History Manga / Gintama

* FracturedFairyTale: A Shinsengumi crime simulation came up with a retelling of Momotaro turned murder mystery. While initially the cops got into an argument over who killed who[[note]]They eventually narrowed it down to Momotaro and his crew slowly starving to death on the way back from Onigashima, with him [[EatTheDog eating his friends]] out of grief when they died before him after keeping them alive with the kibidango before perishing himself[[/note]], they eventually find out that the group was killed [[CurbStompBattle almost immediately]] after meeting the head oni of Onigashima, were subsequently eaten and vomited, and their corpses were sent floating down the river.

-->--'''One of many [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming idiosyncratic chapter titles]]'''

* ''Gintama Rumble'' (2018) created by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and Usefulnotes/PlayStationVita.

* BlandNameProduct: [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Bentendo]] (with the [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Owee]]), [[Creator/{{Sony}} Zony]], Bargain Dash...

-->"So, in the end, you played with the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]], too?"

* ShadyScalper: When the characters line up in front of a store to buy the new [[BlandNameProduct Bentendo]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Owee]], Catherine reveals that she doesn't care about video games; she just intends to buy the console to resell it at a higher price.

A third series, ''[[NewSeasonNewName Gintama°]]'' (note the circle), was announced and began airing in April 2015. Unsurprisingly, Sunrise opted out of producing it, and were replaced by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment's newly-formed animation branch, [[Creator/BandaiNamcoPictures [=BNPictures=]]]. This series ended in March 2016, with the last episode teasing viewers with a screenshot from the next arc, implying another anime is already in the works. Indeed, a fourth series titled ''Gintama.'' (yes, period included) aired from January 9 - March 27 2017, with another series dedicated to reruns called ''Yorinuke Gintama'' airing the following week. A new series titled "Porori Arc" started airing in October 2017, this time covering the comedic and less plot-heavy chapters that were originally skipped in ''Gintama°'''s run. The next big and final arc, "Silver Soul", was partly adapted and aired as split cours from January to October 2018; [[NoFourthWall according to Gintoki in the final episode]], this season ''was'' meant to be the anime finale but failed due to Sorachi needing more time to wrap things up in the manga at the time.

* RewatchBonus: By the tail end of the series, the meat of Gintoki's page is revealed, after which multiple details either stand out much more or are completely recontextualized on a rewatch. Two particular examples which both involve [[spoiler:Gintoki being forced to kill Shoyo to save his comrades]] are as follows:

** This happens to [[spoiler:Utsuro after his defeat. Gintoki had a hutch that he will return and searched for any signs of him for 2 years. Turns out he was ejected in one of the Dragon's Gate entrances as a baby, where he rapidly grew up in a span of days.]]

* {{Bokukko}}: Tatsumi the fire fighter, who was raised by firemen and is very tomboyish, uses "ore". Kyubei, who was born female but raised as a male, also uses "boku" but ultimately considers themself neither male or female.

** In Episode 317 (beginning of ''Gintama.''), Kagura and Shinpachi advertise the Odd Jobs. Kagura goes around asking if people are going to collect more ''VideoGame/LoveLive'' merchandise or ''sell off'' any ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'' items. Even worse is that Creator/RieKugimiya voices the mother of one of the ''Sunshine!!'' cast.

* {{Bishounen}}: Okita is by WordOfGod the token slim pretty-boy. There are many others too, such as Katsura (whose long hair and effeminate looks have been commented on more than once), Kamui, Honjo from Takamagahara host club, and Shoyo after his face is revealed.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Partially Justified and mostly averted in fight scenes.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Partially {{Justified}} and mostly averted in fight scenes.

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* OverprotectiveDad: Matsudaira and HOW. He repeatedly tries to assassinate his daughter's boyfriend. To a lesser extent, Kagura's dad, Umibouzu.

* ExcitedShowTitle: Parodied in the later seasons of the anime, where they use just about [[LuckyCharmsTitle any punctuation mark]] ''but'' an exclamation point. Phonetically, they're all pronounced the same, but the closest thing that comes to this trope is the final season using a period in the title to match its ending. Completely averted in the manga, which uses the same title throughout its run.

* TheThingThatGoesDoink: Hamiko's family has one, as seen when the Yorozuya talk to her father at their place to help find her.

* OffModel: Odd-looking shots or errors sometimes happen. One anime example is when ''Gintama.'' shows the scene of Takasugi, Katsura and Gintoki going their separate ways [[spoiler:after Shouyou was killed, and Takasugi is shown with both eyes intact despite losing his left eye to Oboro just earlier!]]

** Everybody who participates in the final battle in the second movie gets to fight back-to-back with each other to crank up the awesomeness.

* CreatorCameo: Sorachi appears in both anime and manga in the form of a gorilla, a humanoid HalfDressedCartoonAnimal sporting a yellow t-shirt, he still is a manga-ka in this caricature of him and for some reason Gorilla Sorachi is always seen in trouble, lacking ideas for the manga he is working on.
** He also makes grunts as his gorilla avatar self in the post credit scene of GINTAMA THE FINAL Movie

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: In the non-serial second movie, Gin jumped forward 5 years into a changed Edo and a disbanded Yorozuya. He eventually reunited with Shinpachi, Kagura and Sadaharu.[[spoiler: A legit two-year timeskip happened later in the series. The Yorozuya had gone their seperate ways during the two years. They were reunited.]]

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The plot of the second movie centers around Gintoki being sent five years into the [[BadFuture future]] by a mysterious "Time Thief"/[[spoiler:Tama]], one ravaged by a nanomachine virus and where he's gone missing. [[spoiler:He later learns that his main enemy was that timeline's future version of himself, an unwilling carrier of the virus first infected back during the Joi war, and tries to go to the past to fix things, but succeeding would come at the cost of his existence. The future versions of his loved ones however, not wanting to lose him, are sent back with Tama to help him, the BadassArmy managing to change things while fighting alongside the past versions of the Joi veterans, ''without'' needing to sacrifice Gintoki, before they're all sent back to their own timelines... [[ButtMonkey except Shinpachi]], who gets left behind while only his glasses go back.]]

** In the ''Be Forever Yorozuya'' film, Gintoki is suddenly transported to five years into the future thanks to the Time Thief, and the world is on the verge of extinction (and he himself also died). Despite a considerably dramatic movie, tropes are still parodied, such as Gintoki freaking out over [[ShesAllGrownUp how much Shinpachi and Kagura have physically grown and changed]] and Okita [[Manga/RurouniKenshin becoming a Kenshin expy]]. After the climactic battle, the characters return to their own timelines and it's shown in the present day that the Yorozuya have reunited.

* RetroGaming: Nearly everyone makes references to ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' and other famous game franchises throughout the series. Katsura in particular is a big fan of the Mega Drive and Famicon. Goes the distance in episode 167 where Tama gets sick and transforms into an 8-bit sprite, complete with ''Dragon Quest'' style dialogue windows, earning EXP from going shopping and an inventory full of standard ''Dragon Quest'' items like medical herbs and a cypress stick. Then again in 168, where the opening segment is a brief 8-bit game sequence starring Tama. The rest of the story arc is one big ''Dragon Quest'' parody.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: In general, the show doesn't care about who is on the receiving end of the slapstick, especially Kagura who gets no special treatment for being a girl.

* BookEnds: The first chapter's "lesson" is "Nobody with naturally wavy hair can be that bad of a guy". The last chapter has a similar title, except it's about how ''good'' of a guy Gintoki can't possibly be.

** A (legit) two-year timeskip occurs in the later stages of the series, after the battle with Utsuro reaches a conclusion. The Yorozuya [[spoiler:have gone their separate ways to fulfil their personal motives]], and the other characters also change in various ways. Despite the sobriety, there are still parodies galore:

* SlidingBikeStop: As one of the biggest parody series been made, Gintama can't be out of this fad, having at least one shot of this slide in his scooter. [[AnachronismStew IN MEDIEVAL JAPAN]].