Rika Itonami

The main hero of Kingdom Hearts Link To Life. The daughter of Sora that wishes nothing more than to be normal, but is dragged into things involving linking the worlds. What can you do?

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• Action Girl: DUH.
• Ancestral Weapon: Keyblades count, right?
• Badass Family: If you can consider Sora badass....
• Big Eater: Rika enjoys her meals.
• The Chosen One: The Link
• Deadpan Snarker: Most of the author's main characters are like this.
• Determinator/Plucky Girl: When she isn't complaining.
• Disappeared Dad
• Fingerless Gloves: Because they look cool.
• The Hero
• Heroic BSOD: A small one after learning of her destiny.
• Improbable Weapon User: Keyblade.
• Kid Hero: She's 14.
• Lampshade Hanging: Rika always points out the flaws, confusing aspects and cliches to the story.
• Meaningful Name: Rika's name is Japanese for "link" or "linker."
• Original Character
• Red-Headed Hero: Well...auburn.
• Refusal of The Call: Rika's reaction when told the plot.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Rika's often the main character of a story No Limit writes.
• Volleying Insults: Does not get along with her Keyblade at all.
• Weak, but Skilled: Unlike Kuro with his magic and Ashi with his sword skills, Rika only has her ability to...flip.

Stardom Key

Rika's Keyblade that can communicate with with her mentally. Rather bossy.

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• Ancestral Weapon: Stardom IS one.
• Battle Butler: You can say that in a way....
• Cool Big Sis: Whenever she's in the mood with Rika.
• Deadpan Snarker:
  Stardom Key: You can just refer to me as "Stardom Key."
  Rika: "Stardom Key?" Sounds pretty stupid.
  Stardom Key: So says the girl who's talking to herself and an "inanimate object."
• Empathic Weapon
• Expy: Wasn't really based on anyone, but the author started throwing in bits of Yūko Ichihara from xxxHolic.
• The Imp: Slightly toward Rika, not much.
• Insufferable Genius: Often lectures Rika about that's not how she would've done things.
• Original Character
• Volleying Insults: Though, it maybe because Rika never listens.

Daffy Duck

The greedy and manic duck from Looney Tune Land. Daffy and Porky were sent by Bugs Bunny to search for Rika and help her reunite the worlds. Daffy found this as a good way to boost his popularity....

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• Alliterative Name
• Butt Monkey/The Chew Toy: Much to our amusement...until it's Deconstructed.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Just maybe.
• Funny Animal
• Genius Ditz: It's really hard to tell if he can fight or not.
• Hammer Space
• Hyperspace Arsenal
• Jerkass
• The Lancer
• Large Ham
• Lord Error Prone: Let's just say he needs to be bailed out a lot.
• Morally Ambiguous Ducktorate
• Small Name, Big Ego
• Speech Impediment: While not shown in his dialogue unless it's funny, his famous lisp.

Porky Pig

The calm and straight man of the three, Porky tries to keep the others focused on their goals. Needless to say, he's constantly ignored.

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• Alliterative Name
• Deadpan Snarker
• Funny Animal
• The Everyman
• Hypercompetent Sidekick
• Speech Impediment
  • Porky Pig Pronunciation: What st-st-stutter?
• Straight Man

Yakko, Wakko and Dot Warner

Dot is cute and Yakko yaks. Wakko packs away the snacks while Bill Clinton plays the sax. They're Animaniacs!

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• Animated Actors
• Big Eater: Wakko.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall/No Fourth Wall
• Cloud Cuckoolanders
• Hair Decorations: Dot's flower.
• Fluffy the Terrible: Dot's pets.
• Gasshole: Wakko.
• Genre Savvy: Helps being Medium Aware.
• Hammer Space: Wakko's Gag Bag. Which features a:
  • Hyperspace Mallet
• Medium Awareness: They always make comments toward the reader(s).
• Overly-Long Name: Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fanna Bo Besca…the Third. But you can call her Dot. Call her Dotty, and ya die.
• Too Spicy for Yog Sothoth: It's amazing how Rika, Daffy and Porky are able to put up with them.

Tropes associated with Rika's group

• Circling Birdies: Variations of these occur between Rika, Daffy and Porky when they first meet.
• Crash into Hello: Just like how Sora first met Donald and Goofy.
• Generation Xerox: The destruction of Destiny Islands and how Rika meets Daffy and Porky to the point of ridiculousness.
• Hammerspace: The Warners, dammit! The Warners! Daffy is known to pull things out of nowhere, too.
• Impossibly Cool Clothes: Rika, Daffy and Porky receive some rather impressive clothes from Edna Mode.
• Meaningful Name: Not just Rika's. Daffy, Porky, Yakko, Wakko's...
• Nakama: Especially shown at the end of Chapter 5.
• Now, Where Was I Going Again?: Yakko, Wakko and Dot take on the role of chroniclers for Rika like what Jimmy Cricket did for Sora. However, they often lose interest and Wakko keeps eating the pages.
  Wakko: Mmm, vowels....
• Original Generation: Rika, naturally.
• The Power of Friendship: It's what helped Rika out of her BSOD.
• Power Trio:

  • Rika: Reasonable and reserved. (Ego)
  • Daffy: Wild and nutty. (Id)
  • Porky: Balanced and order. (Superego)

Kuro Higure

The son of Riku, Kuro is Rika's life-long friend. He also receives a Keyblade, but is actually more skilled in magic. He has a crush on Rika, but it will forever be ignored.

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• All Love Is Unrequited: He'll find his girl...someday.
• Ancestral Weapon
• Badass Family: You know, BEFORE Riku became lame.
• Butt Monkey: He can't get the girl. His world is destroyed. He's flung off to another world. And he's arrested there. Poor guy.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Disappeared Dad: Same case as Rika.
• Disney Death / Only Mostly Dead: Yeah, how DID he survive Destiny Islands being destroyed?
• Improbable Weapon User: Keyblade. Again.
• The Hero: Shared with Rika.
• Heroes Want Redheads: Rika's auburn, but close enough for Kuro.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He stayed behind on Destiny Islands so Rika could escape. *sniff*
• Kid Hero: 15
• Magic Knight
• Original Character

Path to Life

Kuro's Keyblade.... Not much else to say for now.

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• Ancestral Weapon
• Empathic Weapon
• Original Character

Luigi

The famous Mario's taller, younger, and not-quite-as-famous twin brother. Luigi is more of a reluctant (read: cowardly) hero who would rather stay at home than save the world, but he still always pulls through in the end. Luigi, Toad and Yoshi hope to locate Mario and the once-again kidnapped Princess Peach.

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• Brought to You by the Letter "S": The L on his cap.
• Butt Monkey
• The Chew Toy
• Cowardly Sidekick
• The Lancer
• Lovable Coward
• No Respect Guy
• Shock and Awe: Thunder is Luigi's main spell.

Toad

One of Peach's many loyal servants and long-time friend of Mario and Luigi. "Toad" is also the name of his race of people. Toad in this story is a bit more similar to the old cartoon verion of him being a Deadpan Snarker, but still a loyal friend.

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• Deadpan Snarker
• The Smart Guy

Yoshi

A reptile-like creature who hails from Yoshi's Island. Like Toad above, there is "Yoshi" (singular), and the race of Yoshis (plural). Yoshi has always served as a loyal mount for Mario and how works with Kuro to locate him.

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• Big Eater
• Dinosaurs Are Dragons
• Extreme Omnivore
• Hulkspeak: Only because No Limit wants Yoshi to somehow comunnicate.
• Non-Human Sidekick
• Power-Up Mount
• Ridiculously Cute Critter

Tropes associated with Kuro's group

• Hammerspace: Where else would Kuro, Toad and Yoshi pull out their weapons from?
• Nakama: Why else would they defend Kuro in the Mushroom Kingdom court?
• Original Generation: Kuro.

No Limit

A young hero who is the one who reveals Rika's destiny to her on Traverse Town. What role he'll play in the future of the story remains to be seen. Seems to share the same name as the author. I wonder why.

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• Author Avatar: Barely....
• Badass Longcoat
• Flight
• Goggles Do Nothing: He just likes 'em.
• Midair Bobbing: Just because.
• Nice Hat: Detective hat.
• Original Character

Mystery

A Cat Girl that is No Limit's (distant) cousin. Mystery is very Genre Savvy and often gets frustrated with her cousin.

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• Cat Girl
• Deadpan Snarker:
  No Limit: Rika just needs to see for herself what she's gonna be dealing with....
  Mystery: Oh, how enigmatic.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• The Lancer: Less of a standard kind than Wolf, but still fits.
• Shorttank: Annoyed and highly sarcastic...but dresses in pink.

Wolf

Wolf is a deadly serious swordsman who claims to know people's needs, but is rather smug about it.

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• Badass Long Robe
• Big Brother Mentor: To everyone he meets, to much their annoyance.
• The Comically Serious: The only way to get laughs for this guy.
• Dynamic Entry: Did this in his Big Damn Heroes moment.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Knight in Sour Armor: Only reason he fights is because of someone.
• The Lancer
• The Stoic

Time Zone

Time Zone is a fame-seeking time-traveling hero. He only joined Team Limit due to hearing that it will be pretty famous in the future. Though, is he really a good guy?

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• Butt Monkey
• The Smart Guy

Tropes associated with Team Limit

• Big Damn Heroes: No Limit and Wolf save Rika from her first Velasoulraptor attack.
• Dynamic Entry
• Mr. Expositon: Lampshaded by chapter title when the whole team took this role for Rika.
• Retcon: Those extra Team Limit characters? Yeah, they never appeared.

Leon

You may know him as Squall Leonhart. He renounced that name when the Radiant Garden was destroyed and now serves as one of Radiant Garden's generals.

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• Big Brother Mentor: Like how he was for Sora, he serves as one for Rika.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars
• The Stoic
• Too Many Belts: He wears them on his arms!