History VisualNovel / Shuffle

* PantyShot: The camera is often set far far lower than it has any other reason to be. Funimation's previews of the anime uses nothing but panty shots as the entire selling point.

** Nerine has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]], with hidden depths and a mostly calm demeanor. (Water)

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And Orange, Green, Red, Yellow, Purple...

** [[spoiler:Refer to CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Completely by accident, Kaede ends up falling over Sia and kisses her due to the momentum. Doubles as LesYay and a ShipTease. It may be possible they become SchoolgirlLesbians, but it's never explained.]]

* RealityEnsues: In episode 4 of the anime, after Nerine nearly blows up a gymnasium when she attacks two delinquents for insulting Rin, she and Rin are summoned to Benibara's office.

* ThemeTuneCameo: In the anime episode "I Wanted To See You!", the theme song is played in the arcade where Rin meets Primula.

'''Rin:''' ''[[LoudGulp *Gulp*]]''

** [[spoiler:Refer to CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Completely by accident, Kaede ends up falling over Sia and kisses her due to the momentum. Doubles as [[HoYay Les Yay]] and a ShipTease. It may be possible they become SchoolgirlLesbians, but it's never explained.]]
** Happens in Really? Really! with Kaede falling on Rin.
* AccidentalPervert: Rin with just about any girl.
* ACupAngst: Mayumi
** It is not that she dislikes her breasts, [[PetitePride in fact far from it]], [[BerserkButton it is just she hates being teased about it]]. Really? Really! retcons her not disliking her breasts by having her adjust their size in multiple memories. She always gets called out on it and gets depressed that nobody goes along with it. Though another memory shows that she's about b-cup, meaning the teasing doesn't make any sense.

* AgainstTheSettingSun: [[spoiler:Rin confesses to Asa, and they kiss AgainstTheSettingSun]].

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--> '''Itsuki:''' (Referring to Primula) Don't worry Rin, it's healthy to embrace your fetishes...\\

'''Mayumi:''' Huh, what do you mean?
--> '''Itsuki:''' What I'm trying to say is that Rin is a Loli-Pedo...
--> '''Rin:''' (SMASHES his fist into Itsuki's solar plexus)\\
'''Itsuki:'''' Wheeeze.... (Dies)

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Both Sia and Nerine towards Rin.
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Kaede,]] see ClingyJealousGirl below.

* {{Bishonen}}: Arguably Rin, but YMMV.

* BumblingDad:
** Sia's father, Eustoma.
** In the HGame, both Sia and Nerine's dads.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Averted. Barring Primula, each girl wins in a different continuity or followup. Lisanthus gets the manga, Asa the anime, Really? Really! is a continuation of Kaede's path while VisualNovel/TickTack is a sequel for Nerine.

--> '''Forbesii:''' "My wife and Nerine-chan won't let me do chores at home because they're worried about what others might say..."\\
'''Rin:''' "I bet the number of devil worshipers is decreasing..."

* FantasticArousal: Nerine's ears.

** [[CherryBlossomGirl Sakura]] Yae, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae Daisy]] and Erica Suzuran ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_of_the_Valley lily-of-the-valley]]) - in [[UpdatedRerelease Essence+]]

* {{Gainaxing}}: Everyone, but Benibara-sensei deserves special mention.
* GenkiGirl: Asa and Sia

* {{Leitmotif}}: Some characters have this, the most obvious being Sia and Kaede, whose {{Leitmotif}}s evolved into their [[ImageSong Image Songs]].

* LowerDeckEpisode: The episode that featured Mayumi and Ms. Beni.

* MultipleChoicePast: Inverted with the final choice of Really? Really!, where you're asked by Kaede if you prefer Asa's hair long or short. A few in-game minutes later, Asa appears with the hair length you chose, despite her not even being near you when you answered.

* {{Ojou}}: Lisianthus and Nerine.

* OneWordTitle

* RememberTheNewGuy: Sakura in Really? Really!. She's Rin's and Kaede's childhood friend who lives in the same town, but hasn't been introduced in the anime or game.

** In the anime, the BadassAdorable cat that appears in the show-to-commercials transition ends his combo with a [[StreetFighter Hadoken.]]

** Really? Really! has scenes [[Franchise/AceAttorney similar to a certain series' cross-examination.]] It even has Rin point his finger out and shout "Really!" (which sounds similar to "Igiari", the Japanese equivalent of "Objection") when you present evidence of a contradiction.

* TrappedInThePast: The main plot of ''Tick! Tack!''.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So, what did happen to the InstantFanclub each girl developed, anyhow? (Though their absence can be HandWaved by noting that it would have been MoodDissonance to have their presence in the second half of the series.) Perhaps explained by the action of the {{Gonk}} stalking the main cast every now and then by the final episode [[spoiler: he was thanking Rin for choosing Asa making the other girls available, so the [[InstantFanclub Instant Fanclubs]] were no longer needed to deal with Rin and they simply disbanded.]]

** Three out of the five girls in the harem are variations on YamatoNadeshiko to varying degrees.

* RecurringExtra: Masato, a kid who appears in a lot of Navel and Basil games, as ''VisualNovel/SoulLink'' and ''VisualNovel/OretachiNiTsubasaWaNai'', and mischievously lifts the skirts of the heroines.

* SecondYearProtagonist: Though there aren't any first-years shown.

In May 29, 2020, [[VisualNovel/ShuffleEpisode2 A sequel was released on PC.]]

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The teacups at the love theme park in episode 18 stands out.

* ConspicuousCG: The teacups at the love theme park in episode 18 stands out.

[[quoteright:350:[[HaremGenre https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ShuffleMT1.jpg]]]]

There's also a second season, ''SHUFFLE! Memories'' (which is basically a recap of the first anime), an UpdatedRerelease named ''Shuffle! Essence+'' and three spin-off games: [[VisualNovel/TickTack ''Tick! Tack!'']], ''Really? Really!'' and ''SHUFFLE! Love Rainbow''. The original game, ''Tick! Tack!'' and ''Really? Really!'' were officially released in English by Mangagamer.

* ThemeTuneCameo: In the anime, the theme song is played in the arcade where Rin meets Primula.

* AccidentalKiss: [[spoiler:Refer to CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Completely by accident, Kaede ends up falling over Sia and kisses her due to the momentum. Doubles as [[HoYay Les Yay]] and a ShipTease. It may be possible they become SchoolgirlLesbians, but it's never explained.]]

** It is not that she dislikes her breasts, [[PetitePride in fact far from it]], [[BerserkButton it is just she hates being teased about it]].
*** Really? Really! retcons her not disliking her breasts by having her adjust their size in multiple memories. She always gets called out on it and gets depressed that nobody goes along with it. Though another memory shows that she's about b-cup, meaning the teasing doesn't make any sense.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Killing himself is the ''ONLY'' way that Rin can save Asa from dying. It forces her to use all the built up magic in her body to bring him back to life, which was the very problem that was killing her.]]

* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Averted BIG time]] in the anime series. In the Visual Novel, there's no clear main heroine, so it's mostly averted.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When [[spoiler:Primula]] starts to lose control, the experimenters were planning on resetting her emotions to bring her back in line.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Primula has the appearance of a twelve/thirteen year-old girl. She's actually only one year younger than the main characters, who are in high school.

* OneSteveLimit: There are two Rins. The protagonist, and Nerine, who is called Rin [[spoiler:because Lycoris named her after Rin when they met eight years ago]]. Primula is shortened to Rim to add to the confusion.
** The English dub tries to makes things clearer by changing Nerine's nickname to Rina and Primula's to Rimu.

* ParentalAbandonment: Rin and Kaede: [[spoiler:Rin's parents and Kaede's mom died in the same car crush and their tutor, Kaede's dad, [[DisappearedDad is frequently away in business]].]] Also, Sia and Nerine's mothers are never shown.
** At least not in the anime; their mothers both appear in the game sequels ''Tick! Tack!'' and ''Really? Really!'', with Nerine's mother being at the center of the plot of ''Tick! Tack!''.

* PowerOfLove: Primula is saved via [[spoiler:Lycoris/Nerine]] and Rin's love for her.

* RunningGag: [[MarryThemAll Fortunately, the world of gods allows polygamy!]] It's never [[WhatCouldHaveBeen followed through on]] in the game outside of the ending of Primula's route, though.

* UnwantedHarem: All the pressure to choose a romantic interest among the 5 girls ends up leading to each of them developing their own problems over the whole issue.

* WeaponOfChoice: Sia [[{{Hammerspace}} always has a chair at the ready]] to wallop her father with. Folding, Patio, School Desk, Recliner.. She has a LOT of chairs to choose from.
** It may even be that she has a spell to summon chairs. It would be useful for dinner parties where more guests show up than you have chairs, but, obviously, Sia has found another use for it.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Three out of the five girls in the harem are variations on YamatoNadeshiko to varying degrees.

* {{Yandere}}: Anime only: [[spoiler:Kaede starts heading down this path very quickly near the end when it becomes clear she didn't get Rin.]]
** Subverted. [[spoiler: She pushes Asa down.]] Even that made her feel horrible. It might have been worse if Rin hadn't been there though.

'''All character tropes must be moved to the proper [[Characters/{{Shuffle}} character page]].'''

->'''Eustoma:''' To put it plainly, you can choose to become king of the gods, or king of the demons. If you pick my Sia, you can use the power of the gods as much as you want!
->'''Forbesii:''' But choose Nerine, and all the power of the demons will be yours to use however your heart desires.
->'''Rin:''' ''[[LoudGulp *Gulp*]]''

--> '''Itsuki:''' (Referring to Primula) Don't worry Rin, it's healthy to embrace your fetishes...
--> '''Rin:''' You bastard...
--> '''Mayumi:''' Huh, what do you mean?

--> '''Rin:''' (SMASHES his fist into Itsuki's solar plexus)
--> '''Itsuki:'''' Wheeeze.... (Dies)

--> '''Forbesii:''' "My wife and Nerine-chan won't let me do chores at home because they're worried about what others might say..."
--> '''Rin:''' "I bet the number of devil worshipers is decreasing..."

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Killing himself is the ''ONLY'' way that Rin can save Asa from dying. It forces her to use all the built up magic in her body to bring him back to life, which was the very problem that was killing her.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Rin and Kaede: [[spoiler: Rin's parents and Kaede's mom died in the same car crush and their tutor, Kaede's dad, [[DisappearedDad is frequently away in business]].]] Also, Sia and Nerine's mothers are never shown.

''SHUFFLE!'' is an HGame that was [[BleachedUnderpants adapted]] into a successful [[HaremGenre Harem Anime]]. The series is notable for its vivid character designs, catchy tunes, and interesting plot twists. While still a comedy, ''SHUFFLE!'' is far more emotional than many of its counterparts in the harem genre.

'''All character tropes must be moved to the proper [[Characters/Shuffle character page]].'''

* PetitePride: Mayumi, who wears it as a badge of honour. "[[LuckyStar A flat chest is a symbol of status! A rarity!]]"

->'''Eustoma:''' To put it plainly, you can choose to become king of the gods or king of the demons. If you pick my Sia you can use the power of the gods as much as you want!
->'''Forbesii:''' But choose Narine and all the power of the demons will be yours to use however your heart desires.