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** Matoi's clingy behavior occasionally borders on this.

** There was that one time when Abiru forced Nozomu to wear a tail from her collection...

** One segment shows Commodore Perry wearing a rape face and started "opening" things: Kaere's legs, Kiri's forelocks, and a random male student's zipper on his pants, prompting a comment about him [[Depraved Bisexual|swinging both ways]].

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The class finds a time capsule and fishes out a radio labeled "SONV". As the show is wont, this is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] immediately.

** Also "Photoshocker" (heavily used by teen idol Kotonon) for [[Photo Shop]].

* [[Blue with Shock]]

* [[Bowdlerise]]: ''Inverted'' in the English translation of the manga, which makes some of the jokes dirtier. For example, consider the following joke from chapter 54:

'''English Translation:''' Hey Kana-chan, if you marry a man named Mr. Lingus, you'll become Kana Lingus. }}

* [[Breathe on the Fan]]: Komori, on explaining what she would do on days of privation.

** One episode/chapter even depicts the "seven-year punchline", when a woman burst out of a wall that she had been trapped behind. This was the punchline of a joke from ''[[Katteni Kaizo]]''. And it's been ''seven years'' since that chapter of ''Kaizo'' was first published.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''Lots''.

'''Nami:''' Sensei, you're speaking too much again! (whenever his [[Character Filibuster|Character Filibusters]] portend disastrous consequences, such as Chiri going [[Ax Crazy]] again) }}

** The Itoshiki Family members' cry against writing out the [[Alternate Character Reading]] of their names.

** A usual exchange between Nozomu and Matoi.

'''Matoi:''' Yes. Always. (''E. Zutto.'') }}

** Another example, whenever Nami gives an example.

'''Nozomu:''' [[Phrase Catcher|How normal.]] }}

** Chiri's demands to do things properly, and that not doing so irritates her to no end.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Mayo appears in background scenes prior to being introduced.

* [[Epileptic Trees]]: In-universe lampshading:

* [[Erotic Eating]]:

** Chie with a strawberry in the second ending of ''Zan''.

** There's an instance in the manga where Nozomu has a thick sushi roll in his mouth and Nami sees [[Yaoi Fangirl|Harumi]] smirking at the sight and she asks why she's smiling.

* [[Evolving Credits]]:

** Season one's credits initially consist of some random title cards with lots and lots of text on them -- far more than anyone could ever read without freeze-framing. The text changes in each episode... until Episode 4, when it switches to a fully-animated intro.

** The first few opening sequences of ''Zoku'' feature a massive wall of fan art.

** At the end of every episode for all seasons, there are artworks drawn by fellow mangaka. The list below shows which artists did, in episode order:

'''Season 3 Special:''' Yasu (''[[Toradora!]]''; she and Kumeta collaborated in the manga ''Joshiraku'') }}

* [[Fan Disservice]]: Some fanservice scenes can be a little awkward when they're censored by the face of Maeda-kun, [[Koji Kumeta]]'s assistant, who sometimes is even facepalming disapprovingly. Shame on you.

** Also counting as inherently funny are the tongue-twister in the "in the last volume" openers and any real words that showed up in the [[Gag Sub]] episode.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Chiri makes one. Subverted, as Nozomu and Maria find it [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|extremely hilarious]], much to Chiri's annoyance.

* [[I Never Got Any Letters]]

* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Way too many. If the first episode doesn't clue you in...

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: This exchange after "Commodore Perry" shows up and pulls apart Kiri's [[Blinding Bangs]]:

'''Nozomu:''' Don't say things that will create misunderstandings! }}

* [[It Can't Be Helped]]: Used ''incredibly'' frequently.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Largely the case, and lampshaded once (in the instance with things not looking like the original) when Nozomu couldn't recognize Kafuka with a different hairstyle nor does he recognize that she's his "college student neighbor".

* [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope]]: At the end of every episode there's a "This show is a work of fiction" disclaimer. It usually contains a lot of [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]].

* [[Out of Focus]]: Only certain members of the cast will appear in any given episode, but some of them have been given less and less screen time, especially Chie.

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]:

** Meru is the most obvious example.

** Nozomu actually advises his students to start trolling to avoid being trolled.

'''Nami:''' I think that just came naturally. }}

* [[Tsundere]]:

* [[Unmoving Plaid]]: Anything anyone wears that has a pattern. Most often applies to Nozomu.

* [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]: Discussed [[In-Universe]] in the latter half of Season 1 Episode 11 as part of a larger discussion about how people use the "I-just-followed-the-''X''-to-the-letter" excuse to escape criticism -- in this case, negative fan reactions to the way a film adaptation relates to its source material. On one hand, a director complains that despite staying faithful to the source material, his adaptation is still panned as boring. On the other hand, Nozomu then points over to the flip side: a group of angry fanboys (including Harumi) beating up another director for straying from the source material.

'''Nozomu:''' Mr. Director, [[Hey, That's My Line!|that was my line...]] }}

* [[Unreadably Fast Text]]:

** Another case (this time in ''Bangaichi'') occurs with Tane, Chiri's flirtatiously sexy (yet messy) sister, though it's likely that his affection for her stems out of pity for her situation (having to sacrifice her hygiene in order to curb Chiri's murderous obsession with cleaning their pet goldfish with ''shampoo'').

** On one occasion Kafuka became jealous of Chie when Nozomu was smitten by the sight of her in a [[Sailor Fuku]].

'''Nami:''' See, now he's acting like a schoolboy! }}

** Normally Nozomu would already have a love interest (or perhaps a harem) were it not for his students' -- especially Chiri's -- [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] antics (at least the others are willing to settle on a [[Tenchi Solution]]). So far the only time Chiri agreed to a [[Tenchi Solution]] was in ''Zan'', where he was literally ''divided per piece''.

'''Kafuka:''' To smooth over the prickliness we need more and more points! Otherwise the class will become bloodthirsty! ... Get more relationships with people in town! [[Refuge in Audacity|By adding more and more points, the polygon will infinitely become close to being a circle, and mankind will be at peace!]] }}

** Other girls whom Nozomu apparently started falling for include a college girl introduced in ''Zoku'' and a mysterious girl from another school that confessed to him in ''Zan'' who works at a Maid Cafe, making desperate losers fall for her. The absurdity of the situation arises from the fact that Nozomu was never one of her customers, so it's not only a complete role-reversal for her but a totally unexplained one unless Chiri's explanation is to be believed -- that his popularity with girls is starting to spread beyond the classroom. Interestingly, in ''Zoku'' Episode 13 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeJAHff9UlA Kafuka] was shown to work in the same cafe. She's also without her standard hairclip in later appearances. May be coincidental, {{spoiler|but other hints imply that the mysterious girl is none other than Kafuka in disguise}}.

** Chiri also frequently goes from obsessive-compulsive to completely psychotic. While she doesn't have much of a "dere" side she fits the concept of "love makes your murderous". For instance, when Nozomu tried going out like a celebrity, he visited a high-class call girl and tried to drown in Dom Perignon. When said lady brings him the bill at school and he complains about the expenses of dying, a displeased Chiri brings a knife and tells him that he can die for free. Another case of Chiri going nuts is when Nozomu (and guest commentators) immediately and bluntly rejected her suggestion that they could be a successful match (''proper love'') in the "Maybe Maybe" episode, despite considering and conceding the possibility of success of romantic relationships with Abiru (''[[Stealth Pun|puppy]] love''), Nami (''normal love''), Manami (''unfaithful love''), Kaere (''violent love''), Chie (''adult relationship''), Maria (''acquaintanceship'') and even Ikkyu (''[[Ho Yay]]''), upon their suggestions. Her equally immediate response is just [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76zNOmmJjI&feature=related frighteningly hilarious].

** A few chapters, such as chapter 127, indicated the '''entire class''' is composed of Yanderes (probably except Nami -- she's normal, anyway).

** In chapter 223, Chiri, the most violent girl in the classroom, found Kafuka to be seriously dangerous.

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: Harumi mostly, but one episode -- one dealing with instances where things going normally become actually surprising -- indicates that she may be not the only one. Itoshiki is proactively asked by a guy to come up to his apartment and listen to him play guitar. When Itoshiki goes back outside, the girls are [[Squee|squeeing]] and enthusiastic about finding out what happened.