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Noraneko-tan is a loving, smart, witty troper from Michigan.
She is an otaku, and is well aware that such a title is an insult.
She has absolutely amazing friends, who she fights with constantly, but they all love each other.
She obsesses over attractive, fictional characters.
Also ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
Tropes That Apply to Noraneko
- Action Girl: When marching
- Adjusting Your Glasses: Adjusts them by the bridge
- Bad Ass Bookworm
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Discussed, with Luke, although she is adamant against it. Sometimes. Maybe.
- Berserk Button: Threatening her friends, telling her that glasses are ugly, or making fun of marching band is just begging her to unleash her rage.
- Calling the baritone either "a big trumpet," a mellophone or a tuba.
- "I hate reading." "WHAAAATTT—"
- The Kindle.
- Beware the Nice Ones
- The B Grade: It almost caused her to have a Heroic BSOD
- Blue Eyes
- Brilliant, but Lazy
- Cat Girl: her alias.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Coat Cape: How she prefers to wear her varsity jacket.
- Cute Bruiser
- Cuteness Proximity
- Dandere
- Deadpan Snarker
- Distracted by the Sexy: She loves when hot men do menial tasks
- Dojikko: When trying to impress someone or intentionally be cool
- Every Girl Is Cuter with Hair Decs
- Female Gaze: To any hot man in the vicinity...
- Fetish Fuel: Glasses and uniforms
- Gamer Chick
- Genius Ditz: She has a >4.0 GPA, yet she has no common sense, says stupid things, and constantly trips.
- Genki Girl: Only when it's late at night
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals
- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: To Ricky, when claiming her title as the Speed Champion.
- Hartman Hips: She's been gaining these ever since she went on the pill.
- Hates Being Touched: As long as you don't warn her about it first
- Hypocritical Heartwarming: She acknowledges Marissa's rather psycho tendencies, but NEVER mention it yourself.
- If It's You, It's Okay: Marissa, due to their BFF status
- I Have Brothers: explaining her video game skillz.
- Inner Monologue: Quite common.
- Joshikousei
- Love Makes You Stupid
- Luminescent Blush: When she's stared at.
- Malaproper: It's common when you can think faster than you talk.
- Meganekko: Noraneko has glasses, but by no means has a meganekko personality.
- Sand In My Eyes: Her excuse at the end of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
- Shrinking Violet: Only sometimes.
- Sophisticated as Hell
- Tsundere: Mostly Type B to Luke, although the deredere side is replaced by average friendliness. Same with Ricky and Neel.
- The Unfavorite
- Unrequited Love Switcheroo: With Ray and Jon
- Vitriolic Best Buds: with Ricky
- What Beautiful Eyes: Noraneko is an average-looking creature, yet she has been told that her eyes (blue, sometimes blue-gray) are absolutely gorgeous.
- The Woobie: When sick and sniffly, she received a lot of hugs and "aww!"s.
- When recounting her tales to her AP Psych class of nobody in her family showing up to her concerts and having to walk home alone (while discussing parental favorites, and explaining why she isn't the favorite), so many people "aww!"d her that she began to blush.
- Yandere: Don't ever try to steal her boyfriend away...
- Yangire: Winter percussion... "-gentle smile- I like...playing instruments that can double as a murder weapon..."
Tropes that Apply to Everything Around Noraneko
- Abhorrent Admirer: Kerry, to most men, especially Nick.
- Alexis, although she gets men, strangely enough.
- Abuse Is Okay When It's Female On Male: Marissa with Eric, although it's not really approved of.
- Action Girl: Most females in the marching band...although, MOST is the key word here. Read Faux Action Girl below.
- Adorkable: Tyler, Martin
- All Drummers Are Animals: Played straight for the most part, averted with Andy, Nick and Garrett
- All Of The Good Men Are Gay: ...or asexual.
- A Man Is Not a Virgin: The seniors insist this upon poor Ryan. YMMV on whether or not it's true for him.
- Annoying Laugh: Eric S
- Apologises a Lot: Kajun, for absolutely no reason!
- Audio Erotica: Nick, Greg, and Evan.
- Bastard Boyfriend: Preston, to Sarah
- An, to Brittany
- Konarska, to Haley
- Jon, to Kim
- Beauty, Brains and Brawn: In the "Low Brass Women" circle, usually Jill is Brains (with a side of brawn to lift her instrument), Jasmine is Beauty and Alexis is Brawn.
- Beta Couple: Jon and Jenna
- Berserk Button: Pick a marching band member, any one. Then tell them, "Marching band isn't a sport." It was enough for someone like Shurtz to glare into a group of onlookers and growl, "Who the fuck said that?"
- Bifauxnen: Kayla
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Noraneko's mothoer appears to be a very nice woman to strangers, but at home she's very irritable and disagreeable. She instigates Noraneko to be angry, then yells at her for being angry.
- Bi the Way: Lexi
- Blinding Bangs: Kyle's old haircut
- Bokukko: Natalie
- Butch Lesbian: Julia. In SPADES.
- Buxom Is Better: Quite a few people have...erm...bouncies in the band. Kajun, Georgie, Marissa, etc...even Noraneko is a cup size away from this.
- Camp Gay: Noraneko's cousin, Chris
- Camp Straight: An, although it's suspected that he really is gay...same with Chris Brown.
- Instructor!Matthew is debatable.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Nick Perry, and most of the guys in marching band.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Kim, although she's gotten better, slightly.
- Christmas Cake — Kayla/Jeremy, and to some extent, Nora/James.
- Complete Monster: Preston is definitely borderlining on this. Given his track record, he'll probably get here in a few days.
- Cooldown Hug: Used frequently in the band
- From Noraneko to Shane, after a particularily rough practice
- Complaining about Shows You Don't Watch: Sarah, about Hetalia
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: "Brothers don't shake hands. They hug."
- Crash into Hello: Barely averted with some douche bag coming out of the lunchroom.
- Cute Shotaro Boy: Allen
- Don't Explain the Joke: Devin does NOT seem to know how to follow this rule...
- Draco in Leather Pants: Robby
- Jon has some shades of this.
- Driven to Suicide: Don Robert
- Dumbass Has a Point: Luke, although it's usually because of his so-called stupidity
- Dungeon Master: Jeremiah is suspected of being this, as well as Mobley
- Dysfunction Junction: The marching band in its entirety
- Mr. Fanservice: Evan has attracted more girls in band than he might have wanted.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Sarah...or so she would like to assume...
- Even the Guys Want Him: Nick A., Greg, Martin, Mr. B...
- Everybody Hates Mathematics
- Everyone Can See It: Marissa and Eric
- Everyone is Bi: The drumline
- Face of a Thug: Matt, although he really doesn't do anything wrong.
- Faux Action Girl: Although Nicole and Kirsten act like they're very tough and talented members of the band, they often sit out for lame reasons.
- Five-Man Band: Quiz Bowl, 2012
- Foe Yay: Discussed by Noraneko for Eric and his enemy, Hurley, although it was more or less just to get him uncomfortable.
- Flower in Her Hair: Emilia
- Gainaxing: Kajun, even with A LIGHT JOG.
- Genki Girl: Laura, with emphasis on the annoying aspects
- The flute section is a COLLECTION of this
- Gentle Giant: Shane is built like a refrigerator, but doesn't do anything to anyone. ...unless you push his buttons, that is.
- Girlfriend in Canada: Told to her by her uncle...and he really DID have a girlfriend in Canada!
- Go Karting with Bowser: Some of the less competitive, nicer rival band members are happy to spend time with you and discuss music.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: Very common in the band. Martin and Jon, for instance.
- Hot Dad: Colleen seems to think Jeremiah is this
- Hot Mom: Jon's mom (although it's more rumored), and Anna's modelesque mom
- Ho Yay: Common in the marching band, particularly between Corey and Evan.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Travis with Hailey. It was to the point where he had to sit down to make out with her.
- Huge Schoolgirl: Caitlyn, and Kaiti
- Idiot Hair: Mobley has noticeable cowlicks.
- If It's You, It's Okay: Chelsea is this for everone
- I Didn't Mean To Turn You On: Noraneko suffers from an assortment of attractive men unwittingly claiming her attention.
- I Like My X Like I Like My Y: "I like my coffee like I like my men...ground up in the back of a fridge."
- I'm Taking Her Home with Me!!: Laura the bass drummer is COMPLETELY ADORABLE IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.
- Insufferable Genius: Ricky, and Jon B.
- Internet Tough Guy: Too many people in her life seem to be able to talk shit over the Internet...
- I Was Quite a Looker: Mrs. S is a nice, sweet, gray-haired old lady who makes nice cookies. Noraneko was surprised to learn that she was the Homecoming Queen in her year—and she was beautiful.
- The Jail Bait Wait: Possibly Konarska and Haley.
- Jerkass: Preston. Borderline Complete Monster.
- Ray, who considers it funny to play pranks that make other people cry and then make fun of it later and talk shit about other people.
- Jerk Ass Woobie: Although most would give anything to be able to punch Mitch in the face, he's had a rough childhood that makes you want to give him a big hug. If you dare.
- Jerk With A Heartof Gold: Mitch. He may seem like a complete douche bag, but when something's wrong and he's really needed, he comes through.
- Kavorka Man: Justis. Alexis is a female example.
- Kids Are Cruel
- Large Ham: Kyle, although not in the cool way, during his two lines in "Our Town."
- The Libby: Katelyn, but only if you do something to her first. Most of the time. Occasionally.
- Madison plays this straight, considering a bitchy comment to be necessary in every situation.
- Les Yay: Extremely common in the marching band, along with Ho Yay
- Love Triangle: Type 4 involving Noraneko, Evan and Alyssa
- Magnificent Bastard: Zack
- Mama Bear: Kajun. Do NOT hurt someone she loves.
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Kelley
- May-December Romance: Josh Gray's parents.
- Robby and his underage girlfriend. ...although, that's less "romance" and more "sex."
- Memetic Sex God: James and Greg
- Minor Injury Overreaction: In the Toronto trip, Noraneko was sitting next to Ryan. After cutting some chicken, she went to put her knife down and accidentally tapped it against the back of his hand. He wouldn't stop saying "ow" for the next few minutes.
- Moe: Jenna, who has some Japanese origins, fits this trope. Laura is also very moe.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Discussed
- My Friends... and Zoidberg: "The clarinet girls and Eric." "Ladies, and Eric."
- "I love my low brass guys. ...uh, and Robert."
- Nakama: "WE. ARE. THE MARCHING BAND! FIST PUMP!"
- Narm: In Our Town, Kyle managed to overact his TWO LINES.
- Nightmare Fuel: Julia watching the girls change in the bathroom..
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Luke and the older Laura
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Jordyn, in the play
- The Ophelia: Sarah tries to pull this off. YMMV on whether or not it works
- Perky Goth: Kat, Jasmine
- Pettanko: Emily and Stephanie, and it's frequently pointed out.
- Please Put Some Clothes On: Subverted on the bus after the parade in Toronto. The males who walked on the bus, when not outright kicking the girls off the bus, didn't seem to notice or care that they were half-naked. In addition, when THEY started changing, none of the girls seemed to notice or care, either, except when Nick started to change...
- Pungeon Master: Mr. Coleman
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Passionate, moody and romantic Jon is much, MUCH different than his cousin, the calm, collected, romantically stoic Josh. Except Josh is SUCH A BRO.
- Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: Common in the band, regardless of relationship status
- Sassy Black Woman: Kajun
- Scary Black Man: Red epitomizes this trope, even though he's very eloquent and friendly.
- The guys who frequently stand in front of Noraneko's locker.
- The Scrappy: Robert or Brad
- Shrinking Violet: Jessie
- Skinship Grope: Brittany-senpai is prone to this. Noraneko pulls this, too.
- Soundtrack Dissonance: Noraneko's brother was playing COD: Black Ops and there was a tense cutscene. ...as Wa! Wa!! World Ondo played in the background.
- The Smurfette Principle: Very few girls are in the low brass section and drumline.
- Snark Knight: Jeremiah
- Spoiled Sweet: Peri
- Stalker with a Crush: Kerry to multiple boys, although they do not think it's cute. At all.
- Stay in the Kitchen: Weimer's approach to women in Quiz Bowl
- Stupid Sexy Flanders: Goes along with Everyone is Bi in the band.
- Tareme: Mr. B has definite upward sloping, adorable eyes.
- Tear Jerker: Zack's speech at the band banquet, as well as the class of '10's Graduation.
- The One Guy: Eric is the one guy of the clarinet section
- Trademark Favorite Food: K-Rad and her Ding-Dongs
- Tsundere: Marissa, although it's usually more annoying than anything.
- TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: It already has...
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: Ray and Brad
- The Unfair Sex: Averted with Kerry and Courtney, who were extremely reprimanded for it and almost no one sided with them. Sadly played straight with Chelsea.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: Kayla, to Garrett AND Ryan
- Urban Legend Love Life: Shurtz and Denney
- The Vamp: Kerry, albeit non-sexily
- Colleen, also non-sexily, but just as—if not more so—vampy than Kerry.
- Courtney, Haley's love rival
- Vetinari Job Security: Mitch
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: Discussed
- What Does She See in Him?: Subverted: What does Courtney see in Kyle? ...oh wait. They're both assholes. Never mind.
- When She Smiles: Nick, in a male example. He rarely smiled, and when he did, it was usually closemouthed. But in the Toronto trip, Aaron told a particularly funny joke, and he burst out in a big, toothy grin...and it was gorgeous.
- Why Can't I Hate You?: Noraneko, to Alyssa, on the topic of Evan. She's just so...NICE.
- Will They or Won't They?: Marissa and Eric
- They Do, and later break up.
- The same gig happened with Evan and Alyssa.
- The Woobie: Ryan, especially when Nick was trying to molest him
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Kayla
- You Know I'm Black, Right?: Deliberately invoked. "Hey, Kajun, want to hear a joke about black people?" "...you know I'm black, right...?"
- Your Cheating Heart: Kerry, Courtney, Chelsea have all cheated on their respective boyfriends...and that's just scratching the surface.
- Zero Chops: It's the fighting style of half of the band.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Brittany's socks
More to come...
Noraneko's Favorite Anime/Manga
- Axis Powers Hetalia: But DO NOT GET HER WRONG. Noraneko is NOT a Yaoi Fangirl by any means, and does not consider Hetalia to be a replacement for a History textbook; instead, she takes it very lightheartedly, and very, VERY much enjoys the sexy characters. (She'd marry...Germany, America, Japan, Prussia, Russia, England, Sweden...)
- Bamboo Blade
- Black Cat
- Cage of Eden
- Chibi Vampire
- Gakuen Alice
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
- Mirai Nikki
- Ouran High School Host Club. She's a Mori fangirl and thinks that Haruhi whined for most of the anime.
- School Rumble
- Spice and Wolf
- Tail of the Moon
- Trigun
- xxxHolic
More to come...
Favorite TV Shows
Favorite Video Games
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