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* [[Arc Number]]: 21 of course. It's in the title and on the jersey of the hero, and becoming the real Eyeshield 21 is the ultimate personal goal of the protagonist. However, it also pops up more often than any other number. Sena's testing number in the first chapter, and Hiruma winning money to return from America with games of blackjack are obvious examples. Even Yamato's prediction of 42-0 could be interpreted as 2 * 21 = 42. Another example could be Hiruma and Agon combining for the Flying Dragon at the beginning of the final volume. Their jersey numbers are 1 and 2 respectively. Sena's birth date also falls on December 21.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The style starts off rather rough and sketchy, with character designs leaning more towards cartoon-ish and perspective being more exaggerated. In general, the characters were more lanky and angular. As the series went on, the style became more conventionally shonen, with smoother, more serious looking re-designs and beefier bodies. Nearly all the characters got more attractive without losing what made them distinctive.
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]:
** Hiruma's philosophy on football and everything else.
** Seibu is also primarily focused on offense, to the point of packing no defensive power whatsoever. They get by on their ability to score pretty much at will, but they give up points to even the weakest teams.
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** One of the "Devil Bat Spy" bits claimed that Mamori can out-eat Kurita, but only when it comes to cream puffs. Considering Kurita once ate A HUNDRED OF THEM, that would be no small feat. Of course, it could be a fabrication, but she's rumored to be quite crazy about them...
** Shin is an aversion. He has a very strict, regimented diet, and is rather picky (he won't eat junk food).
* [[Big Entrance]]: Sena pulls off one in the game against the Cyborgs, complete with [[Three
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Jumonji, to emphasize his father's elitist personality.
* [[Big Game]]: Arguably Christmas Bowl, although the games before it had this feel to them, like the matches against Shinryuuji and Ojou.
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* [[Brother Chuck]]: Actually justified in this case; Daigo Ikari hasn't been around lately because he's too ''old'' to be in the youth cup, having spent a few years in juvenile hall after one of his messier outbursts.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Almost ''everyone'' in this manga is a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]. Hiruma's over-the-top devilish attitude; Sena's cowardice; Taki's idiocy; Mamori's overprotective tendencies, her bad art and her love for cream puffs; Monta's resemblance to a monkey; Shin's training habits and poor luck with technology; Kisaragi's obsession with strength, and so on.
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* [[Call Back]]:
** The entire last chapter was this. The chapter title parallels the first chapter, the surprise at the sudden game, and, of course, fighting the weakest team in the league for the first game.
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** This also happened in the Tokyo Tournament. The most prominent is the match between Amino Cyborgs and Deimon Devilbats. The scientifically advanced, calculating, purported "Tournament Stormers", the Amino Cyborgs, got trounced 38-8 by the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|Deimon Devilbats]]. To be fair, the Devil Bats spent all summer on the Death March...
** Also when the White Knights played the heavily built-up Sankaku Punks in the Fall tournament, having only beaten them by one point when they played them in the spring. Ojou won in a complete shut out; the Punks never stood a chance.
** Gaou is pretty much a [[Nigh Invulnerable|walking monster of]] [[Blood Knight|destruction]]. But Mr. Don makes quick work of him, ''[[Finger
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Chuubou, the tiny middle schooler on the Japanese World Cup team. He may not look like much and he might act like even less, but he's got an explosive power that can stop both Yamato and ''Rodchenko'' in their tracks. Of course, this has the unexpected (and undesirable) side effect {{spoiler|of catching the attention of Japan's #1 benchpresser and #1 (almost literal) player killer, Rikiya Gaou, who [[Curb Stomp Battle|owns him completely at the first try.]] Later, Chuubou manages to improve and later [[Look What I Can Do Now!|knocks Gaou out,]] which promptly reignites his interest in the technique, leading to Gaou doing a variation of the technique.}}
* [[Cute Sports Club Manager]]: Mamori Anezaki, Wakana, Juri/Julie, Maruko/Maria, and Megu, to name a few. Eyeshield 21 loves this trope.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]:
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** Kid and Tetsuma also definitely count, knowing each other since early childhood.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Surprisingly, {{spoiler|the Americans}}. Including {{spoiler|Mr.Don and Panther}}.
* [[Hot
** Daikichi Komusubi.
** One egregious case: The Kantou Area Commisioner is so [[Hot
** The Yuuhi Guts, particularly team captain Daisuke Atsumi and manager Katsuko Konjo.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]
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* [[Kevlard]]: Kurita has this mildly. The average high schooler can't really hurt him, but a lot of the linemen he plays against are around his size and can do plenty of damage.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Agon's hobby.
* [[Know When to Fold
** Despite [[Attack! Attack! Attack!|his love for offense,]] Hiruma knows that sometimes, he should just give up. The first time is against Ojou, and he's rather an asshole about it. Then, in the match against Seibu, he realizes that none of his carefully crafted scenarios will work against the Kid. {{spoiler|Musashi's appeareance changed that, though.}} Also his poker game against Clifford, although his tactical retreat really pissed Clifford off.
** Monta giving up baseball, since his ability is much more suited for American Football.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Played straight and subverted. Mr. Don of team USA played this straight, as well as [[Husky Russkie|Rodchenko of the Russian Team]]. There are several subversions, though: Teams led by less-than-competent players, while his second-in command is larger and [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|more competent]], like the Kyoshin Poseidons (nominally led by Kobanzame, who defers practically every decision to the tall Kakei, including recruiting and tactical planning), the Taiyou Sphinx (led by [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Harao]], but held together by rock-solid Center Banba), and the Hakushuu Dinosaurs (led by Marco, a talented player and a capable leader, but their biggest strength is [[The Juggernaut|Rikiya Gaou,]] without whom they wouldn't be half the team they are). Another type of subversion: Shinryuji is led by the biggest player, 3rd year senior Yamabushi, but the team is pretty much steered by [[Jerk Jock|Agon]].
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* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Cyborgs and the Scorpions, seeing as how Deimon defeated them with a considerable lead. The Guts and Chameleons could be considered a deconstruction of this trope.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Deimon; in fact, only three (later two, one forfeited himself) of the players on the team had any prior experience in football.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: In a reverse of the above examples of [[Gretzky Has the Ball]], the attention to detail is somewhat staggering, to the point where people not intimately familiar with high-school level Football might assume that a mistake was made. For instance:
** During the Bando game, Kotarou lands the kickoff just out of bounds right by Deimon's endzone. In college and professional football, this results a penalty that results in the ball being started at the 40 yard line. However, at the high school level, this is allowed due to the quality of most high school kickers.
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** For Hiruma and Mamori, {{spoiler|the fact that she chose to stay as Hiruma's manager in the [[Distant Finale]] when every member of their team is now split up is quite telling.}}
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Mizumachi, Shin... [[Fan Disservice|Ootawara]], although with Ootowara, shirtless isn't the problem--it's ''pantsless.''
* [[Shout
** Unbelievably, the manga has a little shout out to [[Marvel Comics]]' infamous ''NFL Superpro''. Seriously.
** In addition to many shouts out to other Shonen Jump manga; Toganou is almost always seen reading Shonen Jump, as well, and created a manga that combines elements of many manga serialized in Jump... [[Fridge Logic|including Eyeshield 21]]. Other Jump shout-outs show up throughout the series. A filler episode in the anime has every member of the team dress up as Eyeshield and do an homage to [[Naruto]]'s shadow clone technique.
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* [[Tempting Fate]]:
** "You put [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Sakuraba on the offense?]] Thank you. You made our job easier, reducing one pass target on the field". And then Sakuraba turns out to be a phenomenal receiver, given his tenacity and height.
** "We already know Eyeshield 21's weakness. We can stop him". [[Look What I Can Do Now!|And then here comes the Devilbat Ghost.]]
** The most prominent example is Onihei. Everything he predicted will be inverted, or at least, subverted.
* [[Terrible Artist]]: We're frequently reminded why Art is Mamori's weakest subject in school.
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* [[Walking Techbane]]: Shin. He was even forced to pay 23,000 yen for accidentally damaging a vending machine.
* [[Warding Gestures]]
* [[Wax On, Wax Off]]: "Kick this stone across the U.S., and don't lose even a tiny bit of it."
* [[Weak but Skilled]]:
** Osamu Kobanzame, the weak, indecisive quarterback of Poseidons, who is overshadowed by his junior teammates, but has amazing accuracy in short passes, and foot speed (triggered by fear), which results in 0 interceptions in the tournament. He also went through [[Training From Hell|Mizumachi-style training without complaining]].
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Both Riku and Taka.
* [[Who Needs Overtime]]: Hiruma always chooses to go for the "surprising win" instead of overtime, although it's kinda [[Justified Trope|justified]] since the team only has 14 players (4 borrowed from other sport clubs), so continuing with a ''really'' exhausted team is a poor option.
* [[Whoa, Bundy!]]: Many of the Devil Bats' huddles during football games in the manga break with a cry of "Kick their asses!" Many of their opponents have similar Whoa Bundy cries.
* [[The Worf Effect]]:
** Onihei's team was built up as a powerhouse and an overall favorite in the tournament, so that when they got their asses handed to them by the Kyoshin Poseidons, we'd know who the ''real'' power was. Similarly, Taiyo and Seibu both bit it against Hakushuu to illustrate how brutal the Dinosaurs were.
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