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# '''[[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead The First Rule of Red]]''': There will be at least one [[NominalImportance nominally important]] person with red hair. This is usually the case for the hero, but can also be true for the [[HeroesWantRedheads love interest]], the [[FieryRedhead fiery]] [[TheLancer Lancer]], or really any HotBlooded person with a name.

** '''Addendum''': No matter how many times said kids prove themselves to be far more capable and competent than adults, said adults will go out of their way to belittle them as "just kids" and/or put themselves unnecessarily in harms way and hide things from them to "protect" said kids, frequently getting themselves killed.

** '''Maturity Equals Sluttyness or Naivete:''' Said "mature woman" will either be the sort that will [[AnythingThatMoves flirt and try to sleep with every guy that they see]] or so innocent, airheaded, and naive that they will [[ObliviousToLove completely fail to recognize when any guy is trying to flirt and sleep with them]], and that's if they even notice.

# '''[[BoobsOfSteel Maturity Is Breast Size]]''': In the event that one of your female party members is considered mature by virtue of being a few (like, three) years older than the hero, she will invariably have large breasts -- which [[ACupAngst the other female members will consistently express envy over]].

# '''True Evil Awaits a True Hero ([[{{Franchise/Disgaea}} Baal's Rule]])''': Any endgame BonusBoss is invariably stronger than the BigBad or [[TheManBehindTheMan Man Behind the Man]] you fight at the end who's very obviously trying to TakeOverTheWorld and failing at it, reasons be damned. May be a PhysicalGod, EldritchAbomination, ForgottenSuperweapon, PersonOfMassDestruction, or something similarly superpowered that will most likely make you [[FlippingTheTable flip a table]] for being ThatOneBoss, unless you were savvy enough to read a StrategyGuide. Rarely, can also be a MarathonBoss. Degree of evil optional.

# '''[[FetchQuest Weapons for MacGuffins]] Rule''': Getting the almighty InfinityPlusOneSword for someone involves collecting a bunch of random artifacts to hand in for your shiny new GameBreaker. Collecting said artifacts could be as [[BlatantLies simple]] as [[GuideDangIt traveling to a location so far off the map you couldn't possibly find it yourself]] and killing a BonusBoss, to doing something as inane as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX dodging lightning bolts for ten minutes.]]

# '''Organ-Filled Punching Bag:''' At least one female character will see it as her duty to [[ArmorPiercingSlap slap]] male characters when they do something she deems silly or stupid. [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale No one thinks any less of her for it]].

# '''Maturity Is Breast Size''': In the event that one of your female party members is considered mature by virtue of being a few (like, three) years older than the hero, she will invariably have large breasts -- which [[ACupAngst the other female members will consistently express envy over]].

** '''Maturity Equals Sluttyness or Naivete:''' Said "mature woman" will either be the sort that will [[AnythingThatMoves flirt and try to sleep with every guy that they see]] or so innocent, airheaded, and naive that they will completely fail to recognize when any guy is trying to flirt and sleep with them, and that's if they even notice.

#'''Law Of Conservation Of Diligence''': Although sneaking past guards requires nothing more than avoiding a few obvious spots or staying out of their line of sight, if you break these simple rules, you will ''[[CantGetAwayWithNuthin always]]'' be caught. It doesn't matter if you are {{invisib|ility}}le, [[BalefulPolymorph polymorphed into a rat]], [[DudeWheresMyRespect a legendary hero who has already saved the world]], or [[DressingAsTheEnemy wearing the exact same outfit as the guards themselves]] - unless it's a cutscene or an NPC specifically told you that ''this'' time those tactics would work, the guards will not only see through your disguise, but address you just as if you had taken no measures to hide yourself at all.

# '''That Which We Don't Kill Doesn't Make Us Stronger:''' No one ever gets ExperiencePoints for avoiding enemies or having them run away. In the rare event that it actually does, the reward is rarely equal to what you'd get from just fighting them. Might as well just [[KillEmAll kill everything]].

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# '''[[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yosuke's Lament:]]''' Your character will ''[[NobodyPoops never]]'' [[BottomlessBladder need to use a bathroom]], and sleep and eating are completely optional.

# '''[[VideoGame/{{Tales of Symphonia}} Yuan's Surprise:]]''' If it is a JRPG, At least one major character (usually a protagonist, if not the main character, but sometimes applies to villains as well) will have blue hair.

#'''[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim "Why Don't We Just Call The Cops?"]] ([[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red]]'s Law): '''{{Police Are Useless}}. Your party of prepubescents and wanted convicts are expected to deal with any and all crime in the world, even if it completely stops you from completing your quest. May or may not extend to [[AdultsAreUseless all adults]].

# '''[[MagneticHero Heroes Attract]] (The [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]] Effect):''' Heroes will recruit numerous people to their cause like flies to honey, often as party members, including people that are nothing like them and that wouldn't make sense for them to get together.

# '''God of Getting His Ass Kicked (Law of [[{{Franchise/FinalFantasy}} Final Fantasy]])''': If your game features a PhysicalGod, expect to have to fight (and beat) him at least once during the game, however contrived the reasons may seem.

# '''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante's]] Axiom''': Nothing is impossible if it's fueled by [[RuleOfCool Rule Of Cool]]. Most often applies in [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cutscenes.]]
# '''Schrodinger's PyrrhicVictory ([[SadisticChoice Rule of]] [[Videogame/{{Infamous}} Trish]])''': No matter what [[SadisticChoice choice]] you made, it will be the wrong choice, no exceptions.

#'''New Kids On The Block Rule ([[{{VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2}} Paine Rule]])''': In any spinoff material, all the new characters introduced will either know each other personally or be related in some way or another, even if there's little reason for them ''to'' know each other.
#'''Origin Of Magic ([[{{VideoGame/WorldOfMana}} Mana Rule]])''': If the setting heavily relies on Magic or magical entities, chances are that the protagonist will find the source of it to either protect or destroy it to prevent its abuse.

# '''[[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead The First Rule of Red]]''': There will be at least one [[NominalImportance nominally important]] person with red hair. This is usually the case for the hero, but can also be true for the [[HeroesWantRedheads love]] [[RedheadsWantTheHero interest]], the [[FieryRedhead fiery]] [[TheLancer Lancer]], or really any HotBlooded person with a name.