* VillainSong: ''[[https://youtu.be/DqqDF1aLkRU Fujimoto's Theme]]'', which is sung from the titular character's perspective and details his HumansAreBastards views towards mankind.

%%* MeetCute: Very cute, at that.

%%* NoIndoorVoice: Ponyo, more so in the Japanese version.

%%* OverprotectiveDad: Fujimoto all the way.
%%* ParentsAsPeople

%%* PluckyGirl:
%%** Ponyo, to the point of being this trope's poster child.
%%** Lisa can be considered a grown-up version of the ones who always appear in Miyazaki movies. Think an adult Kiki.
%%* PowerOfLove: The test Sosuke is put through, to see if Ponyo will be allowed to stay with him.
%%* ThePromise: Several are made. Some are broken.
%%* PuppyLove: Ponyo and Sosuke, although [[spoiler:the ending seems to imply they'll grow up as brother and sister]].

%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
%%** Ponyo when she's a fish; can even apply to when she's a human girl.
%%** Ponyo's sisters too.

%%* RunningGag: "'''[[NoIndoorVoice HAM!!!]]'''"

%%* SceneryPorn: It's a Creator/StudioGhibli movie. Though it's a different flavor than usual.

%%* AStormIsComing
%%* SunkenCity

%%* TearsOfJoy: When Sosuke realizes that Ponyo hasn't died.

%%* TrueLovesKiss: But it's not the big deal that it usually is, probably since the protagonists are young children around the age of five.

%%* YouAreWhatYouHate: Fujimoto vis-à-vis humanity.

%%* BadMoonRising: Way too large and drawing the tides way too high.

%%* BlushSticker: Both Sosuke and Ponyo have them after TheGlomp.
%%* ABoyAndHisX: Played straight at first with Sosuke and his goldfish...
%%* BoyMeetsGhoul: ... but then she [[spoiler:[[BecomeARealBoy becomes human]].]]

%%* BulletTime: Sosuke running from Fujimoto with Ponyo in the latter half of the movie.

%%* CuteBruiser: Ponyo accidentally causes a ''tsunami''.

%%* FishOutOfWater: Literally with Ponyo, though she's not a typical example of this trope.
%%* FirstNameBasis: Sosuke with his own parents. (Not in the dub, though.)

%%* FunBagAirBag: Sosuke crashes into an old lady this way while carrying Ponyo.
%%* GenkiGirl: Ponyo. She is a 5-year-old, after all.
%%* GiganticMoon: Justified. The moon appears huge as it comes so close to earth.
%%* TheGlomp: Once Lisa and Sosuke arrive back home, a large wave washes Ponyo a short distance away from it. Upon seeing Sosuke getting out of the car, she immediately runs toward him and does this.

%%* {{Gonk}}: The baby. Of all the places to avert GenericCuteness. (A very mild example.)

%%* HeroesWantRedheads

%%* {{Imprinting}}: Ponyo becomes imprinted on Sosuke after she drinks on his blood.

%%* IrisOut: The movie ends on this effect when Ponyo flies in the air above Sosuke.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fujimoto, though possibly subverted (see Fridge page). Toki becomes this near the end of the film.

%%* MagicalGirlfriend: Ponyo is a toddler version of this to Sosuke.

%%* MeaningfulRename: Ponyo insists on it.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Ponyo did not originally have that name, being called that by Sosuke. When Fujimoto refers to her by her original name Brunhilde, she doesn't like it.

%%* DoNotCallMePaul:
%%--> My name is not Brunhilde, it's Ponyo!

%%* ThirdPersonPerson: Ponyo when she starts talking.

%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: "'''HAAAAAAAAM!!!'''"

%%* WidgetSeries

%%* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lisa. It certainly does not help that Sosuke is in the car for most of her road antics.

%%* CheerfulChild: Sosuke. [[GenkiGirl Ponyo, even more so]].

It's specified that he WasOnceAMan but he now breathes underwater and can't survive on the surface without constantly spraying himself with seawater.

* BadMoonRising: Way too large and drawing the tides way too high.

* BlushSticker: Both Sosuke and Ponyo have them after TheGlomp.

* BulletTime: Sosuke running from Fujimoto with Ponyo in the latter half of the movie.

* CheerfulChild: Sosuke. [[GenkiGirl Ponyo, even more so]].

* CuteBruiser: Ponyo accidentally causes a ''tsunami''.

* DoNotCallMePaul:
--> My name is not Brunhilde, it's Ponyo!
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lisa. It certainly does not help that Sosuke is in the car for most of her road antics.

* FishOutOfWater: Literally with Ponyo, though she's not a typical example of this trope.
* FirstNameBasis: Sosuke with his own parents. (Not in the dub, though.)

* FunBagAirBag: Sosuke crashes into an old lady this way while carrying Ponyo.
* GenkiGirl: Ponyo. She is a 5-year-old, after all.
* GiganticMoon: Justified. The moon appears huge as it comes so close to earth.
* TheGlomp: Once Lisa and Sosuke arrive back home, a large wave washes Ponyo a short distance away from it. Upon seeing Sosuke getting out of the car, she immediately runs toward him and does this.

* {{Gonk}}: The baby. Of all the places to avert GenericCuteness. (A very mild example.)

* {{Imprinting}}: Ponyo becomes imprinted on Sosuke after she drinks on his blood.

* IrisOut: The movie ends on this effect when Ponyo flies in the air above Sosuke.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fujimoto, though possibly subverted (see Fridge page). Toki becomes this near the end of the film.

* MagicalGirlfriend: Ponyo is a toddler version of this to Sosuke.

* MeaningfulRename: Ponyo insists on it.
* MeetCute: Very cute, at that.

* NoEndorHolocaust: Although Ponyo raised the water level high enough to drown almost all of Tomonoura, no harm seems to have been done to the town, its inhabitants, or any of the fishing ships nearby. The explanations are three-fold: 1. It's a kids' movie. 2. They're probably prepared for flooding, considering they live on an island. [[RuleOfThree 3.]] The goddess of the sea was in an extremely nice mood that day. Though it's never shown or mentioned how the rest of the world is affected with the moon being too close and the tides risen up.
* NoIndoorVoice: Ponyo, more so in the Japanese version.

* OverprotectiveDad: Fujimoto all the way.

* PluckyGirl:
** Ponyo, to the point of being this trope's poster child.
** Lisa can be considered a grown-up version of the ones who always appear in Miyazaki movies. Think an adult Kiki.
* PowerOfLove: The test Sosuke is put through, to see if Ponyo will be allowed to stay with him.
* ThePromise: Several are made. Some are broken.
* PuppyLove: Ponyo and Sosuke, although [[spoiler:the ending seems to imply they'll grow up as brother and sister]].

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
** Ponyo when she's a fish; can even apply to when she's a human girl.
** Ponyo's sisters too.

* RunningGag: "'''[[NoIndoorVoice HAM!!!]]'''"

* SceneryPorn: It's a Creator/StudioGhibli movie. Though it's a different flavor than usual.

* TearsOfJoy: When Sosuke realizes that Ponyo hasn't died.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Ponyo when she starts talking.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: "'''HAAAAAAAAM!!!'''"
* TrueLovesKiss: But it's not the big deal that it usually is, probably since the protagonists are young children around the age of five.

* WidgetSeries

* YouAreWhatYouHate: Fujimoto vis-à-vis humanity.

* * Evil Makes You Ugly: Mostly subverted. The two, well off looking as they're not ugly, is the old woman at the retirement home and Fujimoto. But the Old woman is just kinda cranky and Fujimoto certainly isn't evil. Just overworked and wanting his daughter back.