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There's a guy who dresses like a bartender with [[Super Strength|inhuman strength]], a shady [[Knowledge Broker]], a genius [[Back-Alley Doctor]], and a conspiracy about a pharmaceutical company involved in human trafficking. Then there's the "Dollars," a mysterious "colorless" gang whose members and activities are shrouded in secrecy.
Based on a series of light novels written by Ryohgo Narita, the mastermind behind ''[[
An anime adaptation aired in Japan from in January through June 2010, running for 24 episodes, with two additional episodes on the DVD release. The anime adaptation was directed by Takahiro Omori and and animated by Brain's Base, the same studio/director combo that adapted ''[[
Check out the [[Durarara
== '''Warning!!''' The examples below may include [[Spoiler|spoilers]] for the light novels, as well as the anime. ==▼
== If you're only following the latter, proceed at your own risk! ==▼
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler|Anri's father.}}
* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Raira Academy, ''especially'' during Shizuo and Izaya's attendance.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: To make this easy let's just say that episode 2, and {{spoiler|the events between Kida finds out that Mikado is the founder of the Dollars and Kida goes to the Yellow Scarves hideout alone are all anime-only.}}
* [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: Anri and Shizuo do this on occasion.
* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]]: Walker makes use of one at the climax of volume 6. The narrative helpfully points out that [[Don't Try This At Home|this is stupidly dangerous and as likely to set Walker on fire as anyone else]], but that Walker's doing it anyway on account of [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|being]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|Walker]].
* [[Alien Autopsy]]: In one episode, we see [[Headless Horseman|Celty]] watching a documentary on one of these in the background while Shinra speaks on the phone. Celty, as it turns out, [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|is terrified of aliens]] (and given her experience with Dr. Kishitani probably autopsies too).
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Ignoring the [[Light Novels]], the Japanese DVDs come with written short stories.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Due to time discrepancies between light novels and anime releases, the series is peppered with small and amusing inconsistencies, mostly about the release dates of some gadgets and stuff. For note, IIRC, the official date of the events in light novels is 2002, which leads to:
** Izaya having an iPhone three years before its official release even in the US (2005).
** Mikado's PC having an AGP port (normal for 2002), but sporting a Windows 7 sticker (released in 2009), and so on.
** The dates on computer screens and cellphones make it clear that the ''anime'' is supposed to be set in 2010. His PC is obviously a brand name bought pre-assembled (and that sticker was on the box), but then, there are indications that this was while he still was in junior high. Looks like someone was having fun with the details.
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Averted. Even if the accent is ''wrong'', you can't say they didn't give all the foreigners an accent. They even went all the way and made a couple of tourist girls in episode 3, an entirely one-shot pair of characters, speak heavily accented, but otherwise perfect, Russian, complete with subtitles.
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* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: {{spoiler|Anri}} delivers one to a [[Heroic BSOD|rather]] [[Et Tu, Brute?|paranoid]] {{spoiler|Masaomi}} after he interrogates her {{spoiler|from her reason for spying on the Yellow Scarves to how she's been "tricking" him and "sucking up to Mikado."}}
* [[Art Evolution]]: Hell yes. Suzuhito's earlier artwork for DRRR!!, while decent, was kind of awkward and a little stodgy. It has since developed and become much more fluid, with better colors and characterization in general. Compare the [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aSCM3tWAKX4/TKnse7zKT0I/AAAAAAAAAF0/pxoEtMt72lc/s1600/durarara.png volume one cover] to the cover of [http://i52.tinypic.com/ir5g1u.png the most recent volume ten].
* [[Asshole Victim]]:
** The three ganguros who bully Anri end up getting attacked {{spoiler|by the Slasher}} in Episode 13.
** Horada is such an arrogant [[Jerkass]] that ''no one'' ever sympathizes with him.
** Professor Nasujima gets clocked by Shizuo after coming at him with a knife and asking for his money. Nobody cares.
** {{spoiler|Earthworm. She's tortured many people in the past and her latest victim was Izaya, but since he's [[The Chessmaster|Izaya]] it turns out that he knew what was going to happen all along. He gets Ran Izumi over, who promptly breaks her legs, hits her fingers repeatedly with a plastic hammer, shoves a linen bag soaked with lamp oil into her mouth and ''lights it on freaking fire''. He also threatens to rape her, but luckily Mikage stops him.}}
* [[
* [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]: When the {{spoiler|Blue Squares}} get utterly dominated by {{spoiler|Mikado}}, they wonder if Izaya has any idea [[Let's Get Dangerous|the asskicking he's unleashed.]]
* [[Badass]]: Almost every main character in the series, in some way or another.
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* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: The anime's second opening implies that Kasuka and Kinnosuke get a lot more screentime than the ever do. They ''do'' end up getting due focus in later novels, but those aren't the anime...
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Invoked by [[Casanova|Chikage]] in the sixth volume when he intervenes on a fight between Vorona and {{spoiler|Anri}}.
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* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: How did Tom get on Shizuo's good side? By showing him some basic human decency.
** This is also part of the reason that {{spoiler|Izaya considers Shinra his only friend - because Shinra came right up and talked to [[Loners Are Freaks|him]] when no one else did. Oh, and Shinra also took a knife wound for Izaya once, but that's [[Sarcasm Mode|no big deal or anything]].}}
* [[Beneath the Mask]]: An on-going theme, applied to almost all of the main characters as well as Ikebukero itself.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Shizuo [[Hair-Trigger Temper|has about a million of them]], but Izaya's continued existence rises above them all.
** ''Do not'' scratch Togusa's van.
** Do not hurt women in close proximity to [[Chivalrous Pervert|Chikage]].
** As of late, threatening the lives of his best friends causes {{spoiler|Mikado}} to get [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant|pretty]] [[The Pen Is Mightier|damn]] [[Kill It
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The more friendly someone is in this series, the more likely it is that they're a complete and utter freak. {{spoiler|Good ''god'', Mikado can switch on the niceness off and on at will intentionally to dominate other people's wills. The truly scary thing, that makes his flashes of coldness all the more scary, is when he's nice...he means it.}}
* [[Big Brother Bully]]: Ran Izumi and {{spoiler|Izaya Orihara}}. Said bullying seems to have had some serious effects on the targets -- ''especially'' for Ran's little brother, {{spoiler|Aoba}}.
* [[Biker Babe]]: Celty and Vorona.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: At the end of Episode 8, Celty speaks Irish (with a Japanese accent) She says: Tá me anseo, anseo (I am here, here).
** Also, Simon delivers a whole [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Izaya in Russian in episode 24
* [[Bilingual Backfire]]: In one episode, Simon breaks from cheerfully advertising sushi to warn/threaten Izaya with a Russian proverb. Izaya immediately replies in Russian with another proverb.
* [[Bishonen]] : [http://images.wikia.com/durarara/images/9/9f/Kasuka_Heiwajima_OP_2.png Kasuka], [http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10100000/Shizuo-durarara-10104029-459-604.jpg Shizuo], [http://www.yesanime.com/image/products/11567_1.jpg Izaya], [http://images.wikia.com/durarara/images/5/55/Durarara!!_E04_03m_25s.jpg Shinra] , [http://images.wikia.com/durarara/images/a/ac/Mikado_Ryugamine_EP01_01.jpg Mikado], [https://web.archive.org/web/20141204153550/http://www.animetrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Durarara-25-sub.jpg Kida], [https://web.archive.org/web/20161024120141/http://images.wikia.com/durarara/images/1/14/Durarara_Kuronuma_Aoba_1_-Small_Wallpaper-.jpg Aoba], [https://web.archive.org/web/20161024120154/http://images.wikia.com/durarara/images/f/f5/Durarara!!_E03_21m_17s.jpg Seiji], [http://static.zerochan.net/full/12/10/210512.jpg Tom], [http://i.imgur.com/THLru.jpg Walker], [http://static.zerochan.net/full/34/21/636084.jpg Chikage], [http://anime-online.tv/upload/pjs/c8f7fd2eee2cbc0f0bb3bd36af7f8cd8.jpg Ryo Takiguchi]{{Dead link}} and [http://i.imgur.com/50mEz.jpg Nasujima-sensei].
* [[Bland-Name Product]]:
** Tons in episode 11. Mikado owns a Mindows 7 desktop computer that runs wbunte and uses it to visit the websites Yohoo! Japan.came, Amezon.shop, [[Image Boards|Niru Channel]], Yo!Tube, [[wikipedia:Mixi|Nixi,]] and NSM, among others.
*** That computer is a stew of [[Bland-Name Product|Bland Name Products]], let's see... It's supposed to be an NEC computer (possibly a [[Shout-Out]] to the PC-98), using a Phoenix Award BIOS and the motherboard itself is Energy Star compliant. The hard drives are a Seagate and a Maxtor (to the extent that they never bothered to change how their model numbers work), and to top it off, it has a Sony DVD drive.
** In a flashback in episode 18, it's shown that Masaomi first met Saki and Izaya in an "HWV" store.
** In episode 21, Kadota buys Mikado an energy drink called Red ''Snake''.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Izaya.
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* [[Blood Is the New Black]]: Shizuo manages this with a good portion of his fights, though {{spoiler|Kida pulled it off when he fought with his old gang.}}
* [[Book Ends]]: The anime begins and ends with the same narrator {{spoiler|Mikado}}.
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** And another boy meets that Dullahan's head.
* [[Brain Bleach]]: What Shinra reaches for when he tries to walk in on Celty in the shower and instead gets a good look at his gas mask-wearing father's naked ass.
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** Celty says that just thinking about the [[Foe Yay|Izaya/Shizuo pairing]] makes her want to vomit . . . which is probably ''physically impossible'' for her.
*** At one point in the novels, she runs to Shinra and he realizes that she's ''actually crying.''
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Namie likes Seiji a bit too much.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Aozaki of Awakusu-kai occasionally slips into this.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nasujima-sensei seems to fall into one unfortunate mishap after another, and they only seem to get worse. He kind of had it coming though.
* [[Calvin Ball]]: Izaya apparently plays some bizarre, single-player hybrid of [[Smart People Play Chess|chess]], Shogi and Reversi on a Go board in his spare time, possibly symbolizing that he's not playing by [[Chaotic Neutral|anybody's rules]].
** Shogi = Yellow Scarves; Chess = Dollars; Reversi = Saika...
** And then '' {{spoiler|he sets the whole board on fire.}}''
** Cards= Those he calls 'main players.' King= Shizuo {{spoiler|(he burns that one first)}}, Queen= Celty, and by the time he gets to thinking about who the Joker is, {{spoiler|he just goes "Aw, who cares?" and tosses all the cards into the fire.}}
** This instance of Calvinball is apparently especially random, since Izaya contradicts ''all'' of the above in episode 21 by having Anri be the black queen and Yellow Scarves be black Reversi pieces.
* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]] : Almost every male character in [[Durarara!!]] is a [[Bishonen]]. Yes, there are exceptions, but most of the males are exceptionally pretty.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Especially important to keep the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|many characters]] as visually distinct as possible. Extras are grayed out with vaguer outlines to prevent distracting focus from the significant characters, and prevent exhausting the distinct features possible.
* [[Celtic Mythology]] or, if Izaya is right, {{spoiler|[[Norse Mythology]]}}.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: well, more like [[Calvin Ball|Chess/Shoji/Reversi/Playing Card Master]], but the trope still holds
* [[City of Adventure]]: Ikebukuro is just brimming with possibilities.
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* [[Clothing Damage]]: Shizuo can inflict the whole-body version with ''one punch''.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Mikado {{spoiler|and the Blue Squares}} = blue {{spoiler|and colorless}}, Masaomi {{spoiler|and the Yellow Scarves}} = yellow, Anri {{spoiler|and Saika's children}} = red. Also the idea behind the [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]:
** Both Shizuo's [[Unstoppable Rage|rampages]] and Walker/Erika's, ahem, [[Torture Technician|less savory pastimes]] are mostly played for laughs.
** [[Manipulative Bastard|Izaya's machinations]] as well, at least until about [[Kick the Dog|episode 18]].
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* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: So far, at least one of Erika and Yumasaki's elaborate wild-guessing theories has been right. (see WMG page for more details) ([[Word of God]] says that doesn't apply to Erika's BL fantasies, though. Sorry, Shizaya fangirls.)
** [[Word of God]] says they ''both'' have to think it for it to be true. Walker... [[Brain Bleach|isn't really fond]] of Shizaya.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: As the novel goes on, the plot gets darker and more serious. The injuries some characters sustain is just jarring in comparison to the anime.
* [[Day in The Limelight]]: Episode 6 for Kadota and his gang.
* [[Deadly Closing Credits]]: Volume six ends with {{spoiler|Izaya}} being stabbed by a rival and passing out before he can contact anyone for help. He lives, thanks to someone noticing the bleeding man on the street and calling the paramedics, but relying on formal medical care comes at a cost - is stabbing was reported on the news, which gave out both his name and the hospital he was recuperating at. Now any of his many, many enemies could watch that broadcast and head over to finish him off. He starts going a little stir crazy when this realization dawns on him. It happens to him again in volume ten. At this point, we have no idea if he is dead, alive, or possessed by Saika. Also, Kadota was rendered unconscious, and the other members are noticeably (and perhaps murderously) upset...
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Kadota and Chikage; though they were already sort of friendly before and while beating each other up, everyone mentions this trope when talking about their face-off. Here is how random Blue Squares member Gin summarizes it:
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* [[Defictionalization]]: [http://dollars-bbs.org/ You know the password.]
* [[Dhampyr]]: {{spoiler|Ruri Hijiribe}} has recently been confirmed as one as of the fifth volume of ''[[All There in the Manual|Vamp!]]''.
* [[Diagonal Cut]]: Performed by {{spoiler|Anri}} on ''a pair of gigantic warehouse doors''.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In the anime Simon, who is Russian, speaks ([[Eloquent in My Native Tongue|broken]]) Japanese with an ''English'' accent. Russian Japanese sounds completely different. On the other hand, the anime also says that Simon is an American ex-pat who moved to Russia before then moving to Japan. Depending on how old he was before leaving the United States, perhaps he speaks everything with an English accent.
** [[Subverted]] in the dub; [[Patrick Seitz|he]] speaks with a believable Russian accent.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: Mairu and Kururi, {{spoiler|Izaya's younger twin sisters. Different from each other but also from their brother; they adore Shizuo and even tell him that they'd push Izaya in front of a [[Cruel and Unusual Death|dump truck]] if it made him happy. Though admittedly, it's more so that they can be introduced to Shizuo's handsome younger brother.}}
** Actually an [[Invoked Trope]] - in middle school they {{spoiler|flipped a coin to see who would have which "positive human" traits in order to please [[Big Brother Bully|their brother]]. Their goal was to "[[Insane Troll Logic|become the perfect human]]" as one, apparently.}}
* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]: As one poor bastard learned, flattery will only get you thrown across the skyline if used on Shizuo
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'''Shizuo:''' [[Berserk Button|...[Growls]]]
'''Gin:''' Er, my mistake. [[Like a Weasel|You don't look like that asshole at all.]]
'''Shizuo:''' [Uproots and throws tree] }}
* [[Distracted
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]
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'''Mikado''': [[Lampshaded|The fact that you had to explain the joke just shows how lame it was.]] }}
** Whenever Walker and Erika are making references to other anime and manga, the other will shout out loud what the reference is even if it is dead obvious. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] since DRRR!! has popularity with the non-otaku crowd as well.
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* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Many of the characters from later arcs of the novels (such as Kasuka or Saika) are introduced in the first arc of the anime
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Celty, due to losing her head.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Izaya maybe a [[Jerkass]] and the King of Trolls, but he [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]] nor kill anyone. Although it maybe a case of [[Pragmatic Villainy]] on you can't troll someone who's dead.
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Shizuo and Shinra went to elementary and high school together, and Izaya was in the same class as Shinra in junior high. All three of them went to high school together, along with Kadota.
* [[Evil Weapon]]/[[Empathic Weapon]]: Saika
** With regards to {{spoiler|Anri}}, it's an odd case; most [[Evil Weapon|Evil]] [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic Weapons]] feed off of their host's emotions, but this particular host claims that she feeds off of the emotions of the blade, unable to experience love otherwise. They have a weird kind of codependent relationship.
* [[Excited Show Title!]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Walker, and you can only hope that he'll never open them because of you.
* [[Eye Scream]]: This almost happens to a thug {{spoiler|when Togusa hands him over to Walker and Erika for interrogation. They planned to solder a "contract mark" into his eye a la Ciel of ''[[
** [[Yakuza|Ayakabashi]]'s backstory involves this: {{spoiler|When Anri's mother was posessed by Saika, she stabbed him in the eye. To resist infection from [[The Virus]], he immediately ripped it out of its socket.}}
* [[Faceless Masses]]: Grey and unmoving. Their gang colors might show up but that's it. {{spoiler|This is an important plot point in episode 11. All those grey people? They were Dollars all along!}} ...which gives new meaning to the {{spoiler|Dollars [[Fridge Brilliance|being "colorless"]].}}
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Well, we've got a Dullahan, but she's much ''nicer'' than the Fae are supposed to be. Some characters speculate that this is due to her missing head. Shinra expresses fear that if Celty ever found it, she could become an entirely different person, and leave him.
* [[Fakeout Escape]]: Shingen fakes Celty out by sending the elevator to the bottom floor while he hides. He then tries to make a dramatic exit using the ''same'' elevator, and the scene cuts while he's still waiting for it to come back up.
* [[Fake Real Turn]]: {{spoiler|The Dollars}}.
* [[False Camera Effects]]: Shinra's video footage in episode 4.
* [[Fan Disservice]]:
** Naked woman? Okay. ''Headless'' naked woman? Er... Yeah, I can deal with that ([[Fetish Fuel|and more]]). ''Headless'' naked woman ''being vivisected'' by a ''four year old'' when ''the anesthesia doesn't work''? '''Do not want!!!'''
** Naked Shingen might also count. Shinra certainly thinks so, at least. He ''really'' hoped to [[Horny Scientist|peep on Celty then]]. His father's ass at such time is indeed a major disappointment.
*** The disservice is taken [[Up to Eleven]] when you consider the fact that he's ''[[The Faceless|still wearing that]] freaking gas mask''!
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** Shizuo -- Shizzy, The [[Badass|Gar]]tender
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** Izaya -- [[Troll|Trollzaya]]. In Japan he is known as Uzaya from "uzai" which means annoying.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Things confirmed to exist in the [[The Verse|Naritaverse]] include [[The Fair Folk]], [[Alchemy Is Magic|the Grand Panacea]], [[Our Homunculi Are Different|homunculi]], [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]<ref>both of the humanoid (Baccano) and the sentient black hole (Vamp) variety</ref>, [[Horny Devils|succubi]], [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic Weapons]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]], and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]]<ref>Celty confirms the latter two's existence in volume 5</ref>
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Izaya is a fairly friendly-seeming guy, but one of the first things we see him do in the anime is construct an elaborate kidnapping and rescue scenario to mess with a suicidal teenage girl, apparently just for the lulz. He's kind of a massive [[Jerkass|douchebag]]
* [[Faux Fluency]]: If the English accent instead of the Russian one didn't tip you off, when you hear Simon trying to talk to some Russian tourists in Russian it becomes very clear that his voice actor has no experience with Russian at all. Neither do those of the tourists in question, {{spoiler|and Simon's later conversation with Izaya is no less painful on either end}}.
* [[First Name Ultimatum]]: '''"IIIIIIZAAAAAAYAAAAAA!"'''
* [[Flanderization]]: the anime plays up Mikado being a nice normal kid, much more than the original novel, where Mikado is perceptive, has a sharp tongue, and is prone to {{spoiler|[[Tranquil Fury]]}}. It also plays up {{spoiler|Kida's guilt concerning [[Honey Trap|Saki's]] injury, as while he did feel guilty, it wasn't to the extent the anime made it out to be}}. And to a lesser extent, Izaya's [[Jerkass|asshattery]] was toned down and his [[Troll|trolling]] was amped up. He was also a little more feminine.
* [[Flat What]]: Vorona, when she realizes that Shizuo just kicked a ''car'' at her (she's new -- she's allowed to be surprised). For bonus points, she lapses into Russian.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: The headless, undead horse/motorcycle that Celty has? His name is Shooter.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Celty's narration in Episode 2 on Mikado and Masaomi.
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* [[Freaky Is Cool]]: Shinra and Mikado
** And Seiji for his true love {{spoiler|for Celty's head...between him and Shinra we have one body}}
* [[Freeze
* [[Friendship Moment]]: Turns out that {{spoiler|Izaya}} of all people really cares for {{spoiler|Shinra}} especially during flashbacks of what happened in middle school.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Simon's increasingly ridiculous attempts to advertise Russian Sushi during a news broadcast in the second OVA. Culminating in him ''kidnapping'' the film crew, since they were trying to film Celty. Kasuka being Kasuka, he just went with it.
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* [[Funny Foreigner]]:
** Simon, through no fault of his own, as well as most of the other immigrants who appear in the series
** The Russian tourists were fine, even spoke ''heavily'' accented though otherwise almost-perfect Russian.
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** Discussed in volume 9 of the novels: Bacula and a new member of the chat-room theorize that some of their companions might be this. And that new member {{spoiler|passes for a girl, but seems to be Aoba}}.
* [[Glamour]]/CharmPerson: Not much attention is called to it, but Celty's head seems to have some kind of similar power; note that three of the known people who've seen the head (the unnamed portrait painter of episode 4, Namie and Seiji's uncle, and Seiji himself) became obsessed with the head the moment they first saw it. The portrait painter even saw Celty's whole body and her head, but still became obsessed with just the head; so much so that he says seeing it was the most important event of his life. He is also incapable of drawing the head or even describing its most basic details, feeling that each time he tries he fails to capture it properly. …He has spent years trying to successfully draw the head, and never once has.
* [[A Glass in
* [[The Glomp]]: [http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9036/mq392ws0ue.jpg Kida sure likes getting physical with Mikado]
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]/[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]:
** The Slashers/{{spoiler|Saika children}}. And it's not just some thing for the viewer's convenience; Kadota actually points out the red eyes.
** {{spoiler|An odd case occurs with Anri, in which her eyes turn red after she reveals she is Saika. However, she isn't physically violent at all, and while she talks ''very'' threateningly, she seems very calm, composed, and in control. In fact, she's not even quite evil...}}
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* [[Gratuitous English]]: ROAR OUT LOUDER!/BLOW UP LOUDER! depending on which you prefer (the latter is correct, but most fans use the former due to misheard lyrics. It's also [[Rule of Funny|hilarious]]). Also see [[Ear Worm]].
** Kida's dialogue is full of [[Gratuitous English]], to the point that Mikado mutters, "I wish you'd just speak Japanese..."
** Episode 12.5 of the anime is chock full of these.
* [[Gratuitous Russian]]: Courtesy of Izaya, Simon, and the tourists in ep. 3.
* [[The Greys]]: Don't actually exist in the [[The Verse|Naritaverse]] (...[[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|probably]]), but that doesn't stop Celty from being [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|terrified of them]]
* [[Guile Hero]]: The members of the Dollars who aren't fighters fall into this category, though even some of them fall into this.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Pretty much anything can set Shizuo off.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]:
** Namie delivers one to Mikado. 'Course, {{spoiler|Mikado [[Shut UP, Hannibal|shuts her up]] when he reveals that he holds superiority in numbers.}}
** Izaya later gives one to {{spoiler|Kida}}, at which point Namie lampshades it:
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** Izaya also delivers one to {{spoiler|Earthworm}} in the novels, though that can also be seen as a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].
** Izaya is the freaking ''god'' of this trope, to the point that it might as well be changed to "Izaya Lecture." He also delivers one to the two suicidal girls upon his introduction in the novels and manga, and to Rio as well in the anime. His smaller lectures tend to be given to Mikado, and apparently {{spoiler|[[Big Brother Bully|his sisters, too]]}}.
* [[Ha Ha Ha No]]: Shinra, after Izaya trolls him by handing his cellphone number to the police
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'''Shinra:''' Ah hah hah. Go dive chest-first in a clay ice shaver, Izaya. }}
* [[Hammerspace]]: Apparently one of Celty's abilities with the black matter that forms her suit and the smoke from her neck, and scythe.
* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: It doesn't matter if you praise or insult Kasuka, Shizuo will beat you up either way.
* [[She
* [[She's Got Legs|He's Got Legs]]: The Linda Linda pictures show off Masaomi's very nice legs.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Mikado and Kida
* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]: Mairu does this to a thug after he knocks her sister down in the second OVA. Only instead of punching him, she flip-kicks him in the face.
* [[Hit Me Dammit|Hit Me, Dammit!]]: Shinra and Celty [[My Fist Forgives You|finish their argument in the twelfth episode with a mutual example]]. [[Non-Action Guy|Shinra's]] punch is just hard enough to knock off Celty's helmet. [[Super Strength|Celty's]] [[Punched Across the Room|sends Shinra into the wall]].
* [[Hive Queen]]: {{spoiler|Haruna ''thinks'' she's this for the Saika zombies but its actually Anri, who has been suppressing Saika for five years.}} Crossed with [[The Man Behind the Man]].
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Lampshaded along with the Beach Party Episode, then handily averted by Celty
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: Pointed out by Walker and Erica.
** This is mainly between [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Mikado]] and [[Keet|Masaomi]]. There's some between Mikado and Aoba as well.
** In the anime only, Izaya has a Shizuo-complex, according to Simon.
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: In the anime, they're four kanji long Chinese proverbs that have been adapted into Japanese. The second novel uses this as well; the third novel uses quotes from the dialogue.
* [[Idol Singer]]: Ruri Hijiribe, who Togusa is obsessed with, and it's because of this that he is so upset when Kaztano is kidnapped; Kaztano regularly supplied him with front-row tickets to her concerts.
** Ruri is also none other than {{spoiler|the serial killer 'Hollywood', not to mention ''1/4 vampire''}}.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Shizuo and {{spoiler|Anri}}. Celty's had her moments, too. As well as {{spoiler|Masaomi}}, who wanted to live a "normal life" without gangs, like his bro {{spoiler|Mikado}}.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Simon Brezhnev wants to assure you that his sushi has [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|absolutely no human meat in it,]] only 100% <s> fish</s> non-human ingredients. This is probably true, as Simon [[Gentle Giant|is a really nice guy,]] but that doesn't stop people from speculating, the fact that he has on two occasions threatened several yellow scarves who were mugging people that he'd turn them into sushi does not help. People behave when he's around, though, so that's something.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Street signs, chairs, guardrails, mailboxes, trash cans, vending machines, ''playground slides''...
** Seiji's weapon of choice appears to be ''pens''. Would've been absolutely awesome except he was up against [[Overshadowed
** {{spoiler|Mikado}} makes better use of said pen trick when he forces Aoba into signing a contract in blood -- [[Couldn't Find a Pen|quite literally]]. (It's not really improvised though - he clearly had brought it there for this very purpose.)
** The ballpoint pens in the series are made by Nebula. It's advertised as follows: "Doesn't break even when run over by a tank! The most durable ballpoint pen in world!"
* [[I'm Standing Right Here]]: Walker and Erika have their "Is Celty a [[Tsundere]]?" argument ''in her own apartment.'' When Celty learns Shinra gave them the idea (and...''embellished'' certain aspects of their relationship), she decides she might as well live up the the archetype -- with extra tsuntsun. Strangling is involved.
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** Erika once goes on about an elaborate Kadota and Walker butler fantasy in front of the two guys in question. The result is ''special''
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'''Kadota:''' Hang on...
'''Erika:''' But one day, Kadota realized that he was not his real self, and his feelings for the heiress was unadulterated respect rather than love! And then Dotachin came to his senses. He realized that the only source of comfort for him was his one and true rival, Walker!
'''Kadota:''' Hang on...
'''Walker:''' Wait, Karisawa-san, please stop! Why are you fantasizing about Kadota-san and me in a Boys Love relationship!?...I say Kadota-san and I should become heroes in Galgames who win over the hearts of loads and loads of heroines! Actually, we can even do without Kadota-san! I'll be happy as long as I have this bondaged right hand blessed with the power of ancient moe-moe peoples so that every girl who sees my right hand would go "Woo ~"...
'''Kadota:''' Guys, hang on...
'''Erika:''' Ehhh? But wasn't Yumacchi talking about writing me and Dotachin in a master-slave relationship? How about this - Dotachin somehow becomes a girl when he gets up one morning, and finds himself in a boarding school for females...
'''Kadota:''' SHUT. UP. YOU. TWO. '''''AHHHHHHH!''''' }}
* [[Incoming Ham]]: '''''IIIIIII-ZAAAAAA-YAAAAA-KUUUUUUUN'''''
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: With ''[[Baccano
** [[Fridge Brilliance]] calls for that since Nebula has been around since the thirties, and considering it has ties with people such as [[Western Terrorist|Huey]] [[Mad Scientist|Laforet]], they may have changed their name.
* "Nebra" could also be a Japanese mispronunciation of the English "Nebula"
* [[Indirect Kiss]]:
** Namie will take her indirect kisses with Seiji wherever she can get them, {{spoiler|even if she has to [[Les Yay|steal them off of his girlfriend]]}}.
** After hearing {{spoiler|Aoba}} say she's cuter than the bullies, {{spoiler|Kururi thanks him with a kiss}} and immediately after, {{spoiler|Mairu does the same, exclaiming that she finally got an indirect kiss}}
* [[In Love
** [[Blood Knight|Vorona]] has a similar reaction when she first encounters Shizuo.
* [[Inner Monologue]]: See [[Narrator]], below.
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** Though partially justified in Masaomi's case, as {{spoiler|his parents didn't really seem to care what he did, or whenever he did it.}}
* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: Kaztano's kidnapping.
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'''Saburo:''' Nah! }}
* [[Irony]]: ''[[Troll|Izaya]]'' is on the cover of the [http://loliduo.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/matsushita-yuya-trust-me-limited-edition.jpg "Trust Me" single]{{Dead link}}.
* [[It's Raining Men]]: Simon leaps down from the seventh floor of an apartment building and, of course, lands safely.
* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: played with in episode 22 when all the dollars are doing this help Anri escape from the yellow squares, then subverted when {{spoiler|Shizuo really was passing through and stop to rant about how there were too many messages on his phone going off, just in time to catch a glimpse of Horada leering at Anri, you get no points for guessing what happens next}}
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** To a lesser extent, Namie is a female version.
* [[Jerkass Dissonance]]: Izaya's the most popular character of the series despite pretty much being [[Image Boards|/b/]] in human form.
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: Naturally, considering it's by the same author behind ''[[
* [[Karma Houdini]]:
** {{spoiler|If one only watches the anime, it could be forgiven to wonder if Izaya's coat is made of [[Naruto|Uchiha-grade]] [[Plot Armor|Reinforced Comeuppance-proof Plotanium]]; his character in its entirety is basically screwing with anyone and everyone [[For the Evulz]] from start to finish, and his total karmic backlash in the entire series is a black eye and stern talking-to from Simon at the end--nothing to indicate he won't continue ruining the main characters' and everyone else's lives for his own amusement.}} However, if you read the novels, you'll see that {{spoiler|things have been catching up to him lately. He has been stabbed (book 6), put in a public hospital where any of his many, MANY enemies could easily find him(book 7), and kidnapped by a psycopathic [[Torture Technician]] (book 9). In volume ten, he gets attacked by a possessed Slon and saika. And currently, we have no idea if he's even dead or alive.}}
** [[Yandere|Haruna]] and [[The Brute|Izumi]] also qualify.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Izaya and the Slashers.
* [[
* Leitmotif: Celty's got a subtle one in the anime, which seems to be built around the tune of "Danny Boy".
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]:
** Justified in Shizuo's case -- he literally ''does'' have a closet full of bartender suits. They were a gift from his brother.
** Celty too, to a degree – her bodysuit is really just shadow formed in a certain way, so never really needs to change clothes; in flashbacks, she's also made it into armor and a [[Gorgeous Period Dress|lovely black dress.]]
** Shinra might be a walking [[Lampshade]] for this, as his white labcoat sticks out a ''lot'' and is occasionally mocked accordingly.
*** But that is justified in Shinra's mind. Shinra wears his lab coat, even while not working and has multiple white lab including a spare in a corner for after he [http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/40662.html rolls around on the floor] . When Shizuo asked him about this, Shinra explained he dresses this way by choice because he likes the color contrast between him and Celty as it is very lovey-dovey in his mind.
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* [[Laughing Mad]]:
** The other users in the chatroom take user "Saika" to be this when he/she posts "mothermothermothermother" over and over again (i.e. "hahahahahahahaha" converted to kanji). {{spoiler|No, [[Hive Mind|she's actually calling for mother...]]}}
** Izaya has a few of these.
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: {{spoiler|Aoba}} frames the Dollars for attacks against the Toramaru biker gang, thus provoking their leader Chikage into hunting down some of the more prominent Dollars members and having it out with Kadota. {{spoiler|They eventually team up to take down about twenty Izaya-controlled Dollars members together and rescue a couple of Chikage's girlfriends.}}
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: This seems to be the case with ''[[Baccano
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: From the 1st opening sequence alone, there are at least fourteen named characters to keep track of. the second opening sequence adds another 5.
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Pretty much every character and the reason most of the things happen. This is like ''"[[Love Makes You Crazy]] - [[Animated Adaptation|The Animation]]"''.
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** Shizuo, eventually, after lots of painful injuries and healing. Takes getting hit by a speeding truck better than you'd normally expect, and doesn't even feel anything from being stabbed in the legs with pens. {{spoiler|Not to mention he manages to get up on his own and walk all the way to Shinra's house unaided after being ''shot''. ''Twice''.}}
* [[Madness Mantra]]: {{spoiler|Shizuo has one in a scene in the novel in order to hold himself back from destroying just about everything: 'Kill'em, kill'em, kill'em, kill'em ...'}} Might also be seen as somewhat of a [[Survival Mantra]].
** Saika has one of "Mother mother mother mother mother mother mother..." that it spams message boards with during Slasher attacks. {{spoiler|Later on it switches to [[Stalker
* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]: The only scarring or sign that surgery even took place was {{spoiler|the one she wanted to be there}}.
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: {{spoiler|After getting shot in both the leg and stomach, Shizuo proceeds to stroll right on over to Shinra's place and tells him to patch him up. Then the two of them proceed to have a perfectly normal conversation all while Shinra has a set of '''medical pliers wedged in his leg.'''}} Then again, he is [[Made of Iron]]...
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: One thing has managed to unite the various personalities and forces in Ikebukuro, and that is the desire to throw Izaya in front of a bus. Even Anri, the [[Technical Pacifist|person most averse to conflict in the entire series]], is tempted to {{spoiler|stab Izaya with Saika}} so he'll stop being such a [[Jerkass]]. And even {{spoiler|human-loving ''Saika''}} is ''disgusted'' by him.
* [[Match Cut]]: The opening; see also [[Signature Style]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** Mikado Ryugamine roughly means "Emperor of the Dragon's Peak." {{spoiler|Which is rather apt since he's the leader of the Dollars.}}
** Izaya means "one who looks out over a crowd". It's also a reference to the biblical Isaiah.
** Parodied by Shizuo Heiwajima, meaning [[Irony|"Serene Man, Peaceful Island"]]... [[Double Subversion|Which then goes back to being meaningful]] once you realize he isn't named for [[The Berserker|what he is]] so much as for what he [[I Just Want to Be Normal|aspires to be be]].
** Izaya claims that the name "Dollars" (''Daraazu'') comes from the fact that nobody expected them to actually pull anything off at first; ''daradara'' means "sluggish".
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* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Shizuo's bartender suits were a present from his brother, which is why he continues to wear them despite being fired from the aforementioned job quite awhile ago. Damaging them, just like everything else, is one of his [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]]
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: In-universe example: The Dollars.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]:
** Besides Shizuo's endless supply of bartender suits, a number of the characters' alternate outfits worn on the CD covers (particularly [http://skycottontail.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/kida-front.jpg Kida's], [http://blog.animeinstrumentality.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Durarara-OST-Cover.jpg Izaya's] and [http://erunoportrait.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/largeanimepaperscans_c-sword-and-cornett_louise0-67__thisres__282056.jpg both of] [http://www.zerochan.net/325193 Shizuo's]) gained quite a bit of popularity from fans -- they even get [http://www.zerochan.net/Linda+Linda their] [http://www.zerochan.net/search?q=tsugaru own] [http://www.zerochan.net/Psychedelic+Dreams?q=psychedelic+dreams tags] for fanart and fanfic.
** Izaya's [[Fur and Loathing|coat]] has more or less reached this status now as well.
* [[Car Fu|Minivan Fu]]: Togusa.
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** Also applies during a Shizuo-centric flashback in Episode 7.
* [[Misplaced Sorrow]]: Kadota's gang are devastated when they find out that Kaztano has been kidnapped, but none so much as Togusa, who even claims he can't go on without the man. Why? Because Kaztano was his source for sold-out, front row tickets to see [[Idol Singer]] Ruri Hijiribe.
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* [[Mook Chivalry]]: the Yellow Scarves {{spoiler|actually Blue Square infiltrators}} show this to an odd degree {{spoiler|when Kida comes to challenge Horoda}}. Justified in the next episode though by the reveal {{spoiler|that many in the crowd were actually Dollars members brought by Kadota, thereby explaining why they didn't attack Kida- and presumably, the other Blue Squares/Yellow Scarves just followed their lead.}}
* [[Molotov Cocktail]]: {{spoiler|Walker}} uses one on a van-full of Blue Square members.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: {{spoiler|Walker and Erika as [[Torture Technician|Torture Technicians]].}} Starts out kinda [[Comedic Sociopathy|goofy.]] [[Fridge Horror|Two minutes later, you realized you've stopped taking deep breaths because your brain's trying process what]] [[Eye Scream|just]] ALMOST happened. Yeah, [[Those Two Guys]]. Thankfully cut a bit in the anime ...but cranked [[Up to Eleven]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20161001200945/http://i1.mangareader.net/durarara/7/durarara-1202191.jpg in the manga.]
* [[Car Fu|Motorcycle Fu]]: Celty.
** Also see: Shizuo when he {{spoiler|yanks a motorcycle out from under an idling biker and attempts to beat Simon over the head with it}} and {{spoiler|throws Vorona's motorcycle at her}}.
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** [[No Fourth Wall]]: Walker and Erika ask <s>Dotachin</s> Kadota who the heck he's talking to in episode 6.
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Mikado and Shinra. Shinra is one a bit more literally than others.
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* [[The Nicknamer]]: Kaztano, Izaya and Erika
* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Averted in the scene of Celty's autopsy since she does have visible nipples, but the context makes it [[Fan Disservice]].
** You can see the rise of her nipple if you look closely, there's just no colored areola...
* [[No Name Given]]:
** One girl in the opening is conspicuously unnamed. Also, there's a scar all around her neck and her skintones above and below it are different...
** The Second Intro ''also'' has an unnamed character, if you consider {{spoiler|Saika itself a character}}: that one in shadow...with the katana and the glowing red eyes...
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Shizuo Heiwajima roughly translates into "Quiet Man-Peaceful Island". Yep, ''[[Large Ham|that]]'' [[Hair-Trigger Temper|Shizuo]].
* [[Noodle Implements]]: "I don't care what you do to him. Just don't use gasoline like you did that last time."
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** There's occasionally reference to an incident where Izaya framed Shizuo for a crime. What crime that might be has never been elaborated upon.
** To say nothing about their high school days. Shinra was apparently doing a lot of damage control:
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** Also, during Shinra's -first official?- date with Celty he threathened Izaya, {{spoiler|who had been stabbed and was bored at the hospital}} if he kept interrupting his date.
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** There are a number of times in the chatroom where Mairu (Mai) is ''about'' to say something before Kururi (Kyo) interrupts with the statement that whatever Mairu was typing was ''incredibly'' filthy and [[Not Safe for Work]] and assures everyone that she's already smacked her and forced her to delete it before anything was posted. Sometimes, Mai's posts are also automatically censored for containing words flagged as inappropriate - thus we of course never find out what the words in question were.
* [[Not Listening to Me, Are You?]]:
** Simon was too busy to listen to Shizuo's story, [[Car Fu|so Shizuo threw a motorcycle at his face]].
** In Vol.5 Vorona starts reading a book while Slon is {{spoiler|asking her questions about how cows grow, to why males have nipples and so forth, eventually she just stops providing answers to his constant queries}}
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* [[Noodle People]]: Pretty much the entire cast is drawn this way.
* [[Now That's Using Your Teeth]]: Shizuo does this twice while fighting Izaya in the second OVA -- and bites the throwing knife in half afterwards.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]:
** {{spoiler|Mikado is the leader of the Dollars.}}
** And {{spoiler|Kida was the leader of the Yellow Scarves.}}
** And {{spoiler|Anri is the Slasher, host of the demon sword Saika and mentally controls anyone she cuts with it.}}
** {{spoiler|Erika and Walker are this, to an extent. They're otakus no matter what, but their interrogation skills are a [[Eye Scream|little]] over-the-top. Not to mention they, along with Kyohei and Saburo, are Dollars.}}
* [[Odd Couple]]: Vorona and Slon, [http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/24430.html oh so much]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Shizuo and Tom. In contrast to Shizuo's violent tendencies, self-esteem issues, and general dysfunction, Tom is effectively the most well-adjusted and normal character in the entire series.
* [[Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List]]: Shinra accidentally gives Celty the shopping list instead of the license plate number he was supposed to in episode six.
* [[One Head Taller]]: Shinra and Celty, a bit more [[Losing Your Head|literally]] than other examples.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with Tom Tanaka and Taro Tanaka, though the latter is just a chatroom handle. Justified in that "Taro Tanaka" is pretty much the Japanese "John Smith".
* [[
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Mikado, Kida, and Anri. {{spoiler|And yes, they're ''all'' hiding some pretty serious secrets or abilities -- even from each other.}}
▲* [[OT 3]]: Erika has one in the form of Shizuo/Kadota/Izaya. She even ''calls'' it an [[OT 3]].
* [[Otaku]]: Togusa, Walker and Erika
* [[The Other Darrin]]: {{spoiler|Isaac and Miria in the dub, played by Sam Riegel and Stephanie Sheh.}}
* [[Le Parkour]]: Izaya teaches it to himself to outrun Shizuo. Naturally, Shizuo teaches it to himself to chase Izaya.
* [[Large Ham]]: Shizuo, he's either shouting or breaking something. Kida, to a lesser extent, is also this.
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: In episode 22 Celty appears to be playing Super Mario Bros on a SNES. Though given the attention to detail, this is probably deliberate. Inexplicably, she and Shinra use [[
* [[Parental Neglect]]: According to [http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/24916.html this]{{Dead link}}, Masaomi's parents don't seem to care that he {{spoiler|dropped out of school.}}
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Shizuo and Celty
* [[Poisonous Friend]]: {{spoiler|Izaya}} to {{spoiler|Shinra.}} This is very evident {{spoiler|during their time in middle school. Hurt Shinra and ''you will regret it.''}}
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* [[The Power of Love]]: Inverted. When [[Yandere]]-power spreads, all that can stop it are the power of rage and the power of indifference.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Shinra says that he's been attracted to Celty since the day that he met her. That would be when he was ''four''. Additionally, Shizuo had his own [[Precocious Crush]] on a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]-ish shopkeeper when he was around ten or so. {{spoiler|Then he walked by her store one day, only to see a group of thugs assaulting her. She was seriously injured in his resulting psychotic episode, and Shizuo was too ashamed to see her ever again.}}
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: Shizuo maintains that 99% of all the weird crap that goes down in Ikebukuro is completely and utterly Izaya's fault, whether it be a gang wars or hordes of knife-wielding zombies. [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|Made-up-on-the-spot statistics aside,]] he's more or less right.
* [[Present Day Past]]: Pictures in Vol. 5 and 6 books show Izaya using what's pretty clearly an iPhone. In ''2003'' -- Six years before the device was available in Japan, and four years before its production was even ''announced.''
* [[Psychotic Love Triangle]]: The first three Yanderes mentioned above are in one.
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* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: Chikage attempts to start a fight with Shizuo by jump-kicking him in the face mid-sentence. This works about as well as one would expect.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The trio of thugs that keep doing amoral things.
** In the light novels, {{spoiler|Aoba's}} Blue Squares minions. Some of them have names and a little background, [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]: A curious case of where we see the keyboard as it's being done. Apparently, Celty uses her [[Dark Is Edgy|powers]] [[Mundane Utility|to type faster]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The Dollars gang
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* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: {{spoiler|"I'm asking you, Orihara Izaya: Can you actually kill people? With your own hands, can you kill them? Even with your switchblade you just stab randomly without aiming at anywhere fatal. You fool around, that's what you do. So when all's said and done...you got no tricks up your sleeves except for manipulating others. What a lowlife and coward you are. It makes me laugh. Haha."}}
* [[Redemption Failure]]: Throughout the first half, we see reference to the original leader of the [[Delinquents|Yellow Scarves]] abandoning the gang after a turf war went bad. Then, in part 2, {{spoiler|Masaomi Kida}} is revealed as that same original leader when he retakes control of the group to defend themselves from The Dollars and The Slasher. While he was never evil, per se, he treats it like an example of this.
* [[Red Shirt]] / [[The Worf Effect]]: Conversed by the traffic cop, Kuzuhara.
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* [[Red String of Fate]]: Alluded in the ending theme, "Trust Me" ("We're connected by an invisible thread, so feel my warmth by your side").
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: {{spoiler|Shinra and Celty.}}
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Subverted when Mika Harima interprets Seiji's rescue of her from bullies as a sign of love, and refuses to take no for an answer. ''[[Stalker
* [[Rhetorical Request Blunder]]: Shizuo half-jokingly tells Mairu and Kururi that he'll introduce them to his brother if they can get Izaya to throw himself in front of a dump truck. He's a bit unnerved at how quickly and cheerfully they agree to it (and probably doesn't realize they've been trying to do ''exactly that'' from that point onwards).
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]/[[Cute Kitten|Everything's Cuter With Kittens]]: Kasuka has a tiny Scottish Fold kitten he's named Yuigadokusonmaru. Even serial killers like {{spoiler|Ruri}} [[Cuteness Proximity|can't resist the cuteness.]]
* [[Running Gag]]: '''''IIIIIII-ZAAAAAA-YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'''''
** Also, Simon's apparent inability to bring any customers to his shop.
* [[Rule
** He then decided to screw with the fans by writing a Shizaya story as an April Fools joke. [http://hi.baidu.com/datacat/blog/item/52c6cbfb1c700b68024f5610.html Found Here].
* [[Say My Name]]: See above.
* [[Satchel Switcheroo]]: The whole plot of [[Interquel|episode 12.5]].
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Shinra in the second OP
* [[Scenery Porn]] / [[Real Place Background]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100617232304/http://kissmygeass.livejournal.com/tag/ikebukuro These pictures] show just how accurate the anime's portrayal of Ikebukuro really is. The vending machines Shizuo throws around ''actually exist.''
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: This happens when Vorona starts hanging around with Shizuo and Tom, though a bit one-sided. Shizuo(who doesn't recognize her as the person who stabbed him earlier because she was wearing a helmet) decides, quite happily, that she gets to be his Kouhai. Vorona agrees, while plotting to destroy him.
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* [[Settle for Sibling]]: After a quick BSOD when Mairu discovers that her fangirl target (Kasuka) [[Yoko Oh No|might be dating someone]], she decides to go fangirl his older brother instead. Immediately. Cue the surprise [[Glomp]].
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'''Mairu:''' Yeah, but I like Shizuo-san too! }}
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Volume 4 ends with {{spoiler|Celty and Shinra independently coming across the contents of the exact same million-yen envelope Celty lost during her motorcycle chase with Kuzuhara}}. They both chalk it up to coincidence.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Mikado in regards to Anri, the typical response to which is, "You mean she's ''free?'' Sweet!"
* [[Shipper
** Izaya himself seems to be a Shinra/Celty shipper judging from his conversation with Shinra in [http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/23999.html this extra valentine chapter.]
* [[Ship Tease]]: Dengeki April Fools, wherein '''Narita writes [http://hi.baidu.com/datacat/blog/item/52c6cbfb1c700b68024f5610.html Shizuo/Izaya slash]'''.
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* [[Signature Style]]: The opening makes it very, very obvious that the people behind ''Baccano!'' made this too.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Shinra and Celty...Well, more [[Slap Slap Kiss|Slap Slap Hug]] given Celty's headlessness, but Shinra still counts it
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: Shizuo is fond of sporting one of these right before he's about to hurt someone. Also, {{spoiler|Walker and Erika}} when they're, uh, [[Cold-Blooded Torture|working]].
* [[Sleep Cute]]: Walker and Erika in Episode 24.
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* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: "Shit" is censored often in the Adult Swim runs. It's quite hilarious during moments like "Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Oh shit!" which are made into a long bleep.
** Captions listed that as "Crap! Crap! Crap!".
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The anime is pretty obviously meant to succeed ''[[Baccano
* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: {{spoiler|Izaya outs himself as Kanra when he calls Mikado "Taro Tanaka" in person. Also, after Kida leaves, Mikado wonders if he may be the new member of the chatroom. His guess is confirmed when Bacula responds by grading Kanra the square root of three points, referencing something Mikado said in a previous episode}}
** Although as an alternative interpretation, {{spoiler|Taro Tanaka is a generic Japanese name, akin to John Smith. Since Izaya was saying who the founder of Dollars was, he could've been offering Mikado a courtesy by not saying his real name to anyone who might've been interested.}}
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Of sorts, since it's really fleeting, and you won't realize the significance of it until you've watched the whole thing. {{spoiler|In the first opening, when Anri turns around, something comes out of her hand and "slices" the screen as a transition into the episode clips from previous episodes.}}
* [[Stalker
** To specify: {{spoiler|Seiji's stalker}} goes just a smidgen too far when she breaks into his house and sees something that she definitely wasn't supposed to. Now she's considered dead.
** Shizuo has his own [[Stalker
* [[Stalking Is Love]]: Spoofed. When Anri hints that she's stalking him, Mikado's mind [[Zig Zagged Trope|zig-zags the everliving hell]] out of this trope - complete with scenarios from Mikado's Inner Puppet Theater - before Anri lets him know she's joking
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* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Celty agrees to be vivisected in return for a place to stay. Turns out human anaesthetics don't work on fae.
* [[Subcultures in Japan]]: Ganguro appear and bosozoku are mentioned many times.
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* [[Supporting Leader]]: {{spoiler|Kadota and the Van Gang.}}
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]
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''Setton has left the room.'' }}
** Also:
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::: It doesn't help that he keeps threatening to make sushi out of troublemakers.
* [[Swivel Chair Antics]]: Izaya, of course.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: In vol. 9, {{spoiler|it's revealed that this is what ''really'' happened in Shinra and Izaya's no-longer-[[Noodle Incident]]. Izaya didn't stab him -- Shinra took a knife for him}}.
* [[Tantrum Throwing]]: Shizuo often throws impossibly heavy things when somebody makes him mad. Vending machines are pretty popular with him. He first discovered his super strength while attempting to throw a refrigerator at his brother.
* [[Tap
* [[Teens Are Short]]: Teenaged characters are almost universally shorter than adult characters, usually by at least 5 cm.
* [[Telephone Polearm]]: One of Shizuo's favorite weapons, right along with vending machines. Sometimes it's telephone poles, sometimes it's roadsigns or guardrails. Once he uprooted an entire ''tree'', roots and all, with a person in the tree.
* [[Tempting Fate]]:
** When Kida first shows Mikado around Ikebukuro, he warns him about three people (Shizuo, Simon and Izaya) that he should stay away from before assuring him that he'll probably never meet any of them anyways. Naturally, they both end up running into all three. At ''once''.
** Also, Kida's inner monologue in Episode 5 sure seems to hit home in recent episodes:
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* [[Theme Naming]]: All of Kadota's gang are named after [[Light Novel|light novelists]].
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: There's no indication that Shizuo's ever even been ''offered'' medication to control his fits of rage.
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* [[This Is the Part Where]]: Kida doesn't even have time to finish before Mikado grabs the girl and runs for it.
* [[This Is Reality]]: Kida, when Mikado tells him about the supposedly amnesiac girl he "rescued" from Celty earlier that day
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* [[Three Amigos]]: Mikado, Kida, and Anri quickly establish this dynamic.
* [[Threesome Subtext]]: Aoba/Mairu/Kururi. Also a ''little'' Mikado/Kida/Anri, but not much.
* [[Title Drop]]: The episode title is dropped in episode 19. This is obscured due to the fact that Crunchyroll translated the phrase differently on the title card ("Anarchy") and during the episode ("The sky has fallen").
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: It turns out that the leader of the Dollars {{spoiler|is actually the [[Ordinary High School Student]] Mikado}}.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Every gang in Ikebukuro has the same Rule #1: Don't screw with Izaya Orihara. However, the ''entire city'' also has Rule #0: DON'T SCREW WITH SHIZUO HEIWAJIMA. The gangs don't bother to tell their members the latter rule, since if you refuse to follow it, you're doing the gang a favor by getting yourself killed. More specific examples are below.
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** Horada of the Yellow Scarves.
* [[Torture Technician|Torture Technicians]]: {{spoiler|Walker and Erika, who use their mountains of [[Light Novel|Light Novels]] as inspiration. Also, Mairu, with her trusty box of thumbtacks.}}
* [[Tranquil Fury]]:
** ''Shizuo'' of all people manages this in Vol. 5 when a ten-year-old runaway confesses to him and Shinra that {{spoiler|she tried to kill him because Izaya told her that Shizuo was going to kill her father}}. Shizuo, against all expectations, simply smiles at her and assures her that it was all a misunderstanding which he will go about correcting immediately before leaving the room. When Tom meets him at the door and congratulates him for his uncharacteristic maturity in the situation, Shizuo simply says this and heads off to Izaya's place:
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** Also, {{spoiler|Mikado}} has his own moments too in the light novels.
** Walker's face is always that [[Slasher Smile]]. If he's angry, he'll probably snap his chopsticks in two, slam them right in front of your face, or set a car on fire with gasoline and a match. All that, he still smiles all the way.
* [[Transplant]]: Episode 11 would like to inform you that [[Baccano
* [[Tsundere]]: Invoked by Walker and Erika in both Kadota and Celty's case. Walker then [[Serious Business|gets into a big argument with Erika over whether Celty is a "true" Tsundere]]. Celty is not amused. Walker feels that Celty is too even-tempered, and that Shinra mostly deserves the ass-kickings he gets. He concludes that they're both in a mild "[[The Masochism Tango|Type M]]" relationship; though it's not abusive. Both of them [[Too Kinky to Torture|enjoy messing with each other.]]
* [[Tuck and Cover]]: Shizuo to Akane (shielding her from a rain of knives). Shinra also instinctively does this to Celty when he hears a flashbang go off. The fact that Celty is a nigh-unkillable faerie only dawns on him ''after'' the fact, and he refuses to talk about it out of embarrassment when Celty later brings it up.
* [[Twincest]]: Mairu and Kururi, {{spoiler|Izaya's younger sisters}}, who are both searching for Hanejima Yuuhei in the second OVA. They get along together ''really'' well, are very protective of each other, (and they even share a kiss at least twice (though the second time was {{spoiler|an [[Indirect Kiss]]... sort of}}).
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Uh-Oh Eyes]]: Izaya and Shizuo have [[Brown Eyes]] in the anime, but are often given [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red]] and [[Eyes of Gold|gold]] eyes respectively in the official art drawn by Suzuhito Yasuda, as well as in fanart.
* [[Wimpification]]: Nearly every male character in the series gets subjected to this, but none more so than Izaya Orihara himself, who, in fanwork, transforms from an egotistical, [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] [[Jerkass]], borderline sociopath to a slobbering wanton mess whose vocabulary consists mainly of ''ah''s, ''nn''s and ''Sh-Shi...Shizu-chan...'' with a tilde at the end of every sentence.
** Done in-universe, to - a gaiden written by Ryohga has Kadota's gang watching Izaya and Shizuo fight, while Erika talks over the brawl and transforms it into a yaoi in which Izaya bottoms, successfully squicking out the whole group as well as Celty. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]:
** Erika and Walker, being the two resident otaku, do this on occasion. However, the better in-universe example is the theme of episode 16: "Who is the strongest person in Ikebukuro?" Most people answer "The Headless Rider/ Celty", Simon, Izaya or Shizuo.
** Izaya has a few others on his list: {{spoiler|Mikado -- the head of Dollars, Kida -- former general of the Yellow Scarves, and Anri -- the possessor of the original Saika.}}
** Shuji directly asks Celty the "who would win in a fight?" question, which causes her to burst out laughing. It's Shizuo against an unkillable fae with the ability to give [[Dark Is Edgy|darkness physical form]] -- Of ''course'' [[Memetic Badass|Shizuo would win]].
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
* [[The Verse]]: ''[[Baccano
** Isaac and Miria? {{spoiler|''They're Dollars''}}
** And the company that bought {{spoiler|Yagiri pharmacies, Nebula? Yes, the same company that built the Flying Pussyfoot.}}
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* [[Voice of the Legion]]: Saika, when it finally gets voiced during the chatroom sequences.
* [[Voices Are Mental]]: Celty and {{spoiler|the girl with her head}} are played by different people at any rate. {{spoiler|Well, it only LOOKS like her head... }}]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]?:
** Slon
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** Mikado at the end of episode 10 and as part of the lead up to [[The Reveal]] - he turns on his computer and sparks fly when he starts zooming the mouse around.
** [[Comedic Sociopath|Orihara Izaya]] enjoys stomping on girls' cellphones ''way'' more than anyone should.
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* [[Wham! Episode]]: Hooh, boy.
** Episode eleven. You know Mikado, right? The sweet, [[Naive Newcomer]], curious about the world of gangs - the mysterious "Dollars" in particular? {{spoiler|Turns out he's actually the ''leader'' of said group, and is quite the [[Tranquil Fury|vocal]] [[Badass]].}} Or, alternatively, episode ten, where his [[Wham! Line]] would lead many a fan suspicious:
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** Episode sixteen. Goodness, all that news about Saika sure sounds scary, right? I sure hope that...wait...wait, ''what''!? The "real" Saika is actually the slightly dull {{spoiler|[[Shrinking Violet]] Anri Sonohara!? Wait...[[It Got Worse|why is her mother ''cutting open her own stomach''!?]] }}
** To a lesser extent, the aptly titled episode seventeen; "Everything Changes." So, what about those other gangs? Have we forgotten about them? Is the show ever going to bring them up again? Don't worry! It turns out that the yellow scarves are lead by none other than {{spoiler|Masaomi Kida, and it turns out he was a complete [[Stepford Smiler]] this entire time}}. Of course, it's 'to a lesser extent' because we got some foreshadowing on that part.
** Volume six has a few instances of this. So by this point, we learn Mikado's not all he appears, right? But he's still a lovable and nice guy. You know, {{spoiler|until he ''stabs Aoba with a freaking'' '''''pen''''' ''and a crazy look in his eye''. What makes it worse is that Aoba notes that that's probably ''nowhere near'' Mikado's true nature...}}
** Volume seven would like to inform you that [[Stalker
* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]: Is the question Namie asks when Izaya puts up a fake "We've moved!" notice on his apartment door {{spoiler|with his "new" address being an undiscovered murder scene}}. The answer is, of course, [[Dumb Muscle|Shizuo]].
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Shinra's ''really'' hoping for a gender-reversed example with Celty.
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* [[Wiki Walk]]: Vorona, in volume 8. For bonus points, her [[Strange Syntax Speaker|speaking]] [[Spock Speak|style]] even makes it sound like a derailed wiki article.
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'''Shizuo:''' ... Are you craving some? Cake, I mean. }}
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Kinnosuke Kuzuhara admits most fiction's portrayal of cops as Worf compared to rebellious protagonists, but takes it as a compliment as it means that they are considered strong enough to be considered obstacles.
* [["World of Cardboard" Speech]]: Shizuo in Ep. 17, as he {{spoiler|fights the Saika's children}}.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a
** Played straight by Shizuo {{spoiler|...except when Vorona stabs him, thus reminded him of Izaya. }}
*** {{spoiler|'''Shizuo:''' ....I'm not interested in beating up women... nor do I want to do that.. BUT I GUESS YOU'RE AT LEAST READY TO HAVE THAT EXPENSIVE-LOOKING HELMET CRUSHED TO A PULP IN THESE HANDS, ARGH?}}
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