Mahoromatic



The Earth has just thwarted one of those pesky alien invasions, thanks to the actions of the superpowered combat android Mahoro. As a reward, she is given the freedom to live the rest of her operational life (just over a year) however she chooses. Mahoro chooses to spend her days serving Suguru Misato, as a maid.

In the second season, Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful, Mahoro is joined by her "little sister" who is a completely Terran Robot Girl Maid (and, initially, a failure). There are even the makings of a small harem with the male lead's schoolmates (though the feel is more of a close group of friends or a Nakama rather than a true harem).

At its core, Mahoromatic is a comedy with strong dramatic (even tragic) elements. As a comedy, it offers several laugh-out-loud moments. In fact, its signature Catch Phrase -- "Dirty thoughts are bad!" (or Japanese in Romaji: "Ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu!") -- shows up in many variations on the net and in other animes. The ending in the anime version is much darker than in the manga - and every episode ends with a screen showing how long Mahoro has left to live. You have been warned.


 * Action Girl
 * A-Cup Angst: Though not quite flat, Mahoro wishes for a larger chest, and Shikijo often insults her chest size. The ending song even makes reference to her relative lack of endowment.
 * All Men Are Perverts
 * Ancient Conspiracy:
 * Barbie Doll Anatomy: Mostly averted.
 * Artificial Human
 * Balloon Belly: Chizuko in episode 4.
 * Benevolent Alien Invasion: The Saint, somewhat
 * BFG: Mahoro's gun in episode 11, which is powered via the electric grid, and causes a city-wide blackout when she powers it up.
 * Big Eater: Chizuko.
 * Bishounen: Upon entering the school, Ryuga elicits the standard reaction from the female student body.
 * Breast Expansion: While not quite board flat herself, Mahoro is fairly insecure about her relatively small bust. She's, therefore, understandably upset in the dream sequence episode where
 * Broken Faceplate: Ryuga gets his helmet smashed open in his battle with Mahoro.
 * Catch Phrase: "I think dirty thoughts are bad!"
 * An idea that seems common to all androids and cyborgs alike.
 * Christmas Episode
 * Circling Birdies: Played with, as it's shown once in the second season that Mahoro's birdies will re-enter her head when she wakes up
 * Dancing Theme: Very simple dance steps used in 1st ED and 2nd ED.
 * What look like very simple dance steps are almost certainly a case of No Budget verging on Special Effects Failure. Remember the episode where Mahoro spends days practicing to be able to lead the Obon dance, and how dumb it seemed that anyone would have to repeatedly practice waving their hands from to the left of their shoulders to the right of their waist? If you've ever watched the real thing, you'll understand why it could take weeks of practice. The Bon Odori is an intricately choreographed dance, and the handwaving was just a low-budget shorthand for it. It's not hard to imagine that with a budget, the Mahoro Mambo would have rivaled Hare Hare Yukai.
 * Dojikko: Minawa,
 * Downer Ending: After a half-hour of gags and Fan Service, each episode ends with a reminder of Mahoro's expiration date. So the series finale shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, right?...
 * Expressive Hair: Mahoro's hair thingies perk up when she's happy, or droop when she's tired or sad, and even a bit at times.
 * Failure Knight:
 * Fan Service: From the maid who insists on bathing with her employer, to the well-endowed teacher who lusts after schoolboys, to the giant mechanical crab that rips off women's swimsuits, this series certainly isn't lacking for Fan Service.
 * Fridge Logic: Why can't Mahoro's power supply just be switched out at the end of the time limit?
 * Perhaps because she uses volatile memory for data storage, and so switching the power off for any length of time wipes her memory? The power supply may even be in such a location that removing or accessing it destroys Mahoro's memory as well, eliminating the possibility of an external power supply.
 * Funbag Airbag: Poor Suguru...
 * "Poor"?
 * Gag Boobs: Miss Shikijo. Even more so with that Breast Expansion device...
 * Gainax Ending: On that note, take a wild guess as to who made the anime.
 * They were twisting the ending of the manga, where.
 * To explain this: In the manga,
 * In the anime:
 * Whether or not, Gainax went out of their way to imply that . Now there's a hell of an ending -
 * Giant Enemy Crab: A robotic version.
 * Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Shikijo-sensei.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hidden Eyes: Mahoro.
 * Hot for Student: Shikijo takes this to the extreme.
 * How Dare You Die on Me!: Okay, she doesn't DIE, but still.
 * Humans Are Bastards:
 * Chef of Iron: Mahoro.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * Lover Tug of War
 * Magical Girlfriend
 * Marshmallow Hell
 * Mega Neko: Slash.
 * Meido: Mahoro.
 * Mundane Utility: MAHORO uses her powers to cook, clean and search for ecchi (to trash it).
 * Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: Until you hit the Title Drop.
 * Pair the Spares:
 * Powered by a Forsaken Child: In the manga, are used for facility management in the Keepers' headquarters.
 * Recap Episode
 * Robot Girl
 * Robot Maid: Mahoro.
 * Shoot the Hostage: Mahoro was forced to do this with Suguru's father in the background story.
 * Shotacon: Shikijo-sensei
 * Shout-Out: Slash, to Cyborg009, with his "acceleration device".
 * Also, in one of the episodes Mahoro wears different dresses, two of which look like dresses that Minmei from Macross wore on occasion. You can see where the animators obviously got some of their mecha influences from.
 * Greg Stilson, United States President.
 * Sparkling Stream of Tears
 * Stealth Clothes: Suguru and his grandfather wear Stealth Clothes to spy on Mahoro and Minawa taking a bath.
 * Theme Tune Cameo: Mahoro hums part of the opening theme while walking home in one episode.
 * The Thing That Goes Doink: At the hot springs in episode 10.
 * Also a visit to Rin's house in the second season.
 * Those Two Guys: Suguru's porn buddies Kawahara and Hamadi, though Hamadi does step into the spotlight a bit in the second season.
 * Title Drop: Not "Mahoromatic" itself, which is just a silly portmanteau, but the Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo drops its subtitle (Something More Beautiful) at a climatic moment.
 * Took a Level in Badass: Suguru in the final episode/chapter.
 * Torpedo Tits: In a spoof of a robot attack in Mazinger Z.
 * Twelve-Episode Anime: Season One, Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden, has twelve episodes. Whereas the second season, Something More Beautiful, got fourteen episodes.
 * Universal Driver's License: Mahoro has the skills to drive/pilot/operate practically every vehicle in her world. She presents a literal Universal Driver's License on-screen once.
 * Unwanted Harem
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Chizuko's descriptions of Mahoro's cooking in general fit this (and the sounds she makes whenever she tries one of Mahoro's new recipes verge on Does This Remind You of Anything?), but the ultimate example is in season two, episode 6: her exposition about Mahoro's curry lasts a good minute and a half!
 * Whole-Episode Flashback: Episode 10 reveals more about Mahoro's life of fighting the Saint and her friendship with Suguru's father.
 * Yaoi Fangirl: Subverted: when Suguru starts asking around about his teacher, Ryuga, both his friends and Shikijo suspect an onset of yaoi, and are respectively squicked and devastated.
 * Zigzag Paper Tassel: The title page illustration for chapter 8 showed Mahoro dressed up as a Miko, holding an ōnusa in one hand and exorcism sutras in the other. (This chapter is about searching for ghosts at school.)
 * Whole-Episode Flashback: Episode 10 reveals more about Mahoro's life of fighting the Saint and her friendship with Suguru's father.
 * Yaoi Fangirl: Subverted: when Suguru starts asking around about his teacher, Ryuga, both his friends and Shikijo suspect an onset of yaoi, and are respectively squicked and devastated.
 * Zigzag Paper Tassel: The title page illustration for chapter 8 showed Mahoro dressed up as a Miko, holding an ōnusa in one hand and exorcism sutras in the other. (This chapter is about searching for ghosts at school.)