Line #77 Characters/Aquaria


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	!Main Characters
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5	[[folder:Naija]]
6	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naija_concept.gif]]
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8	The protagonist of the game and the only playable character. Naija is an amnesiac [[FishPeople fish girl]] who suddenly wakes up, "like in a dream", and journeys in order to find her origins and past.
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10	* ActionGirl: Averted at first, until she [[spoiler:gets the Energy Form.]]
11	* AmnesiacHero: Starts out as this. It's revealed later on [[spoiler:her mother Mia wiped out her memories [[BatmanGambit in order to prompt the events of the game]] and eventually cause her to kill [[BigBad The Creator]].]]
12	* {{Determinator}}: Naija will do anything to discover who she is and her lost memories, to the point she [[spoiler: slays a God, minor Gods, Mother Nature and many other beasts.]]
13	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the course of her travels, Naija will kill or finish off at least 6, and up to 12, "lesser gods" of her world (including gods of battle energy, a personification of nature, the former god of a ruined city, a huge sun worm, and several "species bosses"), then top this off by slaying [[spoiler:the creator of Aquaria.]] ([[spoiler:But not her mother, the Creator's 13th creation, and the game's true puppetmaster. Too bad.]])
14	* HandBlast: In [[spoiler:Energy Form]], she can shoot energy bullets from her arms.
15	* TheHeroine: She's the main character after all!
16	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: One of the things that worries Naija about the energy form is that she's starting to enjoy its destructive power, and fears she'll lose her sense of self if she succumbs completely to this. It's not just something she's saying, either; if you fire off a prolonged salvo (fighting something big and tough, like a leafy dragon, for example), ''[[PutTheLaughterInSlaughter she giggles]]''.
17	* HyperactiveMetabolism: She's able to eat food to instantly heal, cure status ailments, or apply an assortment of buffs.
18	* LadyOfAdventure: She becomes this. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, she feels sorry for not being able of having any kind of adventure after starting a family.]]
19	* LastOfHerKind: What Naija fears. The loneliness that results from this is her motivation for venturing out into the world. [[spoiler:Actually, she's the daughter of Mia, the first perfect creation of The Creator. In the final dungeon there are also mutants similar to her.]]
20	* LeotardOfPower: She spots a nice one-piece with her [[NavelWindow exposed belly]] in most of her outfits (minus a few sets of armor).
21	* MagicMusic: Naija sings (or the players can use hotkeys) to switch to different forms, pull certain objects, attract fish, etc.
22	* MysteriousPast: Naija doesn't remember anything about her past. During the course of her game, we can see glimpses of it.
23	* QuestForTheRest: Naija's starting motivation.
24	* ParentalAbandonment: Implied to suffer this from [[spoiler:Mia]] so that she would explore Aquaria due to her curiosity. [[spoiler:She also inadvertently does this to her son Lucien and her husband Li, because of her mother's interference.]]
25	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Naija is pink in the [[spoiler:Dual Form]].
26	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Practically her entire wardrobe, considering both her alternate forms and the alternate costumes for her primary form, though some elements -- goofy helmets, or the claw-gloves of the Crab Armor — could be considered FetishRetardant. (Yes, there's a "nude mod" available.) Then there's the costume that Naija herself describes as "rather revealing". [[spoiler:We'd call it a bikini.]] In the post-game scenes and stinger, she and [[spoiler:Li, the spoiler of spoiler tags]] wear even less.... This isn't [[JustifiedTrope without some justification]] though, considering she is a humanoid who has always lived under water and the drag of flowing or porous excess cloth underwater makes swimming difficult.
27	* SwissArmyHero: Naija has different forms she can switch from by singing.
28	* TheAloner: She's been this for a long time, but really begins to notice it when the game starts.
29	* ThePowerOfLove: Her love for [[spoiler: Li]] is what prevents her from succumbing to despair after [[spoiler:The Creator]] kidnaps them.
30	* UnderwaterKiss: Shares one with [[spoiler:Li]], partly because she doesn't understand the concept of scuba gear.
31	%%* UnscaledMerfolk
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34	[[folder:Li]]
35	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/body.png]]
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37	A researcher and explorer in the waters of Aquaria.
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39	* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: Naija makes him into one of these. At least while he's near her: [[spoiler: Li puts his old diving helmet back on if Naija decides to leave him behind somewhere]].
40	* ArmCannon: He wears a bracelet that allows him to shoot blue projectiles.
41	* DistressedDude: Twice. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, both times because of The Creator.]]
42	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Li is blue in the [[spoiler:Dual Form]].
43	* SatelliteCharacter: Naija can leave him at either his home or hers, but there are a couple of places where he must be present to continue in the game.
44	* TheSpeechless: It's Naija who lets the player know what Li feels, sometimes.
45	* NonPlayerCompanion: He helps Naija with fighting and can help taking down enemies faster.
46	[[/folder]]
47
48	!Villains
49	[[folder:The Creator]]
50	The BigBad.
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52	* AGodAmI: He considers himself as this as he's Aquaria's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin creator]].
53	%%* ChestBlaster: His final form.
54	* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:He created the Gods in order to replicate the love his mother gave him. Upon realizing they would not love him unconditionally, he deemed all of them imperfect and destroyed them along with their creations.]]
55	%%* LoveMakesYouEvil: See above.
56	* SequentialBoss: He has five forms:
57	** The first is [[spoiler:a humanoid figure on a white throne, who occasionally [[MacrossMissileMassacre sprays fireballs from his hand]].]]
58	** His second form is similar to his first, but [[spoiler:loses his mask revealing a black void; and his legs, replaced by purple tentacles.]]
59	** His third form is [[spoiler:insectile, but with the body of a human infant.]]
60	** His fourth form resembles [[spoiler:a human child with BarbieDollAnatomy and Li's hairstyle.]]
61	** His fifth form is [[spoiler:a gargantuan humanoid figure with visible muscles, eyes and brain, as well as a stomach which opens up to reveal a baby's head which [[BreathWeapon shoots a huge laser from its mouth]] for massive damage.]]
62	** The game's data files contain evidence of at least one more form that was DummiedOut.
63	[[/folder]]
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65	!Non-playable Characters
66	[[folder:Mia]]
67	[[quoteright:122:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/body_6.png]]
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69	Naija's mother.
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71	* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:She removed Naija's memories, knowing her daughter's curiosity would push Naija to uncover her past and eventually defeat the Creator.]]
72	* EvilMatriarch: She wants to use her daughter's abilities to gain even more power.
73	* MeaningfulName: While her name is a variation of "Maria", it also coincides with the italian female possessive pronoun "mia" (mine).
74	* ParentalAbandonment: She left Naija so that she could set her plan in motion.
75	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / Aquaria