History Manga / LuckyStar

** Konata gives Kagami and Tsukasa gifts related to cosplay with the intention of forcing them into it, with Kagami receiving Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya's RedArmbandOfLeadership and Tsukasa receiving [[VisualNovel/ToHeart Akari Kamigishi'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.
** This runs in the Izumi family, as Soujiro gave Kanata a Gundam model on her birthday, much to her embarassment.

** Hiyori is a doujinshi artist whose interests in both [[YuriFan yuri]] and [[YaoiFangirl BL]] practically cause ShippingGoggles to be ''glued'' to her eyes, even when it comes to her own friends. And yes, she ''does'' sell her works at Comiket.

* DramaticIrony: PlayedForLaughs during a flashback to when Konata was just born, with Kanata hoping that her daughter won't inherit her [[OlderThanTheyLook short height]] and her husband Soujirou's {{Otaku}} personality. Unfortunately for Kanata, it's already been established that this is exactly how Konata turned out.

** In episode 8, Konata jokingly tells Kagami that "a girl should be elegant"; this is the CatchPhrase of Lumiere from ''Anime/KiddyGrade'', Aya Hirano's first major role.

[[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]]]]

[[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]]]]

** 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 ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', and while curiosity gets the best of her, she decides that it's still "too intense" for her.

[[caption-width-right:350: '''''[[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} DARLIN' DARLIN' FREEZE]]'''''[[labelnote:characters]]left to right: [[TheDitz Tsukasa]], [[OtakuSurrogate Konata]], [[{{Tsundere}} Kagami]], [[BespectacledCutie Miyuki]][[/labelnote]]]]

'''Konata, Tsukasa, Miyuki''': Miss Kuroi!\\

Imagine ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', on [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs even more barbiturates]] with a fair helping of [[OtakuSurrogate Otaku Bait]].

'''Miyuki, Tsukana, Miyuki''': Miss Kuroi!\\

->'''Konata''': Senior Year, Class B?\\
'''Miyuki, Tsukana, Kagami''': Miss Kuroi!\\
'''Konata''': Yeah, yeah...

'''Konata''': Yeah, yeah.,,

->'''Konata''': Senior year class B?\\

'''Konata''': Yeah, yeah.

->'''Konata''': Senior year, Class B?\\

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Tsukasa is particularly shown to be, while Konata and Kagami are shown to actively enjoy being scared by it. Tsukasa tells Miyuki later on that she only watches because she doesn't have a choice, though this is most likely her not wanting to be rude and just going along with things, rather than anyone actively forcing her to.

There have been several spin-off {{manga}}s:

* ''The Miyakawa Familys Hunger''/''Miyakawa Ke No Kuufuku'' was created in 2008, written and illustrated by Kagami Yoshimizu himself, starring Hikage and Hinata Miyakawa, two minor characters from the manga (who also briefly show up in the anime) who have money troubles and thus have trouble keeping food in the house. Hinata, however, is an avid otaku, and her impulse-buying tendencies only worsen their money troubles, much to Hikage's chagrin. An ONA adaptation was produced by Ordet in 2013 for the Spring season.

[[caption-width-right:350: '''''[[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} DARLIN' DARLIN' FREEZE]]'''''[[labelnote:characters]]left to right: [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Tsukasa]], [[OtakuSurrogate Konata]], [[{{Tsundere}} Kagami]], [[BespectacledCutie Miyuki]][[/labelnote]]]]

* IndecisiveParody: It's sometimes hard to tell whether the series is a straight example or a parody of {{Moe}} in media aimed at {{Otaku}}; the mostly-female cast is often played up to be as appealing as possible to the otaku audience, but the concept of moe is also frequently lampshaded and the characters sometimes discuss how certain moe traits are cute in fiction but wouldn't be as appealing in real life.

[[caption-width-right:350: '''''[[SurrealThemeTune DARLIN']] [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} DARLIN']] [[GratuitousEnglish PLEASE!]]'''''[[labelnote:characters]]left to right: [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Tsukasa]], [[OtakuSurrogate Konata]], [[{{Tsundere}} Kagami]], [[BespectacledCutie Miyuki]][[/labelnote]]]]

There have been several spin-off {{manga}}s. The first, ''Lucky Star Pocket Travelers'', was later created and features the four main characters [[RuleOfFunny for no discernible reason whatsoever]] shrunk down to a few inches tall. [[RuleOfFunny Cue hilarity.]] A different bizarre spin-off, ''Boo Boo Kagaboo'', was made by the creator of ''[[Manga/HaruhiChan Nyoron Churuya-san]]''. It was licensed by BANDAI, but they later cancelled its release. Another spin-off manga, ''The Miyakawa Familys Hunger''/''Miyakawa Ke No Kuufuku'', was created in 2008, written and illustrated by Kagami Yoshimizu himself, starring Hikage and Hinata Miyakawa, two minor characters from the manga (who also briefly show up in the anime) who have money troubles and thus have trouble keeping food in the house. Hinata, however, is an avid otaku, and her impulse-buying tendencies only worsen their money troubles, much to Hikage's chagrin. An ONA adaptation was produced by Ordet in 2013 for the Spring season.

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The anime was originally available on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/lucky-star Crunchyroll,]] until the licence expired in August 2014 and it was removed along with ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}''.