History VideoGame / CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence

* HeartbrokenBadass: Leon, in the second half of the game. [[spoiler: Sara slowly succumbs to vampirism, and has to die to save her own soul and to complete the Vampire Killer. Sara's death is devastating to Leon, but it also gives him the conviction to destroy Walter and Dracula. His [[leitmotif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLRnQqEyt0]] reflects this.]] ]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: Leon, in the second half of the game. [[spoiler: Sara slowly succumbs to vampirism, and has to die to save her own soul and to complete the Vampire Killer. Sara's death is devastating to Leon, but it also gives him the conviction to destroy Walter and Dracula. His [[leitmotif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLRnQqEyt0]] reflects this.]]

* OneWomanWail: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yko8bREz-tE Prologue to the Black Abyss]]". Also appears in "Prologue" and in Leon's theme, "Lament of Innocence".

-->'''[[spoiler: Mathias]]''': Not just you. [[ManipulativeBastard Your betrothed Sara, Rinaldo, and Walter.]] [[EvilGloating I used ''all'' of you.]]

* OriginsEpisode: The game explains the origins of Dracula and the Belmont clan's feud with him.

** This title actually blends a mix of Metroidvania and the Classicvania elements as while Leon does have stats like an RPG, they don't increase due to leveling. Rather, his stats are dependent entirely on the items he finds and equips. The game feels more like a Hack-&-Slash than any of the previous games have been so far.

* OminousPipeOrgan: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZqXZQCAl-4 Dark Night Toccata]]," of course!

* OneWomanWail: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yko8bREz-tE Prologue to the Black Abyss]]". Also appears in "Prologue" and in Leon's theme, "Lament of Innocence."

* UndergroundMonkey: Mostly prevalent with skeletons (regular, better-armed, teleporting, etc.), zombies (rotting, burning, and freezing)k and hounds (regular, bony, and shadowy).

* TheXOfY

** Leon finds out from Medusa that the whip isn't completed yet, so he questions Rinaldo on it, who prompts a [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow "need-to-know basis"]] on him, and rather harshly at that. [[spoiler: That's because it requires sacrificing someone who's been vampirized...such as Sara...]]
** Leon hears about the Ebony and Crimson Stones from Joachim and goes to ask Rinaldo about them. Yeah...[[BlatantLies those aren't going to be important at all in the near future...]]

** Walter attempts this by asking Leon how he "enjoyed his little gift" (ie. [[spoiler: vampirizing Sara]]), probably trying to antagonize Leon into growing enraged and being blinded by it so he can easily dispose of him. Leon doesn't take the bait and basically gives a restrained [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]] remark about giving him exactly what he needed to kill him.

* ThemeMusicWithholding: The classic "Vampire Killer" theme doesn't make an appearance until the end credits.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Mathias actually seems to believe that after everything Leon has suffered over the course of the game, that he would actually accept a [[WeCanRuleTogether We Can Rule Together]] offer. He was wrong.

** Mathias Cronqvist wears [[PrettyInMink a fur collar]], just like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow someone else who ended up being Dracula]] in another game released earlier the same year.]] He also looks [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon uncannily like Alucard/Genya Arikado.]] ]]

** Mathias Cronqvist wears [[PrettyInMink a fur collar]], just like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow someone else who ended up being Dracula]] in another game released earlier the same year]] He also looks [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon uncannily like Alucard/Genya Arikado.]] ]]

** Mathias Cronqvist wears [[PrettyInMink a fur collar]], just like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow someone else who ended up being Dracula]] in another game released the same year]] He also looks [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon uncannily like Alucard/Genya Arikado.]] ]]

** Mathias Cronqvist wears [[PrettyInMink a fur collar]], just like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow someone else who ended up being Dracula.]] in another game released the same year]] He also looks [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon uncannily like Alucard/Genya Arikado.]] ]]

** Mathias Cronqvist wears [[PrettyInMink a fur collar]], just like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow someone else who ended up being Dracula.]] ]] He also looks [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon uncannily like Alucard/Genya Arikado.]] ]]

** Cyclops' and Red Ogres have an attack that has them shooting a laser [[EyeBeams out of their eyes]].

* {{Fanservice}}: The Succubus. Also the metric ton of {{Bishounen}}.

* BadassBoast:
** "THE BELMONT CLAN WILL HUNT THE NIGHT!"

* EatingTheEyeCandy: ''Both'' female bosses comment on how hot Leon is.

** Joachim uses flying weapons in combat.

* OneWomanWail: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yko8bREz-tE Prologue to the Black Abyss]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMpyKidpIYU&list=PLC9359A4F839EBF37&index=33 Dracula Appears]]". Also appears in Leon's theme, "Lament of Innocence."

->'''Walter''': That power is quite something... but ''I'' am beloved by the Night! You will taste my powers!
->'''Leon''': I'll kill you ''AND'' THE NIGHT!!

--> '''Leon:''' Why is a vampire locked away in here?
--> '''[[HairTriggerTemper Joachim:]]''' '''Shut up!''' *proceeds to answer the question anyway*

* CastingGag: [[Creator/NobutoshiCanna Leon]] is a mighty warrior with an ambitious friend that betrays him and rejects his humanity using a red stone that summons god-like beings, and Leon swears to take his revenge on that friend. [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Now where have we seen that before?]]

* RecycledTitle: Much like with ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon Circle of the Moon]]'', ''Lament'' was released [[MarketBasedTitle outside North America]] as just ''Castlevania'' with no subtitle, the same as [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI the original NES game]] and [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania 64}} the first N64 outing]].

* ShutUpHannibal: Leon gives this to [[spoiler:Mathias after it's revealed he has orchestrated everything in his rage against God. He basically tells Leon that humanity is overrated and that "having eternity" is much better. Leon calls him a fool that Mathias threw away his own humanity for immortality, that he caused so many deaths just to spite God]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:It's sort of a ForegoneConclusion, being the origin of Dracula, but things don't end well for Leon at all. He lost not only the woman he gave up everything he was to save, but also his best friend, who sacrificed his humanity to become the infamous dark lord, [[TheBadGuyWins who leaves the game with his plans accomplished]].]]

*** Also, Rinaldo comments that Mathias has alchemical power in the opening cutscene. [[spoiler: Leon's reaction to this revelation is a sign that he doesn't know Mathias as well as he thinks he does]].

* KickTheDog: Walter attempts this by asking Leon how he "enjoyed his little gift" (ie. [[spoiler: vampirizing Sara]]), probably trying to antagonize Leon into growing enraged and being blinded by it so he can easily dispose of him. Leon doesn't take the bait and basically gives a restrained [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]] remark about giving him exactly what he needed to kill him.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: This title actually blends a mix of Metroidvania and the Classicvania elements as while Leon does have stats like an RPG, they don't increase due to leveling. Rather, his stats are dependent entirely on the items he finds and equips. The game feels more like a Hack-&-Slash than any of the previous games have been so far.

* LawfulStupid: Leon "I don't belong to the army anymore, so it wouldn't be right for me to take an army sword with me to the ''vampire's castle''..." Belmont. Of course, he had plans to take weapons from dead hunters in the area to compensate. So it's not entirely stupid, but still.

** Leon actually DOES take a weapon with him, as he actually begins the game with the Knife subweapon equipped, unlike other games where you have nothing until you find one. Granted, it's also just a knife, so not very useful compared to the sword he left behind, but it's not like he went ENTIRELY unarmed.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Played with in Walter's case. Rinaldo says early on that he is bored with his immortality and plays his twisted games with mortals simply as a means to pass the time.