Ouran High School Host Club: Difference between revisions

* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Haruhi is quite a popular host when she's crossdressing. She also looks better with smaller eyes and boyish short hair than with large eyes and long girlish hair.

* {{spoiler|[[Babies Ever After]]: Not shown in either anime or manga, but the author states in the final volume that Tamaki and Haruhi are the first out of the Host Club members to have children. Mori was also revealed to get married and have kids.}}

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Honey.

* [[Bad Bad Acting]]:

* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]

* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: The first few pages of chapter 79 involve Haruhi standing in front of {{spoiler|Tamaki blushing, and looking at the ground. She then says "Tamaki-senpai... I'm in love with you." (The [[Squee]] of many a fangirl was heard.) Tamaki looks stunned, but then goes off saying that he's so happy because he's in love with himself, too! He takes this and runs with it. Haruhi looks mortified, but then}} she sits up and we find out it was [[All Just a Dream]], much to her relief.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The manga starts to delve into dramatic territory around the fifth or sixth volume, but tries not to sacrifice the funny. This was probably (more or less) of the intended variety.

* [[Character Development]]: Tamaki, Haruhi and the twins especially. More visible in the manga.

** Haruhi, oddly enough.

** [[Captain Obvious|All of the host club members count.]]

* [[Club President]]: Tamaki.

* [[Color Failure]]:

* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]: Renge, who at one point is said to have created a hugely popular doujinshi about the hosts.

* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: In the [[Live Action Adaptation]], this happens when Haruhi is carried out of the water after falling of a cliff.

* [[Cross Dresser]]: Played with until its stitching ruptured. It's played straight with Ranka and Haruhi, subverted with Benibara, parodied/played for laughs with the host boys (consider that they are thoroughly bishounen and would have no trouble looking like girls in the average anime) and Kasanoda, and (shockingly) played somewhat ''seriously'' when Ranka appears without having shaved or made himself up. Oh, and lampshaded when the girls of Ouran talk about how much they'd love to see [[Recursive Crossdressing|"Haruhi-kun" in girls' clothing]]. Way too much fun.

* [[Culture Clash]]: Played for laughs

* [[Cute Bookworm]]: Haruhi. Although we rarely ''see'' her read, it's often mentioned it's what she used to spend most of her time doing, and occasionally still does as soon a she gets her break from the Host Club.

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Honey [[I Know Karate|knows kung fu]], and as mentioned earlier will kick your ass if you mess with him, Mori, or Haruhi.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Going down the list, we have the voices of [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Winry Rockbell, Edward Elric, Roy Mustang]], [[One Piece|Nami, Eneru, Kohza]], and [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi Springfield]] for our main cast in the dub. As well as [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Konoka]] as a recurring character and [[Shuffle|Rin]] as a one-episode supporting role.

** In the drama CDs, [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Mercury]] was Haruhi. There's also a sly [[Take That]] to Gundam pilots being Bishounen. [[Gundam Wing|Heero Yuy is Tamaki]], [[Gundam Seed|Kira Yamato is Hikaru]], [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Shinn Asuka is Kaoru, and Sting Oakley is Kyouya.]]. Oh, and Pikachu is Honey.

** ... ''and'' Kyoya is Teru Mikami.

** And Nekozawa is [[Rurouni Kenshin|Sanosuke]].

*** Actually, Tamaki is Death Scythe. Hikaru is Death the Kid. Mori is Free. Hunny is Medusa. Haruhi is Kim.

*** For the dub, yes. The original Japanese version seems to be like an Ouran reunion. A very strange reunion.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Played with regarding every character, parodied in one of Renge's early episodes.

* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: ''Many many.''

** In chapter 76 {{spoiler|Hikaru says that this new obstacle in Haruhi and Tamaki's friendship gives him an advantage against Tamaki in winning her heart.}} Kaoru looks shocked and apalled until Hikaru says he was just kidding and {{spoiler|says "Don't you think it would be a waste if I said I don't really wish for this to happen?"}} It's quite clear he doesn't want to see either of his friends miserable.

** In chapter 80 {{spoiler|When Haruhi says she's going to be an obstacle to their rescue and that she's having doubts about her abilities, Hikaru tells her that it hurts, but she's the one who knows Tamaki the best and vice versa and because of that, she must go escort him to the airport}}. Awwwww.

* [[Jerkass]]: Hikaru and Kaoru were like this before Tamaki persuaded them to join the Host Club, once [[Kick the Dog|played with a girl's affections before giving her a]] [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].

** Hikaru's still a bit of one during the Karuizawa arc.

** Not to mention the Otori family's heavily-armed ''private police force'' that Kyouya dispatched when Honey got [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|lost at the pool]].

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Haruhi is dolled up and used as bait to lure Kanako and Toru back together in chapter 2. Add makeup and a long, straight black wig, and nobody except the hosts were able to recognize her (though Haruhi had to convince Toru at one point that they've never met).

* [[Ship Tease]]:

** Apart from Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru in the manga, Haruhi also shares a few moments with Mori and Kyouya that certainly sparked the interest in some fans. In fact, Honey is probably the only Host Club member Haruhi hasn't shared any borderline to intimate/romantic moments with in either anime or manga.

** This fits better for the anime. In the manga their hair looks much more natural and isn't quite as poofed out, although it's obvious they style it with hair gel most of the time.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** And [[Fullmetal Alchemist]], in form of a ball looking like SD Ed's head.

** The [[Dating Sim]] Renge's obsessed with is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]''.

** [[Giant Robo|Something-Or-Other Robo?]]

* [[Something About a Rose]]: Roses are all over the place for the Host Club in general, but Tamaki in particular seems to like randomly producing one to gesture with.

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Happens in Haruhi's dream, when she {{spoiler|runs toward her mother}}.

** Haninozuka Mitsukuni's nickname, Honey (Hani? Huni? Hunny?) seems to be spelled differently depending on what fansub you're watching (or on which Troper is editing the page). The Viz translation uses Honey, which seems to be the official spelling.

** Also Kyouya/Kyoya. And let's not get started on his last name. Or Tamaki's.

** Tamaki ends up falling on her in a very suggestive position just as her father walks in.

* [[Suddenly Always Knew That]]: Honey comes out of nowhere and single-handedly beats 20 grown men in SWAT team gear. It turns out he's from a family of martial arts experts. Also lampshaded by Tamaki. Inverted when Haruhi faces off against two thugs at the beach and is promptly tossed off a bluff into the water: Tamaki sarcastically cites this trope while berating her for endangering herself so recklessly.

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Haruhi. It's enforced by the rest of the Host Club; Haruhi herself doesn't care very much whether she's seen as a boy or a girl.

* [[Takarazuka]]: The Zuka club has several [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to them, including a set of [[Peacock Girl]] outfits.

* [[Team Dad]]: Tamaki (self-proclaimed).

* [[Team Mom]]: Kyouya (dubbed so by Tamaki).

** Mori may only have picked Haruhi up by her underarms and was alerted to her femininity by her lack of weight and soft body, or it MIGHT have been [[Thanks for The Mammaries]] [http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd368/noinim/mori2.jpg (look at Mori's change in expression and judge for yourself)].

** Also implied in the school physical episode. Tamaki grabs up Haruhi in an enthusiastic hug; within seconds, she's making an angry sound and demanding that he stop touching "those places."

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The Zuka club.

* [[Thunder Shock]]: Occurs [[Running Gag|quite often]], mostly [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: Honey, so cute and childish! Even though he's [[Older Than They Look|older than the rest]]... Also Shiro and Chika.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]:

** Used for laughs a number of times, such as Tamaki's dramatic declaration that he's going to try instant coffee in the first episode.

** Tamaki's preferred way of ordering otoro involves some impressive acrobatics.

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: An extra in the final volume.

* [[The White Prince]]: Tamaki, obviously, but the twins also embody part of this trope.