Hilarious in Hindsight/Anime: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8
prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:HilariousInHindsight.Anime 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:HilariousInHindsight.Anime, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8) |
||
| (21 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:go_get_some_lion_1252.jpg|link=Voltron|
* From ''[[
** The [[Cut and Paste Translation|4Kids dub]] was already a joke for, among other things, cutting out a story arc involving a whale named Laboon, and another involving giants. Two later arcs that came up about 200 to 300 episodes later involved plot points based on those stories. The first one involved a character being friends with the two giants from the missing arc, and, in the second, the author introduced {{spoiler|a new crewmate, Brook, whose entire character motivation revolves around getting back and seeing Laboon}}.
** There's also
** There's no need to make fun of the 4Kids dub to get these moments. [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]] has been depicted twice in One Piece: on Luffy in the Arlong arc, and on Usopp in the Skypiea arc. Both times, it's depicted without mouth-to-mouth. Fast forward
▲** There's no need to make fun of the 4Kids dub to get these moments. [[CPR Clean Pretty Reliable]] has been depicted twice in One Piece: on Luffy in the Arlong arc, and on Usopp in the Skypiea arc. Both times, it's depicted without mouth-to-mouth. Fast forward 5-10 years later real-time, and medical guidelines today recommend chest compressions ONLY in CPR now.
** Minor early example: when Nami first met Luffy, she called him "Boss" as a way of getting Buggy's goons who were chasing her to go pick on Luffy instead. [[As You Know|Three arcs later, she wound up officially joining the Straw Hats as Luffy's navigator]].
** A [[Seiyuu]] related one. Brook's VA, [[Yuichi Nagashima]] way before being known as Brook, voiced a character in the gag series [[Sexy Commando Gaiden]] named Tsuyoshi Tsobe also better known as Kyasharin or ''"Living Bones"''.
* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya
** Speaking of [[Aya Hirano]], there's [[Lucky Star
▲* In ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the moments of Haruhi molesting Mikuru are funnier than the first time round, due to Haruhi's Japanese voice artist ([[Aya Hirano]]) [[Hey Its That Voice|voicing]] Kaoru, a 10 year old [[Lovable Sex Maniac]], in ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]''.
▲** Speaking of [[Aya Hirano]], there's [[Lucky Star (Anime)|Konata]] singing "[[Dragonball|Cha-la Head-Cha-la]]" in an ending credits. Cue Hirano landing a role on ''Dragonball [[Re Cut|Kai]]'' as Dende and Bulma in the Japanese dub of ''[[Dragon Ball Evolution]]''.
* In ''[[Kanon]]'' (2006), Yuichi is chastised for having a boring introduction to his new class. Yuichi says, "If's there an interesting way to introduce yourself, I'd like to see that." In that same year, his voice actor landed on the role of Kyon.
** Yuichi is also once called out for talking narration to himself by Kaori, something that Kyon does all the time.
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' had this weird moment where our resident trap makes a return and apparently, if Kukai, Tadase and Nagahiko were in the same scene, they resemble the trio from ''[[Boku
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' had a scene with Nodoka being attacked by a perverted bounty hunter with tentacles, who starts stripping her clothes off while ranting about "boobies". After Negi saves her in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, the group later runs into the same gang of bounty hunters in a [[Furo Scene|Bath house.]] Turns out {{spoiler|the tentacle guy is actually ''a hot female'' with a healthy appreciation for breasts.}} [[Skinship Grope]] ensues.
** Waaaay back in chapter 15, {{spoiler|some eavesdropping caused the class to think that Negi was a prince}}. Roughly 200 chapters later, it turns out {{spoiler|he ''is''}}.
** Also in chapter 210, after {{spoiler|everyone important has left for the magical world}}, several characters are joking with the twins about how the main cast was abducted by aliens. The twins panic, saying "next time we meet Asuna she won't be Asuna anymore." {{spoiler|Turns out not long into the arc, Asuna gets kidnapped and replaced with a lookalike that has her personality and memories}}.
** When Evangeline was still Negi's opponent, during her duel with him, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v03/c023/17.html she captured a bunch of his other students and dolled them up as] [[Meido
** In Chapter 229, when {{spoiler|they find out that Fates real name is tertium, which means the third, they start to worry if theres more then one of them}}. Come Chapter 311, and {{spoiler|we meet Quartum, Quintum and Sextum.}}
** The English dub of spinoff series ''Negima!?'' has a point where Shichimi says "Perhaps it is time to dine, nya" a paraphrase of Enma Ai's catchphrase from ''Hell Girl''. [[Brina Palencia|Guess who does the voice of both characters.]] It's even more hilarious when realizing that the joke was simply a [[Shout
* One of the episodes of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' features a throwaway gag about how, {{spoiler|since Shinigami-sama's soul is bound to Death City, the city would have to sprout legs and walk if he were to track down and defeat the Kishin, who has now gone into hiding.}} Cue episode 47 of the anime. While this might sound like [[Foreshadowing]], the same scene appearing in the manga, which lacked the eventual plot twist.
* One infamous fansub of ''[[Ghost in
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** In a bonus feature in volume five it shows that one of Ed's boxers' possible designs was Automail. In a volume 7 bonus feature, guess what the Truth takes from him.
** Kind of a weird example of both ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** Rewatch episode 19 knowing that [[Travis Willingham|Mustang]] and [[Laura Bailey|Lust]] are married.
** In a ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' mod, there is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loln9flB5Vg video] with [[Final Fantasy IX|Zidane]] fighting [[Final Fantasy III
** In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
*** Also from the 2003 anime: Selim Bradley is introduced at the last second only to be killed off by the anime's version of Pride, King Bradley. Four years later, {{spoiler|Selim Bradley turns out to be the manga's Pride. And King Bradley is his direct subordinate.}}
*** A similar case comes ''even later'' with {{spoiler|Scar}}'s death in the 2003 anime, where he continues to fight even after having his arms blows off. Come chapter 105 of that manga and not only does {{spoiler|Bradley}} do the same thing, it was ''caused by'' {{spoiler|Scar}}.
* In the ''[[Naruto
** There's also the joke when Choji sees Naruto's [[Razor Wind|Rasenshuriken]] and assumes, based on the name, that it was a projectile attack ([[Elemental Punch|it isn't]]). Nearly one hundred chapters later, {{spoiler|it shows up again and now it ''is''}}.
** Back in the first chapter/episode, Naruto is doing graffiti all over the Hokage Monument. {{spoiler|One of them is his dad.}}
* Richard Steven Horvitz had a small recurring role in ''[[Duel Masters]]'' as Fritz the bitter goblin. One of his main running gags was his [[Berserk Button]], where he would yell at anyone who called him a squirrel. Thus, fans of the dub were amused when Horvitz was later cast as the titular animal character in ''[[Squirrel Boy]]''.
* In 2003, mahq.net made an [[April Fools' Day]] [http://www.mahq.net/rants/prank.htm announcement] of a ''[[
** ''SEED Destiny'' had two characters called Shinn and Lunamaria. Fans were up in arms when [[Strangled
* In ''[[
** There's also Urahara's "Who's my favorite pussy?!" said to {{spoiler|Yoruichi}} when in cat form, in the English dub. Then [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|we get to learn the cat's gender...]]
** Fans started referring to the [[Big Bad]]'s [[One
** In [[Semi Soma 01]]'s ''Bleach Abridged'', Ichigo {{spoiler|is obsessed with butterflies.}}
* A running gag on the ''[[Pokémon (
** From their guide to the episode: "Look I don't mean to sound like a broken record here but I TOLD YOU I FUCKING [[The Simpsons (animation)|TOLD YOU ALL THESE THINGS ARE EVIL! EVIL! EVVIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!]]"
** And anyone who's familiar with "[[New Rules
*** Related to this, in the episode ''Tag! We're It...!'', the first pair of opponents Ash and Paul face had...a Magmar and Rhydon. And the Rhydon had Lightningrod.
** Another bit regarding Lightningrod. Even though Ash's Pikachu has Static, he balanced on his tail to dodge a berserk Thunder from Surge's Raichu. As of Gen V, the Pikachu family has Lightningrod as their Dream ability.
** In 2006, there was an April Fools joke pulled by a Japanese fansite about an anime adapation of the ''[[
** In the third episode of the anime series, "Ash Catches a Pokémon", when Jessie and James both unleash their Pokémon at once, Ash states that using two Pokémon at once is against Pokémon League rules. Come 2002, upon the release of ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
** There's also a scene where Ash makes a remark about how Shellder clamping on Psyduck's tail would make it a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Psybro]] due to how Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro. In the same episode, Shellder clamps onto Psyduck's head. Guess how Slowking evolves from Slowpoke.
** When Cilan's design was revealed, there were [[Over Nine Thousand]] jokes comparing him to Tamaki from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. [[Mamoru Miyano]] would soon be revealed to be his seiyuu.
** Ash's Pikachu has the [[Fan Nickname]] "Godchu" for being seen as overpowered, including the aforementioned "Aim for the horn" incident. Come ''[[Super Smash Bros
*** Contrast with Mewtwo. "We dreamed of creating the world's strongest Pokémon...and he's bottom tier in ''Melee'' and MIA in ''Brawl''."
** In one episode, Ash inadvertantly interrupts Trip while he battles a Palpitoad, causing the Pokemon to run away before Trip could catch it. In the next episode, Ash ends up catching a Palpitoad for himself.
** In "The Mystery of the Lighthouse", Bill remarks that there are more Pokémon than one can imagine, and it will take years to find them all. The episode aired in Japan in 1997. Fast-forward 15 years, and Pokémon is one of the longest-running TV shows ever in excess of
*** And in that time, they've found another two to three hundred species' of Pokémon.
** In the first games (1996), a woman in a cave area remarks ''The Pokémon here are so chunky! There should be a pink one with a floral pattern!'' Fourteen years later, with Pokémon Black and White there is Munna - a pink chunky Pokémon with a floral pattern.
* It's honestly quite astounding how the writer of ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' makes up so much for his story yet nearly all of it still manages to fit into future game canon. This is why fans joke that Hidenori Kusaka can see into the future:
** In the Yellow arc, there's a flashback of Oak's Kangaskhan beating one of Agatha's ghosts with a Dizzy Punch, which should be a total cop out seeing how Normal moves don't affect Ghosts. Now about a decade later in the newer games, Kangaskhan is given the ability Scrappy...which allows Normal (and Fighting) attacks to hit Ghost types.
Line 67 ⟶ 63:
** In ''Pokemon Platinum'', you get the chance to purchase an insanely expensive villa and furnish it with insanely expensive furniture. Good thing that the lead character of the corresponding arc was conveniently already established to be insanely rich.
** A green jewel meant to control Rayquaza...Emerald had one on his forehead before the HGSS games came up with the concept.
** It took five generations for Game Freak to have the Gym Leaders more involved with the plot, have secondary jobs, and have them directly oppose the evil villainous team. It took only one for Pokespe.
** Black's Munna clearing his head is a reference to the C-Gear. There is now a Munna C-Gear skin available.
** In the GSC arc, some Rocket grunts fill a Spider Web with electricity. Gen 5 introduces the move Electroweb.
** In the Platinum arc, Caitlin's personal Pokemon is a Gallade. As it turns out in the BW games, she is a master of psychic Pokemon.
* Yokota School in ''[[Blood:
* Prowl in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' is a strict police car Autobot who lives "by the book". In the English dub a year later, his voice actor was Wayne Lewis, who is a porn actor under the name "Wankus".
* Remember that yacht that was from the delayed episode for ''[[
** And when the episode was released later, it turned out to that the final scene actually does take place on a nice boat.
** This is also applied to ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' considering who plays [[Daisuke Hirakawa|Will Turner]]. {{spoiler|Makoto Itou is the captain of a really NICE BOAT without losing his head.}}
* Very early on ''[[
** Similarly, when Goku and Piccolo Daimaô first square off, Piccolo calls Goku "smaller than ant's poop" and Goku replies by calling him "slug's poop". Slug in Japanese is "Namekuji", where the name for the later-introduced Planet Namek comes from. Guess who's from Namek? Piccolo.
** When Bulma is first introduced in Dragon Ball, she planned on using the Dragon Balls to wish for a [[Prince Charming]] boyfriend. She ends up married to a [[Warrior Prince]] in Dragon Ball Z. It's even [[Lampshaded]] [http://www.mangareader.net/dragon-ball-sd/5/5 here] in Dragon Ball SD.
** We're all familiar with ''[[
** In an early episode on [[Dragonball Z]], Goku meets Princess Snake, who apparently has fallen in love with him. In the [[
** Apparently, Mr. Satan invented planking about fifteen years before anyone else was doing it. In attempt to make it look like he had knocked out Majin Buu for a photo he was taking, he told Buu to hold still and lay flat on his stomach. He even commented that it seemed strange, but it was the new trend in picture-taking.
* ''[[
** Also counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], given that his rejection of his concept was because "True combining should be about truly bonded souls slamming into each other!" Come the end of the anime, [[True Companions|it's hard to argue that the Dai-Gurren Brigade is anything but.]]
** Everyone will agree that Kamina has the most [[Cool Shades|badass sunglasses]] ever. What you may not be aware of is that they had appeared on [[Pokémon (
*** And [[Calvin and Hobbes|Calvin]] [http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/Skysaurus/sunglasses.gif before even that.]
** [[
* In the first episode of ''[[
* Andy Richter recorded the voice of Notoru in the English dub of ''[[The Cat Returns]]''; in fact, it was his only anime voice work ever. Well, that is, until ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429014445/http://vimeo.com/10662248 took a little trip to Bang Zoom]...
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia
** It gets better: Kiku's name means chrysanthemum. "Chrysanthemum" is slang for "anus" in East Asian cultures... LOL, [[Yaoi Fangirl|yaoi fangirls]].
** And then, even better: In Spain's version of [[Image Song|Marukaite Chikyuu]], you can hear Soccer/Football sounds, such as a ball being kicked and a referee's whistle being blown. Guess which national team won the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
* During a chase scene in an early episode of ''[[Trigun]]'', Vash starts complaining to his [[Bilingual Bonus|maman]], and then wonders aloud why he's speaking in French. Sort of random on its own, but hilarious when you consider who [[Masaya Onosaka|he]] ends up voicing in ''[[
* ''[[
** Fast forward to [[Real Life|Wimbledon 2010]], and [[
* Remember the whole [[Haruhi Suzumiya
** For more hilarity, guess which character is voiced by [[Tomokazu Sugita]] (the voice of Kyon)? Ronove the butler, who is also caught (sorta) into said [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. Not only everyone is Itsuki for Kyon, but now everyone is Ronove for Battler.
** Also connecting ''When They Cry'' and ''Haruhi'': "Remote Island Syndrome". The episode/chapter contains Haruhi and co. getting trapped on an island during a storm and trying to "solve a murder mystery." Apparently, it was supposed to draw parallels to ''Umineko's'' sister series ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* In the fields of Latin American dubs, [[Irwin Daayan]] provides a really good one. His break-out role was male!Seiya Kou in ''[[
** Since the Latin-American dub studios have similar actor pools depending on which country the series are dubbed, the [[Relationship Voice Actor]] trope brings up this more than once. One of the best examples is when Victor Ugarte was cast as Shinji from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' in both Mexican dubs, and his sister Gaby is cast as Rei Ayanami in the 2nd one. This sounds normal at first, but once you remember that {{spoiler|Rei is his mother's clone and thus she ''is'' Shinji's sister in canon... sort of}}, the deal becomes absolutely ''hilarious''. Even better... considering how that spoiler is in the [[It Was His Sled]] vein now, there's ''no'' way that such a [[Relationship Voice Actor]] bit wasn't intentional.
* In the Japanese version of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', Kari's full name is "Yagami Hikari". In Japanese, "Hikari" translates into "light". [[Death Note
** With the popularity of ''[[The Room]]'', Oikawa's appearance just got [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7qi60kWTI a whole lot funnier].
* In an episode of ''[[
** After Euphemia chooses Suzaku as her knight, Cornelia calls her to scold her about it, saying that if she wants to change the system, she can do so {{spoiler|if she becomes Empress}}. That happens toward the end of [[Nightmare of Nunnally]], with Cornelia's approval.
** Kallen's claim in episode 19 that Euphemia is a useless puppet princess of Britannia who can't make any decisions of her own. {{spoiler|Episodes later, Euphie gets killed after being accidentally mind controlled and stripped of her free will. Could be considered [[Harsher in Hindsight]] too.}}
** "Zero, you son of a bitch!"
* In one episode of ''[[Bludgeoning Angel
* ''[[
** More importantly is Miyano's when voicing Kiba from [[
** [[Brad Swaile]] voiced [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
* An early arc in the ''[[
* Because its creator is a huge comic book [[Fan Boy]], ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' has several characters modeled after those from [[Marvel Comics]]. Amusingly, Hannya is sort of an accidental example, being kind of similar to [[Deadpool]]. Both are hideously disfigured [[Ninja]], and Deadpool has been presented as having a common origin with Wolverine, and Hannya uses [[Wolverine Claws]]. On the other hand, their personalities are quite different.
* The second anime series of ''[[Grappler Baki]]'', "Maximum Tournament", said on its opening "The lightning only struck me once, but gee...". In the manga series, one character was indeed struck by a lightning. [[Made of Iron|And he just]] [[
* At the end of the [[DVD Commentary]] for ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'', the commentators joke about the (un)likelihood of ''Eva 2: [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]''. A decade later, the oddly-titled ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion|Rebuild]]'' movies are in full swing, and one of the most popular fan theories about them is that they are actually sequels to the original series.
* In January 2011, the Adult Swim forums temporarily changed their "Other Anime" section to be themed on ''[[Panty
* ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]'' and ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' both have anime adaptations with [[Gecko Ending
* [http://somemanga.com/manga/Itou_Junji_Kyoufu_Manga_Collection/11.1/ "Town Without Streets"] by [[Junji Ito]] featured a girl whose privacy is being invaded by her family (they don't trust her after catching a boy in her room - he was trying to [[Inception|implant feelings while she slept]]. Additionally, the boy's name is [[Naruto|Kishi]][[
* Filipino ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' fans get a kick out of seeing Hero TV. It actually exists as an all-Filipino anime channel since 2005, way before the anime's original broadcast.
* [[The Reveal]] in the ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] ''Prince of Darkness'' is the experiments Akito suffered made his skin sparkle when hit by sunlight. Thanks to ''[[Twilight (
* The horror manga ''Corpse Party - Blood Covered'' is about a [[Dwindling Party]] of kids being hunted by at least three murderous (ghost) kids. In the webcomic ''[[
* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', lead female Haruhi has a sort-of [[Unwanted Harem]] among the members of the Host Club. Said harem includes a young man named Hikaru Hitachiin (and his brother Kaoru, too). As of August 2011, Haruhi's seiyuu [[Maaya Sakamoto]] and Hikaru's seiyuu [[Kenichi Suzumura]] [http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/2662566.html have just gotten married.], taking their [[Relationship Voice Actor]] to a new level. [[Heartwarming in Hindsight|Be happy, Hikaru and Haruhi!]] (And [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
** In episode 5, the Hitachiin twins dye their hair during their fight. Hikaru dyes his pink, making him look a little like a certain [[Fairy Tail|Fire Dragon Slayer]] also played by [[Todd Haberkorn]] a few years later.
** Similar to the Pokémon example above with Dent, one of the first things that Tamaki remarks upon seeing Haruhi's apartment is that it's very clean. Mamoru Miyano would later voice Death the Kid in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', who is [[Super OCD|absolutely OBSESSED with cleanliness and symmetry]].
* A couple of months prior to ''[[
{{quote|
** Ten years later, in the new manga retelling of the series, ''Endless Waltz: Glory of the Defeated'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20150511164311/http://gallery.zeonic-republic.net/displayimage.php?album=110&pos=10 Professor G gives Duo the orders from episode 11 word for word before he leaves for Earth.]
* Before the actual announcements of the licensing and dubbing of ''[[
** Additonally, Kyubey's voice actress ([[Cassandra Lee]]) and Mami's voice actress (Carrie Keranen) have indeed been in a couple of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|4Kids]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** Another dub-related HIH: Remember [http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/3420 this doujin]? Now imagine [[Berserk|Casca]] replacing Mami: they're both voiced by Carrie Keranen.
** Not dub-related: April 21, 2011: Episode 11 of Madoka Magica airs. {{spoiler|Homura, having previously stolen a few truckloads of Type 88 antiship missiles from the JGSDF, fires them off at Walpurgisnacht.}} April 21, 2011: {{spoiler|In Real Life, the JGSDF's 6th Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment, which uses Type 88 missiles, is disbanded.}}
** And yet another dub-related HIH: Hitomi Shizuki's [[Fan Nickname]] is "Green [[K-On!|Mugi]]". And then, we have Mugi's English voice actress, Shelby Lindley, voicing Hitomi.
* One of the quotes describing [[Norio Wakamoto]] is [[Watchmen (
* The whole [[Brother
* Late ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' watchers might be amused when the Federation first calls out to "prepare the Mon-Soonos for launch"
* In [[The Nineties]], one of [[Takehito Koyasu]]'s first popular rose was Takuto Izumi from [[Zetsuai 1989]], a character [[Expy|heavily inspired]] by Kojiro Hyuuga from [[Captain Tsubasa]]. Flashforward more than 10 years... and guess '''who''' voices Hyuga in the ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]: Road to 2002'' TV series?
* Ever since [[
** This is actually surprising to some people since [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] had worked with Funimation a few times in the past.
* In ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' the movie, Sakura's brother plays upon her an utterly ludicrous (at the time) prank by telling her she ''can't board an airplane without taking her shoes off''.
** Not to mention that Tomoyo goes around taking videos of her friend. That's a weird eccentricity that nobody would ever really do... until smartphones were invented....
{{reflist}}
[[Category:
| |||