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From iNiS, the creators of ''[[Gitaroo Man]]'', comes this rather clever [[Rhythm Game]] for the Nintendo DS. ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]'' ("Hey! Fight! Cheer Squad") revolves around a group of male cheerleaders who go around rooting on people all across Tokyo in a variety of tasks to a variety of Japanese pop and rock music. Their clients include Tsuyoshi Hanada, a ''ronin'' student trying to get into Tokyo University; Yasushi Tanaka, owner of a ramen shop trying to drum up more business; and Ichiro Tamura, a [[Salaryman]] who... grows to fifty feet tall in order to save his daughter (and the city) from [[Attack of the 50
▲From iNiS, the creators of ''[[Gitaroo Man]]'', comes this rather clever [[Rhythm Game]] for the Nintendo DS. ''Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan'' ("Hey! Fight! Cheer Squad") revolves around a group of male cheerleaders who go around rooting on people all across Tokyo in a variety of tasks to a variety of Japanese pop and rock music. Their clients include Tsuyoshi Hanada, a ''ronin'' student trying to get into Tokyo University; Yasushi Tanaka, owner of a ramen shop trying to drum up more business; and Ichiro Tamura, a [[Salaryman]] who... grows to fifty feet tall in order to save his daughter (and the city) from [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|a giant blue mouse on the rampage]].
Then there's the stage where they get pulled through time and space to cheer on Cleopatra's royal construction crew so she can lose weight via pyramid power...
And for the [[Grand Finale]], they cheer on the whole world to create a [[Combined Energy Attack]] big enough to save the planet from impact with a giant asteroid.
It's a weird game, but that's [[Widget Series|part of the appeal]] -- it seemingly crams as many familiar anime, manga and [[
The original game was a [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|hit]] with [[Import Gaming|import gamers]]. It was such a hit, in fact, that it was followed by an Americanized counterpart, ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''. In May of 2007, it also got a full-fledged sequel with the [[Long Title|unwieldy title]] of ''Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2'' ("Get Fired Up! [[Hot
You can find a translation of the manga panels from the first game [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/928590/47789 here] and the translation for the second [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/938402/48692 here].
And just for fun: Computer desktop backgrounds for the [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/aosj/wallpaper/index.html first game] and the [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ao2j/download/index.html second game]. There's [http://inis.wikia.com/wiki/INiS_Wiki a wiki] for the games (and other games made by iNiS), but you won't find much there.
See also [[Osu]]!
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer|Abhorrent Admirers]]: JIN2's fangirls are this in the bad ending of "Music Hour".
* [[The Ace]]: Junior in both games and ''EBA''. The last time, he just appears in a [[It Makes Sense in Context|middle-aged woman's fantasies]].
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The bad ending of "Bang! Bang! Vacances".
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Some character info can be found on the official websites for the games, and some roughly translated versions can be found if you're willing to [[Archive Binge]] through the [[
* [[Large Ham Announcer]]: The announcer is probably one of the larger hams in the game, despite only appearing in select levels.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Ryuta Ippongi and Kai Domeki.
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** There's also Ryuji from "Thrill", obviously parodying Shonen series.
** Karizou Moriyama from "Julia ni Heartbreak" makes [[Anime Hair]] as a ''career''.
* [[Animeland]] / [[Planet Eris]]: There are [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Kaiju]], [[Wolf Man|werewolves]], [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]], [[Colony Drop|occasional world]]-[[Solar CPR|ending catastrophes]] and more concentrated in a [[Tokyo Is the Center of
* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Every level is backed by a different song, which has varying amounts of relevance to the action.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: What the girls in Hiroshi's class do if you fail "Atsuki Kodou no Hate". They call him a lewd old man, a pervert teacher, a person who doesn't wash his clothes... and an idiot.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The sequel features somewhat less cartoony proportions.
* [[Anti
* [[Artificial Riverbank]]
* [[Badass Arm
* [[Badass Beard]]: Doumeki Kai has a badass ''[[Anime Hair]]'' beard.
* [[Badass Cape]]: Kiryuuin Kaoru, his blue team counterpart, has a rather nice cape when he isn't cheering.
* [[Battle Aura]]
* [[Battle in
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: No matter what you do, [[Meaningful Name|Goro Okami's]] girlfriend will eventually find out he's a werewolf. Fortunately, she thinks he's adorable like that.
** Though it might imply she's actually into furries if the player gets the good ending.
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* [[Bishie Sparkle]]
* [[Bishonen]]: JIN2 is this in [[Bishie Sparkle|extra-sparkly]] flavour.
** Hayato Saionji could count as well, due to his [[Long
* [[Biting the Handkerchief]]: Junior does when you pass the second part of "Bang! Bang! Vacances!"
** The three fangirls in "Music Hour" also do this in the opening cutscene.
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* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Most people have no problem with the game until the final levels. And Hard mode kicks the difficulty up a notch.
* [[Disappears Into Light]]: Rina does this at the end of "Believe".
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: The game overs for the last level involve the team(s) you cheered with [[Go Out
* [[Distracted
* [[
* [[The Ditz]]: If you notice, the [[Meganekko]] cheerleader girl Aoi Kanda just can't do anything right outside cheerleading, though [[All There in the Manual|she's supposed to be able to speak around seven languages fluently.]]
* [[Dojikko]]: Aoi's [[Expy]] in the sequel, Honoka Kawai, faceplants in the ''menu screen.''
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* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]: Both games use this to show the all the world's people cheering together during their respective final levels. The [[Eagle Land|Statue of Liberty]] in particular shows up in both.
* [[Epic Hail]]: Can you shout "Ou-en-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"?
* [[Everything's Better
** "Go My Way" has some monkeys in the opening scene, with the most appearing [[All Men Are Perverts|near Sayaka.]]
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Cute Kitten]]: The cat has been a staple of the games, and even becomes a playable character if you cheer on the final level with the [[Elite Beat Agents]].
* [[Precious Puppies]]: The Nobility have a pet dog that appears in some levels.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: The tutorial theme basically translates to "Cheer, cheer, cheer! Put your fighting spirit into it! Cheer, cheer, cheer! We are the Ouendan!
* [[Fan Boy]]: Takuya from the same game seems to really like Ebi-yama, a sumo that you help cheer on. Not only does a dream version of him appear in the stage Takuya is in, the kid even has an Ebi-yama T-shirt and poster in his room.
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* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: All of the Nobility have this.
** There's also ''Yuri''a and Kaoruko ''Tsubaki'' from "Riruha Rirura"
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Nanako, a character in one of ''Ouendan 2'''s multiplayer scenarios, has the [
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Kaoru is a man.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Lots of times.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]] / [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Both "cute" cheergirls hit both tropes, and the Nobility girls all have some sort of hair accessory.
* [[Girls
* [[Gonk]]: JIN2's fangirls. Christine Kamogawa's design counts as well, looking almost [
* [[Gratuitous English]]
* [[Gun Kata]]: Joe does this if you do well enough in the first two parts of "Shanghai Honey".
* [[Hemisphere Bias]]: The results screen of the final level in both games is a globe centered on Asia and Japan. In ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'', it's on North America.
* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]: The protagonist of Christine Kamogawa's novel in the "Bang! Bang! Vacances" stage is obviously supposed to be an idealized version of Ms. Kamogawa herself.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The Yuuhi squad shove the Nobility out of an incoming ice block at the end of "Countdown". [[Heartwarming Moments
* [[Historical Beauty Update]]: Literally done with Cleopatra. She starts off as a fat [[Gonk]], then uses pyramid power, miracle dances and the support of Japanese cheerleaders to make herself beautiful in order to impress Antony.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: You get to cheer on a fat Cleopatra in one of the first game's levels.
* [[Hot
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Look at the game's cover art. Those things could pierce a battleship. And Ryuuta's not alone when it comes to this trope either. Kai has them too.
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: There's one in the second game, complete with shirtless scenes of ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|all]]'' the(non-rival) leaders.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Fuji-One in the "Zoku" stage of OTO 2.
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** To the point where the second to last line in the credits is "Thanks for your love and support!" In Japanese, the word for both "support" and "cheer" is ''ouen''.
* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: The official names for the difficulties: Rather than Easy, Normal, Hard and Insane) are Light-Hearted Cheering, Bold Cheering, Fierce Cheering and Magnificent Cheering.
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Seeing the series' [[Hot
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Poor Goro Okami has been cursed to transform in a wolf whenever he sees something round, white, shiny, or some combination of the three, which gets in the way constantly on a date with his girlfriend.
* [[I Wished You Were Dead]]: Mana Shiratori to her sister Rina. Guess what level we're on.
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* [[Look Both Ways]]: Rina sure didn't.
* [[Loudspeaker Truck]]
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: The lyrics to some of the songs don't really fit as well as they should. Some border on [[Intercourse
* [[Madness Mantra]]: Christine Kamogawa starts frantically typing "Ouendan" repeatedly before yelling for them.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Compared to the first game, the sequel features next to no chances for any accidental [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]].
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*** And the opening of "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze" has even more tears from the Nobility!
*** And in the same stage, in a recreation of the scene from the first game's final stage, the backup cheerleaders from both teams shed the waterworks. Whether it's [[Tears of Joy]] or [[Tears of Fear|not]].
* [[
* [[Meaningful Name]]: There are more than a few. Most notably, the Noble team in OTO 2 have names that mirror their rival's, and [[Wolf Man|Goro Okami]] had the misfortune to have a surname that could also mean "Wolf".
** More than that: each difficulty's leaders have a theme in their forenames. Easy has names that refer to inexperience, Normal has animal themes and Hard is basically a representative of what their team is like. Insane kinda breaks the trend though.
** Aoi Kanda's name is ''retroactively'' meaningful. As the cheergirls didn't get [[All There in the Manual|profiles]] in the first game, the fact that she could speak multiple languages could reference the fact that [
* [[Meganekko]]: Aoi for a [[Moe]] example, and Reika for a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] example.
* [[Mega Neko]]: Nyaragon, from one stage in OTO 2. Possibly created as a counter to the giant blue mouse in OTO 1, and ''likely'' as a [[Shout
* [[Minimalistic Cover Art]]: The first game's cover art leans toward this trope. Conversely, the second game's leans towards the [[Design Student's Orgasm|opposite direction]].
* [[Moment Killer]]: Tan Yao can be a '''huge''' cockblock on certain levels.
* [[Mondegreen]]: The loud drum beats can seriously distort what some of the singers are saying, but even without them, people mistake "Can you master baby?" from One Night Carnival for... [[A Date
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Cleopatra stage: You cheer on Cleopatra so she can order her slaves around greatly!? Well, at least they get as fired up as she does...
** But what happens if you play the stage poorly? A hilarious bit of physical comedy, as with every other stage? No, the slaves die. Cue the uncomfortable laugh.
* [[Mr. Imagination|Ms. Imagination]]: Christine Kamogawa's entire level counts on her getting inspirations from her [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]].
* [[Mukokuseki]]: Averted. Although it becomes somewhat less so in the second game, all the characters at least maintain realistic eye colours. You know they're doing a good job when the Japanese guy with [http://lparchive.org/Osu-Tatakae-Ouendan-2/Images/28-hayatoface.png blonde hair and blue eyes] still looks Japanese. Even the Americans have a few brunettes among them like Dan and Joe.
* [[Names to Know
* [[Nations of the World Montage]]: In the final level of both games.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Kai in both games, Hajime in the second.
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* [[No Name Given]]: The announcer has no given name, so everyone calls him... [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|announcer]].
* [[Nostalgia Level]]: The second game's first level is almost exactly like the first game's, except with job applications instead of entrance exams. The target even looks the same despite [[Art Evolution]].
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: The Ouendan's [[Manly Tears
* [[Office Lady]]: Sachiko in the "Koi no Dance Site" stage of OTO 1.
* [[Old Superhero]]: Momotaro in the "Shonen Heart" stage of OTO 2.
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Dr. Shintarou Kuroiwa, the young genius physician from OTO 2, who can cure male pattern baldness. And give farm animals therapeutic massages. And repair microwave ovens. And make an entire island's inhabitants so healthy they burst with muscles, even the women and the elderly.
* [[Open
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: They change if they see ''anything'' round.
* [[Panty Shot]]: The female cheerleaders; especially noticeable in the first game.
* [[Partly Cloudy
* [[Pastel-Chalked Freeze-Frame]]: Any time something sufficiently [[Hot
* [[Pettanko]]: Aoi seems to have the smallest chest out of all the cheergirls. This wouldn't be too notable, except that by the sequel they should all be in their 20s at the very least and she looks like [http://lparchive.org/Osu-Tatakae-Ouendan-2/Images/22-aoifull.gif this].
* [[Plucky Office Girl]]: Sachiko in "Koi no Dance Site" in the first game.
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Invoked with the team colours in the sequel.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: The last level of the sequel.
* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]: What happens if you get a Game Over on the final level in both games.
* [[Ronin]]: Tsuyoshi in the "Loop & Loop" stage of OTO 1.
* [[Salaryman]]: Ichiro Tamura a.k.a Ichiro-Man, in "Taiyou ga Moete iru" stage.
* [[Say My Name]]: '''OUENDAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!'''
* [[Scenery Censor]]: See [[Fan Service]] above.
* [[Shout
** "Koi no Dance Site" is a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to Cinderella, and "Monkey Magic" is a pastiche of [[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]].
** There are also the plumbers [[Super Mario Brothers|that totally do not represent any other Nintendo-made plumbers in any way]] in "Bambina".
** "Taiyou ga Moete iru" has a main character who's powers are similar to [[Ultraman]]'s.
** The multiplayer tennis stage in the sequel could be seen as a shout-out to ''[[Aim for
** Doumeki Kai's name is a reference to ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', one of the main influences of the art style.
* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]: Reika has the looks of one combined with [[The Ojou]]. [[All There in the Manual|Her profile]] states that she had just recently tried ''instant ramen''.
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* [[Solar CPR]]
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Momotarou's reaction if you fail the second scene of "Shounen Heart". [[Dirty Old Man|Note this is after he sees two women bathing in a hot spring]].
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* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Sakura does this when you pass "Glamorous Sky".
* [[The Stoic]]: In contrast with the Yuuhi Ouendan and even with his own squad, Kaoru is rather mild mannered throughout the sequel. Of course, like the rest of the Nobility, he has his [[Not So Stoic]] moments at the end of "Believe" as well as in the last two songs of the game.
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* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]: Mainly of the Fiery variety, although Ryuuta sports some impressive Lightning brows.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Tan Yao says "aru" a lot after sentences, which is usually an indicator of a Chinese person.
** Monkey-kun's toy soldier partner has "de arimasu," which is a very military way of speaking. Or maybe a "Shout Out" to a certain [
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The robots from "Shanghai Honey" are weak to water. And decide to invade a planet that's two-thirds made of it. And start their invasion on an ''[[What an Idiot!|island nation]]''.
* [[Widget Series]]
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