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At Fumizuki Academy, a new class system has been implemented. Students are separated into classes A through F based on entrance exam results, and the quality of classrooms and facilities vary according to level. They can also conjure Summoned Beings, miniature versions of themselves whose strengths are based on their test scores, to engage in inter-class matches called Examination Summons Battles (ESB). If a lower class defeats an upper class, the former can impose a trade of facilities.

 

 

 

 

* [[Academy of Adventure]] -- Fumizuki, and it is filthy rich enough to fund the adventures. In one instance, they bought out a hotel to be used as a study training camp. Another is implementing the Summon test system with very expensive technology.

* [[Actor Allusion]] -- Nishimura-sensei looks quite like [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake and/or Big Boss]], and also shares the [[Akio Ohtsuka|same voice actor as them]]. At one point he hides under a cardboard box.

'''Fukuhara-sensei:''' No comment. }}

** Mizuki and even Shouko feel a bit underwhelmed compared to Akira. They even grope her in episode 1 of Season 2.

** While Yuko is disguised as Hideyoshi in episode 3 of Season 2, Akihisa says something to tick her off and she puts him in a wrestling hold. He seems to be in pain initially, then...

'''Yuko:''' What do you mean "faintly"? I have some, more or less! }}

*** Which hilariously causes Hideyoshi later to feel concerned that they're going go suspect even more [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|he's a woman]]. Yuko immediately [[Lampshade Hanging|dismisses the idea,]] telling him that's how they've always treated him anyway.

** Minami gets one in episode 8 of Season 2. Counts as a [[Flash Back]] as well, since we get to see how she first met Akihisa, and why her she has a hard time with Japanese text.

** Shouko and Yuuji get two together, episode 7 of Season 1, and episode 11 of Season 2. The second one is particularly interesting as it gives major [[Character Development]] to both of them, and helps to shine light on the background as to why Shouko likes Yuuji so much. {{spoiler|Turns out that Yuuji in 5th grade scored better than most of the 6th grade kids, causing them to be a little jealous. They plan to humiliate him by writing "I cheated on my tests" on his PE uniform, but Shouko finds out what they're doing and tries to stop them. Yuuji is conflicted at first whether or not to help her, but ultimately does, and gets in a fight with the 3 older boys. Shouko is really moved by his chivalry, and vows to marry him, hence why she's always trying to get him to marry her throughout the series.}} Not that it justifies what the older Shouko does to him, but at least it shows the method to her obsession with him.

* [[Animation Bump]] -- Happens a couple times when enunciation is stressed for emotional emphasis. Shouko in Season 1 Episode 7, Minami in Season 2 Episode 8.

* [[Art Shift]] -- When situations become ridiculously over the top. Which happens a lot.

* [[Attractive Bent Gender]] -- Hideyoshi, when dressed in any female clothing, which is to say most of the time.

** In the [[OVA]] Akihisa does this to save Class F from two troublemakers. May include [[Badass Adorable]].

** Akihisa and Kouta in the [[Beauty Contest]] of Season 2 Episode 2.

* [[Baka]] -- It's in the title and everywhere else to boot. Episode 4 has Minami pronouncing the word throughout the episode with different emphasis for different situations. Some heartbreaking, some sweet, but mostly [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Balanced Harem]] -- Largely due to the fact that Akihisa is an [[Oblivious to Love|oblivious]] [[Idiot Hero|moron]], its very unclear as to who he will end up with.

** And while it was entirely an accident, Akihisa gets back at Yuuji by sending a message to Shouko, who happens to be Yuuji's only cell phone contact address, and sends a message to her that he wants to propose to her.

* [[Batman Gambit]] -- Back in grade school Yuuji taught Shouko a wrong answer so that [[Crazy Prepared|he could beat her later]]... and lo, Shouko gets 97 points. {{spoiler|[[Subverted|Too bad Yuuji laid his own plans to waste when he scored a measly 53]].}}

** Don't let the FFF find out you have a girlfriend. They ''will'' transform into unstoppable kamikaze grim reapers in their efforts to punish you.

** Also, ''never'' ever berate Mizuki in front of Akihisa.

** While Yuji hates being forced to spend time with Shouko, when a couple insults her dreams in episode 7, they smash Yuji's button.

* [[Between My Legs]] -- This shot is used of Hiromi when she and Class E fight Class F in episode 1. Appears again in episode 4 of Minami, and twice of Yuuko in episode 12 during the class war.

* [[Bishoujo Series]] -- Thanks to Mizuki, Shimada, Shouko, Yuuko and [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|again]] <ref>He ranked number 10 as most popular ''female'' light novel character!</ref>.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]] -- [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Hideyoshi]] when suffering [[Clothing Damage]] in Episode 5, Kouta in Episode 6, and Hideyoshi again a couple times during the [[Pool Episode]].

** [[Actor Allusion|It's seems]] like [[Hiro Shimono|he's]] trying to be the [[The World God Only Knows|God of Conquest]]

* [[Blood From the Mouth]] -- Non-lethal example. Happens twice to Akihisa in episode 7 of Season 2 after he accidentally sends a text message to Minami, when he meant to send it to one of his classmates, Sugawa. He runs a train of thought on how it might've happened, looks over the messages again, and spews out more blood when it looks like he sent a [[Love Confession]] to her.

** Episode 3 has Akihisa's head transforming into [[Tokyo Pig]] and a [[Ponyo]] movie poster.

** Also, apparently [[Vocaloid|Miku]] is in Class B.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]

** Mizuki is just way too shy to show her affections for Yoshii.

* [[Covert Pervert]] -- Who knew {{spoiler|the school principal}} was one?

* [[Cranial Eruption]] -- Typically, the aftermath of an [[Amusing Injury]].

* [[Crash Into Hello]] -- [[Ho Yay|Akihisa and Toshimitsu]].

* [[Critical Existence Failure]] -- Part of the whole [[RPG Elements]] package.

* [[Cry Cute]] -- Virtually all of the girls. Bonus points if they run away at the same time.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]] -- Once Mizuki shows up in the E vs. F battle, it's over in two hits.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]

** Class A's Aiko, a "practical" pro at Health class, if you know what she means.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -- Furukara, the initial homeroom teacher of Class F before Ironman took over. He then becomes the narrator, and often comments on the situation at hand. Occasionally scolds the characters for playing [[Mr. Exposition]] when they try to explain unfamiliar things instead of letting him do it.

* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]] -- Class F's strategy in Episode 12's ESB war. When it's [[Zerg Rush|several of them against one A-student]], victory becomes easy.

* [[Design Student's Orgasm]] -- ''Goodness'', look at that page picture. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXlBl6R-k58&feature=related Or any] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2e7sa0GNNs of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZQ_bwIpHZM the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY29T1p0OdY&feature=related openings] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLx-iRqtkk&feature=related or] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPIz4i7THYc&feature=related endings].

* [[Dirty Old Man]] -- The [[Beauty Contest]] judge, Obata-san.

** This trope, along with Shouko being a [[Yandere|little]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] when the judge starts hitting on Yuuji in drag, ends up saving the guys from having to humiliate themselves even more in the beauty contest of episode 2, Season 2. She brings out her taser and knocks out the power on the stage and the immediate area.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]] -- The girls seem to like punishing the guys they like for the smallest of offenses, whether it's accidentally saying something stupid, or sometimes even just as innocent as being in the same general area as other girls.

* [[Divide and Conquer]] -- Yuuji utilizes this in the 2nd fight against Class A in episode 12, either with favors gained from the other classes, or deception in the case of Class C, to do mock battles with Class A in an attempt to wear them down before they fight. It almost succeeds until the school starts to fall apart.

** In episode 5 of the first season, Kota's "camera" going limp after he finds out that there aren't any girls changing in the locker room.

* [[Domestic Abuser]] -- Shouko to Yuji.

* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]] -- Hideyoshi. He wears the male uniform, speaks like an old samurai, and acts like a man, but is nonetheless subject to this due to being all but identical to, well, his [[Half Identical Twin]] sister Yuuko. Furthermore, they force him into sexy outfits for the second ESB, and he is the main focus of the fanservice in the entire anime series.

* [[Dragged Into Drag]] -- In ''Ni!'s'' festival episode, the boys are forced to crossdress for a [[Beauty Contest]]. [[Springtime for Hitler|The judges love them.]]

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] -- There are three genders in the world of ''Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu'': male, female, [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and]] [[media:special_gender.jpg|Hideyoshi]]. This has even led to separate facilities in public baths and changing rooms just for him!

** To a lesser extent, Akihisa also looked pretty in a [[Meido]] outfit and a wig in the OVA.

* [[Dungeon Bypass]]

** [[The Sixth Ranger]] -- Kouta. A pervert who also happens to be a godsend whenever the class needs an extra pair of hands.

* [[Fork Fencing]] -- Miharu uses throwing forks while pursuing Yoshii in Episode 3.

* [[Friction Burn]] -- While trying to get a glorious panty shot of Mizuki, Kouta slides around on the floor so fast that he sets himself on fire. His nosebleed that immediately followed dowsed out the flames.

* [[Funny Background Event]]

** In Episode 10, when Mizuki is walking in the halls, look behind her. There are acrobatics and fights that go on back there.

** Also in Episode 10, there are silhouettes of people with flowers growing out of their heads walking by when the students are spying on Nishimura-sensei.

** Minami insults Akihisa in episode 8 when he tries to talk to her in French. His English isn't any better, so it goes right over his head as well.

* [[Gratuitous German]] -- Minami does this in episode 8 of Season 2. Justified because it's a flashback, and she had just recently returned to Japan, and isn't comfortable speaking in Japanese yet.

* [[Grade System Snark]] -- Whoever came up with the entrance exam was either really discriminatory, really [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]], or some combination of both: Whoever aced the exams was placed in Class A and got the most luxurious dorm rooms and treated with the utmost respect. Whosoever failed the exam immediately was placed in F Class. Those who got placed in ''this'' class were treated like pariahs and given dorm rooms that were literally falling apart at the seams, even down to the cardboard boxes they used as desks and the third-rate pillows (the stuffing was quite clearly spilling out of the seams). Even the ''teachers'' of Class F realized the terrible situation, copping a very bored, sarcastic tone of voice.

* [[Half-Identical Twins]] -- Hideyoshi and Yuuko. The similarities are to the point that Akihisa thought Yuuko was [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|"her"]] brother.

* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]] -- Hideyoshi suffers one in a [[Corner of Woe]] in Episode 5 after Mizuki's chiffon cake takes down his teammates.

** Mizuki suffers one after seeing Minami kiss Akihisa in episode 9 of Season 2.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] -- Yuuji and Akihisa, so much so that they make a great team... although some people (especially [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Shouko]]) see something [[Ho Yay|completely different]].

* [[Het Is Ew]] -- Akira forbids Akihisa from engaging in heterosexual romance. This initially comes off as simple overprotection, but then it turns out she's a brazen [[Yaoi Fangirl]]. And the only boy-girl romance she will allow is that [[Brother-Sister Incest|between herself and Akihisa]]. The poor kid is none too pleased.

** A lot of them in the dub. Two of them are the principal ([[Fullmetal Alchemist|Envy]]) and Mr. Nishimura ([[Soul Eater|Sid]]).

** To Clarify:

*** Kouta is [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi]]

*** Shoko is [[Soul Eater|Liz]]

* [[Hold the Line]] -- During the first ESB, the plan is to hold class 2-E long enough for [[The Big Guy|Mizuki]] to recover her hit points so she can take them out.

* [[Hot Mom]] -- Yuuji's mom as seen in episode 11 of Season 2.

** Parodied. Being left-handed -- especially in the anime, when said hand had been ''superglued to a table for half the episode'' -- doesn't help Akihisa's Physics score.

** Yuuji plays this straight in the battle with Class B by leaking outdated intel to them.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]

** In episode 4.

** Also from episode 4, right after some people eat [[Lethal Chef|Himeji's]] cooking.

'''Akihisa:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Dammit, his cognitive ability is leaving him]]! }}

** Followed almost immediately after by "use the spice named love to cure the poison".

*** Which Yuuji afterward promptly points out that love doesn't work on poison.

** Used by Akihisa's sister in episode 1 of Season 2 after she finds out that he's inviting girls to the beach with them. She allows it this one time on one condition...

'''Akihisa:''' Er, that includes you sis. }}

** For much of the first season, Akihisa has a single cup of ramen noodles as his only food source simply because he never has any money to buy more. He believes that he can extend his food almost indefinitely by dividing the noodles in half, and then dividing those in half, and so on. By reading the nutrition label, his train of logic is that he can get the full bowl's worth of calories from each individual piece.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]] -- Kouta does this from time to time, complete with outfit, usually when Yuuji is planning a strategy against the other classes during their summoner battles. He will usually do intel with cameras/mics, and in one episode, does an "assassination" by forcefeeding one of the rival class student messenger [[Lethal Chef|Mizuki]]'s [[Screwball Serum|special Jello]].

* [[It's Personal]] -- After a student in class B uses Class F to break into the safe to steal a test in episode 10 of Season 1, he threatens to turn them in if they rat him out. Mizuki tries to defend them, but he just insults her and leaves. Yuuji and Akihisa both plot revenge against the student, first by breaking into the safe again, then distributing the tests to all the students. Both Yuuji and Akihisa then apologize profusely to Ironman, who's a little confused as to why they did it (they claim it was a prank, but in reality they just wanted to nullify the class B student's advantage without directly blaming him). Finally, they also plant [[Lethal Chef|Mizuki's cookies]] into the class B student's locker for some [[I Ate What?|tasty payback]].

** Akihisa does it again in episode 11 when the class B rep blackmails Mizuki into not fighting, although this time he gets help from more of his friends.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] -- The real reason Akihisa even bothered to fight 2-B is to give Mizuki a chance to take a retest and transfer to Class A. {{spoiler|This of course backfires on him at the end of Season 1: Himeji doesn't want to leave them.}}

** Mizuki seems to imply this in episode 9 of Season 2 as part of an act to get Class D to declare war on Class F, but seeing Minami holding Akihisa's arm, combined with the kiss Minami gave him in the beginning of the episode [[Clingy Jealous Girl|really irks her]] and causes her to run away, making Akihisa chase after her and ruining Yuuji's plan.

* [[I Will Protect Her]] -- Akihisa invokes this trope occasionally for Minami and/or Himeji. Yuuji won't admit it, but he also invoked this trope for Shouko, as evidenced by episode 11 of Season 2. Which then causes her to [[Clingy Jealous Girl|obsess over him even more]], although he believes she's wasting her time/efforts.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]] -- In case you have trouble telling Hideyoshi and Yuuko apart, here's a tip: Hideyoshi uses ''very'' antiquidated medieval Japanese (e.g. "washi" = "I", "o-nushi" = "thee"); Yuuko uses normal feminine vocabulary (e.g. "watashi" = "I", "anata" = "you").

* [[Jerkass]] -- That couple from Episode 7 at the theme park.

** Yuuji towards Shouko during episode 7 of Season 1 and episode 11 of Season 2. Hard to believe, but she could really use [[The Woobie|a hug]] in those episodes.

* [[Keystone Army]] -- Defeat the [[Class Representative]], and you win the ESB.

** Becomes a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series. Yuuji sometimes utilizes this to his advantage against the other classes.

** One of the DVD Extras shows what Mizuki goes through in order to prepare her "Special Nikujaga". ''"It's guaranteed to be a traumatic experience."'' It requires the use of lethal doses of "food preservatives" such as concentrated Sulfuric acid, Chloroacetic acid, and Potassium Nitrate. Himeji recommends serving it immediately in a glass bowl, because [[Hollywood Acid|the glass won't melt.]]

* [[Love Dodecahedron]] -- '''Oh yes.'''

** The [[Love Triangle]] between Akihisa, Mizuki and Minami is a recurring theme throughout the series; both girls are deeply in love with him; the guy [[Oblivious to Love|doesn't notice]].

** Akihisa and Yuuji's [[Heterosexual Life Partners|closeness to each other]] has not gone unnoticed among some characters, who see [[Ho Yay|something else]].

** [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Hideyoshi]] has gotten Akihisa and Kouta [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|drooling over him]]. However, as of later light novels, it becomes apparent that Hideyoshi has started to fall for Akihisa.

** Miharu is [[Psycho Lesbian|crazily]] in love with Minami.

** At one time, Akihisa thought Mizuki has fallen for Yuuji.

** Yuuko has shown [[Ship Tease|some friendlier overtones]] in her relationship with Akihisa.

* [[Marilyn Maneuver]] -- Yuuji's [[We Need a Distraction|bright idea]] [http://blog.seiha.org/images2/bakatest10/bakatest10_61.jpg in Episode 10.] Akihisa thinks Hideyoshi is better for that job.

* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Yuuko to Masculine Girl to Hideyoshi to Feminine Boy. Yuuko is aggressive and competitive while Hideyoshi is calm. Ironically, Hideyoshi is more popular then Yuuko, possibly due to [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|his]] [[Attractive Bent Gender|looks]].

** Yuuko: "superior child" (makes sense; she looks like Hideyoshi, but with more brains and athletic talent)

** Hideyoshi: "good esteem"/"good excellence" (given his antiquated speech pattern it's not that far off)

** This becomes a plot point in episode 5-7 of Season 2 when Akihisa is blackmailed on it. He and Yuuji convince the FFF, and later, the entire male student body, to help them find the blackmailer, which basically involves them against a lot of girls and the teachers.

* [[Mission Control]] -- Yuuji often performs this role when Class F is fighting the other classes. Luckily he's pretty [[Badass]] himself, so when some enemy class students try to sneak around Class F's defenses, he soundly stomps the would-be attackers.

* [[Morton's Fork]] -- The first OVA episode has [[Multiple Endings]] for the winner of the popularity contest. No matter who you choose, Akihisa gets hurt and/or makes a fool of himself.

* [[Mooks]] -- Both sides have them in the first ESB.

* [[Narrator]] -- While the narrator is only occasionally [[Lemony Narrator|lemony]]. In Episode 3, when Nishimura-sensei takes over as 2-F's homeroom teacher, he also trades narration duties with the previous homeroom teacher, something the show draws attention to.

* [[Nice Guy]] -- While Akihisa may be as [[Oblivious to Love|dense as lead regarding love]] and a total moron, he genuinely is a good guy at heart, and often goes out of his way to help others, such as when Hazuki wanted to buy a stuffed bear that was too expensive. He also tries to help Himeji out by trying to get better equipment for her to study with. And he was the first person to try and befriend Minami when she first moved back to Japan and had a language barrier issue (unfortunately he was trying to reach out to her in French instead of German). Hence one reason why both Himeji and Minami like him.

* [[Nosebleed]] -- [[Loveable Sex Maniac|Kouta]] and [[Idiot Hero|Akihisa]], reaching [[High-Pressure Blood]] and [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]] levels especially during the [[Pool Episode]]. But Kouta easily tops Akihisa in this department, so much so he even brings with him a blood bag. Nosebleeds are treated with a significant amount of lampshading throughout the whole series, to the point that they often play an impact on the scene itself.

* [[Oblivious to Love]] -- No, Akihisa. Mizuki ''doesn't'' like Yuuji, and Minami ''doesn't'' beat you up [[Tsundere|for no reason at all]].

** Minami, when Miharu acts all mushy towards you and all violent towards the one guy you secretly like, you should know something's up.

* [[Power Levels]] -- The strength and hit points of one's Summoned Being are based on the scores of the summoner's most recent tests.

* [[Puni Plush]]

* [[Rank Inflation]] -- Before the start of the story, there was no Class F... until students even dumber than those at Class E showed up.

* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] -- And Mizuki. 2-F is about as ragtag a group as one can find.

* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]] -- This is '''''not''''' the kind of show to play in the background when you are multitasking! Many jokes come and go by in literally a few animation frames. Not a shot goes by that doesn't have some unusual art shift or slight in-joke at something.

* [[Red Baron]] -- Kouta and Nishimura-sensei go around by their nicknames, "Mutsurini/Voyeur" and "Tetsujin/Iron Man", respectively. Incidentally, Kouta's nickname, if [[That Other Wiki]] is to be believed, is also a reference to [[Benito Mussolini]].

* [[Red String of Fate]] -- Referenced in the ''Matsuri'' OVA.

* [[RPG Elements]]

** Test scores determine a Summoned Being's attack power and appearance. [[Idiot Hero|Akihisa]] gets a [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better|wooden sword]] and a [[Badass Longcoat]], while [[The Big Guy|Mizuki]] a [[Lady of War|suit of]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|plate mail]] and a [[BFS]].

* [[Rule of Cool]] -- Force fields generated when a battle is started?! Chibified avatars the students use to battle with?! Gigantic screens that pop out of nowhere?! JUST SHUT UP AND WATCH!

* [[Running Gag]] -- ''Many''

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]] -- Yuji claims this with Shouko. She refuses to believe it however, and often forces him on dates anyway.

** Akihisa seems to act this way towards both Mizuki and Minami. Both girls don't take it too well anytime he claims this, although Minami is much more physical about punishing him when he tries to invoke this trope.

* [[Shmuck Bait]] -- The Phosphoru'''s Mon'''oxide sign in Season 2 Episode 4. {{spoiler|Sounds like "summon" so it triggers summoning.}}

** Akihisa turns the tables on Himeji a few moments later by causing her to inadvertently say "summon" as well when she presses him/his avatar on who he likes.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]

** Akhisa Yoshii and his older sister Akira. The former is a consistent underachiever who, given the funds and resources, can cook like a pro; the latter is a Harvard student but has little to no culinary skills.

** Hideyoshi Kinoshita and his twin sister Yuuko. The former has trouble studying, but is a very good drama actor and a genuinely nice boy; the latter is haughty and arrogant, but has the grades to back her up.

* [[Signs of Disrepair]] -- The school wasn't ready to give a room to Class F, so they gave them a temporary place and overlapped the room's original label with a makeshift one. At some point in time, the makeshift label drops off. What does the original say? [[Rank Inflation|Class 2-E]].

* [[Status Quo Is God]] -- At the end of Season 2, Akihisa is still as dense as bricks regarding feelings for either Mizuki or Minami, and Shouko is still chasing Yuuji around with a marriage certificate. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing of course...

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]] -- Several characters seem to be experts at this, such as Ironman anytime a student's avatar reaches 0 hp, Miharu anytime Minami gets a little too close to Akihisa, Minami herself at times when Mizuki gets too friendly with Akihisa, and Shouko anytime Yuuji is around other women or getting too friendly with a male character.

** Ironman doesn't care if it's the weekend and the students are out of school. If their avatar reaches 0 HP, he '''will''' show up and drag them off to remedial class.

* [[Suicide Attack]] -- Akihisa uses this in their summoner war against Class B. He tells the FFF guys that the Class B rep is dating the Class C rep girl. They go into berserk mode and start bombing themselves in order to take out the much stronger Class B students. It largely works until the Class B rep blackmails Mizuki, Class F's strongest student, into not fighting. But then Akihisa just [[Dungeon Bypass|does something else...]]

** The Summoned Beings are armed chibi versions of their summoners.

** Also happens frequently with the real characters as well.

* [[The Tease]] -- Kudou likes to do this, usually to Kouta, but occasionally Akihisa and Yuuji too. Which then causes Minami, Himeji, and Shouko to enter [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] mode.

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]] -- The hotel in the training camp arc of season 2 is apparently pretty expensive, because a Shishi Odoshi is shown in the last episode.

* [[Tsundere]]

** Minami shows her love for Akihisa with [[Wrestler in All of Us|wrestling locks]] like the figure four and head lock, to name a few. She practically fits this trope to a T, calling the guy an idiot and being unable to confess. Thus, her image song is aptly named "Tsundere Dou" -- "The Way of the Tsundere".

* [[Transformation Sequence]] -- Calling forth a summon has a lot of flash and flare to go with it, but only Hideyoshi gets a full transformation sequence, which he even lampshades.

* [[Twin Switch]] -- Episode 12 has Hideyoshi posing as Yuuko to stir up trouble. Except for one tiny slip up, he does a shockingly good job of it.

* [[Weak but Skilled]] -- Akihisa's summon is the weakest, but he can control it manually, allowing him to do some quite amazing feats. It's basically the [[Fragile Speedster]] of the series -- it has low survivability but has the ability to dodge and do combos that [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|chip away]] at other Summoned Beings' "lives". Akihisa discovers that he can take advantage of this tactic for everyone in Class F because the bracelet he won in a contest allows him to summon an ST field and his avatar at any point, allowing his classmates to practice and control their avatars without having to be directly in battle.

* [[What Does She See in Him?]] -- People wonder what Mizuki, the second brightest student in school, finds appealing about Akihisa, the dumbest student. {{spoiler|See that little rabbit hairpin she wears all the time? It has something to do with Akihisa when they were kids.}}

** Episode 8 of ''Ni!'' reveals the roots of Minami's attraction to Akihisa. {{spoiler|When she moved from Germany to Japan and entered Fumizuki, she could hardly make friends due to the language barrier. Akihisa is the first to try to communicate with her... in French. Although that left a bad impression to her and even [[Wrestler in All of Us|exposed her wrestling skills]], Akihisa's sincere attempts made her skip a heartbeat.}}

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] -- All over the place. Especially when Akihisa pulled off a climax by throwing a pencil in Episode 13. You'd probably study harder if it allowed you to win epic wars between chibi avatars.

** 80% of the drama in this show stems from prejudices formed among the different classes. Racism is treated very seriously for those people who....... get different grades?

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]

** Probably the only reason Hideyoshi is doing this is because no sane person would give him boys clothing, anime-wise, that is.

** Shouko towards Yuuji.

** Himeji, though not as blatant as Shouko, still has her moments.

** She has another moment with this trope in episode 9 of Season 1 after everyone walks home with him to find out why he doesn't want to go home.

'''Akihisa:''' Why are you squinting? }}

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] -- Akira seems to be the first to acknowledge that Hideyoshi [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|is actually a guy]], but then claims that Mizuki and Minami are also guys, under the logic that "my stupid loser of a little brother couldn't possibly have any female friends". It also doesn't help that Akihisa would always butt in and declare he is a girl whenever someone is on the cusp of realizing Hideyoshi's true gender.

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]

** Yuuji and Akihisa are apparently an item in the eyes of one of Mizuki's friends.

'''Akihisa:''' I don't think you should be friends with her. }}

** Akira also displays a strong interest in yaoi. [[Het Is Ew|She forbids him from engaging in anything romantic with girls, but actually awards him points for]] [[Ho Yay]], and only tolerates heterosexual relationships that involve [[Brother-Sister Incest|herself and Akihisa]].

 

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