Line #105 Anime/Potemayo


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3	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/potemayo_cast1.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:320:[-Bow to my cuteness-] ]]
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6	->'''''Premise:''' I have no idea. It's... it's... I don't know what it is.''
7	-->--[[http://blogsuki.com/archives/2007/08/07/1124/ Jason Miao's Thin Slicing review]]
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9	''Potemayo'' is a TwelveEpisodeAnime, based on a {{Yonkoma}} manga, that takes a quirky approach to the ISO-standard anime high school love triangle: Girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy doesn't notice girl, boy finds titular [[{{Moe}} moe-blob]] in fridge, boy [[LineOfSightName names moe-blob after foodstuff]] (a potato-and-mayonnaise croquette), moe-blob loves boy at first sight, boy treats it as pet and adopts it, moe-blob's antics give girl an 'in' with boy, girl has to build on this and contend with jealous moe-blob for boy's affections - boy doesn't notice. Then the first half of the first episode ends.
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11	The second half introduces a B-plot in the form of a second moe-blob, Guchuko. A shy, ''{{tsundere}}'' moe-blob which cuts its way out of the fridge with a scythe and {{Beam Spam}}s anything she doesn't like the look of from snakes on the sides of her head. She leaves presents of scorched, bleeding animal carcasses for the girl who feeds her snacks.
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13	The second episode is about how one of {{those two guys}} wants to know what Potemayo feels like. He and the protagonist end up in cheerleader outfits as a result of his efforts. The third episode has Potemayo puking over one of the girls in class... getting the idea?
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15	All this is woven into the framework for a gently humorous SliceOfLife series. Most of the humour ensues from the interactions between the 'normal' characters and the childlike moe-blobs. The rest, well... let's just say that you can expect to say, "...what the f***?" at least {{once an episode}}, ''besides'' the toilet humour.
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17	!!This series provides examples of:
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19	%%* ABoyAndHisX:
20	%%** A Boy and His Moe-blob.
21	%%** Followed closely by A Girl and Her Wild Moe-blob.
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25	%%* AloofBigBrother: Yasumi. Technically he's the younger brother, but he's certainly got the height.
26	%%* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents
27	%%* AmusingInjuries
28	* AnimeHair: Looks like they used Photoshop gradient to colour their hair.
29	* ApathyKilledTheCat: Lampshaded when ThoseTwoGuys wonder how a creature like Potemayo could even exist. Their questions, and those of the class, are then forgotten in the face of her sheer cuteness.
30	** Although discussion about what sort of creature she is does happen a few times. Sunao is wondering about it in the second episode, and his dad suggests in one episode that it's mating season for her, leading to Sunao thinking she's a teenage girl.
31	%%* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
32	* BadassAdorable: You don't want to mess with Guchuko, even if she does look like a stuffed toy.
33	%%* BalloonBelly
34	* BeamSpam: For the sake of all that is good and holy, do '''NOT''' anger Guchuko. Or confine her. Or stand too close to her. You know what, just stay the heck away from her.
35	%%* BigEater
36	* BigFancyHouse: Nene's, complete with a hot spring large enough for the entire class.
37	%%* BlindWithoutEm
38	* BoisterousBruiser: Sunao's father. He's capable of irritating Sunao just by being there. (Sunao's got an extremely good reason for his irritation.)
39	* BrainBleach: The FestivalEpisode has a cheerleader sequence [[FanDisservice made of men in frilly panties.]] Yes, your eyes will burn!
40	%%* {{Buttmonkey}}: "Mutan..."
41	* CanNotSpitItOut: Mikan's crush is such that even Sunao's hand on hers can make her faint. Poor Mikan.
42	* ChocolateOfRomance: A girl gives chocolate to Nene's friend Kyo on Valentine's Day.
43	* CicadianRhythm: Guchuko finds her own way of dealing with the anime classic.
44	%%* CranialEruption: Used quite a bit, mostly on Sunao's father.
45	%%* CulturalCrossReference
46	%%* CuteCrittersActChildlike: The moe-blobs, particularly Potemayo.
47	* CuteMute: "Honi, honi, honi, honi...". This, interestingly, can make her very frustrated; when she's actively trying to communicate, people either think she's just making cute noises or completely misinterpret her.
48	* TheDitz: Mikan. Comes close to LoveFreak a couple of times.
49	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Kyou crossdresses as a butler in the festival cafe and two girls nervously ask if they can take a picture.
50	* EyeCatch: Every time someone is added to the cast, the screen fills a little more.
51	* FailedASpotCheck: [[ButtMonkey Mudou]] attempts to practice giving chocolate to Potemayo on Valentines and is immediately spoiled by Nene, ''who is right in front of him'' despite Mudou thinking that it's a safe place to practice in private.
52	%%* FantasticComedy
53	%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
54	* {{Hammerspace}}: Guchuko's pouch/pocket/whateverthehellitis can hold a lot of stuff.
55	* HeadPet: Potemayo, who also has a little bird on her head, making it a ''recursive'' head pet.
56	* HereWeGoAgain: The anime proper ends with [[spoiler: Sunao and Potemayo "evaluating" a new, rabbity moeblob, which came out of the trash can from Potemayo's seed.]]
57	* {{Honorifics}}: Sunao gets called -temee by Yasumi.
58	* HugeSchoolgirl: Kyou, who's also more 'developed' than the other girls.
59	* IDoNotSpeakNonverbal: Mikan, who can't sense hostility from Potemayo until it's too late.
60	** The final episode has Kyou and her parents trying to figure out what Guchiko's trying to 'say'.
61	* IdiotHair: Potemayo has one on her head. It matches her when things happen to her. When she is either sick or other bad happenings, her Ahoge looks a bit messed up.
62	* ItCameFromTheFridge: Potemayo's and Guchuko's origin; "I found her in my fridge" is all the explanation we and the cast are given. That boy really needs to clean out his refrigerator.
63	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Nene isn't just a turquoise-haired, squeaky-voiced jerkass, she's ''THE'' turquoise-haired, squeaky-voiced jerkass.
64	* LineOfSightName: Potato + Mayonnaise (in the same vein as all those {{Portmanteau Series Nickname}}s out there), the prime flavorings in what Sunao happened to be eating at one time, lends Potemayo her name.
65	* LoveBubbles: Mikan is extremely prone to these in her daydreams.
66	* LoveTriangle: How often have we seen the ol' "boy / girl / blob" trifecta, eh? Becomes a LoveDodecahedron as the series progresses.
67	%%* MegatonPunch
68	%%* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Because she was ill]].
69	* MoodWhiplash: The last one-and-a-half episodes swap some comedy out for "serious" backstory/plot.
70	* {{Narrator}}: Creator/KikukoInoue.
71	* {{Nosebleed}}: To such an extreme with Mikan that she winds up going to the hospital. [[BlackComedy Pretty much any instance of these]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome generally incapacitates the person involved due to blood loss.]]
72	* {{Omake}}: The [=DVD=]s contain 6 specials.
73	%%* ParentalAbandonment
74	* PottyFailure: Potemayo's prone to wetting herself. It happens in pretty much every episode.
75	%%* PuniPlush
76	* PunnyName: Natsu Yasumi (aka "Summer Vacation")
77	* RedStringOfFate: Mikan is shown with one in the title sequence as the AnimeThemeSong appropriately says, "Even though it's long / I can't figure out how to tie it".
78	%%* RichBitch: Nene Kasugano, of course.
79	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Potemayo and Guchiko, of course. But what kind of bird is Tori?
80	* RuleOfCute: What is Potemayo? Who cares, she's cute!
81	* SelectiveObliviousness: Sunao. When his love interest Mikan is being attacked by Potemayo, he interprets her flailing as a request for his bread.
82	* SingleMindedTwins: Well, Triplets: Nene's brothers, who double as her InstantFanClub.
83	* ShoutOut: To Western movies like ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
84	%%* SillyMeGesture: Mikan does this in the opening credits.
85	* SubvertedKidsShow: Looks like it should be subtitled, "The Charming Adventures of Pote-chan and Friends"; there's even a children's television-style narrator. Then you notice the frequency of the toilet humour[=/=]HoYay gags...
86	* TheStoic: Sunao must be the most chilled anime protagonist yet.
87	* ThemeNaming: A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikan "mikan"]] is a type of orange and Mikan has orange hair of the exact same shade.
88	%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Along with [[Manga/LuckyStar Those Three Girls]].
89	* ThreeShorts: "Two shorts" format, actually.
90	* ToiletHumor: At one point in the first episode, a bird poops on Potemayo's head, and yes, there is a loud farting noise as this happens.
91	%%* WaveMotionGun: Guchuko's "horns" are basically this.
92	* WholesomeCrossdresser: episode 7. Three words: Hairy Festival Cheerleaders.
93	** A later episode introduces what appears to be a very young boy (Seki Tomari, who had previously befriended Potemayo during an incident involving chasing Guchuko around) wearing a skirt after they'd been seen wearing trousers. The characters react with alarm...
94	** And Sunao nonchalantly wears a cheerleader's outfit whilst his uniform is drying in one episode.
95	** Don't forget the magnificent 6th DVD special. The class decides to do a cafe for the school festival. The first half is your average class cafe with the girls serving everyone, but when afternoon rolls around it switches to the boys crossdressing. Cue Sunao waltzing in and making everyone feel much less uncomfortable. The girls were technically crossdressing as well.
96	%%* {{Yonkoma}}: Format of the manga.

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