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Once upon a time, the Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean. Then it [[Vestigial Empire|collapsed]], leaving his grandson Italy in his place. But all he wanted to do was cook, draw, and flirt with women.
Cut to [[World War
[[Moe Anthropomorphism|He]] finds [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Italy]] hiding in a tomato crate. Poor Italy is scared [[The Ditz|and has no idea what the hell is going on]], so Germany takes him under his wing, where he remains until [[World War II]]. At the same time, the "Allied Forces" are getting ready to counter attack... if they can reach an agreement, that is.
A popular Japanese series by [[Hidekaz Himaruya]] that is an allegorical tale of the history of Europe, especially during [[World War
Starting off as a
Four volumes have been printed in Japan, the most recent in the summer of 2011. The manga adaptation was originally licensed by [[Tokyo Pop]] and two volumes were released. However, they went bankrupt before the third was finished, and the series has yet to be picked up by another publisher. In the meantime, the original webcomic can be read [https://archive.today/20130218182607/http://www.geocities.jp/himaruya/hetaria/index.html here], with [[
An anime adaptation by [[Studio DEEN]] began airing in January
Still, some of the subbed episodes can be viewed at [http://funimation.com/hetalia/ FUNimation's website] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20101009055843/http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/hetalia/ on Veoh]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100729151522/http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=video
Note that the dub deviates from the original to a large extent.
Now has its own [[Alternative Character Interpretation/Anime/Axis Powers Hetalia|Alternative Character Interpretation]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Memes|Memetic Mutation]], ''[[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]]'', ''[[Hetaween 2011]]'', ''[[Hetalia Bloodbath 2011]]'', [[Ship Tease/Anime and Manga/Axis Powers Hetalia|Ship Tease]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Ho Yay|Ho Yay]], [[Ron the Death Eater/Anime and Manga/Axis Powers Hetalia|Ron The Death Eater]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Ships That Pass in The Night|Ships That Pass In The Night]], ''and'' [[Die for Our Ship/Anime and Manga/Axis Powers Hetalia|Die
And also fanfics with their own pages: ''[[All He Ever Wanted]]'', ''[[You Can't Take the Sky Away from Me]]'', ''[[Part Right, Half Wrong, a Third Crazy]]'', ''[[The Pleasantville Series]]'', ''[[It's a
Compare ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'', another webcomic that was inspired when a Danish artist disagreed with how some of the Scandinavians were depicted in this work.
By the way, there are two Italies (Veneziano and Romano), but assume we mean Veneziano (North Italy). Similarly, "Korea" refers to South Korea, as in the original comics he is called by the Japanese name for South Korea (''Kankoku'') and the name for the North (''Chousen'') is never shown.
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== A-H ==
* [[A Boy and His X]]: Many nations, from Iceland and his Puffin, Canada and his bear, Greece and his kitties (just to name a few).▼
* [[Accidental Marriage]]: In one comic, Italy greets Japan in the typical European fashion with a kiss on the cheek and a hug. Japan demands that Italy accept responsibility and marry him.
** Not to mention the same thing happen with Japan and Holland's pets, where Holland's rabbit licked Japan's dog and he immediately told Holland's rabbit to take responsibility.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Holy Roman Empire, Several times he has accidentally lifted up (or pulled down) Chibitalia's shorts.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: At the beginning of the "France teaching Italy about sexual intercourse" scene in the dub of ''World Series'', Italy hums the first opening of ''[[Sgt Frog]]''.
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** While his hair is colored black in the official manga art, the anime portrays China with "ash brown" hair.
** Even more changes, from the official artwork to the anime: Lithuania's eyes going from green to blue, Estonia's eyes going from green to dark blue and his hair going from light blonde to dark blonde, Latvia's eyes going from purple to blue, Canada's eyes going from violet to blue (to look more like America), Finland's eyes going from violet to brown, Romano's eyes going from green (in early art) to gold (in both later art and the anime), Spain going from being tan to being much paler, and Belarus's hair going from platinum blonde to dark blonde.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The anime version of ''Hetalia,'' while having a number of differences from the source material, does try to stay close to the manga.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of history.
* [[Alien Abduction]]: Occurs on a global scale in the end of "Paint it White", where the invading Pict proceed to {{spoiler|have billions of converted humans}} enter their mothership and then fly back home to their home planet. Only Switzerland, Liechtenstein and {{spoiler|Iceland}} seem to be the only ones to escape unscathed.
* [[Aliens Speaking English]][[Translation Convention|/Japanese]]: America's alien friend Tony.
* [[The Alliance]]: The Allies, [[Captain Obvious|of course]].
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Some of the comics have the Roman Empire and Prussia interacting with characters in ostensibly modern times.
** In the real world, Prussia actually survived up until the end of World War II as a constituent state of Germany, and after WWII, it is implied that Prussia takes on the part of East Germany, often refering to his brother Germany as "West". With some East German nostalgia still floating around in the only recently-reunified Germany, Prussia probably won't be disappearing any time soon, and even with Germany's unification, Prussia will almost definitely still be around, just like Romano and Veneziano both still exist despite Italy uniting.
** Austria is always wearing modern style glasses, even before the 20th century.
** In one episode of the anime, Italy mentions that Germany has pornographic DVDs, though the DVD was not invented until several decades after that point in the story.
** Don't forget Holy Roman Empire's alarm clock beeping in what's supposed to be the 17th century.
** And Sweden and Finland adopting Sealand, though Sealand was founded almost one hundred and sixty years after Sweden and Finland historically separated. Although to be fair, only Sweden is shown taking care of Sealand. Fans naturally inter-operate Finland as the mother figure due to the whole "wife" thing. In fact, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109071109/http://aph.starry-sky.com/seakun.html only a single strip] even shows them all together, nevertheless acknowledging them as a family unit.
** One anachronism is acknowledged in [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/5087111.html the strip]. England asks America if he's trying to show off by having a computer that won't be invented for forty-two years.
** WWII-era America having a "50" on his jacket representing the States (Alaska and Hawaii weren't added until 1959). This is removed in the English dubbed anime, probably for that reason.
* [[Animal Reaction Shot]]: After America [[Love Hurts|turns down]] a deredere England, his whale friend who was previously smiling like an idiot becomes sad.
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Except for China who speaks with a stereotypical Chinese accent (even his [[Verbal Tic]] "aru" is a parody of that), and America who is once seen trying to speak Japanese with an English accent. It's worth noting, though, that characters from various countries speaking the language of the show with foreign accents is a cultural convention not shared by all countries. Many cultures, Japan included, don't use foreign accents or dialects unless it's actually important for the plot/character, etc.
** The dub, however, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111108010552/http://blog.funimation.com/2010/04/anime-detour-recap-and-hetalia-happiness/ is an aversion]. There are disputes about whether or not it's [[Superlative Dubbing|better than the Japanese dub]] or [[Values Dissonance|outright offensive]].
*** The English dub, features American actors doing purposely bad (Americanized, over the top) imitations of foreign accents suitable to each country. It definitely adds another [[Rule of Funny|layer of amusement]] to the show. Holy Rome's VA Chris Cason admitted that giving him a Germanic accent would make sense (given the actual geography of the poorly named Holy Roman Empire), but he did a more Italy-like accent because the director told him to.
** Based on [[Word of God]] it's most likely that the Japanese in the manga is just [[Translation Convention]]. In a (now sadly deleted) blog entry [[Word of God]] confirmed that America and England speak English when they talk to each other which is obvious in the strip where England corrects America's English, or the rubber incident. Note also that in the former case it's a world conference so probably they're all speaking English as a lingua franca. In other strips there are more than one languages involved (such as America visiting Japan for the first time: there's even an interpreter present, and as noted above, America is speaking Japanese with an English accent; or the strip with Korea and a Chinese song). [[Word of God]] also said that probably there's a special language that all of them understand, which is how they communicate with newborn countries.
** It should also be noted that many of the countries speak a unique Japanese dialect, although this has more to do with their personalities than their natural accents. Sweden, for example, speaks a northern Japanese dialect (Tohoku, often mistranslated as mumbling), and Spain uses a laid-back [[Kansai Regional Accent]]. Even Poland uses that Nagoya schoolgirl accent (fan-translated oh-so often as a Valley-girl accent).
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Denmark and Spain are sometimes drawn with one.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: [[Word of God]]'s stance on France's sexuality.
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Italy explains to Germany why he was captured by the Allies. "There was a pretty girl so I hit on her. But then, it was France in disguise!"
* [[Art Evolution]]: The art has become [http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9545/bn2e.jpg much] [http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/9603/79516521.jpg less] [http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/5461/bn4.jpg angular], but the characters are still easily recognizable (in part because of pronounced physical traits, such as Russia's scarf).
** Volume 3 features some strips that were entirely redrawn - it's most obvious in the "little America doesn't want England to leave" one.
** [http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-1167.html Did Russia's nose get smaller?]
* [[Artifact Title]]: The Axis Powers have had the spotlight stolen from them. The third season of the anime even goes under the title of ''World Series Hetalia''.
* [[Art Shift]]: Almost all of the characters go chibi at one point. Also, France has a tendency to shift into a 1970s [[Shoujo]] art style when distraught.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: This is arguably how the Allies and the more prominent Nations like Poland, Lithuania and the [[Fan Nickname|Frying Pangle]] (Austria, Hungary, Prussia) started off in the first place. This is also closely tied to [[Ensemble Darkhorse]].
** And given that world history is the source material, this goes right down to really minor characters like Monaco and Hong Kong.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: Oh, [[FUNimation]]:
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** And in most of the same episodes (yes, the "I choose you!" thing happens in more then one episode, and it's not just the line,''the scene itself is recurring''):
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** Sadly averted in the case of "vital regions".
* [[Baka]]: what England often calls America. The barrage of 'baka's in the 26th episode of the anime should probably be referred to instead as a [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster Baka Bomb]]. In an [[Image Song]], England uses the word ''31'' times at America.
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*** Moar baka?
** '''Wow''', that's unintentionally ironic. It's almost forgotten now, but during WWII the Americans often called ''kamikaze'' planes "''baka'' bombs" - and they did indeed attack in groups (aka clusters).
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Wy and her [[Gender Flip]] self.
* [[Battle in the Rain]]: [[Averted Trope|Nearly happens]] in the strip dealing with [[The American Revolution]].
** Played straight when Italy tries to win his independance from Austria at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219221658/http://aph.starry-sky.com/nikkimanga10.html Custoza]
* [[Banana Peel]]: America didn't expect it, and so he ended up breaking his leg. Which is odd because he landed face first.
** And when it happened to Romano, who also landed face-first, all he needed was a band-aid.
* [[Beach Episode]]: In the manga, England and America get "stranded" on an island (they're not really stranded but they don't realize this). In the anime, it's Germany, Italy and Japan. In the drama CD the entire main cast gets stranded on an island, but they don't seem to mind. In the movie, after all jump out of a UFO, they all land in different place on the same island.
** Happened to the Axis in the strips and manga as well. It's pretty much a running gag by now, not that Italy ever seems concerned.
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Contrary to what [[Fanon]] says, the infamous "vital regions" [[Memetic Mutation|memetic line]] was ''never'' used by either Prussia or Russia. Austria (in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415200637/http://aph.starry-sky.com/mrt.html the "Maria Theresa" series]) said Prussia had possesed his. Spain also used it (in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415200600/http://aph.starry-sky.com/gift.html Spain's Lazy Morning"]) and Lithuania (in [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/118420.html Checkmating Poland]).
** And America never called England "Iggy." Nor "Dad" for that matter (see [[Big Brother Mentor]]).
*** True. France on the other hand ''does'' call him 'Iggy'. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518012104/http://aph.starry-sky.com/chrismas_bonsai9.html Here]
** Russia never referred to ''him''self as "Mother Russia."
** The "five meters" meme ''is entirely fanon'', and has never been used anywhere in the series ''ever''.
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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between England and America, lampshaded by France in the dub: "When you two are done releasing sexual tension, we have got a meeting we need to finish!"
** Britain and France. The Paint It, White dub took this and ran with it.
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* [[Big Applesauce]]: At least in the series' origin. Himaruya first came up with it while he stayed in New York. Must have been something in the water supply that day.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Subverted. Latvia offers Sealand the benefit of his experience but when he remembers his history he's the one who needs a shoulder to cry on. Luckily, Sealand has confidence to spare.
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* [[Big Damn Hero]]: America desperately wants to be this.
* [[Big Damn Movie]]: Complete with an [[Air Vent Passageway]] escape, aliens that are something of a cross between [[The Greys]] and [[Humanoid Aliens]], and not to mention [[Fridge Logic]] with a side helping of [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]].
* [[Big Eater]]: America (to keep up to date with stereotypes) loves all manner of junk food, especially hamburgers and soda. One strip features him becoming concerned about his weight causing him to try out different diets. (He still appears fit no matter what, of course.) One World Series episode feature him pulling up his shirt, prompting pounds of candy to fall out of Hammerspace. Italy and his obsession with pasta fits here, too.
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* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: Two in Eastern Europe providing a general [[Dysfunction Junction]].
** Then there's the East Asian family, and to some extent, the UK and the former British Empire.
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** Cuba seems to have them too.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]] - Austria gets one when France takes a photograph of them together, England gets them when he dresses up as an Italian, multiple others.
** Let's not forget Estonia! He's practically made of it. I mean this [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730055619/http://hetalia.wikinet.org/w/images/hetalia/uploads/6/6f/Estonia.png picture] is a accurate interpretation.
* [[Bishounen]] - Pretty much every single fanart of the characters.
** Due to [[Art Evolution]] China and France get prettier and prettier. In volume 3 young France sometimes looks like a girl.
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** Finland carries a spear as a baby Nation.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: In the first drama CD, Mc Donald's is censored just so you can hear "Mc * nald's". In the second CD, we get "D* nkin' Donuts".
** Though America is eating a sandwich with a wrapper clearly labeled [[Anachronism Stew|"Subway"]] in the second chapter of the published manga.
** Dozens of pounds of "Spom" and "Snackers" poured out of his shirt in the anime.
* [[The Blank]]: The Pict
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** Not restricted to fanfiction at all. As with many times fanartists attempt to include another language, laughably bad translations vastly outnumber the correct ones.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: China's Special Technique {{spoiler|consist in calling people on the phone for help. Works just fine.}}
▲* [[A Boy and His X]]: Many nations, from Iceland and his Puffin, Canada and his bear, Greece and his kitties (just to name a few).
* [[Girl in a Box|Boy
* [[Brass Balls]]: China utters this immortal line to Hong Kong:
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest|Sibling Incest]]: Belarus ''adores'' her older brother Russia and wants to marry him, much to Russia's horror. On the [[Ho Yay]] side, South Korea also makes no secret of his deep and apparently sexual affection towards China and Japan, wanting to claim their "breasts" as his own.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In one episode, Japan talks ''to'' the viewer. It's a bit ... odd.
** More recently in the anime, Prussia (the resident [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]), complains about how the show's writers don't make him a main character. Meanwhile, [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] everywhere rejoice at his [[Day in The Limelight]].
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** In the opening of the movie, Iceland wonders aloud how he can get more tourists to go to his place. At the end, during [[The Stinger]], {{spoiler|it turns out he got some of the aliens to stay (somehow) and was using them to attract tourists}}.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: "Is this your girlfriend/boyfriend/gender neutral chibi thing?"
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: A very literal example happens whit Poland and Lithuania in the "What Happened After Tannenburg" strip.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: "Britannia Sword!"
** "Eat this! Britannia Beam!"
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** England repeatedly escaped from an Italian prison (because his jailers fell asleep from crying too much). Subverted in that Germany constantly dragged him back.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: England and his unicorn. This can be extended to England's ability to see supernatural creatures.
* [[Cast Full of Gay]]: Well, of course it's subverted in that almost nobody's sexuality is actually ''stated''
** Austria was also married to Spain at one point, and Poland and Lithuania were married (one of the first things Poland did was ask Lithuania to show him his penis).
* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]: Hungary and Liechtenstein are the most prominent female characters. There are quite a few more (Belarus, Belgium, Seychelles, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ukraine, Monaco, the not-quite a ''country'' Principality of Wy, Ancient Greece aka the actual Greece's mother, and actual Egypt's mother Ancient Egypt), but they are either peripheral (though Ukraine and Belarus have had strips of their own, Seychelles appeared in side stories once or twice and starred in ''Gakuen Hetalia'', and Belgium, Wy, Monaco, Vietnam and Taiwan have -scarcely- appeared on strips of their own here and there) or [[All There in the Manual|where mentioned only in the author's notes]]. And even if you include them, they are still outnumbered significantly. Old concept art for ''Gakuen'' was thought to include female African nations, though they only turned out to be models for the African class uniforms. A female Kenya does appear in the demo, but has yet to show up anywhere outside of it.
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** And then there's the [[Gender Bend|Nyotalia]] version of the cast, who've begun to take on [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] levels of popularity.
* [[Catgirl]] - [[Animal-Eared Headband]]: [[Justified Trope|They found an excuse]]. Austria actually has a ceremony to honor dead cats.
** The ceremony actually originated from Belgium and Belgium herself seems to be one. In one episode, her bow looks like cat ears, and [[Cat Smile]] is her default expression.
** It has been shown that when France goes streaking, he will often wear cat ears and nothing else.
** Japan also gives Greece some cat ears because Greece said he wished he were a cat.
** Also the Holy Roman Empire has a dream about Italy and the cat festival.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "All will be one with Russia" and "Kolkolkolkolkolkol".
** "PAAAAASTAAAAAAAA!"
** Don't forget this one-aru!
** Chigi! How can you forget the Hero!
** This whole site was made in Korea!
** Germany, Germany, let's be friends. Veeeee~
** Limey bastard.
** Big Brother! Let's get [[Madness Mantra|marriedmarriedmarriedmarriedmarried]].
* [[Chain Letter]]: Courtesy of Poland. [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|And if you don't send it, your capital will become Warsaw.]]
* [[Cheerful Child]] - Sealand, Latvia, and the Holy Roman Empire.
* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: Averted: Not France but Italy, [[The Millstone]], so that makes it [[Trademark Favorite Food|Pasta Eating Surrender Monkeys]]. In the webcast, the powers of Europe play football with the Chibitalia brothers. As in play football ''using'' them.
** Actually, France too. It was eventually lampshaded in the dub by England.
** [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]: However, Francis aka France does get this in the Chibitalia strips, although in the renaissance real France was no pushover. This is because France's adventures in Italy [[Justified Trope|specifically were unsuccessful]].
** France rethinks his military history, and declares any loss on God playing tricks, and revels in victories where he obviously went after a country already defeated by someone else (and often told to go away because his attacks are weak and annoying). Italy, on the other hand, has a scrap book of his military history which just shows him hanging out with his allies (which implies that he let them do all the work).
*** Actually, Italy's scrapbook shows him with a series of different girls. He didn't fight, he flirted.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In [[The Movie]]: {{spoiler|The pen Italy uses to scribble on the files in the beginning.}}
** Could also count as a [[Chekhov's Hobby]]- Italy likes to {{spoiler|draw/paint.}}
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Ukraine and the Baltic
* [[Chinese People]]: [[Meganekko|Thailand]], [[Shaped Like Itself|China]]. [[Perpetual Frowner|Hong Kong]], despite the [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]].
** Then again, most Thai people has thick eyesbrow anyway. Accord to research,if not, they used butterfly pea.
** [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette|Taiwan]], [[Improbable Weapon User|Vietnam]], [[Bishonen|China]] in the [[Gender Flip]] art (either fanart or the canon Himaruya doodles)
** [[Mukokuseki]] This is a somewhat rare aversion of making the Japanese character generically stateless or anime-like but making other East Asians more realistic. This time, Japan looks like his relatives.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: A very ''[[Fan Service|special]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418140159/http://aph.starry-sky.com/chrismas_bonsai3.html Christmas episode]. Oh, and there was another where Finland gives everyone presents.
** The portion on the island is subverted in that what it's representing wasn't simply made up for the series to have a Christmas episode, but was an actual occurrence in WWII.
** The original comic was followed by some [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406065225/http://aph.starry-sky.com/etc.html bonus strips] (you have to scroll down a bit) with even more [[Fan Service|nekkid goodness]].
*** As well, [[Canon Immigrant|Noto-sama]] and France get a nice Happy Ending in it.
** Another ''[[Fan Service|special]]'' in [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010|2010]] proved to not only weild clothing damage, but epic [[Mind Screw]], and a [[Fountain of Memes]].
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: When you get right down to it, almost all of the characters are to a degree. The most noticeable examples would be Finland, Poland and North Italy.
** England also has an extremely active imagination, in reference to the fact that the world's most famous fantasy authors are almost all English.
** America definitely fits this as he loves dreaming up fantasy lands and heroes, and also is very ditzy and aloof to what most people have no promblem understanding, he also comes up with ridiculous outlandish ideas that are perfectly normal in his point of view.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Tony the Alien has a spectacularly filthy mouth and peppers his sentences with "fucking." Romano is prone to "Goddamnit" whenever Spain is around, too. He also likes to call him a "jackass".
** And leave us not forget Romano whenever Germany is around, especially when he is also around Veniziano. "POTATO BASTARD!!"
** Not to mention the plethora of ethnic slurs that nearly all of the countries use for one another.
* [[Code Name]]: The characters are usually called by their nation name in the series, but they also have human names.
** To be fair, though, the human names were the creator bending to fan insistence, rather than that he actually wanted to include them (which is displayed in that not only are the names picked with relatively little care, but that they rarely appear in the series).
** On the other hand, they remain popularly used in fandom, with the creator giving suggestions for characters who don't yet have a set "official name."
* [[The Colonial Period]]: Shown in a few strips.
* [[Continuity Lock Out]]: New readers of the manga will get totally lost with the developing characters, in-jokes, and historical references that not everyone in the world considers common knowledge.
** The very first scene in the anime, of every major character arguing in a world meeting, [[Rapid-Fire Comedy|places the viewer head first into the thick of the humor]] as if it was only meant for the fans of the manga. Some characters in this scene such as Greece, Poland, Estonia, and Belgium, [[Early-Bird Cameo|only make their official appearance in later seasons!]] Granted, the manga opened with that scene too, though.
* [[Cozy Catastrophe]]: [[Alien Invasion|What]] [[Ditto Aliens|the]] [[Assimilation Plot|events]] of "Paint it White" look like from Switzerland and Liechtenstein's perspective, which seem as though ''nothing's happening.'' Thanks in part to [[True Neutral|Permanent Neutrality]].
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** [[Misplaced Nationalism]]: Part of the fandom.
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: In both versions, China, Sealand, Chibi America and Japan, and Kumajiro. Intentional with Chibitalia, as it's the reason characters thought he was female.
* [[Crossover]]: The author has done a few short crossovers with his other works.
* [[Culture Clash]]: When they aren't using history for comedy, they're using this.
* [[Dating Sim]]: Parodied in one comic. No matter what option China chooses, it ends with Korea and sex. ([[Black Comedy Rape|Bad ending: "If you don't like me, I'll just XXX you!"]])
** Played straight in ''Gakuen Hetalia''.
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** Instead of St George's Cross they made it look like [[media:historyfail.jpg|an inverted Swiss flag]].
*** Not to mention that's [[William Shakespeare]] helping fight in the background.
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** A more minor example is with North Italy's consistent references to pasta... this despite the fact that, while pasta is eaten in the north, the specialty there is polenta, while pasta is more prevalent in the south.
*** Not only that, but pasta actually comes from ''China''.
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*** Not quite. It was pretty clear that as early at the time of Augustus, the Eastern parts of the Roman Empire still preserved a Hellenic (or Hellenistic) identity distinct from Latin-speaking Italia; the continued proliferation of Greek language and thought through trade, common tradition and even Christianity definitely helped. It wouldn't be surprising if Ancient Greece simply took up the mantle of the Byzantine Empire in the same way Gilbert went from Prussia to East Germany. Of course, by the time Ottoman!Turkey shows up to finish her off, she would have been aging owing to her identity being replaced by that of her son.
** A lesser-known example is when Sweden and Finland go to see Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania in the 'Su-san and I' strips. Estonia was never a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (unless you count it in terms of current-day geography), and Latvia wasn't even part of the Commonwealth until after Estonia was under Swedish rule.
*** Latvia is debatable as the current form of a unified Latvian identity did not exist until arguable some time during the Russian occupation. This meant you had micronations (given how small the current form of these countries are)such as Latgalia and Livonia. Part of it was part of the commonwealth while just about everything from right around Riga on north (Livonia primarily) has much more shared history with Estonia.
*** Can easily be current day as in modern times the Baltics have built a number of trilateral treaties, which did not happen often in the interwar period. Also, since independence, the Nordic countries have emerged as amongst the largest trade partners and investors with those countries.
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* [[Ditto Aliens]]: The Pict in [[The Movie]] ([[Assimilation Plot|and with a good reason]]). Also, Tony's friends look very similar as well.
* [[The Ditz]]: Italy is the 'cute and klutzy' type, America is more the 'space case' variety. When they're politely told to to 'read the atmosphere in the room' before they do something tactless, they think ''The Atmosphere In The Room'' is a book.
** [[Word of God]] says that America ''could'' read the atmosphere if he wanted to - he just doesn't bother with it.
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** "Ah, my knob!"
** Dubbed America's reaction to {{spoiler|turning back into a human}} at the end of Paint It White was, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|um...]]
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** Waiter!France was also ''very'' keen on letting the Pictonians know that he "never lets a guest leave unsatisfied". This line would have seemed a whole lot more innocent if France's voice didn't make it sound like he was trying to have phone sex 24/7.
** Ditto to America's "Because I know how to give a good time!" Lampshaded in the out-takes "What am I, a hooker?"
* [[
* [[Doting Parent]]: Spain. England was a doting older brother when he raised America (the revolution kinda did away with that), but not Canada (whom he occasionally mistakes for America), let alone Sealand.
** The Roman Empire with Italy. "Aww, he's so ''kyooot~''"
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** Actually, there was a huge comedy sequence (apparently a simulation game where you play as Germany) being narrated in Engrish and Japanese. The English sounded vaguely like [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Jun'ichi Kanemaru]], who's a part-time English teacher...
** Done intentionally with Japan in the dub.
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: At this point Spain could be the posterboy of this trope, thanks to DATASS and thanks to April's Fools event 2011 (which is the cherry on the top of the cake).
* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]]: France is actually a [[Casanova Wannabe]] and [[Handsome Lech]] who often gets bitchslapped for being a pervert. He still manages to [[Naked People Are Funny|undress and]] [[Black Comedy Rape|grope (and some more) the other nation-tans]], though.
* [[Everything's Better with Cows]]: ''Flying'' cows [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612011655/http://www.horror-vacui.net/hetarchive/scanlation/shorts/2011april1/usiusi.jpg to be precise.]
* [[Cute Kitten|Everything's Cuter With Kittens]]: The Nekotalia strips in volume 3. Made its anime debut in World Series 26.
** [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/8315905.html#cutid1 Warning: Possibility of] [[Cuteness Overload]].
* [[Eye Take]]: America walks in just as England is talking to and petting his nice spirits that come up to him (that America cannot see).
* [[Faceless Masses]]: Seen in the first episode at the Meeting of the World, all sitting around the table.
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* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]: The theme for the 2011 Halloween Costumes.
* [[Fascist Italy]]: [[Captain Obvious|Obvious]] from the title.
** [[Republican Italy]]: Later on.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The Kolkhoz that Russia threatens his subordinates with. Or living/working/etc. with [[Yandere|Russia]] for that matter.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The Allied Forces can be seen like this. Roles are subjected to change, of course:
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* [[Foreshadowing]]: In [[The Movie|Hetalia: Paint It White]], Italy is using a felt pen to draw faces on the pictures of the faceless Noppera during a meeting between the Axis and the Allies. {{spoiler|At the end of the movie, this is how he stops the Noppera's invasion, as well as how he gets all of the other countries back to normal.}}
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Characters occasionally answer fan mail, sometimes devoting entire miniseries to it.
** France has filled many a special dedicated to fan suggestions.
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: In the scene where Italy is reading his so-called war records (read: photos of himself with pretty girls) in front of Japan, there's a bookcase in the background. If you look closely, you can see an entire series on pasta (including "Wonderful Pasta" and "Excellent Pasta"), a book called "Mr. Hetare", and a title with a German flag on on the spine with the title "German Dais..." before getting cut off by the screen. Other titles are in Japanese. Looks like the the Axis boys keep a communal bookcase.
* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: "I '''♥''' Pasta"
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** The dialog itself, when combined with the style of delivery and the already short (5 minutes, max) episodes, gives it a very [[The Abridged Series]] feel.
* [[Gender Flip]]: The [[media:minnna.jpg|quasi-official]] genderswitched versions of the countries (girl!England and boy!Hungary in particular) are pretty popular, especially on the Japanese side of fandom, along with fannish versions.
** [[Older Than They Think]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100928055845/http://www.pinakothek.de/neue-pinakothek/sammlung/rundgang/rundgang_inc_en.php?inc=besprechung&which=9633 This is not the first time Italy and Germany have been portrayed as lovers]
* [[Generation Xerox]]: [[The Stoic|Germania]], [[Posthumous Character|Rome]], [[Missing Mom|Old Greece and Old Egypt]] are very similar to [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|the Holy Roman Empire]], [[Sibling Yin-Yang|The Two Italies]], [[Kindhearted Cat Lover|modern!Greece]] and [[Cute Mute|modern!Egypt]]. (Respectively, duh).
* [[Genius Loci]]: The Nations themselves, by their very nature, arguably count.
* [[Genre Busting]]: The whole premise of the show itself is genre busting, being a show about ''personified nations'' living and acting out the lives based on the historical happenings and interactions of the countries they represent. For the most part it's a [[Comedy]], it has its [[Historical Fiction]] values, and has plentiful [[Boys Love]] '''subtext''' to it. If that weren't enough, there is the occasional [[Non Sequitur Scene|BLAM]] comics of it, has sort of a magical background to it (what with exactly HOW nations exist and all is still left a mystery) , and plenty of [[Fridge Horror]] once you get to really thinking about the series itself. From {{spoiler|''[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]?'' the world being invaded by alien blob-people and saved by permanent markers}} to {{spoiler|''[[Nightmare Fuel]]'' Bloody Sunday}} to {{spoiler|''[[Boys Love]]'' Germany confessing his love to Italy in the Valentine's Strip}} one can only be left guessing what might happen next in the series.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: England took this to absolutely ''ridiculous'' levels in [[The Movie]]. After he and France are trapped in a corner, we get this gem of a moment:
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''*random rope falls from the ceiling for absolutely no plausible reason*''
'''England:''' [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|Aha! There it is!]] }}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: China meets a Hello Kitty rip-off named Shinatty-chan. "Shina" is a Japanese word for "Chinese" that is roughly comparable to the word "Negro" in the US; a formerly neutral word made charged by its derogatory use during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
** There's a recurring joke about Prussia "invading" [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|someone's "vital regions"]], and others either noting how inappropriate it sounds or making even more inappropriate comments. One of the funniest examples is when Prussia invaded the Silesia zone in Austria and then had Hungary threatening him with a spear and demanding to have "Austria's nether regions" back...
** England refers to Germany as a "Kraut", a slur for Germans dating back to WWI, a few times.
** This is almost entirely averted in the dub, where the radar doesn't seem to exist, or at least is broken.
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* [[Ghost in the Machine]]: During the Valentine Special, Germany's head-workers are swamped by foreign emotions.
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: [http://www.horror-vacui.net/hetarchive/scanlation/shorts/index.php?birz-10-08 They appear in Germany's shoulder], Italy as the angel and Romano as the demon. [[But Thou Must!|Both of them give him the same option.]]
* [[Good
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Lithuania (several, possibly due to Russia's abuse) and China (a single but large one, after Japan injures him with his katana and leaves). Both cover them with their clothes.
** Chibitalia mentions that the Roman Empire has lots of scars and eventually died from them because of all of his battles.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: The silhouetted version happens to France in the Christmas Rampage strip, when an upset Switzerland shoots him.
** In another strip, Japan pulls a katana on China and then the scene switches to a panda eating, with China's horrified screams on the background.
* [[Grim Reaper]]: Appears in a strip where England is dying.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: "HAHAHA! Nice fight!"
** The previews for America's special. Enough said.
** England and America's character songs as well.
** Grandpa Rome let's out a big ol' "THANK YOU!" after performing the rock version of his Heaven/Hell song.
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]] In the series, but mostly demonstrated in the fanworks. The major difference is that, where most of the mistakes in the series come from voice actors, most of the fan mistakes can be summed up with [[Blind Idiot Translation]].
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Poland and Lithuania, even if Poland pushes the definition of "heterosexual" quite a bit.
* [[Het Is Ew]]: Surprisingly averted, since the het couples are less numerous [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|for obvious reasons]] yet they have pretty loyal supporters.
* [[High School AU]]: The computer game "Gakuen Hetalia".
* [[Holding Hands]]: America's flashback within a flashback where the young America takes England's hand as they both go home. Pretty much a brief [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] surrounded by a [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: America, when he has to apologise for the Great Depression [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/95663.html here], at the end of "Lithuania's Immigration" (leading to a [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]}.. Actually, the treatment he gets differs from country to country depending on how badly they crashed. It ranges from 'America it seems is too inexperienced in these things' (Japan -3), to 'Your Ass is mine!' (France, -30). And Russia takes the cake by being typically tactless (+ 65).
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: England and France both consider themselves gentlemen, but they are often shown otherwise, with [[Cluster F-Bomb|foul language]] and [[Anything That Moves|loose ways]] respectively. At one point, England looks down on America for being childish, saying that a gentleman doesn't waste time on what a little brat does. America then insults England's cooking, which leads England to call him a [[This Trope Is Bleep|*censored*
== I-P ==
* [[
** [[Comic Trio]]: More often than they'd like.▼
** Fanon created other trios, including the so-called "bad-touch" trio of Prussia, Spain, and France, as well as the "fail brothers" Denmark, Prussia (again) and England.▼
*** Another popular trio consists of America, Denmark (again), and Prussia (again) aptly named the "awesome trio".▼
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Spain lets Italy leave during the War of the Austrian Succession.▼
** Sweden also thinks this about Finland during the Polish-Swedish wars, however he thinks it's too embarassing to say just in front of Finland.▼
** Another example could be with [[The American Revolution|England and America]]. There's much fighting before England makes a choice between either [[If I Can't Have You|shooting]] a disarmed America or letting him go. He doesn't shoot.▼
* [[I Was Just Joking]]: When America tells England how great it feels to remember defeating him in the American Revolutionary War, England looks as if he's been genuinely hurt. America then says that that's a lie, which brings England back to his usual irritated [[Tsundere]] state.▼
* [[Identical Grandson]]: Germany looks like Germania with shorter hair. The Roman Empire also looks like an older, more mature Italy.
* [[Idiot Hair]]: North and South Italy, the Roman Empire, South Korea, Taiwan and Canada have one. For the Italy brothers, it acts as an erogenous zone (see [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/warriorseadra/hetaliaeroge.png here]); Korea's is occasionally drawn [[Expressive Hair|with a face]] (supposedly representing his "Korean spirit.")
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* [[Image Song]]: Italy's VA [[Daisuke Namikawa]] sings the ending themes, and the main eight characters's seiyuus have their own respective albums.
** This extends to those of other characters like Prussia, Austria and the Slavic Siblings.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Japan gets an...interesting one featuring his preconcieved notions of Switzerland. There is dancing.
* [[Immortal Immaturity]]: Almost all the characters, but China stands out as a 4,000 year old <s>Hello Kitty</s> Shinatty-Chan lover. Inverted for England, who's grown out of his 'wild youth' (read: piracy on the high seas), which only survives as his foul mouth and his [[Tsundere|quick temper]], and Sweden who grew out of his viking phase a while ago.
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: Prevalent in the fandoms of East Asian couples and inter-New Continent Family relationships like America/England, Canada/France and America/Canada.
** Not to mention Italycest and Germanycest having very loyal followings.
** It's also unclear at times whether or not the characters are [[Not Blood Siblings]], owing mostly to lack of knowledge about how exactly nations are born and how they are related to each other. For instance, China found newborn Japan in a forest, so it's debatable whether or not they're really brothers, and the same may apply for the rest of the Asian nations. Many fans are more than happy with this because it lets them decide for themselves whether or not some relationships are [[Squick
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Or Boy, rather]]. Italy frequently neglects to put on pants, much to his allies' chagrin, particularly [[Straight Man|Germany]].
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: Italy's panicked phone call. "[[Black Comedy Rape|Germany! Romano's in bed! It won't come out! Ow ow! Take it out!]]" {{spoiler|Their hair got tangled together.}}
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* [[Island Help Message]]: That F*cking Island.
* [[It's All Junk]]: America tries to pull this with the gifts given to him by England, but can't bring himself to do it.
▲* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Spain lets Italy leave during the War of the Austrian Succession.
▲** Sweden also thinks this about Finland during the Polish-Swedish wars, however he thinks it's too embarassing to say just in front of Finland.
▲** Another example could be with [[The American Revolution|England and America]]. There's much fighting before England makes a choice between either [[If I Can't Have You|shooting]] a disarmed America or letting him go. He doesn't shoot.
▲* [[I Was Just Joking]]: When America tells England how great it feels to remember defeating him in the American Revolutionary War, England looks as if he's been genuinely hurt. America then says that that's a lie, which brings England back to his usual irritated [[Tsundere]] state.
* [[Japanese Ranguage]]: Japan is the most prominent example of this in the English dub. Most of the other Asian nations also have accents, but less obvious with the R's.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Cuba is big, gruff, and intimidating and definitely doesn't get along with America, but he's actually a nice guy. He likes chilling out with ice cream or cigars and is friends with Canada (even if he sometimes mistakes him for America).
** Many of the characters qualify for this. Russia terrifies everyone, but loves his big sister and seems to genuinely want the best for his people. America is obnoxiously blunt and full of himself, but he's great friends with Japan and is quick to appear whenever England gets in trouble (although how much good he does is another story). England's a grouch who presumably wasn't much fun for any of his siblings or those stuck with him during his empire days, but he genuinely adored America and wanted to protect him. Germany's a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] who's pretty tough on his allies...and will also run to their rescue should they ever need help, and who, despite his constant complaints, never abandons "useless" ally. The list goes on...
* [[Jesus Taboo]]: Averted, he appears sometimes. At one point, he is shown to be frustrated with Prussia who all of a sudden seems to be remorseful about something (for once).
** Probably pointing out that Prussia is one of the Teutonic Knights, which is a religious organization that has a long history of being very violent. The religious aspect of Prussia is so forgotten (mainly due to Prussia's outlandish behavior and ego) that to bring up that the character is probably quite devout is often something of shock.
* [["Just Joking" Justification]]: Something fans of this series use when defending it.
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* [[Kawaisa]]
* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Korea is usually saying he invented things, like education. Also, Poland used to treat Lithuania like his lackey and tried to make Liet live like him. Many of the nation-tans have [[Cultural Posturing|a moment acting like this]] (They are all good at heart, though).
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: In the dub. The Narrator is very informational in the original.
** "Oh! Pretty music!"
** "Even Godless-er China."
** "Gay Christmas... I mean, French."
** "Hoist the main sail and get me my brown pants and holy crap a talking muffin! I love those jokes"
** "Apparently, neutrality means: stay the F*** out!"
** And then there's the episode when she talks about England trying to find friends in gossip girl speak.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: England. No surprise. This trope is played with in the show and is a major plot point in the movie.▼
* [[Let Him Choose]]: In the comic that introduces Colonial America, England and France decide to have America choose which of them he wants as his big-brother. America sees a dispirited England in a [[Corner of Woe]] and chooses him over France.
▲* [[Lethal Chef]]: England. No surprise. This trope is played with in the show and is a major plot point in the movie.
* [[Light Bulb Joke]]: Once with Poland. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210306081109/http://aph.starry-sky.com/
* [[Like Is, Like, a Comma]]: Poland speaks in this manner.
** in the dub, the narrator speaks like this for an episode
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Sort of inverted, sort of not. The characters have costumes from across the centuries, but this still doesn't keep up the real world's evolution of fashions and still might be wrong for the period, especially since they tend to stick to one iconic look.
* [[Little Green Men]] or [[The Grays]]: Tony is America's cute little alien friend (he crashed at Roswell in 1947), who can be seen most of the time at America's house. He has a foul mouth, speaks English/Japanese/Hetalia's universal language, watches America's movies, sometimes abducts people, and apparently hates the British.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: [http://nisecal.googlepages.com/simple-character-introduction This aren't even] [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/726246/-_-absolutely_everyone-america_-hetalia-annotated- the full cast lists].
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** Not to mention Canada and Kumajirou.
** Prussia and Canada shippers practically abusse this trope as justification for the pairing.
* [[Love Bubbles]]: Not exactly, but the anime has a pretty pink background accompanying Germany whenever he goes into deredere mode, [[Ho Yay|usually around Italy.]]
** Italy tends to have hearts coming from him, but this is often towards Italian things (such as food and their traditions) as opposed to another character.
* [[Love Hurts]]: In the [[Christmas Episode]], a drunk England suddenly snaps out of his stupor when reminded of how he spent a hundred years trying to get over the pain of his unrequited love. (He didn't succeed; [[Tsundere|he just moved on to another stage]].)
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* [[Love Triangle]]: [[Triang Relations]] type 2: Lithuania has a crush on Belarus, who completely abhors him. Russia's favorite subordinate is Lithuania, who is terrified of him. Belarus wants to marry Russia, who is terrified of ''her''. [[Psychotic Love Triangle|It's very... twisted, indeed.]]
** Type 3: Greece --> Japan <-- Turkey. Complete with the two ends of the triangle arguing about which one of them Japan pays more attention to. Japan may prefer Greece over Turkey (fandom certainly thinks so, and you [[Ship Tease|can't]] [[Birds of a Feather|really]] [[Together Umbrella|blame]] [[Did You Just Have Sex?|them]]), but he remains evasive of any questions about the matter.
** Type 4: Austria and Hungary are an [[Official Couple]], but it's hinted that Prussia has feelings for Hungary. That's likely the most canon take on their relations, but fandom enjoys playing with all possible combinations of the [[Fan Nickname|Frying Pangle]], sometimes even making it a Type 7 or [[
* [[Lucky Charms Title]]: The Delicious★Tomato Song.
** And Hello★China.
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* [[Magical Realism]]: Hints of it, especially regarding the nature of the characters and how they come to be.
** When a young soldier asked France about his true nature this is what he said:
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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Arguably Austria to the Holy Roman Empire. Subverted in that he's not evil at all, even though his stuffiness seems to give the impression.
* [[Manga Effects]]
** [[Blank White Eyes]]: Happens often for a strong comical emotion.
** [[Blue with Shock]]
* [[Medium Awareness]]: England stares daggers (well, arrows) at Russia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319012941/http://aph.starry-sky.com/blog-entry-657-2.html Russia then grabs and eats them.]
* [[Meganekko]]: Several characters wear glasses but Austria, Estonia and Thailand in particular fit the trope.
* [[Meido]]: As a young child living with Austria, [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Italy used to wear maid outfits]]. Especially in the Chibitalia chapter, which lampshades the trope when the Holy Roman Empire is seen with a portrait of Chibitalia and is asked if the model was a servant.
** Probably a historical joke, along with Chibimerica's light blue frock. See the Wholesome Crossdresser below.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Given their long lifespans, it's not surprising that a couple of the countries have these. Holy Roman Empire keeps Chibitalia's broom as a reminder of "her," and America can't bring himself to throw away the gifts that England gave him when their relationship was less dysfunctional. Arguably, the Iron Cross given to Italy by Germany also counts as a token of their friendship, though it's hard to tell how significant that is - it's rarely mentioned in canon, but [[Fanon]] tends to promote the necklace into the equivalent of an engagement ring, often making it part of a matched pair.
* [[Misplaced Retribution]]: Canada is frequently the target of this because he looks almost identical to his brother America, though the countries that are pissed at America wouldn't harm Canada if they knew the difference. That he's very soft spoken means he rarely is able to stop the abuse or convince the other countries (rightfully angry at America) from beating up on him.
* [[Misplaced Sorrow]]: When England 'dies' in the hospital after an accident involving the panjandrum, America gets teary eyed and tells him he can't go because he owes him a 'crap-ton of money'.
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* [[Moe Couplet]]: Sealand and Latvia. Sealand helps Latvia not be a twitching emotional wreck and Latvia keeps Sealand grounded to reality.
** Also America and Japan. America can come across as obnoxious and pushy at times and Japan as dull to some. Put them together, however, and America becomes the cheerful, eager friend who gets Japan to open up to new things and Japan the calm, mature one who balances out America's boisterousness. Plus, in spite of the obvious [[Opposites Attract]] potential, many people prefer them as BFFs rather than lovers in the Western fandom.
** Greece and Japan too, whose relationship seems to be mainly based on them both being quiet [[Kindhearted Cat Lover
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]: Japan, Liechtenstein, Norway, and the Holy Roman Empire.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The comics about the American Revolution, Lithuania's sleepover at Poland's house and Bloody Sunday. Just... Bloody Sunday.
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* [[Moral Guardians]]: Pulled the show off regular TV airings to other electronic distributions. [[Fan Dumb|Nationalist Korean netizens reacted to a Japanese parody of Korea being broadcast about as well as you might expect. Some of the English and Japanese fandom reacted to ''that'' about as well as you'd expect, too.]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: well Mr. Fanservice in this case, but at this point I think Spain could be the posterboy of this trope, thanks to DATASS and thanks to April's Fools event 2011 (which is the cherry on the top of the cake).
* [[Muggles]]: We sometimes see normal people hanging around.
** The prefectures of Japan have appeared as people in one strip, but Nantucket is America's idiot hair and Texas is his glasses, and Corsica is Italy's right nipple, and god knows what swapped around territories like Alsace-Lorraine are...
** Their citizens are definitely around, as we see a great deal of them in the armies, and when the countries walk around various cities. England, at one point, tries to take advantage of this by blending into crowds in Italy.
** This is touch upon in the strip ''[http://hetalia.livejournal.com/11762526.html#cutid1 Though I may depart, you shall remain]'' when one soldier wonders what exactly France is, as the poor sap says that France hasn't aged since his grandfather's time.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In the dub, [[Todd Haberkorn]] voices Britain when he's a kid instead of Scott
* [[Nations as People]]▼
* [[Neat Freak]]: Austria the aristocrat. He gets angry when seen disheveled, even if it's his wife. Netherlands hates messy gardens and doesn't let anyone touch the kitchen because of this. Germany is somewhat like this too; one strip has Italy cooking and Germany is cleaning up his mess right next to him. Which is funny because Italy was raised as a maid.
** Probably more a sign of how obsessive Germany is about cleanliness, as he is shown scrubbing counters which have been kept neat.
** Which culminates to Austria huffing over even ''Germany's'' worn drawers [[Like an Old Married Couple|like an old wife]], as Germany puts it.
* [[Nice Hat]]: The Holy Roman Empire. Turkey combines it with [[Mask Power]]. Prussia is sometimes seen wearing one too.
▲* [[Mythology Gag]]: In the dub, [[Todd Haberkorn]] voices Britain when he's a kid instead of Scott Freeman -- possibly a nod to the fact he was supposed to voice Britain before North Italy had to be recast.
▲* [[Nations as People]]
▲* [[Nice Hat]]: The Holy Roman Empire. Turkey combines it with [[Mask Power]]. Prussia is sometimes seen wearing one too.
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Used in a Halloween strip as {{spoiler|Japan tells America to use Russia as a receptionist in order to scare England.}} Otherwise, countries are often shown as being very scared of anyone who'd beaten them before or who has a reputation; hence why many freak out whenever they are asked to interact with Germany or Russia. Also, the Italies are afraid of England and Southern Italy appears to be terrified of France.
* [[No Swastikas]]: Averted; they can be seen in the last chapter of Volume One of the published manga.▼
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: America has whales and the visitor from outer space named Tony (who hates England for some reason), England has fairies and at least one unicorn, Germany has been shown with 4 different dogs, a little dog call Hana-Tamago goes along with Finland and Sweden, Greece has his cats, France has a manipulative little bird called Pierrot, Egypt has a jackal named Anubis and a falcon, Australia has a koala and a kangaroo in his sketch, New Zealand a sheep and a kiwi and Japan's dog Pochi seems to be friends with Netherlands' bunny. As of the April Fools '09 event, Prussia has at least one small yellow bird that likes to sit on his head. Canada also has his bear, Kumajiro.
** [[Talking Animal]]: Hana-Tamago, Sweden and Finland's pet dog, can talk during the [[Christmas Episode]]. Finland is surprised but doesn't think too much of it when they start to read some fan letters. Also, Canada carries around a bear named Kumajiro, who always forgets who he is.
*** Iceland's Puffin can also talk, as shown in the 2010 Bloodbath strips.
** When France comes over to get better relations with Japan, Japan is too scared to meet him but requests to see the cat that France brought along.
* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Switzerland and Liechtenstein (he found her in an alley, as she was slowly dying due to recession).▼
▲* [[No Swastikas]]: Averted; they can be seen in the last chapter of Volume One of the published manga.
** And China and Japan - in the manga and anime, we see how China and Japan met. This may not hold true for the rest of East Asia.
* [[Now or Never Kiss]]: Sorta. {{spoiler|In the Chibitalia strip, Holy Roman Empire kisses Chibitalia on the lips before leaving Austria's mansion, since they don't know if they'll ever see each other again.}}
▲* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Switzerland and Liechtenstein (he found her in an alley, as she was slowly dying due to recession).
▲** England and America. There's a reason the latter doesn't have the big ol' eyebrows as well.
▲** And you also have England with most of his "charges".
▲** And China and Japan - in the manga and anime, we see how China and Japan met. This may not hold true for the rest of East Asia.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Poland and Lithuania; America and Japan.
* [[Official Couple]]: Austria/Hungary, who were married.
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** In the ''Chibitalia'' chapter, glimpses of the Roman Empire as an old, scarred, tired-looking man are seen and suggest that the characters can age and eventually "die".
*** Then again, when the Roman Empire reappears in a later strip he looks no more than forty and is quite energetic. Then again, at the end of the strip he mentions that he persuaded God to let him go visit Italy, so apparently countries that cease to exist eventually pass on to... heaven or someplace similar.
* [[One Head Taller]]: The 2
** England's height may have been retconned in the comic: in one strip young France teases England about being small. Sure, they're both children at that point, but little England ''is'' very short.
*** One can argue that France is older than England so France would be taller. However, I think the retcon was made that England had a complex about being shorter than his former male colonies than anything. The age thing doesn't seem to come into play though; as Prussia, who is over twice as old as Germany, is shorter.
*** Although it's been noted that although he is older, Prussia is shorter than Germany because of malnutrition.
** Don't forget Italy and Germany. The anime even makes fun of the
** China and Japan. The characters ''are'' built on stereotypes.
** Really, almost every single pairing in the fandom falls under this trope. Seriously. Just take a look at Sweden and Finland, Spain and Romano, and Greece and Japan. Or heck, even Korea and China, Seborga and Monaco and Russia and Lithuania.
*** Most notable case: Russia and China: [[The Big Guy|The tallest character]] with [[The Chick|one of the shortest]]... in actuality, Russia is
** [[Yaoi Fangirl
* [[One of Us]]: [http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Wy-PaintedbyPrincePaul.jpg Prince Paul of Wy].▼
** And [http://twitter.com/#!/tristencitrine Char], Hetalia's Brand Manager at Funimation, is quite the fangirl.▼
* [[One-Man Army]]: Every single character, in an unusually literal example.
** Subverted once and a while, as both American and Italian armies are shown at points. It seems the multi-manned army only is shown for effect.
▲* [[One of Us]]: [http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Wy-PaintedbyPrincePaul.jpg Prince Paul of Wy].
▲** And [http://twitter.com/#!/tristencitrine Char], Hetalia's Brand Manager at Funimation, is quite the fangirl.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Germany for the Axis Powers and England for the Allied Powers. If you stretch the definition of "[[Brains and Bondage|sane]]" a bit, that is.
** For the Allied Forces, China sometimes reaches this level and acts as the voice of reason when England proves that he's [[Not So Above It All]], especially when fighting with [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis|France]].
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** And Hong Kong of Asia.
** Wy for the micro-nations, too. It seems that every character group has one.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Himaruya's character designs are actually very distinct from each other in subtle ways, like the shape of the face and positions and proportions of facial features, but the similarities between various character's hairstyles was [[Lampshade
** Hungary and Taiwan is remarkably similar as both has rather [[Tomboy]] personality despite their outfit and flowers.
* [[Opposites Attract]]: Lithuania and Poland, Germany and Italy.
* [[Perma
** Turkey, Grandpa Rome, and Cuba also have this too.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Sweden and Hong Kong. Also, Germany, while he does occasionally smile, generally has a serious or angry expression. Japan is also generally [[Inscrutable Oriental|seen with a blank face]], although he has smiled once or twice (because it involved cats, of course); one comic has Italy trying to get him to smile and succeeding only in making him show an angry/pissed-off face.
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** [[Deadpan Snarker|Norway]] and [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Iceland]], too.
** And Germania. I remember one strip where he ''tried'' to smile, but couldn't.
*** A similar joke is play up with Egypt.
** Actually, Hong Kong is simply said to be very difficult to read because of his [[Emotionless Girl|lack of facial expression]].
* [[Personality Swap]]: Germany and Italy (try to) switch personalities in one strip just for the heck of it.
* [[Perverted Drooling]]: France sometimes does this, this is one of his ways that he shows attraction to some of his Nation peers.
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: Most European nation-tans north of Italy are blond, if not blue-eyed (exceptions: Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Monaco, and new nation-tan Holland).
** Actually, this is a bit of [[Truth in Television]], studies shown that the blond population in Europe increases if you go northward (the Nordic countries have a high population of blondes).
** In evidence - the [http://www.vagabondish.com/wp-content/uploads/blond-map-europe.jpg blond map of Europe] shows the frequency of light-hair amongst the European population by country. As expected, all of Scandinavia, North Eastern Europe and the UK exhibit the highest percentages of light haired people.
* [[Pin Pulling Teeth]]: Italy attempts this method of detonation but [[Throw the Pin|throws the pin]] while still holding the grenade in his mouth. ▼
* [[Pinky Swear]]: Used to symbolize Germany and Italy's Pact of Steel.
▲* [[Pin
* [[Pity the Kidnapper]]: Germany takes Italy prisoner, but kicks him out at the end of the [[World War
** A running gag in the series, as anybody who captures Italy is going to regret it very quickly.
** Another one for the Italies is they pretty much regret that their trap work on England.
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** And speaking of which, [[Eric Vale]] as sweet quiet Canada as well.
* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: Young nations (and grown up North Italy) tend to have abandonment issues.
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: The plot of the OVA "Paint It White" deals with this.
* [[Politically-Correct History]]: Needed to keep the series a comedy, but often used as a big complaint point for the series' critics.
** Though he's not afraid to(respectfully) subvert this with stuff like the Bloody Sunday strip or on Japan's relationship with China.
* [[Porn Stash]]: Italy mistakes Japan's ukiyo shunga for this.
** From the Beach/Christmas episode, the viewer can tell Germany got one as a present. Since there hasn't been a show about anyone finding it, we can deduce it's Finland and Germany's little secret.
* [[Privateer]]: There are a couple of strips which detail the story of England's privateers. Basically, England found a few pirates that were causing him trouble, and told them to "go beat up that Spain guy". They did, allowing England to get the upper hand over Spain. Whenever Spain complained to England, he would just apologize and say that the pirates were causing him trouble, too. That is, until Spain went over to England's house and saw him giving medals to the privateers. Whoops.
* [[Proper Lady]]: Liechtenstein. She's humble, kind, quiet, deferring yet not completely submissive to her brother Switzerland, very mature for a young nation, and quite competent at housework.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Germany is [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Superego]] (rational), Italy is [[Keet|Id]] (emotional), Japan is [[Japanese Politeness|Ego]] (middle man).
▲** [[Comic Trio]]: More often than they'd like.
▲** Fanon created other trios, including the so-called "bad-touch" trio of Prussia, Spain, and France, as well as the "fail brothers" Denmark, Prussia (again) and England.
▲*** Another popular trio consists of America, Denmark (again), and Prussia (again) aptly named the "awesome trio".
▲* [[Privateer]]: There are a couple of strips which detail the story of England's privateers. Basically, England found a few pirates that were causing him trouble, and told them to "go beat up that Spain guy". They did, allowing England to get the upper hand over Spain. Whenever Spain complained to England, he would just apologize and say that the pirates were causing him trouble, too. That is, until Spain went over to England's house and saw him giving medals to the privateers. Whoops.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Russia. [[Word of God|The author]] did state that Russia has a Child-like cruelty to him. Not to mention he has [[Moe|such a sweet face]] and is [[Cute and Psycho|always smiling...]] [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] to a ridiculous extent in the fandom, seeing as he says creepy things and stalks people frequently but very rarely actually ''does'' anything.
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: If the series weren't so cute and silly, it would probably be much more offensive than it already is.
* [[Regional Riff]]
* [[Rie Kugimiya]]: The voice of Liechtenstein.
** And Latvia in the drama CDs.
* [[Roswell Incident]]: Though there were extra-terrestrials already in America by this time.
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** Spain: Romano? Romano! ROMANOOOOOOOO!!
** And, in the movie:
*** England: "''AMERICA!''"<ref>
*** Germany: "ITALYYYYY!"
* [[Satellite Character]]: The Holy Roman Empire. Is he the boss? Does he just own the house? He doesn't interact much with the others. He's not Germany, by the way. Or is he? [[Epileptic Trees|Hmmm...]]
* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]: "Patapata
** France's "Slap slap slap slap slap~" counts too.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Russia and Holland each have one.
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* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: When Greece offers Japan a [[Ho Yay|"private]] lesson" to help him improve his sex life, the scene switches to a "view" of East Asia with Japan's screams in the background (and China yelling back at him because he can't sleep). When we're back to Japan, he's naked (or at least shirtless) in bed next to a sleeping Greece and screaming his head off.
* [[Sexy Santa Dress]]: [[Ambiguously Gay|Poland.]] 'Nuff said. Though there was this one picture on the author's blog where Vietnam wore one, too.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|I Am Not His Wife]]: Sweden calls Finland his wife. Finland does not like it at all.
** Also, Japan would like you to acknowledge that [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|he did NOT have sex with Greece]]...
** Switzerland says he and Austria [[Heterosexual Life Partners|were never friends]].
* [[She
** Also in a different strip, [[Anything That Moves|France]] gets [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321025148/http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/67047.html impure thoughts upon seeing a more grown-up but still not fully "legal" North Italy.]
** The strip where England has a nightmare about [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207103338/http://nisecal.livejournal.com/58883.html Sealand actually growing up and becoming a country].
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Germany and Italy have a few. [[Ho Yay|Usually together]]. There's also an entire [[Christmas Episode|Christmas special]] devoted to characters taking off their shirts ([[Naked People Are Funny|and a bit more]]).
** Often tied to France, as he is quick to try and strip others (and, evidently, has a long history of doing this to raid other countries while they're unconscious).
* [[Short Anime Movie]]: * ''
* [[Show the Forehead]]: Netherland, Denmark, Thailand and Australia. Earning them nickname of "The Forehead Four"([[OC|Unofficial of course.]])
* [[Shown Their Work]]: If Himaruya didn't do his research, it would be a DISASTER. He even ''cites'' his sources. He says that it's because good researchers do, but it's secretly because he didn't want to be sued.
** However, there are some inaccuracies that might be there for the sake of avoiding [[Banned in China|censorship]], such as saying that Japan had no colonies around the time of the Great Depression (when in fact, it already had Taiwan).
** The comic also says Italy didn't either, so it may just be in comparison to Britain and France.
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** Of course, they could've used a name from Kalevala that was actually used as a name in Finland.
*** They could, of course, [[Rule of Cool|but for obvious reasons they didn't.]]
** Episode 3 of the World Series opens with Japan and Greece looking at the Spartan ruins, and Greece says: "[[Punctuated!
** On his blog, Himaruya once posted a drawing of Hungary holding her frying pan, with "[[South Park|Let's Frying Pan Love]]" written next to it.
** The dub takes liberties to add different shoutouts... and perhaps, more in number than the original version. The Narrator tells the audience to "Google it" after explaining something.
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** In the beginning of the movie, the dub gives us this gem: "[[Doctor Who|Time-traveling phone booths]] can only go so far..." [[Jamie Marchi]] put that reference into the script specifically for ''Doctor Who'' fan [[J Michael Tatum]].
** In the Japanese version of episode 7, a variation on the music from ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'' plays in the background during the segments where England is training.
** In [http://hetalia.livejournal.com/11825767.html one strip], France imagines Germany as Light from [[Death Note]] ([[All According to Plan|"Just As Planned"]] [[Catch Phrase]] included.)
** Germany in the movie dub tells Italy, "There's no crying in [[A League of Their Own|alien warfare]]!"
** England's lullaby to America in episode 39 of the dub is a rushed version of [[Phantom of the Opera]].
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**** Probably not...
* [[Slave Collar]]: Happens to Seychelles in the Gakuen Hetalia game.
** And to Spain when the pirates capture him.
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Lithuania, exhausted from being overworked by his boss Russia, unintentionally falls asleep on a couch only to wake up to find himself beside Russia, who ''for once'' is in deredere mode.
** Subverted with Greece and Japan, when the first dozes off next to the other for some seconds but then wakes up like nothing happened.
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* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Cuba and his famous Cuban cigars.
** Netherlands, too, with his Pipe of Asskicking.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Belarus, to Russia. Russia himself, to Lithuania. Russia also wears a panda suit and stalks China.
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* [[Standard Snippet]]: The [[wikipedia:Oriental Riff|Oriental Riff]] was used in episode 23 when Germany, Italy, and Japan stumble onto a Chinatown.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Applies to the anime with [[Fan Nickname|"That F* cking Island", as some fans refer to it]]. Basically involves the Axis being stuck on an island, ambushed by the Allies, and attacked with a wok by China until some diversion comes to break it up. The same exact animation and lines are recycled, save for a few minor differences. It got so excessive that the plot of the Christmas story with Finland was even changed to take place on the island, rather than out in the remote wilderness.
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* [[Surprise Santa Encounter]]: [[Ur Example|Finland]] and [[Trope Codifier|America]] have both dressed as Santa Claus at one point. Poland did and turned up expecting presents.
* [[Tactful Translation]]: Done at least once, when America comes to Japan to make friends with whales.
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'''Translator:''' It's nice that you have such interesting pursuits, but please pursue them in your own residence. }}
* [[Take That, Audience!]]: From the narration of episode 47 of the English dub: "Polish horses never charge German tanks at the battle - right, anime fans. Germany invaded Poland in '39 - right, American fans. Poland is a country. In Europe!" [[Self-Deprecation|Funimation is based in Texas, however.]]
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** China and Taiwan are also voiced by the same actress in China's drama track, while the child versions of the Italy brothers now share the same voice (Aki Kanada being a [[The Other Darrin|replacement]] for Daisuke Namikawa for Chibi Romano).
** Mostly averted for the dub, with the exception of [[Eric Vale]] as both America and Canada.
* [[Team Dad]]: Austria in the Chibitalia chapters.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: After Leichtenstein cuts her hair, her big brother Switzerland gets her a hair ribbon so people won't mistake her for a boy.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Little England and France were very surprised when the world didn't end in the year 1000.
▲* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Both endings have been sung by Italy in-universe (his voice changed in the middle of Maru Kaite Chikyuu, and in ''World Series'' 34 Germany tells him to stop humming Hatefutte Parade).
* [[The Movie]]: The Plot? [[The Grays|Alien]] [[Alien Invasion|Invasion.]]
* [[Thigh-High Boots]]: Almost every member of the male cast, especially Italy, Germany and Japan.
* [[Together Umbrella]]: Japan and Greece in one comic. Italy makes a poster of himself and Germany under one, not quite understanding what it means (but then again, maybe [[Ho Yay|he just doesn't mind]]).
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ukraine and Belarus. Vietnam and Taiwan.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Almost every character makes a reference to their own cuisine. America loves hamburgers, England loves tea, North Italy loves pasta, South Italy loves tomatoes, and all of the North American nations love ice cream.
* [[Triple Nipple]]: France may count as such ever since the strip "Let's Assist the French Economy!", wherein he claimed Italy's right nipple, [http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/Italy#Trivia which apparently] represents Corsica. At the very least, Italy is down to one....
* [[Tsundere]]. ''Several'' male characters fit in the Type A. England and Germany are frequently called Tsundere even in official canon, namely author's notes and the drama CD.
** England is heavy on The Smirk, [[Ho Yay|And]] [[media:
** America seems to be a odd variation of the Type A Tsundere himself. His tsuntsun/The Smirk side is represented less by mood swings and more by his penchant to step on people's toes with his rampant KY-ness, cheerful [[Love Freak]] mannerisms and occasional arrogance; he also shoots down England's advances and seems to have fun when he relentlessly teases the other nation-tan. However, he has shown genuine sadness and melancholy as he remembers their common past times {{spoiler|(especially in [[Tear Jerker|"America Cleans Out The Storage"]])}}, as well as some degree of worry for the other's well-being, which can be seen as him being deredere.
*** It could be that he's a Type B (dere dere), since {{spoiler|England}} is the only one he ''purposely'' annoys/teases.
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** South Italy is a fierce mix of ''all'' Tsun Type A varieties, partially out of insecurity that Spain only wants him for his inheritance and that his lack of domestic/artistic talents made him inferior to his little brother. And yep, Romano's Tsundere side is specially strong when around Spain.
** When asked by Japan to explain his odd mixture of affection and confrontation, Korea, of course, [[Overused Running Gag|claims to have invented]] Tsundere (''all'' types, presumably). He's still not one himself, though.
* [[Twincest]]: The [[Fanon]] America/Canada pairing, which has a small but ''very'' loyal following in some [[Ho Yay]] centered circles.
* [[Uncatty Resemblance]]: All the cats in the Nekotalia strips look like their owners.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Canada has always been overshadowed by America ever since they were little. As soon as England seemed to be paying more attention to Canada, America came along and took his attention back.
** For that matter, poor Canada is usually treated as a non-entity - people either forget who he is or don't even notice him. (In one strip Russia spends a whole meeting sitting in his lap because he didn't notice that Canada was already sitting in the chair. Later Russia comments to Belarus on how comfortable his chair was.)
** Also played with in regards to Belarus. She treats the other Baltics so badly because she ''thinks'' she is Russia's Unfavorite because of them. Hell, she's even jealous of ''Ukraine''...
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* [[The Unintelligible]]: Sweden, according to [[Fanon]]. In Japanese he speaks with a [[Tohoku Regional Accent]], which is perfectly intelligible if a bit unusual, but due to fan translators' attempts at localizing it this got [[Lost in Translation]] and after some [[Flanderization]] it ended up looking as if Sweden was grunting and mumbling intstead of just using a dialect.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Sealand lampshades this in the dub:
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* [[Turtle Power]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109071155/http://aph.starry-sky.com/blog-entry-603.html All over this strip]
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: Greece, apparently. Iceland as well.
* [[Valley Girl]]: Totally Poland, like ehmagawd. [[Accent Adaptation|Based on the Japanese equivalent.]] Averted in the dub, although he's still laidback.
** America has sort of a variation on this in the dub.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: China ends most of his sentences with "aru", which is derived from a Japanese stereotype of Chinese people. When talking to England (for example in the Britannia Angel strip) "aru" sometimes changes to "ahen" which means [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"opium"]].
** Sealand finishes most of his sentences with "desu yo," which is basically ending everything with an exclamation point.
** When America talks business, he develops the [[Verbal Tic]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"-gates"]].
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** Become one with Russia, da?
*** [[Madness Mantra|kolkolkolkolkolkol...]]
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Japan's voice in the first Drama CD is very soft. In later CDs and the anime, [[Hiroki Takahashi|the same seiyuu]] switches to a much deeper tone, allegedly because fans complained that he'd sounded too similar to [[Daisuke Namikawa|Italy]].
** In the first CDs, America has a sort of low tenor voice. Then in the anime and consecutive drama CDs his voice gets higher and higher (as well as more and more hyper), except for dramatic scenes where it drops back to its normal tone.
** Canada's voice has been getting less inaudible lately.
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* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Poland and ''both'' Italies (when little). Japan wears an apron over a woman's kimono when he cleans house and cooks. Although the Italies' dresses may be another [[wikipedia:Breeching (boys)|historical in-joke]]
** [http://blog-imgs-47-origin.fc2.com/h/i/m/himaruya/oyoguzooooooooooo2.jpg This picture of China deserves a mention...]
* [[Wine Is Classy]]: Interestingly, France only gets one wine drinking scene in the anime.
* [[The World Cup]]: The author grabbed the opportunity to draw some funny strips and cute chibis playing football. Fandom grabbed the opportunity to revel in the (perceived) UST.
** Japanese fanartists have developed a new meme of depicting Spain as a football referee, handing out yellow and red cards. This is, of course, a reference to the Germany v. Serbia game where the Spanish referee went a bit card-happy and one of the German team's players ended up being ordered off the pitch.
* [[World of Symbolism]]: And cheerfully candid about it too.
* [[World War
* [[World War II]]
* [[Written
* [[X Meets Y]]: Anime [[Ho Yay]] meets ''[[Histeria!]]''... for anyone who remembers ''that'' show.
* [[Yandere]]: Russia, Russia, Russia. Latvia shows signs of this as well, likely because of Russia. Also, Russia's sister Belarus: she is obsessed with her older brother, is often represented with a knife, and shares Russia's penchant to abuse people who show care for her - especially [[Dogged Nice Guy|Lithuania...]] Heck, Belarus is ''so'' [[Yandere|Yanderiffic]] that Russia is scared of ''her''!
** Spain was supposed to be one according to [[Word of God]], but it hasn't really come up. When it IS alluded to, like the April Fools Event 2011, it's [[Played for Laughs]]. However, to the [[Fan Dumb]], Spain ''must'' be a dangerous yandere, and [[Never Live It Down|make it pretty much his only chara trait.]]
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Taiwan has the looks (but ''not'' the personality). On the other side of the gender fence, Japan's [[Gender Flip
* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: The most prominent fanbase for this show, in the English-speaking world at least. Or at the very least the most vocal.
** And Hungary as well. In Fandom? All girls san at least Belarus.
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