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In Lucky Star, Konata calls Shiraishi, one of her classmates (and co-host of
_Lucky Channellu_ ), _Sebastian_ , apparently because he looks like a
stereotypical butler. This is presumably an anime/manga reference. Any idea
where this reference comes from? Are butlers in a number of anime called
_Sebastian_?


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Are a lot of butlers named "Sebastian"?


Konata probably called Shiraishi as Sebastian (reasoning that he looked like a
sterotypical butler) because a lot of anime butlers are named as Sebastian. So
the name Sebastian is probably connoted to the word butler for an otaku. And
she is probably referring to the following butlers named Sebastian:

  * [Black Butler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butler)'s [Sebastian Michaelis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Butler_characters#Sebastian_Michaelis)
  * Tekken's [Sebastian](http://tekken.wikia.com/wiki/Sebastian)
  * [Penguin Musume Heart](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/sebastian-penguin-musume-heart)'s Sebastian
  * [Inukami!](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/sebastian-inukami)'s Sebastian
  * [Phi Brain Kami no Puzzle](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/sebastian-phi-brain-kami-no-puzzle)'s Sebastian
  * [Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/sebastian-ixion-saga-dimension-transfer)'s Sebastian
  * [Dokidoki Pretty Cure](http://www.anime-planet.com/characters/sebastian-dokidoki-pretty-cure)'s Sebastian


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Seemingly that particular scene is referring to _Mari Mite_ , or _Maria-sama
ga Miteru_ as Konata was parodying one of the main characters - Sachiko
Ogasawara.

[Reference](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=lbmwdhnajlffm6hvwgcl1ya5&page=0)

But in general, Sebastian is a stereotypical name for a butler in anime, and
this fact is often used in comedic scenes involving them:

In _Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei_ , Fukka insists on calling the Itoshiki
families' butler Sebastian, even though that's not his name. Similar scenes
occur in _Junjou Romantica_ , _Paradise Kiss_ and _Mayoi Neko Overrun_ where
butlers have the name forced upon them.

It occurs in Western media too, although Jeeves tends to be the name of
choice, and appears in media over here in a similar sense. This first occurred
in P.G. Woodhouses' short stories and novels and inspired similar characters.
Presumably, the anime trope surfaced in a similar fashion.

In P.G. Woodhouses' stories, there is also a butler called Sebastian Beach,
this could be just a coincidence though.

When I was looking information up on this, _Black Butler_ and its Sebastian
Michaelis kept cropping up, the name Sebastian here serves two purposes - the
stereotypical butler and also sharing the name with a historic figure
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Michaeli>


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In the 1974 anime Alps no Shoujo no Heidi the Butler is called Sebastian. I
guess it all started there, but it might go back even further.

Anime featuring a butler called Sebastian (even though that might not be their
real name):

  * 1974, Alps no Shoujo no Heidi
  * 1998, Princess Nine: Kisaragi Joshikou Yakyuubu
  * 1999, To Heart
  * 2005, Paradise Kiss
  * 2005, Trinity Blood
  * 2006, Inukami!
  * 2007, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
  * 2008, Penguin Musume Heart
  * 2008, Kuroshitsuji
  * 2010, Mayoi Neko Overrun!
  * 2011, Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzl
  * 2012, Ixion Saga DT
  * 2013, Dokidoki! Precure
  * 2015, Overlord (though, he's called "Sebas Tian", making fun of the trope)
  * 2020, Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!
  * 2021, I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol

..and many more.


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That particular reference was to Daisuke Ono, who was the voice actor of the
Sebastian butler in Black Butler. Daisuke plays himself in Lucky Star. There
have been a crap-ton of Sebas-chans, though, which makes for a running gag.


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