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* FemmeFatale: The Queen.

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* SupermodelStrut: The Queen moves in a slow strut while swaying her hips in a deliberately sensual manner.


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* SupermodelStrut: The Queen moves in a slow strut while swaying her hips in a deliberately sensual manner.
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Sexy Walk was renamed/retooled into Supermodel Strut by TRS.


* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous figure and does a SexyWalk.

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* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous figure and does a SexyWalk.SupermodelStrut when she moves.



* SexyWalk: The Queen.

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* SexyWalk: SupermodelStrut: The Queen.Queen moves in a slow strut while swaying her hips in a deliberately sensual manner.
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* ArtificialStupidity: As mentioned in the main blurb, the AI isn't the sharpest to ever appear in the chess game. It's arguably worst in the NES port, where it's so adamant on never losing any pieces that putting so much as an enemy pawn in position to be captured will cause the CPU to lock up while it tries to think of a way out of the predicament.

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* ArtificialStupidity: As mentioned in the main blurb, the AI isn't the sharpest to ever appear in the chess game. It's arguably worst worse in the NES port, where it's so adamant on never losing any pieces that putting so much as an enemy pawn in position to be captured will cause the CPU to lock up while it tries to think of a way out of the predicament.

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* AttackReflector: The Knight defeats the Queen by bouncing her BalefulPolymorph back at her with his shield.

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* AttackReflector: The Knight defeats the Queen by bouncing her BalefulPolymorph transformation magic back at her with his shield.



* BalefulPolymorph: The Queen has powers to do this. For instance, her checkmate involves turning the King into both a donkey and a frog. The queen attempts this when defending against the knight, only for it to be reflected.



* ForcedTransformation: The Queen has powers to do this. For instance, her checkmate involves turning the King into both a donkey and a frog. The queen attempts this when defending against the knight, only for it to be reflected.



* BalefulPolymorph[=/=]VisualPun: When a Cannon blasts a Minister, the latter turns into an elephant before crumbling. This is a reference to the fact that the latter piece originated as a ''gajah'', or elephant, and that on one side the pieces are labeled as elephants.

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* BalefulPolymorph[=/=]VisualPun: ForcedTransformation[=/=]VisualPun: When a Cannon blasts a Minister, the latter turns into an elephant before crumbling. This is a reference to the fact that the latter piece originated as a ''gajah'', or elephant, and that on one side the pieces are labeled as elephants.
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* GeniusBruiser: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjZqAInK0E The Rook in its tutorial]], not too dissimilar to the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, right down to a penchant for smashing.

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* GeniusBruiser: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjZqAInK0E The Rook in its tutorial]], not too dissimilar to the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], right down to a penchant for smashing.
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** The Bishop's main weapon is a retractable blade built into his cross staff.

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** The Bishop's main weapon is a retractable blade built into his cross staff.crosier.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Game of Kings'', the Bishop’s weapon is a magic staff with a butt spike leading to this commonly being used both by then and against them (if their opponent takes their weapon). Similarly both the Knights and the Pawns swords can be used for this.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Game of Kings'', the Bishop’s weapon is a magic staff crosier with a butt spike leading to this commonly being used both by then and against them (if their opponent takes their weapon). Similarly both the Knights and the Pawns swords can be used for this.



* OffhandBackhand: Bishop checkmating King in ''Game of Kings'' after they levitate the crown off his head, the King charges at the Bishop only to run into the crook and get impaled.

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* OffhandBackhand: Bishop checkmating King in ''Game of Kings'' after they levitate the crown off his head, the King charges at the Bishop only to run into the crook crosier and get impaled.



* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through his chest. Bishops can also do this to Rooks by throwing the pointy end of their crook.

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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through his chest. Bishops can also do this to Rooks by throwing the pointy end of their crook.crosier.
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* DanceOff: The Knight and the Queen can get into one in ''Game of Kings''.

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* DanceOff: The Knight and the Queen can get into one in ''Game of Kings''. if the Knight is the one that captures her.
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** In ''Game of Kings'', if the Pawn is the one that checks the King, the King sees the enemy Pawn kneeling before him and shakes his hand. However, he doesn't suspect that it's a trap before the Pawn stabs him in the stomach with a knife, killing him.
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* SurrenderBackfire: When a Rook captures a Pawn, the Pawn drops his spear and surrenders, only for the Rook to smash him into the ground.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.



* BadassGrandpa: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.

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* CatchAndReturn: Bishops can kill Pawns like this in ''Game of Kings'' with the Pawn throwing a dagger at the Bishop who catches it with magic, then throws it back at the offender.



* NeckSnap: The Knight can do this to the Queen in ''Game of Kings''.

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* NeckSnap: The Knight can do this to the Queen in ''Game of Kings''. Bishops can kill the Queen this way by levitating Force Snap.
* OffhandBackhand: Bishop checkmating King in ''Game of Kings'' after they levitate the crown off his head, the King charges at the Bishop only to run into the crook and get impaled.



* SinisterMinister: The Bishop in ''Game of Kings'' is this, using such underhanded methods like poisoned chalices, sucking out souls and what amounts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Force Choke]].



* SwallowedWhole: How Rook takes Queen.

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* SwallowedWhole: How Rook takes Queen. The Bishop in ''Game of Kings'' also turns the Queen's magic against her to shrink her down, picks her up and then eats her.



* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through his chest.

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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through his chest. Bishops can also do this to Rooks by throwing the pointy end of their crook.




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* YourSoulIsMine: Bishops in ''Game of Kings'' can kill Pawns this way.
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* DropTheHammer: Rooks in ''Game of Kings'' carry a giant warhammer into battle.


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* FatBastard: Rooks in ''Game of Kings'' are these.
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* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook, drops his spear and tries to surrender. The Rook promptly [[HulkSmash pummels him]] into the ground. In ''Game of Kings'' he can accept wine from an enemy bishop which unsurprisingly turns out to be poisoned or allow himself to be distracted by tossed gold coins thrown by an enemy king and stabbed in the back.

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* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook, drops his spear and tries to surrender. The Rook promptly [[HulkSmash pummels him]] into the ground. In ''Game of Kings'' he can accept wine from an enemy bishop which unsurprisingly turns out to be poisoned or allow himself to be distracted by tossed gold coins thrown by an enemy king and stabbed in the back.clubbed from behind.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through this chest.

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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through this his chest.
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** In ''Game of Kings'', pieces often end up getting killed by their own weapons, either by accident or when another piece takes and uses them on them.
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* BringIt: Done by the Rook to the King in ''Game of Kings''.
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* BadassGrampa: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.

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* BadassGrampa: BadassGrandpa: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.
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* BadassGraamps: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.

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* BadassGraamps: BadassGrampa: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.
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* BadassGraamps: The King, who has no problems going toe to toe with much younger and stronger characters. ''Game of Kings'' also gives him a much more muscular build than the original game.


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* SwordCane: Carried by the King in ''Game of Kings''.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Game of Kings'', the Bishop’s weapon is a magic staff with a butt spike leading to this commonly being used both by then and against them (if their opponent takes their weapon).

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Game of Kings'', the Bishop’s weapon is a magic staff with a butt spike leading to this commonly being used both by then and against them (if their opponent takes their weapon). Similarly both the Knights and the Pawns swords can be used for this.
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* DanceOff: The Knight and the Queen can get into one in ''Game of Kings''.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Game of Kings'', the Bishop’s weapon is a magic staff with a butt spike leading to this commonly being used both by then and against them (if their opponent takes their weapon).
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* BeamOWar: Queen vs Bishop can result in a magic version this in ''Game of Kings''.

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* BeamOWar: Queen vs Bishop can result in a magic version of this in ''Game of Kings''.
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* BeamOfWar: Queen vs Bishop can result in a magic version this in ''Game of Kings''.

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* BeamOfWar: BeamOWar: Queen vs Bishop can result in a magic version this in ''Game of Kings''.
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* BeamOfWar: Queen vs Bishop can result in a magic version this in ''Game of Kings''.
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* The Knight can do this to the Queen in ''Game of Kings''.

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* NeckSnap: The Knight can do this to the Queen in ''Game of Kings''.
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* DuelWielding: Knights in ''Game of Kings'' wield a long sword in each hand.

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* DuelWielding: DualWielding: Knights in ''Game of Kings'' wield a long sword in each hand.
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* AttackReflector: The Knight defeats the Queen by bouncing her BalefulPolymorph back at her with his shield.


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* DuelWielding: Knights in ''Game of Kings'' wield a long sword in each hand.


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* KnightlySwordAndShield: In the original game, Knights have this combination of equipment.


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* The Knight can do this to the Queen in ''Game of Kings''.


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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In ''Game of Kings'', the Knight can overcome the Bishop’s reach advantage by throwing both swords through this chest.
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* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook, drops his spear and tries to surrender. The Rook promptly [[HulkSmash pummels him]] into the ground.

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* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook, drops his spear and tries to surrender. The Rook promptly [[HulkSmash pummels him]] into the ground. In ''Game of Kings'' he can accept wine from an enemy bishop which unsurprisingly turns out to be poisoned or allow himself to be distracted by tossed gold coins thrown by an enemy king and stabbed in the back.

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