History VisualNovel / TokimekiMemorial

* TearsOfJoy: Happens with several characters througout the series, when their love confession get reciprocated by the protagonist. Most notable examples are [[spoiler: all heroines of the four games of the Standard Branch of the series]]. [[spoiler: Nozomi Kiyokawa of ''Tokimemo 1'']], [[spoiler: Itsuki Maeda of ''Tokimemo 4'']], and [[spoiler: Kotoko Minaduki of ''Tokimemo 2'']] are CryCute examples of this trope, as the first two are [[spoiler: {{Bokukko}} characters]], and the third one is a [[spoiler: a Type A {{Tsundere}}]].

** In the ''Girl's Side'' games, Madoka Kijyo in [=GS1=] and Teru Saeki in [=GS2=] both prove to be excellent cooks, Kijyo because he lives on his own and has gotten used to cooking for himself, Teru because he works at a cafe. Teru gives the heroine homemade cookies for White Day if he likes her enough.

* {{Delinquents}}: You can get to fight the JerkWithAHeartOfGold resident delinquents in ''Tokimemo 1'' (and when you beat the boss, he honorably passes the mantle of gang boss to you), [[spoiler:and the leader of the ones in ''Tokimemo 2'' is the older brother of one the winnable girls (Akane)]]. Needless to say, you need to beat him and his EliteMooks to get the best ending with her.
** The spoilers in the ContinuityNod trope actually go into more detail on this revealing that [[spoiler:the bancho from Tokimemo 2 is the same one that appears in the first game]].
** ''Tokimemo 4'', in addition, features a girl delinquent as a winnable character. The DS version of ''Girl's Side'' also has a delinquent as a secret winnable character.
** Jin Tendou, a secret character in ''Girl's Side'', is the game's delinquent character who is constantly getting into fights.

*** JunkoNoda (Hikari), MotokoKumai (Homura), YukariTamura (Mei), KazusaMurai (Kaori), KenjiNojima (Jun), and YukiMasuda (Takumi Sakaki) in ''2'',

** other towards [[TheNineties Nineties culture]] (such ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/{{Speed}}'', ''Film/ForrestGump'', ''Film/LethalWeapon'', ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''LAConfidential'', ''Music/TMRevolution'', ''[[JapanesePopMusic SPEED and SMAP]]'', to cite only a few)

*** HikaruMidorikawa (Kei), AkiraIshida (Sakuya), NobuyukiHiyama (Kazuya), RyotaroOkiayu (Madoka), ShinichiroMiki (Shiki), KappeiYamaguchi (Wataru), TakehitoKoyasu (Reiichi), SoichiroHoshi (Jin), ShowHayami (Hanatsubaki), {{Yukana}} (Shiho), IkueOhtani (Mizuki), TomokoKawakami (Natsumi), OmiMinami (Tamami), and AiOrikasa (Tsukushi) in ''Girl's Side 1'',

*** AyaHisakawa (Natsue) and MarikoKouda (Megumi Juuichiya) in the Kirameki Radio Dramas,

** ''4'' takes DarkerAndEdgier in a new direction with the series' first {{Yandere}} character: [[spoiler: the TallDarkAndBishoujo childhood friend, Miyako Okura.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: Arguably, Saki. ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' plays with this trope by making its YamatoNadeshiko a full-blood foreigner (who has spent her entire life in Japan).

->''So this is "love", isn't it?

->''So this is "love", isn't it. (Yappari "koi", da yo ne.)''

The first game was written by Koji Igarashi (a.k.a. IGA), before he took over the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series; and the ''Drama Series'' (spin-off games of the 1st game) had HideoKojima as one of their directors and used the ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'' game engine. Mikio Saito (alias Metal Yuhki), the music composer of ''CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'', is the music composer, and later one of the producers of the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series.

[[IThoughtThatWas Must not be confused]] with the {{shojo}} manga ''TokimekiTonight'', nor the HGame, ''Tokimeki Check-in''.

* AffectionateParody / TakeThat: being a defining and popular game series in Japan, the Tokimemo games got their fair share of those in pop culture. To cite a few works containing such parodies: ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', ''[[GreatTeacherOnizuka GTO]]'', ''{{Kochikame}}'', ''[[LaMulana La-Mulana]]''...

** ''Tokimeki Memorial Pocket'' has a ''{{Beatmania}}'' minigame.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series makes use of this trope from time to time. An example can be seen in ''Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-3IOW2nAc where Vivaldi's famous ''Four Seasons: Autumn'' can be heard in the Portrait Collection]] [[hottip:* : moment is at 6:00 of the vid]]

** other towards [[TheNineties Nineties culture]] (such ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/{{Speed}}'', ''ForrestGump'', ''Film/LethalWeapon'', ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''SavingPrivateRyan'', ''LAConfidential'', ''[[JapanesePopMusic T.M. Revolution, SPEED and SMAP]]'', to cite only a few)

* [[ShowWithinAShow Show Within A Game]]: Homura of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' is a huge fan of the in-game "Go-Driller" anime which itself is an obvious ShoutOut to the popular 70's anime ''GetterRobo''. In fact in ''Leaping School Festival'', the player goes with Homura to watch the movie of "Go-Driller", and Konami even animated some scenes of it in ''Memories Ringing On'', making the homage to ''GetterRobo'' even more obvious.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series got three of them during its 15 years run: the NeedsMoreLove OvershadowedByAwesome ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' in 1997, the [[GenderFlip ancestor of the Girl's Side series]] ''MeineLiebe'' in 2001, and the controversial ''LovePlus'' in 2009.

* LargeHam: Bakuretsuzan, the school's headmaster in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', is the king of this trope, and can put to shame a lot of the {{Large Ham}}s mentioned in the trope's entry. He even has [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome an awesome]] IncomingHam moment, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYL_FsuASg complete with flaming background and his name's written on it]] [[hottip:* : moment is at around 2:30 of the vid]].

Konami went on developping this game into a successful multi-media CashCowFranchise. The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series, nicknamed amongst its fans with the contraction [=TokiMemo=], consists of 8 main games, in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The first four main games are the standard DatingSim games (referred in this article and the Character Sheet as the "Standard Branch"). The latter three of the main games are {{Gender Flip}}ped ones named ''Tokimeki Memorial: Girls's Side'' (the "Girl's Side Branch"), and the other main game is actually a [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame Massively Multiplayer Online]] variant, ''Tokimeki Memorial Online''. It also was adapted into several video releases: A two episode OVA based on the first game, a live action movie loosely based on the first game, and a 25 episode anime TV series, ''Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'', based on ''Tokimeki Memorial Online'', produced by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Anime International Company.

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[[caption-width-right:291:Shiori and the other girls]]

** Jin Tendou, a secret character in "Girl's Side", is the game's delinquent character who is constantly getting into fights.

* KnowledgeBroker: Most games have an "Info Man", [[BromanticFoil one of your best friends]] who specialize in searching info about the other characters and can provide you their phones, personal data, and current impression of you, making him ''vital'' in your quest. Those Info Men are: Yoshio, in ''Tokimemo 1'', Takumi in ''Tokimemo 2'', and Miyako in ''Tokimemo 4'', your little brother Tsukushi in ''Girl's Side 1'' and next-door neighbor Yuu in ''Girl's Side 2''.

** Also used in "Girl's Side 2" when first meeting Amachi Shota in your second year.

** Suzuka Kazuma has a huge fear of large cats and freaks out during a date (complete with a funny CG).

* KnowledgeBroker: Most games have an "Info Man", [[BromanticFoil one of your best friends]] who specialize in searching info about the other characters and can provide you their phones, personal data, and current impression of you, making him ''vital'' in your quest. Those Info Men are: Yoshio, in ''Tokimemo 1'', Takumi in ''Tokimemo 2'', and Miyako in ''Tokimemo 4''.

The first game was written by Koji Igarashi (a.k.a. IGA), before he took over the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series; and the ''Drama Series'' (spin-off games of the 1st game) had HideoKojima as one of their directors and used the ''{{Policenauts}}'' game engine. Mikio Saito (alias Metal Yuhki), the music composer of ''CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'', is the music composer, and later one of the producers of the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series.

** some towards {{Konami}} games (mostly to the ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}}'' franchise, as well as to HideoKojima games such as ''{{Policenauts}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in the Drama Series - where he was one of the directors -),

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Being the IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy {{Tsundere}} she is, Kotoko of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' loves to delivers these to the protagonist [[TheMatchmaker every time she feels]] [[MatchmakerCrush he neglected her best friend Hikari]]. [[spoiler: It culminates to SlapSlapKiss territory (although the slap slap is delivered by her alone, and she hugs you instead of kissing), complete with {{Baka}} [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming callings]], in her Ending where both her and Hikari are in love with the protagonist, and you ultimately choose Kotoko.]]

The games have various characters which fits a basic Trope mold for everyone's tastes: the [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Childhood Friend]], which is usually the one the player character has an aim at at the beginning of the story (and is more or less considered the [[MultipleEndings True Ending]]), the MadScientist, the {{Megane}}([[{{Meganekko}} ko]]), the {{Shrinking Violet}}s, the StudentCouncilPresident, or the [[SempaiKohai Sempai and Kohai]], there are many potential {{Love Interest}}s you can try romancing!

The first game was written by Koji Igarashi (a.k.a. IGA), before he took over the ''{{Castlevania}}'' series; and the ''Drama Series'' (spin-off games of the 1st game) had HideoKojima as one of their directors and used the ''{{Policenauts}}'' game engine. Mikio Saito (alias Metal Yuhki), the music composer of ''[[CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'', is the music composer, and later one of the producers of the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Being the IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy {{Tsundere}} she is, Kotoko of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' loves to delivers these to the protagonist [[TheMatchmaker every time she feels]] [[MatchmakerCrush he neglected her best friend Hikari]]. [[spoiler: It culminates to SlapSlapKiss territory (although the slap slap is delivered by her alone, and she hugs you instead of kissing), complete with {{Baka}} [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming callings]], in her Ending where both her and Hikari are in love with the protagonist, and you ultimately choose Kotoko.]]

* {{Backstory}}: Explored in ''Tokimemo 1: Tabidachi no Uta'', when Shiori and [[CanonName Naoto]] talk about their past, and ''Tokimemo 2: Memories Ringing On'' with Kotoko. Also a [[DarkAndTroubledPast vital part]] of [[BrokenBird Kaori]]'s character in ''Tokimemo 2''; and in the same game, used as an optional gaming feature (known as Childhood Mode), where the player meets some of the girls aside from Hikari and Kasumi during his childhood [[spoiler: (Homura, Akane, Miyuki, Miho, and Mei)]] and is required to unlock certain events in the main part of the game; when used, the girls involved become additional Childhood Friends.
* BeautifulDreamer / SleepCute: Used in a few Special Events throughout the series.

* ButNotTooForeign: Played straight with Elisa Dolittle Naruse in ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' ; [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Patricia [=McGrath=] in ''Tokimeki Memorial Pocket: Sports Hen'', a fully-fledged foreigner (with her nationality not defined according to WordOfGod, but she's clearly [[EagleLand American-based]]), as well as Christopher Weatherfield of ''Girl's Side 2'', a fully-fledged Englishman.

* CannotSpitItOut: As a JustifiedTrope, it's the whole point of the games: most of the {{Love Interest}}s believe in the Legend of their school, and want to reserve their LoveConfession for the Graduation Day, at the Legend's Tree/Bell/Slope/Church. Also explains Saki and Ayako's attitude in [[GaidenGame the first two Drama Series, ''Nijiiro no Seishun'' and ''Irodori no Love Song'']]'s respective endings, since those take place in around the middle of the original game's time frame, and leaded to an [[OldSaveBonus unlockable special mode]] in the third Drama Series, ''Tabidachi no Uta'' giving the real epilogue to those games.

** Homura herself with Akane Ichimonji. The two are best friends since childhood, although Akane feels from time to time the need to take a break from Homura and avoids her, as shown in an Event in Childhood Mode.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The protagonist's exam scores are based on the full range of stats, and if any stat is neglected, it results in a low test score in the associated subject. Other characters don't have this problem. Thus, the brainy, bookish characters who are bad at sports and uninterested in fashion can routinely rank first in exam scores, but no matter how high the player gets their intelligence stat, they can't come close to top ranking without putting effort into raising fitness, fashion, and the other stats as well.

* ConsoleCameo:

** The spoilers in the ContinuityNod trope actually go into more detail on this revealing that [[spoiler:the bancho from Tokimemo 2 is the same one that appears in the first game]].

* EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins: Homura of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' ''loves'' penguins. At one moment in the game, she even wears a penguin suit similar in design [[ShoutOut with Pen-Pen]] of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** [[spoiler: Yuuko is Maho's main rival in the [[DanceDanceRevolution DDR]] Tournament (''Tokimemo 2: Dancing Summer Vacation'')]]

* FanTranslation: The SNES version of the first game is sadly notable for having lots of attempts at creating a translation patch; all of them invariably went to stall for a reason or another.

** Also Maho of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', who loves to play ''DanceDanceRevolution''. [[spoiler: In the spinoff ''Tokimeki Memorial 2: Dancing Summer Vacation'', Maho's main rival in the DDR Tournament is Yuuko.]]

** The spinoff ''Tokimeki Memorial 2: Dancing Summer Vacation'' has ''DanceDanceRevolution''.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial Pocket'' has a ''{{Beatmania}}'' minigame.
* GeneralGamingGamepads: Most of the PS1 Tokimemo games are compatible with the Dual Shock and the PS1 Mouse (the Limited Edition Box of ''Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you'' even contained a Tokimemo-themed PS1 Mouse), and ''Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation'' was compatible with the [[DanceDanceRevolution DDR]] Dancing Pad.

* HelloInsertNameHere: A staple of the series. Goes as far as asking you for a nickname, which will be used by some of the characters when they're in Tokimeki State with you.

** In ''Girl's Side 3'', the heroine can additionally become close friends with certain pairs of guys in a new "3P Mode". The player can choose to have her pick one over the other, or go all the way to graduation without committing to either.
* KaraokeBox: One of the series' mainstay date locations. One of the Bad Endings of Tokimeki Memorial 2 also takes place there, as the player and his two friends are venting their frustration of not getting a girlfriend after their 3 years of High School, by singing a karaoke.

* LargeHam: Bakuretsuzan, the school's headmaster in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', is the king of this trope, and can put to shame a lot of the {{Large Ham}}s mentioned in the trope's entry. He even has [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome an awesome]] IncomingHam moment, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYL_FsuASg complete with flaming background and his name's written on it]] [[hottip:* : moment is at around 2:30 of the vid]].

* LostForever: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series don't make much use of this trope, unlike its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Mitsumete Knight}}'', but ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' has the case of [[spoiler: Kaori, if you can't manage to have a very high love gauge by the end of 2nd year]], and [[spoiler: Kaedeko if you don't build a solid relationship with her before she transfers to Hokkaido.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime:

*** SakuraTange (Minori), HoukoKuwashima (Suzune), RyotaroOkiayu (Takumi Oosawa), RyoHorikawa (Kouji Tamura), ShinichiroMiki (Sawatari), and MasayaOnosaka (Soccer Club Coach) in the ''Drama Series'' games,

* NintendoHard: Shiori is the hardest girl to win in the original game, as well as one of the hardest in the entire series (along with Hotaru Izumi of ''Tokimeki Memorial 3''). She is the easiest girl to develop love points for though, even if she doesn't already start with higher points than the other girls. Unfortunately, you gotta make her love you AND be good enough for her.

* {{Novelization}}: A few of them throughout the series.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' has a series of 6 novels, focusing on all characters at the average rate of 2 characters per book ;
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' has two novels, "''Kimi no Ushiro Sugata''" and "''Anata o Shinjiteru''", which feature Hikari and Kaori as their respective heroines ;
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 3'' has two novels, the heroines of those novels being Yukiko in the first, and Kazumi in the second ;

* ThePeepingTom: If you're a member of a club, you'll have an option to go peep at the bathrooms during the summer's training camp. You'll have to choose among three windows, which randomly grant you safe-for-work [=CGs=] of [[FanService cute girls]] or [[FanDisservice ugly macho men]] bathing. Peeping has a hefty price though: All the girls you know will have [[RelationshipValues a severe drop in affection towards you]], particularly those in the same club as yours, if you peeped at girls; and if you watched at men, your Stress parameter sharply goes up.

** some towards {{Konami}} games (mostly to the ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}}'' franchise, as well as to HideoKojima games such as ''{{Policenauts}}'' and ''MetalGearSolid'' in the Drama Series - where he was one of the directors -),

** The battle theme in this game sounds a lot like ''[[FinalFantasyVIII Final Fantasy VIII]]'' 's battle theme and could very well be a shout out considering they came out at around the same time.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series got three of them during its 15 years run: the NeedsMoreLove OvershadowedByAwesome ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'' in 1997, the [[GenderFlip ancestor of the Girl's Side series]] ''MeineLiebe'' in 2001, and the controversial ''LovePlus'' in 2009.

* StudentCouncilPresident: Homura of ''Tokimemo 2'' is made one by the school headmaster against her will, supposedly to make her a better student; Mei becomes the next one after Homura graduates.

* ThisIsADrill: As a mecha anime fan, and particulary of the [[MeaningfulName "Go-Driller"]] [[ShowWithinAShow show]], Homura of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' loves to wield these. There's even [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ocelot_homura_7078.jpg a joke illustration]] by the game's illustrator in the ''Tokimeki Memorial 2 Illustrations'' book, where she tries to give a pissed off [[MetalGearSolid Revolver Ocelot]] a drill to replace his severed arm, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny and Akane trying to refrain her]].

* {{Tomboy}}: Homura of ''Tokimemo 2'', so much that she rarely wears girls' clothes. Plus she combines that with being an OtakuSurrogate (her idea of a date is watching a mecha anime film at the movies).

** She already was one before that, apparently, possibly on account of being [[spoiler: the protagonist's childhood friend]]. The Yandere element just added extra spice.

* TwinSwitch: ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' has Miho and Maho, identical twins who love to play switcheroo to fool everyone, including the player. The player "officially" meets Miho since she studies in the same school (Maho studies in ''Tokimemo 1'''s Kirameki Highschool), but during dates, she may send her sister in her place. Figuring out who is who is part of winning either, as [[SiblingYinYang they have]] [[DifferentAsNightAndDay different tastes]]. [[spoiler: Maho is the more voluptus one, not to mention the more {{Tsundere}} of the two. What's more, anyone who stumbles on their game of switcheroo will suffer the wrath of Maho's golf club.]]

** The more girls are "unlocked" during a playthrough, the more difficult it becomes to win because of the increased amount of interference. It's considerably easier to just unlock the girls you need to win (since some targets require another for availability), rather than unveil the entire lineup all at once.

* DifferentAsNightAndDay: The twins Miho and Maho of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''; the first is a sweet day-dreaming [[TheIngenue ingenue]], the second a [[GenkiGirl mischevious]] and street-wise girl.

** [[spoiler:''Tokimeki Memorial 4 Chu!'', a mobile phone spin-off, takes place in Komorebi Junior High; a connection to ''Tokimeki Memorial Culture Version: Komorebi no Melody''.]]

* NintendoHard: While YourMileageMayVary on this fact, Shiori is fairly known for being the hardest girl to win in the original game and perhaps the hardest in the entire series (along with Hotaru Izumi of ''Tokimeki Memorial 3''). She is the easiest girl to develop love points for though, even if she doesn't already start with higher points than the other girls. Unfortunately, you gotta make her love you AND be good enough for her.

** other towards [[TheNineties Nineties culture]] (such ''{{Alien}}'', ''Film/{{Speed}}'', ''ForrestGump'', ''LethalWeapon'', ''{{Armageddon}}'', ''SavingPrivateRyan'', ''LAConfidential'', ''[[JapanesePopMusic T.M. Revolution, SPEED and SMAP]]'', to cite only a few)