History VideoGame / DragonQuestVI

* TeensAreShort: Though canonically fifteen, Prince Howard's sprite looks very similar to the "little kid" sprite.

* ElectricJellyfish: The Man O' War enemies (which are clearly just {{Palette Swap}}ped Healslimes) produce electricity from their tentacles during their attack animations.

* DinosaursAreDragons: Lizzie, the axe-wielding, spiked and finned [[TRexpy hackasaurus]] starts out as the Dragon class.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When the Hero, Carver, and Milly enters Murdaw's Keep the first time during the game's intro, Carver mentions how weird that Murdaw built this Keep and not have a single monster fight the party while they're ready to kick his tail. [[spoiler:Of course, Murdaw snatches up the Hero, Carver, and Milly and banishes them, even [[DidYouActuallyBelieve mocking them for thinking it would be easy]] and [[TakenForGranite turns them to stone.]]]]

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

* 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...

** The Ranger class has little to do with nature spells compared to, say, DQIX and DQX.

** [[spoiler:The ultimate fate of everyone in Gallows Moor by Mortamor (except the hero's, of course) once Blackmar is killed.]]

The sixth ''VideoGame/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...

* TheBeastmaster: In the original release, the Monster Master vocation allows party members to recruit defeated monsters like in ''Dragon Quest V'', though the available monsters are far more limited to choose from. In the DS version, recruitable monsters are limited solely to a Hacksaurus and several Slimes, all of which are met as friendly [=NPCs=].

** [[spoiler:Murdaw and the BigBad are defeated, but the Dream World and its inhabitants are cut off from the Real World as the link between the two worlds were created by Mortamor as part of his plans. Ashlynn, unlike the other Dream World protagonists, never had a real world body so that included her. The game ends with her giving a tearful farewell to the Hero as she is erased from the real world... though a scene after the credits gives a spot of hope, as Ashlynn and King Zenith witness the birth of the Zenith Dragon.]]
** [[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.]]

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Milly]], a beautiful FortuneTeller/[[SpoonyBard Dancer]] who seems to know more than she lets on.

* FiveManBand: Not counting the optional party members:
** TheHero: The... Hero.
** TheLancer: Ashlynn
** TheBigGuy: Carver
** TheSmartGuy: Nevan
** TheChick: Milly
** TheSixthRanger: Terry

* SupernaturalTeam: The hilariously broken JobSystem lets you keep the spells learned in one job to another, no matter how inappropriate for the job or the character. Thus it's possible to field an entire team of gladiators who have just enough mana to fully heal themselves when they finally get low on HP, or sages who can punch their way through the enemies they didn't set on fire.

* 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.]]

* 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: The Hero and his friends gather their resources to bring Dreadfiend Murdaw to heel. [[spoiler: Not only is the original Murdaw you confront actually the King of Somnia under a curse, the real Murdaw is not the only Dread Fiend]].

* BadassBoast: "I am destruction. I am genocide. I reduce all to nothing." How [[spoiler:Nokturnus]] introduces itself.

* OnThree: the Hero and Carver agree to surround and try to catch a wild mare "on count of three"

** Mortamor's castle contains a free health-and-MP refill room less than halfway through, making it an excellent LevelGrinding spot.

* TheBeastmaster: In the original release, the Monster Master vocation allows party members to recruit defeated monsters like in ''Dragon Quest V'', though the available monsters are far more limited to choose from. In the DS version, recruitable monsters are limited solely to a Hackasaurus and several Slimes, all of which are met as friendly [=NPCs=].

* CallBack: As in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', there is an old man at Alltrades Abbey who wants to turn into a little girl.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mortamor]] wields '''despair''' itself as a ''weapon'', pushing victims past this point. [[spoiler:Late in the game, you discover a whole village of victims: [[MeaningfulName Despairia]].]]

* TheBeastmaster: In the original release, the Monster Master vocation allows party members to recruit defeated monsters like in ''Dragon Quest V'', though the available monsters are far more limited to choose from. In the DS version, recruitable monsters are limited solely to a Hackasaurus and several Slimes, all of which are met as friendly [[=NPCs=]].

* PrestigeClass: A number of vocations like Gladiator, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Ranger, and Luminary require mastering two (three in the Ranger'"s case) basic jobs first. The Hero class one-ups them by requiring mastery of the ''advanced'' jobs, [[spoiler:and Dragon and Liquid Metal Slime require special items, except for the ''actual'' dragon and liquid metal slime you can recruit]].

* CallBack: As in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', there is an old man at the Shrine of Dharma/Alltrades Abbey who wants to turn into a little girl.

** [[spoiler:Terry ultimately sells his soul to become the strongest swordsman. Then you [[DefeatMeansFriendship beat him up]].]]

* ElementalPunch: The Flame Slash, Lightning Slash, Kacrackle Slash, and Gust Slash abilities.

** You'd think that the Armamentalist skill Lightning Slash and the Luminary skill Lightning would be Lightning-elemental, but they aren't. They actually share the same element as the Bang line of spells.
** The Ranger class has little to do with nature spells compared to, say, DQIX.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Many species of monsters look like flying lizards, snakes, dinosaurs or dragons. In that vein, Murdaw, one of the four lieutenants of Mortamor, looks like a scaly, horned toad.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: One of Murdaw's lieutenants lampshades the fact that Murdaw inexplicably chose to send you to another dimension rather than kill you during your first fight immediately before attacking you to try and finish you off himself.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Hero and his friends gather their resources to bring Dreadfiend Murdaw to heel. [[spoiler: Not only is the original Murdaw you confront actually the King of Somnia under a curse, the real Murdaw is not the only Dreadfiend]].

* [[HelloInsertNameHere The Hero]], a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair spiky-haired]] teenager who lives in the isolated village of Weaver's Peak with his sister Tania.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The hero.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Until fairly late in the game's development, Ashlynn's real world body was supposed to be the dragon that brought the party to Murdaw's castle in the opening. Late in the game, she would have reunited with the party, gaining the ability to become a dragon in battle and the ability to effectively become the party's airship. This was changed to Ashlynn [[spoiler: not having a real world body]]. Remnants of this idea still exist, including dialogue in Sorceria mentioning that she could transform into a dragon, and Ashlynn not being able to be put away in Patty's Party Planning Place (because that would have deprived the party of its airship).

* AndIMusScream: Spiegel kept a princess trapped in a mirror for undetermined millennia to force her to love him. She could appear in one mirror of Castle Swanstone but she was unable to communicate with anybody.

* LawOfCartographicElegance: Both the real world and the dream world have several continents and inner seas which are surrounded by ocean on all sides.

* NotToScale: As the mermaid Unda is following you around, her sprite is as big as your ship's.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Carver, most notably.

** [[spoiler:Rod, an injured fisherman, loves the mermaid who saved his life, Unda.]]
** [[spoiler:TheHero and Ashlynn at the end of the game.]]
* StealthBasedMission: Following Rod through Pescado and Mermaid's Cave.

* 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.

*** [[spoiler: If you manage to defeat Nokturnus in under twenty turns in his BonusBoss fight, you can make a deal with him ''yourself.'' Despite this seeming just as terrible an idea, doing so has much more successful results.]]

* [[GodWasMyCopilot Pegasus Was My Cart-Mule]]

** Mr. and Mrs. Tress' son Matt, who gives you his flying bed.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mireyu/Mireille/Muriel/etc... The localization went for 'Milly'.
** Which is a borderline RegionalBonus[=/=]BrokenBase for non-Japanese speakers who have debated her name since [=DQ6=] and [[VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters Dragon Warrior Monsters]] first came out. At least it was finally reached. You can rename her after you get Lorelei's Harp, anyway.

* 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.]]

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

* DinosaursAreDragons: Lizzie, the axe-wielding, spiked and finned [[TyrannosaurusRex hackasaurus]] starts out as the Dragon class.

* CoolShip:
** Or how about a [[spoiler: FLYING BED]]?
** Also a ShoutOut to [[spoiler:''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'']].

** Castle [[Main/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Graceskull]].

** The illustration for the ability Forbearance found in the original handbook has [[https://dragon-quest.org/images/5/52/DQVI_Forebearance.jpeg Carver protecting the party in a similar manner]] to the scene in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' where Piccolo saves Gohan from Nappa’s attack. As a matter of fact, the illustrations provided for the game’s handbook were done by Creator/ToeiAnimation.