History Anime / PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea

* 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.

* RealityWarper: Ponyo (as implied by her dad), since she [[spoiler:can cause a tsunamand bring the moon a couple thousand miles closer to earth with no ill effects.]] It's not quite clear whether that was her doing or a result of the magic from that well-thing that she accidentally set loose. Also Ponyo's mother, who [[spoiler: can gather up all the ships in the sea to protect them from the tsunami.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Lisa is an interesting adult version of one. Just ask her husband.

* RealityWarper: Ponyo (as implied by her dad), since she [[spoiler:can cause a tsunami, wipe out at least one whole town, gather up every ship in the sea, and bring the moon a couple thousand miles closer to earth with no ill effects.]] It's not quite clear whether that was her doing or a result of the magic from that well-thing that she accidentally set loose.

* HenpeckedHusband: Sosuke's dad, although not entirely unjustified (see MarriedToTheJob). Also, Ponyo's father with Granmammare -- in this case the reason is obvious.

* VisualPun: The credits feature little bits of art next to the individual names. This is in full effect with support studios Creator/StudioCockpit (a jet cockpit), Creator/BrainsBase (a baseball plate), [[Creator/TakahashiProduction T2 Studio]] (a hand holding up two fingers) and Creator/TatsunokoProduction (a seahorse, as befitting their name).

--> '''Sosuke:''' Don't worry Ponyo, I will always protect you. I promise..

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

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

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Sosuke is considerably more calm and reserved than [[GenkiGirl Ponyo]].

** Somewhat unexpectedly, the movie also references ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung''. Ponyo's original name is Brunhilde, and like the character of the same name from the opera, she's a supernatural being who defies her father and falls in love with a human. In case someone thought all this is coincidental, the connection is further emphasized when her leitmotif is orchstrated as a pastiche of the "Music/RideOfTheValkyries" during the climactic tsunami scene.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Ponyo when she start talking.

** He also knows an astounding amount about extinct sea life. He even recognizes that all of the fish he sees are from the Devonian. Possibly justified, as prehistoric fish are to the Japanese what dinosaurs are to large areas of the Western world [[note]] Although dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in general are extremely popular in Japan possibly even more so than in the Western world [[/note]], so a 5 year old could very well know a lot about those fish.

* ABoyAndHisX: Played straight at first with Sosuke and his goldfish...
* BoyMeetsGhoul: ... but then she [[spoiler:[[BecomeARealBoy becomes human]].]]