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* [[Adult Child]]
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: [[Dogged Nice Guy|Nodame]] likes Chiaki, but so do [[Stalker with a Crush|the violinist]] who took Kiyora's place, Chiaki's ex-girlfriend Saiko and timpanist [[Camp Gay|Okuyama]]. Oboe player Yasunori, in turn, has a crush on Nodame.
* [[All Work vs. All Play]]
* [[Always Someone Better]]
* [[Awesome Music]]
* [[Beach Episode]]
** "D-Cup Devil!"
* [[Beautiful All Along]]
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]
* [[Blank White Eyes]]
* [[Blue with Shock]]
* [[Book Ends]]
** In the live-drama, the first song that the group together as an orchestra was Beethoven Synphony No. 7, as well as being the first time Chiaki conducted. At the end of the series, they played this song again, being the last time Chiaki would conduct in Japan with this orchestra, since they were all graduating and going their seperate ways.
* [[The Cameo]]
* [[The Capital of Brazil Is Buenos Aires]]
** Some other related setereotypes are shown, played straight and [[Lampshaded]].
* [[Catch Phrase]]
* [[Child Prodigy]]
** Nodame herself used to be one as a little girl.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Compressed Adaptation]]
▲* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Nodame and {{spoiler|Yadovika, the Hungarian composer and Theremin player girl}}.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]] - After taking first place during his first conducting competition in France, Chiaki is kidnapped by [[Beleaguered Assistant|Elise]], [[Lovable Sex Maniac|Franz]] [[Trickster Mentor|Stresemann]]'s agent and manager, with the goal of forcing him to sign on with her publicity agency. When he refuses even after being beaten up by one of her bodyguards, she resorts to [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|tickling him with backscratchers until he submits]].▼
▲* [[Compressed Adaptation]] - The first series had 23 episodes to cover the first nine volumes of the manga. The next series had 11 episodes to cover the next seven. Yes, people noticed. The third season drops a storyline completely to fit the rest of the material in.
▲* [[Conspicuous CG]] - Close-ups of musical instruments are clearly computer-rendered.
** Same goes for the characters playing those instruments. Sometimes it can make a concert scene look realistic in ways that normal animation just can't pull off, [[Uncanny Valley|but others...]]
▲* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]
* [[Covers Always Lie]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]] - Almost the entire supporting cast of season one less Kuroki the Oboe player don't come back to season 2-3. Some of them return in Finale's episode 0 DVD special as well as a few cameos in the season itself. Justified by the setting change from Japan to Europe.▼
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▲* [[Demoted to Extra]]
* [[Dojikko]] - Nodame's clumsiness is often quite over the top.▼
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Or, in this case, girl. Guess who...
* [[Elegant Classical Musician]]: Almost every female character.
** And almost all of the guys, too.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]
* [[Flamboyant Gay]]
* [[Flower Motifs]]
* [[Friend to All Children]]
* [[Funny Afro]]
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Hard-Drinking Tropes]]
* [[Hidden Buxom]]: Nodame usually wears extremely loose fitting shirts and sweaters. That's why it comes as a surprise to Chiaki that she's actually quite well endowed.
* [[Homage Shot]]: the reference to ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' in Finale series of the anime, episode 10.
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** Mine always seems awfully happy when Chiaki is around, he is also very concerned with getting his [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"radar"]].
** Also the violinist who takes Kiyora's place as the concertmaster showed some signs, staring intently as Chiaki was unbuttoning his shirt and [[Stalker with a Crush|following]] Chiaki around.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Josei]]
* [[Just Friends]] / [[Better as Friends]]: Stresemann and the school's principal decided to be this after the principal had an illness that stopped her from playing the piano when she was younger. Stresemann's assistant Elise mentioned that if not for this illness, the two of them may have become lovers.
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* [[Messy Hair]]: Chiaki.
* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: The S Orchestra's performance at the school festival.
* [[Narm]]: In the live-action version, the scenes where Chiaki flashes back to his childhood traumas can be extremely [[Narm|Narmy]] due to the low production values involved.▼
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Semi-subverted. As Nodame learns French, she's taught "everyday phrases" that are anything but everyday. Nodame being Nodame, however, is fully aware of the translation of these phrases and is confident that they will be useful.
▲* [[Narm]]: In the live-action version, the scenes where Chiaki flashes back to his childhood traumas can be extremely [[Narm|Narmy]] due to the low production values involved.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Chiaki's agent from the second season. Amusingly, in the anime's second season, Nodame adopts this laugh (as well as a new voice) as she passes herself off as Chiaki's wife to the orchestra staff.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Nodame encounters Saiko and Chiaki in what appears to be a compromising situation at one point. Subverted later when Saiko wants to turn it into exactly what it looks like.
* [[Occidental Otaku]]: Frank.
* [[Odd Couple]]: Ambitious perfectionist Chiaki with the wild and uncontrollable Nodame.
* [[Ojou]]: Saiko, especially at the beginning.▼
* [[Official Couple]]: Not hard to figure out that it's Chiaki and Nodame. For starters, they appear together in every anime opening and every credit sequence. And during the course of the show, not one of the [[Romantic False Lead|other suitors that appear]], for either character, pose any serious romantic challenge. Furthermore the main premise and appeal of the show revolves around the evolving relationship between them. [[Opposites Attract]] indeed...
▲* [[Ojou]]: Saiko, especially at the beginning.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Megumi "Nodame" Noda.
* [[Opposites Attract]]: And how!
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* [[Product Placement]]: The show is sponsored by Yamaha. Guess what brand ''every'' piano is. Yes, also in France, which is not that surprising, a lot of music-school pianos are Yamahas, even in France.
* [[Save Our Team|Save Our Orchestra]]: Of the musical variety. Starring Chiaki in his first full-time conducting job with Paris' Roux-Marlet Orchestra. The orchestra itself has [[Glory Days|a storied and prestigious 150 year long history]], and was conducted in the past by Chiaki's [[Trickster Mentor|famous mentor]], [[Lovable Sex Maniac|Franz Stresemann]]. But when Chiaki becomes it's regular conductor, he finds it has fallen on harder times. Its [[Club Stub|short on members]], and those who remain are [[How the Mighty Have Fallen|unmotivated and demoralized by a recent streak of lacklustre performances]]. After an absolutely dismal concert with Chiaki conducting, he vows bring the orchestra back to its former glory. He did it before with the S Orchestra in Season 1, and he'll do it again.
* [[School Festival]]
* [[Sequel Escalation]]
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]
* [[Shout-Out]]
* [[Show Within a Show]]
* [[Shy Finger-Twiddling]]
* [[Single-Issue Psychology]]
** Well, she just makes him completely forget the incident, instead of curing the fear. We see afterwards that he's still comically afraid of non-land based travel, it's just that he can take it when there aren't any other options.
* [[Sleep Cute]]: From the live-action drama, Nodame finds Chiaki asleep. Then [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|sneaks a kiss]] on his cheek. Then again, he looks like [http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/8392/0434st0.jpg this.] Can't really blame Nodame.
* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Stalking Is Funny If It Is Female After Male]]
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Chiaki.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]
▲* [[The Cameo]] - Hige Danshaku in season two during Nodame's recital at a French castle. Hige Danshaku is a manzai duo whose theme is that of a French-born Japanese nobleman (Louis Yamada LIII) and his butler (Higuchi-kun). In the manga, the microbes from Moyasimon make an appearance in Nodame's curry!
* [[This and That]]
▲* [[Third Person Person]] - Nodame, this is among her quirky idiosyncrasies.
* [[Through His Stomach|Through Her Stomach]]
▲* [[This and That]] - When Stresemann first meets Nodame, he attempts to seduce her, and refers to this when going to a love hotel. Nodame is oblivious as to his meaning, but Chiaki, still within earshot, gets it and steps in to intervene.
* [[Tomokazu Seki]]
▲* [[Through His Stomach|Through Her Stomach]] - Little does Chiaki realize what he gets himself into once he starts feeding Nodame.
* [[Translation Convention]]
▲* [[Tomokazu Seki]] - Exercising the full extent of his ability to throw shouty hissyfits as Chiaki.
▲* [[Translation Convention]] - Kai Dunn of the Berlin Philharmonic arrives in one episode, but has only a limited grasp of Japanese. While the episode renders everything in Japanese, handy notes appear whenever the characters are in fact speaking German. And, of course, the second season takes place in France, so all the characters in ''France'', including ''Russians'' and ''Chinese'', are speaking perfect ''Japanese'' in a fansub with ''English'' subtitles.
▲* [[Trash of the Titans]] - Nodame's apartment. Chiaki just can't resist cleaning it up.
* [[Tsundere]]
▲* [[Trickster Mentor]] - Stresemann to Chiaki.
* [[Unsound Effect]]
▲* [[Tsundere]] - Chiaki is very much this toward Nodame, leaning very toward the ''tsuntsun'' (cranky) end, but with frequent, if short-lived, affectionate and sweet moments towards her.
▲* [[Unsound Effect]] - Not exactly a sound effect, but, in the manga, you can't hear the actual music. The manga simply states the name of the song being played -- and if you aren't familiar with the song, you're stuck with just the pretty pictures. Another [[Unsound Effect]] is Nodame's badger, whose presence is seen in Nodame's emotional outbursts.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?]]
▲* [[Verbal Tic]] - Nodame often uses nonsense exclamations like "Gyabo!" and "Mukya!"
▲* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?]] - Every scene where there's an amazing performance going on. You could really feel the music.
* [[When She Smiles]]: In the live-drama, Kiyora was already pretty. But you can see how when she changes from [http://pics.livejournal.com/tsukisagi/pic/0007bceh/s640x480 this] to [http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6272/nodame0417lghm6.jpg this], she's absolutely ''glowing''.
** Chiaki himself, also in the live-drama. He usually reserves his smiles. But when he generally pleased or happy, though they are small, he [http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4589/1192gy3ga7.jpg doesn't] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/34599287@N05/3216726181 resist] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DoKvecRWiI8/RtO2mnnm_gI/AAAAAAAAABU/cLhLaJbbst4/s1600-h/nodame.jpg them.]
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]
** They're together in Paris-Hen, Chiaki's just an ''[[Jerkass|ass]]'' about it.
** Partly averted in that Nodame obviously *would*, she tells him at the end of the very first episode and several times after that. So it's more of a Will He or Won't He.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
* [[Yandere]]
** During the fight, Nodame also makes a valid point--every time she thinks they're getting closer, Chiaki pulls away from her. Chiaki knows she's right, and it's implied that it helps cause him to relent just as much as him wanting the pain to stop does.
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