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* TheWikiRule: [[http://chobits.wikia.com/wiki/Chobits_Wiki The Chobits Wiki]].

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* ActingForTwo: Notably averted in the Korean dub, with Chii and Freya having different voice actresses. Played straight with all the other dubs which have the same voice actresses for both.



* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Notably averted in the Korean dub, with Chii and Freya having different voice actresses. Played straight with all the other dubs which have the same voice actresses for both.

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* ReferencedBy: "[=ID1=]" by Music/PorterRobinson is a remix/uses samples of "Let Me Be With You".

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"[=ID1=]" by Music/PorterRobinson is a remix/uses samples of "Let Me Be With You".You", the anime's opening theme.
** Mod The Sims, a DownloadableContent site for fans of ''VideoGame/TheSims'', has one of its download manager bots named Chii. The site's Chii bot also used to perform various functions in the chat room, such as "gets you coffee" when the command "!coffee" was typed.
** One item sold on ''Website/GaiaOnline'' to customize a user's avatar is the Robot Ears, which look almost exactly like Chi's UnusualEars.

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* NetworkToTheRescue: The manga series was originally printed by {{Creator/Tokyopop}}, and has now been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books. Similarly, the anime was originally licensed by Creator/{{Geneon}}, and has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.


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* StudioHop:
** The manga series was originally printed by {{Creator/Tokyopop}}, and has since been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books.
** The Japanese home media rights are currently owned by Creator/NBCUniversal thanks to their buyout of [[Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan Pioneer LDC/Geneon]] in 2008.
** In North America, the distribution rights were handled by Pioneer Entertainment. It has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.
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* ReferencedBy: "[=ID1=]" by Music/PorterRobinson is a remix/uses samples of "Let Me Be With You".

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* PlayingAgainstType: Crispin Freeman, normally playing serious and dangerous badasses, both good and bad guys, plays the comedic, perverted and inept everyman, Hideki.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Crispin Freeman, PlayingAgainstType:
** Creator/CrispinFreeman,
normally playing serious and dangerous badasses, both good and bad guys, plays the comedic, perverted and inept everyman, Hideki.Hideki.
** Much like Crispin Freeman, Creator/SteveBlum usually voices badasses and villains. Here he plays NiceGuy Mr. Ueda.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://chobits.wikia.com/wiki/Chobits_Wiki The Chobits Wiki]].
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* NetworkToTheRescue: The manga series was originally printed by {{Tokyopop}}, and has now been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books. Similarly, the anime was originally licensed by Creator/{{Geneon}}, and has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.

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* NetworkToTheRescue: The manga series was originally printed by {{Tokyopop}}, {{Creator/Tokyopop}}, and has now been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books. Similarly, the anime was originally licensed by Creator/{{Geneon}}, and has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.
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* DubNameChange: In the Korean dub:
** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hee-su Lee
** Chitose Hibiya -> Dana ([[ItsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced as "duh-NAH"]])
** Yumi Omura -> Yumi Kang
** Takako Shimizu -> [[TheDanza Myeong-hwa Cha]]
** Minoru Kokubunji -> Jeongmin Deokgo
** Yoshiyuki Kojima -> Yeongman Do
** Hiroyasu Ueda -> Yeongjae
** Kotoko -> Koko
** Yuzuki -> Roji
** {{Averted}} with Chii, Shinbo, and Sumomo.

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** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hi-su Lee

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** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hi-su LeeHee-su Lee
** Chitose Hibiya -> Dana ([[ItsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced as "duh-NAH"]])
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* CrossdressingVoices: Minoru is almost always voiced by women, with the notable exception of the Spanish dub, where a guy voices him.

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* The manga series was originally printed by {{Tokyopop}}, and has now been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books. Similarly, the anime was originally licensed by Creator/{{Geneon}}, and has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.



* NetworkToTheRescue: See above.

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* NetworkToTheRescue: See above.The manga series was originally printed by {{Tokyopop}}, and has now been re-released by [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Manga]] in two omnibus books. Similarly, the anime was originally licensed by Creator/{{Geneon}}, and has since been transferred over to Creator/{{Funimation}}.
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** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hee-su Lee

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** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hee-su Hi-su Lee
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* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Notably averted in the Korean dub, with Chii and Freya having different voice actresses. Played straight with all the other dubs which have the same voice actresses for both.

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* TheDanza: Ueda is voiced by Creator/YujiUeda.

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* TheDanza: TheDanza:
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Ueda is voiced by Creator/YujiUeda.Creator/YujiUeda.
** In the Korean dub, Takako has the same [[DubNameChange Korean name]] as her voice actress.


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* DubNameChange: In the Korean dub:
** Hideki Motosuwa -> Hee-su Lee
** Yumi Omura -> Yumi Kang
** Takako Shimizu -> [[TheDanza Myeong-hwa Cha]]
** Minoru Kokubunji -> Jeongmin Deokgo
** Yoshiyuki Kojima -> Yeongman Do
** Hiroyasu Ueda -> Yeongjae
** Kotoko -> Koko
** Yuzuki -> Roji
** {{Averted}} with Chii, Shinbo, and Sumomo.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Hideki is ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon!]]'' [[ActorAllusion And so's his English dub actor!]]
** In the English dub, [[Creator/WendeeLee Faye]] [[Anime/CowboyBebop Valentine]] seemed to have behaved and found a cram teaching job!
** Ueda is voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
** Shinbo is voiced by Creator/TonyOliver.
** It's no coincidence that Kotoko sounds just like [[Creator/KariWahlgren Kagami]] [[Anime/LuckyStar Hiiragi!]]
** Looks like [[Creator/CrispinFreeman Albedo]] [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} got bored with Kirschwassers]] and decided to move on to Persocoms, all while trying to get into college.
** [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Ji]][[Creator/KirkThornton n]] and [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Meryl]] are working together to find Chi.
** [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} Namie]] is the landlady to a suddenly much nicer and even-tempered [[Creator/CrispinFreeman Shizuo]].
** Minoru Kokubunji isn't the first [[Anime/DigimonAdventure young computer genius]] voiced by Creator/MonaMarshall.
** Chii is voiced by Creator/MichelleRuff.
** Yumi, Takako, and Chitose are [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu]], respectively.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Hideki is ''[[TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya Kyon!]]'' [[ActorAllusion And so's his English dub actor!]]

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* HeyItsThatVoice: Hideki is ''[[TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon!]]'' [[ActorAllusion And so's his English dub actor!]]

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