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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: What Haruhi eventually matures into.

* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: A [[Gambit Pileup]], [[Stable Time Loop]] and [[Love Dodecahedron]] form around a [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] [[Ontological Mystery]] title character and an [[Unreliable Narrator]] protagonist who doesn't really understand what's going on ([[Obfuscating Stupidity|or does he?]]). Said narrator relays most of the background information and interpretation from a [[Mr. Exposition]] who nobody completely believes or trusts.

* [[Joshikousei]]: In the book, Kyon wonders if the principal has a fetish for this, since male students wear blazers and ties, but girls wear the more traditional sailor uniform. Ironically, the [http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~nishikita-hs/ real school] North High is based on features the ''opposite'' uniform configuration, with militaresque ''gakuran'' for boys and parochial-style uniforms for girls.

* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]: In ''Sigh'', Kyon repeatedly suggests doing this to Haruhi to solve the problem.

** This can also be excused by the fact that Kyon is an [[Unreliable Narrator]]; he could easily be rendering everyone's dialect (including his own) as Standard Japanese, just because.

** The author could also be doing this to sidestep the [[The Idiot From Osaka|stereotypical characterization]] associated with the dialect. It might partially agree with Haruhi and Tsuruya's personalities, but it would be very much at odds with Kyon's [[Ordinary High School Student]]/[[Unfazed Everyman]] role in the narrative.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Haruhi, obviously. Most famously, the blackmailing of the computer club president. Some people don't find the molestation of Mikuru [[Dude, Not Funny|very funny]], either. In the novels, {{spoiler|Haruhi actually ''punched'' Mikuru on the head several times '''because her contact lens [[Wrong Genre Savvy|didn't fly out like in stories]]'''. }} She nearly gets hit by one ''really'' (and understandably) upset Kyon, but Koizumi restrained him.

* [[Knife Nut]]: {{spoiler|Ryoko Asakura}}.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Where to begin?

** Among the popular Japanese media tropes, if it isn't lampshaded, then it was probably invoked by Haruhi.

* [[Layman's Terms]]: Particularly in the Drama CD. Kyon is fond of asking for his companions' [[Info Dump|Infodumps]] to be rendered in words he can understand, though he's generally good at getting the gist of things.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Haruhi behaves this way when they play a LAN game against the Computer Club.

* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Kyon, ''especially'' in the novels.

* [[Light Novels]]: Yes, the anime is based on them and covers the first novel ''of eleven'' and some side stories. The second season covers the first three novels, plus chapters from novels 5 and 6.

** Including the movie, the first four are completely done, and as above, chapters from 5 and 6.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Yuki. Eventually Kyon picks up that maybe she just ''likes'' her school uniform.

* [[Little Miss Almighty]]: Haruhi, [[Mind Screw|or maybe]] [[Epileptic Trees|not.]]

** Done again with ''Where Did The Cat Go?'', the murder mystery that was ''supposed'' to be the main excitement during the ''Snow Mountain Syndrome'' trip.

* [[Girl in a Box|Loli In A Bag]]: Kyon's little sister hid in his duffel bag so he would take her on vacation with him.

* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: Haruhi bets Mikuru during "The Day of Sagittarius." When the Computer Club President is taken aback by this, she offers Yuki instead. And when Kyon protests her willingness to wager other people, she relents and offers herself — an offer which the Computer Club president [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth|very much rejects...]]

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: The [[Alternate Universe]] in ''Disappearance'' seems to be like this for Kyon, but gets subverted hard when he goes into a panic over the one good thing it had over the real world—that is, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|the SOS-Dan]].

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Kyon on a bike with fireworks, in "Endless Eight".

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]: Or at least Magical [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]].

* [[Magical Incantation]]: See below.

* [[Male Gaze]]: Really confusing when used on Yuki's chest in ''Disappearance''.

** The pool scene in the 7th Endless Eight episode begins with Haruhi's bikini-clad butt taking up almost the whole screen.

** It should be noted that while Kyon is certainly a cynic in the modern sense of the word, the Ancient Greek Cynics (i. e. the Dog Philosophers) actually espoused a philosophy that has more in common with Haruhi's than Kyon's.

** Probably unintentional, but 'Kyon' is also Hindi for 'why?': something Kyon must be repeatedly thinking throughout the series...

** Yuki's name as written means "has hope", which arguably fits with her later [[Character Development]]. Written in another way, it can also mean "snow", leading to several snow motifs. The 8th novel suggests that "snow" meaning was why she chose this name for herself as a metaphor, because as the Entity is formless and unified, like a mass of water, or a cloud, she is individual, and material, like a snowflake originating from that water.

*** Additionally, the kanji in her surname name can translate to "gate manager" (or "master", in that context), which makes sense since she's essentially managing a "gate" to the Data Overmind.

** Another probably intentional one -- 'Mikuru' written a certain way in kanji can mean 'future'.

* [[Meta Guy]]: Kyon, [[Genre Savvy]] [[Deadpan Snarker]] that he is.

* [[Mind Screw]]: If you haven't been spoiled, watching the series from the start in its original out-of-chronological-order order, will mess you up.

* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: {{spoiler|Ryoko's motivation for stabbing Kyon in ''Disappearance''}}. Probably also {{spoiler|a secondary motivation when she initially tries to kill him in ''Melancholy.''}}

* [[Musical Pastiche]]: Soundtrack during the baseball match pastiches the theme to [[Touch]]).

* [[Mysterious Backer]]: The Data Entity.

* [[Necktie Leash]] - Mostly just in the anime. In the novels she leads him arm in arm.

* [[Neutral Female]]: Mikuru. She even [[Genre Savvy|knows]] that she won't be a combatant or competent.

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Itsuki.

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: ''Haruhi''.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", Mikuru's and Yuki's characters.

** Kyon's suggestion for the cultural festival: "Let's combine everything and do a fortune-telling survey play cafe."

* [[No Communities Were Harmed]]: The series' setting is described/rendered in sufficient detail (in both novels and anime) to be readily identifiable as the author's hometown of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, but it's never referred to by name in-series. Most likely, unwillingness to come out and say it is to avoid invoking a ''[[The Idiot From Osaka|different]]'' [[The Idiot From Osaka|trope]] based on the [[Kansai Regional Accent|dialect of the region]]. Nevertheless, there are a few dead giveaways in the series, such as scenes directly in front of (a circa-2006) Osaka Station in "''Melancholy'' III" and an establishing shot in "Endless Eight" that is unmistakably the waterfront of Kobe. (Perhaps the series' attention to detail is also its own undoing.)

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** At the beginning of "Melancholy", the introductions were alternately boy/girl, with boys and girls each being alphabetically ordered. After Kyon, Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself, then Taniguchi. So Kyon's name likely starts with "Su," "Se," "So," or "Ta." Among the resulting possibilities are {{spoiler|"Nagaru Tanigawa"}} and {{spoiler|"John Smith" (''Jon Sumisu''), although in ''Disappearance'' Kyon makes it explicit that John Smith is not his real name}}.

** Haruhi introduces Asahina to Kyon, but then fails to introduce Kyon to Asahina, a fact that [[Deadpan Snarker|doesn't escape Kyon's attention]]. And a few days later, when Koizumi is introducing himself to the Kyon, Haruhi interrupts Kyon's self introduction with "That's Kyon!"

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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Only Kyon's "dream" is shown in ''Snow Mountain Syndrome'', the other "dreams" sound interesting.

* [[Not a Date]]: Kyon and Mikuru. Aww.

** If you're talking about Haruhi's insistence in III, there's an even bigger one in the later novels. Mikuru actually asks Kyon out at one point, but {{spoiler|it's under orders, and [[Batman Gambit|all so Kyon can stop a kid from being hit by a truck]].}}

* [[Not So Stoic]]: There's definite traces of actual emotion under Yuki Nagato's [[Extreme Doormat]] [[Emotionless Girl]] facade. She's still pretty hard to read though.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Kyon constantly denies knowing or understanding things that the events or narration show that he does, as a way of avoiding conversation with others; most notably Koizumi, but also quite a bit with Taniguchi.

* [[Occult Detective]]: Ostensibly the goal of the SOS Brigade, though they very rarely get around to it. Though, to be fair, the SOS-Dan's objective has already been fulfilled: "To find aliens, time travelers, sliders and espers and have fun with them", right...?

* [[Odd Friendship]]: Kyon (laid-back and skeptical) and Haruhi (borderline sociopath with a huge belief in the supernatural).

* [[Off-Model]]: Haruhi in the second season occasionally looks like one of the characters from ''[[K-On!]]'' (also produced by [[Kyoto Animation]]) cosplaying as her.

** Towards the end of ''Melancholy'' Mikuru accidentally stumbles across the folder where Kyon stashed her sexy maid pictures. The dub put it best:

{{quote|'''Kyon:''' I'm '''screwed!'''}}

*** That isn't even the biggest one, though. His biggest one? {{spoiler|Realizing the true nature of the paradox, what caused it, and exactly ''what'' his decision could mean for Yuki. (And everyone else, but Yuki above all.)}}

*** In Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, when young Haruhi says, "North High, huh," Kyon's eyes immediately show that he's fully aware of how monumental that moment is, and what it means for his future.

** Parodied in [[The Abridging of Haruhi Suzumiya|the abridged series]], where Kyon has actually ''forgotten his real name''.

* [[Only One Name]]: We never get to know Tsuruya's complete name; it's never even made clear if Tsuruya is her first or second name. [[Last-Name Basis|People who don't hang around with her]] call her "Tsuruya-san" and Itsuki refers to "The Tsuruya Family", so it may be her second name, but [[Genki Girl|Haruhi]] calls her "Tsuru-chan" so it could very well be her first name. The fact that the name Tsuruya can serve as both doesn't help. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Or maybe her first and second name are actually the same.]]

* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]: Somewhat. The covers of volumes 10 and 11 of the light novels are orange and blue respectively, and they're getting a simultaneous release. Bonus points because it further shows how Haruhi and Sasaki are on opposite ends of...whatever.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Kyon actually is confirmed completely 100% ordinary. Through background checks.

** For now at least. Considering that this is the Haruhi verse, it's quite possible that this will change. The fact that sliders are so far unaccounted for has caused many fans to believe that Kyon may eventually become a slider.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Shamisen's dub VA switched from Steve Kramer in season one to Michael McConnohie in season two.

* [[Out of Focus]]: {{spoiler|Haruhi Suzumiya herself!}}

** The [[Arc Number]] is visually cued in episode 6: Kyon <s>endlessly</s> repeatedly scrawls an '8' into Haruhi's checklist, and from the camera angle it appears to be the sign of 'infinity'. Yes, ''eight whole episodes'' were committed to this symbolism.

*** Let's put this in perspective. While it only takes three hours and twelve minutes to watch every episode, this is not what was was Overly Long about it. Many fans watched these episodes ''as they came out'' over the course of a few months. Yuki Nagato was an effective [[The Woobie|woobie]] because after about 4 episodes the viewers began to get more and more frustrated and felt like they themselves were stuck in the endless recursion of time with the characters. It didn't help that each episode teased at breaking the cycle at the very end of each episode, only to have Kyon not know what to do/chicken out.

* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Possibly justified, as it was a game built by a bunch of talented amateurs.

* [[Pals with Jesus]]: Kyon. To the point that anyone who wants to affect Haruhi in any way goes through him first (sometimes with a knife), to his irritation.

** It's combined with [[Kid with the Leash]] for Yuki, who listens to Kyon and Kyon only.

{{quote|'''Haruhi:''' Okay, Yuki, wreck her with your magic!

'''Kyon:''' (''narrating'') No. No. No. I shouldn't even have to tell you that. }}

* [[Pandaing to the Audience|Panda-ing To The Audience]]: In Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, there is a picture of a panda on little Haruhi's shirt... teehee.

* [[Pinch Me]]: Kyon in ''Disappearance''.

* [[Pinky Swear]]: This gesture has apparently persisted into the far future, if older Mikuru in "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" is anything to go by.

* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Despite being a club for investigating paranormal activity, the SOS Brigade rarely actually does anything, at least in the anime.

* [[Playboy Bunny]]

* [[Post Modernism]]

* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]: Kyon is the POV protagonist, but Haruhi drives the plot.

* [[Power Nullifier]]: Yuki Nagato.

* [[Powers That Be]]

* [[Practical Voice Over]]: Kyon, narrating the first episode film.

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: In the anime: "Then I'll tell everyone at school that all you geeks ganged up on her and ''[[This Trope Is Bleep|[bleep]]]ed'' her!" Of course, the line in the novel is the relatively innocuous "gang-raped". In the ''Disappearance'' novel, Kyon swears once at the very end (apparently for the first time in the series). By the ''Astonishment'' novel, he's less restrained.

* [[Prepare to Die]]: A crazed {{spoiler|Ryouko Asakura}} says this to Kyon in a [[Creepy Monotone]] before Yuki's [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.

* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: Classical music is used very effectively throughout the series (see the trope's page for details).

* [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]]: Yuki, though she stops wearing them later.

** Yuki's typing during the Day of Sagittarius is so fast that an ordinary computer should be unable to keep up.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Tsuruya has this, as well as Haruhi in the beginning {{spoiler|and in ''Disappearance''}}.

* [[Real Place Background]]: The anime is set in [http://tanasinn.info/wiki/Stalking_Haruhi_Suzumiya clearly recognizable locales in and around the city of Nishinomiya], with occasional glimpses of Osaka (the Celestial attack in "''Melancholy'' V") and Kobe (the fireworks in "Endless Eight").

* [[Reality Warping Is Not a Toy]]

* [[Red Armband of Leadership]]: Haruhi, naturally.

* [[Red Pill, Blue Pill]]: Kyon is given the choice to either {{spoiler|remain in the new world where espers, aliens, and so forth don't exist or return the world to its former crazy, troublesome self}}.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: "{{spoiler|Endless Eight}}". Or not.

* [[Restraining Bolt]]: Yuki places one of these upon {{spoiler|''herself'' after the events of ''Disappearance'' as a precaution, disabling her ability to time travel via synchonization.}} This also has a unique [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] -- {{spoiler|losing her [[Prescience Is Predictable|knowledge of what the future holds]] gives Yuki "freedom beyond what I had imagined", allowing her to exercise free will for the first time.}}

** {{spoiler|...And as a result, she [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|spontaneously offers to make dinner for Kyon and Mikuru. D'aww.]]}}

* [[Rhetorical Request Blunder]]: Throughout the Haruhi series, Kyon continually wishes that he were living a normal life. In the fourth book {{spoiler|Yuki}} provides just that.

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Ridiculously Humanoid]] <s>Robot</s> [[Artificial Human|Interface]]: Yuki Nagato fits this trope to a T.

* [[Running Gag]]: Kyon always being the last one to arrive at any outing of the SOS Brigade, and consequently always being the one who ends up paying for the group's lunch.

** Itsuki will lose any game he tries to play.

* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Kyon comments on the school's girl's uniforms in the first novel, and [[Conversational Troping|wonders if the principal has a Sailor Fuku fetish]].

* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: This is set out for Kyon and Haruhi in the prologue of the first novel and extends to at least the tenth novel.

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Yuki, until she stops wearing them. When the [[Student Council President]] attempts to shut down the SOS Brigade, Kyon notices his glasses were flashing for no reason. "Are those special effects?"

* [[Scenery Censor]]: It's a [[Running Gag]] to have characters and objects blocking the view of Haruhi forcibly stripping a flustered Mikuru while commenting explicitly on her body. It was played most obviously and repeatedly in "Someday in the Rain", with recurring shots of Yuki discretely turning to gaze into the bookshelf while Itsuki courteously leaves the room.

* [[Schedule Slip]]: The tenth light novel has been delayed for ''three years''. <s>The second season was delayed for almost three years.</s> The first episode of the second season suddenly aired in the middle of a rerun of the first season. We can only hope that the updates stay constant.

* [[School Festival]]

* [[Secret Keeper]]: For ''three opposing factions'', all whom seem to get along pretty well for opposing factions, although it is mentioned that certain parties within each group don't get along as well as the three close to Kyon.

** Until he actually {{spoiler|''tells Haruhi about it''. [[Cassandra Truth|Luckily]] (?), [[Cassandra Truth|she's an Agent Scully]].}}

* [[Sekaikei]]

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: {{spoiler|Kyon's non-comprehension of Haruhi's feelings for him}} is acceptable in the anime, as the series is short and romance is not a gigantic focus, but it's getting downright ridiculous in the novels. It's even got Itsuki openly exasperated. Bear in mind though that in regards to his feelings for Haruhi, Kyon's an [[Unreliable Narrator]]. The issue is less any stupidity on his part and more of a refusal to understand.

** But on the other hand, there are occasions where Kyon's thoughts clearly betray that he knows that {{spoiler|if Haruhi gets jealous over him she might end the world}}. Happens in "Live Alive" and ''Sigh''.

** Given that twice in the anime ('End of the World' and Endless Eight) solutions cause Kyon to directly interact with Haruhi on a personal basis, it might be less of 'obliviousness' and more 'refusing to see it'.

* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Subverted: Although Mikuru is Haruhi and the others' senior, she still gets used like a dishrag by Haruhi.

** {{spoiler|Yasumi calls Kyon "sempai".}}

* [[Sequel Hook]]: In the end of novel 11, {{spoiler|Kyon travels a month into the future, and because there already is another Kyon in that future, he must return to mend the timeline. It also will serve for us to find out [[Mind Screw|what the hell happened.]]}}

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: More like a nudity discretion shot. In "Someday In The Rain," whenever Haruhi changes Mikuru's outfit, the viewer is treated to what could only be described as sounds of [[Black Comedy Rape|rape]], a shot of Nagato's face as she's picking out a book, and Itsuki standing outside the room saying something completely unrelated.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Kyon and Haruhi to each other. Kyon is the rational [[Agent Scully]] that Haruhi learnt to suppress for the sake of fun. Haruhi is the irrational [[Daydream Believer]] that Kyon learnt to suppress for the sake of order (and lack of disappointment) in his life. To a lesser extent, Itsuki and Taniguchi could be considered Kyon's shadows, contantly bringing up things that Kyon would prefer not to think about.

* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: Haruhi is an example of this.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Everyone and everything.

** And all of the Kyon/Nagato shippers got a massive dose of [[Ship Tease]] from the movie. Sadly ([[Your Mileage May Vary|for some]]), it looks like Kyon will [[First Girl Wins|always go back to Haruhi.]]

** Intensifying [[Ship Tease]] concluding each episode of the "Endless Eight", until Kyon's ''momentous epiphany''...of [[Anticlimax]].

** In ''Snow Mountain Syndrome" Kyon and Haruhi get into a spirited game of Twister.

*** {{spoiler|And Haruhi doesn't seem very bothered by it.}}

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Kyon in the second part of "Endless Eight". [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid sexy Kyon]].

** Endless Eight VI has both Kyon and Koizumi in swim trunks, and Endless Eight V has Koizumi in what is basically a thong.

** Also, chapter 10 when Kyon and Haruhi crawled into a cave and took off their dripping shirts. This one, however, is [[Fan Service]]-free.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The movie.

** Also, the books within a book, when Haruhi forces the SOS Brigade to write short stories for a magazine {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|to save the Literature club from being disbanded due to lack of membership.]]}} Through these, we get some interesting looks at the personalities (and possibly even back stories) of the SOS Brigade; especially noteworthy is Yuki's, where it is hinted that {{spoiler|Kimidori has known Yuki since she was first "born," and helped her come up with her name.}}

* [[Sighted Guns Are Low Tech]]: the hypodermic dart gun {{spoiler|that Yuki gives to Kyon in ''Disappearance'' in order to inject the corrective program}} looks distinctly sci-fi-ish (or like a toy); either way, it is missing its sights.

* [[Significant Anagram]]: {{spoiler|1=Watahashi Yasumi(zu) = Watashi ha/wa Suzumiya = I am Suzumiya.}}

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Mikuru, in the opening.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The usual problem with the extended "o" sound. {{spoiler|Kuyou Suo? Kuyou Suou? Kuyo Suo? Kuyoh Suo?}} For that matter, Ryoko/Ryouko Asakura. Her surname is easy enough, but her given name sparks nerd-fights over the exact way to spell it to reflect pronunciation.

* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[Haruhi-chan]]''.

** ''The Vanishing of Yuki-chan Nagato''

** ''Nyoro~n Churuya''

* [[Spock Speak]]: Yuki Nagato.

* [[Spoiler Opening]]: But only once you've seen the episode.

** {{spoiler|Ryoko Asakura. Big Time. Her cheerful personality is, at best a facade over total lack of emotion and lack of understanding of human concepts.}}

* [[The Stinger]]: After the ''Disappearance'' movie. Yuki is shown reading by herself at the public library, but stops for a moment to watch a [[Call Back|boy help a girl make a library card]]. Yuki then looks toward the camera and does that adorable thing where she holds her book in front of her face with only her eyes peeking out over it. Who said Yuki needed emotions to be [[Moe]]?

* [[Straight Man]]: Kyon.

* [[Strange Girl]]: Haruhi. {{spoiler|Until Sakaki steals the title when Haruhi starts acting a bit more normal.}}

** In "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" there's a couple of superficially apparent false examples of this: Kyon tells Haruhi to go get the line marker before she explains what they're going to do (which visibly surprises her in the anime), and he also manages to guess the symbols are a message to Orihime and Hikoboshi without her explaining it. He has the advantage of, well, knowing high-school Haruhi, but her middle-school version seems surprised at John Smith's ability to understand what she's thinking.

** In "Someday in the Rain" and ''Disappearance'', both Kyon and Haruhi, upon being woken up by the other, think that the other one must have been drawing on their face.

** In ''Sigh'', Kyon accurately guesses why Haruhi wanted to make a movie.

** 101 Hamsters, but perhaps this is an artifact of her powers at work.

* [[Suddenly Always Knew That]]: Yuki's unexplained guitar skills <s>surpass</s> come close to even those of [[Buckethead]]! She [[Mega Manning|learned]] guitar by reading a booklet.

* [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]]: {{spoiler|Yuki and the others of her kind}}.

* [[Super-Deformed]]: ''Haruhi-chan'' and ''Churuya-san'', though apart from these self-parodies, it consistently averts the trope.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Yuki, ''and how''!

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Haruhi is usually the focus of the story (and leader of the brigade), but Kyon is ''always'' the main character.

* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: "God Knows" in "Live Alive."

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: In "Live Alive," after wolfing down his lunch at top speed, Kyon takes a walk just to settle his stomach. Seriously. There was no other reason. Don't read too much into it.

* [[Synthetic Plague]]: One of the characters knocks out half the class with a sudden flu so she can have some quality time with the male lead. Unfortunately there is one survivor who unravels her evil plot.

* [[Taking the Bullet]]: Partially subverted. {{spoiler|Yuki doesn't sustain lasting damage shielding Kyon with her own flesh.}}

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Somehow, Kyon in the anime, when thinking or narrating (you can hardly tell the difference between the two). Especially obvious during "Someday in the Rain".

* [[Team Mom]]: {{spoiler|Haruhi}} is actually turning into this, starting around ''Disappearance'', but especially obvious in {{spoiler|the preview chapter of novel 10}}.

* [[Teasing Creator]]: [[Kyoto Animation]]'s "trolling" regarding this show has become ''legendary''. The worst so far just had its punchline delivered. Let me outline it for you:

* [[Techno Babble]]: Every time Yuki, Mikuru and Itsuki explain something to Kyon, who normally lampshades it.

* [[Technology Porn]]: The futuristic videogame "world," with tons of ships and views of torpedoes being loaded everywhere.

** In "The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina," Kyon says that his option of telling Asahina {{spoiler|his knowledge of her future self}} is a trump card comparable to telling Haruhi that {{spoiler|he is John Smith}}.

** Kyon might also be the key to {{spoiler|unsealing Yuki's full power.}} Yuki says she has {{spoiler|willingly sealed off her ability to synchronize, and that she cannot unseal it herself. She says the password to unsealing is in someone else's hands, but doesn't actually say who.}}

* [[One Mario Limit|Two Haruhi Limit]]: With [[Ouran High School Host Club|one exception]], this Haruhi is the only memorable one.

* [[Uncanny Valley Girl]]: {{spoiler|Ryoko Asakura.}}

* [[Un Confession]]

* [[Unwanted Harem]]: It seems like the rest of the SOS Brigade is this to Kyon.

** [[Ho Yay|Including Itsuki.]]

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In the 11th novel, when {{spoiler|Fujiwara meets Future!Mikuru ([[Long Lost Sibling|whom he believes to be his older sister]])}} he ''completely loses it''.

* [[Viral Marketing]]

** On July 7, 2009, the Tanabata plant was layered over the site. Visitors could enter their wishes that day.

** In December 2010, an upside down error message replaced the site during the days that ''Disappearance'' is set in.

** Since 2009, the site features the list of activities from "Endless Eight" every year, from August 16 to mid-September. Before August 31, the list's length varies each time the page is refreshed, due to some events being left out in-universe in certain iterations.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: As Taniguchi said about him and Kunikida, "So I threw him out the window, and that's how we became friends." * Tsuruya laughs*

** Itsuki and Kyon as well, particularly because they're the only males in the SOS brigade and Itsuki is the most open and talkative compared to Mikuru and Yuki.

* [[Viewer-Friendly Interface]]: Averted to extreme detail. The Literature Clubroom computer in ''Disappearance'' is a genuine PC-9821 running NEC [[Microsoft Windows|Windows 95]], complete with original start-up chime.

* [[WAFF]]: ''Disappearance'', [[It Got Worse|but only at first glance...]]

** [[Moe|Played]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes|completely]] [[Sweet Dreams Fuel|straight]] [[Lighter and Softer|with]] the ''Yuki-chan'' [[Spin-Off]], however.

* [[Woman in White]]: <s>Haruhi</s> during the prologue of "Remote Island Syndrome".

* [[Written Sound Effect]]: The opening of the new episodes.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Everyone has realistic hair colors, except for the Humanoid Interfaces [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Tsuruya]].

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Yuki is technically only 3 years old, {{spoiler|[[Really 700 Years Old|until]] "[[Groundhog Day Loop|Endless Eight]]" [[Really 700 Years Old|anyway]]}}.

 

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