History HayateTheCombatButler / TropesPToZ

* 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.

* 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.]]

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist - Worst. Parents. Ever.
* SomethingAboutARose - Himuro Saeki

* StormOfBlades - Athena can summon it.
** or is it Midas?

* SupernaturalAid - The unlucky stones.

* {{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.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* 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]].

* {{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.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Miki has been pushing a one-sided version of this with Hinagiku, apparently since they were in grade school. Hina has been friends with Miki for ages, but makes the boundaries very clear. Miki does respect this for the most part, but sometimes she can't seem to help herself such as when it involves Hina in the bath or the possibility of seeing her in a bikini.
** However, despite her firm boundaries with Miki, Hina seems to have had a relationship like this with [[spoiler: Athena]]. She describes being awed by [[spoiler: Athena]]'s beauty and had an awkward introduction full of blushing and stammering, but the two became very close and were said to be the school's unstoppable duo. This is particularly notable since before then (and until her Birthday Arc) Hinagiku pushed anything close to romance aside due to her past and fears. On the other side, [[spoiler: Athena]] was shown to be unapproachable to anyone else and seemed to be pushing others away since [[spoiler: the End of the World Arc]].
** Hinagiku and Chiharu's relationship takes on shades of this in Chapter 405 with them spending the entire day together in Kyoto. Chiharu brings out a teasing and playful side that she doesn't seem to show around anyone else thus far, Hina appears to be quite open with Chiharu and even has a nickname for her (Haruko-san) which she doesn't seem to use when others are around. And of course there is the scene where Chiharu gets quite nervous when Hina asks why she's wearing her glasses in the bath, which results in intense blushing, staring, and sputtering denials as Chiharu watches Hina casually get into the bath right in front of her.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - [[SchoolGirlLesbians Miki]] has been pushing a one-sided version of this with Hinagiku, apparently since they were in grade school. Hina has been friends with Miki for ages, but makes the boundaries very clear. Miki does respect this for the most part, but sometimes she can't seem to help herself such as when it involves Hina in the bath or the possibility of seeing her in a bikini.

* StripPoker - In chapter 434, Miki reveal that she had her father's company make a deck of cards where half of them were transparent, creating some interesting new strategies since your opponent could see at least some of your cards and vice versa. Hinagiku shows up after a demonstration and wants to play, with [[SchoolGirlLesbians Miki]] ''instantly'' declaring that Hina has to strip if she loses...and making Izumi strip instead of herself if Hina wins. After some obvious goading to her competitive nature, Hina agrees. Miki realized how screwed she was when Hina got an all-transparent royal flush. For {{Fanservice}} Izumi did actually strip after each hand despite her complaints.

** Speaking of Hinagiku, she also seems to have one. [[SchoolgirlLesbians They're mostly girls.]]

** To say nothing of [[Manga/DetectiveConan Santa Conan]] suddenly appearing in a one-off chapter.

* ThemeTuneCameo

* 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 ''VisualNovel/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).

* ShipSinking - Chapter 265 apparently sinks [[spoiler:Athena X Hayate]]. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments But in the best way possible!]] [[note]]Of course, given the fact that the mangaka is a TeasingCreator and certain spoiler material, who knows where this might go.[[/note]]

* StripPoker - In chapter 434, Miki reveal that she had her father's company make a deck of cards where half of them were transparent, creating some interesting new strategies since your opponent could see at least some of your cards and vice versa. Hinagiku shows up after a demonstration and wants to play, with [[SchoolGirlLesbians Miki]] ''instantly'' declaring that Hina has to strip if she loses...and making Izumi strip instead of herself if Hina wins. After some obvious goading to her competitive nature, Hina agrees. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Miki realized how screwed she was when Hina got an all-transparent royal flush]]. For {{Fanservice}} Izumi did actually strip after each hand despite her complaints.

** Counts as either a SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome or sheer Narm depending on how you look at it.

** The Animax dub had Hayate refer himself as...[[CaptainObvious you guessed it.]]

* 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.

* {{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.

* 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.

** 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.

* ShipSinking - Chapter 265 apparently sinks [[spoiler:Athena X Hayate]]. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming But in the best way possible!]] [[note]]Of course, given the fact that the mangaka is a TeasingCreator and certain spoiler material, who knows where this might go.[[/note]]

* StripPoker - In chapter 434, Miki reveal that she had her father's company make a deck of cards where half of them were transparent, creating some interesting new strategies since your opponent could see at least some of your cards and vice versa. Hinagiku shows up after a demonstration and wants to play, with [[SchoolGirlLesbians Miki]] ''instantly'' declaring that Hina has to strip if she loses...and making Izumi strip instead of herself if Hina wins. After some obvious goading to her competitive nature, Hina agrees. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Miki realized how screwed she was when Hina got an all-transparent royal flush]]. For {{Fanservice}} Izumi did actually strip after each hand despite her complaints.

** Counts as either a CrowningMomentofAwesome or sheer Narm depending on how you look at it.

** Chapter 382 is also a huge wham episode, specifically the moment Luca [[spoiler: kisses Hayate]].
* WhamLine: From Episode 10 of ''Can't Take My Eyes Off You!'', [[spoiler: Hayate telling Nagi "I quit being your butler."]]
** Chapter 404 had a similar line where [[spoiler: Hayate told Ruka that he doesn't wish to be Nagi's butler forever and will quit the day his debt is cleared and Nagi can live on her own]]. This time with heavy foreshadowing that said day is not all that far off.

** Ultimately defied in chapter 510, where, [[spoiler:even after paying off his debts, he decides to continue working for her]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey - Despite being a HaremGenre series, the manga is a pretty rare case where there is no OfficialCouple that is all but waiting to be confirmed. The first chapters alone set up a LoveTriangle between Hayate, Nagi, and Maria and swiftly added Sakuya and Isumi soon after. Then Nishizawa was added and the main LoveTriangle seemed to shift to Nagi/Hayate/Nishizawa. ''And then'' [[BreakoutCharacter fan-favorite]] [[StudentCouncilPresident Hinagiku]] [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Katsura]] was officially confirmed as a LoveInterest and the shipping base went wild. Add in Hayate's NewOldFlame Athena and even more minor characters...

*** As of Chapter 483 this seems to have shifted into [[spoiler: "they would, but..."]] after a rather heartfelt conversation. Given that Hayate had just [[spoiler: turned down minor character Konoha's love confession after a surprise kiss from her earlier]] he was in a surprisingly open mood when Hinagiku approached him to ask him about it. When Hinagiku asked the critical question, [[spoiler: what if it had been her that confessed her feelings to him instead]], Hayate for once gave a serious and direct answer: [[spoiler: he would be very happy if Hinagiku were to say that she loved him and he truly feels that being loved by someone as wonderful as her would be a dream come true]]. This leaves the current situation as, [[spoiler: Hayate pretty much told Hinagiku outright that he likes her, but still doesn't believe she could actually fall for him, Hinagiku now knows that Hayate would return her feelings if she told him, but that she can't right now because Hayate couldn't go out with her even if she told him, not because he doesn't like her, but because of his massive debt. Now Hinagiku will be looking for ways to help get Hayate's debt payed off, and she certainly seems to believe that "they will" once he's debt free]].

* 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 limits himself to fighting unarmed which, could put him at a disadvantage. Also he apparently has access to an [[BigFreakingGun MG3]] and plenty of skill with it even before the start of the series - if he brought ''that'' thing to every fight [[CurbStompBattle he could win]] [[TheJuggernaut 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.

-->Nagi: Hayate still has three transformations left!
-->Hayate: No, I'm not [[DragonBallZ Fr** za.]]

* {{Shotacon}} - The Chairman of Hakuo Academy is both a {{Shotacon}} '''AND''' a {{Lolicon}}, at least in the anime.

** 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.

** While the series is a rare example of a series where "they won't" is a real possibility and it's up in the air if main heroines Nagi and Maria are indeed who the author intended the readers to root for, the early part of the series did toy with the possibility of Hayate/Nagi a bit more than others. Mostly on Nagi's end as Hayate never really displays that sort of interest...and is explicitly not a {{Lolicon}}. It does a good job overall of making all of the girls very sympathetic and developing several quite well at the expense of having a single "main" couple to root for.

*** Another even more meta joke is the nigh-impossibility of Hinagiku ever properly confessing her feelings to Hayate. Hata-sensei picked up on this one too and wound up having Hina confess and/or ''propose'' to Hayate at least four times in one chapter...but each time the meaning was lost because she couldn't bring herself to say it in a direct manner (she even broke out the old Showa Era "I want to eat your miso soup every day" which even the narrator notes would be completely misunderstood, unless they watched MaisonIkkoku).

** 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.
*** Hata-sensei seems to have picked up on this and flipped it around. Hayate has seen ''plenty'' of {{Fanservice}} from Hinagiku and actually seems to get more of an eye-full than the ''readers'' as Hina implies that he walks in on her changing a lot off-panel. The fact that Hayate [[CovertPervert knows she's changing behind that door and keeps opening it]]...

** 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.

*** As of chapter 510, Hayate [[spoiler:ultimately chooses Nagi]].

*** Her father is never seen and supposedly died before Nagi could remember him. She has a few memories of her mother though.

* 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]].

** 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"]].

** 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]]?