History VideoGame / Dragonfable

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Lady Celestia likes a SpotOfTea. Twig eats fish and ice cream. ''Lots'' of fish and ice cream.

* VomitDiscretionShot: In ''Yulgar's First Date'' part 2 where TheHero [[spoiler:throws up the Time-Cake, and shortly afterwards Cysero [[IAteWhat stores the cake for the future]].]]

** As do the female Cryptic and Ascendant classes, and many class customizations including the male and female DragonLord.

** In chapter 3 it's [[spoiler: Jaania]], [[spoiler: Akanthus]] and The Rose.

** Kathool Atchoo is a Captain Ersatz of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]].

** The [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] CaptainErsatz "Kathool Atchoo".

* EvilWeapon: The Doom Weapons. Including Sepulchre's Necrotic Blade of Doom, which is [[spoiler:a manifestation of the Mysterious Stranger's a.k.a. the Master's will]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: The Mysterious Stranger. Sepulchure isn't as big a bad as he thought he was.]]

** Kathool Atchoo might be scarier than Sepulchre, as his [[MindScrew corrupting nightmares]] very nearly [[FallenHero turn the hero over to darkness]].

* LoneWolfBoss: Quite a few of the holiday and arc villains have nothing to do with Sepulchure or the Shadowscythe and their plans in general, actually, or are only tangentially involved, with their own agendas running on the side in places of prominence. For an example of the former, we have the corrupted elemental spirit Greed, who wants to wish upon the Judgement Wheel to become an immortal human with the power to extend his influence all over Lore; for an example of the latter, we have Xan, a LaughingMad pyromancer who nominally serves Sepulchure for much of Book 1, but is really only interested in furthering his vendetta against Warlic.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The Hero uses a nice one if he/she is wearing the Dragonlord armor. There's even a sound of metal hitting the shield that plays when you block an attack. Very appropriate for one of the most defense-oriented armors.

* TheMagocracy: The Magesterium is the government of another continent that is ruled by mages.

* MeaningfulName: Sepulchure, which when spelled differently is a holy tomb (talk about ironic). And in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', you meet his evil [[spoiler:daughter, Gravelyn]]. See the connection?

* MoodWhiplash: The game slingshots back and forth between extreme silliness most of the time and sudden bouts of seriousness during some of the storyline quests. Perhaps most memorably, towards the end of Chapter One, [[spoiler:the world is being shrouded in darkness after a hellish undead dragon the size of a planet ate the sun! Everyone is dying! The solution? Time shenanigans, bacon, and ''Series/DoctorWho'' parodies!]]

* TalkLikeAPirate: Every Pirate NPC in the game.

** [[spoiler: In the Chapter 1 finale, after The Hero has a near aneurysm and yells at Cyerso about not telling them that there's in fact nine orbs earlier. He just plainly states "You didn't ask..."]]

** As do the female Cryptic and Ascendant classes.

* AudienceShift: It seems to do this a lot. Though most of the game is cheery and meant for the younger audiences, the orb sagas are more mature and serious. Then there's Chapter 1's climactic war where [[spoiler:Grams is supposedly killed by Sepulchure, the Dracolich fortress slams through the Guardian Tower, killing many Guardians, Sepulchure kills Lady Celestia to take Akriloth's son, and Sepulchure gives The Hero a [[CurbStompBattle grand beatdown]], [[DespairEventHorizon demoralising]] many players]]. And that's just the ''beginning'' of said war! Book 3 Tomix saga is also fairly dark, due to the slaughter of two children, one of which is awake, in order to reach Envy.

* FilkSong: "Warcry of the Paladin" by Carbon Rapture, which is all about the Necropolis chain.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Chapter 1 finale. [[Cerebus Rollercoaster spoiler:And then Bacon gets involved.]]

** In chapter 3 it's [[spoiler: Jaania]] and The Rose, along with Valtrith and his cult.

* BrutalBonusLevel: The Inn at the Edge of Time. It contains the hardest boss fights in the game and the longest and most difficult dungeons. The best equipment in the game (better than even [[BribingYourWayToVictory Dragon Coin equipment]]) requires beating these challenges.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Chapter 1 finale.
** Chapter 3 is shaping up to be this as well. See ShooOutTheClowns.

** The player character's class has no effect on the plot, interactions, or dialogue. Which is most egregious when fighting off an undead invasion as a necromancer alongside [[ThePaladin Artix]].

* AprilFoolsDay: During one of the earlier years, the towns along with their [=NPCs=] swapped with their models from other games in the franchise. The tradition became rather inconsistent over the years before 2021, where it released a quest only open during that week known as Togsday.

* AprilFoolsDay: During one of the earlier years, the towns along with their NPCs swapped with their models from other games in the franchise. The tradition became rather inconsistent over the years. In 2021, it released a missable quest only open during that week known as Togsday.

* AprilFoolsDay: During one of the earlier years, the towns along with their NPCs swapped with their models from other games in the franchise. The tradition became rather inconsistent over the years. In 2021, it released a missable quest only open during that day known as Togsday.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Twilly and Zorbak especially. Twig, not so much. This is something of a change from ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', where Twig is kind of TheScrappy.

* FriendlyPirate: Osprey Cove is a town full of pirates and most of them set up shops just like any other merchants. Aside from sometimes being callous and gruff, pirates are otherwise mostly allies to the player and have been called upon to assist in wars. This trope is lampshaded by one store that has a sign stating the Pirate's Warrant:

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Lampshaded hilariously.

* GiantSpider: Thomas and other spiders.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Danish, of all things.
** The Chinese characters 赎罪 (atonement) can be found tattooed on Konnan's upper arm in his later appearances. Unfortunately due to the AmbidextrousSprite nature of Dragonfable, these characters don't always display correctly.
* GratuitousFrench: The Verteroche villagers.

* GratuitousJapanese: The Nekonomicon.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** A humanoid shark warns his comrade that "Humans have natural means of defense! ''Stay away from the warm spots in the water!''"
** Etaos' line about Cryptic powers didn't sound like he was talking about magic tricks.
--->'''Etaos''': Cryptics do not need any weapons, we use our minds to cause pain. Or pleasure.
** They also got past a attempted suicide in the "Dying Light" quest. Even the name is a reference!

--> '''Your character''': Well, I suppose this is the best time to tell you. Galanoth... I am a dragonlord!
--> '''Galanoth''': WHAT?! YOU?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!
--> '''Your character''': [[FridgeLogic How could you NOT have noticed? Didn't you see my pet dragon fighting beside us?]]
--> '''Galanoth''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I thought it was a horribly deformed dog or something! I thought it might hurt your feelings if I said "man, what happened to that dog?!"]]

--> Safrano: How are we supposed to stop that? We'll never reach it!
--> Lindee: Don't panic, soldier!
--> Lindee: [[spoiler:Ready the table!]]

--> '''[[HelloInsertNameHere Your character]]''': This is my best idea ever!
--> *Stalagmite leans toward you*
--> '''[[HelloInsertNameHere Your character]]''': This is my ''worst'' idea ever!
--> *Stalagmite leans the other way, falls, and bridges the chasm*
--> '''[[HelloInsertNameHere Your character]]''': BEST. IDEA. EVER!

** TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Crazy or not, he clearly knows what he's doing more often than anyone else, if only by virtue of his unique brand of intuition. Some of the silly things he says or does earlier on [[ChekhovsGun will be important later on]]. [[spoiler: Like the time booth, or turning the Falconreach Guardian tower into a fish; the Hamtons from ''The Clashening'' also get a brief CallBack.]]

-->'''Etaos''': Cryptics do not need any weapons, we use our minds to cause pain. Or pleasure.

-->"You can either give me the orb and run away... or I can take it back, and you can CRAWL away."

-->'''Dragon''': We can do this. We were ''meant'' for this.
-->'''Hero''': To save Lore?
-->'''Dragon''': [[spoiler:To destroy a planet]].

--> '''The Hero:''' Hey, how did you beat me here?
--> '''Warlic:''' Magic.

* SkullForAHead: Xan.
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: For the most part, the game is pretty far on the silly end of the scale.

* SoulEating: Roirr consume the souls of his host bodies. [[spoiler: This bites him back big time when they are all expelled from him, leaving him a charred skeleton.]]

* SwissArmyWeapon: The Cordemi Codex.

** A few of the shopkeepers in the Shadow of the Wind Village; [[NamesTheSame Ayane]] is a Captain Ersatz of Ayane from ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'', and Snake Ears is a Captain Ersatz of Snake Eyes from ''GIJoe''. Ayane even [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] ''Dead or Alive'' in one of her dialogues.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: On one hand, the entirety of the Shapeless Empire was decapicated, the Magisterium was slaughtered to a man, and the key to their power was destroyed, all by a soul-eating maniac in a bid of immortality. On the other, it ''really'' is hard to argue they don't have it coming.]]

It also chronicles the life of a noob knight called Ash Dragonblade as he journeys to save his DamselInDistress (because we all know EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses).