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* AdapatationExpansion: The series elaborates a little more on the details of Battle Day Zero, exploring Hiro's world and the origins of the card game in further depth. A good example of this is the episode "Amonsun Under Fire", which reveals the backstory to Hiro's {{Mons}} sidekick.
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* AdapatationExpansion: AdaptationExpansion: The series elaborates a little more on the details of Battle Day Zero, exploring Hiro's world and the origins of the card game in further depth.depth (well, as much as you can in 13 episodes). A good example of this is the episode "Amonsun Under Fire", which reveals the backstory to Hiro's {{Mons}} sidekick.
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* AnimationBump: While the artstyle remains more or less the same, the TV show's animation actually looks more polished than that of the movie, thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on character designs.
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* AnimationBump: While the artstyle remains more or less the same, same (the primary difference being that they thinned the outlines a bit), the TV show's animation actually looks more polished than that of the movie, thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on the character designs.
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* LiteralMinded: Hiro is prone to misunderstanding certain aspects of Earth life in a literal manner. For example, when first shown around the Stitt family home, he assumes the names of different rooms to have special meaning, like the living room being a place to honor those who are still alive and the toilet in the "little boy's room" as holding a child inside.
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* BroadStrokes: Some of the events of the TV movie are alluded to in the series (such as how John and Max discovered Battle Day Zero and Principal Rogerson's son having to switch with Hiro), but the exact canonicity of the movie in relation to series is a bit unclear.
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* ResetButton: In some ways, the TV series does this to the movie, with the CharacterDevelopment undergone by a few characters and the fates of others being completely undone, as well as some of the plot points first brought up in the film reappearing again but treated as totally new by the characters (such as Hiro revealing his former engagement to Avere).
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being that of Prince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a the Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being that of Prince the mighty WarriorPrince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - -- who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off allow their school and John's family to take Hiro as the exchange student, allowing Karuta in, with his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game fantasy hero to be passed off being dismissed as foreign quirks while by everyone else. This charade will give John and Max the two try time they need to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, from, but things are quickly complicated by monsters the discovery that more of their Battle Day Zero cards are starting to come to life. With a whole host of monsters, villains, and other characters heroes from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in now entering the real world, forcing Hiro, John, world and Max to confront them. But as causing chaos, John and Max discover, soon find that Hiro is their only hope for confronting these powerful and dangerous beings. And although keeping Hiro around means nothing will ever be the same again for these two dweebs (except for their rock-bottom positions on the school food chain), life is certainly going to be a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
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In 2015, a TV series based on the movie was released, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian original series. Also produced by BES Animation, the TV series is best understood as an AlternateContinuity to the movie, as it changes up the premise slightly by making Battle Day Zero a magical card game from another universe that conjures forth the characters and creatures from said dimension, with Hiro being summoned by John and Max. And while the show brought back many of the movie's voice actors and maintained the tongue-in-cheek action-comedy angle, it also adjusted the artstyle slightly and changed the location of the series from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port. However, the show only ran for 13 episodes.
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In 2015, a TV series based on the movie was released, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian original series. Also produced by BES Animation, the TV series is best understood as an AlternateContinuity to the movie, as it changes up the premise slightly by making Battle Day Zero a magical card game from another universe that conjures forth the characters and creatures from said dimension, with Hiro being summoned by John and Max. And while the show brought back many of polished up the movie's voice actors film's Flash animation and maintained the tongue-in-cheek action-comedy angle, it also adjusted replaced most of the artstyle slightly voice actors and changed the location of the series from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port.Port (resulting in most of the cast Americanizing their accents too). However, the show only ran for 13 episodes.
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In 2015, a TV series based on the movie was released, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian production. Also produced by BES Animation, the TV series is best understood as an AlternateContinuity to the movie, as it changes up the premise slightly by making Battle Day Zero a magical card game from another universe that conjures forth the characters and creatures from said dimension, with Hiro being summoned by John and Max. And while the show brought back many of the movie's voice actors, but also adjusted the artstyle slightly and changed the location of the series from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port. However, the show only ran for 13 episodes.
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In 2015, a TV series based on the movie was released, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian production.original series. Also produced by BES Animation, the TV series is best understood as an AlternateContinuity to the movie, as it changes up the premise slightly by making Battle Day Zero a magical card game from another universe that conjures forth the characters and creatures from said dimension, with Hiro being summoned by John and Max. And while the show brought back many of the movie's voice actors, but actors and maintained the tongue-in-cheek action-comedy angle, it also adjusted the artstyle slightly and changed the location of the series from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port. However, the show only ran for 13 episodes.
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* NerdInEvilsHelmet: As a result of having to survival the WorldOfBadass that is Hiro's dimension and being [[RasiedByWolves raised by vultures]] when he was swapped with Hiro as part of the exchange program, Leroy Rogerson transforms from a tiny, pathetic geek that even John and Max stand above in the school food chain to a fearsome TinTyrant overlord who commands armies of vultures against his enemies. When John and Max bring him back to Earth to let him spend time with his dad, Leroy ends up taking over the school, imprisoning his father and enslaving the popular kids (sans Denmead who defects to his side by pretending to be a nerd).
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* NerdInEvilsHelmet: As a result of having to survival the WorldOfBadass that is Hiro's dimension and being [[RasiedByWolves [[RaisedByWolves raised by vultures]] when he was swapped with Hiro as part of the exchange program, Leroy Rogerson transforms from a tiny, pathetic geek that even John and Max stand above in the school food chain to a fearsome TinTyrant overlord who commands armies of vultures against his enemies. When John and Max bring him back to Earth to let him spend time with his dad, Leroy ends up taking over the school, imprisoning his father and enslaving the popular kids (sans Denmead who defects to his side by pretending to be a nerd).
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''Exchange Student Zero'' is an [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] animated MadeForTVMovie produced by BES Animation for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Asia-Pacific feed. The collaborative brainchild of Patrick Crawley, as well as Bruce Kane and Maurice Argiro (''WesternAnimation/MonsterBeach'', ''WesternAnimation/KittyIsNotACat''), it premiered on 16 December 2012 as the first originally produced piece of Australian animation to be commissioned by Cartoon Network.
The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Prince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Prince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
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''Exchange Student Zero'' is an [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] animated MadeForTVMovie produced by BES Animation for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Asia-Pacific feed. The collaborative brainchild of Patrick Crawley, as well as Bruce Kane and Maurice Argiro (''WesternAnimation/MonsterBeach'', ''WesternAnimation/KittyIsNotACat''), it premiered on 16 December 16, 2012 as the first originally produced piece of Australian animation to be commissioned by Cartoon Network.
The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being that of Prince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being that of Prince Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
* DramaticWind: Hiro's hair is prone to this, even if there is no wind.
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* {{Geek}}: John and Max, full spades. Two lanky, unpopular teenage boys obsessed with anime and card games. Max moreso than John, as John generally has some self-awareness to how much of a loser they both are, while Max, despite being even dweebier, is even more shamless about it.
* GeekPhysiques: John and Max both represent the "skinny" geek body type.
* GeekPhysiques: John and Max both represent the "skinny" geek body type.
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* {{Geek}}: John and Max, full spades. Two lanky, unpopular teenage boys obsessed with anime and card games. Max moreso than John, as John generally has some self-awareness to how much of a loser they both are, while Max, despite being even dweebier, is even more shamless shameless about it.
it. We also have Leroy Rogerson, who somehow manages to be even more pathetic than either.
* GeekPhysiques: John and Max both represent the "skinny" geek body type. Principal Rogerson's son Leroy represents the "fat" body type.
* GeekPhysiques: John and Max both represent the "skinny" geek body type. Principal Rogerson's son Leroy represents the "fat" body type.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Whereas the movie is set in Perth, Australia, the series changes the characters to Americans living in South Port on the West Coast.
* AdaptedOut: No mention is made of the real Hiro and Rogerson's son in the TV series.
* AdaptedOut: No mention is made of the real Hiro and Rogerson's son in the TV series.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Whereas the movie is set in Perth, Australia, the series changes the characters to Americans living in the fictional town of South Port on the West Coast.
* AdaptedOut: No mention is made of the real Hiroand Rogerson's son in the TV series.series, despite the character playing an important role in the movie.
* AdaptedOut: No mention is made of the real Hiro
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* AnimationBump: The TV show's animation looks more polished thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on character designs.
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* AnimationBump: The While the artstyle remains more or less the same, the TV show's animation actually looks more polished than that of the movie, thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on character designs.
* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: Fishing plays a major role in the plot of "Dad to the Bone". The episode starts with John returning from a father-son fishing trip with his dad for Father's Day. When John notices Hiro misses his own father, he allows Hiro to return to his own dimension, where Hiro introduces King Karuta to fishing in an effort to having a similar bonding experience with him. Of course, being the son of a warrior-king in a WorldOfBadass means that even a simple father-son fishing trip isn't exactly easy for anyone.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Charity very much behaves this way, even moreso than her movie counterpart.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Charity very much behaves this way, even moreso than her movie counterpart. She frequently throws tantrums with her parents and teachers over not getting things her way and has a massively dysfunctional relationship with Denmead.
* ButtMonkey: Max, as the comic relief of the main trio, is a frequent victim of slapstick and misfortune. This is probably best displayed at the end of the ValentinesDayEpisode, where [[spoiler:John scores his first date with Lucinda, while poor Max is left being chased around by Happy Peach Flower.]]
* ButtMonkey: Max, as the comic relief of the main trio, is a frequent victim of slapstick and misfortune. This is probably best displayed at the end of the ValentinesDayEpisode, where [[spoiler:John scores his first date with Lucinda, while poor Max is left being chased around by Happy Peach Flower.]]
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* CutenessProximity: Malentwines have this effect on others, causing anybody who sees them to instantly fall in love with whoever gave it to them. The catch is it works ''[[ClingyJealousGirl too well]]''. If you're Amonsun however, the proximity reaction is [[InterspeciesRomance a little stronger...]]
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* NerdInEvilsHelmet: As a result of having to survival the WorldOfBadass that is Hiro's dimension and being [[RasiedByWolves raised by vultures]] when he was swapped with Hiro as part of the exchange program, Leroy Rogerson transforms from a tiny, pathetic geek that even John and Max stand above in the school food chain to a fearsome TinTyrant overlord who commands armies of vultures against his enemies. When John and Max bring him back to Earth to let him spend time with his dad, Leroy ends up taking over the school, imprisoning his father and enslaving the popular kids (sans Denmead who defects to his side by pretending to be a nerd).
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* RaisedByWolves: Leroy Rogerson was taken care of by vultures while in Hiro's dimension, eventually becoming their king.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Amonsun could be argued as this, but a more blatant example comes in the form of the Malentwines, adorable chinchilla-like fuzzballs whose mere presence causes hypnotic CutenessProximity for anyone who sees them. According to Hiro, legend has it that a peasant was able to win the heart of a fearsome warrior-princess by giving her a Malentwine due to its sheer adorableness.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Amonsun could be argued as this, but a more blatant example comes in the form of the Malentwines, adorable chinchilla-like fuzzballs whose mere presence causes hypnotic CutenessProximity for anyone who sees them. According to Hiro, legend has it that a peasant was able to win the heart of a fearsome warrior-princess by giving her a Malentwine due to its sheer adorableness.
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* SwordfishSabre: King Karuta uses one in "Dad to the Bone", although this being a Karutan swordfish, it has an actual sword for a nose.
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* ValentinesDayEpisode: "Dead Cute" is set during the holiday, with John and Max trying to help their fellow nerds score girlfriends while themselves considering their own romantic pursuits. Hiro also mentions of the Karutan version, Malentwine's Day, and its customs, inspiring John and Max to adopt them to try get ahead.
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* WorldOfBadass: Being a parody of {{Shonen}} anime with a fantasy twist, Hiro's universe is full of deadly fighters, mighty warrior-kings, fearsome monsters, and powerful magical beings, many of whom have been at war with each other for thousands of years and whose customs are typically brutal and violent. As Principal Rogerson's own son disocvered, Earthlings who end up in their world must quickly learn their ways or be crushed.
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* EmbarassingName: In "Sweet Potato", it's revealed Max's name is short for Maxine! According to him, his parents believed he was a girl for the first four years of his life.
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* EmbarassingName: EmbarrassingName: In "Sweet Potato", it's revealed Max's name is short for Maxine! According to him, his parents believed he was a girl for the first four years of his life.
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* ExtravertedNerd: Max displayed shades of this in the movie, but they're more prominent in the TV series. He's a humongous dweeb who makes even the very geeky John seem cool, but his SmallNameBigEgo means he's very oblivious to how pathetic everyone else sees him. The few times he shows some form of awareness for his uncoolness, he takes it as a compliment.
* ProudToBeAGeek: Max displayed shades of this in the movie, but they're more prominent in the TV series. He's a humongous dweeb who makes even the very geeky John seem cool, but his SmallNameBigEgo means he's very oblivious to how pathetic everyone else sees him. The few times he shows some form of awareness for his uncoolness, he takes it as a compliment.
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* StrawLoser: John and Max are both complete nerds sitting at the absolute bottom of their school's food chain, but whereas John is at least self-aware of his own geekiness and a rational human being, Max is a SmallNameBigEgo ExtravertedNerd who somehow manages to be an even bigger geek with absolutely zero understanding of just how uncool he is.
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* StrawLoser: John and Max are both complete nerds sitting at the absolute bottom of their school's food chain, but whereas John is at least self-aware of his own geekiness and a rational human being, Max is a SmallNameBigEgo ExtravertedNerd StereotypicalNerd who somehow manages to be an even bigger geek with absolutely zero understanding of just how uncool he is.
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* ChairReveal: Lampshaded by Headmaster Headly in "Good Old Days, Bad Old Days" when Amonsu tries to sneak into his office to get the detention room keys.
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* ChairReveal: Lampshaded by Headmaster Headly in "Good Old Days, Bad Old Days" when Amonsu Amonsun tries to sneak into his office to get the detention room keys.
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* CoolBoard: In the episode "The Mystic Skater", John takes one from Hiro to impress Lucinda. It's a golden hovering board that Hiro originally used for a sport in his universe called Clashboard, which is basically an extreme version of skateboarding.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Hiro Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. But as John and Max discover, life is a lot more exciting this way, even if things will never be the same.
* CallingYourAttacks: Most of the characters from Hiro's universe, including Hiro himself, do this.
* TheComicallySerious: A lot of the humor in both the movie and TV series comes from Hiro's stern warrior characterization being very out of place on Earth, resulting in a lot of mayhem and misunderstandings.
* FishOutOfWater: As an {{animesque}} exchange student from a fantastical universe of warriors and monsters, Hiro Karuta is humorously out of place among the slightly quirky if otherwise wholly mundane world of John and Max.
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* LargeHam: Being a parody of anime protagonists, Hiro is very prone to being dramatic and shouting a lot while gesturing and posing in over-the-top manners.
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* LargeHam: Being a parody of anime protagonists, Hiro is very prone to being dramatic and shouting a lot while gesturing and posing in over-the-top manners. In fact, this seems to be a standard trait for people from his universe, the number of whom speak reservedly can be counted on one hand.
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* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Hiro is able to generate his sword from thin air.
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* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Hiro is able to generate his sword from thin air. In fact, many other characters display this ability, such as his parents and King Blackyard.
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* SummonMagic: How the cards work, with some element of EquivalentExchange, as long as there aren't a full set of cards the pathway will remain open and beings will randomly appear from Hiro's reality.
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* SummonMagic: How the cards work, with some element of EquivalentExchange, as EquivalentExchange. As long as there aren't a full set of cards cards, the pathway will remain open and beings will randomly appear from Hiro's reality.reality.
* SuperWristGadget: Hiro wears one, allowing him to communicate with his parents and perform his SpontaneousWeaponCreation.
* SuperWristGadget: Hiro wears one, allowing him to communicate with his parents and perform his SpontaneousWeaponCreation.
* WarriorPrince: Hiro is one of these, the fierce and courageous son of the mighty King Karuta and a formidable fighter with a variety of combat techniques at his disposal.
* AdaptationalNationality: Whereas the movie is set in Perth, Australia, the series changes the characters to Americans living in South Port on the West Coast.
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* DancingTheme: The show's credits theme has Hiro, John, and Max dancing alongside it in a parody of common anime outro sequences.
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* DemotedToExtra: Several major characters in the movie are reduced to one-off side characters in the TV series, such as Lucinda, Happy Peach Flower, and King Blackyard.
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* DemotedToExtra: Several major characters in the movie are reduced to one-off or semi-recurring side characters in the TV series, such as Lucinda, Avere, Happy Peach Flower, and King Blackyard.
* EvilGloating: King Blackyard is prone to this, often distracting him from his evil plans.
* ExtravertedNerd: Max displayed shades of this in the movie, but they're more prominent in the TV series. He's a humongous dweeb who makes even the very geeky John seem cool, but his SmallNameBigEgo means he's very oblivious to how pathetic everyone else sees him. The few times he shows some form of awareness for his uncoolness, he takes it as a compliment.
* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Charity mistakes ''herself'' for this in "I'll Take the Couch" when she sees her family (plus Hiro, Max, and Amonsun) preparing for a welcome party for Hiro's parents, instead assuming that the party is for her upcoming birthday.
* MundaneObjectAmazement: King and Queen Karuta are awed by the Stitt family's appliances and furniture in "I'll Take the Couch", particularly their sofa-bed, the toaster, and the ironing board (the last of which they mistake for a powerful weapon).
* MundaneObjectAmazement: King and Queen Karuta are awed by the Stitt family's appliances and furniture in "I'll Take the Couch", particularly their sofa-bed, the toaster, and the ironing board (the last of which they mistake for a powerful weapon).
* {{Oni}}: One monster card, Sweet Potato, summons a baby one. John and Max end up having to be parents for the episode "Sweet Potato".
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* SchoolPlay: The episode "See Ya Later Gladiator" starts off with John, Max, and Hiro auditioning for one. Unsurprisingly, given the SuckySchool they go to though, the auditionees are all completely terrible and it's clear that Principal Rogerson is choosing leads based on their popularity among the students rather than their acting ability.
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** "I'll Take the Couch" has the school performing a pig version of ''Hamlet'' at the start and end of the episode. It's quality is what you'd expect based on the costumes and premise.
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* SuckySchool:John StrawLoser: John and Max are both complete nerds sitting at the absolute bottom of their school's food chain, but whereas John is at least self-aware of his own geekiness and a rational human being, Max is a SmallNameBigEgo ExtravertedNerd who somehow manages to be an even bigger geek with absolutely zero understanding of just how uncool he is.
* SuckySchool: John and Max's school is generally shown to have pretty poor standards, to the point where it's stated to be the worst school in the whole country.
* SuckySchool: John and Max's school is generally shown to have pretty poor standards, to the point where it's stated to be the worst school in the whole country.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Setting changes hints the school is now located in a city called South Port, possibly to avoid CreatorProvincialism which the TV movie--set in South ''[[UsefulNotes/AustralianStatesAndTerritories Perth]]'' evidenced by the high school of the same name--was chock full of. The opening intro also hints that the city is located in the US, specifically the West Coast.
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* {{Mons}}: Hiro's pet Amonsun is a parody of Pikachu and similar characters.
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* {{Mons}}: Hiro's pet Amonsun is a parody of Pikachu and similar characters. He's mostly there to be cute, but is a pretty formidable fighter when Hiro calls on him. The TV series goes into more depth about the nature of Mons in Hiro's world however, specifically in the episode "Amonsun Under Fire", which reveals how he became Hiro's sidekick.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Hiro is able to generate his sword from thin air.
* TeamPet: Amonsu acts as this for Hiro, John, and Max.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Principal Rogerson's suit is changed from blue to brown.
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* DemotedToExtra: Several major characters in the movie are reduced to one-off side characters in the TV series, such as Avere, Lucinda, Happy Peach Flower, and King Blackyard.
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* DemotedToExtra: Several major characters in the movie are reduced to one-off side characters in the TV series, such as Avere, Lucinda, Happy Peach Flower, and King Blackyard.Blackyard.
* EmbarassingName: In "Sweet Potato", it's revealed Max's name is short for Maxine! According to him, his parents believed he was a girl for the first four years of his life.
* EmbarassingName: In "Sweet Potato", it's revealed Max's name is short for Maxine! According to him, his parents believed he was a girl for the first four years of his life.
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The lyrics of the show's intro explain the premise of the series.
* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: The owner of Malcovans, Max and John's favorite brand of potato chips, is one of these.
* FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: The owner of Malcovans, Max and John's favorite brand of potato chips, is one of these.
* GreatOffscreenWar: As described in the OpeningNarration, the Battle Day Zero cards were fought over for in Hiro's universe in a centuries-long one that ultimately ended when the kingdoms decided to call for peace and banished the cards to Earth.
* HulkingOut: Amonsun's primary power.
* HulkingOut: Amonsun's primary power.
* OpeningNarration: The series intro includes this, explaining the origins of the Battle Day Zero cards and how they ended up with John and Max.
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* TraintopBattle: Parodied in "Amonsun Under Fire" when Amonsun and Avere (disguised as one of Amonsun's fellow {{Mons}}) have one of the model trains belonging to John and Charity's dad.
* TransformationSequence: Amonsun goes through one, assuming a larger, more muscularform.form when Hiro shouts "Amonsun, transmute!".
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* BasiliskAndCockatrice: The last and most dangerous monster fought by the main trio in "See Ya Later Gladiator" is a basilisk. It appears as a regular chicken at first, but once enraged, it transforms into a half lizard, half-rooster monster that fires deadly lasers from its eyes. Hiro explains the only way to kill it is to trick it into seeing its reflection, [[spoiler:but Max gets around it by imitating the monster and making it believe ''he'' is its reflection, causing the basilisk to turn to stone.]]
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* GladiatorGames: The plot of "See Ya Later Gladiator". Hiro, John, and Max end up in one in the Battle Day Zero universe being overseen by Avere. Hiro helps the group with fighting through the arena's champions and monsters, but to avoid being spotted by Avere (his ex-bride as in the movie), he lets Max take all the credit (under the name "Maximus Gluteus") while John tries to figure out how to get everyone home.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Avere was King Blackyard's daughter in the movie, but in the TV series, she appears entirely divorced from any connections to Blackyard and is instead the queen of an unnamed gladiator planet.
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* ChickMagnet: Hiro is very popular with the girls at John and Max's school, including John's sister Charity (who even briefly dates him).
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* PrettyBoy: Parodied in "Prince Harming" with the character of Prince Castellan, who fits all the classic qualities of {{Bishonen}} anime characters, [[spoiler:because he's actually a vampire.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Hiros' surname Karuta is derived from a type of Japanese playing card.
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* RepetitiveName: Principal Roger Rogerson, as well as Coach Coach. The latter is lampshaded by the former.
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* BlobMonster: The Gunk Queen of Argon, a gigantic mass of mucus who attacks by vomiting up even more mucus on others. Max offhandedly mentions that she used to be even bigger.
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* ElectionDayEpisode: "Reign of Error". Max convinces Hiro to run for school president against Charity. However, things quickly go south when Hiro decides to take a page from his father's book and quickly becomes an authoritarian, forcing John and Max to find a way to stop him.
* IceCreamKoan: Zoobooninian the Enlightened, the equine spirit advisor of King Karuta, mostly delivers these kinds of statements.
* IceCreamKoan: Zoobooninian the Enlightened, the equine spirit advisor of King Karuta, mostly delivers these kinds of statements.
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''Exchange Student Zero'' is an [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] animated MadeForTVMovie produced by BES Animation for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Asia-Pacific feed. The collaborative brainchild of Bruce Kane and Maurice Argiro (''WesternAnimation/MonsterBeach'', ''WesternAnimation/KittyIsNotACat''), it premiered on 16 December 2012 as the first originally produced piece of Australian animation to be commissioned by Cartoon Network.
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''Exchange Student Zero'' is an [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] animated MadeForTVMovie produced by BES Animation for Creator/CartoonNetwork's Asia-Pacific feed. The collaborative brainchild of Patrick Crawley, as well as Bruce Kane and Maurice Argiro (''WesternAnimation/MonsterBeach'', ''WesternAnimation/KittyIsNotACat''), it premiered on 16 December 2012 as the first originally produced piece of Australian animation to be commissioned by Cartoon Network.
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* BigAnimeEyes: As a parody of anime, many of the characters from the Battle Day Zero game are drawn this way, most prominently Hiro.
* EvilOverlord: King Blackyard, the sworn enemy of Hiro's family, the Karutas. And while he was open to having [[spoiler:Hiro marry his own daughter, he was pretty quick to take up arms once he found out Hiro ditched the bride.]]
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* PictureDay: The plot of "School Photo" involves one. Principal Rogerson is determined to finally get non-embarrassing school photos from his student this year, but things are derailed by King Blackyard disguising himself as the new photographer to use a magical camera that teleports the students to the Battle Day Zero dimension and mind controlling them as his new soldiers.
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* CastOfSnowflakes: Looking closely at some crowd shots, there are faces aplenty in the school.
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* OnlySaneMan: John is the only character fully aware of all the insanity going on as a result of Hiro and Battle Day Zero crossing over into their world. This becomes especially prominent in the TV series.
* PerverseSexualLust: In-universe. Maxadmires is infatuated with the MagicalGirl Happy Peach Flower. Luckily for him, she feels in love with him as well.well [[ClingyJealousGirl (albeit a little too much even for him)]].
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* {{Narcissist}}: It's shown that Denmead's so self-absorbed that he ignored Charity, his girlfriend, just to hang out with a clone of himself.
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* MistakenForCheating: In "Denmead for Denmead", Denmead starts a bromance with a clone of himself, and ends up spending so much time with him that Principal Rogerson is forced to tell Charity that the school is beginning to suspect their star athlete's frequent absences are because Denmead is having an affair behind her back.
* {{Narcissist}}:It's shown that Denmead's Denmead. He's so self-absorbed that in the episode "Denmead for Denmead", he ignored literally started ignoring Charity, his girlfriend, just to hang out with a ''a clone of himself.himself'' and ended up developing a bromance with him as a result.
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* ScrewYourself: The episode "Denmead For Denmead" after Max accidentally brings back two Denmeads from abusing the power of a card that can send away anything to another dimension one too many times, resulting in the two becoming smitten with each other.
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* ScrewYourself: The episode "Denmead For Denmead" after Max accidentally brings back two Denmeads from abusing the power of a card that can send away anything to another dimension one too many times, resulting SmallNameBigEgo: A character trait more emphasized in the two becoming smitten with each other.series than in the movie for Max, who is depicted as being extremely unaware of his own nerdiness due to his very inflated self-image.
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* WeaponizedTeleportation: In "Denmead for Denmead", Max uses a card called Exiler to do this to Denmead in retaliation for his regular bullying. However, his excessive abuse of the card's power ends up creating ''two'' Denmeads (who luckily for John and Max quickly become extremely infatuated with each other and forget about pummeling the two geeks).
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* CardsOfPower: The premise of the movie involves cards from a Japanese game infused with mystical power that brings the characters in said cards to life. While the movie left it somewhat open-ended as to how these cards gained their power, the TV series depicts them as magical artifacts from another dimension cast to Earth by its inhabitants.
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* AnimeHair: many of the characters from Battle Day Zero qualify, most obviously Hiro, who has prominent spikey blue hair.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Charity Stitt, John's older sister. She partly [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of this]] in the movie, but [[SnapBack snaps back]] to this Trope with a vengeance in the series.
* [[{{Bridezilla}} Bridezilla]]: Avere is understandably upset over [[spoiler: Hiro leaving her at the altar.]]
* [[{{Bridezilla}} Bridezilla]]: Avere is understandably upset over [[spoiler: Hiro leaving her at the altar.]]
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Charity Stitt, John's older sister. She partly [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of this]] in the movie, but [[SnapBack snaps back]] to this Trope trope with a vengeance in the series.
*[[{{Bridezilla}} Bridezilla]]: {{Bridezilla}}: Avere is understandably upset over [[spoiler: Hiro leaving her at the altar.]]
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* [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash Animation]][=/=]ThickLineAnimation{{Geek}}: John and Max, full spades. Two lanky, unpopular teenage boys obsessed with anime and card games. Max moreso than John, as John generally has some self-awareness to how much of a loser they both are, while Max, despite being even dweebier, is even more shamless about it.
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* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Variation with a website rather than a building, which admittedly would be easier to pull off.
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* LargeHam: Being a parody of anime protagonists, Hiro is very prone to being dramatic and shouting a lot while gesturing and posing in over-the-top manners.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Variation with a website rather than a building, which admittedly would be easier to pull off. it was how John and Max found the Battle Day Zero cards.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Variation with a website rather than a building, which admittedly would be easier to pull off. it was how John and Max found the Battle Day Zero cards.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: The ratterpillar monster fought by Hiro early on is pretty much what it sounds like, a giant caterpillar with the head of a rat.
* {{Mons}}: Hiro's pet Amonsu is a parody of Pikachu and similar characters.
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* AnimationBump: The TV show's animation looks more polished thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on character designs. Take a look at the sneak peek [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXfGsiOmZRA here]].
* BigSisterBully: Charity, who, in stark contrast to her Character Developed Movie version, actually ''condones'' her boyfriend's bullying of Max and her brother.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode title "Sweet Potato" is the name of a character.
* {{Narcissist}}: It's shown that Denmead's so self-absorbed that he ignored Charity, his girlfriend, just to hang out with...himself. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Just roll with it]].
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rove [=McManus=] reprises his role as Max among others, and his change of accent is sometimes egregious.
* BigSisterBully: Charity, who, in stark contrast to her Character Developed Movie version, actually ''condones'' her boyfriend's bullying of Max and her brother.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The episode title "Sweet Potato" is the name of a character.
* {{Narcissist}}: It's shown that Denmead's so self-absorbed that he ignored Charity, his girlfriend, just to hang out with...himself. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Just roll with it]].
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rove [=McManus=] reprises his role as Max among others, and his change of accent is sometimes egregious.
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* AnimationBump: The TV show's animation looks more polished thanks to higher production values and a bit of tweaking on character designs. Take a look at the sneak peek [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXfGsiOmZRA here]].
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* BigSisterBully: Charity, who, in stark contrast to the development herCharacter Developed Movie version, movie version receives, actually ''condones'' her boyfriend's bullying of Max and her brother.
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The ChairReveal: Lampshaded by Headmaster Headly in "Good Old Days, Bad Old Days" when Amonsu tries to sneak into his office to get the detention room keys.
-->"Tsk, tsk. When you enter a villain's office, always check the oversized chair turned away from view."
* DeanBitterman: Mr. Rogerson, although generally incompetent, qualifies as this in both the movie and TV series, but the episodetitle "Sweet Potato" is "Good Old Days, Bad Old Days" introduces Headmaster Headly, an evil principal from Hiro's world who takes over the name of school when Rogerson goes on a character.
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* {{Narcissist}}: It's shown that Denmead's so self-absorbed that he ignored Charity, his girlfriend, just to hang outwith...himself. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Just roll with it]].
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* ScrewYourself: The episode "Denmead For Denmead" after Max accidentally brings back two Denmeads from abusing the power of a card that can send away anything to another dimension one too many times, resulting in the two becoming smitten with each other, [[ScrewYourself disturbingly so]].
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* PerverseSexualLust: In-universe. Max admires Happy Peach Flower. Luckily for him, she also feels the same way towards him.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from.
However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then as John and Max discover, it is far more exciting this way.
However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then as John and Max discover, it is far more exciting this way.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. \n\n However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro Hiro, John, and Max to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then But as John and Max discover, it life is far a lot more exciting this way.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from. However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then as John and Max discover, it is far more exciting this way.
In 2015, a TV series was launched based on the movie, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian production. Said TV series was also produced by BES Animation and brought back most of the voice actors. However, it only ran for 13 episodes, on top of also changing the location from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port.
In 2015, a TV series was launched based on the movie, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian production. Said TV series was also produced by BES Animation and brought back most of the voice actors. However, it only ran for 13 episodes, on top of also changing the location from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port.
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The movie tells the story of best friends John Stitt and Max Cameron, two geeky high schoolers from [[UsefulNotes/OtherAustralianTownsAndCities Perth, Australia]] who are obsessed with a Japanese fantasy card game called Battle Day Zero, with their favorite card being Hiro, Prince of Karuta. As it happens, John's family is planning to host a Japanese exchange student also named Hiro, and on the day of the meeting, a dramatic storm summons a grand spaceship that drops down the exchange student - who looks and acts awfully similar to the character from John and Max's favorite game. As it turns out, this Hiro ''is'' the one from Battle Day Zero, brought to life by a miraculous bolt of lightning that struck some cards John and Max lost during the drive to meet the exchange student. With the real Hiro's whereabouts unknown, John and Max decide to pass off their Hiro as the exchange student, allowing his peculiarities as an {{animesque}} card game hero to be passed off as foreign quirks while the two try to figure out how to send Hiro back to the card game he came from.
However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then as John and Max discover, it is far more exciting this way.
In 2015, a TV serieswas launched based on the movie, movie was released, becoming Cartoon Network's first Australian production. Said TV series was also Also produced by BES Animation Animation, the TV series is best understood as an AlternateContinuity to the movie, as it changes up the premise slightly by making Battle Day Zero a magical card game from another universe that conjures forth the characters and creatures from said dimension, with Hiro being summoned by John and Max. And while the show brought back most many of the movie's voice actors. However, it only ran for 13 episodes, on top of actors, but also changing adjusted the artstyle slightly and changed the location of the series from the capital of Western Australia to the fictional US town of South Port.Port. However, the show only ran for 13 episodes.
However, things are quickly complicated by monsters and other characters from Battle Day Zero heroic and villainous beginning to appear in the real world, forcing Hiro to confront them. Life will never be the same, but then as John and Max discover, it is far more exciting this way.
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[[folder:Tropes specific to the animated TV
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[[/folder]]
