History Manga / LoveIsInTheBag

''Love is in the Bag'' is a [[WidgetSeries whimsical]] SliceOfLife comedy {{Manga}} about a girl named Kate Menella, who has a crush on local hottie [[ObliviousToLove Calvin Jacobs]]. It would be somewhat typical if it weren't for the fact that [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting she turns into a bag everytime she gets excited]]. With the [[ThePowerOfFriendship help of her best friend, Kara Francesco]], Kate gets over her shyness and is able to get together with Calvin. Except for all the things standing in her way, such as basketball tournaments and a girl claiming to be Calvin's previous girlfriend.

* ExcitedShowTitle: While not present on the front cover, the series logo features an exclamation mark (as seen on this page's main image.)
** The light novel sequel "The Great Donut Caper!" features an exclamation mark on the cover.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The [[BalefulPolymorph fate of Kate's father]], and possibly Kate.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Happened to Kate's father, and it is implied that it will happen to Kate eventually.]]

* [[AlphaBitch AlphaB**ch]]: Genevieve Van Heusen

* ArmorPiercingQuestion

* BeachEpisode: In Volume 1.
* BeatPanel

* BlandNameProduct

* CannotSpitItOut

* ImagineSpot

** IneffectualSympatheticVillain

* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining

* ShirtlessScene

* {{Bishonen}}: Calvin and Mark.

* {{Meganekko}}: Lorelei

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: H-girl (Pink) and Lorelei (Purplish), possibly Kara, since it may be set in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield the Philippines]]. Justified with Genevieve, Mark and Mara, since they are transfer students from London.

* TheLostLenore: Lulu's husband (and Kate's father) is often spoken of as being deceased in the early volumes. It is later revealed that[[spoiler:he has actually transformed into a picture, which plays a larger role in the major conflict and resolution of the last two volumes of the story]].

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: In Volume 5, after [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech overhearing a stirring speech from Mark to Louis,]] Calvin finally realizes what he must do in order to [[spoiler:bring Kate back from being a bag]].

* [[spoiler:{{Rickroll}}]]: In Volume 3.

* {{Big No}}: Chloe does this twice in Book 4 [[spoiler:when the official couples are finally established.]] Doubles as a {{Crowning Moment of Funny}}
** The boys also do this in Book 1 when Kara tells Lorelei instead of the H-Girl to ride with the boys in the {{BeachEpisode}} Arc.

* ThemeNaming: The characters' names are taken from the names of clothing companies, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Spade Kate]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Faraone_Mennella Mennella]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Klein Calvin]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Jacobs Jacobs]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_and_Spencer Mark Spencer]], [[https://shopgenevievegozum.com Genevieve]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Heusen Van Heusen]], . Subverted by [[spoiler:Louis Vee]], which was supposed to be [[spoiler:Louis Vuitton.]]

* ThemeNaming: The characters' names are taken from the names of clothing companies, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Spade Kate]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Faraone_Mennella Mennella]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Klein Calvin]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Jacobs Jacobs]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_and_Spencer Mark Spencer]], [[https://shopgenevievegozum.com Genevieve]]
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Heusen Van Heusen]], . Subverted by [[spoiler:Louis Vee]], which was supposed to be [[spoiler:Louis Vuitton.]]

* ThemeNaming: The foreigners' names are taken from the names of clothing companies, such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_and_Spencer Mark Spencer]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Heusen Genevieve Van Heusen]]. Subverted by [[spoiler:Louis Vee]], which was supposed to be [[spoiler:Louis Vuitton.]]

* Doorstopper: the entire story spans 5 volumes and two sequels, bringing the total page count to over 1,400.

** Later, Louis V. gains a tremendously effective crossover and hook-shot, but he has also begun to be blind to the girls around him.

Another manga by the same makers is Manga/AngelCrush, which is set in the same universe and features cameos from ''Love is in the Bag'' characters.

* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted for comic relief when Lorelei thinks she's spotted Mara in a flimsy disguise, but it is actually a real person and the real Mara was standing next to that person in a much better disguise. This happens in Volumes 2 and again as a RunningGag in Volume 4.

* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: As the CookingDuel in Volume 3 is an AffectionateParody of IronChef, the chapter is named in a similar, over-the-top way -- "Love Love Stadium! Fastfood Cook-Off!"

** The CookingDuel in Volume 3 is a ruthless parody of IronChef.

* SupremeChef: In the IronChef parody chapter in Volume 3, Kate and Genevieve [[spoiler:and Mark Spencer]] are shown to be very good chefs.

* ShoutOut: Channel |B| or CH|B|, as a shout out to [[ImageBoard a certain image board]].