History Manga / BoboboBoBoboBo

* LuckyTranslation: Hanage Shin Ken translates to [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Fist of the Nose Hair]].

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Bo-bobo

* ExcusePlot: A CloudCuckooLander DarkSkinnedBlonde rebels against an evil empire that wants to... cut everyone's hair off.

* ThePowerOfRock: Parodied again. Denbo, Jelly Jiggler and Don Patch fight J by singing, which makes stuff in the song real. But the songs they think up are completely ridiculous, involving things like Beta-Carotene and a 49 year old man. There's even a little [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR]] section. This is [[RecycledInSPACE recycled]] in the manga sequel, except that [[BrattyHalfPint Pokomi]] is the one singing.

* BadassAdorable: The original series had Ruby, a [[CreepyChild mind controlling]] {{ninja}} [[TastesLikeDiabetes little girl]], and Shinsetsu has Pokomi, an absurdly strong MagicalGirlWarrior.

** Episodes in the series circle through noticeable animation shifts, certain episodes go into the SurrealHorror valley as they take the DerangedAnimation aspect of the show UpToEleven, while others are more toned and cartoony in style.

* AssShove: Kancho-kun/The Splinter's specialty and does this UpToEleven in the later story arcs...

** Certain episodes [[AnimationBump have a more exaggerated style]] taking this usual aspect UpToEleven, leading into SurrealHorror at times, Episode 14 being a noticeable example.

* SurrealHumor: Taken UpToEleven, the humor is often incomprehensible and unexplainable [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext to the point that it sometimes doesn't make sense in the context in the absurd logic of the series]]. It sometimes gets so bizarre that leads into....

* VisualPun: None of which translated. Enough were there that the already-insane series became [[UpToEleven even less comprehensible]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Likely done to mock how most Shōnen manga tend to go down this route, with the majority of them being either Hair Hunters, or OneSceneWonder [[CartoonCreature Cartoon Creatures]] that only appear for [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Lipped Alligator Moments]]. Regardless, you really can't be blamed if you've had trouble trying to keep up with all of them.

Not to be confused with ''Bobobobs'', a similarly wacky (but infinitely saner) Japanese/Spanish animated series that enjoyed some heavy popularity in those countries in TheNineties.

* BreatheOnTheFan: Bo-bobo once won second place in a contest for "Saying 'Ah' in front of an electric fan".

* IndecisiveParody: Although the show is CLEARLY a parody of all anime, it can also, surprisingly, be appreciated as simply a [[ActuallyPrettyFunny stand-alone funny show]], and is by a lot of fans.

* SerialEscalation: How totally and impossible weird can this episode be? Only answer is "more than the last."

* ExtyYearsFromNow: The manga states that the year is 300X; the first episode of the anime series announces that the year is 3001.5.

The manga was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' from 2001 to 2005, with an anime adaptation that ran from 2003 to 2005. The anime was very well-liked in America, Europe, and Japan; the dub wasn't a direct translation from the Japanese original (just look at the narrator) as a lot of the jokes from the original source were centered around Japanese culture and likely wouldn't translate well to English-speaking countries, though the writers did a good job working around this. The voice acting in both versions was great (Creator/KirkThornton, an incredibly famous voice actor, voiced Don Patch in what is considered to be one of his best roles), and it appealed to many people. However, the anime was canceled after 76 episodes, and the American manga beginning at Volume 11 (renumbered) is on hiatus, with only five volumes released (supposedly they are going to translate more in the future, according to an email).

* LargeHam: Almost everyone aside from Beauty and Gasser.

* RealityEnsues: For a wacky series, there are moments when the scenario doesn't rely on InsaneTrollLogic and the reality of the situation sits in.
** Don Patch, back in his [[BoisterousWeakling he didn't show real combat ability to back up his boasting]] [[CharacterizationMarchesOn at this point]], goes to face off against the very tall and muscular Tough-Looking Guy. Rather expectedly, he gets beaten off-screen in a matter of seconds due to the obvious weight class difference.
** Jelly Jiggler attempts to use the same Babylon technique on Haoh, but fails due to having no fingers to use the technique.
** Sonic hangs upside down for most of his fight, but this causes all the blood to rush to his head as one would expect being upside down for an extended period of time.
** Dengakuman in spite of running the strongest Block of the current generation, is just [[CartoonCreature white small figure that insists he's a dog]] with [[HarmlessVillain no combat capability]]. When he tries to attack, he's held at arm's length and is easily swatted around as you would expect.

* BishonenLine: All of Bobobo's fusions are much better-looking than his default form (except for Incomplete BoboPatch). To say nothing of the goofy-looking creatures he fuses with...

In the year "[[YearX 300X]]", the entire world is under the control of the Maruhage Empire (Chrome Dome Empire). Emperor Tsuru Tsurulina IV (Czar Baldy Bald IV) has initiated the "Hair Hunt", a globe-spanning crusade where the empire's army, the "Hair Hunters", pillage countless villages and shave the inhabitants of said villages bald against their will. But there's one man who means to put an end to the Hair Hunt and protect the hair of people everywhere, and his name is Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (or "Bo-bobo", for short)!

In the year "[[YearX 300X]]", the entire world is suffering under the control of the Maruhage Empire (Chrome Dome Empire). The evil Emperor Tsuru Tsurulina IV (Czar Baldy Bald IV) has enacted the "Hair Hunt", a globe-spanning crusade involving the emperor's soldiers (or "Hair Hunters") pillaging countless villages and shaving the inhabitants of said villages bald against their will. But there's one man who means to put an end to the Hair Hunt and protect the hair of people everywhere, and his name is Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (or "Bo-bobo", for short)!

In the year "[[YearX 300X]]", the entire world is suffering under the control of the evil Maruhage Empire (Chrome Dome Empire). The empire's ruler, Emperor Tsuru Tsurulina IV (Czar Baldy Bald IV), has enacted a globe-spanning crusade called the "Hair Hunt", which consists of the emperor's soldiers (or "Hair Hunters") pillaging countless villages and forcibly shaving the inhabitants of said villages bald. But there's one man who means to put an end to the Hair Hunt and protect the hair of people everywhere, and his name is Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo.

Bo-bobo wields a strange, but amazing power called the ''Hanage Shinken'' (Super Fist of the Nose Hair), an oddball form of martial arts that allows him to manipulate his own nose hair to defeat his enemies. More often, though, he defeats his enemies by confusing the hell out of them with his oddball behavior and an assortment of sight gags (like [[GhostInTheMachine little people living inside his afro]]). This is eventually revealed to be an [[ConfusionFu actual fighting style]] in Bo-bobo's world, known as "Hajike" (from the Japanese word "hajikeru", which literally means "to burst" but can also mean "to go crazy", translated as "Wiggin" ala the phrase "Wiggin Out"), where the object is to use these strange happenings to distract and confuse your enemy into submission.

In the post-apocalyptic world of the year "[[YearX 300X]]", Bo-bobo fights the machinations of the Margarita (from ''marugari'', the Japanese word for "bald-shaven") Empire and their leader, Emperor Tsuru Tsururuna IV (Czar Baldy Bald IV), who has sent his "Hair Hunters" to shave the hair off everyone in the world. Ostensibly, Bo-bobo does this through the art of ''Hanage Shinken'' (translated as "Fist of the Nose Hair"), an oddball form of martial arts that allows him to manipulate his body hair to defeat his enemies. More often, though, he defeats his enemies by confusing the hell out of them with his oddball behavior and an assortment of sight gags (like [[GhostInTheMachine little people living inside his afro]]). This is eventually revealed to be an [[ConfusionFu actual fighting style]] in the world of ''Bo-bobo'', known as "Hajike" (from the Japanese word "hajikeru", which literally means "to burst" but can also mean "to go crazy", translated as "Wiggin" ala the phrase "Wiggin Out"), where the object is to use these strange happenings to distract and confuse your enemy into submission.

* TournamentArc: Parodied with the Bald Bowl, an event where the Rebels and all the Hair Hunters they fought and defeated up to that point fight to see who'll become the next czar of the Chrome Dome Empire. It's built up to be this big event, but the Rebels only fight against ''one'' Hair Hunter before [[spoiler:the Shadow Chrome Dome Empire appears and make their move to take over the surface world]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The majority make up the antagonists but good grief if you have had trouble trying to keep up with all of them.

The manga was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' from 2001 to 2005, with an anime adaptation that ran from 2003 to 2005. The anime was very well-liked in America, Europe, and Japan; the dub wasn't a direct translation from the Japanese original (just look at the narrator) as a lot of the jokes from the original source were centered around Japanese culture and likely wouldn't translate well to English-speaking countries, though the writers did a good job working around this. The voice acting in both versions was great (Creator/KirkThornton, an incredibly famous voice actor, voiced Don Patch in what is considered to be one of his best roles), and it appealed to many people. However, the anime was canceled after 76 episodes, and the American manga beginning at Volume 11 (renumbered) is on hiatus, with only five volumes released (supposedly they are going to translate more in the future, according to an email). The Japanese manga is finished, but there is still high demand from fans to finish the anime.

The show was very well-liked in America, Europe, and Japan; the dub wasn't a direct translation from the Japanese original (just look at the narrator) as a lot of the jokes from the original source were centered around Japanese culture and likely wouldn't translate well to English-speaking countries, though the writers did a good job working around this. The voice acting in both versions was great (Creator/KirkThornton, an incredibly famous voice actor, voiced Don Patch in what is considered to be one of his best roles), and it appealed to many people. However, the anime was canceled after 76 episodes, and the American manga beginning at Volume 11 (renumbered) is on hiatus, with only five volumes released (supposedly they are going to translate more in the future, according to an email). The Japanese manga is finished, but there is still high demand from fans to finish the anime.

In the post-apocalyptic world of the year "[[YearX 300X]]", Bo-bobo fights the machinations of the Margarita (from ''marugarite'', the Japanese word for "bald-shaven") Empire and their leader, Emperor Tsuru Tsururuna IV (Czar Baldy Bald IV), who has sent his "Hair Hunters" to shave the hair off everyone in the world. Ostensibly, Bo-bobo does this through the art of ''Hanage Shinken'' (translated as "Fist of the Nose Hair"), an oddball form of martial arts that allows him to manipulate his body hair to defeat his enemies. More often, though, he defeats his enemies by confusing the hell out of them with his oddball behavior and an assortment of sight gags (like [[GhostInTheMachine little people living inside his afro]]). This is eventually revealed to be an [[ConfusionFu actual fighting style]] in the world of ''Bo-bobo'', known as "Hajike" (from the Japanese word "hajikeru", which literally means "to burst" but can also mean "to go crazy", translated as "Wiggin" ala the phrase "Wiggin Out"), where the object is to use these strange happenings to distract and confuse your enemy into submission.

The show was very well liked in America, Europe and Japan; the dub wasn't a direct translation from the Japanese original (just look at the narrator) as a lot of the jokes from the original source were centered around Japanese culture and likely wouldn't translate well to English-speaking countries, though the writers did a good job working around this. The voice acting in both versions was great (Creator/KirkThornton, an incredibly famous voice actor, voiced Don Patch in what is considered to be one of his best roles), and it appealed to many people. However, the anime was cancelled after 76 episodes, and the American manga beginning at Volume 11 (renumbered) is on hiatus, with only five volumes released (supposedly they are going to translate more in the future, according to an email). The Japanese manga is finished, but there is still high demand from fans to finish the anime.

Not to be confused with ''Bobobobs'', a similarly wacky (but infinitely saner) Japanese/Spanish animated series which enjoyed some heavy popularity in those countries in TheNineties.

!!Provides examples of:

* ExcusePlot: Honestly the catch of the series is an evil empire is hunting hair and our heroes are rebeling against them. Past that base concept, the plot just gets lost in the utter nonsense and relentless oddball humor. It's less wanting to see the heroes reach their goal and more what insane opponents they'll face next and what insanity they'll use against them.

** Though is implied to have gotten better by the sequel series

* GagSeries: To {{Shonen}} in general

* SeriousBusiness: Czar Baldy Bald IV erected a [[ThoseWackyNazis totalitarian regime with a Schutzstaffel-like "Hair Hunter" troupe]], all just because everyone should be as bald as him.

* OverlyLongName: Courtesy of episode 42, in what should be a tearful farewell from one bystander to a cherished another one, we get this ridiculous sorrowful shout (Which actually is meaningless for she doesn't actually die from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo bulldozer frenzy.). "Don't die on me!!! Copernicus Steven Gelgaccia Nicos Will May Trow Jackson III!"

* FusionDissonance: PlayedForLaughs; Bo-bobo's FusionDance forms ''never'' resemble their components in appearance or personality (or sometimes even [[ArtShift artstyle]]). The main character is a parody of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] with a FunnyAfro and he can combine with [[Characters/BoboboboBoboboTheRebels a bunch]] of [[OurMonstersAreWeird weird monsters]] to form... {{Magical Girl}}s and {{Bishonen}}? On the debut fusion, [=BoboPatch=] claims to be so powerful that he can only maintain his form for one minute... but later fusions have completely random limits ranging from hours to seconds. One of the fusions in the manga is with Torpedo Girl (a literal female torpedo with a face and legs, not the Music/{{KISS}} song) resulting into a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/torpedo_girbo.png parody]] of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].

** Bo-bobo himself does this frequently,condemning an enemy for treating his ally badly, despite doing so every chance he gets.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Anything that comes out of Bo-bobo's mouth. It makes sense to him but no one else. Except the ''targets'' of said logic, against whom it inexplicably works.

* InterestingSituationDuel: Starting around the Cyber City Arc, most of the battles have some sort of gimmick. From fighting in a giant coin toss game to being tethered to bungie cords.

** Played Straight other places.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The majority make up the antagonists but good grief if you have have trouble trying to keep up with all of them.

* OnlySaneMan: Beauty, to a lesser extent Gasser, and to a even lesser extent Softon.
** When he's not worshiping Don Patch, Hatenko is also one.

* ThePowerOfRock: Parodied again. Denbo, Jelly Jiggler and Don Patch fight J by singing, which makes stuff in the song real. But the songs they think up are complately ridiculous, involving things like Beta-Carotene and a 49 year old man. There's even a little [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution DDR]] section. This is [[RecycledInSPACE recycled]] in the manga sequel, except that [[BrattyHalfPint Pokomi]] is the one singing.

** This is then elaborated upon that Bo-bobo is not only the 7th master of the Fist of the Nose Hair, but also the heir to the Hair Kingdom [[spoiler: Bi-bibi learning of this kickstarted the series with his alliance with the rebuilding Chrome Dome Empire leading to the Hair Kingdom's destruction]].

* TearOffYourFace: Lambada has done this to Rice, although in a less gory[[note]]Even in the Japanese version.[[/note]] manner - the polygonated Rice was left with with no apparent injuries, save for not having polygon edges or colour on his face. The face also turned into a nice little rectangular brick thing. It has been said that Lambada does this to defeated enemies regularly.

** He also usually stops focusing on the script and starts worrying about his personal issues to the point where the producer began to take a dollar out of his paycheck every time he goes off script. He now owes the producer a dollar every payday.