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It's a weird game, but that's [[Widget Series|part of the appeal]] -- it seemingly crams as many familiar anime, manga and [[Useful Notes/Japanese Culture|Japanese Culture]] tropes in as it can to make it as Japanese as possible. The game mechanics make good use of the DS stylus, as they involve tapping markers that appear on the screen in time to the music.
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].
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* [[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.
* [[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.
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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 By the Sexy]]: Momotaro if you fail one section of "Shounen Heart".
* [[Distressed Dude]]: JIN 2, who even in the final stage of OTO 2 needs to be saved by his middle aged fangirls from an incoming ice rain.
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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 [[wikipedia:Government Seal of Japan|Paulownia Seal]] on her tennis racket, to contrast with her [[Rival]] Ageha's [[Gem
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Kaoru is a man.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Lots of times.
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* [[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.
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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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** 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 [[wikipedia:Kanda, Tokyo|Kanda]] is a place in Tokyo known for its large supply of books.
* [[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.
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* [[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 With a Chance of Death]]: It rains right before the [[Tear Jerker]] of the second game.
* [[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]].
** There are also the plumbers [[Super Mario Brothers|that totally do not represent any other Nintendo-made plumbers in any way]] in "Bambina".
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