History Manga / SchoolRumble

* CelebrityParadox: The video for [[ThemeTuneCameo the opening song]] appears in an early episode meaning Eri and her voice actor Creator/YuiHorie both exist in the ''School Rumble'' universe.

* ThemeTuneCameo:
** The music video for the opening theme, ''"SCRAMBLE!"'', appears in a billboard.
** Itoko sings the first season end theme in her sleep. And tapes and plays it to taunt Harima at one point.
** Tenma sings the "SCRAMBLE!" chorus in the pool episode

** [[CrazyAwesome While wearing a]] [[RefugeInAudacity freaking Santa suit.]]

High school romance comedy. Idiot delinquent (Harima) has a secret, obsessive crush on an even more clueless classmate (Tenma), who is in love with a complete oddball (Karasuma), who is in love with food (curry). Tenma's [[{{Moe}} quiet, gentle]] sister Yakumo, her {{ojou}} friend Eri, and the [[HospitalHottie hot school nurse]] may or may not have feelings for Harima, depending on the rumors you believe and the time of day. Also, both Tenma and Harima's cousin Itoko think Harima is in a relationship with Yakumo. [[ClassRepresentative Class rep]] Hanai is loudly in love with Yakumo (thus seeing Harima as his rival), while two or three girls may or may not have feelings for ''him''. Also, there is Ichijo, who likes Imadori, who likes Mikoto, who likes one of her ex-sempais, who got a girlfriend since the last time she saw him. And so forth. Failed confessions, confessions to the ''wrong people'', and relationship misunderstandings abound.

''School Rumble'' is a GagSeries that relies more on character interaction than actual progress in relationships. Parodies include ''Manga/InitialD'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Manga/{{Dragonball}} Z'', ''Film/BattleRoyale'', ''Series/IronChef'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

''School Rumble'' consists of two 26-episode seasons, each covering a term of the school year, as well as two 2-episode {{OVA}}s: the first centered on the first term, and the second centered on the very end of their high school life. The second season ends with the characters planning the class trip that forms the first major arc of the third term. The second OVA ends with the characters having a class reunion some time after they have all graduated high school, but occurring presumably not beyond their first year of college .

Based on a manga written by Jin Kobayashi which ended on chapter 283 ([[NoEnding if it can really be called an ending]]), followed by a brief sequel manga, ''School Rumble Z'', which is not quite a sequel but an alternate universe.

Based on a manga written by Jin Kobayashi which ended on chapter 283 ([[NoEnding if it can really be called an ending]]), followed by a brief sequel manga, ''School Rumble Z'', which is not quite a sequel but a alternate universe.

** Manga: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/school_rumble/c067/5.html Harima and Yakumo's first meeting]].

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Yakumo and Sarah, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/school_rumble/vB/c038/7.html especially in the manga]].

** The Tsukuamoto's father.

* Revisited with a stiff left-handed slap to Eri's face in volume 17 for nearly the same reason.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In one early Yakumo-centric episode, Hanai attempts to show her the practicalities of martial arts. He attempts to grab her but can't due to her being able to read his mind. He then ponders out loud how she can be so smart when her sister is the biggest clutz in the school. Cue an incredibly sinister look and Hanai is suddenly made to eat the floor. One of the very few times she ever gets angry.

* FunnyAfro: Samuel.

* YourCheatingHeart: Madoka dates with another guy (probably two) behind Shigeo's back. When Suga find about this, he's shocked. What did she did to keep the secret?: She kissed him.

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis

** The traditional reaction subverted in one case, where Harima and Eri are in a very suspect position and Akira walks in, stares at them for a moment, and then correctly guesses the unintentional events that lead them to where they were.

* ShipTease: It's passed around, but mostly it's Eri/Harima and Harima/Yakumo. Harima/Tenma gets a tiny bit while Mikoto/Hanai, Mikoto/Asou and Karen/Imadori round out the supporting cast ships.

* BadassGrandpa: The fishing boat captain.

High school romance comedy. Idiot delinquent (Harima) has a secret, obsessive crush on an even more clueless classmate (Tenma), who is in love with a complete oddball (Karasuma), who is in love with food (curry). Tenma's [[{{Moe}} quiet, gentle]] sister Yakumo, her {{ojou}} friend Eri, and the [[HelloNurse hot school nurse]] may or may not have feelings for Harima, depending on the rumors you believe and the time of day. Also, both Tenma and Harima's cousin Itoko think Harima is in a relationship with Yakumo. [[ClassRepresentative Class rep]] Hanai is loudly in love with Yakumo (thus seeing Harima as his rival), while two or three girls may or may not have feelings for ''him''. Also, there is Ichijo, who likes Imadori, who likes Mikoto, who likes one of her ex-sempais, who got a girlfriend since the last time she saw him. And so forth. Failed confessions, confessions to the ''wrong people'', and relationship misunderstandings abound.

* MostCommonSuperpower: In the Magical Mai episode, Tenma is a Western-style superheroine specifically based on WonderWoman: and she has huge fake breasts. Not implants, mind you, they're part of her costume, but still.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: When Yakumo points out that the female lead of Harima's manga looks like Tenma and the hero looks like himself, Harima mistakenly believes that she's worked out that he has a crush on Tenma... because she can read minds. In fact, Yakumo ''can'' read minds, but only of guys who are attracted to her, making Harima one of the precious few guys she ''can't'' read (she actually suspected Harima had feelings for Tenma because [[CaptainObvious he doesn't actually do a very good job of hiding it at all,]] particularly with how obvious the resemblance of the characters in his manga is).

* FiveBadBand:

* ShipTease: It's passed around, but mostly is Eri/Harima, Mikoto/Harima (in the anime, its mentioned that they actually went on a few dates), and a bit of Harima/Yakumo, Harima/Tenma, and even Mikoto/Hanai to the side.

* TakeMyHand: In the manga, Harima handcuffed himself to a girl he thought was Tenma who was about to fall off a bridge. It's really Yakumo, and the bridge stands over a small creek.

* UnwantedHarem: Subverted. Tae is the only one who expresses open attraction toward Harima. He treats Yakumo only as his friend and Eri as someone he owes a debt too but doesn't like. And he never seems to actually learn ''any'' of their names, probably because he only [[FridgeBrilliance cares about]] [[FirstNameBasis "Tenma-chan"]].

** [[OfficialCouple Exceptions]] in School Rumble Z: [[spoiler: Tenma and the brain-damaged Karasuma, Karen and Imadori, Harima and Eri (apparently), Mikoto and Hanai]].

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Eri & Harima.]] [[NoEnding Or is it]]? Also [[spoiler: Hanai and Mikoto, in an AlternateUniverse anyways.]]

* DistantFinale: [[NoEnding (Sort of)]] hinted at in School Rumble Z, with [[spoiler: Harima and Eri shown having a child.]]

* MomentKiller: Mikoto & Akira after [[spoiler:Harima proposes to Eri so she can stay in Japan]].

* BlandNameProduct: The Honda NSX in episode 22's prologue gets this treatment, with a shot of the steering wheel instead featuring the logo to the episode's animation co-producer Creator/TripleA.

* DontTryThisAtHome:

** Also when Tenma leaves a bathroom through the window, several stories above the ground, using a pair of plungers to go down the wall. This warning is actually displayed while she does this.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: When Yakumo is staying over at Harima's house, they hear a radio DJ say a blackout is a good time to do ThisAndThat.