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{{quote| '''[[Shrinking Violet|Nagisa]]:''' "Do you like this school?"

{{quote|'''[[Shrinking Violet|Nagisa]]:''' "Do you like this school?"

'''[[The Hero|Tomoya]]:''' "..."

'''Nagisa:''' "I really, really love it. But nothing can stay unchanged."

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The original [[Visual Novel]] ''CLANNAD'' was made by [[Key Visual Arts]] and released in 2004. The [[Manga]] adaptation, illustrated by Juri Misaki, was published by Jive between November 2005 and March 2009; Drama CDs were released in 2007. In September 2007, [[Toei Animation]] released [[The Movie]], directed by Osamu Dezaki. The television series, by [[Kyoto Animation]], aired between October 2007 and March 2008. The [[Visual Novel]] and the [[Anime]] television series are each divided into two parts, the high school portion, which takes place during the first few weeks of Tomoya's senior year, and the ''After Story'', which takes place later. Two special OVA episodes were made for this series by [[Kyoto Animation]]. The first is the [[Omake|bonus episode]] 24 in the first season, [[Alternate Universe|''Another World: Tomoyo Arc'']], and the second the [[Omake|bonus episode]] on the final Clannad DVD, [[Alternate Universe|''Another World: Kyou Arc'']].

([[Nerds|For those who care about such things]]: over at the Anime News Network, ''CLANNAD ~After Story~'' (i.e. season two of the [[Anime]] series) [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ratings-anime.php is currently ranked #1] among all 3000+ [[Anime]] series and movies listed there -- [[Viewers Are Geniuses|at least if you go by]] [[wikipedia:Bayes estimator|Bayesian estimator]]. It also previously held the #1 spot in a similar listing at [http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php MyAnimeList.] Not that online polls are worth the paper they're written on. Still. Interesting.)

([[Nerds|For those who care about such things]]: over at the Anime News Network, ''CLANNAD [[After Story]]'' (i.e. season two of the [[Anime]] series) [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ratings-anime.php is currently ranked #1] among all 3000+ [[Anime]] series and movies listed there -- [[Viewers Are Geniuses|at least if you go by]] [[wikipedia:Bayes estimator|Bayesian estimator]]. It also previously held the #1 spot in a similar listing at [http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php MyAnimeList.] Not that online polls are worth the paper they're written on. Still. Interesting.)

Both seasons and the movie are licensed by Sentai Filmworks, the employees of the once-prosperous [[ADV Films]]. The first two episodes are available online for free.

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** In addition, the Illusionary World seems to be some sort of extreme [[Cosy Catastrophe]] version -- a world that has ended and has no sentient life except for one little girl (and her toy) {{spoiler|who turn out to be Ushio, Tomoya's daughter, and Tomoya himself.}}

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Fūko's reappearances in the anime are based on a mode in the [[Visual Novel]] where, if you obtain the ''Fūko Master'' and ''Fūko Ninja'' statuses, when replaying Tomoyo's route, Fūko will pop up at random times.

* [[Alternate Universe]]: The first season's [[Omake]] episode 24, in which Tomoyo wins (and the her potential romantic rivals don't even make an appearance onscreen), and the DVD-only episode for ''~After Story~'', in which Kyou wins. All the routes in the game are a bunch of [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes]] to each other. This actually becomes a ''plot point''.

* [[Alternate Universe]]: The first season's [[Omake]] episode 24, in which Tomoyo wins (and the her potential romantic rivals don't even make an appearance onscreen), and the DVD-only episode for ''[[After Story]]'', in which Kyou wins. All the routes in the game are a bunch of [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes]] to each other. This actually becomes a ''plot point''.

** Also, within the [[Anime]]'s canon storyline, an [[Alternate Universe]] is the result of the Ichinoses' research, as continued by Kotomi after she graduates. Becomes a focal plot point for the [[Grand Finale]].

** May be the way how the miracle at the end happens. {{spoiler|The miracle did not turn back time and save Nagisa, it simply created an [[Alternate Universe]] where Nagisa survives, meaning that Nagisa, Tomoya, and Ushio are still dead in the universe where they died. Interestingly, the miracle requires you to replay or reload to the point where Nagisa dies, the same way you do when you're going for another route and another continuity.}}

* [[Anachronic Order]]: Not so much in the [[Visual Novel]] or the [[Anime]] series, but definitely in the 2006 [[Toei Animation]] movie. Generally, the action therein skips back and forth between two timelines: Tomoya's senior year in high school, when he's falling in love with Nagisa, and {{spoiler|the weeks, months, and then years after Nagisa's death, when Tomoya is going through (and eventually recovers from) his [[Heroic BSOD]].}} So instead of season one followed by ''~After Story~'' -- as in the [[Kyoto Animation]] series -- in the movie we get the former and the latter half of the latter interspliced.

* [[Anachronic Order]]: Not so much in the [[Visual Novel]] or the [[Anime]] series, but definitely in the 2006 [[Toei Animation]] movie. Generally, the action therein skips back and forth between two timelines: Tomoya's senior year in high school, when he's falling in love with Nagisa, and {{spoiler|the weeks, months, and then years after Nagisa's death, when Tomoya is going through (and eventually recovers from) his [[Heroic BSOD]].}} So instead of season one followed by ''[[After Story]]'' -- as in the [[Kyoto Animation]] series -- in the movie we get the former and the latter half of the latter interspliced.

* [[Arc Words]]: "Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit, and yesterday a deer, and today, you." Said several times by Kotomi to Tomoya. Also [[Arc Words]] (appearing essentially unchanged six times) [[Shout-Out|in its source]], Robert F. Young's [[Time Travel]] love story, ''[[The Dandelion Girl]]''.

** Many of Nagisa's quotes are good examples, especially "Would you like me to take you... to a place in this city where wishes come true?" as well as her very first lines, quoted at the top.

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* [[Aside Glance]]: Kyou and Tomoyo each tend to give the audience an [[Aside Glance]] whenever they tease resident [[Butt Monkey]] Sunohara into another of his stupid outbursts.

** A more poignant example, from near the end of season one: in front of the whole drama club, Tomoyo tells Nagisa, [[Graceful Loser|"I'm so glad he chose you."]] The slighted parties -- Kyou, Ryou, and Kotomi -- each give their own version of the [[Aside Glance]]. [[Tsundere|Kyou]]'s is almost defiant, with a hint of Tomoyo-directed dagger eyes. Her [[Different As Night and Day|twin sister]] [[Shrinking Violet|Ryou]]'s subtler [[Aside Glance]] registers shame rather than anger. Subtlest of all is [[Emotionless Girl|Kotomi]]'s: her head doesn't even move as she peers at the audience; evidently she's too lost in thought to fully register that Tomoyo has (inadvertently?) insulted her.

** In ''~After Story~'', [[Aside Glance|aside glances]] are common ways to punctuate a joke, especially (but not always) at Youhei's expense.

** In ''[[After Story]]'', [[Aside Glance|aside glances]] are common ways to punctuate a joke, especially (but not always) at Youhei's expense.

* [[Author Appeal]]: Everything [[Key Visual Arts]] usually likes to put in their games comes in here.

** Not quite everything, considering Key's [[H-game|background]]

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* [[The Baby Trap|Baby Trap]]: {{spoiler|Ryou attempts this with Kappei in his route, only for the whole lie to fall flat on its face when he reminds her that they haven't had sex, so it's impossible.}}

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Tomoyo and Kyou. The adorable part is fairly obvious, and the [[Badass]] part is typically demonstrated on [[Butt Monkey]] Sunohara. (Sometimes they get a [[Jerkass|worthier target]].)

* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: The first season opening credits prominently feature an important character who doesn't appear until ''~After Story~''. [[Cutting Off the Branches|Might count]] as a [[Spoiler Opening]] for players of the [[Visual Novel]]. Might count as a bit of a [[Spoiler Opening]] even for those who haven't, in that the scene depicted doesn't take place until more than halfway through the [[Grand Finale]].

* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: The first season opening credits prominently feature an important character who doesn't appear until ''[[After Story]]''. [[Cutting Off the Branches|Might count]] as a [[Spoiler Opening]] for players of the [[Visual Novel]]. Might count as a bit of a [[Spoiler Opening]] even for those who haven't, in that the scene depicted doesn't take place until more than halfway through the [[Grand Finale]].

* [[Baseball Episode]]

* [[Beautiful Dreamer]]: A hint of this, in the ''~After Story~'' [[Omake]] episode 23, set a year before the first episode of season one. Kyou finds Tomoya sleeping in the school courtyard and is about summon her newfound [[Class Representative]] powers to scold him for being late to class. Instead she gets lost in noticing [[Bishounen|how beautiful he looks]]. (Unless you choose to view this episode as a prelude to the [[Alternate Universe]] OVA ''Another World: Kyou Arc'', this scene fuses [[Beautiful Dreamer]] with [[Ship Tease]].) Note that Youhei spoils things by not only waking Tomoya up but claiming that Kyou was about to pull a [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Dudette, He's Like In A Coma]] on him.

* [[Beautiful Dreamer]]: A hint of this, in the ''[[After Story]]'' [[Omake]] episode 23, set a year before the first episode of season one. Kyou finds Tomoya sleeping in the school courtyard and is about summon her newfound [[Class Representative]] powers to scold him for being late to class. Instead she gets lost in noticing [[Bishounen|how beautiful he looks]]. (Unless you choose to view this episode as a prelude to the [[Alternate Universe]] OVA ''Another World: Kyou Arc'', this scene fuses [[Beautiful Dreamer]] with [[Ship Tease]].) Note that Youhei spoils things by not only waking Tomoya up but claiming that Kyou was about to pull a [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Dudette, He's Like In A Coma]] on him.

** Not surprising since Kyou is the first girl besides [[Forgotten Childhood Friend|Kotomi]] to fall for Tomoya.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Between Kyou and Tomoya, both in Kyou's route in the [[Visual Novel]] and in the [[Alternate Universe]] OVA ''Another World: Kyou Arc''.

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* [[Break the Cutie]]: Tomoya is a male example.

** {{spoiler|Poor Kyou and Ryou.}}

* [[Breather Episode]]: In ''~After Story~'', episodes 19 and 20 have elements of this. Not that they're light and fluffy -- they're [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]] in their own right -- but at least in comparison with {{spoiler|episode 16, in which Nagisa dies giving birth to Ushio; episode 17, in which we learn that Tomoya, in his grief over Nagisa, has fallen into [[Heroic BSOD|such a severe depression]] that he has essentially ''ignored his own daughter for five years'' and thus become precisely what he hated most about his own father; episode 18, in which Tomoya reconciles with Ushio but bursts into tears (and takes us with him) when telling Ushio about Nagisa -- and of course, episode 21, in which Ushio (and possibly [[Death by Despair|Tomoya]]) dies.}}

* [[Breather Episode]]: In ''[[After Story]]'', episodes 19 and 20 have elements of this. Not that they're light and fluffy -- they're [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]] in their own right -- but at least in comparison with {{spoiler|episode 16, in which Nagisa dies giving birth to Ushio; episode 17, in which we learn that Tomoya, in his grief over Nagisa, has fallen into [[Heroic BSOD|such a severe depression]] that he has essentially ''ignored his own daughter for five years'' and thus become precisely what he hated most about his own father; episode 18, in which Tomoya reconciles with Ushio but bursts into tears (and takes us with him) when telling Ushio about Nagisa -- and of course, episode 21, in which Ushio (and possibly [[Death by Despair|Tomoya]]) dies.}}

** The first half of ''~After Story~'' episode 16 serves as a breather '''half'''-episode. {{spoiler|Because of the episode's [[Downer Ending|second]] [[Death by Childbirth|half]], it's easy to forget how cheerful and optimistic the reunion scene is, and what a relief after all the tension of episode 15. This is the last time we see Tomoya, Nagisa, Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, and Youhei together; leaving aside the [[Where Are They Now]] montage in the [[Grand Finale]], this is the last we see of Ryou, Kotomi, or Youhei.}}

** The first half of ''[[After Story]]'' episode 16 serves as a breather '''half'''-episode. {{spoiler|Because of the episode's [[Downer Ending|second]] [[Death by Childbirth|half]], it's easy to forget how cheerful and optimistic the reunion scene is, and what a relief after all the tension of episode 15. This is the last time we see Tomoya, Nagisa, Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, and Youhei together; leaving aside the [[Where Are They Now]] montage in the [[Grand Finale]], this is the last we see of Ryou, Kotomi, or Youhei.}}

** It's odd to consider the first episode of a season as a breather episode, but episode 1 of ''~After Story~'' certainly qualifies. After the power of the end of the first season, and before all of the nuclear powered emotional scenes later in ''~After Story~'', it starts with the cast... playing baseball?

** It's odd to consider the first episode of a season as a breather episode, but episode 1 of ''[[After Story]]'' certainly qualifies. After the power of the end of the first season, and before all of the nuclear powered emotional scenes later in ''[[After Story]]'', it starts with the cast... playing baseball?

* [[Brick Joke]]: The stars given out to everyone by Fuko {{spoiler|are forgotten due to her coma status prevailing and preventing her from waking}} majorly are seen by the ''viewer''. [[Tear Jerker|Emotional impact]] occurs when the viewer realizes that {{spoiler|the characters cannot remember their actions with her}} but can only be remembered by the stars.

* [[Broken Glass Penalty]]: This happens twice whilst playing baseball. It's Akio's fault both times.

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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Nagisa's "Ehehe" in the game. Subtler in the series.

* [[Cat Smile]] - Sunohara. Unexpectedly, Tomoya does one, too, at one point.

* [[Character Development]] - Every character in the series experiences this, but more particularly with both Tomoya and Nagisa. Nagisa shown more confidence of herself at the end of Clannad while Tomoya becomes more open to his feelings. Most of Nagisa's character development is from Clannad while Tomoya's at Clannad ~After Story~.

* [[Character Development]] - Every character in the series experiences this, but more particularly with both Tomoya and Nagisa. Nagisa shown more confidence of herself at the end of Clannad while Tomoya becomes more open to his feelings. Most of Nagisa's character development is from Clannad while Tomoya's at Clannad [[After Story]].

* [[Chastity Couple]]: Tomoya's relationship with Nagisa is strictly hugging but no kissing.

** The VN explores this more than the anime as Tomoya deals with his internal struggle over this. It mostly has to do with Nagisa's soft and fragile demeanor as he is MUCH more forward with Tomoyo in her route.

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* [[Deliberately Monochrome]] : In what surely must be a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the [[Anime]] for ''CLANNAD'' begins with <s> Kyon</s> Tomoya [[Narrator|narrating]], telling us how much he hates the town he lives in and his life in general. He's clearly depressed, and the world is presented almost exclusively in white, blue, drab green, and grey. Abruptly [[Love Interest|Nagisa]] appears, almost as if by magic. As Tomoya watches her talk to herself, the monochrome of his world begins to break down. The screen flashes with brilliant colors. A few seconds later, with some [[Dramatic Wind]] and some even more dramatic camera movement, Nagisa turns to look at Tomoya. The screen is awash with vibrant colors, and Tomoya's world has officially changed forever.

** In addition, the [[Anime]] series occasionally employs briefer [[Deliberately Monochrome]] sequences in order to imply a sense of unreality -- for example, when Youhei is in a fog after first waking up.

** Late in the series, a heart-breaking use of [[Deliberately Monochrome]] - episode 16 of ''~After Story~'' concludes with something of an [[Ironic Echo]] of the series' opening scene. Whereas the original scene gradually bursts from monochrome to full color as Tomoya and Nagisa first notice each other, here the color palette fades from almost surreal intensity (even the tree trunks are purple!) to nearly black and white, {{spoiler|to signify that Nagisa has died.}}

** Late in the series, a heart-breaking use of [[Deliberately Monochrome]] - episode 16 of ''[[After Story]]'' concludes with something of an [[Ironic Echo]] of the series' opening scene. Whereas the original scene gradually bursts from monochrome to full color as Tomoya and Nagisa first notice each other, here the color palette fades from almost surreal intensity (even the tree trunks are purple!) to nearly black and white, {{spoiler|to signify that Nagisa has died.}}

* [[Delinquents]]: Tomoya and Sunohara are known as this. Tomoyo used to be one but is trying to change.

** It's revealed in the ''~After Story~'' Extra episode that the victim of Tomoya's and Sunohara's second major prank in their second year was {{spoiler|Nagisa}}, Kyou being the victim of their first prank.

** It's revealed in the ''[[After Story]]'' Extra episode that the victim of Tomoya's and Sunohara's second major prank in their second year was {{spoiler|Nagisa}}, Kyou being the victim of their first prank.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] - Let's just say that ''After Story'' is one hell of a [[Demoted to Extra|Demotion To Extra]] for any heroines not named "Nagisa." Justified since After Story is the continuation of her route.

** A better example would be Yukine, who was originally intended to be one of the "main heroines" and her route was supposed to be longer but Jun Maeda was unsatisfied with her route. She still ends up with Tomoya but her route is noticeably shorter and lacking in impact compare to the main heroines (Nagisa, Tomoyo, Kyou, Kotomi, Fuko). All of the heroines take a back seat to Nagisa but it was always intended to be that way.

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** Also, {{spoiler|Nagisa goes into an early labor on the night where it just so happens to be snowing too hard to get her proper medical care.}}

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: In season one, Episode 20:

{{quote| '''Tomoya''': ''* after hitting a home run* '' Did you see that, Nagisa?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Tomoya''': ''* after hitting a home run* '' Did you see that, Nagisa?

'''Nagisa''': Yes, I watched you carefully!~~ ~~

'''Nagisa''': Yes, I watched you carefully!

'''Akio''': [[Meaningful Echo|Love him all over again?]]

'''Nagisa''': Ye- Dad!?

'''Akio''': ''* cigarette falls out of his mouth* '' Damn it! So she is in love with him! }}

** Akio again, when he finds Nagisa and Tomoya digging through the shed:

{{quote| '''Akio''': Jeez, why can't you two just go make out in the bedroom like normal teens? ''*[[Beat]]*'' What the hell am I encouraging!?}}

{{quote|'''Akio''': Jeez, why can't you two just go make out in the bedroom like normal teens? ''*[[Beat]]*'' What the hell am I encouraging!?}}

* [[Disney Acid Sequence]] : Tomoya's seriously stuffed-up dream-sequence in Episode 11 of season one.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In the [[Alternate Universe]] ''Tomoyo Arc'' [[Omake]] episode. Tomoya and Tomoyo are sitting next to each other on a park bench when a distraught Tomoya spills ice cream on his knee. Tomoyo's hand reaches out of frame as she reaches down to wipe the ice cream off his knee. {{spoiler|It's just then that Tomoya announces he's breaking up with her. The visual suggestiveness of the scene only increases the scene's emotional punch.}}

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* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Sunohara makes his shape in a wall that way thanks to the help of Tomoyo right near the beginning of ''After Story''.

* [[Endofthe World As We Know It]] - Parodied in the game with this hilarious quote from Misae:

{{quote| '''Misae''': For Sunohara to have such a cute sister, and for Okazaki to have such a cute girlfriend... If it were the end of the world, it'd be bad for the sister and Furukawa-san, but... I'll say it. It's the end of the world.}}

{{quote|'''Misae''': For Sunohara to have such a cute sister, and for Okazaki to have such a cute girlfriend... If it were the end of the world, it'd be bad for the sister and Furukawa-san, but... I'll say it. It's the end of the world.}}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Tomoya. Akio. To a far lesser extent, Youhei Sunohara.

** Yoshino Yuusuke.

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** There's a lot of [[Gratuitous English]] in the series. Also in the songs, especially "[[Crowning Music of Awesome|Ana]]", the lyrics of which are almost entirely awkwardly translated English.

* [[Hair Antennae]]: The entire Furukawa family. Except Ushio -- but technically she's an Okazaki.

* [[Hair Colors]]: Hair colors run the usual rainbow gambit, but it is Sunohara's blond hair that Fūko [[Lampshade Hanging|calls out as unnatural]]. In this instance, she's correct (albeit rude): his hair is naturally dark, like his sister Mei's, and he dyes it blond. We see his naturally hair color in some of the [[Omake|omakes]] and toward the end of ''~After Story~''.

* [[Hair Colors]]: Hair colors run the usual rainbow gambit, but it is Sunohara's blond hair that Fūko [[Lampshade Hanging|calls out as unnatural]]. In this instance, she's correct (albeit rude): his hair is naturally dark, like his sister Mei's, and he dyes it blond. We see his naturally hair color in some of the [[Omake|omakes]] and toward the end of ''[[After Story]]''.

* [[Happily Married]]: Akio and Sanae. Later, {{spoiler|Tomoya and Nagisa}}. Possibly Yuusuke and Kouko, although we don't see them together that much. And, leaving aside very minor characters and [[Flash Back|flashbacks]], that's [[All Love Is Unrequited|pretty much it for the requited relationships]] in the [[Anime]] series.

** There is a very good reason why we don't get to see Yuusuke and Kouko together much. In the game, ''After Story'' strictly follows Nagisa's route and Nagisa's route only, meaning that there was no Fuuko story and Yuusuke and Kouko never got married. In the anime, Nagisa's route incorporated everyone's else route but since the original source material never had those two married in ''After Story'', anything deeply related to their marriage just kinda got pushed aside.

* [[Headbutt Thermometer]]: In the [[Visual Novel]], Tomoyo checks Tomoya's temperature this way after he claims to have a cold, oblivious to how intimate it might look to others.

* [[Head Desk]]: In ''Clannad ~After Story~'', during Nagisa's 20th birthday, is also her first time drinking sake (the legal age for drinking in Japan is 20). She gets extremely drunk off just one bowl/cup and turns into a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]] and when Sanae and Akio start messing with him too, Tomoya does a fast headdesk.

* [[Head Desk]]: In ''Clannad [[After Story]]'', during Nagisa's 20th birthday, is also her first time drinking sake (the legal age for drinking in Japan is 20). She gets extremely drunk off just one bowl/cup and turns into a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]] and when Sanae and Akio start messing with him too, Tomoya does a fast headdesk.

* [[Her Heart Will Go On]] - The [[Gaiden Game]] eroge sequel to Tomoyo's route ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life'' and the manga based on that (''Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories'').

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Tomoya {{spoiler|after Nagisa dies}}. On a far smaller scale, Kotomi's [[Freak-Out]], when she thinks that Ryou was involved in the bus accident.

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* [[Hot Shounen Mom]] - Nagisa's mother, Sanae, who is frequently mistaken for her ''sister''. In the second season, she pretends to be Sunohara's girlfriend; her disguises make Tomoya blush, which in turn makes Nagisa nervous.

** {{spoiler|Nagisa becomes one herself in the movie, the anime and the canonical endings to the game, effectively making Sanae a rare non- [[Tenchi Muyo!]] Hot Shounen ''Grandma.''}}

** It's implied that the one person Nagisa viewed as the greatest threat to her relationship with Tomoya is ''her own mother''. Case in point: ''~After Story~'' episode 13: Nagisa gets drunk and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

** It's implied that the one person Nagisa viewed as the greatest threat to her relationship with Tomoya is ''her own mother''. Case in point: ''[[After Story]]'' episode 13: Nagisa gets drunk and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

{{quote| '''Nagisa (drunk)''': Tomoya-kun! Is Mom that interesting to you?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Nagisa (drunk)''': Tomoya-kun! Is Mom that interesting to you?

'''Tomoya''': What are you saying all of a sudden? }}

*** The implications are much more dangerous in the game (fortunately not that dangerous). Tomoya states that the biggest reason for his attraction to her is that she possess many of the traits that made him fell in love with Nagisa, particularly their tendency to sacrifice their own interest and give their all for the sake of others.

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** For the audience, that is. Sunohara gets a glance of Kyou's light-blue ''pantsu''. Kyou is not amused.

** Another case: Tomoya. Whenever he and Sunohara meet with Tomoyo and Tomoyo proceeds with the ass-kicking, Tomoya will be in front of Tomoyo while she's giving Sunohara air time. And her kicking leg is raised in a very meaningful angle.

* [[Male Gaze]]: Of course. For example, in ''~After Story~'' 20, when Kyou greets one of her students with his mother, [[media:s_ass.jpg|the camera pans on Kyou's butt, and Tomoya's eyes are seen looking towards Kyou's ass for about two seconds]].

* [[Male Gaze]]: Of course. For example, in ''[[After Story]]'' 20, when Kyou greets one of her students with his mother, [[media:s_ass.jpg|the camera pans on Kyou's butt, and Tomoya's eyes are seen looking towards Kyou's ass for about two seconds]].

** There is also the interesting camera angles used when Ryou and Kotomi are stretching together in one scene, that constantly features one of the pairs' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pair.]]

* [[Matchmaker Crush]]: Kyou tries to push Tomoya to be with her sister Ryou at every opportunity ... though she has a crush on him, too. Sometimes she'll make a flirtatious play for Tomoya in the middle of working out a plan to get Ryou and Tomoya together, as if she's forgetting that if Ryou is dating Tomoya, she isn't, and if she's dating Tomoya, Ryou isn't. (This sort of emotional confusion / conflation can be [[Truth in Television]], even for adults, much less hormonal high school students.)

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: A lot of them. On the joyous end of the emotional spectrum, near the end of season one of the [[Anime]], an otherwise minor echo accidentally gets Nagisa [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|to confess her love for Tomoya out loud]] for the first time. At the very opposite end of the emotional spectrum, in episode sixteen of ''~Clannad After Story~'', {{spoiler|at the end of Nagisa's [[Really Dead Montage]]}}, there's the [[Flash Back]] to when Tomoya and Nagisa first met. Again Nagisa says, "Everything changes, eventually. ... Fun things, happy things, they'll all ... They'll all eventually change. But can you still love this place?" -- but this time, at least for the viewer, it means something else entirely.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: A lot of them. On the joyous end of the emotional spectrum, near the end of season one of the [[Anime]], an otherwise minor echo accidentally gets Nagisa [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|to confess her love for Tomoya out loud]] for the first time. At the very opposite end of the emotional spectrum, in episode sixteen of ''[[Clannad After Story]]'', {{spoiler|at the end of Nagisa's [[Really Dead Montage]]}}, there's the [[Flash Back]] to when Tomoya and Nagisa first met. Again Nagisa says, "Everything changes, eventually. ... Fun things, happy things, they'll all ... They'll all eventually change. But can you still love this place?" -- but this time, at least for the viewer, it means something else entirely.

** One particularly powerful one from ''~After Story~'':

** One particularly powerful one from ''[[After Story]]'':

{{quote| '''Ushio:''' "Sanae-san told me...where it was okay to cry...was in the bathroom...{{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|and in daddy's arms.]]}}"}}

{{quote|'''Ushio:''' "Sanae-san told me...where it was okay to cry...was in the bathroom...{{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|and in daddy's arms.]]}}"}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The name of the city in which the story takes place is implied to be Hikarizaka (光坂), meaning roughly "light-hill," referring to two important motifs in the story.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: In the [[Visual Novel]], Tomoyo, Tomoya, and Sunohara hold a brief conversation with Sunohara's upside-down sprite suspended in front of the screen (he had just been kicked in the air), ending with Tomoya telling him "Hurry up and fall, this screen looks unnatural."

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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] - Akio disguises himself as a rapper at one point. His daughter won't recognize him.

* [[Parental Abandonment]] - Tomoya's father neglects him to forget the pain of losing his wife {{spoiler|unfortunately, like father like son.}}

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] by ''~After Story~'' 18, where Tomoya's grandmother explains to him that his father {{spoiler|threw away all his chances to have a good life just so he could raise Tomoya as best as he could.}} To be fair, Naoyuki did have breakdowns in the later years, but when Tomoya realizes that he's been doing a [[Generation Xerox]] ever since {{spoiler|Nagisa died}}, he wholeheartedly forgives his father, and reconciles with Ushio.

** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] by ''[[After Story]]'' 18, where Tomoya's grandmother explains to him that his father {{spoiler|threw away all his chances to have a good life just so he could raise Tomoya as best as he could.}} To be fair, Naoyuki did have breakdowns in the later years, but when Tomoya realizes that he's been doing a [[Generation Xerox]] ever since {{spoiler|Nagisa died}}, he wholeheartedly forgives his father, and reconciles with Ushio.

* [[Playing Cyrano]]: Kyou, to Ryou. In the [[Visual Novel]], this leads to various different results, usually via [[Matchmaker Crush]].

* [[Poor Communication Kills]] and its subtropes - Vital on some of Tomoya's pranks to succeed.

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* [[Room Full of Crazy]] - A room covered with certain newspaper articles.

* [[Running Gag]] - Any events where someone says Sanae's bread tastes like trash, especially if it's Akio who says it

{{quote| '''Sanae''': ''"My bread... is... trash material!?!?" * runs off crying* ''~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Sanae''': ''"My bread... is... trash material!?!?" * runs off crying* ''

'''Akio''': ''* stuffs said bread into his mouth and chases after her* "I LOVE IIIITTT!!!"'' }}

** Also, Kotomi introducing herself by saying, without fail, "Hello, Tomoya-kun." Tomoya even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the [[Running Gag]].

** Another from Kotomi: "''[[Shrinking Violet|Ijimekko]]''?" ([[Shrinking Violet|"Is she a bully?"]])

** Periodically after the close of her arc in the anime, Fuko will come back (with a [[Magical Girl]]-esque entrance) to help the protagonists with some dilemma. However, something always comes up to keep her from being able to actually help.

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** [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] in an episode in which [[The Gadfly|Tomoya]] tricks Nagisa into thinking [[Plucky Comic Relief|Youhei]] is [[Boys Love|in love with him]] and being a [[Stalker with a Crush]]. In an attempt to protect Tomoya, Nagisa "lies" to Youhei, claiming she and Tomoya are dating. Immediately afterward, she apologizes to Tomoya. (Of course, they kinda ''are'' [[Official Couple|dating by that point,]] even if they don't admit it to themselves.)

*** In the game they were actually dating, they just hadn't told anybody about it yet.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Four alternate romantic options (Kyou, Ryou, Tomoyo, Kotomi) are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvemcebvJb8&feature=related swiftly dispatched at once during a tennis match late in the first series], the girls becoming increasingly miserable as Tomoya's unconscious behavior makes it crystal-clear who the [[Official Couple]] is. Their tears were matched by tears of ''[[Die for Our Ship|rage]]'' from shippers, the obviousness of said [[Official Couple]] be damned. Well, there's always the [[Visual Novel]]. And the [[Alternate Universe]] arcs for Tomoyo (season one [[Omake]] / episode 24) and Kyou (''~After Story~'' [[Omake]] episode 25 / OVA).

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Four alternate romantic options (Kyou, Ryou, Tomoyo, Kotomi) are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvemcebvJb8&feature=related swiftly dispatched at once during a tennis match late in the first series], the girls becoming increasingly miserable as Tomoya's unconscious behavior makes it crystal-clear who the [[Official Couple]] is. Their tears were matched by tears of ''[[Die for Our Ship|rage]]'' from shippers, the obviousness of said [[Official Couple]] be damned. Well, there's always the [[Visual Novel]]. And the [[Alternate Universe]] arcs for Tomoyo (season one [[Omake]] / episode 24) and Kyou (''[[After Story]]'' [[Omake]] episode 25 / OVA).

** Even in the visual novel, all of the other heroines still fall far behind Nagisa; at least its something though.

** In the main [[Anime]], few of the Tomoya X not-Nagisa shippers really had their hopes up. It was blatantly obvious from the beginning who the [[Official Couple|official main couple]] was. (See [[First Girl Wins]] and [[Deliberately Monochrome]].)

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** The [[Visual Novel]] has [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Doraemon]]''.

** During Kotomi's path in the Visual Novel, Kyou attempts to get a doll from a game at the arcade that is described surprisingly similar in appearance to [[Peanuts|Snoopy]].

** ''~After Story~'', episode 8 has a shout out to Akiko from [[Kanon]] and her [[Lethal Chef|special home made jam]] (in a deadly combination with Sanae's bread).

** ''[[After Story]]'', episode 8 has a shout out to Akiko from [[Kanon]] and her [[Lethal Chef|special home made jam]] (in a deadly combination with Sanae's bread).

** It even has a shout out to the visual novel. Tomoya imagined that life is an RPG. Sunohara wants to join the party. They can use "smoke", "attack" or "magic on him. There is no option to let Sunohara join.

** A shoutout to ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' appears in the visual novel when Tomoya imagines Fuko as his lawyer against the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]. Fuko shouts ''"Igi ari!"'' (''"I disagree!"'', the equivalent of the localization's ''"Objection!"'') before making a statement. She does this ''four times''.

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* [[Tempting Fate]]: In the first episode of the first season, Tomoya hopes that Nagisa's father is sane. {{spoiler|It took years after Nagisa's [[Death by Childbirth]] to find out the complete reason on his actions.}}

* [[The Day the Music Lied]]: The VN several times starts playing emotional music during scenes that are set up to be misleading either to the audience or characters. Such as Tomoya starting to tell Tomoyo that Sunohara loves her, or when Kyou pulls Tomoya aside to show him a love letter, the assumption being that it's from her to him. The music starts in both cases only to get cut short by Sunohara butting in to say he wants to fight Tomoyo or an irritated Kyou explaining it was from some boy to Ryou.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The closing theme from the first season, "Dango Daikazoku," pops up frequently in the series, especially in ''~After Story~''. It appears both as a [[Leitmotif]] (it's Nagisa's main theme) and as a song in itself, usually sung by Nagisa herself, but sometimes by other characters (usually Tomoya) when they're remembering her.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The closing theme from the first season, "Dango Daikazoku," pops up frequently in the series, especially in ''[[After Story]]''. It appears both as a [[Leitmotif]] (it's Nagisa's main theme) and as a song in itself, usually sung by Nagisa herself, but sometimes by other characters (usually Tomoya) when they're remembering her.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Kyou and Ryou.

* [[Surname First Name Surname]] - Kyou does this when Tomoya introduces Kotomi to her.

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** On of the odd things about the Sentai dub/sub is that this character trait is not only missing from the dub, but the sub of the first season as well, but it's there in Fuko's appearances in the second season sub. Necessary, since Kouko calls it out in the Grand Finale.

* [[Those Two Guys]] - Misae's two friends Saki and Yuki. Saki even [[Lampshade Hanging|comments on their background status]]

{{quote| '''Saki''': Come come now, ours have always been the lives of supporting characters. * Turns to Shima* Go give it your best Main Character!}}

{{quote|'''Saki''': Come come now, ours have always been the lives of supporting characters. * Turns to Shima* Go give it your best Main Character!}}

** Background characters to someone who is a background character to start with.

* [[Through His Stomach]]: When Tomoyo, The Fujibayashi sisters and Kotomi all individually cook breakfast for Tomoya to cheer him up for getting suspended, things get tense as they show up one by one to deliver three full course meals. [[Hilarity Ensues|Then Fuko shows up too]].

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]] - Sunohara actually manages to secure some dignity for himself in Kyou's route and also shows himself to actually be a fairly decent guy. Even though he claims in the same route he would be going for a harem end to solve Tomoya's dilemna. Then again, the fact that just having a little dignity is ''that'' rare for him sort of cancels it out.

** Still in the ultimate canon route ~''After Story''~, the later years writers have not been kind enough to him, he has no clear background, he is not even visible in here, the most you know about him is that he got a job as soon he graduated and that's it.

** Still in the ultimate canon route [[''After Story'']], the later years writers have not been kind enough to him, he has no clear background, he is not even visible in here, the most you know about him is that he got a job as soon he graduated and that's it.

* [[Thunder Shock]] - Experienced by both Nagisa and her theatrical mother, Sanae. In Nagisa's case, her antennae-hair is temporarily withered as a result.

* [[Token Mini-Moe]] - Mei. Played with to no end (and by Mei herself, no less!) early on in the After Story.

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* [[Trickster Archetype]]: Tomoya.

* [[Tsundere]] - Kyou. She wears light blue panties, by the way. This is important.

{{quote| '''Kyou''': ''FORGET IIIIITTTT!!! * [[Megaton Punch|kicks the above editor to the sky]]* ''}}

{{quote|'''Kyou''': ''FORGET IIIIITTTT!!! * [[Megaton Punch|kicks the above editor to the sky]]* ''}}

* [[Twisted Knee Collapse]] - Kotomi reads books in this highly uncomfortable position while she sits on a pillow on the floor.

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Nagisa is one half of the [[Official Couple]], but if you combine all the routes (like the anime does), Tomoya's other ardent admirers include Kyou, Ryou, Tomoyo, Yukine, Kotomi, Fuko, Misae and (depending on how you look at it) Sanae.

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* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] - The montage at the end of the [[Grand Finale]] (while "Chiisana Tenohira" plays).

* [[White Void Room]]: In the end of episode 16 of ''After Story''.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: In a [[Flash Back]] episode of ''~After Story~'', Misae's friends get Shima to don a girl's uniform in after he expresses a desire to see what Misae does as the [[Student Council President]]. Everyone (including Misae) remarks on how cute "she" is, and [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: In a [[Flash Back]] episode of ''[[After Story]]'', Misae's friends get Shima to don a girl's uniform in after he expresses a desire to see what Misae does as the [[Student Council President]]. Everyone (including Misae) remarks on how cute "she" is, and [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Wistful Amnesia]] - Both subverted and played straight in the anime {{spoiler|after Fūko disappears}}.

* [[Woman in White]]