History Literature / TheFamiliarOfZero

** Unfortunately as of April 4, 2013, Noboru Yamaguchi has died of cancer.

* XMeetsY - ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''TheTamingOfTheShrew.''

[[caption-width-right:300:[-[[{{BerserkButton}} Don't]] call her [[ACupAngst flat-chested]] [[GroinAttack OR ELSE!]]-] ]]

** While not exactly a weapon, the famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6M_Zero Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] fighter is also an example.

* CharacterExaggeration: ''Every single named'' character gets this, with varying levels, in the anime; their quirks and personality traits are amplified for the sake of constant slapstick. Louise is more violent and mistrusts Saito more easily, resulting in more punishment and explosions for him; Saito himself is more of a willing pervert, the "accidental" part is less pronounced, resulting in him actually deserving some of the punishing; Siesta appears in situations she wasn't originally in, heavily exaggerating her clingy quirks and snark comments on her bigger bosom over Louise's.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Or not. You'd be surprise how blatant the abuse is.

** [[FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] says hello.

** They seem to use the Greek alphabet, at least in the[[http://www.mangareader.net/370-25451-4/zero-no-tsukaima/chapter-30.html manga]].

** They seem to use the Greek alphabet, at least in the manga. [[http://www.mangareader.net/370-25451-4/zero-no-tsukaima/chapter-30.html]]

** He often acts this way towards the other women as well, despite the fact that they all insist they're okay with it. While he has intentionally kissed some of them, he often ends up regretting it.
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale - The modern poster child for this trope. Louise can get frighteningly violent.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Louise can go overboard with her abuse towards Saito.

* DudeNotFunny: One of the {{Running Gag}}s in the novel is the fact that [[DomesticAbuse Louise beats Saito so badly]] [[DomesticAbuse his screams echo and can be heard from a distance]].

* MistressAndServantBoy

* FantasyCounterpartCulture - Most of the countries and several of the character names are actual historical names, such as Prince Wales Tudor of Albion, Henriette Anne of England (Louis XIV's mistress, 'cuz her husband, Prince Philipe was ''busy'' with Armand de Gramont, Comte de Guiche) and her maidservant Louise de La Valierre (also Louis' mistress; the real Guiche was, prior to this, trying to get into her pants too, but Louis was ... persuasive). At times, RealLife is far more depraved and interesting than fiction, namely Julio Cesar (just translate a little in your head). Maricorn isn't exactly historical, but has a rather ... interesting ... Spanish meaning.
** First season also features a regicide named Cromwell. And the chancellor of Tristain is Cardinal Mazarin.
** Julio arrogantly named himself after the Fantasy Counterpart of Caesar, who apparently lived centuries ago in the history of the setting. So he's not actually a fantasy counterpart of a historical figure, just a fanboy of the fantasy counterpart of a historical figure.
** To sum up, all five major states in Halkeginia are actually fantasy counterparts of actual historical European states. Albion appears to be based on Tudor/Stuart England, Tristain on Belgium, Gallia on Bourbon France (or the Ancien Régime in general), Germania on Holy Roman Empire/Imperial Germany and Romalia on the Papal States.
*** These names are historically accurate, to boot. Albion is another name for the British Isles, France used to be called Gaul (or Gallia) way back in the day, the Romans gave the territories north of them the name Germania, and Romalia is, well, Rome. Definitely a case of ShownTheirWork.
** There are some scarce hints in the tenth novel that the Elves are Ottoman/Arab counterparts. For one thing, they're stated to control the Rub' al Khali (Arabia's Empty Quarter), and there's also a reference to them holding the Sahara.
** The fourteenth novel introduces a Gallian warrior named Batz Castlemorre. Charles de Batz-Castelmore was more commonly known as [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers d'Artagnan]] (yes, he really existed).

* BelligerentSexualTension - Probably one of the best examples since the [[RumikoTakahashi Takahashi]] [[RanmaOneHalf originals]]. Louise constantly refers to Saito as "baka-inu" (literally "stupid dog"), usually when she's about to beat him senseless.

* BabyDollBaby: [[spoiler:Tabitha's mother drank a spiked drink meant for Tabitha, who is actually the next in line for the Galian throne. This resulted in her losing her mind and thinking that Tabitha's childhood doll was Tabitha herself, and that her daughter was an impostor sent to replace the doll. This leads to Tabitha leaving and adopting the name of her doll, Tabitha.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension - Probably one of the best examples since the [[RumikoTakashi Takahashi]] [[RanmaOneHalf originals]]. Louise constantly refers to Saito as "baka-inu" (literally "stupid dog"), usually when she's about to beat him senseless.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Probably one of the best examples since the Takahashi originals. Louise constantly refers to Saito as "baka-inu" (literally "stupid dog"), usually when she's about to beat him senseless.

* MightyWhitey: Inverted.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The arcs and deeper details surrounding them are compressed in the anime, or some are outright ignored; case in point being Tiffania's introduction and eventually joining Saito's party, in the novels she took some time to gather courage to leave the forest, that and she was taking care of lost children, the anime glosses this over and make her join right in.

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: the modern poster child for this trope. Louise can get frighteningly violent.

* AboveTheInfluence - Saito persistently brushes off the advances of a LovePotion afflicted Louise in the first season. [[HeroicComedicSociopath Being]] [[JerkSue Louise]] it does not stop her being furious with him when she recovers.

* {{Tsundere}} - Louise, with heavy emphasis on "tsun".
** She actually suffers {{Flanderization}} of this. She begins the series by getting mad when her "pet" does something wrong (like broken panties that randomly fall off from Louise). In the second season, she gets pissed when Saito looks at other women (justificable, but still...). At third season, however, she gets berserk against Saito by the smallest of details, details she actually is the one to blame.
** Her sister Eleonore ''may'' also be this, considering her rather...uh...{{Squee}}-full dreams.

* UpperClassTwit - Pretty much every student and many of the adult nobles seen throughout the series, including the ''good guys''. However, those whose position requires more diplomacy like [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure the faculty]] or [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething the princess]] tend to have a more balanced outlook.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman - Louise reasons that since Saito was summoned through her familiar-summoning ritual, he's a familiar, despite being blatantly obviously a walking, talking, thinking, feeling human being. She subsequently decides this means she doesn't have to ''treat'' him like a human and proceeds to treat him in a way that would have her [[KickTheDog arrested for]] ''[[KickTheDog animal cruelty]]'' in our world if it wasn't being played for laughs.

* YamatoNadeshiko - Louise's other sister Cattleya.

* {{Dude Looks Like A Lady}} - Julio is mistaken for a girl in the light novels by Saito.

* MyBabyDoll: [[spoiler:Tabitha's mother drank a spiked drink meant for Tabitha, who is actually the next in line for the Galian throne. This resulted in her losing her mind and thinking that Tabitha's childhood doll was Tabitha herself, and that her daughter was an impostor sent to replace the doll. This leads to Tabitha leaving and adopting the name of her doll, Tabitha.]]