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Zatch Bell! (Manga)
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a.k.a. Konjiki no Gash Bell!!, or Konjiki no Gash!! ("Golden Gash [Bell]!!")A manga created by Makoto Raiku. This series is a very unusual take on the Mon genre, in that the "mons" of this series are, for the most part, superpowered children with human partners. One hundred demon children (mamono in the original Japanese, called "mamodo" in the English release) are sent to earth to do battle with each other to find out who will be the next generation's King of Demons. The catch is that they can only use their demon powers if they find a human to read spells out of their book. If their book is burned, they're banished back to the demon world and are out of the contest.The show specifically features the adventures of the arrogant Japanese junior high school student, Kiyomaro Takamine (shortened to "Kiyo" in the English release), and his hyperactive mamono partner, Gash Bell (renamed "Zatch"). Together they decide to try to make Gash the Demon King, so he can rule over the demon world with kindness.The series was a smash hit in Japan, running for 33 volumes and spawning a 150 episode anime, toys, collectibles, multiple video games, two movies, and a trading card game. In America, the English dub aired on Toonami in 2005, though only 2/3rds of the series were dubbed.A sequel series began in March 2022.Tie in media includes: Zatch Bell! Side Story: Friends - One-shot special set after the seriesFilms Zatch Bell! 101st Devil (2004) Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan (2005)Tabletop Games Zatch Bell! The Card Battle (2005)Video Games Zatch Bell! Electric Arena/Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Unare! Yūj� no Zakeru (JP:2003, WW: 2005) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Unare! Yūj� no Zakeru 2 (JP:2004) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Unare! Yūj� no Zakeru Dream Tag Tournament (JP:2005) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūj� Tag Battle (JP:2004) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūj� Tag Battle Full Power (JP:2004) Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles/Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yuujou Tag Battle 2!! (2005) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Makai no Bookmark (JP:2004) Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury/ Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Gekitou! Saikyou no Mamonotachi (JP:2004, WW: 2006) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! The Card Battle for GBA (JP:2005) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!! (JP:2005) Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Golden Memories (JP:2019) Konjiki no Gash!! Eien no Kizuna no Nakama-Tachi (JP:2024) | |
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Dirty Coward: Zofis. He hides behind an army of revived demons, then spends most of his battle against Brago running away and using Koko as a shield. Also Grisor from the demon mirror filler arc, though possibly more justified since he lacked the strength to actually fight back when cornered. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
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Anyone Can Die: That is, having your book burnt and returning to the mamodo world, which frequently happened even to sympathetic characters. Thanks to the nature of the central conflict, we learn very early on that this is going to happen to EVERY demon child character in the series, except one, and even that one is going to return to the demon world after they win. Naturally, every demon child is competing to be that one. It's an unusually dark setup when you consider how light-hearted the series usually is. | |
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Friendly Sniper: Cherish, according to Ted. Her current predicament forces her to become a Cold Sniper. | |
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Hero Stage Show | |
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Hero Stage Show: Zatch goes to see a stage show starring his favourite hero, Praying Mantis Joe, on the roof of a department store while his friends go shopping. Zatch's friends and other customers fall for scam purchases set up by the department store's unscrupulous manager, so Zatch and the kids at the stage show encourage Joe to save the day by fighting the manager's bodyguard. The normally weak-willed actor overcomes his fear and stands up to the manager, refusing to back down even as the bodyguard repeatedly beats him up. Mrs. Nakata (the teacher's wife) ends up defeating the bodyguard herself, but Zatch attributes the victory to Joe and everyone gets refunds for their bad purchases. | |
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Chinese Girl: Li-en. She's specifically from Hong Kong and her dad is a tria head. | |
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My Friends... and Zoidberg | |
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You could say this happens with Momon, but he isn't really "hiding" his badassery, he gains it after going through character development. This happens with a lot of the Mamodo, except Purio. | |
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Multinational Team | |
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Multinational Team: The main cast of human partners ends up being this, with new members at varying points in the story as the characters travel the world. Kiyo and Megumi are Japanese, Folgore is Italian, Sunbeam is German, and Sherry is French. Later arcs introduce temporary members such as Dr. Riddles (American), Li-En (Chinese), Sauza (Mongolian), Gustav (Finnish), and Alishie (African). | |
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Badass Adorable | |
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Badass Adorable: Most of the smaller mamodo qualify for this. Examples include Zatch, Tia, Kanchomé, Ponygon, Kido, Laila, Penny, and the list goes on... | |
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Little Miss Badass | |
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Little Miss Badass: Nearly every female demon kid. | |
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Not So Harmless Villains: Purio is a coward and spoiled brat who never would have lasted as long in the battle as he did without teaming up with others. But that doesn't mean he's a pushover; his chemical-based spells mostly focus on incapacitating the opponent, but he later gains offensive spells that take the form of corrosive acid. Really, if he hadn't been so gutless, he would have been a frontrunner. | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: Because of her pacifistic nature, Kolulu was saddled with a second, MUCH more violent personality that manifested whenever her spells were cast in order to ensure her participation in the battle for kingship. Before her this is also shown with Gofure, the dog Gash meets in the rain - both terrified of his Bookmaster and very clearly not wanting to fight Gash, but when the spell is read he loses all control. Rein and Momon are willing to fight despite not being interested in fighting or becoming King, so they don't have the second personalities like full-on absolute pacifists like Kolulu and Gofure. There's also Koko, who turned sadistic and mean-spirited under the influence of Zofis. During the Faudo arc, Zeno gives his henchmen power through the use of the Godufa spell. It not only makes them more powerful but also makes them eviler and obedient to Zeno (as several of them were planning to betray Leo once he awakened Faudo). Rodeaux is such a badass that he can withstand this, however. | |
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Star Power: Pamoon. | |
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Cool Old Guy: Several examples throughout the series. Gustav is Vincent Bari's partner. A serious man who acts as a strict father to Bari, helping him with his battles but trying to make him grow. He thanks Zatch and Kiyo after their battle for helping Bari to discover what he was missing, which is the primary reason that they don't destroy Zatch's spellbook. Doctor Riddles is a Trickster Mentor skilled in magic tricks and combat tactics who has altruistic motives throughout the battle, even after losing Kido. Byonko's partner Alvin had a bad habit of forgetting to wear his dentures, rendering him unable to say the spells. Later, Alvin reveals he did it on purpose to be a hindrance to Zofis; the moment that Byonko turns back to the right side, he pops in his teeth and the two of them begin curb-stomping Zofis's most powerful servant. Jed, Ted's partner, is a nomadic and carefree Badass Biker who was able to defeat Ted every time the pair of them sparred. | |
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Attention-Deficit Disciple | |
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Attention-Deficit Disciple: Folgore's first appearance. Kiyomaro is still analyzing him while he dances, and Gash couldn't help but join the dance. | |
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Title Drop: A Japanese-only version. The manga's original title is Golden Gash, which is exactly what he's called by Clear Notes final form. | |
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Always Someone Better | |
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Keith considered himself on par with the Four Prodigies, simply because he had never met another child he couldn't easily beat. Then he met Vincent Bari. Bari even calls him out on this when they meet again in the battle; Keith was powerful, but he lacked the guts to challenge anyone above his level and the spirit to press on in impossible odds. Bari experienced those traits when he battled Zatch and gained them for himself when he defeated Elzador, one of the Four Prodigies; even with Faudo amplifying Keith to insane levels, he never stood a chance against Bari. | |
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Climactic Battle Resurrection: The aforementioned comeback of all the previous mamono in the final battle. | |
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The Movie | |
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Another example comes from The first Movie, with the 101st book. Used by Wiseman in a ploy to get himself in the battle for king, it STEALS spells from other books and uses them as its own. Ironically, something like this would have been useful against Clear Note as it was made as a precaution to stop crazed king candidates, but you know how movies and canon work out together. Anyway, his scheme was neutralized when Gash, Tio, Kanchomé, and Umagon were able to unify their powers into one spell, which burned the book. | |
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The Rival | |
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When attacks are based more on a force than anything substantial, this is usually how they coalesce, as seen with Brago's Gravity-based spells and Zofis's Explosion-based spells. | |
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The Stoic | |
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The Stoic: Laila. Not So Stoic: She starts to show emotions after Zatch convinces her that she can trust him and in his friends, and when her partner Albert shows that he deeply cares about her, even when mind-controlled. | |
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Playing with Fire: Bago, Ponygon, Fango. | |
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Villain Song: Folgore's Hey, Hey, Let's Dance All Day and Iron Man Folgore songs could be seen as this during his first appearance when he and Kanchomé battle with Zatch and Kiyo. Robnos' song. Penny's song about love. Victoreem's Very Melon. Coral Q's song about himself. Keith's butchering of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. | |
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Power Limiter: While the spellbooks serve as a source of power for Mamodos' spells, the epilogue reveals they also serve as a bit of a limiter. Specifically, Mamodo are capable of casting their spells at will in their world, but they rely on human partners to cast their spells for them during the battle to become king. | |
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The Juggernaut | |
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The Juggernaut: The battle contains several of these. Brago is the most prominent example of this; over the entire manga, only three battles showed him getting any significant damage: Zofis, who only gained the upper hand because of psychological warfare on Brago's partner; Clear Note, another Juggernaut; and the final battle against Zatch, where he barely loses. Subverted with Baltro; initially, he appears to be this, a giant hulking robot undamaged by anything...up until it's revealed that the robot is a puppet, and all they have to do is aim for the strings (or flowers, in this case) to reveal his true, much more manageable form. Demolt is this even without a magical stone above his head that heals any damage he accrues; when the good guys finally break the stone, his bookkeeper casts a spell that gives him armor, negating his only weak spot and making him even stronger. Rein is a hulking brute that's powerful enough without his spells. With his spells, he's this. Faudo would count as this if Kiyo hadn't hacked into his weapon programming while he was dormant and made it impossible for him to aim his attacks at anything alive. Vincent Bari's first appearance shows him as very strong, but not unyielding. But after defeating Elzador and learning true strength, he's this, unyielding in body and spirit alike. Clear Note. His power is in a completely different league to the point where he could Curb-Stomp Brago; the first time Zatch fought him, it took Ashuron pulling off a Heroic Sacrifice while Brago held him in place with his gravity, and even that didn't kill him (though it really should have). It takes a literal miracle to win against him in the final battle. | |
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Ambiguous Situation: What happens when a Mamodo's partner dies? Sherry is able to cow Brago into line by threatening to kill herself, as he believes her the only person who will ever be able to wield his book. On the other hand, Kiyo, contemplating a Heroic Sacrifice, theorizes that the book will choose someone else to replace the dead partner. Adding to this, Zofis was able to find partners for the Millenium Mamodo among the descendents of the original partners, but it's mentioned that he had to force the matter somewhat with his powers, leaving it unclear whether this could occur naturally. | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Many bookkeepers let the power of their demons go to their heads. Kiyo is surprised when he finds out that there are exceptions to this rule. During the battle against Zeno, Zatch uses the real Bao Zakeruga, a power that feasts on anger and hatred; originally designed for protection, it became corrupted from the emotions it devoured and required an iron but tranquil will to leash it. King Bell denied it to Zeno because he said that Zeno couldn't handle it...and when he comes face-to-face with it Zeno himself is unable to deny that it was beyond his ability to handle. Heck, Zatch nearly died when using it. A more notable example is used in the final arc: while training the main characters to improve themselves so they can combat Clear Note, Dufort explains to Folgore that Kanchomé has the potential to be the most powerful mamodo in the group. However, if Kanchomé doesn't have control of his abilities, bad things are going to happen. Turns out Dufort was right: During his fight with Goomu, the power of his Shin Poruku spell goes to Kanchomé's head, turning him into an overpowered monster that shows no regret when cruelly beating Goomu and his bookkeeper Mir (thankfully Folgore convinces him what he's doing his wrong before he can do any permanent damage. Brago theorizes that this is the case with Clear Note, his extreme nihilism being the result of him being drunk on the power of his strongest spell: Shin Clear Seunousu. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Done wonderfully with Zatch's memory which Zeno stole from him after nearly killing Zatch in the beginning of the tournament. During the showdown at Faudo, some of memories of Zatch leak, and Zeno gets to see them, making him doubt everything he assumed about his brother. After he's defeated, he gets to see how life was like before Zatch and is struck with sadness at Zatch's own hardships growing up, guilt at his own contributions, and moved by despite all that, Zatch still caring for him. When he comes to, he admits his wrongdoings and asks his brother for forgiveness. When Sherry first appears, she is wearing the rings that were given to her by Koko on her tenth birthday, which help her to regain her composure during her battle with Zofis. | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real: Laila's stone curse and Cherish's fear of lightning. Kanchomé's strongest spell in the manga is basically this. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Kiyo somehow manages to play straight man to everyone, even ostensibly serious characters. | |
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Know-Nothing Know-It-All | |
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Dr. Riddles and Kido. Kido may look cute, but he's packing a ton of firepower. Meanwhile, Dr. Riddles seems like a Know-Nothing Know-It-All, but if anything, his claims to know everything is an understatement. | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
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Gash inspiring a weak-willed character to step up and fight only for them to receive a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
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Captain Ersatz: Some of the Majestic Twelve are based on American superheroes; Lightning Eye is clearly based on Cyclops of the X-Men, while Rocket Foot is obviously inspired by the Flash. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Zatch comes to end almost all his sentences with "na(ru) no da?" (isn't it so?). He also uses the phrase "Unu!" to express approval, which Zeno later reveals to be a symbol of his knowledge of his relationship to the current King. | |
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Covered with Scars | |
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Covered with Scars: Vincent Bari's look for his last appearance in the manga, courtesy of Elzador, a prodigy of the Dragon Clan. Even after the battle ends and the new king restores everyone's bodies, he stays this way, most likely of his own volition. | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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Small Name, Big Ego: None of these examples are weak so much as they're arrogant. Except for Kanchomé, wherein it's quickly revealed to be a ruse to hide a complete lack of self-esteem. Unlike the other examples here, though, he gets Character Development to outgrow this and fully realize his potential. Fein is presented as a cunning and calculating demon with an average growth rate but acute sense for other Mamodos' spellcasting. He only hunted opponents when he was confident in his superiority and thoroughly enjoyed toying with them, and his goal was to be an Unopposable King whom the strong and weak alike had no choice but to bow before. One arrogant mistake against Zatch and Kiyomaro was all it took to seal his defeat. Eshros had exceptional potential; he started out with 8 spells, quadruple the standard at that point, and he had the upper hand for most of the battle with Gash. Heck, once his partner found his courage and stopped holding back, he did ultimately defeat Zatch. But he was selfish and cruel, a stark contrast to his Gentle Giant partner Shin whom he had manipulated and verbally abused. Shin understood what strength was as a result of the battle, so he surrendered his book in the end. Robnos is arrogant, but the way he plays it up is mostly for psyching his opponent out, and it would have worked if Kiyo wasn't so smart; as it was, it was a close victory for Zatch. Victoream. He's no slouch at all in brain or brawn, but his ego is titanic, and a good part of that was exploited to defeat him. And to clarify, he encountered the protagonists while they were recovering from a previous gauntlet of battles, none of them able to use more than one or two spells with the energy they had left; if not for Kiyo's planning, they never would have had a chance...and he gave them the opportunity they needed to make the plan in the first place. Koral Q always studied his opponents thoroughly before challenging them, never making a move unless the odds were in his favor and belittling anyone who fought high-risk battles. He lost to Zatch and Kiyo because he lacked their fighting experience, the ability to read an opponent's moves at the moment and adapt on the fly. Keith considered himself on par with the Four Prodigies, simply because he had never met another child he couldn't easily beat. Then he met Vincent Bari. Bari even calls him out on this when they meet again in the battle; Keith was powerful, but he lacked the guts to challenge anyone above his level and the spirit to press on in impossible odds. Bari experienced those traits when he battled Zatch and gained them for himself when he defeated Elzador, one of the Four Prodigies; even with Faudo amplifying Keith to insane levels, he never stood a chance against Bari. | |
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Beam-O-War | |
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Beam-O-War: A lot of fights end up being resolved by the combatants firing their biggest spells at each other. | |
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Sadist Teacher | |
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Sadist Teacher: Tooyama, Kiyo's homeroom teacher, has a huge bone to pick with him for his actions during his "arrogant smart jerk" phase. | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: There are four demon children considered the natural frontrunners in the battle due to their immense power. They are Thunder Emperor Zeon, the dragon clan prodigies Elzador and Ashuron, and Brago, who had received "Elite Training". | |
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More Dakka | |
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More Dakka: Any spell that has the word "Ganzu" or "Ganreizu" in its name involves firing Gatling-gun-like projectiles of the user's element. | |
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No-Harm Requirement | |
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No-Harm Requirement: Zatch Bell and his cohorts, generally being Reluctant Warriors, will often try to resolve conflict without resorting to too much violence if possible. The best example being when Zatch found out the pink beast terrorizing the town was actually his new friend Kolulu. As soon as he realized it, he demanded that Kiyo not launch any more spells and resolved to get through to her with pleas. | |
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Gratuitous Foreign Language | |
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Gratuitous Foreign Language: Kafk Sunbeam's catchphrases invoke Gratuitous English. Folgore gives us the occasional Italian in both original and dub. | |
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Electric Torture | |
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Electric Torture: By Zeno on Cherish to make her obey him. | |
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Insufferable Genius | |
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Insufferable Genius: Played with - Kiyo starts out despising his intellectual inferiors (read: everybody) and the feeling's mutual. On the other hand, his unpopularity actually seems to bother him a lot and it might be a chicken-and-the-egg situation because they were jealous. | |
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Apologetic Attacker | |
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Apologetic Attacker: Kolulu and Lori are forced to fight Zatch and Kiyo when Kolulu transforms into her brainwashed form and tries to stop the attack. | |
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Smoke Shield | |
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Smoke Shield: * Being a shonen about demon children (called Mamodo) fighting with magic powers, this comes up often. One example is during Riya's fight with Zaruchim in the anime. In the manga they're backed up by Ponygon and Fango respectively. Towards the end of the fight a situation occurs where the hero side is able to knock the villain side down. Riya's book owner Aleshie then casts Riya's strongest spell Shao Neodoruk and appears to have won for the good guys as the giant deer spell tackles Fango and Zaruchim (just Zaruchim in the anime). When the smoke clears, Zaruchim is completely unharmed and he smugly reveals to his adversaries that he blocked Riya's strongest attack with Fango's body (manga) or a clone made from Faudo's power (anime) and heartlessly discards it as both disappear (in the manga the attack was strong enough to burn Fango's spellbook). | |
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Heart Is an Awesome Power | |
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Heart Is an Awesome Power: Later in the series, these mamodo discover useful ways to use their powers. Kanchomé, in particular, becomes possibly the strongest mamodo in the series, while Momon holds off two evil mamodo with relative ease. The exception to this is Purio, who gains a very powerful skill set but lacks the ability to be useful due to his idiocy and greed. | |
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Kick the Dog | |
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In the magic mirror filler arc of the anime, Shion. She literally gets kicked again for her efforts, but still succeeded in what she set out to do. | |
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Deliberate Injury Gambit | |
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Deliberate Injury Gambit: Kiyo tries this during his fight with Leo, but in a subversion, he is killed. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: The anime had one as the Big Bad of a filler arc. Strangely enough, he actually got Killed Off for Real in the end. Another one was the villain in the second movie. | |
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Gentle Giant | |
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Eshros had exceptional potential; he started out with 8 spells, quadruple the standard at that point, and he had the upper hand for most of the battle with Gash. Heck, once his partner found his courage and stopped holding back, he did ultimately defeat Zatch. But he was selfish and cruel, a stark contrast to his Gentle Giant partner Shin whom he had manipulated and verbally abused. Shin understood what strength was as a result of the battle, so he surrendered his book in the end. | |
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Split Personality | |
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Split Personality: Kolulu. And possibly other demons in the fight. Played with in how Zofis created one for Koko, but once that personality took hold, Koko never shifted between the two until she was completely unbrainwashed. | |
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World-Healing Wave | |
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World-Healing Wave: Once the winner of the tournament to decide the king of the demon world is decided, all damage done to the human world is undone by the books. The larger implications of this are left unaddressed, as we only witness the injuries of the final participants being healed, and the land where the final battle took place being fixed. | |
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Death Is Cheap | |
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Death is Cheap: In the manga, Kiyo dies during the fight in Faudo. The following chapter, Zatch pounding on his chest serves as an accidental defibrillator, and CPR plus Tia's healing magic gets him breathing again. Then, the concentrated nutrients in Faudo's liver allow him to make a full recovery in a miraculously short time...though he's still out of commission for 40 chapters. | |
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Boring, but Practical | |
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Boring, but Practical: Rare profession example. When Kiyomaro's class is asked what they want to do when they grow up, they all give strange responses, but the last one says he wants to be a salaryman. Most of the students tease him for the lack of imagination, but the teacher proceeds to shut his class up while praising said student. He then goes on to explain why there is nothing wrong with a job like that. While he exclaims to his students that careers such as a celebrity, athlete or performer are wonderful jobs to dream about, he also asks them what would they do after their time in the limelight. Being a salaryman meanwhile provides stable work that is more ideal for married life and raising a family, especially with things like job benefits and insurance the company provides. The class is moved by this and Kiyo reflects on it later in that he believes helping Zatch achieve his dream will help him. As the battle evolves into higher levels of combat, a commonly used counter to highly powerful attack spells is to simply dodge them, and an important element of fights is positioning so that the enemy can't evade the Finishing Move once it's used. | |
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Handsome Lech | |
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Parco Folgore, a Handsome Lech pop star who spends most of his time chasing after bambinas. Oh, and he's also really devoted to his pathetically underpowered demon partner, Kanchomé. | |
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Character Development | |
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Except for Kanchomé, wherein it's quickly revealed to be a ruse to hide a complete lack of self-esteem. Unlike the other examples here, though, he gets Character Development to outgrow this and fully realize his potential. | |
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Power of the Void | |
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Power of the Void: Gorm, Clear Note. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: All over the place. There is a staggering amount of demon children whose spells are near useless in the straight-up fight the contest seems to entail. Nonetheless, many of these same children end up making it very far in the tournament, thanks to either creative use of their powers or teaming up with each other. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Several, mixed with The Worf Effect. Zeno's fight with Roppes is painfully one sided to highlight the gulf between him and Zatch, who had fought Roppes to a draw. Bari's return in the Faudo arc has him dish out an unceremonious beatdown to Keith, who started the arc nearly defeating Zatch and had since been further strengthened by Faudo. After Kiyo's return, he and Zatch proceed to absolutely crush Jedun. Rodeaux manages to do a little better but still falls easily. | |
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Cast of Snowflakes | |
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Cast of Snowflakes: Every single mamodo and their partner are unique, even the one-shot characters. This even extends to their spells, each of which can only be used by that mamodo. Zeon averts this since he looks a lot like Zatch, albeit with white hair, pale skin and purple eyes while using blue lightning instead of yellow. Justified since they are twin brothers. And even then, while they both have the same lightning spells, they have their own differing techniques outside of the basics. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Tooyama sensei was sick of Kiyo getting perfect scores on tests despite being frequently absent so he made one question that was only covered in class worth 30 points. When Kiyo resolves to get notes from his classmates, Tooyama makes a full 50% of the next test's grade come from a question about his personal life that none of the class could answer. The test is promptly thrown out and Tooyama gets scolded by the vice-principal. | |
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Magikarp Power | |
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Magikarp Power: Most of the Mamodo are like this (with some exceptions such as Brago, who is absurdly strong to begin with and only gets more powerful). The further one progresses in the tournament, the stronger they become due to gaining more spells. This means that by the top ten, only extremely powerful Mamodo are left. Special mention goes to Kanchomé, who is virtually useless in the beginning, but later grows to be one of the most powerful demons, period. | |
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Secret Test of Character | |
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Secret Test of Character: Lien's father is hinted to have done one when he held a sword towards Wonrei's face. Though he came off as an overprotective mafia boss, there's no denying that he cares a great deal about his daughter and would only accept a man capable of standing up to him as Lien's husband/lover. This can be further reinforced by how after she lets Lien and Wonrei leave together, his goons look back at Lien and give her a smile followed by a nod. clearly showing that they have finally found the man capable of protecting Lien. | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Zofis and Leo. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Gash becomes the demon king, but has to go back to the mamodo world. Worse, their two worlds will be closed off from each other for another 1000 years and seemingly no way to contact, so it's likely that Gash, Kiyomaro, and all the other teams will never see each other again (made worse by the fact that Gash will likely outlive Kiyomaro Somewhat mitigated due to Zatch manages to send Kiyo a letter promising that they will meet again. This promise shows promise of being fulfilled in an extra chapter. When Zatch is defending a student from an adult Mamodo who used him to steal the King's Wand (a royal staff that negates the effects of other mamodos within a radius.) However, Zatch's conviction and connection to Kiyo ends up with Kiyo briefly regaining the Spellbook and manifesting, allowing Zatch to defy the Wand and cast Bao Zakeruga to utterly crush the enemy. Additionally, Kiyo learns that Suzy and all of his friends are going to different school, making it much more difficult to reunite. Furthermore, Zatch has to struggle with balancing his kingly duties and how it cuts into time with his friends. | |
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Elemental Powers | |
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Elemental Powers: Plenty of variety across the demons shown: Blob Monster: Byonko. Blow You Away: Hyde, Fein, Zabas. Casting a Shadow: Zaruchim. Dishing Out Dirt: Gofure, Eshros, Dogmos. Extra-ore-dinary: Maruss, Boru Bora, Fausto. Gemstone Assault: Cherish. Gravity Master: Brago. Green Thumb: Sugino, Pokkerio, Kalura. Hard Light/Laser Cutter: Robnos, Erujo, Tsuvai, Victoream, Keith. Having a Blast: Zofis. An Ice Person: Reycom, Furigaro, Karudio. Lunacy: Laila. Magnetism Manipulation: Maestro. Making a Splash: Penny. Master of Illusion: Kanchomé. Musical Assassin: Yopopo. Playing with Fire: Bago, Ponygon, Fango. Power of the Void: Gorm, Clear Note. Shock and Awe: Zatch, Zeno. Star Power: Pamoon. Techno Path: Kido, Koral Q. | |
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Spell Book | |
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Spell Book: A cornerstone of the plot. Each of the 100 mamodo sent to Earth for the battle has a book that's tied to their magic, and only one person in the world can read it and unleash the spells within. The book's magic allows for borderline telepathy between partners with a strong enough bond and turns the willpower of anyone who touches it into pure energy to fuel the spells. Furthermore, new spells appear as new power awakens in the mamodo and the amount of text on one page that that spell takes up demonstrates how powerful it is; it can be anywhere from one line to the whole page. And most importantly, if the book is destroyed, the mamodo tied to it loses all claim to the throne and is sent back to the Mamodo World. | |
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Four Is Death | |
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Four Is Death: Out of all of the Mamodo that Zofis revived from a thousand years ago, the last four are the most powerful. Also, Zatch's fourth spell is Bao Zakeruga, which is a major plot point in the series. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Parco Folgore, a Handsome Lech pop star who spends most of his time chasing after bambinas. Oh, and he's also really devoted to his pathetically underpowered demon partner, Kanchomé. Also Kiyo, who doesn't appear to have any redeeming qualities when we first see him and still has some real jerkass moments. Naomi could count as well. Even if she tortures Zatch whenever they meet, there are still instances where she not as bad as she seems (i.e. Saving Zatch on one occasion and cleaning the playground when it's left a mess.) Also in the bonus comic in volume 33 it's revealed she's in love with Zatch. | |
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Characterization Marches On | |
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Characterization Marches On: Sure, Kane just grew out of his bully phase, but the sadistic way in which he behaved in the first story is so radically different from how he is for the rest of the series that it really feels like this trope at work. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Several characters qualify, but Byonko practically embodies this trope. He spent nearly 50 chapters playing the role of Butt-Monkey, but the instant his spells finally come into play, he starts smacking around one of the strongest demons in the series to great effect. His partner Alvin (mentioned under Cool Old Guy) also qualifies. | |
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No Hugging, No Kissing | |
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No Hugging, No Kissing: Despite there being some Ship Tease between Kiyo and Megumi and some Ship Tease between Zatch and Tia, nothing really happens between neither of them in neither the manga nor the anime. Kiyo and Megumi never get together. And despite Tia obviously having a crush on Zatch, he however never finds out about her crush on him and he never develops a crush on her. Wonrei and Li-en, Ted and Cherish, and Sunbeam and Elle were the only "canon" couples in the whole series, but their relationships never got that much focus. | |
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Roundabout Shot | |
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Roundabout Shot: Done in the fifth ending, "Fever", surprisingly being a two-pronged example with the Mamodos in front of the camera while their partners/book wielders are behind them. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Kanchome's attempt to shapeshift himself into Kiyomaru couldn't be any more obvious that he's a fake due to his exaggeratingly long nose and his acting way out of character, yet Zatch and Suzy were completely fooled. | |
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Big Good | |
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Big Good: Dr. Riddles is this in the Ancient Mamodo Arc, uniting a small band of heroes to oppose Zofis. | |
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Personality Powers | |
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Personality Powers: Spells are intimately tied to Character Development, so it was fairly obvious; brash and outgoing Zatch has lightning, Small Name, Big Ego wannabe Kanchomé has illusion powers, and so on. Taken to an extreme with pervert Momon, who has a move set entirely based on evasiveness, which he uses for skirt-flipping and running away. There's also Tia, who gets mostly healing and defensive spells, which is her true nature. However, she also has a spell that makes it quite clear that pressing her Berserk Button is a VERY BAD IDEA. | |
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Shock and Awe | |
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Shock and Awe: Zatch, Zeno. | |
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Male Frontal Nudity | |
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Male Frontal Nudity: Zatch. A lot. Could be considered innocent, humorous, Fan Disservice. | |
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Extra-ore-dinary | |
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Extra-ore-dinary: Maruss, Boru Bora, Fausto. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: | |
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Wham Shot | |
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Wham Shot: Dozens. At the end of the Ancient Mamodo arc, Kiyo and his teammates run up the stairs towards the Moonstone, and see that the Mamodo guarding the Moonstone is a gigantic, Baphomet-looking demon that just impaled Won Lei. Earlier, Lelia firing on her comrades. Kanchomé pointing out that the strange structure looks like a gigantic demon at the beginning of the Faudo arc. At the end of the arc, seeing that Kiyomaro has come back to life. Ashuron impaling Clear, nearly killing him during the King's Festival arc, and later seeing Gorm emerge from a portal after being cut in half. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: Near the start of the series, some Mamodo use multiple spells simutaneously, Fein in particular being a dangerous opponent because he uses his Super-Speed and Blow You Away powers at the same time. Later on it's established that Mamodo can only use one spell at a time and an important factor in battles is that using enhancement spells prevents the use of attack spells. A few Mamodo in the beginning, most prominently Kolulu, don't want to fight and so are brainwashed by their books with more aggressive personalities to force them to participate in the contest. This notion completely vanishes after a while and later arcs include Lelia and Rein, who outright forfeit, and Momon, who actively avoided any contact with other Mamodo, without any issues. | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: Zofis is a textbook example of one. Zofis isn't weak, but he fancies himself having already won the competition, despite his enslaved Ancient Mamodo doing most of his fighting, and despite the fact that he's scared senseless of Brago. | |
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Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me | |
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Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Tia's spells focus on endurance, so she has several variations of shielding spells. | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs: Danny, Wonrei, and Ted fight mostly with their own hands. All done in an awesome way. | |
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All Your Powers Combined | |
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All Your Powers Combined: Zatch's golden spellbook contains the strongest spells of most mamodo in the fight, for Kiyo to use freely. This is used to defeat Clear Note at the end of the manga. Another example comes from The first Movie, with the 101st book. Used by Wiseman in a ploy to get himself in the battle for king, it STEALS spells from other books and uses them as its own. Ironically, something like this would have been useful against Clear Note as it was made as a precaution to stop crazed king candidates, but you know how movies and canon work out together. Anyway, his scheme was neutralized when Gash, Tio, Kanchomé, and Umagon were able to unify their powers into one spell, which burned the book. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The first fight that Zatch and Kiyo have after learning about the demon battle is against Brago and Sherry. The second time that they fight (aside from an anime filler) is the final fight of the battle that determines which of them will be king. | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Mind controlled Koko is usually always smiling while being terribly cruel. | |
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The Dragon | |
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Gorm was The Dragon to Clear Note because he, Gorm, had always been alone in his life, and so no love was lost between him and anyone else; it was because of this that Clear agreed to spare him, and only him, from his planned genocide so that he could live out the rest of his life alone. Then Kanchomé used his new powers to Curb-Stomp and then befriend him before Clear burned his book, and when Clear refused Gorm's request to spare Kanchomé as well, he turned against him. | |
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Intelligence Equals Isolation | |
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Intelligence Equals Isolation: Kiyo suffered from this at the beginning. He gets better. | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: When Kiyo dies during his battle with Leo, Zatch repeatedly beating on his chest somehow manages to restart his heart. At the very least, this doesn't completely cure him and he's still at death's door for a little while. | |
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Actual Pacifist | |
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Actual Pacifist: Elle Chivas and Momon. Not a single attack spell in their arsenal. This doesn't mean a thing when they get serious, however (though they still don't actually damage enemies, they are very good at distracting them and dodging their attacks). | |
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Let's Get Dangerous! | |
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Let's Get Dangerous!: Happens quite a few times, but every fight that Kanchomé is majorly involved in usually results in him pulling this. Special note goes to his fight against Gorm, which is almost a Curb-Stomp Battle and would've killed Gorm and his partner if Folgore hadn't intervened. | |
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Combat Clairvoyance | |
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Combat Clairvoyance: This comes up a couple of times. Apollo can sense danger and react to it, which let him make a fool of any opponent that he fought and walk away unscathed, until he fought Zatch and Kiyo, whose experience allowed them to fight to a draw. Dufort, Zeno's partner, is the one who defeats Apollo by virtue of his own powers. The Answer Talker is an ability caused by 'dying and returning to life,' which he gained due to years of experimentation by a Mad Scientist, and allows the user to immediately glean the answer to any question they ask, as long as they can see, hear, or otherwise perceive the subject of their question...and keep their focus. The latter is a weakness that Dufort exploits against Kiyo when he gains the Answer Talker, too. | |
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I Am Not Left-Handed | |
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I Am Not Left-Handed: Dr. Riddles finds out the hard way, Belgim E.O CAN get out of his chair | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: Brago, at least after Sherry gets him to cool off. He doesn't lose his ruthlessness, but he's no longer the sadistic bully he was when he and Sherry first met. | |
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Super-Speed | |
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Near the start of the series, some Mamodo use multiple spells simutaneously, Fein in particular being a dangerous opponent because he uses his Super-Speed and Blow You Away powers at the same time. Later on it's established that Mamodo can only use one spell at a time and an important factor in battles is that using enhancement spells prevents the use of attack spells. | |
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Green Thumb | |
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Green Thumb: Sugino, Pokkerio, Kalura. | |
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Sitcom Arch-Nemesis | |
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Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Naomi, the little girl who always picks on Zatch. It's so bad that when Raidou playing an electronic game in an omake chapter, Zatch's strongest spell, Bao Zakeruga, had NO EFFECT on her. Kiyo and Umagon start out like this since Kiyo is already a book master and therefore can't be Umagon's. | |
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Trickster Mentor | |
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Doctor Riddles is a Trickster Mentor skilled in magic tricks and combat tactics who has altruistic motives throughout the battle, even after losing Kido. | |
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Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs | |
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Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Wonrei's spell Ganzu Boren. | |
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Required Secondary Powers | |
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Required Secondary Powers: Books cannot be burned by the owner's own abilities. This is useful in general, but especially so for those with fire related abilities, as otherwise even mundane fire can burn books as well as non-fire spells. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: Friendship and Dreams. The mamodo are strong on their own, but through bonding with their human partners, they can achieve so much more. Each of them also has their reasons to become king of the mamodo world, fighting to perserve their idea of what they believe should be king. | |
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Kangaroo Court | |
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Kangaroo Court: Referenced by name in the episode where Zatch is sick. | |
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EnfanteTerrible | |
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Enfante Terrible: Vino, Clear Note's book-keeper. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: Most of the mamodo LOVE yellowtail fish, and actively search for them, and eat them whole. | |
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Attack Reflector | |
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Attack Reflector: Spells like Rashield and Giga La Seoshi can actually reflect the opponent's attacks. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Thunder Emperor Zeno. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Zeno feeling bad about Rodeux passing on to the Demon World, and him subsequently tanking Rodeux's final blast are the first indications of his coming Heel–Face Turn. | |
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Death Glare | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_627264e0 | comment |
Death Glare: A sign that you have truly pissed off a protagonist. Zatch, Brago, Sherry, and especially Kiyo have raised this look to an enemy-halting art-form. | |
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Sequel Hook | |
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Sequel Hook: The final Zatch Café chapter is a conversation between the former Mamodo King, his human partner and the unseen gods who created the spellbooks. It's said one reason they organize the competition between 100 Mamodos is to later be able to call the human partners to their aid to fight in times of crisis. They mention a race who can disable the mamodos' ability to cast spells on their own in their homeworld. Finally, the gods ominously mention the mamodo world is "unstable", that they are breaking a "rule" by making the tournaments and that they might eventually be unable to help the mamodo world again. Some time after Raiku published this chapter, he announced a sequel for the series. | |
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Instant Armor | |
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Instant Armor: Lots of spells do this. Their weight is never commented on, so the spells probably increase strength as well. | |
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Plot Hole | |
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Plot Hole: In the magic mirror filler arc, Cut N' Paste is defeated by having his spell used against him with Jikerdor, but it's established a mamodo's spellbook cannot be burned by their own abilities. | |
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Image Song | |
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Image Song: The duets were to be expected, and some of the side characters get their share. | |
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BadassNormal | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Sherry is more badass than most males, has a cool weapon, and generally kicks more ass than more or less every other human in the series. By about midway through the series, she's fighting hand-to-hand with demons and winning effortlessly. Parco Folgore also applies, being Made of Iron to an absurd degree, consistently taking more punishment than his demon partner and getting back up no problem. Played a bit more realistically though, given that it hurts him a lot, and nearly kills him on one occasion. Nearly all the recurring book masters apply. As targeting a demon book directly is, perhaps, the most common tactic in the manga and, moreover, villains are generally fine with torching masters alongside books, all human good guys need to be able to dodge death beams and survive being thrown around by explosions. Besides those mentioned above, worthy of special mention are Dufort and Apollo, whose abilities are precognition in all but name, as well as Gensou, who decided to accept his book because he found human martial artists too boring. | |
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Replacement Goldfish | |
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Replacement Goldfish: Purio for Lupa's dead son and Kido for Dr. Riddles's dead grandson. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Clear Note. His power is in a completely different league to the point where he could Curb-Stomp Brago; the first time Zatch fought him, it took Ashuron pulling off a Heroic Sacrifice while Brago held him in place with his gravity, and even that didn't kill him (though it really should have). It takes a literal miracle to win against him in the final battle. | |
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Organ Autonomy | |
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Organ Autonomy: Faudo has a number of smaller Mamodos living inside him that run his bodily functions, most notably Unko Tin Tin, the guardian of his digestive tract, and the unnamed operator of his heart. When Faudo is asleep, the heroes pass them without incident and they seem harmless... but when he wakes up, it turns out they're both extremely strong, each requiring a Heroic Sacrifice of a Guest-Star Party Member to bring down. Faudo's white blood cells are also semi-sentient and serve as the Mooks of the arc. | |
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Wolverine Claws | |
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Wolverine Claws: Kolulu's alter-ego's spells focus around claws and fists. | |
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Manly Tears | |
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Manly Tears: People cry a lot in this series. And by a lot, we mean upwards of ten plus times within the first volume alone. | |
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Mind-Control Eyes | |
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Mind-Control Eyes: Used more often as a Facefault than to actually show that someone is mind-controlled, although Koko also has these eyes. Clear Note's also has these when we first see him, presumably because he is extremely sure of himself and has barely had a hard time in the entire mamodo battle. When he gets serious, they disappear and never return. | |
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An Ice Person | |
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An Ice Person: Reycom, Furigaro, Karudio. | |
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Evil Laugh | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: Quite a few characters have this, major and minor villains alike. In the English dub, Zeno/Zeon has an evil version of Zatch's Signature Laugh (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!). Zofis has a high-pitched evil cackle in the English dub. While Zofis is monologuing to Koko in his base: "I can already see them writhing in agony." Long pause. "Hahahahahahahahahaha!" | |
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Only the Chosen May Wield | |
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Only the Chosen May Wield: The spellbooks are written in unintelligible demon characters that only one human can read. Even other bookkeepers can only read their own books, and even if they know the names of the spells, they can't cast them. It comes to light during Zofis's arc that this is because the bookkeepers' hearts have wavelengths that resonate with their demon partners'. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: Zatch views the battle to be king as cruel and senseless and one of his primary motivations to win is to ensure it never happens again. Even so, by the end of the series he reflects that having to overcome the various hardships inherent in the contest has caused him to grow and mature significantly. | |
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Unstoppable Rage | |
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Unstoppable Rage: After having his ass handed to him by Kiyo, Rodeux makes the mistake of berating Kiyo's fallen and incapacitated friends. Kiyo proceeds to hammer Rodeux's defenseless body with spell after spell in a manner that comes uncomfortably close to torture, stopping only to upgrade his Demon Head into progressively more inhuman forms. Amazingly, Rodeux actually survives this. There's also Tia's Chajiru Saifodon spell, which is literally fueled with Unstoppable Rage. It's easily her strongest attack spell. Subverted on one occasion. After Patty explains how the thousand-year-old demons partners are being forced to fight, Kiyo and Zatch who had been badly beaten are enraged. They launch a furious counterattack, which completely fails since the two of them were already completely exhausted to begin with. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Apollo has the ability to know things before they happen, he can foretell them. The greek god Apollo was sometimes associated with the sun (Apollo's family crest) and prophecy. The name Umagon is Kiyo invoking this. Since it loosely means "horse monster" it's no wonder Schneider can't stand the name. | |
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Musical Assassin | |
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Musical Assassin: Yopopo. | |
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Breath Weapon | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_6c4ed101 | comment |
Breath Weapon: Main protagonist Zatch/Gash is the most prominent example; he channels most of his lightning-based spells with his mouth. Other examples include Reycom, Furigaro, and Fein. Kido almost counts; his Zegar and Zegaruga spells don't come straight from his mouth, but from a cannon muzzle that appears in his mouth. Bago is a notable example; most demons/mamodos have other spells that they channel without their mouths, but all of his spells are Breath Weapons. | |
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Beware the Silly Ones | |
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Beware the Silly Ones: Quite a few characters in Zatch Bell are presented (at first) in a comical light, only to show formidable power when the situation becomes serious. Folgore and Kanchomé. One's a goofy, skirt-chasing Italian pop star. The other's a crybaby with a duckbill and a sleeper. Both have shown that they're potentially the most dangerous team in the competition on multiple occasions. Dr. Riddles and Kido. Kido may look cute, but he's packing a ton of firepower. Meanwhile, Dr. Riddles seems like a Know-Nothing Know-It-All, but if anything, his claims to know everything is an understatement. Belgim EO and Dalia. Dalia is certifiably insane and Belgim is a complete loon in the most entertaining of senses. They're also an extremely powerful team that comes extremely close to outright killing 4 main characters and succeed in burning one's book. | |
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Hard Light | |
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Hard Light/Laser Cutter: Robnos, Erujo, Tsuvai, Victoream, Keith. | |
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Making a Splash | |
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Making a Splash: Penny. | |
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Came Back Strong | |
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Came Back Strong: Kiyo dies or comes very close to it in Faudo, and when he reawakens his heart power is massively increased and he gained the Answer Talker ability along with multiple spells. | |
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Calling Your Attacks | |
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Calling Your Attacks: Played with somewhat: The demon/mamodo children need to have their human partners call out the name of their attacks for them to use them from the spellbook. In one filler arc and in a special showing what happened after the battle, we do see mamodos calling the names of their spells as they use them. | |
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Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_71bd62b9 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_733f0abc | type |
Badass Arm-Fold | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_733f0abc | comment |
Badass Arm-Fold: Happens on occasion. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_733f0abc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_733f0abc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_733f0abc | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_743d2893 | type |
The Woobie | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_743d2893 | comment |
Shin. His first appearance includes not only helping Zatch get off the swing sets he's trapped on, he helps an old lady cross the street, sorts the recycling bin, and is nursing an injured bird back to health. Unfortunately, being the gentle giant, his past involves the gigantic kid being bullied back in elementary school, and his mother's dying wish was for him to be able to stick up for himself. Naturally, the poor guy has to have a douchebag mamodo who uses his reverence for his mother to try and get him to do things like attack a school. He's a little bit of The Woobie as well. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_743d2893 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77321e44 | type |
Flower-Pot Drop | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77321e44 | comment |
Flower-Pot Drop: In Chapter 60, Apollo senses this about to happen to Rops and tells him to stop walking. The pot misses Rops by an inch. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77321e44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77321e44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77321e44 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7789df57 | type |
Healing Shiv | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7789df57 | comment |
Healing Shiv: Tia's Saifojio spell | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7789df57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7789df57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7789df57 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77ed6b7d | type |
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77ed6b7d | comment |
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: The entire premise of the series is this, being basically a massive last man standing battle between children. And that's not even getting into the way some contenders are happy to murder anyone who gets in their way, Zofis brainwashing people en masse, Zeon being willing to commit mass murder just to hurt Zatch, and Keith's smoking. Let's not even get started on Clear Note. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_77ed6b7d | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7836c43 | type |
Casting a Shadow | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7836c43 | comment |
Casting a Shadow: Zaruchim. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7836c43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7836c43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7836c43 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_78c61d79 | type |
Idol Singer | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_78c61d79 | comment |
Idol Singer: Megumi Oumi and Parco Folgore, who have an Image Song duet. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_78c61d79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_78c61d79 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_78c61d79 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_799da0ef | type |
Emotional Powers | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_799da0ef | comment |
Emotional Powers: As a basic rule, the power of a spell depends on how much emotion the bookkeeper puts into it. But specifically, Tio's best spells are a sword fueled by anger and a shield fueled by the desire to protect. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_799da0ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_799da0ef | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | type |
Armor-Piercing Question | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | comment |
Armor-Piercing Question: "What kind of King do you strive to become?", from Gustav to Bari. This, together with Zatch's own goal of "Becoming a Kind King" makes Bari rethink his way of fighting and define his own goal of "Becoming a Strong King". | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7b6e47a5 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7c9dcc1 | type |
THeUnfavorite | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7c9dcc1 | comment |
The Unfavorite: Zeno feels he was one turns out he was wrong. Their parents loved them both equally. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7c9dcc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7c9dcc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7c9dcc1 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ccd3698 | type |
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ccd3698 | comment |
Faudo is a colossal, living demon weapon that was made on the mamodo world but sealed away due to its absurd power. And its digestive system is filled with traps designed to grind intruders and dissolve them into nutrients to fuel itself. It takes everything Zatch and his friends have to avoid these traps as they infiltrate the beast after its reactivation. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ccd3698 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ccd3698 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ccd3698 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Brago gives a really badass one to Zofis, explaining how at the end Zofis is simply a miserable coward who runs from those he fears. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7d89315b | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ea8f5ce | type |
Knight in Shining Armor | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ea8f5ce | comment |
Knight in Shining Armor: Arth, who employs iaijutsu for bonus points. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ea8f5ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ea8f5ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ea8f5ce | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Tsundere: Tia, Penny. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7ef728b1 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7f514dd1 | type |
AwesomeByAnalysis | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7f514dd1 | comment |
Awesome by Analysis: Kiyo and Dufort. Also Apollo. Notable in that, for (eventually) all three, this is elevated to the level of a literal superpower, "Answer Talker" for Kiyo and Dufort and an unspecified precognitive ability for Apollo. It is implied that Dr Riddles also possesses the Answer Talker ability (as evidenced by the pattern in his eyes, and his ability to pull information out of thin air). | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7f514dd1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_7f514dd1 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_80eb641c | type |
Straw Nihilist | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_80eb641c | comment |
Straw Nihilist: Zeno's book owner, Dufort. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_80eb641c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_80eb641c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_80eb641c | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_81f909f2 | type |
Dishing Out Dirt | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_81f909f2 | comment |
Dishing Out Dirt: Gofure, Eshros, Dogmos. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_81f909f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_81f909f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_81f909f2 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Victoream. From his uber-serious voice (courtesy of the king of all scenery-chewing in anime) to his constant showboating to a song-and-dance number about how much he enjoyed eating a melon, he's tremendously entertaining and a little hard to take seriously until he starts shooting huge, V-shaped lasers at you. Folgore and Keith are also examples. Just about every character could qualify for this to some degree, given the series' tendency towards Melodrama. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82a60dce | type |
Signature Laugh | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82a60dce | comment |
Signature Laugh: Zatch has a very distinctive laughing pattern in the English adaptation. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." Zeon/Zeno has a menacing variation of Zatch's laugh. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82a60dce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82a60dce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82a60dce | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82bdf1f8 | type |
Fear of Thunder | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82bdf1f8 | comment |
Second, Cherish's fight with Zeno shows that the spirits of mamodo can materialize and influence the human world when the souls of the children she looked out for helped her overcome her Fear of Thunder. Zatch's golden book applies this principle to the other king candidates to gain an edge against Clear Note. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82bdf1f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82bdf1f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_82bdf1f8 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8344209e | comment |
BFG: Cherish's rifle spell. The Shin Level upgrade of it has mini-drones that support fire. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8344209e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8344209e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8344209e | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: Arth's upper tier Spells; his Shin Level spell is RAINING these. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_834420aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_834420aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_834420aa | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83a903f6 | type |
Stepford Smiler | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83a903f6 | comment |
Stepford Smiler: Shion Hibiki from the Mamodo Mirror arc. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83a903f6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83a903f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83a903f6 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83b464fb | type |
Straight Man | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83b464fb | comment |
Straight Man: Kiyo, Brago. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83b464fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83b464fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_83b464fb | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_844b6779 | type |
Super Mode | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_844b6779 | comment |
Super Mode: Zatch's Rauzaruk spell increases his physical abilities. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_844b6779 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_844b6779 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_844b6779 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8485d41a | type |
Interspecies Romance | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8485d41a | comment |
Interspecies Romance: Between Wonrei and his bookkeeper, Li-en. But Wonlei resembles an adult human closely enough for it to be OK. Obviously, the relationship doesn't last, as eventually Wonrei's book is burnt. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8485d41a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8485d41a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8485d41a | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_85debad9 | type |
Plucky Girl | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: Shion Hibiki becomes this by the end of the Demon Mirror arc. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_85debad9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_85debad9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_85debad9 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Whatever happened to the eagle that carried Zatch in the first episode? Eito and Hyde were the first team that Zatch and Kiyo ever encountered. At the end of their second appearance, the two seemed to have grown closer, Eito promising to take the battle more seriously. Aside from a cameo at a Megumi concert, they were never seen again. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_863fa679 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8650f41 | type |
Technopath | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8650f41 | comment |
Techno Path: Kido, Koral Q. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8650f41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8650f41 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8650f41 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_868409c | type |
Broken Pedestal | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_868409c | comment |
Broken Pedestal: Koko for Sherry....or so it seems. Later subverted with Cherish for Ted, because Leo and later Zeno was manipulating her. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_868409c | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_868409c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_868409c | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_86af7ab0 | type |
Badass Biker | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_86af7ab0 | comment |
Jed, Ted's partner, is a nomadic and carefree Badass Biker who was able to defeat Ted every time the pair of them sparred. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_86af7ab0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_86af7ab0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_86af7ab0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: Faudo, and Clear Note's final form. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8774fb47 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_87f943a7 | type |
Holding Back the Phlebotinum | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_87f943a7 | comment |
Holding Back the Phlebotinum: Once Kanchomé ascended to Reality Warper (inside his, his partner's, and his enemies' minds at least), you just knew he wasn't going to last much longer. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_87f943a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_87f943a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_87f943a7 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead - In the manga Kiyo after Leo beat the living shit of him while he was preparing the most powerful attack, Zatch in despair resurrected him, accidentally. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8967e17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8967e17f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8967e17f | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an S | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_89a17726 | comment |
Spell My Name With An S: Seriously... It's hard to find a character that doesn't suffer from this. Kiyomaro (Kiyo), Gash (Zatch), Zeon (Zeno), Dufaux (Dufort), Tio (Tia), Shiori (Lori), Koruru (Kolulu), Ropes (Rops), Wonlei (Wonrei), Zophise (Zofis), Kid (Kido), Patie (Penny), Kafka (Kafk), Umagon (Ponygon), Suzume (Suzy), Rooper (Lupa), Jeed (Jido), Earth (Arth), Papipurio (Purio). Several spells suffer from this too. The most common is shaving off the U on the end, like changing Zakeru to Zaker. Even the name of the race. Mamodo (Mamono). | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_89a17726 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_89a17726 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_89a17726 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8a4988bb | type |
Mind Rape | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8a4988bb | comment |
Mind Rape: Zofis' specialty, which he uses to force the Ancient Mamodo (most notably, Laila) to serve him without question. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8a4988bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8a4988bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8a4988bb | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8b68d9a7 | type |
Stalker with a Crush | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8b68d9a7 | comment |
Stalker with a Crush: Penny. Even after her Heel–Face Turn. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8b68d9a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8b68d9a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8b68d9a7 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8c23b321 | type |
Harmless Villain | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8c23b321 | comment |
Harmless Villain: Grisor from the first anime filler arc is initially one of the biggest weaklings ever and only gets by through his Mad Scientist bookkeeper's knowledge and machinations. Until he finally receives the power of that magic mirror they were after. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8c23b321 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8c23b321 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8c23b321 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e20979 | type |
Wham Episode | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e20979 | comment |
Wham Episode: The beginning of the King Festival Arc, which reveals the real prize for winning the tournament: the King's Privilege, the ability to choose who they want to revive. As it turns out, the tournament causes everyone still in the Demon World and any losers to become spirits, and the winner gets to choose who they wish to come back to life. Initially, this isn't so bad- eight of the ten final competitors are good people... but the last two are ''not'', and both of them are insanely powerful. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e20979 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e20979 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e20979 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e4fc189 | type |
Sphere of Destruction | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e4fc189 | comment |
Sphere of Destruction: Zoboron's spells revolve around this; they move very slowly, but they are very big and explode with great force upon impact. When attacks are based more on a force than anything substantial, this is usually how they coalesce, as seen with Brago's Gravity-based spells and Zofis's Explosion-based spells. | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e4fc189 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e4fc189 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) | hasFeature |
Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_8e4fc189 | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | type |
Art Shift | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: Whenever someone is playing the Only Sane Man or the Straight Man they get drawn in a very blocky style. Kiyo will sometimes go entire chapters with this face in front of the astounding weirdness of this series. | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
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You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: From Zeno to Steng and Baltro. | |
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Karmic Injury | |
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Karmic Injury: A variant in the battle between Rops & Apollo and Zeon & Dufoux. At one point, Apollo uses his body as a shield to protect Rops from a lightning spell, which burns his left shoulder. When Dufoux enters the fray, he effortlessly weaves around every attack Rops throws at him, except for one that he deliberately allows to strike his own left shoulder, bleeding badly but unflinching. Dufoux does it to implicitly emphasize to Apollo that, all other things equal, he and Zeon are just that much better. | |
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Can't Catch Up | |
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Can't Catch Up: While some occasional one-shot characters could count, Purio is easily the best example for this trope. His spells have great potential and could well make him a powerhouse, but he's an immature spoiled brat and his bookkeeper is a complete spaz, so they never truly realize the full potential Purio has. Even after they make it to the top ten in the battle, they have finally achieved a Dioga level spell (which makes Purio spit out a gigantic rush of acid), they're up against a very seasoned opponent who can easily counter an otherwise extremely powerful spell. | |
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Vomit Indiscretion Shot | |
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Vomit Indiscretion Shot: In the manga, they throw up instead. | |
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Loony Friends Improve Your Personality | |
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Loony Friends Improve Your Personality: Definitely for Kiyo, although just having friends at all seems to have done the trick. However, learning to appreciate all of their quirks is part of his character development in the side chapters. | |
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Villainous Breakdown | |
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Villainous Breakdown: Mars experiences this when Zatch (who he had bullied in the past) not only holds his own against him but delivers an asskicking, and Zofis experiences this after Brago tells Zofis why he sucks. | |
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Heel Realization | |
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Heel Realization: Zeno during his battle with Zatch in the manga. | |
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One Degree of Separation | |
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One Degree of Separation: Due to the relatively small number of participants, most candidates to be king have at least heard of all the others. Zofis is a good example; his pseudonym of Lord doesn't fool Brago for a second because he knows there's no one by that name in the contest and Wonrei, despite having no interactions with Zofis, correctly guesses his spell type based on rumors he's heard. | |
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Small Girl, Big Gun | |
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Small Girl, Big Gun: Cherish. It's shown towards the end that if she had stayed in the tournament longer, her Shin-level spell would have been an even bigger gun. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Taken to the extreme in the final chapters; every demon kid that had appeared in the series showed up to help kick Clear Note's ass. | |
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Gemstone Assault | |
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Gemstone Assault: Cherish. | |
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Master of Illusion | |
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Master of Illusion: Kanchomé. | |
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Better to Die than Be Killed | |
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Better to Die than Be Killed: A variation. Burning a Mamodo's book effectively kills them as far as the story is concerned, as it returns them to the Mamodo World never to return. Since it still doesn't actually kill them, Mamodo who are badly injured or planning on a Taking You with Me attack will have an ally set fire to their book, saving from death while metaphorically killing them. | |
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Eating the Enemy | |
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Eating the Enemy: Certain mamodo spells seem to be capable of doing of this. An example is the ancient, plant wielding mamodo Kalura's spell "Bazu Azurozesu" which creates a giant man-eating rose. It almost consumes Zatch, but Wonrei is able to destroy it. Faudo is a colossal, living demon weapon that was made on the mamodo world but sealed away due to its absurd power. And its digestive system is filled with traps designed to grind intruders and dissolve them into nutrients to fuel itself. It takes everything Zatch and his friends have to avoid these traps as they infiltrate the beast after its reactivation. | |
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The Only One Allowed to Defeat You | |
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The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Sherry is adamant that nobody will defeat Zofis except for her. At first, it seems like It's Personal because Zofis's partner Koko is Sherry's best friend, whom Zofis brainwashed from a kind, hardworking girl into a malicious, sadistic puppet. But when Sherry finally succeeds, it's revealed that it wasn't just because of what Zofis did to Koko, but what he would do; she had correctly predicted that Zofis would return Koko to normal but not erase her memories of her time being brainwashed and evil, ensuring she would suffer from guilt for the rest of her life as a final act of spite to Sherry. Sherry had to bring him down herself so that she could ensure Zofis erased Koko's memories before his book was burned. Ultimately, Sherry can't coerce Zofis into anything...but Brago can, promising that Zofis will live in fear for the rest of his life if he refuses, which terrifies Zofis into obeying. In something of a lesser example, when Zatch and Kiyo earn Sherry's respect even in defeat, she spares them and tells them not to lose to anyone else. And it ends up being the four of them in the final battle for the throne. | |
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Took a Level in Badass | |
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Took a Level in Badass: Sherry was pretty badass to begin with, but she was still human (which showed on long journeys with Brago when she got tired and occasionally passed out from exhaustion). But right around the time Zofis's castle was being attacked, she started displaying very impressive abilities, such as dodging high-level attacks on her own. So it's more like she already had levels in badass and then took a few more. There's also Folgore and Kanchomé, who take steady steps towards Badass status in the course of the story. A highlight is the chapters focused on them, where Kanchomé stands to protect a little girl from a Bowser-sized dragon demon. The thing is, he's pissing himself with fear and is very aware he's asking for an asskicking, but he simply is determined in protecting that girl and "making her smile again". You gotta admit that's a pretty big change from the full-coward and selfish Kanchomé he was in his first appearances. After Kiyomaru comes back from the dead, he and Zatch shoot up in power. They become so strong that their basic spell, Zakeru, becomes about as strong as their old Zakeruga. Kiyo even spams this against Rodeux, and disables him as a result. About everyone who's still alive to deal with Clear Note went on Training from Hell which lead them to this. | |
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A Day in the Limelight | |
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A Day in the Limelight: The nature of Tio's powers prevents her from having fights to herself in the main series, but she and Megumi get an adventure all to themselves in the bonus chapter "Two Princesses". | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: The Faudo arc establishes two things that become extremely significant in the final arc. First, the true nature of Bao Zakeruga establishes that spells can have their own sentience and can influence their masters. Clear Note is increasingly controlled by his strongest spell, and is eventually outright possessed by it. Second, Cherish's fight with Zeno shows that the spirits of mamodo can materialize and influence the human world when the souls of the children she looked out for helped her overcome her Fear of Thunder. Zatch's golden book applies this principle to the other king candidates to gain an edge against Clear Note. | |
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Made of Iron | |
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Made of Iron: Averted the day after his vicious beaten from the school bully Kiyo appears fine then we see what he really looks like. | |
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I Let Gwen Stacy Die | |
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I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Lori's partner Kolulu gets her book burned due to being Brainwashed and Crazy, and gives Zatch the idea of becoming a kind king, whereas he and Kiyo were simply fighting for their right to stay together before. Whenever Zatch reaffirms his purpose, a brief flashback to that scene is likely not far behind (in the anime, at least). | |
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Bare-Fisted Monk | |
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Bare-Fisted Monk: Danny's only spell is self-recovery, leaving him to rely on his natural demonic brawn in battle. Wonrei's spells awakened through training in kung fu with his partner, and the two meld perfectly. Ted is tough to start with, but his spells focus on amplifying his speed, strength, and stamina, each one more than the last. | |
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It's Personal | |
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Sherry is adamant that nobody will defeat Zofis except for her. At first, it seems like It's Personal because Zofis's partner Koko is Sherry's best friend, whom Zofis brainwashed from a kind, hardworking girl into a malicious, sadistic puppet. But when Sherry finally succeeds, it's revealed that it wasn't just because of what Zofis did to Koko, but what he would do; she had correctly predicted that Zofis would return Koko to normal but not erase her memories of her time being brainwashed and evil, ensuring she would suffer from guilt for the rest of her life as a final act of spite to Sherry. Sherry had to bring him down herself so that she could ensure Zofis erased Koko's memories before his book was burned. Ultimately, Sherry can't coerce Zofis into anything...but Brago can, promising that Zofis will live in fear for the rest of his life if he refuses, which terrifies Zofis into obeying. | |
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Mind Control | |
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Mind Control: How Zofis got Koko to be his partner. He brainwashed her, forcing her to act as though More than Mind Control is in effect, purely because he likes to break human hearts. That it saps Sherry's magical power when they finally face off is just a bonus. | |
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Red Is Heroic | |
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Red Is Heroic: The main character has a red spellbook. | |
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And That's Terrible | |
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And That's Terrible: The heroes commonly invoke this trope. "That's unforgivable!" is a common expression. | |
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Hu Mons | |
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Hu Mons: The series is abundant with mamodos that can easily pass as humans without disguising themselves. Zatch, Tia, Brago, and Zeno are some of the most noteworthy examples. | |
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Finishing Move | |
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Finishing Move: Bao Zakeruga, a giant dragon made of lightning. Most mamodo have ultimate spells, many of those taking the form of some sort of god or animal. More detail under Shaping Your Attacks below. | |
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Shaping Your Attacks | |
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Shaping Your Attacks: Ultimate spells are as likely to take the form of just a mass of force as they are to fit this trope. Tia, Zeno, and Kido's best spells all take the form of goddesses, while Clear Note's best spell has a more masculine form. Zatch's Bao Zakeruga is a lightning dragon. Jiou Renzu Zakeruga is another, lither lightning dragon. Penny's So Giaku is a water dragon. Eshros's Groundbai is a stone snake. Later, Dogmos's Groundga Cobra is a stone cobra. Furigaro's Lagikor Fang is an ice wolf. Erujo's Daibara Biranga is a winged sphinx made of light. Pamoon's Pentalem Farga is an enhanced version with five heads. Wonrei's Rao Diboren spells unleash a white tiger. Tsao-Lon's Zao Giru Erudo is a blue shark. Maestro's Magne Shido Duranga is a samurai ape of magnetism energy. Riya and Rein both create massive energy constructs that resemble themselves, but mightier. And for Rein, that's saying something. Jedun's spells are all snakes. Zaruchim's Jiborou Shidon is a reaper-like ghost. Leo's Fanon Riou Diou is a golden Cerberus. | |
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Healing Factor | |
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Demolt is this even without a magical stone above his head that heals any damage he accrues; when the good guys finally break the stone, his bookkeeper casts a spell that gives him armor, negating his only weak spot and making him even stronger. | |
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Cool Sword | |
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Cool Sword: Arth's sword is the focus of his spells, but even without them, it saps the enemy's stamina with every strike. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Nearly every villain either changes sides or gets their comeuppance eventually, with the notable exception of Roberto Vile, Zofis's Evil Genius, who runs away in terror upon his demon being defeated and the heroes decide not to pursue him for some reason. One could say he already received his comeuppance, but given what he was planning to do with the moon stone's power if Zofis became king, it's strange that they didn't send him to jail. In a sense, all of the villainous mamodo such as Zofis get off scott free by the ending. They may have ultimately failed to become king, but all or nearly all of them show up in the Group Picture Ending with smiles on their faces. In fact, the only mamodo show to recieve any sort of punishment for evil acts is the woman who was supposed to raise and take care of Zatch, yet abused him constantly. She is last seen being a janitor for the royal palace. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: Folgore. Yeah, don't think anyone saw that coming. | |
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Not So Stoic | |
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Not So Stoic: She starts to show emotions after Zatch convinces her that she can trust him and in his friends, and when her partner Albert shows that he deeply cares about her, even when mind-controlled. | |
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Super-Strength | |
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Super-Strength: Most of the mamodo in the battle are gifted with this, and several have spells that make them even stronger. Ted's spells revolve around amplifying his speed, strength, and stamina more and more with each spell; he and his bookkeeper compare it to gears in an automobile. Ponygon and Karudio's spells revolve around this, giving them increased size and speed along with armor. | |
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Lunacy | |
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Lunacy: Laila. | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Several characters qualify, but Byonko practically embodies this trope. He spent nearly 50 chapters playing the role of Butt-Monkey, but the instant his spells finally come into play, he starts smacking around one of the strongest demons in the series to great effect. His partner Alvin (mentioned under Cool Old Guy) also qualifies. Kanchomé, starting on the Faudo arc, but especially after training near the end. Folgore. From the very beginning, Kanchomé advertises him as a badass. He turns out to really be one, especially when Kanchomé is in danger. You could say this happens with Momon, but he isn't really "hiding" his badassery, he gains it after going through character development. This happens with a lot of the Mamodo, except Purio. | |
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Tyke-Bomb | |
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Tyke-Bomb: Zeon/Zeno could be seen as a variation of this. | |
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No-Sell | |
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Naomi, the little girl who always picks on Zatch. It's so bad that when Raidou playing an electronic game in an omake chapter, Zatch's strongest spell, Bao Zakeruga, had NO EFFECT on her. | |
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Group Picture Ending | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_ac09b22b | comment |
In a sense, all of the villainous mamodo such as Zofis get off scott free by the ending. They may have ultimately failed to become king, but all or nearly all of them show up in the Group Picture Ending with smiles on their faces. In fact, the only mamodo show to recieve any sort of punishment for evil acts is the woman who was supposed to raise and take care of Zatch, yet abused him constantly. She is last seen being a janitor for the royal palace. | |
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Cartesian Karma | |
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Cartesian Karma: Tacitly averted with Koko who was sadistically brainwashed, but is later rescued by Sherry and restored back to her original, innocent state. It's a good thing she's not a wanted criminal now or anything and can happily go to college too, especially after (publicly) razing most of her town and kidnapping dozens of people in order to make them do terrible things. It would have to be inferred that her savior Sherry has some pretty good connections. It's not till the end of the story that it's revealed that all damage done to Earth as a result of the so-called "God's Trial" to become King is undone. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Quite a few, usually from the villains. Some good examples are Demolt seeing that who he thought was Zatch is actually Kanchomé, and Zeno's terrified reaction towards Kiyo's Demon Head. | |
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Trademark Favorite Food | |
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Trademark Favorite Food: A favorite mamodo meal is yellowtail tuna. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Face–Heel Turn: Wonrei temporarily, when Li-en is threatened with death. | |
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Accidental Misnaming | |
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Accidental Misnaming: Ponygon's real name is Schneider... not that any of the other characters can understand him when he tries to articulate that. Funnily enough, In Animal Land, where the human characters can presumably understand him, he is called Ponygon, and he's fine with it so it may be his actual name there. | |
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Catchphrase | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: Sunbeam: "Grooooooooooovy!" and "Rock n' Roll!", Victoream: "Very Melon!" and "Very shit!" (the latter only in the original version, of course). | |
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Wicked Stepmother | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b070362d | comment |
Wicked Stepmother: A woman named Yuno filled this role for Zatch; when his father entrusted him to her care until he grew into his power, Yuno treated him like a slave and told him that he had no family, keeping her abuse hidden so she could still accept payment for her job. In the end of the series, she becomes a maid in the Palace, apparently just good enough at the job to keep her out of prison for her crimes against the erstwhile prince and new king. | |
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Abusive Parents | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Sherry’s mother expected her to perform to ridiculous standards. They had her practice the piano for hours without sleep or food while beating her for the slightest mistakes and doing the same thing with gymnastics and martial arts training. What makes this worse is that we never see anyone teaching her the basics; she was expected to perform everything the first time perfectly. To add insult to injury, her mother would cry in front of her about giving birth to such an incompetent child. It reached the point where Sherry plunged headfirst into a river to get away from it all. | |
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Omnicidal Maniac | |
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Omnicidal Maniac: Clear Note, who tells straight up that his only goal is to eliminate demons, and even compares himself to humanity's nuclear weaponry during his introductory fight. | |
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Super Zeroes | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b4b811ac | comment |
Super Zeroes: The Majestic Twelve. They actually do have some pretty cool powers (or at least, some of them do), but they're never seen to do anything particularly useful unless you count Big Boing being funny. Even worse in the anime, where their powers are all useless as well. | |
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And Then What? | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b7b1aa73 | comment |
Rare profession example. When Kiyomaro's class is asked what they want to do when they grow up, they all give strange responses, but the last one says he wants to be a salaryman. Most of the students tease him for the lack of imagination, but the teacher proceeds to shut his class up while praising said student. He then goes on to explain why there is nothing wrong with a job like that. While he exclaims to his students that careers such as a celebrity, athlete or performer are wonderful jobs to dream about, he also asks them what would they do after their time in the limelight. Being a salaryman meanwhile provides stable work that is more ideal for married life and raising a family, especially with things like job benefits and insurance the company provides. The class is moved by this and Kiyo reflects on it later in that he believes helping Zatch achieve his dream will help him. | |
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Blood Knight | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: Bari starts out like this but eventually gains ambition beyond simply beating people up after his encounter with Gash. Also, Kolulu's second personality (see below). Brago begins like this, too. After he devours his own spellbook, Demolt is one full stop. It's implied that King Bell was once one and said that Zeno inherited his ruthlessness. This was why Bao was given to Zatch, as the spell's power would have destroyed Zeno. | |
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Involuntary Battle to the Death | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b949eac | comment |
Involuntary Battle to the Death: The entire mamodo battle becomes this for some of the more peaceful mamodo. Certain mamodo who are unlikely to want to use their spells at all are given evil alternate personalities that love fighting. | |
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Jive Turkey | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b9a22821 | comment |
Jive Turkey: Kafk Sunbeam is positively groovy, bruv. | |
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How Much More Can He Take? | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_b9abf327 | comment |
How Much More Can He Take?: In all 323 chapters of the manga you can count in your fingers the battles that aren't this. Special mention goes out to Folgore who keeps getting up whenever Kanchomé sings the Iron Folgore Song. | |
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Market-Based Title | |
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Market-Based Title: The show and titular character were renamed "Zatch" as Viz thought "Gash" was too similar to a slang term for female genitalia. Or a gaping wound. It also sounds like "zap". | |
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It Makes Sense in Context | |
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Subverted with Baltro; initially, he appears to be this, a giant hulking robot undamaged by anything...up until it's revealed that the robot is a puppet, and all they have to do is aim for the strings (or flowers, in this case) to reveal his true, much more manageable form. | |
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EveryOneLives | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_bcbe3097 | comment |
Everyone Lives: Interestingly, the story is almost this, but not quite. None of the mamodo battles end with any deaths. A few come close, forcing the book owners to destroy their own books so that their partners will be returned to the demon world where they will live. But there are two particular opponents who are clearly sapient yet are killed. Specifically, two of the beings that live inside Faudo's body, the stomach demon and the heart demon. The stomach demon is dismembered into pieces and then self destructs and the heart demon is frozen completely solid and shattered. But aside from these two (and Kiyo very briefly), no characters actually die during the story. | |
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Plucky Comic Relief | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_bcbf7aef | comment |
Plucky Comic Relief: Suzy, and to a lesser extent, Folgore and Kanchomé. | |
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Tomato Surprise | |
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Tomato Surprise: Zeno's relationship to Zatch is kept hidden until near the end of the third story arc. They're twin brothers. | |
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Badass Bookworm | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_c3478f1d | comment |
Badass Bookworm: Kiyo again. Doctor Riddles and Kido also apply. The first is an old guy, the second is a little glasses-wearing demon full of curiosity who can shoot giant-sized rocket punches. | |
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Barely-Changed Dub Name | |
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Barely-Changed Dub Name: The English dub used this with a few characters but kept Japanese names for others (albeit still different from their actual Japanese names): "Suzume" became "Suzy" and "Shiori" became "Lori". Tio to Tia Zeon to Zeno Kafka to Kafk Papipurio to Purio The Mamono race to the Mamodo race Wonlei to Wonrei. | |
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Anime Accent Absence | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_c4a5ca4 | comment |
Anime Accent Absence: Folgore. Absent in the English dub. When he and Kiyo first meet, the manga flat out tells us there's no language barrier between them. Kiyo himself, Teen Genius that he is, could be multilingual, although it's implied that Folgore is more popular in Japan than his home country, so he probably has a working knowledge of Japanese. Of course, this is a series that runs on Rule of Funny, so anything's possible. | |
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Fan Disservice | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_c660bc15 | comment |
Fan Disservice: Zatch running around naked. | |
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Having a Blast | |
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Having a Blast: Zofis. | |
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Demon Head | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_c8591326 | comment |
After having his ass handed to him by Kiyo, Rodeux makes the mistake of berating Kiyo's fallen and incapacitated friends. Kiyo proceeds to hammer Rodeux's defenseless body with spell after spell in a manner that comes uncomfortably close to torture, stopping only to upgrade his Demon Head into progressively more inhuman forms. Amazingly, Rodeux actually survives this. | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Why does Zeno hate Zatch? He believed that Zatch was the favorite child since he received the power of Bao, and Zeno had to go through Training from Hell. Turns out Zatch got it because Bao had become corrupted from The Power of Hate and had Zeno used it, he'd be consumed by it. King Bell therefore gave it to Zatch, who was sent to live under an abusive caretaker far from the Palace...not that the King and Queen knew about the "abusive" part. | |
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Melodrama | |
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Melodrama: One of the defining traits of the series. May result in Tearjerker or Narm, or possibly both, depending on the viewer. | |
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Hard Work Hardly Works | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_cc427069 | comment |
Hard Work Hardly Works: Subverted, Zeno achieved his power through rigorous training and is one of the most powerful demons. Just to sum up he beat the living shit of Leo, even after his Dangerous Forbidden Technique which was supposed to increase his power by ten times. Brago is also a subversion. Having received unspecified "Elite Training", he is one of the favorites to win the whole competition — on par with Zeno, no less, — and is consistently shown to be one of the strongest demons in the series. | |
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Fire-Breathing Diner | |
| Zatch Bell! (Manga) / int_cce5bf0f | comment |
Fire-Breathing Diner: Everyone who tasted Kiyo and friends' absurdly spicy curry. | |
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My Eyes Are Up Here | |
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My Eyes Are Up Here: Big Boing inverts this while dancing for Kiyo by demanding that he look at her chest while she dances. "Please look at the boin!" | |
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Co-Dragons | |
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Zofis's Co-Dragons Penny and Byonko do this after Zatch forces a Heel Realization on them, pulling a Big Damn Heroes against Demolt and sacrificing their books to protect the main cast and destroy the Moonlight Stone. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: No one believed the bully when he told them that Zatch was a bomb. | |
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Spoiled Brat | |
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Spoiled Brat: Purio again. His partner Lupa gives him what he wants because he's the Replacement Goldfish for her dead son. | |
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Most Common Super Power | |
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Most Common Superpower: Now, either Big Boing's tremendous breasts are a parody of this trend in American comics, or it's just because she's a Gorgeous Gaijin and meant to be stereotypically American. | |
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Anti-Villain | |
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Anti-Villain: The battle brings out the most ruthless side of several demons, but barring a few exceptions, most of them aren't truly evil, and several express regret for their actions. | |
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Magnetic Hero | |
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Magnetic Hero: Zatch starts out as a loner in the mamodo battle, but he quickly makes friends out of strangers and former bullies. | |
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Littlest Cancer Patient | |
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Littlest Cancer Patient: Elly, Arth's human partner. | |
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Refuge in Audacity | |
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Refuge in Audacity: Combined with Improbably Predictable, this is how the students determined what was going to be on Tooyama sensei. Sadly it didn’t help anyone pass | |
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Mirror Boss | |
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Mirror Boss: Non-video game example, a handful of fights across the series show similarities in spells or attributes to underline the difference between the two combatants. Zofis and Brago's spells are based on gravity and explosions, respectively, but many are otherwise mirrors of each other, including their strongest spells Dioga Teoradom and Dioga Gravidon, both massive spheres of potent energy. Keith and Bari's spells, likewise. When Zatch fights Zeno, being from the same family, they possess the Lightning element and some same spells, and their book owners Kiyo and Dufort both have the Answer-Talker ability, but both Zeno and Dufort have a nasty advantage against them due to years of intense training. In any Zatch Bell video game Zeno is pretty much a recolored and revoiced Zatch. | |
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Batman Grabs a Gun | |
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Batman Grabs a Gun: The heroes are fighting Zeon's co-dragons in an attempt to stop Faudo, a giant demon who towers over small mountain ranges. Things are not going well — they are getting defeated one by one — when Umagon desperately starts raising the heat in the area with his flame spells. The villains are confused at first since there isn't enough heat to burn the demon's book, but they soon realize the truth: Umagon isn't trying to burn the demon's book, he is trying to broil the demon's human partner alive. | |
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PowerOfFriendship | |
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Power of Friendship: In spades, going above and beyond usual Mon fare. Desire to help/protect/save their friends serves as the main motivation for most of the good guys (except for one or two pairs that are implied or just about outright stated to have romantic relationships) and inevitably gives them Heroic Willpower to go on. Literally, in fact; it's shown early on and several times after that someone else touching a spellbook or bookkeeper can transmit their willpower through it, which turns into pure power for the mamodo. The Golden Book power is the apex of this trope, as other demons lend Zatch and Kiyo their spells along with their willpower. In fact, it's speculated that this is why the the tournament or "God's Trial" exists. That through the trials of combat, the victors would undergo Character Development and become individuals worthy of becoming king. | |
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Training from Hell | |
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About everyone who's still alive to deal with Clear Note went on Training from Hell which lead them to this. | |
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Natural Weapon | |
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Natural Weapon: Rodeux's spells focus on his wings, Rein is a hulking beast, Elzador and Ashuron are super-powerful dragons by default... | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The teacher's wife, who's called "Wife" until chapter 177, when her name is revealed to be Sanae. | |
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Barrier Warrior | |
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Barrier Warrior: Tia, and to a lesser extent, Danny. | |
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Gravity Master | |
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Gravity Master: Brago. | |
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Bait-and-Switch Boss | |
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Bait-and-Switch Boss: Leo, defeated by Zeno. Subverted in that he badly beats Zatch and Kiyo before he goes. Also somewhat in the Millenium Mamodo arc where Brago and Sherry fight Zofis while the rest of the good guys fight Demolt, who is kept a secret up until the first time we see him. | |
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Breakout Character | |
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Breakout Character: In the manga, Victoream was originally just one of the Ancient Mamodos that got a bit more characterization from having an onscreen battle against the heroes. In the anime? Two words: Very Melon. His popularity shot up from there; he reached the top 10 in the manga's final Character Popularity poll, he was a playable character in almost every video game, and his melon obsession was even canonized in the manga's final chapters. | |
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Writers Cannot Do Math | |
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Writers Cannot Do Math: It's mentioned several times that there are 40 Millenium Mamodo, but throughout the series there are at least 43 of them defeated by the protagonists. note Kid burns one book while scouting the castle in an extra chapter. Zatch and Tia burn the books of two during the ambush in Japan and Brago burns all three of a squad sent after him. When the heroes first enter Zofis' castle they defeat five and then three more are beaten during the counterattack in the town. They defeat at least one more charging back into the castle and then the three elites all have their books burned. Brago defeats an army of twenty-three and implies he beat more on the way in. Finally, Demolt is the last Millenium antagonist and Leila voluntarily forfeits, making the total Millenium books burned on screen forty-three, with more implied offscreen. | |
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The Good King | |
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The Good King: Somewhat subverted with Zatch's father, Dauwan Bell, the current Mamodo King. While impression gives off of being a stern but fair ruler, he has committed plenty of mistakes. While he loves his sons, he also made poor decisions as a father. He sent Zatch to live with a horrid caretaker (though that could also be blamed on his subjects not checking) while Zeon was forced to endure Training from Hell as his heir, while disregarding any questions regarding Zatch or Bao Zakergua (though in his defense, it was unlikely Zeon would've understood his father's reasonings). He also endorsed a ruthless approach to combat, which includes the implementation of violent personas or stratagems. Though given how he had to face someone like Goren of the Stone, not hard to see why. All of this is likely intentional since Kiyo tells Zatch that it doesn't matter anymore what kind of king his father was as long as he wins and surpasses him in becoming a truly benevolent king. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
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Chekhov's Gunman: If a character fights any of the main characters and doesn't have their book burned, expect them to show up roughly a hundred chapters later and either help out the heroes or work for the villain. Except for Baransha. Taken to the extreme in the final chapters; every demon kid that had appeared in the series showed up to help kick Clear Note's ass. | |
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What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? | |
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What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Some of the mamodo get stuck with lame powers. Until late in the series, Kanchomé's abilities revolve around transforming for various purposes, but are rarely useful for offensive purposes in battle. Purio has the power of ailment-inducing liquids, which is only mildly useful. Momon has what Kiyo calls "running away powers", which involve running away. Heart Is an Awesome Power: Later in the series, these mamodo discover useful ways to use their powers. Kanchomé, in particular, becomes possibly the strongest mamodo in the series, while Momon holds off two evil mamodo with relative ease. The exception to this is Purio, who gains a very powerful skill set but lacks the ability to be useful due to his idiocy and greed. | |
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Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain | |
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Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Purio. While he isn't completely useless in battle (see Not-So-Harmless Villain below), he's still regarded as a nuisance by most other demons and makes it to the final ten by sheer dumb luck. | |
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The Ditz | |
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The Ditz: Suzy. Just to give an example, when she was a kid, she was trying to lead a lost little girl home, only to be distracted by a kitten trapped in a box floating in the river. The two of them ended up several miles away from where they wanted to go. | |
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Magnetism Manipulation | |
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Magnetism Manipulation: Maestro. | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: Subtle, but Zatch and Kiyo's faces get narrower, more refined and more "mature" looking as the series progresses. | |
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Family-Friendly Firearms | |
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Family-Friendly Firearms: used bizarrely inconsistently in the dub, probably because Zatch Bell is barely a cash cow at all compared to VIZ's other big franchises. | |
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11th-Hour Superpower | |
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11th-Hour Superpower: Abounds in the King's Festival arc; with only 10 demons left in the battle, they're going to be showing everything that they've got, and of those ten, only three are characters that haven't appeared previously (though Ashuron got a brief mention in Faudo). | |
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Light Is Not Good | |
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Light Is Not Good: Zeno and Clear Note, both having a largely white color scheme and both being very not good. | |
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Keet | |
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Keet: Just look at that image and say that doesn't 100% apply to Zatch. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: So very many. Including the ENTIRE main cast, a lot of the side characters, most of the villains, and more than a few one-shot characters. It'd be quicker to list every single person in the story who DIDN'T fall into this category. However, this trope is likewise deconstructed a few times. There are moments where the heroes are up against a far superior enemy and get their butts handed to them. They then manage to get their second wind and you expect a turn around that's typical of a shonen manga...except they're too damaged to continue fighting. And, even with new spells unlocked, won't do any good if the wielder doesn't have enough energy for it to pack a punch. Thus, at best, they end up in a Last Stand situation before having to either run away, be saved by an ally or on the rare occasion, be spared by their assailant for various reasons. | |
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There Can Be Only One | |
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There Can Be Only One: Only one gets to be king. Cooperation is gained through promises of power, admiration, or making sure that the only people in the finals are the ones that share your vision. | |
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Chain Pain | |
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Chain Pain: Rops. His strongest spell adds anchors. | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia: Zeno steals all of Zatch's memories shortly before Zatch is found by Kiyo's father. While Zatch regains his limited memories of Earth when he revisits the spot where they were stolen, the rest of them have to be returned by Zeno after the latter's redemption. Koko receives this after Zofis's defeat. | |
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Family Honor | |
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Family Honor: Leo's motivation to become king. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Two notable examples. Before the Faudo arc, the little that's shown of Zeno portrays him as a conniving, ruthless combatant who never changes moods from "smug superiority". When he sees Faudo for the first time, he becomes genuinely shaken up, which demonstrates just how powerful and dangerous Faudo really is. Ashuron is a kindhearted, noble demon who wants to create a Demon World where all live in peace with one another. So for him to attempt to straight-up kill Clear Note, not burn his book, but actually kill him, shows just how dangerous Ashuron thinks Clear is. | |
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Monster of the Week | |
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Monster of the Week: The series starts off like this, and this is the format between major story arcs. In-Universe, this is justified by several demon children learning that Zatch is in Japan, and wanting to eliminate what they think is an easy target. | |
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Younger Than They Look | |
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Younger Than They Look: Would you believe that Belgim E.O. is a "child" who is at the same grade that Zatch is? Kiyo also looks and sounds considerably older than you would expect a 14-year-old to. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Happens in a lot of the bigger battles, but it hits its peak when Clear looks like he's going to defeat Zatch and Brago, the last two Mamodo on the planet besides himself. Who comes to save them? All of the already defeated Mamodo! | |
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Cain and Abel | |
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Cain and Abel: Zatch and Zeno. In the childhood friend variety, Sherry and Koko. | |
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Scary Stinging Swarm | |
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Scary Stinging Swarm: Zatch helps Kiyo and his classmate during a bug hunt... by dropping a beehive on them. Running quickly ensues. | |
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Martial Pacifist | |
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Martial Pacifist: Wonrei. | |
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Blob Monster | |
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Blob Monster: Byonko. | |
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Blow You Away | |
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Blow You Away: Hyde, Fein, Zabas. | |
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Anti-Climax | |
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Anti-Climax: The revelation of Earth's final spell. It had been hinted at for an arc without actually showing up, with Earth finally using it in his battle against Goomu. He casts it, and hundreds upon hundreds of BFS rain from the sky. You'd think Goomu would be screwed, right? Nope. He promptly pulls out his ultimate spell, which summons as many black holes as Earth has swords, and the black holes suck up the swords like nothing. Earth doesn't last long after this. Zofis' defeat to the perspective of the main heroes. After recovering from fighting Demolt, they go to where Zofis is...and he's already been defeated and tied up by Sherry and Brago. Averted in the anime, which puts the rest of the characters closer to the action. | |
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The Starscream | |
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The Starscream: Everyone who lent Leo their power to awaken Faudo, except for Zaruchim who was truly loyal to him. When Zeno takes over, they change their target up until a power upgrade Zeno gives them brainwashes them into loyalty. The only one who really manages this trope in full is Rodeaux, who managed to break free of the brainwashing and mutiny. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: In the first episode, Eido crashes face-first into a water tower as he gets distracted by a large billboard of a girl whose skirt is blowing in the wind. | |
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Redemption Equals Death | |
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Redemption Equals Death: Or at least getting your book burned. Zofis's Co-Dragons Penny and Byonko do this after Zatch forces a Heel Realization on them, pulling a Big Damn Heroes against Demolt and sacrificing their books to protect the main cast and destroy the Moonlight Stone. For example, Zeno regrets his villainous acts and protects his partner from getting hit Bao Zakeruga, which was very likely to kill him. Gorm was The Dragon to Clear Note because he, Gorm, had always been alone in his life, and so no love was lost between him and anyone else; it was because of this that Clear agreed to spare him, and only him, from his planned genocide so that he could live out the rest of his life alone. Then Kanchomé used his new powers to Curb-Stomp and then befriend him before Clear burned his book, and when Clear refused Gorm's request to spare Kanchomé as well, he turned against him. | |
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Evil Twin | |
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Evil Twin: Zeno, though he goes through a Heel–Face Turn | |
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Never Say "Die" | |
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Never Say "Die": Justified; demons who lose the battle are returned to the demon world instead of killed. It is implied that they can die in certain circumstances, but since this is an idealistic show, that never happens. Somewhat subverted later in the manga, when it's revealed that the entire population of the demon world, including those who were sent back in the battle essentially are dead. They've been reduced to a spirit form until the winner is crowned, upon which the king can choose to either revive whoever they'd like, or instead remove them from existence. It's as terrifying as it sounds. | |
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This Is a Drill | |
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This Is a Drill: Vincent Bari's spells are officially Vortex-based, but it becomes this when the spiral is inward rather than outward. | |
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Darkest Hour | |
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Darkest Hour: Happens a number of times in the series, and in pretty much every case The Big Damn heroes arrive right when everything looks like it's gone to shit, or/and a character learns a new spell that is exactly what they need to save all their asses. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Anything to do with Chichi wo moge/Groping Breasts. Gash inspiring a weak-willed character to step up and fight only for them to receive a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. Professor Riddles telling Kido a huge lie, before cheerfully admitting that it's a lie. Ponygon meeting a person who understands his speech somehow and then trying and failing to express his real name is Schneider. | |
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The Dog Bites Back | |
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The Dog Bites Back: A cook, who was one of the people kidnapped by Steng and Baltro spent an entire chapter being treated like crap. Then he helps Zatch and Kiyo find weak points to Baltro, and distracts Steng by repeatedly throwing rocks at his head to help Zatch and Kiyo defeat him. In the magic mirror filler arc of the anime, Shion. She literally gets kicked again for her efforts, but still succeeded in what she set out to do. | |
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Killing Intent | |
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Killing Intent: Clear radiates this when he makes his first appearance. His Battle Aura even seems to take the shape of a skull. | |
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Weapon Specialization | |
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Weapon Specialization: If a mamodo's power doesn't focus on an element, it's likely to focus on this instead. Bare-Fisted Monk: Danny's only spell is self-recovery, leaving him to rely on his natural demonic brawn in battle. Wonrei's spells awakened through training in kung fu with his partner, and the two meld perfectly. Ted is tough to start with, but his spells focus on amplifying his speed, strength, and stamina, each one more than the last. Chain Pain: Rops. His strongest spell adds anchors. Cool Sword: Arth's sword is the focus of his spells, but even without them, it saps the enemy's stamina with every strike. Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Tia's spells focus on endurance, so she has several variations of shielding spells. Natural Weapon: Rodeux's spells focus on his wings, Rein is a hulking beast, Elzador and Ashuron are super-powerful dragons by default... This Is a Drill: Vincent Bari's spells are officially Vortex-based, but it becomes this when the spiral is inward rather than outward. Wolverine Claws: Kolulu's alter-ego's spells focus around claws and fists. | |
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One-Winged Angel | |
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One-Winged Angel: Clear Note's final form. | |
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Canon Immigrant | |
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Canon Immigrant: The wind Mamodo, Hyde, who Zatch fought in one anime-excusive segment at the very beginning of the anime, appears multiple times in the end of the manga. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Don't piss off Zatch, you will regret that. Or for that matter Kiyo. You know what; especially Kiyo. Kanchomé is cowardly and childish, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T PUSH HIM TO THE EDGE! Rein, despite his intimidating appearance, is easily one of the nicest mamodo. Of course, once his friends and especially his bookkeeper are threatened, he shows he gives new meaning to the phrase "scary strong". | |
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Easily Impressed | |
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Easily Impressed: A lot of the mamodo children display this trope since they've been sent to Earth to decide the new king with the last tournament being a 1000 years ago. The mamodo find themselves stunned by earthly things like TV, video games, and music radios. The tiny mamodo Kido is a notable example as no matter how many times he falls for it, he still gets blown away by his book owner, Dr. Riddles, obviously exaggerated stories only to get devastated when Dr. Riddles reveals he was just kidding. The protagonist Zatch himself also has this in spades. Early on, Kiyo is able to capture the little kid's imagination with Vulcan, a figure made a noodle box and chopsticks that can fire turbo-plux missiles! Later on, he even takes Kido's place as the "shockee" from Dr. Riddles tall tales after Kido's book gets burned. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: Suprisingly, Folgore. Before he turned into the cheerful and famous Italian pop star, he used to be a violent delinquent in his hometown. His behavior was so frightening that it turned him into a complete outcast and even led to his own parents getting afraid of him and threatening him at gunpoint to leave town. Though we don't get much information, Mir's heavily scarred back and intense submissiveness to a stronger power have some seriously unfortunate implications regarding the nature of her servitude to Clear Note. It's actually so bad she has no qualms with attempting to kill Elly with Goomu's Diaborosu Za Randamito, when Elly is all of six or seven years old and has a terminal medical condition (that they've only just found a cure for). She is also shown to have had connections with what appears to be the mafia in the past. Dr. Riddles is eventually revealed to have been virtually catatonic with depression when Kid found him. The reason? He was a brilliant surgeon who failed to save his dying grandson. | |
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Exotic Eye Designs | |
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Exotic Eye Designs: A lot of attention is paid to the eyes in this series. Concentric rings with the eyes show a person possesses special knowledge. note Characters with these include Dufort, with his Answer Talker, Sunbeam, with his ability to commune with animals, and Professor Riddles, who is the first person to understand the nature of the books. Eyes drawn more realistically, with detailed cornea, show the person is exceptionally strong-willed. note These are possessed by Zatch, Zeon, Elzador, and Ashuron, and Folgore of all people. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Surprisingly Rodeux, of all people, when he met Cheeta- he gave her a mask to hide her scars, and later beat up the bullies that made her life hell. Zeno feeling bad about Rodeux passing on to the Demon World, and him subsequently tanking Rodeux's final blast are the first indications of his coming Heel–Face Turn. | |
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