History Trivia / OuranHighSchoolHostClub

** The Host Club boys were cast with actors in their twenties at the time of filming of the live action's first episode. Yes, this includes [[TeensAreShort Honey]], whose actor, Yudai Chiba, is honestly the youngest at 22, followed by Tamaki (Yusuke Yamamoto, 23), Kyoya and Mori (Shunsuke Daito and Masaya Nakamura respectively, 25) and topped out by the Hitachiin twins (Shinpei and Manpei Takagi who were 25 but fast approaching 26). This is, however, averted by Haruhi herself, who really is TheBabyOfTheBunch for having 16-year-old Haruna Kawaguchi in the role, and Nekozawa, as Ryo Ryusei was 18. For the recurring characters, this is generally averted, except for Ayame Jonochi, whose actress was 20.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Haruhi can't sing despite both her [[Creator/MaayaSakamoto Japanese]] and [[Creator/CaitlinGlass English]] voice actresses being good singers. This gets parodied in the Japanese dub in episode 19 when Haruhi apparently sings well, only to reveal she was lip-syncing. The voice she "lip-synced" to however ''was'' her real voice.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://ouran.wikia.com/wiki/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club_Wiki The Ouran High School Host Club Wiki]].

** Hatori Bisco has referred to Kaoru as "a handsome homosexual" early on in the manga, though granted it's hard to say how serious she was about it.

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* FanNickname:
** "[[Literature/HarryPotter Haruhi Potter]]" for Haruhi's pre-Host Club appearance, since she initially has messy hair and wears glasses with thick frames, which reminded many fans of Harry himself.
** The Merit Scene, for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjXf5e5iAXs this]] SignatureScene.

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** The short bonus chapter about how Haruhi's parents met was originally going to be a long chapter (around 40 pages or so), but the author changed her mind when she thought it would be depressing to write a long chapter for them when Kotoko eventually ends up passing away, and decided to make it a short chapter instead.

** Apparently, Tamaki's trademark "corner of woe" was originally meant for ''Honey''.

** Apparently, Tamaki's trademark "corner of woe" was originally going to be used by ''Honey'' instead.

** The short bonus chapter about how Haruhi's parents met was originally going to be a long chapter (around 40 pages or so), but the author changed her mind when she thought it would be depressing to write a long chapter for them when Kotoko eventually ends up passing away, and thus decided to make it a short chapter instead.

** The bonus manga chapter about how Haruhi's parents met was originally going to be a full length episode in the anime, but it had to be drastically shortened due to production time constraints.

** The entire Host Club boys were cast with actors in their twenties at the time of filming of the live action's first episode. Yes, this includes [[TeensAreShort Honey]], whose actor, Yudai Chiba, is honestly the youngest at 22, followed by Tamaki (Yusuke Yamamoto, 23), Kyoya and Mori (Shunsuke Daito and Masaya Nakamura respectively, 25) and topped out by the Hitachiin twins (Shinpei and Manpei Takagi who were 25 but fast approaching 26). This is, however, averted by Haruhi herself, who really is TheBabyOfTheBunch for having 16-year-old Haruna Kawaguchi in the role, and Nekozawa, as Ryo Ryusei was 18. For the recurring characters, this is generally averted, except for Ayame Jonochi, whose actress was 20.

* RealLifeRelative: Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin are portrayed by real-life twin brothers Shinpei and Manpei Takagi in the live-action adaptations.

** The bonus chapter about how Haruhi's parents met was originally going to be a full length chapter, but had to be shortened due to time limit.

* PlayingAgainstType: In the English dub, the cultured, sweet and hilarious [[Creator/VicMignogna Tamaki]] is voiced by [[Anime/DragonBallKai Broly]], the bloodlusting Saiyan.

** "[[Literature/HarryPotter Haruhi Potter]]" for Haruhi's pre-Host Club appearance.

* DawsonCasting: The entire Host Club boys were cast with actors in their twenties at the time of filming of the live action's first episode. Yes, this includes [[TeensAreShort Honey]], whose actor, Yudai Chiba, is honestly the youngest at 22, followed by Tamaki (Yusuke Yamamoto, 23), Kyoya and Mori (Shunsuke Daito and Masaya Nakamura respectively, 25) and topped out by the Hitachiin twins (Shinpei and Manpei Takagi who were 25 but fast approaching 26). This is, however, averted by Haruhi herself, who really is TheBabyOfTheBunch for having 16-year-old Haruna Kawaguchi in the role, and Nekozawa, as Ryo Ryusei was 18. For the recurring characters, this is generally averted, except for Ayame Jonochi, whose actress was 20.

* FakeNationality: Subverted, sort of. The Monarus in the manga are fully European, while the film cast Asian actors in the role, so at first glance this is likely the case. However, it turns out the Monarus of the film are based in UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}, which is a melting pot of a country, and on top of that, they are at least also partly Japanese, considering that Michelle has a Japanese middle name. This means the film is correct in casting Mariko Shinoda as Michelle. As for her brother, this is a bit more complicated. Nichkhun is an American of Thai Chinese descent, so the Japanese explanation doesn't add up, but since the Chinese are the largest single ethnic group in Singapore, the Monarus might have been also part-Chinese in addition to part-Japanese, so his casting makes sense.

* SurpassedTheTeacher: Hatori Bisco herself is an example of this, given that she used to be tutored to an extent by Hino Matsuri, the author of ''Manga/VampireKnight'', who at the time was a more experienced mangaka (and ''Vampire Knight'' being more popular than Ouran to boot), whom Hatori greatly admired and looked up to. Eventually however, ''Vampire Knight'' suffered from SeasonalRot and a steep loss of popularity along with it, while Ouran continued to climb the ladder of most successful shoujos, making it as far as to the top 10 list in Japan and even surpassing shounens such as ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' (a rare accomplishment for a shoujo). In contrast, Hino Matsuri was told to end her story earlier than she wanted, her decrease in storytelling-quality and popularity not leaving ''Vampire Knight'' substainful enough for the [=LaLa=] magazine anymore (same one as Ouran was published in). Ouch.

* WordOfGay: Creator/JMichaelTatum, [[WordOfSaintPaul Kyoya's English voice actor and writer for the English adaptation]] believes that Kyoya is bisexual, having romantic feelings for both Tamaki and Haruhi.

* WordOfGay: JMichaelTatum, [[WordOfSaintPaul Kyoya's English voice actor and writer for the English adaptation]] believes that Kyoya is bisexual, having romantic feelings for both Tamaki and Haruhi.

* WordOfGay: JMichaelTatum, [[WordOfSaintPaul Kyoya's English voice actor and writer for the English adaptation]] has stated that Kyoya is bisexual, having romantic feelings for both Tamaki and Haruhi.