History VideoGame / UnleashTheLight

*** One of Greg's quotes on his equipment page is "Cut my hair? No way, no how!" [[spoiler:He then suffers a TraumaticHaircut from Bluebird in the latter's eponymous episode.]]

* VariableMix: The BGM becomes muffled whenever you pause, while a ukulele line and electric guitar line are added to the battle music whenever Steven and Greg play their respective instruments when using their abilities that need them.

* ChallengeRun: Besides the Crying Breakfast Friends Badge returning from ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'', which halves your team's stats for a "big challenge", there's also the Hard Mode perk in Rose's Room. It does the same as the CBF Badge in exchange for increasing the Rank and Neato EXP gains by 50%.

*** One of Amethyst's unlockable costumes is the form she had when she first emerged from the Prime Kindergarten. Likewise, one of Pearl's unlockable costumes is her servant dress while one of Steven's is his outfit in that movie.

* GratuitousFrench: Amethyst sometimes says ''"Excusez-moi!"'' when switching places with another party member.

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:Hessonite]] appears as the FinalBoss in Rose's Room, which is a bonus game mode where under vanilla conditions, you start at Level 1 without items or money, you have to recruit your teammates one by one, you only gain new skills and abilities by exploring the overworld and defeating enemies, and being completely wiped out forces you to start over from scratch. She boasts high stats like {{Giant Mook}}s, has a {{Status Buff}}ing move that powers up her next attack, and has three powerful ones, two of which are unblockable. Said unavoidable attacks can stun one party member or damage the entire team. [[spoiler:She's still the Final Boss even if you have Hessonite on your team because Rose's Room will make a [[MirrorBoss simulated copy of her]] instead.]]

* StatusBuffDispel: Greg's Blues Jam gives an enemy the "Blues", removing their {{Status Buff}}s and preventing them or their allies from buffing them while also dealing passive damage each time you use an ability or item.

* MirrorBoss: The boss fight on Pyrope’s World has you fighting against Light versions of the Crystal Gems.

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:Hessonite]] appears as the FinalBoss in Rose's Room, which is a bonus game mode where under vanilla conditions, you start at Level 1 without items or money, you have to recruit your teammates one by one, you only gain new skills and abilities by exploring the overworld and defeating enemies, and being completely wiped out forces you to start over from scratch. She boasts high stats like {{Giant Mook}}s, has a {{Status Buff}}ing move that powers up her next attack, and has three powerful ones, two of which are unblockable. Said unavoidable attacks can stun one party member or damage the entire team.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Hessonite joins the party for the final battle against Pyrope, Demantoid and the Prism Fusion, but instead of fighting as the fifth member of your team, [[RequiredPartyMember you must replace one of your allies with her.]] She only becomes a permanent party member after you beat Story Mode and reach Team Rank 35 in Rose's Room.]]

* GratuitousSpanish: Greg sometimes says ''"Adios, muchachos!"'' when leaving th stage via Warp Pad.

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Hessonite joins the party for the final battle against Pyrope, Demantoid and the Prism Fusion, but instead of fighting as the fifth member of your team, [[RequiredPartyMember you must replace one of your allies with her.]] She only becomes a permanent party member after beating Story Mode and reaching Team Rank 35 in Rose's Room.]]

* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Hessonite joins the party for the final battle against Pyrope, Demantoid and the Prism Fusion, but instead of fighting as the fifth member of your team, [[RequiredPartyMember you must replace one of your allies with her.]]]]

* TraumaButton: Even after Hessonite's journey of self-discovery, George is still wary of her because of her previous mistreatment of him, and any mention of her name or him seeing through her PaperThinDisguise puts him in distress. [[spoiler:He gets over it after Hessonite sheds her PaperThinDisguise, joins the Crystal Gems at the last minute, and rescues him from being forcibly fused with the other Prisms by Demantoid and Pyrope.]]

* TraumaButton: Even after Hessonite's journey of self-discovery, George is still wary of her because of her previous mistreatment of him, and any mention of her name or him seeing through her PaperThinDisguise puts him in distress.

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:Hessonite]] appears as the FinalBoss in Rose's Room, which is a bonus game mode where under vanilla conditions, you start at Level 1 without items or money, you have to recruit your teammates one by one, you only gain new skills and abilities by exploring the overworld and defeating enemies, and being completely wiped out forces you to start over from scratch. She boasts high stats like {{Giant Mook}}s, has a {{Status Buff}}ing move that powers up her next attack, and has three powerful ones, two of which are unblockable. Said unavoidable attacks can stun one party member or hit the entire party.

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:Hessonite]] appears as the FinalBoss in Rose's Room, which is a bonus game mode where under vanilla conditions, you start at Level 1 without items or money, you have to recruit your teammates one by one, you only gain new skills and abilities by exploring the overworld and defeating enemies, and being completely wiped out forces you to start over from scratch. She boasts high stats like {{Giant Mook}}s, has a {{Status Buff}}ing move that powers up her next attack, and has three powerful ones, one of which can stun one party member and another which is unblockable and hits everyone in the party.

* JokeItem: The description for the Sparkly Badge says that all it does is make the wearer sparkle in battle, unlike the other badges, which have actual benefits. The only use it has is for a {{Sidequest}} in Pyrope's World, which only rewards you with a Super Star Fruit and a random charm.

* GiantMook: Giant versions of enemies return from the previous games. As always, they have more HP and higher stats, and extra-large giants now serve as bosses in the Black Hole.

* LastChanceHitPoint: Garnet's "Rally: Survive!" prevents an ally's HP from dropping below 10% if an enemy's attack would otherwise bring it below that level.

* CriticalStatusBuff: Some characters have skill upgrades that give them a stat boost when their HP drops to 20% or lower, like Amethyst's Scrappy (boosts {{Luck|Stat}}) and Lapis's Stretched Thin (boosts Attack).

* RewardingVandalism: You can break pots to get items and money. One Jade [[YouBastard seemingly calls you out for it]], [[BaitAndSwitch but she actually likes it]] because to her, breaking pots is breaking the monotonous way of living in Pyrope's World. She even encourages you to break 50 pots as a {{Sidequest}}.

** Since it's possible to form a team without Steven in Rose's Room, the Cheeseburger Backpack is accessible even without him.

* CantDropTheHero: Like in ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'', you can't remove Steven from your party in Story Mode.

*** The achievement for getting an A++ on any Black Hole chapter is called "Little HomeSchool".