History Franchise / PrinceofPersia

A new ContinuityReboot game trilogy, with LeParkour and TimeTravel as its most prominent features, was created under Creator/{{Ubisoft}}, beginning with ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''. Originally Mechner intended it to be a vague prequel to the other games, but his input was left out of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'', which firmly established it as a new continuity. The trilogy was concluded with ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''.

* OddballInTheSeries: ''Battles of Prince of Persia'', a turn based strategy game.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The series and the movie adaptation get a lot of flack for making the Prince [[MightyWhitey "too white"]], due to Western audiences expecting [[PhenotypeStereotype everyone who lives in the Middle East]] to [[UnfortunateImplications be brown as can be and not even vaguely similar to the rest of the world]]. In truth, the Persian people were close relatives of the Europeans, and the majority of modern Iran's population could be considered "white". And most people there identify as white. Compare Iranian prime minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Jake Gyllenhaal. Also, [[http://kotaku.com/5547892/is-prince-of-persia-really-a-racial-whitewash read Kotaku's article.]] Even better, compare him to former deputy culture minister [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5aumgLlZ7iE/S5IbljYk34I/AAAAAAAABA8/DVyoARfvAP4/s1600-h/mohammad+ali+ramin.jpg Mohammad Ali Ramin]], who has a very light complexion.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: All Sands ot Time trilogy games contain missable life upgrades; however, you're only penalized with a different kind of ending in ''Warrior Within'' for missing any. The upgrades have no bearing on the plot of the preceding ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime Sands of Time]]'', nor in the following ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones The Two Thrones]]''. This last game also packs missable Sand Credits. Miss enough and you won't be able to pay for all the unlockable artwork. Not a big deal, unless you're after HundredPercentCompletion.

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* TheOtherDarrin:
** In ''The Sands of Time'', the Prince is voiced by YuriLowenthal. In ''Warrior Within'', he's voiced by RobinAtkinDownes. In ''The Two Thrones'', he's again voiced by Lowenthal, with Canadian actor Rick Miller providing his inner "Dark Prince" voice. There was talk during development that Downes would voice the Dark Prince, but ultimately that didn't come to pass. Also in his brief {{Foreshadowing}} appearance in the second game the Dark Prince is played by Michael Rudder.
** Played straight with Kaileena (modeled after Creator/MonicaBellucci and voiced by both her and sound-alike actress Alicyn Packard in ''Warrior Within'' and Sarah Carlsen in ''The Two Thrones'') and Farah (Joanna Wasick in ''The Sands of Time'' and Hellen King in ''The Two Thrones'').

* EvilChancellor: The Vizier. He's even [[GrandVizierJafar named Jaffar]], though the movie Vizier is named Nizam instead.

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-->--'''Jordan Mechner''', afterword to ''ComicBook/PrinceOfPersiaTheGraphicNovel''

* TwoPartTrilogy: The original games were slated to be this. The first game was a self-contained story that wasn't initially meant to be anything bigger. A sequel was made, however, and it ended on a CliffHanger. This was ultimately subverted, since the planned third game never happened, and the eventual sequel, ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia3D'', was completely unrelated.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The series and the movie adaptation get a lot of flack for making the Prince [[MightyWhitey "too white"]], due to Western audiences expecting [[PhenotypeStereotype everyone who lives in the Middle East]] to [[UnfortunateImplications be brown as can be and not even vaguely similar to the rest of the world]]. In truth, the Persian people were close relatives of the Europeans, and the majority of modern Iran's population could be considered "white". And most people there identify as white. [[http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/12/4/128728998449020593.jpg Compare Iranian prime minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Jake Gyllenhaal.]] Also, [[http://kotaku.com/5547892/is-prince-of-persia-really-a-racial-whitewash read Kotaku's article.]] Even better, compare him to former deputy culture minister [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5aumgLlZ7iE/S5IbljYk34I/AAAAAAAABA8/DVyoARfvAP4/s1600-h/mohammad+ali+ramin.jpg Mohammad Ali Ramin]], who has a very light complexion.

* BenevolentArchitecture: An uncanny amount of the scenery is implausibly handy for jumping/climbing/hanging/swinging/[[LeParkour free-running]] around on. Which is lucky, since there's a distinct imbalance in the ratios of really-high-places to staircases/ladders/jetpacks, smooth stable floors vs. [[SpikesOfDoom fatal]] [[BottomlessPit drops]], etc.

* MalevolentArchitecture: Horrible splatty demises are freely available in most localities even without you encountering any enemies. Try [[SpikesOfDoom spike pits]], buzzsaws, sets of scimitars on revolving axles, [[TemporaryPlatform collapsing floors]], bladed pendulums, and [[GravityBarrier enormous drops]] -- many of which may be found combined as {{death course}}s. Fortunately often overlaps with BenevolentArchitecture, or else you'd never get anywhere.

** Played straight with Kaileena (voiced by and modeled after Creator/MonicaBellucci in ''Warrior Within'' and Sarah Carlsen in ''The Two Thrones'') and Farah (Joanna Wasick in ''The Sands of Time'' and Hellen King in ''The Two Thrones'').

** In ''The Sands of Time'', the Prince is voiced by YuriLowenthal. In ''Warrior Within'', he's voiced by RobinAtkinDownes. In ''The Two Thrones'', he's again voiced by Lowenthal, with Canadian actor Rick Miller providing his inner "Dark Prince" voice. There was talk during development that Downes would voice the Dark Prince, but ultimately that didn't come to pass.

** Played straight with Kaileena (voiced by and modeled after MonicaBellucci in ''Warrior Within'' and Sarah Carlsen in ''The Two Thrones'') and Farah (Joanna Wasick in ''The Sands of Time'' and Hellen King in ''The Two Thrones'').

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The ''Sands of Time'' series is practically ''made'' of this trope. In the first game, the Prince accidentally releases the Sands of Time... so he and Farah (a princess) try to fix it. In the second, he [[YouCantFightFate fights fate]]... [[ScrewDestiny and wins]]. In the third, the Vizier [[AGodAmI turns himself into a god]]... so the Prince and Farah kill him, [[BeyondTheImpossible even though he's supposed to be unkillable.]]

* ResetButton: A key part of the story and gameplay in the ''Sands of Time'' trilogy. Done well because some are aware of the reset and others are not.

* TwoPartTrilogy: The original games were slated to be this. The first game was a self-contained story that was never meant to be anything bigger. A sequel was made, however, and it ended on a CliffHanger. This was ultimately subverted, since the planned third game never happened, and the eventual sequel, ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia3D'', was completely unrelated.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Prince is surprisingly competent at this. In the canon ending of ''Warrior Within'', he kills [[spoiler:both the Empress of Time and the unstoppable beast that makes sure the timeline stays correct]]. In ''The Two Thrones'', he kills [[spoiler:a god of time. In ''The Forgotten Sands'', he kills [[spoiler:Ratash, an Ifrit and supposedly invincible]].