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* [[Base Breaker]]: Haruhi... to the fanbase of a series where she's the titular character!
** Kyon doesn't reach Haruhi's level, but he's either the most original and generally awesome [[Lemony Narrator]] or a pedant who really needs to shut the hell up.
* [[Better Onon DVD]]: Maybe Endless Eight, assuming you're an American fan who can buy a boxset instead of having to pay the ludicrous prices for multiple DVDs of the same damn thing. Downing the whole thing straight may take four hours of your life, but it actually does hold up as an experiment. Failing that, it's at least better than having to watch the same damn episode eight weeks in a row.
* [[Broken Base]]: ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Endless Eight]]''. To summarize each side's arguments: those for "Endless Eight" argue that the episodes are distinct because each is animated from scratch, and call it an incredibly effective illustration -- if going through the loop {{spoiler|eight}} times is grating on ''your'' nerves, imagine how ''{{spoiler|Yuki}}'' feels). Those against "Endless Eight" call it meaningless [[Filler]] with virtually-identical scripts that wasted almost an entire season on what was a single, brief story in the novels. And then, there are those who think that it ''was'' a waste of animation, but the fan meltdown was more hilarious than anything [[Kyo Ani]] could have animated, so it was worth it after all. The franchise, especially animated, has never been afraid to [[Mind Screw|screw with viewer expectations]] so it was pretty much in keeping with the nature of the show. It's been compared to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' for a ''reason'', after all.
* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|Fujiwara is seen as this as of Book 11. No matter his [[Knight Templar|self-righteous motivations]], he uses everyone on his own team to further his own plans and crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by trying to have Haruhi killed and the world remade in the way he sees fit. Only future Mikuru, his sister (at one point or other), has any sympathy for him. In the end, whether he actually is this trope or not depends on how valid you think his [[Freudian Excuse]] really is.}}
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Has its [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)/Awesome Music|own page]].
* [[Designated Hero]]: Haruhi, especially in the beginning.
* [[Designated Villain]]: The Computer Club president.
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* [[Fan Disservice]]: In episode six of season two, Koizumi's swim trunks are swapped with a tiny, black Speedo. Still fanservice [[Estrogen Brigade|to some]], though.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: The philosophy of "[[Intellectual Property Religion|Haruhiism]]", or "SOS Brigade". Also, [[Mary Sue|Mary Suzumiya]].
* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: Whatever you do, do not mention ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' in the same sentence as ''[[K-On!]]'' at [[Four Chan]] and [[Sankaku Complex]].
* [[Fan Dumb]], [[Hate Dumb]] and [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Yes, Haruhi's a [[Jerkass]]. Yes, she treats Mikuru badly at the beginning, [[Obliviously Evil|mostly due to not noticing.]] '''She gets better.''' This doesn't stop [[Moral Myopia|some haters who have come up with a frighteningly rabid desire to have the girl tortured, murdered]] and even [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|raped]].
** The Haruhi bashing is better exemplified with [http://dotiscute.livejournal.com/897321.html one rabid hater's] [[Kick the Dog|reaction]] to Noizi Itou making [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2DwzwEqyTw/TX1huKCBm5I/AAAAAAAAAl0/dcVrAjahWXU/s1600/Japan-Haruhi.jpg a Haruhi art] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|and putting it to auction for charity after the Kanto Earthquake]]:
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Either Kuyo's attempt on Kyon's life in ''Vol. 1'' or crucifying Haruhi in mid-air on Fujiwara's orders in ''Vol. 2'' pushed her over, but it's quite obvious she crossed it somewhere in ''Astonishment'' if she hadn't already by {{spoiler|bugging Yuki}} in ''Dissociation''.
** Attempted [[Deicide]] pushed Fujiwara over the line ''faster than even [[Hitler]]'' at the climax of ''Astonishment Vol. 2''.
** Haruhi herself either subverts or inverts this in ''Sigh'' when she and Tsuruya spike Mikuru's drink (definitely a subversion in Tsuruya's case, though just because she forgot to ask Haruhi about her motive behind the act). After Haruhi nearly gets a faceful of fist from Kyon for the effort (it didn't help that she went so far as to call Mikuru [[Kick the Dog|''her toy'']]), she pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] and from then on is both a Type II [[Anti-Hero]] and a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]].
* [[Never Live It Down]]: Haruhi is never going to get away from the reputation she established in the beginning; even if she gets [[Character Development]] from it, some fans will continue to see her as a [[Complete Monster]] that ''never'' defrosts.
** Although, to be fair, most of the material in which she does defrost had not (and still has not) been animated yet, and the novels are still pretty niche in the Americas.
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