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[[File:TWGOK_god_of_the_gaming_world_3670.png|link=A God Am I|frame|God to one world,<br />[[Otaku]] to [[Real Life|the other]].]]
 
{{quote| ''"[[Lampshade Hanging|I can already]] [[Genre Savvy|see the ending!]]"''}}
 
Keima Katsuragi is famous on the Net as "The Capturing God"; there is no [[Dating Sim]] that he cannot beat, no heroine he cannot capture -- whilecapture—while in real life he's known as "''[[Otaku|ota]][[Megane]]''" and hates all real girls. One day, he receives a provocative email asking for his help in capturing some girls. He rises to the challenge, inadvertently making a [[Deal with the Devil]] to help Elsie, a low-ranking devil, catch runaway spirits. Apparently the spirits only hide in the hearts of troubled girls, and the only way to get them out is by making the girl fall in love. If he fails, the contract will take his head!
 
Thus begins Keima's daunting task as the human partner of a runaway-spirit catcher, which throws him deep into exactly what he's been dismissing: Real life, and more importantly, real girls.
 
The series' main purpose seems to be [[Affectionate Parody|poking fun]] at different aspects of [[Dating Sim|Dating Sims]]s, or "Gal Games", and playing with various [[Moe]] and heroine archetypes, as well as [[Shout-Out|aiming a megaphone]] at many, ''many'' things - hell, pretty much everything ever - and [[The World God Only Knows/Shout -Out|it has its own page to show it]]. Between its sense of humor and the neat artwork, it's a very recommendable series if you're looking for a comedy manga.
 
An anime by [[Manglobe]] began in October 2010, with a second season in [[Spring 2011 Anime|April 2011]]. Both seasons have been licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]], with the first season having been released on DVD and Blu-Ray, dubbed.
 
Page links: [[The World God Only Knows/Characters|Character Sheets]] | [[The World God Only Knows/Shout -Out|Shout -Out Page]] | [[Lampshade Hanging/Anime and Manga/The World God Only Knows|Lampshades Page]]
 
[[The Wiki Rule|Has a wiki]]: [http://kaminomi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Kaminomi Wiki]
 
External links: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521204136/http://www.websunday.net/rensai/kaminomi/ Official Manga Site] | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100711074354/http://kaminomi.jp/index.html Official Anime Site] | ANN ([http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc//encyclopedia/manga.php?id=10982 Manga], [http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc//encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11571 Anime]), [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=The_World_God_Only_Knows Light Novel Translations]
 
Both seasons of the anime can be watched [http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-world-god-only-knows here] at Crunchyroll.
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=== [[Trope Namer]] for: ===
 
* [[Wild Card Excuse]]
 
=== {{tropelist|The Tropes God Only Knows: ===}}
 
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Keima gets attacked a lot by the girls in the series. [[Played for Laughs]], such as his first encounter with Kanon, who zaps him with a kitty stungun (which was perfectly safe for the scene) when he doesn't recognize her, and more importantly (to her anyway), doesn't care.
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Haqua, though only in the bonus chapters and she isn't TOO self-conscious about it.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: A number of these: Chapters 11, 42, 122b and 137b are Elsie's, chapter 34 is Mari's, 54 is the nascent Light Music Club's, 56 is Elsie and Haqua's, and 114 is {{spoiler|Kanon and Apollo's}}.
** In the anime, the entirety of Shiori's arc qualifies.
** Minami's arc is also mainly from her perspective, as her capture is mainly driven by the overbloatedover-bloated image she creates of Keima as a sempai. It's notable because the story being told from the girl's perspective is one of the biggest points of her arc.
** The "XXX After" bonus chapters would count as well, even if they are short.
** "The World a Lil' Devil Only Knows" chapters and 4-komas are from Elsie's point of view.
* [[After the End]]: {{spoiler|The status of Old Hell. The miasma produced by the war against the Weiss makes it impossible to survive on the surface for longer than 10 minutes, forcing the New Devils to live in floating cities.}}
* [[A God Am I]]: Keima is the god of [[Dating Sim|Dating Sims]]s on the net. Even the ''Galge'' industry has to take his presence and influence into account; Hell certainly did.
** Chapter 86 graces the fact... along with a reference to the {{spoiler|Tower of Babel}}.
* [[A Lady on Each Arm]]: Keima has to endure this in [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/106/page/11 chapter 106] as a [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]].
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*** Most definitely averted since he is not flustered one bit by it and considers their curves as arousing as a wall.
**** As of chapter 121 Keima has walked in on Haqua again, and ignored her.
** Other times he predicts that such a moment will happen. One could call that planning in some way.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: If the first episode of the anime is anything to go by, it's basically almost identical to the first chapter, except that there were no scenes of New Hell (the scenes in question were made into a preview on the Flag 0 DVD).
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: There aren't many examples, as the anime has been keeping quite faithful to the source material. One example though is Kanon's origins with Citron being something that appeared very briefly in an omake after her arc had already finished; the anime went ahead and developed the backstory even more.
** Another example - S1 Episode 8, "Coupling With With With With", has doubled the number of perspectives of the same day.
** Yet another one, Shiori's backstory and store visit. Also some scenes, which are not present in the manga, were added to emphasize the climax of the arc.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Hey, did you look at our [[Shout-Out]] [[The World God Only Knows/Shout -Out|page]] yet?
* [[After-School Cleaning Duty]]: Keima meets Elsie for the first time when Ayumi dumps all the after school cleaning duties on him.
* [[Alien Lunch]]: Other demons enjoy Elsie's cooking. Humans... [[Lethal Chef|not so much.]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Most of the manga volumes have some extra info on the TWGOK universe, from the history of the PFP to a description of the Underworld.
** There is supposed to be a manual for capturing the Runaway Spirits. Elsie just accidentally brought a cook book instead.
* [[Always Female]]: The runaway spirits seem to only choose women as hosts. This is explained by the fact that the goal of the spirits is to be reincarnated into the offspring of the girl and therefore must be in the body of the mother. An explanation, however, is not given for why the deities and New Devils from the Spirit Capturing Squad are all female, at least the New Devils whose gender isn't ambiguous anyway.
** It was revealed in a later chapter that there are no males in New Hell. Although we ''have'' seen a few minor male demons (one ran a ramen shop before getting eaten, and Nora's father has been mentioned) so Dokuro may have meant something more like that there are barely any left or that there are no good ones.
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* [[Axes At School]]: In the original manga, the delinquent Ryou who fought Kusunoki had a [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/18/page/7 butterfly knife]. This was changed in the anime into a collapsible baton.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Keima gives these from time to time.
{{quote| '''Keima:''' There is no [[Always Someone Better|'above']]. After all... [[Red BaronSobriquet|I am]] [[A God Am I|god]].}}
* [[Balanced Harem]]: It's completely unclear who Keima could end up with. [[Chaste Hero|Or if he will end up with anyone at all]]. At the moment, it seems that Elsie, Tenri/Diana, Haqua and {{spoiler|the other goddesses}} have the best shot.
** Or maybe it will be {{spoiler|Chihiro, who fell in love with Keima before her own capture, meaning her feelings are entirely her own and not a result of Keima putting on an act.}}
* [[Shower of Angst|Bathtub Of Angst]]: After {{spoiler|he dumped Chihiro}}.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Keima is a master of these, thanks to his [[Dating Sim]] [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|knowledge]].
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* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: The Keima doll raping the Haqua doll. Neither Haqua nor Keima were amused but only Keima gets a slap to the face, [[Tsundere|naturally]].
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Most of them are a letter away from lawsuit, something [[Word of God]] lampshades in the Volume 3 [[Bonus Material]].
** Keima's [[Play StationPlayStation Portable|Play Field Personal]].
** Keima is truly hardcore, he has [[Virtual Boy|VIRTUAL PFP]].
** ''Ojimappu'' = ''[[wikipedia:Sofmap|Sofumappu]]'' (chapter 2, p.&nbsp;12).
** Gobariki for Nibariki, [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s personal holding company (chapter 6, p.&nbsp;16).
** GirlWalker (chapter 11, p.&nbsp;7) = [http://gw.tv/ Girls' Walker Magazine]
** chauchau (chapter 28, p.&nbsp;2) = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130121202701/http://www.chachacharming.com/nihongo.php Cha Cha Charming Magazine]
** LAWSAN (chapter 32, p.&nbsp;1; chapter 49, p.&nbsp;3) = [[wikipedia:Lawson (store)|Lawson]], a convenience store franchise chain in Japan.
** JOYSRUS (chapter 34, p.&nbsp;15) = [[wikipedia:Toys r us|Toys R Us]]
** Names of game consoles (chapter 35, p.&nbsp;2) (Sii for [[Wii]], PF3 for [[Play Station 3]], SDS for [[Nintendo DS]] (NDS); VB is likely for [[X BoxXbox]] (XB) or [[Game Boy]] (GB, though it'd be too old-fashioned compared to other consoles)). I suppose the author could've been more creative with the games' names though.
** "Level Eye" (chapter 35, p.&nbsp;5) - A very likely spin on [[Level 5|Level]][[wikipedia:Level-5|-5]].<ref>While the mentioned company handles gal games in the chapter's context, Level-5 doesn't seem to have a single [[Dating Sim]] in its production history.</ref>
** Gokult for [[wikipedia:Yakult|Yakult]].
** The logo on Miyako Terada's synthesizer is [[wikipedia:Korg|KORC.]] (chapter 54, p.&nbsp;3)
** [[wikipedia:Scotties|Scoppie]] is written on the tissue box. (chapter 54, p.&nbsp;5)
** Band practice not going so well? Have a break... have a [[wikipedia:Kit Kat|KitKot.]] (chapter 54, p.&nbsp;11)
** Tenri is holding [[wikipedia:Star Bucks|Star Box Coffee]] in her hands. (chapter 58, p.&nbsp;10)
** [[Play Station 3|PLAY FIELD 3]].
** No names as of yet, but chapter 80, p.&nbsp;1 has a number of different controllers for potential mock names in the future.
** The guitar amplifier Ayumi is using is from [[wikipedia:Peavey Electronics|Eavey.]] (chapter 85, p.&nbsp;1)
** The drums are made by [[wikipedia:Yamaha Corporation|Tamaha.]] (chapter 85, p.&nbsp;10)
** FUTBURGER (chapter 96, p.&nbsp;8) = [[wikipedia:Fatburger|Fatburger]].
** DesneySea for [[wikipedia:Tokyo DisneySea|DisneySea.]] (chapter 102, p.&nbsp;16)
*** Corrected in chapter 105 to DezeniSea.
* From the anime:
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** [http://www.mangareader.net/120-58319-11/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-119.html Ah, sorry... My hand slipped.]
** There's also one in Shiori's novels, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v14/c128/11.html after the character based on Keima] died.
{{quote| '''[[Author Avatar|Simone]]:''' My heart didn't ache at all, because he wasn't an important man.}}
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Tenri in her initial arc, due to being a [[Shrinking Violet]], but she cuts her bangs after the kiss. Diana, who is a [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] instead, doesn't have this, [[Instant Costume Change|even before the haircut]].
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Actually, they're quite easy to find.
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* [[Brick Joke]]: Keima gets mad at a capture target and so Elsie whips up a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v05/c043/13.html bowl of curry] she claims will make her turn into a frog. It doesn't [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v05/c046/16.html quite] work.
* [[Bridal Carry]]: Invoked by {{spoiler|Vulcan}}, then [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Keima.
{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Vulcan}}:''' I cannot move... Carry me.<br />
'''Keima:''' Switch back to {{spoiler|Tsukiyo}} and walk!! }}
** Diana also did this to Keima twice. The first time chronologically was during the time when she entered Tenri's body to help her and an unconscious Keima.
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* [[Button Mashing]]: Justified - It LOOKS like Keima's doing this in "God of Conquest Mode", but as Elsie explains, he's just playing those games so [[Super Speed|fast]](complete with [[Flash Step|after-images]]!).
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Played straight and played with.
** [[Brainless Beauty|Ry]][[Handsome Lech|ou]] plays it straight because he [[Too Dumb to Live|only agreed]] to the [[Deal with the Devil]] because of Nora's boobs.
** Keima plays with this trope a few times as part of his various [[Batman Gambit|plans]]. He will claim attraction to Nora because of her boobs and he needs the reactions that she and [[A-Cup Angst|Haqua]] will create to move along his plots. To the best of our knowledge though [[Asexual|Keima himself]] isn't attracted to any girl regardless of their cup size.
* [[Call Back]]:
** In Chapter 61, Elsie makes hagoromo dolls shaped as {{spoiler|Keima and uses them as [[Ninja Log|Ninja Logs]]s to protect him from Nora's attempts to kill him and as a stalling tactic}}. In chapter 184, Nora makes a hagoromo doll of {{spoiler|herself, thwarting [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|an attack]] from Vintage against her life, and instructs her allies to make a bunch of hagoromo dolls of Keima and his capture target to keep other agents busy while Keima complete the conquest}}.
** In Chapter 23, Haqua threatens Keima with killing him once he {{spoiler|is done with helping her to recapture a runaway spirit}}, to which he simply points out that [[Can't Live Without You|if he dies Elsie will die too because of their contract]]. In Chapter 100, Haqua talks Nora out of {{spoiler|sealing away a powerful runaway spirit and killing Keima in the process}} by telling her the same thing.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Averted as a cliffhanger at the end of Flag 107.
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** Maijima Private Junior High School
*** 3rd year junior high school students
{{quote| * Class 3-C: Minami Ikoma}}
** Maijima Private High School
*** 2nd year high school students
{{quote| * Class 2-A: Mio Aoyama, Yui Goido, and Tsukiyo Kujyo.<ref> All three are [[Ojou|Ojous]]s.</ref><br />
* Class 2-B: Keima Katsuragi, Elsie, Ayumi Takahara, Chihiro Kosaka, Kanon Nakagawa, Miyako Terada, and Asami Yoshino.<ref> She is from the 1st Light Novel</ref>.<br />
* Class 2-C: Shiori Shiomiya and Aoba Fuse.<ref> She is from the 2nd Light Novel</ref>. }}
*** 3rd year high school students
{{quote| * Class 3-A: Kusunoki Kasuga<br />
* Class 3-C: Akari Kurakawa }}
** Misato Hisagi High School
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Competitive Haqua and possessive Diana.
** Hilariously done with Luna, Tsukiyo's doll. {{spoiler|But then [[It Got Worse]]....}}
** HiliarouslyHilariously invoked in episode 8 of Season 2. Haqua comes over to file a report of what happened in episode 3 and 4, and asks for Elsie and Keima's help. Keima and Haqua get into an argument over what happened in the theater, and after a few edits, Haqua smashes the mic so that no more edits can be made. Unfortunately for her, the last edit she made showed the Keima doll doing things to Haqua. Elsie then walks in with snacks and "discovers" what they were "really" doing that day when she was by herself, and beats him up a little. Later she nonchalantly walks back inside, then locks Keima out of the house after Haqua leaves.
* [[Closet Shuffle]]: {{spoiler|In manga FLAG 154 when the idiotic Ryou allowed Chihiro to enter, Keima had to hide Ayumi so he pushed her onto Elsie's bed and hid her under the sheets with himself. It continued onto FLAG 155.}}
* [[Clothing Damage]]: When {{spoiler|Mars}} gets angry and attacks someone, somehow the only effect the attack seems to have is to completely strip said someone of all her clothes...
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* [[Content Warnings]]: When Nora publicly displayed the contents of Keima's head.
** These occasionally pop up in the anime during Keima's rants as reminders they're his personal opinions.
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Asami Yoshino from the first Light Novel adaptation appears in the anime and [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v12/c108/9.html here]<ref> The back of her head</ref> in the manga.
* [[Conveniently Seated]]: The [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v09/c086.5/6.html class of 2-B] has the majority of the named characters who are in the class sit near each other.
** Ayumi, Keima, Elsie, Chihiro, Miyako, Asami, and Kanon are in the the three back-rows.
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* [[Death Glare]]: Do not question Hinoki's skills.
* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]]: Keima does this in the Asuka Sora and Yokkyun episodes of the anime.
* [[Defictionalization]]/[[Fictional Media]]/[[Product Placement]]: Or some bizarre hybrid, anyway. Kanon's songs in the anime show up in the real world on the album 'Birth', released in March 2011. A while later, in chapter 137b, we get adverts for the album in-universe - which are justified, as Kanon's an idol singer.
* [[Demon Head]]: Keima has his own twist [[Demonic Dummy|on it]]. He can manifest the standard version, though.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: There are a total of five stages, dubbed Soul Level 1 to 5. Level 1 is the weakest, with the Weiss not being able to do anything significant; Level 2 is where the Weiss is able to manifest its power; Level 3 is an extension of Level 2, with the growth of the Weiss' power much more apparent and greater details in their forms like an expressive face; Level 4 is when the Weiss is able to manifest itself physically, but is not yet fully resurrected. However, until level four the host doesn't really know, though the presence of the Weiss is apparently inherently depressing, making it harder to get rid of them.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the anime, all the girls Keima "captures" or helps out after their story arc is done. They either play very minor roles, or are only seen briefly afterwards. Only Haqua breaks out from this, as we see her again a few times and she does something with the main characters.
* [[Description Cut]]:
{{quote| '''Haqua:''' The barbarian age is over. We, the New Devils, are intellectual and rational beings.<br />
''cut''<br />
'''Elsie:''' Ah, a fire truck!! ''(starts fangirling)'' }}
* [[Design Student's Orgasm]]: The OPs for both seasons feature some incredibly detailed and stylistic art.
* [[Determinator]]: Keima has (and this is an incomplete list) jumped off buildings, been beaten up (multiple times), has taken jobs working at things he knows nothing about, entered a dojo, and even more extreme things, in order to get the SECOND most important thing in his life- the capture in Real Life. For the Gaming Capture he goes to even greater extremes- using a technique that makes him feel like he loses three years of his life for every hour that he uses it for. It's fair to say that little will stop him getting what he wants.
* [[ThemeDiegetic TuneTheme Cameo]]: ''Abused'' to no end in S2, where it feels like one of Kanon's songs will play in the background every other episode (in a shop, on TV, at a ''pro-wrestling event''...)
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Keima's father, who apparently spends most of his time overseas on business.
** Well, since Elsie claimed to be his illegitimate child he's probably not coming back.
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: How {{spoiler|Keima!Yui}} captures {{spoiler|Yui!Keima}}. Keima kinda [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s the trope too.
* [[Distressed Dude in Distress]]: Keima, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v07/c060/4.html here.]
* [[Documentary Episode]]: Chapter 35 features a documentary about Keima's website.
* [[Domino Revelation]]: Early in the series, Keima finds about New Devils and runaway spirits/loose souls. He is later told by Haqua that the loose souls are actually the souls of the Old Devils. Keima then learns that they are called Weiss and also learns of the Goddesses from Diana.
* [[Double Standard]]:
** Haqua vs Keima.
{{quote| '''Haqua:''' Still, to threaten a demon... what a human.<br />
'''Keima:''' To be threatened by a human... what a demon.<br />
'''Haqua:''' SHUT UP! }}
** Keima alone is a big contender: male dating sim gamers are pure, female ones are just lustful girls in search of pornographic materials.
*** Not that it's ever portrayed that way in-universe. Female dating sim gamers have never been shown in the first place. Even for Keima, him being pure is his own self-view, while everyone else thinks he's a freak.
** In-universe example. When Yui decides to cross -dress, she becomes much more popular. When {{spoiler|Keima does it himself}}, everyone thinks he's a pervert (except obviously Yui). Despite other people's judgments about him, he's still portrayed as a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]].
* [[AbuseDouble IsStandard Okay When ItsAbuse (Female Onon Male)]]: Keima gets attacked a lot by the girls in the series. [[Played for Laughs]], such as his first encounter with Kanon, who zaps him with a kitty stungun (which was perfectly safe for the scene) when he doesn't recognize her, and more importantly (to her anyway), doesn't care.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: In Volume 3's bonus material, Keima observes that the PFP's high price means [[It Will Never Catch On|it won't sell]]. Guess whose website's promotion ends up giving it a sales boost?
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Instory example with {{spoiler|Shiori getting mad at Katsuragi and killing off the character based on him out of nowhere.}}
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** Post-capture Yui at the end song of the OVA.
* [[Ear Worm]]: Kanon's songs in the anime.
{{quote| "BANG BANG"}}
** It might be a pretty serious issue if the season 1 ending song (feat. exhausted/half-insane Keima Katsuragi) got stuck in your head.
** Bonus points for giving Kanon a whole CD of earworms. Specifically Omoi wa Rain Rain and DARLING BABY...
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Discussed in chapter 138.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: It's implied that Keima didn't remember Tenri at first because he got hit in the head while in the cave. Even if it was a decade ago, it's hard to believe that he would forget such an event by himself. Also, he was unconscious during the important parts.
* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Do you know why you ALWAYS have to knock before entering the w.c. in a harem setting? It's because there might be a [[Tsundere|violent]], [[A-Cup Angst|flat-chested]] devil with her [[Fan Service|pants down]]. Expect to receive a [[Megaton Punch]] and fly into/through a wall if you've opened it already,
* [[Elaborate University High]]: Maijima High School Academy has: high school building, middle school building, central building, auditorium, sports center, separate library and theater.
** [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v05/c046.5/2.html A picture is worth a thousand words.]
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* [[Elevator School]]: From middle school to high school; however, you rarely get to see the [[Sempai-Kohai|kohai because the school building is separate.]]
* [[Embarrassing Cover Up]]: In order to score love points with Chihiro, Keima calls her from Elsie's phone. When Chihiro asks why Elsie can't answer...
{{quote| '''Keima:''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Elsie is taking a huge crap that just won't stop.]] <ref> At the time, Haqua is taking Elsie's place as the latter is filling in for Kanon. Keima said the line to get back at Haqua for making fun of him.</ref>}}
* [[Emoticon]]: Keima has a smile emoticon on his face after he sends Nora and Haqua out in "one click".
* [[Emotion Eater]]: The runaway spirits hide in girls' bodies to feed off of their negative emotions. {{spoiler|The goddesses feed on love instead.}}
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* [[Foil]]: The goddesses so far have tended to act as foils for the hosts in question. The buddies and devils also tend to work like this. For example, there's clever but rude Keima matched with kind ditzy Elsie and perfectionist Haqua with slow, easy going Yukie.
* [[Foot Focus]]: S1's main ending sequence.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The author has put in a lot of effort into subtly giving out clues for the goddesses and future developments.
** In Episode 7 of Season 1, during the first song of her concert, Kanon has a flashback to her time spent with Keima {{spoiler|which shouldn't be possible because they kissed before the concert and the loose soul was captured, therefore removing her memories of Keima.}} This was not in the manga. However, this is possibly the studio taking the liberty to hint at what is to come as {{spoiler|it has been revealed in the manga that Kanon is the host of the goddess Apollo, resulting in her remembering Keima.}}
*** In the manga, {{spoiler|at the end of the arc, the star analogy is prominent. Elsie comments on how brightly Kanon shines, and Keima noted that Kanon’s like a star.}} The anime adds on to this {{spoiler|by having the stage design use a lot of stars. Also, another way of describing Kanon’s rise to fame is that she’s a rising star. All of this considered, Apollo’s responsible for the sun…a star.}}
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** Mari Katsuragi indulges in one in the 8th episode of season 1.
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: The Asuka Sora story is about Keima trying to complete a game filled with them.
* [[Gaslighting]]: Played with in the Tsukiyo capture. Keima uses the same technique,<ref>altering her environment without her knowledge and denying it</ref>, but his goal is not to drive her mad but to break her dependence on her doll as a emotional support so he could fix the gap in her heart. He definitely is messing with her psychologically though.
* [[Generic Cuteness]]: Some minor characters are explicitly drawn to be unattractive (though not quite [[Gonk]] level) but most minor characters, despite being stated to be rather plain because most people in the real world are rather plain, do not look that bad.
* [[Genre Blind]]: Arguably, Keima. Although he is incredibly genre savvy when it comes to his targets, he fails to notice the obvious signs involving those girls who are developing feelings for him. It might just be from the way he ignores everything except his games, though.
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* [[Girl Group]]: Citron before Kanon started her solo career.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Tenri Ayukawa, though according to Keima, [[Subverted Trope|NOT]], since their house was placed diagonally, not next door. Which is later subverted, because she moved into the house right next door. All thanks to Elsie, who destroyed the neighbor's house with her broom.
* [[Girl of the Week]]: Each arc, Keima must romance a new girl, who then forgets the whole thing. {{spoiler|Though some start to remember...}}
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Keima is quite fond of this.
* [[Glomp]]: Happens a few time.
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* [[Guile Hero]]: Keima is not a powerful champion that can force out evil spirits with bulging muscles, instead he plans out his moves way ahead and tops it off with charm he gains from his galges.
** In a later arc, {{spoiler|Keima admits that he cannot possibly fight Vintage and protect the goddesses and everyone else, so he plans to find the goddesses and give them power via love so they can protect themselves instead}}.
* [[Hair Antennae]]: Kanon and Haqua (even as a child). Strangely enough {{spoiler|Elsie}} disguised as Kanon initially lacks them, though she gets them later.
** Keima has only one, but in his case it's ''not'' [[Idiot Hair]], since the antenna is pointing downwards.
* [[Hair Colors]]: Mio and Tsukiyo (blonde hair), Mari and Nanaka (orange hair), and Nora (white hair).
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** [[Kanae Ito|Elsie]] is [[Asobi ni Iku yo!|Eris]], [[Ookami-san|Little Red Riding Hood]], and [[Shugo Chara|Hinamori Amu and Dia]].
** [[Ryusei Nakao|Kodama-sensei]] is [[Bleach|Kurotsuchi Mayuri]] and [[Dragon Ball|Freeza]].
** [[Ayana Taketatsu|Ayumi]] is [[K-On!|Azusa]] and [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kirino]].
** [[Kana Hanazawa|Shiori]] is [[Darker Thanthan Black|Suou]], [[Angel Beats!|Tenshi]] and [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kuroneko]].
** [[Tomokazu Seki|The pitcher from Season 2 Episode 3]] is [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|Domon]] and [[Lucky Star|Meito]]. The pitcher is, of course, [[Hot-Blooded]].
** And in the dub, Keima is [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Greed]], Elsie is [[Clannad (visual novel)|Nagisa]], and Kanon is [[Soul Eater|Black Star]]
* [[High-Pressure Emotion]]: In both anime and manga.
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: As evidenced in the final episode of the First season. Keima's singing is atrocious. It's so bad it's hilarious.
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** The student teacher Jun Nagase is probably the straightest example - she made all the male students in the class [[Hot for Teacher]].
* [[Human Hummingbird]]
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Keima is this in universe. While the Runaway Spirit Squad's guidelines recommend letting the human partner get the spirit out, Hell ''really'' feels Elsie should be more competent.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
** From chapter 69:
{{quote| '''Keima:''' I don't want to turn into an undiscriminating enthusiast.<br />
'''Elsie:''' ''(watches him with a stack of games)'' So it seems. }}
** In chapter 108, Elsie protests Keima's accusation that real girls throw tantrums... by throwing a tantrum.
** Then in chapter 112, Keima proclaims he's not emotional while throwing a tantrum of his own.
** Chapter 168, after Diana {{spoiler|marches an unconscious, swimsuit-wearing Tenri to a naked Keima so she could profess her love for him}}
{{quote| '''Diana:''' Katsuragi-san, can't you be a little more delicate?<br />
'''Keima:''' I don't want to hear that from you! }}
* [[I Am Your Opponent]]: pronounced by Elsee against a [[Butt Monkey|school gang]] in chapter 18.
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* [[I Have the High Ground]]: The New Demons are quite fond of this trope.
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Elsie's friend Chihiro, who is pretty much average in every way and knows it.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Despite his constantly-professed dislike of real girls, Keima uses his gaming knowledge to win them over, through varying difficulties. He even transfers (some) of his mini-game skills to real world situations.
* [[Image Song]]: Elsie, Ayumi, Mio, Kanon, Shiori and Asuka Sora all got CDs in season 1, with Kusunoki, Haqua, Chihiro and Jun following in season 2.
** The second season's opening is effectively Keima's [[Image Song]].
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** Chapter 112: Keima is not best pleased to be the model for every role in Akari's [[Imagine Spot]] about the evils of human history.
* [[Impossible Task]]: Keima and Elsie go through [[Game Breaking Bug|countless permutations of routes]] to capture Asuka Sora. {{spoiler|They succeed in escaping the bug... but then run into another: Unreadable text after that point.}}
* [[Improbably-Fundamentally Female Cast]]: Aside from Keima, a few men occasionally make an appearance (Nora's partner, Sumire's dad, the P.E. and English teachers, Keima's grandad, etc), but they're outweighed in number and significance by the female cast.
* [[Incest Subtext]]: Keima and Mari Katsuragi (son and mother). In chapter 109, right after asking the same question to Elsie, Keima asks Mari if they kissed before to gather samples of real-life reaction. Her response? Completely surprised at first... then she [[Marshmallow Hell|hugs]] Keima, saying she used to kiss him many times in the past, and asks if he wants one again.
** It's not really incest if it's a mother giving her young son kisses on the cheek (which is probably the case for her).
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* [[Genie in a Bottle|Kaketama In A Bottle]]: No, it doesn't grant you wishes.
* [[You Fail Logic Forever|Keima Fails Logic Forever]]: There are numerous instances of this from Keima, mostly from being out of touch with [[Real Life]]. For some examples:
{{quote| "A girl who is a member of the track-and-field club definitely must have her hair tied up!! Don't you know that the girl's soul stays in that tie which holds the hair."<br />
"You won't be able to move if it's not a bloomer!! It's supposed to be a bloomer!!"<br />
"...This is the standard conditions for a little sister to be called a little sister. First is Blood, a blood relationship!! It means that you two have the same blood in you!! Like a sister in law!! Like a ''protégé''!! The weakness of these characters is that in the end they're still unrelated!! And then Memory, the memories of both of you!! It is nothing but the mass number of memories that the family has gathered!! This is the irreplaceable bond of siblings!! And most of all a heart that honors her older brother. Woni-chan moe, an extreme love for her brother!!"<br />
"She has [[Tsurime Eyes|cat-eyes]]!! She has a light [[Hair Colors|hair color]]!! You can see her [[Show the Forehead|forehead]] and her hair is in [[Girlish Pigtails|pigtails]]!! 99%!! She's [[Tsundere|that type]] of woman!!" ''(He turns out to be right)''<br />
"The voices of their hearts... You can always hear them!! It's right there on the screen, in the [[Inner Monologue|monologue]]." }}
** In the beginning Keima didn't want to capture a real girl and tried to come up with excuses for Elsie why he "can't" do it.
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*** Well, he started doing captures after hearing that a Weiss reincarnates as a girl's firstborn child. Before hearing this he was still unwilling to do it.
** On the other hand, the trope could be on the way to being inverted as of Chapter 113. Keima was a lot more cynical at the beginning.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [[Lampshade Hanging/Anime and Manga/The World God Only Knows|Now have their own page.]]
* [[Lap Pillow]]: Keima gets pulled into a few of these.
* [[Large Ham]]: Keima, usually while ranting about games, or when in [[Incredibly Lame Pun|god mode]], complete with various [[Milking the Giant Cow]] antics. And speaking of cows, Nora is quite hammy herself.
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** Sumire, meanwhile, likes making ramen with... odd ingredients, especially those that make it fatty and/or sweet.
** Keima attempts to invoke this with Yui, hoping to convince her of his clumsiness. It doesn't quite work as expected.
* [[Literal -Minded]]: Elsie. She reacted to the idea of destroying a household... Asking where are they literally going to start the demolition.
* [[Lolicon]]: Averted. Despite the fact that almost all dating sims [[Token Mini-MoeLoli|have at least one loli]] Keima hasn't had to capture any. The closest he's come were Minami and Akari. Minami is young but not childish and Akari is basically just short. Her arc revolves around something completely unrelated.
** Of course, with the introduction of {{spoiler|Minerva}}, things may change....
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Keima and Tenri.
{{quote| '''Mari:''' But Tenri-chan used to live next door!<br />
'''Keima:''' They were diagonally across, to be exact.<br />
'''Mari:''' Wow, you're so annoying that I can't believe you're my son. }}
** Also how Nora justifies leading Runaway Spirit hunts.
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** [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in the Mai High Festival Eve plot {{spoiler|as a gambit to determine whether Mercury's host is Chihiro or Ayumi}}. He agrees to go to the bonfire with {{spoiler|Chihiro}} and then approaches {{spoiler|Ayumi}} to ask for advice, thereby allowing him to interact with both while keeping them from interfering with one another.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Among other interpretations, the title "The World God Only Knows" could refer to:
{{quote| 1: How Keima (and Elsie) is the only one who knows what happened between him and the girl he's conquering, who conveniently gets [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]].<br />
2: Keima's nearly-undivided attention to the Game World, at the expense of real life. }}
* [[Medium Awareness]]: As in the scene where Keima first utilizes "[[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Capturing God Mode]]":
{{quote| '''Keima:''' "Wah-- What's with you!! Since when were you there?!"<br />
'''Elsie:''' "Um, around page 4." }}
* [[Meganekko]]: [[Yandere|Kanon Nakagawa]], Keima's mother Mari, and the {{spoiler|single-horned New Devil Fiore.}}
* [[Megaton Punch]]: A beautiful one in chapter 108, using Georges Méliès' "A Trip to the Moon" as a visual metaphor.
** Ayumi delivers a Megaton Kick in the first story.
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* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|My Name Is Fiore of Vintage]]: rare villainous instance of this trope.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In s1 episode 10, a member of the library staff is called Wakaki.
** Three delinquents [[Production Throwback|from a previous manga]] by Tamiki Wakaki, [[Seikesshou Albatross]], occasionally make cameos.
** Akari's dishevelled look and backpack come from Asakura, the main female character of Seikesshou Albatross.
* [[Ninja Log]]: ''Elsie'', of all people, pulls this during s2 episode 4. In addition, Keima pulls this during s2 episode 11 (and less obviously in the original manga).
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* [[Noble Demon]]: Though they like to keep some of the trappings of demonic villainy, Hell is pretty much entirely run by these guys {{spoiler|having seized control of Hell from more old-school demons in a coup some time ago}}.
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Sadly averted. Keima decides to spend his last day of summer playing videogames all day long, and so goes to use the bathroom early on... only to find Haqua in there. Keima simply scolds himself for not having realised and walks away calmly while Haqua decides to ''beat his face in'' with her scythe!
{{quote| '''Haqua:''' BAKA!BAKA!BAKA!BAKA!}}
** Also had to be brought up during the [[Freaky Friday Flip]].
* [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased]]: Invoked by Keima whenever a loose soul target makes the first move, such as Kanon or Nagase-sensei.
* [[Not a Date]]: Thanks to Keima's [[Oblivious to Love|incurable blindness]], or [[Selective Obliviousness|defense mechanism]], we have whole new variants.
** To elaborate: he was manipulated, and then punished, into the date with two, or three depending on how one looks at it, different girls at the same time.
* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]: As a [[Running Gag]], Keima is rarely if ever bothered by [[Accidental Pervert|what he sees]], much to [[Tsundere|Haqua's]] dismay.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Used when Haqua and Keima get into an argument about who clung to whom in the theater for her visual report. The two of them fight using the microphone to revise it until it breaks, leaving a perverted iteration of the event on display. Elsie is not happy she was alone while the two of them were apparently doing [[This and That]].
** Used again when Tenri sees Haqua "mounted" on Keima. Diana swaps over with Tenri and begins to punish him for cheating on Tenri.
** {{spoiler|Yui}}, a true ojou-sama.
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: The conclusion of the Goddess Arc. To articulate, {{spoiler|Hell's terrorists tried to overtake Earth. Six of the girls in the story not only remember their time with Keima but now know of each other and the Goddesses they host. Chihiro, though not remembering her conquest, knows of the truth about the girls after having her heart broken by Keima in order to protect her. And lastly, Keima cries alone as he apologies to Chihiro for leading her on and the breaking her heart so fiercely.}}
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Unbeknownst to Keima Katsuragi, he is the subject of numerous unrequited crushes.
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: Chapter 78: Not the "spraying" type, but Keima bawled enough to form a small pond {{spoiler|when he lost to Diana in Shogi despite intending to win}}.
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** {{spoiler|The goddesses, the Jupiter sisters, are named after their predecessor relatives from the Roman Pantheon who are also half of the members of the Dii Consentes.}}
* [[Remembered I Could Fly]]: After a fruitless search for an invisible Kanon, Elsie remembers she can track her through the spirit sensor. An irritated Keima [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] she should have remembered that earlier.
* [[Right Behind Me]]: Often done without the lampshading.
** When one of Keima's plans gets overheard. [[Oh Crap|"So... You have been deceiving me all along."]]
** Variant in chapter 81: Elsie tells Keima the truth behind Yui's departure from the Wind Instrument Music Club - much to Yui's discomfort, as she'd just stopped to pick up something she'd dropped.
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*** Really, she's just that funny.
** The Capturing God '''finally''' having a free day for gaming...[[Finagle's Law|only for something important to come up.]]
** When [[Thethe Watson|the Watsons]]s ask Keima how he comes up with his conclusions, he responds "It happens often [[I Know Mortal Kombat|in games]]."
** Keima being an [[Accidental Pervert]]... and not caring about what he's seen at all.
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: Played straight... twice.
** Keima refuses Diana's suggestion to wed Tenri and adds that it was [[Fake-Out Make-Out|all an act]].
{{quote| '''Diana:''' A kiss is something... that is done only with the person you spend the rest of your life with. I'll make you take responsibility for it!<ref>As in, you'll marry Tenri...and me! (Transitive property at work)</ref>}}
** Upon learning that Keima courts other girls to make them fall in love with him...and that it all finishes with a kiss.
{{quote| '''Diana:''' ...Tenri, you dummy... Why did you kiss that guy... It was also... my first...}}
* [[Saw It in a Movie Once|Saw It In A Game Once]]
* [[Say It with Hearts]]: Beautiful instance [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/119/page/17 here]. Indeed, she can't get inside if he stays in the doorway.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: In the anime Keima's mum gets these when she's about to flip out.
* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]: The Maijima High School uniform has a high-class flair to it. Quite reasonable given that the whole school underwent a complete overhaul around 10 years ago and that it used to be an all-girls school. On the other hand, the Misato East High School's uniform is the good ol' fashioned [[Sailor Fuku]].
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: {{spoiler|The old devils, the former rulers of Hell, were sealed away; now that they've managed to break free,}} they must be recaptured... using cans (''jars'' to be exact, but still played pretty literal).
* [[Sealed inInside Aa Person -Shaped Can]]: Spirits {{spoiler|and Goddesses}}.
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]: The associated dynamics play a role in some captures.
* [[Security Blanket]]: Elsie's broom is this for her.
* [[Security Cling]]: Some of the girls did this with Keima: notably Kanon,<ref>(manga FLAG 10) At the day of her concert, still feeling inadequate of her own abilities, she rammed and glomped him</ref><ref>In FLAG 115, still afraid from being almost shot last night, she saw a hooded figure and clinged to him wanting someone to rely on</ref>, Shiori,<ref>At the end of her arc, she glomped Keima when the lights went out</ref>, Haqua,<ref>(manga FLAG 24) She glomped Keima when she heard a noise</ref><ref>In FLAG 125, Keima did a [[Cry Into Chest]] to her after she saved him from being seduced by Yui by kicking him in the face</ref>,
* [[Self-Deprecation]]:
** "Such easygoing romance events just lower the level of the product," remarks Keima before he opens the second bathroom door — exposing {{spoiler|nude Kusunoki}} with a [[Scenery Censor|towel.]]
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** Shogi. Turns out it can be as intense as a game of tennis in [[Prince of Tennis]].
* [[Seven Deadly Sins|Six Deadly Sins]]: The "Six Great Sins of a Heroine". Things that reduce game heroine "value", for Keima: Gluttony, Adultery (Lust), Wrath, Greed, Pride, and Sloth. Apparently, [[Green-Eyed Monster|mean]] [[Yandere|green]] [[Woman Scorned|jealousy]] (Envy) is an exception... [[Catch Phrase|in the games]].
* [[Ship Tease]]: Chapters 11, 12, 102 and 103 all tease Elsie with Keima quite strongly.
** Multiple girls get teased with Keima; if we discount the times where he is actually trying to capture girls, Haqua and Tenri/Diana are the biggest offenders. Chihiro has been grinding too: apparently she's the only one who can lay Keima so low with just a few words. Ayumi has been getting moments as well, including the first 'Real' Flag that Keima has noticed, or at least pointed out. On the other hand, the ship-teasing is also used to hint at {{spoiler|the presence of goddesses within capture targets}}, which muddies the waters.
** Chapters 105-106 can be considered REVERSE ship tease if you look at it this way. Keima's date with Haqua and Tenri/Diana is completely wrecked and he tries to get it over with as fast as possible. Compare it to the one in the previous chapter where he goes on the date to cheer up Elsie and actually tries to make her feel better (despite ruining any romantic interaction Elsie wanted), which goes MUCH better. He DID say Elsie was the only one he could put up with.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Played straight, though justified, with {{spoiler|Elsea}}. She's absent during much of the Re-Conquest arc's events, but that's because she's doing her own part to keep things running smoothly.
* [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]: [[The World God Only Knows/Shout -Out|Have their own page...]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Shiori and Tenri.
* [[Single-Issue Psychology]]: The "gaps of the heart" Keima's supposed to fill with love are usually pretty singular neuroses, but it's justified in that the gaps are only such a huge issue because of the spirit inside of them, which exaggerates that gap to take over the person.
* [[Sitting on the Roof]]: [[Tsundere]] Haqua, after unintentionally exposing herself to Keima in the bathtub.
* [[Sliding Scale of Adaptation Modification]]: For the anime, it achieves the perfect [[Pragmatic Adaptation]] rating.
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* [[Spit Take]]: A spectacular example from Haqua in [http://www.mangareader.net/120-6007-10/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-48.html chapter 48].
* [[Spock Speak]]: Keima's way of speaking in more or less only gal game terms can confuse pretty much anyone who is not very used to his speech patterns or doesn't know gal games well. This [http://www.mangareader.net/120-53818-15/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-102.html scene] happens after Keima says that he wants to cheer Elsie up in his own way.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Unarguably, Keima Katsuragi. He has 6 LCD TVs, 6+ home videogame consoles, 10+ portable [[Play StationPlayStation Portable|PFPs]], and a collection of gal games... in his own personal game library. And where does this all come from? Well, the "[[All Take and No Give|M funds]]". Also, the restaurant where he buys burgers in chapter 96 actually exists. And [[Sarcasm Mode|surprisingly]], it's called "Fatburger". Now, from the information collected in the chapter, we can calculate how much he spent from his allowance (depending on which size he bought).
{{quote| If small (Baby Fat): $2.99 X 250 {{=}} $745.5 USD<br />
If medium (Fatburger): $4.49 x 250 {{=}} $1122.5 USD }}
* [[Spoiler Title]]: Chapter 116: {{spoiler|"The Sun Goes Down".}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/86/page/3 The Captured Girls ''Extreme'' Database] lists the 14 girls Keima has captured as the suite of hearts. In other words, they are Keima's suite[[hottip:*:<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|sweet]]</ref> hearts.
* [[Stern Teacher]]: Nikaidou-sensei, Nagase-sensei's senior.
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Keima's preferred look.
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* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Despite encoutering people able to read a whole library, centennial devils who aced their exams and goddesses who are at least several milleniums old, Keima is never challenged intellectually. Even worse, despite seeing forthright his tricks and manipulations, some girls are still falling for him, even when it's obvious he's putting up a persona to please them.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Many of them, courtesy of Haqua, but this one stands out:
{{quote| '''Elsie:''' Maybe you're mistaking him with somebody else?<br />
'''Kanon:''' Mistaking with...<br />
'''Elsie:''' Y-Yeah. It must all be some kind of mistake. All the meeting and talking... And kissing! }}
* [[Swallowed Whole]] -> [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]] -> [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: {{spoiler|In order to rescue Hinoki, Keima wraps Kusunoki with the hagoromo as a capsule, saying to Hinoki that it's a cure to make her smaller again (when asked what it actually is, he says it's a medicine for constipation) and tricks her into swallowing them. Then, it is revealed that they're actually inside Hinoki's runaway spirit, and they venture into the darkness to find Hinoki.}}
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: Chapter 28 has a notable example. Keima rants "That real girl! There is absolutely no way I would even be concerned about her!" Cue Elsie's spirit sensor going off.
** Chapter 154, when {{spoiler|Ayumi}} is at his house while he's sick:
{{quote| '''Keima:''' ([[Internal Monologue|thinking]]) A visiting event is a treasure trove of plus routes. No matter how you stumble about, there's no way to fail! Right here, in one go... I will max out {{spoiler|Ayumi}}'s love points! *cue doorbell*}}
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Kanon's appearance is rather plain... until the glasses come off.
** When Keima's mom takes off her glasses, however... ''run''.
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** It is also revealed that the goddess {{spoiler|Diana}} is powered by her host {{spoiler|Tenri's}} love. Played with when Keima asks how she is not embarrassed to admit this.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Haqua delivers one to Keima for all of his manipulations. Subverted though, in that she didn't actually mean what she was saying.
* [[The Remnant]]: Vintage. It's revealed that {{spoiler|the remnants are actually rooted deeply in New Hell, and that a Chief of the Runaway Squad is a member, as well as many others. Although the Chief is still on Haqua's side, helping her run away and all...}}
* [[The Stinger]]: The end of s2 episode 2.
* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: It was {{spoiler|Haqua's friend, Shari,}} who sold her out to Vintage. {{spoiler|While she may not have known exactly what they were up to, she was aware that Vintage wanted to replace a local district chief with one of their own agents and directed their attention towards Haqua, thereby protecting her own position and avoiding Vintage's wrath. It is unclear how much she regrets this, but her face does have shades of [[My God, What Have I Done?]].}}
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** Non-Kintetsu train station: [[wikipedia:Kasuga Station|Kasuga]]
** Tree: ''Kusunoki'' = [[wikipedia:Cinnamomum camphora|Camphor laurel]], ''Hinoki'' = [[wikipedia:Japanese cypress|Japanese cypress]].
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: ''Abused'' to no end in S2, where it feels like one of Kanon's songs will play in the background every other episode (in a shop, on TV, at a ''pro-wrestling event''...)
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Kusunoki and Hinoki.
* [[Third Law of Gender Bending]]: Averted {{spoiler|at the beginning, then played straight...}}
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* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: {{spoiler|Ayumi, after Keima deduces her leg isn't really sprained.}}
* [[Title Drop]]: Keima in s1 episode 12.
* [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|Keima to Chihiro. After it's revealed that Chihiro '''doesn't''' remember her conquest. Keima tries to sever ties with her to begin with Ayumi. He even makes her cry after she told him that she liked him even '''before''' the conquest. It could be argued he's doing this to protect her from Vintage, though this isn't confirmed. Unfortunately, unknown to him Ayumi (who tried to set them up) [[Oh Crap|was watching]].}}
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The 2nd anime PV reveals which girls Keima will be capturing...and kissing!
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Chapter 119 provides us with one example and a half (the other half is pure fury).
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* [[Two-Person Love Triangle]]: A weird take on the theme, since it's a full-fledged [[Triang Relations|type 3]] [[Love Triangle]] ''as well''. It seems {{spoiler|Diana is starting to feel something for Keima}}. Whether this is because {{spoiler|she shares Tenri's body}} or not isn't clear yet. However they are both very timid with their own feelings and {{spoiler|Keima is... well, Keima}}.
** And this, by the way, makes two different type 3 love triangles with just three people total. Yes, I know it's mathematically impossible. But Keima [[Incredibly Lame Pun|is a cheater]].
** Furthermore, we have Keima and {{spoiler|Yui}} managing a two person love quadrangle ''without'' [[Sharing a Body]] with anyone, with added [[Screw Yourself]] thrown in for good measure ''without'' actual duplicates.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: The Akari arc, about a girl trying to make a robot human, deals with this [[In-Universe]]. Keima gives the robot a face and everyone loves it. Akari gives it a plastic human head from the anatomy lab and everyone freaks out.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]/[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Tenri, to an extent. {{spoiler|Unlike all the girls before her, ''her'' memory is ''not'' revised after their (staged) kiss, and she even continues to be involved in the main plot.}}
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* [[Visible Silence]]: Shiori, so, so much.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Brands (''burando'') / swings (''buranko'') in chapter 42.
{{quote| '''Keima:''' Thou'est dost not knoweth brands shall not handle thy games.<br />
'''Elsie:''' I, I know what brands are! I saw them yesterday too!<br />
''*Cue Elsie playing on the swings*'' }}
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: "Can't catch me"
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* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|Chihiro's last line to Keima in chapter 155. "I like you."}}
** The previous line is overshadowed in WHAM-ness in the very next chapter.
{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Ayumi}}'''''':''' I heard you.}}
** Also in 165...
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Chihiro:'''}} {{spoiler|Please be gentle. It's my first time.}}}}
** Chihiro just seems to be a machine for these. {{spoiler|As seen in Chapter 181.}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Chihiro:'''}} {{spoiler|Ayumi, did you know? Katsuragi is a lying bastard!}}}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: There was a one-shot before the series proper began with a number of differences, including no contract, no memory wipe, a seven day time limit on the catch, a more mature design for Elsie, Keima acting and looking more like your average [[Nerd]] and less like a [[Manipulative Bastard]] and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|his last name being Imai]].
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: CAPTURING GOD MODE! Playing 6 dating sims at once.
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* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: Keima on Diana's story in chapter 80: "The plot gets worse the more I hear about it. Coming to me to force a discussion about this? No-one would buy a game with such a poor, cliched setting."
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: Chapters 62-63, recounting how Keima and Tenri first met.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|Keima, for the sake of capturing Yui.}}
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Haqua, until the [[Trauma Conga Line]].
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Keima and Elsie get the Hearts version whenever they... [[Cargo Ship|ship their respective cargo.]] They also get Spirals and Starbursts at various points.
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* [[Winged Humanoid]]: {{spoiler|Appears when a girl hosting a goddess love Keima strong enough. The goddess must be supportive though.}}[[Wings Do Nothing|Other than that, they have no use. Yet.]]
** {{spoiler|As of chapter 187, Diana has used her wings to fly, whisking the newly-awakened Mercury out of Keima's to fight Vintage.}}
* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: The girls lose their original memories of Keima after being exorcised... yet tend to blush or react in a similar fashion when they next see Keima, even though they don't know why. It turns out that the girls' memories are sloppily revised with [[Fake Memories]] by the Hades Government.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Keima's mother is ''really scary'' when she's pissed off. It doesn't help any that Elsie's [[Secret Identity|cover story]] is that she's Keima's illegitimate half-sister.
** After using the "Forced Development Technique" on Nora (see [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] above), Haqua's reaction is full of this:
{{quote| '''Haqua:''' One second, Katsuragi. What's the meaning of this... You ignore me while [[Chaste Hero|I was nude]], but you're interested in Nora!?<br />
'''Keima:''' [[Oh Crap|Come again?]]<br />
Cue severe beating and lots of [[Baka]]. }}
** Also Nora. Good Lord, Nora.
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* [[Working Through the Cold]]: Keima had to do this trying to determine whether it was Ayumi or Chihiro {{spoiler|who had Mercury. Unfortunately it did not go as well as he would have wanted it}}.
* [[Write What You Know]]: Done with the manga itself (the mangaka was a gamer) and {{spoiler|in-universe with Shiori, who is encouraged to do this by Keima}}.
* [[Written Sound Effect]]: There are a bunch of these in the anime for added humor.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Keima on occasions. Well, [[Reality Ensues|not all girls are like they are in the Dating Sim....]]
** The girl he thought of as [[The Generic Guy|The Generic Girl]] type: {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Be Special]] case.}} And it turns out his second guess is wrong again: {{spoiler|it was a "I Liked You All Along" case.}}
** [[Hot for Student|Teacher archetype]]: {{spoiler|[[Naive Newcomer]] [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] teacher, who loves [[Professional Wrestling]].}}
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|[[Yamato Nadeshiko|Goido Yui]] Arc: Keima, despite slowly turning feminine to the point of getting into Otome Games,<ref>Like Bishojo Games, but with boys; for female players instead.</ref>, turned it around to his favor by gleaning a heroine's point of view from them, which is exactly what he'd been in need of.}} It then backfired because now {{spoiler|Yui is trying to capture him}}. She might have a different reason for him than the one Keima (and readers, by extension) sees, but considering the [[Bonus Material|yonkoma]], it's very possible that she simply wants Keima to be her bride. {{spoiler|Turns out that pretty much was the case.}}
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Keima is definitely a master of this, becoming obvious during the latest {{spoiler|Goddess Arc.}} He is able to turn any situation that goes against him, such as {{spoiler|rumors of him dating Kanon}} to his advantage, {{spoiler|as with Kanon, he used it to say that the rumors were false, and that he only loved the girl that he was talking to at that moment.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{spoiler|Yui Goido}}, although she wants to break free. {{spoiler|Post-exorcism, she does - by dressing in boys' clothes.}}
* [[Yandere]]: Kanon has hints of this during her capture. Notably, she tasers Keima for his lack of interest.
* [[Years Too Early]]:
** Elsie thinks she has a leverage with [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|her age]]; she's wrong.
{{quote| '''Elsie:''' Kami-nii-sama is too cold to me!! I'm 300 years older than you, you know!!<br />
'''Keima:''' What's with that? I have lived for 10,000 years. In the games. }}
** Keima uses it straight when challenging Nanaka:
{{quote| '''Keima:''' It's 100 years too early for you to challenge Master Tenri! First you must duel her student, me!}}
** From the members of Kusunoki's dojo: "Hey, you're 100 years too early to ask Toushu [Kusunoki] for a favor!!"
* [[Yonkoma]]: Each volume of the manga has them as an [[Bonus Material|added bonus]]; their [[Canon|canonicitycanon]]icity to the manga's storyline is in debate.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]:
** Mostly averted; even the devils tend to have natural colours. Keima [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it while ranting that his school is not like in a game, and you only get one hair colour.
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* [[You Meddling Kids]]: Subverted in Chapter 101. {{spoiler|The [[Meganekko]] New Devil Fiore questions how the Runaway Spirit Squad foiled her attempt to resurrect a spirit, asking "Why are these kids hindering my plan...?" What she doesn't know is that they weren't the ones to capture the spirit...}}
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]:
** Keima and Co. succeed in their goal of the Goddess Arc, but {{spoiler|Apollo protected herself from Vintage's spell by essentially putting herself into magical stasis, and now they need to find Mercury to break that spell.}}
** And then {{spoiler|Keima tries to see whether Ayumi or Chihiro has the last goddess. He tries first with Chihiro, only to learn she '''doesn't have the goddess''', while shortly after we see Ayumi conversing with the last goddess.}}
* [[You Watch Too Much X|You've Played Too Many Video Games]]: said by Haqua in chapter 121.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]:
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