History Manga / SketDance

* MagicVersusScience: Sort of Yuki (supernatural) vs Switch (ghosts).

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil - A force for good, though somewhat at odds with the Sket Dan's rather loose way of doing things, though the council members themselves aren't exactly normal people.
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale - Bossun is often on the wrong end of Himeko's UnstoppableRage anytime he makes fun of her lack of certain skills or qualities, and especially during AccidentalPervert moments. Let's not forget [[MenAreTheExpendableGender WAVE AFTER WAVE OF MALE MOOKS THAT HIMEKO WOULD EASILY DISPOSE OF. BY HERSELF]].

** The second opening of the Anime series is set on a beach so all the female characters are wearing either bikini's or swimming costumes... [[FanDisservice including]] [[BilinugalBonus Yabai]]

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Averted with Bossun, to a T. Just ask [[spoiler: Saya]]. In fact, if any of the ShipTease in later chapters are to be taken to their logical conclusion, it's pretty clear that Bossun prefers ''blondes''. [[ObliviousToLove He's just not fully aware of it]]. Yet.

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Bossun has a twin brother]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:Bossun and Himeko]], in spades, especially after the [[spoiler:"Ogress"]] arc, with quite a few ShipTease moments sprinkled every few chapters or so. In-universe nods to these make the pairing canon.
** A few guest characters will comment on their complicated relationship from time to time, most notably by [[spoiler:Jin and Saya, who have crushes Himeko and Bossun, respectively]].

*** Like you [[GenderBender wouldn't believe]] [[MsFanservice this series would do]]. [[Main.DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything But they did]].

* IOweYouMyLife: As we find out from the flashbacks, the pre-Sket-Dan days were miserable for our three heroes.

** In chapter 110, it was Deconstructed and Invoked. [[spoiler:Ichiro's girlfriend Nanako died in an accident. Her twin sister, Namiko invoked this trope in order to help him cope.]]

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: About a year before the start of the storyline, Switch turned himself into a ReplacementGoldfish of his younger brother who originally had the nickname "Switch". The current "Switch" used to be a laid back, fairly normal, shaggy haired slacker who spoke normally.]] The whole thing was massive Tearjerker and gives you a good idea why [[spoiler: Switch is so weird.]]

* BackStory - the backstories of all three main characters have been presented at various points in the series. And all three of them are touchy and melodramatic, whether tear-jerking (Switch and Bossun) or heartwarming (Himeko).

* GadgeteerGenius: Switch, to a degree

* ActorAllusion: In the crossover with Manga/{{Gintama}}.

** Apparently he got annoyed at being called one [[BakaTest all the time]]

* LargeHam: Switch, Date and Roman

* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Part of the way through the manga, the Sket Dan gets one of these as their assistant homeroom teacher. She used to be the host of pre-schooler show, like SesameStreet or Barney apparently.

* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:the last chapter of "Switch Off", when we realise that "An-chan" is the current Switch. "One Guy's Quiet Day Off" makes it seem that the guy is a hatless Bossun up until TheReveal.]]

* [[spoiler: TwinSwitch]]: In order to defeat the the fortune teller in chapter 103, [[spoiler: Bossun and Tsubaki (with freshly trimmed eyelashes) switch places]]. When she tries to tell [[spoiler: Bossun's]] future, it's proved that the fortune teller uses intel on the subject she's reading to make a fortune seem more legitimate.

* ActorAllusion: In the crossover with {{Gintama}}.

* {{Crossover}}: With {{Gintama}} and later {{Bakuman}}.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[RyokoShiraishi Himeko]] and [[TomokazuSugita Switch's computer voice]] are pretty much [[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate]] and [[{{Gintama}} Gintoki]]. The [[BreakTheFourthWall fourth wall will not survive.]]

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* AuthorAvatar: Hinohara Enta.

* ArtEvolution: Just compare [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/sket_dance/v14/c143/3.html current Himeko]] to her design from [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/sket_dance/v00/c000/1.html the pilot]]. Pretty much everyone but Switch has gotten a more consistent, rounded design with larger eyes.

* Hime Onizuka, known as '''Himeko''', is the muscle of the group. A former field hockey player turned [[{{Delinquents}} Yankee Delinquent]], she now serves as both an enforcer and TeamMom.* Kazuyoshi Usui, known as '''Switch''' is TheSmartGuy. An {{Otaku}}, he has an unparalleled information network among his fellow nerds and the internet at large, making him the go-to guy for data on other students or various bits of culture or technology. Technically TheVoiceless for his own reasons, he carries around a laptop and uses a text-to-speech synthesizer for communicating with others, though he tends to insert various terms and expressions that wouldn't be out of place on a messageboard lol \(^-^)/

* Hime Onizuka, known as '''Himeko''', is the muscle of the group. A former field hockey player turned [[{{Delinquents}} Yankee Delinquent]], she now serves as both an enforcer and TeamMom.
* Kazuyoshi Usui, known as '''Switch''' is TheSmartGuy. An {{Otaku}}, he has an unparalleled information network among his fellow nerds and the internet at large, making him the go-to guy for data on other students or various bits of culture or technology. Technically TheVoiceless for his own reasons, he carries around a laptop and uses a text-to-speech synthesizer for communicating with others, though he tends to insert various terms and expressions that wouldn't be out of place on a messageboard lol \(^-^)/

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Ryosuke and Haru, before their accidents.]]

* HotMom: Bossun's mother.

* PunnyName: ''Oni''zuka ''Hime''ko

* SenseiChan: Yamanabe Kunio a male example.

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* {{Meido}}: Himeko has one of these outfits, from when her class ran the obligatory Maid Cafe for the school festival. It turns up in a later chapter.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Bossun has "the power... of incredible concentration" (admittedly pretty useful in a school environment) in addition to being a talented artist and a savant at riddles. But as others have pointed out, none of these are particularly heroic skills.

** The second opening of the Anime series is set on a beach so all the female characters are wearing either bikini's or swimming costumes... [[FanDisservice including Yabai]]

* HollywoodScribbling: Himeko is a terrible artist. Roman is somehow even worse, and as an aspiring manga artist she creates [[StylisticSuck nigh-incomprehensible]] works that read like a combination of shojo and [[{{Ptitleviaitwmfb2hh}} JoJo]]. Shojojo.