'''Basic Trope''': Someone who takes the concept of [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} Japanese cuteness]] to an extreme. [[AlwaysFemale Usually female]].
* '''Straight''': Ichigo is an [[GenkiGirl energetic]] CuteWitch with [[RegalRinglets spiral-shaped]] GirlishPigtails, ''[[BigEyesLittleEyes huge]]'' green eyes, and a tendency to giggle and have a PlayfulCatSmile. She also loves [[StrawberryShorthand straw]][[MeaningfulName berries]], naturally.
* '''Exaggerated''': On top of all of that, she's got a full wardrobe of {{Pimped Out Dress}}es, [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles has lots of sparkly magic]], and a constant VerbalTic, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle desu]].
* '''Downplayed''': Ichigo's clothes are generally pastel and she often wears hair decorations. She acts cheerful and polite most of the time.
* '''Justified''': Ichigo is deliberately attempting to invoke every cute trope she can.
* '''Inverted''':
** Ichigo [[{{Gonk}} does not fit with the concept of cute.]]
** Ichigo manages to be cute while inverting and/or {{av|erted Trope}}oiding a lot of tropes that are usually associated with cuteness, especially Japan's idea of cute.
** It is acknowledged that Ichigo has a lot of "UsefulNotes/{{kawai|sa}}i" traits, yet she is portrayed as ugly or at least not-so-cute.
** Ryuichi is a thuggish, arrogant, BarbarianHero who bears a [[DelinquentHair gigantic, bright yellow pompadour with black sideburns]], TsurimeEyes, a tendency to chuckle mirthlessly and shoot off {{Death Glare}}s. He loves the meat of dragons, naturally. On top of all that, he's got a full wardrobe of the most {{Japanese Delinquent|s}}-ish clothing imaginable, and a constant VerbalTic, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Ya]] [[TheIdiotFromOsaka de]].
* '''Gender Inverted''': "Ichigo" is actually a GenderBlenderName; he's a guy.
* '''Subverted''':
** Ichigo is a trash-talking, [[FieryRedhead hot-tempered]] badass.
** Combine FieryRedHead with BadassAdorable.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...To be more precise, she's a LittleMissBadass who looks and acts ''adorable''.
* '''Parodied''': The over-the-top cutesy Ichigo abruptly appears in a series where the cast reacts with utter ''horror'' to her.
* '''Zig Zagged''':
** Ichigo looks cute and cuddly, but is also a FieryRedhead LittleMissBadass who [[DeliberatelyCuteChild plays up her sweet image]] around others but isn't afraid to shatter it completely when fighting. Merchandise for the series focuses solely on her cuteness at first, but gradually evolves into painting her as a BadassAdorable, underplaying her temper and darker side even as it takes a larger role in the actual series.
** Ichigo switches between being extremely {{Moe}} [[CuteAndPsycho and utterly insane]].
* '''Averted''':
** Ichigo is not cute at all.
** Ichigo is cute, but not in any overt manner.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Oh, sure, Ichigo's cute already, but let's crank it up to eleven!"
** "The style already makes ''everything and everyone'' look cute, we'll really have to up the ante to make it clear that Ichigo is cute InUniverse."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Geez, I just realized Ichigo has everything on my Checklist of Cuteness!"
* '''Invoked''': Ichigo [[DeliberatelyCuteChild puts on overly cutesy airs]] because she knows how people respond to that.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "Okay, so because I'm a young girl, I'm supposed to be over-the-top adorable? Screw that!"
* '''Discussed''': "Oh please. Kids like that don't exist in [[ThisIsReality Real]] [[RealLife Life]]. (''Beat.'') Except for Ichigo."
* '''Conversed''': "This girl is way too cute! It's annoying!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Ichigo is NotAllowedToGrowUp and must stick to her overly-cute image, putting her under severe psychological strain and causing others to discount her opinion, as she's JustAKid.
* '''Reconstructed''': Ichigo doesn't care what others think of her; she acts cute because that's what ''she'' likes. The idea that others find her [[{{Moe}} charming]] because of this is just a pleasant side-effect.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Ichigo's over-the-top cuteness gets on the nerves of her [[TheRival rival]] Budou; Ichigo either [[BadassAdorable isn't aware of this]] or deliberately acts even sweeter around her just to be irritating.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Ichigo is [[StepfordSmiler just pretending to be this way.]] [[CuteAndPsycho And then she snaps.]]
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