History Manga / CoolShockBT

The manga recieved a two-chapter sequel by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Cool Shock Old B.T.'' (魔老紳士ビーティー, ''Maroushinshi B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi are brought back into their old adventuring days after Koichi gets scammed.

''Cool Shock B.T.'' (魔少年ビーティー, ''Mashounen B.T.''), also known as ''B.T. "The Wicked Boy"'', Magic Boy B.T., or ''Magical B.T.'', is Creator/HirohikoAraki's first serialized series. Running from 1982-1983 in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', it's a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, B.T., [[OnlyKnownByInitials whose name has been censored into his initials]], and his borderline-criminal escapades with his (often unwilling) friend, Koichi Mugikari.

''Cool Shock B.T.'' (魔少年ビーティー, ''Mashounen B.T.''), also known as ''B.T. "The Wicked Boy"'' or ''Magical B.T.'', is Creator/HirohikoAraki's first serialized series. Running from 1982-1983 in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', it's a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, B.T., [[OnlyKnownByInitials whose name has been censored into his initials]], and his borderline-criminal escapades with his (often unwilling) friend, Koichi Mugikari.

* SilverWolf: ‘’Cool Shock Old B.T’’ shows that B.T has aged [[https://static.jojowiki.com/images/3/37/latest/20211127005542/BT_Infobox_One-shot.png pretty gracefully]], in contrast to the short, rotund Koichi.
* StagedPedestrianAccident: The Mugikaris initially are distraught over accidentally running over a young boy with their car, but as they let him stay to recover, Koichi finds that he faked getting hit to mooch off his victims' hospitality and guilt. Once his family shows up, it's revealed that they regularly pull this con to gain easy access to their marks' possessions and throw them out of their own home.

* ShoutOut: B.T. owns a ventriloquist dummy dressed like [[Film/AClockworkOrange Alex DeLarge]].

The manga recieved a sequel one-shot by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Cool Shock Old B.T.'' (魔老紳士ビーティー, ''Maroushinshi B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi get into an adventure after Koichi gets scammed.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Saiko zig-zags competence at his job throughout "The Dinosaur Fossil Thief Incident". He's alert enough to catch on to Koichi's presence in the museum warehouse, but focuses on him so hard that a quick distraction allows Koichi and B.T. to find another hiding spot. After hours, he resorts to catching trespassers with [[TheBrute brute strength]] and swinging around [[WhipItGood his chain]], both of which make a mess of the exhibit he was supposed to protect.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Saiko zig-zags competence at his job throughout "The Dinosaur Fossil Thief Incident". He's alert enough to catch on to Koichi's presence in the museum warehouse, but focuses on him so hard that a quick distraction allows Koichi and B.T. to find another hiding spot. After hours, he resorts to catching trespassers with [[TheBrute brute strength]] and swinging around [[WhipItGood his chain]] both of which make a mess of the exhibit he was supposed to protect.
* {{Gaslighting}}: How B.T. deals with Mr. X.

* StagedPedestrianAccident: The Mugikaris initially are distraught over accidentally running over a young boy with their car, but as they let him stay to recover, Koichi finds that he's been faking his injuries to mooch off his victims' hospitality and guilt.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: As Manabu stays with Koichi's family to "recover", he raids their fridge, steals Koichi's clothes for himself, and abuses the family dog. By the time his family shows up, they're glad to see him go...until they decide to move in with him.

** The freckled boy takes zero care of Koichi's dog Taro after winning him in a bet, instead resorting to beatings for disobeying him.

* CryingWolf: A strange example: B.T. convinces Ninomori to attack Date and then pretend to trip and fatally injure his head, so that B.T. can blackmail Date with ''murder''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, B.T.'s evidence of said blackmail gets accidentally destroyed, Ninomori ''dies for real'', and Date has decided to accuse him of causing said accident]]. To top it off, [[spoiler:Ninomori [[DisneyDeath actually suffered a short coma]] due to brain trauma.]].

* InvisibleParents: B.T.'s parents are away for work. Averted with Koichi's family.
* {{Irony}}: The freckled boy [[spoiler:is ran over by an ambulance meant to help his family]].

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Well, to be honest it's just Saiko. But he makes that up with being TheBrute and with [[WhipItGood his chain]].

* ThoseWackyNazis: Mr. X, also known as "Commander", and his [[PsychopathicManchild Major Sergeant]].
* WoundedGazelleGambit: The freckled boy's MO: pretend to be accidentally injured by a family, accept hospitality from said family, move ''his'' family inside the house, and take everything from inside.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Koichi first encounters B.T. on a Friday the 13th, at 1:13 PM (13:13 in military time). After Koichi points B.T. to the principal's office to get acquainted, he's immediately pranked by B.T., setting up their relationship in later chapters.

* FramingDevice: Each chapter begins with Koichi introducing the story he's about to tell from somewhere in his house.

* KickTheDog: Literally done by the freckled boy. Par for the course for Araki.

* BatmanGambit

The manga recieved a sequel one-shot by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Cool Shock Old B.T.'' (魔老紳士 ''Maroushinshi B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi get into an adventure after Koichi gets scammed.

''Cool Shock B.T.'' (魔少年ビーティー, ''Mashounen B.T.''), also known as ''B.T. "The Wicked Boy"'' or ''Magical B.T.'', is Creator/HirohikoAraki's first serialized series. Running from 1982-1983 in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', it's a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, B.T., [[OnlyKnownByInitials whose name has been censored into his initials]], and his borderline-criminal escapades with his (often unwilling) friend, Koichi.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Koichi first encounters B.T. on a Friday the 13th, at 1:13 PM (13:13 in military time). After Koichi points B.T. to the principal's office to get acquainted, he's immediately pranked, by B.T., setting up their relationship in later chapters.

The manga recieved a sequel one-shot by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Cool Shock Old B.T.'' (魔老紳士 ''Maroushinshi B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi get into an adventure after Koichi gets scammed

''Cool Shock B.T.'' (魔少年ビーティー, ''Mashounen B.T.''), also known as ''Magical B.T.'', is Creator/HirohikoAraki's first serialized series. Running from 1982-1983 in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', it's a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, B.T., [[NoNameGiven whose name has been censored into his initials]], and his borderline-criminal escapades with his (often unwilling) friend, Koichi.

The manga recieved a sequel one-shot by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Cool Shock Old B.T.'' (''Maseishounen B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi get into an adventure after meeting a mysterious man.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: In Japanese, the character "Ma" (魔) in "Mashounen" can refer to either magic, referring to B.T.'s magic tricks, or evil, referring to his less-than-scrupulous nature.

''Magic Boy B.T.'', also known as ''Magical B.T.'' and ''Cool Shock B.T.'', is Creator/HirohikoAraki's first serialized series. Running from 1982-1983 in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', it's a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, B.T., [[NoNameGiven whose name has been censored into his initials]], and his borderline-criminal escapades with his (often unwilling) friend, Koichi.

The manga recieved a sequel one-shot by Creator/NisioIsin and Demizu Posuka, set 60 years later. Titled ''Magic Man B.T.'' (or ''Cool Shock Old B.T.''), the now-older B.T. and Koichi get into an adventure after meeting a mysterious man.

* AntiHero: BT tends to steal and manipulate people for his own benefit and when he does good things, it's usually to sate his own curiosity. However, he does hold a soft spot for Koichi and goes against those who hurt him.
* AssholeVictim: Everyone who attracts BT's wrath except possibly Date, who probably snapped under pressure.

** A lot of the tricks BT pulls off tend to rely on him predicting that his opponents would act in specific ways. An example is fooling a guard that was attacking him by coming up with bogus chemistry to make him surrender.
** Probably the best one is not by BT but by his grandmother. [[spoiler:The reason BT robbed the mall in the first place is because she showed him an ad for an exhibit that would arouse his curiosity. When the guards were chasing the boys, the girl that was with her earlier broke into the mall owner's office so they can get proof of him stealing jewelry.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: BT has eyebrows that extend past his face and onto his hair.
* CharacterTics: When BT gets mad, he touches his ears.
* CryingWolf: A strange example: BT convinces Ninomori to attack Date and then pretend to trip and fatally injure his head, so that BT can blackmail Date with ''murder''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, BT's evidence of said blackmail gets accidentally destroyed, Ninomori ''dies for real'', and Date has decided to accuse him of causing said accident]]. To top it off, [[spoiler:Ninomori [[DisneyDeath actually suffered a short coma]] due to brain trauma.]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Alright, Date is kind of an arrogant jerk, but did he ''really'' deserve to be blackmailed for a fake, staged accidental murder because he dares to date the girl BT likes?

* ExactWords: [[spoiler:"I saw Kuroyama putting an insect in your clothes." Akagawa thought that BT was talking about the dangerous wasp that stung him, which was placed inside his trousers]]. BT was talking about an earlier incident where someone put a dragonfly inside Akagawa's shorts while he was wearing them.
* {{Gaslighting}}: How BT deals with Mr. X.
* InvisibleParents: BT's parents are away for work. Averted with Koichi's family.

* MoralityPet: Koichi is this for BT. Notice that BT gets serious whenever Koichi gets hurt.
* NeverMessWithGranny: BT's sole caretaker. Not even he's fully sure of what she's capable of.
* NoNameGiven: BT, due to investigations still ongoing.