History YMMV / CaptainTsubasa

* HarsherInHindsight: In the first anime TV series's All European Junior filler arc, the Captain of England's team Steve has been contemptuous towards Japan's team as a weak nation who has no place in the league due to Europe's legendary standards of competitive soccer. He openl gives racist remarks and even boasts England will win the game with 20 goals. While Tsubasa ultimately won (even if in a very close match with England that went past the main game's timer), Steve showed to be quite an gentleman who praised Japan's win with complete honorable sportsmanshp. Contrast this with the recent 2020 EUrocup........

** In ''Rising Sun''. [[spoiler:The Japanese team [[CurbStompBattle wiped the floor with the Mexican team]] at 8-0]]. In RealLife, [[spoiler: Mexico suffered a crushing defeat against Chile in Copa America with only one goal less (7-0). The main difference is, while the real life ream was defeated abroad, in the manga the Japanese team defeated the Mexicans ''at home, and in the Azteca Stadium, no less''.[[note]]In RealLife, Mexico has hardly ever been defeated at home in the Azteca. Had either the manga Mexicans or the real life team been defeated in such a way in such place in RealLife, the consequences would've been '''nasty''', to put it mildly (look up "Aztecazo" on Google and you'll see what we mean)[[/note]]]].

** In ''Rising Sun''. [[spoiler:The Japanese team [[CurbStompBattle wiped the floor with the Mexican team]] at 8-0]]. In RealLife, [[spoiler: Mexico suffered a crushing defeat against Chile in Copa America with only one goal less (7-0). The main difference is, while the real life ream was defeated abroad, in the manga the Japanese team defeated the Mexicans ''at home, and in the Azteca Stadium, no less''.[[note]]In RealLife, Mexico has hardly ever been defeated at home in the Azteca. Had either the manga Mexicans or the real life team been defeated in such a way in such place in RealLife, the consequences would've been '''nasty''', to put it mildly[[/note]]]].

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion episode where supposedly the whole series is revealed just the dream of the main character, who is also revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'') or even ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', usually for BlackComedy.
* {{Moe}}: Kumi.

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Though there ''was'' a bit of ShipTease between [[spoiler: Yukari]] and [[spoiler: Ishizaki]] in WYC, it was easy to miss it until [[spoiler: he asked her out while laying on the infirmary during the match against Brazil]]. To be fair, the LastMinuteHookUp scene [[http://www.mangareader.net/295-21018-75/captain-tsubasa-world-youth/chapter-63.html in]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/295-21018-76/captain-tsubasa-world-youth/chapter-63.html itself]] ''was'' [[Sugarwiki/HeartwarmingMoments really adorable]].

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion episode where supposedly the whole series is revealed just the dream of the main character, who is also revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion episode where supposedly the whole series is revealed just the dream of the main character, who is also revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

* AmericansHateTingle: Well, not ''hate'', per se, but it's nowhere near as explosively popular in English-speaking fandom as it is in Japanese fandom, Latin American fandom, or continental European fandom. Most of the time, it only comes up in terms of its bafflingly OffModel artwork or when discussing absurd feats as depicted in sports anime. Aside from the SoccerHatingAmericans jokes (in the UK, soccer is popular but there aren't many anime fans).

* AmericansHateTingle: Well, not ''hate'', per se, but it's nowhere near as explosively popular in English-speaking fandom as it is in Japanese fandom, Latin American fandom, or continental European fandom. Most of the time, it only comes up in terms of its bafflingly OffModel artwork or when discussing absurd feats as depicted in sports anime. Aside from the SoccerHatingAmericans jokes (in the UK, soccer is popular but there aren't many anime fans), the dated artstyle, lower interest in sports series in general,repetitive predictable storylines, and [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny the presence of more polished successor series]] may have something to do with it.

* HoYay: While this series was written WAY before the BishonenJumpSyndrome kicked in, it still was [[TropeCodifier THE starting point of the biggest pillars]] from what would become one of the first generations of {{yaoi|Genre}} {{doujinshi}} authors. In fact, Minami Ozaki from Manga/{{Zetsuai 1989}} fame began her career as a Hyuuga/Wakashimazu doujinshi author -- it's still very noticeable in how Takuto Izumi, one of the Zetsuai male leads, is what Hyuuga would've been if CT ''was'' a yaoi series. (And {{hilarious|InHindsight}}ly, both Izumi ''and'' Road to 2002!Hyuga were voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu). Then again, this is a soccer series where most characters are male and the players are mostly [[MrFanservice finely-built]] sportsmen.

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion episode where supposedly the whole series is revealed just the dream of the main character, who is revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion episode where supposedly the whole series being just the dream of the main character, who is revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion final episode where supposedly the whole series being just the dream of the main character, who is revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

** Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion final episode where supposedly the whole series is just the dream of the main character, who is revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

* Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme concerning a fake DelusionConclusion final episode where supposedly the whole series is just the dream of the main character, who is revealed to have lost both legs in the final scene. Some have applied a similar kind of ending to other anime series (such as ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''), usually for BlackComedy.

* DelusionConclusion: Among the Latin American fandom, there is a recurring meme about a fake series finale where the main characters wakes up without legs.

* AmericansHateTingle: Well, not ''hate'', per se, but it's nowhere near as explosively popular in English-speaking fandom as it is in Japanese fandom, Latin American fandom, or even continental European fandom. Most of the time, it only comes up in terms of its bafflingly OffModel artwork or when discussing absurd feats as depicted in sports anime. Jokes about how Americans hate soccer aside, the dated artstyle, lower interest in sports series in general,repetitive predictable storylines, and [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny the presence of more polished successor series]] may have something to do with it.

* AmericansHateTingle: Well, not ''hate'', per se, but it's nowhere near as explosively popular in English-speaking fandom as it is in Japanese fandom, Latin American fandom, or even continental European fandom. Most of the time, it only comes up in terms of its bafflingly OffModel artwork or when discussing absurd feats as depicted in sports anime. Jokes about how Americans hate soccer aside, the dated artstyle, lower interest in sports series in general, and [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny the presence of more polished successor series]] may have something to do with it.

* AmericansHateTingle: Well, not ''hate'', per se, but it's nowhere near as explosively popular in English-speaking fandom as it is in Japanese fandom, or even continental European fandom. Most of the time, it only comes up in terms of its bafflingly OffModel artwork or when discussing absurd feats as depicted in sports anime. Jokes about how Americans hate soccer aside, the dated artstyle, lower interest in sports series in general, and [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny the presence of more polished successor series]] may have something to do with it.

** Kojiro Hyuga (Mark Lenders in the European dubs) is by far the most remembered character in Spain. He was so badass that every Spanish kid at school tried to replicate his Tiger Shot.

** The anime original character of Otto Heffner is oddly well remembered in Spain despite his very minor role (and despite not many Spaniards being able to spell his name). His fame came mostly for his [[AnimeHair crazy hair]], which made him stand out even in a series with some other weird hairdos.

** Soccer is big in Latin America and Europe, and this is a show about soccer, so do the math. Even though the dub changed all the names and the name of the show itself, ask any Latino born in the mid-to-late [=80s=], or European born in the early-to-mid 80s, and he will tell you that one of his favorite shows was this (''Supercampeones'' in Latin America and ''Oliver & Benji'' in Europe). You will likely get the same answer from the next generation or two thanks to re-runs of the shows (specially the old series and ''Road to 2002'') in some of these countries, and even in present time there is a lot of pop culture infection related to the franchise. In fact, many real life soccer players (Andrés Iniesta, Sergio "Kun" Agüero, Fernando Torres, Zinedine Zidane and Neymar being only the main examples) have cited this show as their reason why they played the sport in the first place.

** In TheNineties Creator/TakehitoKoyasu voiced Takuto Izumi from ''Manga/{{Zetsuai 1989}}'', an obvious Hyuga {{Expy}}. Flashforward more than 10 years... and guess ''who'' voices Adult!Hyuuga in ''Road to 2002''?

** Spanish fans tend to joke that Hyuga is a [[UsefulNotes/RomaniPeople Gypsy]], as he shares a lot of traits with the steretypical Spanish Gypsy StreetUrchin: dark-skinned, punkish, pauper, with many siblings, and very skilled at soccer yet at the same time prone to fouls.

** The original series and movies had the Japanese team wearing really, really stupid-looking formal uniforms featuring school-like blue blazers with red ties and white shirts along with shorts. WTHCostumingDepartment ''indeed''.

** In many dubs, every single name in the series was replaced with a more local name. Although this might look rather odd being everybody from Japan, the names stuck, and to this day, none of the old fans answer to Tsubasa Ohzora, Genzo Wakabayashi nor Kojiro Hyuga, but to Oliver Atton/Atom/Tsubasa, Benji Price (Thomas Prince in France) and Steve Hyuga (Latin America) or Mark Lenders (Europe). This came to the point that Spanish editions of the manga were forced to include an editor's note with all the name changes in order for the reader not to get confused.

** Happens with the Mexican team (and also overlaps with AccidentallyCorrectWriting from the mangaka's side, possibly): Espadas and friends' attitude towards Tsubasa and the rest of the Japanese team can be seen as overly racist, if you take into account many real life Mexican soccer players are infamous for having the same attitude like them.

** The names in many dubs were replaced with more local names, they stuck, and to this date, Tsubasa Ohzora and Genzou Wakabayashi are officially known in Latin America and Europe as Oliver Atom and Benji Price. They also had every single name changed from Japanese to Western. Although this might look rather odd being everybody from Japan, the names stuck, and to this day, none of the old fans knows who are Tsubasa Ohzora, Genzo Wakabayashi nor Kojiro Hyuga, but everybody knows who are Oliver Atton, Benji Price (Thomas Prince in France) and Steve Hyuga (Latin America) or Mark Lenders (Europe).
** The re-dubbing made it as Oliver Tsubasa, which sounded pretty badass, too.
** This situation was also found in Hong Kong, but a smaller range of characters were renamed. In the three names mentioned above, Hyuga was kept, Genzo Wakabayashi was renamed Lam Yuen-sarm by dropping the kanji of "waka" and pronounce the rest of the name in Cantonese. Tsubasa was a more extreme example: he was called Dari Chi-wai, which nobody know how that name came from (although it might have been named after the actor working for the TV channel that dubbed the anime, who also belonged to the HK Stars Soccer Team) but it stuck. Also Misaki Taro was changed to Mak Tairoi with only the 'ta' kept, probably in part because one of the kanji in the surname is pretty much Japanese exclusive.
** In the Arab world, everyone knows Captain Majid, few people know it's really called Captain Tsubasa.

* MemeticBadass: In some countries, the man who comments every single match. He has commented in all types of matches from 10 year old Japanese kids to Brazilian teenagers. He sometimes can hear people's whispers and [[PsychicPowers predict a person's actions]] due to mistakes with the dubbing.

** Wakabayashi's excuse when Natureza score him outside of the penalty area "The sun didn't let me see",[[spoiler: This is actually a very downplayed BeamMeUpScotty because Wakabayashi said in present simple 'The sun doesn't let me see' and when Natureza was about to shoot, not when the ball was already in the goal.]]

** The original series and movies had the Japanese team wearing really, really stupid-looking formal uniforms featuring school-like blue blazers with red ties and white shirts... and shorts. WTHCostumingDepartment ''indeed''.

* NarmCharm: The franchise as a whole. It's a completely unrealistic depiction of UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball for many reasons, but despite this (or ''because of this'') it was extremely popular. Even the biggest fans love to snark at the most ridiculous things of the series.

* TheScrappy: The Street Team from ''Captain Tsubasa J'', especially the PSX adaptation video game. Not only that they are a whole ''team'', not just a character, of {{Canon Foreigner}}s, but their super shots in the game are almot unstoppable even by Wakashimazu (the best available goalkeeper at the time), let alone by [[OvershadowedByAwesome Morisaki]] in the second match. And yes, you had to play against them ''twice''. If that's not bad enough, they wear [[EvilWearsBlack black uniform]] and their super shots are all evil-themed (skull, demon, snake, etc), as if to show that they are, well, [[CardCarryingVillain evil]]. Considering that ''Captain Tsubasa'' is a sport series, their mere existence is just hilariously narmy and unnecessary BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

** Happens with the Mexican team (and also overlaps with AccidentallyCorrectWriting from the mangaka's side, possibly): Espadas and friends' attitude towards Tsubasa and the rest of the Japanese team can be seen as overly racist, if you take into account many Mexican soccer players are infamous for having the ''same'' attitude like them.

** ''Road to 2002'' treats Catalonia as if it was an independent country separate from Spain (sure, there's plenty of Catalonian citizens who support the idea of independence, but they're not there yet). Also, in a much more glaring error, they often show the ''Francoist Spanish flag'' of all things as if it was the country's current official flag.

** The anime original character of Otto Heffner is well remembered in Spain despite his very minor role (and despite not many Spaniards being able to spell his name). His fame came mostly for his crazy hair.

** Soccer is big in Latin America and Europe, and this is a show about soccer. Even though the dub changed all the names and the name of the show itself, ask any Latino born in the mid-to-late [=80s=], or European born in the early-to-mid 80s, and he will tell you that one of his favorite shows was this (''Supercampeones'' in Latin America and ''Oliver & Benji'' in Europe). In fact, some soccer players cited this show as their reason why they played the sport in the first place. There are still occasional re-runs of the shows (specially the old series and ''Road to 2002'') in some of these countries.
** In the Arab World, football is also extremely popular and many people would tell you fond memories of watching ''Captain Majid'' growing up.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Road to 2002'' may bring quite the BrokenBase, but no one denies that it has a nice soundtrack. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4iJXWJfT_Q Dragon Screamer]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4V_4g6C2hc Our Relation]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SggWZGJ55ZI Keep on going]]'' come to mind.