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* It seems like almost every character with a recurring role has their own version of either Marukaite Chikyuu or Hatafutte Parade. The Axis and Allies have one of each, of course, but characters with shorter appearances are starting to get them, too - like Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Greece, Turkey, even Sweden, who's only been in three or four episodes so far. And considering the size of his fanbase, and the fact that he was introduced in the second season, before both Sweden and Turkey, shouldn't Canada have his own version of the theme song? Well, obviously not - they forgot about him again!
** Although, he did receive his own character song, titled "Canada Complete Introduction"
* This happened to me at least twice with ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. When I first read the strips featuring Russia and Belarus, I naturally found the concept of the series' most feared character being scared out of his wits by a cute girl hilarious, but I thought it was done just because of [[Rule of Funny]] until I learned about the [[wikipedia:Union State|Union State]]. ''That'' was when I truly began relishing Himaruya's set-up of Belarus and Russia's relationship - Belarus's [[Yandere
** It's actually not, when Russia's leader suggested that Belarus unite with Russia, only 20% of Byelorussians voted in favor of it.
*** However, sometimes a nation-tan's actions are meant to reflect their government instead of their people, and the Belarussian government is rather in favor of the Union State.
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** Not quite, it's still the rule of 'funny', as he would have kept with his original premise, and made Belarus a hot-tempered Tsundere who was [[wikipedia:Belarus–Russia relations|constantly nagging.]]
** While on the subject of real life canon and [[Hot-Blooded]] Tsundres, why is England a tsundere in the series? Because in real life Great Britain is essentially the world's ''biggest'' tsundere towards the United States! Seriously, Britain has been our allies, then our enemies, then our allies again and so on and so forth. Makes perfect sense when you think about it.
** The second case occurred with the "Rainy Day" strip. I already found it cute due to the [[Together Umbrella]] scenario with Greece and Japan (and yes, I'm a [[Yaoi Fangirl]] who ships these two hard), but it wasn't until I read a certain LJ post that I realized that Japan is also wearing a raincoat in the same strip. Which means that he didn't ''have'' to share Greece's umbrella but did anyway, even though he almost certainly knows what the act signifies in his own culture. The [[Ship Tease]] in that strip just got a whole lot more [[
* At first, I was a little curious as to how [[Canada, Eh?|Canada]] and [[Hot-Blooded|Cuba]] were friends, despite being separated by the United States. Then I read about how from the 18th century, Canada and Cuba were trading with each other and have kept a cordial relationship with each other since, Canada even protesting against the United States about the [[wikipedia:Helms-Burton Act|Helms-Burton Act]]. It is also noteworthy to point out that Canada's former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Cuba's former Prime Minister Fidel Castro were good friends, up to Trudeau's death.
* [[Tsundere|Romano's]] constant insults towards other nations' [[Foreign Queasine|foods]] (Germany and potatoes; Switzerland and cheese) is often [[Up to Eleven|turned up to eleven]] in fanfics by making Romano basically insult anyone who doesn't exclusively love [[Trademark Favorite Food|tomatoes]] and pasta. When I learned about the term [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=polentone polentone], food-based insults officially became [[Fanon|canon]], and there was much rejoicing.
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** And there's the fact that these are countries, whose actions are determined by their government or military: ''they have no free will.''
** There's also the possibility that it could work ''the other way around.'' Or in other words, they could potentially influence their citizens to do what is demanded for them...
** There is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130729033247/http://www.hetarchive.net/scanlations/nonlinear.php?vais a recent comic], a rewrite of an older comic, that actually touches on this. It is a massive [[Tear Jerker]].
** The worst part? ''[[Ascended Fridge Horror|This may indeed have been touched upon in the series]]''. Remember France and Joan of Arc?
** It sucks. They can't get attached to humans because they die at the drop of a hat, especially since the nation-tans are so closely involved in war. They have each other, but they can't truly trust each other because any minute they might be involved in a war against each other. Look at America and England, or Japan and China. From the human point of view there were good reasons behind the wars, but from the nation-tans' point of view it was far more personal, with the beloved little brothers stabbing their caregivers in the back, literally in the latter case. Just imagine having to go through centuries of life with ''no close friends at all.'' It's amazing they're as well-balanced as they are.
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* Also being a horror-that I do my best to not think about...how on earth are certain events like....the holocaust going to be handled, or how it would be handled with Germany. Or other tragic events for that matter in history? There is only so much one can tip toe around-before something becomes a full-blown [[Dude, Not Funny]] and [[Too Soon]], and whole lot of other [[Unfortunate Implications]]. I don't know, maybe I'm paranoid, but I worry for the mangaka's sake, I know Hetalia is a comedy, but some pretty gruesome things have happened in our history as humans.
** We're probably not going to get a strip on the holocaust. But a lot of fans use the idea that nations don't know everything their bosses get up to. It's a bit weak, yes, but since none of the characters are monsters - and Germany was once shown resisting the order to form the Anschluss with Austria, so it's hard to imagine how he'd react to the events which followed - they might be onto something. Some countries definitely don't know; Italy just cannot be aware everything which is going on. And actually Russia once expressed confusion at being ordered to help dig a canal when no-one had proper clothes or enough food... so actually, this theory might be quite likely. But, as stated, it's unlikely to go into the worst stuff. People would condemn it either way.
** Disturbing theory which explains it; it's common fanon, if not confirmed, that nations can be literally compelled to obey their bosses. So, either the boss can make them do something the nation-tan knows is a bad idea, or if they find out about something which was kept from them, they could be ordered to forget about it and have to literally do so. Better than all the characters secretly being on the [[Complete Monster]] scale, but the [[Mind Rape]] implications are pretty scary. Then again, since the only other option for why they do what they do would be that they actually LIKE killing humans by the million ... Trying to keep the characters sympathetic in this show often comes out with much more horrifying results than making them villains, doesn't it? Depends somewhat on exactly how much power they have over what their humans do. General fanon seems to be that it's the other way round, i.e. the humans control them, and [[Humans Are
** I think there's is quite an ordeal about killing your own citizens if you think about it, Russia's [[Start of Darkness]] being the prime example. In Germany's case could be a really painful experience to kill all those Jewish German citizens to some level, I think some of that was hint with subtly in a conversation with Finland:
{{quote|'''Finland''': Eh, so even [[Adolf Hitler|your boss]] have troubles too, Germany-san?<br />
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'''Finland''': Oh, but don't you worry that [[Those Wacky Nazis|he might throw you in jail]] [[Beleaguered Assistant|if you complain too much about him?]]<br />
'''Germany''': [[Moral Event Horizon|In what world do bosses imprison their own countries]], [[Like You Would Really Do It|I ask?]]<br />
'''Finland''': Honestly, though, I ''do'' think [[If I Can't Have You|your boss]] [[You Have Failed Me...|could find it in him]]. }}
* This troper was learning about essential minerals and stuff in biology and....you know that water faucet that Russia always carries around? Symptoms of lead poisoning include: irritability, lack of or late mental development, delirium or hallucinations (remember when he escaped from reality while building the canal?)and behavioural problems. Wow. No wonder he's a [[Ax Crazy|Psychopathic]] [[Psychopathic Manchild|ManCHILD]].
** Except we see Russia get the pipe- he steals it from Germany's house, and he's already plenty [[Psychopathic Manchild|crazy]] then.
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**** That doesn't mean that heartbreak was over America leaving him though. It's never been confirmed what that heartache was about in canon, and as this is the [[Fridge Horror]] section, just the ''possibility'' of that heartache being because he mourned over the death of his bunny companion is enough to be worth taking note of.
** I saw a fancomic where little!England uses his magic to turn his bunny friend into the magical flying mint bunny. If he turned into one of England's magical friends, he'd be just as invisible as the fairies
* Okay, so you know how Italy is called Veneziano because of Venice, so it's commonly believe that Venice is his heart? Venice has been very slowly sinking for hundreds of years, and the canals are very polluted. What kind of effect would that have on his health? (This is after reading [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029081109/http://animoobs.tumblr.com/post/6166685477/dolfin-gerita this doujin], which takes place probably [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|a few decades from present]]. One of the comments on one of the reblogs of it was " ;A; SO SAD. Though I think I would’ve cried more if they kept Feli/Italy out of Venice’s canals. *shudders* That water is so polluted and diseased it’s not even funny. So that little quirk bothered me a lot. However, it’s still a beautiful and sad doujin." PS: [[Mind Screw|Mind Screw ending.]]
* Englands reaction to America growing up seemed like the normal joke of 'oh those kids grow up so fast when you're not looking'. Until you think about chibitalia. Italy was a kid for at least a few hundred years it seemed. Maybe for a country America did grow up freakishly fast.
** Fairly positive that there were notes in one strip stating that America ''did'' grow very fast, so to England it would probably be like leaving your ten year old for a month and finding they've aged several years on your return. So yeah, it is quite sad for them.
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** No, actually, the nickname for the alien-thing in [[Heta Oni]] is more well-known as "Steve."
* The "useless" Italy brothers are the grandchildren of Rome, one of the greatest warriors in history. If they had family in the conventional sense and he didn't just find them as England did with America, what the hell was the other side of their family like that their incompetence overwrote both nature and nurture from Rome? One really ''hopes'' he just found them.
** Rome's a bit ditzy himself though...He seems to have the same type of relationship with Germania as his younger grandson has with Germany, he has an eye for pretty girls, and he has a [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|short attention span]]: when he starts to give a lecture on ''his own history'', he zones out and Germany has to finish up for him. Those are all traits he shares with Veneziano. Rome's a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]], not a hypercompetent warrior, so it seems his [[Parental Favoritism]] towards North Italy was a case of "birds of a feather": North Italy is a talented painter, trader, cook and, debatably,
** This troper also remembers a strip that seemed to imply that Romano has more work ethic than his little brother.
*** Also raises the questions; if they did not in fact have parents, why did he call himself their grandfather and not their father? If they ''did'' have parents, what happened to them? Kind of scary thought; it's theorized that nations were once humans. Does that mean Rome may have had human kids? And they remained human, allowing them to grow old and die while watching both their father ''and'' their children stay the same?
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