Super Milk-chan

"Wholesome? Probably not. Good for you? Definitely."

Super Milk-chan is an anime comedy about a foul-mouthed 5-year-old girl named Milk P. Chan, who has been entrusted by the President of Everything to defend the world, despite the debatable presence of any actual superpowers beyond her ability to make pop culture references. In each episode, the President (of "Everything", according to his name) calls with a new mission; whether Milk actually takes the mission is not guaranteed. Regardless of whether or not she takes the mission, she always takes credit and celebrates her success by going out for "sushi (or something)." Likewise, there are a number of other constants that follow through the series, often under contrived circumstances.

Super Milk-chan began as eight-minute segments (14 segment episodes) on the Fuji Television program Flyer in 1998, followed by a half-hour program, Oh! Super Milk-Chan, in 2000. In America, the show ran on Adult Swim between 2004 and 2007.

Tropes used in Super Milk-chan include:

• Adam Westing: A Gag Dub includes live-action segments centered on the cast and crew of ADV Films, in which they play themselves as a dysfunctional group of misanthropes and prima donnas. These replaced what were, effectively, poetry over live-action stock footage from the original.
• Affectionate Parody: Pastel Mr. Shin
• Art Evolution: Between the shorts and Oh! SMC.
• Art Shift: Will do this on occasion
• Authority in Name Only: The President.
• Baka: "BAKATTSURA!" Dubbed as "YOU DUMBASS!"
• Bilingual Bonus: Hanage means "nosehair" in Japanese.
• Camp Gay: Milk's landlord.
• Catch Phrase
  • "YOU DUMBASS!"
    • Gag Dub: "SHUT UP!!"
  • [Milk picks up the phone] "Hello, this is [fill in the blank]. Just kidding."
  • "Roger, roger."
  • "The mission is complete. Let's go eat sushi or something."
  • "Oh, yes. I am the president."
• Coconut Superpowers: Part of the joke is that Milk may not actually have any superpowers.
• Dating Sim: Milk plays one in episode 5 and constantly loses at it.
• Deranged Animation: See below
• Everything's Better with Princesses: One of the customers at Tetsuko's waffle restaurant.
• Eyepatch of Power: Dr. Eyepatch
• Fartillery: Tetsuko can produce powerful farts which she calls her Tetsuko Gas. It's strong enough to kill a wild bear.
• Gag Dub: When the show was licensed, the dubbing company prepared two dubs - a straight dub, and a Gag Dub that skewed waaaaay over to the mature side of the spectrum. Both are available on DVD, but Adult Swim aired only the "straight" dub.
• Gainax Ending: The ending of the tv series.
• Gasshole: Milk Chan's maid Tetsuko has the abillity to produce powerful farts called Tetsuko Gas. It's really her only abillity beside cooking and cleaning.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: The original Japanese version is able to get away with having Robo-Dog say SOCK MAI DIKKU.
• Gratuitous English: See above
• Hypocritical Humor: In the Gag Dub: "These damned dubbed anime. Why do they always change the script so much?"
• Inner Monologue: Hello, this is the voice of Hanage's heart...
• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Colonel Sanders
• Mind Screw
• Mouthy Kid: Milk.
• Mundane Utility: Printing fake money... to buy Belgian waffles. And doing it with Hot Blood.
• Once Per Episode: Dr. Eyepatch's eyepatch changes every episode he shows up. The background in the President's office and the objects on his desk change. Milk also finds a new way to scare off her landlord each episode.
• Our Presidents Are Different: The President (Of Everything) is strictly a President buffoon type.
• Real Song Theme Tune: Both the opening and ending songs in the Japanese version (unfortunately, these weren't included in the North American release because of licensing problems).
• Recycled Script: One episode repeats the same plot twice in a row with minimal variation, then cuts off just as it's starting a third loop.
• Reset Button: Tetsuko uses a time-travel device when a sleepy Milk misses out on her new pet lizard eating a bug. It never works, prompting Tetsuko to use it over and over. And the scene in question happens just as the President gets nearly electrocuted by his hair-dryer...
• Robot Buddy: Several, Tetsuko and Robo-Dog being the most prominent
• Running Gag: Out the ass.
• Shout-Out: There's a Kadabra on the President's desk in one episode.
  • Milk plays a 4DO in one episode.
  • In another episode, the President has three Doms on his desk.
• The Stinger: Every time Dr. Eyepatch ends one of his transmissions, there is a brief period of silence, followed by Dr. Eyepatch popping back in for one brief final message before he leaves for good.
• Stock Footage
• Stupid Boss: The President.
• Surreal Humor: Obviously.
• Verbal Tic: "Dasu" (The President), "wan" (Robo-Dog).
• What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?: There's a scene in the Anime that falls straight in to Deranged Animation that ends with (in the Gag Dub) Hanage declaring the only explanation for the scene is "These drugs are fuckin' AWESOME"
• Where the Hell Is Springfield?: Although the series is full of Japan-specific references, the setting is only referred to as "our nation."
• Widget Series: Oh God, yes.
• Wingding Eyes: Milk's eyes will sometimes emulate a slot machine (accompanied by electronic slot machine sound effects), with yen signs or other odd symbols coming up.