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When pre-teen paranormalist Fuyuki Hinata (age 12) and his tomboyish sister Natsumi (age 13 in the anime, 14 in the manga) discover an alien in Fuyuki's bedroom, it's just the beginning of their troubles. This alien, Sergeant Keroro, is the leader of a recon team for an alien invasion from Keron, "the 58th Planet of the Gamma Nebula". But once his superiors realize he's been found out, they abort the mission and leave him and his crew behind. With no one else to turn to, Keroro ends up staying at the Hinata house with Fuyuki, Natsumi, and their [[Hot Mom]] Aki, living as something between a servant and a pet.
 
Of course, Keroro is still an invader, and still plotting the downfall of "Pekopon" (his species' name for Earth in the anime -- [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Sgt._Frog Frog#Notable_differences_between_the_anime_and_mangaNotable differences between the anime and manga|Pokopen in manga]])... when he's not doing chores for the Hinata family, or being distracted by such aspects of Earth culture as ''[[Gundam]]'' model kits and the Internet. Before long, Keroro manages to reunite with his squad-mates: hot-headed rookie/Keroro fanboy Private Tamama,
hard-boiled combat specialist Corporal Giroro, smarmy intelligence officer Sergeant Major Kururu/[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Kululu]], [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Lance Corporal Dororo]]. With this eclectic crew, Keroro attempts to conquer the planet through one [[Zany Scheme|convoluted scheme]] after another, though sometimes he feels torn between his mission and his obligation to the Hinata family... but not that often.
 
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** And Garuru, whose voice actor was previously Anavel Gato of [[Gundam]] 0083, is known to carry weapons identical to those of Anavel's GP02 Physalis.
** And Urere, who gets an entire story lampooning ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', which features his voice actor [[Toshihiko Seki]] as Momotaros.
** AND Saburo's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pb_E0v7vZQ break-in in Episode 9] wasted no time taking advantage of the fact that he was voiced by [[Akira Ishida]] to make an extended [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] [[Shout -Out]].
** Also from Saburo in episode 298, a reference was made to Akira Ishida's role as Xellos from [[Slayers]], with Saburo using his catchphrase, "[[Classified Information|That is a secret!]]"
** It is particularly amusing to read the manga with Giroro speaking with [[Dragonball|Vegeta's]] voice.
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* [[Blue With Shock]]: Dororo, especially when his [[Heroic BSOD|Trauma Switch]] flips on.
* [[Book Ends]]: The third movie open with a recap of important anime scenes like Keroro being discovered by Fuyuki and Natsumi; then ends with {{spoiler|Dark Keroro being discovered by ''Space Fuyuki and Space Natsumi''.}}
* [[Bratty Half -Pint]]: Karara, Chiroro, Tororo, Taruru (to some extent) and Sumomo (in the manga).
** Through flashbacks and Kululu's age manipulation beam gun, we learn that Fuyuki [[Older and Wiser|used to be]] the brattiest of them all.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Tamama's "Tamama Impact".
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* [[Canon Dis Continuity]]: In a story of the 2nd year of the anime, Fuyuki and Keroro visit various famous ancient locations around the world, trying to find signs of alien artifacts. They turn out to be either toys or domestic utensils built by ancient aliens, completely useless for the invasion. However, later manga chapters, TV episodes, and movies presented completely different origins and functions for those locations, ignoring that episode.
** To be fair, that episode actually ended with a [[Hand Wave]] disclaimer.
** A recent ep details elementary-school Momoka's original [[Crash Into Hello]] with Fuyuki, who didn't see her coming as he was busy reading a book... wait... wasn't he the [[Bratty Half -Pint]] at this time?
*** The bratty Fuyuki is younger than the Fuyuki that Momoka met. Although the anime changes the events slightly to make Momoka and Fuyuki meet earlier than in the manga version of the story (from one week to at least several months or even years before), the Fuyuki that she meets in the anime still is older and taller than the bratty one.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Several characters later in the series appeared in the anime before the manga, most notably Pururu and the casts of the 2nd and 4th movies. Of course, all those characters were originally created by Mine Yoshizaki anyway.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Baio and Ouka Nishizawa. In an early episode, Baio and Paul fought using techniques similar to [[Street Fighter]] characters Ryu and Ken while talking about their past rivalry. That short scene could be seen as a simple [[Shout -Out]]. However, when Ouka finally appeared, it was revealed that, when they were younger, the couple closely resembled Ryu and Chun Li and met each other in a fighting tournament which, in the anime, featured other Captain Ersatzes of the [[Street Fighter]] II cast. Even in the present, Ouka's outfits are variations of Chun Li's, and both Ouka and Baio mostly use techniques based on Ryu's and Chun Li's. Paul Moriyama shows similarities to both Ken (flashbacks) and Akuma (in the present, only after Ouka's introduction), so he isn't a Captain Ersatz of any specific character.
** There was also the briefly seen, but also the most obvious example, Eddy Honda to Street Fighter's Edmond Honda. Eddy Honda was a sumo fighter competing in the street fighting tournament and was defeated by the younger Ouka. He even fought in a location resembling the actual Honda's Street Fighter II stage and had the same voice actor as Edmond Honda from the Street Fighter II animated movie.
** In-universe ''non-character example'' - the Nishizawa radio tower to the [[Tokyo Tower]]. It helps that the NPG can afford to build a new one. Which they've done a few times.
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* [[Creepy Monotone]]: Kululu, who gets inexplicably high pitched when he gets particularly excited about something (usually terrible or destructive), which actually makes him even creepier.
** There's also the Keronian resonance ritual, which acts as a bonding ritual of caramaderie between fellow countrymen far from home, but to anyone else [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T_CVXG0iyA it sounds like a satanic cult initiation...]
* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]: To be expected in any anime with pubescent boys -- keep that in mind when you listen to Keroro, a veteran soldier and avatar of the very otaku who watch this show. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|There's a reason all his female impersonations are so realistic.]]
** Keroro averts this in the Funi dub. Of course, in both versions Tamama and Fuyuki are voiced by women.
* [[Crossover]]: Aside from all the references and homages to other work, ''[[Keroro Gunso]]'' has had several crossovers with other series which had direct participation from Mine Yoshizaki in their production.
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** Angol Fear, Mois' cousin, debuted in ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' IV, but her backstory always referenced Keroro, mentioning Mois, who'd come to Earth after her. She eventually would go on to appear in the ''[[Keroro Gunso]]'' manga itself.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: There is a reason Sgt. Keroro is the leader even though he ''appears'' to be a fool. Threaten (or worse, actually hurt) his squadmates or his adoptive family, and there's no force in the universe that will stop him, {{spoiler|as the Garuru Platoon found out}}. Or just get him too wet. See [[Berserk Button]] far above.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj31e-jVgyc Video here,] from Episode 103, unfortunately sans subtitles. Complete with [[Transformation Sequence]] and [[Theme Music Power-Up]] due to [[The Power of Friendship]], along with [[He's Back|He's Backs]] for the rest of the team, followed shortly by [[Shout -Out|shoutouts]] to god only knows how many animes, reminding us that for all their problems, we ''are'' dealing with an elite alien invasion force, after all.
** Fuyuki has a bit of this too -- in several instances Sgt. Keroro pushes him too far, he gains a [[Battle Aura]] and [[Hidden Eyes|a shadow covers his face]], then the manga cuts over to a terrified Keroro and a cheerful Fuyuki. The first time this happens he actually stops the otherwise unstoppable Keroro described above. See [[Berserk Button]], pretty close above. Also [[Beware the Nice Ones]], far above.
*** In one chapter of the manga, the platoon goes way too far by converting some old Children's Day carp flags (which Fuyuki considered a family heirloom) into invasion weapons. Fuyuki snaps, prompting Natsumi to genuinely panic, and Kululu quickly zaps him with the age reduction beam. Child!Fuyuki promptly ''takes charge of the invasion''.
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Drill Episode. Just... the Drill Episode.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uleYO-Zt1pA Tamama rubbing a balloon.]
* [[Do -It -Yourself Theme Tune]]: the Keroro platoon's voice actors have performed 3 opening themes thus far.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: In the manga when one of Tamama's attempts to discredit Mois not only ends in failure but results in Mois trying to console him without knowing what she is consoling him about.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Aki Hinata has a car as well. She is already known as a terror on the mountain roads in the series and is implied to have traversed miles of implausible terrain in a Citroen 2CV in the fourth movie.
* [[Drop the Washtub]]: Seen in a few episodes.
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** On the [[Real Life]] front, this show is apparently extremely popular in France.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: A little-known gesture of implied rape in Japanese culture involves the Shogun grabbing the waistband of his consort and ripping it off so hard that she spins several circles and falls on the bed with her clothes splayed open. The second movie actually ''turns this into a running gag... with Giroro as the consort.''
** Drill episode. There is a reason why [[Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)|they didn't show the females]] getting [[Ass Shove|a drill up their arses.]]
** This gem of a line from the dub, which makes sense in context in case you're wondering: "This DNA spilled out of your sack!"
** Another line from the dub, when Keroro becomes a teacher: "My name is Hugh, but you can call me Mr. Jass".
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** Keroro sometimes gets this, when all the pentup remorse for everything he did to Dororo turns him into a broken, sobbing mess.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Fuyuki, when he's had enough; Natsumi, right before she brings the wrath of god down upon Keroro; amongst others.
* [[High -Speed Missile Dodge]]: Powered 723.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Happens a lot to Tamama and Keroro.
* [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]: The outlook on [[Humongous Mecha|Keroro DaiShogun's]] next appearance isn't very bright. As a matter of fact, any Keronian mecha that gets featured [[Merchandise-Driven|in the KeroPla model line]] has been known to suffer from this. Contrast with fan favourites like Giroro Dendrobium and Autumn H.
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* [[Honorifics]]: Keroro is especially fond of using honorifics with his adoptive family, applying military-equivalent ranks to each member. He uses "dono" for the family members in the anime, and calls Aki "Mama-dono". Mois calls Keroro "Oji-sama" (Uncle).
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Pururu.
* [[Hot -Blooded]]: Everyone on the show does this at one point or another, but Space Detective Kogoro probably fits this best.
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: '''Aki'''.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Angol Mois's parents.
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Koyuki has some ice-related ninja moves, as her name would imply. Also Yukiki, who was a snowman after all.
* [[Identical Grandson]]: After being zapped with Kululu's "Midlife Crisis" gun in Episode 9, preadolescent Aki is shown to look very similar to Fuyuki (but not close enough that Funimation's dub could resist [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] it). A later episode involving time travel reveals that teenage Aki looked a lot like Natsumi -- except for the hair color and the glasses, of course.
** {{spoiler|Fuyuki's son shown in a brief glimpse of the future at the end of the 6th season looks basically identical to Fuyuki's ''[[Bratty Half -Pint]]'' younger self.}}
* [[Identical Stranger]]: the ''Musha Kero'' saga taks place on a planet full of people resembling our heroes' friends. Their actual characters range from disturbingly similar (Fuyuki, Momoka) to completely different (Natsumi, Saburo) to something from out of left field ([[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|Mois]].)
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Episode titles always start with the name of whichever character the story will be about and end with Keroro's [[Verbal Tic|"de arimasu".]]
** Animax's little-known English dub of the show—it was only seen in Asia—preserves this tic by having Keroro's voice actress (yes, they kept his [[Cross -Dressing Voices|cross-dressing voice]] too) say "Sir, yes sir!" after the title.
** American Keroro says "de arimasu" after ''one'' episode's title, [[Throw It In|just for the hell of it]]. However, most episode names are Shouts Out to various other media: [[V for Vendetta|V for Valentinedetta]], [[The Producers|Springtime for Hitters]], [[Last Action Hero|Lost Action Hero]], [[Lost in Translation|Lost in Transportation]] (de arimasu), you get the idea. Note that this is only ''most'' episodes, though all the others are puns ("Pop Startled", "Fake It Til You Make It", etc.) As of the second season a couple of episodes use a line from the show as the title, a la ''[[Shin Chan]]''.
** The ''Musha Kero'' saga has chapter numbers instead, and "de arimasu" is replaced with [[Jidai Geki|the more archaic "de gozasorou"]].
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* [[Kill It With Water]]: Giruru, who was eventually defeated with [[Mundane Solution|cornstarch]].
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Calling Your Attacks|SPACE DEPUTY (Add verb.)]]
* [[Last -Episode New Character]]: There were three of them in the last episode of the 7th season shown throughout all of Japan (257. 258 had an initial limited Tokyo-only run), two who probably will return later if the anime continues. {{spoiler|The characters were the supremer commander of the Keronian army, an invasion AI called DK-666, and also Haru Hinata, Fuyuki's and Natsumi's absent father. The last one basically only had a cameo appearance though, and his face wasn't even shown.}}
* [[Latex Space Suit]]: Several times, played up for fanservice with the girls.
* [[Law of Alien Names]]: The Keronian naming pattern, "A-B-B".
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* [[Made of Explodium]]: Viper.
* [[Made of Iron|Made of Rubber]]: The real reason Keroro survives Natsumi's abuse. Keronians are shown to be particularly flexible, never needing more than bandages and maybe a crutch for their injuries (unless the plot requires otherwise), to the extent that the human children can survive very high falls ''by landing on Keronians.''
* [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]]: [[Christopher Sabat]] does, in fact, voice Giroro. [[Squee]]!
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Kululu, who's also an [[Insufferable Genius]], and the [[Witch Doctor]].
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Natsumi, in the anime, despite the best efforts of the universe at large.
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*** The newest databook for the manga (as of volume 23) actually said that the human characters had aged one year since the start of the series, breaking away from the manga's previous references to the lack of aging of the human cast.
* [[Not Me This Time]]: There's a rather sad example in one chapter; Keroro is expecting praise for doing a good job cleaning the house, but is instead met with furious accusations by Natsumi and Fuyuki of screwing with computer networks across the city, and has a nervous breakdown when they refuse to believe his pleas that he's not responsible. {{spoiler|The real culprits turn out to be [[The Psycho Rangers|the Garuru Platoon]], as a prelude to taking over the invasion of Earth.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: In the anime, when Keroro is inspired by finding Dororo to actually act like a competent leader, Giroro acts like more of a [[Yes -Man]] then Tamama, [[Ho Yay|even having sparkly pink backgrounds to emphasize his admiration]].
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: At first, the platoon believed Keroro was doing this. Turns out he's just stupid.
* [[The Ojou]]: Momoka.
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* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: Many characters. Also played in reverse.
* [[Public Domain Character]]: Two one-shot characters who appear in one episode (and the reality-show hosts they're impersonating) are a Roswell gray and the Flatwoods monster.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Several cases. Assassin Captain Jirara has ''three''. {{spoiler|Dark Keroro's red eyes turn black when he is rid of Kiruru's influence.}}
* [[Redubbing]]: A few years before the ''Sgt. Frog'' anime finally made it to North America, it was dubbed into English by Sony's anime-themed satellite channel Animax, giving it the title ''Sergeant Keroro''. Although the acting (decent for Animax) may not have been quite up to American standards, this dub was ''considerably'' more faithful to the Japanese script than Funimation's dub. As a result, there are a few script purists who prefer it. A few clips of the Animax dub can be found online, for those curious enough to sample it.
** What makes it interesting is that though in English, Animax's dub was still made for Asian audiences, so there was probably no percieved need to change it--though it's anyone's guess why they thought it needed to be in English.
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* [[Serious Business]]: In episode 10, Keroro gets a cavity. The other platoon members notice this and immediately go all DEFCON 1, locking down the entire house, complete with steel barriers on the windows and doors, red rotating lights, and a loud klaxon. This is because cavities are actually caused by ''other alien invaders!'' Granted, these invaders are the size of bacteria, and so, are often confused with bacteria by humans.
* [[Shorttank]]: Natsumi.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Tons and tons -- ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[Macross]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', etc. Basically if there's any anime series or movie you remember fondly, there's a good chance of a reference.
** [[Lampshaded]] at least once -- the chamber collecing March Zone Energy creates a manifestation of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Ayanami Rei,]] who claims to be "the fourth one" and starts talking about "March Impact". [[Crowning Moment of Funny|The reference goes clear over Fuyuki's head.]]
** More than once: in the episode that introduces Kogoro, he and the frogs disappear into another dimension in the middle of a pastiche of ''[[Kamen Rider]]'', and when Natsumi asks "What the heck was that?", Fuyuki replies, "I think it was a parody of some old kids' show."
*** Not to mention that there are two seperate episodes lampooning ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]''.
** Especially notable for a Japanese anime is the number of ''Western'' shows that get a [[Shout -Out]]. ''[[Star Wars]]'' may be an obligatory one, but there are more recent ones for ''[[Cloverfield]]'', Tim Kring's ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', and one chapter of ''Musha Kero'' has a sedan chair [[Speed (Film)|rigged to explode if its speed drops below a brisk run.]]
*** Nevula (Alisa's "Daddy") apears to be something between a [[Parasyte]] and [[Spider-Man|Venom]].
*** Sarge has shown the curious ability to turn into [[The Incredible Hulk]] when sufficiently angry!
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** When a [[Transformation Ray]] turns some koalas into humans, one of them says, "Mummy told me I must never leave this tree, or I'll die." Eucalyptus leaves really are the only form of sustenance for koalas, so there's some truth behind this.
** Crosses into [[Product Placement]] in the fourth movie, with Shion's Citroen-looking limo and Aki's 2CV.
** How many of us have even heard of the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Anomalocaris |Anomalocaris]] before this show?
* [[Show Within a Show]]: The top manga/anime ''Admiral Geroro'', which is essentially ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'' [[Recycled in Space|with frogs]]. Featuring Keroro and Giroro's voice actors to boot.
** And thanks to DJ 623 {{spoiler|a.k.a Saburo}}, there's also a Radio Show Within A Show. Heck, Keroro's Strange Dopamine counts in this sense.
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* [[Similar Squad]]: When digging for a spa, Keroro finds a superweapon left by a team of invaders not unlike his own. The dub takes this further, making them lizardmen from the planet Lizardono come to invade the planet they know as Ponopek but saddled with an incompetant leader who spends all his time building models. They even have similar insignias.
** The first movie reveals that the ancient invaders who used those statues were actually Keronians, and they also left other weapons on Earth...
* [[Single -Target Sexuality]]: Momoka seems to be okay with Fuyuki having breasts that are bigger than hers.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Dororo in the manga could be considered this, because he only joins after the initial 4 man team (+Mois) was consolitated throughout several volumes of the manga. In the very beginning though, it was shown that the platoon had 5 members, so his status is debatable.
** In the anime, Joriri joins the Keroro Platoon officially during an episode of the 6th season. However, because [[Status Quo Is God]], it turns out there was a mistake and he leaves... That event was still referenced afterwards though and he continued to be a minor recurring character for the anime.
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