History VideoGame / FireemblemAwakening

* OffModel: The character models '''HAVE NO FEET'''. They instead have tiny, strange hooves. WordOfGod from [[http://fireemblem.nintendo.com/developer-interview/page3.html this interview]] says that the dev team wasn't sure how many bones and joints they could put on the character models. Turns out, the CPU for the 3DS had more than enough power to allow it. The models in the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemIf following game]], also on the 3DS, do have feet.

* ReverseGrip: The Thief class branch and Dancers wield their swords like this. The Dread Fighter only does it in his VictoryPose. Since all the weapons in the game tend to be rather big, it looks a bit unwieldy and, in the case of a Dread Fighter wielding an axe, painful.

** Partially subverted with the Plegians. At first they're treated as warmongering assholes, but after [[spoiler: Emmeryn's HeroicSacrifice]] they start deserting en masse and chanting her name, forcing Chrom to realize that his sister was right about them all along.

* AnimeHair: Present, but nowhere ''near'' the level of what was previously feared by some since most of the hairstyles are at least plausible aside from the colours.

* BefriendingTheEnemy: There's a variant involving TastesLikeFriendship. Gaius, a Thief, is working for the Plegians in a mission to kill "the Exalt" the Yllissean leader, but he doesn't have the heart to be a part of killing her. If Chrom talks to Gaius he'll offer him sweets, and they instantly become friends and he joins your army.

* MedievalStasis: It's been well over a thousand years since King Marth's reign and technologically little has changed, going by the absence of Cannons one could even argue technology has gone backwards. Some blame this on Grima, though its not known.

* BadassAdorable: Nowi. She's looks and acts like a small child who loves to play games instead of work and train, and also can transform into a dragon to mow down any enemies in her path.

** In Paralogue 17, Chrom and his gang enter a holy glade wherein they find Tiki, the daughter of the Divine Dragon Naga, resting. The rest of the army remarks that the area is very calming and peaceful. The Avatar remarks that they fell nothing out of the ordinary. [[spoiler: This probably has something to do with the whole the Avatar is the vessel of the Fell Dragon Grima thing.]]

** Lancefaire, a skill that improves strength when using a lance (or magic when using a shockstick) by 5, is not only from a female-exclusive class (Falcoknight), but that class is part of the same class set as dark flier, meaning that any male child who could inherit lancefaire could also inherit galeforce. And since male children can only inherit one skill from their mother, and since galeforce is arguably the most powerful skill in the entire game, lancefaire is never the best skill to pass down to a male child. Thus the only units who can reasonably get lancefaire (and thus specialize in lances) are female units who can get both galeforce and lancefaire without their mother's help. The exception is a [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter male]] Morgan, who can inherit Galeforce from one of the [[FanNickname galeboys]] and lancefaire from the avatar (or technically vice versa, but that defeats the point).

** [[SadisticChoice However]], [[spoiler: Future!Grima's only other option was letting Lucina undo his resurrection in the past, which she did, as her intervention caused Validar to be killed two years early. Had Future!Grima not been been there to resurrect him, Past!Grima's summoning would never have happened.]]. As such, no matter what choice the BigBad made, it would have been a NiceJobFixingItVillain moment. Although, [[spoiler: given how the Outrealm Gate worked, there was the possibility that Lucina's interference would had simply made an alternate timeline where Grima never awakening therefore leaving Future!Grima alone to tear apart his timeline. The DLC ''Days of Future Past'' seems to support this theory]].

** Partially subverted with the Plegians. At first they're treated as warmongering assholes, but after [[spoiler: Emmeryn's HeroicSacrifice]] they start deserting en masse and chanting her name, forcing Chrom to realize that his sister was right about them all along. However all the characters who worship Grima are all portrayed as {{Card Carrying Villain}}s with no apparent motivation [[ForTheEvulz other then being evil]].

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Inverted, with the exception of half-taguel Yarne being able to get together with [[HalfHumanHybrid Nah]], the Avatar, or his fellow female humans from their timeline. The taguel Panne and the manakete Nowi can get together with a slew of their fellow human men in the army, manakete Tiki can get together with a male Avatar, and half-manakete Nah, as mentioned, can also get with the Avatar and the men from her time.

** Subverted with the Plegians. At first they're treated as warmongering assholes, but after [[spoiler: Emmeryn's HeroicSacrifice]] they start deserting en masse and chanting her name, forcing Chrom to realize that his sister was right about them all along.
** Although PlayedStraight with the Grimleal, a cult who worship Grima like a god. This [[JustifiedTrope makes sense]], since a cult can be far more self-selecting than a country. [[spoiler: Gangrel]] also implies that not everyone in the Grimleal joined voluntarily, and considering [[spoiler: the degree of MindControl Grima can exert over those with his bloodline]], it's hard to tell whether any given Grimleal really has a ''choice'' not to be a villain.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Seemingly, the issue between Ylisse and Plegia on the surface. Ylisse worships the benevolent [[LightIsGood Divine Dragon]] [[GodOfGood Naga]], ruled by the kind and just [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Emmeryn]], and minus the Shepards, is mainly peaceful. Plegia, on the other hand, worships the monstrous [[DarkIsEvil Fell Dragon]] [[GodOfEvil Grima]], ruled by the cruel [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], and at least a portion of its people are Barbarians who like to RapePillageAndBurn. Even the {{Token Heroic Orc}}s, [[BlackMagicianGirl Tharja]] and [[SociopathicHero Henry]], don't even seem to be that heroic. There a few mentions, Emmeryn's predecessor had oppressed Plegia in the past (he actually started a war with the intent of genocide), so relations between the two countries were naturally sour by the time she took over, and [[spoiler:Gangrel's supports]] reveal that many members of the Grimleal treat it like a normal religion. However none of this is really seen ingame, every Grimleal member encountered is a CardCarryingVillain for example.

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Aversa's backstory reveals that she was a victim of this, thanks to her having a power that interested Validar -- he murdered her family, friends, and her entire village, and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wiped her memories]] so she'd believe he had saved her life so she'd serve him...]]

* RousseauWasRight: Emmeryn truly believes that deep down, everyone is redeemable and just wants peace, in contrast to the slightly more cynical Chrom. After [[spoiler: Emmeryn sacrifices herself]], Chrom realizes that even Plegian soldiers are just regular people.
** While later events don't prove her entirely right, many 'villain' characters do join up with the main characters eventually.

*** You can also achieve the same effect by having a male Avatar marry Lissa while Chrom marries someone else, though that means you'd only be related to Chrom's children by law rather than blood.

* ArtShift: The series as a whole seems to have shifted its art style towards more of a {{Seinen}} look and feel. With the exception of Nowi and Nah, everyone has realistic eyes.

* OfficialCouple: None as such, but Sumia or a female Avatar are both strongly hinted as Chrom's "canon" wife. [[InternetBackdraft Be very careful while discussing this, though]].

* RousseauWasRight: Emmeryn truly believes that deep down, everyone is redeemable and just wants peace, in contrast to the slightly more cynical Chrom. After [[spoiler: Emmeryn sacrifices herself]], Chrom realizes that even Plegian soldiers are just regular people.

** The all-female Pegasus and Falcon Knights sport LeotardOfPower[=/=]ZettaiRyouiki combos, while only wearing some light upper-body armor. This is to some degree [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that they're flying units who have to be light enough for their mounts to stay airborne with the added weight of their passengers.

** Mounted female units, such as the Falcon Knight and Wyvern Lord, tend to sport LeotardOfPower[=/=]ZettaiRyouiki combos, which is much less practical compared to ''actual covering and armor''. Though the lack of armor is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that they're flying units who have to be light enough for their mounts to stay airborne with the added weight of their passengers, though Wyverns are implied to be ''very'' strong.

** Both Gangrel and Aversa appear on the map for the first turn of Chapter 9. An astute player will notice [[DragonWithAnAgenda Aversa's stats are much higher than his.]]

** Ricken is weirded out by Miriel's use of magic to do noncombat-oriented things like alchemy. Apparently turning solid metals into other metals has no use in combat.