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But once they fight their way through the game's plot in grand slapstick style, thinking they will then return home, they find themselves transported to an outer space version of Abenobashi... then a Hong Kong martial arts movie version... then a [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs|dinosaur-filled]], prehistoric one. And many more. Will Sasshi and Arumi ever get back to the ''real'' Abenobashi? ''Why'' are they "jumping" in the first place? ''Who'' is that blue haired sorcerer who appears to be going through a mid-life crisis?
A [[Deconstructive Parody]] of a dozen or more genres of film and anime, ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai (Anime)|Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai]]'' (''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi'' in North America) generously trowels thick layers of off-the-wall comedy on top of a surprisingly serious storyline, one you're likely to forget about until it pops back up at the last minute to smack you in the face. Made by [[Studio Gainax|Gainax]], the show makes both subtle and in-your-face [[Shout
There is also a two-volume [[Manga]] version, which is ''even weirder.'' The [[Broad Strokes|basic plot is pretty much the same,]] although different worlds are visited, the ones that ''are'' in the show are different, and there's a character not shown in the anime (with the exception of a "blink and you'll miss her" scene in the twelfth episode.)
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|Sasshi's finally ready to go back to the real world and face reality, when in the last few minutes he has a change of heart and suddenly gets enough power to rewrite reality.}}
* [[Expy]]: Young Grandpa Masa in not entirely unlike [[The Mask (Animation)|two]] [[Ace Ventura|cartoon characters]] modeled after a [[Jim Carrey|certain actor who played their live action counterparts]].
* [[Early
* [[Face Fault]]
* [[False Camera Effects]]
* [[Fan Service]]: [[Played for Laughs]] throughout the whole series with Mune-Mune and Sasshi's sister. And then there's...
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: People who are shot in the Film Noir world don't die. Instead they're [[Super
* [[Flash Back]]
* [[Flung Clothing]]
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'''Mune-Mune:''' ''"WHAT'S THAT!? Are you Private E-1 Sasshi of Squad 7, Corps 6 of Division 5 General Headquarters, Auxiliary to the 4th Battalion, Under the command of the 3rd Regiment, Under the 2nd Division of the 1st Army!?"''<br />
'''Sasshi:''' ''"That's right..."'' }}
* [[Schizo
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Sasshi's ultimate reaction to the revelation that {{spoiler|Grandpa Masa is dead in the real world.}} And, making for either a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] or a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], {{spoiler|he comes through with it and brings him back to life.}}
** Screw destiny, they reversed {{spoiler|''death''}}. That's even more awesome, and a wonderful ending for this immortalist troper.
* [[Shojo]]: In one world, Sasshi tries to give Arumi everything she would ever want to be happy. She doesn't want any of it.
* [[Shorttank]]: Arumi
* [[Shout
** The most obvious being to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' -- music from the series is used for a mecha combat scene, and Sasshi's sister is a [[Rei Ayanami Expy]]. Throughout the Battlefield episode, Sasshi's facial features resembles Shinji.
** ''[[Sister Princess (Light Novel)|Sister Princess]]''
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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Mune-Mune and Eutus.}}
* [[Stock Footage]]: The world-transfer ritual, though there are some minor discrepancies between them each time.
* [[Super
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: Of the [[Star Wars]] theme in episodes 2 and 3.
* [[Swirling Dust]]
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