History YMMV / SlamDunk

* BrokenBase: In the past, there was a basketball debate in various fanbase forums about Sakuragi's slam dunk in Shohoku vs. Shoyo match. Was it an offensive foul by Sakuragi and that he deserved to be sent off? Was it a normal goal that should be counted, and no one actually committed a foul? Or was it actually a defensive foul by Hanagata, which means Sakuragi's goal should be counted and that Shohoku should've got a free throw as well. In-Universe, Fujima was shown yelling an order to Hanagata to stop the clock by fouling Sakuragi, an order which was obeyed without question by Shoyo's tall center.

* {{Fanon}}: No, it's never stated that Mitsui has to repeat his senior year at any point in the manga. Fans commonly misinterpret the last chapter (Akagi and Kogure quit the team to study for exams while Mitsui stays and feels "lonesome") as meaning Mitsui having to stay at Shohoku for another year. In 10 Days Later it's revealed he's staying for the Winter Tournament (which takes place during the second semester of the school year) so that he he can possibly get a scholarship to a university instead. Although it ''is'' possible Mitsui later repeats senior year, it's not set in stone in the canon itself.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The one-shot prequel, ''Piercings'' (which was published two years after the series ended), milks these tropes for all they're worth.
** In one of the earlier chapters of ''Slam Dunk'', Miyagi beats a delinquent half to death for slapping Ayako, declaring that no one should ever hit a girl. When he was eleven he slapped her for littering, got slapped back [[ManBitesMan and bitten]] by her, and only reacted negatively when she hurt her leg quite badly.
** At the end of the one-shot, Ayako tells him to keep a picture of her on his desk so he can see her everyday; he thinks this is an absurd idea. Five years later, he not only keeps a picture of her on his desk but talks to it every morning.
** In a more meta-example, Creator/KiyoyukiYanada's role as Takenori Akagi is pretty hilarious if one takes into account he dubbed Patrick Ewing, the player whose Akagi is based of, in the Japanese dub of ''Film/SpaceJam''.
** Even more hilariously with [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Kaede Rukawa]] who wants to go to America to hone his skills as a basketball player much to Coach Anzai's disappointment. It seems to him that [[Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto he went to America]] minus the basketball skills in a more hilarious way.

* FoeYay:
** Sakuragi with both Rukawa and Sendoh.
** Akagi with Uozumi.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The one-shot prequel, Piercings (which was published two years after the series ended), milks these tropes for all they're worth.

** This show is notably popular in the Philippines as well, possibly because of basketball's popularity in that country. Many people still watch it even decades after, thanks to the several reruns of the anime in the country's biggest television networks. It is a favorite even among usually non-anime-watching demographics and the basketball community in general, to the point where a famous Filipino basketball player has been nicknamed "Sakuragi".

** Even more hilariously with [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Kaede Rukawa]] who wants to go to America to hone his skills as a basketball player much to Coach Anzai's disappointment. It seems to him that [[Manga/SakamotoDesuGa he went to America]] minus the basketball skills in a more hilarious way.

** In one of the earlier chapters of Slam Dunk, Miyagi beats a delinquent half to death for slapping Ayako, declaring that no one should ever hit a girl. When he was eleven he slapped her for littering, got slapped back [[ManBitesMan and bitten]] by her, and only reacted negatively when she hurt her leg quite badly.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Beloved by ''both'' of the Spanish-speaking fandoms, though the Latin-American one is more vocal.
** This show as notably popular in the Philippines as well, possibly because of basketball's popularity in that country. Many people still watch it even now.

%%* {{Moe}}: Haruko.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Sakuragi being SpurnedIntoSuicide over a misunderstanding. His friends pull him away from the fence he tries to jump from, and it's never mentioned again.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome ''and'' EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZgGiK8aOYo "Kimi ga suki da to sakebitai"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzVyiCul2Q "Sekai ga owaru made wa"]]

** Also very popular in South Korea, to the point where certain lines have been meme-fied.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / {{Hilarious in Hindsight}}: The one-shot prequel, Piercings (which was published two years after the series ended), milks these tropes for all they're worth.

** Even more hilariously with [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Kaede Rukawa]] who wants to go to America to hone his skills as a basketball player much to Coach Anzai's disappointment. It seems to him that [[Manga/SakamotoDesuGa he went to America]] minus with the basketball skills in a more hilarious way.
*** Well if Rukawa hones his basketball skills from America, well he did from the anime movie as [[Anime/KurokoNoBasuke Nash Gold,]] complete with blond hair and more evil.

** In one of the earlier chapters of Slam Dunk, Miyagi beats a delinquent half to death for slapping Ayako, declaring that no one should ever hit a girl. When he was eleven he slapped her for littering, got slapped back [[M;anBitesMan and bitten]] by her, and only reacted negatively when she hurt her leg quite badly.

* {{Fanon}}: No, it's never stated that Mitsui has to repeat his senior year at any point in the manga. Fans commonly misinterpret the last chapter (Akagi and Kogure quit the team to study for exams while Mitsui stays and feels "lonesome") as meaning Mitsui having to stay at Shohoku for another year. In 10 Days Later it's revealed he's staying for the Winter Tournament (which takes place during the second semester of the school year) so that he he can possibly get a scholarship to a university instead. Although it's possible Mitsui later repeats senior year, it's not canon.

** In one of the earlier chapters of Slam Dunk, Miyagi beats a delinquent half to death for slapping Ayako, declaring that you never hit a girl. When he was eleven he slapped her for littering.

** In a more meta-example, Creator/KiyoyukiYanada's role as Takenori Akagi is pretty hilarious if you take into account he dubbed Patrick Ewing, the player whose Akagi is based of, in the Japanese dub of ''Film/SpaceJam''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Beloved by the Spanish-speaking community.
** Notice that we're talking about ''both'' Spanish-speaking groups, though the Latin-American one is more vocal.

* SelfFanservice: Many of the male characters are attractive anyway, though female fans draw them as generic pretty boys from time to time.

* FoeYay: Sakuragi with both Rukawa and Sendoh.

* {{Moe}}: Haruko.

* TheWoobie: Yasuda's shy and good-natured which naturally means he's pushed around in a team full of alpha males.
** [[spoiler: Uozumi (his backstory oif loneliness and school bullying is a TearJerker)]]
** [[spoiler: God, does Youko need a hug when you see her flashbacks in the first movie. Thank ''God'' Oda straightened up his act.]]
** Ichiro

** RuleOfFunny. May also count as DudeNotFunny.

* HoYay[=/=]FoeYay: It's a series with lots of good-looking male characters. OF COURSE the [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi girls]] will be all over it.
** When Ryota and Hanamichi come into basketball practice with their arms over each other's shoulders, they naturally get a lot of weird looks and Gori even flatly states, "That's disgusting."
*** It becomes completely hilarious when you notice that Hanamichi and Ryouta form a friendship based on their horrible luck with the ladies, because they both have a similar situation with an unrequited love.
** Uozumi and Akagi's rivalry is just made of this. Even Inoues seems to poke fun at it later on by showing them hugging and crying on each other's shoulder with their "gorilla" faces on.
** Mitsui with Kogure, arguably.
** Kiyota's worship of Maki treads sometimes into this. In the Nagoya episodes, he TOTALLY went googly-eyed when he learned that Maki was well-known outside of their state, as if he was a {{fangirl}} in front of her favorite IdolSinger.
* {{Moe}}: Haruko