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Cut to [[World War I]]. Germany waits at the Italian front, ready to face the heir to the mighty Roman Empire...

 

 

 

 

 

An anime adaptation by [[Studio DEEN]] began airing in January 2009, and currently{{when}} has completed four seasons, (along with three additional "special episodes") with the third and fourth seasons under the title ''Hetalia World Series''. A movie ("Paint It White") has been released in Japan and became available in North America in November 2011. Both the series and the movie have been licensed by [[FUNimation]]. However, it should be noted that for whatever reason, they never subbed or dubbed the episodes that were on the Japanese Fan Disc. While 2 of the 3 Fan disc episodes were just compilations of actual story arcs (Chibitalia and Storage cleaning, respectively) one of the episodes featured a story about the Cat Festival and when Prussia & Hungary were little. Because of this, any casual fan watching streamed episodes on [[YouTube]] might get confused when they see the episode where teenage Prussia realizes that Hungary has breasts.

 

 

Note that the dub deviates from the original to a large extent.

 

 

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 small world after all (fanfic)|Its a Small World After All]]'', ''[[International Academy of Hetalia Fanfiction]]'', ''[[Seven Little Killers]]'', ''[[Brutal Series]]'', ''[[A Castle of Silence and Bones]]'', ''[[The Hetalian Monster]]'', ''[[1983 Doomsday Stories]]'' and ''[[From the Ashes (fanfic)|From the Ashes]]''. Along with the fanmade RPG games ''[[Heta Oni]], [[Roma Heta]], [[Heta Quest]], [[Heta Hazard]],'' and ''[[Tales of Hetalia]]''!

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== A-H ==

* [[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.

* [[The Alliance]]: The Allies, [[Captain Obvious|of course]].

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: England apparently has an unrequited(?) crush on America. The most obvious hint is the Valentines strip where England gives America some chocolates (Because America pulled back all of his troops because "Britain didn't get [him] chocolates or anything") while blushing and being all embarrassed. America [[Master of the Mixed Message|giving mixed signals]] (mocking England in one moment, claiming to be hurt because England didn't give him Valentine's chocolates in the next) doesn't exactly help matters.

** Korea's [[Brother-Sister Incest|incestuous affection]] towards China (and to a degree, Japan) isn't exactly requited either.

** It is hinted that Prussia may have a crush on his childhood friend/enemy Hungary, who is obviously still infatuated with former-husband Austria, who [[Sugar and Ice Personality|cares for her but is not as vocal as she is]] about his feelings ([[Die for Our Ship|but isn't indifferent either, like some people say]]).

** 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.}}

* [[Brass Balls]]: China utters this immortal line to Hong Kong:

{{quote|"Choosing to go naked rather than wear a maid outfit? ....YOU'VE GOT BALLS-[[Verbal Tic|ARU]]!!" }}

*** 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.

* [[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.

** 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~''"

* [[Fascist Italy]]: [[Captain Obvious|Obvious]] from the title.

** [[Republican Italy]]: Later on.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: The Allied Forces can be seen like this. Roles are subjected to change, of course:

** [[The Hero]]: America ([[Love Freak|or so he wants to believe]])

** [[The Chick]]: France (The most traditionally bishonen and always romantic)

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Canada (Whose presence is rarely noticed by the other Allies and is almost always mistaken for America; even by his older brother England.)

** Rye fields. Just... dear God, the rye fields.

** Meanwhile, fandom never misses an opportunity to depict England with roses (England's national flower). And then there's France and his own roses...

* [[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 ==

* [[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.

* [[Like Is, Like, a Comma]]: Poland speaks in this manner.

** in the dub, the narrator speaks like this for an episode

** 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.

** 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]].

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Written-In Absence]]: In the Drama CD titled Prologue, America is assigning Power Ranger colors to the five main allies. He says China will be green, but he's not there because he's busy taking care of his panda. China did not have a voice actor until later.

* [[X Meets Y]]: Anime [[Ho Yay]] meets ''[[Histeria!]]''... for anyone who remembers ''that'' show.

** 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]]ped self is a completely straightforward YN, according to [[All There in the Manual|the author's notes]])

 

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