History VideoGame / DragonQuestVI

* StealthPun: So stealthy that this troper isn't certain it's there. Milly and Terry are brother and sister. Try putting their names together.

* ShoutOut: Milly mentions that a castle floating in the sky would make [[ReneMagritte a great subject for a painting]].

* Terry, a somewhat {{Jerkass}}y swordsman out searching for ways to become stronger.

* [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Terry]], a somewhat {{Jerkass}}y swordsman out searching for ways to become stronger.

* WastedSong - Brave Fight, which only plays when battling [[spoiler:the real Murdaw]] when he TurnsRed. It doesn't help that despite the fact that his [[TheCameo guest appearance]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' would have been a suitable place to put the song in a fight that can be fought repeatedly, the standard ''Dragon Quest VI'' boss music plays instead (leading to the awkward situation of ''VI''[='=]s boss theme being played during ''two'' battles instead of just one, because [[spoiler:Nokturnus]] appears as well and has the same music during his fight).

* [[spoiler: [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then King Somnia was Murdaw]]]]: [[IGotBetter He got better, though]]

* OnlySixFaces: A major criticism of the game at the time -- AkiraToriyama was right in the middle of his ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' run, and Goku/Trunks/etc was bleeding out into all his character designs. Contrast the art and character designs of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'', which was done after his infamous split with his publisher.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: [[spoiler:The Dream Dew and the Mirror of Ra]].

* ChekhovsBoomerang - [[spoiler:The Dream Dew and the Mirror of Ra]].

* MagikarpPower - Ashlynne is ''extremely'' weak at first, especially if you make her first vocation a Mage, but with enough work and patience to make her a Sage (and possibly Armamentalist), she becomes the best spellcaster in the game with devastating offensive spells and healing spells on par with (or possibly even ''exceeding'') Nevan.

* OracularUrchin: Nevan is a male example who changes his tune about your party ''slightly'' after sensing your importance. Also, much earlier, [[spoiler:Tania is briefly possessed by the Mountain Spirit - actually Rubiss - and encourages you to get going on your epic quest already.]]

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Terry suffers from this; while stated to have defeated several guards that you took down as a party and was shown to easily beat a very strong monster by himself, by the time he joins, he is more or less an average party member with an advanced job and strong weapon. It doesn't help that immediately after acquiring him you can use him to get another party member who--even at level 5--is better in almost every category except agility and style and starts out with the rare and useful Dragon job and could very easily fit into your party immediately. [[spoiler: She's the aforementioned "very strong monster" that Terry beat by himself.]]

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Milly's past, which involved her father selling her to the Gandino family, who in turn sold her to the former King of Felonia, who had a whole harem of slave girls used as dancers (and possibly worse things, as there exists a room in the castle that was once his "private pleasure chamber"). Given that Milly is on pins and needles the entire time she is in Felonia (as evidenced by party chat) or whenever Felonia is even ''mentioned'', this trope may well be in play. Even if rape is never mentioned, the implication is still there, and Milly herself refuses to talk about it. The whole thing is not helped by the fact that there's a very good chance Milly was quite young when she was sold as a slave, if the mention of Terry being a very young boy at the time is any indication.]]

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: Amos of Scrimsley, who's a bit under the weather when you first meet him... for good reason.]] Also, [[spoiler: Lizzie the Hacksaurus, who previously was defeated by Terry in the Arkbolt quest, can be recruited after the latter joins the party.]]

* StarCrossedLovers - [[spoiler: Rod, an injured fisherman, loves the mermaid who saved his life, Unda.]]
** [[spoiler: TheHero and Ashlynn at the end of the game.]]

* TemptingFate: The guy in the striped shirt in the [[spoiler:Greedmore Valley]] event ([[spoiler:at least in the "bad" cycle]]) trips over his bootlaces twice running for the [[spoiler:Sage's treasure]]. He decides to ignore it after the second time, declaring "I'm living dangerously!" Of course, he ends up being [[spoiler: the only one not killed by one of the other people rushing for the treasure; instead, he tripped on said bootlaces, fell down some stairs, and broke his neck.]]

* TooDumbToLive: King Falle of Castle Graceskull. When the world is under attack by monsters, what does he do? [[spoiler: He summons an evil demon in the hopes of getting rid of them. You heard me. He ACTUALLY SUMMONS A DEMON, one that could be very well capable of inflicting more destruction than all the other monsters combined. You can see what happened to Graceskull as a result.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Life between VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters and VideoGame/DragonQuestVI was ''not'' kind to Terry or his sister. Despite her having it even worse, it's Terry who gets hit by this trope the hardest- to the point that it becomes an unintentional PlayerPunch to those Americans who were only familiar with his cute and kindhearted kid incarnation.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Most of the large pick of status based spells in the game are useless due to not being effective on bosses and sub-bosses. Also some attack spells are also not as useful as they could be, due to only hitting more than one enemy when they are grouped. But of course your party is always considered a group meaning when a enemy casts your whole party can take massive damage.

* UngratefulBastard - [[spoiler:Real World!Somnia, or at least their guards, after you defeat the fake Murdaw. At least until the King sets them straight. Justified in that you were pretending to be the Prince of Somnia previously and the much loved Captain Rusty was sent to his death because of your actions. (Sure you actually ''are'' the Prince of Somnia, but you didn't know that at the time.)]]
* {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}er - [[spoiler: After being cured, Amos becomes one, and ends up joining your party -- but only if you play your cards right!]]

* YouALLLookFamiliar - In the original, [[spoiler: Amos doesn't have a unique sprite, looking like any other blue-clad warrior, so you're not tipped off that he's [[OptionalPartyMember recruitable]]. Much like Tuppence in VideoGame/DragonQuestV, he gets a unique sprite in the remake, though it is still very similar to the previous sprite. Unlike Tuppence, however, Amos is a hot topic among the people in Scrimsley, so you know that he is important, and are curious enough to go visit him to advance that plotline.]]

* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: Entering the well in the ruins of Graceskull will send you back in time to the events that destroyed it every time you enter it, but you can't save it. A bard on the castle top says this as well. At least in the DS remake you can save a Mottle Slime...]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: You didn't think Murdaw was the ''only'' Dread Fiend out there, did you...?]]

Has been [[VideoGameRemake updated for a DS re-release]], ''Realms of Revelation'', also known as ''Realms of Reverie'' for its European release. Like ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV: Hand of the Heavenly Bride'', this is the first ''official'' English translation. (it was released in English in February 2011)

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The wells in this game can get ridiculous. Some have houses in them [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment with their own well next to them]]. Somnia Castle's well is a dungeon cavern accessible by boat!
* AffablyEvil - Dhuran
* AllJustADream - [[spoiler: Subverted. The opening sequence looks like AllJustADream, but later the player learns that it's the other way around (but both the events that happen before and after 'waking up' are 'realities' in their own respective rights as the dreams couldn't be any further from being irrelevant).]]
* AlreadyDoneForYou - Early on, Terry [[spoiler: completes a quest and earns the reward, and tells you straight-out that your efforts were a waste of time.]] Later on, this is reversed when [[spoiler: you find the Legendary Sword, he arrives afterwards and shoves past you to grab it first... then realizes that the blade is rusted, laughs, hands it over, and ''apologises'' for wasting your time.]]
* AntiGrinding - Jobs go up in rank by fighting battles, but if you're overleveled compared to the monsters in the area, those fights don't count.

** [[spoiler:Even worse, those who have played [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV the]] [[VideoGame/DragonQuestV other]] games in the "Zenithian Trilogy" know that Mortamor's death is only a temporary victory, as it leads to a power vacuum that is ultimately filled by Estark, Aamon and Nimzo.]]

* ButThouMust: a morally-odd one. In the Dread World, you'll find a lake with a treasure chest at the bottom, which everybody wants to get. Someone will tell you that he would sell his soul to get that lake drained and asks, "Wouldn't you?" You have to Yes.

* ChekhovsBoomerang - [[spoiler: The Dream Dew and the Mirror of Ra]].

* CurbStompBattle - You vs. Murdaw at the start of the game. Also, [[spoiler: Nokturnus vs. Mortamor if you can beat Nokturnus in under 20 turns.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy - [[spoiler:Nokturnus, the BonusBoss, has not one, but ''two'' moves that '''''ignore [[GameBreaker Defending Champion]]''''']]
* DealWithTheDevil - [[spoiler: Terry ultimately sells his soul to become the strongest swordsman. Then you [[DefeatMeansFriendship beat him up]].]]

* DespairEventHorizon - [[spoiler:Mortamor]] wields this as a ''weapon'', pushing victims past this point. [[spoiler: Late in the game, you discover a whole village of them: [[MeaningfulName Despairia]].]]
* DiscOneFinalDungeon - [[spoiler:Murdaw's Keep, of course.]]

* DoNotCallMePaul - Captain Blade of the Somnian army really does not like his original name "Rusty".
* DroppedABridgeOnHim - [[spoiler:Captain Rusty's punishment for (correctly) vouching for your identity is to be sent to the front line, an act tantamount to a death sentence; and Ella's apparent final fate is to be sold as a slave, in a world where slavery equals certain death, and the Mayor outright states that nearly every single traveling merchant (such as the one who "bought" Ella) has been picked off by the rapidly increasing monster attacks.]] Subverted [[spoiler:on both counts: If you return to Port Haven after defeating Murdaw, you'll find that Ella has returned and is reunited with Johan, while the mayor that sold her has left the town in grief over his mistake; and Rusty turns up again in the dread realm, having been abducted there instead of killed (or rather, his dream world "Blade" persona does, but it suggests Rusty may still be alive).]]
* DubNameChange - Hassan became [[MeaningfulName Carver]], Mireyu became Milly, Chamoro is Nevan, and Barbara is now Ashlynn. Further, Mudo is now Murdaw, Deathtamoor becomes Mortamor, Dark Dream is Nokturnus, and the kingdom of Reidock becomes Somnia. (Terry is still Terry and Amos is still Amos, though.)

** Most strikingly, puff-puff also received this. It is not a {{Bowdleri|se}}zation; the context is still there, unlike in VideoGame/DragonQuestIV DS, but after two decades of just transliterating it, they gave it a new name: pattycake. The Gadabout's level 4 skill, Puff-Puff, kept its name, however.
** The Spanish translation also changes a lot of names, with the most notably being Terry's rename to Norris, likely because [[ChuckNorris he can use Roundhouse Kick]].

* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: King Falle's plan to use Nokturnus to beat Mortamor was a baaaaad idea...]]

* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler: The elder Isnomor ([[MeaningfulName say that out loud]]) teaches Ashlynn the powerful spell Magic Burst despite knowing the town is being watched by the Archfiend, and is instantly struck down.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: Especially in the Isle o' Smiles arc, it is implied that monsters eat people. Why else do they call their captives "meat."

* IneffectualLoner - Terry [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this, as he's actually a talented swordsman who can stand on his own. [[spoiler: Eventually, however, he winds up [[DoubleSubversion playing this straight]] following his deal with the devil.]]
* InfinityMinusOneSword: [[spoiler:The non-fashioned Sword of Ramias]]

* LostForever - [[spoiler: Amos, if you tell him the truth before giving him the Seeds of Reason. It pulls out a lot of stops to get you not to do it, but if you do, nothing bad seems to have happened... But then you get the Seeds of Reason, and Amos isn't home.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: The party is suspicious of the Isle of Smiles, and suspect it may be this. [[spoiler: Well, the island that takes you there is certainly one, and it gets you so high you can't resist them. The Isle itself is actually a trap, another suspicion of theirs.]]
** [[spoiler: Later, there's an obvious one: Lotus Lagoon. It's even more of an example than the previous one, and one reason why it's so effective is that the people who go there came from [[DespairEventHorizon Despairia...]]]]

* {{Expy}}: Dhuran shares many similarities to [[FinalFantasyIV Rubicante]].

** Also a ShoutOut to [[spoiler:''LittleNemo'']].

* MythologyGag: A meta example. Those in the west who played the first ''DragonQuestMonsters'' will ''finally'' be able to learn the full story behind [[spoiler:Dhuran and the Masked Swordsman.]]

* OnlySixFaces: A major criticism of the game at the time -- AkiraToriyama was right in the middle of his ''DragonBallZ'' run, and Goku/Trunks/etc was bleeding out into all his character designs. Contrast the art and character designs of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'', which was done after his infamous split with his publisher.

** Which is a borderline RegionalBonus[=/=]BrokenBase for non-Japanese speakers who have debated her name since [=DQ6=] and DragonWarriorMonsters first came out. At least it was finally reached. You can rename her after you get Lorelei's Harp, anyway.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Life between DragonQuestMonsters and VideoGame/DragonQuestVI was ''not'' kind to Terry or his sister. Despite her having it even worse, it's Terry who gets hit by this trope the hardest- to the point that it becomes an unintentional PlayerPunch to those Americans who were only familiar with his cute and kindhearted kid incarnation.

** Which is a borderline RegionalBonus[=/=]BrokenBase for non-Japanese speakers who have debated her name since [=DQ6=] and DragonWarriorMonsters first came out. YourMileageMayVary on this decision, but at least it was finally reached. You can rename her after you get Lorelei's Harp, anyway.

* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:Averill, Jugular Joker.]]

* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:Averill]]

* NightmareFuel:[[invoked]] In-universe example: The prisoner in Arkbolt says this about the growling of the Hacksaurus in the cell next to him. Yes, he ''actually says'' the phrase "nightmare fuel". Carver also names PrettySpryForADeadGuy in party chat after talking to the guard guarding the Hacksaurus's cage. Evidently one of the translators was a troper who couldn't resist...

** WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The fact that humans see nothing wrong with going out and killing mermaids for their meat (or using them as tourist attractions) despite the fact that they look like beautiful women with mermaid tails shows that this trope is clearly in effect.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel:[[invoked]] In-universe example: The prisoner in Arkbolt says this about the growling of the Hacksaurus in the cell next to him. Yes, he ''actually says'' the phrase "nightmare fuel". Carver also names PrettySpryForADeadGuy in party chat after talking to the guard guarding the Hacksaurus's cage. Evidently one of the translators was a troper who couldn't resist...

The sixth ''DragonQuest'' game, and the third part of the loosely-connected Zenithian trilogy. The evil demon king Murdaw has terrorized your world for too long -- while many other adventurers have challenged him and failed, never to return, [[HelloInsertNameHere you]] and your faithful companions are determined to succeed! Bravely, you storm his castle, charging straight for his throne room unimpeded...

Has been [[VideoGameRemake updated for a DS re-release]], ''Realms of Revelation'', also known as ''Realms of Reverie'' for its European release. Like ''DragonQuestV: Hand of the Heavenly Bride'', this is the first ''official'' English translation. (it was released in English in February 2011)

''DragonQuestVI'' contains examples of:

** [[spoiler:Even worse, those who have played [[DragonQuestIV the]] [[DragonQuestV other]] games in the "Zenithian Trilogy" know that Mortamor's death is only a temporary victory, as it leads to a power vacuum that is ultimately filled by Estark, Aamon and Nimzo.]]
* CallBack: As in DragonQuestIII, there is an old man at the Shrine of Dharma/Alltrades Abbey who wants to turn into a little girl.

* ContinuityCameo: [[spoiler:The bonus dungeon includes cameos from ''DragonQuestIV'' and ''DragonQuestV''; the DS version lets you take your pick between those and a MonsterTown. Funnily enough, the ''IV'' cameos include both [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter Solo and Sofia]], and the ''V'' cameos include all three possible versions of Parry and Madchen.]]

** Most strikingly, puff-puff also received this. It is not a {{Bowdleri|se}}zation; the context is still there, unlike in DragonQuestIV DS, but after two decades of just transliterating it, they gave it a new name: pattycake. The Gadabout's level 4 skill, Puff-Puff, kept its name, however.

* HelloInsertNameHere: As is normal for ''DragonQuest'', you enter a name for TheHero at the start of the game, while the others can eventually be renamed after [[spoiler:obtaining Lorelai's Harp and using it to reach Appello's underwater cave near Ghent]].

** In a bookshelf in Port Haven, there's a diary written by either the PC of ''DragonQuestV'' or someone in an extremely similar situation, debating who to marry.

* OnlySixFaces: A major criticism of the game at the time -- AkiraToriyama was right in the middle of his ''DragonBallZ'' run, and Goku/Trunks/etc was bleeding out into all his character designs. Contrast the art and character designs of ''DragonQuestVII'', which was done after his infamous split with his publisher.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Life between DragonQuestMonsters and DragonQuestVI was ''not'' kind to Terry or his sister. Despite her having it even worse, it's Terry who gets hit by this trope the hardest- to the point that it becomes an unintentional PlayerPunch to those Americans who were only familiar with his cute and kindhearted kid incarnation.

* WastedSong - Brave Fight, which only plays when battling [[spoiler:the real Murdaw]] when he TurnsRed. It doesn't help that despite the fact that his [[TheCameo guest appearance]] in ''DragonQuestIX'' would have been a suitable place to put the song in a fight that can be fought repeatedly, the standard ''Dragon Quest VI'' boss music plays instead (leading to the awkward situation of ''VI''[='=]s boss theme being played during ''two'' battles instead of just one, because [[spoiler:Nokturnus]] appears as well and has the same music during his fight).

* YouALLLookFamiliar - In the original, [[spoiler: Amos doesn't have a unique sprite, looking like any other blue-clad warrior, so you're not tipped off that he's [[OptionalPartyMember recruitable]]. Much like Tuppence in DragonQuestV, he gets a unique sprite in the remake, though it is still very similar to the previous sprite. Unlike Tuppence, however, Amos is a hot topic among the people in Scrimsley, so you know that he is important, and are curious enough to go visit him to advance that plotline.]]

** Which is a borderline PALBonus[=/=]BrokenBase for non-Japanese speakers who have debated her name since [=DQ6=] and DragonWarriorMonsters first came out. YourMileageMayVary on this decision, but at least it was finally reached. You can rename her after you get Lorelei's Harp, anyway.