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An anime series (''Tottoko Hamutaro'' in Japan) based on a series of children's books about hamsters, '''Hamtaro''' and his Ham-Ham buddies lead exciting adventures while his owner Laura is off at school having her own adventures.
It ran from 2000 to 2006 and lasted for nearly 300 episodes, only 104 of which were translated into English and aired on Cartoon Network. It later spawned a spin-off series of five-minute episodes known as "Tottoko Hamutaro: Norisuta Hai!".
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Bizarrely enough, it was initially featured on [[Toonami]], [[Cartoon Network]]'s block for specifically action-based shows (that can be blamed on [[Executive Meddling|Cartoon Network's management]] at the time). It actually received a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMJuFsGiAdY this promo]. Yet the show aired on [[Fox Kids]] in Europe.
A new series named ''Tottoko Hamtaro Dechu'' [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
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* [[All Just a Dream]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Sparkle and her owner Glitter. Both soften up a bit and become type-A [[Tsundere]] in the later seasons.
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The English version uses two [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bukeFftebQA&feature=related opening] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT6-PnxQTDM songs] different from the Japanese version. However, it does use the tune of the first Japanese [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvP2wVqYGDY ending theme].
* [[An Aesop]]
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* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Hamtaro, Oxnard, Panda, Snoozer and Cappy are all voiced by women.
** Boss averts this trope in most languages.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[The Faceless]]: Due to her shyness, Penelope is only ever seen under cover of a yellow blanket. Subverted in the intro sequence, however, as her blanket flies up to briefly reveal brown and white fur.
** Subverted in the official guide, which includes an illustration of how Penelope really looks like.
* [[Festival Episode]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: On Travis's birthday, one of his friends goes, "Hey, we gotta get you to the girls' bathroom, man!" but only in the dub...and then there's Stan...
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Snoozer, duh.
* [[Iconic Item]]: Oxnard never goes anywhere without his lucky sunflower seed.
* [[The Idiot From Osaka]]: Howdy.
* [[Jerk
** On the human side, we have Roberto.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: The series have been off the air for ages, and many of the episodes were not released to DVD. And then those DVDs are no longer manufactured pretty hard to track down new (Amazon has a few new condition copies of the volumes scattered around the marketplace, but good luck finding all of the volumes in new condition). Also applies to the Second season theme song which is [[Screwed
* [[Kodomomuke]]: only the hamsters, the humans on the other hand are more for older kids and ect. as what Laura and Kana go through (like Laura's crush with Travis).
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The main band of hamsters is 13
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Maria, until Laura befriends her.
* [[Lovable Coward]]: Oxnard.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Stan is a G-rated version, always flirting with the girl-hams, much to his sister Sandy's irritation.
* [[Love At First Punch]]: It's implied that [[Dark-Skinned Blond|Roberto]] has a crush on Laura, who actually stood up against him for acting like a jerk.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]] So complicated it has to be broken down into [[media:
** The fact that they can make a game called "Ham-Ham Heartbreak", involving fixing 21 stressed relationships among characters from the show, just goes to prove it!
** In addition, the fanbases also love to spam [[Copy Cat Sue|recolors]] as OCs, which is extremely similar to the situation in [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] fandom.
* [[Meganekko]]: Kana.
* [[The Movie]]: Four of them, in fact. [[No Export for You|None of them were ever released outside of Japan]].
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Jingle never gets Hamtaro's name right, much to Hamtaro's annoyance.
** Laura's Grandfather also had trouble getting Hamtaro's name right. {{spoiler|He eventually did.}}
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Dexter's fur is in the shape of a pair of glasses.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Cappy.
* [[No Export for You]]: The later seasons of the TV series and the spinoff TV series in it's entirety. Also, all the movies and half of the [[
* [[Non
* [[Ojou]]: Both Maria and her hamster Bijou.
* [[Official Couple]]: Maxwell/Sandy and Oxnard/Pepper. The series finale in Japan ends with the latter couple getting married.
* [[Once an Episode]]: Laura's journal entry followed by Hamtaro's "Heke!" at the end of every episode.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: Lots, including pretty much everything Stan does, the beach episode if you are into that kind of thing], and many of the human characters interactions, especially Laura and Kana's.
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* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] And HOW!
* [[Rule 34]]: Yes, it exists..., however most of it is based on the humans, if you are into that kind of thing
* [[Rhymes
* [[Screwed
* [[Ship Tease]]: On ''several'' occasions.
* [[Sibling Seniority Squabble]]: Stan and Sandy.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Laura's teacher, Mr. Yoshi, has a crippling fear of chickens, and, of course he's in love with a girl whose father is a chicken farmer...and an [[Overprotective Dad]], to boot.
** The ham-ham's are also afraid of chickens as well as little chicks, but to their credit, the chickens on the show are pretty damn scary. One of the chickens that belongs to said [[Overprotective Dad]] has an ''eye patch'' for crying out loud.
** A lot of the conflict between Laura and Roberto can be traced to the fact that he's deathly afraid of mice and other small rodents....like hamsters. Hamtaro twigged to it immediately but it took a while for Laura to do so.
* [[Writer Revolt]]: Hamtaro's placement on Toonami lead to a number of jokes by Williams Street.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Parodied with the teacher's girlfriend, Charlotte, who comes from a traditional family and has been raised as one... but acts like a borderline [[Wild Child]] cow girl whenever she's out of her [[Big Fancy House]].
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Spat from ''Ham Ham Heartbreak'' is very much this.
* [[Copy Protection]]: The second game prevents you from achieving [[
* [[Edutainment Game]]: ''Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer'' for PC/Mac and ''Hi! Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Challenge'' for the DS.
* [[Fleeting Demographic Rule]]: The second DS game which actually got a quiet US release. Apparently, [[Nintendo/Alpha Dream|Alpha Dream]]/Natsume thinks that no one remembers the hamsters anymore, so they threw in a reintroduction of each of the characters in the opening title cinematic. After all, the show has been off the air in the US for over two years by then, and the last game was released in the US market over 4 years prior.
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** There are two in ''Ham Hams Unite'', a merchant and his immature protégé. [[Mr. Fixit|Panda]] even [[Lampshade Hanging|expresses surprise]] at you for buying a [[Fetch Quest|required but predictably damaged item]] from them.
* [[Licensed Game]]: Well, duh!
* [[The Kiddie Ride]]: Bandai/Banpresto made one in Japan, using the same base design as one they used for an [[Ojamajo Doremi]] ride. It dispensed candies after the ride ended. Also made were about half a dozen knockoff rides from China. Those are, sadly, much more prevalent.
* [[Minigame Game]]: Both ''Rainbow Rescue'' and ''Ham-Ham Games'', though the former also has a story similar to ''Ham Ham Heartbreak''.
* [[No Export for You]]: The first Game Boy Color game and the first DS game. Also, the fourth game, ''Rainbow Rescue'', received a release in Europe and Japan, but not in the US.
** Introducing [http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app//id486780475&mt=8 TwitHamtaro]([http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fjp%2Fapp%2F%2Fid486780475%26mt%3D8 translation]), yet another Tweeter app for the [[IOS Games|iPhone]], [[Recycled in Space|with a Hamtaro skin!]] Want it? Sorry, it's only available on the Japanese iTunes Store, and thus only to those lucky enough to have a Japanese address and credit card!
* [[One Hundred Percent Completion]]: The stickers in ''Rainbow Rescue'' can potentially take players to the dark, ''dark'' world of (digital) sticker collecting.
* [[The Power of Love]]: ''Ham Ham Heartbreak'' makes a game out of it!
* [[The Problem
* [[Ret-Gone]]: The second DS game opted to use the Japanese opening theme, even for the US release of the game, retconning out the English second season theme song.
* [[Ship Tease]]: '''ESPECIALLY''' in ''Ham-Ham Heartbreak'' and ''Rainbow Rescue''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[The Legend of Zelda]], in two places. First, the shady Ham-Merchant says 'Buy somethin', will ya!?' like the original Zelda shopkeepers did. The second is [[Crowning Moment of Funny|much funnier]]. You collect three marbles throughout the game, one red, one green, and one blue. Then you place them in a pedestal that looks like it has a sword in it. Then you tug on the sword. The 'Opening a Treasure Chest music' from Zelda plays. And... {{spoiler|IT'S A SPOON!}}
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: Mimi, Panda's owner, is young and innocent enough to be the only human who can talk to the Ham-Hams directly.
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