History Manga / ExcelSaga

* OddlySmallOrganization: ACROSS, an organization that wants to take over the entire planet, consists of one man, one dog, and two to three women.

* BlankWhiteEyes
* BleachedUnderpants: Koshi Rikdo was an adult doujin artist, as seen in ''Municipal Force Daitenzin'' which is the basis for ''Excel Saga''.

* GainaxEnding[[spoiler:[=/=]GoldenEnding[=/=]TheBadGuyWins]]: [[WidgetSeries Fittingly]]. [[spoiler:ACROSS and the Department of City Security team up to get Excel and Il Palazzo back to normal and kick out Il Palazzo's second personality, which turns out to be Dr. Shiouji's father. ACROSS forces Shiouji's father to build an entire army of Excels, which ACROSS uses to successfully take over Fukuoka and force the Department of City Security to surrender. Then ACROSS takes over the entire world ''in a week''. Having accomplished their goal, Excel and Il Palazzo remove their presence from the world and AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, but not before leaving Hyatt and Elgala on Earth with their memories wiped and their physical and mental impairments fixed so they can lead normal lives.]]

* GagBoobs: Rikdo's art originally kept things modest, at least for him… then came [[AlphaBitch Elgala]], [[CosplayOtakuGirl Umi]], and [[MyBelovedSmother Miwa]].

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The girls in this series find this out the hard way. Hyatt, despite her frequent deaths, is actually handled quite gently by the rest of the cast. [[ButtMonkey Elgala is not so lucky]]. This is particularly apparent in Volume 23, when El is hurled from a cart at high speeds and lay bleeding on the ground. When others point out Excel's callousness in ignoring her, she realizes El is actually dying and wraps her entire face and arms in bandages to save face.

''Excel Saga'' tells the story of the group ACROSS and their attempts to take over Fukuoka City as a first step to TakeOverTheWorld. ACROSS's only minions, Excel and Hyatt, try to pay for food and rent while fulfilling the goals of their glorious leader Il Palazzo. Both girls are fiercely loyal to Il Palazzo, [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling especially Excel, who is head-over-heels in love with him]]. Unfortunately for Il Palazzo, while Excel is a near-indestructible force of nature, with innumerable skills, especially in adaptation and survival, she is also extremely [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]] and incompetent. Hyatt meanwhile [[IllGirl tends to die and revive at the drop of a hat]].

The story started getting more complex around volume seven. New characters were introduced, like [[RichBitch Elgala]], the third member of ACROSS, and roboticist Gojyou Shiouji and his family, which is teeming with [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate implications about his childhood]]. Il Palazzo created ILL Electronics, a front for ACROSS, and Dr. Kabapu and the Department of City Security tried to stop them. Excel got a lot more focus as her life became more difficult, and Ropponmatsu I, or "First", got more screentime, thanks to the device which allows her to move around and act independently and [[spoiler:impersonate Excel]]. Misaki started working with Shiouji in the interest of figuring out what exactly is going on, what Kabapu is really after, what his real connection to Il Palazzo was, and why everything is tied to Excel.

* {{Meganekko}}: Miwa for the MILF lovers, and Kanal — Sumiyoshi's little sister — for the {{Lolicon|AndShotacon}} crowd (read: Shiouji).

* TerribleTrio: Two ''warring'' Terrible Trios in fact, though eventually it turned into a terrible quartet versus a FiveManBand.

* Sentai: Parodied with Department of City Security employees. Kabapu gives them Sentai uniforms and names the team Daitenzin, but they are not trained to handle the power of the suits, and often end up as a group of [[DestructiveSavior Destructive Saviors]].

* APigNamedPorkchop: * In Excel names a stray dog she [[EatTheDog designates foe emergency rations]] “Menchi”, a.k.a. mince meat.

''Excel Saga'' tells the story of the group ACROSS and their attempts to take over Fukuoka City as a first step towards WorldDomination. ACROSS's only minions, Excel and Hyatt, try to pay for food and rent while fulfilling the goals of their glorious leader Il Palazzo. Both girls are fiercely loyal to Il Palazzo, [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling especially Excel, who is head-over-heels in love with him]]. Unfortunately for Il Palazzo, while Excel is a near-indestructible force of nature, with innumerable skills, especially in adaptation and survival, she is also extremely [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]] and incompetent. Hyatt meanwhile [[IllGirl tends to die and revive at the drop of a hat]].

* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Excel is her boss Il Palazzo's biggest obstacle on the path to WorldDomination, by the "virtue" of being a worthless (if fiercely devoted and energetic) underling. When Il Palazzo finally drops his OrcusOnHisThrone act towards the end of the series and fires Excel, he immediately proves himself a scarily efficient villain on his own (with a little help from Hyatt, who also proves a much more competent minion as soon as Excel is out of the picture).