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* [[Author Appeal]]: Understandable, considering the author was once a [[Yaoi]] [[Hentai]] mangaka, but:
* [[Author Appeal]]: Understandable, considering the author was once a [[Yaoi]] [[Hentai]] mangaka, but:
** Nearly every single male character being an outright [[Bishounen]].
** Nearly every single male character being an outright [[Bishounen]].
** Yana Toboso also has a thing for suave, gentlemanly characters, as seen by Sebastian, Claude (sort of), Aleister Chambers, and various other characters in this and Toboso's other works.
** Yana Toboso also has a thing for suave, gentlemanly characters, as seen by Sebastian, Aleister Chambers, and various other characters in this and Toboso's other works.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: The goal of the Phoenix Society.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: The goal of the Phoenix Society.
* [[Badass Family]]: The entire [[Knight in Shining Armor|Midford]] family. {{spoiler|Including [[Cute Bruiser|Elizabeth]].}}
* [[Badass Family]]: The entire [[Knight in Shining Armor|Midford]] family. {{spoiler|Including [[Cute Bruiser|Elizabeth]].}}
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* [[Body Motifs]]: Eyes. Eye injury, strange-looking eyes, and covered eyes play a large role.
* [[Body Motifs]]: Eyes. Eye injury, strange-looking eyes, and covered eyes play a large role.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Wendy when she is sniped by Mey-rin.}}
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Wendy when she is sniped by Mey-rin.}}
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* [[Boarding School]]: Weston College.
* [[A Boy and His X]]: A boy and his demon butler.
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* [[Boarding School]]: Weston Academy.
* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Subverted with Sebastian and Ciel. Although Sebastian is [[Genius Bruiser|also smart]] like Ciel, he is the one who fights against their enemies while Ciel is usually played as [[The Chessmaster]].
* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Subverted with Sebastian and Ciel. Although Sebastian is [[Genius Bruiser|also smart]] like Ciel, he is the one who fights against their enemies while Ciel is usually played as [[The Chessmaster]].
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] As Sebastian goes to answer Ciel's call, he opens the door, then looks back at the reader, putting a finger to his lips and goes 'Shh-'
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] As Sebastian goes to answer Ciel's call, he opens the door, then looks back at the reader, putting a finger to his lips and goes 'Shh-'
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* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Maggy, courtesy of Dr. [[Dracula|Stoker]].
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Maggy, courtesy of Dr. [[Dracula|Stoker]].
* [[Carrying a Cake]]: Elizabeth gets in this situation once. Sebastian carries cakes a lot too, but doesn't fall into the trope.
* [[Carrying a Cake]]: Elizabeth gets in this situation once. Sebastian carries cakes a lot too, but doesn't fall into the trope.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Characters are easily distinguishable because no one looks exactly alike and ages can become extremely varied (especially in the circus and murder mystery arcs). And, what's more is that most of the characters have very detailed clothes (save the queen's three right-hand servants who all wear the same uniform); most notably Ciel who changes clothing every chapter.
* [[Cat Scare]]: More accurately, fianceé scare.
* [[Cat Scare]]: More accurately, fianceé scare.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: There are several:
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Sebastian's favorite phrase, "I am a butler through and through" is a play on words in Japanese and can also mean "I am a butler and a demon". This is rendered as "I am one ''hell'' of a butler" in the [[Fan Sub|subtitles]] and the dub. Also "Yes, my lord."
** The Yen Press manga translation turns Sebastian's twin phrases into "I am merely a butler" and "I am a ''devil'' of a butler'' respectively.
** Sebastian: "I'm one ''hell'' of a butler."
*** Yen Press doesn't bother to retain the Japanese pun and translates the catch phrase as "I am but a butler" or "I am a demon and a butler" depending on the context.
** Also "It is only natural that a servant of Phantomhive would be able to (do whatever impossible thing he just did)." Frequently overlooked because the subtitles translate it differently ''every damn time'', but repeated often enough that Ciel eventually cuts him off when tries to say it.
** Sebastian: [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|"Yes, my lord."]]
*** Changed even further in the [[FUNimation]] subs for the second season. It's now "A Phantomhive butler who can't (do whatever impossible thing he just did) isn't worth his salt."
*** Agni: "Jo agya." (The equivalent of "Yes, my lord" [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|in Hindi]].)
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*** "It is only natural that a servant of Phantomhive would be able to (do X)", appears to be a catchphrase for Ciel's servants as a whole.
*** Wolfram: "Ja." ("Yes" in German.)
*** "I am the butler of the Phantomhive family. It goes without saying that such minor feats are within my repetoire/that I can handle something like this/etc."
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** Sebastian: "It is only natural that a servant of Phantomhive would be able to (do whatever impossible thing he just did)."
*** "If I couldn't do this much at LEAST, well then what kind of butler would I be?"
** Sebastian: "If I couldn't do this much at ''least'', well then what kind of butler would I be?"
** Ciel seems to yell "Listen when others are talking/to what others are saying!!" Quite often. Usually to Lizzy or Lau.
* [[Cerebus Rollercoaster]]
* [[Cerebus Rollercoaster]]: Sometimes they're playing cricket. Other times they're burning children alive.
* [[Cheaters Never Prosper]]: Inverted. Underdogs can cheat too, and the [[Underdogs Never Lose]] trope is the one that ends up played straight {{spoiler|in the cricket game, where Ciel's final dirty trick goes past just bending the rules when he switches the regulation ball with a slightly lighter one.}}
* [[Cheaters Never Prosper]]: Inverted. Underdogs can cheat too, and the [[Underdogs Never Lose]] trope is the one that ends up played straight {{spoiler|in the cricket game, where Ciel's final dirty trick goes past just bending the rules when he switches the regulation ball with a slightly lighter one.}}
* [[Chekhov's News]]: "Steiger Roze dies."
* [[Chekhov's News]]: "Steiger Roze dies."
* [[Chess Motifs]]
* [[Chess Motifs]]: Chess imagery is used frequently, especially in the last few episodes.
* [[Children Are a Waste]]: A prostitute goes to a doctor to get an abortion with this as her excuse. {{spoiler|That doctor had lost her ability to have children thanks to an accident that killed her husband and nearly her as well. This was the last straw before she snapped and became [[Jack the Ripper]].}}
* [[Children Are a Waste]]: A prostitute goes to a doctor to get an abortion with this as her excuse. {{spoiler|That doctor had lost her ability to have children thanks to an accident that killed her husband and nearly her as well. This was the last straw before she snapped and became [[Jack the Ripper]].}}
* [[Circus of Fear]]: Used as what is meant to be light entertainment by the host.
* [[Circus of Fear]]: Used as what is meant to be light entertainment by the host.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Weston prefects: Redmond of Scarlet Fox House, Greenhill of Green Lion House, Bluer of Sapphire Owl House, and Violet of Violet Wolf House.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Weston prefects: Redmond of Scarlet Fox House, Greenhill of Green Lion House, Bluer of Sapphire Owl House, and Violet of Violet Wolf House.
* [[Cooking Duel]]: The curry contest in the Indian arc of the manga. Queen Victoria has the final word on it.
* [[Cooking Duel]]: The curry contest. Queen Victoria has the final word on it.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: In the manga Baron Kelvin gets really creepy with his doll decorations. There are also creepy dolls in the anime.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: In the manga Baron Kelvin gets really creepy with his doll decorations. There are also creepy dolls in the anime.
* [[Cricket]]: The focus of one sub-arc.
* [[Cricket]]: The focus of one sub-arc.
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* [[Disguised in Drag]]: They've managed to get Ciel into a dress in the manga, the anime, ''and'' the musical.
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: They've managed to get Ciel into a dress in the manga, the anime, ''and'' the musical.
** In the second musical, this gets taken [[Up to Eleven]] with at least half the male characters running around an opera "disguised" in dresses. Including Abberline, mustache and all.
** In the second musical, this gets taken [[Up to Eleven]] with at least half the male characters running around an opera "disguised" in dresses. Including Abberline, mustache and all.
* [[Dish Dash]]: Sebastian frequently ends up catching falling dishware, food, and other items due to the clumsiness of Maylene and the other household staff. He never drops anything -- by accident, anyway -- because he's just that good of a [[Battle Butler]].
* [[Dish Dash]]: Sebastian frequently ends up catching falling dishware, food, and other items due to Mey-rin's clumsiness as a maid.
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Used intentionally with the purpose of {{spoiler|winning at a cricket game.}}
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Used intentionally with the purpose of {{spoiler|winning at a cricket game.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The infamous corset scene. Which has popped up in pretty much every version! The manga, the anime, and the (second) ''musical'', of all places.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The infamous corset scene. Which has popped up in pretty much every version! The manga, the anime, and the (second) ''musical'', of all places.
** Chapter 34 pulled a bit of this too.
** Chapter 34 pulled a bit of this too.
* [[Doppelganger]]: Sebastian bears a striking resemblance to {{spoiler|Ciel's father}}. [[Word of God]] says that that's not a coincidence.
* [[Doppelganger]]: Sebastian bears a striking resemblance to {{spoiler|Ciel's father}}. [[Word of God]] says that that's not a coincidence.
* [[Double Entendre]]: So many. Especially in the second season. ''Especially'' when Claude is having a conversation or talking to himself about Ciel.
* [[Double Entendre]]: So many. Especially by Sieglinde.
* [[Down to the Last Play]]: Happens in the cricket tournament. Of course. Also played with in another game in the same sub-arc when {{spoiler|the game is supposed to be nowhere near finished, but it's Joanne Harcourt's last throw. He says, "This is the end," and then, to his complete surprise, collapses when the poison a pie he ate earlier takes effect. His team chooses to forfeit the game.}}
* [[Down to the Last Play]]: Happens in the cricket tournament. Of course. Also played with in another game in the same sub-arc when {{spoiler|the game is supposed to be nowhere near finished, but it's Joanne Harcourt's last throw. He says, "This is the end," and then, to his complete surprise, collapses when the poison a pie he ate earlier takes effect. His team chooses to forfeit the game.}}
* [[Driving Question]]: Who is the proper target of Ciel's revenge?
* [[Driving Question]]: Who is the proper target of Ciel's revenge?
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: ''Ronald'' pulls this off in 53. [[Boom! Headshot!]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: ''Ronald'' pulls this off in 53. [[Boom! Headshot!]]
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Ciel is quite a bit more immature in the first chapter than he is anywhere else.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Ciel is quite a bit more immature in the first chapter than he is anywhere else.
** Also, the [[Anachronism Stew]] in the first few chapters is quietly forgotten with the exception of the telephone and a small reference to the television later on.
** Also, the worst of the [[Anachronism Stew]] in the first few chapters is quietly forgotten with the exception of the telephone and a small reference to the television later on.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Belongs to {{spoiler|the German military.}}
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Belongs to {{spoiler|the German military.}}
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The show has renewed an interest in this style in Japan and there's a line of clothing directly based on what the characters wear.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The show has renewed an interest in this style in Japan and there's a line of clothing directly based on what the characters wear.
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