History WesternAnimation / ExchangeStudentZero

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Setting changes hints the school is now located in a city called South Port, possibly to avoid CreatorProvincialism which the TV movie--set in South ''[[UsefulNotes/AustralianStatesAndTerritories Perth]]'' evidenced by the high school of the same name--was chock full of.

It's notoriously compared to the ShutUpCartoons show, ''Oishi High School Battle'' but what with the unsubtle [[StealthParody nature]] of this show (also worth noting that it seems to poke fun at Franchise/YuGiOh or Anime/{{Bakugan}}), it's a ForegoneConclusion from here on out. A series is in production and set for release on Cartoon Network in September 26 of 2015.

Somewhat an {{inversion}} of WesternAnimation/KappaMikey.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Few of the monsters from the cards count as this who terrorize the school and sometimes, city.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Charity Stitt, John's older sister.

* AlternateContinuity: This is established right away in the first episode with Principal Rogerson and Denmead, [[spoiler: who were taken to the world of Battle Day Zero by the end of the TV movie,]] being present in the real world, apparently to serve as recurring characters/antagonists to the protagonists.

* BigSisterBully: Charity, who actually condones her boyfriend's bullying of Max and her brother.

It's notoriously compared to the ShutUpCartoons show, ''Oishi High School Battle'' but what with the unsubtle [[StealthParody nature]] of this show (also worth noting that it seems to poke fun at Franchise/YuGiOh or {{Bakugan}}), it's a ForegoneConclusion from here on out. A series is in production and set for release on Cartoon Network in September 26 of 2015.

* AcademicAlphaBitch: Charity. While she somewhat grows out of this in the MadeForTVMovie, she reprises this role in the TV series, [[{{Flanderization}} ten fold]]. Then again, [[AlternateContinuity the show deliberately deviates from the events that happened in the TV movie]] so her CharacterDevelopment is apparently non-existent.

!!Tropes that apply to both:

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: The coach's name is Tom Coach. Hence, he answers "Coach" when the principal asked for his name, ending up with Coach Coach.

* ThePigPen: One student in school looks like a goth kid with a perpetual aura of flies nicknamed Stinky.

!!Tropes specific to the TV movie:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Happy Peach Flower to Max, which he calls out on her for though he felt bad after. [[spoiler: They eventually become a couple seeing that Max already admired her even before officially meeting her]].
* AliceAndBob: Hiro's parents and Avere's parents. If you hear them about to engage in battle, saying each other's names, spitefully, you'll notice they're...oddly standard.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Seemed to be this way in the beginning but it's eventually averted for everyone's case (see SurprisinglyHappyEnding). John manages to get his crush to finally like him in the end.
* AltarDiplomacy: [[spoiler: Turns out Hiro was in an ArrangedMarriage with Avere as a part of a peace treaty between their tribes.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Whenever Charity is about to get crushed or be somewhere in the middle of harm's way, Hiro would always save her. This happens several times which causes her constant denial to his advances start to fade more and more.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Few of the monsters from the cards count as this who terrorize the school and later, city.
* BeautyMark: Lucinda, John's love interest, has one.
* BoundAndGagged: John and Charity's parents after Avere breaks into their home. And they remain that way for some time, because the kids just either ignored or forgot them which becomes a RunningGag.
* [[{{Bridezilla}} Bridezilla]]: [[spoiler: Avere]] is understandably upset over [[spoiler: Hiro leaving her at the altar.]] She wants her cake Gods damn it!
* BritishTeeth: Despite having no Britons around, John's friend, Max has notably crooked incisors and buck teeth.
* CargoShip: In-universe. Amonsun falls in love with one of Charity's stuffed toys, a doll specifically.
* CastOfSnowflakes: Looking closely at some crowd shots, there are faces aplenty in the school.
* CosmicPlaything: Downplayed in the sense that he isn't given much focus in the movie, but Principal Rogerson's son, Leroy, arguably gets the shortest end of the stick out of everyone else, especially compared to the actual Japanese exchange student, Hiro Tanada. [[TheWoobie Leroy]] is probably the only one who ''doesn't'' get a piece of the SurprisinglyHappyEnding.
* DancePartyEnding: Courtesy of Totally Hot (a band, consisting of Happy Peach Flower's friends).

* ExtravertedNerd: Max, who even refuses to believe that he's a "loser".

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Invoked.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Lucinda has no major role in the movie other than crushing on John. Lucky for both of them, they share the same feelings towards each other.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: Cartoon Network's Japanese dub has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M30rj6_GUgY Change my world]]" by FUNCTION6ch as its opening theme.

* ThatCameOutWrong: Denmead's long-winded insult that leads to a tangent about taking his crush to his funeral who he'll probably marry and as they lie around kissing all day, he'll be thinking about him. Instead of offending John, he just made him confused.

* PopStarComposer: The theme song is composed Music/MarkMothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of Music/{{Devo}} fame.

* PopStarComposer: The theme song is composed Music/Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of Music/Devo fame.

* AlternateContinuity: This is established right away in the first episode with Principal Rogerson and Denmead, [[spoiler: who were taken to the world of Battle Day Zero by the end of the TV movie,]] being present in the real world, apparently to serve as recurring characters/antagonists to the protagonists.]

* AnimationBump: The TV show's animation looks more polished thanks to higher production values and more streamlined character designs. Take a look at the sneak peek [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXfGsiOmZRA here]].

* AlternateContinuity: This is established right away in the first episode with Principal Rogerson and Denmead, [[spoiler: who were taken to the world of Battle Day Zero by the end of the TV movie,]] being present in the real world, apparently to serve as recurring characters/antagonists to the protagonists.

!!The following tropes include:

* AliceAndBob: Hiro and Avere's parents. If you hear them about to engage in battle, saying each other's names, spitefully, you'll notice they're...oddly standard.

* SealedWithAKiss: [[spoiler: Charity and Hiro. PlayedForLaughs variant with [[CargoShip Amonsun and Charity's stuffed doll]]. Cue credits]].

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Happy Peach Flower to Max, which he calls out on her which he feels bad for after. [[spoiler: They eventually become a couple seeing that Max already admired her even before officially meeting her]].

* SealedWithAKiss: [[spoiler: Charity and Hiro. PlayedForLaughs variant with [[CargoShip Amonsun and Charity's stuffed doll]]. Cue credits]].

** Subverted with Avere's sudden attraction to Principal Rogerson. She never found him to be handsome at all (even {{lampshaded}} by her parents), and only wanted [[spoiler: to marry him instead of Hiro]] was when he was crowned king in the grad ball and witnesses the student body chanting "all hail the king", taking it as how much "[[PowerIsSexy his subjects fear him]]".

* DefrostingIceQueen: Charity. The more she gets to know Hiro, she becomes less mean [[spoiler: especially when the finally got together]].

** Subverted with Avere's sudden attraction to Principal Rogerson. She never found him to be handsome at all (even {{lampshaded}} by her parents), and only wanted [[spoiler: to marry him instead of Hiro]] was when he was crowned king in the school dance and witnesses the student body chanting "all hail the king", taking it as how much "[[PowerIsSexy his subjects fear him]]".

** John and Charity's parents still bound and gagged. When Charity was talking to them in one scene, she didn't even bother to notice their plight nor even free them, for that matter.

It's notoriously compared to the ShutUpCartoons show, ''Oishi High School Battle'' but what with the unsubtle [[StealthParody nature]] of this show (also worth noting that it seems to poke fun at Franchise/YuGiOh or {{Bakugan}}), it's a ForegoneConclusion from here on out. A series is in production and set for release on Cartoon Network in September 26 of 2016.

* AmericanAccents: All the characters from the Battle Day Zero, as a possible ShoutOut to American[=/=]Canadian English dubs of anime.