Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan: Difference between revisions

* [[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 The Universe|small part of Tokyo]]. Of course, that doesn't mean the ''[[Elite Beat Agents|rest]]'' of the world is perfectly normal.

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Every level is backed by a different song, which has varying amounts of relevance to the action.

* [[Art Evolution]]: The sequel features somewhat less cartoony proportions.

* [[Anti Frustration Features]]: In the sequel, if you run out of health on Easy mode, the Hard mode cheerleader for the team you are currently playing as shows up and revives you with about 3/4 of your health so that you can continue the song. Run out of health again in the same song though, and it's [[Game Over]]. Of course, it won't work on the final levels, so you're on your own for that.

* [[Badass Cape]]: Kiryuuin Kaoru, his blue team counterpart, has a rather nice cape when he isn't cheering.

* [[Battle Aura]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Blank White Eyes]]

* [[Brutal Bonus Level]]: "Samurai Blue", while not quite nearly as hard as the last level, definitely qualifies when 90% of the beatmap is made of eighth notes spaced like quarter notes.

** The Elite Beat Agents and Tang Yao's cat also appear cheering in place of the Ouendan in OTO 2.

** There's also a slight chance that Tsuyoshi Hanada is in EBA, although there are some slight visual differences.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Shizuyama Kazebayashi is really fond of yelling "[[Gratuitous English|BIG BANG]]!"

* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: At the end of every stage in OTO 2, and the end of the teacher's stage in OTO 1.

* [[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.''

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Sakura exhibits this in the beginning of "Glamorous Sky" because of her being required to move.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The second game has a lot more in common with [[Elite Beat Agents]] than the original engine-wise. No single-cart multiplayer or saving replays, for one.

* [[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!"?

** "Go My Way" has some monkeys in the opening scene, with the most appearing [[All Men Are Perverts|near Sayaka.]]

* [[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.

* [[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.

** Note that if you attempt this with the Cheer Girls, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|the only thing censoring their breasts is the gap between the two DS screens.]] And that's without mentioning the cheergirls' ''[[Stripperific|regular]]'' outfit...

* [[Festival Episode]]: "Melody" from the first game.

* [[Freaky Is Cool]]: Thank God Kumi's a dog person.

* [[Funny Afro]]: J-Yama in the "Taisetsu na Mono" stage of OTO 1. He has a special sort of hairspray that can give people these with a side order of becoming [[Brainwashed]].

* [[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 Out]] to ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]''.

* [[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 With Rosie Palms|something else]]. There's also "I wanna be a Pop Tart" for "I wanna be a Pop Star."

** The last 14 notes in "Countdown" on Hard and Insane are near-''impossible'' to get all 300s on, especially when the song is so fast-paced.

* [[No Flow in CGI]]

* [[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|MANLY TEARS]] in break scenes at the last stage of each game.

* [[Panty Shot]]: The female cheerleaders; especially noticeable in the first game.

* [[Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Death]]: It rains right before the [[Tear Jerker]] of the second game.

* [[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.

* [[Red Armband of Leadership]]

* [[Redheaded Hero]] / [[Fiery Redhead]]: Ippongi Ryuuta.

* [[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.

* [[Scenery Censor]]: See [[Fan Service]] above.

* [[Shout Out]]: Considering how the games were made to lampoon as many [[Japanese Media Tropes]] as possible in what is considered an E rating in Japan, some references were inevitable.

** 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 The Ace (Manga)|Aim for The Ace]]''.

** Doumeki Kai's name is a reference to ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', one of the main influences of the art style.

* [[Similar Squad]]: The Encouraging Nobility to the original Ouendan.

* [[Skyward Scream]]: To re-iterate: [[Say My Name|OUENDAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!]]

* [[Super Robot]]: One of the songs has the team cheering on a mechanics team trying to rebuild their [[Humongous Mecha]]. To defeat the giant [[Kaiju]] cat rampaging the city, the robot must defeat it in a footrace, arm wrestling, and [http://www.proz.com/kudoz/japanese_to_english/education_pedagogy/1149644 Hundred-Square Calculations].

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: For a game series [[Media Classifications|rated A in Japan]], definitely. The art style alone was influenced by ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' and ''[[Cromartie High School]]''. The theme of the games is ''passionate love'' ([[Freud Was Right|Not in that way!]]).

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: In the intro to "Kokoro Odoru".

* [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel]]: Christine Kamogawa from Ouendan 2.

* [[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 [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KeroroGunsou sergeant] too.

* [[Widget Series]]

* [[Wolf Man]]: Gorou Ookami in the "Kibun Joujou" stage of OTO 2.