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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Makoto
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Makoto
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Elliot, Erio's father, who was apparently Scottish. Meme and him apparently have different world views, and "wouldn't do well living together."
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Elliot, Erio's father, who was apparently Scottish. Meme and him apparently have different world views, and "wouldn't do well living together."
* [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune]]: Newcomer seiyuu Asuka Oogame (Erio) sings the opening theme.
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]: Newcomer seiyuu Asuka Oogame (Erio) sings the opening theme.
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Maekawa visits Makoto in the hospital dressed as an eggplant, explaining that she was trying to make a pun on "nurse" (the Japanese word for eggplant is "nasu"). Makoto responds by quoting this trope almost exactly.
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Maekawa visits Makoto in the hospital dressed as an eggplant, explaining that she was trying to make a pun on "nurse" (the Japanese word for eggplant is "nasu"). Makoto responds by quoting this trope almost exactly.
* [[Driving Question]]: Just what happened to Erio to make her lose a year's worth of memories?
* [[Driving Question]]: Just what happened to Erio to make her lose a year's worth of memories?
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** Also Meme.
** Also Meme.
* [[Harem Genre]]: Makoto seems right on track to get a harem. [[Genre Savvy|After all, this is how he thinks his dream life in the city could become]].
* [[Harem Genre]]: Makoto seems right on track to get a harem. [[Genre Savvy|After all, this is how he thinks his dream life in the city could become]].
* [[Hello Nurse]]: Inverted. Meme keeps trying to attract Makoto's attention, but it annoys him out more than anything else.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Inverted. Meme keeps trying to attract Makoto's attention, but it annoys him out more than anything else.
* [[Hikikomori]]: As much as it's [[Played for Laughs]], Erio is a textbook case, reacting to severe trauma by withdrawing from the world. The fact that Makoto looks confused and sasses her instead of [[Somebody Else's Problem|pointedly ignoring her]] like ''everyone else in her life does -- her mother included --'' is getting her to open up to him, slowly.
* [[Hikikomori]]: As much as it's [[Played for Laughs]], Erio is a textbook case, reacting to severe trauma by withdrawing from the world. The fact that Makoto looks confused and sasses her instead of [[Somebody Else's Problem|pointedly ignoring her]] like ''everyone else in her life does -- her mother included --'' is getting her to open up to him, slowly.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Meme Touwa.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Meme Touwa.
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* [[Magic Skirt]]: Considering how often the camera follows a low angle [[Male Gaze]] around her, Erio is lucky for this. There was a pretty unavoidable [[Panty Shot]] in the first episode, but it was censored with a flying saucer.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Considering how often the camera follows a low angle [[Male Gaze]] around her, Erio is lucky for this. There was a pretty unavoidable [[Panty Shot]] in the first episode, but it was censored with a flying saucer.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Quite a bit of it with Erio, especially during the ending credits.
* [[Male Gaze]]: Quite a bit of it with Erio, especially during the ending credits.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Erio Touwa's full name can be spelled out as E.T. No wonder she thinks she's an alien. On top of that, it turns out that her father's name was [[Shout Out|''Elliot'']].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Erio Touwa's full name can be spelled out as E.T. No wonder she thinks she's an alien. On top of that, it turns out that her father's name was [[Shout-Out|''Elliot'']].
* [[Moe]]: [[In Universe]] application by Meme when referring to herself.
* [[Moe]]: [[In Universe]] application by Meme when referring to herself.
** [[Genre Savvy|Makoto]] also questions whether Ryuuko/[[My Name Is Not Durwood|Ryuushi]] is also deliberately invoking the term to describe herself.
** [[Genre Savvy|Makoto]] also questions whether Ryuuko/[[My Name Is Not Durwood|Ryuushi]] is also deliberately invoking the term to describe herself.
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** She turns 40 in episode 5. That's enough to make her copy Erio.
** She turns 40 in episode 5. That's enough to make her copy Erio.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Makoto's parents are away on business, so he has to live with his aunt and cousin.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Makoto's parents are away on business, so he has to live with his aunt and cousin.
* [[POV Boy Poster Girl]]
* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]
* [[Rank Inflation]]: In Episode 7, the youth point tally at the end <ref>which normally maxes out at 5 points per "event"</ref> gives "[[Modesty Towel|seeing Ryuushi and Maekawa in towels]]" [[Readings Are Off the Scale|5-100-1000000 points]] until it ends up at 3 stars, which Makoto vocalizes with a sort of moaning sound.
* [[Rank Inflation]]: In Episode 7, the youth point tally at the end <ref>which normally maxes out at 5 points per "event"</ref> gives "[[Modesty Towel|seeing Ryuushi and Maekawa in towels]]" [[Readings Are Off the Scale|5-100-1000000 points]] until it ends up at 3 stars, which Makoto vocalizes with a sort of moaning sound.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Erio, due to not having cut it in years.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Erio, due to not having cut it in years.
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* [[Really Gets Around]]: It's hinted that this is how Meme got Erio. At the very least, she said she figured out who her father was after ''working it out on a calculator''.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: It's hinted that this is how Meme got Erio. At the very least, she said she figured out who her father was after ''working it out on a calculator''.
** Episode 8 seems to have debunked this, as it shows that Meme had fallen in love with Elliot many years before Erio was born.
** Episode 8 seems to have debunked this, as it shows that Meme had fallen in love with Elliot many years before Erio was born.
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Ryuuko, and unlike [[Emiri Katou|her seiyuu's]] [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|previous role]] there is nothing to worry about, probably except [[Genki Girl|her hyperactiveness]].
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Ryuuko, and unlike [[Emiri Katou|her seiyuu's]] [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|previous role]] there is nothing to worry about, probably except [[Genki Girl|her hyperactiveness]].
* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]: Erio does this on occasion.
* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud]]: Erio does this on occasion.
** Also Ryuuko while exchanging numbers which Makoto.
** Also Ryuuko while exchanging numbers which Makoto.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Gender-flipped -- Ryuuko's teammates constantly tease her about Makoto being her boyfriend, which she vehemently denies. Interestingly, he doesn't seem to be entirely against the idea...
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Gender-flipped -- Ryuuko's teammates constantly tease her about Makoto being her boyfriend, which she vehemently denies. Interestingly, he doesn't seem to be entirely against the idea...
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Erio comes off as one once she ditches her futon. Meme's teasing doesn't help.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Erio comes off as one once she ditches her futon. Meme's teasing doesn't help.
* [[Shout Out]]: Meme's dialogue is full of anime memes and references to video games. For example, she [http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/04/more-mother-references-in-anime/ quotes the intro] to ''[[MOTHER 1 (Video Game)|MOTHER 1]]'' multiple times when having dinner with Makoto. (Later, in Episode 6, it's shown that Erio has a Mr. Saturn plushie in her room, continuing the MOTHER references.)
* [[Shout-Out]]: Meme's dialogue is full of anime memes and references to video games. For example, she [http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/04/more-mother-references-in-anime/ quotes the intro] to ''[[MOTHER 1 (Video Game)|MOTHER 1]]'' multiple times when having dinner with Makoto. (Later, in Episode 6, it's shown that Erio has a Mr. Saturn plushie in her room, continuing the MOTHER references.)
** The ending has one for E.T. {{spoiler|Erio ATTEMPTED to do the same. It... didn't work out, and is now the reason she wears that futon.}}
** The ending has one for E.T. {{spoiler|Erio ATTEMPTED to do the same. It... didn't work out, and is now the reason she wears that futon.}}
** Makoto saying he'll [[To Aru Majutsu no Index|destroy Erio's illusions]] before deciding he's not [[Hot Blood|Hot Blooded]] enough. {{spoiler|He does it anyway.}}
** Makoto saying he'll [[To Aru Majutsu no Index|destroy Erio's illusions]] before deciding he's not [[Hot Blood|Hot Blooded]] enough. {{spoiler|He does it anyway.}}
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* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: Most people's reaction to Erio, including her ''mother''. Makoto is the [[Only Sane Man|exception]].
* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: Most people's reaction to Erio, including her ''mother''. Makoto is the [[Only Sane Man|exception]].
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Erio looks exactly like her mother except that her [[Curtains Match the Window|hair and eyes]] are light blue compared to her mother's dark blue.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Erio looks exactly like her mother except that her [[Curtains Match the Window|hair and eyes]] are light blue compared to her mother's dark blue.
* [[Super Deformed]]: Happens on a fairly regular basis.
* [[Super-Deformed]]: Happens on a fairly regular basis.
* [[Surreal Theme Tune]]: This is a [[Studio Shaft]] anime, after all.
* [[Surreal Theme Tune]]: This is a [[Studio Shaft]] anime, after all.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Rather than get her professional help for what appears to be a dangerous delusion (she even jumped off a bridge!), Meme allows her daughter to effectively shut herself up in her room and fall further into said dementia. Tragically, this is very much [[Truth in Television]].
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Rather than get her professional help for what appears to be a dangerous delusion (she even jumped off a bridge!), Meme allows her daughter to effectively shut herself up in her room and fall further into said dementia. Tragically, this is very much [[Truth in Television]].
* [[Tiny Guy Huge Girl]]: Makoto to Maekawa.
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Makoto to Maekawa.
* [[Unmoving Plaid]]: Erio's futon. Also, Meme's pants in Episode 3.
* [[Unmoving Plaid]]: Erio's futon. Also, Meme's pants in Episode 3.
* [[Unperson]]: Meme initially treats her daughter Erio like this, seemingly avoiding any kind of meaningful interaction, and tries to get Makoto to do the same, but thankfully this trope falls out of play as the series goes on, and they start spending some quality time together.
* [[Unperson]]: Meme initially treats her daughter Erio like this, seemingly avoiding any kind of meaningful interaction, and tries to get Makoto to do the same, but thankfully this trope falls out of play as the series goes on, and they start spending some quality time together.
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