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== Tropes in ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'': ==
 
* [[Three D Movie|3D Movie]] -- Sure, it's a [[The Mockbuster|Mockbuster]] of ''[[Star Wars]]'', but the 3D is very realistic. Painfully realistic.
* [[Actor Allusion]] -- In episode 10 of Season 2 [[Chiaki Omigawa|P-ko]] talks about [[Soul Eater|a human soul while wielding a scythe.]] [[Hiroshi Kamiya|Kou]] also mention how he's [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|in despair.]]
** The reference to despair is only in the subs, although the way Kou says it is very similar to Itoshiki's catchphrase.
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* [[Be Yourself]] -- The bridge dwellers seem to center their lives around this rule.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] -- Maria, bonus points for keeping ''actual'' sheep in her farm. She doesn't bother too much with hiding it, though, as her looks and warm smile work at people who should know better...
{{quote| '''Kou''': [[What an Idiot!|"I'll believe her one more time.'']]}}
* [[Blank White Eyes]]
* [[Booby Trap]] -- P-ko tries them around her vegetable garden, but [[Dojikko|apparently cannot make them work on anyone besides herself]]. At episode 11 Sister sets some on the riverbank with more success (and the credit going to Ichinomiya Company).
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* [[Cloudcuckooland]] -- The Arakawa riverbank.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] -- All of the characters.
* [[Cool Big Sis]] -- ''Maria'', bordering even at [[Onee -Sama]] territory, although exclusively for the girls and children. The male part of the riverbank society usually receives a solid portion of bitchiness hidden behind a beautiful smile.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] -- the Mayor... sort of. Also {{spoiler|Shiro}} of all of people in the marathon episode.
* [[Crazy Homeless People]] -- Though they're ''friendly'' crazy homeless people...mostly.
* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]] -- Hoshi over Nino. She [[The Stoic|barely]] [[Oblivious to Love|even notices]].
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* [[Do Wrong Right]] -- When Stella is mercilessly beating up Kou, which she thinks of as a game, Sister steps in...to inform her she can only get a 3-move combo in. Anything else would be overkill.
* [[Dojikko]] -- P-ko. She falls for her own [[Banana Peel]] too well.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] -- Ko's morning narrative in episode 8 talks about two toothbrushes (one blue and one pink) "lining up cozily on the window".
* [[Ear Worm]] -- The openings and endings of ''both'' seasons.
* [[Expressive Hair]] -- Nino's hair sometimes has a life of its own.
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* [[Fauxlosophic Narration]] -- Kou starts most episodes with one of these.
* [[Festival Episode]] -- Episode 11 of season 2. As well as a Beach Episode.
* [[First Kiss]] -- Kou and Nino in Episode 8, much to the dismay of [[Small Name, Big Ego|Hoshi]] and [[Straight Gay|Takai]].
* [[Fish Out of Water]] -- Kou. Talk about an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].
* [[Force Feeding]] -- Nino's idea of hospitality.
* [[Fun T -Shirt]] -- Hoshi wears these.
** ORE NO T-SHIRT
* [[Generation Xerox]] -- Ric's dad gets his trousers stolen on top of the bridge, and refuses Nino's help. This time, however, Nino has already retrieved the trousers with her fishing pole, forcing Ric's dad to walk off without them just to avoid a debt.
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** And it [[Squick|squicks]] even the most insane of the local bridge residents who noticed.
** In episode 11 of season 2 the first part of the [[Beach Episode]].
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] -- Both played straight and [[Tiny Guy Huge Girl|inverted]] with Sister and Stella. Sometimes even in ''the same scene''.
** With Sister's height, this trope works even with the [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] Maria, not to mention putting him next to Nino or P-ko...
* [[Hulking Out]] -- Stella.
** And later the Tetsujin brothers in episode 10 of season 2.
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** Maria, though she's more of a sadist.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]] -- <s>Nino's jersey</s>, well, under the bridge Hoshi seems to be the only one changing his clothes regularly. Although Sister, Kappa and Riku's cases can be justified, and Ric apparently owns plenty of identical clothing.
* [[Line -of -Sight Name]] -- How the kappa names people. For example, "Nino-san" comes from the 2-3 on the tag of her track outfit (2 is ''ni'', the dash is ''no'', 3 is ''san'').
* [[Live Action Adaptation]] -- Both a TV series and a film have been announced.
* [[Living Lie Detector]] -- Sister.
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* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]] -- Well, Kou is. Probably has something to do with his 'I won't owe anything to anyone' obsession...
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] -- Nino fills the role, though [[The Stoic|her personality]] doesn't fit very well.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]] -- When it comes to romance, Kou and Nino to some extent, as she is [[The Stoic]] and he has a bit of a [[Shoujo]] heroine's heart. In chapter 162 / episode 7, Kou has an [[Imagine Spot]] with Nino wearing a tuxedo and himself wearing a bridal dress, wondering how it got to that point.
* [[Medium Blending]] -- Every [[On the Next]] (and the first preview of the series) has a live-action man in a kappa suit, and, as of Season 2, a man with a star for a head.
* [[Modesty Towel]] -- Nino, much to Kou's surprise.
* [[Not a Morning Person]] -- Maria changes from a happy [[Jerkass]] to a ''monster'' when woken up too early.
* [[Nun -Too -Holy]] -- Sister, a man in a nun's habit with [[Scars Are Forever|a large scar]] who holds Mass at gunpoint. Actually acts pretty close to a nun too, save for the idiosyncrasies.
* [[Only Sane Man]] -- Kou plays this role in the series. However, he can't really be considered "sane" if you consider how far he'll go to avoid debts.
* [[Out of Focus]] -- Although the concept of the series is based around Kou and Nino (they even get actor credits in the opening, which is extremely rare in anime), after the first couple of episodes in the anime, Nino shows up no more often than any of the minor characters. This seems to be just to remind the audience that she exists.
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** And so is Nino. May be a Venusian phenotype...
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]] -- It's hinted that the Iron Brothers are this.
* [[Post -Kiss Catatonia]] -- Ko was completely frozen and beet red at first from his [[First Kiss]]. The next few scenes he's running and jumping and screaming like crazy.
* [[Power Limiter]] -- The brothers' masks. Although we never see them ''not'' wearing them...there's also the scene where they make Kou wear one.
* [[Precocious Crush]] -- Stella on Sister.
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* [[Squeaky Eyes]] -- Frequently, especially when the focus is Kou's eyes. P-ko used the "plonk! plink!" sound usually found in Western animation.
* [[The Stoic]] -- Sister.
** [[Not So Stoic]] -- Which results in [[High -Pressure Blood]] spraying from the scar on his cheek.
** Nino is also one. Kou has a tough time reading her emotions, since her face never changes.
* [[Straight Gay]] -- Underneath that manly suit, Takai's actually very [[Ho Yay|crazy]] for Ko.
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* [[The Vamp]] -- Maria, a 'treat men like shit and they'll be fawning over you' variety. Works perfectly at {{spoiler|Sister}} after all.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]] -- Nino keeps a lot of fish in jacket.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] -- Kou's motivation since his childhood. There's also Kou's secretary, who yearns for Kou to call him father. Kou's ''real'' father does not approve ("Papa is still a father, after all"), especially after seeing [[Squick|that body pillow]].
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] -- Nino's dress in episode 3. Wasn't she meant to be wearing it on the date?
** [[Chekhov's Gun]] -- She wears it in episode 13
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] -- Sister with his nun's habit, but especially so with a schoolgirl outfit in Episode 4 of Season 2. Complete with [[Hair Decorations|barrette]].
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