History Trivia / KOn

** The band put together a cassette in season 2 episode 23. The "Ho-kago Tea Time II" album [[LimitedSpecialUltimateCollectorsEdition limited edition]] had this cassette, and was released three weeks after the series ended its broadcast run.

** A cassette with the tracklist the band put together in season 2 episode 23 was released three weeks after the series ended its broadcast run.

* ImageSource:
** AnimalEaredHeadband
** BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
** CheekyMouth
** SchoolFestival
** SenseiChan (bottom-left)

* ImageSource: CheekyMouth

* CrossDressingVoices : Satoshi, Ritsu's younger brother and the male character who appear the most, is voiced by Mika Itou who is actually female.

* TheDanza: Her voice actress is named Kotobuki, too, although her name is [[AlternateCharacterReading written with different kanji]].

* IKnewIt: Because the final bonus episode had the girls getting their passport pictures taken, fans predicted that the film would be about the girls going on a trip to another country. ....''guess what!''
* TheMerch: From shirts to ties to guitar covers to [[ImageSong Image CDs]] to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kon-music-shop_2648.jpg replica guitars]] and hilariously overpriced rice. It safe to assume it won't be going away for a while.

** Apparently, Ritsu carries around Polaroids of pan pastries at all times just to make a bad pun. The show narrowly missed the smartphone revolution, which would've allowed her to access thousands of weird, random pictures with the tap of a screen. Google Maps would've stopped them from getting lost in Kyoto, too.

* The statue seen at the very end of episode 7 of the second season is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ClarkBoysBeAmbitious.jpg a statue of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Clark William S. Clark]], the founder of Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University), which implies that Sokabe-sempai is studying in Sapporo. Also, the full version of "Cagayake!GIRLS" contains the words "Girls, be ambitious", which is a reference to Clark's famous parting words to his students ("Boys, be ambitious!").

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: In 2011, rumors circulated that Disney Channel was going to air the English dub of ''K-On!'', but with several edits such as removing all swears, eliminating Mugi's ShippingGoggles, toning down Megumi's stalker behavior towards Mio, and replacing the cake and tea with [=McDonald=]'s and Coca-Cola. Of course, this never happened, though ''K-On!'' has actually aired on Disney Channel's Japanese feed in edited form (exactly what was edited is unknown).

* {{Defictionalization}} : A cassette with the tracklist the band put together in season 2 episode 23 was released three weeks after the series ended its broadcast run.

* NetworkToTheRescue: After Creator/BandaiEntertainment was shut down in 2012, Creator/SentaiFilmworks licensed the second season, releasing it in two 13-episode sets instead of separate volumes, and including the same English dub cast, to boot

*** [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Mio Akiyama]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Azusa Nakano]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Tsumugi Kotobuki]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Sawako Yamanaka]], [[Creator/CassandraLee Ritsu Tainaka]], and [[Creator/XantheHuynh Ui Hirasawa]] will become Homura Akemi, Madoka Kaname, Hitomi Shizuki, Kazuko Saotome, Kyubey, and Charlotte / Nagisa Momoe in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
*** FridgeBrilliance: The Band is made up of [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi, Shamal]] ([[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Mio]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Mugi]]), [[Manga/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]] ([[Creator/StephanieSheh Yui]]), [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, and Kyuubey]] ([[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Azunyan]], Mio, and [[Creator/CassandraLee Ritsu]]) with [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen Stadfeldt Kouzuki]] ([[Creator/KarenStrassman Sawako Yamanaka]]) as their mentor. Sweet! This make it a team of [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] + a [[WeaselMascot mascot]] with an AcePilot as their mentor!
*** [[Creator/StephanieSheh Yui Hirasawa]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Azusa Nakano]], [[Creator/ShelbyLindley Tsumugi Kotobuki]], [[Creator/CassandraLee Ritsu Tainaka]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Mio Akiyama]] and [[Creator/XantheHuynh Ui Hirasawa]] are Histoire and Abnes, Nepgear, Ram, Gust, Compa and Croire and Falcom from ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}''.

*** ''[[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online]]'': [[Creator/StephanieSheh Yui]], [[Creator/CassandraLee Suguha/Leafa]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Alicia]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Silica]], [[Creator/XantheHuynh Sachi]], and [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Yulier]] are [[NamesTheSame Yui]], Ritsu, Mio, Azusa, Ui, and Satoshi and Megumi. [[Creator/TonyOliver Tony Oliver]], [[Creator/ErikaHarlacher Erika Harlacher]], and [[Creator/ErikKimerer Erik Kimerer]] also had roles in both shows.

*** ''[[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Persona 4]]'': [[Creator/LauraBailey Rise]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Nanako]], and Margaret (Michelle Ann Dunphy) are also Nodoka, Sawako, and Jun. Also, from ''[[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation The Animation]]'': [[Creator/CassandraLee Aika]] is Ritsu.
*** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': [[Creator/CassandraLee Morgana]], [[Creator/XantheHuynh Haru]] and [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Shiho]] are also Ritsu, Ui and Azusa.

*** ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': [[Creator/CassandraLee Taiga Aisaka]], [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Minori Kushieda]], and [[Creator/KarenStrassman Yasuko Takasu [=/=] Nanako Kashii]] also play Ritsu, Azusa and Sawako.
*** ''Manga/SailorMoon'' (Creator/VizMedia re-dub): [[Creator/StephanieSheh Usagi[=/=]Sailor Moon]], [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Rei[=/=]Sailor Mars]], [[Creator/AmandaCelineMiller Makoto[=/=]Sailor Jupiter]], [[Creator/CassandraLee Calaveras]], and [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos Hotaru[=/=]Sailor Saturn[=/=]Mistress 9]] are Yui, Mio, Maki and Satoshi Tainaka, Ritsu, and Azusa Nakano respectively.

** Ritsu to Creator/SatomiSato and Creator/CassandraLee. Interestingly, although Ritsu is one of Satou's most famous roles, a lot of the characters she voiced before and since are quiet and demure, directly against Ritsu's type. Most notable of these roles is Eru Chitanda from ''Literature/{{Hyouka}}''.

*** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'': [[Creator/LauraBailey FemMC/Minako]], [[Creator/KarenStrassman Aigis]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Metis]] are Nodoka, Sawako and Yui.

* In episode 5 of the first season, Sawako plays her super flashy solo. However, the way she moves her arm while "speed picking" is something more akin to new guitar players. Faster playing is done using mostly the fingers or the wrist, Sawako's using her arm almost exclusively.
** However, some fast guitar players (shredders) do play fast using the elbow, but even then, the motions are much smaller than Sawako's.

** Houkago Tea Time's trip to England in The Movie has promoted London to a beloved pilgrimage site for anime fans, following the footsteps of the heroines to beloved landmarks such as Big Ben, the London Eye, the Troubabour Cafe in Brompton where they enjoyed a lovely breakfast of eggs benedict (and where Music/TheBeatles and Music/BobDylan both once performed), 221B Baker Street of ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fame, and of course, Music/AbbeyRoad where Music/TheBeatles (on whom the four founding members of Houkago Tea Time are based) crossed for the eponymous album.

* PlayingAgainstType:
** Retroactively; although Mio is the role that earned Creator/YokoHikasa her fame and popularity, however most of the characters she play are usually actual {{Aloof Dark Haired Girl}}s or have [[TheStoic the personality]] of one.
** PlayingAgainstType: Retroactively, Ritsu's [[Creator/SatomiSato seiyuu]] tends to mostly plays sweet and demure females compared to the boisterous tomboy that is Ritsu.

* StarMakingRole: The main characters of ''K-On!'' were this to all of their Japanese [=VAs=], and some of their English [=VAs=] as well.
** Yui to Creator/AkiToyosaki. Though Toyosaki seems to have avoided the typecasting that typically comes with successful roles. Presently, she has a tendency of taking perverted and sultry seductresses who are ''nowhere'' as sweet and innocent as Yui is. Averted with Yui's English VA, Creator/StephanieSheh, who had already made her mark as [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Orihime]] and [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]].

** Mio to Creator/YokoHikasa. The creepiest part is the resulting roles seem to [[LightNovel/InfiniteStratos all]] [[LightNovel/IsThisAZombie have]] [[Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo that]] [[Anime/OccultAcademy hair]]. Her role as Mio also paved the way for Hikasa's musical ambitions, providing themes of many other anime series since.

** Azusa to Creator/AyanaTaketatsu and Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos. It is worth noting that Azusa was Taketatsu's first major role, debuting in the year of ''K-On![='=]s'' premiere and having voiced only in one OVA episode earlier.

** The first dub was made by Creator/{{Animax}}, which is often considered SoBadItsGood due to the main cast sounding way too old.
** The second dub was made by Creator/BangZoomEntertainment, and is considered the better of the two.

** Yui to Creator/AkiToyosaki. Though Toyosaki seems to have avoided the typecasting that typically comes with successful roles. Presently, she has a tendency of taking perverted and sultry seductresses who are ''nowhere'' as sweet and innocent as Yui is. Averted with Yui's English VA, Creator/StephanieSheh, who had already made her mark as ''[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Orihime]]'' and ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]]''.

** Yui to Creator/AkiToyosaki. Though Toyosaki seems to have avoided the typecasting that typically comes with successful roles. Presently, she has a tendency of taking perverted and sultry seductresses who are ''nowhere'' as sweet and innocent as Yui is.

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*** Also [[Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume Squid Girl]] (Azusa), [[OnlySaneMan Nagisa]] (Mio), [[BewareTheNiceOnes Chizuru]] (Mugi) and [[SingleTargetSexuality Sanae]] (Ui) seem to get along much better here.

* TheMerch: From shirts to ties to guitar covers to [[ImageSong Image CDs]] to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kon-music-shop_2648.jpg replica guitars]] and [[CrackIsCheaper hilariously overpriced rice]]. It safe to assume it won't be going away for a while.

* StarMakingRole:
** Though Creator/AkiToyosaki seems to have avoided the typecasting that typically comes with successful roles; presently she has a tendency of taking perverted and sultry seductresses who are ''nowhere'' as sweet and innocent as Yui is.
** For both Ritsu's [[Creator/SatomiSato Japanese VA]] ''and'' her [[Creator/CassandraLee English voice actress]].
** Also for Mio's Japanese VA, Creator/YokoHikasa. The creepiest part is the resulting roles seem to [[LightNovel/InfiniteStratos all]] [[LightNovel/IsThisAZombie have]] [[Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo that]] [[Anime/OccultAcademy hair]].
** For Creator/MinakoKotobuki, who recently has become the go-to-girl for {{Ojou}} characters; though these characters tend to be more domineering, bitchy, and substantially less nice/innocent than Mugi. The character was also this for her English voice actress, Creator/ShelbyLindley.
** For both Azusa's [[Creator/AyanaTaketatsu Japanese VA]] ''and'' her [[Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos English voice actress]].