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{{work}}{{cleanup|Tropes for the manga, anime, movie and licensed game all are jumbled indiscriminately together below. Separate pages should be created for each, with a franchise page organizing them. Also many YouTube links go to videos which are no longer available and need to be replaced or updated.}}
[[File:k-on5_3627.jpg|frame|[[Ojou|Mugi]], [[Shrinking Violet|Mio]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|Yui]], [[Only Sane Woman|Azusa]] & [[Tomboy|Ritsu]]]]
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''With all my might, I'll study [[Gratuitous English|after school!"]]'' }}
When Sakuragaoka High School's Light Music Club (''keiongaku-bu'') is about to be disbanded with all of its members graduating, Ritsu Tainaka seizes her chance to become a club president without actually being elected and drags her shy friend Mio Akiyama along for the ride. They recruit two more students in order to meet the minimum member requirement: Tsumugi Kotobuki, a wealthy blonde who was looking for another club entirely, and Yui Hirasawa, a spacey girl whom they tempt with numerous sweet things until she agrees to join.
With their new band formed, the four come to a sudden realization: none of them can actually play an instrument ''that'' well - or, in Yui's case, at all. The group sets off to improve their musical skills, with plenty of [[Slice of Life]] cuteness along the way.
The [[Yonkoma]] manga by Kakifly, serialized in the same magazine as ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', was turned into an anime by [[Kyoto Animation]] in the spring season of 2009. The show proved to be a runaway success, with the [[Anime Theme Song|opening]] and [[Ending Theme|ending themes]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G106ZvylNoc topping out at #1 and #2 in the Japanese music charts as well.] The manga has been
In 2010, Bandai Entertainment [http://www.animenewsnetwork.cc/news/2010-07-01/bandai-entertainment-adds-k-on-anime announced] that they had licensed the first season. In August of that year, they announced they would dub it. The first volume of the English dub was released on April 26, 2011. In early 2012, Sentai Filmworks licensed the second season.
Between April 2011 and June 2012, Kakifly continued the original manga series with a pair of new stories, parallel plots following the four original members of Hokago Tea Time as they continue their friendship and band in college, while Azusa, Yui's sister Ui and their friend Jun form a new band as the next generation of the Light Music Club. These were collected into a pair of tankoubon volumes entitled ''K-On! College'' and ''K-On! High School'' respectively. And in 2018 Kakifly began a new ''K-On!'' manga, ''[[K-On! Shuffle]]'', in which a girl from another high school is inspired to join her school's Light Music Club and start her own band after seeing Hokago Tea Time perform -- only to discover there ''isn't'' one, and she must hijack its Light Music Appreciation Society instead to accomplish her goal.
All characterization tropes are listed on the [[K-On!/Characters|character sheet]] subpage. There is also a [[K-On!/WMG|Wild Mass Guessing page]].
Not to be confused with ''[[Ju-On]]''. Or ''[[Kuon]]''.
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== A to D ==
* [[Abbey Road Crossing]], referenced in ''K-On!!'' (season 2) episode 27 (OVA), when Mio fantasizes about a trip to England -- the land of Rock Bands! (Apparently Mio really is a Classic Rock fan).
** The fantasy comes true in [[The Movie]] when the girls
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]:
** Subverted. When the third-year members all end up in the same class they think [[Student Council President|new president Nodoka]] might have arranged it, but it turned out she couldn't do anything of the sort
** Two sketch gags in manga Volume 3 show Sawako asking Nodoka for a raise, and Tsumugi's butler asking her for a bigger role in the series.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[All Just a Dream]]
* [[Aliens Steal Cattle]]
* [[Alma Mater Song]]
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The Yen Press published tankobon tend to include slightly more swearing than is true to the translation.
* [[Anachronic Order]]
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: In the [[Licensed Game]], ''K-On! Houkago Live!!''. Not bad, since those are the clothes that the girls wear in the anime.
* [[Animal Motifs]]
** These are actual architectural features of [http://www46.tok2.com/home/arc/shiga/shiga_12.htm Toyosato Elementary School] in Shiga Prefecture, which the high school in the anime was based on.
** Turtles and tortoises also tend to show up in all kinds of other forms and shapes--even living.
* [[Artificial Riverbank]]
** The river bank, like a lot of depicted locations, is [[Real Place Background|based on a real site]], and can be found along the Takanogawa river flowing through Kyoto.
* [[Art Shift]]
** There's a [[Nightmare Fuel|quite creepy]] one [[media:k-on_nightmare_1762.jpg|in the manga]].
*** Proving that no matter how [[Tastes Like Diabetes|light and fluffy]] a given media is, these days it'll contain at least ''some'' [[Nightmare Fuel]].
** The characters [[break the Fourth Wall]] to explain that Sawako's eyes have drastically changed shape, color, and design in episode 5.
** Then there's the DVD specials, which are drawn in a [[Stylistic Suck|sketchy limited-animation style]] more reminiscent of ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''. [[
** The anime closing/credits "music video" features the girls making mouth movements and facial expressions that deviate from the normal style of the show.
** Mio does this during the test of courage in the forest at night, at their second training camp, when she mistakes Sawako to be an evil spirit.
** Yui bursts into a slight Art Shift when she is called "Yui-Senpai" for the first time by Azusa.
* [[Ascended Extra]]
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]
* [[Baker's Dozen]]
* [[Battle of the Bands]]
* [[Beach Episode]]
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: In ''K-On! high school''{{sic}}, Ui plays a guitar line that Sawa-chan-sensei is certain requires six fingers on her hand to play. Yes, Ui has normal hands.
* [[Big Eater]]: The enormous amounts of sweets, cake and other desserts the girls eat every day during band practice don't seem to affect their waistlines at all. Especially Yui appears to have an extremely high metabolism.
** As of volume 5 chapter 14 reveals Mio gains weight of 2 kilos after entering university. When Mio tries to eat a smaller portion of her meal she then is peeved when Ritsu eats the food on her plate. Catch is what Mio eats goes to her boobs which is why she is wearing loose clothing to hide them.
* [[Big Fancy House]]
* [[Big No]]
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
** Lampshaded in the last episode of the first season: in Yui's fever-dream, Mugi's eyebrows are actually slices of pickled radish.
*** Which was a reference to a omake that ran through the collected manga volumes.
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*** The eyebrows on Azunyan's sempai (the rest of the girls) in s2-ep05, were actually strips of nori seaweed.
** One of the girls from the Occult Club has them too.
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Bishoujo Series]]
* [[Biting the Handkerchief]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Bland-Name Product]]
** The name "Max" has more to do with the Japanese burger chain [http://www.mos.co.jp/ Mos Burger], while the shop design is derived from another Japanese chain [http://www.freshnessburger.co.jp/ Freshness Burger].
** Played straight whenever the musical instruments are reproduced for merchandise such as figurines and the PSP game: the makers' logos are always removed.
** However, at the instrument shop, there's a "[[
** Mio and Azusa's tuners -- Mio's is a Korg AW-2 (backlit), whereas Azusa's is a Korg AW-1, but mislabeled a Yamaha. Ironically, Korg has a license with Yamaha for actually selling a Yamaha AW-1 in Japan only, but the real one has the triple-tuning-fork logo on the clip, not written in block on the face.
* [[Blank White Eyes]]
* [[Blue with Shock]]
** And Ritsu in episode 22 season 2, when she misplaces her exam pass.
* [[Blood Brothers|Blood Sisters]]
** Interestingly, their voice actresses apparently grew to be close friends as well, and have maintained their frriendships despite going their separate professional ways after the end of the series and the movie.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Pretty much everyone at some point or another.
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Ritsu and Mio. Complete with an image of Mio hitting Ritsu with [[Paper Fan of Doom|a fan]] when Mugi talks about their relationship to each other in the manga.
** [[Lampshaded]] by Ritsu while they're in college.
** Yui and Azusa
* [[Book Ends]]
** Overlapping with [[Meaningful Echo]] and [[Ironic Echo]], Yui and Azusa telling the band "It wasn't very good, was it?" bookend the entire series.
*** To elaborate, when Yui is first drafted by Ritsu and Mio in season 1, they play a song for her and she says it's not very good. She joins the club anyway. At the graduation [[Grand Finale]], {{spoiler|Azusa tells the four of them this after they play ''Tenshi ni Furetayo!''
** The first season also had [[Book Ends]] before the two extra episodes were shown. The first episode of the season started with Yui running to school because she thought she was late. Episode 12, the 'final' episode of the season, ends with Yui running to school because she's actually late for the festival concert.
** Azusa's first act as president of the club is grabbing onto Jun and Ui while shouting "Members secured!", exactly how she was inducted.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
** This happens a few times in episode 5. The characters talk out loud about how the teacher has "triggered flashback mode!" and how Sawako's art style changes.
** In episode 9, Ritsu is hit by Mio; the hit is covered by a crayon-drawn title card showing Ritsu at her drums. In the next shot, Ritsu is shown with a lump on her head ''and she is holding the title card.''
** When Sawako in the manga complains about not being able to tell Mio and Azusa apart without her glasses, Mio makes a minor comment on [[Only Six Faces|how the artist could be blamed for that]].
** In Season 2 Episode 9 Yui does this in an [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] moment when she looks directly into the "camera" and talks about how she has decided to better herself.
* [[Breathe on the Fan]]
* [[Brick Joke]]
** "Your bangs are really long..."
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** Ritsu putting her hand on Yui's shoulder in the class photo in s2 ep 3, for a payoff in ep 26, virtually an entire season later!
** In season 2 episode 4, Sawako buys a green match-making good-luck charm in Kyoto. Seven episodes later, Mugi notices a green charm hanging in Sawako's car...
* [[Burger Fool]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Call Back]]
** The photos shown for Mio's fan club include Mio and Ritsu's first day of high school (episode 1), the first beach trip (episode 4), everyone except Yui dressed in yukatas (episode 12), and the first sunrise of the new year (episode 14).
** Nodoka reminding Yui about her career assessment paper (and Yui responding for not being smart and doesn't know what she'll do in college) in Season 2 Episode 8, traces back on the first season at Episode 1. (with [[media:K-ON_-_08_-_Comparison_Shot_5071.jpg|comparison shot]])
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::"Skull."
** After listening to the rest of the band play a song for her at graduation day, Azusa repeats Yui's "You're not very good at all" from the very first episode. Shortly before that, she was given the photo Ritsu took of the girls in the same episode (with a picture of Azusa added to it).
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
** {{spoiler|Budokan}} was never mentioned once in the manga, which is sort of why {{spoiler|the girls are accused of forgetting their goals by fans}}.
** Satoshi was mentioned in the manga, but was never shown.
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** Can't forget the ever-redundant [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz32WHGPXMI "Fun things are fun."]
* [[Cat Smile]]: Ritsu displays a prominent one in the opening of Season 1.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: A mild version. The second season is still a cute [[Slice of Life]] comedy, but there's an undercurrent of sadness to it. There are frequent mentions of the fact that four of the five club members are graduating at the end of the year, and of the open question of what will happen to the band afterward.
** Made obvious in Season 2 Episode 20.
*** And then we have episode 21, where we learn that the exact length of Yui's bangs is [[Serious Business]].
** This theme is rather typical for series with a high school setting. It also happens in ''[[Lucky Star]]'', ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' and ''[[Manabi Straight!]]'', for instance.
** Although in this case, there is really no need for the tearjerkers, since {{spoiler|the senior girls all end up going to the same college, and the Light Music Club continues with Azusa, Ui and Jun.}}
* [[Chase Scene]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]
* [[Christmas Episode]]{{context}}
* [[Cicadian Rhythm]]
* [[Class Trip]]
** Which is a tad odd, since most locations depicted in the show are actually ''[[Television Geography|situated in Kyoto]]'' already.
* [[Club President]]
** The beginning of both the anime and manga versions have this post as one of Ritsu's goals for restarting the club. Since it's nearing dissolution she doesn't need to run for the post and can obtain it by default.
** Azusa imagines herself as the Light Music Club's president, as she will be the only one left after the upperclassmen graduate.
* [[Coconut Superpowers]]
** A case of [[Misblamed]]. The manga is about as bad on this regard. In fact, the anime has probably ''more'' music!
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]
** Also, each age group has its own color on their [[Useful Notes/Inside Shoes|Inside Shoes]], ribbon ties and track suits; the main girls are blue, Azusa and Ui's year are red, and the first years in the second season are green.
* [[Color Failure]]
** And then there's the instance in episode 2 season 2, where ''all'' of the girls get it. To be fair, it was in the face of an angry Sawa-chan.
** Yui suffers one in front of Sawa-chan in episode 3 of Season 1 right after finishing her make-up test.
* [[Companion Cube]]
** Of course, she dresses the Les Paul like a girl. So this [[Cargo Ship]] is [[Les Yay]].
*** [[
** Which is not that much weirder that the attitude of most guitarists toward their Gibson Les Paul (most of the ones I've seen have prices ''starting'' at $2,500 USD). You simply ''want'' to pamper it.
** Her [[Image Song]], [http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/keion/giita.htm "Gitah ni Kubittake"] is pretty much a love letter to Gitah.
* [[Conspicuous CGI]]
* [[Continuity Nod]]
** In Episode 22, the scarf Ui's wearing is the same one Yui gave her during Christmas.
** The two women served by Mio at the [[Maid Cafe]] (S2 E18 17:17) go to the live show at the festival two episodes later and are given HTT T-shirts to wear (S2 E20 10:45).
** In one of the last episodes of the second season, Mugi cleans a window in the club room with a cloth she bought at a convenience store early in the first season, noting that she'd never gotten to use it.
* [[Conveniently Seated]]: Yui and Ritsu both sit next to the window in the last two rows in class.
* [[Cooldown Hug]]: Yui performs one on Azusa. It works like a charm.
* [[Corner of Woe]]: More like a corner of fear and denial, which Mio goes into regularly. In episode 5, Yamanaka-sensei heads into one, only to discover that Mio is already there.
** Ritsu has hers too in episode 3 of season 2, when wishing to change instruments from drums.
* [[Cosplay]]
* [[Cranial Eruption]]
** Most of the time it's her own fault anyway.
** Sawako-sensei gets one after attempting a [[Skinship Grope]].
** The correct term for this in Japanese, is a 'tankobu' (たんこぶ - literally 'bump' or 'swelling' on the head). It's a standard comic device for when the 'tsukkomi' (straight man, or Moe) hits the 'boke' (fool, or Larry/Curly/Shemp) for doing/saying something idiotic. If you look in S1-
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]:
* [[Cultural Cross-Reference]]
* [[Cultural Translation]]:
** The dub says how much Yui's guitar is worth in dollars instead of yen.
** "Moe-moe kyun~" is also swapped out for [[The Power of X Compels You!|"The power of cute compels you."]]
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Azusa provokes this reaction regularly from the older club-members, but mostly Yui.
* [[Date Peepers]]: In episode 11 of the first season, Ritsu, Mugi, and Azusa spy on Mio, Yui, and Nodoka in a cake shop. Ritsu gets a little [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] that Mio seems to be very friendly with them, and decides to crash into the latter group.
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Discussed when the gang visits Ritsu's house. When they arrive Ritsu's younger brother walks out of the bathroom, sees the girls, babbles randomly, and backs into the bathroom again, causing Ritsu to quip, "Puberty, huh?"
* [[Daydream Surprise]]: Azusa has four of these in episode 13 of season 2. Lampshaded when she asks Mugi to [[Pinch Me|pinch her]] and near the end of the episode wondering if it was [[All Just a Dream]].
* [[Defictionalization]]: A [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] with the tracklist the band put together in season 2 episode 23 was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbCeumFGak released three weeks after the series ended its broadcast run].
** In February 2011, to announce [[The Movie]], a concert entitled [https://k-on.fandom.com/wiki/K-ON!!_Live_Concert:_Come_With_Me!! "Come With Me!!"] was held, featuring the voice actresses from the show performing "in character" -- right down to Hokago Tea Time to playing their instruments (for at least a few of their songs). There was also a fifteen-minute mini-concert featuring Death Devil.
* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Usually involving Ritsu or Yui. ([[Cloudcuckoolander|Especially Yui]].)
{{quote|'''Mugi''': Mio asked me to go request some stage time for the school festival. But they denied me since the Light Music Club isn't recognized as an official club.
'''Yui''': Oh, I see.
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** Also when {{spoiler|Yui cuts her bangs a bit too much...}}
** Needless to say, it's used pretty often throughout the series.
* [[Description Cut]]
{{quote|'''Azusa''': I heard the recording of the live performance at last year's school festival. The guitarist was so awesome! I really admire her!! The level of this school's Light Music Club must be really high, right?
''[Next panel]''
'''Yui''': How do I play a C chord again? }}
* [[Description Porn]]
** Just take a look at the [[Shown Their Work]] trope a few scrolls down...
* [[Detached Sleeves]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
** There is no feedback when you ''un''plug an electric guitar. You at most get a loud thump if you unplug it from the guitar end, which is nasty in its own right. There is, however, some nasty feedback when you plug it ''in'' to the guitar while the amp is on, but that's an entirely different story.
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** Another very nitpicky detail is that Mio's laptop keys do not make the same noise as actual laptop keys. They sound more similar to a separate keyboard.
** Keeping a pig-nosed turtle in the club room might not be such a good idea, considering the specialized care such an animal requires.
* [[Do I Really Sound Like That?]]
* [[Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]
** Possibly lampshaded during her outing with Ritsu. The latter brings the former to an arcade and tries out an arm wrestling game. Ritsu lost despite using both arms and putting her entire weight on it while Mugi effortlessly beats it literally singlehandedly.
** In the first festival episode (S1 Ep.06) Mugi is shown carrying numerous heavy things past Yui, who is struggling to carry only one (an amp).
** Brought up again as a kind of [[Continuity Nod]] in the restarted manga. Akira, a university freshman and member of the university's own light music club ends up making Mugi cry due to something she said. In an effort to make it up to her, she lets Mugi slap her, thinking that a pampered Ojou like Mugi would probably be pretty weak. Boy was she wrong; the slap quite literally [[Punched Across the Room|sends Akira flying]] [http://www.mangareader.net/k-on/59/5 across the room.]
* [[Doppelganger]]
** There's another [http://i43.tinypic.com/ot15w7.jpg Mio clone] in the school; her name is Fuuko Takahashi, and she wears [[Meganekko|glasses]] and her jacket open.
**
* [[Dragged by the Collar]]: Mio to Ritsu in episode 1 season 1, for being too aggressive in trying to recruit people
** Tiny-little ''Azunyan'' dragging ''Yui'' crying off to study in season 2 episode 9.
** Mio ''flies along behind Sawako like so much fluttery clothing'' when Sawako drags her out of the music room at mach speed to get [[Cosplay|changed.]]
*** Ui: What was that?
** And Ritsu to Mio in episode 18 season 2, when the latter refuses to practice for their school play, ''<s>Romeo and Juliet</s> Romio and Ricchan''.
* [[Dreadful Musician]]
== E to H ==
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]
** The [[Student Council President]] makes an unvoiced cameo appearance in episode 6, which takes place halfway through the first year. In the manga storyline, she's not introduced until the very end of the second year.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
* [[Edible Smelling Salts]]: The girls are trying to wake up a sleeping Yui, claiming that they bought her a cake. Later Yui went back to sleep when there's no cake at all.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The outfits of the girls in the first season ED are highly influenced by this.
** Even more so the outfits they wear while singing "Fuwa Fuwa Time".
** Also, the [[media:goth_loli_duo_5340.jpg|Goth duo]] at the live house.
* [[Shy Finger-Twiddling|Embarrassed Finger-Twiddling]]: Yui in episode 5 of Season 1 when admitting she can't sing well while at the same time trying to be made lead singer.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: The girls of the Occult club have this as their shtick.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Mio has her own fanclub, complete with official membership cards.
* [[Everyone Meets Everyone]]
* [[Evolving Credits]]
** This is more noticable with you listen to the first release of the "Cagayake Girls" OP song and the "Cagayake Girls (5-nin version)" released a bit later.
* [[Excited Show Title!]]
** [[Excited Episode Title]]
* [[Expy]]
* [[Eyecatch]]
* [[Eyelid-Pull Taunt]]
* [[Face Fault]]
** Ritsu does an absolute ''beauty'' in Season 2, Episode 4. While running.
* [[Fake Band]]
** Hokago Tea Time was [[Defictionalization|defictionalized]] for a 2011 concert. The voice actresses were taught to play their instruments (most of them; Yui's seiyuu was already an acoustic guitarist) for a few of their songs, and mimed the rest as a backing band played them.<ref>Interestingly, most if not all the actresses kept up on their instruments, as they were noticeably more skilled at them during their surprise appearaince at the 2019 Animelo Summer Live festival.</ref>
* [[Fan Girl]]: Mio has a fair share, but most notable are Jun and Megumi, the latter being the student council president and the ''president of her fan club''.
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: In the second season ED, both Mio and Ritsu wear one glove each, Mio on the left hand and Ritsu on the right.
* [[Faux Horrific]]: In episode 2 of Season 2, after cleaning out the closet of the music room, Mio and Asuza find out that Yui left a lot of things still and get mad at her. Yui pouts and claims that Ui would get mad and make a scary face if the latter brought more stuff home. Cue cutscene showing a "scary" Ui giving a thumbs up to Yui, after the latter had dropped other stuff she took home earlier and apologized profusely. Both Mio and Asuza wonder if Ui isn't the older, more responsible sister after all.
* [[Filming for Easy Dub]]: Mio has a tendency of hiding her mouth behind her microphone during the end credits.
* [[First-Name Basis]]: Pretty much applies to almost everyone, even Sawa-chan-sensei {{spoiler|...except for Okuda-san.}}
* [[Five-Man Band|Five-Woman Band]]: One of the few ''literal'' examples. The Hero: Yui; The Lancer: Mio; The Smart Guy: Mugi; The Big Guy: Ritsu; and The Chick: Azusa. Sawako takes on some of the elements of [[The Obi-Wan]].
* [[Flanderization]]: In the non-canon Anthology guest strips, Ui's infatuation with her sister and Mugi's love of [[Girls Love]] are often all there is to their respective characterization.
* [[Flash Back]]: Occasionally with [[Flash Back Back Back]].
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: ''Yui'' almost does this in the [[Music Video]] that plays during their first festival performance... and then turns it into a peace sign. (S1 06 19:15)
* [[Four-
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Yui and Ritsu are sanguine, Mio is either melancholic or choleric, Azusa is somewhat choleric, and Mugi is phlegmatic.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Sawako's driving through the marathon's course, and Ui notices "We're almost home" (S2 E15, 07:05). Later in the episode, when Yui's lost, Ui guesses where she is because they're close to her home.
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Episode 2x13, take a closer look at Azusa's yakisoba when she goes down the slide.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Mio, about Nodoka. Either Mio thinks that Nodoka acts too much like Yui's mom or she has mommy issues.
* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: Both the manga and the anime; the only male character in the anime who isn't a one-shot nameless extra is Ritsu's brother.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Yui, especially after Azusa arrives. Best example: Yui doesn't know what a guitar tuner is; she's only able to tune her guitar because she has perfect pitch. Which gets even worse, because she doesn't know what perfect pitch is...
** Or what about that part in episode 4 where Yui {{spoiler|reproduces a song she only heard once}}? Even Mugi was stunned by that.
** The mere fact that she manages to play guitar at a fairly high level in a few weeks' time, even ''without any lessons'', should tell you enough already.
*** Still, it looks like her (non-ditz) sister Ui even surpasses ''her''. Maybe it runs in the family.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Episode 4 of the second season has plenty of these, courtesy of poor Sawako-sensei.
{{quote|'''Ritsu:''' Take a picture with us, Sawa-chan!
'''Sawako:''' No I won't...!
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{{quote|'''Azusa:''' We really need to practice today, really need...
''<cut to Ton-chan in a bucket, and the girls starting to wash her tank.>'' }}
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[The Glomp]]
** Everybody gets into the glomping in the second season's OP2.
** Yui glomps the new character, Akira, after meeting her in the college K-on club.
* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]
** When Hokago Tea Time meet Love Crysis (the band whose drummer went to junior high with Ritsu), Yui is envious of how much cooler their name is.
** Sawako's metal band, Death Devil, has a good name and an even better logo.
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** On the other hand, one of Ritsu's rejected suggestions for a band name was OnNaGumi (Gang of Girls), and by a truly [[Contrived Coincidence]], this turns out to be the name of Akira's band when they meet her in college. The other band in the college Light Music Club is called Guitar Allergy.
** Sawako seems to have established Wakaba Girls as the name of the band formed by Azusa, Ui, Jun, Sumire and Nao.
* [[Gonk]]
** The girls' classmates are depicted as [[Generic Cuteness|rather pretty]], though. Is this a school for fashion models?
* [[Gossip Evolution]]
* [[Gratuitous English]]
** In episode 10, we have this exchange between Yui and Ritsu in an [[Imagine Spot]] by Azusa: [[Makes Sense in Context|"I'm flyiiiing!" "Yes! Yes! Yes!"]]
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** "Don't say lazy" has two. "Please don't say you are lazy, datte honto wa crazy"
** Played With in [[The Movie]] when Yui says that, no matter where they go, the band will always be named Hokago Tea Time (not Afterschool Tea Time).
* [[Gratuitous French]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Pretty much a necessity since it's hard to tell Yui, Ui, and Ritsu apart from each other (aside from their bust size) without the accessories. That becomes a plot point when it turns out that Ui and Yui are virtually twins and can masquerade as each other just by using each other's hair decs.
* [[Happily Married]]: Yui's parents.
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: The anime shows HTT delivering very good performances even though they constantly slack off when they're supposed to be practicing.
* [[Hidden Buxom]]: Mio hiding her growing breasts with baggy clothes. Lampshaded in the college chapters of the manga. Improbably successful in some anime episodes, where she's shown as practically flat-chested in some shots.
* [[Hit Me Dammit]]: After seeing how other members of the Light Music Club affectionately whap each other on the head for being silly or stupid, Mugi demands her own share of affectionate whaps from Ritsu, who reluctantly obliges.
* [[Holding Hands]]: Possibly [[Intertwined Fingers]]: Yui and Ui during the [[Christmas Episode]].
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: In one flashback to Yui's childhood, her [[Seiyuu]] sings an [[Stylistic Suck|appropriately ear-grinding]] song about turtles (she was only a little child). Some people thought it was cute.
* [[Honest Axe]]: Yui and Ritsu play this out in front of Nodoka, when they're trying to get an air conditioner.
{{quote|'''Ritsu:''' Is it the gold AC you'd like? Or is it the silver AC?
'''Yui:''' My Lord, I just want a regular AC.
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** The Honest Axe Story is retold in its entirety in the 4th DVD special in Season 2. We also learn that the story convinced little Yui to become a woodcutter when she grows up. {{spoiler|She would drop [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake|cakes]] instead of axes}}...
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hot Teacher]]
* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]
== I to L ==
* [[I Call It "Vera"]]
** In the second season, Yui has taken to calling Mio's bass "Elizabeth/''Erizabesu''" (which Mio inadvertently does as well, to the amusement of Mugi, Ritsu, and Yui) while Azusa
*** Elizabeth's name comes from the fact that it's a bass guitar ("bass" sounds like "beth" in Japanese phonemes). Muttan is from the sound of "Mustang" without the "g" sound (the "s" sound is rather faint when she pronounced it). Gitah's origin should be rather obvious.
**** At one point in the movie, Yui manages to further mangle "Muttan" into "Mudstain".
** In the new manga, Akira calls her black Les Paul "Rosalie".
* [[I Just Like Saying the Word]]
* [[Informed Ability|Informed Disability]]: We are repeatedly told that Houkago Tea Time is "not very good" even as late as S2 Ep24. You'd never know it from listening to them, though. Or from the number of fans they seem to have picked up from amongst their schoolmates for that matter.
** In S2 E24, she was talking about a specific song, which the girls may not have had enough time to rehearse.
* [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]
* [[Image Song]]
* [[Imagine the Audience Naked]]
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]
** ''Sharekoube''<ref>skull</ref>.
** ''Lycopene''.
* [[Instant Bandages]]
* [[Instant Fanclub]]
* [[Invisible Parents]]
* [[Iyashikei]]
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]
* [[Japanese Honorifics]]
** Yui refers to all her friends by ''-chan''.
** Mio is embarrassed when asked to use Yui's name [[First-Name Basis|without honorifics]].
** The music store employees all use ''-sama'' and ''-ojousama'' when they talk to [[Ojou|Mugi]], while her correct and proper butler refers to her with the formal mouthful "Tsumugi-ojousama".
** Ui (disguised as Yui) gets found out when she uses ''-san'' instead of ''-chan'' for Yui's friends.
*** It also doesn't help that she calls them by their proper names instead of their nicknames.
** Azusa always uses ''-[[Sempai-Kohai|sempai]]'' for the other girls in the club.
** While everyone uses ''-sensei'' for Yamanaka, they use different emphases for when she's being admirable, perverted, or just friggin' awesome.
*** Yui (usually, but occasionally the other club members) calls Sawako "Sawa-chan-sensei," which later even gets copied by her other students, much to her dismay. Or not.
** Azu''-nyan'' is less of an honorific and more of a reference to [[Catgirl]]s or [[Verbal Tic]]s. (In the manga it's translated literally as "Azu-meow".)
*** Yui introduces Azusa to her neighbour as "Azunyan", so she goes on to call her "Azunyan-san", possibly the only time she gets an honorific on top of the nickname.
**** Nope, there's another time (if less serious): When Azusa asks her to stop singing, Yui calls her "Azunyan-sempai". (S2 16 16:30)
** When in class, Sawako
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] - The tracks "Virtual Love" and "Pinch Daisuki!" sound suspiciously similar to "Das Model" by [[Kraftwerk]] and "Popcorn" by Hot Butter respectively. Not that that's a ''bad'' thing, mind.
* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]
* [[Kimodameshi]]
* [[Kotatsu]]
* [[Last Name Ultimatum]]
* [[Late for School]]
* [[Lens Flare]]
* [[Limp and Livid]]: Whenever Mio is about to go Krakatoa on Ritsu for screwing things up with her apathy/stupidity ''again.''
** Also, whenever Sawa-chan-sensei's ladylike mask cracks and turns her into "Katherine." Most notable examples include when the girls huddled together in terror as she got a jack-in-the-box-in-the-face for ''her'' Christmas present, and when she ''cracks'' and shows just how "Death Devil is ''not cute''" at her friend's wedding.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: Sorta-kinda. In 2011 the cast was assembled for a live concert in which they performed in character -- not just the girls from HTT but the entire cast, including Sawako's seiyuu in a 15-minute miniconcert for Death Devil.
* [[Living Prop]]
** [[One Steve Limit]]
* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]]
* [[Love Letter Lunacy]]
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]
* [[Luminescent Blush]]
** Sawako-sensei manages to blush ''through her mask'' during the flashback in which she confessed to a guy.
** Numerous characters manage to blush through ''the hair on the back of their heads'' when their face is not visible because they have turned away in embarrassment.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]
== M to P ==
* [[Magic Skirt]]
* [[Meido]]
** All five girls work at a [[Maid Cafe]] for a day to help Mio overcome her shyness.
** When her uniform is drenched, Yui chooses that one from the club's extensive cosplay costumes collection (S2 06 08:04).
* [[Minion Maracas]]: Ritsu shows Mio some pictures at the end of the first [[Beach Episode]] (S1 04). One of which happens to be rather embarrassing to Mio. Cue this trope, with Mio demanding that Ritsu delete the photos.
* [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: The band's songs tend to not be too hard and are within levels three to five. In Sawako's [[Flash Back]] she recalls making the journey through virtually the entire scale. Her [[Image Song]] with Death Devil sounds much tamer, however.
** Their hardest song is the second ED from the second season, "No, Thank You", which could deserve a level 6.
* [[The Movie]]
* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]]
** Ui says something to this effect to Sawako, although she ''was'' pretending to be Yui, and Sawako ''did'' prove that she could tell the two apart by bust size.
** Repeated in the first chapter of the ''K-On! high school'' [sic] manga:
{{quote|'''Sawako''': Are you pretending to be Yui-chan again?
'''Ui''': Please don't talk to my chest...}}
* [[My Skull Runneth Over]]: Yui forgets all the chords she learned after cramming for an exam. To be fair, she had just learned those chords.
{{quote|Yui: Don't talk to me. Everything I memorized will fall out.}}
* [[Nakama]]
** Their voice actresses apparently became one, as well.
* [[Newspaper-Thin Disguise]]: When Ritsu - along with Mugi and Azusa, who she dragged along - spies on Mio and Nodoka at the cafe, they hide their faces behind menus.
* [[No Antagonist]]: The only real source of conflict in ''K-On!'' is the possibility of the band getting broken up, whether it's because they don't fulfill the requirements to exist as a club, or in the second season, if the girls were to go to different universities. However, they always end up doing the right things to keep themselves together, and nothing bad ''ever'' happens in this show.
** The restarted university and high school manga show that the real conflict present throughout all of ''K-On!'' is laziness vs. diligence. Laziness usually wins.
* [[No Name Given]]: We never find out the real names of Death Devil's drummer and bassist [[The Voiceless|(who don't get any lines)]]; the liner notes of their CD single only give their stage names, Jane and Della.
** In-universe example with {{spoiler|Okuda-san}}, at least for the first few months they've been together.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]
* [[Nobody Loves the Bassist]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. ''Everybody'' loves Mio, both within the band and outside. Mio even is the only band member with her own fan club! The HTT songs also tend to have noteworthy bass lines, mixed way up front.
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]
** The school's annual "marathon" is really only a 5K run.
* [[Now That's Using Your Teeth]]
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]
** Heck, the only reason they have the problems they do with the student council is because they keep forgetting to file the paperwork for them.
*** ...and Nodoka ends up doing most of the paperwork for them anyway because she and Yui have been friends since childhood.
* [[Odd Couple]]
** Mostly because Ritsu's not always a jerk... there are many examples in season 2 when Ritsu encourages Mio gently, as though she's known her weaknesses for a long time. Mio reins in and makes Ritsu fess up to her blunders and provides grounding. They're pretty well-matched as <
* [[Off-Model]]: The anime is very inconsistent about whether the girls have the figures of teenagers or pre-teens. Mio in particular is only noticeably busty when it's a plot point; at other times she's depicted flat as a board. And they're all depicted with feet that are about four inches long.
* [[Oh Crap]]: When all the girls huddled together in adorably [[Super-Deformed]] terror as Sawa-chan cops a jack-in-the-box in the face on Christmas Eve.
* [[Ojou]]: Mugi, whose butler answers the phone when she's on vacation overseas.
* [[One-Gender School]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]
** Not to mention [http://
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Strangely mixed with [[Cast of Snowflakes]], since everyone in the class look different despite having almost the same facial features (including the two girls with the '60s-manga-styled eyes).
* [[Onion Tears]]
* [[Orbital Shot]]
* [[Overtook the Manga]]
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]
** Later, Mio has an [[Inner Monologue]], to which Ritsu adds narration
** In the manga chapter where Ayame and Sachi flash back to their high school days when Akira used to be much more feminine, Ritsu repeatedly points up ''to the previous panel'' to ask "Who is this person you're talking about?"
** In the PSP game, Mio's notes are dominated by directional buttons instead of shape buttons, since she's a left-hander.
* [[Panty Shot]]
** Contrarily to most panty shots in anime, it's actually not gratuitous, since it's heavily commented upon (even in the second season), and was one more obstacle for Mio to overcome her shyness.
* [[Paparazzi]]: Yui and Ritsu briefly pretend to be a pair of muck-raking reporters harassing a stoic Mugi as they go through an airport during their trip to England in [[The Movie]].
* [[Parasol of Prettiness]]: Fittingly used by Mugi in the season 2 opening titles.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: None of the girls seem to deal with their parents a lot, even though they are only 15 years old at the start of the series.
** While Yui specifically says her parents like to travel a lot, she seems to be the only one with actual abandonment going on. Mugi mentions spending time with her parents all the time, Mio and Azusa talk to their respective off-screen or off-panel mother a few times, and so on. Like ''[[Peanuts]]'', most adults in ''[[K-On!]]'' are apparently [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]].
** {{spoiler|[[media:TheHirasawas_8506.jpg|The Hirasawa couple are finally home! After three years.]] And they make their only animated appearance in [[the Movie]] for just a couple minutes on the day everyone leaves for London.}}
* [[Passing the Torch]]
* [[Performance Anxiety]]
* [[Picture Drama]]
* [[Pillow Fight]]
* [[Pinky Swear]]
* [[Piss-Take Rap]]: Done in the dub of "Fuwa Fuwa Time". Helps that the music background sounds close to something Nu-Metal-esque:
{{quote|''But that's the biggest problem, ya see
''{{'}}Cause then I'll need to think of a topic to speak
''And it ain't gonna be natural for me
''To do that in the first place, I think }}
* [[Playing
{{quote|'''Asuza, counting''': A, B, C, D, E, F... Do they really need that many trees?}}
** Oddly enough, Yui seems to get as much stage time as the lead players.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: An in-universe example, when Mio and Ritsu are forced to play Romeo and Juliet, respectively.
** Also out-of-universe, [[Satomi Sato]] had a main role before and after Ritsu whose character type she plays more often, as in subdued characters like [[Hell Girl|Yuzuki Mikage]] or [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Manami Tamura]]. Likewise with her role as Shichijou Aria in ''[[Seitokai Yakuindomo]]'', who is now a perverted [[Ojou]].
** Speaking of ''[[Seitokai Yakuindomo]]'', just try comparing Shino to Mio.
** Mio's seiyuu voices a character in ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]''. No, you don't need to know which character it is for it to clash with Mio, you just have to know that the character is from
** Subverted with
* [[Polar Bears and Penguins]]
* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: An in-universe use: When Yui and Azusa perform as a duo, they decide to call themselves YuiAzu.
** The title for episode 19 of season 2 is "[[Romeo and Juliet|RomiJuri!]]"
* [[Pose of Supplication]]
* [[The Power of X Compels You!]]: "The Power of Cute compels you!" is used several times in the English dub.
* [[Power Pop]]: Much of the music that Hokago Tea Time plays would fall under this umbrella, although they kind of sound more like [[The Pillows]] [[X Meets Y|plus]] [[The Who]].
** They combine a couple of notable genres, most notably math rock. Their sound has also been described as pop-punk.
* [[Power Walk]]
* [[Puni Plush]]
== Q to T ==
* [[Real Place Background]]
** [[California Doubling]]
* [[Recycled in Space]]
** I'd say it's more like ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' with musical instruments<ref>Yui=Osaka, Ritsu=Tomo, Mio=Yomi+Sakaki, Mugi=Kaorin, Azusa=Chiyo, Sawako=Yukari</ref> but that's beside the point.
*** It's like if ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' binged on some of that [[G-Rated Drug|"Fancy Hearing Cake"]], decided to hold a musical, and every character was [[Moe|Chiyo-chan]].
** Or ''[[Glee]]'': The Anime.
** Or ''[[Restart]]'' {{smallcaps|WITH GIRLS!}}
* [[Recurring Extra]]: The Occult Club.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]
* <small>[[Incredibly Lame Pun|My Love Is]]</small> [[The Red Stapler]]
** Yui plays a Gibson Les Paul, but those are a ''lot'' more expensive, so the sale of [[Poor Man's Substitute|Les Paul ''clones'']] went up considerably.
*** Which is of course helped by shops [[media:kon-music-shop_2648.jpg|using the show's imagery]] to sell them.
** Let's not forget that blue-and-white striped rice bowls [[Defictionalization|were actually made]].
* [[Refusal of the Call]]
** Also [[Tomboy|Ritsu]], who must play Juliet. Of course, things could have been easier if Mio and Ritsu just switched roles. [[Lampshaded]] by Yui, who suggests they [[Personality Swap|switch personalities.]] Because that would be ''[[Sarcasm Mode|waaaaaay easier.]]'' {{spoiler|Although that's essentially what they ended up doing.}} [[Writer on Board|Trope is definitely]] [[Enforced Trope|Enforced.]]
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]
* [[Right Behind Me]]
** It's actually Ritsu who asks what Azusa thinks about Ritsu, as she had been listening in on the conversation. Ritsu's ability to imitate other people and intrude into their inner monologues is a running gag in both the manga and anime.
* [[Rubber Face]]
* [[Running Gag]]
** In the manga, Yui's wish to be able to snap her fingers turn up at various times.
** The statue of the school founder keeps getting new accessories.
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** Someone is hiding behind the club room's door, secretly watching what happens on the other side, and falls down (or is hit by the door) when the door is opened. (Examples: S2 07 04:29; S2 16 08:08; S2 22 16:39)
*** Carried over into one chapter of the restarted manga; at the start of said chapter, Yui opens her door, slamming it into the face of Akira, who was left with the rather unsavory task of waking her up. At the end of the chapter, Yui opens her door the next day and [[Book Ends|slams it into Akira and Ritsu's faces.]] "Some doors are more dangerous to stand in front of than others'" indeed.
** When the band is hanging out in either the club room or Yui's house, Sawako-sensei has a tendency to [[Stealth Hi Bye|appear without anyone else noticing]], usually with Ritsu shouting, "Wait, when did you get here!?"
* [[Save Our Club]]
* [[Say My Name]]
{{quote|''Mugi: "Uuuuuu~Yui!"''
''Yui: "Azusa~!"''
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''Mio: "Riiiiitz!"''
''Ritsu: "'''MU! GI!!!'''"'' }}
* [[Scenery Porn]]
* [[School Festival]]
* [[Schoolgirl Series]]
* [[School Play]]
* [[Sensei-chan]]
* [[Series Continuity Error]]
** [[Retcon]]
*** It's probably because [[Kyo Ani]] decided to make the stalker incident a flashback for some reason, while it actually occurs that very year in the manga instead of the previous year.
** In season 2 episode 13 (15:05), Azusa complains that Yui still hasn't learned to read music, which is consistent with the manga, but in a scene created for the anime in season 1 episode 10, Yui was reading a score while practicing guitar in the middle of the night.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]
* [[Serious Business]]
** Rice cakes as well.
** In the case of Light Music itself, despite this being a series about playing in a band, this trope is a bit subverted in that most of the time, the club doesn't really take its band practice all that seriously.
* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]
* [[Sexy Santa Dress]]
* [[Ship Tease]] - Read the entry for "[[Les Yay]]" on this page.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]
** Yui: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz32WHGPXMI "Fun things are fun."]
** Yui: "Look at these screws! They're all screws!"
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** Yui again (S2 16 19:16): "Well, I think Azunyan is Azunyan. Ricchan is Ricchan. Mio-chan is Mio-chan. Mugi-chan is Mugi-chan."
** "Afterschool Tea Time will always, always be... ''after school!"''
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The instruments played by the girls are all existing models in the real world:
** Yui plays a Heritage Sunburst Gibson Les Paul Standard Classic -- not bad at all for a first guitar.
*** She apparently strings it with D'Addario XL Nickel Round Wounds. And those [[Did Not Do the Research|really don't rust]].
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** Ritsu [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bangs]] around on what looks like a Yamaha Hipgig Rick Marotta drum kit.
** Azusa made a fine choice with her Cherry-red Fender Mustang, since its short scale is a nice fit for her small hands.
** In the manga, Akira plays a late-1970s-vintage Les Paul Black Beauty (one of the ones with a maple neck).
** Several of the random items (such as the tea sets or Mio's headphones) are also recognizable (and very expensive) real world products. Mio's headphones are the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110022551/http://www.akg.com/personal/K_701,pcatid,4,pid,1,_psmand,1.html AKG K 701], for example.
*** It even goes so far as to include their clothes: the [[media:Mio_TUK_shoes_1604.jpg|shoes Mio wears]] during the "No, Thank You" ED (second season) are [https://www.tukshoes.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=327 T.U.K. A6803 white leather Mondo-sole creepers].
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
** Curiously, Ritsu's younger brother Satoshi tends to go into hiding when the other girls visit Ritsu's home.
* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]
* [[Sibling Incest]]
** Ui's infatuation with her ''Onee-chan'' is rather clearly shown in the [[Anime]]. It's just that it hasn't reached critical romantic intentions.
*** See [[Les Yay]] above.
* [[Sick Episode]]
* [[Sidetracked by the Analogy]]
* [[Signature Colors]]: Each of the main characters in ''[[K-On!]]'' has a signature color: Yui's Red, Mio's Blue, Ritsu's Yellow, Mugi's Pink, Azusa's Teal,<ref>Note the alignment of these five colors and the stereotypical colors for a [[Five-Man Band]] in [[toku]] shows.</ref> Ui's Orange, Nodoka's Light Green, and Jun's Light Blue.
* [["Silly Me" Gesture]]: Combined with [[Hand Behind Head]] by Yui and Sawako-sensei in episode 5.
** Sawako does it again after she spent the night before the summer festival partying instead of sleeping.
** And ''again'' in the penultimate episode when she is complimented on her video editing skills.
* [[Sleep Cute]]
** Mio and Ritsu do it on the [[media:k-on_sleep_cute_976.jpg|title card for the second chapter of Vol. 3]], while sharing earphones.
* [[Sleeper Hit]]
* [[Slice of Life]]
** Which even gets throttled to almost ''[[Piano]]''-like levels in the second season. Episode 13 is mostly about Azusa and her friends being ''bored'', for instance.
* [[Smashing Watermelons]]
* [[Sound Off]]
* [[Spit Take]]
* [[Squee]]
** The whole audience watching Class 3-2's production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' squees at Ritsu and Mio performing the balcony scene.
* [[Standing in the Hall]]
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]
* [[Stealth Pun]]
** Does that also count as a [[Bilingual Bonus]] [[Visual Pun]]?
** Another one: The last names of the band members spell THANK, as seen in the second season's second ed.
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* [[Sweat Drop]]
* [[Sweet Dreams Fuel]]
* [[Synchronous Episodes]]
* [[Tag-Team Twins]]
* [[Tan Lines]]
* [[Tareme Eyes]]
** When Yui does an impression of Mio in the manga, she uses her fingers to physically push her eyes into the Tsurime shape for one panel.
* [[Team Pet]]
** Azu-nyan also is treated as such by everyone but Mio when she first joins the club.
* [[Technician Versus Performer]]
* [[Technology Marches On]]
* [[Teru Teru Bozu]]
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]
* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls]]: The occult club.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]
** To be fair, most of the time the titles are [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], and most other episodes play it straight.
* [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]
* [[Twin Switch]]
** Curiously, nobody wonders why Yui would suddenly don the red [[
** A similar event occurs in S2 E4: Yui is shown packing things for her Kyoto trip and declaring that everything is all set... and then ties up her hair. Ui was packing for her sister, and then proceeds to wake up Yui, who is sacked in her bed. And in S2 E23, we see Ui ironing... but it's actually Yui.
** Yui uses Ui's picture for her summer school ID card.
** Milked for all it's worth in episode 21, where Yui is trying to decide which hairstyle to use for her yearbook picture. That includes having Ui model for her, and this being Yui, she forgets to take her hairpin back, and Ui ends up wearing it for the morning. Everyone comments how identical the sisters are once Ui lets her hair down. Bonus points when Azusa sees it, and Ui hugs her from behind saying ''Azu-nyan!'' in the '''cutest voice ever heard'''.
** Used once again in the second chapter of the new manga, {{spoiler|when Ui tries to convince Azusa that she was really Yui come back to check up on the club. Azusa and Jun actually start to buy it until Ui is "outed" again by Sawako-sensei in the same way as the first time (i.e. Sawa-chan noting the difference in chest sizes).}}
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]
** Expectation [[Jossed]] in the North American release, where the two storylines were published in two separate volumes.
== U to Z ==
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]
** With only a single exception at the end of the second [[Beach Episode]], where Azusa is wearing the same outfit when she met Ui at the beginning of the episode, only with a tan.
* [[Unmoving Pattern]]
* [[The Un-Reveal]]
* [[Vacation Episode]]
* [[Vocal Tag Team]]: Yui and Mio, sometimes trading off mid-song.
* [[Wants the Work Done for Them]]: Sawako-sensei never makes tea, and neither does Jun when she joins the light music club in the manga. On the day that the other club members are learning about the previous year's club, Azusa gets upset with Sawako and Jun when they complain that nobody's made tea.
* [[Weight Woe]]: Mio and Mugi always have issues about their weight gain at the end of the year.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Ritsu dive-rolling into the room in Episode 3. Repeated three times from three different angles. Neither characters nor audience is impressed, though the latter is generally amused. One fan [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkU9s42JMzE decided to make the scene even more over-the-top awesome.]
** As it was shot from three different angles, it proves that Ritsu was wearing a [[Magic Skirt]] at the time.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgHVXdwHiE&NR=1 Hey, Sawa-sensei gets her moment too.]
** Heck, Ritsu got another one at the 8th episode of season 2.
* [[Whip Pan]]
* [[Wiki Rule]]
* [[Wingding Eyes]]
* [[With Friends Like These...]]/[[Vitriolic Best Buds]] - One wonders why Mio still considers Ritsu her friend, with the teasing, humiliations and blackmailing and all...
** She gets back at Ritsu through violence. See [[Cranial Eruption]] above.
** During her brief stint as a waitress, Mio tries pretending all the customers are her friends to overcome her shyness. Problem is, even the ''imaginary'' Yui and Ritsu irritate her.
* [[X Meets Y]]
*** In which case, it would be ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|on LSD]] with even more crack meets ''[[Beck]]''.
** Alternatively, ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' meets ''[[Detroit Metal City]]''.
** ...or ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' meets ''[[Lucky Star]]'' meets [[Japanese Pop Music|J-Pop]].
*** There's definitely ''Haruhi'' in here. Just watch the Christmas Episode. Replace Mio with Mikuru, Sawako with Haruhi and Nodoka with Kyon in the "changing" scene, and note the similarities.
*** Add to that ''Live Alive'', ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' anime ep 26.
** A more extreme example is ''[[Lucky Star]]'' meets ''[[Metalocalypse]]''.
** This troper likes to call this series ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' meets ''[[The Commitments]]''.
* [[Yonkoma]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Averted in the main cast and a large part of their classmates, who have black, brown or blonde hair. However, among the many unnamed first and second year students, green and blue hair colors show up more often.
* [[Your Door Was Open]]: Played for laughs. Occasionally, Sawako-sensei suddenly drops in unnoticed when it should be logically impossible for someone not to realize she came in, usually when she was neither invited or ''informed'' of the get-together beforehand. Ritsu is usually the one to make a note of this, saying "Wait, when did you get here?" or "You were sitting here the entire time?!"
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