History AxisPowersHetalia / AToH

** Poland and Lithuania are a bit more debatable. At one point Lithuania says that he hates Poland. The later replies that "it doesn't, like, change the fact that I like you." Mind you, Poland's words could also be translated as "I love you."

* HetIsEw: Surprisingly averted, since the het couples are less numerous [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys for obvious reasons]] yet they have pretty loyal supporters.

* {{Adorkable}}: Many characters. Italy, America, and Canada in particular.

* BiTheWay:
** Himaruya has confirmed that France likes both men and women.
** While Rome never fooled around with men when he was alive, he has stated that he regrets this.
** Italy is frequently shown flirting with women, but has admitted that his first love was the Holy Roman Empire.
** Germany's porn seems to feature women, and he wrote in his diary that he likes the outfits servers at Japan's maid cafes wear, but now there's his feelings for Italy...
** It's been hinted that Prussia may have feelings for Hungary, and he's expressed an interest in Italy as well.
** Romano showed an attraction to Belgium and other pretty girls when he was young, but despite how he treats him, it's still obvious that he cares for Spain.
** Austria has been married to both Hungary and Spain at different points.
** Hungary cares for Austria, but was shown flirting with Ukraine in one comic.
** England has some ShipTease with men, but in the dub he wanted Hungary dressed in a SexySantaDress to "visit him" in the Christmas episode from Season 5.

** Himaruya has confirmed that France likes both men and women.
** While Rome never fooled around with men when he was alive, he has stated that he regrets this.
** Italy is frequently shown flirting with women, but has admitted that his first love was the Holy Roman Empire.
** Germany's porn seems to feature women, and he wrote in his diary that he likes the outfits servers at Japan's maid cafes wear, but now there's his feelings for Italy...
** It's been hinted that Prussia may have feelings for Hungary, and he's expressed an interest in Italy as well.
** Romano showed an attraction to Belgium and other pretty girls when he was young, but despite how he treats him, it's still obvious that he cares for Spain.
** Austria has been married to both Hungary and Spain at different points.
** Hungary cares for Austria, but was shown flirting with Ukraine in one comic.
** England has some ShipTease with men, but in the dub he wanted Hungary dressed in a SexySantaDress to "visit him" in the Christmas episode from season five.

* BiTheWay: Many characters give this vibe.

* HairDecorations: Almost all of the female characters have these.
** Hungary, Taiwan, Fem!Japan, 2P Fem!Japan, Fem!China, and 2P Fem!China all have [[FlowerInHerHair flowers in their hair]].
** Belarus, Seychelles, Belgium, and Monaco all have bows.
** Ukraine wears a headband.
** Fem!America has barrettes shaped like stars, and both Fem!Canada and her 2P counterpart have maple leaf barrettes.
** Norway is a rare male example; he has a cross-shaped barrette in his hair.

** Hungary and Taiwan use [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs flowers and/or flower-shaped hair jewelry]] as accesories, with Hungary's flowers representing [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Balaton Lake Balaton.]]

** In the original, [[http://www.hetarchive.net/scanlations/nonlinear.php?nazene Italy and Romano both sleep in the nude.]] In the anime, they are shown wearing shorts and tank tops in bed.

* CaramelldansenVid: Can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2YCKKCs7e0 here]]. Since it was made in 2009, characters who appeared later are not shown.

** Latvia being a FragileFlower is said to be the result of his experiencing many unfortunate events at a young age.

* GreenEyes: Many nations have these, some of which are connected to their country's generally green landscapes and geography (England and Switzerland, for example).

* ArtisticLicenseShips: In the episode where England is shown beating Spain, the anime gives England [[YouFailHistoryForever hilariously inaccurate warships]], complete with a totally screwed-up version of the English flag. Instead of St George's Cross they made it look like [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/historyfail.jpg an inverted Swiss flag]].

** As with the above trope, Switzerland and his little sister Liechtenstein.

* BlackComedy/CrossesTheLineTwice: Germany angrily saying to Italy, "Are you vanting me to ''gas'' you??" is this, doubled with GeniusBonus: If This Is A Man (US title Survival in Auschwitz), one of the most well-known personal account of the Holocaust, was written by a Jewish Italian, Primo Levi.

* BadassGrandma: Romano dresses up as one for the ''Hetaween 2011'' event, and it is ''glorious.''

* ChristmasInJapan:
** When asked about what he does on Christmas, this is the first thing that Japan thinks of, although he said something different.
** France and England ending up celebrating the beauty of friendship together has a distinct flair of the same.
** In the 2010 Christmas event, Austria and Hungary appeared to be spending Christmas this way.

* TheColonialPeriod: Shown in the strips relating to America's childhood and his later rebellion against England.

* BowtiesAreCool: Mr. Puffin wears a red one, while Ladonia wears a blue one.

** A piece of art drawn by Himaruya during the [[TheWorldCup 2010 World Cup]] showed Japan standing with Cameroon, Denmark, and Netherlands and looking very self conscious about his height.