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-->-- "Raphael/Phantom R", lead character.

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-->-- "Raphael/Phantom R", lead character.
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The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day to day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. Facing off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, a mysterious man who claims to be NapoleonBonaparte and chasing after his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style all the time.

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The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day to day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. Facing off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, a mysterious man who claims to be NapoleonBonaparte and chasing after his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style all the entire time.



* ButThouMust: The entire plot. Nobody else can stop Napoleon, or steal from the Louvre doing so.

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* ButThouMust: The entire plot. Nobody else can stop Napoleon, or steal from the Louvre doing in order to do so.



* PaperThinDisguise: Raphael's "Phantom R" disguise is just him in a suit and not wearing glasses. Even people who actually know Raphael and see Phantom R don't seem to put the pieces together.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Raphael's "Phantom R" disguise is just him in a suit and not wearing a lack of glasses. Even people who actually know Raphael and see Phantom R don't seem to put the pieces together.
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A rhythm game unlike any other. It borrows (read: copies) the exploration gameplay of the renowned Franchise/ProfessorLayton series, and combines it with VideoGame/RhythmHeaven -esque minigames in the place of puzzles.

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A rhythm game unlike any other. It borrows (read: copies) essentially combines the exploration gameplay of the renowned Franchise/ProfessorLayton series, and combines it series with VideoGame/RhythmHeaven -esque minigames in the place of puzzles.
minigames.
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* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDeAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''

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* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDeAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''''SpaceChannel5''. One of them also uses music from ''Feel The Magic: XY/XX''[=/=]''Project Rub''.
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** [[spoiler: Although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]

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** [[spoiler: Although he does turn Charlie persuades him to the good side take a break from it to help R stop the chevaliers, he Vergier goes right back to his normal ways, chasing him once it's over, seen after the game ends.]]



* {{Hammerspace}}: Raphael is able to change in a few seconds. Where he keeps said outfit is never shown.

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* {{Hammerspace}}: Raphael is able to change outfits in a few seconds. Where he keeps said outfit is never shown.



** Also "Moon Princess," which doubles as a ChekhovsGun and Maria's theme.

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** Also "Moon Princess," which doubles as a ChekhovsGun and Maria's Marie's theme.



** [[spoiler: PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The bracelet destroys the skyship base, in a large beam of light.]]

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** [[spoiler: PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The At the end of the game, Raphael harnesses the city's energy with the bracelet and destroys the skyship base, Hanging Gardens of Babylon in a large beam of light.]]



* SympatheticCriminal: Phantom R. He's stealing priceless art pieces and artifacts, but mainly because they are clues to finding his father.

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* SympatheticCriminal: Phantom R. He's stealing priceless art pieces and artifacts, but mainly only because they are clues to finding his father.father [[spoiler:or forgeries that his father had switched for the real paintings]].



* UnexplainedAccent: In spite of taking place in Paris, the game features an odd amalgamation of French, American, and British accents.

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* UnexplainedAccent: In spite of taking place in Paris, the game features an odd amalgamation of French, American, and British accents.accents, with some characters even using multiple accents in the course of one conversation.
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* AnachronismStew: At first, the plot seems to just be about stopping Napoleon, who was brought back to life ([[IGotBetter nobody seems to care how]]), from taking over France. Then [[spoiler:Napoleon retrieves an ancient treasure from under Paris. Which turns out to be the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Which is a flying stone spaceship ''with a nuclear reactor in the center''.]]
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** [[spoiler: although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Jean-François is revealed to Graf.]]

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** [[spoiler: although Although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Jean-François is revealed to be Graf.]]
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* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Son Girl]]: [[spoiler: Charlie.]]
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* Tomboy: [[spoiler: Charlie, or Charlotte.]]

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* Tomboy: {{Tomboy}}: [[spoiler: Charlie, or Charlotte.]]

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* CallingYourAttacks: Napoleon will tell you the sequence he'll attack with in sword fights.



* {{Determinator}}: Inspector Vergier, who won't stop at anything to capture Phantom R.
** [[spoiler: although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]



* HellBent: Inspector Vergier, who won't stop at anything to capture Phantom R.
** [[spoiler: although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]



* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When fighting Napoleon, Phantom R is thrown a sword to defend himself
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When fighting Napoleon, Phantom R is thrown a sword to defend himself
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* MagicMusic: [[spoiler: Marie's violin.]]


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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Quite a few of the songs are actually pieces of classical music.
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* TheAce: Phantom R at being a thief.

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* HellBent: Inspector Vergier, who won't stop at anything to capture Phantom R.
** [[spoiler: although he does turn to the good side to help stop the chevaliers, he goes back to his normal ways, seen after the game ends.]]
* HomeBase: Raphael's apartment, which he returns to after pretty much every 'mission'.



* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When fighting Napoleon, Phantom R is thrown a sword to defend himself with.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When fighting Napoleon, Phantom R is thrown a sword to defend himself with.himself
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*LoyalAnimalCompanion: Fondue


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* RhythmGame: Pretty much every minigame in the game, not counting the puzzle games. There are a total of 50 in this game. You could also consider a few of the rhythm games to have ActionCommands, but that's just the premise of them.


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* Tomboy: [[spoiler: Charlie, or Charlotte.]]
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* BottomlessMagazines: In R35, [[spoiler: Inspector Vergier shoots down quite a few chevaliers.]]

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* Hammerspace: Raphael is able to change in a few seconds. Where he keeps said outfit is never shown.

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* Hammerspace: {{Hammerspace}}: Raphael is able to change in a few seconds. Where he keeps said outfit is never shown.



* Also "Moon Princess," which doubles as a ChekhovsGun and Maria's theme.

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* ** Also "Moon Princess," which doubles as a ChekhovsGun and Maria's theme.theme.
* JumpPhysics: Phantom R is capable of jumping ridiculous distances.

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* Leitmotif: Phantom R's theme is used constantly throughout the game. But don't worry. It's catchy.

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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: Phantom R's theme is used constantly throughout the game. But don't worry. It's catchy.catchy.
* Also "Moon Princess," which doubles as a ChekhovsGun and Maria's theme.


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* SympatheticCriminal: Phantom R. He's stealing priceless art pieces and artifacts, but mainly because they are clues to finding his father.
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* BloodlessCarnage: Various characters get shot at or stabbed with no visible signs of injury.
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* BilingualBonus: Fondue barks in French.


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* Hammerspace: Raphael is able to change in a few seconds. Where he keeps said outfit is never shown.


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* Leitmotif: Phantom R's theme is used constantly throughout the game. But don't worry. It's catchy.


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* OlderThanTheyLook: Raphael is eighteen, Marie is seventeen.
** Though in [[spoiler: Raphael's flashbacks, he is fifteen, and looks to be about six.]]


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* PoliceAreUseless: Even dressed as Phantom R, Raphael can speak to the constables without them even suspecting him.


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ralph becomes Raphael. Maria becomes Marie. Claude becomes Charlie.
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* AbnormalAmmo: In R31 [[spoiler: when Charlie rescues Phantom R via hang glider, he uses footballs to shoot down Napoleon's minions.]]
* BookcasePassage: In Raphael's apartment.

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* AbnormalAmmo: In R31 [[spoiler: when Charlie rescues Phantom R via shoots down evil minions with soccer balls. On a hang glider, he uses footballs to shoot down Napoleon's minions.glider.]]
* BookcasePassage: In [[spoiler: Raphael's apartment.]]



* DancesAndBalls: Raphael and Marie have a ballroom dance, complete of course with a rhythm game.

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* DancesAndBalls: Raphael and Marie have a ballroom dance, complete with, of course with course, a rhythm game.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: Charlie and footballs.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Charlie and footballs.soccer balls.



* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler: When fighting Napoleon he throws Phantom R a sword to defend himself with.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: Rapheal's "Phantom R" disguise is just him in a suit and not wearing glasses. Even people who actually know Rapheal and see Phantom R don't seem to put the pieces together.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler: When fighting Napoleon he throws Napoleon, Phantom R is thrown a sword to defend himself with.]]
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* PaperThinDisguise: Rapheal's Raphael's "Phantom R" disguise is just him in a suit and not wearing glasses. Even people who actually know Rapheal Raphael and see Phantom R don't seem to put the pieces together.



* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: After you defeat 'Napoleon' it turns out that he was just a stand in for the real Napoleon, who is still at large.]]

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* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: After you defeat 'Napoleon' it turns out that he was just a stand in for the real Napoleon, who is still at large.]]

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The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day to day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. Facing off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, a mysterious man who claims to be Napoleon and chasing after his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style all the time.

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The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day to day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. Facing off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, a mysterious man who claims to be Napoleon NapoleonBonaparte and chasing after his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style all the time.



* DénouementEpisode: The last chapter,
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* DénouementEpisode: The last chapter,


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**Though it's hinted that a few people ''do'' see it. They just don't call attention to it.
* PhantomThief: Phantom R, of course.


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* TakeMyHand: Phantom R saves Charlie this way in their second encounter. [[spoiler:Charlie gets a chance to pay him back during the climax.]]
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The deal with Raphael's Dad remains a mystery and he is ready to move on to the next stage of the plan with the real Napoleon.]] Which makes it a shame that Sega are ''only'' making games for their top four franchises as of March 2012.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Charlie and footballs.
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* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDiAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''

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* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDiAmigo'' ''SambaDeAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''
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* ShoutOut: There are rhythm games that play like Sega's past rhythm games ''SambaDiAmigo'' and ''SpaceChannel5''
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* PaperThinDisguise: Rapheal's "Phantom R" disguise is just him in a suit and not wearing glasses. Even people who actually know Rapheal and see Phantom R don't seem to put the pieces together.
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A rhythm game unlike any other. It borrows (read: copies) the exploration gameplay of the renowned {{Professor Layton}} series, and combines it with {{Rhythm Heaven}} -esque minigames in the place of puzzles.

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A rhythm game unlike any other. It borrows (read: copies) the exploration gameplay of the renowned {{Professor Layton}} Franchise/ProfessorLayton series, and combines it with {{Rhythm Heaven}} VideoGame/RhythmHeaven -esque minigames in the place of puzzles.



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* SayMy Name: Inspector Vergier, Charlie and Napoleon all do this to Phantom R.

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* SayMy Name: SayMyName: Inspector Vergier, Charlie and Napoleon all do this to Phantom R.
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->"It's Showtime!"
-->-- "Raphael/Phantom R", lead character.

A rhythm game unlike any other. It borrows (read: copies) the exploration gameplay of the renowned {{Professor Layton}} series, and combines it with {{Rhythm Heaven}} -esque minigames in the place of puzzles.

The game follows the protagonist Raphael in his day to day life, as world-renowned art thief Phantom R. Facing off against Inspector Vergier of the Paris Constabulary, a mysterious man who claims to be Napoleon and chasing after his {{Disappeared Dad}}, doing so in style all the time.

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* AbnormalAmmo: In R31 [[spoiler: when Charlie rescues Phantom R via hang glider, he uses footballs to shoot down Napoleon's minions.]]
* BookcasePassage: In Raphael's apartment.
* ButThouMust: The entire plot. Nobody else can stop Napoleon, or steal from the Louvre doing so.
* DancesAndBalls: Raphael and Marie have a ballroom dance, complete of course with a rhythm game.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Jean-François is revealed to Graf.]]
* JerkassFacade: Raphael as Phantom R comes off as this to the police in general, but underneath he's actually a nice guy.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler: When fighting Napoleon he throws Phantom R a sword to defend himself with.]]
* PlotCoupon: The bracelet of Tiamat.
** [[spoiler: PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The bracelet destroys the skyship base, in a large beam of light.]]
* SayMy Name: Inspector Vergier, Charlie and Napoleon all do this to Phantom R.
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:Charlie is revealed to be a girl as the story advances.]]
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: After you defeat 'Napoleon' it turns out that he was just a stand in for the real Napoleon, who is still at large.]]
* UnexplainedAccent: In spite of taking place in Paris, the game features an odd amalgamation of French, American, and British accents.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Graf's breakdown after you defeat him.]]
* XMeetsY: VideoGame/RhythmHeaven meets Franchise/ProfessorLayton.
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