate in four languages. Nagi in eight. Maria in ''thirteen''. They're surprised to discover neither Wataru nor Hayate can read German.
** Maria graduated high school at 13. And was StudentCouncilPresident two years running, '''and''' got the best grades in the school all three years ... what was that about '''Hinagiku''' being absurdly perfect?
*** Hinagiku is implied not to have had the personal tutoring that all of the gradeskippers probably had. And those are the least of her abilities.
** [[spoiler: Athena]] is in this group as well, being Hayate's age and having graduated last year, and is already head chairman.
* TemptingFate - Maria gives Hayate an expensive cashmere jacket and tells him not to damage it. Take a wild guess what happens.
** It's {{lampshaded}} mercilessly, for one. [[RunningGag "We will slay you with these swords that cut cashmere really well!"]].
** Utterly subverted when [[spoiler: Hayate wraps it around a tree branch as a safety line to prevent Isumi and the coat from falling into a "Cashmere coat gets really dirty if dropped in" kind of pond. The coat tears apart and he falls in anyway. But at least Isumi and the coat didn't.]]
** Also, when they're on a cruise, Sakuya assures Nagi that the ship won't sink unless they're raided by terrorists. Guess what happens.
*** It is worth noting that the cruise ship they were on, commissioned especially for that cruise, was named The Titanic, and looked just like its namesake. That ship wasn't just ''tempting'' fate, it was actively begging.
** Thus far the only time that Hinagiku is able to express her feelings for Hayate was [[spoiler: at the end of their first date]] as the train passing by (which she watched approach) was too loud for him to hear her. When he asked her what she said she tells him, "maybe if you cast a magic spell, you'll be able to hear what I said?". The setting has relatively prevalent magic and Hayate has canonically time traveled. It's possible that he may yet hear that confession himself before the series is through.
*** Considering [[spoiler: Athena/"Alice" knows that Hinagiku loves Hayate, and already expressed a desire to just tell him as it would make things easier, she]] may be able to cast that spell after all at some point.
* TethercatPrinciple - Referenced when Hayate wonders if maybe Izumi is still on Mount Takao after having been forgotten there by Yukiji since she hasn't been seen since.[[invoked]]
* ThemeTuneCameo
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight - In Chapter 360, Hinagiku believes she hears one of these [[spoiler: while up late in the Violet Mansion apartment]] and at first tries to wave it off as her being tired. After hearing it again she immediately goes to get Hayate. Luckily it's just Father Lynn messing around, and luckily for ''him'' he's able to convince Hayate not to let Hina try "exorcising" him via sword.
* ThisIsUnforgivable - Although the intentions aren't carried over between meetings, this is often Hayate's manner when Nagi is threatened. Gilbert is frequently the target, and clearly frightened of the consequences of his actions, though not repentant not to try again at a later date.
* {{Those Two Bad Guys}} - The two thugs who actually pull off kidnapping Nagi, until Hayate's interference, in the beginning of the manga show up later and kidnap Saki from Wataru's video store, until Sonia's interference, have this kind of dynamic between them.
** They're also hinted at being the culprits of stealing the money loaned to Wataru by Sakuya, but that was never confirmed.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending – While he has yet to be completely [[GenderBender Gender Bent]], when Hayate is cross-dressed this trope seems to be in effect, with him acting more feminine than usual. Then again, he has a propensity to act girly regardless of whether he is in a dress or not; wearing a dress just seems to emphasize it.
** He has sort of fallen victim to the FirstLawOfGenderBending as well.
* TitleDrop - The FinishingMove that Hayate develops at the end of volume 6 is the "Hayate No Gotoku" (translated in this case as "Whimsical Hurricane").
** The Animax dub had Hayate refer himself as...[[CaptainObvious you guessed it.]]
** Counts as either a CrowningMomentofAwesome or sheer Narm depending on how you look at it.
* [[TournamentArc Tournament Mini-Arc]] - In the anime, Nagi's ElaborateUniversityHigh holds a tournament that takes "Battle Butler" quite literally. Defeat comes from losing your necktie.
* TogetherUmbrella - When Hayate is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion, and is left sitting in the falling snow, Hinagiku shields him with hers while they talk and invites him to warm up at her place.
* TooHotForTV: Season 1 due to it airing in an earlier time slot than most other animes of this type.
* [[{{Airplane of Love}} Train of Love]] - A variation because they are both clearly within reach of each other and believing {{I Cant Believe A Guy Like You Would Notice Me}} of each other, and {{Attractiveness Isolation}} on Hinagiku's side, Hinagiku manages to confess that she likes Hayate, only for him to be unable to hear because the train is rushing by.
* TraumaCongaLine - For Hayate to '''not''' be broken by the hardships of his boyhood life makes him a saint amongst saints.
* TraumaSwing - Young Hinagiku is shown to be alone on a swing in an image after her parents have abandoned her.
** Although he's not on the swing in the scene, Wataru is shown to be standing in front of a swingset when recieving the papers that will allow him to skip grades with his friends from Sakuya.
* TroublemakingNewPet - Shiranui causes plenty of problems when he(?) is first brought to the San'zenin mansion, mostly for Tama who was trying to get the new cat kicked out. Later on he also causes trouble by stealing Izumi's phone when he and Tama are lost in the city and even is seen aiding some ghost cats that were giving Hayate a hard time.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - [[invoked]]Only Nagi's friend Isumi is able to understand what the hell's going on in one of her manga stories.
* {{Tsundere}} - Nagi as a Type A (in keeping with her voice actress and twin pigtails - it's even lampshaded)
** Hinagiku is also a Tsundere of the Type B variety, generally playing a kind and supportive role to the students and her friends but brings out the tsun side whenever the Baka Trio become troublesome or when Hayate gets involved in wacky shenanigans and/or sticks his foot in his mouth.
*** She actually shows a lot of self-restraint and instead of lashing out tends to favor a very intimidating calmness, leading to her being [[SugarAndIcePersonality cheerful and kind most of the time, but snarky and annoyed when cleaning up her friends' messes]]. She often tries to be deliberately more dere only for things to go completely wrong and evoke her tsun side, which frustrates her quite a bit and is a focus in her CharacterDevelopment.
*** She actually realizes this at one point and tries to show everyone (i.e. Hayate) her femininity by trying to suppress her tsun side, managing to terrify Yukiji and the Student Council girls enough that Miki set her up on a date with Hayate as "landmine removal". Didn't really help that her smile was [[TechnicallyASmile more than a little unnerving]].
** One short story in the manga had Maria planning to give Hayate a gift, and worrying that she might give the wrong impression ... and [[http://www.mangareader.net/203-29910-19/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-151.html then it struck her that she was behaving somewhat like a Tsundere]] (although she couldn't remember the full term, thinking of it as "tsun-something"). While rehearsing what she'd say, she actually considered the "it's not like I made these for you" turn of phrase.
** When Maria and Hayate end up going to the public baths because the boiler is broken, she again delves into Tsundere territory. Especially [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/304/14 in the fourth panel]]....
** During a particularly vicious blizzard, Hayate wonders whether it's caused by the ''Earth'' being a tsundere.
** Hayate himself actually shows Tsundere signs for two people, Hinagiku and Kotetsu. With Kotetsu it's mostly a massive dose of his darker, violent side but he actually has had a couple moments of dere when Kotetsu shows his decent attributes. Hina sees this side of him occasionally as well, usually when he is worried about her. A textbook example happens in chapter 45 in the haunted school building when Hina comments that it's hot and flaps the top of her shirt a couple times to cool off...causing Hayate's [[LuminescentBlush face to turn completely red]] which she then teases him over. Cue Hayate acting like an incredibly stereotypical Tsundere and trying to downplay his interest in her. Unfortunately Hina took his words at face value and didn't read the incredibly obvious subtext (or notice just how incredibly flustered he was apparently).
* TwiceShy - Hayate and Hinagiku for the most part. Hinagiku gets easily flustered once love enters the picture and wants Hayate to be the one to take the initiative. Hayate also gets really shy around the topic and generally thinks that a girl like Hinagiku wouldn't be interested in a guy like him. There's also the matter that he doesn't feel he can have a girlfriend due to [[spoiler: Athena teaching him (very strictly) that he needed to be able to financially support the girl for life...his ''friends'' call him the [[PerpetualPoverty God of Poverty]], and there's also some guilt over how things ended with Athena]]. There has been much suspicion and a few nudges since it's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt pretty obvious to most everyone]], the responses tend to be hilarious.
** Given the seeming epidemic of CannotSpitItOut and ObliviousToLove in this universe, this seems to apply to almost every pairing and for the unrequited ones they merely believed this is the case...except for Kotetsu who just cannot take a hint.
* UnflappableGuardian - Maria.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend - Nishizawa
** Ayumu seems to be taking this one to heart, she was the first one to confess to Hayate, and he's even stated that they could be dating. But she seems more interested in making sure that Hinagiku is the one who finally wins out, and only seems to be in the competition at all to make sure Hina doesn't give up.
** [[spoiler: Athena]] sort of counts as this due to meeting him many years earlier, but Nishizawa still takes the title as she's known Hayate longer and was in the classic position of trying to get closer to him at school and get him to notice her despite his obliviousness.
* {{Unusual Ears}} - Hinagiku gains donkey ears for a filler chapter following the trip to Athens.
* UnwantedHarem - It's not so much that Hayate doesn't ''want'' the girls as he is too naive to understand their gestures of affection for him... which can be dangerous considering the occasionally (literal) military grade resources most of them can access when they throw a tantrum. (Nervous Laugh)
** More like he has low self-esteem. Not to mention he sees half of them as kids, and because he's quite explicitly ''not'' a {{Lolicon}}, can't even imagine them as love interests.
*** Anime Hayate shows an interest in those his age, Manga Hayate doesn't believe he can ever be anyone's boyfriend; [[spoiler: and he has a lot of pent-up guilt over Athena.]]
*** Ironic since it seems like the older the character, the less mature they act. Most of the girls act thirteen-going-on-thirty, with cynicism on the red-line.
*** Hinagiku points [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/5 this out to him]].
** Speaking of Hinagiku, she also seems to have one. [[SchoolgirlLesbians They're mostly girls.]]
** Wataru seems to have one of his own. He's just a lot more clued into it.
* UptownGirl - A little one-sided, at least at the start, as Nagi (the rich girl) has become infatuated with the extremely-poor Hayate after he saves her from kidnappers. She saves him from his (parents') debt, and he ends up serving her as a Battle Butler to pay her back. For her, it seems to be mostly just an excuse to keep him around.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife - Hayate's got a FailureKnight complex preventing him from seeing it, and instead, all of the girls officially in his {{unwanted harem}} can see that he's got them all wrapped around his finger.
** Hinagiku gets to point [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/5 this out to him]]. Although technically only a few have gone that far.
* VerbalTic - Demon, the Great Stygian of Abe (Temp), says '~tima' a lot.
** Izumi from the [[GreekChorus Student Council Trio]] has her unique laugh, which she uses a lot.
* WhamEpisode - Chapter 300. Not only did it see the return of [[spoiler: Athena, who either appeared in a dream or broke into Hayate's bedroom]]. It also had Aika returning from Greece at last to set up a few possible plot points. Then things get weird when [[spoiler: Hayate and Hinagiku are talking and a little girl who looks like Athena from the End of the World Arc appears out of nowhere and bumps into Hina]]. Then just to ''really'' make us all wonder what the hell was going on, [[spoiler: loli!Athena calls Hinagiku "mama"]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen - Originally the author had written a one-shot manga about a high school student and her sister dealing with a debt. These characters became Yukiji and Hinagiku.
** In Yukiji's profile, it's hinted that eventually those chapters will be released as part of the [=HnG=] storyline.
** There's also been clues of Hayate's brother having been a main character in a manga somewhere.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome - Chapter 282, where Ayumu is trying to trick Hayate into asking her when her birthday is (it's that day), while Hayate is trying to avoid the subject like the plague (they have a surprise party planned for later), is played exactly like a fight scene, complete with side characters commenting on the tactical choices.
* WithThisRing - Takes a full swing at this trope in The End Of The World flashback arc. [[spoiler: While he was a kid, Hayate worked hard and finally was able to buy a ring for Athena. Unfortunately, it's a ring for an adult, so their six-year-old forms can't wear them yet. Athena responds by offering Hayate a similar ring, and the vows and rings are exchanged and they promise to marry when they get older. Hayate then goes and gives the ring he got to his parents, who take and sell it to a pawn shop. Athena gets angry at Hayate when he returns later, presumably having seen what happened]].
** [[spoiler:The ring is later seen by Yukiji, given how it's priced, it seems possible that the ring is a fake]].
** [[spoiler:The ring that Athena kept a hold of returns to the story when the group makes a trip out to Athens during their Golden Week vacation. First it's admired, and then left out in the open, by her when she's seen Hayate again, not having known where he was for the intervening years. Then Hayate notices it and picks it up. She also gave the ring-box (empty) to Nagi, his current master before she dissapears at the end of the arc]].
** [[spoiler:It's not seen when he gives it back, but Athena later shows it as proof that it is her when he's questioning his sight.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser - Hayate, albeit against his own will. Nagi and Maria's motives for forcing him to crossdress are most likely [[CovertPervert considerably less wholesome]].
* WorldOfSnark - Due to [[MediumAwareness knowing that they are characters in a manga/anime]] and the [[HilarityEnsues hilarious attempts]] to actually [[WrongGenreSavvy apply this knowledge]], just about everyone makes sarcastic or witty remarks. Nagi and Hinagiku snark at the villains and weirdos quite often, the SC Rangers, Wataru, Sakuya, Ayumu, and even Isumi and Maria all make disparaging comments about the craziness around them. Hayate himself probably takes the cake, especially in the manga where he is ''a lot'' more cynical than he usually appears and has had exasperated reactions to damn near everything.
* {{Wonder Child}} - Although altogether average kids, the Katsura sisters fall into this category. There's nothing inherently special about them, but their adopted parents were unable to have children of their own, so when Yukiji was looking for foster parents and chose her former teacher and his wife, they were probably thought of as this.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter
* TheWorfEffect - Hayate suffers from this quite a bit at a few points in the manga. It's actually rather unavoidable though as the cast is almost entirely made up of non-combatants. Some enemies are a total joke, some need to punt Hayate across the room to be taken a bit more seriously. Hell, [[spoiler: Machina nearly killed him]] to set up the drama of the Greece Arc going into full swing, which would later be repeated by the arc BigBad [[spoiler: King Midas]]. To his credit, Hayate scared the former badly enough to make him want to use "That Technique" just by threatening to get back up and looking[[GlowingEyesOfDoom deadly serious]] and was able to defeat the latter even with his injuries.
** Really, the only other characters that even could get this treatment are Hinagiku, Yukiji, named butlers (as most are just RedShirts), and Isumi. Hinagiku gets her moment in the Butler Quest arc [[spoiler: getting zapped by a demon-possessed Yukiji]]. Yukiji and Kotetsu share a moment with Hayate during the Mount Takao trip against an insanely huge and powerful grizzly bear. Isumi even gets one in the Greece Arc [[spoiler: when her ultimate attack is defeated by Machina/Athena/Midas...whatever the heck the snake thing was]]. Hayate simply takes the brunt of it since he's established as the IronButtMonkey of the series.
* WorfHadTheFlu - There actually is usually a reason for Hayate losing fights or having a much harder time than he should. The primary reason is that he's actually [[spoiler: a trained swordsman, though he lied about early on]] and is limited to fighting unarmed which could put him at a disadvantage. Also he apparently has access to an [[BigFreakingGun HK-MG3]] and plenty of skill with it even before the start of the series - if he brought ''that'' thing to every fight he could win just by waving it around (one-handed no less). Aside from that the biggest contributing factor is probably that he doesn't want to fight in the first place leading to him putting up with way more than he'd have to simply because he doesn't fight back.
* {{Workplace Acquired Abilities}} - This is the explination given for many of Hayate's non-butler skills. Between the jobs he did for his father and the jobs he did to support himself since he was 8. His skills as a butler have a completely different origin.
* WorthlessYellowRocks - While it's not gold, when Hayate is told to spend three days away from the mansion because Nagi's embarrassed, he's given one million yen. Which he promply loses. It gets returned to the mansion and Maria counts it, stating that it's almost exactly what he was given for living expenses. Nagi passes by the table and asks what all the [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hayate_the_Combat_Butler/77/12/ chump change]] is.
** The characters, especially Maria and Nagi, have continually shown distain for the value of money. Such that it's a huge leap in Nagi's showing maturity when she's willing to give it up.
* WrongGenreSavvy - The usual cause of a GenreSavvy guess being wrong. While the characters often seem to know they're in an anime/manga, they just as often think they're in an actual fighting series, not a parody.
** Sakuya is aware she's in a comedy series, she just has the comedy style wrong.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou - Played with in the 'End of the World Arc'. [[spoiler: Hayate wants Athena to join his family outside the RG and she can't bring herself to ask him to risk himself to allow her to, they fight (lethally), and then Hayate unknowingly triggers her {{berserk button}} of her not having parents, to which she then 'slaps' him by ordering him to leave (so she doesn't kill him?), before she's able to break down, he does so, thinking he's failed her. Afterward she breaks down crying for having to resort to ordering him away to protect him.]] He does try to return to apologize, but finds he's unable to.
* XanatosGambit - Parodied [[spoiler:with a ShoutOut to ''Manga/DeathNote''... by a kitten.]]
* {{Yakuza}} - The cheerful LampshadeHanging the show offers of this, as well as the over-the-top sugar-coating they give the activities of said very nice people to make it viewable to [[MultipleDemographicAppeal its younger audience]], arguably makes it [[RuleOfFunny funnier]] to anyone old enough to know what they're really referring to.
** Do note, however, that calling them "very nice people" was a form of censor on the anime due to its time slot. The manga outright calls them Yakuza and makes all of their actions perfectly clear. {{YMMV}} on whether or not the anime's RunningGag made it funnier.
* YamatoNadeshiko - Isumi-chan, oh so very cute. Every home should have one. And probably will [[NoSenseOfDirection when she wanders in]].
* {{Yandere}} - Quite possibly [[spoiler: Saki]] in the anime.
* YaoiFangirl - Izumi Segawa. "Sorry to bother you. Please don't mind me and continue."
** Also, Nagi, apparently. Although Nagi's fondness for yaoi does ''not'' extend to guys hitting on Hayate.
** Nishizawa as well.
* YaoiGuys - Parodied with Hayate and Kotetsu. Kotetsu ''tries'' to be the {{Seme}} to Hayate, who under other circumstances would fit the {{Uke}} stereotype. However, Hayate has made it ''very'' clear that he does not swing that way and, thus, does not want any of that. [[HandsomeLech Kotetsu]] [[StalkerWithACrush cannot take a hint]].
* YearInsideHourOutside - [[spoiler: The Royal Garden, apparently.]]
* YouDidntAsk - After 88 chapters, Hayate reveals to the other girls that he's had a girlfriend in the past, and she's the reason that he's completely clueless about all the other girls [[{{unwanted harem}} all but throwing themselves at him]], even the one who's actually confessed to him. Even later he reveals who this girl is, and everyone realizes that they know of her and one of them was actually seen as her best friend. The phrase is never actually spoken, but there are reaction shots with this being their expression.
** Given the amount of mistaken dialogue present, this could clear up most of the confusion of the story. One of the characters seems to have gotten {{genre savvy}} about this.
** Granted, sometimes it's refused, even when one of the girls is asked directly, she can't answer.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* {{You Must Be Cold}} - In the first episode/chapter Hayate gives his jacket to Nagi when she's freezing.
** Subverted in chapter 262: [[spoiler: Athena tells Hayate she's cold, and he offers her his jacket, completely oblivious to her subtext - she wants him to give her a cuddle. He catches on eventually.]]
** Although not quite implied that it's because she's cold, Hinagiku is seen wearing a male's (possibly Hayate's) jacket as she runs from the beach where she's just played beach volleyball, so she's in a bikini.
* YoungerThanTheyLook - Believe it or not, the butlers Nonohara, Himuro & Kotetsu are all under 19 years old! This is pretty shocking since Kotetsu looks like he's in his 30s yet is actally a teenager and is also [[spoiler: Izumi's older twin brother!]]
** Maria is 17 years old, but many are often mistaken that she looks older due to her maturity. By the way, '''DO NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SAY SHE DOESN'T LOOK SEVENTEEN!'''. Just Don't! Say it again or '''[[BerserkButton you will suffer the consequences!]]''' You have been warned!
* YouWannaGetSued - Virtually every episode contains lines with bleep-censorship to avoid trademark infringement.
-->Nagi: Hayate still has three transformations left!
-->Hayate: No, I'm not [[DragonBallZ Fr** za.]]
** In more extreme cases, characters will be actively shushed by other characters to achieve this. See the example on the trope page.
** The official English manga translation 'whites-out' letters in words for the same reason - a visual bleep.
** Also in the anime, some cases have the scene replaced by the large version of the usual visual censorship gag with writing "Showing this will be a copyright infringement" or something like that.
** Although the manga, at least, is very inconsistent about whether or not a trademark reference gets censored: for example, Klaus' first response when Maria told him how Hayate rescued Nagi was, "What kind of {{Gundam}} is that?" and he then insisted it would somehow shame the Sanzenin to have a Gundam as a butler. But then there are several occasions of the term "Gun[blank]m."
* ZettaiRyouiki - Nagi's qualifies as [[RankInflation grade S]]. Try to find an episode or chapter where she DOESN'T wear it.
** Sakuya's is pretty good too.
*** Well, her voice actor ''did'' voice Rin Tohsaka, THE epitome of Grade S ZettaiRyouiki, in ''FateStayNight''. As some people have said, the fact that Sakuya is voiced by Kana Ueda in the anime makes her ten times as hot as the manga version.
*** Do you mean [[http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6900/0e35fce030dd5c671f00d3c.jpg this sexy little number?]]
** Isumi's maid outfit.
** Maria, too, on the rare occasions that she's not in her {{meido}} uniform.
** Chiharu's maid uniform. Inevitable when she was initially hired [[spoiler:to work in a maid café.]]
** No, not even Hayate is invulnerable when he crossdresses (as seen in an anime OP).
** Nagi isn't the only one who wears [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/169/page/13 short]] [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/192/page/11 skirts.]]
** And played explicitly for {{Fanservice}} [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/160/page/9 with]] [[http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/hayate_no_gotoku/en/0/304/page/8 Maria.]]
* PaperFanOfDoom - Sakuya's signature weapon.
* PaperThinDisguise - Hayate briefly dresses up like [[MetalGearSolid Solid Snake]] and sneaks around a school in a large cardboard box...
** Plus, Himegami's idea of a weird eye mask that does nothing to hide his unique hair and his "pseudonym" of 'Princess God' isn't fooling anyone.
** And Nagi showing up to rescue Hayate wearing a silly domino mask and calling herself "Mask the Money".
** Also, Klaus makes a cameo in the [[TournamentArc Butler Battle Tournament]] with Tama, both wearing nothing different from their usual clothes, except they're both wearing a Power Rangers/Super Sentai mask. Also subverted in this one, because except for Maria, nobody knows it's him.
** Maria and Saki show up as the 'Max Hearts'. All that the costume is is eyewear. They both realize (and comment) on how paper thin the disguise is. Nagi ''didn't'' see through it, and wanted to get their autographs.
** Alternately, Chiharu's 'disguise' as Sakuya's maid 'Haru' seems solid enough that they don't recognize her in the least.
* ParentalAbandonment - Hayate Ayasaki, whose parents sold him to the [[strike:yakuza]] very nice people to pay off their 156,804,000 yen debt and ran away
** Nagi Sanzen'in, whose parents are dead
*** Her father is never seen and supposedly died before Nagi could remember him. She has a few memories of her mother though.
*** Her grandfather is said to have given her some raising, but she is estranged from him from the start [[spoiler:and then she gets cut off from the inheritance.]] Mother figure is Maria.
** Maria, who is a DoorstopBaby
** Hinagiku happily lives with her (and her sister's) adoptive parents, though only their foster mother has been seen.
** Sakuya's family also appeared during her birthday party. Both her father and her little siblings are comedy-obsessed-crazies just like her. Hell, her father's even ''worse''.
*** Presumably her mother was with the other two children during this event. She lives, and presumably was raised by her two butlers.
** Wataru Tachibana has living parents, but runs the family business and lives alone with his maid.
*** His mother is shown to have been living in Las Vegas and his father in some other eastern country.
** Athena, whose parents are dead, mentioning this is Athena's {{berserk button}}.
** Isumi's female family (up to her great grandmother) has been shown, but no mention of her father, grandfather or great grandfather has been made.
*** Isumi only has one grandfather, one great grandfather, one grandmother and one great grandmother? Eww.
**** Isumi apparently has no paternal family tree period
** Izumi lives with her father (and it is implied that her mother is simply not shown.)
** Riza lives with her grandfather, though her father may have been seen, it isn't mentioned.
** Miki is implied to live with her parents, but they have not been seen.
** Both of Chiharu's parents are shown to be around, but are neglectful to the point of eventually burning down their own house in a money-making scheme.
** Both of Ayumu Nishizawa's parents are shown, and are decent folk.
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/311/7 And now Luca]]. "I thought that you had no relatives left ... when both of your parents ran away after dropping the debt on you...."
* ParentalSubstitute - [[spoiler: Hinagiku to Loli!Athena. Holy. Shit. Basically there's a little girl who may or may not be an aged-down Athena who appeared on the campus out of nowhere and bumped into Hinagiku. When the others asked where her mother was she pointed to Hina and said "Mama". Cue absolutely everyone in the panel being completely stunned. Knowing Hata...and the advice Hayate got earlier in the chapter...there is a very good chance that Hayate will be playing fake!dad, which will result in mind-blowingly-large ShipTease with him and Hinagiku]].
** [[spoiler:Confirmed, Hayate is announced to be her father. Hinagiku was chosen as the 'mother' because of the sword she carries.]]
** Although Nagi wishes he were more of a boyfriend, Hayate seems to be playing this role for her. Maria is her mother figure, though the role originally seemed to be that of big sister.
*** Hinagiku and Yukiji found the Katsura's to be both willing {{Parental Substitute}} and get to play the {{Happily Adopted}} card when their parents dropped a large debt on them and disappeared.
*** In the character profiles, Sakuya is said to have been raised by her two butlers and her nurse, instead of her parents, while also serving as the parents to her siblings.
* ParodySue - Hayate, Hinagiku, [[spoiler: and Maria.]]
* PerpetualPoverty – Hayate. 150,000,000+ yen debt aside, if he is ever given any money he will certainly lose it. [[TheJinx Even people around him]] seem to spontaneously lose money just by being in his proximity. Later chapters of the manga even give him the title [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin “God of Poverty”]]. He [[GenreSavvy notices this trend]], and is quite dismayed.
** Hayate becomes explicitly flat broke at least five times in the manga.
*** The first is when he has to spend a few days out of the mansion and manages to lose 1,000,000 yen in a few hours mostly helping people in trouble; he ends up broke, without a coat, and depressed in the snow when [[spoiler: Hinagiku finds him and invites him over]].
*** The second is when he buys Hinagiku a birthday present, partially to repay all the help she has given him, and also buys Nagi a hair-clip in a rare bout of forethought knowing that she would be jealous as well as a stuffed animal for Maira as thanks for her help as well.
*** The third time is when he tries to get Ayumu a White Day gift and [[spoiler: accidentally gives it to Maria when he tries to practice what he's going to say]]; Hinagiku and later Maria helped bail him out.
*** The fourth time is when he winds up taking Hinagiku out on what both would - eventually - find out is a date and when the movie tickets he was given fall through he [[spoiler: steps up and gets tickets to what is very obviously Disney Land Tokyo]].
*** The fifth time is in Greece when Hinagiku saves him by curb-stomping Gilbert in (what is [[GretzkyHasTheBall more-or-less]]) beach volleyball and he takes her to a very fancy restaurant as a way to pay her back...thankfully Maria knew the place and made sure they would only charge him the money that he actually had.
* PerverseSexualLust - Parodied. Hayate yells, "I only like 2-D girls!" to get Nishizawa to leave him alone.
* PervertDad - Izumi's dad likes making his daughter do cosplay as a form of punishment and jumps at any other reason to see her in a costume. A flashback also revealed that he was just a little too pleased when his kindergarten-age daughter innocently stated that she [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother wanted to marry him]].
* PleaseDontLeaveMe - Although the romanticism is questionable, Nagi uses this in typical {{tsundere}} method by implying that Maria and Hayate will eventually leave her (presumably for romantic relationships), and after convincing attempts are made by Hayate, she 'allows' him to continue working as her butler.
* [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Gets You A Job]] - Whenever Hayate says anything, at least one person is sure to misunderstand it.
* ThePowerOfLove - ChurchMilitant Sonia requests a kiss from Wataru if she rescues Saki, who had just been kidnapped. Wataru pays in advance. Next page, Hayate (on bike) catches up to the flaming wreck of the kidnappers' car: a giant cross driven through the hood, the men tied up nearby, and Saki unhurt but confused.
* {{Promise}} - Hayate has promised to always protect Nagi, and to always love Athena.
** Hayate also made a promise to Hinagiku to give her a present on her birthday. It doesn't seem like much but it meant a lot to Hinagiku, [[spoiler: enough so that her emotions began to build up and confuse her as she started dreaming about Hayate and not knowing why. When he forgets this promise and she winds up spending several hours waiting for him it triggers her deep-seated fears of abandonment (amplified by Wooden Masamune) and she mentions this promise and her confusing feelings as she chews him out before she can regain control of her emotions. Fortunately for them both, things turned out all right in the end]].
* {{Prince Charming Wannabe}} - Played for comedy, Kyonosuke Kaoru is this for Yukiji Katsura. She actually seems to have a fondness for him, but he seems to think he needs to sweep her off her feet, which causes her to reject his advances.
* PuppyDogEyes - Nagi (or really, any girl) going all sniffly and teary-eyed will cause Hayate to not just steel his resolve and do whatever's necessary to make them happy, but will ''adamantium'' his resolve. [[spoiler:We learn why during "The End of the World" - he took Athena's advice to heart.]]
** And even though he probably doesn't realize it, Hayate himself is quite good at this. [[AttractiveBentGender Especially when cross dressing]] as a [[MoeMoe super moe]] CatGirl. Or maybe that would be [[IncrediblyLamePun Kitty Cat Eyes]]?
* PunchClockVillain: The [[{{Yakuza}} very nice people]]. The spend the first few chapters chasing after Hayate to settle his debt. However once Nagi pays it off, they later approach Hayate and chat amiably with him, apologize for the whole ordeal, and even offer to buy him lunch.
* TheQuietOne - The infinitely huggable Isumi.
* RedEyesTakeWarning - Athena, oh so much.
** Not really, since her eyes are always red.
* ReferenceOverdosed
* RefugeInAudacity - Hayate's parents, who have relied on his hard work for their booze and gambling money his entire life, and never displayed a single bit of love and affection for him, show up to ruin his latest job for him so they can steal his latest paycheck and go gambling with it, and run up such a horrible debt doing so that they ''cheerfully'' '''sell him and his organs to the Yakuza'''? Played for ''laughs''? (And that's all just in the first chapter!)
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent - We can't quite be sure how the series feels about this trope. [[spoiler: Machina's]] alternate form (we think) is a giant snake, and his first acts include nearly [[spoiler: killing the main character]] and acting like an all around bad guy. But as of ch 255-ish, he's being more than friendly with the heroes, even jokingly (we think) asking Maria to marry him for her (and Sakuya's) hamburger-making skills.
* RescueRomance - Hayate should be the God of this. He helps people out all the time, even when it's not his job, and Chapter 273 showed us that if Hayate helps a girl with a problem in some way (up to and including saving their life) there is an incredibly high chance of that girl developing feelings for him...one ''guy'' seems to have fallen for him this way even!
** While Nagi and Hayate's relationship has shades of this, it might not exactly count since she fell in love ''before'' he rescued her when she thought he was asking her out (because Hayate is the worst criminal ever). This applies better to how Hayate met Hinagiku as he...at least tried to help her down from the tree, but was practically invoked afterward when he told Hinagiku that he would come save her if she ever called for him...and delivered on that when they were both in the haunted building at school.
** Unbelievably, Yukiji of all people actually gets in on this too. Apparently she was totally wasted (as usual) one night and stumbled across Ashibashi-sensei who was getting harassed/mugged. After defeating the thugs with ease, it seems that Ashibashi might have fallen for her...especially after stopping by Hakuou the next day and successfully picking her up in his awesome sports car. Currently Yukiji is oblivious to this new possible romance (as is standard for this series) and Kaoru-sensei is left speechless that a love rival has shown up.
* {{Retcon}} - The first episode of the second season establishes that only a month has passed since Hayate became a butler, placing the entire first season into a vague quantum state of semi-nonexistence. Or something.
** The first season veered off the manga's path sometime after Hayate entered Hakuou. The second picks up the actual storyline from where it left off.
* RieKugimiya - Nagi.
* RieTanaka - Maria.
* {{Right Behind Me}} - Hinagiku gets clobbered by this in the current arc (starting at chapter 300)[[spoiler:, it's not quite the same effect of having Hayate himself hear her confession, but it does give blackmail bait]].
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - This could possibly be an explination for Hinagiku's initial encounter with Athena, especially since she's pushed anything resembling romance aside because of her past.
** Her relationship with Miki may have started as this, but when Miki started to push for it to go further, Hinagiku made it clear she wasn't interested. The two are still close though.
** Less explainable, but not entirely out of the question for her reaction to seeing Luca's performance, since she now has clear affections for male Hayate, but he's completely oblivious to it.
* RPGEpisode - Filler episode where the Student Council trio gets sucked into an old [=RPG=] after the game gets fed up with all the insults being heaped upon it.
** Just look at Hina's stats screen. Further proof that her Sue-ness is OverNineThousand.
** RPG stats are referenced in a manga chapter too, as Hayate assembles a team for a dungeon crawl.
* RuleOfCool
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag - Whenever a character is near-broke, it has become a running gag to leave them with 12 yen. (One 10 Yen coin and Two 1 Yen coins)
** There's also the matter of Hayate girlish face and being forced to crossdress; it's gotten to the point that it actually seems to be plot-relevant that if someone met him while he crossdressed there would be no way they woulds know he was a guy (as proven once by Kotetsu and again later with [[spoiler: Luca]].
** On a more meta-note, it's been noted to much amusement that Hayate never gets to see {{Fanservice}} of Hinagiku despite seeing or being the ''cause'' of it for literally almost every other female in the cast. Hinagiku also never seems to be around when Hayate is providing the fanservice, with the only time she has ever seen him crossdressed was on the boat to Athens where we didn't see them together or her reaction to it.
*** Unfortunately, this one seems to be shot down, with Hinagiku undressing partially in front of Hayate to give him her clothes to keep Luca in the dark about Hayate's true gender.
*** An even more meta, fandom example would be jokes regarding the nigh-impossibility of the chances of Hinagiku ever confessing her feelings to Hayate properly.
** Hayate's bad luck in general has got to be this, especially as everyone is aware of it.
** This one is part {{Bowdlerization}} and part AscendedMeme, but in the anime, the phrase "Very Nice Men" or somesuch adaptation thereof invariably refers to the {{Yakuza}} that Hayate's parents sold him to. This extends to pretty much all fan discussion of both the manga and the anime.
* {{It Runs in the Family}} - Though we've only seen the female half of the Saginomiya family, they're all pretty well {{CloudCuckooLander}}. Isumi is the closest one to sane, and she barely qualifies as such.
** Isumi's grandmother mistakes Isumi's mother -- her own daughter! -- for Hayate when meeting him for the first time. And the mother thinks she actually is! Even wondering where she went when the grandmother changes paths.
** Sakuya's family is just as comedy-obsessed as she is.
* SacredFirstKiss
* {{Samus is a Girl}} - Hinagiku as Silver Red is just asking for this. All of the characters who don't know it's her think Red is a guy.
* SayItWithHearts - Maria, Hayate, and Izumi all do this frequently . Nagi has done it a few times too . If Hinagiku does it, it probably means she's pissed ♡.
* {{School Idol}} - Hinagiku Katsura, it's even called out on, particularly during the Valentines Day and White Day arcs, and a lampshade is hung during her birthday arc.
** Maria and Athena Tennos used to hold this position before they graduated, Athena is even said to have shared the title with Hinagiku.
* ScaryShinyGlasses - Klaus, Chiharu, and Sonia, combined with AudibleGleam. In Chiharu's case, the shininess once burned up a piece of paper she was mad at.
* SchmuckBait - ''[[http://www.mangareader.net/203-13693-4/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-215.html This]]''.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney - Nagi is not even remotely above solving her problems by throwing her ludicrously vast fortune around. Inverted with the Yakuza, who only start to ''obey'' the rules when they get their money. IE, they don't just kill people for fun; it's NothingPersonal.
** During the school marathon, Klaus is set to fight Himuro, instead of pulling out a weapon, he pulls out a briefcase of money, and wins.
*** Himuro actually ''bleeds from the mouth'' as he concedes defeat.
* SecurityCling - Nagi does this several times, mostly to Hayate. Hinagiku is another favorite target for this, sometimes even when Hayate is also present. Most often it's someone hiding behind one of them for protection but the clingy-ness is definitely there.
** Hinagiku even once did it to Hayate when they were in the haunted old building at school late at night[[spoiler: but she was just kidding and was messing with him due to her intense dislike of losing (triggered by getting scared earlier and getting saved by Hayate)]]. Hayate even makes a CallBack to this around 200 chapters later, [[spoiler: though he claimed he was also kidding, it's a cover for it actually being a SecurityCling but instead because ''he'' was scared and wanted to protect ''her'' from Tama]]. [[{{Tsundere}} She didn't quite take it]] [[{{Understatement}} as well as Hayate did...]].
** Hinagiku had a short one even earlier in chapter 45 where she clings to Hayate after he comes out of nowhere to save her from a monster in the haunted school building. Hayate's face [[LuminescentBlush completely lights up]] and he stutters trying to think of what to say. The next chapter has Hina making Hayate swear to never tell anyone (as an after-thought as she was more concerned about people knowing she was scared of the monster due to her pride as Hakuou's StudentCouncilPresident).
** Nagi also does one to Ayumu in Chapter 215 after they wind up alone in a dark cave in Greece. She was actually fine up until Ayumu turned the flashlight off...right after she recalled that Nagi mentioned not being good with dark places.
* SeriousBusiness - Butlers must be ready to defend their masters with their lives, and Hayate's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower superhuman feats]] are apparently the bare minimum for a butler--heck, he doesn't even have a master sword technique that sets stuff on fire!
* {{Shallow Love Interest}} - Koutarou Azumamiya used to be this for Hinagiku originally, and the anime even added a few episodes of this to him, but since the second year started, he's actually gotten some character of his own.
** Although he now seems more concerned with ''Hayate'' instead after that development. Nagi certainly took notice of the way he was holding Hayate's sleeve on the Mt. Takao trip and Nishizawa immediately edged closer to Hayate while giving him a look as soon as she met the guy and he said barely two words to Hayate. Perhaps they notice something Hayate doesn't...
* ShaggyDogStory - The show devotes an entire episode to these, where the cast takes turns telling various stories with no point.
** And that episode is based on a manga chapter.
* ShamuFu - During an ocean cruise the boat they are on starts to sink (it was basically a clone of the ''Titanic'' so it was hardly unexpected) Hayate ends up in the lower levels, injured and in danger of being eaten by a giant shark with poor Isumi trying to save him by waving a pathetically small stick. As soon as Nagi jumps in to help him he recalls there were ''two'' sharks. When Nagi's attacked by the other one, she has about a couple seconds to be afraid before Hayate ''brains it with the first shark effortlessly'' taking them both out in out hit.
* {{She is all Grown Up}} - Actually seems to have been inverted , Hayate [[{{Not Distracted By The Sexy}} doesn't seem to have noticed]] A-tan's growth when he meets her after ten years of separation, until he's directed to look via an extremely obviously loaded question...and even then it seems to take him a moment. This is particularly funny as they met when they were children and she's now one of the most developed girls in the cast. Interestingly, he actually seems to prefer the memory of the younger Athena too.
* {{Shinigami}} - Several characters have stated that Hayate must be being followed by one on a regular basis, this is probably never actually going to come up again...maybe. It's been joked on forums for a while now that it's probably a girl and that he's taking 'flirting with death' rather more literally than most and that with all the comments about him dying young and being fated to a horrible death she may just be the "winner" of the UnwantedHarem in the end.
* ShipperOnDeck - Many on several different levels, particularly confusing as some of the supporters also have crushes on one (or both even) members of the couple their trying to pair up - this creates an extremely weird M.C. Escher-esque...thing...of interlocking love triangles, squares, and other shapes.
** A more straightfoward case would be Mrs. Katsura. She very clearly supports Hayate/Hinagiku and even told Hina already that she would gladly accept him as a son-in-law, as well as leading to one of the major Hayate/Hinagiku moments by telling Hayate when Hina's birthday was and that he should get her a nice present. Sadly even this example becomes complicated by the fact that Mrs. Katsura is just a little ''too'' fond of Hayate.
* ShipSinking - Chapter 265 apparently sinks [[spoiler:Athena X Hayate]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But in the best way possible!]] [[hottip:* :Of course, given the fact that the mangaka is a TeasingCreator and certain spoiler material, who knows where this might go.]]
** And then comes chapter 266 with [[spoiler:Athena deciding to go back to Japan after all]]. TeasingCreator indeed.
** It also appears that the [[spoiler: Wataru/Isumi ship]] has been sunk as well with [[spoiler: him]] seeming to get over [[spoiler: her]] in a similar manner to the above example.
* ShipTease - Ooooh yeah.
** Oh yeah indeed. :)
** Hayate with ''everyone''. (Well, at least half the cast.)
* {{Shorttank}} - Hinagiku Katsura could be considered for this, though she tries to impress the fact that she is feminine while her friends try to convince her she acts more like a guy. She seems to prefer the female school uniform in most cases, wearing a pair of sports shorts underneath (to keep guys from looking up her dress apparently). She's been shown continually to have feminine tastes for cute things and seems extremely embarrassed when the guy she likes notices that she is feminine.
* {{Shotacon}} - The "nun" Sonia who has developed a crush on 13-year-old Wataru. Her profile even outright states that she likes "cute little boys". Saki is also shown to have a lot of affection for Wataru, certainly more than an employee is expected to harbour towards her employer.
** The Chairman of Hakuo Academy is both a {{Shotacon}} '''AND''' a {{Lolicon}}, at least in the anime.
** Also, Hinagiku's mom appears to like Hayate a little too much.
* ShoutOut - Too many, at ''least'' one per episode. [[ShoutOut/HayateTheCombatButler The series even got its own page.]]
* ShyBlueHairedGirl - Hayate fits this trope to a T, except that he's, ya know, not a girl ([[DudeLooksLikeALady despite the way he looks]]).
** Of course, there is the cross-dressing to take into consideration...
** And now we have Luca (Luka?) who also seems to fit this trope in its more traditional sense, [[spoiler: except for her job as an IdolSinger]] especially where her self-made manga is concerned.
* SickEpisode - Chapter 352 has everyone [[spoiler: in the Violet Mansion]] except Hayate getting colds. Hayate tends to them and decides to go out to get medicine for them, given his luck [[spoiler: he is sent flying by Kayura and hit by a speeding truck]]. Despite this he seems okay and returns with the medicine.
** Chapter 353 then has Hayate catching the cold as well, as Alice warned him about, and unfortunately for him it's also the day of the Hakuou final exams (that being the "punchline" to the previous chapter. He was just going to take soem medicine but couldn't as he didn't want Nagi to think that she gave him her cold and feel bad. Then he thought he could just focus on merely passing but couldn't as Hinagiku was expecting great scores from him due to all the studying they had done together. After that it was just a set of disasters that made Hayate's cold worse and killed any time he had to prepare. Fortunately Maria figured out he was sick and let him rest when he finally got back.
* SkinshipGrope - Hinagiku seems to be a common victim of this as EvenTheGirlsWantHer, with Ayumu at the hot springs (played up more in the anime) and with Miki in Greece being the two biggest examples, though the Student Council Trio seem to like doing this to Hinagiku at other times as well. Hell, Miki even uses this by name when she surprises Hinagiku in the bath while claiming that their skinship is far too low. Hayate becomes a victim as well whenever Kotetsu appears unexpectedly, with the public bath trip in 304 being the best example yet.
* TheSlacker - [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], Miki Hanabishi, Izumi Segawa, and Risa Asakaze, actually take this to the level of barely staying within the relevant plot of characters. Izumi is the only one who's actually shown interest in Hayate, Miki has actually disdained his interest (sometimes) and Risa hasn't seemed to decide whether she wants to be interested or not. All three love to hang out with Bottle Fairy Yukiji, actually attempt to keep their grades barely above failing and only seem to show up often enough to cause trouble for the chapter to revolve around.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism - [[ZigZaggingTrope It’s all over the damn place]], [[CerebusRollercoaster sliding from one end to the other at various parts of the story]]. Instead of a sliding scale, it's more of a stew.
* SocietyIsToBlame - Hayate uses this trope when trying to explain his reasoning for attempting to kidnap Nagi. Only the fact that he fails, horribly, and then saves her from real kidnappers, getting her to take him on as her butler saves him, and starts the real story.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist - Worst. Parents. Ever.
** Well, let's not be too quick to say [[RanmaOneHalf worst]]... ...well, then again, fine, worst.
*** [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Worst]] [[BlazBlue in a]] comedy [[NeonGenesisEvangelion series]], [[CodeGeass maybe]].
* SomethingAboutARose - Himuro Saeki
* StableTimeLoop - In the final episode of the first season; in [[{{Foreshadowing}} Athens, Greece.]] Adapted from a bonus chapter in the manga (volume 4).
* SpiderSense - Hayate seems to have something like this that tells him to react even when he's distracted, however it also fails him frequently for the sake of comedy.
** Hinagiku has one as well, specifically she has a super precise spiritual sense that allows her to feel the presence of spirits and such that she can't see. In Chapter 360 she uses it to track Father Lynn when she tries to hunt him down. Hayate is at first amazed by her sense when she can tell he's in the room with them (even nearly taking him out when he first appeared) and can immediate tell when he leaves, but finds her perception frightening when he can pinpoint where he went.
* StalkerWithACrush - While [[spoiler: Athena]] watching Hayate from afar is more like schoolgirl pining, Chapter 304 reveals that [[spoiler: Kotetsu]] has become this when [[spoiler: he follows Hayate into the public bath and directly states this as the reason why he is there]]. Surely one has to at least admire his tenacity if nothing else.
* StormOfBlades - Athena can summon it.
** or is it Midas?
* StudentCouncilPresident - Hinagiku.
** And Maria was a former president.
** And Luca [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/13 was one]] when she was trying to go to High School.
* SubordinateExcuse - Pretty much the real reason that Hayate is employed, at least as far as Nagi believes. In truth, she gushes over him in private while he remains cheerfully unaware of any perceived romance on Nagi's end.
* SummonToHand - Parodied with Hinagiku summoning the Wooden Masamune blade, which is Isumi's family sword. In an omake segment Isumi laments that the sword keeps disappearing, which we see is because Hinagiku spots trouble and calls for the Wooden Masamune to go save the day. It instantly answers her summon because it's fond of her apparently.
** Sadly we aren't sure what's happened to Wooden Masamune now that [[spoiler: Hinagiku has obtained the Shirosakura sword, marking her as an Ally of Justice to boot, and has been summoning it ever since instead. Last we saw, Hayate had used Wooden Masamune to beat King Midas so either he has it now (he ''is'' a highly skilled swordsman after all) or it's gone back to Isumi's place for now]].
* SupernaturalAid - The unlucky stones.
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious - Of course Hayate has delicious supernatural blood. It's part of the His Life Sucks package. In fact, his blood when he's half-dying is one of the most mystically infused substances in the world; and can completely power up [[spoiler:Isumi or her grandmother]]. The latter has no problem with snacking on him, while the former tends to abstain, but once when Nagi was in danger, [[spoiler: she tasted just a little and that gave her enough power to both break a PowerLimiter curse that was on her and use her magic powers to teleport Hayate onto a spaceship in freaking Outer Space.]]
* SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids - Up there on Hayate's nemesis list, what do you mean flight and missiles aren't required for a robot butler to clean the house?
-->'''Hayate''': Is he really made for nursing?
-->'''Klaus''': I'm sure it's necessary equipment for women living alone... Like a protection against stalkers!
-->'''Nagi''': Sounds really fishy.
* SuperWindowJump - One of many feats Hayate can do that borders on the supernatural.
* SurpriseSantaEncounter - An imaginary Santa representing Hayate's morals and work ethic.
** Not so imaginary. [[spoiler: Mikado admits it was him.]]
** To say nothing of [[DetectiveConan Santa Conan.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Happens several times, but the end of chapter 288 has Hayate make one for the mangaka by saying that the successful mangaka character is most definitely not an AuthorAvatar.
** Nagi does this ''a lot''
--> ''It's not that I'm jaundiced from staying up all night, even skipping school, to make chocolates and failed''
* SweatDrop - Pretty much mandatory in the manga.
* SweetOnPollyOliver - [[http://anymanga.com/hayate-the-combat-butler/031/004/007/ Luca has started to act this way towards Hayate and doesn't know why!]]
* TeenGenius - We're not talking [[AzumangaDaioh Chiyo's]] level, but Nagi skipped three grades after all. Hayate actually did start to compare her to Chiyo in the manga, but Nagi told him not to go there.
** Nagi and all of her friends, Isumi, Sakuya and Wataru are all at Hayate's grade, while being three years younger than he is. Although Wataru seems to be the most street-smart and least book-smart of all of them.
*** Isumi is literate in four languages. Nagi in eight. Maria in ''thirteen''. They're surprised to discover neither Wataru nor Hayate can read German.
** Maria graduated high school at 13. And was StudentCouncilPresident two years running, '''and''' got the best grades in the school all three years ... what was that about '''Hinagiku''' being absurdly perfect?
*** Hinagiku is implied not to have had the personal tutoring that all of the gradeskippers probably had. And those are the least of her abilities.
** [[spoiler: Athena]] is in this group as well, being Hayate's age and having graduated last year, and is already head chairman.
* TemptingFate - Maria gives Hayate an expensive cashmere jacket and tells him not to damage it. Take a wild guess what happens.
** It's {{lampshaded}} mercilessly, for one. [[RunningGag "We will slay you with these swords that cut cashmere really well!"]].
** Utterly subverted when [[spoiler: Hayate wraps it around a tree branch as a safety line to prevent Isumi and the coat from falling into a "Cashmere coat gets really dirty if dropped in" kind of pond. The coat tears apart and he falls in anyway. But at least Isumi and the coat didn't.]]
** Also, when they're on a cruise, Sakuya assures Nagi that the ship won't sink unless they're raided by terrorists. Guess what happens.
*** It is worth noting that the cruise ship they were on, commissioned especially for that cruise, was named The Titanic, and looked just like its namesake. That ship wasn't just ''tempting'' fate, it was actively begging.
** Thus far the only time that Hinagiku is able to express her feelings for Hayate was [[spoiler: at the end of their first date]] as the train passing by (which she watched approach) was too loud for him to hear her. When he asked her what she said she tells him, "maybe if you cast a magic spell, you'll be able to hear what I said?". The setting has relatively prevalent magic and Hayate has canonically time traveled. It's possible that he may yet hear that confession himself before the series is through.
*** Considering [[spoiler: Athena/"Alice" knows that Hinagiku loves Hayate, and already expressed a desire to just tell him as it would make things easier, she]] may be able to cast that spell after all at some point.
* TethercatPrinciple - Referenced when Hayate wonders if maybe Izumi is still on Mount Takao after having been forgotten there by Yukiji since she hasn't been seen since.[[invoked]]
* ThemeTuneCameo
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight - In Chapter 360, Hinagiku believes she hears one of these [[spoiler: while up late in the Violet Mansion apartment]] and at first tries to wave it off as her being tired. After hearing it again she immediately goes to get Hayate. Luckily it's just Father Lynn messing around, and luckily for ''him'' he's able to convince Hayate not to let Hina try "exorcising" him via sword.
* ThisIsUnforgivable - Although the intentions aren't carried over between meetings, this is often Hayate's manner when Nagi is threatened. Gilbert is frequently the target, and clearly frightened of the consequences of his actions, though not repentant not to try again at a later date.
* {{Those Two Bad Guys}} - The two thugs who actually pull off kidnapping Nagi, until Hayate's interference, in the beginning of the manga show up later and kidnap Saki from Wataru's video store, until Sonia's interference, have this kind of dynamic between them.
** They're also hinted at being the culprits of stealing the money loaned to Wataru by Sakuya, but that was never confirmed.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending – While he has yet to be completely [[GenderBender Gender Bent]], when Hayate is cross-dressed this trope seems to be in effect, with him acting more feminine than usual. Then again, he has a propensity to act girly regardless of whether he is in a dress or not; wearing a dress just seems to emphasize it.
** He has sort of fallen victim to the FirstLawOfGenderBending as well.
* TitleDrop - The FinishingMove that Hayate develops at the end of volume 6 is the "Hayate No Gotoku" (translated in this case as "Whimsical Hurricane").
** The Animax dub had Hayate refer himself as...[[CaptainObvious you guessed it.]]
** Counts as either a CrowningMomentofAwesome or sheer Narm depending on how you look at it.
* [[TournamentArc Tournament Mini-Arc]] - In the anime, Nagi's ElaborateUniversityHigh holds a tournament that takes "Battle Butler" quite literally. Defeat comes from losing your necktie.
* TogetherUmbrella - When Hayate is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion, and is left sitting in the falling snow, Hinagiku shields him with hers while they talk and invites him to warm up at her place.
* TooHotForTV: Season 1 due to it airing in an earlier time slot than most other animes of this type.
* [[{{Airplane of Love}} Train of Love]] - A variation because they are both clearly within reach of each other and believing {{I Cant Believe A Guy Like You Would Notice Me}} of each other, and {{Attractiveness Isolation}} on Hinagiku's side, Hinagiku manages to confess that she likes Hayate, only for him to be unable to hear because the train is rushing by.
* TraumaCongaLine - For Hayate to '''not''' be broken by the hardships of his boyhood life makes him a saint amongst saints.
* TraumaSwing - Young Hinagiku is shown to be alone on a swing in an image after her parents have abandoned her.
** Although he's not on the swing in the scene, Wataru is shown to be standing in front of a swingset when recieving the papers that will allow him to skip grades with his friends from Sakuya.
* TroublemakingNewPet - Shiranui causes plenty of problems when he(?) is first brought to the San'zenin mansion, mostly for Tama who was trying to get the new cat kicked out. Later on he also causes trouble by stealing Izumi's phone when he and Tama are lost in the city and even is seen aiding some ghost cats that were giving Hayate a hard time.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - [[invoked]]Only Nagi's friend Isumi is able to understand what the hell's going on in one of her manga stories.
* {{Tsundere}} - Nagi as a Type A (in keeping with her voice actress and twin pigtails - it's even lampshaded)
** Hinagiku is also a Tsundere of the Type B variety, generally playing a kind and supportive role to the students and her friends but brings out the tsun side whenever the Baka Trio become troublesome or when Hayate gets involved in wacky shenanigans and/or sticks his foot in his mouth.
*** She actually shows a lot of self-restraint and instead of lashing out tends to favor a very intimidating calmness, leading to her being [[SugarAndIcePersonality cheerful and kind most of the time, but snarky and annoyed when cleaning up her friends' messes]]. She often tries to be deliberately more dere only for things to go completely wrong and evoke her tsun side, which frustrates her quite a bit and is a focus in her CharacterDevelopment.
*** She actually realizes this at one point and tries to show everyone (i.e. Hayate) her femininity by trying to suppress her tsun side, managing to terrify Yukiji and the Student Council girls enough that Miki set her up on a date with Hayate as "landmine removal". Didn't really help that her smile was [[TechnicallyASmile more than a little unnerving]].
** One short story in the manga had Maria planning to give Hayate a gift, and worrying that she might give the wrong impression ... and [[http://www.mangareader.net/203-29910-19/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-151.html then it struck her that she was behaving somewhat like a Tsundere]] (although she couldn't remember the full term, thinking of it as "tsun-something"). While rehearsing what she'd say, she actually considered the "it's not like I made these for you" turn of phrase.
** When Maria and Hayate end up going to the public baths because the boiler is broken, she again delves into Tsundere territory. Especially [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/304/14 in the fourth panel]]....
** During a particularly vicious blizzard, Hayate wonders whether it's caused by the ''Earth'' being a tsundere.
** Hayate himself actually shows Tsundere signs for two people, Hinagiku and Kotetsu. With Kotetsu it's mostly a massive dose of his darker, violent side but he actually has had a couple moments of dere when Kotetsu shows his decent attributes. Hina sees this side of him occasionally as well, usually when he is worried about her. A textbook example happens in chapter 45 in the haunted school building when Hina comments that it's hot and flaps the top of her shirt a couple times to cool off...causing Hayate's [[LuminescentBlush face to turn completely red]] which she then teases him over. Cue Hayate acting like an incredibly stereotypical Tsundere and trying to downplay his interest in her. Unfortunately Hina took his words at face value and didn't read the incredibly obvious subtext (or notice just how incredibly flustered he was apparently).
* TwiceShy - Hayate and Hinagiku for the most part. Hinagiku gets easily flustered once love enters the picture and wants Hayate to be the one to take the initiative. Hayate also gets really shy around the topic and generally thinks that a girl like Hinagiku wouldn't be interested in a guy like him. There's also the matter that he doesn't feel he can have a girlfriend due to [[spoiler: Athena teaching him (very strictly) that he needed to be able to financially support the girl for life...his ''friends'' call him the [[PerpetualPoverty God of Poverty]], and there's also some guilt over how things ended with Athena]]. There has been much suspicion and a few nudges since it's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt pretty obvious to most everyone]], the responses tend to be hilarious.
** Given the seeming epidemic of CannotSpitItOut and ObliviousToLove in this universe, this seems to apply to almost every pairing and for the unrequited ones they merely believed this is the case...except for Kotetsu who just cannot take a hint.
* UnflappableGuardian - Maria.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend - Nishizawa
** Ayumu seems to be taking this one to heart, she was the first one to confess to Hayate, and he's even stated that they could be dating. But she seems more interested in making sure that Hinagiku is the one who finally wins out, and only seems to be in the competition at all to make sure Hina doesn't give up.
** [[spoiler: Athena]] sort of counts as this due to meeting him many years earlier, but Nishizawa still takes the title as she's known Hayate longer and was in the classic position of trying to get closer to him at school and get him to notice her despite his obliviousness.
* {{Unusual Ears}} - Hinagiku gains donkey ears for a filler chapter following the trip to Athens.
* UnwantedHarem - It's not so much that Hayate doesn't ''want'' the girls as he is too naive to understand their gestures of affection for him... which can be dangerous considering the occasionally (literal) military grade resources most of them can access when they throw a tantrum. (Nervous Laugh)
** More like he has low self-esteem. Not to mention he sees half of them as kids, and because he's quite explicitly ''not'' a {{Lolicon}}, can't even imagine them as love interests.
*** Anime Hayate shows an interest in those his age, Manga Hayate doesn't believe he can ever be anyone's boyfriend; [[spoiler: and he has a lot of pent-up guilt over Athena.]]
*** Ironic since it seems like the older the character, the less mature they act. Most of the girls act thirteen-going-on-thirty, with cynicism on the red-line.
*** Hinagiku points [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/5 this out to him]].
** Speaking of Hinagiku, she also seems to have one. [[SchoolgirlLesbians They're mostly girls.]]
** Wataru seems to have one of his own. He's just a lot more clued into it.
* UptownGirl - A little one-sided, at least at the start, as Nagi (the rich girl) has become infatuated with the extremely-poor Hayate after he saves her from kidnappers. She saves him from his (parents') debt, and he ends up serving her as a Battle Butler to pay her back. For her, it seems to be mostly just an excuse to keep him around.
* UrbanLegendLoveLife - Hayate's got a FailureKnight complex preventing him from seeing it, and instead, all of the girls officially in his {{unwanted harem}} can see that he's got them all wrapped around his finger.
** Hinagiku gets to point [[http://www.mangareader.net/hayate-the-combat-butler/320/5 this out to him]]. Although technically only a few have gone that far.
* VerbalTic - Demon, the Great Stygian of Abe (Temp), says '~tima' a lot.
** Izumi from the [[GreekChorus Student Council Trio]] has her unique laugh, which she uses a lot.
* WhamEpisode - Chapter 300. Not only did it see the return of [[spoiler: Athena, who either appeared in a dream or broke into Hayate's bedroom]]. It also had Aika returning from Greece at last to set up a few possible plot points. Then things get weird when [[spoiler: Hayate and Hinagiku are talking and a little girl who looks like Athena from the End of the World Arc appears out of nowhere and bumps into Hina]]. Then just to ''really'' make us all wonder what the hell was going on, [[spoiler: loli!Athena calls Hinagiku "mama"]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen - Originally the author had written a one-shot manga about a high school student and her sister dealing with a debt. These characters became Yukiji and Hinagiku.
** In Yukiji's profile, it's hinted that eventually those chapters will be released as part of the [=HnG=] storyline.
** There's also been clues of Hayate's brother having been a main character in a manga somewhere.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome - Chapter 282, where Ayumu is trying to trick Hayate into asking her when her birthday is (it's that day), while Hayate is trying to avoid the subject like the plague (they have a surprise party planned for later), is played exactly like a fight scene, complete with side characters commenting on the tactical choices.
* WithThisRing - Takes a full swing at this trope in The End Of The World flashback arc. [[spoiler: While he was a kid, Hayate worked hard and finally was able to buy a ring for Athena. Unfortunately, it's a ring for an adult, so their six-year-old forms can't wear them yet. Athena responds by offering Hayate a similar ring, and the vows and rings are exchanged and they promise to marry when they get older. Hayate then goes and gives the ring he got to his parents, who take and sell it to a pawn shop. Athena gets angry at Hayate when he returns later, presumably having seen what happened]].
** [[spoiler:The ring is later seen by Yukiji, given how it's priced, it seems possible that the ring is a fake]].
** [[spoiler:The ring that Athena kept a hold of returns to the story when the group makes a trip out to Athens during their Golden Week vacation. First it's admired, and then left out in the open, by her when she's seen Hayate again, not having known where he was for the intervening years. Then Hayate notices it and picks it up. She also gave the ring-box (empty) to Nagi, his current master before she dissapears at the end of the arc]].
** [[spoiler:It's not seen when he gives it back, but Athena later shows it as proof that it is her when he's questioning his sight.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser - Hayate, albeit against his own will. Nagi and Maria's motives for forcing him to crossdress are most likely [[CovertPervert considerably less wholesome]].
* WorldOfSnark - Due to [[MediumAwareness knowing that they are characters in a manga/anime]] and the [[HilarityEnsues hilarious attempts]] to actually [[WrongGenreSavvy apply this knowledge]], just about everyone makes sarcastic or witty remarks. Nagi and Hinagiku snark at the villains and weirdos quite often, the SC Rangers, Wataru, Sakuya, Ayumu, and even Isumi and Maria all make disparaging comments about the craziness around them. Hayate himself probably takes the cake, especially in the manga where he is ''a lot'' more cynical than he usually appears and has had exasperated reactions to damn near everything.
* {{Wonder Child}} - Although altogether average kids, the Katsura sisters fall into this category. There's nothing inherently special about them, but their adopted parents were unable to have children of their own, so when Yukiji was looking for foster parents and chose her former teacher and his wife, they were probably thought of as this.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter
* TheWorfEffect - Hayate suffers from this quite a bit at a few points in the manga. It's actually rather unavoidable though as the cast is almost entirely made up of non-combatants. Some enemies are a total joke, some need to punt Hayate across the room to be taken a bit more seriously. Hell, [[spoiler: Machina nearly killed him]] to set up the drama of the Greece Arc going into full swing, which would later be repeated by the arc BigBad [[spoiler: King Midas]]. To his credit, Hayate scared the former badly enough to make him want to use "That Technique" just by threatening to get back up and looking[[GlowingEyesOfDoom deadly serious]] and was able to defeat the latter even with his injuries.
** Really, the only other characters that even could get this treatment are Hinagiku, Yukiji, named butlers (as most are just RedShirts), and Isumi. Hinagiku gets her moment in the Butler Quest arc [[spoiler: getting zapped by a demon-possessed Yukiji]]. Yukiji and Kotetsu share a moment with Hayate during the Mount Takao trip against an insanely huge and powerful grizzly bear. Isumi even gets one in the Greece Arc [[spoiler: when her ultimate attack is defeated by Machina/Athena/Midas...whatever the heck the snake thing was]]. Hayate simply takes the brunt of it since he's established as the IronButtMonkey of the series.
* WorfHadTheFlu - There actually is usually a reason for Hayate losing fights or having a much harder time than he should. The primary reason is that he's actually [[spoiler: a trained swordsman, though he lied about early on]] and is limited to fighting unarmed which could put him at a disadvantage. Also he apparently has access to an [[BigFreakingGun HK-MG3]] and plenty of skill with it even before the start of the series - if he brought ''that'' thing to every fight he could win just by waving it around (one-handed no less). Aside from that the biggest contributing factor is probably that he doesn't want to fight in the first place leading to him putting up with way more than he'd have to simply because he doesn't fight back.
* {{Workplace Acquired Abilities}} - This is the explination given for many of Hayate's non-butler skills. Between the jobs he did for his father and the jobs he did to support himself since he was 8. His skills as a butler have a completely different origin.
* WorthlessYellowRocks - While it's not gold, when Hayate is told to spend three days away from the mansion because Nagi's embarrassed, he's given one million yen. Which he promply loses. It gets returned to the mansion and Maria counts it, stating that it's almost exactly what he was given for living expenses. Nagi passes by the table and asks what all the [[http://www.onemanga.com/Hayate_the_Combat_Butler/77/12/ chump change]] is.
** The characters, especially Maria and Nagi, have continually shown distain for the value of money. Such that it's a huge leap in Nagi's showing maturity when she's willing to give it up.
* WrongGenreSavvy - The usual cause of a GenreSavvy guess being wrong. While the characters often seem to know they're in an anime/manga, they just as often think they're in an actual fighting series, not a parody.
** Sakuya is aware she's in a comedy series, she just has the comedy style wrong.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou - Played with in the 'End of the World Arc'. [[spoiler: Hayate wants Athena to join his family outside the RG and she can't bring herself to ask him to risk himself to allow her to, they fight (lethally), and then Hayate unknowingly triggers her {{berserk button}} of her not having parents, to which she then 'slaps' him by ordering him to leave (so she doesn't kill him?), before she's able to break down, he does so, thinking he's failed her. Afterward she breaks down crying for having to resort to ordering him away to protect him.]] He does try to return to apologize, but finds he's unable to.
* XanatosGambit - Parodied [[spoiler:with a ShoutOut to ''Manga/DeathNote''... by a kitten.]]
* {{Yakuza}} - The cheerful LampshadeHanging the show offers of this, as well as the over-the-top sugar-coating they give the activities of said very nice people to make it viewable to [[MultipleDemographicAppeal its younger audience]], arguably makes it [[RuleOfFunny funnier]] to anyone old enough to know what they're really referring to.
** Do note, however, that calling them "very nice people" was a form of censor on the anime due to its time slot. The manga outright calls them Yakuza and makes all of their actions perfectly clear. {{YMMV}} on whether or not the anime's RunningGag made it funnier.
* YamatoNadeshiko - Isumi-chan, oh so very cute. Every home should have one. And probably will [[NoSenseOfDirection when she wanders in]].
* {{Yandere}} - Quite possibly [[spoiler: Saki]] in the anime.
* YaoiFangirl - Izumi Segawa. "Sorry to bother you. Please don't mind me and continue."
** Also, Nagi, apparently. Although Nagi's fondness for yaoi does ''not'' extend to guys hitting on Hayate.
** Nishizawa as well.
* YaoiGuys - Parodied with Hayate and Kotetsu. Kotetsu ''tries'' to be the {{Seme}} to Hayate, who under other circumstances would fit the {{Uke}} stereotype. However, Hayate has made it ''very'' clear that he does not swing that way and, thus, does not want any of that. [[HandsomeLech Kotetsu]] [[StalkerWithACrush cannot take a hint]].
* YearInsideHourOutside - [[spoiler: The Royal Garden, apparently.]]
* YouDidntAsk - After 88 chapters, Hayate reveals to the other girls that he's had a girlfriend in the past, and she's the reason that he's completely clueless about all the other girls [[{{unwanted harem}} all but throwing themselves at him]], even the one who's actually confessed to him. Even later he reveals who this girl is, and everyone realizes that they know of her and one of them was actually seen as her best friend. The phrase is never actually spoken, but there are reaction shots with this being their expression.
** Given the amount of mistaken dialogue present, this could clear up most of the confusion of the story. One of the characters seems to have gotten {{genre savvy}} about this.
** Granted, sometimes it's refused, even when one of the girls is asked directly, she can't answer.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* {{You Must Be Cold}} - In the first episode/chapter Hayate gives his jacket to Nagi when she's freezing.
** Subverted in chapter 262: [[spoiler: Athena tells Hayate she's cold, and he offers her his jacket, completely oblivious to her subtext - she wants him to give her a cuddle. He catches on eventually.]]
** Although not quite implied that it's because she's cold, Hinagiku is seen wearing a male's (possibly Hayate's) jacket as she runs from the beach where she's just played beach volleyball, so she's in a bikini.
* YoungerThanTheyLook - Believe it or not, the butlers Nonohara, Himuro & Kotetsu are all under 19 years old! This is pretty shocking since Kotetsu looks like he's in his 30s yet is actally a teenager and is also [[spoiler: Izumi's older twin brother!]]
** Maria is 17 years old, but many are often mistaken that she looks older due to her maturity. By the way, '''DO NOT IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SAY SHE DOESN'T LOOK SEVENTEEN!'''. Just Don't! Say it again or '''[[BerserkButton you will suffer the consequences!]]''' You have been warned!
* YouWannaGetSued - Virtually every episode contains lines with bleep-censorship to avoid trademark infringement.
-->Nagi: Hayate still has three transformations left!
-->Hayate: No, I'm not [[DragonBallZ Fr** za.]]
** In more extreme cases, characters will be actively shushed by other characters to achieve this. See the example on the trope page.
** The official English manga translation 'whites-out' letters in words for the same reason - a visual bleep.
** Also in the anime, some cases have the scene replaced by the large version of the usual visual censorship gag with writing "Showing this will be a copyright infringement" or something like that.
** Although the manga, at least, is very inconsistent about whether or not a trademark reference gets censored: for example, Klaus' first response when Maria told him how Hayate rescued Nagi was, "What kind of {{Gundam}} is that?" and he then insisted it would somehow shame the Sanzenin to have a Gundam as a butler. But then there are several occasions of the term "Gun[blank]m."
* ZettaiRyouiki - Nagi's qualifies as [[RankInflation grade S]]. Try to find an episode or chapter where she DOESN'T wear it.
** Sakuya's is pretty good too.
*** Well, her voice actor ''did'' voice Rin Tohsaka, THE epitome of Grade S ZettaiRyouiki, in ''FateStayNight''. As some people have said, the fact that Sakuya is voiced by Kana Ueda in the anime makes her ten times as hot as the manga version.
*** Do you mean [[http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6900/0e35fce030dd5c671f00d3c.jpg this sexy little number?]]
** Isumi's maid outfit.
** Maria, too, on the rare occasions that she's not in her {{meido}} uniform.
** Chiharu's maid uniform. Inevitable when she was initially hired [[spoiler:to work in a maid café.]]
** No, not even Hayate is invulnerable when he crossdresses (as seen in an anime OP).
