* {{Calvinball}} - Chuckles' "The Game." Figure it out to win EXP and a clue to the main quest. [[spoiler: The goal is to use no words but those that, when spake, need but one sound.]]
* CardCarryingVillain - the gargoyles [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Foranamo]][[hottip:*:"Strong Hatred"]] and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Anmanivas]][[hottip:*:"Great Pain"]].
* ChainOfDeals - To reach the Time Lord you need help from the Wisps, who want Alagner's journal, who wants to know the secrets of Skara Brae, where they're having a bit of a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] problem... 
* ChurchOfHappyology - The Fellowship
* CopyProtection - In order to leave the first town, and to join the Fellowship, you have to answer questions about Britannian geography and herbology from the manual and from a map included as a [[{{Feelies}} feelie]] with the original game.
* CostumeCopycat - The impostor Avatar. [[spoiler: Thankfully, you don't have to worry about him much because the Fellowship has already caught him.]]

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* {{Calvinball}}: Chuckles' "The Game." Figure it out to win EXP and a clue to the main quest. [[spoiler: The goal is to use no words but those that, when spake, need but one sound.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: The gargoyles [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Foranamo]][[hottip:*:"Strong Hatred"]] and [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Anmanivas]][[hottip:*:"Great Pain"]].
* ChainOfDeals: To reach the Time Lord you need help from the Wisps, who want Alagner's journal, who wants to know the secrets of Skara Brae, where they're having a bit of a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] problem... 
* ChurchOfHappyology: The Fellowship
* CopyProtection: In order to leave the first town, and to join the Fellowship, you have to answer questions about Britannian geography and herbology from the manual and from a map included as a [[{{Feelies}} feelie]] with the original game.
* CostumeCopycat: The impostor Avatar. [[spoiler: Thankfully, you don't have to worry about him much because the Fellowship has already caught him.]]

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* CrapSaccharineWorld: Britannia is finally at peace...or is it?
* DarkerAndEdgier: Lots of sex and violence in this one, and also BloodierAndGorier and HotterAndSexier. Surprisingly ''it's good''.
* DebugRoom: Can be found through the Trinsic cheat. Stack a bunch of crates up to the roof of the blacksmith shop in the southwest corner of town, and climb on to the roof. Walk up to the chimney to a room with lots of goodies in it. Then walk to the north side of the room to be warped into the DebugRoom.
* DemonicSpider: Liches can kill anyone with one hit.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Among other things, you can actually harvest wheat with a scythe, then mill it into flour, mix it with water pulled from a well to make dough, and bake it into bread.
** Actually, a bucket full of any liquid can be used to make bread, such as beer or wine, or (for an extra bit of {{squick}}) blood. And yes, there are a couple of places in the game you can pick up buckets of blood. Mmmm, delicious blood bread.

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* FantasticDrug - Silver Serpent venom, which is used recreatively by a few [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]], and to dope the Britannian Mining Company's labouring gargoyles.
* FantasticRacism - Between humans and gargoyles, picking up where UltimaVI left. Gargoyles are used as nearly slaves by the Britannian Mining Company.
* FetchQuest - The Prisms. And the Talismans in Forge of Virtue.
* FlamingSword - The Fire Sword
* FriendOrIdolDecision - Happens at the very end of the game. [[spoiler: You're given the choice of entering the eponymous Black Gate and returning home or blowing it up and preventing the Guardian from entering Britannia.]]
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou - The Guardian introduces himself by sticking his head through your computer monitor, telling you how he's going to rule your life just as he rules Brittania.
* GayOption - In the bath houses at Buccaneer's Den, you can have an OptionalSexualEncounter with the hookers of the same sex.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar - Rated T despite having fully naked male and female characters (Yes, fully detailed though pixellated). The Avatar may also kill children in a graphic manner.
* GlobalCurrency - Gold coins
* HealingSpring - Played with. Some heal you, others put a protection or invisibility spell on you. Other flat out poison you.
* HookHand - Soon after arrival in Britannia, you find yourself looking for a man with one of these.
* HospitalSurprise - What happens if the Avatar's HP drops to 0.
* InfinityPlusOneSword - The Blackrock Sword. Also counts as a [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword of Sidequest Advancement]].

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* DungeonPunk: In contrast with the HeroicFantasy setting of earlier installments of the series, Britannia now has Renaissance-level technology. Industrialization, pollution, labor relations, homelessness, class struggle, racism, and drug use are recurring themes.
* EasterEgg: One of the actors at the Britannia theater has a Troll doll.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Guardian. Though he's not quite as scary as others.]]
* EmpathicWeapon: The Blackrock Sword only becomes usable after a demon is bound to it.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The Emps are somewhat monkey-like.
* EvilGloating: The Guardian's monologue at the top of the page, which occurs ''before you even start the game''.
* ExpansionPack: The Forge of Virtue.
* FantasticDrug: Silver Serpent venom, which is used recreatively by a few [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]], and to dope the Britannian Mining Company's labouring gargoyles.
* FantasticRacism: Between humans and gargoyles, picking up where UltimaVI left. Gargoyles are used as nearly slaves by the Britannian Mining Company.
* FetchQuest: The Prisms. And the Talismans in Forge of Virtue.
* FlamingSword: The Fire Sword
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The Guardian introduces himself by sticking his head through your computer monitor, telling you how he's going to rule your life just as he rules Brittania.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Happens at the very end of the game. [[spoiler: You're given the choice of entering the eponymous Black Gate and returning home or blowing it up and preventing the Guardian from entering Britannia.]]
* GayOption: In the bath houses at Buccaneer's Den, you can have an OptionalSexualEncounter with the hookers of the same sex.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Rated T despite having fully naked male and female characters (Yes, fully detailed though pixellated). The Avatar may also kill children in a graphic manner.
* GlobalCurrency: Gold coins
* HealingSpring: Played with. Some heal you, others put a protection or invisibility spell on you. Other flat out poison you.
* HookHand: Soon after arrival in Britannia, you find yourself looking for a man with one of these.
* HospitalSurprise: What happens if the Avatar's HP drops to 0.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Blackrock Sword. Also counts as a [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Sword of Sidequest Advancement]].

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* KarmaHoudini - [[spoiler: Batlin manages to escape at the end.]]
* KarmaMeter - Somewhat done away with here (which in itself is a good indicator that the world isn't as happy and peaceful as it claims to be). However, stealing or killing causes the civilians to call the guards on you. It may also cause your party members to [[WhatTheHellHero leave or even attack you]].
* KleptomaniacHero - The game gives you a lot of opportunies to do so. But beware, there ARE consequences if someone catches you!
** Of course, as long as you have the game paused, [[GoodBadBugs you can move objects directly into your backpack and nobody will notice]].
*** Party members ''will'' notice. (Unless you put the stolen goods into ''their'' pack, in which case they're much less likely to speak out.)
* LethalJokeItem - The Hoe of Destruction. The farmer (Mack) who owns the hoe in question took his hoe to a mage to be enchanted at the same time a warrior brought his sword to the mage to be enchanted. The mage got mixed up due to the in-universe disturbance to the ether, creating a hoe of destruction and a sword of weedcutting. You never find the sword, but you ''can'' get the Hoe of Destruction.
** Which is a StealthPun. [[spoiler: It's implied the sword is Grasscutter, a legendary Japanese weapon made for the goddess of the sun.]]
* LordBritishPostulate - In this game, you can kill Lord British by dropping a plaque on his head while he's walking around the courtyard. Rumor has it that it's based on a [[TruthInTelevision real event]] in which a metal bar fell out of the ceiling and whacked Richard Garriot on the head.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Batlin manages to escape at the end.]]
* KarmaMeter: Somewhat done away with here (which in itself is a good indicator that the world isn't as happy and peaceful as it claims to be). However, stealing or killing causes the civilians to call the guards on you. It may also cause your party members to [[WhatTheHellHero leave or even attack you]].
* KleptomaniacHero: The game gives you a lot of opportunities to do so. But beware, there ARE consequences if someone catches you!
** Of course, as long as you have the game paused, [[GoodBadBugs you can move objects directly into your backpack and the NPCs will never notice]]. Party members ''will'' notice, however, unless you put the stolen goods into ''their'' pack, in which case they're much less likely to speak out.
* LethalJokeItem: The Hoe of Destruction. The farmer (Mack) who owns the hoe in question took his hoe to a mage to be enchanted at the same time a warrior brought his sword to the mage to be enchanted. The mage got mixed up due to the in-universe disturbance to the ether, creating a hoe of destruction and a sword of weedcutting. You never find the sword, but you ''can'' get the Hoe of Destruction.
** Which is a StealthPun. [[spoiler: It's implied the sword is the Grasscutter (aka the Kusanagi), a legendary Japanese weapon made for the goddess of the sun.]]
* LordBritishPostulate: In this game, you can kill Lord British by dropping a plaque on his head while he's walking around the courtyard. Rumor has it that it's based on a [[TruthInTelevision real event]] in which a metal bar fell out of the ceiling and whacked Richard Garriot on the head.

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* MinusWorld - The "land of the dead" where dead characters are sent. You can get there through the teleport cheat.
* MoneySpider - Largely averted, as most monsters don't drop money. However, certain ones (like dragons) may have [[VendorTrash gold nuggets or gems.]]
* MultipleEndings - [[spoiler: Right at the end of the game, you get to choose between letting [[BigBad the Guardian]] take over Britannia and go back to your home dimension, or stopping his plans and abandoning any hope of you going back home.]]
* NameOfCain - Caine, the alchemist in Skara Brae. [[spoiler: He's a ghost who puts himself through a self-inflicted hell because he blames himself for the town's destruction. He also accidentally caused Batlin to turn evil.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero - If you give Alagner's notebook to the Wisps, [[spoiler:The Guardian has Alagner killed.]]
* NietzscheWannabe - [[spoiler: Batlin's motivation, which you find out if you talk to him after casting the [[ApocalypseHow Armageddon]] spell.]]
* NonStandardGameover - [[spoiler: The [[ApocalypseHow Armageddon]] spell.]]
* NotInFrontOfTheParrot - Bopping a parrot on the head with a gavel will make them reveal the location of hidden treasure.

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* MinusWorld: The "land of the dead" where dead characters are sent. You can get there through the teleport cheat.
* MoneySpider: Largely averted, as most monsters don't drop money. However, certain ones (like dragons) may have [[VendorTrash gold nuggets or gems.]]
* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler: Right at the end of the game, you get to choose between letting [[BigBad the Guardian]] take over Britannia and go back to your home dimension, or stopping his plans and abandoning any hope of you going back home.]]
* NameOfCain: Caine, the alchemist in Skara Brae. [[spoiler: He's a ghost who puts himself through a self-inflicted hell because he blames himself for the town's destruction. He also accidentally caused Batlin to turn evil.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If you give Alagner's notebook to the Wisps, [[spoiler:The Guardian has Alagner killed.]]
* NietzscheWannabe: [[spoiler: Batlin's motivation, which you find out if you talk to him after casting the [[ApocalypseHow Armageddon]] spell.]]
* NonStandardGameover: [[spoiler: The [[ApocalypseHow Armageddon]] spell.]]
* NotInFrontOfTheParrot: Bopping a parrot on the head with a gavel will make them reveal the location of hidden treasure.

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* OptionalSexualEncounter - At the bathhouses in Buccaneer's Den.
* OrcusOnHisThrone - [[spoiler: The Guardian, though he does have an excuse. He's stuck in another dimension.]]
* OrganDrops - Deer drop ''five'' legs (or are they just strips of meat? It's hard to tell!). Rabbits drop ''beef''.
* PacifistRun - Can be completed with no fights whatsoever if you're SequenceBreaking. Even if you don't, there's only about two creatures that you absolutely have to kill. (One of them in the ExpansionPack).
* PathOfInspiration - [[spoiler: The Fellowship]]
* PassionPlay - A group of Fellowship minstrels outside of Trinsic will do one.
* PowerGlows - Most magic weapons glow.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang - Magic Axes and Juggernaut Hammers, as well as regular boomerangs.
* RealMenWearPink - A retired soldier in Jhelom sews as a hobby. He can sew you a new flag in one of the sidequests.
* ScriptBreaking - You don't actually have to talk to the Time Lord first to free him.
* SealedEvilInACan - The demon inside the Blackrock Sword
* SealedGoodInACan - The Time Lord is imprisoned in the Shrine of Spirituality.
* SecretTestOfCharacter - Batlin gives you one if you ask him. [[spoiler: It's a sham of course; either way, he suggests that you should join the Fellowship]].
* SequenceBreaking - If you know where all the story items are, you don't have to bother with [[spoiler: joining the Fellowship or getting Alagner's notebook]].

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* OptionalSexualEncounter: At the bathhouses in Buccaneer's Den.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: [[spoiler: The Guardian, though he does have an excuse. He's stuck in another dimension.]]
* OrganDrops: Deer drop ''five'' legs (or are they just strips of meat? It's hard to tell!). Rabbits drop ''beef''.
* PacifistRun: Can be completed with no fights whatsoever if you're SequenceBreaking. Even if you don't, there's only about two creatures that you absolutely have to kill. (One of them in the ExpansionPack).
* PathOfInspiration: [[spoiler: The Fellowship]]
* PassionPlay: A group of Fellowship minstrels outside of Trinsic will do one.
* PowerGlows: Most magic weapons glow.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Magic Axes and Juggernaut Hammers, as well as regular boomerangs.
* RealMenWearPink: A retired soldier in Jhelom sews as a hobby. He can sew you a new flag in one of the sidequests.
* SealedEvilInACan: The demon inside the Blackrock Sword
* SealedGoodInACan: The Time Lord is imprisoned in the Shrine of Spirituality.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Batlin gives you one if you ask him. [[spoiler: It's a sham of course; either way, he suggests that you should join the Fellowship]].
* SequenceBreaking: If you know where all the story items are, you don't have to bother with [[spoiler: joining the Fellowship or getting Alagner's notebook]].
** You don't actually have to talk to the Time Lord first to free him.

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* SoulJar - The Well of Souls
* StealthRun - The {{Invisibility}} spell is made for this.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker - The Emps and the Gargoyles.
* StylisticSuck - The Fellowship's PassionPlay.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement - The Blackrock Sword is needed to complete the Test of Courage in the Forge of Virtue.
* TakeThat - [[spoiler: The Fellowship]] is supposedly a satire of Scientology as well as Electronic Arts, who were trying to buy out Origin at that time.
* TakeYourTime - The planetary alignment of course does not actually occur until you reach the chamber of the eponymous Black Gate.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything - Among other things, you can actually harvest wheat with a scythe, then mill it into flour, mix it with water pulled from a well to make dough, and bake it into bread.
** Actually, a bucket full of any liquid can be used to make bread, such as beer or wine, or (for an extra bit of {{squick}}) blood. And yes, there are a couple of places in the game you can pick up buckets of blood. Mmmm, delicious blood bread.
* TheMaze - Several dungeons and the inside of the Cube Generator are this.
* ThrivingGhostTown - Britannian towns do not seem as heavily populated as they look.

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