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* SoProudOfYou: Garuru to his little brother Giroro, though for mundane things like when he taught Giroro how to read. Subverted however: it drives Giroro nuts.
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* SoProudOfYou: Garuru to his little brother Giroro, though but for mundane things like when he taught Giroro how to read. Subverted however: it It drives Giroro nuts.
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* MoodDissonance: Fuyuki very happily saying "Guess what, Sarge? I no longer believe in God!"
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The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/TheMidnightFrogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
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The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/TheMidnightFrogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] Thorn on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
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''Sgt Frog Abridged'' is an AbridgedSeries of Manga/SgtFrog started by Mugiwara Yoshi, currently headed by [=ThornBrain=], and made by Creator/TheMidnightFrogs. The series takes the characters' quirks and cranks them UpToEleven (several characters' JerkAss tendencies being taken to absurd levels, Keroro creating even more ridiculous schemes to take over Earth, Dororo getting mentally abused throughout his life, etc.), but nevertheless, the premise of the series is the same of [[Manga/SgtFrog the original]], [[spoiler:(at least until ContinuityCreep set in at the end of Season 1)]]. The writing, however, focuses more on absurdity, surrealism and one-liners than the original's referential humor. Viewers have noted that ''SFA'' is considerably different from Manga/SgtFrog.
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''Sgt Frog Abridged'' is an AbridgedSeries of Manga/SgtFrog started by Mugiwara Yoshi, currently headed by [=ThornBrain=], [[Creator/AustinScholl ThornBrain]], and made by Creator/TheMidnightFrogs. The series takes the characters' quirks and cranks them UpToEleven (several characters' JerkAss tendencies being taken to absurd levels, Keroro creating even more ridiculous schemes to take over Earth, Dororo getting mentally abused throughout his life, etc.), but nevertheless, the premise of the series is the same of [[Manga/SgtFrog the original]], [[spoiler:(at least until ContinuityCreep set in at the end of Season 1)]]. The writing, however, focuses more on absurdity, surrealism and one-liners than the original's referential humor. Viewers have noted that ''SFA'' is considerably different from Manga/SgtFrog.
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* QuietlyPerformingSisterShow: ''WebVideo/JettersAbridged''
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--->'''Dororo''': "Kind of. Now I do it with my face.
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* TangledFamilyTree: The Viper family. It seems straightforward at first: Viper, his father, his wife, their kids. But then in Episode 19 we meet his "Mom-Son" and "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Dad-Train]]"...
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*** Message 299 has Giroro angrily storm out of the room he's recording the messages in. After Natsumi activates the power armor and fly off, Giroro returns to finally end the recording. Cue message 300.
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*** Message 299 has Giroro angrily storm out of the room he's recording the messages in. After Natsumi activates the power armor and fly flies off, Giroro returns to finally end the recording. Cue message 300.
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*** Natsumi listens to a few of the recordings in SFA17, and Episode 18 opens with her listening to message 297.
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*** Natsumi listens to a few of the recordings in SFA17, [=SFA17=], and Episode 18 opens with her listening to message 297.
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** Two with Natsumi's power armor and its built-in message machine:
*** Natsumi listens to a few of the recordings in SFA17, and Episode 18 opens with her listening to message 297.
*** Message 299 has Giroro angrily storm out of the room he's recording the messages in. After Natsumi activates the power armor and fly off, Giroro returns to finally end the recording. Cue message 300.
*** Natsumi listens to a few of the recordings in SFA17, and Episode 18 opens with her listening to message 297.
*** Message 299 has Giroro angrily storm out of the room he's recording the messages in. After Natsumi activates the power armor and fly off, Giroro returns to finally end the recording. Cue message 300.
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* NoBisexuals: Averted overall; deconstructed in Episode 11. Keroro always acted as a StraightGay while having a very obvious attraction to women, yet [[spoiler:when Tamama reveals that she is really a girl, Keroro exhibits a form of "straight panic" and]] fails to acknowledge that he may simply be Bi. The ending of the episode parodies the [=LGBT=] mantra "It's okay to be gay" by saying "[[GayAesop it's okay to like]] [[GayAesop ''both'']] [[GayAesop men and women]]". Giroro, the off-screen WholesomeCrossdresser, had this figured out from the start and gets irritated at Keroro's blatant ignorance.
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* NoBisexuals: Averted overall; deconstructed in Episode 11. Keroro always acted as a StraightGay while having a very obvious attraction to women, yet [[spoiler:when Tamama reveals that she is really a girl, Keroro exhibits a form of "straight panic" and]] fails to acknowledge that he may simply be Bi. The ending of the episode parodies the [=LGBT=] mantra "It's okay to be gay" by saying "[[GayAesop it's okay to like]] [[GayAesop ''both'']] ''[[GayAesop both]]'' [[GayAesop men and women]]". Giroro, the off-screen WholesomeCrossdresser, had this figured out from the start and gets irritated at Keroro's blatant ignorance.
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* AccidentalMisnamina:
** Characters often call Dororo something that starts with the letter "D" (Dorito), is a "Dor" pun (Door Knocker, Doorbell), or is completely unlike his name (Hangnail, Laryngitis).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
** Characters often call Dororo something that starts with the letter "D" (Dorito), is a "Dor" pun (Door Knocker, Doorbell), or is completely unlike his name (Hangnail, Laryngitis).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Of all the disparate things [[MyNameIsNotDurwood everyone has called Dororo]], "Poodlejumper" actually had a backstory.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Of all the disparate things [[MyNameIsNotDurwood [[AccidentalMisnaming everyone has called Dororo]], "Poodlejumper" actually had a backstory.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Characters often call Dororo something that starts with the letter "D" (Dorito), is a "Dor" pun (Door Knocker, Doorbell), or is completely unlike his name (Hangnail, Laryngitis).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
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** Episode 4 contains one directed at [[{{Pokemon Gen]][[FanDumb Wunners]], calling Seel [[SarcasmMode the most original Pokémon ever]].
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** Episode 4 contains one directed at [[{{Pokemon [[{{Pokemon}} Gen]][[FanDumb Wunners]], calling Seel [[SarcasmMode the most original Pokémon ever]].
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** Episode 4 contains one directed at [[{{Pokemon Gen]][[FanDumb Wunners]], calling Seel [[SarcasmMode the most original Pokémon ever]].
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* StandardSnippet: In Episode 18, Giroro rides an aerial strike into the base. Cue Music/RideOfTheValkyries. [[HollywoodToneDeaf And him "singing" along to it]].
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* RunningGagged: Natsumi's TooKinkyToTorture tendencies were quietly dropped in Season 2.
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* RunningGagged: RunningGagged:
** Natsumi's TooKinkyToTorture tendencies were quietly dropped in Season2.2.
** Likewise with Giroro's blatant ignorance of very plain things, which the writers saw as very lazy writing.
** Natsumi's TooKinkyToTorture tendencies were quietly dropped in Season
** Likewise with Giroro's blatant ignorance of very plain things, which the writers saw as very lazy writing.
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* ContestWinnerCameo: In place of album covers, Episode 18 hides pictures of the winners of Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' 2011 Manga/SgtFrog abridging contest.
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** Fuyuki, Tamama, and Aki, though each has had their moments of clarity.
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** Fuyuki, Tamama, and Aki, and Mois, though each has had their moments of clarity.
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* DramaBombFinaleDramaBombFinale: The Season 2 finale.
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** After constant threats of death, intense fights with the Garuru Platoon, and friendships being tested and strained, [[spoiler:the Keroro Platoon actually take over the world, and nothing can threaten their safety anymore]].
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''.]]
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''.]]
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** Episode 18 pre-''Reset'': After constant threats of death, intense fights with the Garuru Platoon, and friendships being tested and strained, [[spoiler:the Keroro Platoon actually take over the world, and nothing can threaten their safety anymore]].
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''. However this aspect of the ending was undone in ''SFA: Reset'', so now it's a fully happy ending. [[HereweGoAgain Except people want to kill Keroro again]].]]
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''. However this aspect of the ending was undone in ''SFA: Reset'', so now it's a fully happy ending. [[HereweGoAgain Except people want to kill Keroro again]].]]
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* ClusterFBomb: The series as a whole
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* {{Satire}}: Tamama's Church of Beetle Christ is this to religions as a whole.
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** Keroro is [[spoiler:Dororo's little brother that was sold for cash as a child, thus making him Viper's son as well]]. Naturally, Keroro is too dumb to put the pieces together.
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** Keroro is [[spoiler:Dororo's little brother that was sold for cash as a child, thus making him Viper's son as well]]. Naturally, Keroro is too dumb to put the pieces together. Dororo has to tell him upfront in ''Podcast/AskGiroDoroSFA''.
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*** As Keroro begins the HowWeGotHere flashback in ''Reset'', Giroro proudly proclaims that he's "conquered it", 'it' being the nausea.
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The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Midnight_Frogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
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The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Midnight_Frogs com/wiki/TheMidnightFrogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
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* SuddenlyVoiced:
** Parodied in Episode 7 with Lil' Giroro. The character did not have a line in his first appearance, so when he speaks Lil' Zeroro is shocked.
** [[spoiler:Saburo in Episode 18]]
** Parodied in Episode 7 with Lil' Giroro. The character did not have a line in his first appearance, so when he speaks Lil' Zeroro is shocked.
** [[spoiler:Saburo in Episode 18]]
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The series has a {{Spin Off}}/{{Sequel}} audio series, Podcast/AskGiroDoroSFA, and it is confirmed to be in the same universe as WebVideo/AudioLogsOfDrSquid. Tropes related to Creator/TheMidnightFrogs themselves go on their page.
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The series has a {{Spin Off}}/{{Sequel}} audio series, Podcast/AskGiroDoroSFA, [[SharedUniverse and it is confirmed to be in the same universe as WebVideo/AudioLogsOfDrSquid.as]] WebVideo/AudioLogsOfDrSquid. It is also a sister series to Thorn and [=BigTUnit1's=] ''WebVideo/JettersAbridged'', though they remain mum on if they share a universe. Tropes related to Creator/TheMidnightFrogs themselves go on their page.
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** More detail is given into Giroro's and Dororo's lives and personalities[[spoiler:, as well as their relationship,]] on their [[AskGiroDoroSFA Tumblr Q&A blog.]] Though the blog was first inspired by a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[http://askdeepdashandcrazytwilight.tumblr.com/ parody blog from Yoshi]], Thorn came to use it for giving more depth to the characters, so as to better avoid {{flanderization}}.
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** More detail is given into Giroro's and Dororo's lives and personalities[[spoiler:, as well as their relationship,]] on their [[AskGiroDoroSFA [[Podcast/AskGiroDoroSFA Tumblr Q&A blog.]] Though the blog was first inspired by a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[http://askdeepdashandcrazytwilight.tumblr.com/ parody blog from Yoshi]], Thorn came to use it for giving more depth to the characters, so as to better avoid {{flanderization}}.
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* CrossOver: Fuyuki appeared briefly in both of Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' Pokemon one-shots, and Birdy from Thorn's ''JettersAbridged'' interviewed the platoon in Episode 9 and left a message about ''Jetters Abridged'' in the Post-Credits for Episode 13.
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* CrossOver: Fuyuki appeared briefly in both of Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' Pokemon one-shots, and Birdy from Thorn's ''JettersAbridged'' ''WebVideo/JettersAbridged'' interviewed the platoon in Episode 9 and left a message about ''Jetters Abridged'' in the Post-Credits for Episode 13.
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* HappilyMarried: As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:Giroro and Dororo. More detail is given of their relationship in their [[AskGiroDoroSFA character Q&A blog]].]]
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* InJoke: The Midnight Frogs have [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Inside_Jokes a list on their site of their in-jokes]], most of which have some involvement in SFA.
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* InJoke: The Midnight Frogs Creator/TheMidnightFrogs have [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Inside_Jokes a list on their site of their in-jokes]], most of which have some involvement in SFA.
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* MythologyGag: In Episode 17, Taruru refers to Dororo as "[[TheStrawhatNO Dumple]]".
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** Saburo is played as mute, or at least he never gets the chance to speak. Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] is listed in every Season 2 episode as a person or object that never speaks. [[spoiler:When Saburo finally gets a line in Episode 18, [[SuddenlyVoiced it's voiced by MrFailGame]]]].
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** Saburo is played as mute, or at least he never gets the chance to speak. Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] is listed in every Season 2 episode as a person or object that never speaks. [[spoiler:When Saburo finally gets a line in Episode 18, [[SuddenlyVoiced it's voiced (for real) by MrFailGame]]]].
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** The AskGiroDoroSFA audio blog. Initially conceived as a SpinOff before Thorn decided to end SFA, after which the blog continued the story. It also became a {{Prequel}} to SFA Season 3 via the ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset'' special.
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** The AskGiroDoroSFA Podcast/AskGiroDoroSFA audio blog. Initially conceived as a SpinOff before Thorn decided to end SFA, after which the blog continued the story. It also became a {{Prequel}} to SFA Season 3 via the ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset'' special.
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Episode 6 of the series placed 9th out of 200 entries in the 2011 Abridged Contest held by [=LordMoonstone=] and Xerostyle.
Tropes related to Creator/TheMidnightFrogs themselves go on that page.
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-->'''Natsumi:''' Alright, let's get this over with. Who and what ''are'' you?\\
'''Keroro:''' Uh, I'm Keroro. I'm the house inspector. Good house.\\
'''Fuyuki:''' You look more like a house maid.\\
'''Natsumi:''' Don't engage it in conversation!\\
'''Fuyuki:''' It's a talking frog!\\
'''Keroro:''' That's "''Mister'' Sexy" to you! Oh...
''Sgt Frog Abridged'' is an AbridgedSeries of Manga/SgtFrog started by Mugiwara Yoshi, currently headed by [=ThornBrain=], and made by Creator/TheMidnightFrogs. The series takes the characters' quirks and cranks them UpToEleven (several characters' JerkAss tendencies being taken to absurd levels, Keroro creating even more ridiculous schemes to take over Earth, Dororo getting mentally abused throughout his life, etc.), but nevertheless, the premise of the series is the same of [[Manga/SgtFrog the original]], [[spoiler:(at least until ContinuityCreep set in at the end of Season 1)]]. The writing, however, focuses more on absurdity, surrealism and one-liners than the original's referential humor. Viewers have noted that ''SFA'' is considerably different from Manga/SgtFrog.
The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Midnight_Frogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
The first three episodes of the series were remade in the interim between Seasons 1 and 2. Series creator Yoshi stepped down as writer after Episode 16, giving creative control to Thorn. The series ended November 2012, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRYCOL16cQ but a revival and a third season was announced on February 14, 2013]], starting with a revival special, ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset''.
Episode 6 of the series placed 9th out of 200 entries in the 2011 Abridged Contest held by [=LordMoonstone=] and Xerostyle.
Tropes related to Creator/TheMidnightFrogs themselves go on that page.
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!!The series provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: Giroro's crush on Natsumi. Its last appearance was in Episode 10 [[spoiler:before Giroro turned his affections toward [[HoYay Dororo]], though this was foreshadowed a few times.]] The sudden drop finally gets addressed in Episode 18: the emotional stress of courting Natsumi to no avail made Giroro lose interest. [[spoiler:Presumably he turned his attention to Dororo shortly after]].
-->'''Giroro''': "You know what? Forget it. I like cock now."
* AbridgedSeries: Not the first abridging of Manga/SgtFrog, but by far the most successful. It became one of the few abridged series to have a conclusive ending on November 2012. [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRYCOL16cQ For a time]].]]
* ActorAllusion:
** Keroro often speaks Spanish or embodies various Hispanic stereotypes due to his voice actor Yoshi being Dominican.
** In Episode 2, Aki mentions that the guy who removed the ghost from the basement was "some guy from Florida", a reference to Kululu's voice actor, [=Jpace92=], a then-resident of Florida.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** Todd's Toilets.
** All of Tamama's invasion plans in Episode 9 are two-to-three-word phrases that start with a hard "k" sound (Kangaroo Catapult, Cockblocking Cantaloupe, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Colostomy Coffee Pot]]).
* AffablyEvil:
** Alisa and her father Black Nebula in Episode 13. [[spoiler:Nebula releases the trapped squadron, who he was going to eat, if Fuyuki agreed to be Alisa's boyfriend, which he has no trouble accepting]].
** Garuru. [[UpToEleven He's so warm-hearted and supportive of Giroro that it drives Giroro insane]], and he believes everything Keroro does is genius. He's also out to defeat the Keroro Platoon and finish the invasion of Earth, regardless of who gets in his way; [[spoiler:he eventually shoots Giroro in the back]].
* AffectionateParody: Episodes 17 and 18 parody dialogue-heavy drama in action stories, [[CerebusSyndrome though in one scene it gets taken very seriously]].
* [[AllJustADream All Just A Daydream]]: [[spoiler:Episode 9]].
* AllThereInTheManual:
** [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com The team's wiki/site]] tells you pretty much everything there is to know about every episode, character, etc.
** More detail is given into Giroro's and Dororo's lives and personalities[[spoiler:, as well as their relationship,]] on their [[AskGiroDoroSFA Tumblr Q&A blog.]] Though the blog was first inspired by a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[http://askdeepdashandcrazytwilight.tumblr.com/ parody blog from Yoshi]], Thorn came to use it for giving more depth to the characters, so as to better avoid {{flanderization}}.
* AllThereInTheScript: Aki's husband stuck in the Hinatas' basement, [[spoiler:who was eventually confirmed to be Todd Sirkowski]], was originally written in the [=SFA2=] script as "Haru", the FanNickname for the unseen Hinata patriarch in Manga/SgtFrog.
* AlternateContinuity: The in-universe explanation for [=SFA1R=], [=SFA2R=] and [=SFA3R=] is that they are how the timeline was going to be before [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] began time-hopping. Out-of-universe, the writers just didn't like them.
* AmericanAccents: Pururu is given a Brooklyn accent. It's actually voice actor [=LillyLivers'=] natural accent.
* {{Angrish}}: Tamama's incoherent babbling to Giroro in Episode 8.
* AntiHumor: Serious Keroro.
-->"I'm so serious, even the jokes I tell are serious! How many blacks does it take to screw in a lightbulb?! One! 'Cause stereotypes aren't cool!"
* {{Arc Number}}s: 4 and 9
* {{Arc Welding}}/{{Continuity Creep}}: The series started with the intent of being as NegativeContinuity as the original. Then Episode 10 arrived and, alongside a heaping helping of retcon, developed its own plots and subplots. As creator Yoshi put it:
-->"You can only take a show about nothing so far."
* ArcNumber: 4 and 9
* ArtifactTitle: Defied with ''SFA: Reset''. ''Reset'' was originally going to be the title of a second SFA series, but the title would have lost its meaning right after the first episode, so it was simply shortened to a special as a lead-in to SFA Season 3.
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]].
* {{Beat}}: [=TheMidnightFrogs=] love a good awkward silence.
* BigNo: Keroro nearly has one in Episode 11:
-->'''Pururu''': "Keroro, you're fine. You're just an oversexed asshole."\\
'''Keroro''': "NO- Oh. Yeah that's me."
* BigShutUp: Giroro to his brother Garuru while they're fighting:
-->'''Giroro''': "I could actually hit you if you'd ''just sit '''still'''''!"
-->'''Garuru''': "You could if you'd finished military training! We can't all get F's for 'Fantastic'!"
-->'''Giroro''': "'''Shut uuuuuuuup!'''"
* BilingualBonus:
** Keroro (and occasionally other characters) have random bouts of Spanish. While Funimation did this with Angol Mois [[RuleOfFunny just for laughs]], The Midnight Frogs did it because project leader Yoshi is actually Dominican.
** FunWithSubtitles often happens at the same time, especially in cases where the supposed Spanish is actually gibberish, or is an actual Spanish statement being passed off as gibberish. Episode 1 also featured Spanglish interplay between Keroro and the caption.
--->'''Keroro''': "Soy un major yes."\\
Caption: ''I am grande si''.
** [[spoiler:Future Kululu's random placement of the numerals 4 and 9]] become hints when the Japanese language is involved.
** Keroro uses Morse code in Episode 12 to send a message to Giroro. It's assumed that he's sending the Serious joke he is saying at the same time; [[spoiler:he's actually tapping out Dororo's catchphrase, "I'm lonely"]].
* BlackComedy:
** [[ButtMonkey Dor]][[TheChewToy oro]] [[CosmicPlaything is this]] [[TheWoobie in himself]].
--> "My conscience hung itself."
** Briefly with Brainwashed Serious Keroro:
--> "So...aborted fetuses...''what's up with that?!''"
* BrandX: Generic Japanese Bridge
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Keroro at the start of Episode 7:
--> "Ahhh. Nothin' like doin' nothin', eating fruit, and rifling through your friends' emails."
* BrickJoke:
** With the remake of Episode 1, Kululu's brief appearance at the beginning turns into one when the viewer reaches Episode 10.
** In Episode 2, Fuyuki thanks Keroro after singing a song, though Keroro can't hear him. In the Post-Credits, Keroro suddenly says "No problem, Fuyuki!" and has no idea why he said it.
** The Episode 8 Post-Credits includes a voice saying "Dang, man! Mop need him a cigarette!" The end of Episode 10 features a mop coming out of nowhere and saying "And I'm a talkin' mop!"
** The Narrator also leaves early-on in Episode 10 to get some dollar store cheese. [[spoiler:Future Kululu's]] base turns to be a dollar store. Also, the credits feature Mop screaming "Cleaning up the cheese! CLEANING UP THE-"
** One of Tamama's invasion plans in Episode 9 is putting cake into the Hinata house's fridge. Later, Kululu finds cake in Keroro's fridge.
** Everyone goes on a picnic in Episode 10, with Dororo insisting on holding hands. Later, Giroro seems to freak out after reading Keroro's letter to them, with Dororo saying "See? this wouldn't have happened if you held my hand."
** In Episode 6, Dororo temporarily loses his sight and wonders if it has something to do with the coffee. In TheStinger for Episode 12, HQ tells someone to "fix the coffee machine; I think it's making me blind".
** Episode 13 has Keroro remarking the object delivered from HQ was not what he wanted for his birthday, first referenced in Episode 6.
* BritishAccents: Dororo has a hint of British in his voice.
* BuffySpeak:
** In Episode 8, everyone describes the pink armbands on Dororo's arms as "pink, poofy things".
** Keroro in Episode 9
---> '''Keroro''': "Come on guys! You can't make an omelet without doing whatever the fuck it takes to make an omelet!"
* CallingYourAttacks: Koyuki and Dororo in the two-part series finale.
* {{Canon Discontinuity}}/{{Retcon}}: The original first three episodes were remade in the interim between Seasons 1 and 2, with the originals being renamed 1R, 2R and 3R, the "R" meaning Retconned. Episodes 1 and 2 were remade simply to make them better and more in-line with the now-developed writing style and quality, and Episode 3 was remade to fix some plotholes that resulted from the first two remakes.
* CaptainObvious:
** Serious Keroro is usually this.
** Mois in Episode 5:
---> ''*Pointing to Asami*'' "'''YOU LOOK LIKE ME!!!'''"
* {{Cast Full Of Gay}}/{{Everyone Is Bi}}: [[WordOfGod The creators']] official stance on the characters' sexualities is that they are bisexual unless explicitly stated otherwise. Character sexuality is rarely PlayedForLaughs [[QueerPeopleAreFunny in the]] [[UnfortunateImplications usual sense]], while sexuality has been [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped closely examined in several episodes]], so the series fits under either trope.
* TheCastShowoff: [=LillyLivers=] sang as Natsumi for the Christmas Special and as the gender-ambiguous [[SingingVoiceDissonance Sumomo]], and ''she can sing''.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Giroro and Dororo become closer friends at the end of Episode 7. By Episode 11 it's much more noticeable in how the two back each other up at different points in the episode, and in the Episode 14 Post-Credits [[spoiler:Dororo asks Giroro to marry him [[CallBack in a very idiosyncratic way]]]].
** After [[spoiler:having an episode-long daydream in Episode 9]], Tamama decides that she is happy being the submissive one in her relationship with Keroro. This doesn't stop her from laying out everything that annoys her about Keroro right to his face in Episode 12.
** Keroro's selfishness and poor treatment of his friends causes [[spoiler:Fuyuki]] to break down emotionally and lay out TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Though Keroro doesn't immediately act any different, he seems to respect [[spoiler:Fuyuki]] more the following day.
* CharacterFilibuster: Keroro and Fuyuki each give one to each other in the series finale.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** Keroro's personality didn't truly develop until around Episode 3, with Episodes 1R and 2R having him simply be a weak parody of the original.
** Kululu's personality also mellowed out considerably after the first season, becoming more apathetic than {{Jerkass}}y.
*** This was the personality the team originally intended for him, but when [[TheOtherDarrin Jpace92 became his VA]] they went the creepy jerk route. Then [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] happened, and they steadily went back to making him apathetic.
* {{Chekhovs Gag}}/{{Chekhovs Gunman}}:
** The constant appearance of the numerals 4 and 9 ("What is this code?!"), his bizarre demeanor through the second half of Season 1, him suddenly disappearing from Tamama's office in Episode 9, and his ethereal cackling throughout Episode 10 [[spoiler:all culminate in Future Kululu's reveal in the climax of Episode 10.]]
** Tamama, upon Keroro introducing him, calls himself "a pretty princess" in Episode 2. Then in Episode 8, Giroro reads a joke from Creator/JimmyCarr about vaginal pain, during which Tamama can be heard groaning "ow". Tamama also remarks about having "air boobs" in Episode 9, then later discovers a "hole" in the Post-Credits. The end of Episode 10 is [[spoiler:Tamama revealing that "he" is actually a "she", with her]] attempting and failing to do so throughout the episode.
* CliffHanger:
** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:Tamama revealing that he is really a girl]] and [=HQ=] leaving a message revealing that [[spoiler:they're sending someone out to get rid of Keroro.]]
** Then Episode 11 ends with [[spoiler:Pururu contacting HQ, revealing that she is a double agent.]] Episode 12 has [[spoiler:HQ calling to send out a bioweapon to take out the platoon.]]
** The [[spoiler:Kiruru]] counter appears at the end of Episode 13 with the platoon trying to figure out what it's for.
** [[spoiler:Dororo proposes to Giroro]] in the Post-Credits of Episode 14. [[spoiler:Giroro's answer isn't given, but Episode 15 opens by making it clear that he said "Yes".]]
* ClusterFBomb: The series as a whole
* CloudCuckoolander: Every character is "off" to some extent. Fuyuki, Tamama and Aki straddle the line between this and TheDitz, and Dororo straddles the line between this and serious mental illness. Even the {{Straight Man}}/{{Only Sane Man}} characters of Giroro and Natsumi have their weird moments.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Joriri in Episode 11.
-->"I don't understand water wings. Every time I throw a bird into a lake, they drown."
** Keroro in Episode 15. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since he's delirious from his illness.
--->"HQ’s sending his [[spoiler:(Garuru's)]] platoon to Earth. But bad news, he’s not gonna make it to Christmas. You’re gonna be ''so'' shocked!
* TheComicallySerious: Giroro and Garuru usually. Literally with [[AntiHumor Serious Keroro]].
* ContinuityNod: Jokes and quotes often reappear in later episodes, usually in an altered form. Proper [[RunningGag Running Gags]] are listed further down the page.
** Lil' Keroro describes something as "shooty DeusExMachina" in Episode 7, which was previously used as "shitty DeusExMachina" in Episode 4, notably the previous flashback episode.
** In Episode 4, Dororo asks Koyuki if Earth ever stops having a full moon, which she flatly responds "no". In Episode 9, Dororo asks the platoon if any of them can actually read; Kululu flatly responds "no".
** Dororo seems to briefly lose his sight in Episode 6. When it is discovered in Episode 11 that he has every disease ever, Pururu asks if he can even see. He responds, [[CallBack "Usually"]].
** Giroro mentions (and shows) that flashbacks make him nauseous. Come Episode 11 he is around for both flashbacks, and he promptly reminds us of his little weakness.
** Episode 10 is a ContinuityCavalcade MindScrew.
*** Keroro took Mois to a "dollar store" when she was a child; [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]'s base is a dollar store.
** Pururu finds Tamama inexplicably tied to a tree in Episode 11. In Episode 12 the platoon ties Kululu to the ceiling; Pururu remarks to Keroro, "I think your platoon is addicted to rope..."
** George Albert Nishizawa's first appearance is him acknowledging Todd's Toilets' hot air balloons from Episode 1 and the George Albert radio commercial in Episode 6.
** InternalHomage: Keroro begins an invasion plan in Episode 3 with "We're gonna take a can of soda..." In Episode 13 while at a Halloween festival, he repeats that exact line to the others before the camera cuts away.
** In Episode 2 Fuyuki laments that girls aren't attracted to him with "What happened to my game...?" In Episode 13 Alisa kidnaps him, causing him to triumphantly shout "I got my game back!"
** Episode 14 has several nods to Episode 4, due in part to it being a flashback to the events leading up to 4.
** In Episode 15, a delirious Keroro remarks to Fuyuki "''I'm'' your uncle, and I heard what you said", a CallBack to Fuyuki lamenting about not having an uncle in Episode 5.
** Also in Episode 15, Keroro tells Giroro that his brother is coming to Earth, but "bad news, he won't make it to Christmas." In Episode 17, Garuru sends a message to the platoon, "Sorry I missed Christmas."
** In another ContinuityCavalcade moment, Keroro drops the sudden revelation that [[spoiler:he was sold as a child; he is hinted heavily to be the little brother Dororo said he sold for cash in Episode 8. Apparently the cash was spent on Viper's bail in Episode 7]].
** Kululu sings a "HEGH" harmony at the United Nations in Episode 12. He briefly does the same thing in Episode 18 [[spoiler:before singing a [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Ass Kicking version]] of the birthday song to Tororo]].
** The Todd's Toilets balloon from Episode 1 reappears in Episodes 17 and 18.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The culmination of Season 1, [[WordOfGod by the writers' admission]].
* CoolOldGuy:
** Grandpa Viper in Episode 7.
** Invoked with Paul.
* CreditsGag: Every credits sequence includes a message at the very end after the ownership disclaimer, usually a follow-up to a joke, a thank you to cast members, or just a something general from the creators to the viewers. Season 2 also lists Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] in the credits as a figure or object that either does not speak or [[UnknownCharacter does not even appear to begin with]].
* CrossdressingVoices:
** Averted for most of the characters, though Tamama is a weird example. He starts out being an aversion, unlike both the Japanese and Funimation versions of the original series, but [[spoiler:he is revealed to be a girl in Episode 10]], becoming both a subverted/straight example [[spoiler:and a complete inversion of the original's crossdressing voice]].
** Giroro also "[[BlatantLies attempts]]" this himself by pretending to be Sumomo.
** Young male character Private Taruru is voiced by female VA [=LillyLivers=].
* CrossOver: Fuyuki appeared briefly in both of Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' Pokemon one-shots, and Birdy from Thorn's ''JettersAbridged'' interviewed the platoon in Episode 9 and left a message about ''Jetters Abridged'' in the Post-Credits for Episode 13.
* DanceSensation: Original song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42pAx-TN2Mg Stroke in the Sun]]" suggests making [[RefugeInAudacity seizures into this]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone at some point. Rule of thumb: if [[TheSnarkKnight ThornBrain]] voices a character, this is guaranteed to happen.
* DebutQueue: The first five episodes introduce a handful of the main cast at a time: Keroro and the Hinatas in Episode 1, Tamama and Momoka in Episode 2, Giroro and Kululu in Episode 3, Dororo and Koyuki in Episode 4, and Mois in Episode 5.
* {{Deconstruction}}: [[spoiler:Fuyuki's monologue]] in Episode 18 is this for the entire series. Watching Keroro be a JerkAss to his friends may be funny, but the scene reveals just what effect this has on everyone around him, and it's not pleasant.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Both Mois and Koyuki have played up their cuteness to get the attention of their respective love interests.
* DemotedToExtra: Mois, due to her voice actor often being busy, and the writers getting anything they could have really gotten out of the character in her first episode. She still has the occasional line, and the season finale features her more prominently, but overall the writers just never have a use for her.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Episode 5:
-->'''Keroro''': "Tamama, you're in a burger store. They sell burgers."
* DiscontinuityNod:
** Aki repeating her "period" intro from Episode 2R in the remake, only to freak out her kids.
** Several of Future Kululu's callbacks became these after the original first three episodes were retconned and remade.
* TheDitz:
** Fuyuki, Tamama, and Aki, though each has had their moments of clarity.
** Raiden in Season 2
* DramaBombFinale
* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** [[spoiler:[[YourHeadAsplode Momoka]]]]
** Keroro inadvertently does this to [[spoiler:everyone in the universe, including everyone on Keron.]]
** [[spoiler:The Garuru Platoon]], due to Dororo's Giant Ninja Fuck You Star having a delayed effect.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Inverted. Episodes 1R and 2R are just generic abridged series videos in comparison to the rest of the series.
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** Dororo was mentally, emotionally, and often physically abused by Keroro and Giroro throughout his life, developing an obsession over them and becoming generally unstable. After he and [[spoiler:Giroro]] began connecting, Dororo was finally able to break from his obsessions and issues to settle into a happy relationship.
** After constant threats of death, intense fights with the Garuru Platoon, and friendships being tested and strained, [[spoiler:the Keroro Platoon actually take over the world, and nothing can threaten their safety anymore]].
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Of all the disparate things [[MyNameIsNotDurwood everyone has called Dororo]], "Poodlejumper" actually had a backstory.
* TheEnd: The final screen of Episode 18. [[spoiler:[[SequelHook A question mark appears shortly after]]. [[SubvertedTrope Then a "Yes"]].]]
* {{Epic Fail}}/{{Negated Moment Of Awesome}}: Dororo spends two episodes meditating to gather power for his Giant Ninja Fuck You Star. When he finally uses it on Garuru's mothership, [[spoiler:it bounces off with a pathetic "dink" and destroys a nearby building. Subverted, however: the mothership finally explodes later in the episode...[[DefeatMeansFriendship after Garuru's platoon amicably leave Earth]], [[DoubleSubversion effectively killing the main cast's new friends.]]]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Keroro: "That's ''Mister'' Sexy to you!"
** Fuyuki: "Tear down this school!" *Proceeds smacking his body into the roof*
** Natsumi: "Alright, let's get this over with. Who and what ''are'' you?"
** Tamama: "I can't find my ass..."
** Koyuki: Jumping through the gym window.
** Dororo: Keroro struggling to remember his name. Or care that he's back.
** Paul: "Karate Butler Paul at your service. Would you like a cup of tea? I can brew it with my bare hands. Or perhaps you would like a slice of cake? I can bake a cake just by looking at it. Mrrrr."
** Garuru: Giroro calling him a "warm-hearted bastard".
** Zoruru: "You're looking at me? What- You think we're dating or something?!"
** Taruru: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, I like to think about birthdays...]]"
** Tororo: "There are worse things to find on your dad's hard drive. You never told me you made ''Mint's Hints''!"
* EvilCounterpart:
** Zoruru is the clear evil counterpart to Dororo: where Dororo is friendly and always feels alone regardless of if people are with him, Zoruru is a cold-blooded assassin who is always alone but feels like people can never leave him alone.
** The rest of the Garuru Platoon are subversions. Garuru is out to invade Earth just like Keroro's initial mission, but he is so warm and friendly that[[spoiler:, if Giroro were still in the Keronian military,]] Garuru would be the ''good'' counterpart by comparison. Taruru isn't much of a threat, and he's at least as clueless as Tamama. And Kululu's counterpart Tororo, despite possibly being dangerous, is really just unhinged over his father more than anything.
* {{Evil Gloating}}/{{The Reason You Suck Speech}}/{{Opening Monologue}}/{{Inner Monologue}}: Kululu ''really'' likes to monologue.
* FantasticRacism: Episode 7 hints at/plays with the Viper clan being the subject of racism, particularly through the use of a police robot.
* {{Flanderization}}: This series initially [[UpToEleven out-flanderized the anime]], [[DefiedTrope but the creators quickly made sure to develop their characters further and not to reduce them to single jokes]].
* {{Flashback}}: Episode 4 is a FlashbackCut, Episode 7 and Episode 14 are {{Whole Episode Flashback}}s, and ''SFA: Reset'' is a mixture of both.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Keroro's "Evil Digestive Monster" is named Frank.
* FreudianExcuse:
** Dororo blames his massive friendship and emotional issues on his parents.
** Keroro also blames his parents for setting the stage for everything to go wrong in his life.
* FollowTheLeader: The series inspired at least two other (now defunct) Manga/SgtFrog abridged series, according to those series' creators: Bokegaeru Productions' ''Sgt Frog: The Other Abridged Series'' and [=AbridgeShion's=] ''Keroro Abridged''.
* FourIsDeath: See ArcNumber and ChekhovsGag.
* FriendlySniper: Garuru, closer to his manga characterization than the more ColdSniper characterization in the anime.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** Dororo's eyes in Episode 6 and Episode 16.
** Videos were uploaded showing dialogue hidden in the background of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GF-k2yuHBM Episode 5]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZjQEv_T3U Episode 6]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8bK0Qjs1I Episodes 17 and 18]].
* GayAesop: Episode 11. Bi Aesop, technically.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Grandpa Viper and the boys in Episode 7
* GratuitousSpanish: Yoshi has a habit of breaking into random Spanish when voicing Keroro with expected [[RuleOfFunny effect]]. Many other characters have also slipped into Spanish at points.
* HappilyMarried: As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:Giroro and Dororo. More detail is given of their relationship in their [[AskGiroDoroSFA character Q&A blog]].]]
* HarmlessVillain:
** The Keroro Platoon, thanks to Keroro himself.
** Viper. Poses a threat to the platoon at first, but simply being flabbergasted by Dororo causes him to give up.
** Same with [[spoiler:Future Kululu]], who simply leaves after three impossible things happen right in front of him.
* HeroicBSOD: Though Keroro was hardly the hero anymore by Episode 17, he suffers a BSOD after being blamed for the world's communications being hacked.
* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: Saburo
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Dororo/Zeroro, UpToEleven from the original into lethal territory.
* HowWeGotHere: ''SFA: Reset'' begins after everything has happened. Since Mois wasn't there and is confused by the platoon talking about it, Keroro has to flashback to explain everything.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Kululu telling the platoon that they're "fucked up".
** Similarly, Keroro calling Dororo an ass.
* InJoke: The Midnight Frogs have [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Inside_Jokes a list on their site of their in-jokes]], most of which have some involvement in SFA.
* IronicJuxtaposition: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] salutes Keroro during his monologue about killing Keroro for not putting forward the effort to invade Earth.
* JerkAss:
** Keroro [[ExaggeratedTrope to ridiculous levels]], and he only gets more so as the series progresses. He's even ''afraid of being useful whatsoever.''
** Kululu [[spoiler:in every iteration]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Momoka]] at the end of Episode 13.
* KnightOfCerebus: Subverted with the Garuru Platoon. Garuru's deep, dramatic, threatening voice; Zoruru's nightmarish attitude; and the platoon being the first genuine threat ''ever'' certainly take the show into darker territories than before. However, Garuru clearly does ''not'' take himself seriously, Zoruru is too messed up to be effectively scary all the time, and Taruru and Tororo are essentially useless.
* LargeHam: Keroro, Kululu, Garuru, and the occasional bit character, all to varying degrees.
* LarynxDissonance: Sumomo
* LateToThePunchline: Inverted in Episode 10. When Keroro reveals that he actually got a job, Dororo arriving late to the scene ''is'' a punchline.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The fourth wall has been broken a few times in the series, but the writers actually prefer ''not'' to nowadays, (in stark contrast to the original series, [[NoFourthWall which wouldn't even exist if it had a fourth wall]]). In the cases where they played it straight, [[CreatorBacklash they almost always regret it shortly afterward]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Tamama charges at Mois in Episode 5 shouting "[[GIJoe G.I. JOOOOOOE!!!]]". She immediately runs down a chasm.
* LogicBomb: Garuru, under the mistaken impression that Keroro is a military genius, fights a few mental battles with ''himself'' before ultimately snapping after this:
-->"Still, you'll never beat my clever mind. Unless you're more clever- *brain electrocutes*"
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** Viper is Dororo's father. Or is it the blue frog in Dororo's meditation DVD? [[MindScrew It's probably both]].
** Keroro is [[spoiler:Dororo's little brother that was sold for cash as a child, thus making him Viper's son as well]]. Naturally, Keroro is too dumb to put the pieces together.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After Keroro slams his fist against a solid stone wall, his only reaction is calmly stating "Huh... I just broke my hand."
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Subversion. [[spoiler:Tamama was probably always a girl, but she only realizes this upon discovering her vagina.]]
* MemeticBadass: Invoked with Paul.
* MildlyMilitary: The first season, due to Keroro being a moron. By Season 2 they don't even try to pretend that they're still in the military.
* MindScrew:
** The end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqScg8PLFqg&t=6m52s Episode 8]].
** The climax of Episode 10.
* MoodWhiplash: Keroro's monologue in Episode 18 takes the series into dramatic territory for the first time. [[spoiler:Fuyuki's]] response sends the series ''hurtling'' into it.
** Then Garuru brings it back into comedic very abruptly.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "[[HappyDays Eyyyy]], I can talk with my teeth closed!"
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Characters often call Dororo something that starts with the letter "D" (Dorito), is a "Dor" pun (Door Knocker, Doorbell), or is completely unlike his name (Hangnail, Laryngitis).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
* MythArc: It doesn't get revealed until the end of the first season, but the overarching plot of the series, and the reason the platoon are on Earth in the first place, is that Keroro is useless and [[DisproportionateRetribution people want to kill him for it]].
* MythologyGag: In Episode 17, Taruru refers to Dororo as "[[TheStrawhatNO Dumple]]".
* NWordPrivileges: Averted. Keroro outright says "Nig-" in Episode 8.
* NeverMyFault: The gist of Keroro's monologue in Episode 18. [[spoiler:It's what finally breaks it to Fuyuki that Keroro is not the friend he thought Keroro was]].
* NoBisexuals: Averted overall; deconstructed in Episode 11. Keroro always acted as a StraightGay while having a very obvious attraction to women, yet [[spoiler:when Tamama reveals that she is really a girl, Keroro exhibits a form of "straight panic" and]] fails to acknowledge that he may simply be Bi. The ending of the episode parodies the [=LGBT=] mantra "It's okay to be gay" by saying "[[GayAesop it's okay to like]] [[GayAesop ''both'']] [[GayAesop men and women]]". Giroro, the off-screen WholesomeCrossdresser, had this figured out from the start and gets irritated at Keroro's blatant ignorance.
** [[WordOfGod The episode was in fact]] [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife inspired by the]] NoBisexuals [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife article.]]
* NoMouth:
** Dororo, by way of his mask.
** Zoruru may literally have no mouth, as his voice seems to come through a speaker.
* NonSequitur:
** Fuyuki drops "I don't remember getting dressed today" in the Episode 1.
** He also randomly shouts "Speed lines are cool!" in Episode 5.
** Tamama is a "pretty princess".
** Fuyuki [[StockLegalPhrases pleads the fifth]] at the start of Episode 11. Keroro [[StealthPun plays along]] by saying "Go fish".
* NonSequiturThud: Episode 3, when the TV explodes in Keroro's face:
--->'''Keroro''': Yeah...jalopoly my waffle-flabergize, Trix Rabbit.
* NoodleIncident:
** Keroro mentions two in Episode 1:
-->"Who'da thought a toilet balloon would save my ass again? That was the day I knew I wanted to become a sergeant."
*** Followed almost immediately by:
--->'''Keroro''': "Didn't I tell you? I'm an alien invader."
--->'''Fuyuki''': "I wanna be your friend too!"
--->'''Keroro''': "Okay! Wait, I'm not falling for that again!"
** "The Poodlejumper story", which you can hear parts of in Episode 6. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZjQEv_T3U A video was uploaded so you can hear the entire story unaltered]].
** Zeroro's mental flashback to Christmas with his parents in Episode 7.
--->'''Viper''': "We had to spend the money on my bail."
--->'''Zeroro''': "What did you ''do'', Dad?!"
--->'''Viper''': "''*Sigh*'' Look. It's not ''my'' fault. I just happened to think they were very sensible looking shoes. But this other guy..."
** Koyuki in Episode 10:
---> "Well with a name like Luigi, could you blame me?"
** Keroro in Episode 10:
---> "So I got fired. Funny story! But anyway..."
** Similar situation with Tamama in Episode 12:
---> "Hey guys, I brought you all cookies, but then I didn't. It's kind of a long story. So...here's a tray!"
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Garuru after completely killing the mood in Episode 18.
* OfficialCouple:
** Keroro and Tamama. Often subverted, however, as Keroro [[AnythingThatMoves has openly]] [[HandsomeLech cheated on Tamama]].
** As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:[[HappilyMarried Giroro and Dororo]].]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "Keroro Love Fighters" in Episode 15. Offscreen Moment of Chaos, if you prefer.
* OhCisco: {{The Stinger}}s are usually this.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Kululu [[LampshadeHanging consciously drops his creepy demeanor]] to [[spoiler:bring Tamama back to reality]] in Episode 9. He only did this because Tamama was being particularly out-of-character himself. [[spoiler:Justified in that the whole thing was Tamama imagining if he were dominant in his relationship; he very much is not, and it got very out of hand for everyone.]]
* OverlyPrepreparedGag:
** Kululu works his way up the Nishizawa Corporation, nearly making it the leading world economic power in the process. Soon he finds himself addressing the leaders of the world, whereupon he...sings a "[[CatchPhrase HEGH]]" harmony. He's back with the platoon the next day.
** Saburo is played as mute, or at least he never gets the chance to speak. Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] is listed in every Season 2 episode as a person or object that never speaks. [[spoiler:When Saburo finally gets a line in Episode 18, [[SuddenlyVoiced it's voiced by MrFailGame]]]].
* PetTheDog: Giroro, both as a child and as an adult, offers Dororo/Lil' Zeroro drinks in Episode 7, an important point in their CharacterDevelopment.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[RunningGag Every flashback]] involves Lil' Zeroro [[BrownNote saying something]] that causes Lil' Keroro and Lil' Giroro to instantly hit puberty. Keroro [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this the first time it happens in Episode 4, but every time after he just runs with it.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
** Tamama: "You've just gone 'n' ''fucked the beehive!!!''"
** Kululu: "I made you Tororo, and I'm gonna CTRL+ALT+Fuck you up!"
** Kululu also makes a second one out of the birthday song.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Zoruru: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I pull things out of my arm]]."
** Garuru: "You fought well, [[spoiler:little brother,]] but it's time I went after the real soldier."
* PrecisionFStrike:
** A variation in Episode 7. While the characters cuss profusely as adults, their young selves avoid cursing throughout the episode until Zeroro [[spoiler:meets Solid Snake]] and screams out the F Strike in terror, whereupon Keroro and Giroro immediately hit puberty and begin cussing.
** Fuyuki drops one while [[spoiler:tearfully berating Keroro for his selfishness and poor treatment of his friends]].
* {{Pun}}: Puns pop up occasionally:
** Todd's Toilets: "Don't buy that George Albert [[ToiletHumor crap]]!"
** Fuyuki: "You should take this alien badge, 'cause your looks are out of this world!"
** Lil' Keroro: "You better not hit the brake! Or you're going to... ''break'', [[LampshadeHanging haha!]]... our friendship!"
** Narrator: "You may be fat, but you're ph-at where I come from."
** Lil' Keroro: "Say Zerodo. You look a little... ''*snicker*''... ''pissed off''!"
** Keroro: "What did the river say to the ocean? Nothing! It just waved! AAAAAH-HAHA!"
** Tamama: "Well, time to storyboard!" ''*Time passes*'' "Aaaaand I'm bored!"
** Keroro: ''*Dressed as a girl*'' "Who's the boob ''now'', Giroro?"
** Keroro: "I'm a [[AmbiguouslyGay pipe]]-[[BiTheWay cleaner]]."
** Serious Keroro jokes tend to subvert this, as he's usually mangling a joke with a [[StealthPun pun]][[IncrediblyLamePun chline]].
** In Episode 13 several characters make Halloween puns, with Keroro even saying the pun directly above.
* PutOnABus: Momoka for most of Season 1 due to voice actor problems. Returned in the season finale after a new VA was found[[spoiler:, until [[KilledOffForReal the writers decided to]] [[YourHeadAsplode get rid of her again]] ForTheLulz]].
* RapidFireComedy
* RealitySubtext: Subversion. Writer Thorn came out during production of Episode 11 as a bisexual transvestite, but [[WordOfGod he states]] that he has always been an [=LGBT=] activist, so the series' examinations of sexuality were likely to happen anyway. He does however acknowledge that making [[EveryoneIsBi all of the characters bisexual]] and making Giroro a CrossDresser is HilariousInHindsight.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fuyuki gives one to [[spoiler:Keroro]] in the series finale.
** BreakThemByTalking: Though the change is subtle, [[spoiler:Keroro]] does start to pull out of his JerkAss state as a result.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Frequently used to coincide with an awkward statement or before an awkward silence.
* ReferenceOverdosed:
** The series overall is a subversion in stark contrast to the original series. Yoshi and Thorn subscribe to the idea that if you can come up with your own joke, it'll be funnier than making a reference. (Not that they don't make references, but they're few and far between, especially when compared to the original series.)
** Solid Snake is a straight example. Practically every one of his lines is a quote from ''Metal Gear Solid'' 1 and 2.
* [[RunningGag Running Gags]]:
** The numerals 4 and 9 appear frequently in random places and dialogue. [[spoiler:Revealed to be a message from Future Kululu that he is going to kill Keroro. The numbers continue appearing after Future Kululu returns to his time. They are also apparently the price Keroro was sold for as a child: $49.99]].
** [[GratuitousSpanish Keroro speaking Spanish]]/embodying various Hispanic stereotypes.
** [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] appears randomly, referencing the ''Metal Gear'' series under the guise of it being advice.
** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Raiden]] started appearing in Season 2, though he instead acted like a metrosexual's Facebook/Twitter feed.
** Characters droning "nurrrrrrrrrrr" in the background, specifically when they're just standing around with their mouths hanging open.
** Characters "getting back at each other" in ways that don't make sense.
---> '''Koyuki''': "You'll never get away with this!"\\
'''Viper''': "Loser says what-what? [[TakeThat Ha! Viper 2, you 0]]!"
** During flashback episodes, Zeroro inexplicably causes Keroro and Giroro to instantly hit puberty.
** Keroro's "AGH!" laugh
** [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] [=MrFailGame=] is credited in every episode of Season 2 as a person or object that either doesn't speak or doesn't even appear.
** Dororo's catchphrase of sorts, "I'm lonely", has started appearing in places outside of Dororo himself. [[spoiler:[[BilingualBonus It even appears once]] [[GeniusBonus in Morse code]].]]
* SatelliteCharacter:
** Saburo, because he's mute (as a joke about him being a Gary Stu in the original series)
** Mois: see DemotedToExtra.
** The Lesbos.[[note]]Yayoi and Satsuki in the original[[/note]]
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Though the original series features at least three distinct girls with a crush on Natsumi, SFA has every girl in her school obsessed with her, including the teachers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In Episode 4, Viper is so flabbergasted by Dororo's random spark of motivation that he just gives up. [[StuffBlowingUp By exploding]].
* SelfDeprecation: Dororo does this occasionally, fitting considering he has the most (and most blatant) issues.
-->'''Dororo:''' "Keroro, you're looking a lot like me right now. I want you to think about that very carefully."
* {{Sequel}}:
** The AskGiroDoroSFA audio blog. Initially conceived as a SpinOff before Thorn decided to end SFA, after which the blog continued the story. It also became a {{Prequel}} to SFA Season 3 via the ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset'' special.
* SequelHook:
** [[spoiler:HQ's message at the very end of Episode 10.]]
** [[spoiler:Several messages at the end of episodes in Season 2.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted in the series finale credits. It really is the end. Except, as of February 2013, [[DoubleSubverted it isn't]].]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:The Reset special is centered around fixing the events in Episodes 16 and 18 that doomed the universe (and prevented the series from continuing)]].
* SharedUniverse: With [[WebVideo/AudioLogsOfDrSquid The Audio Logs of Dr. Squid]].
* ShoutOut:
** Editor [=ThornBrain=] hides the covers of his favorite music albums in the background. Several episodes were dedicated to specific artists including Music/{{Sparks}}, Music/TheyMightBeGiants, [[{{Industrial}} Chrome]], [[Music/NickCave The Birthday Party]], Music/{{REM}}, Music/TheFall, and Music/TheDamned.
*** The one exception was Episode 18, which instead featured pictures of the team who won Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' 2011 Sgt Frog abridging contest.
** Episode 4 included a ShoutOut to [[ChipCheezum Chip And Ironicus]]' WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oVnDboM10 WHO IS A POKEMON IN THIS CRAZY WORLD]]":
--->'''Reporter''': "We are live at Generic Japanese Bridge, where a live seal-"
--->'''Person off-screen''': '''''"No, it's a Pikac!!!"'''''
** Keroro's line "Huh. I just broke my hand" in Episode 9 is a ShoutOut to Koyuki-voice actor Revy Moonshine's ''Patlabor the Abridged Files Movie''.
** [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]'s pencil mustache was inspired by [[{{Sparks}} Ron Mael's]] signature mustache since the 80s.
** While Solid Snake provides plenty of Franchise/MetalGear references on his own, [[spoiler:the message left by HQ in the Post-Credits of Episode 10]] is a ShoutOut to similar sequences at the end of VideoGame/MetalGearSolid credits.
** Kululu: "It's because there's time now. [[TheTwilightZone Time enough at last!]] ''[{{Beat}}]'' [[LampshadeHanging It's a joke. LAUGH!]]"
** Kululu: "I'm gonna go watch {{Matlock}}; I don't need this crap." (Though Yoshi and Thorn have never seen Matlock, Thorn has watched TheAndyGriffithShow since he was little.)
** Giroro's poem at the end of Episode 15 quotes a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop by team member Vorhias.
** [[DubNameChange Renaming the baby Kiruru, Mashiu, to "Kilili"]] is a shout out to a series of Manga/SgtFrog [[FanFiction fanfics]] starring a quintessential MarySue named Kilili. [=TheMidnightFrogs=] and their Skype friends made a habit of reading Kilili's stories aloud for a short time, [[TakeThat exaggerating the character into a Memetic]] BlackHoleSue.
* SilenceIsGolden: Several outside shots in Episodes 17 and 18 have no sound unless it's caused by the cast, so as to show that the world has indeed stopped dead in its tracks.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Sumomo is voiced by [=1KidsEntertainment=] with a deep rasp when speaking, but she has a clean, feminine singing voice provided by [=LillyLivers=].
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Inverted in Episode 18. Keroro saying "Please" is a sign that he's finally changing out of his usual JerkAss self.
* SongParody:
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcvdC6q7PI A Pekoponian Day in the Life]]'''" - A mostly non-humor parody of Music/TheBeatles' "A Day in the Life". JohnLennon's parts are sung by [=ThornBrain=] from the perspective of a human as the Keronian army invades; PaulMcCartney's section is sung by Yoshi from the perspective of Keroro on an average day.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWZhuIMMq0 Pretty Girl's All Mine]]'''" - Parody of Music/ChrisIsaak's "Pretty Girls Don't Cry". Sung and performed by Thorn from the perspective of Giroro, singing about his crush on Natsumi.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l88eOJG2FLk The Lonely Dance]]'''" - Parody of Music/MenWithoutHats' "Safety Dance". Sung by [=ThornBrain=] as Dororo with [=RevyMoonshine=] making vocal cameos as Koyuki. Dororo tries to pretend that he doesn't need his former friends, only for him to have catastrophic emotional breakdowns in each chorus.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NGwLLv1AU A Christmas Special (It's Special, Alright)]]'' features seven small Christmas parodies:
*** "'''White Blanket'''" - Parody of "White Christmas", sung by Dororo about wanting a security blanket due to being lonely during the Christmas season.
*** "'''Giroro's in Natsumi's Room'''" - Parody of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", sung completely out-of-time by Keroro and with incoherent lyrics.
*** "'''Walking in a Mall at 12 O'clock'''" - Parody of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland", sung by Fuyuki about dangerous Black Friday shopping.
*** "'''I'll be Home for Christmas'''" - Sung by Dororo about how nobody ever notices him, not even in his dreams.
*** "'''Baby, It's Cold Outside'''" - Sung by Natsumi and Giroro, with Natsumi trying to get Giroro to leave her room.
*** "'''Durdeedeedur'''" - Also a parody of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", sung by both Yoshi's and Thorn's respective Tamama's, with even more incomprehensible lyrics than Keroro's version.
*** "'''Carol of the Kululu'''" - Parody of "Carol of the Bells", sung by Keroro, Tamama, Dororo, and Giroro about Kululu and how he acts. It is the only song that does not utilize a karaoke track.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_I7I4Rb9oM The Valentine's Parody]]'''" - Parody of Music/BillyJoel's "The Longest Time". Sung by Yoshi as Keroro with Thorn singing cheap backup as Giroro and Dororo. Keroro sings a Valentine's song for Tamama, alternating between being a romantic, a cheap date, and a general JerkAss.
** {{Homage}}: While "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42pAx-TN2Mg Stroke in the Sun]]'''" is an original song, it was conceived as a stylistic parody of Music/TheBeachBoys.
** The team also recorded a parody of Music/TheBeatles' "Yellow Submarine" way back in December 2009 called "'''Tamama's Titties'''". It was based on an in-joke involving Tamama with breasts, and though Thorn still has the file, [[OldShame it is not available to the public]]. It and the in-joke it was based on, however, did influence the direction the team would take with Keroro and Tamama's relationship.
* SoProudOfYou: Garuru to his little brother Giroro, though for mundane things like when he taught Giroro how to read. Subverted however: it drives Giroro nuts.
-->'''Natsumi''': "You know, he seems like a pretty nice guy."\\
'''Giroro''': "'''But he's ''so supportive''!!!"'''
* SoundDefect:
** In Episode 8 - instead of the usual "woosh" that would be used in such a situation - Kululu slides into frame with a rubbery stretching sound.
** Tamama makes a similar sound when turning to face Taruru in Episode 17.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The series goes with the "Kululu" spelling and pronunciation of said character's name. They also usually emphasize the second syllable in Giroro's name, and they spell the "Sgt" in the series' title without a period.
* TheStinger: Every episode features two brief clips after the credits (referred to as Post-Credits), usually following up a joke or situation earlier in the episode, or filling up a plothole. [[spoiler:They also served as {{Sequel Hook}}s from Season 2 on.]]
* StunnedSilence:
** The platoon at the end of Episode 8, after they view their new "animation".
** The platoon again at the end of Episode 12, after Kululu {{troll}}s ''the world''.
* StylisticSelfParody: In Episode 12 Dororo recovers from a very long sneeze with a laugh, only to immediately realize that he doesn't have a nose.
* StylisticSuck:
** The entire 2010 Christmas special, from the bad singing on most characters' parts to the mostly-unedited background video malfunctioning and looping halfway through.
** The "cartoon" in Episode 8.
** Giroro's song to Natsumi in Episode 18. Or anytime he sings, really.
* SuicideAsComedy: In Episode 16, Keroro suggests [[RunningGag number 4]] on his drop-down list of backup escape plans. Number 4 leads to suicide by gunshot to the head.
** The point where it gets taken to an extreme is when Keroro then tells Kilili to "spread [his] teachings across the galaxy", [[spoiler:which leads to mass ritual suicides on every planet in the system]].
* TakeThat:
** Keroro literally invokes this in Episode 1 after Fuyuki takes the Kero Ball.
** Then again in Episode 5 after "getting back" at Giroro in a nonsensical way.
** In Episode 5, Asami makes a crack about emo/break-up poetry.
** In Episode 6, Giroro suggests making cologne as an invasion plan, ripping on Axe Body Spray in the process:
--->'''Keroro''': Hmm... What would it smell like?\\
'''Giroro''': I dunno. Rat semen, but [[SexForProduct say it'll get you girls and people will still buy it.]]\\
'''Keroro''': Point.
** Axe is lampooned again in Episode 8, when Keroro randomly reads a section of article in his animation manual that states "Axe spray does not work".
** In Episode 8, Tamama asks from where Kululu stole the anime backgrounds. When Kululu simply answers, "It was [[HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]]", the platoon is so disgusted that they lose all motivation to work on the project.
** Keroro gets a job selling coupons in Episode 10: "Sad thing is, I still make more than Wal-Mart employees."
* [[spoiler:TheyDo: Dororo and Giroro in the Post-Credits of Episode 15. Kululu acts as minister. HilarityEnsues.]]
* ToiletHumor:
** Literally with Todd's Toilets and the kids hiding in the train bathroom in Episode 7. Joke-wise the series averts this for the most part.
** George Albert Nishizawa spoke to his stockholders in urinal puns during Episode 12.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Natsumi is frequently hinted to have an interest in bondage and/or rape. No longer used as a gag in Season 2.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Episode 12 alternates between Kululu working at the Nishizawa Corporation and everyone else being terrorized by his cursed DVD at the Hinata house.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Keroro.
* UnusualEuphemism: Tamama's food metaphors and similes in Episode 9
--> '''Tamama''': "Like a bean burrito, you're goin' south."
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** In Episode 1, no one reacts to a hot air balloon crashing outside their house, or to the very same balloon crashing outside the school.
** Subverted when Aki shows up, revealing that this isn't the first time this has happened:
--->'''Aki''': Jesus christ, Todd. ''Again?!''
** When Mois falls off the roof in Episode 5, Keroro merely responds, "Well that's odd."
** In Episode 14, Koyuki seems unfazed by seeing Dororo's blood splattered across her wall.
* VocalEvolution:
** Yoshi's Keroro voice started out as him trying and failing to emulate ToddHaberkorn and instead just talking like himself. Circa Episode 5 his Keroro voice no longer has Haberkorn influence and is now him...just talking like himself.
** Jpace92's Kululu gradually became rougher and more sinister after his first appearance. Even his casual lines sound disdainful now.
* WaterWorks:
** Dororo is prone to it.
--->'''Pururu''': "So, um, did you ever get over that bed-wetting problem?"
--->'''Dororo''': "Kind of. Now I do it with my face.
** Then in Episode 15:
--->''*Reading his poem*'' "Touch my toes, then I cry at night." ''*{{Beat}}*'' "Sorry, I was gonna finish it, but I started...crying..."
* WellDoneSonGuy: Tororo reveals that [[spoiler:Kululu is this to him.]]
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: A favorite visual gag of Thorn's, having grown up reading comic strips like ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.
* WHAMEpisode:
** Episode 10, combined with MindScrew and some {{Sequel Hook}}s.
** WHAMLine: In Episode 15: [[spoiler:"Oh my god, Giroro. Wait until you find out your brother is coming to take over and kill us all!"]]
* WorstWhateverEver: Keroro's response to (supposedly) breaking the counter in Episode 16:
-->''"[[ContinuityNod Worst birthday ever!]]"''
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[[spoiler:''"Wow...we actually took over the world..."'']]
'''Keroro:''' Uh, I'm Keroro. I'm the house inspector. Good house.\\
'''Fuyuki:''' You look more like a house maid.\\
'''Natsumi:''' Don't engage it in conversation!\\
'''Fuyuki:''' It's a talking frog!\\
'''Keroro:''' That's "''Mister'' Sexy" to you! Oh...
''Sgt Frog Abridged'' is an AbridgedSeries of Manga/SgtFrog started by Mugiwara Yoshi, currently headed by [=ThornBrain=], and made by Creator/TheMidnightFrogs. The series takes the characters' quirks and cranks them UpToEleven (several characters' JerkAss tendencies being taken to absurd levels, Keroro creating even more ridiculous schemes to take over Earth, Dororo getting mentally abused throughout his life, etc.), but nevertheless, the premise of the series is the same of [[Manga/SgtFrog the original]], [[spoiler:(at least until ContinuityCreep set in at the end of Season 1)]]. The writing, however, focuses more on absurdity, surrealism and one-liners than the original's referential humor. Viewers have noted that ''SFA'' is considerably different from Manga/SgtFrog.
The series is known for being a popular and well-received parody of a comedy, something that numerous people found to be a bad idea before they saw ''SFA''. Its fans include a mix of fellow abridgers, Sgt Frog fans, and people who otherwise don't care for AbridgedSeries or Sgt Frog. It has [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Sgt_Frog_Abridged numerous]] [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Midnight_Frogs articles]] maintained by [[Tropers/ThornBrain ThornBrain]] on [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/ the team's website]], including [[AllThereInTheManual all of the episodes, side-projects and one-shots, and most of the cast and crew]].
The first three episodes of the series were remade in the interim between Seasons 1 and 2. Series creator Yoshi stepped down as writer after Episode 16, giving creative control to Thorn. The series ended November 2012, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRYCOL16cQ but a revival and a third season was announced on February 14, 2013]], starting with a revival special, ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset''.
Episode 6 of the series placed 9th out of 200 entries in the 2011 Abridged Contest held by [=LordMoonstone=] and Xerostyle.
Tropes related to Creator/TheMidnightFrogs themselves go on that page.
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!!The series provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: Giroro's crush on Natsumi. Its last appearance was in Episode 10 [[spoiler:before Giroro turned his affections toward [[HoYay Dororo]], though this was foreshadowed a few times.]] The sudden drop finally gets addressed in Episode 18: the emotional stress of courting Natsumi to no avail made Giroro lose interest. [[spoiler:Presumably he turned his attention to Dororo shortly after]].
-->'''Giroro''': "You know what? Forget it. I like cock now."
* AbridgedSeries: Not the first abridging of Manga/SgtFrog, but by far the most successful. It became one of the few abridged series to have a conclusive ending on November 2012. [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeRYCOL16cQ For a time]].]]
* ActorAllusion:
** Keroro often speaks Spanish or embodies various Hispanic stereotypes due to his voice actor Yoshi being Dominican.
** In Episode 2, Aki mentions that the guy who removed the ghost from the basement was "some guy from Florida", a reference to Kululu's voice actor, [=Jpace92=], a then-resident of Florida.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** Todd's Toilets.
** All of Tamama's invasion plans in Episode 9 are two-to-three-word phrases that start with a hard "k" sound (Kangaroo Catapult, Cockblocking Cantaloupe, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Colostomy Coffee Pot]]).
* AffablyEvil:
** Alisa and her father Black Nebula in Episode 13. [[spoiler:Nebula releases the trapped squadron, who he was going to eat, if Fuyuki agreed to be Alisa's boyfriend, which he has no trouble accepting]].
** Garuru. [[UpToEleven He's so warm-hearted and supportive of Giroro that it drives Giroro insane]], and he believes everything Keroro does is genius. He's also out to defeat the Keroro Platoon and finish the invasion of Earth, regardless of who gets in his way; [[spoiler:he eventually shoots Giroro in the back]].
* AffectionateParody: Episodes 17 and 18 parody dialogue-heavy drama in action stories, [[CerebusSyndrome though in one scene it gets taken very seriously]].
* [[AllJustADream All Just A Daydream]]: [[spoiler:Episode 9]].
* AllThereInTheManual:
** [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com The team's wiki/site]] tells you pretty much everything there is to know about every episode, character, etc.
** More detail is given into Giroro's and Dororo's lives and personalities[[spoiler:, as well as their relationship,]] on their [[AskGiroDoroSFA Tumblr Q&A blog.]] Though the blog was first inspired by a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[http://askdeepdashandcrazytwilight.tumblr.com/ parody blog from Yoshi]], Thorn came to use it for giving more depth to the characters, so as to better avoid {{flanderization}}.
* AllThereInTheScript: Aki's husband stuck in the Hinatas' basement, [[spoiler:who was eventually confirmed to be Todd Sirkowski]], was originally written in the [=SFA2=] script as "Haru", the FanNickname for the unseen Hinata patriarch in Manga/SgtFrog.
* AlternateContinuity: The in-universe explanation for [=SFA1R=], [=SFA2R=] and [=SFA3R=] is that they are how the timeline was going to be before [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] began time-hopping. Out-of-universe, the writers just didn't like them.
* AmericanAccents: Pururu is given a Brooklyn accent. It's actually voice actor [=LillyLivers'=] natural accent.
* {{Angrish}}: Tamama's incoherent babbling to Giroro in Episode 8.
* AntiHumor: Serious Keroro.
-->"I'm so serious, even the jokes I tell are serious! How many blacks does it take to screw in a lightbulb?! One! 'Cause stereotypes aren't cool!"
* {{Arc Number}}s: 4 and 9
* {{Arc Welding}}/{{Continuity Creep}}: The series started with the intent of being as NegativeContinuity as the original. Then Episode 10 arrived and, alongside a heaping helping of retcon, developed its own plots and subplots. As creator Yoshi put it:
-->"You can only take a show about nothing so far."
* ArcNumber: 4 and 9
* ArtifactTitle: Defied with ''SFA: Reset''. ''Reset'' was originally going to be the title of a second SFA series, but the title would have lost its meaning right after the first episode, so it was simply shortened to a special as a lead-in to SFA Season 3.
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]].
* {{Beat}}: [=TheMidnightFrogs=] love a good awkward silence.
* BigNo: Keroro nearly has one in Episode 11:
-->'''Pururu''': "Keroro, you're fine. You're just an oversexed asshole."\\
'''Keroro''': "NO- Oh. Yeah that's me."
* BigShutUp: Giroro to his brother Garuru while they're fighting:
-->'''Giroro''': "I could actually hit you if you'd ''just sit '''still'''''!"
-->'''Garuru''': "You could if you'd finished military training! We can't all get F's for 'Fantastic'!"
-->'''Giroro''': "'''Shut uuuuuuuup!'''"
* BilingualBonus:
** Keroro (and occasionally other characters) have random bouts of Spanish. While Funimation did this with Angol Mois [[RuleOfFunny just for laughs]], The Midnight Frogs did it because project leader Yoshi is actually Dominican.
** FunWithSubtitles often happens at the same time, especially in cases where the supposed Spanish is actually gibberish, or is an actual Spanish statement being passed off as gibberish. Episode 1 also featured Spanglish interplay between Keroro and the caption.
--->'''Keroro''': "Soy un major yes."\\
Caption: ''I am grande si''.
** [[spoiler:Future Kululu's random placement of the numerals 4 and 9]] become hints when the Japanese language is involved.
** Keroro uses Morse code in Episode 12 to send a message to Giroro. It's assumed that he's sending the Serious joke he is saying at the same time; [[spoiler:he's actually tapping out Dororo's catchphrase, "I'm lonely"]].
* BlackComedy:
** [[ButtMonkey Dor]][[TheChewToy oro]] [[CosmicPlaything is this]] [[TheWoobie in himself]].
--> "My conscience hung itself."
** Briefly with Brainwashed Serious Keroro:
--> "So...aborted fetuses...''what's up with that?!''"
* BrandX: Generic Japanese Bridge
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Keroro at the start of Episode 7:
--> "Ahhh. Nothin' like doin' nothin', eating fruit, and rifling through your friends' emails."
* BrickJoke:
** With the remake of Episode 1, Kululu's brief appearance at the beginning turns into one when the viewer reaches Episode 10.
** In Episode 2, Fuyuki thanks Keroro after singing a song, though Keroro can't hear him. In the Post-Credits, Keroro suddenly says "No problem, Fuyuki!" and has no idea why he said it.
** The Episode 8 Post-Credits includes a voice saying "Dang, man! Mop need him a cigarette!" The end of Episode 10 features a mop coming out of nowhere and saying "And I'm a talkin' mop!"
** The Narrator also leaves early-on in Episode 10 to get some dollar store cheese. [[spoiler:Future Kululu's]] base turns to be a dollar store. Also, the credits feature Mop screaming "Cleaning up the cheese! CLEANING UP THE-"
** One of Tamama's invasion plans in Episode 9 is putting cake into the Hinata house's fridge. Later, Kululu finds cake in Keroro's fridge.
** Everyone goes on a picnic in Episode 10, with Dororo insisting on holding hands. Later, Giroro seems to freak out after reading Keroro's letter to them, with Dororo saying "See? this wouldn't have happened if you held my hand."
** In Episode 6, Dororo temporarily loses his sight and wonders if it has something to do with the coffee. In TheStinger for Episode 12, HQ tells someone to "fix the coffee machine; I think it's making me blind".
** Episode 13 has Keroro remarking the object delivered from HQ was not what he wanted for his birthday, first referenced in Episode 6.
* BritishAccents: Dororo has a hint of British in his voice.
* BuffySpeak:
** In Episode 8, everyone describes the pink armbands on Dororo's arms as "pink, poofy things".
** Keroro in Episode 9
---> '''Keroro''': "Come on guys! You can't make an omelet without doing whatever the fuck it takes to make an omelet!"
* CallingYourAttacks: Koyuki and Dororo in the two-part series finale.
* {{Canon Discontinuity}}/{{Retcon}}: The original first three episodes were remade in the interim between Seasons 1 and 2, with the originals being renamed 1R, 2R and 3R, the "R" meaning Retconned. Episodes 1 and 2 were remade simply to make them better and more in-line with the now-developed writing style and quality, and Episode 3 was remade to fix some plotholes that resulted from the first two remakes.
* CaptainObvious:
** Serious Keroro is usually this.
** Mois in Episode 5:
---> ''*Pointing to Asami*'' "'''YOU LOOK LIKE ME!!!'''"
* {{Cast Full Of Gay}}/{{Everyone Is Bi}}: [[WordOfGod The creators']] official stance on the characters' sexualities is that they are bisexual unless explicitly stated otherwise. Character sexuality is rarely PlayedForLaughs [[QueerPeopleAreFunny in the]] [[UnfortunateImplications usual sense]], while sexuality has been [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped closely examined in several episodes]], so the series fits under either trope.
* TheCastShowoff: [=LillyLivers=] sang as Natsumi for the Christmas Special and as the gender-ambiguous [[SingingVoiceDissonance Sumomo]], and ''she can sing''.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Giroro and Dororo become closer friends at the end of Episode 7. By Episode 11 it's much more noticeable in how the two back each other up at different points in the episode, and in the Episode 14 Post-Credits [[spoiler:Dororo asks Giroro to marry him [[CallBack in a very idiosyncratic way]]]].
** After [[spoiler:having an episode-long daydream in Episode 9]], Tamama decides that she is happy being the submissive one in her relationship with Keroro. This doesn't stop her from laying out everything that annoys her about Keroro right to his face in Episode 12.
** Keroro's selfishness and poor treatment of his friends causes [[spoiler:Fuyuki]] to break down emotionally and lay out TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Though Keroro doesn't immediately act any different, he seems to respect [[spoiler:Fuyuki]] more the following day.
* CharacterFilibuster: Keroro and Fuyuki each give one to each other in the series finale.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** Keroro's personality didn't truly develop until around Episode 3, with Episodes 1R and 2R having him simply be a weak parody of the original.
** Kululu's personality also mellowed out considerably after the first season, becoming more apathetic than {{Jerkass}}y.
*** This was the personality the team originally intended for him, but when [[TheOtherDarrin Jpace92 became his VA]] they went the creepy jerk route. Then [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] happened, and they steadily went back to making him apathetic.
* {{Chekhovs Gag}}/{{Chekhovs Gunman}}:
** The constant appearance of the numerals 4 and 9 ("What is this code?!"), his bizarre demeanor through the second half of Season 1, him suddenly disappearing from Tamama's office in Episode 9, and his ethereal cackling throughout Episode 10 [[spoiler:all culminate in Future Kululu's reveal in the climax of Episode 10.]]
** Tamama, upon Keroro introducing him, calls himself "a pretty princess" in Episode 2. Then in Episode 8, Giroro reads a joke from Creator/JimmyCarr about vaginal pain, during which Tamama can be heard groaning "ow". Tamama also remarks about having "air boobs" in Episode 9, then later discovers a "hole" in the Post-Credits. The end of Episode 10 is [[spoiler:Tamama revealing that "he" is actually a "she", with her]] attempting and failing to do so throughout the episode.
* CliffHanger:
** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:Tamama revealing that he is really a girl]] and [=HQ=] leaving a message revealing that [[spoiler:they're sending someone out to get rid of Keroro.]]
** Then Episode 11 ends with [[spoiler:Pururu contacting HQ, revealing that she is a double agent.]] Episode 12 has [[spoiler:HQ calling to send out a bioweapon to take out the platoon.]]
** The [[spoiler:Kiruru]] counter appears at the end of Episode 13 with the platoon trying to figure out what it's for.
** [[spoiler:Dororo proposes to Giroro]] in the Post-Credits of Episode 14. [[spoiler:Giroro's answer isn't given, but Episode 15 opens by making it clear that he said "Yes".]]
* ClusterFBomb: The series as a whole
* CloudCuckoolander: Every character is "off" to some extent. Fuyuki, Tamama and Aki straddle the line between this and TheDitz, and Dororo straddles the line between this and serious mental illness. Even the {{Straight Man}}/{{Only Sane Man}} characters of Giroro and Natsumi have their weird moments.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Joriri in Episode 11.
-->"I don't understand water wings. Every time I throw a bird into a lake, they drown."
** Keroro in Episode 15. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since he's delirious from his illness.
--->"HQ’s sending his [[spoiler:(Garuru's)]] platoon to Earth. But bad news, he’s not gonna make it to Christmas. You’re gonna be ''so'' shocked!
* TheComicallySerious: Giroro and Garuru usually. Literally with [[AntiHumor Serious Keroro]].
* ContinuityNod: Jokes and quotes often reappear in later episodes, usually in an altered form. Proper [[RunningGag Running Gags]] are listed further down the page.
** Lil' Keroro describes something as "shooty DeusExMachina" in Episode 7, which was previously used as "shitty DeusExMachina" in Episode 4, notably the previous flashback episode.
** In Episode 4, Dororo asks Koyuki if Earth ever stops having a full moon, which she flatly responds "no". In Episode 9, Dororo asks the platoon if any of them can actually read; Kululu flatly responds "no".
** Dororo seems to briefly lose his sight in Episode 6. When it is discovered in Episode 11 that he has every disease ever, Pururu asks if he can even see. He responds, [[CallBack "Usually"]].
** Giroro mentions (and shows) that flashbacks make him nauseous. Come Episode 11 he is around for both flashbacks, and he promptly reminds us of his little weakness.
** Episode 10 is a ContinuityCavalcade MindScrew.
*** Keroro took Mois to a "dollar store" when she was a child; [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]'s base is a dollar store.
** Pururu finds Tamama inexplicably tied to a tree in Episode 11. In Episode 12 the platoon ties Kululu to the ceiling; Pururu remarks to Keroro, "I think your platoon is addicted to rope..."
** George Albert Nishizawa's first appearance is him acknowledging Todd's Toilets' hot air balloons from Episode 1 and the George Albert radio commercial in Episode 6.
** InternalHomage: Keroro begins an invasion plan in Episode 3 with "We're gonna take a can of soda..." In Episode 13 while at a Halloween festival, he repeats that exact line to the others before the camera cuts away.
** In Episode 2 Fuyuki laments that girls aren't attracted to him with "What happened to my game...?" In Episode 13 Alisa kidnaps him, causing him to triumphantly shout "I got my game back!"
** Episode 14 has several nods to Episode 4, due in part to it being a flashback to the events leading up to 4.
** In Episode 15, a delirious Keroro remarks to Fuyuki "''I'm'' your uncle, and I heard what you said", a CallBack to Fuyuki lamenting about not having an uncle in Episode 5.
** Also in Episode 15, Keroro tells Giroro that his brother is coming to Earth, but "bad news, he won't make it to Christmas." In Episode 17, Garuru sends a message to the platoon, "Sorry I missed Christmas."
** In another ContinuityCavalcade moment, Keroro drops the sudden revelation that [[spoiler:he was sold as a child; he is hinted heavily to be the little brother Dororo said he sold for cash in Episode 8. Apparently the cash was spent on Viper's bail in Episode 7]].
** Kululu sings a "HEGH" harmony at the United Nations in Episode 12. He briefly does the same thing in Episode 18 [[spoiler:before singing a [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Ass Kicking version]] of the birthday song to Tororo]].
** The Todd's Toilets balloon from Episode 1 reappears in Episodes 17 and 18.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The culmination of Season 1, [[WordOfGod by the writers' admission]].
* CoolOldGuy:
** Grandpa Viper in Episode 7.
** Invoked with Paul.
* CreditsGag: Every credits sequence includes a message at the very end after the ownership disclaimer, usually a follow-up to a joke, a thank you to cast members, or just a something general from the creators to the viewers. Season 2 also lists Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] in the credits as a figure or object that either does not speak or [[UnknownCharacter does not even appear to begin with]].
* CrossdressingVoices:
** Averted for most of the characters, though Tamama is a weird example. He starts out being an aversion, unlike both the Japanese and Funimation versions of the original series, but [[spoiler:he is revealed to be a girl in Episode 10]], becoming both a subverted/straight example [[spoiler:and a complete inversion of the original's crossdressing voice]].
** Giroro also "[[BlatantLies attempts]]" this himself by pretending to be Sumomo.
** Young male character Private Taruru is voiced by female VA [=LillyLivers=].
* CrossOver: Fuyuki appeared briefly in both of Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' Pokemon one-shots, and Birdy from Thorn's ''JettersAbridged'' interviewed the platoon in Episode 9 and left a message about ''Jetters Abridged'' in the Post-Credits for Episode 13.
* DanceSensation: Original song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42pAx-TN2Mg Stroke in the Sun]]" suggests making [[RefugeInAudacity seizures into this]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone at some point. Rule of thumb: if [[TheSnarkKnight ThornBrain]] voices a character, this is guaranteed to happen.
* DebutQueue: The first five episodes introduce a handful of the main cast at a time: Keroro and the Hinatas in Episode 1, Tamama and Momoka in Episode 2, Giroro and Kululu in Episode 3, Dororo and Koyuki in Episode 4, and Mois in Episode 5.
* {{Deconstruction}}: [[spoiler:Fuyuki's monologue]] in Episode 18 is this for the entire series. Watching Keroro be a JerkAss to his friends may be funny, but the scene reveals just what effect this has on everyone around him, and it's not pleasant.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Both Mois and Koyuki have played up their cuteness to get the attention of their respective love interests.
* DemotedToExtra: Mois, due to her voice actor often being busy, and the writers getting anything they could have really gotten out of the character in her first episode. She still has the occasional line, and the season finale features her more prominently, but overall the writers just never have a use for her.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Episode 5:
-->'''Keroro''': "Tamama, you're in a burger store. They sell burgers."
* DiscontinuityNod:
** Aki repeating her "period" intro from Episode 2R in the remake, only to freak out her kids.
** Several of Future Kululu's callbacks became these after the original first three episodes were retconned and remade.
* TheDitz:
** Fuyuki, Tamama, and Aki, though each has had their moments of clarity.
** Raiden in Season 2
* DramaBombFinale
* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** [[spoiler:[[YourHeadAsplode Momoka]]]]
** Keroro inadvertently does this to [[spoiler:everyone in the universe, including everyone on Keron.]]
** [[spoiler:The Garuru Platoon]], due to Dororo's Giant Ninja Fuck You Star having a delayed effect.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Inverted. Episodes 1R and 2R are just generic abridged series videos in comparison to the rest of the series.
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** Dororo was mentally, emotionally, and often physically abused by Keroro and Giroro throughout his life, developing an obsession over them and becoming generally unstable. After he and [[spoiler:Giroro]] began connecting, Dororo was finally able to break from his obsessions and issues to settle into a happy relationship.
** After constant threats of death, intense fights with the Garuru Platoon, and friendships being tested and strained, [[spoiler:the Keroro Platoon actually take over the world, and nothing can threaten their safety anymore]].
*** [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: Only because everyone on Earth is time-locked, and ''everyone else in the universe is dead, including any friends and family they might have had on Keron''.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Of all the disparate things [[MyNameIsNotDurwood everyone has called Dororo]], "Poodlejumper" actually had a backstory.
* TheEnd: The final screen of Episode 18. [[spoiler:[[SequelHook A question mark appears shortly after]]. [[SubvertedTrope Then a "Yes"]].]]
* {{Epic Fail}}/{{Negated Moment Of Awesome}}: Dororo spends two episodes meditating to gather power for his Giant Ninja Fuck You Star. When he finally uses it on Garuru's mothership, [[spoiler:it bounces off with a pathetic "dink" and destroys a nearby building. Subverted, however: the mothership finally explodes later in the episode...[[DefeatMeansFriendship after Garuru's platoon amicably leave Earth]], [[DoubleSubversion effectively killing the main cast's new friends.]]]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Keroro: "That's ''Mister'' Sexy to you!"
** Fuyuki: "Tear down this school!" *Proceeds smacking his body into the roof*
** Natsumi: "Alright, let's get this over with. Who and what ''are'' you?"
** Tamama: "I can't find my ass..."
** Koyuki: Jumping through the gym window.
** Dororo: Keroro struggling to remember his name. Or care that he's back.
** Paul: "Karate Butler Paul at your service. Would you like a cup of tea? I can brew it with my bare hands. Or perhaps you would like a slice of cake? I can bake a cake just by looking at it. Mrrrr."
** Garuru: Giroro calling him a "warm-hearted bastard".
** Zoruru: "You're looking at me? What- You think we're dating or something?!"
** Taruru: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, I like to think about birthdays...]]"
** Tororo: "There are worse things to find on your dad's hard drive. You never told me you made ''Mint's Hints''!"
* EvilCounterpart:
** Zoruru is the clear evil counterpart to Dororo: where Dororo is friendly and always feels alone regardless of if people are with him, Zoruru is a cold-blooded assassin who is always alone but feels like people can never leave him alone.
** The rest of the Garuru Platoon are subversions. Garuru is out to invade Earth just like Keroro's initial mission, but he is so warm and friendly that[[spoiler:, if Giroro were still in the Keronian military,]] Garuru would be the ''good'' counterpart by comparison. Taruru isn't much of a threat, and he's at least as clueless as Tamama. And Kululu's counterpart Tororo, despite possibly being dangerous, is really just unhinged over his father more than anything.
* {{Evil Gloating}}/{{The Reason You Suck Speech}}/{{Opening Monologue}}/{{Inner Monologue}}: Kululu ''really'' likes to monologue.
* FantasticRacism: Episode 7 hints at/plays with the Viper clan being the subject of racism, particularly through the use of a police robot.
* {{Flanderization}}: This series initially [[UpToEleven out-flanderized the anime]], [[DefiedTrope but the creators quickly made sure to develop their characters further and not to reduce them to single jokes]].
* {{Flashback}}: Episode 4 is a FlashbackCut, Episode 7 and Episode 14 are {{Whole Episode Flashback}}s, and ''SFA: Reset'' is a mixture of both.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Keroro's "Evil Digestive Monster" is named Frank.
* FreudianExcuse:
** Dororo blames his massive friendship and emotional issues on his parents.
** Keroro also blames his parents for setting the stage for everything to go wrong in his life.
* FollowTheLeader: The series inspired at least two other (now defunct) Manga/SgtFrog abridged series, according to those series' creators: Bokegaeru Productions' ''Sgt Frog: The Other Abridged Series'' and [=AbridgeShion's=] ''Keroro Abridged''.
* FourIsDeath: See ArcNumber and ChekhovsGag.
* FriendlySniper: Garuru, closer to his manga characterization than the more ColdSniper characterization in the anime.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** Dororo's eyes in Episode 6 and Episode 16.
** Videos were uploaded showing dialogue hidden in the background of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GF-k2yuHBM Episode 5]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZjQEv_T3U Episode 6]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP8bK0Qjs1I Episodes 17 and 18]].
* GayAesop: Episode 11. Bi Aesop, technically.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Grandpa Viper and the boys in Episode 7
* GratuitousSpanish: Yoshi has a habit of breaking into random Spanish when voicing Keroro with expected [[RuleOfFunny effect]]. Many other characters have also slipped into Spanish at points.
* HappilyMarried: As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:Giroro and Dororo. More detail is given of their relationship in their [[AskGiroDoroSFA character Q&A blog]].]]
* HarmlessVillain:
** The Keroro Platoon, thanks to Keroro himself.
** Viper. Poses a threat to the platoon at first, but simply being flabbergasted by Dororo causes him to give up.
** Same with [[spoiler:Future Kululu]], who simply leaves after three impossible things happen right in front of him.
* HeroicBSOD: Though Keroro was hardly the hero anymore by Episode 17, he suffers a BSOD after being blamed for the world's communications being hacked.
* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: Saburo
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Dororo/Zeroro, UpToEleven from the original into lethal territory.
* HowWeGotHere: ''SFA: Reset'' begins after everything has happened. Since Mois wasn't there and is confused by the platoon talking about it, Keroro has to flashback to explain everything.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Kululu telling the platoon that they're "fucked up".
** Similarly, Keroro calling Dororo an ass.
* InJoke: The Midnight Frogs have [[http://themidnightfrogs.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Inside_Jokes a list on their site of their in-jokes]], most of which have some involvement in SFA.
* IronicJuxtaposition: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]] salutes Keroro during his monologue about killing Keroro for not putting forward the effort to invade Earth.
* JerkAss:
** Keroro [[ExaggeratedTrope to ridiculous levels]], and he only gets more so as the series progresses. He's even ''afraid of being useful whatsoever.''
** Kululu [[spoiler:in every iteration]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Momoka]] at the end of Episode 13.
* KnightOfCerebus: Subverted with the Garuru Platoon. Garuru's deep, dramatic, threatening voice; Zoruru's nightmarish attitude; and the platoon being the first genuine threat ''ever'' certainly take the show into darker territories than before. However, Garuru clearly does ''not'' take himself seriously, Zoruru is too messed up to be effectively scary all the time, and Taruru and Tororo are essentially useless.
* LargeHam: Keroro, Kululu, Garuru, and the occasional bit character, all to varying degrees.
* LarynxDissonance: Sumomo
* LateToThePunchline: Inverted in Episode 10. When Keroro reveals that he actually got a job, Dororo arriving late to the scene ''is'' a punchline.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The fourth wall has been broken a few times in the series, but the writers actually prefer ''not'' to nowadays, (in stark contrast to the original series, [[NoFourthWall which wouldn't even exist if it had a fourth wall]]). In the cases where they played it straight, [[CreatorBacklash they almost always regret it shortly afterward]].
* LeeroyJenkins: Tamama charges at Mois in Episode 5 shouting "[[GIJoe G.I. JOOOOOOE!!!]]". She immediately runs down a chasm.
* LogicBomb: Garuru, under the mistaken impression that Keroro is a military genius, fights a few mental battles with ''himself'' before ultimately snapping after this:
-->"Still, you'll never beat my clever mind. Unless you're more clever- *brain electrocutes*"
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** Viper is Dororo's father. Or is it the blue frog in Dororo's meditation DVD? [[MindScrew It's probably both]].
** Keroro is [[spoiler:Dororo's little brother that was sold for cash as a child, thus making him Viper's son as well]]. Naturally, Keroro is too dumb to put the pieces together.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After Keroro slams his fist against a solid stone wall, his only reaction is calmly stating "Huh... I just broke my hand."
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Subversion. [[spoiler:Tamama was probably always a girl, but she only realizes this upon discovering her vagina.]]
* MemeticBadass: Invoked with Paul.
* MildlyMilitary: The first season, due to Keroro being a moron. By Season 2 they don't even try to pretend that they're still in the military.
* MindScrew:
** The end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqScg8PLFqg&t=6m52s Episode 8]].
** The climax of Episode 10.
* MoodWhiplash: Keroro's monologue in Episode 18 takes the series into dramatic territory for the first time. [[spoiler:Fuyuki's]] response sends the series ''hurtling'' into it.
** Then Garuru brings it back into comedic very abruptly.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: "[[HappyDays Eyyyy]], I can talk with my teeth closed!"
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Characters often call Dororo something that starts with the letter "D" (Dorito), is a "Dor" pun (Door Knocker, Doorbell), or is completely unlike his name (Hangnail, Laryngitis).
** Lampshaded in Episode 14, when Keroro realizes that he actually got Dororo's name ''right'' (immediately after getting it wrong, of course).
* MythArc: It doesn't get revealed until the end of the first season, but the overarching plot of the series, and the reason the platoon are on Earth in the first place, is that Keroro is useless and [[DisproportionateRetribution people want to kill him for it]].
* MythologyGag: In Episode 17, Taruru refers to Dororo as "[[TheStrawhatNO Dumple]]".
* NWordPrivileges: Averted. Keroro outright says "Nig-" in Episode 8.
* NeverMyFault: The gist of Keroro's monologue in Episode 18. [[spoiler:It's what finally breaks it to Fuyuki that Keroro is not the friend he thought Keroro was]].
* NoBisexuals: Averted overall; deconstructed in Episode 11. Keroro always acted as a StraightGay while having a very obvious attraction to women, yet [[spoiler:when Tamama reveals that she is really a girl, Keroro exhibits a form of "straight panic" and]] fails to acknowledge that he may simply be Bi. The ending of the episode parodies the [=LGBT=] mantra "It's okay to be gay" by saying "[[GayAesop it's okay to like]] [[GayAesop ''both'']] [[GayAesop men and women]]". Giroro, the off-screen WholesomeCrossdresser, had this figured out from the start and gets irritated at Keroro's blatant ignorance.
** [[WordOfGod The episode was in fact]] [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife inspired by the]] NoBisexuals [[TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife article.]]
* NoMouth:
** Dororo, by way of his mask.
** Zoruru may literally have no mouth, as his voice seems to come through a speaker.
* NonSequitur:
** Fuyuki drops "I don't remember getting dressed today" in the Episode 1.
** He also randomly shouts "Speed lines are cool!" in Episode 5.
** Tamama is a "pretty princess".
** Fuyuki [[StockLegalPhrases pleads the fifth]] at the start of Episode 11. Keroro [[StealthPun plays along]] by saying "Go fish".
* NonSequiturThud: Episode 3, when the TV explodes in Keroro's face:
--->'''Keroro''': Yeah...jalopoly my waffle-flabergize, Trix Rabbit.
* NoodleIncident:
** Keroro mentions two in Episode 1:
-->"Who'da thought a toilet balloon would save my ass again? That was the day I knew I wanted to become a sergeant."
*** Followed almost immediately by:
--->'''Keroro''': "Didn't I tell you? I'm an alien invader."
--->'''Fuyuki''': "I wanna be your friend too!"
--->'''Keroro''': "Okay! Wait, I'm not falling for that again!"
** "The Poodlejumper story", which you can hear parts of in Episode 6. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCZjQEv_T3U A video was uploaded so you can hear the entire story unaltered]].
** Zeroro's mental flashback to Christmas with his parents in Episode 7.
--->'''Viper''': "We had to spend the money on my bail."
--->'''Zeroro''': "What did you ''do'', Dad?!"
--->'''Viper''': "''*Sigh*'' Look. It's not ''my'' fault. I just happened to think they were very sensible looking shoes. But this other guy..."
** Koyuki in Episode 10:
---> "Well with a name like Luigi, could you blame me?"
** Keroro in Episode 10:
---> "So I got fired. Funny story! But anyway..."
** Similar situation with Tamama in Episode 12:
---> "Hey guys, I brought you all cookies, but then I didn't. It's kind of a long story. So...here's a tray!"
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Garuru after completely killing the mood in Episode 18.
* OfficialCouple:
** Keroro and Tamama. Often subverted, however, as Keroro [[AnythingThatMoves has openly]] [[HandsomeLech cheated on Tamama]].
** As of Episode 15, [[spoiler:[[HappilyMarried Giroro and Dororo]].]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "Keroro Love Fighters" in Episode 15. Offscreen Moment of Chaos, if you prefer.
* OhCisco: {{The Stinger}}s are usually this.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Kululu [[LampshadeHanging consciously drops his creepy demeanor]] to [[spoiler:bring Tamama back to reality]] in Episode 9. He only did this because Tamama was being particularly out-of-character himself. [[spoiler:Justified in that the whole thing was Tamama imagining if he were dominant in his relationship; he very much is not, and it got very out of hand for everyone.]]
* OverlyPrepreparedGag:
** Kululu works his way up the Nishizawa Corporation, nearly making it the leading world economic power in the process. Soon he finds himself addressing the leaders of the world, whereupon he...sings a "[[CatchPhrase HEGH]]" harmony. He's back with the platoon the next day.
** Saburo is played as mute, or at least he never gets the chance to speak. Let's Player [=MrFailGame=] is listed in every Season 2 episode as a person or object that never speaks. [[spoiler:When Saburo finally gets a line in Episode 18, [[SuddenlyVoiced it's voiced by MrFailGame]]]].
* PetTheDog: Giroro, both as a child and as an adult, offers Dororo/Lil' Zeroro drinks in Episode 7, an important point in their CharacterDevelopment.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[RunningGag Every flashback]] involves Lil' Zeroro [[BrownNote saying something]] that causes Lil' Keroro and Lil' Giroro to instantly hit puberty. Keroro [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this the first time it happens in Episode 4, but every time after he just runs with it.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
** Tamama: "You've just gone 'n' ''fucked the beehive!!!''"
** Kululu: "I made you Tororo, and I'm gonna CTRL+ALT+Fuck you up!"
** Kululu also makes a second one out of the birthday song.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Zoruru: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I pull things out of my arm]]."
** Garuru: "You fought well, [[spoiler:little brother,]] but it's time I went after the real soldier."
* PrecisionFStrike:
** A variation in Episode 7. While the characters cuss profusely as adults, their young selves avoid cursing throughout the episode until Zeroro [[spoiler:meets Solid Snake]] and screams out the F Strike in terror, whereupon Keroro and Giroro immediately hit puberty and begin cussing.
** Fuyuki drops one while [[spoiler:tearfully berating Keroro for his selfishness and poor treatment of his friends]].
* {{Pun}}: Puns pop up occasionally:
** Todd's Toilets: "Don't buy that George Albert [[ToiletHumor crap]]!"
** Fuyuki: "You should take this alien badge, 'cause your looks are out of this world!"
** Lil' Keroro: "You better not hit the brake! Or you're going to... ''break'', [[LampshadeHanging haha!]]... our friendship!"
** Narrator: "You may be fat, but you're ph-at where I come from."
** Lil' Keroro: "Say Zerodo. You look a little... ''*snicker*''... ''pissed off''!"
** Keroro: "What did the river say to the ocean? Nothing! It just waved! AAAAAH-HAHA!"
** Tamama: "Well, time to storyboard!" ''*Time passes*'' "Aaaaand I'm bored!"
** Keroro: ''*Dressed as a girl*'' "Who's the boob ''now'', Giroro?"
** Keroro: "I'm a [[AmbiguouslyGay pipe]]-[[BiTheWay cleaner]]."
** Serious Keroro jokes tend to subvert this, as he's usually mangling a joke with a [[StealthPun pun]][[IncrediblyLamePun chline]].
** In Episode 13 several characters make Halloween puns, with Keroro even saying the pun directly above.
* PutOnABus: Momoka for most of Season 1 due to voice actor problems. Returned in the season finale after a new VA was found[[spoiler:, until [[KilledOffForReal the writers decided to]] [[YourHeadAsplode get rid of her again]] ForTheLulz]].
* RapidFireComedy
* RealitySubtext: Subversion. Writer Thorn came out during production of Episode 11 as a bisexual transvestite, but [[WordOfGod he states]] that he has always been an [=LGBT=] activist, so the series' examinations of sexuality were likely to happen anyway. He does however acknowledge that making [[EveryoneIsBi all of the characters bisexual]] and making Giroro a CrossDresser is HilariousInHindsight.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fuyuki gives one to [[spoiler:Keroro]] in the series finale.
** BreakThemByTalking: Though the change is subtle, [[spoiler:Keroro]] does start to pull out of his JerkAss state as a result.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Frequently used to coincide with an awkward statement or before an awkward silence.
* ReferenceOverdosed:
** The series overall is a subversion in stark contrast to the original series. Yoshi and Thorn subscribe to the idea that if you can come up with your own joke, it'll be funnier than making a reference. (Not that they don't make references, but they're few and far between, especially when compared to the original series.)
** Solid Snake is a straight example. Practically every one of his lines is a quote from ''Metal Gear Solid'' 1 and 2.
* [[RunningGag Running Gags]]:
** The numerals 4 and 9 appear frequently in random places and dialogue. [[spoiler:Revealed to be a message from Future Kululu that he is going to kill Keroro. The numbers continue appearing after Future Kululu returns to his time. They are also apparently the price Keroro was sold for as a child: $49.99]].
** [[GratuitousSpanish Keroro speaking Spanish]]/embodying various Hispanic stereotypes.
** [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] appears randomly, referencing the ''Metal Gear'' series under the guise of it being advice.
** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Raiden]] started appearing in Season 2, though he instead acted like a metrosexual's Facebook/Twitter feed.
** Characters droning "nurrrrrrrrrrr" in the background, specifically when they're just standing around with their mouths hanging open.
** Characters "getting back at each other" in ways that don't make sense.
---> '''Koyuki''': "You'll never get away with this!"\\
'''Viper''': "Loser says what-what? [[TakeThat Ha! Viper 2, you 0]]!"
** During flashback episodes, Zeroro inexplicably causes Keroro and Giroro to instantly hit puberty.
** Keroro's "AGH!" laugh
** [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] [=MrFailGame=] is credited in every episode of Season 2 as a person or object that either doesn't speak or doesn't even appear.
** Dororo's catchphrase of sorts, "I'm lonely", has started appearing in places outside of Dororo himself. [[spoiler:[[BilingualBonus It even appears once]] [[GeniusBonus in Morse code]].]]
* SatelliteCharacter:
** Saburo, because he's mute (as a joke about him being a Gary Stu in the original series)
** Mois: see DemotedToExtra.
** The Lesbos.[[note]]Yayoi and Satsuki in the original[[/note]]
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Though the original series features at least three distinct girls with a crush on Natsumi, SFA has every girl in her school obsessed with her, including the teachers.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In Episode 4, Viper is so flabbergasted by Dororo's random spark of motivation that he just gives up. [[StuffBlowingUp By exploding]].
* SelfDeprecation: Dororo does this occasionally, fitting considering he has the most (and most blatant) issues.
-->'''Dororo:''' "Keroro, you're looking a lot like me right now. I want you to think about that very carefully."
* {{Sequel}}:
** The AskGiroDoroSFA audio blog. Initially conceived as a SpinOff before Thorn decided to end SFA, after which the blog continued the story. It also became a {{Prequel}} to SFA Season 3 via the ''Sgt Frog Abridged: Reset'' special.
* SequelHook:
** [[spoiler:HQ's message at the very end of Episode 10.]]
** [[spoiler:Several messages at the end of episodes in Season 2.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted in the series finale credits. It really is the end. Except, as of February 2013, [[DoubleSubverted it isn't]].]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:The Reset special is centered around fixing the events in Episodes 16 and 18 that doomed the universe (and prevented the series from continuing)]].
* SharedUniverse: With [[WebVideo/AudioLogsOfDrSquid The Audio Logs of Dr. Squid]].
* ShoutOut:
** Editor [=ThornBrain=] hides the covers of his favorite music albums in the background. Several episodes were dedicated to specific artists including Music/{{Sparks}}, Music/TheyMightBeGiants, [[{{Industrial}} Chrome]], [[Music/NickCave The Birthday Party]], Music/{{REM}}, Music/TheFall, and Music/TheDamned.
*** The one exception was Episode 18, which instead featured pictures of the team who won Creator/TheMidnightFrogs' 2011 Sgt Frog abridging contest.
** Episode 4 included a ShoutOut to [[ChipCheezum Chip And Ironicus]]' WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oVnDboM10 WHO IS A POKEMON IN THIS CRAZY WORLD]]":
--->'''Reporter''': "We are live at Generic Japanese Bridge, where a live seal-"
--->'''Person off-screen''': '''''"No, it's a Pikac!!!"'''''
** Keroro's line "Huh. I just broke my hand" in Episode 9 is a ShoutOut to Koyuki-voice actor Revy Moonshine's ''Patlabor the Abridged Files Movie''.
** [[spoiler:Future Kululu]]'s pencil mustache was inspired by [[{{Sparks}} Ron Mael's]] signature mustache since the 80s.
** While Solid Snake provides plenty of Franchise/MetalGear references on his own, [[spoiler:the message left by HQ in the Post-Credits of Episode 10]] is a ShoutOut to similar sequences at the end of VideoGame/MetalGearSolid credits.
** Kululu: "It's because there's time now. [[TheTwilightZone Time enough at last!]] ''[{{Beat}}]'' [[LampshadeHanging It's a joke. LAUGH!]]"
** Kululu: "I'm gonna go watch {{Matlock}}; I don't need this crap." (Though Yoshi and Thorn have never seen Matlock, Thorn has watched TheAndyGriffithShow since he was little.)
** Giroro's poem at the end of Episode 15 quotes a WebAnimation/YouTubePoop by team member Vorhias.
** [[DubNameChange Renaming the baby Kiruru, Mashiu, to "Kilili"]] is a shout out to a series of Manga/SgtFrog [[FanFiction fanfics]] starring a quintessential MarySue named Kilili. [=TheMidnightFrogs=] and their Skype friends made a habit of reading Kilili's stories aloud for a short time, [[TakeThat exaggerating the character into a Memetic]] BlackHoleSue.
* SilenceIsGolden: Several outside shots in Episodes 17 and 18 have no sound unless it's caused by the cast, so as to show that the world has indeed stopped dead in its tracks.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Sumomo is voiced by [=1KidsEntertainment=] with a deep rasp when speaking, but she has a clean, feminine singing voice provided by [=LillyLivers=].
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Inverted in Episode 18. Keroro saying "Please" is a sign that he's finally changing out of his usual JerkAss self.
* SongParody:
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcvdC6q7PI A Pekoponian Day in the Life]]'''" - A mostly non-humor parody of Music/TheBeatles' "A Day in the Life". JohnLennon's parts are sung by [=ThornBrain=] from the perspective of a human as the Keronian army invades; PaulMcCartney's section is sung by Yoshi from the perspective of Keroro on an average day.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWZhuIMMq0 Pretty Girl's All Mine]]'''" - Parody of Music/ChrisIsaak's "Pretty Girls Don't Cry". Sung and performed by Thorn from the perspective of Giroro, singing about his crush on Natsumi.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l88eOJG2FLk The Lonely Dance]]'''" - Parody of Music/MenWithoutHats' "Safety Dance". Sung by [=ThornBrain=] as Dororo with [=RevyMoonshine=] making vocal cameos as Koyuki. Dororo tries to pretend that he doesn't need his former friends, only for him to have catastrophic emotional breakdowns in each chorus.
** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4NGwLLv1AU A Christmas Special (It's Special, Alright)]]'' features seven small Christmas parodies:
*** "'''White Blanket'''" - Parody of "White Christmas", sung by Dororo about wanting a security blanket due to being lonely during the Christmas season.
*** "'''Giroro's in Natsumi's Room'''" - Parody of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", sung completely out-of-time by Keroro and with incoherent lyrics.
*** "'''Walking in a Mall at 12 O'clock'''" - Parody of "Walking in a Winter Wonderland", sung by Fuyuki about dangerous Black Friday shopping.
*** "'''I'll be Home for Christmas'''" - Sung by Dororo about how nobody ever notices him, not even in his dreams.
*** "'''Baby, It's Cold Outside'''" - Sung by Natsumi and Giroro, with Natsumi trying to get Giroro to leave her room.
*** "'''Durdeedeedur'''" - Also a parody of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", sung by both Yoshi's and Thorn's respective Tamama's, with even more incomprehensible lyrics than Keroro's version.
*** "'''Carol of the Kululu'''" - Parody of "Carol of the Bells", sung by Keroro, Tamama, Dororo, and Giroro about Kululu and how he acts. It is the only song that does not utilize a karaoke track.
** "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_I7I4Rb9oM The Valentine's Parody]]'''" - Parody of Music/BillyJoel's "The Longest Time". Sung by Yoshi as Keroro with Thorn singing cheap backup as Giroro and Dororo. Keroro sings a Valentine's song for Tamama, alternating between being a romantic, a cheap date, and a general JerkAss.
** {{Homage}}: While "'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42pAx-TN2Mg Stroke in the Sun]]'''" is an original song, it was conceived as a stylistic parody of Music/TheBeachBoys.
** The team also recorded a parody of Music/TheBeatles' "Yellow Submarine" way back in December 2009 called "'''Tamama's Titties'''". It was based on an in-joke involving Tamama with breasts, and though Thorn still has the file, [[OldShame it is not available to the public]]. It and the in-joke it was based on, however, did influence the direction the team would take with Keroro and Tamama's relationship.
* SoProudOfYou: Garuru to his little brother Giroro, though for mundane things like when he taught Giroro how to read. Subverted however: it drives Giroro nuts.
-->'''Natsumi''': "You know, he seems like a pretty nice guy."\\
'''Giroro''': "'''But he's ''so supportive''!!!"'''
* SoundDefect:
** In Episode 8 - instead of the usual "woosh" that would be used in such a situation - Kululu slides into frame with a rubbery stretching sound.
** Tamama makes a similar sound when turning to face Taruru in Episode 17.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The series goes with the "Kululu" spelling and pronunciation of said character's name. They also usually emphasize the second syllable in Giroro's name, and they spell the "Sgt" in the series' title without a period.
* TheStinger: Every episode features two brief clips after the credits (referred to as Post-Credits), usually following up a joke or situation earlier in the episode, or filling up a plothole. [[spoiler:They also served as {{Sequel Hook}}s from Season 2 on.]]
* StunnedSilence:
** The platoon at the end of Episode 8, after they view their new "animation".
** The platoon again at the end of Episode 12, after Kululu {{troll}}s ''the world''.
* StylisticSelfParody: In Episode 12 Dororo recovers from a very long sneeze with a laugh, only to immediately realize that he doesn't have a nose.
* StylisticSuck:
** The entire 2010 Christmas special, from the bad singing on most characters' parts to the mostly-unedited background video malfunctioning and looping halfway through.
** The "cartoon" in Episode 8.
** Giroro's song to Natsumi in Episode 18. Or anytime he sings, really.
* SuicideAsComedy: In Episode 16, Keroro suggests [[RunningGag number 4]] on his drop-down list of backup escape plans. Number 4 leads to suicide by gunshot to the head.
** The point where it gets taken to an extreme is when Keroro then tells Kilili to "spread [his] teachings across the galaxy", [[spoiler:which leads to mass ritual suicides on every planet in the system]].
* TakeThat:
** Keroro literally invokes this in Episode 1 after Fuyuki takes the Kero Ball.
** Then again in Episode 5 after "getting back" at Giroro in a nonsensical way.
** In Episode 5, Asami makes a crack about emo/break-up poetry.
** In Episode 6, Giroro suggests making cologne as an invasion plan, ripping on Axe Body Spray in the process:
--->'''Keroro''': Hmm... What would it smell like?\\
'''Giroro''': I dunno. Rat semen, but [[SexForProduct say it'll get you girls and people will still buy it.]]\\
'''Keroro''': Point.
** Axe is lampooned again in Episode 8, when Keroro randomly reads a section of article in his animation manual that states "Axe spray does not work".
** In Episode 8, Tamama asks from where Kululu stole the anime backgrounds. When Kululu simply answers, "It was [[HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]]", the platoon is so disgusted that they lose all motivation to work on the project.
** Keroro gets a job selling coupons in Episode 10: "Sad thing is, I still make more than Wal-Mart employees."
* [[spoiler:TheyDo: Dororo and Giroro in the Post-Credits of Episode 15. Kululu acts as minister. HilarityEnsues.]]
* ToiletHumor:
** Literally with Todd's Toilets and the kids hiding in the train bathroom in Episode 7. Joke-wise the series averts this for the most part.
** George Albert Nishizawa spoke to his stockholders in urinal puns during Episode 12.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Natsumi is frequently hinted to have an interest in bondage and/or rape. No longer used as a gag in Season 2.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Episode 12 alternates between Kululu working at the Nishizawa Corporation and everyone else being terrorized by his cursed DVD at the Hinata house.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Keroro.
* UnusualEuphemism: Tamama's food metaphors and similes in Episode 9
--> '''Tamama''': "Like a bean burrito, you're goin' south."
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** In Episode 1, no one reacts to a hot air balloon crashing outside their house, or to the very same balloon crashing outside the school.
** Subverted when Aki shows up, revealing that this isn't the first time this has happened:
--->'''Aki''': Jesus christ, Todd. ''Again?!''
** When Mois falls off the roof in Episode 5, Keroro merely responds, "Well that's odd."
** In Episode 14, Koyuki seems unfazed by seeing Dororo's blood splattered across her wall.
* VocalEvolution:
** Yoshi's Keroro voice started out as him trying and failing to emulate ToddHaberkorn and instead just talking like himself. Circa Episode 5 his Keroro voice no longer has Haberkorn influence and is now him...just talking like himself.
** Jpace92's Kululu gradually became rougher and more sinister after his first appearance. Even his casual lines sound disdainful now.
* WaterWorks:
** Dororo is prone to it.
--->'''Pururu''': "So, um, did you ever get over that bed-wetting problem?"
--->'''Dororo''': "Kind of. Now I do it with my face.
** Then in Episode 15:
--->''*Reading his poem*'' "Touch my toes, then I cry at night." ''*{{Beat}}*'' "Sorry, I was gonna finish it, but I started...crying..."
* WellDoneSonGuy: Tororo reveals that [[spoiler:Kululu is this to him.]]
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: A favorite visual gag of Thorn's, having grown up reading comic strips like ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.
* WHAMEpisode:
** Episode 10, combined with MindScrew and some {{Sequel Hook}}s.
** WHAMLine: In Episode 15: [[spoiler:"Oh my god, Giroro. Wait until you find out your brother is coming to take over and kill us all!"]]
* WorstWhateverEver: Keroro's response to (supposedly) breaking the counter in Episode 16:
-->''"[[ContinuityNod Worst birthday ever!]]"''
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[[spoiler:''"Wow...we actually took over the world..."'']]
