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* PointOfDivergence:
** The Miscolored Memories events depicts in [[spoiler:a nightmare created by Oneiros]] what happens if Gran/Djeeta dies without Lyria reviving him. Katalina and Lyria are constantly on the run, always fearing for their lives while Rackam, unable to fix the Grandcypher, remains stuck on Port Breeze for the rest of his life.
** Lady Katapillar's introductory Fate Episode is based around Vira getting the upper hand in the "L.E.T'S. H.A.N.G." event.
** The Titanic Yeager event is this for Manga/AttackOnTitan where [[spoiler:the crew finding themselves in Estioss led to a chain of events that gave the cast of Manga/AttackOnTitan a hope for freedom. In the ending of this event, the Shingashina trio are sent off to travel with the crew as a form of expedition and Levi joins along to keep watch of Eren.]]
** Justice's pact with Maria Theresa involves finding the answer to a question among the lines of "What if a powerful being capable of changing history dies before they can fulfill their role?". And as to Invoke this trope, Justice notes that the Singularity is one of those beings.
** The ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' collaboration event, "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - The Blue Reckoning" has one where Lelouch, C.C, Suzaku and Kallen are taken to the Granblue Fantasy universe before [[spoiler:Euphemia's death and deciding to stay in the Granblue Fantasy universe at the end of the event. Granted, they still have plans to find another way back home, but the fact that Suzaku and Kallen are aware of Lelouch being Zero, and having plans to willingly cooperate with each other, has the potential of changing ''many'' things that are to come in their home series]].
** "And You", the 9th Anniversary event, is built on this trope. [[spoiler:Orologia, the Wedge of Causality, created many simulations in order to find the one timeline that would ensure the MC and the crew survived. Naturally, as it's with stories based on this, it shows what would happen in different scenarios caused by specific choices or luck.]]
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* NoGearLevel: Downplayed with the Huanglong and Qilin raids (but not the DualBoss version of them). While you still have a full grid of weapons and summons, the skills of said weapons and summons are disabled, leaving you to get by using just their raw stats.
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* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: Most Primal Beasts are uncredited and voice modulation makes it more difficult to figure who was voiced by whom.
** Some actors eventually revealed who they voiced, like Creator/YukiOno as the voice of Sagittarius.
** Some actors' roles get revealed when the character they play as get updated versions in Lyria's journal, such as Satomi Moriya voicing "Sylph, Flutterspirit of Purity". She was initially uncredited in the journal entry of Sylph's first summon.
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* OffModel: In the short music video for Cagliostro's ImageSong released on 2018, taking a closer look at the part where she is [[https://i.imgur.com/X9FULDO.jpg in the bathtub]] shows her having two right feet.
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* PainAndGain: The Enmity family of skills provide increased damage the lower the party's HP (e.g. Oblivion's Enmity provides "a big boost to dark allies ATK based on how low HP is", with each element having a similar description). While primarily granted via weapons, several characters also possess similar skills as well as skills to maximize their chances of survival while at low HP.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Applies to some fantasy names of places (i.e. Istavion pronounced as "Istavaion") or people (i.e. Herja pronounced as "Herya").
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** The combination of the Yatima summon and Bellringer Angel summon was capable of bypassing summon cooldowns when working with the limitations of the former. ''10 minutes later'' after the release of the Yatima summon, the Bellringer Angel summon was changed to be one-time use, preventing Yatima from copying its call.
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* NamesTheSame: In-universe and justified. There are two Zeyens in the story. One is a religious order in Phantagrande of which Sophia and Redluck are members, while the other is a revered title of a high priest in Nalhegrande, yet the two are very distinct and different from each other. The Zeyen in Nalhegrande, however, surmises that the two branched out from a single, original Zeyen.
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** When using the Summon Call of "[[https://gbf.wiki/images/c/c2/Summon_b_2040297000.png Anat, For Love and War]]" under the Standard Animation settings, one of the first scenes shown to the player is a close-up of her [[ShesGotLegs uncovered thighs]].

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** When using the Summon Call of "[[https://gbf.wiki/images/c/c2/Summon_b_2040297000.png Anat, For Love and War]]" under the Standard Animation settings, one of the first scenes shown to the player is a close-up of her [[ShesGotLegs [[LegFocus uncovered thighs]].

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** The "Conqueror of Eternals" is a trophy that provides a stat boost to the Eternals when the title is equipped.


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** Clearing Dark Rapture (Hard) once and five times with a party consisting of only one element [[note]]Characters that can switch elements like Lyria do not count towards this[[/note]] rewards Tidings of the same element used for fully uncapping Dark Opus Weapons.
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** On June 2022, Cygames admitted that they had to remove the ability to have multiple Qilin summons in the same grid as part of the month's patch because the ability to instantly refresh skills multiple turns in a row was far too broken and several raid bosses inflicting the Summonless debuff was solely to prevent the use of Qilin.
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* {{Metagame}}: Just like any MMORPG title, ''Granblue'' is also subject to different gameplay metas due to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters availability of characters]], weapons and summons that could outright [[GameBreaker/GranblueFantasy stand above the rest]]. Fortunately, any meta defined by the playerbase tends to last for several months or ''years'' (unlike the continuously, fast-evolving pace of metas in CardGames and [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBAs]]).

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* {{Metagame}}: Just like any MMORPG title, ''Granblue'' is also subject to different gameplay metas due to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters availability of characters]], characters, weapons and summons that could outright [[GameBreaker/GranblueFantasy stand above the rest]]. Fortunately, any meta defined by the playerbase tends to last for several months or ''years'' (unlike the continuously, fast-evolving pace of metas in CardGames and [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBAs]]).



* OutOfFocus: Common for games with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

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* OutOfFocus: Common for games with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.a lot of characters.
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* MustLetThemGetAway: The protagonist lets this happen several times but two notable examples are:
** [[spoiler: In "000", Lucilius is defeated and Lucio/Sahar begins the process of sucking him into the dimensional rift. Belial pops in and bargains with the crew to let him take Lucilius and leave in exchange for giving the crew a ship to escape on before Etemenaki collapses. Knowing that they're all too battered to keep fighting, the protagonist agrees to let him go, which Sandalphon also agrees to, despite his previous desire to kill Lucilius and retrieve Lucifer's body, claiming that if Lucilius and Belial come back they'll just defeat them again no matter how many times it takes them. From a writing perspective, this was obviously just an excuse to preserve the villains for a future story event]].
** [[spoiler: It happens again in "Marionette Stars" in a similar way. With the exception of Tikoh, the crew is exhausted and/or heavily injured after their respective battles and Tikoh is presented with he choice of letting Ferdinand get away so that she could heal Ragazzo or killing Ferdinand. She doesn't want to heal Ragazzo, as he's Ferdinand's subordinate, but the kindness in her heart and Feather's plea forces her to save him, allowing Ferdinand to carelessly walk off to be preserved for a future story event]].
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** Adding to this, who appears in the gacha, gets an event, or receives an alternate unit also seems to depend on a characters popularity or the popularity of the group connected to them, though by 2020, WordOfGod explained in a live stream that they weren’t simply going to release what was popular anymore and have begun to give SR and SSR units to lesser and unpopular characters as well.
** Played with in some cases in which a character might be "popular" (as in popularly used) [[PowerCreep because of their units usefulness]] rather than because the character themselves is actually well-liked as is the case for many units that are considered e-sports. This is usually conflated by the games developers however, landing these characters skins and alternate units in the gacha regardless. How these units are received by the playerbase in turn tends to vary with this extra attention either boosting interest in the character as a character or alternatively leading to further neglect.
** Belial’s popularity as a villain is likely the reason he received a game breaking summon that then went to become the most sought after summon in the game, dethroning Shiva, Bahamut, and Lucifer in the fan favorite summon polls.

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** Adding to this, who appears in the gacha, gets an event, or receives an alternate unit also seems to depend on a characters character's popularity or the popularity of the group connected to them, though by 2020, WordOfGod explained in a live stream that they weren’t simply going to release what was popular anymore and have begun to give SR and SSR units to lesser and unpopular characters as well.
** Played with This tends to be inverted in some the cases in which a character might be "popular" (as in popularly used) of characters who aren't particularly well-liked as characters but are ticketed, sparked, or simply widely used if obtained [[PowerCreep because of their they were given a powerful unit, or a core unlock weapon]]. This has led to speculation that certain unpopular characters are given powerful units usefulness]] rather than because the character themselves is actually well-liked as is the case for many units that are considered e-sports. This is usually conflated by the games developers however, landing these characters skins and alternate units in hopes that players will become interested in them because they're "forced" to aim for them in the gacha regardless. How these units are received by the playerbase in turn tends Gacha if they want to vary keep up with this extra attention either boosting interest in the character as a character or alternatively leading to further neglect.
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** Belial’s popularity as a villain is likely the reason he received a game breaking summon that then went to become the most sought after summon in the game, dethroning Shiva, Bahamut, and Lucifer in the fan favorite summon polls.polls for a while until the further game-breaking summon Beelzebub was released. Humorously, many speculate that Beelzebub getting a broken summon similarly acts as an inversion of the PopularityPower trope, as he's not well-liked as a character due to his HateSink status, but being given a broken summon forces the players to aim for him if they want to keep up with the games meta.
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** While Yuni herself doesn't exactly power creep any Light characters, her unlock weapon "Harmonia" is the Light equivalent of playable Lich's "Pain and Suffering" unlock weapon and acts as a power creep to most other Light element weapons in the game, so much so that it was quickly determined to be a must-have in both Magna and Primal grids after it was released. Not only that, but in most Light grids, you'd need ''two'' of them to see the full effect of its power creeping potential.

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** Not only the above, but this also determined that “What Makes The Sky Blue” would get a direct sequel, culminating into a trilogy due to fandom demand according to WordOfGod, though it should be said that according to Wyvern’s Reverie and Olivia’s playable release, there were already plans to continue the story in some way.
** Adding to this, who appears in the gacha, gets an event or receives an alternate unit also seems to depend on a characters popularity or the popularity of the group connected to them, though by 2020, WordOfGod explained in a live stream that they weren’t simply going to release what was popular anymore and have begun to give SR and SSR units to lesser and unpopular characters as well.
** Played with in some cases in which a character might be “popular” (as in popularly used) [[PowerCreep because of their units usefulness]] rather than because the character themselves is actually well-liked as is the case for many units that are considered e-sports. This is usually conflated by the games developers however, landing these characters skins and alternate units in the gacha regardless. How these units are received by the playerbase in turn tends to vary with this extra attention either boosting interest in the character as a character or alternatively leading to further neglect.
** Belial’s popularity as a villain is likely the reason he received a game breaking summon that then went to become the most sought after summon in the game, dethroning Shiva, Bahamut and Lucifer in the fan favorite summon polls.

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** Not only the above, but this also determined that “What "What Makes The Sky Blue” Blue" would get a direct sequel, culminating into a trilogy due to fandom demand according to WordOfGod, though it should be said that according to Wyvern’s Reverie and Olivia’s playable release, there were already plans to continue the story in some way.WordOfGod.
** Adding to this, who appears in the gacha, gets an event event, or receives an alternate unit also seems to depend on a characters popularity or the popularity of the group connected to them, though by 2020, WordOfGod explained in a live stream that they weren’t simply going to release what was popular anymore and have begun to give SR and SSR units to lesser and unpopular characters as well.
** Played with in some cases in which a character might be “popular” "popular" (as in popularly used) [[PowerCreep because of their units usefulness]] rather than because the character themselves is actually well-liked as is the case for many units that are considered e-sports. This is usually conflated by the games developers however, landing these characters skins and alternate units in the gacha regardless. How these units are received by the playerbase in turn tends to vary with this extra attention either boosting interest in the character as a character or alternatively leading to further neglect.
** Belial’s popularity as a villain is likely the reason he received a game breaking summon that then went to become the most sought after summon in the game, dethroning Shiva, Bahamut Bahamut, and Lucifer in the fan favorite summon polls.



* PowerCreep: Being an RPG gacha game, this is inevitable as there are characters, summons and weapons bound to offer more utility and strengths than some:

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** Seasonal variants of characters generally are released as stronger, more useful versions of their non-limited selves, to the point where this has become a source of ire for players as those who cannot role for certain limited seasonal characters will either have to rely on sparking (a process which takes a year of saving up crystals and tickets) or anniversary ticketing them (which costs real money).
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** Seasonal variants of characters generally are released as stronger, more useful versions of their non-limited selves, to the point where this has become a source of ire for players as those who cannot role roll for certain limited seasonal characters will either have to rely on sparking (a process which takes a year of saving up crystals and tickets) or anniversary ticketing them (which costs real money).
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money). As well, some seasonal variants have even begun to power creep the ''Grand'' units of certain characters. A good example of this is Helel ben Shalem, who's had her Grand unit fall out of usefulness due to every summon in the game, including the other summons in the Providence series (Bahamut and Lucifer), being release of newer darker units, but her water summer unit is one of the best units in the game with a more varied kit and most more usages to match it, making it unlikely to be powercrept anytime soon.
** While in the early years of the game the summons Lucifer and Bahamut were considered highly
sought after summon in due to their usefulness and strength, they've begun to show their age as being among the game since his release.first summons released during the games launch year, especially into the games 8th year after the newer, incredibly broken Providence summons Belial and Beelzebub were released and had begun to overshadow them in usefulness, leaving them in desperate need for a rebalance of some kind to bring them up to the new summons' levels. That hasn't stopped players from continuing to use them, however.


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** The Supreme Primarch Lucifer, and later Sandalphon after inheriting the role, sounds like this when using his power.


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** Applies to some characters as well. Some characters will receive rebalance or 5* uncaps (or both) that either add nothing of note to their kits or make them ''less useable'' than they were before the uncap. A recent example is Gun Zooey's rebalance leading into her 5* uncap tied to ''Created by the Stars, Loved by the Skies'', which many fans agree was disappointing uncap overall, as it didn't really fix anything about her kit.

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** The "Divine Generals' Assembly" event. The generals get some time to relax and bond with each other at a resort, and despite their actual assembly continually being delayed it's a very light-hearted event... and then you find out [[spoiler:the resort staff are former ChildSoldiers, and Tiare wants them to disband because they remind her of herself -- she doesn't want to see the generals go through the things that she has.]]

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** The "Divine Generals' Assembly" event. The generals Generals get some time to relax and bond with each other at a resort, and despite their actual assembly continually being delayed it's a very light-hearted event... and then you find out [[spoiler:the resort staff are former ChildSoldiers, and Tiare wants them the Generals to disband because they remind her of herself -- she doesn't want to see the generals them go through the things that she has.]]
** Chapter 3 of "Old Bond", specifically the second half of it. After the trials Fediel and Wilnas put the captain through, which were fairly light-hearted, Lu Woh's is a trial by combat [[spoiler:where he holds nothing back and comes ''very'' close to outright killing the captain. Had Seofon not been there, it's likely he would have succeeded.
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* OddlyShapedSword: Because there are around a thousand or so weapons that are equippable and/or wielded by the gacha characters. Some swords are bound to have oddly-shaped blades. Take [[https://gbf.wiki/Balmung Balmung]] for example, it's tip has been split into two axe-shaped sides.

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* OddlyShapedSword: Because there are around a thousand or so weapons that are equippable and/or wielded by the gacha characters. Some characters, some swords are bound to have oddly-shaped blades. Take [[https://gbf.wiki/Balmung Balmung]] for example, it's its tip has been split into two axe-shaped sides.sides. Perhaps the most egregious example of this is the [[https://gbf.wiki/Aquamarine_Hatchet Aquamarine Hatchet]], which despite ''clearly'' being an axe from its design and description, is classified as a sword.

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