History VideoGame / BravelySecond

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Sergeant Sapp and Private Piddler. Even if they work for the empire and are responsible for two of the early difficult fights in the game, it’s hard not to find them endearing.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The gyroscopic movie of Magnolia rescuing Tiz has a dialogue deviation from the version in ''Default'' - namely, Magnolia's "Chamomile" battle cry and subsequent explanation, [[spoiler:whose meaning isn't even delivered in this game until after the final boss' first round,]] has been replaced with her telling the enemy in French to "go boil an egg", a vulgar insult roughly analogous to being told to fuck oneself, and observing that her boss would tell her to watch her mouth.
** This exchange happens in Turtle Dove's Bestiary entry:
-->'''Yew:''' That Little Gift raises its own BP by 3, huh? I don't know... seems a bit desperate to me.\\
'''Magnolia:''' Yes, and what's wrong with it? Why can't a woman [[ADateWithRosiePalms give herself a little gift]] sometime, huh?

This game is set to be followed by (and not confused for) ''VideoGame/BravelyDefaultII'', which (much like [[Franchise/FinalFantasy its parent series]]) is a NonLinearSequel set in an entirely new world and is in the works for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch for 2020.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Due to there being fewer chapters, the endgame of ''Second'' doesn't really carry the expectation of a full party in the Lv 90s with most jobs mastered in the same way that ''Default'' did.

** Lord Earl Gulliver[[note]]He's not an earl, his ''name'' is Earl[[/labelnote]], murder victim renowned in Eisen for his wealth[[labelnote:*]]Gulliver Quick is the title character of a murder mystery written by Marleen Earl and published in 1992, whose title character dies on page one [[/note]]

** Rocca Pellar[[note]]"Rockapella", the a capella band from ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''[[/labelnote]], grandson of the famous bard Arca Pellar[[labelnote:*]]"a capella"[[/note]], whose students were the subject of Praline's sidequest in ''Default''.

** Sholmes[[note]]Franchise/SherlockHolmes[[/labelnote]], wannabe sleuth (and [[TangledFamilyTree nephew of both]] police detective Heinkel and private investigator Kikyo), and his friend Whitson[[labelnote:*]]Watson[[/note]] [[spoiler:whose name is much less appropriate]]

* ExponentialPotential: Spellcraft. It works on ''any'' spell [[labelnote:*]]Catmancy isn't technically magic[[/labelnote]], and it not only enhances the spell's power, but it also lets you do things like attack before any other enemy, change a magic attack into a physical attack, cast the same spell on a group over multiple turns, or even cast the same spell 4 times in a row! The only things keeping it from being a ''complete'' GameBreaker is that it costs more Mana, more BP, and takes up 2 ability slots. It can also be combined with ''Good Measure'', which merges two of the same spell being cast on the same turn with an extra power boost.

** The Wizard is initially limited to Spirit Magic, which is a fairly weak selection of spells that only target the entire enemy party, and the only thing it has going for it is elemental coverage[[labelnote:*]]Black Magic covers four elements, White Magic two, and Time Magic one plus non-elemental; Spirit Magic comes in all seven plus non-elemental[[/labelnote]]. However, its main selling point is Spellcraft: ShapingYourAttacks in a variety of increasingly useful ways. The only reason Spirit Magic exists is to provide an elemental foundation; Spellcraft can be combined with any pure magic type in the game.

** Gho Gettar[[labelnote:*]]"go-getter"[[/labelnote]], a four-star scholar from Al-Khampis and avid reader of Master Kamiizumi's book on swordsmanship.
** Mittleman[[labelnote:*]]"middleman"[[/labelnote]], the Deputy Director of the Power Betterment Office of Ancheim.
** Jambalay, Risotto, and Paella, hired help for Ominas Crowe, who unfairly divvies rations and gives the lion's share to his d'gon. Jambalay[[labelnote:*]]from "jambalaya"[[/labelnote]] is also the son of the poor delivery guy who was originally going to bring their restock.
** Sholmes[[labelnote:*]]Franchise/SherlockHolmes[[/labelnote]], wannabe sleuth (and [[TangledFamilyTree nephew of both]] police detective Heinkel and private investigator Kikyo), and his friend Whitson[[labelnote:*]]Watson[[/labelnote]] [[spoiler:whose name is much less appropriate]]
** Lord Earl Gulliver[[labelnote:*]]He's not an earl, his ''name'' is Earl[[/labelnote]], murder victim renowned in Eisen for his wealth[[labelnote:*]]Gulliver Quick is the title character of a murder mystery written by Marleen Earl and published in 1992, whose title character dies on page one [[/labelnote]]
** Madam Goldiga Gulliver[[labelnote:*]]"gold digger"[[/labelnote]], Earl's widow [[spoiler:and murderer]]
** Lande Lessor[[labelnote:*]]"lessor" referring to the one providing a lease[[/labelnote]], current landowner of Starkfort, who was about to sell the property to Earl before his death
** Noah Enterest[[labelnote:*]]"interest"[[/labelnote]], Earl's financial advisor
** Rocca Pellar[[labelnote:*]]"Rockapella", the a capella band from ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''[[/labelnote]], grandson of the famous bard Arca Pellar[[labelnote:*]]"a capella"[[/labelnote]], whose students were the subject of Praline's sidequest in ''Default''.
** Chancellor Ursula U. [=DeWitt=][[labelnote:*]]"You do it"[[/labelnote]], who makes Edea the Superintendent of Education simply so that there's less work for her to do.
** Hedy Steddie [[labelnote:*]]"steady head"[[/labelnote]], who streamlines the instructions that [=DeWitt=] hands off.
** Preema Proppa [[labelnote:*]]"prim and proper"[[/labelnote]], who ''tries'' to keep [=DeWitt=] on task.
** Rhea Veeling[[labelnote:*]]"revealing"[[/labelnote]], former soldier of the Bloodrose Legion, who was complicit in [=DeRosa=]'s corruption of Florem into a place where fashion comes first and skin is shown.
** Swetti Tracsute[[labelnote:*]]"sweaty tracksuit"[[/labelnote]], former Eternian Sky Knight and a perspiration-prone brawler.

* SevenDeadlySins: [[spoiler:The Nemeses from Norende[[labelnote:*]]who were themselves bosses from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight''[[/labelnote]] that embody them all return as bonus bosses on the stone monuments after getting the final asterisk]].

* The Adventurer's fox companion appears outside of Vampire Castle [[spoiler:after defeating Yōko, selling Lv 7 magic scrolls for the mage classes. Because Lv 7 magic is unlocked at job level 11 via Awakening, its appearance there is dependent on the player having the Yōkai asterisk during a New Game+, allowing access to the magic without needing to go through the boss fight.]]

** The highest level Bow special attack, Angelic Pillar, is essentially Archer of Red's Noble Phantasm from [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha Fate/Apocrypha]]. Likewise, the highest level Greatsword special attack, Supernova, is a dead ringer for Saber's Noble Phantasm in [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Fate/Stay Night]].

*** Summoner Mephilia Venus was studying under Conjurer Yulyana. The Conjurer asterisk being removed, Invocation has become the Summoner's level 11 ability.

** Jackal and [=DeRosa=] both want the Watergem, the former to restore the oases around the desert, and the latter to create a clean, renewable energy source. It comes down to gambling the needs of the immediate desert dwellers over a positive future for all of humanity. The player decides which is more important in the end.

* AbortedArc:
** [[spoiler:At the end of Chapter 4, after time has stopped, if you visit Sylvie and the Matriarch Edea will be told that she must lie to the world and make herself out to be a bloodthirsty tyrant. However, at no point in the game does she need to do anything of the sort. Could possibly be a SequelHook.]]
** [[spoiler:Before his final boss battle in House Geneolgia's mausoleum, Denys tells Yew of the corruption of their ancestor, Foundar. After the boss battle, if the player returns to Foundar's grave they'll meet a shadowy figure who warns them of the "Eye of Foundar." After completing the Yokai side quest and learning more about House Geneolgia's history the figure becomes silent and the subject is not touched on again.]]

* AnimalEaredHeadband: With the return of the performer job, the girls receive yet again bunny ears, as well as in the Brave Bunny and Bonsoir Bunny outfits for Edea and Magnolia respectively. All party members receive cat ears when equipping the Catmancer asterisk, and a fox-eared headband/hood with the Yokai one.

** Yoko herself is unable to stop gorging herself on food, especially croissants. [[spoiler:Not even after revealing her true form does she stop this quirky side of hers. Her final note to the party is literally a cutscene titled, "So Long, And Thanks For All The Croissants".]]

** [[spoiler:Ringabel for Yoko’s asterisk fight. Played with in that whilst he helps out with special moves, he’s not controllable in any form, and Edea will eventually tell him to put a sock in it.]]

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Yokai asterisk is the final asterisk you can get in the game and has some of the most powerful moves in the game and grants the useful "Awakening" skill. However, that requires you grind the job level to maximum to get all these moves. Since you get this near the end of the game and only after doing all the other sidequests, the only real use it will have is to assist in the {{Bonus Dungeon}}s

* ItAmusedMe: Almost all of [[spoiler:Yoko's]] manipulative schemes to bring sadness on her victims and their tragic pasts related to them can be seen as this. [[spoiler:However, she is always doing a SecretTestOfCharacter so that her victims may find salvation to stop running away from their inner demons, but it is still ambiguous at best]].

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A ''massive'' example. Players will notice that a quick look at [[spoiler:the world map reveals the Caldis region has completely vanished from existence]] and it can't be found anywhere else. You eventually learn this is happening because [[spoiler:Yoko herself used her powers to make everyone outside Caldisla ''forget'' about the region (and vice versa with Caldisla) to keep Anne from ever using the Great Chasm to open a clear path between Luxendarc and the Celestial Realm to transport Ba'als without the moon noticing. Unfortunately, the seal is undone near the final moments of the game, and the Caldis Region shows up on the world map again]].

* LuminescentBlush: Plenty of times, for just about everyone in the party and Yoko. And the townswomen who were charmed by Angelo.

* OnlyOneName: Yoko, [[spoiler: Altair, Vega, and the true name of the Adventurer, Deneb.]]

* WhamEpisode: Par the course for the series by now at some stage, but in particular [[spoiler:the party discovering the Sword of the Brave and what Yew did to his brother, finding out Kaiser Oblivion is actually said brother, Denys' attempt to sacrifice himself to stop Anne, and the entirety of Yoko's asterisk quest.]]

* YouAllShareMyStory: Nearly all of the new asterisk bearers are revealed to be interconnected by the tale of the great plague; [[spoiler: Yoko carried it, Gried, the father of Yew and Denys, freed Yoko and thus spread it, Geist was dispatched to exorcise it, Revenant was a victim of it, Minette's mother and Norzen researched a cure for it, and the fallout of its ravages caused Braev's rebellion against the church, which led to Janne, Bella, and Nikolai's sufferings.]]

** As with ''Default'', different summoning spells are acquired by speaking to anchorites hidden in various dungeons throughout Luxendarc after acquiring the Summoner asterisk. However, the sidequests for returning asterisks give the player a choice between two boss fights and respective asterisks[[spoiler:, with the opportunity to claim the other one not coming until Chapter 5]]. If you choose to claim the Swordmaster asterisk instead, speaking to an anchorite will reward you with a katana (with the exception of Ameterasu's).

* ArtEvolution: Unlike the previous game, where most of the characters had a chibi-esque design, this game gives all of the characters more realistic proportions, something that was previously reserved for the Jobmasters. This also applies to returning characters such as Agnès. Case in point, [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131126015605/finalfantasy/images/8/88/BDFF_Agnès_Freelancer.png this]] is Agnès in ''Bravely Default'' and [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140728160400/finalfantasy/images/8/89/BS_Agnès_Pope.png this]] is Agnès in ''Bravely Second''. Regardless, the asterisks all maintain their towering proportions, except for Bella and Minette.
* ArcWords: ''"By what strange trick of fate do your paths cross anew?"'' [[spoiler: They become much more meaningful when you realize the narrator is Deneb, who has been watching over the party over the span of both games.]]
** "[[TitleDrop Bravely second]], the courage to try again."
** "Coup de gravy" is said by just about every major character at least once.

** [[spoiler:Aimee and Angelo’s battle in the second loop]] will involve them making the party weak to fire, and using fire element on their physical attacks. However, if the party casts Fire Mirror to reflect it back at them... and they won’t bother changing to a different element. [[spoiler:(In fairness, Angelo only has the one element at his disposal; Aimee has no such excuse.)]]

** PlayedForLaughs in the case of Bella and Kikyo. The first never got to introduce herself formally until the second time around... when Yew and Edea had already taken the asterisk from her, which she grudgingly points out in her second battle when she looks at Yew; the latter because... she's still too shy to speak much out of disguise [[spoiler:and Whitson is taking that into account when he disguises as her]], so an annoyed Edea ''does it for her''.

* {{Revision}}: In the previous game, activating all four crystals is bad, because it summons the Holy Pillar in this universe and creates a connected Great Chasm in the next one. In this game, Tiz mentions that this is not the normal function of crystals, and only by overcharging them until they "go wild" will the Holy Pillar be summoned. The real function of crystal vestals, then, is to keep the crystals at a not-previously-mentioned lower level of power which has only beneficial effects.

** Any non-Moonfarer [[spoiler:or non-Sagittan]] trying and failing to correctly pronounce any spoken French. Occasionally the other way around.

* SixthRanger: Magnolia Arch, if we are to count the previous four and Yew.

** Yew relating the story of how he, during his childhood, [[spoiler:accidentally cut his brother's right arm using the Sword of the Brave]] and then the latter disappeared from his life. An attentive player would easily find out through the voice clips alone that [[spoiler:his brother sounds so awfully familiar like Kaiser Oblivion...who then is shown not later on to be staring at his mechanized right arm and vaguely commenting about his past]], so players are not so easily shocked to find out the identity later on as intended. How did Yew ''not'' notice the rather obvious similarity before, then?

* LastOfHerKind: Magnolia Arch is from the world's moon, and the last of her kind after a demon attacks her homeland. Truth be told, she has her Vice President Appleberry up there, along with more survivors. [[spoiler:The Sagitta are related to her kind as they are descendants of Moon people who settled on Luxendarc]].

** The game itself is a direct sequel to the previous game, but even the marketing directly spoils that [[spoiler:Edea is the heir to the Eternian throne]] and spoils the True Ending where [[spoiler:Tiz is stuck in a coma and Ringabel returned to his home timeline]]. It also spoiled which of the [[spoiler: two endings]] from VideoGame/BravelyDefault was the true and "Canon" path.
** Likewise, trailers indicate some sort of [[spoiler:time shenanigans]] will be happening, like in the first game.

** As with ''Default'', different summoning spells are acquired by speaking to anchorites hidden in various dungeons throughout Luxendarc after acquiring the Summoner asterisk. However, the sidequests for returning asterisks give the player a choice between two boss fights and respective asterisks[[spoiler:, with the opportunity to claim the other one not coming until Chapter 5]]. If you choose to claim the Swordmaster asterisk instead, speaking to an anchorite will reward you with a katana.

** The Grandship has degraded back to a nation due to having used up all of its orichalcum compound.

** Edea, knowing full well by now [[spoiler:in the rewritten world of the past]] that Barbarossa and Praline will listen to her outrageous decision to support one over the other, devises a plan so that the group doesn't have to go all over the place to hear them out again. Only her method to lure Praline out works as intended, but her plan to get Barbarossa to come works by virtue of him conveniently sailing near Florem (he could be found in the western waters of Ancheim), conveniently having his men in Florem, and ''conveniently'' listening to her choice [[spoiler:while being inside a ''hidden'' lab that Fiore used to occupy]] and alerting the captain at top breakneck speed.

** [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking Ancheim is now sensitive to which end the player enters from]], preventing the player from constantly maneuvering the entire linear city to reach plot-important locations at the east end.

* AndIMustScream: The journal entry for Amphisbaena reveals [[spoiler:it's the exaggerated mutation of two researchers (twins, even) of ten researchers who protected Tiz during his stasis injected with Gigas Lich cells (the monster that used to protect the Earth Crystal but was felled by Magnolia during the raid) that were developed into baena cells. There were two of them originally, but then they were put together and devoured ''each other'', mutating even ''further'' and becoming what you saw. The last part of the entry points out how, even after they have been mutated into monsters, they ''still retain all their painful memories of having been turned into a monster with two heads...and every single time a head is disembodied, only for the cells to painfully regenerate them quickly'']].

** Trigger conditions for {{Limit Break}}s can now be selected independent of weapon type (Brave, Heal, Items), as opposed to the triggers being tied to weapon types like in the previous game.

** [[spoiler:Aimee and Angelo’s battle in the second loop]] will involve them making the party weak to fire, and using fire element on their physical attacks. The party can cast elemental mirror to reflect it back at them…and they won’t bother changing to a different element.

** [[spoiler: The -ja level elemental magic spells, Firaja, Blizzaja, Thundaja, and Aeroja, are good and powerful...but they cost 99 MP each, so you can't just use them willy-nilly unless you have a party setup that allows for easy MP restoration or casting spells for free.]]

* WeirdMoon: The moon of Luxendarc is host to a SpaceBase, populated by Ba'al Busters whose duty is to protect the world below from EldritchAbominations. The reconstruction of Fort-Lune is roughly on the same scale as that of Norende in ''Default''. [[spoiler:When it is destroyed at the end of Chapter 4, time halts on Luxendarc; Magnolia recounts a legend that the moon was what brought about the flow of time.]] The opening cinematic also shows Magnolia fighting alongside the Buster Ships without any sort of space suit, but it's not clear whether that's a case of WeirdMoon or BatmanCanBreatheInSpace.

** The BonusBoss can hit very hard with its assortment of abilities, but [[spoiler: if the Companion starts the round [=KOed=], it ''will'' use Call Comrade to resuscitate it. This counts as healing, of course, so as long as Winter Storm is in effect, the Adventurer is effectively helpless.]]

* AndIMustScream: The journal entry for Amphisbaena reveals [[spoiler:it's the exaggerated mutation of two researchers (twins, ''even'') of ten researchers who protected Tiz during his stasis injected with Gigas Lich cells (the monster that used to protect the Earth Crystal but was felled by Magnolia during the raid) that were developed into baena cells. There were two of them originally, but then they were put together and devoured ''each other'', mutating even ''further'' and becoming what you saw. The last part of the entry points out how, even after they have been mutated into monsters, they ''still retain all their painful memories of having been turned into a monster with two heads...and every single time a head is disembodied, only for the cells to painfully regenerate them quickly'']].

** PlayedForLaughs in the case of Bella and Kikyo. The first never got to introduce herself formally until the second time around... when Yew and Edea had already taken the asterisk from her, which she grudgingly points out in her second battle when she looks at Yew; the latter because... she's still too shy to speak much out of disguise, so an annoyed Edea ''does it for her''.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Caldisla. It’s the first city visited in ''Default'', which is followed up by a trip to the Norende chasm. In ''Second'', it’s the last...again followed up by a trip to the chasm. It’s even referred to as the “Land of Endings”, in contrast to its title “Land of Beginnings”, from the former.]]

** After the above is done, you can fight [[spoiler:the Adventurer and the Companion in the Dimension's Cauldron (the volcano dungeon in Eisen that used to lead to the Fire Temple)]]...[[spoiler:which THEN leads to a ''harder'' boss fight against the Adventurer in his...her Deneb form right immediately]].

** Not quite, but the same principle. In the bestiary, you may notice that you're missing the first "tier" of Imperial soldiers even as you approach the end of the game. You finally encounter them in the last Imperial area, and it turns out that they're the Empire's strongest forces, being either a BoxedCrook, an elite trying to catch the enemy by surprise, or a SuperPrototype.

** This bit requires quite a bit of grinding (or lots of friends to send you low-level ones), but fill the Ba'als' bestiary entries and you will notice Purple Pen/[[spoiler:Altair]] getting distraught by the scenes on the background. [[spoiler: You later indeed find out the Ba'als and the background are indeed made from his and Vega's memories together]].

** Hedy Steddie [[labelnote:*]]"steady"[[/labelnote]], who streamlines the instructions that [=DeWitt=] hands off.

Two years after the events of ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', the HighFantasy world of Luxendarc is at last moving towards peace with a treaty signing between the formerly warring factions of the Crystal Orthodoxy and Duchy of Eternia. Unfortunately, this fragile peace is soon destroyed by the newly established [[TheEmpire Glanz Empire]], when its [[TheEmperor leader]], [[BigBad Kaiser]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Oblivion]], [[DamselInDistress kidnaps]] the Crystal Orthodoxy's [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]], [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo former Warrior of Light Agnès Oblige]], and declares war on the rest of the world.

* FailedASpotCheck:
** Janne completely missed out Yew using the pendant for communicating with Agnès [[spoiler:at the time when Janne had revealed his treason to the Three Cavaliers]].
** Kikyo and Heinkel, despite ''many'' searches for the LockedRoomMystery plot, [[spoiler:never found out about the secret passage to said room used by the killers. Particularly grating because one of their sweeps was specifically to look for any hidden passages.]]

* FiringOneHanded: [[DefiedTrope Denied]] to both the player party and enemies. Firearms are a single, two-handed weapon class, which means that a character cannot fire so much as a pistol with one hand, let alone a BFG. Aimee herself swings her [[BayonetYa guncleaver]] one-handed for normal attacks, but fires it two-handed for any Hawkeye specialties.

* SevenDeadlySins: [[spoiler:They all return as bonus bosses on the stone monuments after getting the final asterisk]].

** '''[[spoiler:Revenant:]]''' [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is]] [[spoiler:[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya Revenant Grace]]!]] [[YouKilledMyFather You killed my Daddy!]] [[PreparetoDie Prepare to die!]]