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1	''The Perfect Castlevania Timeline'' is a web video series created by [=GamerThumbTV=]. As suggested by the title, the series is a chronology, divided into eight chapters, of ''all'' of the main timeline ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games, as told through BroadStrokes.
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3	The series can be found on [=GamerThumbTV=]'s channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkFr6hybdMu3Au-cBr855Q here]].
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5	!! The Perfect Castlevania Timeline contains examples of:
6	* TheAce: Simon Belmont is presented this way, mostly due to all of his adventures[[note]](''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'', ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' and ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'')[[/note]] being treated as canon. This means that he ends up killing Dracula ''four'' times within the span of 13 years.
7	* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Chapter IV: The Legendary Simon Belmont'' centers on the exploits and battles against Dracula of, you guessed it, [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon Belmont]].
8	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Soma Cruz ends up succumbing to Dracula's dark influence and becoming the Dark Lord incarnate.]]
9	* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Had Soma listened to the advice of those around him to let them handle [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow Celia and her cult]] instead of rashly getting himself involved, [[spoiler:both Mina and himself would probably still be alive.]]
10	* ArcVillain: Dracula serves as the GreaterScopeVillain and the main antagonist throughout the entire series, but every part has a significant BigBadEnsemble and/or BigBadDuumvirate. In order:
11	** ''Chapter I: Hunting the Night'': [[BloodKnight Walter Bernhard]] and [[TheStarscream Galamoth]].
12	** ''Chapter II: The War on Humanity'': [[SinisterMinister The Bishop]] and [[SissyVillain Isaac]].
13	** ''Chapter III: The Order of Shadows'': [[MookLieutenant Ivan Bartley and Rohan Krause]].
14	** ''Chapter IV: The Legendary Simon Belmont'': [[TheRemnant Death and Carmilla]].
15	** ''Chapter V: Tainting the Bloodline'': [[HypercompetentSidekick Death on his own]], [[RivalTurnedEvil Maxim Kischine]] and [[EvilSorceror Shaft]].
16	** ''Chapter VI: A World Without Belmonts'': [[spoiler:[[TreacherousAdvisor Barlowe]]]], [[TheResenter Hugh Baldwin]], UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais and [[VainSorceress Actrise]].
17	** ''Chapter VII: The Heroic Morris Clan'': [[DaddysLittleVillain Elizabeth Bartley]] and [[MadArtist Brauner]].
18	** ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'': [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Galamoth again]], [[DevilComplex Graham Jones]], [[EvilSorceress Celia Fortner]], and [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Soma Cruz]]]].
19	* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler:Being around the dark power of Dominus for far more than what is healthy eventually sends Barlowe over the edge.]]
20	* BackForTheFinale: A section of ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' focuses on the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'', thus allowing one last hurrah from long-since passed away characters such as [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon Belmont]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Maria Renard]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Eric Lecarde]], and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]].
21	* BigBadWannabe: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow Dario Bossi and Dmitrii Blinov]]. Sure, both of them do put up a good effort when trying to out-perform [[AntiAntiChrist Soma Cruz]] as a Dark Lord candidate. But neither of them prove to hold a candle to the true threat: [[spoiler:[[RogueProtagonist Soma himself]]]].
22	* BroadStrokes: Per [=GamerThumbTV=]'s introduction to the series, all original timeline games are to be treated as canon, with several aspects from ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' and the ''Lords of Shadow'' series being added to the mix.
23	* CanonWelding: Through an off-hand mention of Kokoro in ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'' and an acknowledgement that she is indeed [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Julius]]'s younger sister, the events of ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'' are welded into the ''Castlevania'' franchise.
24	* CompositeCharacter:
25	** Most of the cast of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' are composited with their versions from [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 the 2017 animated series]].
26	** Zoe Belmont from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows'' is combined with the ''Lords of Shadow'' version of Sypha.
27	* ChivalrousPervert: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter Belmont]] is introduced as focusing more on chasing after girls than being a serious vampire hunter. Nevertheless, when push comes to shove he quickly proves himself to be worthy of being a Belmont.
28	* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Through the lack of mention that it was actually a doppelganger, this fate implicitly falls upon [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Mina Hakuba]].]]
29	* DecapitatedArmy: Averted at one point, with fatal consequences. [[spoiler:Dracula's defeat in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows'' doesn't stop him from influencing a pack of werewolves into attacking Desmond right after the game's events. This ends up costing Desmond, Dolores, and Zoe their lives.]]
30	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Hoo boy, it ends on one. Mina Hakuba [[KillTheCutie is shot dead]], Soma Cruz [[FreakOut completely and utterly snaps]], and Julius Belmont is forced to [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]], thus rendering all of the sacrifices of 1999 pointless.]]
31	* EnemyMine: ''Every single country'' in the world bands together to stop Dracula during the Demon Castle War of 1999.
32	* GraveMarkingScene: ''Chapter VII: The Heroic Morris Clan'' ends with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] visiting the tombstone of his DisappearedDad [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines John]]]].
33	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold:
34	** Alucard's involvement in the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' is kept secret, with Trevor, Sypha, and Grant receiving all of the credit.
35	** [[spoiler:As per canon, the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' and Shanoa's heroism become this. [[HumbleHero Shanoa doesn't really care.]]]]
36	* HeroicSacrifice:
37	** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegends Sonia Belmont]] sacrifices her life protecting her son [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor]] and the Vampire Killer from a lynch mob.]]
38	** Likewise, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Zoe Belmont]] is killed helping her nephew [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon]] flee from the monsters that attacked them after Dracula's defeat in ''Order of Shadows'']].
39	* HeroOfAnotherStory:
40	** Grant [=DaNasty=]. While he quickly splits off from Trevor and Sypha, he is mentioned as helping the villagers drive off the forces of Dracula and using his fortune to help rebuild the cities ravaged by those same forces, and eventually gets credit as one of the [[FamedInStory "Three Legendary Warriors"]].
41	** Maria Renard. After being saved by Richter, she helps him out by gathering intel on the other missing women — thus allowing Richter to successfully find them before it's too late.
42	** Victor Belmont. Although he has no interest in fighting Dracula like his ancestors, he does manage to make a name for himself as a mercenary. In addition, he is the one to provide Alucard with the Vampire Killer.
43	** Kokoro Belmont. Despite not receiving any training from Jonathan Morris unlike her big brother Julius, and thus having zero involvement in the Demon Castle War, she is inspired by her sibling to do good in her own way.
44	* HistoryRepeats: Ultimately, it becomes apparent that there is absolutely no way to banish evil from the world for good. The last words of ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'', however, do indicate that even though darkness is eternal, so are the heroes fighting against it:
45	-->But there is a lesson to be learned: history is destined to repeat itself, darkness will always be present, but heroes will always rise up to meet it.
46	* HolyBurnsEvil: The Vampire Killer is shown to inflict burns on those tainted by Dracula's dark presence. [[spoiler:Like Richter Belmont after ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.]]
47	* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:The SuddenDownerEnding of the series is heralded by Mina Hakuba getting murdered. And unlike in ''Dawn of Sorrow'', it's implied that she's been KilledOffForReal.]]
48	* LancerVsDragon: The section focusing on ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines'' has Eric Lecarde fight Elizabeth Bartley, while John Morris takes it upon himself to deal with Dracula.
49	* LeeroyJenkins: Despite everybody around him warning him to stay away and let them deal with Celia's cult, Soma Cruz decides repeatedly to ignore their warnings and investigate for himself. [[spoiler:It costs him both his sanity and his life.]]
50	* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After the events of ''VideoGame/Castlevania64'', Reinhardt accepts his heritage as a Belmont, and thus renames himself Schneider Belmont.]]
51	* MercyKillArrangement: [[spoiler:Per the events of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'', Soma Cruz ends up making one with Julius Belmont, for the latter to kill him if he becomes Dracula. [[DownerEnding Julius ends up having to fulfil his end of the deal.]]]]
52	* AMinorKidroduction: Approximately a quarter of ''Chapter I: Hunting the Night'' is dedicated to Alucard's childhood adventures, as depicted through ''VideoGame/KidDracula''.
53	* MosesInTheBulrushes: As a child, Simon Belmont is quickly separated from both his father and his aunts, and ends up raised by a barbarian tribe.
54	* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: It is the ghost of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Sara Trantoul]] who appears to Simon Belmont to remind him that there is a way to stop the curse that Dracula inflicted upon him, thus beginning ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''.
55	* NukeEm: Dracula's castle is hit with a nuclear strike during the Demon Castle War in 1999, as indicated in ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns''. It doesn't work.
56	* PassingTheTorch: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan Graves]] does so to [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Reinhardt Schneider]], and likewise [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] does so to [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Julius Belmont]]. Both instances are accompanied by mini-comics depicting the predecessor handing over the [[AncestralWeapon Vampire Killer]] to their successor.
57	* PowerDegeneration: Dracula ends up suffering from this in his repeated attempts to kill [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon Belmont]]. By the time of ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', it has gotten so bad that he can't even summon [[TheDragon Death]] anymore, and Simon ends up feeling pity for him.
58	* RaceLift: Implicitly done to Julius Belmont, who in canon has never been indicated as anything other than full-blooded European. Due to [[VideoGame/{{Otomedius}} Kokoro]] being mentioned as his little sister, Julius here is at the very least of Asian-European descent.
59	* RefusalOfTheCall: Victor Belmont (of the ill-fated ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaResurrection'') quickly runs away from home in favor of becoming a mercenary-for-hire. He does, however, manage to give Alucard the Vampire Killer.
60	* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
61	** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Desmond Belmont]] is established here to be the father of none other than [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon Belmont]].
62	** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Shanoa]] is said to be a distant descendant of both [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness Hector and Julia]].
63	* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:The Demon Castle War of 1999 ultimately amounts to nothing. Julius, Alucard, and humanity as a whole go through great hardship to try and bring a permanent end to Dracula... and then he manages to come back in 2036, resulting in the death of the teenage boy he used as a vessel and the ViciousCycle beginning all over again.]]
64	* SketchySuccessor: Dracula's human reincarnations display this: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Soma]] doesn't really manage to accomplish anything out of his reign of terror, whereas [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Malus]] manages to raze an village and kidnap numerous children]].
65	* StealingTheCredit: Despite doing far more to ensure Dracula's defeat personally, Alucard declines to be acknowledged as one of the "Three Legendary Warriors" and allows Grant [=DaNasty=] to earn the accolades in his stead.
66	* SuperiorSuccessor: [[VideoGame/Castlevania1986 Simon]] proves to be this to his father [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfShadows Desmond]]; while the latter required the help of his sisters Dolores and Zoe, and [[spoiler:gets ambushed and killed by werewolves]], the former ''kills Dracula by himself four times within 13 years''.
67	* TaughtByExperience: Throughout his four confrontations with Dracula, Simon Belmont goes from a brash and hot-blooded LeeroyJenkins to an OlderAndWiser warrior who plays it noticeably more safe.
68	* TimePassageBeard: Both [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Nathan Graves]] and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Jonathan Morris]] sport such beards long after their adventures have come to a close and they are naming their successor.
69	* ThatManIsDead: Invoked in the finale; once [[spoiler:Soma falls to the dark side and becomes Dracula, the narrator stops calling him "Soma" and instead refers to him as "Dracula"]]. It is even spelled out:
70	--> [[spoiler:Soma was dead, and Dracula had returned.]]
71	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Commented as a possible reason as to [[spoiler:Soma Cruz's FaceHeelTurn]]:
72	--> If the humans wanted a Dark Lord, they would have him.
73	* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Simon achieved his revenge against Dracula after their first clash together, but all he accomplished was getting a curse spitefully placed by Dracula that was slowly killing him, which made him realize that he wasted his life consumed with revenge, and almost doomed mankind because of his recklessness and selfishness.
74	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Death is perfectly willing (if a bit of a ServileSnarker) to act as Alucard's ParentalSubstitute during ''VideoGame/KidDracula''. Flash forward to ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', occurring long after Alucard decides to stand opposed to his father's path in life, and the two are trying to kill each other.
75	* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 Malus]] burns down his village and [[SelfMadeOrphan kills his parents]] on his 8th birthday. That's what happens when you're Dracula reborn.
76	* YouCantFightFate: When it's spelt out to him that he's Dracula's reincarnation, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Soma Cruz]] tries to resist the calling and remain on the side of good. [[spoiler:A pity Celia Fortner forces his hand...]]

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