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Lunar
Debatable claims, but still a great game.

The Sega CD console was starved for a handful of decent videogames, let alone RPGs, in the midst of the Console Wars between the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Along came a game called Lunar: The Silver Star, developed by Game Arts (the company that would later go on to produce the Grandia series, and partake in the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl), and starring a young boy named Alex, a young musician who hoped to one day be like his idol, the late Dragonmaster Dyne, and Nall, his companion who happens to look like a winged cat. After jumping at the call to adventure from an ancient dragon named Quark, he finds himself dragged into a battle against the Vile Tribe and their leader, the Magic Emperor. The game was translated to North America by Working Designs.

On the surface, Lunar: The Silver Star looks like any old role-playing game, but its blend of engaging characters, compelling plot, and occasional fourth wall-breaking humor (Most courtesy of the signature Working Designs dub work) have helped land it in a spot among the greats of RPG history. It became a sleeper hit despite the Sega CD's short lifespan, and was one of the best-selling games in the console's history in Japan and North America, paving the way for a sequel, entitled Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Heavily updated remakes of both games would surface on the PlayStation several years later, which included updated graphics, new characters, and clarifications to some plot points that weren't fully explored in the originals. Lunar: The Silver Star also received a Gameboy Advance remake called Lunar Legend early in that system's life. It was published by Ubisoft, of all people. The less said about it, the better.

Lunar: The Silver Star focuses on the young Hero Alex. Alex dreams of becoming a Dragonmaster like his hero Dyne, and serving the goddess Althena. So, along with his flying cat friend Nall, his greedy friend Ramus, and his not-special-in-any-way-but-boy-is-her-magic-voice-interesting female "friend" Luna, Alex sets off to meet the four dragons and gain their powers. Along the way Alex meets more characters who join the party, and comes into conflict with the Magic Emperor who wants to rule Lunar.

Lunar: Eternal Blue takes place a thousand years after the first game, and centers on Hiro, a young treasure hunter, and his companion Ruby, whom fans of the first game can by now guess is a baby dragon. While escorting his grandfather up to a mysterious tower, he meets Lucia, a Mysterious Waif who claims to be from the Blue Star. Hiro takes it upon himself to take Lucia on a mission to see the Goddess Althena, who now rules from the holy city of Pentagulia. But as they make their journey, they find that things are not as they appear in the world.

There's been rumors of a third installment in the series since as far back as 1996. Almost a decade later, there was an attempt to revive the series with a prequel called Lunar: Dragon Song.

A Gaiden Game was also made for the series called Lunar: Walking School, later remade into Magic School Lunar! However, this game was never released outside of Japan.

A new remake of Lunar: Silver Star called Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star was announced recently. It is scheduled for release in 2009.
These games provide examples of:
  • Accidental Pervert: Hiro, multiple times throughout Eternal Blue.
    • It's not so accidental in the Sega CD version
  • A Boy And His X: Both Lunar: The Silver Star and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue have flying "cats" that follow the lead character around.
  • Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Subverted in the first game. Just before the final confrontation, Ramus recognizes you as a true hero, and allows you to take any item you want from his shop for free.
  • Adventurer Archaeologist: This is Hiro's "profession" at the beginning of Eternal Blue; the introduction even features a long rolling boulder chase.
  • Always Chaotic Evil: The Vile Tribe was originally portrayed this way.
  • Anti Villain: Phacia in Silver Star Story Complete and Leo in Eternal Blue. Ghaleon is an arguable case since despite his noble intentions, he acts like a Card Carrying Villain most of the time.
  • The Atoner: White Knight Leo and Ghaleon, both from Eternal Blue.
  • A Twinkle In The Sky: Ronfar and Hiro go flying off with one of these after the women catch them spying on Lucia while she's changing.
  • Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other: Despite all their fighting, Kyle breaks out of stone to save Jessica.
  • Bag Of Sharing, averted: Each character can carry a set number of items, and only those can be accessed in battle. Any extras can be left with Nall/Ruby.
  • Batman Gambit: The Magic Emperor uses the heroes' altruism to help him achieve his goals. There's a bit of dramatic irony there because Ghaleon's introduction makes him damn close to Obviously Evil. But he is a Villain With Good Publicity who actually uses his right-hand woman to deflect suspicion off of himself.
  • Base On Wheels: The Magic Emperor's Grindery.
  • Betting Mini Game: The blackjack mini-game with Brett in Saith in the original Lunar. Whatever you do, do not take up his offer for the double-or-nothing game if you should make any money from him. He's from Reza, a city of thieves, which makes him a Cheating Bastard by default.
  • BFS: Not a playable character, but Master/Hell Mel can wield an axe that is much larger and heavier than he is..with only one hand.
  • Bittersweet Ending: In Eternal Blue, in the "first" ending, Lucia must return to the Blue Star alone to continue her vigil in ensuring it becomes inhabitable again. In the Epilogue Hiro finds a way to the Blue Star to join her, but it comes with the suggestion that he may never come back to Lunar..
  • Boisterous Bruiser / Badass Normal: Kyle. In the remake, he fools other bandits with a considerably ugly and unconvincing Wholesome Crossdresser disguise. There's also the aforementioned Master Mel.
  • Bratty Half Pint: Nash.
  • Broken Bridge, Inverted: It's an actual bridge, and your party members are the ones who do the breaking.
  • But Now I Must Go: Lucia, at the end of the second game. Hiro finds a way to go with her in the Playable Epilogue.
  • But Thou Must: Occasionally Lamp Shaded; one NPC that does this to you says that he can keep this up much longer than you can.
  • Calling Your Attacks: Everyone yells different things for different attacks. Some characters call their attacks, others will spout a Catch Phrase.
  • Capital City: Meribia, the largest city in the entire world, and home to one of the Four Heroes, to boot.
  • Catch Phrase: In Eternal Blue, Lemina loves to use the word "mega".
  • Cat Girl: The beastpeople, though it's hard to tell what kind of Petting Zoo People they're supposed to be sometimes. The animal traits are usually seen more in the men, with women looking more like elves. The prequel, Dragon Song, features one as a much more typical catgirl.
  • Chekhov's Gun: The sword in Dyne's Monument.
  • Clingy Jealous Girl: Ruby, at the beginning of Eternal Blue.
  • Clipped Wing Angel
  • Corrupt Church: Althena's Chosen in Lunar: Eternal Blue
  • Cute Monster Girl: A lot of the Vile Tribe appear as goblin-like monsters. However, Xenobia, Phacia and Royce of the Vile Tribe are all hot women in Stripperiffic outfits...
  • Dance Battler: Jean, until she switches to martial arts.
    • This makes her a significantly less useful character, annoyingly enough. Ranged attacks are very helpful, and she loses hers after the switch.
    • Your Mileage May Vary on that one, some people find battles easier with Jean's martial arts skills rather than with her throwing fan or her dance moves.
  • Demi Human: The beastpeople and the Vile Tribe both qualify as this, both with varying levels of humanity.
  • Did Not Do The Research: Many fans believe Working Designs to be the creators of the game and not Game Arts, attributing various non-localization aspects of the games to them and in the past petitioning them to make another game in the series.
  • Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu: The defeat of Zophar by Hiro, Ronfar, Jean, Lemina, Leo, Lucia, and Ruby.
    • The defeat of Ghaleon by Alex and his party counts as well since Ghaleon at that time had both the goddess's and his own powers.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Female Ruby plays much the same role in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue as male Nall does in Lunar: the Silver Star.
    • Only in the story. In battle, unlike Nall who revived, Ruby will sometimes fight. So no, not really, no.
  • The Dragon: Xenobia of the Vile Tribe. In the remake, she is joined by her sisters Royce and Phacia. The skeletal Black Dragon also arguably counts, being the only one of the four that survived in the war against the Magic Emperor, but went crazy as a result.
  • The Dulcinea Effect: Hiro's devotion to Lucia. So much so, in fact, that the The Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Cliches calls this trope the Hiro Rule.
  • Dynamic Difficulty: The bosses in the Lunar remake adjusted their statistics with Alex's level, making some boss battles harder than normal.
  • Earth That Was: The humans of Lunar all came from the Blue Star, which is now a frozen wasteland.
  • Elemental Powers: Some characters will have elemental magic in their special abilities. Ghaleon has one of each, except for Lightning.
  • Elemental Rock Paper Scissors: Spelled out in Eternal Blue with five elements, and color-coded crests for each: Earth (orange), Fire (red), Lightning (yellow), Ice (blue) and Wind (green).
  • Emotionless Girl: Lucia, though she feels more as time passes.
  • Eternal Engine: The Grindery.
  • Evil Costume Switch: Luna in Silver Star.
  • Evil Laugh: The Magic Emperor Ghaleon is one of the best at this. Zophar has his share of evil laughs as well.
  • Evil Overlord: The Magic Emperor is this and Card Carrying Villain for the most part. There is some hidden moral ambiguity in his reason to conquer the world, though.
  • Expy: A handful of characters from Eternal Blue appear to be simply re-tooled versions of characters from Silver Star.
    • It's also averted to some degree, at least with Lemina. Despite being the direct descendant of Mia, having the same Elemental Powers and being a recolored version of her with a ribbon tied around her waist, Lemina couldn't be more unlike Mia; she is an extremely pushy extrovert, while Mia was an extremely polite introvert.
    • At the other end of the spectrum, there's Ramus, the descendant of the first game's Ramus, who is a perfect replica of his ancestor. The Grand List named a line item for him, too.
  • Face Heel Turn: Ghaleon in Silver Star Story and Leo in Eternal Blue.
  • Fake Defector: Nash, in the original Silver Star. This was changed to a genuine Face Heel Turn in Complete.
  • Fake King: Xenobia replacing Lemia Ausa in Silver Star.
  • Fanservice: The various "bromides" (pictures) of the female cast members in the Silver Star Story remake. There's a purchasable version in the original, but you can't do anything with it, aside from equipping Nash with it (for +1 defense).
  • Fantastic Racism : Between the humans and the beastpeople in Dragon Song.
  • Fantasy Pantheon: Althena and the four dragons.
  • Feelies: The Complete remakes on the Play Station came with mini-strategy guides, cloth maps of the overworld, and a life-sized replica of Lucia's pendant (in the case of Lunar 2).
  • Fighting A Shadow: The first battle against "Ghaleon" in Silver Star Story.
  • Five Bad Band: Played straight in both games.
  • Five Man Band: The games have a variation of this; The Chick is the Mysterious Waif, but ends up as a Distressed Damsel before the game is over. Instead, there's an extra spot for The Medic.
  • Floating Continent: The magic city of Vane. The first time you go through, you have to pass through a large dungeon with enemies that are highly resistant to physical attacks. Once you make it to the end of the dungeon, you don't have to visit it again.
  • Fortune Teller: Royce in Silver Star Story, Lemina in Eternal Blue.
  • Furo Scene: The sole reason why Althena's Spring exists.
  • Gaiden Game: Lunar: Walking School.
  • The Gambler: Ronfar, who swears by his dice.
  • Genki Girl: Jessica and Lemina.
  • Genre Blindness: The main cast, when they initially meet him, have not the slightest hint of an idea that Ghaleon is eviler than evil, despite all the pretty silver hair and evil eyes and such. Amusingly, as Lunar: The Silver Star was one of the first RPGs ever to land in the West, a lot of people actually fell for it.
    • Let's be fair now, he's only a hero who protected the world from evil in very recent memory, and it's not like any of the other great heroes were evil.
  • Genre Savvy: Despite all his noble intentions and hidden moral ambiguity, for most of the game the Magic Emperor acts like an utterly evil bastard, complete with evil laughs, Large Ham moments and a worrying tendency to go out of his way to mock the hero when arguably he should be busy conquering the world or something. Why? Apparently only because he knows that that's what villains are supposed to do! Or it's just that much fun.
  • Get On The Boat: From Caldor Island to the main continent and back. In the original game, Luna stays behind and wishes Alex good luck, but in the remake, she stays with you for quite a while...just long enough to get kidnapped by Ghaleon.
  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Some of the bosses only seem to exist for the sake of having a boss fight at the end of the dungeon.
    • Subverted in the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue. The Phantom Sentry is a one time boss that appears out of nowhere, makes some cryptic statements, and disappears just as quickly, never to be seen again until the Playable Epilogue, in which he becomes very important.
  • Good Bad Bug: In the GBA remake of the first game, saving and reloading the game completely restores the party's HP and MP. The game is dead easy even without the trick.
    • There was a glitch that was actually worse from the same remake that allowed you to dupe accessories. This made it easy to get all the money you needed, and thus made the game EVEN easier.
  • Guest Star Party Member: Tempest, Laike and Ghaleon.
    • And Gwyn in Eternal Blue.
  • Handsome Lech: Ronfar. He's a notorious womanizer, which wears on the nerves of his fellow party members.
    • Don't forget Kyle, whom Ronfar is an Expy of.
  • Healing Hands: Jessica and Ronfar's magic.
  • Heel Face Turn: Apparently being dead for a thousand years gave Ghaleon a lot of time to reconsider his past actions. So when he's resurrected and becomes Zophar's Dragon, he immediately began subverting the Big Bad's plot. First subtly, and then overtly, despite knowing he's guaranteed to die again as a result.
    • If you read between the lines enough after having played both games, there are implications (subtle, but there) that he had some indication about Zophar's revival and return, and that was what he was really working to guard against in the first place in Silver Star.
    • Also, Nash from Silver Star Story Complete counts as well. It takes a huge slap from his mistress and beatdown by the party to knock some sense into him.
    • Phacia from Silver Star Story Complete.
    • And let's not forget Leo in Eternal Blue... at least when he's not going back the other way. He ping-pongs back and forth, because he really does want to do good and fight for truth and justice, fight as a knight of Althena and defeat the Destroyer, but he can't figure out which side that is...
  • Heel Face Revolving Door: Leo, so much. at least until he realizes how much he's been played and joins Hiro's side for good late in the game.
  • Heel Realization: White Knight Leo. The whole reason he flip-flops between Heel and Face. By the time he's mostly sided with Hiro, he's had to accept that the Althena he served was a fake, put into position by the real dark god, Zophar, that he's been trying to slay Lucia, 'the destroyer', who was actually a servant of the goddess Althena (or perhaps even her younger sister) and trying to protect the world from Zophar, and that he's probably slaughtered countless other innocents unquestioningly on the orders of his false goddess. It's a tough pill to swallow.
  • Heroic BSOD: Dyne's supposed death is one of the reasons Ghaleon turned to the side of evil.
  • Hero Worshipper: Alex really, really loves Dragonmaster Dyne...but not in that way, of course. He actually gets a chance to live out his dream.
  • Hilarious Outtakes: In the "Complete" versions. They run after the credits.
  • Ho Yay: The Working Designs translation had a Running Gag about Ruby willfully misinterpreting Leo's attempts to get Hiro to join him as come-ons. Also, some have managed to interpret Dyne and Ghaleon's friendship as a bit more than friendship, Or So I Heard.
  • Humanity Ensues: Nall, in Eternal Blue. Ruby also had a human form drawn in the artbook, whether this was ever planned to be implemented in the plot at all is anyone's guess.
  • I Am Not Weasel: Ruby.
  • I Am Who: Luna
  • Improbable Weapon User: Jean, for the first portion of the game, fights with dancer fans. Bladed dancer fans.
  • Inspector Javert: White Knight Leo, in Eternal Blue.
  • Interspecies Romance: Kyle and Jessica in the first game, Ronfar and Mauri in the second.
  • Jeigan Character: Laike late in the first game, and Lucia early in the second.
  • Jerk With A Heart Of Gold: Kyle. Because of the way he is, Jessica can't decide if she loves him or hates his guts.
  • Jumped At The Call (Both Alex and Hiro)
  • Just Like Robin Hood
  • Kaizo Trap: So you just beat the Magic Emperor. Do remember to play the ocarina, mmkay?
  • Knight In Shining Armor: The Dragonmasters. Also this is what White Knight Leo thinks he is...
    • Don't forget Mystere!
  • Large Ham: The Magic Emperor in Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Also, in the same game, Hell Mel to the lesser extent.
    • Again, don't forget Mystere!
  • Lighter And Softer: Arguably, The Silver Star Story Complete is less dark and more on the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale Of Idealism Versus Cynicism than its predecessor. Not that the original was particularly grim to begin with, but several of the traumatic events were scaled down or omitted entirely, as the villains were by-and-large less extreme and more sympathetic.
  • Magic Dance: Jean's first special attacks.
  • Magic Music: Luna's special attacks. Also she can make people sick and raise the fortress of Althena with her music.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Ghaleon is one of gaming's earliest examples.
  • Megumi Hayashibara: Voiced Lemina in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
  • Memetic Mutation: The internet-famous "Shii's Song" is a sped-up version of the Wind Nocturne from Silver Star Story.
  • Metal Slime: The fluffy and rare Shiro Tail in the White Dragon Cave of Silver Star Story.
  • Miser Advisor: Lemina from Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
  • Mr Vice Guy
  • Music For Courage: Luna and the other imprisoned girls in the Grindery when Alex is trying to raise the Blue Dragon Shrine.
  • Musical Spoiler: In the Updated Rerelease on the PSX, you can select Alex's ocarina, which opens a song select menu. One of the tracks is titled "Magic Emperor Ghaleon". Yeah...
  • Mysterious Waif: Luna in the first game, Lucia in the second.
  • Naked On Arrival and Naked First Impression: Lucia, being an Emotionless Girl, has a lot of these scenes and takes a long time to figure out what the big deal is about Hiro seeing her naked. By the time she gets it, she's not pleased.
  • Names To Run Away From Really Fast: Vile Tribe.
  • Narrator: At the beginning of Eternal Blue, Ghaleon (for some reason) opens the story by talking about the history of Althena, Lunar and the Blue Star.
  • Non Human Sidekick: Nall, Alex's pet friend, who provides most of the game's jokes when interacting with townsfolk. Ruby in the second game, who does pretty much the same, but also breathes fire and has a crush on Hiro.
  • Not Blood Siblings: Luna is Alex's adopted sister. Thankfully, this fact is not brought up much, and they are presented more as childhood friends than as brother and sister.
  • Not Herself: Lemia. She throws Alex and company into the dungeon upon their first meeting at the Vane magic guild. It is later revealed that this Lemia was actually Xenobia, and the real Lemia was thrown in the dungeon and slapped with a crown that robbed her of most of her memory.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: Kyle claims to do this in Silver Star Story, but Ronfar in Eternal Blue is a better example. He uses this to try and duck out of helping Hiro, pretending to be a useless, Handsome Lech of a Gambler and not responding to the name 'Ronfar', up until he notices how serious Lucia's condition is.
  • Official Couple: Alex and Luna in the first game. Hiro and Lucia in the second.
  • Omnicidal Maniac: Zophar.
    Zophar: "It's time to destroy... everything..."
  • One Hit Point Wonder: Lucia for a time, after she gets de-powered by Zophar. She also loses the ability to attack, and runs away at any chance she gets.
  • Oral Fixation Fixation: Ronfar
  • Our Dragons Are Different: You could start a drinking game just based on how many times dragons are mentioned.
  • Paper Thin Disguise: Played (ahem) straight by Kyle in the first remake, but subverted by Leo in the second remake.
    • Leo? Surely you mean Mystere! He knows not the "Leo" of whom you speak.
  • Physical God(dess): Althena. Also Lucia, when her power isn't drained.
  • Playable Epilogue: Hmm... Bonus Dungeons!
  • Port Town: Saith.
  • Pretty In Mink: Quite a few outfits have fur trim. And in the cover of the Sega CD version of the first game, Luna wears a silver fur cape.
  • Psychic Dreams For Everyone: Right before his return voyage to Caldor Island, Alex has a dream that Luna gets taken away from him. Guess what happens when he actually goes back?
  • Raised By Wolves: Lucia, in Eternal Blue.
  • Random Encounters: Played straight in the original games, but completely averted in the remakes.
  • Ret Con: Seemingly averted, as Eternal Blue Complete ignored several of the new plot points introduced in Silver Star Story such as Luna being the only time Althena ever incarnated as a human.
  • Redemption Equals Death: Ghaleon in Eternal Blue. Well, re-death in his case.
  • Retired Badass: Laike.
  • Sarcastic Clapping: The Magic Emperor, after Alex defeats the Black Dragon. Nice job breaking the seal on Althena, hero.
  • Sensible Heroes Skimpy Villains: Luna's outfits before and after her Face Heel Turn.
  • Shout Out: Many of the Working Designs jokes consist of Shout Outs of various kinds.
  • Shrinking Violet: Mia.
  • Shy Blue Haired Girl: Luna.
  • So Bad Its Horrible: The general consensus on Lunar: Dragon Song for the Nintendo DS - the fan base is trying very, very hard to forget it ever existed.
  • Solid Gold Poop: What dragon diamonds are made.
  • Standard Status Effects: Nash and Jean have status-inflicting magic.
  • Status Buff: All characters with swords usually have a spell to boost their stats as well, while mages will usually have a spell to boost the stats of another character.
  • Stay With The Aliens: Hiro goes to Earth to be with Lucia in the Playable Epilogue.
  • Steven Ulysses Perhero: The name of the hero in Lunar 2? Hiro.
  • The Stinger: Eternal Blue's "Epilogue" mode.
  • Summon Magic: The spells of the four dragons.
  • Sword In The Stone: Althena's Sword. Right down to the stone.
  • Sword Of Plot Advancement: Several in the form of the Dragonmaster's equipment, collected piece by piece.
  • Takahashi Couple: Jessica and Kyle.
  • Taken For Granite: Hell Mel in Silver Star.
  • Tear Jerker: In Eternal Blue the entire sequence at the top of the goddess tower qualifies, especially when Nall eulogizes the playable cast from the first game as well as Luna's sacrifice. Sure we KNEW they were dead, the game takes place a thousand years later, but considering how well written and likable the cast of the first game was, this sequence made This Troper realize how attached he had grown to them.
    • Luna's "La La" song. Every time.
    • The entire scene where Ronfar saves Mauri.
  • That One Boss: Royce, in Silver Star Story. She curses your party when you enter the dungeon, making you start every battle with two random characters asleep. Sleeping characters take double damage from attacks, and thus tend to almost instantly die in every battle. The curse doesn't end until you defeat her, and she's all the way at the end of a rather long dungeon. It's entirely possible that your main damage dealing character (Alex), and healer (Jessica) will be asleep at the beginning of the fight with her, get instantly killed, and then she'll immobilize your other characters for several turns while she kills them.
  • Three Amigos: Alex, Ramus, and Luna.
  • Tomboyish Name: Royce.
  • Tsundere: Jessica, who as a priestess-in-training has a sensitive side, but also a very mean streak...especially when her boyfriend Kyle does something stupid.
    • Which is rather often.
  • Unusual Ears: Name a beastperson, any beastperson. Both of the main types are seen in their species.
  • Updated Rerelease: Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete updated a lot of the plot points from the original games and added extra anime cutscenes to go with them. Lunar: Silver Star is getting another remake called Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star for PSP.
  • Victorious Childhood Friend: Luna.
  • Villains Out Shopping: Though he's never shown tending to it, the Magic Emperor keeps a garden. A garden full of pixies, to boot. Could count as a Pet The Dog moment, since most of the pixies think he's a genuinely nice human.
    • His Bromide shows it. To top it off, he's smiling a rather nice smile, not the evil kind.
  • Villain With Good Publicity: Ghaleon milks this one as well as anyone, effectively turning the heroes into his minions.
  • We Are As Mayflies: In Eternal Blue, Nall has been alive for the past thousand years, long after his friends from the first game are dead and gone. This is a major cornerstone for his friendship with Ruby, who has to come to terms that she'll long outlive her non-dragon friends, too...
  • Well Done Son Guy: Ramus' dad, the mayor of Burg, won't accept his son's insistence on leaving the continent for any reason.
  • Well Intentioned Extremist: The Magic Emperor, albeit much more in Silver Star Story than the original.
  • White Haired Pretty Boy: Ghaleon.
  • Woolseyism: Much of the humor was actually added by Working Designs in the process of translation, especially the Fourth Wall jokes. Not everyone liked the jokes, though.
    • Ubisoft, who translated Lunar: Legend and Lunar: Dragon Song, were more faithful to the Japanese and added none of the distinctive humor. Many fans were not pleased.
  • Wutai Theft: Partially subverted. Ghaleon and Laike only join your party for a single mission each. You can steal their starting equipment and sell it, but it isn't much better than the stuff you've bought at that point. They're both ridiculously powerful, and can usually beat whatever comes to them bare-handed.
  • Xanatos Sucker: Alex's party in the first game. See also Nice Job Breaking It Hero.
    • Also, Hiro's party to certain degree. Zophar allowed Hiro's party to humanize Lucia enough so that she could not bring herself to cast the ultimate spell on Zophar, which would have destroyed Lunar as well. Zophar took advantage of this and captured Lucia, stealing her power to make himself even stronger.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: The first game practically wrote the book on the Shy Blue Haired Girl and the White Haired Pretty Boy. Green and pink are seen in other games.
  • You Should Know This Already: Ghaleon as the magic emperor. There is a book, which the player has access to within few minutes into the second game, that outlines the plot of the first game.
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