History Manga / LuckyStar

** When Soujirou walked out looking for toilet paper and gets spotted by Yutaka.

** The ''Manga/InitialD'', ''VideoGame/TrackAndField'', and ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' parodies, all of which involved the use of CG, as well as every single time [[HotBlooded Anime Tenchou]] shows up.

** While the anime normally uses bright colors and fairly simple shading, the [[ComedicWorkSeriousScene occasional serious moments]] (such as Kagami's fight with Matsuri and Kanata visiting her family as a ghost) will be accompanied by darker colors and more realistic shading that's typical of Kyoto Animation's other works.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Hiyori's first appearance in the anime is actually in episode 12, right before the Animate employees ask Konata what she thinks of their book.

** Konata gives Kagami and Tsukasa gifts related to cosplay with the intention of forcing them into it, with Kagami receiving the bracelet of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya and Tsukasa receiving [[VisualNovel/ToHeart Akari's uniform]] much to her embarrassment and the anger of Kagami. This is averted with Miyuki, who gives the twins a pair of matching earrings, a much more thoughtful gift that both of them enjoy.

** In the anime, Konata is a huge fan of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', owning tons of merchandise and later even cosplaying as Haruhi for her job at a CosplayCafe. Both characters are voiced by Creator/AyaHirano, and in the English dub, Konata is voiced by Creator/WendeeLee, Haruhi's English voice actor. Konata is later (in Episode 24) bribed with a ticket for a handshake with the voice actress for Haruhi, thus resulting in Aya Hirano as Konata enthusing about [[CelebrityParadox meeting Aya Hirano]] "in person" for her work on ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''.

'''Daisuke''': You're not a dog today.\\

** Konata is a huge fan of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. In episode 16 Konata Izumi cosplays at her cafe as Haruhi. Both characters are voiced by Creator/AyaHirano. In the English dub, Konata is voiced by Creator/WendeeLee, Haruhi's English voice actor. Konata is later (in Episode 24) bribed with a ticket for a handshake with the voice actress for Haruhi, thus resulting in Aya Hirano as Konata enthusing about [[CelebrityParadox meeting Aya Hirano]] "in person" for her work on ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''.

** A few scenes in Episode 7 consist of Konata using ultra-polite Japanese and the phrase "A girl should be elegant", traits of another character once played by Aya Hirano: Lumiere from ''Anime/KiddyGrade''.
** Konata's musings about "that show where a guy's pets come back to life as girls" are a reference to ''Anime/AngelTales'', where Hirano played Momo The Monkey.

* EvilSoundsDeep: While calling a character in this series "evil" may be pushing it, the trope is still in effect with Akira; she [[TheFakeCutie pretends to be a cute, cheerful girl with a high-pitched voice]] for the camera, but as soon as something angers or annoys her, she reverts to her borderline psychotic, abusive real self with a husky contralto.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Akira Kogami pretends to be [[StepfordSmiler a cheerful, high-pitched 14-year-old]] for the camera, but as soon as it's switched off, she reverts to her borderline psychotic, abusive real self with a husky contralto.

* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: Downplayed; 17-year-old {{Otaku}} Konata is shown to enjoy [[HGame H-Games]], which are meant for mature audiences of 18 or older. It's frequently lampshaded by other characters how she's not quite old enough to be playing those games, and once Konata turns 18 she expresses excitement over being able to buy them herself (as opposed to just borrowing them from her dad, who's quite the otaku himself).

* OneWePreparedEarlier: The first episode is essentially as plotless as the rest.

* StupidStatementDanceMix:
** Something about the cute voices makes Stupid Statement Dance Mixes ''very'' popular to make among the fandom. As such, they amount to roughly 87% of the series' memes. It doesn't help that most of the characters' ImageSong singles come with ''official'' dance mixes -- Kanata and Soujiro's CD avoided this and were given a duet instead.
** The opening theme song "Motteke! Sailor Fuku" itself has about a dozen or so official remix versions ranging in every form of techno, electro, trance, and house music you can think of.

** Discussed like everything. Konata said [[DirtyOldMan her father]] does not peek into her communication records since he knew what happened when "people peeps into his D: drive."

%%* SitcomCharacterArchetypes:
%%** Konata is the Wisecracker
%%** Kagami is the Square
%%** Soujirou is the Dork
%%** Tsukasa is the Goofball
%%** Miyuki is the Precocious

* SophisticatedAsHell: In episode 4, Kagami complains that she has regained her weight. Konata asks if that's a senryu poem, showing Kagami's complaint in traditional senryu format.

--> ''I gained it all back''
--> ''{{Like|IsLikeAComma}}, in the blink of an eye!''

** Konata had [[OffModel no neck]] in that trailer. We're all glad that wasn't so in the actual show.

* AnimalMotifs: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Konata wonders what kind of animals the characters would be, and she, Kagami, Tsukasa and Yutaka give their thoughts on the subject based on everyone's personalities. The designations are as follows: Konata is a fox, Tsukasa is a dog, Kagami is a rabbit, Miyuki is a sheep (though Konata thinks a cow would be more fitting because of [[GagBoobs her assets]]), Yui is a leopard, Yutaka is a squirrel, and Minami is a hawk. The manga goes on to designate more: Hiyori is a tanuki, Kuroi is a cat, Misao is a monkey, Ayano is a ferret, and Yukari is a bear.

* SiblingYinYang: The GenkiGirl Yui and the DelicateAndSickly Yutaka, which is {{lampshaded}} by Konata in front of Yutaka when she remarks that one sibling "absorbs" attributes from the other. When Yutaka mentions that to Minami, Minami wonders if Miyuki absorbed ''[[BuxomIsBetter something else]]'' from her, since the two were pretty close when growing up and often acted like siblings...

%%* ChristmasCake: Rest assured, Miss Kuroi: you ''are'' wanted.

* AlertnessBlink: Konata has several in a row during the infamous chocolate cornet short, whenever she notices the choclate about to spill out of the other end.

** There are also quite a few segments that are anime-only, such as the ClassTrip to Kyoto in episode 21 and Konata's deceased mother Kanata remembering her life alongside Soujiro while visiting her family as a ghost in episode 22.

* {{Flanderization}}: The {{omake}} in the third volume played with this, trying to flanderize the characters, so DelicateAndSickly Yutaka would [[BloodFromTheMouth spit up blood]] as she speaks, TheQuietOne Minami would only express herself by a piano, {{Tsundere}} Kagami would be more aggressive as she one-ups Konata, baseball fan Ms Kuroi would wear baseball suits to school and hits BookDumb Konata with a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], TheDitz Tsukasa would have an over-the-top reaction to food, Yui who DrivesLikeCrazy would always come with a crashed car, and [[{{Gainaxing}} Gainaxed]] Miyuki would become MsFanservice. They didn't do this to Konata since they thought she was already flanderized enough!

* {{Gainaxing}}: In the anime, Miyuki and Patricia are sometimes subjected to this due to how much more well-endowed they are compared to the other girls. [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] as well [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wakKkIjv2AA&feature=fvwrel during her cameo]].

* PhenotypeStereotype: Patricia Martin, who has the orange (presumably intended to be reddish-blonde) hair and blue eyes compared to the rainbow spectrum that is the rest of the cast. She's also one of the taller cast members, as well as one of the more, er, [[{{Gainaxing}} prominent]].

* CompanyCrossReferences: The anime makes plenty of references to other anime series produced by Kyoto Animation; most often to ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', but other anime they've worked on such as ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' and ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' are referenced as well.

** Konata doesn't draw doujinshi herself, but she regularly buys them and she recruits the Hiiragi twins to come with her to [[FanConvention Comiket]] during one episode. At one point, Kagami spots a yaoi doujin of Gauron and Sousuke from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', and while curiosity gets the best of her, she decides that it's still "too intense" for her.

* FanConvention: The first half of Episode 12 focuses on Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa going to Comiket. Konata takes it ''very'' seriously (which Kagami lampshades), having mapped out the best routes to navigate through the event and indicating which lines are crucial to get into before their copies of {{doujinshi}} sell out. Poor Tsukasa can't get any of the doujins Konata asked her to pick up since she gets hopelessly lost, and Kagami stumbles on an explicit [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Gauron/Sousuke]] doujin that's "too intense" for her.

** Another episode features Konata and Nanako having an argument that soon cuts to a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''-style battle, with them piloting [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic the Arbalest and Codarl]] respectively and arguing in the dialog boxes.

* StylisticSuck: Several of the songs the characters do covers of for the Ending Themes are deliberately subpar. Take, for example, Konata's HollywoodToneDeaf singing of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6AcH-jch1M Cha-La-Head-Cha-La]]" from ''Anime/DragonBallZ" or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFw3e1GJw38 the theme]] from ''Series/{{Monkey}}'', to say nothing of Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi's "take" on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0msnqcieg Ai Wo Torimodose]]" from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.

* StylisticSuck: Several of the songs the characters do covers of for the Ending Themes. Take, for example, as Konata' singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6AcH-jch1M Cha-la]][[Manga/DragonBallZ -head-cha-la]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFw3e1GJw38 Monkey]][[Series/{{Monkey}} Magic]], to say nothing of Akira Kogami and Minoru Shiraishi "take" on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0msnqcieg Ai Wo]] [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Torimodose]].