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''Vanguard Bandits'' (known as ''Epica Stella'' in Japan) is a StrategyRPG by Creator/HumanEntertainment, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation in 2000.

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''Vanguard Bandits'' (known as ''Epica Stella'' in Japan) is a StrategyRPG by Creator/HumanEntertainment, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation in 2000.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* OffModel: The quality of animation in the Opening animation changes between frames.
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* InsertSong: While Together plays on the title screen, it also plays [[spoiler: during the final battle between Bastion and Faulkner in the Kingdom Route.]]
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The dialog can get pretty racy when you least expect it. Andrew is the biggest offender of this, But Ione proves for have a dirty mind herself. Reyna is completely shameless as well.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The dialog can get pretty racy when GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you least expect it. Andrew is are reading this in the biggest offender of this, But Ione proves for have a dirty mind herself. Reyna is completely shameless as well.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* GoodRepublicEvilEmpire: Subverted; neither nation is "all righteous" as their claim to be and it was because of the corruption within the kingdom that the Empire exists in the first place. Bastion initially believed that the Pharasia Kingdom is good and the Junaris Empire is evil, which led him to clash with Princess Sadira during their first meeting, but he eventually realizes that both nations have their faults, and that the real victims are the civilians caught in the middle of their war. More evident during the Empire's route storyline.
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* HufflepuffHouse: Exaggerated with the Southern Alliance. Despite a nation in the Eptina Continent, it's only mentioned in the game and is irrelevant to the plot.

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* HufflepuffHouse: Exaggerated with the Southern Alliance. Despite a nation being one of the nations in the Eptina Continent, it's only mentioned in the game and is irrelevant to the plot.

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* AdiposeRex: Duke Radcot, the FatBastard ruler of the Muspel Nation.



* HufflepuffHouse: Exaggerated with the Southern Alliance. Despite a nation in the Eptina Continent, it's only mentioned in the game and is irrelevant to the plot.



* RedBaron: Lord Alden the Ice Wolf.

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* RedBaron: Lord Alden Alden, the ruler of Hibernia, is known as the Ice Wolf.



* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nana is the pretty daughter of the {{gonk}} Duke Radcot.



* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler: The Ulragunner blasts the Zulwarn for half of its health in one of the final battles. In another it nullifies its powerful mind control and ability to interfere with ATAC operations.]]

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* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ulragunner blasts the Zulwarn for half of its health in one of the final battles. In another it nullifies its powerful mind control and ability to interfere with ATAC operations.]]]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the Empire storyline, Milea vanishes after Bastion decides to pursuit Faulkner and is never seen again.



** Depending on a decision early on in the Kingdom Branch, [[spoiler Ganlon could end up dead at the hands of Duke Radcot.]]

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** Depending on a decision early on in the Kingdom Branch, [[spoiler Ganlon [[spoiler:Ganlon could end up dead at the hands of Duke Radcot.]]

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* BigBad: Faulkner, it's rare when something bad happens that isn't at least on his order if not done by him directly.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Ione

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* BigBad: Faulkner, it's rare when something bad happens that isn't at least on his order if not done by him directly.
who wants the power of the Ultragunner for himself to rule Eptina.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: IoneIone is a very androgynus looking woman.



* BigEater: Barlow; in the Japanese version, he mentions cake in ''every single line of dialogue he has''.

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* BigEater: Barlow; in the Japanese version, he mentions cake in ''every single line of dialogue he has''.Barlow always talk about eating something. Usually candy.



* BoringButPractical: Turbulence. Enemies are hardwired to Defend against it and two casts of it on an enemy who Defends will make them skip their next turn.
* BossBattle: Many, and of a quite many forms too.
** BossBanter: Faulkner delights in taunting the party anytime he's on-screen.
** BossInMookClothing: Sharkings.
** DuelBoss: One of the final missions (the Empire route to be exact) has Bastion try this against Faulkner. [[spoiler: Then subverted as Bastion gets help to deal with him.]]
** FlunkyBoss: Pretty much every Boss in the game has an assortment of minions fighting alongside it.
** NoFinalBossForYou: If you're on the Kingdom Bad End well...

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* BoringButPractical: BoringButPractical:
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Turbulence. Enemies are hardwired to Defend against it and two casts of it on an enemy who Defends will make them skip their next turn.
* BossBattle: Many, and of a quite many forms too.
** A common defensive strategy is to move every unit to a bridge, hallway, or some other narrow place where most enemies cannot reach to protect them, while having the frontline units deal with them.
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BossBanter: Faulkner delights in taunting the party anytime he's on-screen.
** BossInMookClothing: Sharkings.
** DuelBoss: One of the final missions (the Empire route to be exact) has Bastion try this against Faulkner. [[spoiler: Then subverted as Bastion gets help to deal with him.]]
** FlunkyBoss: Pretty much every Boss in the game has an assortment of minions fighting alongside it.
** NoFinalBossForYou: If you're on the Kingdom Bad End well...
on-screen.



* BrokenBird: Cecilia

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* %%* BrokenBird: Cecilia



* TheChessmaster: Lord Alden [[spoiler: and Milea]] as literal examples of a chess-playing master and Faulkner as the scheming manipulator example.

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* TheChessmaster: Lord Alden [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and Milea]] as literal examples of a chess-playing master and Faulkner as the scheming manipulator example.example.
* ChickMagnet: Bastion. Reyna, Milea, Sadira, Claire, Cecilia and Nana have crushes for him.



* DegradedBoss: Sharkings. It's introduced as a boss, then the Empire starts to mass-produced them late-game.



* DuelBoss: One of the final missions (the Empire route to be exact) has Bastion try this against Faulkner. [[spoiler: Then subverted as Bastion gets help to deal with him.]]



* FlunkyBoss: Pretty much every Boss in the game has an assortment of minions fighting alongside it.



* GuideDangIt: Several. The game doesn't tell you that Morale determines your ending on the Kingdom Path, and getting on the Empire Path is not really intuitive (Bastion needs to be Level Eight or better after the fourth battle, which requires focused grinding). Recruiting Nana's not obvious, either (you need to ''lose'' one battle to trigger it). At least the manual helped with finding the Empire Branch.

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* GuideDangIt: Several. The game doesn't tell you that Morale determines your ending on the Kingdom Path, and getting on or that unlockng the Empire Path is not really intuitive (Bastion needs Branch requires Bastion to be Level Eight 8 or better higher after the fourth battle, which third battle (which requires focused grinding).grinding and luck). Recruiting Nana's not obvious, either (you need to ''lose'' one battle to trigger it). At least the manual helped with finding the Empire Branch.



* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:Cecilia in her ending of the Empire Path]]

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* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:Cecilia TheHeavy: Faulkner. It's rare when something bad happens that isn't at least on his order if not done by him directly.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Cecilia
in her ending of the Empire Path]]



* InSeriesNickname: Lord Alden the Ice Wolf.



** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Faulkner]] learned this lesson while working for the Empire to destroy the Kingdom. Faulkner being Faulkner, he came to the conclusion that the Kingdom and the Empire are just as ''bad'' as one another. Hence his goal to eventually destroy both and rule over what is left.]]

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** [[spoiler: [[BigBad Faulkner]] [[spoiler:Faulkner learned this lesson while working for the Empire to destroy the Kingdom. Faulkner being Faulkner, he came to the conclusion He concludes that both the Kingdom and the Empire are just as ''bad'' as one another. Hence another; hence his goal to eventually destroy both and rule over what is left.]]



* LethalJokeWeapon: The #69, which is a silly looking pink walking head with arms. Its threat is such that it makes the sharkings look tame. In spite of this, [[Faulkner and a few others are not happy about having to pilot them.]]

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* LethalJokeWeapon: LethalJokeWeapon:
** The TIC-TAC is mocked by everyone during the Ruin Branch, but is just as powerful as any other Escavated [=ATAC=].
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The #69, which is a silly looking pink walking head with arms. Its threat is such that it makes the sharkings look tame. In spite of this, [[Faulkner [[spoiler:Faulkner and a few others are not happy about having to pilot them.]]



* TheMole: [[spoiler:Ganlon]] on every path, [[spoiler:Cecilia]] on the Empire Path.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Ganlon]] [[spoiler:Ganlon betrays the Kingdom to the Empire]] on every path, also [[spoiler:Cecilia]] on the Empire Path.



* NoFinalBossForYou: If you're on the Kingdom Bad End well...



* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Causes Cecilia to betray Faulkner during her ending of the Empire Branch. As Faulkner tries to use Zulwarn to mind control her against Bastion, the Ultragunner counters and blasts away half of the Zulwarn's meaty 662 HP and severely debuffs its nearly-maxed stats]]. Don't mess with love when one of the participants has something called the Ultragunner.

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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Causes [[spoiler:Causes Cecilia to betray Faulkner during her ending of the Empire Branch. As Faulkner tries to use Zulwarn to mind control her against Bastion, the Ultragunner counters and blasts away half of the Zulwarn's meaty 662 HP and severely debuffs its nearly-maxed stats]]. Don't mess with love when one of the participants has something called the Ultragunner.



* RedBaron: Lord Alden the Ice Wolf.



* SweetTooth: Barlow is always seen snacking on some candy.

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* SweetTooth: Barlow is always seen snacking on some candy.Barlow. He mentions eating candy or other sweets in pretty much every line of dialogue. Moreso in the Japanese version, where he prefers cake.



** Depending on a decision early on in the Kingdom Branch, [[spoiler: [[TheMole Ganlon]] could end up dead at the hands of Duke Radcot.]]

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** Depending on a decision early on in the Kingdom Branch, [[spoiler: [[TheMole Ganlon]] [[spoiler Ganlon could end up dead at the hands of Duke Radcot.]]

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