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* [[Better On DVD]]: Maybe Endless Eight, assuming you're an American fan who can buy a boxset instead of having to pay the ludicrous prices for multiple DVDs of the same damn thing. Downing the whole thing straight may take four hours of your life, but it actually does hold up as an experiment. Failing that, it's at least better than having to watch the same damn episode eight weeks in a row.

* [[Broken Base]]: ''[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Endless Eight]]''. To summarize each side's arguments: those for "Endless Eight" argue that the episodes are distinct because each is animated from scratch, and call it an incredibly effective illustration -- if going through the loop {{spoiler|eight}} times is grating on ''your'' nerves, imagine how ''{{spoiler|Yuki}}'' feels). Those against "Endless Eight" call it meaningless [[Filler]] with virtually-identical scripts that wasted almost an entire season on what was a single, brief story in the novels. And then, there are those who think that it ''was'' a waste of animation, but the fan meltdown was more hilarious than anything [[Kyo Ani]] could have animated, so it was worth it after all. The franchise, especially animated, has never been afraid to [[Mind Screw|screw with viewer expectations]] so it was pretty much in keeping with the nature of the show. It's been compared to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' for a ''reason'', after all.

* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|Fujiwara ~~could be~~ seen as this as of Book 11. No matter his [[Knight Templar|self-righteous motivations]], he uses everyone on his own team to further his own plans and crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by trying to have Haruhi killed and the world remade in the way he sees fit. Only future Mikuru, his sister (at one point or other), has any sympathy for him. In the end, whether he is this trope or not depends on how valid you think his [[Freudian Excuse]] really is.}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|Fujiwara is seen as this as of Book 11. No matter his [[Knight Templar|self-righteous motivations]], he uses everyone on his own team to further his own plans and crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by trying to have Haruhi killed and the world remade in the way he sees fit. Only future Mikuru, his sister (at one point or other), has any sympathy for him. In the end, whether he actually is this trope or not depends on how valid you think his [[Freudian Excuse]] really is.}}

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Has its [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)/Awesome Music|own page]].

* [[Designated Hero]]: Haruhi, especially in the beginning.

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* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Kyon, but this is probably [[Unreliable Narrator|intended]].

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Haruhi, on occasion.

** Ryoko Asakura is so charismatic and nice that Kyon and the audience let their guards down ''twice.'' Even when by the second time, we should know better!

* [[Memetic Badass]]: According to fans, Mikuru's [[Eye Beam]] attack is one of the most destructive forces in existence.

** Considering how many different variants on the "Mikuru Beam" ended up coming out of her eye (and eventually sealed away by Yuki), this is entirely possible.