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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 -- [[wikipedia:Sgt. Frog#Notable 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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* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Zoruru, who not only has a robot arm and leg, but ''an entire half of his body and head'' too.
* [[Art Shift]]: Momoka tends to commit this during her plans to get closer to Fuyuki, who appears in a deliberate shojo manga art form, sometimes [[Lampshaded]] by the Narrator. Similarly with Tamama turning psychotic.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the manga, Sumomo was a character from a one-shot side story loosely connected to the main comic. In the anime, she was remade into an alien Idol Singer who was taking an impromptu vacation on Earth in her first appearance, and eventually became a recurring character. Interestingly, the show seems aware of this, as some characters only appear between long stretches of episodes, prompting the narrator to cheerfully jog the viewer's memory.
* [[Asleep for Days]]: Happens to Keroro in the 100th chapter, "The Frog That Lost New Year's", after partying a little too hard on New Year's Eve.
* [[Ass Kicks You]]: In episode 175, Fuyuki, Keroro, and Giroro shrink so they can swim in a kiddie pool. Everything goes fine, [[Oh Crap|until Natsumi and Koyuki show up and jump in the pool.]] Fuyuki and Keroro get tossed around and generally battered...but Giroro? Natsumi ends up sitting on him, ''complete with crunching sounds and poor Giroro groaning in pain.'' '''Ouch.'''
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* [[Beach Episode]]: Several, to [[Fan Service|gratuitous use]].
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: '''Side 6''', an underground city that acts as refuge for all alien immigrants on Earth, but otherwise looks exactly like any street-level environment. {{spoiler|Turns out that not only is it really a massive space battleship buried underground, but it combines with Side 1 through 5 to form a [[Humongous Mecha]]!}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: You hurt Natsumi, Prepare to be filled with bullets by Giroro.
** Also, Tamama/Momoka are Berzerk ''Keyboards''!
** And DON'T EVER break any of Keroro's Gundam models! In the dub this extends to all mech-related merch; he once punched Tamama for breathing on his Voltron playset.
*** And when some visiting aliens broke some of his models:
{{quote|Keroro: 'What flavour is your blood?!'}}
** The "animal animalizer" episode featured some crows who attack Sarge after he mentions he's into Gundam - crows hate Gundam, since everybody knows ''[[Macross]]'' is where it's at!
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: In the Japanese version, Tamama is filled with 嫉妬/しっと, pronounced [[Toilet Humor|"shitto"]] and meaning jealousy/envy. He makes some sort of energy ball with his feelings and shooting it towards someone who angered him. The ball [[Carrying a Cake|never reaches its destination though]], and usually [[Hoist by His Own Petard|returns..]]
** Which on one occasion led to the use of [[Gratuitous English]] which led to [[media:vlc-2010-09-21-16h57m40s196_1532.jpg|the logical conclusion.]]
* [[Birds of a Feather]]: Arguably, each of the Keroro Platoon is perfectly matched up with another major character. Keroro to Fuyuki, Tamama to Momoka, Giroro to Natsumi, Kululu to Mutsumi, and Dororo to Koyuki.
** Fuyuki mentioned in the manga that Tamama and Mois were like [[Birds of a Feather]] since they both didn't overthink their actions when trying to save others or going Berserk.
* [[Bishonen]]: Saburo
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Keronians like humidity, but too much makes them... drunk?
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* [[Expy]]: There are many characters and inventions which are obvious homages to other works, from the more well known ones like Wettol King to Iron King and Ultraman or the Pekopon Invasion Machine resembling a green Gunbuster to the less well known and one shot ones, like the Abilika group from a 5th season episode to Time Bokan's trio of antagonists and their successors.
** In-universe examples: Dasonu* Maso is the unabashed bootleg version of Dance* Man (see [[Ink Suit Actor]] below).
** Yoga and Cyclone to Street Fighter's Dalshim and Zangief (and, in this later example, Ouka actually calls them rip offs and compare them to the original ones, or their unseen Captain Ersatz versions, whom she had faced before).
** Alongside those two, are one to Guile, in a rather absurd way. Oka actualy complaints about his Hairstyle not comparable to the original, and lie on the ground while the Guile expy are charging for Sonic Boom or Flash Kick, just like in the game.
** Let's not forget Saburo who is also an expy of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Kaworu]], considering that the first time he visits the Hinata household, the ode to joy starts playing and everything is pretty clear from there.
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** Sumomo is probably the most obvious example. The last time her VA returns to do her character's voice is in the beginning of the third season. Afterwards, Sumomo only makes minor silent cameos or uses old audio.
** There's also an example with Danceman in the 5th season. He's shown in a far away shot of a concert, which uses stock audio.
* [[Fantastic Voyage]]: In episode 10, Keroro's mouth becomes infested with microscopic, cavity-causing aliens, and a good chunk of the rest
of the cast (including a robot duplicate of the sergeant mentally controlled by Keroro) shrinks down and enters his mouth to fight them off.
* [[Fartillery]]: Tamama, especially in later episodes.
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* [[Five-Man Band]]: See above photo if you've missed this somehow.
* [[Flanderization]]: Ooooh boy... this is the ''purpose'' of the series!
* [[Forgotten Birthday]]: Keroro does this to Natsumi in one episode, while Fuyuki insists that Natsumi wouldn't enjoy it. Much to his chagrin, he finds his sister not only has a good time at the party, but completely fell for the Forgotten Birthday ploy.
* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: Recurring American character Melody Honey, originally from the much less popular (and understandably so) [[Arcade Gamer Fubuki]].
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: The Kero Ball and Angol Mois's Lucifer Spear gets used less and less each season. This gets [[Lampshaded]] in the third movie - both items are lost at different points, but recovered from the wreckage during the end credits.
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* [[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.
* [[Homage]]: Out of all the shoutouts to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', the third movie in particular offers what may be the strongest homage yet, with an actual Gundam being used against the enemy. Keroro's rendition of the theme song just adds to it.
** The 4th movie starts out with Keroro dresing up as the Zeta Gundam and ZZ Gundam, then takes advantage of the retro setting of France to homage ''[[Turn
* [[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.
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** 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"]].
* [[The Idiot From Osaka]]: Keroro, but without the accent. Whenever he has one of his money-making schemes he ''gains'' one, and eats takoyaki.
* [[I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You]]: Early in the second season Keroro uses a robot copy to skip out on the invasion meeting and the copy is found out. When pressed for information Tamama insists that he'll never tell them that Keroro used the robot so he could go see the Java Risers show at the amusement park
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Pururu, and her various novelty-sized syringes. Like, [[BFG|as big as her.]] These are made even more improbable in the anime, due to the fact the needles are tipped with a ball, so as to [[Bowdlerise|not scare the children or give the impression they could actually cause bodily harm.]]
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* [[Mobile Suit Human]]: The Keronians run around in these when they need to be seen in public.
** Kululu's female Pekoponian suits (to date, Kululuko and a faux-Natsumi loaned to Sumomo) fit more closely, placing the Keronian pilot entirely within the torso instead of leaving the head exposed to allow for a more realistic human appearance -- despite being quite unnecessary (see [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] below).
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: Thanks to Kululu's [[Transformation Ray|"We All Live Together" beam gun that turns animals into humans.]]
* [[Mooks]]: All the members of the Shurara Corps aside from Shurara himself.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: The "segmented endings" variant. They aren't alternate takes, just more and more complete versions of the series. The show's 7th season aired in different timeslots, with different running times in different timeslots. In order to satisfy people who couldn't watch the longer version of the show, the last 3 episodes of the series all ended up being different types of ending stories.
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* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: In the English dub, the narrator makes notice of the show recycling the 'multiple of one character' gag, and gets tired of it.
{{quote|'''Narrator''' "Last episode had two Momokas, now there's two Angol Mois? If we get two Keroros, i quit!"}}
** Later in episode 23, {{spoiler|Where there actually ARE more than one Keroro, he keeps his word.}}
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: It seems like virtually all of Natsumi's class or teammates in the manga would die happy as the filling of a Natsumi/Aki sandwich. Except for Koyuki, who's only in love with Natsumi.
* [[School Idol]]: Natsumi in the earlier seasons and manga volumes. However, this aspect of her character seems to be dropped in later chapters and episodes of the series, with later school scenes showing her more like an average girl.
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* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Where to begin?
** [[Lampshaded]] in one episode where Momoka visualises herself still watching Fuyuki quietly from a corner. In the future. Where both are ''well into their eighties''. Apparently the Japanese are known to age well, but still...
** Occasionally [[Subverted]] in the character development, even if they're [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]. Natsumi evolves from someone who hates the Keronians into a fairly good friend of Giroro, while Keroro goes from someone who merely stops caring about his mission to conquer Earth in favor of being a parasite on the Hinatas, to someone who actually cares about them.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Momoka. She has her bodyguards spy on Fuyuki to find out ''what kind of underpants he wears.'' And that's only a minute fraction of the stuff she's done.
** Better(?), [[School Newspaper Newshound|Chiruyo Tsukigami]], seeing as how she spies on Fuyuki ''personally'', snapping pictures on her camera phone and scribbling in her notebook to boot.
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* [[Step Three: Profit]]: Keroro's invasion-fund-raising schemes.
* [[Strange Pond Woman]]: In one story Tamama pretends to be a god (angel in the Funimation English dub) after being caught by a boy practising soccer. While he did help the boy become more confident he gave some rather strange advice, especially in the Manga and English dub not to mention teaching the boy a soccer kick fueled by resentment.
* [[Stringy
** There's also the on-off character Tiger-Horse, a bizarre creature with some features of both animals but predominantly resembles a stringy haired ghost. To elaborate: Tiger Horse in Japanese is Tora Uma, referring to 'trauma' {{spoiler|and its origins in Dororo's subconscious.}}
* [[Super Robot Wars]]: Keroro shows up in SRW OE. There is even a bonus DLC with prepaid orders of the game that let Keroro pilot his own copy of the RX-78-2 Gundam (on top of his own machine).
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* [[Theme Naming]]: Fuyuki, Natsumi, and Aki -- whose names contain the words for winter, summer, and autumn respectively. Fan speculation that their Disappeared Dad will have the name Haru, for spring, is not unwarranted.
** Also, many characters have names that can be and are converted to numbers, such as Mutsumi (623), Natsumi (723), Kululu (966), and many others. Helped by the fact that there are several different ways (old fashioned ways, modern ways, [[Four Is Death|ways to avoid saying death...]]) to say the numbers, and that similar sounds (K sounds about the same as G, for example) can be used to keep character's names in this convention even if a syllable doesn't match up exactly with that of a number. However, three of the main five frogs don't exactly follow it (Keroro->K66, Giroro->G66, Dororo->D66, though as Zeroro, he may have been 066) and Tamama doesn't fit into it at all.
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: While doing chores around the house, Keroro sometimes sings his own version of the show's closing theme.
** Another episode had Sumomo singing a few bars of the show's theme.
** Another one had the first ending as Fuyuki's ringtone.
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** Episode 133 features a rapid succession of heavy hitters going down for the count, thanks to {{spoiler|Alisa Southerncross}}.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Taruru knows all of the tropes, but he's a little mixed up as to which ones apply to whom.
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: Momoka and Tamama.
* [[You Would Make a Great Model]]: Tamama tries to discredit Angol Mois by posing as a sleazy camera man (with the help of a robotic exoskeleton) and telling her that she can become more "mature" by doing a photo shoot.
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"''[["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase|Sonna kotoyori!]]'' Up next on TV Tropes: "''TV Tropes, [[Keroro Gunsou/Characters|Our Character Page]], de arimasu!''" "''TV Tropes, [[Keroro Gunsou/WMG|Our Wild Mass Guessing Page]], de arimasu!''" Two more things to read! How's that? ''Gerogeerooo...''"
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