History Manga / SketDance

* {{Bishonen}}:
** It might not be obvious, but Kaimei Academy has a lot of male students who are attractive (despite their quirky personalities or hobbies). Switch, for example, is popular with the ladies despite being a somewhat unpleasant otaku who speaks with a computer. There's also Michiru Shinba, Daimon Akitoshi, Kiri Katou, Dante...
** One of the chapters in the manga takes advantage of this, as the high school is in need of "pretty" people to promote their institution for new students in a TV ad. Kaoru Yagi casts Switch, Daimon, Kiri, and... Bossun, from all people (thanks to one of many of Chuuma's experiments, which transforms him into an "ikemen"), with Tsubaki. They are called "Kaimei 5", as a reference to ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'''s own F4.

%%* TheThingThatGoesDoink

* OffModel: It happens often, from off modeling the ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' characters in the crossover episode (justified since ''Gintama'' is produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and ''Sket Dance'' by Tatsunoko), depending on who is directing the episodes... and who is also animating. Try to not cringe in the first episodes when they start to use the 3rd opening animation.

Over all, it's random, fourth wall-breaking, random, funny, random and absolutely adorable. Got an anime adaptation in the [[Spring2011Anime Spring 2011 season]].

* WeaponOfChoice:

** There's plenty of teasing towards Bossun and Himeko through the entire series. It doesn't help that both are ObliviousToLove in some ways or another, ever since Bossun helped Himeko in their first year of high school. As a friendship gift, Himeko gave him her [[NiceHat red horned hat]], and eventually Bossun returned the gesture with a "choker" (which was actually a wrestling armband). He admits once that she would be a "great wife", they have the entire incident of "Samurai" and "Purin", and the list goes on and on. She even tries to confess to him... but she's interrupted many times, [[spoiler:and the final attempt backfires badly]].

%%* NiceHat: Bossun's Poppman red hat, Roman's ShoutOut to Creator/OsamuTezuka, Silk's & Smile's.

** The manga features some basic fanservice in some extras, although it [[UpToEleven amplfied]] once [[ChivalrousPervert Cherry]] and his friends of the Gesu club were introduced in the series. However, a notable exception could be "School Trip Rhapsody", since it was written before Cherry's appearance. The arc has ''plenty'' of fanservice, despite the cast's insistence to avoid it, due to the FreakyFridayFlip situation that Bossun and Himeko were involved in, as both of them were expecting the ''worst'' of the collateral damage.
** The anime takes it UpToEleven from the very start -- The second OP is set on a beach, featuring all the female characters while wearing either bikinis or swimming suits... [[FanDisservice including Yabasawa]]), while the third ED features the girls in their nightwear (with a bubbling scenery reminiscent of "bubbling censorship"), and Himeko almost stripping off her nightgown at the end of the sequence. The second season takes it beyond as the staff takes advantage of [[AscendedExtra Kura]], Saaya, and [[BreastExpansion Usami]]'s appearances. And there is also ''official'' merchandise, like "oppai mousepads" featuring both Mimori ''and'' Himeko.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Although the series' main genre is comedy, it jumps into different formulas when you less expect it (and it happens often). You could be reading normal comedy SliceOfLife chapters, jump into AlternateUniverse gag ones, until the series treats you with dramatic arcs that supply {{character development}}s to the cast. Once the dramatic arc is finished, the series returns to the normal slice of life formula, until it gets into this cycle, once again.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: {{Inverted|Trope}}. In the end of the ''Soltitude'' storyline of the manga, after Bossun gets suspended for punching [[SadistTeacher Daijirō Kutsuwa]] Himeko remarks that this is the first time she has seen [[NonActionGuy Bossun]] punch anyone. Despite this, the ''Switch On'' storyline (the latter half of Switch's [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]]), that was published [[BelatedBackstory much later]] has [[spoiler: Bossun and Switch getting into a violent fist fight while Himeko watches them.]] The Anime was CutShort and the ''Switch On'' arc was not adapted, thus, averting the SeriesContinuityError.

%%* NiceHat: Bossun's Poppman red hat, Roman's ShoutOut to Creator/OsamuTezuka, Silk's & Smile's.

* RealityEnsues: Plays for laughed in chapter 160. After Sket-Dan [[ItMakesSenseInContext accidentally burnt the clubroom with stupid card game]] in previous chapter. The clubroom did't return to normal state, and the whole team summoned to be judged at the disciplinary committee because their action is likely to be arson.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. In the end of the ''Soltitude'' storyline of the manga, after Bossun gets suspended for punching [[SadistTeacher Daijirō Kutsuwa]] Himeko remarks that this is the [[https://www.mangareader.net/sket-dance/178/17 first time she has seen]] [[NonActionGuy Bossun]] punch anyone. Despite this, the ''Switch On'' storyline (the latter half of Switch's [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]]), that was published [[BelatedBackstory much later]] has [[spoiler: Bossun and Switch getting into a violent fist fight while Himeko watches them.]] The Anime was CutShort and the ''Switch On'' arc was not adapted, thus, averting the SeriesContinuityError.

''Sket Dance'' is a very light and upbeat SliceOfLife comedy manga that was published by Weekly Shonen Jump from 2007 through 2013, written by Kenta Shinohara.

%%* PowerTrio: Bossun (ego), Himeko (id), and Switch (superego) of course.

* PaperThinDisguise: Due to their low budget as a school club (since the Student Council do not want to give them any), the Sket Dan's quality of disguises is also incredibly poor. Some of their most notorious obvious ones are the [[FunnyAfro afro costumes]] (which are just wigs), and, of course, "Deer Man and the Sket Squad Kyeunja". Cue BigDamnHeroes moment.