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* PunchCatch: [[spoiler:Happens at the conclusion of the second Rivali fight, as previously FK gets knocked down back at the desert floor]].
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* {{Fanservice}}: A minor one in-universe: June thinks that King Casket's second phase is pretty hot. And she also admits to ogling the football players in the colosseum.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: A running gag with May and June - they both go into the tower, but instead of waiting for each other to come back once they return to the library, they end up going back in to the next highest floor FIGHT KNIGHT has reached. [[spoiler:June realizes what's going on when she gets May's note later on, causing her to stay back at the library until May returns, and eventually the sisters finally meet up and decide to go in together.]]

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* MissedHimByThatMuch: A running gag with May and June - they both go into the tower, but instead of waiting for each other to come back once they return to the library, they end up going back in to the next highest floor FIGHT KNIGHT has reached. Even when May figures out June has been back at the library, ''she still goes back in!'' [[spoiler:June realizes what's going on when she gets May's note later on, causing her to stay back at the library until May returns, returns (though she still complains about May going in even when she said she didn't want to), and eventually the sisters finally meet up and decide to go in together.together, just in time for the final floor.]]



* RapidFireFisticuffs: Goes without saying. While the player can unleash incredibly fast rapid attacks normally, one special move takes this above and beyond.

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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Goes without saying. While the player can unleash incredibly fast rapid attacks normally, one the Star-Eyed Special, the very first special move you start with, takes this above and beyond.beyond in a way that would make [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar its]] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure inspirations]] proud.
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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Football Gladiator and the Hockey Geisha ''don't'' actually end up fighting you at the end of the Chaotic Colosseum, but instead you get a rematch with Rivali.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Both Rivali and the Tower undergo this, but ''especially'' the Tower as it struggles to fulfill FIGHT KNIGHT's wish, continuously giving him stronger adversaries until it concludes that it needs to fight him ''itself'', transforming into an enormous draconic golem for a brawl in the sky.]]

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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Football Gladiator [[spoiler:Hot-Head and the Hockey Geisha Glacia ''don't'' actually end up fighting you at the end of the Chaotic Colosseum, but instead Rivali knocks them both out due to getting tired of their bickering, and fights you get a rematch with Rivali.instead.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Both Rivali and the Tower undergo this, but ''especially'' the Tower as it struggles to fulfill (or even ''comprehend'') FIGHT KNIGHT's wish, continuously giving him stronger adversaries until it concludes that it needs to fight him ''itself'', transforming into an enormous draconic golem for a brawl in the sky.]]
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* HopelessBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over. You ''can'' win the fight, [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose but the game will continue as if you lost anyway.]]

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* HopelessBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over. You ''can'' win the fight, [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose but this only causes Rivali to shoot you with the Rocket Punch early, and the game will continue as if you lost anyway.]]
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* HopelessBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over.

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* HopelessBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over. You ''can'' win the fight, [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose but the game will continue as if you lost anyway.]]
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Quite literally. [[spoiler: In the credits scene, it's revealed that FIGHT KNIGHT broke the arm he used to punch out the Archive's dragon form in the fall.]]

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Quite literally. [[spoiler: In the credits scene, aftermath of the FinalBoss, it's revealed that when FIGHT KNIGHT broke the arm he used to punch punched out the Archive's dragon form in with his left arm, he had broken it, though the fall.credits scene and Captain Cooke's dialogue imply it's been healing ever since the Archive fight.]]



* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: The Graveyard Grove, which is the floor comprised of what was once the town's graveyard, is the horror-themed floor that only has a light flavor of horror until [[spoiler:go into the catacombs, which amps up the creepy atmosphere, and and pick up one of the crests. The Butcher then ''immediately'' starts pursuing Fight Knight, and the only way to get rid of him is to either escape (which is difficult) or force the Butcher onto the hook at the back of the arena. The whole sub-plot implies that the town's former butcher was engaging in cannibalism, and he's become so consumed by ravenous hunger that he's turned into a horrifying abomination.]]

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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: The Graveyard Grove, which is the floor comprised of what was once the town's graveyard, is the horror-themed floor that only has a light flavor of horror until [[spoiler:go into the catacombs, which amps up the creepy atmosphere, and and pick up one of the crests. The Butcher then ''immediately'' starts pursuing Fight Knight, and the only way to get rid of him is to either escape (which is difficult) difficult), fight him off (not as difficult), or force the Butcher onto the hook at the back of the arena. The whole sub-plot implies that the town's former butcher was engaging in cannibalism, and he's become so consumed by ravenous hunger that he's turned into a horrifying abomination.]]
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** The speed of combat can be freely changed in the options menu, in case things are moving too quickly otherwise... or not quickly enough.
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* CirclesOfHell: [[spoiler:The Archive's aim is to fulfill the "directives" of all people: it achieves this goal in part by consolidating all people with similar "directives" in the same place, in a manner similar to Dante's Inferno.]]


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* HailfirePeaks: The Chaotic Colosseum shifts constantly between a LethalLavaLand with football and baseball themed hooligan enemies, and a SlippySlideyIceWorld with hockey-playing ninja and samurai.


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** [[spoiler:It's also implied that this is where The Tower sends people to "grant" their wishes.]]


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** The Chaotic Colosseum is home to the red-hot Hotrock player Hot-Head and the ice queen Icepuck player Glacia.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: FIGHT KNIGHT literally does this to every boss. [[spoiler:[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu He does end up breaking it in the final fight against the Archive, though.]]]]

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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: FIGHT KNIGHT literally does this to every boss. [[spoiler:[[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu He does end up breaking it in the final fight against the Archive, though.]]]]though]].]]
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* GenreShift: The game suddenly goes from pure fantasy to ScienceFantasy when [[spoiler:the core of the Tower is revealed to be an ancient computer system using {{Magitek}}. Most of the final floor takes place inside a virtual world created by the Tower A.I.]]
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: A running gag with May and June - they both go into the tower, but instead of waiting for each other to come back once they return to the library, they end up going back in to the next highest floor FIGHT KNIGHT has reached. [[spolier:June realizes what's going on when she gets May's note later on, causing her to stay back at the library until May returns, and eventually the sisters finally meet up and decide to go in together.]]

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* MissedHimByThatMuch: A running gag with May and June - they both go into the tower, but instead of waiting for each other to come back once they return to the library, they end up going back in to the next highest floor FIGHT KNIGHT has reached. [[spolier:June [[spoiler:June realizes what's going on when she gets May's note later on, causing her to stay back at the library until May returns, and eventually the sisters finally meet up and decide to go in together.]]

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* HopelessBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over.



* UnwinnableBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over.

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* FunnyAnimal: A good amount of them. The two [=NPCs=] who reside in the archives are both anthropomorphic mantises named May and June.

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* FunnyAnimal: A good amount of them. The two [=NPCs=] who reside in the archives are both anthropomorphic mantises named May and June.June, and the blacksmith is a ''dragon'' (or "Draconid", as the game calls him).


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* MissedHimByThatMuch: A running gag with May and June - they both go into the tower, but instead of waiting for each other to come back once they return to the library, they end up going back in to the next highest floor FIGHT KNIGHT has reached. [[spolier:June realizes what's going on when she gets May's note later on, causing her to stay back at the library until May returns, and eventually the sisters finally meet up and decide to go in together.]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:It's revealed on the final floor that The Tower is run by an A.I. originally created to "fulfill all directives" given to it, hence the rumor that The Tower grants wishes. Unfortunately, the A.I. had its own ideas about what its creators meant when they said they desired peace and stability in the world, and thus went through with what it calls "The Collective Directive."]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:It's revealed on the final floor that The Tower is run by an A.I. originally created to "fulfill all directives" given to it, hence the rumor that The Tower grants wishes. Unfortunately, the A.I. had its own ideas about what its creators meant when they said they desired peace and stability in the world, and thus went through with what it calls "The Collective Directive."]]Directive", with the first iteration implied to have been the complete annihilation of the civilization that created it.]]



* IronicHell: [[spoiler: FIGHT KNIGHT's curse was intended to be one by The Prince. Since FIGHT KNIGHT disarmed him - literally - by pulling off his prosthetic hand, he asked The Archive to curse FIGHT KNIGHT, who made his name in gladiatorial combat as a powerful swordsman, to never be able to hold a weapon again. FIGHT KNIGHT proceeded to take time out of the scene to adapt as he tracked down The Prince and The Tower.]]

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* IronicHell: [[spoiler: FIGHT KNIGHT's curse was intended to be one by The Prince. Since FIGHT KNIGHT disarmed him - literally - by pulling off his prosthetic hand, he asked The Archive to curse FIGHT KNIGHT, who made his name in gladiatorial combat as a powerful swordsman, to never be able to hold a weapon again. FIGHT KNIGHT proceeded to take time out of the scene to adapt as he tracked down The Prince and The Tower. He doesn't seem to be all that miffed about being unable to use weapons, though.]]



* ObviouslyEvil: The sketchy-looking "Nightwatchman" who is apparently out to kill the Nightwatch - he looks the part and he talks incredibly suspiciously. [[spoiler:Except his stated intentions are genuine and that if he was ever evil he's genuinely trying to turn a new leaf. The Nightwatch still accept him into their ranks with open arms despite his failure to save anyone, and it turns out his whole manner of speech is just a thing he does and he's trying to work on it.]]



* PunnyName: Loads of them, from FIGHT KNIGHT (A KNIGHT that FIGHTS), to Prince Rivali Rosencranz (the RIVAL to FK), and even the aforementioned Punk Croc (Saying it fast makes you say "Punk Rock" instead).

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* PunnyName: Loads of them, from FIGHT KNIGHT (A KNIGHT that FIGHTS), to Prince Rivali Rosencranz (the RIVAL to FK), and even the aforementioned Punk Croc (Saying it fast makes you say "Punk Rock" instead). There's also May and June, named after adjacent months of the year.



* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Quite literally. Everything you do outside of combat, from opening doors to talking to people, involves punching things. This eventually gets on the nerves of June, an adventurer mantis who left the library in search of new things to write about, as you eventually [[spoiler:knock down a sarcophagus and reveal the boss of the Desert Section, [[NephariousPharaoh King Casket]].]]

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* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Quite literally. Everything you do outside of combat, from opening doors to talking to people, involves punching things. This eventually gets on the nerves of June, an adventurer mantis who left the library in search of new things to write about, as you eventually [[spoiler:knock down a sarcophagus and reveal the boss of the Desert Section, [[NephariousPharaoh King Casket]].]]
* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: The Graveyard Grove, which is the floor comprised of what was once the town's graveyard, is the horror-themed floor that only has a light flavor of horror until [[spoiler:go into the catacombs, which amps up the creepy atmosphere, and and pick up one of the crests. The Butcher then ''immediately'' starts pursuing Fight Knight, and the only way to get rid of him is to either escape (which is difficult) or force the Butcher onto the hook at the back of the arena. The whole sub-plot implies that the town's former butcher was engaging in cannibalism, and he's become so consumed by ravenous hunger that he's turned into a horrifying abomination.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Football Gladiator and the Hockey Geisha ''don't'' actually end up fighting you at the end of the Chaotic Colosseum, but instead you get a rematch with Rivali.]]
* UnwinnableBossFight: Your first fight with Rivali at the start of the desert floor will end with him knocking you down with his new RocketPunch, resulting in the player being left at zero health once the fight is over.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Both Rivali and the Tower undergo this, but ''especially'' the Tower as it struggles to fulfill FIGHT KNIGHT's wish, continuously giving him stronger adversaries until it concludes that it needs to fight him ''itself'', transforming into an enormous draconic golem for a brawl in the sky.
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