All The Tropes

Monogatari (series): Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Monogatari (series) (view source)

Revision as of 15:53, 25 January 2014

32 bytes removed ,  10 years ago
m
Mass update links
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
m (Mass update links)
Line 78:
'''Koyomi:''' It wasn't on purpose?! }}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in ''Nisemonogatari'' episode 6, where Hitagi speculates that the telescope Koyomi bought her as a gift will factor into the story's climax somehow.
* [[Child -Hater]]: Senjougahara severely dislikes children due to an incident where bumping into a child and apologizing to them made her feel powerless. After explaining this, as well as her [[Kill'Em All|other views on kids]], to Araragi, Hachikuji, who also heard her rant, became even more terrified of her. It isn't clear if Senjougahara was being honest or if {{spoiler|she was making an excuse for why she didn't want to wait alone with a girl she can't even see}}.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Watching a high-schooler glomp, molest and get into fights with a grade-schooler ''[[Dude, Not Funny|somehow]]'' manages to be hilarious.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: According to Hanekawa, Senjogahara was this back in middle school, gaining [[Even the Girls Want Her|popularity among guys and girls]], but especially [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|younger girls]]
Line 145:
** There is a scene where the Gettysburg Address was shown with correct spelling and grammar.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Koyomi's [[Martyr Without a Cause]] behaviour means he gets a lot of mileage out of part-vampire [[Healing Factor]]. Hitagi states she's frightened that he'd do the exact same things even if he couldn't rely on his healing.
* [[Gorn]]: See [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]] below. While it may be portrayed in variant colors in order to "censor" it, the images alone are gratuitously gruesome.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Koyomi slips into full-on [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|despair mode]] whenever he starts yelling.
** [[Aya Hirano]] - Shinobu Oshino (in the Drama CD, and she sounds a lot like Konata from Lucky Star.)
*** In Nisemonogatari (the first time Shinobu speaks in the series) she has been replaced by [[Maaya Sakamoto]]
Line 159:
** [[Ryoko Shirashi]] - Yodzuru Kagenui
** Saori Hayami - Yotsugi Ononoki
* [[Hesitation Equals Dishonesty]]: Inverted, mostly. A good rule of thumb in this series is the more straightforward someone seems to be, the bigger the lie they're concealing. Nadeko is hesitant and lacks self-confidence, and her "big secret" is that she likes Araragi (secret only to [[Idiot Ball|Araragi, really]]); on the other hand, Suruga is quite forthright with her [[Girls Love|sexuality]] but no so much {{spoiler|with her violent hatred towards Araragi for "stealing" Senjogahara from her.}} As it turns out, her [[Girl -On -Girl Is Hot|provocative]] [[Fetish Fuel|teasing]] of Araragi is probably {{spoiler|a ploy to get Araragi to forget about Senjogahara, even if that means potentially having to seduce him}}.
* [[Hey, You]]: Araragi introduces Senjogahara to Oshino in this fashion.
* [[How We Got Here]]: Nisemonogatari opens with Koyomi waking up after being knocked out and kidnapped by Senjogahara. We don't get to hear why until episode 3.
Line 218:
* [[Naughty Tentacles|Naughty Snake]]: See [[Orifice Invasion]]
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The first trailer for the ''Bakemonogatari'' anime implied that the series would also cover material from ''Nisemonogatari'' and ''Kizumonogatari''.
* [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]]: {{spoiler|A [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|trippy]] version in Episode 8 (courtesy of SHAFT, obviously). Somehow the constantly-changing colors and completely white background make it even worse. There's just something about [[Blood From the Mouth|coughing up pastel blue, yellow, and pink paint]].}}
** Intentionally done to avoid censorship because the images are REALLY brutal.
** Having {{spoiler|''his entrails ripped from his belly and used to swing him around the room until they tear off''}} sets a new standard in brutality.
Line 224:
** {{spoiler|And another in Nisemonogatari episode 11, Yodzuru beats the living hell out of him.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Koyomi's encounter with the vampire who would become known as Shinobu and his time as a vampire. {{spoiler|Happens in the prequel novel ''Kizumonogatari''.}}
* [[The Not -Secret]]: Nadeko's crush on Araragi, which pretty much everyone [[Plot Induced Stupidity|except him]] figures out right away.
* [[Of Course I'm Not a Virgin]]: subverted. Koyomi pretends like he's not a virgin when the topic comes up in the second episode, but eventually admits that he is when he's tired of keeping up the facade. In the third episode, Senjogohara does the same- but immediately admits she was lying when Koyomi notes it seems implausible that someone with her psychological issues would engage in orgies.
* [[Official Couple]]: Koyomi and Hitagi.
Line 232:
* [[Orifice Invasion]]: The DVD release of Nadeko Snake [[Captain Obvious|features a snake]] that {{spoiler|forces itself into Sengoku's mouth, reminiscent of...well...[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/nd003.gif/ just look]}}.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Vampires are described as the "kings of oddities," and powers seem to include high strength and speed, superpowered sight, and {{spoiler|inhabiting shadows}}. Unfortunately they apparently can't swim, something Koyomi didn't know until he tried to teach Nadeko. In addition, Koyomi is described as "one-tenth vampire", something that is only maintained due to him periodically feeding Shinobu his blood. He can improve his powers by letting her suck more blood than usual.
* [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]]: Lots of it in [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|Episode 8]] and a geyser in 15. It's a good thing [[Good Thing You Can Heal|Koyomi's]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|sort of undead]] at the beginning of the series because [[Butt Monkey|the way it's going]], he'd be [[Buffy-Speak|dead-dead]] without it.
* [[Recap Episode]]: One aired after the end of "Mayoi Snail" to recap the first two arcs.
* [[Retraux]]: Almost all of the Japanese text is written with older orthography, using unsimplified ''kyuujitai'' kanji (including complex ''daiji'' numerals, [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals:Chinese numerals#Characters_used_to_represent_numbersCharacters used to represent numbers|nowadays usually used only in finance]]) and katakana. Much of the incidental text also goes from right to left, and the cut cards look significantly aged.
* [[Running Gag]]: Mayoi's mispronouncing of Koyomi's name. "Sorry, I stuttuted."
* [[Scenery Porn]]: YEP! You got it! It is made by Shaft after all.
Line 243:
* [[Ship Tease]]: Excluding [[Official Couple|Hitagi]], Koyomi has it with [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|Tsubasa]], [[Subordinate Excuse|Shinobu]] and [[Incest Subtext|Karen]].
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Quite a few people think Araragi should get with Hanekawa instead of Senjougahara, with Kanbaru even thinking he'll end up marrying her.
* [[Shout -Out]]
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist|"Copper, 40g; zinc, 25g; nickel, 15g; hiding embarrassment, 5g; and spite, 97kg."]]
** In episode 3:
Line 256:
** Hachikuji parodies [[Detective Conan]] in episode 6 of Nisemonogatari.
** Nisemonogatari 9 has a shot of marching God Warriors from [[Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind (Manga)|Nausicaa of the Valley of The Wind]]'s Seven Days of Fire and a sign with [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Kyuubey]] on.
** Nisemonogatari also contains a [[Shout -Out]] to [[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]], starting from Deka Master's [[Badass Boast]]<ref>"Cutting down hundreds of evildoers! The Guard Dog of Hell! Deka Master!</ref> to Deka Blue's [[Gratuitous English]] [[Catch Phrase]]<ref>Super Cool. Perfect.</ref>
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Present in the Araragi family.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Koyomi's [[Idiot Hair]].
Line 274:
** A girl running around being both appearing out of and vanishing into flames with images of bees flying around? Check.
** A girl with constantly changing hair dancing (at one point ''inside a guy's mouth'' and occasionally without having an upper body at all) before transforming into a flock of birds? Check.
** ''Nisemonogatari'''s ending has [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Ueda:Hajime Ueda|Hajime Ueda]]'s art make a comeback, with the ladies of the first series on perpetually spinning and glowing wheels and train cars in one version, and in another, the Fire Sisters dancing and singing with ''detached limbs and heads''.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: "There was no girl with bright golden hair, pale white skin, and a flat chest who spoke in a haughty, old-style voice, but appeared to be around eight years old. You imagined it."
* [[Take a Third Option]]: The options for getting rid of Suruga's rainy devil are {{spoiler|(1) cut off the arm or (2) let her kill Koyomi. Koyomi decides (3) to beat her in a fight to convince the devil that he can't be killed. Of course, Oshino takes a ''fourth'' option by summoning Hitagi to [[Talking the Monster To Death|Talk The Hero To Death With The Monster In Earshot]].}}
Line 304:
** The first episode ''opens'' with a [[Bullet Time]] [[Panty Shot]]. The odd thing is, this is the closest visual equivalent to the scene in the book, where Koyomi spends ''over a page'' describing the effect of Hanekawa's skirt being blown up by the wind in front of him, and then dwells on it for the rest of the chapter.
** The entire tooth brushing scene in Episode 8 of ''Nisemonogatari'', which is treated as an extremely sexual process.
** [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]], as far as [[Hot -Blooded|Karen's]] concerned. [[Dope Slap|Koyomi doesn't agree.]]
* [[World of Symbolism]]: During the the opening for Suruga Monkey arc Kanbaru can be seen running {{spoiler|after Senjougahara}} across a field of huge floating lilies.
* [[X Meets Y]]: The series combines the surrealist [[Talking Heads]], fanservice and utterly random high school comedy of ''[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' (Araragi even shares Nozomu's seiyuu) with the surrealist action and supernatural story [[Arc|Arcs]] focusing on a person afflicted by a single creature of ''[[Mononoke]]'' (with Meme sharing the same seiyuu who did the Medicine Seller).
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/581489"