History VideoGame / KanColle

** AscendedMeme: Originally, it was unsure ''how'' the ship girls even moved while on water. On Website/NicoNicoDouga, where Miku Miku Dance models became prevalent after the popularity of the game, videos popped up which showed the girls skating on water [[MindScrew as a possible way of emulating the propeller]] on an actual ship. So it is unsurprising that the 4-koma and then the anime (the latter of which spawned a meme) decided to go along with the idea as well.

[[Anime/KanColle An anime adaptation]], by Studio Diomedea, premiered in January 2015. A handheld port to the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita, titled ''[=KanColle=] Kai'' was released on February 18, 2016, after multiple delays.

* ArcherArchetype: Some of the Standard Aircraft Carriers (like Akagi), as well as 4 of the Light Carriers, are portrayed as samurai archers.

* BleachedUnderpants: Some of the artists involved have done NSFW work before. Jiji for one is a PromotedFanboy who's done risque fanart of the game.

'''Nachi:''' ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers That wasn't some sort of tactical maneuver!?]]''\\

** The seasonal event maps counts as BonusDungeon as well, as they often come with [[BonusBoss powerful bosses]] to be subdued during the limited duration of the event. Interestingly enough, some of the later stages are accessed from an arrow link similar to the one in Extra Operations, only larger, and listed as "Extra Special Operation Stage" in English[[note]]The kanji on the arrow which reads as ''tsugisakusen totsunyuu'' which literally means "proceed to the next stage"[[/note]], even though the devs tend to divulge most if not all the event maps. Most of the final stage maps qualify as BrutalBonusLevel, as explained in its entry above.

* WidgetSeries: Natch. Despite being around for more than a year and a half by the time the anime started airing, more than a few people were still weirded out by the concept of fleet girls.

* CloningBlues:
** Given how the game functions somewhat as a collectible card game, it's inevitable that a player will get multiple copies of a ship girl if they play long enough, particularly the more common types like destroyers. Not too surprisingly, this gameplay mechanic has made its way into both official media and fanwork, in the form of "clones", where it's played for either comedy, drama, or (in the case of Famitsu's ''[=KanColle=] Play'' manga) '''both'''.
** ''[=KanColle=] Play'' featured a whole gaggle of Ooshio clones. While for the most part they were treated as comic relief, with them filling odd roles at the base (like being Naka's backup dancers during her concert), the comic also makes it quite clear that each Ooshio was a unique individual -- which makes the fact that one of them had to be scrapped all the more heartbreaking.
** Averted with the Kancolle anime, as we never see any same ship repeating itself, each ship is one and only.

* {{Bokukko}}: Mogami, Satsuki, Shigure, Z1 Leberecht Maass, Hatsuzuki and Matsukaze. In a variant, Tenryuu, Kiso and Arashi use ''ore''.

* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: Due to the game using the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Hull_classification_symbol#United_States_Navy_hull_classification_codes US Navy hull classification codes]] in its loading screen when referring to the ships, the English fanbase has followed suit. It is very common to see ''many'' acronyms in chat channels, let alone across Website/ThisVeryWiki and TheWikiRule.

* BoobsOfSteel: Naturally comes with being the personifications of warships, especially more so on the more well-endowed ones. Yamato sports an almost ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literal]]'' (read: Type-91 Armor Piercing Shell coconut bra) definition of this.

* NonEntityGeneral: The admiral/teitoku commanding the fleet of ''kanmusu'', basically acting as the player's self-insert. This obviously results in (male) admirals having wildly different portrayals in fanwork, though it also makes a large segment of Pixiv artists simply replace the admiral's face with a 'T' (sometimes known as "[[{{Pun}} T-toku]]"), much like how the Producer in Manga/PetitIdolmaster has a 'P' for a head. (Most) female admirals somehow avoid the T-head, but still end up looking [[Manga/KuroganePukapukaTai suspiciously]] [[LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs familiar]] anyway...

** One of Yamashiro's lines can be said to be this to [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Touma Kamijou]].

*** [[https://en.kancollewiki.net/Shiden_Kai_(343_Air_Group)_407th_Fighter_Squadron The 407th Fighter Squadron], led by squadron commander Kijuu Hayashi was added in the Early Spring 2023 event.

* BareYourMidriff: Shimakaze, Yuubari, Ooi Kai 2, Kitakami Kai 2, Maya and Choukai Kai 2, Musashi, Shouhou (but not if she's remodeled) and the ''Nagato''-class sisters.