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** [[Badass Abnormal]]: If you are of divine or demonic origin, this is part of the package.
** [[Badass Normal]]: Keiichi during the Lind Arc. {{spoiler|He bore an angel and kicked ass despite NOT being a god. Apparently, his pureness of heart, which is needed to bear an angel, was at god level, even though he was an ordinary mortal.}}
*** Chihiro, who can cow Otaki and Tamiya with a glance, qualifies as well.
** [[Badass Pacifist]]: Belldandy.
** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Banpei was designed this way.
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* [[Correspondence Course]]: Shiho learned how to be an exorcist this way.
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Urd's ex-boyfriend Troubador. When they were dating he'd make insects crawl out of the bodies of any man who flirted with her, and tried the same thing on Keiichi.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Mara spends most of the later chapters being ineffective and acting as comic relief whenever she tries anything against the goddesses. However, this seems to be due to her being a [[Punch Clock Villain|old friend]], when she and Hild were threatened by {{spoiler|a monster from hell sent by Hagal}}, she was demonstrated that she was a force to be reckoned with and was able to defeat her attackers easily (the only reason she got hurt was due to the sheer power of her own spell).
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: Several characters show these from time to time.
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Urd angsts a lot over being half demon early on. But she's the only one who can use both holy and demonic powers.
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* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: Two examples, Aoshima towards Belldandy, and later Sayoko towards Keiichi.
* [[Immortal Immaturity]]: In the TV series, Skuld can occasionally venture into [[Bratty Half-Pint]] territory -- though this is somewhat excusable given that she's something of a case of [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], with her chronological age and high intelligence masking the fact she is, by deity standards, a child. Urd, who is the oldest of the sisters, often isn't much more mature than Skuld is.
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* [[Indirect Kiss]]: Invoked by Keiichi in regards to a can of tea he shared with her while she was under the influence of one of Urd's love potions (which had been botched by Skuld).
* [[Informed Flaw]]: Keiichi's [[Unlucky Everydude]] status as a 'loser' seems greatly exaggerated by modern standards, aside from bad luck with women and oftentimes being a doormat.
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** Keiichi has all of three outfits: his jeans, white t-shirt, and leather jacket; His racing gear; and that green and yellow striped suit.
*** He has another outfit in the movie.
*** Hilariously, when one of those Love Potions caused Skuld to be infatuated with him, she spoke adoringly of "Aah, that face, rigid with alarm! Aah, these clothes you never change!"
* [[Long Runner]]: As of November 2011, it's been twenty-three years. The American version produced by Dark Horse Comics, which debuted in 1995, is their second-longest-running comic ([[Usagi Yojimbo]] is the longest), and America's longest-running manga, '''period'''. However, this accolade seems a little less deserved when you consider that ''Oh My Goddess!'' is a monthly series, and not a weekly one like the previous US manga record-holder, [[Ranma ½]].
* [[Love Epiphany]]: Two examples. Skuld begins to develop feelings for Keiichi in the last episode of Season 1. Sayoko also begins to realize her feelings for him as well in episode 2 of Season 2.
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** Apparently, the wordless tones heard in the anime are the programming language in [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]], since Hild speaks of the reunification spell having "verses" rather than "movements".
* [[Magitek]]: The universe is controlled by a magic computer, and spells are often referred to as "programs".
* [[Magic Versus Science]]: In the more literal sense, anytime Keiichi fights something supernatural, he can usually weasel his way to victory using his keen intellect and/or science.
** More than likely a type 2 (Magic is Cheating) because magic lets a deity/magical being alter the "program" of reality. Despite this demons and goddesses can use regular physics and science just as well. The Muscle bound demon knows a lot about musculature and how to relax tensed/overtaxed muscles. Skuld regularly designs machines that do things for her a mundane spell could accomplish. (more like Type 1)
* [[Magnetic Girlfriend]]: More literal than usual, most of the girls that turn up are supernatural beings that end up there ''because'' three goddesses are living with Keiichi. Except for Sayoko, who only became interested in him because Belldandy was upstaging her.
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* [[Meganekko]]: Sora Hasegawa, the only female member of NIT's auto club 'til Belldandy showed up.
* [[The Messiah]]: Belldandy.
** Keiichi is the main character and he's nothing like that at all, [[Nice Guy|although he's pretty close]]. It's why he was given a wish from Belldandy in the first place, and it's been noted several times that his pure heart is what Belldandy (and some of the other goddesses) finds most attractive about him.
* [[Mid-Air Bobbing]]: Urd in particular likes to do this.
* [[Middle of Nowhere Street]]: Nekomi.
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* [[Nice Guy]]: If you read the synopsis above, then you'd know that if Keiichi ''wasn't'' one of these, there'd be no story in the first place. And many girls ''adore'' this genuinely [[Nice Guy]], too.
** Having Belldandy around all the time works wonders on anyone's personality. Keiichi was a little crude early on in the manga, but that didn't last long once Bell started to gently steer him in the direction she wanted.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Lind showed up while K1 and the goddesses were out and got into a confrontation with Hild, damaging the house. Then, although she'd admitted she wasn't any good at damage-repair magic, she tried anyway. When the others came back and saw the ''distortion'' her attempted repair had caused, [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10716-10/ah-my-goddess/chapter-249.html their horrified comments upset her a great deal]. Especially since even ''Hild'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|said the demons had gone too far]].
** This trope also comes into play anytime Skuld or Urd does a plan involving Keiichi and Belldandy, and the other one finds out about it and attempts to foil it somehow.
* [[Ninja]]: Kodama, Hikari, and Nozomi, tiny ninjas transformed from rats by Mara.
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** {{spoiler|This has recently been revealed to be a plot point; when Keichi made his wish, his sexual desire was sealed by Heaven to prevent him from pursuing the opportunity.}}
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: Eiwaz is a demon that looks like a small girl and only seems to serve as a guide during the Nilfheim arc. She really loves karaoke. She is also Hagal's [[The Dragon|right hand]] and very good at playing evil mindgames.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10614-1/ah-my-goddess/chapter-147.html This] is Keiichi's mother Takano. This is '''not''' a flashback; it's her current appearance. Does she look old enough to have college-age children? Her husband looks '''his''' age (if not perhaps older than his age).
** Keima was pointed out to appear to be a little too old to be Hotaru-no-suke's son in Colors' encyclopedia. It's also noted that there is mystery surrounding both of their appearances that probably ties in with some the bigger mysteries and main themes of the series.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Done by everyone (<s>save the Almighty One</s> <s>and Hild</s>) at least once.
** Hild gets a rapid series of these when [http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1578/hildohcrap1.jpg Belldandy] [http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7600/hildohcrap2.jpg asks] [http://www.mangareader.net/161-10647-22/ah-my-goddess/chapter-180.html a favor]. Her expression when she pops out from beneath the manhole cover is especially funny on the queen of demons.
** Even the Almighty isn't immune -- he was {{spoiler|wearing Gate's body}}, and Keiichi saw through the deception. Cue sudden expression of shock, '''fumbling''' attempt to shore up the lie, and K1 demanding the truth. Before admitting it, the Almighty remarked, "You're a formidable man yourself." Belldandy '''hadn't''' spotted it.
* [[Omake]]: "The Adventures of the Mini-Goddesses", featuring everyone super deformed, abusing Gan-chan the rat. Spawned its own series of anime shorts.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Lind's angels Cool Mint and Spearmint literally only have one wing each. Averted in that both don't exhibit the typical traits of the trope due to being actual angels}}.
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* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: In [[The Movie]], Celestine, {{spoiler|though Belldandy talks him out of it.}}
* [[Reality Ensues]]: In one episode of the TV series, [[Tim Taylor Technology|Skuld upgrades the output on Keiichi's bike to about 113%]]. Even Megumi was quite impressed, until she pointed out the futility of said upgrade, as the chassis of the bike wouldn't be able to withstand so much power. Indeed, once Keiichi (forcibly) tested out his bike, it nearly sent him into orbit explosively.
** This took a whole page in the manga, where it is explicitely said (by Megumi) that inserting a turbo before the carburettor is difficult - but the brakes can't take it.
* [[Relationship Ceiling]]: The majority of fans believe Belldandy and Keiichi's relationship can't really progress without altering the premise—though in the earliest manga chapters, the relationship moved, albeit at a slow pace; that is, it's not like the premise hasn't been altered before. Averted in the OVA.
** And it looks like it finally went the full distance in Chapter 278 when Belldandy changes the game by having Keiichi end the wish contract and invoke a new one which effectively makes them a married couple.
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* [[Roof Hopping]]: Belldandy does so, but with telephone poles.
** She did the standard version [http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8933/roofhopping.jpg at least once in the manga], when she was afraid Keiichi might accidentally get dosed with one of Urd's love potions. (This was also the first time it was shown that Urd is terrified of Bell getting '''really''' angry.)
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: When the Gate -- who looks like a young girl -- forces Peorth, Urd, and Skuld to kiss her as part of her quest for [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|knowledge]], Skuld moans that she hadn't even kissed Sentaro (a mortal boy in whom she's shown significant interest) yet.
* [[Same Content Different Rating]]:
** The original (flipped) English version of the manga was rated "Ages 8 and up", whereas the newer right-to-left edition is rated "13+". There are only three considerable differences between the two: The format, the number of references to Japanese culture (the right-to-left version has more) and the crudeness of the wording... [[Unfortunate Implications|and, if anything, the original was more crude than the newer versions]].
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** {{spoiler|Which is in line with the Norse mythology that the series borrows so heavily from. The Norse didn't have a Satan; they had Loki, who was...a annoying (and malicious) trickster.}}
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: ''Angel's egg. Do not touch! Skuld: This means YOU!! Don't even look at it!'' It's even placed on a nice little pedestal in the middle of Urd's room. {{spoiler|It takes Skuld only five seconds to EAT the thing.}}
* [[The Scrounger]]: Early in the series, Otaki was referenced as being one, producing rare motorcycle parts out of nowhere.
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Keiichi has two wild, wild sempais: Toraichi Tamiya and Hikozaemon Otaki. In turn, Belldandy and Keiichi are Sora Hasegawa's sempais.
** Tamiya and Otaki's behavior is heavily implied to be a result of how they were treated by ''their'' sempai in the Motor Club, who eventually returns.
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** Urd was recently shown changing the TV's channel -- to ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''.
** Skuld is a ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' fan; the TV in the family room is shown tuned to a TNG episode during one episode of the manga, and she also owns a model of the ''Enterprise'' (shown in a splash panel in another episode in which she's throwing various junk around during a fit of anger).
** A shout out to ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''. Skuld (in the anime at least), has a chainsaw called "Texas Murder" that she wants to test out, much to Keiichi's horror. Thankfully, it breaks before it can be used. Skuld then starts crying "[[Played for Laughs|Noooo, my Texas Murder]]!"
** At least one of Tariki Hongan's residents is an [[Ultraman]] fan, as we also see the TV tuned to an episode in another installment of the manga.
** When Troubadour (voiced by [[Dan Green]]) shows up, he gets jealous of Keiichi and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|challenges him to a duel]].
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{{quote|'''Tamiya''': [[Pimp My Ride|Your ride has now officially been pimped!]]}}
** When asked by Skuld why she wore such an uncool red mask, Morkulaffi answered that they got intel that wearing red masks and helmets made you [[Mobile Suit Gundam|three times faster]].
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Lind, the polite and proper ''Valkyrie'' that works for the Almighty.
** Belldandy too, if she weren't so gosh darn nice.
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Belldandy towards Keiichi. It takes [[Friend to All Living Things|her]] a little while to figure this out, unfortunately for Keiichi.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Single Goddess Seeks Good Man]]: Belldandy and Keiichi's relationship is quite possibly one of the greatest examples of this wonderful trope.
** Works in the second season with Sayoko; she [[Green-Eyed Epiphany|realizes]] that the genuinely [[Nice Guy]] she [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo|rejected earlier is the one she really likes]] rather than her superficial and self-centered courters. [[Fridge Logic]] in the sense that (regardless of what Sayoko tells herself) she actually isn't envious of Belldandy because she upset her status as the campus queen; she's jealous of Bell because she got Keiichi.
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Done by Urd to Skuld at one point, with Keiichi hearing everything and misinterpreting it (apparently not by much). It's also done in a lighter form in the episode where Skuld temporarily becomes an adult: she brags about her body but is shot down by Urd affirming her status as the big sister.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Mara and Sayoko are never safe from having a can of whoop-ass opened on them when the former's [[Zany Scheme|Zany Schemes]] are exposed and fail; or when the latter goes too far in her bitchery. Usually a good [[Shock and Awe|electrocution]] at the hands of Urd.
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* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: In the manga, Belldandy, Urd and Skuld always wear different clothes on each day of story time. By contrast, Peorth's clothes stopped changing after they achieved maximum [[Stripperiffic|Stripperifficness]].
** Belldandy mostly dresses in [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]-style housedresses early on in the manga, but becomes considerably more of a fashionista later on, particularly after she starts working at Whirlwind alongside Keiichi.
** This is actually explained in the manga (albeit as a small side note and not spoken by the characters). In a chapter where Banpei wants to go out while the others are gone, it looks for the goddesses' clothes but finds none, and eventually settles for Keiichi's. In a side note on the page, it is explained that the goddesses summon their clothes using magic.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Keiichi was this early in the manga. It took a while before he was really portrayed as a legitimate [[Nice Guy]].
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Celestine.
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