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| - | one day vadernaraku made a thread titled 100 unwritten rules in anime its still going on [http://boards.adultswim.com/adultswim/board/message?board.id=6&thread.id=5197281&page=1 right here] and has reached 100+ rules heres a compling of the ones that are up so far.
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| - | # in almost every anime as in every disney film, one or both parents are dead (1-3: vadernaraku)
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| - | # the protagonist is always a high school student
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| - | # the enemy always stands in the path of an attack without every moving to the left or the right
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| - | # Main char has Super Powers? (4-6: JQuest15)
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| - | # There are Ninjas?
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| - | # Plenty of giant robots?
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| - | # if you hear a sad song someones going to die (7-9: crushrose)
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| - | # someone always turns out to be a traitor
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| - | # bad guy turns out to be family
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| - | # usually the father is a villain or the distant parent (vadernaraku)
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| - | # There's always someone who has or gets crushed on (love interest)(I_am_Faye)
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| - | # Theres always at least one attractive female character. (12-13: dudeco)
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| - | # Unless the show is a mini series, theres always at least one seperate story arc that takes place in between the canon material
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| - | # Friends become enemies, enemies become friends. (I_am_Faye)
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| - | # You don't attack someone when they're monolouging. EVER. (15-17: Nevada-Rocca
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| - | # Girls are always into the guys that treat them like crap.
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| - | # Giant robots make everything better.
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| - | # Super-advanced bipedal war machines require little to no training to pilot. (Blazeman47)
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| - | # No one ever attacks when their opponent is most vulnerable -- when they are trying to summon up their powers. (19-23: memyself)
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| - | # You can get away with anything if it takes place in an alternate universe.
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| - | # There are no normal sized girls. They all have 48 inch chests or no breasts at all.
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| - | # Countries other than Japan are to blame.
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| - | # Religions other than Buddhism are to blame.
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| - | # Every group of characters must include one spaz; or a clingy hanger-on... (greatjob42)
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| - | # characters get to hax abilities (JQuest15)
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| - | # well there's always the old, nose bleed equals erection rule (26-27: aIikatt_25)
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| - | # also...more times than not the guys are prettier than the girls (crushrose)
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| - | # There is a female that is either pure, clueless, or completely aloof to everything. (28-34: I-am-Batman)
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| - | # Everyone, including old men, (especially old men) bust out mega combos out of seemingly nowhere
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| - | # Everyone can jump really high for no reason.
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| - | # Everyone can also have other amazing physical abilities that are never explained.
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| - | # There will be blushing and or redding of the cheek.
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| - | # Yell the protagonists name repeatedly in any hostile situation.
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| - | # Many people die, and no one cares. But when somoene with a fancy hairdo dies that is relevant to the story arc, an episode or two is dedicated to how this person died and the mourning relating to this person.
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| - | # Your weak friends who get angry at you can cause a huge bump on your head and make bandages appear out of no where but when a villain attacks it is ineffective. (jackiemarie90)
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| - | # No matter how many heavily-armed mooks the Big Bad sends after the protagonist, they will all be horrid with their weapon of choice and do minimal, if any, damage in the long run. (36-40: Euphamism)
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| - | # If it's not a main character, it's cannon fodder and will miraculously be shot/sliced/magic'd to pieces by the same ineffectual mooks.
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| - | # There will be an animal with an unnatural amount of intelligence.
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| - | # If it's horribly annoying, it's not likely to be leaving or dying anytime soon.
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| - | # No matter how many times or in what places the protagonist drops his/her weapon of choice, s/he will always retrieve it sometime between the end of the current episode and the beginning of the next episode
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| - | # Sex-crazed attackers will stop after one strike to fend them off. (41-45: Foley_is_Good_149)
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| - | # More emphasis will be placed on a character's power level than his speed.
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| - | # All main characters have in excess of 8 gallons of blood in their bodies.
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| - | # All main characters have 5 times the hemoglobin production capacity of a small village.
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| - | # Yet again, BOOBS!
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| - | # if you're attractive you can get away with major character flaws. (GARHUNT05)
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| - | # the good guy will loose the first fight then go train and then beat the bad guy :) (crushrose)
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| - | # Sexual relationships are to be limited to the following: a. Between consenting teenagers. b. Between students and their teachers. c. Between cousins. (48-49: memyself_
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| - | # Endings are to be ambiguous so that there are multiple interpretations as to what happened. The only exception is when the ending leaves things open to a sequel.
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| - | # all popular fmale characters must be raped, bonded or someother sexual fetish (50-52: GARHUNT05)
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| - | # Female character cannot do anything without males
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| - | # all old men are perverts no exceptions
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| - | # At one point or another, the main character will get amnesia. (53-55: Nevada-Rocca)
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| - | # Every episode must have a flashback.
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| - | # Problems are solved using card games.
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| - | # Yelling makes you stonger (56-58: myname)
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| - | # The best pilots are EMO teenagers with no actual piloting skills
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| - | # Never leave things in the fridge
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| - | # racist people always gets their comeuppance (vadernaraku)
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| - | # The villian(s) will always be courteous enough to let the magical girls finish their transformation sequence before attacking. (Teemo)
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| - | # its obligatory for one person to stop in the middle of an epic battle and explain thier whole life story. (spring)
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| - | # the one who wears glasses is either effeminate or gay or a lesbian (vadernaraku)
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| - | # girls under 15 can have big boobs (63-66: firedragon54738)
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| - | # maids make every thing better
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| - | # nurses all ways wear those outfits
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| - | # catgirls or bunnygirl are all jewels
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| - | # There is always a Chosen One. (67-69: Nevada-Rocca)
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| - | # Bigger doesn't always mean better.
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| - | # If the main character's eyes start to glow, run. Don't ask questions, just run.
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| - | # Takes place in japan, off the planet or different universe (70-73: HappyFatMan)
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| - | # Hidden secret that completly changes the story
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| - | # Loser becomes hero
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| - | # Able to travel trough space, time, and different dementions
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| - | # The most perfect and assured way to defeat your opponent is with a children's card game or equalvilant. (Wilhelm_of_Coal)
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| - | # All transfer students are in on whatever weird events are going on (75-77: the_tick_rules2)
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| - | # Slaps leave perfect hand shapes
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| - | # All masked villains routinely hang with those they use their masks to conceal themselves from
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| - | # If a two characters fall in love in an action anime mid-season one of the two will die in the next episode. (78-82: Swim_Cowboy)
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| - | # The annoying characters never die they are only badly wounded.
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| - | # In Harems the first girl/guy they see or bump into is the girl/guy they'll end up with.
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| - | # Slutty school girls will only taunt us with there bewbz and end up with no one in the end. (gives us hope)
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| - | # When the Protagonists beat an enemy the enemy later joins their squad. (*cough* Bleach *cough* Naruto *cough* One Piece *cough*)
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| - | # when in doubt, do a a$$ dance (83-85: Sexiest_Questions)
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| - | # having big BOOBS will never give you back problems
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| - | # always have on a clean pair of panties so someone can by and put a stain on there(and on the rest of your body)
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| - | # There must be at least one female character with blue hair. (memyself)
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| - | # There must be at least one emotionless femal character. (Nevada-Rocca)
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| - | # Every major attack must have a name, and the character using that attack must shout that name while using it in a fight. (memyself)
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| - | # Very short uniform skirts and the wind never blows it up where you can get a look at the panties. (89-90: simpleanime)
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| - | # Young emo teens pilot mecha machines.
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| - | # Combat machines larger than freight train cars are capable of hairpin maneuvers at high speeds. (foley_is_good_149)
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| - | # only kids under the age of 17 must be able to defend the world with playing cards/monsters (92-98: Sexiest_Questions)
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| - | # there cant no sexy underwear for men
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| - | # having a nose is optional
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| - | # if necessary, a japanese backsaw can be use for a pregnancy test
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| - | # any westerner in a anime must say "in america" within 5 seconds or will be considered a terrorist
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| - | # if you cant withstand seeing a violent scene, think of a nice boat
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| - | # if it exist, theres a anime version of it, no expections
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| - | # Enemies must give a lecture before dealing the final blow allowing enough time for the main character to recover. (99-100: MoSo)
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| - | # After the recovery main character explains his life and gains a substanstial amount of power.
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| - | # where there are two males enemies or best firends there will be yaoi overtones. (spring)
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| - | # Need cash? You can sell your anime's rights to Adult Swim even before you know if the entire series will be available! (memyself)
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| - | # Have delays in getting said # of remaining eps of (name of series) to [AS] and while doing so have re-runs of said series until the rest of the eps have been delivered (JQuest15)
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| - | # Every average joe walking the streets is a rapist (Swim_Cowboy)
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| - | # One V.A. voices more than one character (crushrose)
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| - | # Busty females wear shirts at least 2 sizes smaller than would be comfortable. (106-07: foley_is_good_149)
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| - | # Nice clothes in a shounen will invariably become ripped, tattered, bloodstained, or otherwise ruined.
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| - | # The wider the eyes, the more cute and innocent the character. (108-09: lordadmira
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| - | # The more squinty the eyes, the more serious/devious the character.
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| - | # Characters who appear to have their eyes closed 99% or more of the time are either very old, very badass, very untrustworthy, or some combination of the above. (foley_is_good_149)
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| - | # Everything is more serious when it's raining... (RPD)
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| - | # They always have to go to another planet/dimension to train (crushrose)
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| - | # Small arms with standard ammunition are rarely effectual. (foley_is_good_149)
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| - | # large armies could fire amounts of ammuniation and never hit the protagonist (vadernaraku)
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| - | # No one is ugly. (Delta_Eko_Foxtrot)
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| - | # If the fight is 50 against 1, the 1 wins. (116-17: memyself)
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| - | # If the fight is 50 against 1, no more than two at a time will attach the 1.
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| - | # if there women cahacter that freinds/gurdion with/of the teenage boy she will flirt with the teenage boy to come him just to mess with his head exsample misato and shijn from N.G.E. (ghostrek)
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| - | # if the chick is hot, chances are she is ILLEGAL. (aka under 18) (salty_salty_friday)
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| - | # --If-characters-have-to-travel-by-normal-means-long-distance,then-they-are-sure-to-be-attacked-by-a-group-of-people-who-intend-to-kill-the-main-character,-rob-the-passengers-of-the-plane/train/boat/bus,-etc.-or-hijack-the-plane/train/boat/bus,etc (empty_cookie_jar)
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| - | # The normal length of a girl's hair is down to her ankles (memyself)
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| - | # They are always based in Japan (fulltvalchemist)
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| - | # S.crew the rules, I have money! (123-24: gaynor)
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| - | # If ghostrek likes it, it's epic win.
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| - | # If ghostrek writes it, no one can read it! (memyself)
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| - | # If the main character dies, then they'll always be brought back, most likely stronger than ever. (J-Dubb)
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