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** Another dub one: In one episode, Keroro meets Space Kumiko Watanabe and gets her autograph. He says he wishes [[Todd Haberkorn|the guy who does her roles in English]] was as nice to fans as she is.

* [[Alliteration]]: "Animal Army Attack! ...Alliteration!" "Kitty Conundrum! ''Another'' Alliteration!"

** Episode 10: Brush your teeth. Not to combat cavities, but to {{spoiler|[[Space Whale Aesop|combat an alien menace that sets up bases in your teeth]]}}.

* [[Affably Evil]]: The Vipers tend to be depicted this way, despite supposedly being the sworn enemy of the Keronian race - in fact, they've been shown to have a soft spot for Keronian children. [[Harmless Villain|Also they tend to fail as much as our heroes.]]

* [[Biker Babe]]: Aki and her motorcycle can outrun anything. ANYTHING. It seems Fuyuki inherited just enough of this to outrun alien missiles on a bicycle in the second movie, BEFORE activating the [[Nitro Boost]].

* [[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..]]

* [[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.

** 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".

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Giroro, usually at the hands of Kululu.

** Runners up include Keroro, usually at the doing of Natsumi or Giroro, and Dororo, by most other characters.

* [[The Cameo]]: [[Kaiketsu Zorori|Zorori, Ishishi and Noshishi]] appear briefly in the first movie, with Zorori [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] their out-of-nowhere appearance.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Momoka to Fuyuki.

** [[Birds of a Feather|Dororo too]], to a greater extent.

* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: 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.

* [[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...]

** 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.

** 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.

*** 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''.

* [[Crowded Cast Shot]]: Several events in later episodes routinely reunite at least one member of each alien race shown in the series up to that point, although most only return as background cameos.

** It's a bit ironic when we briefly see his mouth filled with rotten teeth in episode 310.

*** At the end of the Caries War episode, it's revealed that Keronian teeth will all drop out and replace themselves several times (for humans it only happens ''once''), [[Fridge Brilliance|which sheds a little light on Kululu's attitude (saving the teeth is not a priority)]].

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Where is Mr. Hinata? He seemingly returns at the end of the anime, though the reason for his unspoken absence remains a mystery.

* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: Angol Mois is the cosmic entity sent to destroy the Earth, as well as one of the sweetest and gentlest souls you'll ever meet.

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: The second movie, where Natsumi became a sea princess. Keroro's hairbrained idea to get her back involves dressing the rest of his troops as princesses. And he tries it again in the third movie.

** Momoka gets recast as an actual princess in the ''Musha Kero'' storyline. She is [[The Ojou]], after all!

** <s>Natsumi</s> Princess Summer in ''Keroro RPG''.

* [[Cute Kitten]]: Giroro's kitten.

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Thanks to a special Gashapon machine. In the anime, the first time, it's used by Keroro to steal Natsumi's body, but the situation ends up closer to [[Freaky Friday Flip]] when he is dragged to help her classmates. The manga's story turned out differently though. Either way, it seemed like a one-off item, but it returned in the 6th season. Keroro's mother disappears with Natsumi's body and even convinces Giroro to go on a date with her. There were also incidents involving Momoka and Keroro and {{spoiler|Tamama and Fuyuki, when Tamama decides to use Fuyuki's body to approach Keroro and even attempts to kiss him... although he made a mistake}}. In the later episodes, the voice actors stay with the bodies, only following the personalities for internal monologues.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Oddly enough, Keroro and Giroro wind up delivering more of this than the [[Foreign Fanservice]] character.

*** On a less hilarious level, Momoka's swimsuit from the first beach episode is "Qute".

** The dub invokes this in episode 4: "Buubii Torappu?"

* [[I Call It Vera]]: [[J Michael Tatum]] has admitted to naming Dororo's katana "Stephen". This made it into an episode when Dororo broke his sword against an indestructible spaceship hull and cried its name out in grief.

* [[An Ice Person]]: Koyuki has some ice-related ninja moves, as her name would imply. Also Yukiki, who was a snowman after all.

** {{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]].)

** It's explained that very curious people (like the mangakas in the deadline arc, and the Hinatas early on) can see straight through it, but then it says this is how Natsumi and Fuyuki saw the Sergeant to begin with... yet Keroro had forgotten about the anti-barrier at that point. Someone slipped, or maybe Keroro's just a moron.

*** (Hint: The latter.)

** Natsumi is a total jerk toward Keroro. Yes, she hates the fact that a platoon of aliens intending to take over the planet is living with her, but she constantly abuses him, both verbally and physically, at [[Disproportionate Retribution|the slightest provocation]].

*** Keroro too in the first eps, but than he became a bit of a [[Butt Monkey]] with little lines.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Giroro. Brutal, war-obsessed commando and devoted cat owner.

* [[Jidai Geki]]: The entire ''Musha Kero'' arc takes place on an [[Alternate Universe]] planet vaguely like ancient Japan. All the best-known [[Jidai Geki]] tropes are played straight, from the alternate [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]] to Keroro saying "Kore nite, ikken rakchaku... ''[[Verbal Tic|de arimasu.]]''"

* [[Kawaiiko]]: Tamama, when he's not being a psycho.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Aki, being a top manga editor, is primarily responsible for this. Also, the Narrator can pinpoint the episode numbers of recurring events and character debuts on demand.

** Dasonu*Maso/The Dance*Master mentions in his debut ep that if he leaves, the episode will be over (because there won't be anything to provide conflict)

** And on Keron, the platoon is a super duper popular cash cow... but they didn't actually know this until they got letters from Keronian kids on New Year's. ''Somebody'''s really rich, but it sure as Hell isn't them.

* [[Mildly Military]]: Done intentionally, the squad is lazy and incompetent, and their only oversight is the reports Keroro has to send back to his superiors, in which he [[Blatant Lies|lies outrageously]].

* [[The Minnesota Fats]]: Giroro's brother, Lieutenant Garuru.

* [[Mobile Suit Human]]: The Keronians run around in these when they need to be seen in public.

* [[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.

* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Averted. (See [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]] above.)

* [[Panty Shot]]: Happens to many of the females frequently in the manga. And not all that rarely in the anime...

** On the flipside, headbands with googlibobs are all that's needed for humans like Fuyuki and Natsumi to walk unnoticed among the alien community.

** There's a really odd example in the Girls' Day episode, where Kululu's Kululuko disguise is very good (i.e., looks just like a real human woman), but his identity is still very obvious to the viewer if not the cast (the name, the spiral motif, the color yellow, the voice, etc.)

* [[People Puppets]]: All Mekeke's doing.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Giroro, presumably, though the Keronian biological structure disguises this a little.

** Ironically, Natsumi still benefitted since nobody but her could see Keroro, and struggling to beat him allowed her to beat everyone else.

** In the dub at least it was not so plot induced as it was youthful pride and not thinking induced, and to her credit it does hit her pretty fast just how bad an idea it was.

* [[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.

*** Simple. Animax targets "Asian" audiences, but not the Japanese. It airs in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and India, all of which use English as their official second language. There's also a Latin America version of the channel, but another troper entered that one over at [[Network Decay]].

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: And how! Both the Japanese and English dubs go to nearly [[Lucky Star]] levels of referential.

* [[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.

** 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]]''.

*** Dasonu* Maso strikes the classic pose from the original ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' poster and has a [[X-Men|Cyclops]] visor.

**** And in the same episode (in the dub), after getting an afro, Dororo complains that "Afros are for [[Afro Samurai|Samurai]], not ninjas!"

** The dub's version of the [[Lotus Eater Machine]] Tamama uses on Sarge in episode 3 is called the [[For the Man Who Has Everything|Purple Mercy]] Lotus Eating Lotus.

** The dub also has Keroro claim he's not a [[Doraemon|robotic cat from the future sent by Fuyuki's great grandson to make his life easier]]. For context, he meant something like "What am I, Superman?"

** When empowered by extreme humidity in episode 4b, Keroro puts on a yellow shirt just so he can tear it off a la [[Hulk Hogan]].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The best known example would be the depictions of Keroro's [[Gundam|GunPla]] collection, down to individual versions. Some of the Keroro toys manufactured can even be connected to Gundam toys.

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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).

* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Dororo.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: In episode 16, the narrator threatens to quit if there's another [[Split Personality]] story. Seven episodes later, Keroro clones himself and he makes good on his word until the end of the episode.

** 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.

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: In the third movie, Tamama attempts to invoke this while fighting Shivava, but Momoka talks him out of it. They then proceed to curpstomp him together.

* [[This Is Sparta]]!: The line is uttered by Giroro in episode 190, while fighting a viper over a gift at the market. No variation, he actually says "This is Sparta!"

** Played for laughs in the ''Kero Zero'' prequel story - it seems that "human abductions" are a well-known urban myth on alien civilisations like Keron, to the extent that the word "probing" has become a Freakout Button of sorts for our heroes.

* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two Girls]]: Natsumi's classmates Yayoi and Satsuki.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Hell, this could be the ''alternate title'' of the series!

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Keroro and Giroro

* [[Waif Fu]]: Natsumi, an average high school girl, is able to take on giant mecha, alien monsters, intergalactic mercenaries, devious deathtraps, etc. It's hinted that her mother is even stronger.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Fuyuki

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Due mainly to Keroro being the [[Large Ham]], as it were.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Saburo

* [[Why Can't I Hate You?]]: Tamama views Angol Mois as his greatest competition for Keroro's affections, but sometimes has trouble viewing her as an enemy because she's too damn nice about everything.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Keroro has '''two''' -- huge dogs and the Banana Lizard (although not for the same reasons).

** For Natsumi, it's slugs, which leads to the creation of Wettol King.

* [[Widget Series]]: [[Gag Series]], in particular.

* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: In the first season finale.

** 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.

* [[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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