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* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: Subverted -- Medaka and Zenkichi solve various problems, but don't enjoy the ability to override school rules and regulations.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the anime, some changes are more subtle than others - they range between a slightly different shade of colour and Moji, who went from having brown hair to [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bright blue]].

** Which may or may not be [[Actor Allusion]] or a [[Shout Out]] to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|another blue-haired male leader of a bunch of delinquents]] who is also voiced by [[Katsuyuki Konishi]].

** Which may or may not be [[Actor Allusion]] or a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|another blue-haired male leader of a bunch of delinquents]] who is also voiced by [[Katsuyuki Konishi]].

* [[Building of Adventure]]: The entire story takes place in the sprawling Hakoniwa Academy.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How Medaka recruited for the Student Council's open positions.

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{{quote| '''Zenkichi:''' Why the hell do you always appear behind people?}}

** Given a [[Cerebus Retcon]] after the [[Genre Shift]], where it's revealed that Medaka is simply aping other people's movements (in addition to their abilities) because she doesn't know how to properly behave like a normal human.

* [[Shout Out]]: In one of the early chapters, Medaka is explictly referred to as having an "intel chip inside her head" due to her omnicompetence.

* [[Shout-Out]]: In one of the early chapters, Medaka is explictly referred to as having an "intel chip inside her head" due to her omnicompetence.

** In episode 1 of the anime adaptation, Medaka performs EVERY one of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|The Ginyu Force]]'s pre-battle poses from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' before beating the living daylights of a bully.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Isahaya definitively knows nothing about using scissors on Ariake's spikes, nor did her send a letter telling her to quit track.

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* [[BFS|Big 'Effing Knife]]: Mera "The Chef" Konomi, co-Chair(wo)man of the Diet Education Committee.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Invoked in Chapter 36 of the manga by Maguro, Medaka's [[Brother-Sister Incest|greatest fan/brother]]. Also see [[Ho Yay]].

* [[Blindfolded Vision]]: Chojabaru. Seems to be a [[Shout Out]] to Lady Justice

* [[Blindfolded Vision]]: Chojabaru. Seems to be a [[Shout-Out]] to Lady Justice

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Subverted: {{spoiler|"Medaka II"}} may be brainwashed but she's certainly not crazy, and thanks to Zenkichi it doesn't take.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: '''Kumagawa''': '''「IF THIS IS THE WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMP, THEN THIS BULLYING SCENE SHOULD BE REGULATED.」'''

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* [[Catch Phrase]]: When his opponents are amazed or try to pinpoint his power to deflect trauma, Gagamaru often just dismiss it by saying that it was just an "unexpected accident".

* [[Character Tics]]: Kumagawa constantly does a blasé pose [http://mangafox.me/manga/medaka_box/v14/c128/13.html where his arms are bent and his palms are pointing up.] It's even shown in a flashback before he is properly introduced!

* [[Close Call Haircut]]: To Medaka from Munekata. And just after she learned how to dodge.

* [[Close-Call Haircut]]: To Medaka from Munekata. And just after she learned how to dodge.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: Just about everyone who fights.

* [[Cooking Duel]]: In chapter 106.

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{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Ajimu''': [[Million-to-One Chance|The enemy's special attack won't miss a vital area. You won't be told "you have the luck of the devil".]] [[Crash Into Hello|You won't bump into a girl around the corner.]] [[Conspiracy Redemption|You won't be caught up in a murder.]] [[Wild Card|You won't be spared by the whim of your enemy.]] [[Beach Episode|You won't coincidentally meet your friends on vacation.]] [[Morality Pet|You won't become acquainted with the younger sister of your enemy.]] [[Tournament Arc|You won't fight from weakest to strongest in a tournament.]] [[Indy Ploy|When all is lost, you won't come up with a strategy that turns the tables.]] }}}}

* [[Cooldown Hug]]: Medaka gets two of these; one by Zenkichi {{spoiler|when she's going berserk after being brainwashed}}, and the whole Student Council {{spoiler|when she's about to kill Unzen}}.

* [[CPR Clean Pretty Reliable]]: Comes up in chapter {{spoiler|121, along with bits of [[You Fail Biology Forever]]. Not only is the CPR unable to revive Kumagawa, but the fact that Kikaijima even considered performing CPR on a person with a crushed throat is baffling. This is given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Munakata.}}

* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Comes up in chapter {{spoiler|121, along with bits of [[You Fail Biology Forever]]. Not only is the CPR unable to revive Kumagawa, but the fact that Kikaijima even considered performing CPR on a person with a crushed throat is baffling. This is given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Munakata.}}

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Zenkichi shows signs of this in his fight with Munekata, by consistently being able to disarm the latter and learning how to disassemble pistols and a rocket launcher on the off chance he met someone who used one.

** Kujira planned for 40 different styles of battle {{spoiler|she wound up fighting in a -40C freezer, but her specially-made unitard was good for -40 or 140C; in addition she stocked up on "normalizing" serum}}.

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* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Kujira Kurokami feels this way about herself, as she believes that genius cannot thrive without severe hardship.

** [[Badass|Hinkage Kuudou]] is known as "Mr. Unknown", as his abnormality means people neither see or remember him {{spoiler|as while he's huge and friendly, he's also so intimidating that most people want to forget his very existence.}}

** Medaka, by learning and mastering skills, caused anyone who saw her do so to lose hope of ever becoming great in their field and falling into despair. This means that practically any teacher she's had has pretty much given up and retired just from watching her progress. Were it not for Hinkage Kuudou's "Mister Nobody" talent, he'd probably cause this effect in people just from being seen. [[Rated M for Manly|He is essentially so manly that anyone who sees him cannot help but feel completely inferior to him in comparison.]]

** Medaka, by learning and mastering skills, caused anyone who saw her do so to lose hope of ever becoming great in their field and falling into despair. This means that practically any teacher she's had has pretty much given up and retired just from watching her progress. Were it not for Hinkage Kuudou's "Mister Nobody" talent, he'd probably cause this effect in people just from being seen. [[Rated "M" for Manly|He is essentially so manly that anyone who sees him cannot help but feel completely inferior to him in comparison.]]

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Kumagawa decides to send thugs after the other Student council reps, using himself and his fight with Zenkichi as a distraction, specifically to prevent them from receiving a [[Training Montage]]. He then specifically goes after {{spoiler|Medaka's sister}}, attempting to abuse her [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] status.

** Originally it was thought this was what Ajimu was [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], with her knowing about plot armor and making [[No Fourth Wall|references to other ShonenJump serieses]]. Then it was discovered {{spoiler|that believing one is in a manga is a ''literal'' mental disorder in the Medaka Box universe, a result of a dangerous detachment from reality that results in self destructive behavior until they fail at something, at which point their belief in reality is restored.}} Unfortunately, Ajimu, being a near [[Physical God]], simply ''can't'' fail at something...

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** {{spoiler|Also, Ajimu, who claims to be older than the universe.}} Quite possibly {{spoiler|Hanten}} too.

* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]]: Played with. Zenkichi {{spoiler|barring his parasite eyes}} is the only "normal" one out of all the main characters. Despite this, he manages to get most of the fights and somehow keeps up with all the super powered people in this series. Maguro even calls him "normal cool" claiming that he is unique because he is normal. {{spoiler|However, in the Medaka’s Successor Arc, Najimi sends five normal girls to compete in Medaka's treasure hunt where they not only do better than Zenkichi(who came in dead last being unable to solve the first clue), they actually manage to make it to the final round and briefly manage match Medaka. After noticing Zenkichi placing in dead last in the treasure hunt in comparison to the other normal people, Medaka throws him aside placing him directly under this trope in her eyes.}}

** Most of the School is subject to this by Medaka ({{spoiler|no surprise}}) during the school festival she engages in a huge tug of war with everyone(including former enemies) vs. her {{spoiler|and WINS}}. The [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me]] moment afterward is an understatement.

** Most of the School is subject to this by Medaka ({{spoiler|no surprise}}) during the school festival she engages in a huge tug of war with everyone(including former enemies) vs. her {{spoiler|and WINS}}. The [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]] moment afterward is an understatement.

* [[People Puppets]]: When Miyakonojou Oudo uses his "Weighted Words".

* [[Poisonous Friend]]: Surprisingly, {{spoiler|one of the protagonists}}. Hell, {{spoiler|Zenkichi}} himself even stated at the beginning that his job was to go around bringing people down that {{spoiler|Medaka}} didn't.

* [[POV Boy Poster Girl]]: Zenkichi is usually the POV protagonist, but Medaka is the instigator of the plot.

* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]: Zenkichi is usually the POV protagonist, but Medaka is the instigator of the plot.

* [[Premiseville]]: The "hakoniwa" in Hakoniwa Academy means "miniature garden". It does live up to its name. And with Medaka as the authority, she will make it a garden that suits her paradigm.

* [[Rapid Fire Fisticuffs]]: Medaka Kurokami vs. Shigusa Takachiho.

* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]: Medaka Kurokami vs. Shigusa Takachiho.

* {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper]]}}: Chapter 71 confirms that ''this'' is the true nature of Kumagawa's "All-Fiction". Comes with a hitch, though: {{spoiler|anything he takes away with it such as Zenkichi's eyesight, his own "aura" or Emukae's Raffrafflesia 'becomes nothing'.}}

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Sukinasaki}} is this to {{spoiler|the student council president, Jakago}}, in the short story "Good Loser Kumagawa".

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** {{spoiler|In chapter 140, Medaka stops the manga from ending. That's right, a character in the story decided it wasn't going to end.}}

* [[Shonen]]: The series becomes a more typical shonen fighting manga after the [[Genre Shift]].

* [[Shout Out]]: Maybe, when Tsugiha-- sorry, '''The Magical ? Wonder Tsugiha''' -- renames the final scavanger hunt challenger "Koyabashi" after [[Star Trek (Film)|reprogramming her challenge]] and [[The Usual Suspects|taking over "Kobayashi's" narrative]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: Maybe, when Tsugiha-- sorry, '''The Magical ? Wonder Tsugiha''' -- renames the final scavanger hunt challenger "Koyabashi" after [[Star Trek (Film)|reprogramming her challenge]] and [[The Usual Suspects|taking over "Kobayashi's" narrative]].

** More blatantly, Anshin'in references ''21'' famous Shonen Jump series in the span of one page (chapter 116) when she {{spoiler|tries to convince Zenkichi to join her side}}. (Following in Misogi's footsteps?) <ref>If you're curious...:''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]], Cobra, [[City Hunter]], [[Fist of the North Star]], [[Slam Dunk]], [[The Prince of Tennis]], [[Captain Tsubasa]], Sexy Commando Gaiden, [[Video Girl Ai (Manga)|Video Girl Ai]], [[Hikaru no Go]], [[Rokudenashi Blues]], Sakigake Otokojuku, [[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]], [[Dai no Daibouken]], [[Ultimate Muscle]], [[Rurouni Kenshin]], [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]], [[Yu Yu Hakusho]], [[Houshin Engi]], [[Saint Seiya]], and Keiji''.</ref>

** It may just be a reference the Translator, Editor, or Scanlator popped in, but on page 12 & 13 of chapter 36, Zenkichi asks for some encouraging words, so Medaka says "GO GET HIM TIGER!", something a certain Mary Jane character used to say to Peter Parker. Whether or not this is an actual example though, I am not too sure.

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* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]]: Since the [[Genre Shift]].

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Kumagawa starts to do this when the Student Council doesn't fall apart like he plans. {{spoiler|When one of his own Minuses nearly gets herself killed for him is when he completely breaks down.}}

* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Mukae Emukae, who can rot anything with her Minus power "Raffrafflesia" (named after the [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Rafflesia corpse-flower]). {{spoiler|She has since gained a greater control of her power, being able to adjust their effects by manipulating plant growth - and since being hit with Kumagawa's All-Fiction, can turn said powers on and off at will.}}

* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Mukae Emukae, who can rot anything with her Minus power "Raffrafflesia" (named after the [[wikipedia:Rafflesia|corpse-flower]]). {{spoiler|She has since gained a greater control of her power, being able to adjust their effects by manipulating plant growth - and since being hit with Kumagawa's All-Fiction, can turn said powers on and off at will.}}

* [[Wall Crawl]]: Koga Itami, Miyakonojou Oudo, Medaka Kurokami, and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, although it severely winded the latter.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Chairman Hakama Shiranui in his attempts to create the perfect human.