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''[[The Idolmaster (
The anime follow the story of the game more closely, leaving unaltered several of the girls' backgrounds, carrying them over directly from the game. Several items and songs that were introduced in the anime were later made available as Downloadable Content for the game.
For the original video game and history of the franchise, see ''[[The Idolmaster (
For the first anime, see ''[[
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{{tropelist}}
* [[A Day in
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The anime combines story elements from all of the game routes, and Miki, Takane, and Hibiki are already part of 765 Pro from the start instead of eventually defecting from 961 Pro.
* [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]] - See [[All There in the Manual]] below.
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** The seventh deals with running away, although it's not any of the idols who runs away<ref>And even then, the one who did run away was just hiding.</ref>
** Really, each episode gives a lesson to at least one character. In Episode 6, the Producer learns to trust his idol's abilities.
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: The characters keep stressing that even though 765 Pro is a huge success, this is only the beginning for them. Plus, {{spoiler|they're financially back at square zero after getting scammed by Kuroi}}.
* [[Animation Bump]] - The majority of the dance numbers flow quite nicely. Especially in Episode 13.
* [[An Odd Place to Sleep]] - Miki can sleep most anywhere, this includes the trunk of a van, two or three foldable chairs, and even while Haruka is piggybacking her in the ''Live For You'' OVA.
* [[Aren't You Forgetting Someone?]] - The Producer repeated this word-by-word when the girls forgot him buried in a sand castle.
* [[Art Shift]] - Whenever Kotori gets into an [[Imagine Spot]], this happens. Thus far, the art sometimes shifted into Shojo style, or [[
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]] - Hibiki stops in the middle of her swimming race with Makoto in ep 5 to catch a fish.
* [[Baker's Dozen]] - The ''Live For You'' OVA came bundled with the ''Live For You'' version of the game.
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* [[Beach Episode]]
* [[Beat]] - Episode 25 gives us this exchange.
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(Beat)
'''Haruka''': Eehhh?! }}
* [[Beauty Mark]] - Kotori
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* [[Blank White Eyes]] - Haruka gets this when the Futami twins are trying to discover who stole the pudding.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Miki (blonde), Chihaya (brunette<ref>She has blue hair, but in the Arcade game she has black hair.</ref>), and Haruka (redhead) fit this trope when they host ''Live!? On Sunday''.
* [[Blue
* [[Blush Sticker]] - Miki on the ''Live For You'' OVA
* [[Book Dumb]] - Haruka and Yayoi are implied to be this in episode 11.
* [[Breathe
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - Subverted/Played with in a [[In-Universe]] example, during episode 15, with Haruka mention of the script ([[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded by Miki]]) and Ami and Mami commenting about the report during the Ramen segment with Takane.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Poor Haruka...}}
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* [[Christmas Episode]]
* [[Chromatic Arrangement]] - From the Live For You OVA. Haruka - Red, Miki - Green, Chihaya - Blue.
* [[Clark Kenting]] - Haruka literally puts on glasses (and a hat) to avoid being recognized in public.
* [[Class Trip]] - [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Haruka during the [[Beach Episode]] that their hotel had this feel.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] - Miki's reaction on the final episode when {{spoiler|the Producer reveal a wallet he received as a get-well present from Haruka. It was actually to be a christmas gift.}}
* [[Completely Missing the Point]] - Takane in Episode 2.
{{quote|
'''Haruka''': I think my heart is going to leap out of my chest.
'''Takane''': That's terrible. *gets up* We need to call a doctor. }}
* [[Conspicuous CG]] - The audience in ep 25.
* [[Cooking Duel]] - An ''[[Iron Chef]]''-esque version in episode four.
* [[Cool Big Sis]] - Aside from Azusa, Yayoi is this to her siblings.
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* [[Date Crepe]] - The Producer with Makoto on their ''date'' to the amusement park.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]] - Chihaya's.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Death
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]] - When Iori is telling ghost stories to Makoto and Yukiho at the beach at night.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]] - Chihaya came very close to crossing that line.
* [[
* [[Does Not Like Men]] - Yukiho is frightened of ''any'' men. Inverted/played with Makoto who ''want'' more male fans.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]] - Chihaya (again) [[Ten
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]] - The song "Yakusoku" on episode 20. Fits because even if the girls are [[Idol Singer|Idol Singers]] they are ''not'' song writers.
* [[Dragged
* [[Eating the Eye Candy]] - The audience in episode 15, particularly towards Azusa's outfit.
* [[Ending Theme]] - Subverted. Each episode has a different song sung by the idols.
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Makoto is not only popular with teenage girls but housewives as well!
* [[The Everyman]] - The Producer so very much. Even his description is nondescript.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Evidence Scavenger Hunt]]: It's played with when the Futami twins are trying to discover who stole Iori's pudding from the fridge. Complete with summation in the end.
** Another one from the same episode, earlier they are shooting a drama episode where this happens to the three sisters that are the played by the three girls from the Ryuugu Komachi.
* [[Evolving Credits]]: The ending credits always change depending on which idol was the focus of the episode.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: An in-universe example occurs when {{spoiler|the variety show "Are We Live?", which stars a number of the idols as hosts, is canceled despite good ratings. The main reason for the cancellation is to free up the Sunday timeslots for other shows.}}
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* [[Flash Back]] - Chihaya gets quite a few.
** [[Flashback Effects]] - The animation is darker than normal.
* [[Fragile Flower]] - Yukiho
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: - In episode 11, Haruka and Chihaya have a sleepover in an apartment building named "Mber". Haruka, Chihaya, and Imber were {{spoiler|in a robomantic love triangle}} in [[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia]].
* [[French Maid Outfit]] - The outfit Hibiki and Takane use during the [[Show Within a Show|"Ribbit Ribbit Kitchen"]] episode. Complete with [[Zettai Ryouiki]].
* {{spoiler|[["Friend or Idol?" Decision]] - Played literally with Miki in episode 24 when she has a chance to become the solo MC of the show to be aired in the timeslot that would succeed the "Are We Live?" show.}}
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* [[Head Pet]] - Hamuzou enjoys being on Hibiki's shoulder or head.
* [[Heroic BSOD]] - {{spoiler|Chihaya goes through one in Episode 20. It's so severe, she ''loses her voice''.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - The Producer in two instances. {{spoiler|Saving Haruka from falling in the stage pit on episode 23.}}
** {{spoiler|Tough not as much as in Haruka's case, he takes a punch from a thug who was aiming for Makoto on episode 17.}}
* [[He's Back]] - [[spoiler: Chihaya tries to invoke this on her own, but [[Tearjerker|fails miserably...]] {{spoiler|until the [[You Are Not Alone|rest of 765PRO]] come onstage and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sing with her]], giving her the final push for her comeback.}}
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* [[Hidden Eyes]] - Chihaya gets this during the bath scene in episode 5. {{spoiler|Kuroi's face is normally [[The Un-Reveal|hidden]], but the only time we see his face he's actually like this too in episode 25.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] - Ritsuko tells the girls to overcome the heat with their minds... while she's with both her feet in a bucket of iced water. Also a shoutout to a near-identical scene in You're Under Arrest.
* [[Hoist
** {{spoiler|Also, this little stunt was the last drop for his own group of Idols who didn't want to keep up with his crap anymore and quit his company ''before'' the song Chihaya was singing even ended.}}
* [[Idol Singer]] - Quite obviously a whole bunch of them, not only the girls on the 765PRO.
* [[Indecisive Medium]] - Part of the [[Red Herring]] on the first episode, with the Producer's lines not spoken but subtitled, as in the game.
* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]] - Iori, Mami, Ami and Yayoi's dresses when retaking their promos.
* [[In the Name of
* [[In-Series Nickname]] - Ami and Mami have one for almost everyone in the main cast.
** Nii-chan - Producer; Harurun - Haruka; Mikimiki - Miki; Yayoichi - Yayoi; Piyochan - Kotori; Himechin - Takane; Hibikin - Hibiki; Yukipyon - Yuikiho; Makochin - Makoto; Iorin - Iori; Ricchan - Ritsuko
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* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]] - President Kuroi }}
* [[Limited Social Circle]] - The girls aren't shown to have many friends outside their 765PRO ones. The only one with a named friend is Azusa, and even then, Tomomi is never shown (or voiced for that matter). To be fair, at least Haruka was shown in episode 11 eating lunch with her ''classmates'' in the ending sequence, but they never appear in the main show.
* [[Luminescent Blush]] - Played for laughs. Chihaya blushes when Miki enters the bath with her and Haruka on the ''Live For You'' OVA, though it isn't as much an embarassed blush and [[Green-Eyed Monster|more a]] [[A
* [[Magic Skirt]] - Despite all the dance routines, there's not a single [[Panty Shot]] during the whole show. Maybe justified since the stage outfits are, well ''[[Captain Obvious|stage]]'' outfits and therefore made to be this way. The only time this is almost averted is with Azusa in episode 15 when she's wearing the same clothes as the workers from the daycare center they're filming at.
* [[Male Gaze]]: The cameraman on ''Ribbit Ribbit Kitchen'' certainly knows where he's aiming.
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* [[Modesty Towel]] - Miki in Ep 5.
* [[Mood Whiplash]] - Episode 19 ends with quite a predicament for Chihaya, but the ending theme sung by Takane is strangely cheerfull. Only justified in that this episode, the character focus was Takane but even then...
* [[Mythology Gag]] - ''Mujin Gattai Kisaragi''. The idols piloting giant robots - [[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia|where did we hear that before?]]
* [[Named
* [[Never Live It Down]] - [[In
* [[No Name Given]]
** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him]] [[Fan Nickname|Broducer]]
* {{spoiler|[[No Romantic Resolution]] - Considering that the story is about a male producer around 12 [[Idol Singer|female idols]] (two of which are not [[Jail Bait]]), a [[Office Lady|female producer]] and a [[Sexy Secretary|female secretary]] it's a wonder that this anime didn't go down a more [[Harem Genre|cliched road.]] One of the reasons the Producer is called [[Fan Nickname|Broducer.]]}}
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]] - The Futami twins love to tease the other girls (specially Iori and Makoto).
* [[Not a Date]] - The Producer trying to defuse the bomb Makoto throws as soon as they get back to the office from the amusement park.
* [[Odango Hair]] - Miki in the bath scene on the ''Live For You'' OVA.
** One of Yayoi siblings sports this too.
* [[Oddly Visible Eyebrows]] - Take a look at the characters page' pictures.
* [[Once Per Episode]]: The frontal shot of the 765 Pro office building.
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* [[Plot Tumor]]: Chihaya's issues concerning her dead little brother keep popping up in various episodes, even when the focus isn't on her, and are constantly foreshadowed throughout the series, {{spoiler|before it eventually blows open in episode 20 when the series does focus on her}}.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]] - The Producer to Miki on episode 6, setting the chain of events that almost made her quit for good on episode 12. Though, to be fair, he ''was'' in the middle of what seemed to be an important phone call, and the fact that Miki kept talking to him despite the fact probably didn't help.
* [[The Power of Friendship]] [[The Power of Trust|and Trust]]
* [[Adults Are Useless|The Producer Is Useless]] - Mostly through the second quarter of the anime and in the ''Live For You OVA''. When Azusa disappears, he started running around without doing much of anything while [[Awesome Moment|Makoto is beating up thughs.]] When Chousuke (Yayoi's brother) run away from home, again he just runs around without stopping to think about it.
* [[Put
* [[Red Herring]] - The Producer's lines in the first episode aren't voiced, leading to believe that the adaptation of the game would be a ''literal'' adaptation.
* [[Refusal of the Call]] - Ritsuko ''really'' doesn't want to be a pinchhitter for Azusa when she gets the [[Game-Breaking Injury|mumps.]] The thing is, she doesn't have a choice.
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* [[Serious Business]] - Well, 765 PRO is an Idol Agency, after all.
* [[Sexy Santa Dress]] - Miki, Ami and Mami on [[Christmas Episode|episode 22.]]
* [[Ship Tease]] - A good portion of the second half of the anime has this with several of the girls, particularly when the girl is the [[Character Focus|focus of]] [[A Day in
* [[Shout-Out]]: There's probably some staff from ''[[So Ra No
** Episode 5 gives us [[K-On!|Azunyan]] (see [[Stealth Pun]] below).
** In episode 6, Miki is wearing a Mr. Driller T-shirt in one scene.
** The Oil Baron's henchmen who fought in the epic kung-fu fight with Makoto atop the ladder in episode 8 looks very much like one of the Bakusa brothers from [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]. Hint: both shows share the same character designer!
** In episode 10, a possible reference to [[Perfume (
** There is a Taiko no Tatsujin arcade booth in episode 12, and also a logo of Mr. Driller is been seen.
*** And [[House of the Dead|House of the Dead 4]] game, curiously in a Time Crisis 4 cabinet.
*** The Xbox360 makes at least two appearances. Curiously enough, a [[
** Episode 15 also had an incident where Haruka was hit by a box with Chihaya beside her. Funny on its own, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVOi5eE7xxY hilarious when you find out that] Haruka's seiyuu [[Eriko Nakamura]] ''and'' Chihaya's seiyuu [[Asami Imai]] [[Mythology Gag|were in that same position back in 2007.]]
*** Also from the 15th, ''Mujin Gattai Kisaragi'' to the [[Super Robot Genre]] in general, [[Giant Robo]] in particular.
** Episode 24 showed a preschooler had an uncanny resemblance to [[So Ra No
** While they do use a different name, episode 5 had the Futami give one to [[Godzilla|Hedorah, The Smog Monster]]<ref>The twins complain that they were so hot they melt to the slime monster Hedoran. Most likely a nickname to the actual Kaiju.</ref>
** Blink and you miss it, but in episode 2, one of the old promo photos of the idols has Azusa dress up in [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s famous white dress, complete with the up-skirt wind blow.
** In the first episode, Ami does the famous [[Ultraman]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210228113604/http://www.myremoteradio.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/29538-ultraman.jpg arm pose]
* [[Show Within a Show]]:
** "Ribbit Ribbit Kitchen" from episode 4 is a frog-themed cooking show on Frog TV.
** Episode 15's "Are We Live?" is a variety show hosted by all of 765's idols. ''Inside that show'', we get ''[[Super Robot Genre|Mujin Gattai Kisaragi]]''.
* [[Significant Birth Date]] - Yukiho's on the Christmas Eve.
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]] - [[The Faceless|Kuroi's]]. Subverted in that he's never [[The Un-Reveal|revealed.]]
* [[Sleep Cute]] - A few.
** Miki throughout the first quarter of the anime.
** All the girls (except Iori, Azusa, Ami and Ritsuko) by the end of episode 13.
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* [[Slice of Life]] - This show is basically a Slice of Life with an Idol twist.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]] - Yoshizawa seems to always have a cigarette on his lips.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTxk1-4_5s4 Makoto's battlewith man in black] is set to [[Intercourse
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] - Kotori, whenever she gets out of one of hers [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]].
* [[Staring Kid]] - Episode 5, the kids are amazed by Yukiho digging a hole on the sand... for the sake of dig a hole in the sand.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: In episode 5, there's a scene where Azusa and The Producer are drinking, while Ritsuko is there too but doesn't drink. As The Producer and Ritsuko converse, one can hear the tipsy Azusa going "Neko neko nyan nyan
* [[Stock Footage]] - The final episode has this in spades.
** [[Stock Footage Failure]] - {{spoiler|How can Azusa and Takane be dancing on the floor in front of the stairs and in the next take they're still descending said stairs?}}
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* [[Tan Lines]] - More noticeable on Hibiki at the end of the [[Beach Episode]].
* [[Tareme Eyes]] / [[Tsurime Eyes]]
* [[Taste the Rainbow]]
* [[Team Shot]] - Several [[In-Universe]], not counting both openings and a few of the endings.
* [[Tears of Joy]] - Several throughout the anime.
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** Episode 22 - Yukiho upon receiving "Happy Birthday" wishes from the other girls.
* [[Tempting Fate]] - Inverted on the "Live For You OVA".
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* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: Miki stops showing up when she finds out she's not going to get into Ryuuguu Komachi. The Producer does make sure to get her back, though.
** Later, {{spoiler|Chihaya stops coming after her tragic past is revealed by Kuroi, causing her to lose her voice.}} It takes the whole crew at 765 Studios to finally help her out.
** Then later still, {{spoiler|Haruka taking several days off as a result of her [[Heroic BSOD]] after the producer gets injured saving her life. Like Chihaya, the rest of 765 Studios help her out, however she also gets "help" from her subconsious self.}}
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]] - The relay race in episode 10 with ''L.O.B.M.'' playing. A few of the events of the race played exactly timed with the changes in the song rhythm to added effect, such as Hibiki's initial burst, Iori encouraging Yayoi to keep running, Makoto's overtakes and Yayoi cheering/begging Makoto to win. Interesting enough is that L.O.B.M. means ''Love Organized'' '''Boost''' ''Music''.
▲* [[Theme Tune Cameo]] - Both openings of the show are [[Rearrange the Song|rearranged]] and sung at the same time during the live in the final episode. Works too as [[Title Theme Drop]] and [[Last Episode Theme Reprise]].
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Let alone a family one which {{spoiler|Chihaya and her parents}} really needed after {{spoiler|Chihaya's brother's death}}. And it probably saved {{spoiler|her parents divorce and her break down when its made public}}.
* [[Through His Stomach|Through Their Stomachs]] - Haruka is always bringing sweets to the office.
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