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3	''Nintama Rantarou'' (忍たま乱太郎, Ninjaboy Rantaro) or ''Rakudai Ninja Rantarō'' (落第忍者乱太郎, Failure Ninja Rantarou) is a comedy ninja manga series created by Sōbē Amako, which was serialized from 1986 to 2019. The anime adaptation, ''Nintama Rantarō'', began broadcasting on Creator/{{NHK}} in 1993. A side-story anime film, ''Eiga Nintama Rantarō'', premiered in 1996. Several ''Nintama Rantarō'' video games were also published since 1995.
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6	!!The series contains examples of the following tropes:
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8	* AccidentalMisnaming: Hietta Happosai, big time.
9	--> '''Rantaro''': Chingensai Sameta!!
10	--> '''Kirimaru''': Samela Zensai!!
11	--> '''Shinbe''': Hietta Namayasai!!
12	--> '''Happosai''': hitting the three nintamas It's Hietta Happosai, idiots!
13	* AdaptationDyeJob: A lot of characters have different hair colours in the manga than their anime form
14	* AnachronismStew: While the series takes place during the Edo era, this trope shows up sometimes, mostly played for laughs. Examples include Rantarou being bespectacled, and a vending machine showing up in one episode.
15	* ArtEvolution: Very evident. Throughout the years, the characters become more cute and chubby.
16	%%* BigEater: Shinbe
17	* BrandNamesAreBetter: Invoked by Kirimaru.
18	--> '''Kirimaru''': I start selling Infra-red Underpants
19	--> '''Yamada-sensei''': How is this different from normal underpants?
20	--> '''Kirimaru''': It's not. But more people would buy it if it uses the name "Infra-red"
21	* BrickJoke: At the start of the volume 23, Shinbe is [[ItMakesSenseInContext supposed to remember a number that indicates a measurement of a warship.]] He can't. Hundred of pages later, he gives the wrong number and the ship built turns funny.
22	* CanonForeigner: Several characters were created for the Anime adaptation, most notably Hemu Hemu and Shige-chan.
23	* CrazyPrepared: Kaze no Tamazaburou brings two large packages filled with ninja stuffs for one simple mission.
24	%%* FaceFault: The characters do this quite often.
25	* FatalFlaw: Fuwa Raizou is told to be thinking too much.
26	* FreudianTrio: The first year classes have this kind of dynamics.
27	** The Id: I-class, very boastful by showing off their good grades.
28	** The Superego: Ro-class, is mysterious and basically like being in the dark.
29	** The Ego: Ha-class, as they are known for being the most active in going outside due to their playful nature, but at the same time, does not hesitate to deal with situations themselves unlike the two classes. They can also help each other too.
30	* HurricaneOfPuns: Half of the jokes in the series are these, alternating between this and IncrediblyLamePun.
31	%%* LargeHam: A lot of the villains. Especially Happosai.
32	%%* MoneyFetish: Kirimaru.
33	%%* MoodWhiplash: The nintamas do it on a regular basis.
34	%%* NinjaBrat: A cast full of 'em.
35	* NoFourthWall: Carrying dialogue bubbles around, talking to the readers, bringing the author inside, among other things commonly occurring.
36	* PaperThinDisguise: Averted by Hachiya Saburou, whose disguise can't be differentiated with the real person.
37	* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The Series 1 DVD box sets do not include the first ending theme.
38	* ShownTheirWork: Unlike most ninja comics, the ninjas are actually doing things close to what real ninjas did.
39	* StatusQuoIsGod: The nintamas go through many Summer and Winter breaks but never graduate or even promote.

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