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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which wasn't even out at that point!
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] on [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which wasn't even out at that point!
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] kills off [[KilledOffForReal Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] kills off [[KilledOffForReal Arisu]].Arisu. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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Arisu is a killed off for real character, and I also fixed a sinkhole.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] kills off [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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Up to Eleven is now defunct
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which [[UpToEleven wasn't even out at that point!]]
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which [[UpToEleven wasn't even out at that point!]]point!
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** Bobu is seen by a gravestone, but the fact that it's Arisu's gravestone is never explicitly stated.
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** The [[EvolvingCredits arc 1 to 5 openings]] were unworkable for the American dub, so they simply replaced them with the final arc 6 opening.
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** The [[EvolvingCredits arc 1 to 5 openings]] were unworkable for the American dub, [[TitleSequenceReplacement so they simply replaced them with the final arc 6 opening.opening]].
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* '''Enforced''': The game's writers specifically stated in an interview that they wanted to avoid showing spoilers in the game's opening, but were forced to by the publisher to hook players into playing up to that point in the game.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** The game's writers specifically stated in an interview that they wanted to avoid showing spoilers in the game's opening, but were forced to by the publisher to hook players into playing up to that point in thegame.game.
** The [[EvolvingCredits arc 1 to 5 openings]] were unworkable for the American dub, so they simply replaced them with the final arc 6 opening.
** The game's writers specifically stated in an interview that they wanted to avoid showing spoilers in the game's opening, but were forced to by the publisher to hook players into playing up to that point in the
** The [[EvolvingCredits arc 1 to 5 openings]] were unworkable for the American dub, so they simply replaced them with the final arc 6 opening.
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** The opening shows a clip of Arisu's funeral, however the clip is so short most players will not notice it on their first playthrough.
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** The opening shows a clip of Arisu's funeral, however the clip is so short most players viewers/players will not notice it on their first playthrough.watch/playthrough.
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** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
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** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] {{Permadeath}} VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
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''The link at the bottom of this page directs you to the [=Spoiler Opening=] main page''.
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* '''Played Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
* '''Averted''':
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game. However...
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
* '''Averted''':
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game. However...
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu]] by a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
story.
*'''Averted''':
**'''Exaggerated''': The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to SpoilerOpening not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening showsonly reveals Arisu's death death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn'teven spoils several moments from the game. However...
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.game's ''sequel'', which [[UpToEleven wasn't even out at that point!]]
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**
** The opening shows
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], every significant plot point in between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which [[UpToEleven wasn't even out at that point!]]
* '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening ''at all'', and considering how important she is to the plot throughout the first half, players can expect something to happen to her later on in the story.
* '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening ''at all'', and considering how important she is to the plot throughout the first half, players can expect something to happen to her later on in the story.
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* '''Defied''': The opening shows the scene where Arisu [[ActionGirl faces off with]] Evulz, but the narrator stops the footage seconds before the climax of the fight where Arisu actually dies, saying that he doesn't want to spoil the plot.
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* '''Defied''': '''Subverted''': The opening shows the scene where Arisu [[ActionGirl faces off with]] getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the narrator stops the footage seconds before the climax game, Arisu dives out of the fight where way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, at the end of the game, Arisu actuallydies, saying that he doesn't want to spoil ''does'' die, and the plot.funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...However, at the end of the game, Arisu actually
* '''Zig Zagged''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed by Evulz, a shot of Arisu's funeral, and footage of Arisu standing with Bobu at the entrance to the FinalDungeon. Sure enough, Arisu gets stabbed halfway through the story, however, she is revealed [[DisneyDeath to have survived the incident]] later on. However, she is killed again by Evulz at the end of Disc 2, and only then is she given a funeral. However, she is brought BackFromTheDead by way of an ancient ritual, just in time to reach the FinalDungeon.
* '''Averted''':
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Averted''':
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets her after seeing her tombstone in the intro.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed by Evulz, a shot of Arisu's funeral, and footage of Arisu standing with Bobu at the entrance to the FinalDungeon. Sure enough, Arisu gets stabbed halfway through the story, however, she is revealed [[DisneyDeath to have survived the incident]] later on. However, she is killed again by Evulz at the end of Disc 2, and only then is she given a funeral. However, she is brought BackFromTheDead by way of an ancient ritual, just in time to reach the FinalDungeon.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets her after seeing her tombstone in the intro.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets her after seeing her tombstone in the intro.
* '''Defied''': The opening shows the scene where Arisu [[ActionGirl faces off with]] Evulz, but the narrator stops the footage seconds before the climax of the fight where Arisu actually dies, saying that he doesn't want to spoil the plot.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The scene with a teary-eyed Bobu by a grave with Arisu's name engraved into it is missing from the opening, replaced with a blank screen saying "SPOILERS" until the actual death scene itself, after which it will play normally.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The scene with a teary-eyed Bobu by a grave with Arisu's name engraved into it is missing from '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening, replaced with a blank screen saying "SPOILERS" until opening ''at all'', and considering how important she is to the actual death scene itself, after which it will play normally.plot throughout the first half, players can expect something to happen to her later on in the story.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu by a]] [[GratuitousJapanese grave with Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
** The entire series, beginning to end, is sped up to the nth degree and used as the opening.
* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for the first quarter of the game, foreshadowing she might not be too prominent in the later chapters.
* '''Justified''': The opening is of the hero reading the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, seeing Arisu will die in the near future, [[ScrewDestiny tries to prevent this from happening,]] [[YouCantFightFate but...]]
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
** The entire series, beginning to end, is sped up to the nth degree and used as the opening.
* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for the first quarter of the game, foreshadowing she might not be too prominent in the later chapters.
* '''Justified''': The opening is of the hero reading the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, seeing Arisu will die in the near future, [[ScrewDestiny tries to prevent this from happening,]] [[YouCantFightFate but...]]
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* '''Straight''': '''Played Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu Bobu]] by a]] a grave with [[GratuitousJapanese grave with Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
*'''Exaggerated''':
'''Averted''':
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game. However...
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, however, Arisu's death is a very minor plot point and doesn't affect the overall story.
** The opening shows a clip of Arisu's funeral, however the clip is so short most players will not notice it on their first playthrough.
* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]],and every significant plot point in between.
** The entire series, beginning to end,between, and even spoils several moments from the game's ''sequel'', which [[UpToEleven wasn't even out at that point!]]
* '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening ''at all'', and considering how important she issped up to the nth degree and used as the opening.
* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character forplot throughout the first quarter of the game, foreshadowing she might not be too prominent half, players can expect something to happen to her later on in the later chapters.
story.
* '''Justified''': The openingis of the hero reading the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, seeing Arisu will die in the near future, [[ScrewDestiny tries to prevent this spoils every significant plot point from happening,]] [[YouCantFightFate but...]] the game, but only plays after beating the game at least once.
*
** The opening shows a great deal of endgame scenes and a lot of environments and enemies the player will encounter, but is vague enough to not spoil a single plot point.
** The opening shows Arisu's death and funeral, however the work is a [[FinalDeath perma-death]] VideoGame, and Arisu's death is completely optional and dependant on player input.
* '''Subverted''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed through the heart by Evulz, but when it gets to that scene in the game, Arisu dives out of the way, narrowly surviving. The player assumes that the scene with Arisu's funeral isn't from the game. However...
** '''Double Subverted''': At the end of the game, Arisu actually ''does'' die, and the funeral scene is the final scene before the credits.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, however, Arisu's death is a very minor plot point and doesn't affect the overall story.
** The opening shows a clip of Arisu's funeral, however the clip is so short most players will not notice it on their first playthrough.
* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]],
** The entire series, beginning to end,
* '''Implied''': Arisu isn't present in the opening ''at all'', and considering how important she is
* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for
* '''Justified''': The opening
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* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but she does not as part of the story itself, and it doesn't affect the plot...
* '''Double Subverted''': ... unless you earn the [[MultipleEndings Bad Ending]], [[EarnYourHappyEnding in which Arisu is killed by Evulz anyway]]
* '''Parodied''': Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of eerily human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in the plot, only to be replaced later.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "What!? Arisu dies!? I'm not watching any more of this..." "Huh? [[DisneyDeath Arisu never died in the first place!?]] Phew!" "Okay, now I know it's safe to see the rest of- oh, come on! She dies a SECOND time!? Who kills off the same girl twice in one opening!?"
* '''Averted''': There is no opening in the first place.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to hook the players into actually playing more than the first hour... let's reveal in the opening that Arisu dies so that they'll get addicted into reaching that point and the story beyond!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening knew it would happen!]]"
* '''Invoked''': The opening is a vision Arisu receives at the beginning of the game, and seeing the lengths Bobu goes afterwards, embraces her inevitable fate.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "OhCrap, [[NoFourthWall all this happened right before Arisu died in the opening]]. I can't let her do anything dangerous..."
* '''Conversed''': "I can't believe Arisu dies!" "What do you mean, you can't believe it!? It's in the freaking OPENING, they made it obvious!"
* '''Double Subverted''': ... unless you earn the [[MultipleEndings Bad Ending]], [[EarnYourHappyEnding in which Arisu is killed by Evulz anyway]]
* '''Parodied''': Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of eerily human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in the plot, only to be replaced later.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "What!? Arisu dies!? I'm not watching any more of this..." "Huh? [[DisneyDeath Arisu never died in the first place!?]] Phew!" "Okay, now I know it's safe to see the rest of- oh, come on! She dies a SECOND time!? Who kills off the same girl twice in one opening!?"
* '''Averted''': There is no opening in the first place.
* '''Enforced''': "We need to hook the players into actually playing more than the first hour... let's reveal in the opening that Arisu dies so that they'll get addicted into reaching that point and the story beyond!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening knew it would happen!]]"
* '''Invoked''': The opening is a vision Arisu receives at the beginning of the game, and seeing the lengths Bobu goes afterwards, embraces her inevitable fate.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': "OhCrap, [[NoFourthWall all this happened right before Arisu died in the opening]]. I can't let her do anything dangerous..."
* '''Conversed''': "I can't believe Arisu dies!" "What do you mean, you can't believe it!? It's in the freaking OPENING, they made it obvious!"
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* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in '''Defied''': The opening shows the opening, scene where Arisu [[ActionGirl faces off with]] Evulz, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but she does not as part narrator stops the footage seconds before the climax of the story itself, and it fight where Arisu actually dies, saying that he doesn't affect want to spoil the plot...
* '''Double Subverted''': ... unless you earn the [[MultipleEndings Bad Ending]], [[EarnYourHappyEnding in which Arisu is killed by Evulz anyway]]
plot.
* '''Parodied''':Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of eerily human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in During the plot, only to be replaced later.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "What!? Arisu dies!? I'm not watching any more of this..." "Huh? [[DisneyDeath Arisu never died in the first place!?]] Phew!" "Okay, now I know it's safe to see the rest of- oh, come on! She dies a SECOND time!? Who kills off the same girl twice in one opening!?"
* '''Averted''': There is noopening in cutscene, Evulz steps in, BreakingTheFourthWall, and threatens to spoil the first place.
ending of the game for the audience.
* '''Enforced''':"We need The game's writers specifically stated in an interview that they wanted to avoid showing spoilers in the game's opening, but were forced to by the publisher to hook the players into actually playing more than the first hour... let's reveal in the opening that Arisu dies so that they'll get addicted into reaching up to that point and in the story beyond!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening knew it would happen!]]"
game.
* '''Invoked''': The opening is a visionArisu Bobu receives at from opening the beginning of the game, and seeing the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, having seen Arisu's death, goes to extreme lengths to save her, but eventually finds that YouCantFightFate.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed by Evulz, a shot of Arisu's funeral, and footage of Arisu standing with Bobugoes afterwards, embraces at the entrance to the FinalDungeon. Sure enough, Arisu gets stabbed halfway through the story, however, she is revealed [[DisneyDeath to have survived the incident]] later on. However, she is killed again by Evulz at the end of Disc 2, and only then is she given a funeral. However, she is brought BackFromTheDead by way of an ancient ritual, just in time to reach the FinalDungeon.
* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets herinevitable fate.
after seeing her tombstone in the intro.
* '''Exploited''':???
* '''Defied''': "OhCrap, [[NoFourthWall all this happened right beforeArisu died doesn't die during the main events of the story, but is eventually shown dying of old age in TheStinger, and an elderly Bobu attending her funeral. All that is shown of this scene in the opening]]. I can't let intro is her do anything dangerous..."
tombstone, and Evulz uses this fact to scare the heroes with the threat of her death throughout the game, constantly reminding them that her death is inevitable.
* '''Discussed''': Before starting the intro, the narrator remarks that he hopes it doesn't contain any spoilers.
* '''Conversed''':"I Bobu and Arisu mention this trope when talking about ShowWithinAShow "Troperian Dreams".
-->'''Bobu''': No way! I can't believeArisu dies!" "What he died!\\
'''Arisu''': What do youmean, mean you can't believe it!? It's it?! It was in the freaking OPENING, they made it obvious!"opening the whole time!
* '''Double Subverted''': ... unless you earn the [[MultipleEndings Bad Ending]], [[EarnYourHappyEnding in which Arisu is killed by Evulz anyway]]
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zig Zagged''': "What!? Arisu dies!? I'm not watching any more of this..." "Huh? [[DisneyDeath Arisu never died in the first place!?]] Phew!" "Okay, now I know it's safe to see the rest of- oh, come on! She dies a SECOND time!? Who kills off the same girl twice in one opening!?"
* '''Averted''': There is no
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening knew it would happen!]]"
* '''Invoked''': The opening is a vision
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The opening shows Arisu getting stabbed by Evulz, a shot of Arisu's funeral, and footage of Arisu standing with Bobu
* '''Lampshaded''': Bobu expects Arisu to die from the moment he meets her
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* '''Defied''': "OhCrap, [[NoFourthWall all this happened right before
* '''Discussed''': Before starting the intro, the narrator remarks that he hopes it doesn't contain any spoilers.
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-->'''Bobu''': No way! I can't believe
'''Arisu''': What do you
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
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* '''Deconstructed''': The scene with a teary-eyed Bobu by a grave with Arisu's name engraved is missing whit a blank screen saying spoiler until the death
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* '''Deconstructed''': The scene with a teary-eyed Bobu by a grave with Arisu's name engraved into it is missing whit from the opening, replaced with a blank screen saying spoiler "SPOILERS" until the deathactual death scene itself, after which it will play normally.
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* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for the first half of the game.
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* '''Downplayed''': Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for the first half quarter of the game.game, foreshadowing she might not be too prominent in the later chapters.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Arisu is not in the opening, despite being a major character for the first half of the game.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
** The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every significant plot point in between.between.
** The entire series, beginning to end, is sped up to the nth degree and used as the opening.
** The entire series, beginning to end, is sped up to the nth degree and used as the opening.
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''The link at the bottom of this page directs you to the normal [=Spoiler Opening=] page''.
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''The link at the bottom of this page directs you to the normal [=Spoiler Opening=] main page''.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': The scene with a teary-eyed Bobu by a grave with Arisu's name engraved is missing whit a blank screen saying spoiler until the death
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* '''Parodied''': Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of implausibly human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in the plot, only to be replaced later.
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* '''Parodied''': Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of implausibly eerily human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in the plot, only to be replaced later.
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* '''Parodied''': ???Arisu dies early on, only for her to reveal that she faked her death as part of a clever plan. The big bad kills her again, only for it latter revealed to be one of a series of implausibly human-looking robot duplicates that regularly sacrifice themselves as part of every major twist in the plot, only to be replaced later.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': ???The opening is a vision Arisu receives at the beginning of the game, and seeing the lengths Bobu goes afterwards, embraces her inevitable fate.
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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every other significant plot point.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The SpoilerOpening not only reveals Arisu's death, but also [[DoomedHometown the destruction of Troperville]], [[OneWingedAngel Evulz transforming into his true form]], [[BonusBoss the party taking on]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu]], and every other significant plot point.point in between.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary [[AliceAndBob Bobu by a]] [[GratuitousJapanese grave with Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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* '''Straight''': The {{Anime}}-styled opening to the JRPG ''Heroes of Troperia'' contains a scene with a teary teary-eyed [[AliceAndBob Bobu by a]] [[GratuitousJapanese grave with Arisu's]] name engraved. Halfway into the story, [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] [[KilledOffForReal kills off Arisu]]. Following a fight scene, Bobu is seen at Arisu's funeral, mourning her death and vowing revenge on Evulz, thus causing a dramatic change in his behavior for the rest of the story.
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* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but it doesn't affect the story...
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but it doesn't affect the story...
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* '''Justified''': ???
The opening is of the hero reading the TomesOfProphecyAndFate. Bobu, seeing Arisu will die in the near future, [[ScrewDestiny tries to prevent this from happening,]] [[YouCantFightFate but...]]
* '''Inverted''':???
The scene of Arisu dying in the opening? [[ILied She never dies, and nothing even remotely resembles it in the game itself]].
* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but she does not as part of the story itself, and it doesn't affect thestory...plot...
* '''Inverted''':
* '''Subverted''': Arisu's funeral is shown in the opening, but the work is a VideoGame with a [[FinalDeath permanent death mechanic]]. Arisu CAN die, but she does not as part of the story itself, and it doesn't affect the
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???"What!? Arisu dies!? I'm not watching any more of this..." "Huh? [[DisneyDeath Arisu never died in the first place!?]] Phew!" "Okay, now I know it's safe to see the rest of- oh, come on! She dies a SECOND time!? Who kills off the same girl twice in one opening!?"
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* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening saw it coming!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening saw it coming!]]"
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* '''Enforced''': ???
"We need to hook the players into actually playing more than the first hour... let's reveal in the opening that Arisu dies so that they'll get addicted into reaching that point and the story beyond!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the openingsaw knew it coming!]]"would happen!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Get over her, Bobu! [[BreakingTheFourthWall Anyone who watched the opening
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* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
"OhCrap, [[NoFourthWall all this happened right before Arisu died in the opening]]. I can't let her do anything dangerous..."
* '''Conversed''':???
* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
* '''Played For Drama''': ???"I can't believe Arisu dies!" "What do you mean, you can't believe it!? It's in the freaking OPENING, they made it obvious!"
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* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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