History YMMV / PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime

* OneSceneWonder: Dastan using the Dagger of Time repeatedly when [[spoiler:Tamina tried to betray him when seduction didn't work. Here, Dastan learned how to rewind time. This scene, although fast-paced and short, nicely demonstrates the NecessaryFail trope in effect. To elaborate - His first attempt at rewinding time is merely accidental and left him confused and vulnerable to a fatal slash to the chest, but he willingly used the Sands to rewind and save his life. His second attempt at rewinding time allowed him to outsmart Tamina and earn her trust, since he already knows how the Dagger works]]. It also focuses on, complements or recalls some details from the games - such as the Dagger's hilt glowing gold when it contains the Sands of Time, the hilt having a button on the tip to activate its mechanism, and the Sands of Time actually getting depleted every time he used the Dagger's power.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This game was notable for popularizing two things way back the early 2000's and had since became a classic franchise.

** Real-time and in-game time-manipulation abilities brought about by the Dagger of Time. It was a unique twist not seen in a lot of games prior to 2003. What made it especially memorable is that all of these mechanics are key elements of the plot in the ''Sands of Time'' trilogy, that if a ''Prince of Persia'' fan talks about the story of the game, it is impossible not to mention the Prince's time-manipulation abilities. While newer titles from the 2010's onwards do have time-manipulation abilities as well (.e. ''VideoGame/{{GRID}}'' and ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''), they aren't as varied and diverse compared to what ''Prince of Persia'' did. Unfortunately, a lot of new gamers don't realize this since the franchise didn't have more installments past 2010.

** LeParkour as its core gameplay, with the levels being designed to fully make use of the Prince's movement abilities and feats. It features faster maneuverability than most platforming games of its time. But ever since Ubisoft implemented all that they've learned from this game into the newer ''Assassin's Creed'' franchise and found that as their new CashCowFranchise, the ''Prince of Persia'' fell into obscurity from the eyes of the younger generation in TheNewTens.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The general consensus is that this film is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]], in spite of the low standards set by other video game films.

* GameBreaker: Except for the aforementioned enemies that are immune to it (knocking the Prince down when he attempt it,) vault attacks are ''very'' overpowered, often knocking down enemies in only two hits. And even with the two immune enemies, if you're next to a wall, you can pull it off anyway by rebounding off of the wall instead of the enemy. This will ''instantly'' knock them down, leaving them open for the finisher. The sequels nerfed it.
** Even more of A Game Breaker is the fact that by changing one button that same vault move can instantly kill an enemy and collect it's sand without having to knock it down.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Seso.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Dastan isn't the first iteration of the Prince who gets a name. In a [[ComicBook/PrinceOfPersiaTheGraphicNovel 2008 comic]] written by series creator Jordan Mechner has the protagonist named Guiv.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The guard who tells you how to activate the defense mechanism.

* IronWoobie: Dastan.
* SoOkayItsAverage

* StrangledByTheRedString: Dastan and Tamina have the whole movie to slowly bond with each other, get into playful arguments and display plenty of BelligerentSexualTension. This seems to be one of the good things as their chemistry and the build up feels natural... But their FirstKiss comes at the ''worst'' possible time. Right after violently dispatching the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]].

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor The Vizier]] from the ''Sands of Time'' series is the TreacherousAdvisor of the Maharajah of India and the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime first]] and [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones third]] games. [[VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia In flashbacks]], he abducts the wife of daeva prince Saurva to compel the latter to steal the Box of One Thousand Restraints from the Persians, knowingly causing the war between Persians and daevas, and [[ILied murdering the hostage even after his demands have been met]], then sealing Saurva and his entire army inside the box. He subsequently attempts to make Saurva’s sister Sindra his wife then curses her with madness upon refusal. Suffering an incurable illness, he [[ImmortalitySeeker seeks immortality and godhood]], and is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder willing to betray everyone]] to achieve his plans. He first betrays the Maharajah by killing the gatekeeper, allowing the Persian army to take the city. The Vizier later tricks the Prince into causing the Sands of Time to spread across a Persian city and turn the population into sand monsters. When the Prince rewinds time to warn Princess Farah, the Vizier plots to kill them both and [[FrameUp frame]] the Prince for the murder of Farah. When the Prince accidentally undoes the Vizier's death, the latter, leading an army, murders the Maharajah, takes over the kingdom, and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captures Farah]] before he mercilessly sacks Babylon and has King Sharaman killed. He then abducts and kills Kaileena, the Empress of Time, causing the Sands of Time to reappear again and turn the Vizier's entire army into monsters. Ruling Babylon as the renamed [[AGodAmI God of Time]], [[OneWingedAngel Zurvan]], he allows his generals to commit atrocities on the civilians such as taking them to the arena or locking a bunch of people in a burning building while he personally kills the remains of the resistance. In the final act of the game, he abducts Farah in order to forcibly transform her into his immortal queen.

* WthCastingAgency: Let's just say casting white actors to play the Persian characters hasn't exactly been well recived by Iranian-Americans.

* CompleteMonster: [[TreacherousAdvisor The Vizier]] first [[EvilChancellor betrays]] the Maharajah by killing the gatekeeper, allowing the Persian army to take the city. The Persian King Sharaman is in turn betrayed when in the Palace of the Sultan of Azad, the Vizier tricks the Prince into unlocking the Sands of Time from the Hourglass causing them to spread across the city and turn the population into sand monsters. When the Prince rewinds time all the way back before the sack of the city to warns princess Farah about the imminent betrayal, the Vizier plots to kill them both and tell the Maharajah that his daughter has been killed by the son of his enemy.

* CompleteMonster: Nizam, the [[EvilUncle uncle of the hero Dastan]], chafed at being in the shadow of his elder brother, the King. To remove himself from under the King's shadow, Nizam set his sights on the Dagger of Time and the Sands of Time, not caring of the horrors and chaos he could unleash on the world. Nizam brought about a battle with an innocent city, not remotely caring of the deaths of innocents, and arranged the death of his own brother while attempting to have his sons murdered. Revealing an utter contempt for the adopted low-born Dastan, Nizam revealed his true goal was to rewind time so he could undo this greatest error: once saving his brother's life when they were children.

* PortingDisaster: The Windows version is reasonably well optimised and doesn't lack any features, but it is ''notoriously'' glitchy and crash-prone, in addition to being a pain in the ass to run. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spw8wfcL7vo infamously ill-fated]] run of the game at [[WebVideo/AwesomeGamesDoneQuick SGDQ 2015]] highlights just how buggy it is.

* PortingDisaster: The Windows version is reasonably well optimised and doesn't lack any features, but it is ''notoriously'' glitchy and crash-prone, in addition to being a pain in the ass to run. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spw8wfcL7vo infamously ill-fated]] run of the game at [[WebVideo/GamesDoneQuick SGDQ 2015]] highlights just how buggy it is.

* DemonicSpiders: The blue spear enemies that are immune to vault attacks (unless you vault off of a wall instead of them), and the sword enemies that are immune to vault attacks ''and'' have a sweeping attack that goes underneath the Prince's guard to damage him anyway.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: The general consensus is that ''Prince of Persia'' is the best video game film adaptation ever released by mainstream Hollywood. This is usually followed by the caveat that this is not exactly a high standard to meet.
** Many have often considered this film to be rather forgettable as well.

* GoddamnedBats: Of the [[LedgeBats ledge kind]].

* SoOkayItsAvarage