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** It bears mentioning that the manga and anime themselves features a few too many loving pans of Ciel's prepubescent body for the comfort of some viewers,
* [[Shout-Out]]: Father Jeremy Rathbone who shows up in chapter 45. Share the first name of Jeremy Brett who played the detective in the Granada TV series (as well being an almost dead - no pun intended - ringer for said actor), and surname of Basil Rathbone, another Holmes actor from the 1940s. And then he proceeds to pull the deduction technique on Arthur, who mentions the father resembling Professor Bell, whom the real Sir Arthur based Holmes off of.
** {{spoiler|Phelps}}'s killer in Chapter 47 could be a reference to another Sherlock Holmes story, ''The Speckled Band''.
** In the manga Sebastian sends a secret note via [[Harry Potter (novel)|snowy owl]].
** According to one of the early manga chapters, apparently the pets in Hell are [[Alien|Xenomorphs]].
** {{spoiler|Grelle Sutcliffe}} seems to be named after another English serial killer, {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:Peter Sutcliffe|the Yorkshire Ripper]]}}.
** The dress that Ciel uses at the [http://www.mangareader.net/102-2017-1/kuroshitsuji/chapter-8.html opening image of chapter 8] is exactly the same that Katrina uses in the last scenes of ''[[Sleepy Hollow]]''.
*** Grell acts out a reference to the famous "I'm the king of the world" scene from ''[[Titanic]]''
** Chapter 52 has Dr. [[Dracula|Stoker]], his subject [[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Maggy]] whose body was [[Frankenstein's Monster|covered in stitches]], and after being knifed by Sebastian she bends into a [[The Exorcist|backwards crabwalk]]. The whole thing takes place on [[Titanic|a big ship from the White Star Line]].
** The story after the totally-not-''Titanic'' arc takes place [[Harry Potter|in an exclusive academy that has four houses with a color/animal/personality theme]]: Red Fox/highborn; Sapphire Owl/academic; Purple Wolf/artistic; Green Lion/athletic.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: There are a lot of accurate references to areas in London as well as references to things like Fortnum and Mason.
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** Not only London, [http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Kuroshitsuji/STFU-Scans/33/37 the flour explosion that Bard references in Chapter 33]? [[wikipedia:Washburn A Mill|Happened in Minneapolis in 1878]].
** And the idea of mobile phones? [[wikipedia:Photophone|The first wireless phone call was made in 1880]]. Obviously not with the compact technology shown, but it is slightly more probable than might think.
* [[Sidekick Ex Machina]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Grell(e) Sutcliff(e).
** Ran Mao, Lan Mao, Ran-Mao, Lan-Mao, Ranmao...
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** Rudger, Rudgar, Ludger...
** Madam Red: Angelina Dalles vs. Angelina Durless. (Madam''e'' Red is just wrong though, as she isn't French.)
** It might be easier to list the people without small or large name issues. Of the more important characters: Sebastian Michaelis, Tanaka, William T. Spears, Ronald Knox, Agni. On the other hand, several other characters have multiple options for one name or nickname and/or multiple names where the spelling is inconsistent. Some name issues are common, others rather rare.
<!--Yes, even Finnian and Snake have had name issues.-->
* [[Spot of Tea]]: ''Lots''. This is [[Victorian London]]England, after all.
* [[Story Arc]]: The overall narrative is divided into many semi-independent story arcs. These arcs can be quite different from each other in tone and even genre.
* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: So many examples.
* [[Talk to the Fist]]: {{spoiler|Bard's}} little speech is interrupted by {{spoiler|Dagger and Beast.}}
* [[Tampering with Food and Drink]]: A meat pie gets switched with another, poisonous meat pie.
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: Subtle tarot motifs, not limited to the major arcana and apparently even involving reversed cards, can be found in the manga. The second season of the anime goes all out and puts a different tarot card in the eye catches of every episode, all major arcana.
* [[That's an Order]]: When Ciel really means it, he likes to add - depending on the translation - "this is an order" or "I command you" to his orders to Sebastian. This may or may not add an element of magical compulsion.
* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in the World]]: According to Ciel, the types are those who steal and those who are stolen from.
* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: This Japanese mainstay appears in the Phantomhive garden as a part of a temporary Japanese theme.
* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]: [[Uberwald|Wolfsschluss.]]
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Ciel may count as type B, though we are first introduced to him as an already [[Creepy Child|cynical]], [[Jerkass Woobie|messed up]] kid, rather than having him shown slowly developing into a villain.
* [[True Companions]]: Ciel's house staff trio, and also the circus crew.
* [[Uberwald]]: The Cursed Forest in Germany near the Czech border.
* [[Underdogs Never Lose]]: In the sub-arc centered around cricket. In a subversion, {{spoiler|Ciel accomplishes his team's victory by a combination of underhanded tactics, unsportsmanlike play, and outright cheating, in addition to the usual hard work and raising the team spirit. Oh, and there was also that little poisoning incident.}}
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: ''Lots''. This series takes place in Victorian era Britain. What did you expect?
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 is one way to interpret Ciel and Sebastian's relationship.
* [[Weird Moon]]: The moon, when visible, is always either full or an unrealistic sickle.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Curry, candy, getting fitted for outfits, Easter egg hunts...
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: The dress Ciel wears to the party is the famous dress from ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Ciel's reply to Sebastian in volume 8 of the [[Manga]], when Sebastianhe asked Ciel why he never brought up that {{spoiler|he had asthma}}.
* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]
 
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