History Manga / KOn

** There's another [[http://i43.tinypic.com/ot15w7.jpg Mio clone]] in the school; her name is Fuuko Takahashi, and she wears [[{{Meganekko}} glasses]] and her jacket open

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Averted in the main cast and a large part of their classmates, who have black, brown or blonde hair. However, among the many unnamed first and second year students, green and blue hair colors show up more often.
** Nodoka's hair is a dark bordeaux hue.

* BreatheOnTheFan: Ritsu does this in season 2 episode 11.

* SlidingScale/MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Afterschool Tea Time's music ranges from 3 ("Tenshi Ni Fureta Yo", "My Love Is A Stapler") to 6 ("Don't Say Lazy", "No Thank You", "Curry Nochi Rice"), while all of Death Devil's music is a solid 7-8.

* EverybodyCries: In episode 20, knowing that this is their last school year together, the gang literally cries themselves to sleep.

** In one episode, it shows a clip of Sawako playing guitar with her teeth - an obvious reference to Jimi Hendrix.

** In the Season 2 OVA where Nodoka and Azusa are discussing places to visit overseas, Nodoka brings up Machu Pichu. In the original, Azusa simply mispronounces it. In the dub, Azsua's first attempt to pronounce it is "My Pikachu?"

** Ritsu's attempt to make herself more noticeable onstage is called Operation [[Music/WishYouWereHere Shine On You Crazy Ritsan]].

* ASpotOfTea: Thanks to Mugi's splendid tea set (a present from the Royal Family of Finland) and her family's near endless surplus of cakes from friends and well wishers, the ''Afternoon Teatime'' school-band of Manga/KOn binds their friendship through a spot of afternoon tea before and after practice.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: By the latter half of the series, it's hard to find ''any'' friendship among the main cast and supporting characters that hasn't been romantic (or at least loaded with a planet's worth of LesYay) in some way.

** Yui hugging Azusa to calm her down has a high resemblance to Kyou's {{glomp}} on Kotomi in ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'' (another show by the same studio), especially with the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kyou_-_get_to_know_Kotomi_better.jpg the "good girl" part]]. It also occurs in the manga, which might be mere coincidence, but Creator/KyotoAnimation sure picked up on it.

* IJustLikeSayingTheWord: Mugi: "Cut!"

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The band's songs tend to not be too hard and are within levels three to five. In Sawako's {{flashback}} she recalls making the journey through virtually the entire scale. Her ImageSong with Death Devil sounds much tamer, however.
** Their hardest song is the second ED from the second season, "No, Thank You", which could deserve a level 6.

** Episode 2 in season 1 shows right away how much research they did. When Yui asks if there are any criteria for choosing a guitar, Mio provides a lengthy list of recommended things she should be aware of, such as the weight, how the neck feels, how thick the neck is, the scale-length and so on. All of the point Mio makes are actually legitimate things to keep in mind when choosing a guitar or bass, and not just for beginners either.[[note]](A brief rundown: the weight affects both the tone of the instrument - more weight equals richer tone, less weight equals thinner - and how comfortable the instrument is to wear - a seven-pound instrument is much different than a twelve or thirteen-pound one; the finish on the neck can affect how quickly the player is able to move their hands up and down the frets; the thickness of the neck is a factor in who can play the instrument, due to people having differently sized hands; and lastly the scale length figures greatly into the instrument's overall tone - for decades all Gibsons had a 24.75 inch length, while Fenders had 25.5 inches).[[/note]]

*** Death Devil calling in a replacement guitarist (just like HTT did in Season 1 Episode 12) to replace one of their band members is a common practice among bands, particularly if there won't be time for the event booker to find another band (or in this case, if the booker doesn't want to find another band).

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Ton-chan is a pig-nosed turtle, a species that is actually hard to keep in captivity, since it's rather aggressive and prone to stress and illnesses. It takes dedication and specialized knowledge to care for one, so one wonders whether the girls would be up to the task. It might be especially unwise to keep it in a place with lots of noise, like ''where a band is playing''.

--> '''Mio:''' So, did you figure out how to get there?\\

--> Ui (disguised as Yui): "Excuse me, but could we please get a discount on a drum kit?"
--> Clerk: "Sure, any amount you like. I just don't care anymore..."

-->Ui: What was that?

** Brought up again as a kind of ContinuityNod in the restarted manga. Akira, a university freshman and member of the university's own light music club ends up making Mugi cry due to something she said. In an effort to make it up to her, she lets Mugi slap her, thinking that a pampered Ojou like Mugi would probably be pretty weak. Boy was she wrong; the slap quite literally [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sends Akira flying across the room. And Mugi was going for a "light strike".

* ElegantGothicLolita: The outfits of the girls in the first season ED are highly influenced by this.
** Even more so the outfits they wear while singing "Fuwa Fuwa Time".
** Also, the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goth_loli_duo_5340.jpg Goth duo]] at the live house.

** Brought up again as a kind of ContinuityNod in the restarted manga. Akira, a university freshman and member of the university's own light music club ends up making Mugi cry due to something she said. In an effort to make it up to her, she lets Mugi slap her, thinking that a pampered Ojou like Mugi would probably be pretty weak. Boy was she wrong; the slap quite literally [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sends Akira flying]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/k-on/59/5 across the room.]] And Mugi was going for a "light strike".

** The strawberry on top of a slice of strawberry shortcake. Yui views taking the strawberry as taking the cake's crown or even its very soul, and when Tsumugi steals the strawberry from Yui's piece of cake it causes her to break down in tears.

* SeriousBusiness: The strawberry on top of a slice of cake.

** In the case of Light Music itself, despite this being a series about playing in a band, this trope is a bit subverted in that most of the time, the club doesn't really take its band practice all that seriously.

** This is more noticeable with you listen to the first release of the "Cagayake Girls" OP song and the "Cagayake Girls (5-nin version)" released a bit later. There is also a "5-nin" version of "Don't Say 'Lazy'" (though the credits themselves were not updated to include Azusa).

* SayMyName: A cute, roundabout version occurs in ''Cagayake GIRLS!'':

* BitingTheHandkerchief: Yui is shown doing this multiple times in the series, .

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Yui is the quirkiest of the five girls, being [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny prone to distractions]] and goofy behavior such as talking to her guitar, named 'Giita'. Exemplified best by this exchange:

** Also [[{{Tomboy}} Ritsu]], who must play Juliet. Of course, things could have been easier if Mio and Ritsu just switched roles. {{Lampshaded}} by Yui, who suggests they [[{{PersonalitySwap}} switch personalities.]]

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Certain people from the {{Fandom}} believe Yui has this.

* BadassAdorable: Mugi could be considered this, especially given how strong she apparently is and the fact that she knocked Akira head over heels with a "light blow."

** Ui also qualifies, though her badassery is more modest. Not only does she singlehandedly take care of her (supposedly older) sister and manages to predict when the other members of the band are coming over, by always conveniently having enough food ready for everyone. She also manages to, after only playing on Gitah a few times every now and then, become a much tighter guitar player than Yui ever was, to the point where she's actually too good to pass as Yui while Yui is sick. Then, when she joins the Light Music Club in ''K-On! High School'', she manages to play a part that would require her to have more fingers than she actually does, perfectly, even after Sawako says the part is physically impossible to play.

* BitingTheHandkerchief: Yui is guilty of this at least once.

** Yui and Azusa make an actual manzai performance on a talent show, in front of an audience. (Yui is the Boke.)

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Yui. Nobody understands exactly how Yui's mind works, including her own sister.

** As Mio so casually puts it in Episode 2x12: "I don't know what you're thinking, but you're definitely wrong."
** The other girls also have shades of this at times, though it's by no means as extreme as Yui's. Examples include Mugi suggesting the club offers a car, a plane, a boat or a mansion to anyone who's willing to sign up (to be fair, Ritsu ''did'' say they suggest they could offer an amazing prize for joining), Azusa putting on the cat-ears along with a maid-outfit, because she thought the cat-ears were part of the outfit, and Sawako constantly thinking about everything not related to what the band actually needs at any given time.

** [[https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0jQ1nhZcziE/U57KsOkM-4I/AAAAAAAAHEk/EiLDp6MwIa8/w996-h553-no/Capture.PNG And then there's the instance in episode 2 season 2, when all of the girls get told how much Sawakos guitar is worth.]]

* CompanionCube: Bordering on CargoShip at times with Yui and her guitar. She bought it because it was "cute", gives it a name (''Les Paul Gitah!''), sleeps with it, and apparently dresses it up(!). Her ImageSong, [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/keion/giita.htm "Gitah ni Kubittake"]] is pretty much a love letter to Gitah.

* DelayedReaction: Usually involving Ritsu or Yui. ([[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Especially Yui]].)

** Needless to say, it's used pretty often throughout the series.

** Also [[{{Tomboy}} Ritsu]], who must play Juliet. Of course, things could have been easier if Mio and Ritsu just switched roles. {{Lampshaded}} by Yui, who suggests they [[{{PersonalitySwap}} switch personalities.]] Because that would be ''[[{{SarcasmMode}} waaaaaay easier.]]'' [[{{WriterOnBoard}} Trope is definitely]] [[{{EnforcedTrope}} Enforced.]]

* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Yui. Full stop.

** Another example could be between Houkago Tea Time and Death Devil. HTT generally plays simple, catchy songs and deliver amazing performances, while Death Devil plays more technical music (Speed Metal, according to Metal Archives) and focus more on tightness as a group than actually putting on an interesting show.

* DaydreamSurprise: Azusa has four of these in episode 13 of season 2. Lampshaded when she asks Mugi to [[PinchMe pinch her]] and near the end of the episode wondering if it was AllJustADream.

** Ui has one when she realizes [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Yui]] will be away a school field trip overnight. She nearly breaks down in tears until Azusa offers to sleep over.