History Manga / LuckyStar

* NeverTrustATrailer: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea54l8MWoqg pre-release trailer for the anime]] was a still shot of Konata's CatSmile face and her voice actress going "muuUUuu" for thirty seconds. Whether this is playing it straight or a subversion depends on the viewer.

* FourGirlEnsemble: Konata is the sarcastic {{tomboy}}, Tsukasa is the sweet [[TheDitz ditz]], Kagami is the serious SmartGirl (although she shares this role with Miyuki), and Miyuki [[MsFanservice is the sexy one]].

* FourGirlEnsemble: Konata is the sarcastic {{tomboy}}, Tsukasa is the sweet {{ditz}}, Kagami is the serious SmartGirl (although she shares this role with Miyuki), and Miyuki [[MsFanservice is the sexy one]].

** Tsukasa: the Optimist. The adorable {{ditz}} who always has an optimistic outlook on life.

* FiveSecondRule: Kagami's classmate, Misao, invokes the five second rule when she drops a rice cracker on the floor. However, when she later loses a meatball to the floor, Kagami smugly asks her about the five-second rule, and Misao admits that there are certain situations where it's not okay (like a sauce covered object like a meatball rolling on the floor).

* JokersLoveJunkFood: Kagami is the source of her own WeightWoe, and suffers frequent jabs for it, as while she frequently chides Konata for her childish behavior involving games, anime, or her lackadaisical study habits, Kagami is almost always seen snacking on something when she has free time (usually Pocky). On one occasion, Konata offers her a bunch of chocolate wafer snacks she had, because she'd bought them to get the toy prize inside while caring nothing for the snack. Kagami chides her on that, saying "Leave it to you to pass up a perfectly good snack for a cheap toy."

* JokersLoveJunkFood: Kagami is the source of her own WeightWoe, and suffers frequent jabs for it, as while she frequently chides Konata for her childish behavior involving games, anime, or her lackadaisical study habits, Kagami is almost always seen snacking. Pocky. Mochi for New Years. And on one occasion, Konata offers her a bunch of chocolate wafer snacks she had, because she'd bought them to get the toy prize inside while caring nothing for the snack. Kagami chides her on that, "Leave it to you to pass up a perfectly good snack for a cheap toy."

''Lucky Star'' is a SliceOfLife manga by Kagami Yoshimizu, mainly focusing on four high school girls: Konata Izumi, an OtakuSurrogate whose knowledge of Japanese pop culture is truly staggering; her [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] and [[OnlySaneMan down-to-earth]] best friend Kagami Hiiragi; Kagami's meeker and more BookDumb twin sister Tsukasa Hiiragi; and the wealthy and intelligent Miyuki Takara. ''Lucky Star'' is more or less a series about nothing in particular, focusing more on the characters' everyday lives and [[SeinfeldianConversation the ordinary conversations they have]] than any overarching plot, though the anime also utilizes a lot of {{Shout Out}}s and references to {{Otaku}} culture. Notable for being the largest example of the PuniPlush style and its rather eccentric fanbase.

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[[caption-width-right:350: '''''[[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} Darlin' Darlin' F R E E Z E!!]]'''''[[labelnote:characters]]left to right: [[TheDitz Tsukasa]], [[OtakuSurrogate Konata]], [[{{Tsundere}} Kagami]], [[BespectacledCutie Miyuki]][[/labelnote]]]]

* PlayfulCatSmile: Konata and her cousin Yui both have one as their default expressions, fitting with their playful personalities.

* CatSmile: Seems to be an actual physical feature for Konata and her cousin Yui. Where she got it from is open to speculation since neither her father nor her mother had it.
** Been used in more than one DarkFic as a deformity.
** Yutaka sports one often enough and Soujiro shows hints of one - it seems to be something from her father's side of the family.