Hayate the Combat Butler/Tropes A To D: Difference between revisions

** In Chapter 360 Hinagiku brings back her burning [[Battle Aura]] when she talks about how Ghosts are like roaches and must be exterminated on sight. Seems like she ''really'' didn't like the monsters in the old school building.

* [[Battle Butler]] - [[Trope Codifier]]. It's there in the title, after all. This is naturally played around with six days to Sunday and varies a lot between the anime and the manga. In the anime, other butlers actually fight more and a lot of Hayate's random fights (against opponents that include a giant tree...thing) haven't been adapted. In the manga, Hayate is often defeated or fights to a draw either for story convenience or to [[The Worf Effect|show off his latest antagonist's power]]. There's also the issue of the recurring crossdressing (no matter how much he hates it) in the manga and the overall lack of emphasis on fighting in some parts. Nevertheless, he remains a firm example of the trope as he is fiercely loyal to Nagi, unnaturally skilled in just about any domestic skill you could ask for, fast enough to out-speed a ''bullet train on an ordinary bicycle'', and when push comes to shove always comes through for those who need him whether its fighting or simply helping out.

*** It should also be noted that while he fights unarmed most of the time, {{spoiler|he was actually trained in swordsmanship and is insanely good at it, to the point where with a normal sword borrowed from a decorative suit of armor he was able to effortlessly one-shot a 12-foot tall Minotaur}}. He also apparently has access to and familiarity with a giant machine gun - even without Sanzen'in resources - that would make [[Boring Invincible Hero|every battle in the series a total cakewalk]].

*** The manga also [[Blatant Lies|tactfully]] [http://0.p.s.mhcdn.net/store/manga/708/313.0/compressed/m313.01.jpg notes] Hayate's trouble at times in this regard.

* [[Cross Dresser]] – Hayate, thanks to Nagi, Maria, and Kotetsu. He’s not very happy about this. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when one character ''actually thinks he’s a girl'' and Hayate refuses to take off the girl’s clothes he's wearing because he doesn't want to [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Drop A Bridget On Her]]; she's actually changed in front of him, as well as a number of other embarrassing things. Everybody else is unaware of the circumstances and thinks he’s finally had it and snapped.

{{quote| '''Nagi:''' Shoot, did I play him around too much that I broke him?}}

* [[Cross Popping Veins]] - This includes birds, robots, and ''plants''.

* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]] - Isumi again. Can't figure out how to open her own cell phone to save her life (almost literally), but give her a demon to banish (or an animal to tame) and...