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** In "Let's Go for a Fashion Show", Shishimaru comments about his fashion show costume that it makes him "look like [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]! Yabba dabba doo!"
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** In "Let's Go for a Fashion Show", Shishimaru comments about that his fashion show costume that it makes him "look look like [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]! Yabba Flintstone]], even using his catchphrase "Yabba dabba doo!"
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* BurningWithAnger: One of the techniques used by the ninjas involves them burning up in their anger.
* FashionShow: In "Let's Go for a Fashion Show", the school holds a fashion show. Yumeko makes her own ninja costumes for the show and has Hattori, Shinzo, and Shishimaru demonstrate them.
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* SickEpisode: Kenichi comes down sick in "I Dislike Mummy". Shinzo [[PlayingSick tries to fake a fever]] to get his mother's attention when she pays more attention to Kenichi; when Hattori learns about the trick and brings it up to their mother, Shinzo runs off and actually does get sick in the process.
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* EveryoneLaughsEnding: "A Tiff Between Shinzo and Hattori" ends with Hattori, Shinzō, and everyone else laughing.
* FeudEpisode: "A Tiff Between Shinzo and Hattori" has Hattori and Shinzō get into an arguement due to the latter not wanting to be put through the former's ninja training. Kenichi and Shishimaru try to get them to drop the feud.
* FeudEpisode: "A Tiff Between Shinzo and Hattori" has Hattori and Shinzō get into an arguement due to the latter not wanting to be put through the former's ninja training. Kenichi and Shishimaru try to get them to drop the feud.
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* EveryoneLaughsEnding: "A Tiff Between Shinzo Shinzō and Hattori" ends with Hattori, Shinzō, and everyone else laughing.
* FeudEpisode: "A Tiff BetweenShinzo Shinzō and Hattori" has Hattori and Shinzō get into an arguement due to the latter not wanting to be put through the former's ninja training. Kenichi and Shishimaru try to get them to drop the feud.
* FeudEpisode: "A Tiff Between
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* ChainedHeat: In "Enemies or Friends", Kemumaki invents a sticky ball and accidentally trips over it while fighting with Hattori, thus making them stuck to each other for the rest of the episode.
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* FeudEpisode: "A Tiff Between Shinzo and Hattori" has Hattori and Shinzō get into an arguement due to the latter not wanting to be put through the former's ninja training. Kenichi and Shishimaru try to get them to drop the feud.
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* HereWeGoAgain: "Hattori's Prolonged Hiccups" ends with Hattori's hiccups being cured, only for Shinzō to start hiccuping as well.
* HiccupHijinks: In "Hattori's Prolonged Hiccups", Hattori gets the hiccups. Since there is a ninja technique associated with hiccups, whenever he hiccups it makes everyone nearby topple over and flips nearby objects upside-down.
* HiccupHijinks: In "Hattori's Prolonged Hiccups", Hattori gets the hiccups. Since there is a ninja technique associated with hiccups, whenever he hiccups it makes everyone nearby topple over and flips nearby objects upside-down.
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** The Italian dub goes even further, changing all character's names. Kenichi Mitsuba is Ken Suba, Hattori is Nino, Shinzou is Lino, Shishimaru is Shishi, Kemumaki is Amilcare, Kagechiyo is Lucifero, Yumeko is Laura and Tsubame is Nicoletta.
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** The Italian dub goes even further, changing all character's characters' names. Kenichi Mitsuba is Ken Suba, Hattori is Nino, Shinzou is Lino, Shishimaru is Shishi, Kemumaki is Amilcare, Kagechiyo is Lucifero, Yumeko is Laura and Tsubame is Nicoletta.
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* CherryBlossoms: Cherry blossoms are featured prominently throughout "Sketching Event at the End of Spring", where the students of Kenichi's school do a contest where they have to draw a sketch of a field of cherry trees.
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* TyrannosaurusRex: One episode features a big model of a T-rex at a museum. Kagechiyo moves it around to scare Kenichi while he is taking a photo of his friends and teacher, who are standing in front of the model.
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* {{Henohenomoheji}}: In one episode, Hattori, Shinzō, and Shishimaru use dummies of themselves to scare Kemumaki into thinking there are living mummies in the museum. Hattori's dummy has the henohenomoheji face drawn on its head.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: In "Can You Rely on a Puppet Doll?", Hattori creates and controls a puppet of Kenichi to take the place of the real Kenichi while he is out watching a movie with Yumeko, since his mother had told him he must stay in the house and do his homework.
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* TheCameo: In the episode "Can You Rely on a Puppet Doll?", what little we see of the movie Kenichi watches with Yumeko features Q-Taro from ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro''.
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* DisguisedInDrag: In "Kenichi is In a Soap", this is Kemumaki's evil plan. [[spoiler:He's pretending to be the girl named Mayumi to mess with Kenichi.]]
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* LoveAtFirstSight: In "Kenichi is In a Soap", Kenichi falls in love with a girl named Mayumi upon first seeing her. This sets up the conflict of the episode since he also likes Yumeko, and he has asked her to help him do some school work at his house.
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* HostileShowTakeover: Kemumaki takes over the show in one episode, saying that it is now ''Ninja Kemumaki-kun''. The series opening in this episode even has Kemumaki in place of Hattori, with every instance of "Hattori" in the theme song's lyrics changed to "Kemumaki".
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* BaseballEpisode: There is an episode based around the characters playing a similar sport, UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}}.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: In "A Day Without Electricity", both times that the electricity goes out in Hattori's house, everything goes completely dark for a couple of seconds, leaving only characters' eyes visible.
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* LookBehindYou: In "Play and Play", Kagechiyo distracts Shishimaru as soon as their game of soccer begins by saying "Hey, look! A UFO's flying!", allowing him to kick the soccer ball first.
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* MobileShrubbery: In "Play and Play", Kemumaki moves around while hiding in a bush in order to get away with throwing a frisbee to distract the dogs.
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* GratuitousSpanish: The Netflix captions sometimes throw in the word "amigo" where "Yumeko" is in the audio.
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* NoThemeTune: It has no theme tune on Nickelodeon India and Netflix.
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** Kenichi's design is based off of Nobita from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' if not pointing out the visible differences like the shapes of their glasses.
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** Kenichi's design is based off of Nobita Noby from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' if not pointing out the visible differences like the shapes of their glasses.
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I thought this was a funnier stinger. If you don't get the joke, watch it on Netflix with captions on.
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In 2018, some seasons[[note]]Season 5 of the classic series (mislabeled as season 2) and seasons 1 and 2 of the 2012 series[[/note]] were added to Creator/{{Netflix}} in America and other Western countries.
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** The American Netflix release of the 2012 series keeps the title written in Japanese, ''忍者ハットリくん''.
** Several episodes of the 2012 series have no English
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** Mr. Koike is a recurring design in Fujiko Fujio works. He first appeared in ''Manga/ObakeNoQtaro'' and is often billed by fans as [[FanNickname "the ramen guy"]] due to his affinity for ramen shown in other works.
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* DubNameChange: The Hindi dub changes Tsubame's name to Sonam and Kemumaki's name to Amara. Both it and the Nick India English dub change Togejirou's name to Cactochan. All of the Nick India dubs change Kagechiyo's name to Keo.
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** The Hindi dub changes Tsubame's name to Sonam and Kemumaki's name to Amara. Both it and the Nick India English dub change Togejirou's name to Cactochan. All of the Nick India dubs change Kagechiyo's name to Keo.
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* LoveTriangle: Kenichi and Kemumaki are both interested in Yumeko, which leads to conflicts between them.
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* HiddenDepths: Kenichi possesses some degree of Ninja aptitude, since he's able to perform some of Hattori's tricks when properly motivated.
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* NinjaRun: Hattori will usually couple this with his VerbalTic; "nin nin nin nin!".
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* NinjaRun: Hattori Hattori, and to a lesser extent Shinzou, will usually couple this with his VerbalTic; "nin nin nin nin!".nin!"/"shin shin".
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-''"Have no fear, Ninja Hattori is here!"''-] [[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Mr. Koike, Kentaru Mitsuba, Ama Mitsuba, Shinzō Hattori, Kanzo Hattori, Kenichi Mitsuba, Shishimaru, Yumeko Kawai, Kagechiyo, Kemuzou Kemumaki[[/note]]]]
->''Over the mountains, crossing in the sea''
->''He's come flying to our city''
->''Ninja Hattori's got a new family!''
-->-- '''Opening theme'''
''Ninja Hattori''[[note]]originally titled ''Ninja Hattori[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -kun]]''[[/note]] is a series created by Creator/FujikoFujio A in 1964. It has received a television series, a video game, and a live-action film.
Kenichi Mitsuba is an average, lazy kid who struggles with school. His life is changed when the ninja Kanzo Hattori, his younger brother Shinzō, and their ninja dog Shishimaru befriend Kenichi and become part of his family. Hattori helps Kenichi and looks out for him. Kenichi's new classmate, Kemuzou Kemumaki, is also a ninja and the series' main antagonist. Kemumaki and Kenichi are [[LoveTriangle both in love with the girl Yumeko Kawai]], which leads to various conflicts and disputes between them.
The animated series originally lasted from 1981 to 1987 with a total of 694 episodes and 11 special episodes. In 2006, the series was imported to India, where it became a massive hit. It was revived in 2013 as a collaboration between India and Japan and it is currently receiving new episodes. The new series is modernized and uses UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash animation. Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} India handles the dubbing and localization, including the English version.
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!!''Ninja Hattori'' provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Kenichi's parents don't see Kemumaki for the troublesome person he really is. Because of this, the parents are of no use in resolving the conflicts between Kenichi and Kemumaki.
* AgeLift: The live-action film changes Hattori from a child to an adult.
* AlliterativeName: Kemuzou Kemumaki.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Has a 1981 adaptation and a 2012 adaptation.
* BigBad: Kemumaki serves as the main antagonist and causes most of the bad events in the series.
* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his ninja, in this case.
* CatsAreMean: Kagechiyo is an antagonistic cat who is loyal to Kemumaki, his owner. However, he isn't quite as evil as Kemumaki as he has helped Hattori on a few occasions.
* ChristmasEpisode: In the Christmas episode, Hattori gives his family gifts.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[https://youtu.be/Soqsf5oo7dI opening of the 1966 television drama]] is drawn, but the actual series is live-action.
* {{Crossover}}: The series has had crossover movies with both ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' and ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.
* DubNameChange: The Hindi dub changes Tsubame's name to Sonam and Kemumaki's name to Amara. Both it and the Nick India English dub change Togejirou's name to Cactochan. All of the Nick India dubs change Kagechiyo's name to Keo.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before ''Ninja Hattori'' had an animated series, it had a live-action series, with an ''[[https://78.media.tumblr.com/b24f7185cac73a2890e10cddd03dcb0d/tumblr_o9djhmF4K01t3cxt2o1_400.gif interesting]]'' look to it.
* EnfantTerrible: 11-year-old Kemumaki serves as the main antagonist of the series.
* EstablishingShot: Several episodes begin with a shot of the house, school, or building where the episode will be taking place.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "Hattori's Annoying Public Bath Incident", the characters visit a public bath house. Yumeko is shown naked in one scene.
* InconsistentDub: All of the Nick India dubs are inconsistent about whether "Hattori" is his first name or his last name.
* KidHero: Kenichi and Hattori are both child protagonists.
* LicensedGame: The series received a game on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1986. There is also a Flash game involving UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}}.
* LiveActionAdaptation: Received a live-action television drama in 1966 and a live-action film in 2004.
* LoveTriangle: Kenichi and Kemumaki are both interested in Yumeko, which leads to conflicts between them.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Shinzō can use the noise of his crying to immobilise his enemies.
* MasterOfDisguise: Kemumaki disguises as other people and causes trouble in several episodes.
* MuggleFosterParents: Hattori and Shinzō are ninjas, but they are being raised by the Mitsuba family who are not ninjas.
* {{Muggles}}: Most of the people who aren't friends with Hattori are unaware of his ninja abilities, allowing him to surprise them or use his skills to his advantage.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: See GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* {{Ninja}}: Hattori, Shinzō, and Kemumaki are all ninjas.
* NinjaBrat: Hattori, Shinzō, and Kemumaki are all young ninjas, though they are pretty experienced for their age. Shinzō in particular has a whiny and babyish personality.
* NinjaRun: Hattori will usually couple this with his VerbalTic; "nin nin nin nin!".
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Hattori and Shinzō sleep on the ceiling of their room every night.
* PlayingSick:
** In the episode "Curing A Case Of Laziness", Kenichi has nightmares about Kemumaki annoying him, so he pretends he's sick in order to skip school and avoid seeing him.
** In the episode "I Dislike Mummy", Shinzō uses the ninja technique of lizard art and sits in the sun for a while, the idea being to heat himself up enough to trick his mom into thinking he's running a fever.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The main theme of the NES game quotes a few bars of [[Music/TheCancanSong "Orpheus in the Underworld"]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Koike is a reasonable teacher and a good friend of Kenichi, Hattori, and Shinzō.
* ReusedCharacterDesign:
** Kenichi's design is based off of Nobita from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' if not pointing out the visible differences like the shapes of their glasses.
** Mr. Koike is a recurring design in Fujiko Fujio works. He first appeared in ''Manga/ObakeNoQtaro'' and is often billed by fans as [[FanNickname "the ramen guy"]] due to his affinity for ramen shown in other works.
* ShoutOut: Kenichi can be seen watching or reading ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' and ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' in a few different episodes.
* SiblingTeam: Hattori and his younger brother Shinzō work as a team and support each other.
* TheSongRemainsTheSame: The English dub by Disney Channel Asia leaves the theme song in Japanese. The English dub by Nickelodeon India translates it into English.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Hattori and Shinzō both carry a sword and shuriken.
* TalkingAnimal: Shishimaru and Kagechiyo are both animals with the ability to talk.
* ThreeShorts: The series packs three short episodes into a half-hour.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: The English dub translates the theme song and uses different instrumentation.
* TruncatedThemeTune: The Disney Channel Asia version removes the last few seconds of the theme tune by having it fade out slightly early.
* UntranslatedTitle: Several episodes of the 2012 series have no English titles.
* VerbalTic: Hattori has an odd verbal tic where he'll say "ding ding" or "nin nin" (as in "ninja") every so often. This is referenced in the title cards of the episodes.
* WelcomeEpisode: In the first episode, Hattori joins the Mitsuba family and is welcomed as part of the family.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hattori has a fear of frogs (batrachophobia).
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->[[TheStinger "I'm a true troper!"]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-''"Have no fear, Ninja Hattori is here!"''-] [[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Mr. Koike, Kentaru Mitsuba, Ama Mitsuba, Shinzō Hattori, Kanzo Hattori, Kenichi Mitsuba, Shishimaru, Yumeko Kawai, Kagechiyo, Kemuzou Kemumaki[[/note]]]]
->''Over the mountains, crossing in the sea''
->''He's come flying to our city''
->''Ninja Hattori's got a new family!''
-->-- '''Opening theme'''
''Ninja Hattori''[[note]]originally titled ''Ninja Hattori[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -kun]]''[[/note]] is a series created by Creator/FujikoFujio A in 1964. It has received a television series, a video game, and a live-action film.
Kenichi Mitsuba is an average, lazy kid who struggles with school. His life is changed when the ninja Kanzo Hattori, his younger brother Shinzō, and their ninja dog Shishimaru befriend Kenichi and become part of his family. Hattori helps Kenichi and looks out for him. Kenichi's new classmate, Kemuzou Kemumaki, is also a ninja and the series' main antagonist. Kemumaki and Kenichi are [[LoveTriangle both in love with the girl Yumeko Kawai]], which leads to various conflicts and disputes between them.
The animated series originally lasted from 1981 to 1987 with a total of 694 episodes and 11 special episodes. In 2006, the series was imported to India, where it became a massive hit. It was revived in 2013 as a collaboration between India and Japan and it is currently receiving new episodes. The new series is modernized and uses UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash animation. Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} India handles the dubbing and localization, including the English version.
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!!''Ninja Hattori'' provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Kenichi's parents don't see Kemumaki for the troublesome person he really is. Because of this, the parents are of no use in resolving the conflicts between Kenichi and Kemumaki.
* AgeLift: The live-action film changes Hattori from a child to an adult.
* AlliterativeName: Kemuzou Kemumaki.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Has a 1981 adaptation and a 2012 adaptation.
* BigBad: Kemumaki serves as the main antagonist and causes most of the bad events in the series.
* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his ninja, in this case.
* CatsAreMean: Kagechiyo is an antagonistic cat who is loyal to Kemumaki, his owner. However, he isn't quite as evil as Kemumaki as he has helped Hattori on a few occasions.
* ChristmasEpisode: In the Christmas episode, Hattori gives his family gifts.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[https://youtu.be/Soqsf5oo7dI opening of the 1966 television drama]] is drawn, but the actual series is live-action.
* {{Crossover}}: The series has had crossover movies with both ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' and ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.
* DubNameChange: The Hindi dub changes Tsubame's name to Sonam and Kemumaki's name to Amara. Both it and the Nick India English dub change Togejirou's name to Cactochan. All of the Nick India dubs change Kagechiyo's name to Keo.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before ''Ninja Hattori'' had an animated series, it had a live-action series, with an ''[[https://78.media.tumblr.com/b24f7185cac73a2890e10cddd03dcb0d/tumblr_o9djhmF4K01t3cxt2o1_400.gif interesting]]'' look to it.
* EnfantTerrible: 11-year-old Kemumaki serves as the main antagonist of the series.
* EstablishingShot: Several episodes begin with a shot of the house, school, or building where the episode will be taking place.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the episode "Hattori's Annoying Public Bath Incident", the characters visit a public bath house. Yumeko is shown naked in one scene.
* InconsistentDub: All of the Nick India dubs are inconsistent about whether "Hattori" is his first name or his last name.
* KidHero: Kenichi and Hattori are both child protagonists.
* LicensedGame: The series received a game on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1986. There is also a Flash game involving UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}}.
* LiveActionAdaptation: Received a live-action television drama in 1966 and a live-action film in 2004.
* LoveTriangle: Kenichi and Kemumaki are both interested in Yumeko, which leads to conflicts between them.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Shinzō can use the noise of his crying to immobilise his enemies.
* MasterOfDisguise: Kemumaki disguises as other people and causes trouble in several episodes.
* MuggleFosterParents: Hattori and Shinzō are ninjas, but they are being raised by the Mitsuba family who are not ninjas.
* {{Muggles}}: Most of the people who aren't friends with Hattori are unaware of his ninja abilities, allowing him to surprise them or use his skills to his advantage.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: See GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* {{Ninja}}: Hattori, Shinzō, and Kemumaki are all ninjas.
* NinjaBrat: Hattori, Shinzō, and Kemumaki are all young ninjas, though they are pretty experienced for their age. Shinzō in particular has a whiny and babyish personality.
* NinjaRun: Hattori will usually couple this with his VerbalTic; "nin nin nin nin!".
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Hattori and Shinzō sleep on the ceiling of their room every night.
* PlayingSick:
** In the episode "Curing A Case Of Laziness", Kenichi has nightmares about Kemumaki annoying him, so he pretends he's sick in order to skip school and avoid seeing him.
** In the episode "I Dislike Mummy", Shinzō uses the ninja technique of lizard art and sits in the sun for a while, the idea being to heat himself up enough to trick his mom into thinking he's running a fever.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The main theme of the NES game quotes a few bars of [[Music/TheCancanSong "Orpheus in the Underworld"]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Koike is a reasonable teacher and a good friend of Kenichi, Hattori, and Shinzō.
* ReusedCharacterDesign:
** Kenichi's design is based off of Nobita from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' if not pointing out the visible differences like the shapes of their glasses.
** Mr. Koike is a recurring design in Fujiko Fujio works. He first appeared in ''Manga/ObakeNoQtaro'' and is often billed by fans as [[FanNickname "the ramen guy"]] due to his affinity for ramen shown in other works.
* ShoutOut: Kenichi can be seen watching or reading ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' and ''Manga/{{Perman}}'' in a few different episodes.
* SiblingTeam: Hattori and his younger brother Shinzō work as a team and support each other.
* TheSongRemainsTheSame: The English dub by Disney Channel Asia leaves the theme song in Japanese. The English dub by Nickelodeon India translates it into English.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Hattori and Shinzō both carry a sword and shuriken.
* TalkingAnimal: Shishimaru and Kagechiyo are both animals with the ability to talk.
* ThreeShorts: The series packs three short episodes into a half-hour.
* TranslatedCoverVersion: The English dub translates the theme song and uses different instrumentation.
* TruncatedThemeTune: The Disney Channel Asia version removes the last few seconds of the theme tune by having it fade out slightly early.
* UntranslatedTitle: Several episodes of the 2012 series have no English titles.
* VerbalTic: Hattori has an odd verbal tic where he'll say "ding ding" or "nin nin" (as in "ninja") every so often. This is referenced in the title cards of the episodes.
* WelcomeEpisode: In the first episode, Hattori joins the Mitsuba family and is welcomed as part of the family.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hattori has a fear of frogs (batrachophobia).
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->[[TheStinger "I'm a true troper!"]]
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