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'''''Tokimeki Memorial''''' (ときめきメモリアル; ''Tokimeki Memoriaru'', lit. "Heartbeat Memorial") is a popular and [[Video Game Long Runners|long-running]] [[Dating Sim|dating simulation]] series by [[Konami]], with its first game released in 1994 on [[
▲{{quote| ''So this is "love", isn't it. (Yappari "koi", da yo ne.)''}}
▲''Tokimeki Memorial'' (ときめきメモリアル Tokimeki Memoriaru, lit. "Heartbeat Memorial") is a popular and [[Video Game Long Runners|long-running]] [[Dating Sim|dating simulation]] series by [[Konami]], with its first game released in 1994 on [[PC Engine]]. That game was [[Sleeper Hit|a low-profile title which became a hit]], thanks to [[Viral Marketing|massive favourable word of mouth]], and the game appealing not only to the intended young male demography but [[Periphery Demographic|also the female one]], thanks to the game's romantic and funny atmosphere.
Konami went on developping this game into a successful multi-media [[Cash Cow Franchise]]. The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series, nicknamed amongst its fans with the contraction TokiMemo, consists of 8 main games, in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The first four main games are the standard [[Dating Sim]] games (referred in this article and the Character Sheet as the "Standard Branch"). The latter three of the main games are [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] ones named ''Tokimeki Memorial: Girls's Side'' (the "Girl's Side Branch"), and the other main game is actually a [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|Massively Multiplayer Online]] variant, ''Tokimeki Memorial Online''. It also was adapted into several video releases: A two episode OVA based on the first game, a live action movie loosely based on the first game, and a 25 episode anime TV series, ''Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'', based on ''Tokimeki Memorial Online'', produced by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Anime International Company.
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In each game, you're playing as a freshman in a Japanese [[High School]], and you'll spend your three years of school time, working on your academic and sports stats, meeting other students of the other gender as yours, and wooing them, in the hope of getting the confession of love of one of them at the place of legend of your High School on Graduation Day. This place, varying depending on the game, is said to grant eternal happiness to the new couples confessing their feeling to each other on that specific day.
The games have various characters which fits a basic Trope mold for everyone's tastes: the [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Childhood Friend]], which is usually the one the player character has an aim at at the beginning of the story (and is more or less considered the [[Multiple Endings|True Ending]]), the [[Mad Scientist]], the [[Megane]]([[Meganekko|ko]]), the [[Shrinking Violet|Shrinking Violets]], the [[Student Council President]], or the [[Sempai
The series explores various Japanese events and festivals, such as Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, White Day, [[School Festival]], Summer Festival, and more. It also depicts [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|an highly idealistic representation]] of Japanese [[High School]] life, and as such is very focused on providing an atmosphere full of romantic, funny and hopeful moments. The few dramatic moments strategically sprinkled in serve as making the romance and hope shine even brighter, as in the ''Tokimemo'' verse, hurdles are ultimately overcome, and everything goes well in the end. This light-hearted good balance of narrative elements is one of the main ingredients of the series' success.
The first game was written by Koji Igarashi (a.k.a. IGA), before he took over the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series; and the ''Drama Series'' (spin-off games of the 1st game) had [[Hideo Kojima]] as one of their directors and used the ''[[Policenauts]]'' game engine. Mikio Saito (alias Metal Yuhki), the music composer of ''[[
Now with its own [[Tokimeki Memorial (Franchise)/Characters|Character Sheet]]! It's still in construction though. Any help to complete it is welcome!▼
▲Now with its own [[Tokimeki Memorial
[[I Thought That Was|Must not be confused]] with the [[Shojo]] manga ''[[Tokimeki Tonight]]'', nor the [[H Game]], ''Tokimeki Check-in''.▼
▲[[I Thought That Was|Must not be confused]] with the [[Shojo]] manga ''[[Tokimeki Tonight]]'', nor the [[H
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Rei Ijuin is seen like this by the people in Kirameki High.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Mira.
* [[Always Identical Twins]]: Miho and Maho in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''.
* [[The Anime of the Game]]: Several of them. There's the two part OVA series based on the first game, the 25 episodes ''Tokimeki Memorial: Only Love'' anime based on the online game, and a single OVA based on and introducing ''Tokimeki Memorial 4''.
* [[Armor
**
* [[Art Shift]]: Every game in the series has slightly, but noticeably, different art. Most obvious in the transition from ''1'' to ''2''.
* [[Backstory]]: Explored in ''Tokimemo 1: Tabidachi no Uta'', when Shiori and [[Canon Name|Naoto]] talk about their past, and ''Tokimemo 2: Memories Ringing On'' with Kotoko. Also a [[Dark and Troubled Past|vital part]] of [[Broken Bird|Kaori]]'s character in ''Tokimemo 2''; and in the same game, used as an optional gaming feature (known as Childhood Mode), where the player meets some of the girls aside from Hikari and Kasumi during his childhood
* [[Beautiful Dreamer]]
* [[Bifauxnen]]:
* [[Bokukko]]: Akane in ''2'' and in Itsuki in ''4''.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Yuuko in ''1'', Homura in ''2''.
* [[Broken Ace]]: The series start out with a pure [[The Ace|Ace]], Shiori, in the first game, but the following Aces, [[Broken Bird|Kaori]] in ''Tokimemo 2'' and Kei and Teru in the first two ''Girl's Side'' games, are more of the Broken kind due to their poor social skills and other issues tempering their high qualities.
* [[Broken Bird]]:
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Yoshio is one of the oldest examples.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Ayako and Yuina in ''1''.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Played straight with Elisa Dolittle Naruse in ''Tokimeki Memorial 4''
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In ''Tokimemo 1'', Yumi and her "Yumi Bomber". In ''Tokimemo 2'', Homura and her "Dragon Kick" and "Kaichou Kick".
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: As a [[Justified Trope]], it's the whole point of the games: most of the [[Love Interest|Love Interests]] believe in the Legend of their school, and want to reserve their [[Love Confession]] for the Graduation Day, at the Legend's Tree/Bell/Slope/Church. Also explains Saki and Ayako's attitude in [[Gaiden Game|the first two Drama Series, ''Nijiiro no Seishun'' and ''Irodori no Love Song'']]'s respective endings, since those take place in around the middle of the original game's time frame, and leaded to an [[Old Save Bonus|unlockable special mode]] in the third Drama Series, ''Tabidachi no Uta'' giving the real epilogue to those games.
** It's less justified in the ''Girl's Side'' games, which mostly don't have the "confess on Graduation Day" legend and thus rely instead on the guys simply not managing to clearly express their feelings before then. The heroine of each game is also inevitably completely incapable of picking up any hints, subtle or otherwise, that the guys drop prior to Graduation Day.
* [[Canon
* [[Canon Name]]: In the ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' saga, while the games have no pre-existing names proposed for the protagonist (you have to enter your name yourself), the majority of the Drama CDs give him the name "Naoto Takami" (高見公人), save for a few of them which just refers him as "Ore" (I).
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: How the "bombs" are depicted in each game's character data report provided by your Info Man.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' gives us Miyuki. What makes her [[The Chew Toy]]? Her luck is inversely proportional to her happiness, and she's a [[Genki Girl]] with a dash of [[Cloudcuckoolander]]. Even crossing the street is an ordeal for her.
** Even her endings are the most painfully hilarious as well:
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Most of the [[Bishonen]] characters in the series.
* [[Childhood Friends]]
** Homura herself with Akane Ichimonji. The two are best friends since childhood, although Akane feels from time to time the need to take a break from Homura and avoids her, as shown in an Event in Childhood Mode.
* [[Class Trip]]: A staple of the series.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Most of the girls become this when they are in Tokimeki Status, but Yumi, Minori (in ''1''), Hikari, Mei (in ''2''), Tsugumi and Miyako (in ''4'') particulary stand out.
* [[Clock Tower]]: The Legendary Bell in ''2''.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Yukari is a triumphant example of this trope, and Miyuki and her mother are pretty solid ones as well.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The protagonist's exam scores are based on the full range of stats, and if any stat is neglected, it results in a low test score in the associated subject. Other characters don't have this problem. Thus, the brainy, bookish characters who are bad at sports and uninterested in fashion can routinely rank first in exam scores, but no matter how high the player gets their intelligence stat, they can't come close to top ranking without putting effort into raising fitness, fashion, and the other stats as well.
* [[Concept Art Gallery]]: The whole point of the spin-off games ''Tokimeki Memorial: Private Collection'' and ''Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori''.
* [[Console Cameo]]:
** An official artwork of [[Gamer Chick|Yumi Saotome]] of ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' has her playing with a Playstation 1.
** In ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', there's a Playstation 1 in the main protagonist's room.
** In ''Dancing Summer Vacation'',
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Konami is well known for this. The most notable being that {{spoiler|the delinquent bancho boss that the player fights in ''Tokimemo 1'' is the same bancho that appears in ''Tokimemo 2'' and is given a [[Ascended Extra|far bigger role]]
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: A way of meeting characters used several times in the series.
* [[Culture Clash]]: Kotoko of ''Tokimemo 2'' is averse to anything foreign, to the point that the smell of curry makes her sneeze.
* [[Custom Uniform]]: The Ijuin siblings in ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' and ''2'' wear a variant of their respective schools' uniforms as a mark of their high social status as heirs of the filthy rich Ijuin Family (and Rei Ijuin's grandfather is even Kirameki High's administrator).
* [[Cute Sports Club Manager]]: A number of them throughout the series. Saki (who's also the [[Dating Sim]] [[Ur Example]]), Minori (assistant of Saki, then full-fledged CSCM after Saki graduates), Tomomi (assistant of Minori), Shiori (if her starting parameters set her in the Soccer or Base-Ball Clubs), Megumi Juuichiya (of the Basket-Ball Club, in the Drama CDs), and Kaedeko (of the Base-Ball Club of Hibikino High
** Tamami Konno in the first ''Girl's Side'' game is the [[Cute Sports Club Manager]] of the basketball team, and the [[Player Character]] of the ''Girl's Side'' games also has the opportunity to become manager of a sports club (usually the baseball club).
* [[
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: While it's still overall a fluffy romance game like the other games of the series, ''Tokimeki Memorial 3'' is the first and only notable game where there's a melancholic mood, due to
** ''4'' takes [[Darker and Edgier]] in a new direction with the series' first [[Yandere]] character:
** The baby steps might have been given already in the second game, what's with
* [[Dating Sim]]: ''Tokimemo'' is the grand-daddy of them all; it's success both validated and popularized the genre.
* [[Delinquents]]: You can get to fight the [[Jerk
** The spoilers in the [[Continuity Nod]] trope actually go into more detail on this revealing that {{spoiler|the bancho from ''Tokimemo 2'' is the same one that appears in the first game}}.
** ''Tokimemo 4'', in addition, features a girl delinquent as a winnable character.
** The DS version of ''Girl's Side'' also has a delinquent as a secret winnable character.
** The Sakurai Brother in ''Girl's Side 3'' are delinquents and the "main" winnable characters
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: The twins Miho and Maho of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2''; the first is a sweet day-dreaming [[The Ingenue|ingenue]], the second a [[Genki Girl|mischevious]] and street-wise girl.
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Several of the girls loooove their hair jewelry. In fact, it's one of the best gifts for Shiori, and goes as far as a plot point in ''Tabidachi no Uta'', where a MAJOR [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] occurs.
* [[Everything Is Better With Monkeys]]: In ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', there's Sumire's pet monkey, Daisy.
* [[Everything
* [[Expanded Universe]]: All the games of the series are linked to each other, the red thread between all of them being Kirameki High. Most evident in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' and its Substories spinoffs, where some of the ''Tokimemo 1'' characters not only have cameo appearances, they are related to some of the ''Tokimemo 2'' characters in one way or another:
**
**
**
**
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' returns to Kirameki High, where the uniforms are transitioning from the traditional Sailor Fuku to a blazer-type uniform.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side'' games:
* [[For the Cel of It]]: Arguably the prime reason why ''[[The Scrappy|Tokimeki Memorial 3]]'' is considered the series' [[Black Sheep]].
* [[Gamer Chick]]: Yuuko is a bit like this.
** Yuuko may be somewhat of a [[Gamer Chick]], but the real embodiment of this trope is Yumi.
** Also Maho of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', who loves to play ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.
* [[Game Within a Game]]: One of ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' 's numerous mini-games is a ''[[
** The spinoff ''Tokimeki Memorial 2: Dancing Summer Vacation'' has ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial Pocket'' has a ''[[Beatmania]]'' minigame.
* [[General Gaming Gamepads]]: Most of the [[PS 1]] ''Tokimemo'' games are compatible with the Dual Shock and the [[PS 1]] Mouse (the Limited Edition Box of ''Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with you'' even contained a Tokimemo-themed [[PS 1]] Mouse), and ''Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation'' was compatible with the ''[[Dance Dance Revolution|DDR]]'' Dancing Pad.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Yumi and Yuuko from ''Tokimemo 1''. Later, Hikari and Miyuki of ''Tokimemo 2''. Yumi and Hikari even get [[Sunny Sunflower Disposition|the sunflower]] as their [[Flower Motifs|symbolic flower]] to cement this.
* [[Goldfish Scooping Game]]: One of the recurring mini-games in the series, happening during a date at the Summer Festival.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: The requirements to get the endings of some of the girls in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' are quite ridiculous. Special mention goes to the hidden characters.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: A staple of the series. Goes as far as asking you for a nickname, which will be used by some of the characters when they're in Tokimeki State with you.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' [[Playing
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Until ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', the standard branch of the series was the embodiment of this trope, although each heroine had a different shade of red hair.
* [[High School Sweethearts]]: This franchise lives and breathes this trope.
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* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Maho's breasts grow significantly during the second year, making it possible to tell her apart from Miho from then on. Significant because they still often pull a [[Twin Switch]].
* [[Ill Girl]]: Mio has a bit of anemia, and can potentially pass out in some dates.
** Also Saki, if you choose to go with her on the school trip.
** Saki does it again in ''Nijiiro no Seishun'',
** Additionally, Hotaru Izumi (from ''Tokimemo 3'') undergoes major surgery
** Male example: Shunta Torigoe, the main protagonist of the ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' novel ''Anata o Shinjiteru'', has a weak body since childhood, and only got a bit better in High School.
* [[Image Song]]: All of the games have had character image songs although they have gotten progressively less as the series went on. ''Tokimemo 1'' and ''2'' being the two most popular games of the series had by far the most with all the major characters getting at least four or more songs as opposed to ''Tokimemo 3'' (aside from Hotaru and Yukiko) and the first
** On a
* [[In Name Only]]: The [[Video Game Movies Suck|1997 film]]. As incredible as it sounds, it still managed to get an Award of the Japanese Academy, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265880/awards with Yoshinori Okada winning the 1998 Newcomer of the Year award].
* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: This series makes it an important game mechanic: as the girls come to like you, they will name you with more informal honorifics, and even going as far as calling you with [[Hello, Insert Name Here|your nickname]] for some of them. Obviously, it's one of the sure-fire ways to know how you fare in your relationships.
** ''Tokimemo 2'' and onwards also lets the player use it on the girls (and boys in the ''Girl's Side'' sesies). Correct usage improves relationships, and vice versa. And also in ''Tokimemo 2'',
* [[Joshikousei]]
* [[Just Friends]]: In the ''Girl's Side'' games, a heroine pursuing more than one guy can eventually tell one of them [[Let's Just Be Friends|she just wants to be friends]]. This activates "Best Friends" mode, in which they go out on platonic dates and the friend-zoned guy gives the heroine relationship advice while still clearly in love with her himself. It's up to the player whether the she sticks with her first choice or runs to the arms of her best friend at the last minute.
** In ''Girl's Side 3'', the heroine can additionally become close friends with certain pairs of guys in a new "3P Mode". The player can choose to have her pick one over the other, or go all the way to graduation without committing to either.
* [[Karaoke Box]]: One of the series' mainstay date locations. One of the Bad Endings of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' also takes place there, as the player and his two friends are venting their frustration of not getting a girlfriend after their 3 years of High School, by singing a karaoke.
* [[Kawaiiko]]: Yumi. Ironically, she ''hates'' being called cute.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Several characters in the series : Megumi in ''1'', Miyuki and Kaori in ''2'', Kei in ''Girl's Side 1''
* [[Kuudere]]: Yuina, if you get her.
** Rhythmy in ''Tokimemo 4'' personifies this trope.
* [[Large Ham]]: Bakuretsuzan, the school's headmaster in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', is the king of this trope, and can put to shame a lot of the [[Large Ham|Large Hams]] mentioned in the trope's entry. He even has [[What Do You Mean
** Yoshio in ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' is also a good contender for this trope.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Late merchandise in the franchise don't make much a secret that in ''Tokimemo 1'',
* [[Late for School]]: Yuuko in ''1'' is a master at this. This is also the way you meet Homura in ''2'', and what kickstarts Kasumi's storyline in ''Memories Ringing On'' (but certainly ''not'' for humourous purposes in the last case).
* [[Leitmotif]]: Every single major character to appear in all the main games have a theme song. This is played with even more for ''Tokimemo 2'' in that ALL of the characters from that game that had leitmotifs also have an [[Image Song]] set to their corresponding leitmotif.
** The latter of which also applies to ''Tokimemo 1''. Shiori has an [[Image Song]] based on her leitmotif as do Nozomi and Yuko to some extent.
** In ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', the Good Ending's theme, "Anata ni Aete", is ''the game'' 's Leitmotif, having '''a lot''' of variations used depending on the scene's mood: an anxiety-filled scene will get a fast-paced, eerie version; a sad scene will have a slow, heartwrenching rendition; a happy-go-lucky scene will get an upbeat and cheerful version; a scene where a character will overcome her hurdles will get a heroic-cheerful rendition; and so on.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: The standard branch of the series likes to explore the cooking skills of the [[
** However, Yumi's scenario in ''Tabidachi no Uta'' revolves around helping her improving her cooking skills so she can give her brother Yoshio a delicious meal, and actually ''succeeds'' in doing so in the end.
** Also, during the club camping trip in ''Tokimemo 1'', sometimes the dinner prepared by whoever girl you are with in the club (even Saki!) gets prepared wrong, giving everyone a bad case of food poisoning. Said girl apologizes profusely after that.
** In ''Tokimemo 4'', the girls can sometimes be [[Lethal Chef|Lethal Chefs]] ''on purpose''. Miyako is a fairly good example of this, but Tsugumi probably trumps her - if she likes you, and you go on a date with another girl and end up at her parents' cafe, she gets angry. You wouldn't like the drinks she serves up when she's angry.
* [[Lost Forever]]: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series don't make much use of this trope, unlike its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[
** In ''Girls Side 2'', {{spoiler|the hikkikomori secret character becomes unreachable and unobtainable if not approached before the middle of the second year}}
* [[Love Triangle]]: ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' have one between the protagonist, Hikari and Kotoko if you choose to chase after Kotoko all while having excellent relationship with Hikari. It evolves into [[Love Dodecahedron]] in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Memories Ringing On'' when Junichiro, who's in love with Hikari, joins the mess and turn the already plentiful [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] moments to ''[[Toradora
** The ''[[Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side|Girl's Side]]'' branch also introduces female friends who'll turn into rivals if you pursue their guy. It even becomes a gameplay mechanic in ''
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: The sign that a girl is seriously infatuated with you. It's also called "Blushing Stage" in the Western fandom (the official appellation being the "Tokimeki State", aka "Heartbeat State").
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Yuina Himoo of ''1'' is one in training, and Mei Ijuin of ''2'' is her disciple in the ''Dancing Summer Vacation'' Substories. [[Lampshade Hanging|Fans and]] [[Word of God|game creators]] agree to say that the unholy alliance of the [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Ijuin Family's wealth and power]] and [[Take Over the World|Yuina's scientific knowlegde and amibition]], should it occur, would be a sight to both [[Hilarity Ensues|behold]] and [[The End of the World
* [[Match Three Game]]: ''Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle Dama
* [[Meganekko]]: Mio of ''Tokimemo 1'', until you tell her she looks pretty without her glasses (prompting her to [[The Glasses Gotta Go|change to contacts]] at the end). [[Multiple Endings|This is optional though]], as you can also tell her she's fine with them, and she'll wear them in the end.
** Tsugumi of ''Tokimemo 4'' is also a classic [[Meganekko]], to the extent that her character sheet makes her sound like an [[Expy]] of Mio. The reality is... [[Tsundere|different]]
** Rika in ''Tokimemo 3'' is an
* [[The Mourning After]]
* [[Names to Know
** Surprisingly, not a lot of them in the standard branch of the series,
*** [[Yuji Ueda]] (Yoshio) and [[Mami Kingetsu]] (Shiori) in ''1'',
*** [[Sakura Tange]] (Minori), [[Houko Kuwashima]] (Suzune), [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Takumi Oosawa), [[Ryo Horikawa]] (Kouji Tamura), [[Shinichiro Miki]] (Sawatari)
*** [[Aya Hisakawa]] (Natsue) and [[Mariko Kouda]] (Megumi Juuichiya) in the Kirameki Radio Dramas,
*** [[Junko Noda]] (Hikari), [[Motoko Kumai]] (Homura), [[Yukari Tamura]] (Mei), [[Kazusa Murai]] (Kaori), [[Kenji Nojima]] (Jun)
*** [[Akemi Kanda]] (Yukiko) in ''3'',
*** [[Sayuri Yahagi]] (Tsugumi), [[Misato Fukuen]] (Miyako), [[Emiri Katou]] (Itsuki), [[Yuka Iguchi]] (Fumiko), [[Kana Hanazawa]] (Rhythmy), [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] (Rui), [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] (Manabu)
** However, the Girl's Side branch of the series got the royal treatment, with high-profile and famous voice actors. Throughout that branch can be found :
*** [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] (Kei), [[Akira Ishida]] (Sakuya), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Kazuya), [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Madoka), [[Shinichiro Miki]] (Shiki), [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] (Wataru), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Reiichi), [[Soichiro Hoshi]] (Jin), [[Show Hayami]] (Hanatsubaki), [[Yukana]] (Shiho), [[Ikue Ohtani]] (Mizuki), [[Tomoko Kawakami]] (Natsumi), [[Omi Minami]] (Tamami)
*** [[Masakazu Morita]] (Teru), [[Kazuya Nakai]] (Katsumi), [[Chihiro Suzuki]] (Itaru), [[Kenichi Suzumura]] (Kounoshin), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Wakaouji), [[Yuji Ueda]] (Motoharu), [[Kenji Nojima]] (Kazuyuki), [[Kissho Taniyama]] (Tarou), [[Yuko Minaguchi]] (Hisoka)
*** [[Tomokazu Sugita]] (Ruka), [[Junichi Suwabe]] (Kouichi), [[Susumu Chiba]] (Tamao), [[Ami Koshimizu]] (Karen)
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: While [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on this fact, Shiori is fairly known for being the hardest girl to win in the original game and perhaps the hardest in the entire series (along with Hotaru Izumi of ''Tokimeki Memorial 3''). She is the easiest girl to develop love points for though, even if she doesn't already start with higher points than the other girls. Unfortunately, you gotta make her love you AND be good enough for her.
**
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: Try to use a rapid-fire controller in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' 's 100-meters dash mini-game at the Sports Festival, and you'll get disqualified.
* [[No Going Steady]]: In the first game, if you don't make sure to keep all the girls happy and just focus on one girl, the other girls will badmouth you to your chosen love and you'll lose all of them.
* [[Novelization]]: A few of them throughout the series.
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' has a series of 6 novels, focusing on all characters at the average rate of 2 characters per book
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' has two novels, "''Kimi no Ushiro Sugata''" and "''Anata o Shinjiteru''", which feature Hikari and Kaori as their respective heroines
** ''Tokimeki Memorial 3'' has two novels, the heroines of those novels being Yukiko in the first, and Kazumi in the second
** ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1'' has two novels.
* [[The Ojou]]: Yukari Koshiki.▼
* [[One Game for
▲* [[The Ojou]]: Yukari Koshiki
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Yukari's father in ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'', see [[
** Also, Kai Ryukochi's father in ''Tokimemo 4'', who is an [[Expy]] of Yukari's father.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]:
* [[Parental Substitute]]:
* [[The Peeping Tom]]: If you're a member of a club, you'll have an option to go peep at the bathrooms during the summer's training camp. You'll have to choose among three windows, which randomly grant you safe-for-work CGs of [[Fan Service|cute girls]] or [[Fan Disservice|ugly macho men]] bathing. Peeping has a hefty price though: All the girls you know will have [[Relationship Values|a severe drop in affection towards you]], particularly those in the same club as yours, if you peeped at girls; and if you watched at men, your Stress parameter sharply goes up.
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: The treatment given to [[Eagle Land|Patricia Mc Grath]] and [[But Not Too Foreign|Elisa Dolittle Naruse]].
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series makes use of this trope from time to time. An example can be seen in ''Tokimeki Memorial Selection: Fujisaki Shiori'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-3IOW2nAc where Vivaldi's famous ''Four Seasons: Autumn'' can be heard in the Portrait Collection] <ref> moment is at 6:00 of the vid</ref>
* [[Rule of Romantic]]
* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Strangely not a staple of the series, the first game being the only one using them (the others using Blazer-type uniforms). ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' suffered a case of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] from some fans when Kirameki High changed its iconic Sailor Fuku to a Blazer; the complain dried down quickly thanks to the school's gradual change of its uniform policy.
** The first ''Girl's Side'' has Sailor Fuku as the girl uniform, but when the 3rd game returns to the same school the girls uniform has changed to a Blazer type.
* [[Secret Character]]: A staple of the series, each game has at least 2 of them, sometimes 3.
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* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]
* [[Shipper
** This is parodied in a live seiyuu recording that the seiyuu did for the Fantastic Christmas party event where Naoto is looking for Shiori and all the other characters try to help him find her.
* [[Shout
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** The battle theme in this game sounds a lot like ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' 's battle theme and could very well be a shout out considering they came out at around the same time.
** Elisa ''Doolittle'' Naruse isn't quite an [[Expy]] of her namesake, but has to be a [[Shout
* [[Show Within a Show|Show Within A Game]]: Homura of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' is a huge fan of the in-game "Go-Driller" anime which itself is an obvious [[Shout
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Megumi, Miharu and Mio in ''1'', Kaedeko in ''2'', Haruna in ''4''.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series got three of them during its 15 years run: the [[Needs More Love]] [[Overshadowed
** [[Shira Oka: Second Chances]], a game that strives to be as complex as the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series, can be considered an unofficial spiritual successor
* [[Student Council President]]: Homura of ''Tokimemo 2'' is made one by the school headmaster against her will, supposedly to make her a better student; Mei becomes the next one after Homura graduates.
** In ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', Yuu Satsuki is Kirameki High's Student Council President, and Maki Hoshikawa becomes the next one after Yuu graduates.
** In ''Girl's Side 2
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Saki. She even states that she'll go to a culinary institute instead of university, and one of her events involves her sharing her ''delicious'' homemade lunch with you.
** Also Akane of ''Tokimemo 2'', which is mainly her part time job she needs to pay for school.
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** ''Tokimemo 4'' has at least two characters who deserve consideration for this trope - Tsugumi, whose parents run a cafe, ends up pretty close to this, and [[Hidden Character]] Haruna is pretty much defined by this trope.
** In the ''Girl's Side'' games, Madoka Kijyo in
* [[Tears of Joy]]: Happens with several characters througout the series, when their love confession get reciprocated by the protagonist. Most notable examples are
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Miho and Maho.
* [[This Is a Drill]]: As a mecha anime fan, and particulary of the [[Meaningful Name|"Go-Driller"]] [[Show Within a Show|show]], Homura of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' loves to wield these. There's even
* [[Together Umbrella]]: Used as a special event to improve relationships with some girls when they forget their umbrellas on a rainy day, notably Shiori and Megumi in the first game.▼
* [[Tohoku Regional Accent]]: Elisa D. Naruse. Possibly a subversion of the stereotype that all foreigners have a [[Kansai Regional Accent]] (which was used by Patricia McGrath when she was in an [[Unstoppable Rage]], as well as her father and brother, in ''Tokimeki Memorial Pocket''). Also a [[Shout
* [[Tomboy]]: Homura of ''Tokimemo 2'', so much that she rarely wears girls' clothes. Plus she combines that with being an [[Otaku Surrogate]] (her idea of a date is watching a mecha anime film at the movies).
* [[Tsundere]]: Kotoko of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' is a shining case of Type A, complete with cold shoulder, taunts and [[Armor
** In ''Tokimemo 4'', Tsugumi is a Type B, although her tsun-ness is usually triggered either by jealousy or the feeling that Maki is under threat. There's actually a game effect, though - "Tsun" is her special ability and lowers the protagonist's morale.
** Teru of ''Girl's Side 2'' is polite to everyone except the heroine, and though he mellows some as he falls for her, he's quick to get angry and storm off when things get really romantic.
* [[Twin Switch]]: ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' has Miho and Maho, identical twins who love to play switcheroo to fool everyone, including the player. The player "officially" meets Miho since she studies in the same school (Maho studies in ''Tokimemo 1'''s Kirameki Highschool), but during dates, she may send her sister in her place. Figuring out who is who is part of winning either, as [[Sibling Yin
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]
▲* [[Together Umbrella]]: Used as a special event to improve relationships with some girls when they forget their umbrellas on a rainy day, notably Shiori and Megumi in the first game.
▲* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] / [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Nearly all ''Tokimeki Memorial'' games have a childhood friend, usually as the main heroine / [[Gender Flip|hero]]. Since this is a [[Dating Sim]] series, those characters will become one or the other versions depending on your choices, ''and'' your skills as most of them are [[Nintendo Hard]] characters:
** [[Nintendo Hard|Shiori]] in ''Tokimemo 1'', and arguably [[Easier Than Easy|Yumi]], since she's the little sister of your [[Bromantic Foil]].
** [[Easier Than Easy|Hikari]] and [[Nintendo Hard|Kasumi]] from ''Tokimemo 2'' (as well as Akane, Homura, Miyuki, Miho
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** Miyako from ''Tokimemo 4'', although she's usually the [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] on account of being
** Sayo Tsukimura in the ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' novel ''Anata o Shinjiteru'' is main protagonist Shunta Torigoe's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]. [[Foregone Conclusion]] due to the novel's [[How We Got Here]] prologue.
* [[Video Arcade]]: One of the series' staple date locations.
* [[Westminster Chimes]]: A staple of the series.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Used from ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' and on.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Yuina ''hates'' koalas. [[Animals Hate Him|And they hate her, too]].
** And more famous than that, Ayako and her fear of water. Also, Nozomi and her fear of lightning.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: In ''Tokimemo 1'', if you have too many girls after you, they'll easily get jealous and use a "bomb" against you out of envy. It's less pronounced in games ''2'' and ''3'', but [[Gender Flip|just as prominent with the boys]] in the ''Girls Side'' games.
* [[World Tree]]: The Legendary Tree in ''1'' and ''4''.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Yumi, being a wrestling fan, has her own [[Finishing Move]] (which she refined by using it against her brother
* [[Yandere]]: Played straight to a tee with {{spoiler|Miyako Okura}}. There's even some ominous foreshadowing with elements from ''[[Silent Hill]]'', Konami's popular horror series. Maybe just as disturbing, [http://blog.livedoor.jp/insidears/archives/52092712.html the unexpected psycho love made her an instant favorite with 2chan followers].▼
** She already was one before that, apparently, possibly on account of being {{spoiler|the protagonist's childhood friend}}. The Yandere element just added extra spice. ▼
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Arguably, Saki. ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' plays with this trope by making its [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] a full-blood foreigner (who has spent her entire life in Japan).
▲* [[Yandere]]: Played straight to a tee with
▲** She already was one before that, apparently, possibly on account of being
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