You can always rely on an anime to use one of these types of episodes in order to take a break from the main plot and use PLOT instead
Beach Episode/Pool Episode
You have daddy issues....and mommy issues......and you are also having to fight giant monsters even though you don't want to but you do for the approval of others
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Uses his fire powers to basically make a lightsaber whenever he fights
Arthur Boyle
When the term "Era of the Big Three" is said. What three animes are being described?
Naruto, Bleach, One Piece
Ancient king plays table top games to potentially curse people for life
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Always seen with a fan that she uses to act more sophisticated since she is from an extremely wealthy family. She also has the ability to control a force of wind from any place that she touches. She is a Level 4 esper
Kongou
Teenage boy becomes the Undertaker
Bleach
This former samurai is limited to only being able to have one parfait a day by doctors orders. He is always looking forward to the newest issue of the Jump Magazine
Gintoki
A term for a character who acts rude, cold, and hostile towards their love interest in order to conceal their warm and caring feelings. “Don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not like I like you or anything…idiot”.
Tsundere
Incredibly smart and also incredibly broke, Uesugi helps tutor five siblings that are all incredibly horrible in academics. At least they're all beautiful
The Quintessential Quintuplets
This Shounen anime gets a lot of criticism for its overall story and fights. However, it is always placed high on the list for its overwhelming use of showing off PLOT by using fan service
Fairy Tail
People enslave animals for mortal combat
Pokemon
An absolute cinnamon bun of a character. This character continuously explores and fights in the dungeon in order to get strong enough to impress the girl of his dreams
Bell Cranel
Refers to anime/manga aimed at an audience of adolescent boys
Shounen
Two tsunderes who are secretly in love with each other try to outwit the other into confessing their love for each other
Kaguya-sama Love is War
The "Wind-Scythe Jutsu" is her primary attack that she uses
Temari
Dracula spelled backwords
Hellsing/ Hellsing Ultimate
Rider
A Japanese archetype used to define a character whose love, admiration, and devotion is so strong that it is expressed as an excessive obsession and possessiveness. They are often seen as characters that are crazily in love with someone. They will not care about the negative effect that their behaviors can have to others, including their love interest, because they only care about their own feelings.
Guy goes to college. Lives in a scuba diving shop. Drinks and parties ALOT. Also learns to become a professional scuba diver
Grand Blue!
This character's main life goal is to have his own harem, or be a harem king while in highschool
Issei
Kiss the girl, save the world
Date a Live
As the #1 ranked esper in Academy City, he first started out as one of the main antagonists but after getting handed his first ever defeat and encountering a loli, he eventually becomes one of the main protagonists
Accelerator
This four letter named Japanese performer is a famous singer both outside the area of anime as well as inside the area of anime. She has sung the openings and endings for many various different animes.
LiSA
People are trapped inside a video game. They don't die or anything, they just kind of hangout and do some quests together. Also politics
Log Horizon