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Satoshi Yabe has become an elementary school teacher, assigned to class 6-3. The school nurse is cute and the job shouldn't be too much of a problem. Except that he got the class with the most troublesome sisters in the whole school - the Marui triplets. All of them are perverted, rambunctious and prone to causing trouble, and it's his job to teach them. Though the rest of the class is only slightly less insane...

 

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=== Tropes in ''Mitsudomoe'' include: ===

 

* [[Accidental Pervert]] -- Shinya

** Yabe is always mistaken for one.

** And then some with her [[Vitriolic Best Buds|unfriendly friendly]], Miku.

* [[And You Were There]] -- ''Gachiranger'' has a few interestingly shared roles. Gachi Red and Yabecchi, Gachi Pink and Kuriyama-sensei, the [[Big Bad]] and Soujirou, and the Gachirangers' monster friend and Yuudai.

* [[Apron Matron]] -- Hitoha shows some signs of this.

* [[Art Evolution]] -- The manga's art style is rather sketchy in the original chapters but becomes ''much'' more professional as the series progresses. The students are also rather twiggy in the first few chapters but gradually round out into the [[Puni Plush]] designs seen in the anime, which probably decided (for the best) to go with the later art.

** Interestingly, one aspect of it is actually noticed in-universe: In the manga, Mitsuba originally has [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mitsudomoe/v01/c001/6.html much longer bangs] until chapter 9, when her bangs [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mitsudomoe/v01/c009/5.html get cut evenly]. Mitsuba then permanently switches to this hairstyle in subsequent chapters, with her original style never being seen again (contrast with Futaba, who copies the hairstyle for the rest of the chapter, but immediately goes back to normal in later chapters). In the anime, Mitsuba always has her even-bangs haircut, even in stories where she had longer bangs in the manga.

* [[Baker's Dozen]] -- Episode 14 is DVD-only, as mentioned above.

* [[Batman Gambit]] -- Hitoha and Yuudai's plan to win the relay race.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Big Eater]] -- Mitsuba, with [[Hollywood Pudgy|dire consequences]].

** Yuki gets them from her dad.

* [[Big Brother Instinct|Big Sister Instinct]]

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] -- Mitsuba accuses Futaba of being this in episode 2. But given the situation, Mitsuba was probably stressed so much that it was a justified outburst.

* [[Blank White Eyes]] -- So much.

* [[Blue With Shock]] -- Especially Shinya.

** Mitsuba's entire upper body goes blue in episode 14.

* [[Break the Cutie]] -- Yabe suffers from this after episode two of Zouryouchuu. After having the worst Christmas ever by getting rejected by Kuriyama, sitting alone in his apartment while wearing a Santa outfit with a mannequin with glasses wearing a female Santa outfit in front of him, when his beloved mannequin fall face first onto his Christmas cake and then catch on fire, becoming Santa for Futaba when Soujirou is running late, getting the crap beat out of him by Soujirou after a misunderstanding and finally walking home in the freezing snow in nothing but a Santa hat and his boxers, his personality changes in the next episodes and becomes easily irritated, resigned and unsurprised of the weird attitude of his classmates.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] -- In the "Yabecchi's Room" segment of episode 12, when questioned on her [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] and her dogi, Futaba's responses are "I don't know" and "ask the author".

* [[Brooding Boy Gentle Girl]] - Satou and Futaba, mostly in the manga.

* [[Bumbling Dad]] -- Soujirou Marui, while well-meaning, looks ''very'' [[Face of a Thug|suspicious]] to just about everybody.

* [[Creepy Child]] -- Hitoha, albeit unintentionally.

* [[Cute Bruiser]] -- Futaba, only in elementary school, can shatter various pieces of furniture (doors, desks, chairs, podiums, ''you name it!'') with her bare hands and feet.

** Averted with the other two, most of the time.

*** Except [[Tastes Like Diabetes|when they were younger]].

* [[Disturbed Doves|Disturbed Crows]]: A running gag in almost every episode.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]] -- Futaba

{{quote| '''Miyashita''' (To Yabe): "I must study your lower body parts."}}

* [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune]] -- Both the main openings are performed by the Marui sisters' voice actresses.

** Miyashita apparently can only be recognised when wearing hers.

* [[Emotionless Girl]] - Hitoha

* [[Excited Series Title]] -- ''Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu!''

* [[Expressive Hair]] -- Futaba, on occasion.

* [[Festival Episode|Festival Sketch]] -- In episode 2-4.

* [[Forehead of Doom]] -- That one female student whose forehead shines.

* [[Friend to All Children]] - Yabe states in his character song Sensei wa Kodomo? Kodomo wa Sensei? that he doesn't care about his students disrespecting him because he still gets along with them all.

* [[From the Mouths of Babes|From The Mouths Of Sixth Graders]]

** When convinced that Shinya likes panties more than anything (Thank you, Futaba...) Oga from the Hopeless Trio removes hers on the spot, kicks them into the stratosphere, and swears to never wear them again.

* [[Goofy Print Underwear]] -- A running gag is that Mitsuba tends to wear animal-print panties, despite being the oldest of the triplets.

* [[Gratuitous English]] -- Episode 3:

{{quote| '''Hitoha''': [[Big OMG|OH MY GAHD.]]}}

** At the end of Season 2's OP, the girls spell out the title as M-I-T-S-U-D-O-M-O-E instead of mi-tsu-do-mo-e.

** It's all over Season 2's ED.

* [[Groin Attack]] -- Actually the focus of an ''entire story''. The triplets try this, under the logic that if Yabe got hurt, Kuriyama-sensei would have to look at his crotch, immediately fall in love, and then he'd get laid.

* [[Hartman Hips]] -- For some reason, the girls in the anime are a unique combination of [[Puni Plush]] with pear-shaped bodies.

* [[The Ojou]] -- Miku's family is rich.

* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] -- Hitoha walking up the steps to see Nipples is a call for the angelic choir and slow motion. She can be pretty scary when she's mad.

** In episode 3 of ''Zouryouchuu!'', it got to the point where there were '''[[Up to Eleven|three conversations at once]]'''.

* [[Once an Episode]] -- Poor Dad, so many times [[Accidental Pervert|mistaken]] by the police.

** Futaba literally stole them off of Miku once.

* [[Papa Wolf]] -- For as much as Soujirou is a bumbling dad, if he thinks anyone is messing with his daughters, he gets serious and scary. Suddenly it's clear from who Hitoha inherited her [[Nightmare Face]], Futaba her [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Super Strength]], and Mitsuba [[Big Brother Instinct|her protectiveness]].

* [[Pet the Dog]] -- Hitoha is manipulative, scary and cruel to almost everybody. But she does care for Nipples (and later, the cat), so there's ''some'' compassion in her.

** Despite she is cruel and manipulative to Yabe, deep down, Hitoha cares for him.

* [[Porn Stash]] -- Yabe has one out in the open, but then it is his apartment. He just wasn't expecting Hitoha to make a duplicate key and break in...and that's not even saying anything about Hitoha's massive stash. Yabe's stash turns out to be Futaba's undoing in the cockroach-smashing episode.

* [[Potty Emergency]] -- Episode 2-6, when the girls eat bad oranges and Mitsuba refuses to let them in.

* [[Psycho Strings]] -- Whenever Mr. [[Papa Wolf]], Soujirou Marui, is about to go medieval.

* [[Puni Plush]] -- Which is much more evident in the anime adaptation.

** [[Call Back]] -- In the ending, Miyashita is dressed up in the uniform and [[Transformation Trinket]] belt like the others as Gachi Green. As Hitoha is quick to point out, "there is no Gachi Green".

** [[The Danza]]/[[Theme Naming]] -- Every member of the Gachiranger is named after their voice actor. Such as Red, named Hiro, who is voiced by [[Hiro Shimono]].

*** {{color|red|Gachi Red}}: [[The Hero]]

*** {{color|blue|Gachi Blue}}: [[The Smart Guy|Smart]] [[The Lancer|Lancer]]

* [[Super Window Jump]] -- Futaba leaps out a fourth story window to retrieve her dad's picture, much to the surprise of Shinya's fangirls.

* [[Talking With Signs]] -- Futaba, temporarily after losing her voice in episode 7 of ''Zouryouchuu!''

** Hitoha and Yabe's being (or accidentally getting) unusually close is also reiterated throughout the show, even though there is no apparent sign of romantic attraction. The main example is Hitoha spending her entire time in the school under Yabe's desk, both in the classroom and in the teachers' room. Other examples include {{spoiler|Hitoha helping Matsuoka undress Yabe, Hitoha seemingly allowing Yabe to feel her "breast tumor", Hitoha having Yabe's home phone number and calling him over, and the continuation of the misunderstanding about Gachiranger (climaxing with Hitoha clenching Yabe's hand to tell him she loves them)}}.

** This only happens in the anime, since their relationship is slightly distant in the manga.

* [[Theme Twin Naming|Theme Triplet Naming]] -- The sisters' names go [number]-[kanji for leaf], starting from three and working down to one.

* [[Throw the Dog A Bone]] -- Episode 13 is the first time Mitsuba does something selfless that doesn't come back to bite her in the butt.

* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]] -- Hitoha's book is treated as such. [[Power Glows|The inside of the book even glows pink]] with "forbidden knowledge".

** Not that their parents are any different.

* [[Weight Woe]] -- Mitsuba, although [[Big Eater|she doesn't put much effort into dieting.]]

** Set to Verdi's ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|Dies Irae]]''.

** The human curling game.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] -- Hitoha, though she's a bit of an aversion.

* [[Yandere]] -- Shinya's fangirls

** Miku's mom seems to border on this at the thought of being abused.

* [[Yuri Fan]] -- {{spoiler|At least two of the three sisters. Hitoha's book seems to be full of this and Futaba's a fan of breasts and yuri.}}

** Yuki also appears to be in favor of the idea of Miku liking Mitsuba. Or Miyashita liking Hitoha.