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* [[Animated Actors]]: During a special chapter in the middle of the Hinoki arc, the situation is put on hold while catgirl Haqua and bunnygirl Elsea show up as Keima protests. Hinoki is disappointed, and you can see studio lights behind her while she holds up a house model.

* [[Animation Bump]]: The first episode of the second season (the early fight scene in particular) has its animation bumped considerably. Most likely, this is done in order to attract viewers.

** And now Keima kissed Shiori in her cheek after she finished her story.

** Inverted in FLAG.111: Keima's eyes seem to ask Akari "Are you going to ravish me?" after being forcefully kissed quite a few times.

* [[Art Shift]]: A lot of the parody moments. Also, see the [[Bishonen]] entry as well.

** In later episodes, Keima is taking it to [[Genre Savvy]] levels, abusing the [[Medium Awareness|medium]] when he needs to shift into another character type.

* [[Asexuality]]: Outside of his games, Keima does not appear to have any romantic interest at all. He pursues all of his "captures" with the same, cold analytic approach, and every action or expression he makes is usually part of his plan. He's [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|not completely heartless]], but is largely indifferent to life. He even claims he is in no way sexually attracted to video game heroines and sees such thoughts as below him.

* [[Astronomic Zoom]]: Inverted. Elsie tells Keima Chihiro's their next target, and the camera zooms out as it reverberates.

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/120-21979-5/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-55.html The way Keima studies for] [http://www.mangareader.net/120-21979-6/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-55.html his tests.]

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: "Elsie" (NPC) and "Haqua" (Hacker)

** [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/70/page/4 Though he can] [[Gonk|go the other way, if he wants to...]]

* [[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]].

** Keima's [[Play Station Portable|Play Field Personal]].

** Keima is truly hardcore, he has [[Virtual Boy|VIRTUAL PFP]].

** Used again in s2 episode 7, contrasting pre and post-capture Chihiro on her school route.

** Used at the end of S2, where the ED theme is the OP of S1.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: This is the basis of Haqua's partner Yukie's method of capturing spirits.

* [[Bound and Gagged]]:

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Chapters 115-117 are starting this.

* [[Character Development]]: Aside from the girls getting through what problems they seem to have, Keima's developed quite a bit as well; it's just a lot more subtle because his obsession with games hasn't dwindled at all. The Keima from the first chapter never would have {{spoiler|jumped off a building to save a girl}}. Granted, he probably knew Elsie would save him, but he was still taking a risk considering how incompetent she can be at times.

** Shown by how you don't see him playing ''any'' games after {{spoiler|Kanon gets stabbed}}, [[OOC Is Serious Business|and before the story started he played for at least 12 hours every day]].

** Remember how in the first chapters Keima would always say something along the lines of "Real world sucks, the 2D world is so much better"? Well, in a later chapter, he basically says "There is no difference between the real and the virtual. I'll aim for the best ending". He acknowledges the real world (though he still appears to regard 2D girls as superior).

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Several of the girls, most notably starting with {{spoiler|Kanon}}. In fact, the arc starting from Chapter 115 has been focused on Keima searching for which among the girls are the gunmen.

** {{spoiler|Nikaido. Not just simply a sadist teacher, she seems to be a full-fledged devil (like Elsie) with powerful skill.}}

** Maijima Private Junior High School

*** 3rd year junior high school students

* [[Companion Cube]]: Luna, the porcelain doll Tsukiyo holds dear.

* [[Completely Different Title]]: [[Hong Kong]] dub title: ''God of Gaming's Walkthrough in Pick-up''. While it sums up the storyline well, would it be a bit ''too'' explicit?

* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: [http://manga.redhawkscans.com/reader/read/the_world_god_only_knows/en/0/113/page/7 What does it mean for humanity to be perfect...] Easily one of the deepest conversations in the series.

* [[Content Warnings]]: When Nora publicly displayed the contents of Keima's head.

*** The majority of 2-B Pencils sits in the back-left corner of the classroom.

*** Keima sits in the right-center of the classroom. Kinda fitting for the protagonist to be the center of it all.

* [[Corner of Woe]]:

** Desk Of Woe: Keima cries wholeheartedly and becomes depressed when he can't rescue Asuka Sora from the glitched game in chapter 17. First time he shrinks with the desk, then he goes micro-chibi inside the desk drawer.

** Then the post-capture [[Omake]] depicts Luna as a murderous [[Yandere]] who wants to [[Murder the Hypotenuse|kill Keima]] and have Tsukiyo all to herself. Being a doll, though, she can't actually move.

*** {{spoiler|That is to say, she couldn't ''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v14/c131/19.html before]''.}}

* [[Crystal Ball Scheduling]]: Chapter 95. Elsie doesn't know what might happen {{spoiler|if Hinoki's runaway spirit were to resurrect}}, but the TV show she's watching gives a pretty good idea.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|Fiore gets thoroughly trashed by Vulcan in about ten seconds.}} Rather anticlimactic, sure, but hey, not that it matters that much.

** In the anime, Kanon's [[Stun Guns]] are shaped like cats.

** There is a cat with a ribbon that hangs around the school, that Kusunoki later adopts after her arc. He (the cat) later appears during Tsukiyo's arc [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v05/c046/4.html scaring her] and in her omake [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v05/c046.5/7.html carrying off Luna's leg].

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: Suffering from Dating Sim withdrawal, Keima resorts to "Capturing God Mode" in order to clear his backlog, which allows him to play six games at once at blinding speed while still being able to react emotionally to each one, at the price of what feels like three years off of his life span for every hour he uses it. He eventually starts hallucinating and passes out under the strain.

** For the record, he uses "Capturing God Mode" for TWENTY HOURS STRAIGHT before hallucinating. That would be ''sixty'' years off his life if it actually worked that way. Really, he just passes out from sleep deprivation and not eating (which Elsie calls him on afterwards).

* [[Date Peepers]]: Defied in chapter 103. Chihiro opts not to follow Elsie and Keima after seeing the way Keima shows up for their 'date'.

* [[Death Glare]]: Do not question Hinoki's skills.

* [[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.

''cut''<br />

'''Elsie:''' Ah, a fire truck!! ''(starts fangirling)'' }}

* [[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.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Keima's father, who apparently spends most of his time overseas on business.

* [[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.}}

* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]: Mari dropped the tray she was holding when Elsie told her that she is her husband's illegitimate daughter. In the manga the tray had some wares on it while in the anime it was empty.

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Yukie appears in one of the later first season episodes as she passes by Keima's.

** Yokkyun makes an early appearance in the second season.

* [[Electric Torture]]: {{spoiler|What Vintage does to Haqua when they discover that she has tampered with her celestial robe's logs to cover something up.}}

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Tsukiyo in her custom school uniform. Not as extravagant as you'd normally expect, but she qualifies.

* [[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>}}

** Keima looks like [[Austin Powers]], mainly due to the way he dresses.

* [[Eye Beams]]: Keima also shoots one out of his mouth.

* [[Face Fault]]: Done by the Keima household when Haqua tries to pull the illegitimate child gag.

* [[Faceless Goons]]: Veils are part of the standard uniform for the public safety department. {{spoiler|Makes it relatively easy for Haqua to [[Dressing As the Enemy|smuggle herself out]].}}

** Keima also does this in chapter 1 of the manga, right after capturing Ayumi.

* [[Fake Out Make Out]]: Keima pretends to be {{spoiler|Tenri's}} lover, and kisses her to trick Nora.

* [[Fan Service]]: In the anime we are often treated to fanservicey pictures after the episode.

** The manga has its fair share, notably the furo scenes.

**** {{spoiler|Again by the transitive property, Keima took Mars' first kiss.}}

** The girls Keima captured might count as well, since their gaps are filled with love, which they probably hadn't felt before... it wouldn't be too farfetched to assume that he takes their first kisses.

* [[Flat Character]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by Keima to explain why a group of thugs isn't dangerous. Unfortunately, he forgot that [[Reality Ensues|he isn't in a game]]...

* [[Floating Continent]]: New Hell is laid out this way, as a number of islands floating above the surface of the old Underworld.

* [[Full Moon Silhouette]]: Keima and Tsukiyo shared a mid-air kiss at the end of the latter's arc

* [[Furo Scene]]: Elsie in chapters 2 and 102, Tsukiyo in chapter 45, Haqua in chapters 48 and 121, {{spoiler|Keima!Yui}} in chapter 83, Kusunoki in chapters 91 and 97, Hinoki in chapter 95, and Elsie and Haqua together in chapter 144.

** 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.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: {{spoiler|Diana}} may be a goddess, but she's blunt, rude, and selfish when it comes to restoring her power.

** {{spoiler|Nikaido-sensei as well, who is powerful enough to seal up a giant Runaway Spirit all by herself, but otherwise lets the other characters do all the work while she acts like a royal bitch. Partly justified in that her mission on Earth seems to be more about catching the "Vintage".}}

* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The primary plot device that propels the series; Keima's contract will not terminate until all runaway spirits are captured.

* [[Gradual Grinder]]: Haqua's human partner Yukie {{spoiler|is explained to be a positive example of this in that she works on multiple targets at once, and very slowly gets them to open up to her by visiting them daily.}}

* [[Harsh Word Impact]]: A beautiful 4 hit combo string in chapter 29: Jab to the face, punch to the stomach, a surge of flames, and a morph spell to seal the deal.

* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Keima's not an extreme example; he will allow himself to be touched if he has to, he just doesn't like it.

** [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Alternatively]], it may be an extreme case of [[Girls Have Cooties]].

** Keima is undergoing a lot of [[Character Development]], so both may be true at different moments of the manga. See his entry on the characters' page for more details.

** Haqua suffers one in episode 4 of Season 2, which the [[Monster of the Week|loose soul of the week]] takes advantage of.

** In Chapter 167, {{spoiler|Keima actually goes into one after coldly rejecting Chihiro and being rejected by Ayumi. A bit surprisingly, he agrees with Ayumi that "he is the worst."}}

** Keima is [[Hiro Shimono]], aka [[Baka to Test To Shoukanjuu|Akihisa Yoshii]].

*** Keima is a [[Memetic Sex God|different kind of God]] in [[Yosuga no Sora|an H-game]].

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: A lot of what the runaway spirits do can't be seen by people apart from gods, devils, buddies and hosts. However, not everything falls under this and is a large part of Hell's job when it comes to fixing memories or just using their hagoromono. For example, Haqua scolds Elsie for making more work for her superiors because she didn't cloak herself when flying.

* [[It Doesn't Mean Anything]]: Keima excuses himself out of his responsibility to Tenri and Diana, saying "Besides, we haven't done anything but [[Fake Out Make Out|act!]]"

* [[It Tastes Like Feet|It Tastes Like Hands]]: Averted in chapter 6. We will never know.

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Chief Dokuro says this about herself, accompanied by a flashback to how she looked during the war against Old Hell. {{spoiler|She looked like a skeleton, just taller.}}

** 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.

** Of course, with the introduction of {{spoiler|Minerva}}, things may change....

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Keima and Tenri.

** This isn't lost in the anime. The latter portion of s1's 8th episode follows [[Hot Mom|Keima's mother, Mari,]] and includes a few [[Male Gaze|generous shots of her]].

** Both Kusunoki and Elsie get a moment in s2 episode 2.

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Keima [[Invoked Trope|reluctantly gets himself smooshed]] in chapter 91. Later on in chapter 109, Keima inadvertently invokes Mari's maternal love, and is embraced tightly.

* [[Martial Arts Uniform]]: Kusunoki, her students, and Keima wear this during Kusunoki's and Hinoki's arcs.

** [[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:

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]]":

** Ayumi enters the Mai High beauty competition dressed as one.

* [[Miko]]: According to the footage in Chronos Camera's documentary, the USA has become so obsessed with gal games that the Statue of Liberty dons a miko outfit.

* [[Mock Millionaire]]: Mio acts incredibly rich, because at one point she was, until her father died, leaving her poor. This is [[Played for Drama|not very good for her financial, or emotional, well being.]]

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Chapter 121: "We are not alone. {{spoiler|[[Ill Girl|Kanon]]}} is upstairs."

** Elsie's being [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|really 300 years old]] and behaving [[Immortal Immaturity|like a little kid.]]

*** Really, she's just that funny.

** When [[The Watson|the Watsons]] 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.

* [[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>,

** "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.]]

** "Again? Now is not the time for events with erotic scenes!!" Keima comments, opening the bathroom door again to reveal {{spoiler|a bathing Kusunoki}}.

** Also the relationship between Nikaido and Jun Nagase.

** Kusunoki and Keima.

** When the sports festival comes round, Nikaido and Kodama start acting like it's life-or-death, much to their students' confusion. {{spoiler|Turns out they had a bet on.}}

** Shogi. Turns out it can be as intense as a game of tennis in [[Prince of Tennis]].

* [[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.

* [[Smooch of Victory]]: The entire point is for Keima to get the girl to kiss him to get rid of spirits, although it isn't the only way. Also, Hinoki makes out with Keima {{spoiler|after her spirit is already gone, much to everyone's - especially Keima's - terror.}}

* [[Spam Attack]]: Chapter 83's Okaa-sama [[One Piece|Gatling]]!

* [[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.

* [[The Power of Love]]: It seals the deal in the whole ordeal. By making girls fall in love with him, Keima can then drive evil spirits out of their hearts.

** 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 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 Sweat Drop]]

* [[That Poor Plant]]: In FLAG 158, while the goddesses argue over Keima a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v17/c158/10.html plant in the room is clipped].

* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: Keima is known to do this often; most of them are game-related.

* [[Tsundere]]: Let's see.... We have Keima himself, Ayumi, Mio, Kusunoki, Chihiro, Tsukiyo, Diana, Haqua.... we can say that roughly half of the cast has had their moment.

* [[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]].

* [[Voice of the Legion]]: "Can't catch me"

* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Keima gives one to {{spoiler|Ayumi to capture her again.}}

* [[Webcomic Time]]: The manga takes six months to cover three days in-universe - which gets a [[Lampshade Hanging]] in chapter 137b.

* [[Wham Episode|Wham Chapter]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 174. Lune has assembled a team to capture one of the Goddesses hosts during the Mai High Festival. However, she doesn't know who that girl is. The solution? Order her minions to capture all of the girls Keima's conquered before at the festival!}}

** 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!}}}}

** Keima's dilemma on how many heroines a gal game should have is depicted as... first a large-scale debate on political reform, and then a full-scale war between "Solo-Heroine" and "Multi-Heroine" ''armies''.

** Keima's [http://www.mangareader.net/120-47545-13/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-86.html "Testament"] after realizing that {{spoiler|he's been turning feminine after the [[Freaky Friday Flip|mind-swap]].}}

** The shogi game against Diana, with sparkling auras, dragons and finishing moves.

** The baseball game in s2 episode 3.

* [[What Would X Do|What Would Kami Sama Do?]]: Elsie in chapter 26.

* [[Whole Episode Flashback]]: Chapters 62-63, recounting how Keima and Tenri first met.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|Keima, for the sake of capturing Yui.}}