Quirky Household/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: A strange, but loving family
 * Played Straight: The O'Taku family are a family of Otaku perpetually in Cosplay, but they lead an otherwise normal existence.
 * Exaggerated: The O'Taku family have all kinds of Anime-related paraphernalia and a library full of Manga and always wear Cosplay, but they are among the most respected (and loving) families in Troperville.
 * Justified: Every family has its quirks...
 * Inverted: The family is so normal, it's boring.
 * Subverted: The O'Taku are somewhat of a Dysfunctional Family
 * Double Subverted: But a) no more so than any other family and b) they work out their problems.
 * Deconstructed: Their quirks are not understood, which can lead to alienation...and further problems.
 * Reconstructed: The neighbors get to know them and find that they are awesome people, and everyone's happy.
 * Parodied: All the "normal" guests that visit them...and their reactions.
 * Lampshaded: "They're kooky and they're spooky, mysterious and ooky..."
 * Averted: The O'Taku are a perfectly normal family
 * Enforced: We need a family that's interesting to watch, but not too dysfunctional.
 * Invoked: Seamus and Ann O'Taku get married and have 2.4 children in Suburbia together, agreeing to raise their kids as Otaku.
 * Defied: Seamus and Ann like anime and manga, but don't raise their kids on it, center their social life completely around it, live in perpetual cosplay, etc.
 * Discussed: "So, this family of cosplayers moved in next door. They're nice, but who the hell runs around in costumes all day?"
 * Conversed: "There goes the neighborhood..."
 * Played For Laughs: Almost always is
 * Played For Drama: One of the kids is going through an angsty-teen I Just Want to Be Normal phase.