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Kou Ichinomiya, heir to the prestigious Ichinomiya Company has only one mission in life: to not owe a favor to ''anyone''. He's lived that way for 21 years. Until one day when, his pants hung up on top of a bridge, he ends up falling, with the bridge pillar, into the river down below. Nino, a girl who lives under the bridge, saves his life. Kou wants to pay her back, but Nino desires nothing except for a boyfriend; so Kou winds up living in strange community under the bridge with Nino, who also claims to be from Venus, now under the name of Recruit ("Ric" for short).
Originally a manga by Hikaru Nakamura, an anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010, animated by StudioShaft. A second season, ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge'' (or ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x 2''), aired in the fall of that year. Not to be confused with Hiromu Arakawa, creator of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', who presumably doesn't live under a bridge, [[AuthorAvatar though she may live in a nearby field...]]
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!Tropes in ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'':
* [[ThreeDMovie 3D Movie]] -- Sure, it's a [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of ''StarWars'', but the 3D is very realistic. Painfully realistic.
* ActorAllusion -- In episode 10 of Season 2 [[ChiakiOmigawa P-ko]] talks about [[SoulEater a human soul while wielding a scythe.]] [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] also mention how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair.]]
** The reference to despair is only in the subs, although the way Kou says it is very similar to Itoshiki's catchphrase.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys -- And apparently a parrot head doesn't affect manliness.
** Because it's [[{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]] under that mask
* ArtEvolution
* ArtShift -- The fifth episode's opening. Even without the apparent rotoscoping, the art has a rather different look.
** And every once in a while, Ric shifts into a very shoujo manga look. For example, when he's imagining being Nino's bride (yes, not the other way around), or when he's under "Kameari syndrome" -- along with Hoshi and Last Samurai.
* ArtificialRiverbank -- The series takes place on one of these.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking -- Hilariously averted in the case of Mayor, who is highly respected among the riverbank's society with [[OnlySaneMan Riku only]] pointing out he hasn't got any qualifications for this. Also played straight with Sister and invoked by Stella.
* BananaPeel -- Averted when Kou doesn't even notice that he's walked over them until P-ko points them out. He even goes to [[GenreSavvy point out]] that [[DiscreditedTrope nobody slips on them in comedies nowadays.]] However, it is played straight in the most exaggerated manner shortly after when P-ko [[TemptingFate steps on a peel]] and goes on a SlipperySkid ''forwards and backwards'' onto more peels before slamming into a wall.
* BerserkButton -- Calling Kou a leech is the only thing that has managed to make him ''really'' rage so far, causing him to slip into a KansaiRegionalAccent.
** Maria's inability to snark at the guys causes her to snap on poor P-Ko in Episode 7 of Season 2.
* BeYourself -- The bridge dwellers seem to center their lives around this rule.
* BitchInSheepsClothing -- Maria, bonus points for keeping ''actual'' sheep in her farm. She doesn't bother too much with hiding it, though, as her looks and warm smile work at people who should know better...
--> '''Kou''': [[WhatAnIdiot "I'll believe her one more time.'']]
* BlankWhiteEyes
* BoobyTrap -- P-ko tries them around her vegetable garden, but [[{{Dojikko}} apparently cannot make them work on anyone besides herself]]. At episode 11 Sister sets some on the riverbank with more success (and the credit going to Ichinomiya Company).
* {{Brainwashed}} -- Kou throughout most of episode 8. Maybe those "tengu" aren't just weird guys in masks.
* ButtMonkey -- Most of the characters get their share, but Kou as the outsider of the riverbank society and (deliberately) OnlySaneMan gets the prize.
** P-ko becomes the unfortunate target of Maria's wrath.
* {{Confessional}} -- Between Kou, Hoshi and Sister, though it's closer to an interrogation if anything.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds -- Amazoness eventually falls for Hoshi.
* CloudCuckooland -- The Arakawa riverbank.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- All of the characters.
* CoolBigSis -- ''Maria'', bordering even at OneeSama territory, although exclusively for the girls and children. The male part of the riverbank society usually receives a solid portion of bitchiness hidden behind a beautiful smile.
* ComedicSociopathy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass -- the Mayor... sort of. Also [[spoiler:Shiro]] of all of people in the marathon episode.
* CrazyHomelessPeople -- Though they're ''friendly'' crazy homeless people...mostly.
* CrazyJealousGuy -- Hoshi over Nino. She [[TheStoic barely]] [[ObliviousToLove even notices]].
* CreditsBrandProducts -- In the opening.
* CrossCounter -- Between [[spoiler: ''the Mayor and P-ko'']] of all people in Episode 12 of Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight -- Last Samurai, Billy and Jacqueline, the only members of the bridge who the audience had not seen at all, get some screentime in the final episode of the first season. Lampshaded, of course.
* DebtDetester -- The protagonist has always lived by this principle, paying all debts as quickly as possible, but he finds himself in a quandry when a crazy woman who lives under a bridge saves his life.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild -- Stella. She's actually a CuteBruiser who can and will beat you up.
* DoWrongRight -- When Stella is mercilessly beating up Kou, which she thinks of as a game, Sister steps in...to inform her she can only get a 3-move combo in. Anything else would be overkill.
* {{Dojikko}} -- P-ko. She falls for her own BananaPeel too well.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything -- Ko's morning narrative in episode 8 talks about two toothbrushes (one blue and one pink) "lining up cozily on the window".
* {{Earworm}} -- The openings and endings of ''both'' seasons.
* ExpressiveHair -- Nino's hair sometimes has a life of its own.
** P-ko's also tends to react with her emotions.
* ExpressiveMask -- The Iron Brothers' and Hoshi's masks.
* {{Fanservice}} -- Episode 4 had the girls in pajamas. And in Maria's case, had them [[MaleGaze changing into pajamas]].
* FauxlosophicNarration -- Kou starts most episodes with one of these.
* FestivalEpisode -- Episode 11 of season 2. As well as a Beach Episode.
* FirstKiss -- Kou and Nino in Episode 8, much to the dismay of [[SmallNameBigEgo Hoshi]] and [[StraightGay Takai]].
* FishOutOfWater -- Kou. Talk about IncrediblyLamePun.
* ForceFeeding -- Nino's idea of hospitality.
* FunTShirt -- Hoshi wears these.
** ORE NO T-SHIRT
* GenerationXerox -- Ric's dad gets his trousers stolen on top of the bridge, and refuses Nino's help. This time, however, Nino has already retrieved the trousers with her fishing pole, forcing Ric's dad to walk off without them just to avoid a debt.
* GoshHornet -- In episode 5 of season 2 Jacqueline accidentally hits a beehive while trying to grab a bird.
* GratuitousEnglish -- Stella. She is [[PhenotypeStereotype from England]].
* HoYay -- Takai is sometimes the TeamDad, but at other times he's got a serious crush on Kou. He has a Kou ''body pillow.''
** And it [[{{Squick}} squicks]] even the most insane of the local bridge residents who noticed.
** In episode 11 of season 2 the first part of the BeachEpisode.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl -- Both played straight and [[TinyGuyHugeGirl inverted]] with Sister and Stella. Sometimes even in ''the same scene''.
** With Sister's height, this trope works even with the TallDarkAndBishoujo Maria, not to mention putting him next to Nino or P-ko...
* HulkingOut -- Stella
** And later the Tetsujin brothers in episode 10 of season 2.
* HumanAliens -- Nino, if the Venusian thing is true.
* ImagineSpot -- Kou is sometimes hitting [[MinamiKe Hosaka's]] level with his. Especially wild one occurs in episode 6 of the second season, granted with NaughtyTentacles.
* InTheBlood -- Kou picked up most of his habits from his father. Whenever his father did something for him, he would always make him pay it back.
* IOweYouMyLife -- The premise.
* {{Jerkass}} -- Hoshi acts like rather petty and visibly ineffectual JerkJock from high school and [[TheRival Rival]]-wannabe towards Riku.
** Maria, though she's more of a sadist.
* LimitedWardrobe -- [[strike:Nino's jersey]], well, under the bridge Hoshi seems to be the only one changing his clothes regularly. Although Sister, Kappa and Riku's cases can be justified, and Ric apparently owns plenty of identical clothing.
* LineOfSightName -- How the kappa names people. For example, "Nino-san" comes from the 2-3 on the tag of her track outfit (2 is ''ni'', the dash is ''no'', 3 is ''san'').
* LiveActionAdaptation -- Both a TV series and a film have been announced.
* LivingLieDetector -- Sister.
* LoveMartyr -- Sister, towards Maria.
* MadBomber -- Sister again.
* MaintainTheLie -- Kou has told representatives from his company that he's set up a power generator under the bridge and started a new company around it. The problem begins when the representatives come to check on him.
* AManIsNotAVirgin -- Well, Kou is. Probably has something to do with his 'I won't owe anything to anyone' obsession...
* ManicPixieDreamGirl -- Nino fills the role, though [[TheStoic her personality]] doesn't fit very well.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is TheStoic and he has a bit of a {{shoujo}} heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an ImagineSpot with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
* MediumBlending -- Every OnTheNext (and the first preview of the series) has a live-action man in a kappa suit, and, as of Season 2, a man with a star for a head.
* ModestyTowel -- Nino, much to Kou's surprise.
* NotAMorningPerson -- Maria changes from a happy JerkAss to a ''monster'' when woken up too early.
* NunTooHoly -- Sister, a man in a nun's habit with [[ScarsAreForever a large scar]] who holds Mass at gunpoint. Actually acts pretty close to a nun too, save for the idiosyncrasies.
* OnlySaneMan -- Kou plays this role in the series. However, he can't really be considered "sane" if you consider how far he'll go to avoid debts.
* OutOfFocus -- Although the concept of the series is based around Kou and Nino (they even get actor credits in the opening, which is extremely rare in anime), after the first couple of episodes in the anime, Nino shows up no more often than any of the minor characters. This seems to be just to remind the audience that she exists.
* PairTheSpares -- Played straight (albeit a bit bizarrely) with [[spoiler: Hoshi and Amazoness]]
* PeopleInRubberSuits -- The mayor, who's very obviously a man in a {{kappa}} suit, but denies it.
** Jacequline borrows one in episode 7
* PerpetualFrowner -- Sister, though Nino barely avoids this status.
* PhenotypeStereotype -- Sister and Stella are blond and blue-eyed (Sister is also very tall).
** And so is Nino. May be a Venusian phenotype...
* PhlebotinumRebel -- It's hinted that the Iron Brothers are this.
* PostKissCatatonia -- Ko was completely frozen and beet red at first from his FirstKiss. The next few scenes he's running and jumping and screaming like crazy.
* PowerLimiter -- The brothers' masks. Although we never see them ''not'' wearing them...there's also the scene where they make Kou wear one.
* PrecociousCrush -- Stella on Sister.
* PrettyFreeloaders -- Nino regularly stays the night at Kou's place, which Hoshi immediately mistakes for being something else.
* {{Samurai}} -- Last Samurai, obviously. He's also a hair stylist.
* ScaryShinyGlasses -- Kou's father. So scary, that Kou [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny ends up scaring ''himself'' by accidentally looking at the mirror when bespectacled]]]].
* SkepticismFailure -- Inverted, at their first meeting, Kou believes, at least for a few minutes, that the man in the green suit is indeed a Kappa.
** He comes up with the idea of Hoshi being a star-shaped monster feeding itself with heads of young men to posses their corpses and control it, rather than him being a young man himself and wearing a mask. Arakawa Riverbank's logic's sank into him indeed.
* SheCleansUpNicely -- Nino is stunning in that dress.
* ShipTease -- Think about [[strike:dream man]] bare minimum Maria's looking for in episode 3 of second season.
* ShoutOut -- Several, such as to ''{{Doraemon}}'' (Kou's imagine spot during Nino's bath).
** One particularly noticeable one was in the first episode in regards to PhoenixWright
** In the first episode of the second season, Hoshi's head becomes an [[SuperMarioBros invincibility star]].
** Sister apparently owes some thanks for his knife skills to an [[MetalGear old snake]].
** From his commentary during [[spoiler: P-ko and the Mayor's fight]], apparently both Ric and the Mayor are fans of AshitaNoJoe.
** When Amazoness displays the box containing "treasure" in the second episode of season two, Kou wonders if there's any [[SixSixSixSatan O-Parts]] inside.
*** Also from the same episode, Amazoness says "And doesn't this makeup make me look like [[AvrilLavigne Avril]]?
* SouvenirLand -- Never trust the Arakawa bridge community to build a theme park.
* SpaceIsAnOcean -- Taken literally in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyzB2VKkms&fmt=18 second season OP]].
* SqueakyEyes -- Frequently, especially when the focus is Kou's eyes. P-ko used the "plonk! plink!" sound usually found in Western animation.
* TheStoic -- Sister.
** NotSoStoic -- Which results in HighPressureBlood spraying from the scar on his cheek.
** Nino is also one. Kou has a tough time reading her emotions, since her face never changes.
* StraightGay -- Underneath that manly suit, Takai's actually very [[HoYay crazy]] for Ko.
* SuperOCD -- Whitey is obsessed with standing on white lines to the point where he actually lugs around a portable line-maker wherever he goes. It is unknown what happens when he is taken off a white line, but during the Arakawa sumo tournament mini-arc both Sister and Maria withdrew from the finals [[BeatItByCompulsion because they did not want to find out]].
* SurrealThemeTune -- The OP, par for the course for Shaft.
-->''A princess in clown's lipstick wakes you up from your nap...''
* TalkingToYourself: The three karasu tengu are all voiced by YuuichiNakamura, who also voiced Last Samurai and Billy's sparrow-headed lackey.
* TeamDad -- Surprisingly, the Mayor can show his wise side from time to time.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* TournamentArc -- Episodes 12 and 13 of Season 2.
* TriangRelations -- Kou, Nino and [[HopelessSuitor Hoshi]] have a Type 4 going.
** And again in episode 8 of Season Two we have Nino, Kou and [[HopelessSuitor Amazoness]].
* {{Troll}} -- Maria. She managed to make the heir of Ichinomiya Company playing a CatGirl {{Meido}} under the electric pole.
* TriggerHappy -- What doesn't ''begin'' to describe Sister.
* {{Tsundere}} -- Billy is a male variant.
** Amazoness is this towards Hoshi.
* UnluckyBustyGirl -- Amazoness
* TheVamp -- Maria, a 'treat men like shit and they'll be fawning over you' variety. Works perfectly at [[spoiler:Sister]] after all.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment -- Nino keeps a lot of fish in jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy -- Kou's motivation since his childhood. There's also Kou's secretary, who yearns for Kou to call him father. Kou's ''real'' father does not approve ("Papa is still a father, after all"), especially after seeing [[{{Squick}} that body pillow]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse -- Nino's dress in episode 3. Wasn't she meant to be wearing it on the date?
** ChekhovsGun -- She wears it in episode 13
* WholesomeCrossdresser -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[HairDecorations barrette]].
* WidgetSeries
* WithFriendsLikeThese -- Maria is considered a valuable member of the bridge community, providing everyone with dairy. She'll also insult anyone at the drop of a hat.
* {{Yandere}} -- Stella is this towards Sister.
** Doubles as WifeHusbandry pursued by the younger side.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair -- Kou and Nino, respectively, in the OP. In the show proper, Maria also has pink hair.
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Kou Ichinomiya, heir to the prestigious Ichinomiya Company has only one mission in life: to not owe a favor to ''anyone''. He's lived that way for 21 years. Until one day when, his pants hung up on top of a bridge, he ends up falling, with the bridge pillar, into the river down below. Nino, a girl who lives under the bridge, saves his life. Kou wants to pay her back, but Nino desires nothing except for a boyfriend; so Kou winds up living in strange community under the bridge with Nino, who also claims to be from Venus, now under the name of Recruit ("Ric" for short).
Originally a manga by Hikaru Nakamura, an anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010, animated by StudioShaft. A second season, ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge'' (or ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x 2''), aired in the fall of that year. Not to be confused with Hiromu Arakawa, creator of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', who presumably doesn't live under a bridge, [[AuthorAvatar though she may live in a nearby field...]]
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!Tropes in ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'':
* [[ThreeDMovie 3D Movie]] -- Sure, it's a [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of ''StarWars'', but the 3D is very realistic. Painfully realistic.
* ActorAllusion -- In episode 10 of Season 2 [[ChiakiOmigawa P-ko]] talks about [[SoulEater a human soul while wielding a scythe.]] [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] also mention how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair.]]
** The reference to despair is only in the subs, although the way Kou says it is very similar to Itoshiki's catchphrase.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys -- And apparently a parrot head doesn't affect manliness.
** Because it's [[{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]] under that mask
* ArtEvolution
* ArtShift -- The fifth episode's opening. Even without the apparent rotoscoping, the art has a rather different look.
** And every once in a while, Ric shifts into a very shoujo manga look. For example, when he's imagining being Nino's bride (yes, not the other way around), or when he's under "Kameari syndrome" -- along with Hoshi and Last Samurai.
* ArtificialRiverbank -- The series takes place on one of these.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking -- Hilariously averted in the case of Mayor, who is highly respected among the riverbank's society with [[OnlySaneMan Riku only]] pointing out he hasn't got any qualifications for this. Also played straight with Sister and invoked by Stella.
* BananaPeel -- Averted when Kou doesn't even notice that he's walked over them until P-ko points them out. He even goes to [[GenreSavvy point out]] that [[DiscreditedTrope nobody slips on them in comedies nowadays.]] However, it is played straight in the most exaggerated manner shortly after when P-ko [[TemptingFate steps on a peel]] and goes on a SlipperySkid ''forwards and backwards'' onto more peels before slamming into a wall.
* BerserkButton -- Calling Kou a leech is the only thing that has managed to make him ''really'' rage so far, causing him to slip into a KansaiRegionalAccent.
** Maria's inability to snark at the guys causes her to snap on poor P-Ko in Episode 7 of Season 2.
* BeYourself -- The bridge dwellers seem to center their lives around this rule.
* BitchInSheepsClothing -- Maria, bonus points for keeping ''actual'' sheep in her farm. She doesn't bother too much with hiding it, though, as her looks and warm smile work at people who should know better...
--> '''Kou''': [[WhatAnIdiot "I'll believe her one more time.'']]
* BlankWhiteEyes
* BoobyTrap -- P-ko tries them around her vegetable garden, but [[{{Dojikko}} apparently cannot make them work on anyone besides herself]]. At episode 11 Sister sets some on the riverbank with more success (and the credit going to Ichinomiya Company).
* {{Brainwashed}} -- Kou throughout most of episode 8. Maybe those "tengu" aren't just weird guys in masks.
* ButtMonkey -- Most of the characters get their share, but Kou as the outsider of the riverbank society and (deliberately) OnlySaneMan gets the prize.
** P-ko becomes the unfortunate target of Maria's wrath.
* {{Confessional}} -- Between Kou, Hoshi and Sister, though it's closer to an interrogation if anything.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds -- Amazoness eventually falls for Hoshi.
* CloudCuckooland -- The Arakawa riverbank.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- All of the characters.
* CoolBigSis -- ''Maria'', bordering even at OneeSama territory, although exclusively for the girls and children. The male part of the riverbank society usually receives a solid portion of bitchiness hidden behind a beautiful smile.
* ComedicSociopathy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass -- the Mayor... sort of. Also [[spoiler:Shiro]] of all of people in the marathon episode.
* CrazyHomelessPeople -- Though they're ''friendly'' crazy homeless people...mostly.
* CrazyJealousGuy -- Hoshi over Nino. She [[TheStoic barely]] [[ObliviousToLove even notices]].
* CreditsBrandProducts -- In the opening.
* CrossCounter -- Between [[spoiler: ''the Mayor and P-ko'']] of all people in Episode 12 of Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight -- Last Samurai, Billy and Jacqueline, the only members of the bridge who the audience had not seen at all, get some screentime in the final episode of the first season. Lampshaded, of course.
* DebtDetester -- The protagonist has always lived by this principle, paying all debts as quickly as possible, but he finds himself in a quandry when a crazy woman who lives under a bridge saves his life.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild -- Stella. She's actually a CuteBruiser who can and will beat you up.
* DoWrongRight -- When Stella is mercilessly beating up Kou, which she thinks of as a game, Sister steps in...to inform her she can only get a 3-move combo in. Anything else would be overkill.
* {{Dojikko}} -- P-ko. She falls for her own BananaPeel too well.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything -- Ko's morning narrative in episode 8 talks about two toothbrushes (one blue and one pink) "lining up cozily on the window".
* {{Earworm}} -- The openings and endings of ''both'' seasons.
* ExpressiveHair -- Nino's hair sometimes has a life of its own.
** P-ko's also tends to react with her emotions.
* ExpressiveMask -- The Iron Brothers' and Hoshi's masks.
* {{Fanservice}} -- Episode 4 had the girls in pajamas. And in Maria's case, had them [[MaleGaze changing into pajamas]].
* FauxlosophicNarration -- Kou starts most episodes with one of these.
* FestivalEpisode -- Episode 11 of season 2. As well as a Beach Episode.
* FirstKiss -- Kou and Nino in Episode 8, much to the dismay of [[SmallNameBigEgo Hoshi]] and [[StraightGay Takai]].
* FishOutOfWater -- Kou. Talk about IncrediblyLamePun.
* ForceFeeding -- Nino's idea of hospitality.
* FunTShirt -- Hoshi wears these.
** ORE NO T-SHIRT
* GenerationXerox -- Ric's dad gets his trousers stolen on top of the bridge, and refuses Nino's help. This time, however, Nino has already retrieved the trousers with her fishing pole, forcing Ric's dad to walk off without them just to avoid a debt.
* GoshHornet -- In episode 5 of season 2 Jacqueline accidentally hits a beehive while trying to grab a bird.
* GratuitousEnglish -- Stella. She is [[PhenotypeStereotype from England]].
* HoYay -- Takai is sometimes the TeamDad, but at other times he's got a serious crush on Kou. He has a Kou ''body pillow.''
** And it [[{{Squick}} squicks]] even the most insane of the local bridge residents who noticed.
** In episode 11 of season 2 the first part of the BeachEpisode.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl -- Both played straight and [[TinyGuyHugeGirl inverted]] with Sister and Stella. Sometimes even in ''the same scene''.
** With Sister's height, this trope works even with the TallDarkAndBishoujo Maria, not to mention putting him next to Nino or P-ko...
* HulkingOut -- Stella
** And later the Tetsujin brothers in episode 10 of season 2.
* HumanAliens -- Nino, if the Venusian thing is true.
* ImagineSpot -- Kou is sometimes hitting [[MinamiKe Hosaka's]] level with his. Especially wild one occurs in episode 6 of the second season, granted with NaughtyTentacles.
* InTheBlood -- Kou picked up most of his habits from his father. Whenever his father did something for him, he would always make him pay it back.
* IOweYouMyLife -- The premise.
* {{Jerkass}} -- Hoshi acts like rather petty and visibly ineffectual JerkJock from high school and [[TheRival Rival]]-wannabe towards Riku.
** Maria, though she's more of a sadist.
* LimitedWardrobe -- [[strike:Nino's jersey]], well, under the bridge Hoshi seems to be the only one changing his clothes regularly. Although Sister, Kappa and Riku's cases can be justified, and Ric apparently owns plenty of identical clothing.
* LineOfSightName -- How the kappa names people. For example, "Nino-san" comes from the 2-3 on the tag of her track outfit (2 is ''ni'', the dash is ''no'', 3 is ''san'').
* LiveActionAdaptation -- Both a TV series and a film have been announced.
* LivingLieDetector -- Sister.
* LoveMartyr -- Sister, towards Maria.
* MadBomber -- Sister again.
* MaintainTheLie -- Kou has told representatives from his company that he's set up a power generator under the bridge and started a new company around it. The problem begins when the representatives come to check on him.
* AManIsNotAVirgin -- Well, Kou is. Probably has something to do with his 'I won't owe anything to anyone' obsession...
* ManicPixieDreamGirl -- Nino fills the role, though [[TheStoic her personality]] doesn't fit very well.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is TheStoic and he has a bit of a {{shoujo}} heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an ImagineSpot with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
* MediumBlending -- Every OnTheNext (and the first preview of the series) has a live-action man in a kappa suit, and, as of Season 2, a man with a star for a head.
* ModestyTowel -- Nino, much to Kou's surprise.
* NotAMorningPerson -- Maria changes from a happy JerkAss to a ''monster'' when woken up too early.
* NunTooHoly -- Sister, a man in a nun's habit with [[ScarsAreForever a large scar]] who holds Mass at gunpoint. Actually acts pretty close to a nun too, save for the idiosyncrasies.
* OnlySaneMan -- Kou plays this role in the series. However, he can't really be considered "sane" if you consider how far he'll go to avoid debts.
* OutOfFocus -- Although the concept of the series is based around Kou and Nino (they even get actor credits in the opening, which is extremely rare in anime), after the first couple of episodes in the anime, Nino shows up no more often than any of the minor characters. This seems to be just to remind the audience that she exists.
* PairTheSpares -- Played straight (albeit a bit bizarrely) with [[spoiler: Hoshi and Amazoness]]
* PeopleInRubberSuits -- The mayor, who's very obviously a man in a {{kappa}} suit, but denies it.
** Jacequline borrows one in episode 7
* PerpetualFrowner -- Sister, though Nino barely avoids this status.
* PhenotypeStereotype -- Sister and Stella are blond and blue-eyed (Sister is also very tall).
** And so is Nino. May be a Venusian phenotype...
* PhlebotinumRebel -- It's hinted that the Iron Brothers are this.
* PostKissCatatonia -- Ko was completely frozen and beet red at first from his FirstKiss. The next few scenes he's running and jumping and screaming like crazy.
* PowerLimiter -- The brothers' masks. Although we never see them ''not'' wearing them...there's also the scene where they make Kou wear one.
* PrecociousCrush -- Stella on Sister.
* PrettyFreeloaders -- Nino regularly stays the night at Kou's place, which Hoshi immediately mistakes for being something else.
* {{Samurai}} -- Last Samurai, obviously. He's also a hair stylist.
* ScaryShinyGlasses -- Kou's father. So scary, that Kou [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny ends up scaring ''himself'' by accidentally looking at the mirror when bespectacled]]]].
* SkepticismFailure -- Inverted, at their first meeting, Kou believes, at least for a few minutes, that the man in the green suit is indeed a Kappa.
** He comes up with the idea of Hoshi being a star-shaped monster feeding itself with heads of young men to posses their corpses and control it, rather than him being a young man himself and wearing a mask. Arakawa Riverbank's logic's sank into him indeed.
* SheCleansUpNicely -- Nino is stunning in that dress.
* ShipTease -- Think about [[strike:dream man]] bare minimum Maria's looking for in episode 3 of second season.
* ShoutOut -- Several, such as to ''{{Doraemon}}'' (Kou's imagine spot during Nino's bath).
** One particularly noticeable one was in the first episode in regards to PhoenixWright
** In the first episode of the second season, Hoshi's head becomes an [[SuperMarioBros invincibility star]].
** Sister apparently owes some thanks for his knife skills to an [[MetalGear old snake]].
** From his commentary during [[spoiler: P-ko and the Mayor's fight]], apparently both Ric and the Mayor are fans of AshitaNoJoe.
** When Amazoness displays the box containing "treasure" in the second episode of season two, Kou wonders if there's any [[SixSixSixSatan O-Parts]] inside.
*** Also from the same episode, Amazoness says "And doesn't this makeup make me look like [[AvrilLavigne Avril]]?
* SouvenirLand -- Never trust the Arakawa bridge community to build a theme park.
* SpaceIsAnOcean -- Taken literally in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyzB2VKkms&fmt=18 second season OP]].
* SqueakyEyes -- Frequently, especially when the focus is Kou's eyes. P-ko used the "plonk! plink!" sound usually found in Western animation.
* TheStoic -- Sister.
** NotSoStoic -- Which results in HighPressureBlood spraying from the scar on his cheek.
** Nino is also one. Kou has a tough time reading her emotions, since her face never changes.
* StraightGay -- Underneath that manly suit, Takai's actually very [[HoYay crazy]] for Ko.
* SuperOCD -- Whitey is obsessed with standing on white lines to the point where he actually lugs around a portable line-maker wherever he goes. It is unknown what happens when he is taken off a white line, but during the Arakawa sumo tournament mini-arc both Sister and Maria withdrew from the finals [[BeatItByCompulsion because they did not want to find out]].
* SurrealThemeTune -- The OP, par for the course for Shaft.
-->''A princess in clown's lipstick wakes you up from your nap...''
* TalkingToYourself: The three karasu tengu are all voiced by YuuichiNakamura, who also voiced Last Samurai and Billy's sparrow-headed lackey.
* TeamDad -- Surprisingly, the Mayor can show his wise side from time to time.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* TournamentArc -- Episodes 12 and 13 of Season 2.
* TriangRelations -- Kou, Nino and [[HopelessSuitor Hoshi]] have a Type 4 going.
** And again in episode 8 of Season Two we have Nino, Kou and [[HopelessSuitor Amazoness]].
* {{Troll}} -- Maria. She managed to make the heir of Ichinomiya Company playing a CatGirl {{Meido}} under the electric pole.
* TriggerHappy -- What doesn't ''begin'' to describe Sister.
* {{Tsundere}} -- Billy is a male variant.
** Amazoness is this towards Hoshi.
* UnluckyBustyGirl -- Amazoness
* TheVamp -- Maria, a 'treat men like shit and they'll be fawning over you' variety. Works perfectly at [[spoiler:Sister]] after all.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment -- Nino keeps a lot of fish in jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy -- Kou's motivation since his childhood. There's also Kou's secretary, who yearns for Kou to call him father. Kou's ''real'' father does not approve ("Papa is still a father, after all"), especially after seeing [[{{Squick}} that body pillow]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse -- Nino's dress in episode 3. Wasn't she meant to be wearing it on the date?
** ChekhovsGun -- She wears it in episode 13
* WholesomeCrossdresser -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[HairDecorations barrette]].
* WidgetSeries
* WithFriendsLikeThese -- Maria is considered a valuable member of the bridge community, providing everyone with dairy. She'll also insult anyone at the drop of a hat.
* {{Yandere}} -- Stella is this towards Sister.
** Doubles as WifeHusbandry pursued by the younger side.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair -- Kou and Nino, respectively, in the OP. In the show proper, Maria also has pink hair.
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Kou Ichinomiya, heir to the prestigious Ichinomiya Company has only one mission in life: to not owe a favor to ''anyone''. He's lived that way for 21 years. Until one day when, his pants hung up on top of a bridge, he ends up falling, with the bridge pillar, into the river down below. Nino, a girl who lives under the bridge, saves his life. Kou wants to pay her back, but Nino desires nothing except for a boyfriend; so Kou winds up living in strange community under the bridge with Nino, who also claims to be from Venus, now under the name of Recruit ("Ric" for short).
Originally a manga by Hikaru Nakamura, an anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010, animated by StudioShaft. A second season, ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge'' (or ''Arakawa Under the Bridge x 2''), aired in the fall of that year. Not to be confused with Hiromu Arakawa, creator of ''FullmetalAlchemist'', who presumably doesn't live under a bridge, [[AuthorAvatar though she may live in a nearby field...]]
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!Tropes in ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'':
* [[ThreeDMovie 3D Movie]] -- Sure, it's a [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of ''StarWars'', but the 3D is very realistic. Painfully realistic.
* ActorAllusion -- In episode 10 of Season 2 [[ChiakiOmigawa P-ko]] talks about [[SoulEater a human soul while wielding a scythe.]] [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] also mention how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair.]]
** The reference to despair is only in the subs, although the way Kou says it is very similar to Itoshiki's catchphrase.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys -- And apparently a parrot head doesn't affect manliness.
** Because it's [[{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]] under that mask
* ArtEvolution
* ArtShift -- The fifth episode's opening. Even without the apparent rotoscoping, the art has a rather different look.
** And every once in a while, Ric shifts into a very shoujo manga look. For example, when he's imagining being Nino's bride (yes, not the other way around), or when he's under "Kameari syndrome" -- along with Hoshi and Last Samurai.
* ArtificialRiverbank -- The series takes place on one of these.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking -- Hilariously averted in the case of Mayor, who is highly respected among the riverbank's society with [[OnlySaneMan Riku only]] pointing out he hasn't got any qualifications for this. Also played straight with Sister and invoked by Stella.
* BananaPeel -- Averted when Kou doesn't even notice that he's walked over them until P-ko points them out. He even goes to [[GenreSavvy point out]] that [[DiscreditedTrope nobody slips on them in comedies nowadays.]] However, it is played straight in the most exaggerated manner shortly after when P-ko [[TemptingFate steps on a peel]] and goes on a SlipperySkid ''forwards and backwards'' onto more peels before slamming into a wall.
* BerserkButton -- Calling Kou a leech is the only thing that has managed to make him ''really'' rage so far, causing him to slip into a KansaiRegionalAccent.
** Maria's inability to snark at the guys causes her to snap on poor P-Ko in Episode 7 of Season 2.
* BeYourself -- The bridge dwellers seem to center their lives around this rule.
* BitchInSheepsClothing -- Maria, bonus points for keeping ''actual'' sheep in her farm. She doesn't bother too much with hiding it, though, as her looks and warm smile work at people who should know better...
--> '''Kou''': [[WhatAnIdiot "I'll believe her one more time.'']]
* BlankWhiteEyes
* BoobyTrap -- P-ko tries them around her vegetable garden, but [[{{Dojikko}} apparently cannot make them work on anyone besides herself]]. At episode 11 Sister sets some on the riverbank with more success (and the credit going to Ichinomiya Company).
* {{Brainwashed}} -- Kou throughout most of episode 8. Maybe those "tengu" aren't just weird guys in masks.
* ButtMonkey -- Most of the characters get their share, but Kou as the outsider of the riverbank society and (deliberately) OnlySaneMan gets the prize.
** P-ko becomes the unfortunate target of Maria's wrath.
* {{Confessional}} -- Between Kou, Hoshi and Sister, though it's closer to an interrogation if anything.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds -- Amazoness eventually falls for Hoshi.
* CloudCuckooland -- The Arakawa riverbank.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- All of the characters.
* CoolBigSis -- ''Maria'', bordering even at OneeSama territory, although exclusively for the girls and children. The male part of the riverbank society usually receives a solid portion of bitchiness hidden behind a beautiful smile.
* ComedicSociopathy
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass -- the Mayor... sort of. Also [[spoiler:Shiro]] of all of people in the marathon episode.
* CrazyHomelessPeople -- Though they're ''friendly'' crazy homeless people...mostly.
* CrazyJealousGuy -- Hoshi over Nino. She [[TheStoic barely]] [[ObliviousToLove even notices]].
* CreditsBrandProducts -- In the opening.
* CrossCounter -- Between [[spoiler: ''the Mayor and P-ko'']] of all people in Episode 12 of Season 2.
* ADayInTheLimelight -- Last Samurai, Billy and Jacqueline, the only members of the bridge who the audience had not seen at all, get some screentime in the final episode of the first season. Lampshaded, of course.
* DebtDetester -- The protagonist has always lived by this principle, paying all debts as quickly as possible, but he finds himself in a quandry when a crazy woman who lives under a bridge saves his life.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild -- Stella. She's actually a CuteBruiser who can and will beat you up.
* DoWrongRight -- When Stella is mercilessly beating up Kou, which she thinks of as a game, Sister steps in...to inform her she can only get a 3-move combo in. Anything else would be overkill.
* {{Dojikko}} -- P-ko. She falls for her own BananaPeel too well.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything -- Ko's morning narrative in episode 8 talks about two toothbrushes (one blue and one pink) "lining up cozily on the window".
* {{Earworm}} -- The openings and endings of ''both'' seasons.
* ExpressiveHair -- Nino's hair sometimes has a life of its own.
** P-ko's also tends to react with her emotions.
* ExpressiveMask -- The Iron Brothers' and Hoshi's masks.
* {{Fanservice}} -- Episode 4 had the girls in pajamas. And in Maria's case, had them [[MaleGaze changing into pajamas]].
* FauxlosophicNarration -- Kou starts most episodes with one of these.
* FestivalEpisode -- Episode 11 of season 2. As well as a Beach Episode.
* FirstKiss -- Kou and Nino in Episode 8, much to the dismay of [[SmallNameBigEgo Hoshi]] and [[StraightGay Takai]].
* FishOutOfWater -- Kou. Talk about IncrediblyLamePun.
* ForceFeeding -- Nino's idea of hospitality.
* FunTShirt -- Hoshi wears these.
** ORE NO T-SHIRT
* GenerationXerox -- Ric's dad gets his trousers stolen on top of the bridge, and refuses Nino's help. This time, however, Nino has already retrieved the trousers with her fishing pole, forcing Ric's dad to walk off without them just to avoid a debt.
* GoshHornet -- In episode 5 of season 2 Jacqueline accidentally hits a beehive while trying to grab a bird.
* GratuitousEnglish -- Stella. She is [[PhenotypeStereotype from England]].
* HoYay -- Takai is sometimes the TeamDad, but at other times he's got a serious crush on Kou. He has a Kou ''body pillow.''
** And it [[{{Squick}} squicks]] even the most insane of the local bridge residents who noticed.
** In episode 11 of season 2 the first part of the BeachEpisode.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl -- Both played straight and [[TinyGuyHugeGirl inverted]] with Sister and Stella. Sometimes even in ''the same scene''.
** With Sister's height, this trope works even with the TallDarkAndBishoujo Maria, not to mention putting him next to Nino or P-ko...
* HulkingOut -- Stella
** And later the Tetsujin brothers in episode 10 of season 2.
* HumanAliens -- Nino, if the Venusian thing is true.
* ImagineSpot -- Kou is sometimes hitting [[MinamiKe Hosaka's]] level with his. Especially wild one occurs in episode 6 of the second season, granted with NaughtyTentacles.
* InTheBlood -- Kou picked up most of his habits from his father. Whenever his father did something for him, he would always make him pay it back.
* IOweYouMyLife -- The premise.
* {{Jerkass}} -- Hoshi acts like rather petty and visibly ineffectual JerkJock from high school and [[TheRival Rival]]-wannabe towards Riku.
** Maria, though she's more of a sadist.
* LimitedWardrobe -- [[strike:Nino's jersey]], well, under the bridge Hoshi seems to be the only one changing his clothes regularly. Although Sister, Kappa and Riku's cases can be justified, and Ric apparently owns plenty of identical clothing.
* LineOfSightName -- How the kappa names people. For example, "Nino-san" comes from the 2-3 on the tag of her track outfit (2 is ''ni'', the dash is ''no'', 3 is ''san'').
* LiveActionAdaptation -- Both a TV series and a film have been announced.
* LivingLieDetector -- Sister.
* LoveMartyr -- Sister, towards Maria.
* MadBomber -- Sister again.
* MaintainTheLie -- Kou has told representatives from his company that he's set up a power generator under the bridge and started a new company around it. The problem begins when the representatives come to check on him.
* AManIsNotAVirgin -- Well, Kou is. Probably has something to do with his 'I won't owe anything to anyone' obsession...
* ManicPixieDreamGirl -- Nino fills the role, though [[TheStoic her personality]] doesn't fit very well.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is TheStoic and he has a bit of a {{shoujo}} heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an ImagineSpot with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
* MediumBlending -- Every OnTheNext (and the first preview of the series) has a live-action man in a kappa suit, and, as of Season 2, a man with a star for a head.
* ModestyTowel -- Nino, much to Kou's surprise.
* NotAMorningPerson -- Maria changes from a happy JerkAss to a ''monster'' when woken up too early.
* NunTooHoly -- Sister, a man in a nun's habit with [[ScarsAreForever a large scar]] who holds Mass at gunpoint. Actually acts pretty close to a nun too, save for the idiosyncrasies.
* OnlySaneMan -- Kou plays this role in the series. However, he can't really be considered "sane" if you consider how far he'll go to avoid debts.
* OutOfFocus -- Although the concept of the series is based around Kou and Nino (they even get actor credits in the opening, which is extremely rare in anime), after the first couple of episodes in the anime, Nino shows up no more often than any of the minor characters. This seems to be just to remind the audience that she exists.
* PairTheSpares -- Played straight (albeit a bit bizarrely) with [[spoiler: Hoshi and Amazoness]]
* PeopleInRubberSuits -- The mayor, who's very obviously a man in a {{kappa}} suit, but denies it.
** Jacequline borrows one in episode 7
* PerpetualFrowner -- Sister, though Nino barely avoids this status.
* PhenotypeStereotype -- Sister and Stella are blond and blue-eyed (Sister is also very tall).
** And so is Nino. May be a Venusian phenotype...
* PhlebotinumRebel -- It's hinted that the Iron Brothers are this.
* PostKissCatatonia -- Ko was completely frozen and beet red at first from his FirstKiss. The next few scenes he's running and jumping and screaming like crazy.
* PowerLimiter -- The brothers' masks. Although we never see them ''not'' wearing them...there's also the scene where they make Kou wear one.
* PrecociousCrush -- Stella on Sister.
* PrettyFreeloaders -- Nino regularly stays the night at Kou's place, which Hoshi immediately mistakes for being something else.
* {{Samurai}} -- Last Samurai, obviously. He's also a hair stylist.
* ScaryShinyGlasses -- Kou's father. So scary, that Kou [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfFunny ends up scaring ''himself'' by accidentally looking at the mirror when bespectacled]]]].
* SkepticismFailure -- Inverted, at their first meeting, Kou believes, at least for a few minutes, that the man in the green suit is indeed a Kappa.
** He comes up with the idea of Hoshi being a star-shaped monster feeding itself with heads of young men to posses their corpses and control it, rather than him being a young man himself and wearing a mask. Arakawa Riverbank's logic's sank into him indeed.
* SheCleansUpNicely -- Nino is stunning in that dress.
* ShipTease -- Think about [[strike:dream man]] bare minimum Maria's looking for in episode 3 of second season.
* ShoutOut -- Several, such as to ''{{Doraemon}}'' (Kou's imagine spot during Nino's bath).
** One particularly noticeable one was in the first episode in regards to PhoenixWright
** In the first episode of the second season, Hoshi's head becomes an [[SuperMarioBros invincibility star]].
** Sister apparently owes some thanks for his knife skills to an [[MetalGear old snake]].
** From his commentary during [[spoiler: P-ko and the Mayor's fight]], apparently both Ric and the Mayor are fans of AshitaNoJoe.
** When Amazoness displays the box containing "treasure" in the second episode of season two, Kou wonders if there's any [[SixSixSixSatan O-Parts]] inside.
*** Also from the same episode, Amazoness says "And doesn't this makeup make me look like [[AvrilLavigne Avril]]?
* SouvenirLand -- Never trust the Arakawa bridge community to build a theme park.
* SpaceIsAnOcean -- Taken literally in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyzB2VKkms&fmt=18 second season OP]].
* SqueakyEyes -- Frequently, especially when the focus is Kou's eyes. P-ko used the "plonk! plink!" sound usually found in Western animation.
* TheStoic -- Sister.
** NotSoStoic -- Which results in HighPressureBlood spraying from the scar on his cheek.
** Nino is also one. Kou has a tough time reading her emotions, since her face never changes.
* StraightGay -- Underneath that manly suit, Takai's actually very [[HoYay crazy]] for Ko.
* SuperOCD -- Whitey is obsessed with standing on white lines to the point where he actually lugs around a portable line-maker wherever he goes. It is unknown what happens when he is taken off a white line, but during the Arakawa sumo tournament mini-arc both Sister and Maria withdrew from the finals [[BeatItByCompulsion because they did not want to find out]].
* SurrealThemeTune -- The OP, par for the course for Shaft.
-->''A princess in clown's lipstick wakes you up from your nap...''
* TalkingToYourself: The three karasu tengu are all voiced by YuuichiNakamura, who also voiced Last Samurai and Billy's sparrow-headed lackey.
* TeamDad -- Surprisingly, the Mayor can show his wise side from time to time.
* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
* TournamentArc -- Episodes 12 and 13 of Season 2.
* TriangRelations -- Kou, Nino and [[HopelessSuitor Hoshi]] have a Type 4 going.
** And again in episode 8 of Season Two we have Nino, Kou and [[HopelessSuitor Amazoness]].
* {{Troll}} -- Maria. She managed to make the heir of Ichinomiya Company playing a CatGirl {{Meido}} under the electric pole.
* TriggerHappy -- What doesn't ''begin'' to describe Sister.
* {{Tsundere}} -- Billy is a male variant.
** Amazoness is this towards Hoshi.
* UnluckyBustyGirl -- Amazoness
* TheVamp -- Maria, a 'treat men like shit and they'll be fawning over you' variety. Works perfectly at [[spoiler:Sister]] after all.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment -- Nino keeps a lot of fish in jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy -- Kou's motivation since his childhood. There's also Kou's secretary, who yearns for Kou to call him father. Kou's ''real'' father does not approve ("Papa is still a father, after all"), especially after seeing [[{{Squick}} that body pillow]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse -- Nino's dress in episode 3. Wasn't she meant to be wearing it on the date?
** ChekhovsGun -- She wears it in episode 13
* WholesomeCrossdresser -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[HairDecorations barrette]].
* WidgetSeries
* WithFriendsLikeThese -- Maria is considered a valuable member of the bridge community, providing everyone with dairy. She'll also insult anyone at the drop of a hat.
* {{Yandere}} -- Stella is this towards Sister.
** Doubles as WifeHusbandry pursued by the younger side.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair -- Kou and Nino, respectively, in the OP. In the show proper, Maria also has pink hair.
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* MediumBlending -- Every OnTheNext (and the first preview of the series) has a live-action man in a kappa suit, and, as of Season 2, a man with a star for a head.
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* HeyItsThatVoice -- [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei I'm in despair!]] [[HiroshiKamiya Being forced to live under a bridge has left me in despair!]]
** [[KeijiFujiwara The Mayor]] is [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]], [[XamdLostMemories Raigyo]], [[EurekaSeven Holland Novak]], [[FullMetalAlchemist Maes Hughes]], and [[FinalFantasyVII Reno]]
** [[TomokazuSugita Hoshi]] is [[TheMelancholyofHaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]], [[{{Sket Dance}} Switch]], [[{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Ikkyu]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Ronove]] and [[BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]
** [[TakehitoKoyasu Sister]] is [[YakitateJapan Kuroyanagi Ryo]], [[OnePiece among]] [[Literature/{{Baccano}} his]] [[SoulEater numerous]] [[{{Gintama}} other]] [[BoboboboBobobo roles]].
** [[MaayaSakamoto Nino]] is [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Haruhi Fujioka]], [[DeathNote Kiyomi Takada]], [[Anime/KaraNoKyoukai Shiki Ryougi]], [[SoulEater Crona]] and [[{{Kuroshitsuji}} Ciel Phantomhive]]
** [[HochuOtsuka Shiro]] is [[{{Naruto}} Jiraiya]] and [[SoulEater the Demon]]
** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]]
** [[ChiakiOmigawa P-ko]] is [[{{Soul Eater}} Maka Albarn]] and [[NatsuNoArashi Jun Kamigamo]].
** [[ChiwaSaito Stella]] is [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Hitagi Senjougahara]] and [[BleachMovies Senna]]
** [[MiyukiSawashiro Maria]] is [[KimiNiTodoke the elegantly evil Yano]], [[{{Durarara}} Celty]], [[HighschoolOfTheDead the violent Saeko]] and [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei another Maria]].
** [[YukoSanpei Tetsuo Tetsujin]] is [[EurekaSeven Renton Thurston]] and [[FullmetalAlchemist Selim Bradley]][[spoiler:Pride]]
** [[YukoGoto Jacqueline]] is [[HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]], [[HidamariSketch Hiro]], [[{{Sketchbook}} Kate]] and [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Abiru Kobushi]]
** [[YuuKobayashi Amazoness]] is [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Kaere Kimura]], [[{{D Gray man}} Allen Walker]], [[SchoolRumble Lala Gonzales]] and [[MariaHolic Mariya Shido]]
** [[TomokazuSeki Captain]] is [[RaveMaster Haru Glory]], [[SengokuBasara Ishida Mitsunari]], [[Anime/LuckyStar Anime Tenchou]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], and [[{{Persona4}} Kanji]]
** [[YuuichiNakamura Last Samurai]] is [[MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Aker]], [[{{Clannad}} Tomoya Okazaki]], [[FullmetalAlchemist Greed]] in the second anime, [[FairyTail Gray]], and [[BlazBlue Hazama]]
** [[FumihikoTachiki Billy/Narrator]] is [[{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]], [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]], [[TalesOfSymphonia Kratos Aurion]], and [[FullMetalAlchemist Sloth]] second anime.
** [[KeijiFujiwara The Mayor]] is [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]], [[XamdLostMemories Raigyo]], [[EurekaSeven Holland Novak]], [[FullMetalAlchemist Maes Hughes]], and [[FinalFantasyVII Reno]]
** [[TomokazuSugita Hoshi]] is [[TheMelancholyofHaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]], [[{{Sket Dance}} Switch]], [[{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Ikkyu]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Ronove]] and [[BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]
** [[TakehitoKoyasu Sister]] is [[YakitateJapan Kuroyanagi Ryo]], [[OnePiece among]] [[Literature/{{Baccano}} his]] [[SoulEater numerous]] [[{{Gintama}} other]] [[BoboboboBobobo roles]].
** [[MaayaSakamoto Nino]] is [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Haruhi Fujioka]], [[DeathNote Kiyomi Takada]], [[Anime/KaraNoKyoukai Shiki Ryougi]], [[SoulEater Crona]] and [[{{Kuroshitsuji}} Ciel Phantomhive]]
** [[HochuOtsuka Shiro]] is [[{{Naruto}} Jiraiya]] and [[SoulEater the Demon]]
** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]]
** [[ChiakiOmigawa P-ko]] is [[{{Soul Eater}} Maka Albarn]] and [[NatsuNoArashi Jun Kamigamo]].
** [[ChiwaSaito Stella]] is [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Hitagi Senjougahara]] and [[BleachMovies Senna]]
** [[MiyukiSawashiro Maria]] is [[KimiNiTodoke the elegantly evil Yano]], [[{{Durarara}} Celty]], [[HighschoolOfTheDead the violent Saeko]] and [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei another Maria]].
** [[YukoSanpei Tetsuo Tetsujin]] is [[EurekaSeven Renton Thurston]] and [[FullmetalAlchemist Selim Bradley]][[spoiler:Pride]]
** [[YukoGoto Jacqueline]] is [[HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]], [[HidamariSketch Hiro]], [[{{Sketchbook}} Kate]] and [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Abiru Kobushi]]
** [[YuuKobayashi Amazoness]] is [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Kaere Kimura]], [[{{D Gray man}} Allen Walker]], [[SchoolRumble Lala Gonzales]] and [[MariaHolic Mariya Shido]]
** [[TomokazuSeki Captain]] is [[RaveMaster Haru Glory]], [[SengokuBasara Ishida Mitsunari]], [[Anime/LuckyStar Anime Tenchou]], [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], and [[{{Persona4}} Kanji]]
** [[YuuichiNakamura Last Samurai]] is [[MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Aker]], [[{{Clannad}} Tomoya Okazaki]], [[FullmetalAlchemist Greed]] in the second anime, [[FairyTail Gray]], and [[BlazBlue Hazama]]
** [[FumihikoTachiki Billy/Narrator]] is [[{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]], [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]], [[TalesOfSymphonia Kratos Aurion]], and [[FullMetalAlchemist Sloth]] second anime.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs barrette]].
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* WholesomeCrossdresser -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs [[HairDecorations barrette]].
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** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]]
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** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]]
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** [[ChiwaSaito Stella]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} Hitagi Senjougahara]] and [[BleachMovies Senna]]
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** [[ChiwaSaito Stella]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Hitagi Senjougahara]] and [[BleachMovies Senna]]
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** [[TomokazuSeki Captain]] is [[RaveMaster Haru Glory]], [[SengokuBasara Ishida Mitsunari]], [[Anime/LuckyStar Anime Tenchou]], [[FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], and [[{{Persona4}} Kanji]]
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** [[TomokazuSeki Captain]] is [[RaveMaster Haru Glory]], [[SengokuBasara Ishida Mitsunari]], [[Anime/LuckyStar Anime Tenchou]], [[FateStayNight [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], and [[{{Persona4}} Kanji]]
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** [[KeijiFujiwara The Mayor]] is [[{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]], [[XamdLostMemories Raigyo]], [[EurekaSeven Holland Novak]], [[FullMetalAlchemist Maes Hughes]], and [[FinalFantasyVII Reno]]
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** [[KeijiFujiwara The Mayor]] is [[{{Baccano}} [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]], [[XamdLostMemories Raigyo]], [[EurekaSeven Holland Novak]], [[FullMetalAlchemist Maes Hughes]], and [[FinalFantasyVII Reno]]
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** [[TakehitoKoyasu Sister]] is [[YakitateJapan Kuroyanagi Ryo]], [[OnePiece among]] [[{{Baccano}} his]] [[SoulEater numerous]] [[{{Gintama}} other]] [[BoboboboBobobo roles]].
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** [[TakehitoKoyasu Sister]] is [[YakitateJapan Kuroyanagi Ryo]], [[OnePiece among]] [[{{Baccano}} [[Literature/{{Baccano}} his]] [[SoulEater numerous]] [[{{Gintama}} other]] [[BoboboboBobobo roles]].
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is TheStoic and he has a bit of a{{shoujo}} heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an ImagineSpot with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
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* PinkBoyBlueGirl -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is TheStoic and he has a bit of a{{shoujo}} heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an ImagineSpot with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
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** [[TomokazuSugita Hoshi]] is [[TheMelancholyofHaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]], [[{{Sket Dance}} Switch]], [[{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Ikkyu]], [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Ronove]] and [[BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]
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** [[TomokazuSugita Hoshi]] is [[TheMelancholyofHaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]], [[{{Sket Dance}} Switch]], [[{{Gintama}} Gintoki]], [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Ikkyu]], [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Ronove]] and [[BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]
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** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[AngelBeats Otonashi]]
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** [[HiroshiKamiya Kou]] is [[{{Bakemonogatari}} Koyomi Araragi]], [[{{One Piece}} Trafalgar Law]], [[{{Durarara}} Izaya Orihara]], and [[AngelBeats [[Anime/AngelBeats Otonashi]]
