History Manga / ShugoChara

* AmplifierArtifact: The Humpty Lock that was given to [[TheHeroine Amu]] by the Guardians appears at first to be a TransformationTrinket, but since other characters don't need the Lock around to transform, it's actually this trope. Without it, Amu can only do a partial Character Change for a short time, but with it, she can do a full Character Transformation with any of her three Charas...[[HilarityEnsues and]] other people's Chara's can [[InvoluntaryTransformation force her into a transformation]] on a whim!

* IncomingHam: Yamabuki Saaya.
--> "'''OH-HOHOHOHOHO'''!!"
** [[InvoluntaryTransformation "YOU DARE CALL]] [[BerserkButton ME A PRINCE!?"]]

** The Dumpty Key, which is carried by [[AntiVillain Ikuto]], is an AmplifierArtifact that applies [[UpToEleven to the Humpty Lock's own amplification]]! When the Key is finally inserted into the Lock [[EleventhHourSuperpower in the penultimate episode]], Amu and Ikuto both temporarily gain the ability to [[AllYourPowersCombined merge with all their own Charas at once]].

* RapunzelHair: Rima, get some scissors. You too, Nagihiko.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Amu and most of the Charas (justified since they can have any hair color). Ikuto, Nadeshiko/[[spoiler:Nagihiko]] and Kairi could probably have stylized black hair.

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!!'''This show provides examples of:'''

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Ikuto and Utau. They wear so much of them that it's more of a fashion statement than a religious one.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Borderline and one-sided, actually. Rima gets ''really really'' jealous when anyone else gets close to Amu. Other than these times, she doesn't show actual romantic interest in Amu.
** Yaya and Rima seem to got this in Episode 44 of Shugo Chara! Doki!! when they were trapped in a secret underground base.
** And Rima and Nadeshiko, who she is noted as being much warmer to than Nagihiko. Their combination egg healing move is called Queen's Waltz.

-->''My own heart, unlock!''

* DoubleStandard[=/=]ValuesDissonance: Averted for the most part when it comes to Amu and Ikuto's relationship ([[spoiler:Amu is 12 while Ikuto is 17]]) considering that outside of a few of Ikuto's classmates who teased him about it briefly, nobody in-universe seems to care (Well, Tadase does, but thats less because he's 17 and more because he's [[ForgottenFriendNewFoe Ikuto.]][[spoiler: When he reconciles with him, he's completely fine with it.]]). In fandoms though; of course, since the older one is a [[MenAreTheExpendableGender male]], [[BrokenBase the fanbase is really divided.]]
** Much of the fanbase think the Amu/Ikuto relationship is cute and legitimate like any other couple. However because of the DoubleStandard, some viewers (especially new ones) might be turned off by this series because of this. Debates about this situation tend to get pretty [[SeriousBusiness serious]].

* {{Bishonen}}: Nearly all the boys, mostly Ikuto and Tadase.
* BitingTheHandkerchief
* {{Bokukko}}: Miki

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In Episode 51, Amu has a shirt on that says "[[Music/JustinTimberlake Rock Your Body]]". She's 11. Of course, it is in English, so a lot of the Japanese watchers might not understand it anyway. But still...
** Look at DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything above.

* InvisibleToNormals: Only people with a Shugo Chara of their own, and a few select others, can see Shugo Chara.
** Actually, normal people can see the charas, but they have to believe in them to see them. Almost no sane person would believe it if someone told they had a little versions of their would-be-selves hatch from an egg, and it can give you special abilities and transformations.

* {{Malaproper}}: Ami just adores her sister's "shugoi chara" (a pun on "sugoi" which means "awesome", or "great" or similar expressions, and on "shugo" from "Shugo Chara"). Also, depending on who you ask, this could also be an example of an IncrediblyLamePun.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Nikaidou and Kairi.]]

** Arguably, the puppets representing the charas in the stage musical could be considered this. Specifically, they have "bivalve" mouths (to their credit, they ARE voiced by the anime seiyuus).

* OvertookTheManga: Came dangerously close at the end of both the first two series.
* PaintingTheMedium: In the fansubs, different fonts are used for each Guardian Character, perhaps to show how exaggerated they are.\

* PunchClockVillain: Ikuto Tsukiyomi.
* PungeonMaster: El in episode 19 of Party.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Kuukai and Nadeshiko]], in the fourth volume, are sent off to make room for new Guardians. They're not gone for good, however.

* ShoutOut: (Possibly) to ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Shana's "Shut up, shut up, shut up!". Another example would be the pose that [[spoiler:Rima]] does when imitating the "Bala-balance!" gag. The pose is clearly taken from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/data/3a174a4a3aa886435c4d328a78f28ca1.jpg famous]] FusionDance pose.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [[FanTranslation Scanslations]] insist on using Sue, Iru and Eru when the manga raws themselves ''clearly state'' that these Charas' names are Suu, Il and El.
** Even without [[WordOfGod official sources]], Il and El make sense on an intuitive level: Enjeru -> Angel -> El and Debiru -> Devil -> Il. Furthermore, "el" is a common suffix for angelic names.
* SpoilerOpening: Quite a few times, mostly to the viewers who don't seem to read the manga. [[spoiler:Omigod, there has to be a new Jack's Chair! We can't leave it empty after Kairi got [[PutOnABus Put On A]]-- Wait, is that Nagihiko wearing the Seiyo Academy uniform ''with the Royal Cape''?]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[TheScrappy Rikka]] in ''Party''. The show pretty much becomes "Babysitting Rikka" by this point.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The narration at the start of every episode in the first season.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Kiseki, Tadase's Shugo Chara, has claimed multiple times he wants to do this. How this will be achieved... Not sure.
* [[{{TalkingtoHimself}} Talking to Herself]]: Amu and [[spoiler:Dia]].
* TemptingFate: In episode 25, Amu is undecided about if she likes Tadase, Ikuto or Kukai. At one point, she decides that "At times like these, I depend on Nadeshiko!" [[UnsettlingGenderReveal And then...]]

* ThirdPersonPerson: Yaya, Suu, Utau.
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: Happens in both the first chapter of the manga, and the first episode of theanime.

* TransformationNameAnnouncement: "Chara-nari: [name of character transformation]!"

* TransformationSequence: In the anime, Amu's first transformation happens in midair, leading one to believe in an instantaneous transformation. Of course, the roughly 15-second conversation ''during'' the fall would put her about half a mile underground, so maybe physics doesn't play a big part in this show.
** Or at least six feet.

* TroubledButCute: Ikuto
* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler:Utau]] is Type A towards Amu after DefeatMeansFriendship.
** So is Rima for [[spoiler: Nagihiko]].
* TwoTeacherSchool : Pretty much the only adults we see at Seiyo Academy are Nikaidou-sensei and Tsukasa. And Tsukasa isn't even a teacher. Not only does Nikaidou teach Amu both years, but he also teaches her in gym and seems to be the only person seen in charge during assemblies.
* UnknownRival: Saaya Yamabuki.

* VerbalTic: Ikuto's guardian chara constantly adds "~nya", the japanese equivalent of "meow", to all his sentences (see "catboy" above). Su constantly adds "-desu" to hers, but she's probably just speaking {{keigo}}.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler:Nadeshiko]]

* BrattyHalfPint: Yaya can be this way at times. Also, Rikka, one of the primary reasons for her being [[TheScrappy so hated]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Many of Amu's and Utau's outfits feature this.
** Amu's legwarmers tend to be just a little bit too low. JUST BARELY
** If Utau wore thigh-high socks, she would be a Grade S, since she already has the pigtails and the tsundere attitude.

* HairDecorations: Amu has her X-hairclips, Yaya wears pigtails with large bows and Rima has a hairband.

* PaintingTheMedium: In the fansubs, different fonts are used for each Guardian Character, perhaps to show how exaggerated they are.
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler: Kukai and Utau]]
** Happens a lot in Encore.

[[ButWaitTheresMore But Wait, There's More!]] Amu soon falls in with her school's "Guardians", an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil whose four members each have their own Guardian Character. She discovers that her multiple Guardian Characters make her TheChosenOne, able to transform into a MagicalGirl with three different forms, one for each Guardian Char acter she has. With her new powers, she must hunt down the mysterious "[[MacGuffin Embryo]]" and battle against the agents of the Easter Company, who are creating [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] from her classmates' deepest insecurities.[[note]]Which has less of a focus in the manga than it does in the anime.[[/note]]

Has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} that Chara]]. Or [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Chávez Hugo Chavez]]

[[ButWaitTheresMore But Wait, There's More!]] Amu soon falls in with her school's "Guardians", an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil whose four members each have their own Guardian Character. She discovers that her multiple Guardian Characters make her TheChosenOne, able to transform into a MagicalGirl with three different forms, one for each Guardian Character she has. With her new powers, she must hunt down the mysterious "[[MacGuffin Embryo]]" and battle against the agents of the Easter Company, who are creating [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] from her classmates' deepest insecurities.[[note]]Which has less of a focus in the manga than it does in the anime.[[/note]]

Has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} that Chara]].

--> Ami: When I grow up, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming I want to be just like onee-chan!]]

* KamehameHadoken: Referenced in an ImagineSpot by Amu. It's also a parody on DragonBall, specifically Goku.

* ShoutOut: (Possibly) to ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Shana's "Shut up, shut up, shut up!". Another example would be the pose that [[spoiler:Rima]] does when imitating the "Bala-balance!" gag. The pose is clearly taken from DragonBall's [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/data/3a174a4a3aa886435c4d328a78f28ca1.jpg famous]] FusionDance pose.

* [[AndCallHimGeorge And Call Them Shugoi Chara]]: Ami is this to the Nth degree...well, from Ran, Miki, and Su's perspective, anyway...

* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: ([[JapanesePronouns First-person pronoun]]) no kokoro, UNLOCK! (''My heart, unlock!'')

* RapunzelHair: Rima, get some scissors. You too, Nagihiko. [[FetishFuel Or not.]]

* HelloProject: Buono!, Shugo Chara Egg, and Guardians 4 were all created for the purpose of doing theme songs for the show. The first two OP's were done by Buono!, who did all of the ED's. Beginning with Doki, Buono! began to only do the ED's. Meanwhile, Shugo Chara Egg did the first two Doki OP's, with Guardians 4 doing all other OP's after that, although Shugo Chara Egg would return in Party to both "host" the show, as well as do the two "Dokki Doki" OP's (G4 did both of the Party OP's).

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Several of the Character Transformations. Special mention goes out to Amulet Heart (very short MagicSkirt and halter top), Black Lynx (a male example of BareYourMidriff with very, very short pants), and Amulet Devil (a batwing-shaped top and small, tight shorts that hardly qualify as a bikini).

* DoubleStandard[=/=][[LoliconandShotacon]][=/=]ValuesDissonance: Averted for the most part when it comes to Amu and Ikuto's relationship ([[spoiler:Amu is 12 while Ikuto is 17]]) considering that outside of a few of Ikuto's classmates who teased him about it briefly, nobody in-universe seems to care (Well, Tadase does, but thats less because he's 17 and more because he's [[ForgottenFriendNewFoe Ikuto.]][[spoiler: When he reconciles with him, he's completely fine with it.]]). In fandoms though; of course, since the older one is a [[MenAreTheExpendableGender male]], [[BrokenBase the fanbase is really divided.]]

* DoubleStandard[=/=][[Lolicon]][=/=]ValuesDissonance: Averted for the most part when it comes to Amu and Ikuto's relationship ([[spoiler:Amu is 12 while Ikuto is 17]]) considering that outside of a few of Ikuto's classmates who teased him about it briefly, nobody in-universe seems to care (Well, Tadase does, but thats less because he's 17 and more because he's [[ForgottenFriendNewFoe Ikuto.]][[spoiler: When he reconciles with him, he's completely fine with it.]]). In fandoms though; of course, since the older one is a [[MenAreTheExpendableGender male]], [[BrokenBase the fanbase is really divided.]]