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* PirateGirl: Justin's mother Lilly is revealed to have been one in her youth.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Both Leen and [[spoiler:Feena]] whip these out from time to time.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Both Leen and [[spoiler:Feena]] whip these out from time to time.
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* PropheticName: Java, who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
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* TakenForGranite: Gaia inflicts this on everything it touches.
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* SilenceOfSadness: During Sue's departure, Justin, who is usually quite talkative, has nothing to say when Sue finally breaks down sobbing after TryingNotToCry. He just stands there and watches sadly as Feena lets Sue [[CryIntoChest cry into her chest]]. He does start to talk again soon afterwards, however.
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* TooFastToStop: Justin [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this during the train escape from the Garlyle Forces. When he accidently breaks the train's brake lever, he comes up with a plan B by loading the firebox with coal, then lures the three Sergeants of the Garlyle forces onto the engine. He then uncouples the rest of the train from the engine, and the sergeants are trapped because they can't stop the train (no brake lever) and the train's going too fast for them to jump off.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: What happens to Zil Padon at the hands of Gaia as well. Some of the side effects are unpredictable, fear inducing and make little sense and aren't explained, such as petrification and inter-dimensional anomalies]]
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the brake lever is broken]].
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the brake lever is broken]].
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* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: What happens to Zil Padon at the hands of Gaia as well. Some of the side effects are unpredictable, fear inducing and make little sense and aren't explained, such as petrification and inter-dimensional anomalies]]
anomalies]].
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also,[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the brake lever is broken]].broken.
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also,
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* EldritchLocation: Warp Space.
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* EldritchLocation: Warp Space.Space, the former location of Laine village until Gaia's corruption forced the inhabitants to relocate. It starts off with buildings whose doors lead to completely arbitrary positions, and gets worse the deeper you go in.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: The "Café" in New Parm, that's only open at night and has female dancers.
** [[RefugeInAudacity The localization actually goes out of its way to make this as blatantly obvious as it can]], highlighting the presence of the word "Coffee" as much as possible, even to the point of changing the drunkard Jin into "Java" the coffee maniac.
** [[RefugeInAudacity The localization actually goes out of its way to make this as blatantly obvious as it can]], highlighting the presence of the word "Coffee" as much as possible, even to the point of changing the drunkard Jin into "Java" the coffee maniac.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: The "Café" in New Parm, that's only open at night and night, has female dancers.
**dancers, and forbids minors from entering. [[RefugeInAudacity The localization actually goes out of its way to make this as blatantly obvious as it can]], highlighting the presence of the word "Coffee" as much as possible, even to the point of changing the drunkard Jin into "Java" the coffee maniac.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Used as an indication that time has frozen.
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* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand:
** Used as an indication that time hasfrozen.frozen.
** Gradually happens while Justin climbs the End of the World and starts losing hope of reaching the top. Then the music returns to normal once Feena gives him some more motivation.
** Used as an indication that time has
** Gradually happens while Justin climbs the End of the World and starts losing hope of reaching the top. Then the music returns to normal once Feena gives him some more motivation.
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* ALoadOfBull: The men of Laine are walking talking cow people.
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* ALoadOfBull: The men of Laine are walking talking cow people. Unlike [[DumbMuscle the traditional depiction of this trope]], however, they are defined by their extreme intelligence, due to their horns essentially functioning as extra brains.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Justin and Feena have no less than six kids in the future.
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* MagicStaff: There's a number of staves with magical effects you can find. They are considered [[CarryABigStick clubs]], so any character who uses staves can also use clubs and any character who uses clubs can also use maces.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings:Justin [[spoiler:Justin and Feena Feena]] have no less than six kids in the future.
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* MoodWhiplash: At the end of Typhoon Tower, so badly. It goes from serious, to [[{{Narm}} Gadwin being too big to fit through a skinny mirror]], and then back to serious.
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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
** When fighting the Garlyle troops, [[AutobotsRockOut intense rock music plays]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvIFKQYZtU0 The same music seemingly plays]] when fighting [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Nana, Saki, and Mio]], but when the music reaches its climax it suddenly shifts into their humorous {{Leitmotif}} before looping.
** At the end of Typhoon Tower, so badly. It goes from serious, to[[{{Narm}} Gadwin being too big to fit through a skinny mirror]], mirror, and then back to serious.
** When fighting the Garlyle troops, [[AutobotsRockOut intense rock music plays]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvIFKQYZtU0 The same music seemingly plays]] when fighting [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Nana, Saki, and Mio]], but when the music reaches its climax it suddenly shifts into their humorous {{Leitmotif}} before looping.
** At the end of Typhoon Tower, so badly. It goes from serious, to
* ProudMerchantRaceGuy: Guido and the rest of the Mogay. Their entire culture seems to revolve around making as much money as possible.
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* WombLevel: [[spoiler:The final dungeon takes place inside Gaia]].
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encourage him.
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encourage him.
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.
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* WombLevel: WombLevel:
** The depths of [[EldritchLocation Warp Space]] is made of flesh, with several tongues sticking out of the walls.
** [[spoiler:The final dungeon takes place inside Gaia]].
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encouragehim.
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.him, including those who should not be able to present themselves.
** The depths of [[EldritchLocation Warp Space]] is made of flesh, with several tongues sticking out of the walls.
** [[spoiler:The final dungeon takes place inside Gaia]].
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encourage
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.
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** Justin's Immortal Aura skill. It always gives you a lot of experience when used, and with the game's tendency to always have those handy healing save points nearby, you can easily grind Justin into epic GameBreaker levels.
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** Justin's Immortal Aura skill. It always gives you a lot of experience when used, and with the game's tendency to always have those handy healing save points nearby, you can easily grind Justin into epic GameBreaker levels.all three of Justin's preferred weapons to max level.
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* SexyDimorphism: Milda's village where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.
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* SexyDimorphism: Milda's village village, where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.
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* StatusBuff: Sue's Fight Cheer which is the same as WOW! but with a cheerleading dance.
* SteamPunk: Parm.
* SteamPunk: Parm.
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* ExactEavesdropping: Justin stumbles on the three sergeants just as one of them is asking about the password she herself needs at that exact moment.
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* ExactEavesdropping: Justin Saki stumbles on the three sergeants just as one of them is asking about the password she herself needs at that exact moment.
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Unfortunately for them, it happens to be the age of exploration [[SouvenirLand Brought to You by Disney]]. The adventurers' trade is heavily regulated, with every crook, shakedown artist, and bureaucrat in the western hemisphere barring access to the New World. There's also the Garlyle Forces, a private army originally established to make the frontier safe, but whose [[LowCultureHighTech incredible technological advantage]] (no doubt due to their plunder of Icarian relics) has resulted in a suffocating [[PoliceState security state]]. Which is quite handy for them in case their top General decides to... oh, [[InsaneAdmiral lose his goddamn mind]].
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Unfortunately for them, it happens to be the age of exploration as [[SouvenirLand Brought to You by Disney]]. The adventurers' trade is heavily regulated, with every crook, shakedown artist, and bureaucrat in the western hemisphere barring access to the New World. There's also the Garlyle Forces, a private army originally established to make the frontier safe, but whose [[LowCultureHighTech incredible technological advantage]] (no doubt due to their plunder of Icarian relics) has resulted in a suffocating [[PoliceState security state]]. Which is quite handy for them in case their top General decides to... oh, [[InsaneAdmiral lose his goddamn mind]].
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*DummiedOut: There are a few unused maps within the game's files that can only be accessed through the game's DebugMenu.
**There's a map known as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvq69PFSQeI&ab_channel=AAArrrtvvv Spiral Staircase]] that was a part of the Twin Towers, it would depict the evolution of life while Justin and [[spoiler:Leen]] take the lift to the top of the tower.
**The Zil Desert has [[https://lparchive.org/Grandia/Update%20203/ two maps]] [[spoiler:where all the monsters have been infected by Gaia similar to the Savannah Wilderness and the Luzet Mountains]].
**The Spirit Sanctuary has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PAkbogn_Q&ab_channel=AAArrrtvvv two additional maps]] with several unused enemies and bosses. [[note]]These two maps can only be loaded on the Sega Saturn version, trying to load the maps on the Playstation version will crash the game.[[/note]]
**There's a map known as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvq69PFSQeI&ab_channel=AAArrrtvvv Spiral Staircase]] that was a part of the Twin Towers, it would depict the evolution of life while Justin and [[spoiler:Leen]] take the lift to the top of the tower.
**The Zil Desert has [[https://lparchive.org/Grandia/Update%20203/ two maps]] [[spoiler:where all the monsters have been infected by Gaia similar to the Savannah Wilderness and the Luzet Mountains]].
**The Spirit Sanctuary has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PAkbogn_Q&ab_channel=AAArrrtvvv two additional maps]] with several unused enemies and bosses. [[note]]These two maps can only be loaded on the Sega Saturn version, trying to load the maps on the Playstation version will crash the game.[[/note]]
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* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: Interestingly, the game sets out to defy it as much as possible. Over the course of the adventure, you will run into ''dozens'' of notable landmarks that stick out like a sore thumb, are uniquely designed, often move or even make sounds, and can be examined up close if you try to interact with them. They don't do anything, and are only here to make the world seem bigger and more lively than simply revolving around Justin's quest.
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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In the second half of the game, Sue's actions noticeably slow down during combat. [[spoiler:This ties into her getting sick sometime before the Twin Towers area, with her sickness slowing her down.]]
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Milda's village where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.
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* RetiredBadass: Subverted(?) by Java, who insists that he's still an active adventurer. He's modeled from Literature/DonQuixote, complete with goofy-looking armor and lance. Played with in that while he's based on one of the most famous false heroes in literature, in-universe even Feena, an adventurer from the New World, has heard of the man, he's got whole locations named for him, and he's (evidently) every bit as tough as advertised given he lives in an monster-infested, abandoned mine outside of the Parm settlement
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* RetiredBadass: Subverted(?) by Java, who insists that he's still an active adventurer. He's modeled from Literature/DonQuixote, complete with goofy-looking armor and lance. Played with in that while he's based on one of the most famous false heroes in literature, in-universe even Feena, an adventurer from the New World, has heard of the man, he's got whole locations named for him, and he's (evidently) every bit as tough as advertised given he lives in an a monster-infested, abandoned mine outside of the Parm settlement
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* RetiredBadass: Subverted(?) by Java, who insists that he's still an active adventurer. He's modeled from Literature/DonQuixote, complete with goofy-looking armor and lance.
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Being primarily aimed at children, the plot makes no efforts to be ground-breaking. HotBlooded protagonist with red hair and blue clothes? Check. Ancient civilization? Check. Save the girl? Take a guess. TropesAreNotBad, of course. Some enjoy the plot, as it makes interesting use of the {{Motifs}} of the ''"End of the World"'' (no, not [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that one]]) and adventurers, the protagonist is a great example of an aversion of TheChosenOne, and the whole cast of characters is a textbook example of good CharacterDevelopment in action. It also does an unusually good job of making the world seem like it's actually unexplored, whereas most {{RPG}}s have a map which rarely exceeds BabyPlanet size.
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Being primarily aimed at children, the plot makes no efforts to be ground-breaking. HotBlooded protagonist with red hair and blue clothes? Check. Ancient civilization? Check. Save the girl? Take a guess. TropesAreNotBad, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, of course. Some enjoy the plot, as it makes interesting use of the {{Motifs}} of the ''"End of the World"'' (no, not [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that one]]) and adventurers, the protagonist is a great example of an aversion of TheChosenOne, and the whole cast of characters is a textbook example of good CharacterDevelopment in action. It also does an unusually good job of making the world seem like it's actually unexplored, whereas most {{RPG}}s have a map which rarely exceeds BabyPlanet size.
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* InconsistentColoring: Feena and Leen's eyes are [[spoiler:a matching]] brown in the Saturn character art, but both the PS1 art as well as the in-game portraits changed them to [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow match their hair]].
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* InconsistentColoring: Feena and Leen's eyes are [[spoiler:a matching]] brown in the Saturn character art, but both the PS1 [=PS1=] art as well as the in-game portraits changed them to [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow match their hair]].
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* EnthrallingSiren: The Sea of Mermaids. Justin is completely bewitched by the mermaids (actually a Grinwhale), but Feena is a lot more savvy.
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* GameGourmet: This first game in the franchise features several different fruits[[labelnote:list:]]Bananas, boiled coconuts, Baobab fruits, and Bamo fruits[[/labelnote]], meats[[labelnote:list:]]Dried fish, beef jerky, prime ribs, and squid guts[[/labelnote]], and sweets[[labelnote:list:]]Honey, boxes of sweets, chocolate, chocolate cookies, and coal candy[[/labelnote]].
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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The highest possible level is 99, when it's hard to go over level 40 without serious grinding. The same goes for weapon and magic skills: it's more than possible to reach maximum proficiency in all abilities well before the cap. [[labelnote:note]]Feena's [[LastDiscMagic Time Gate]] requires level 99 in Wind and Water, but only due to a bug.[[/labelnote]]
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* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: At one town, the group stumbles upon a party that sends them to be sacrificed to a dragon living in a volcano.
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* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: At one town, the town of Gumbo, the group stumbles upon a party that sends them catapault Justin and Feena to be sacrificed to a dragon living in a volcano.volcano, as the dragon is stopping the volcano from erupting and causing the area to go cold. The party naturally kills the dragon so no one has to be sacrificed again.
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* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.]]
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* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode.break in two then crash. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.]]
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* GameMod: Has one. It is called Grandia Redux. Notable for more strategic plays, LevelGrinding and being extremely NintendoHard.
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* GameMod: Has one. It is called Grandia Redux. Notable for more strategic plays, LevelGrinding and being extremely NintendoHard.
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* AntiGrinding: Not only do characters get less experience from fighting monsters as they level up, so do all the various weapon and magic skills, so after a while, you have to seek more powerful monsters if you want to level the skills up further.
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** Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
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** Any place where the enemies come in groups of six is a very good place to train your magic levels. The Savannah [[spoiler: once all the enemies have been 'Gaia-ifed']] in particular is a favorite place for players that want to grind for Time Gate.
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** Any place where the enemies come in groups of six is a very good place to train your magic levels.levels using area effect spells. The Savannah [[spoiler: once all the enemies have been 'Gaia-ifed']] in particular is a favorite place for players that want to grind for Time Gate.
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* WombLevel: [[spoiler:The final dungeon takes place inside Gaia]].
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The first installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. On August 16, 2019, [=GungHo=] Online Entertainment, the owner of [=GameArts=] since 2005, brought the game to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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The first installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. On August 16, In 2019, [=GungHo=] Online Entertainment, the owner of [=GameArts=] since 2005, brought the game to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in August, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in September. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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The first installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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The first installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. On August 16, 2019, [=GungHo=] Online Entertainment, the owner of [=GameArts=] since 2005, brought the game to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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The firs installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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The firs first installment in the [[VideoGame/{{Grandia}} series of the same name]], Grandia was developed by Creator/GameArts and originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; however that version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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After making the first two ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games, Creator/GameArts developed ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}''. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in Japan in 1997, but the Saturn version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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* AccidentalPervert: Justin accidentally grabs a handful of Feena in Ghost Ship.
** He also accidentally stumbles on Saki, Mio and Nana when they are changing clothes.
* ActionGirl: Feena is one when you meet her on your trip to New Parm. She's also on equal ground with Justin as a melee fighter and has fire magic to boot! She undergoes some {{Chickification}} by mid CD 2, but recovers towards the [[FinalBattle End Game]], although she is surpassed as a melee fighter and her attributes grow towards magic, making her the second best mage in the game, maybe the best if you count her plot related spells.
** ActionMom: It's also stated that Lily, Justin's mother, was a pirate who first met his father when they clashed swords.
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** He also accidentally stumbles on Saki, Mio and Nana when they are changing clothes.
* ActionGirl: Feena is one when you meet her on your trip to New Parm. She's also on equal ground with Justin as a melee fighter and has fire magic to boot! She undergoes some {{Chickification}} by mid CD 2, but recovers towards the [[FinalBattle End Game]], although she is surpassed as a melee fighter and her attributes grow towards magic, making her the second best mage in the game, maybe the best if you count her plot related spells.
** ActionMom: It's also stated that Lily, Justin's mother, was a pirate who first met his father when they clashed swords.
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* AccidentalPervert: Justin Justin. He accidentally grabs a handful of Feena in Ghost Ship.
** He also accidentallyShip, and stumbles on Saki, Mio and Nana when they are changing clothes.
*ActionGirl: Feena is one when you meet her on your trip to New Parm. She's also on equal ground with Justin as a melee fighter and has fire magic to boot! She undergoes some {{Chickification}} by mid CD 2, but recovers towards the [[FinalBattle End Game]], although she is surpassed as a melee fighter and her attributes grow towards magic, making her the second best mage in the game, maybe the best if you count her plot related spells.
**ActionMom: It's also stated that Lily, Justin's mother, was a pirate who first met his father when they clashed swords.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Sue.
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* CaptainErsatz: Nana, Saki and Mio share similarities with [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru, Umi and Fuu]].
* ChasteHero: [[spoiler:Justin; that romantic moment that's trying to happen midway through the game on the ocean? It takes Justin a phenomenal amount of time to realize what's going on, and by the time he (probably?) does (or at least seems to be trying to attempt a 'come on' himself), they're interrupted.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Justin, of which Feena disapproves a couple times.
* ChasteHero: [[spoiler:Justin; that romantic moment that's trying to happen midway through the game on the ocean? It takes Justin a phenomenal amount of time to realize what's going on, and by the time he (probably?) does (or at least seems to be trying to attempt a 'come on' himself), they're interrupted.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Justin, of which Feena disapproves a couple times.
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* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode.
** Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.
** Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.
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* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode.
** Fortunately,explode. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.]]
** Fortunately,
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* CrutchCharacter: Gadwin.
** Milda, to a lesser extent.
** Milda, to a lesser extent.
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* DemBones
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Leen.]]
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* HairDecorations: Sue, whose pet, Puffy, rests on her head as a giant hair bow.
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* FastballSpecial: Sue's Puffy Kick.
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* FirstTown / PortTown: Parm.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Lady]]: Liete
** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Sue
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Lady]]: Liete
** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Sue
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* FirstTown / PortTown: Parm.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
** [[TheSmartGuyFirstTown: The Smart Lady]]: Liete
** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Suegame begins in Parm, the PortTown where Justin and Sue lives.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
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** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Sue
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Lily uses her serving tray as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments discipline tool]] on Justin's head.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Lily uses her serving tray as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments discipline tool]] tool on Justin's head.
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* GhostShip / ShipLevel: The adrift ship where the [[GetOnTheBoat ship to New Parm]] leads Justin and company to.
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* GhostShip / ShipLevel: GhostShip: Overlap with ShipLevel. The adrift ship where the [[GetOnTheBoat ship to New Parm]] leads Justin and company to.
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* HighlyVisibleNinja: Rapp.
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* HeroicBSOD: Justin gets one near the end.
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* LadyOfWar: Leen.
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* MysteriousWaif: Liete.
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling:
** Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
** Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
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* PropheticName: Java.
** ...who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
** ...who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
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* PropheticName: Java.
** ...Java, who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
** ...
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* {{Stripperific}}: Feena's BattleBikini. One piece of official art even gives us ''booty cleavage''.
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* [[TheUnChosenOne The UnChosen One]]: [[spoiler:Justin starts out as an ordinary boy who just wants to be an adventurer. Though he JumpedAtTheCall, and gains the powers of the "Spirits", he wasn't chosen; instead, he fought hard in order to be ''accepted'']].
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.
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* [[TheUnChosenOne The UnChosen One]]: TheUnChosenOne: [[spoiler:Justin starts out as an ordinary boy who just wants to be an adventurer. Though he JumpedAtTheCall, and gains the powers of the "Spirits", he wasn't chosen; instead, he fought hard in order to be ''accepted'']].
%%* UnwillingSuspension
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.''accepted'']].
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.
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* WeaponOfChoice: All the characters can use at least two different weapon types in battle (ie. Justin can use Swords, Maces and Axes).
** The exceptions being [[spoiler:Liete and Gadwin]], who only use maces and swords, respectively.
** The exceptions being [[spoiler:Liete and Gadwin]], who only use maces and swords, respectively.
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* WeaponOfChoice: All the characters can use at least two different weapon types in battle (ie. Justin can use Swords, Maces and Axes).
**Axes). The exceptions being [[spoiler:Liete and Gadwin]], who only use maces and swords, respectively.
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* WhipItGood: Feena's second weapon of choice. She is also the only character in the game who uses them.
* WomanInWhite: Technically, she wears purple, but Liete fulfills this role in the storyline until [[spoiler:she joins the party in Alent]].
* WomanInWhite: Technically, she wears purple, but Liete fulfills this role in the storyline until [[spoiler:she joins the party in Alent]].
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After making the first two ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games, Creator/GameArts developed ''Franchise/{{Grandia}}''. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in Japan in 1997, but the Saturn version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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After making the first two ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games, Creator/GameArts developed ''Franchise/{{Grandia}}''.''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}''. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in Japan in 1997, but the Saturn version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
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* GameGourmet: While subsequent games did feature the occasional food item in their catalogs, this one actually has icons specifically to represent ''several'' different fruits[[labelnote:list:]]Bananas, boiled coconuts, Baobab fruits, and Bamo fruits[[/labelnote]], meats[[labelnote:list:]]Dried fish, beef jerky, prime ribs, and squid guts[[/labelnote]], and sweets[[labelnote:list:]]Honey, boxes of sweets, chocolate, chocolate cookies, and coal candy[[/labelnote]] each.
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After making the first two ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games, Creator/GameArts developed ''Franchise/{{Grandia}}''. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in Japan in 1997, but the Saturn version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
It's the [[BoldExplorer Age of Exploration]], and aspiring adventurer/local pest Justin is itching to leave the mining town of Parm and pick up where his late father left off: Finding the ancient civilization of the Icarians. Along with his stalwart childhood friend Sue, the two teens perform enough favours around town to finally earn a seat on the steam liner destined for the great unknown.
Unfortunately for them, it happens to be the age of exploration [[SouvenirLand Brought to You by Disney]]. The adventurers' trade is heavily regulated, with every crook, shakedown artist, and bureaucrat in the western hemisphere barring access to the New World. There's also the Garlyle Forces, a private army originally established to make the frontier safe, but whose [[LowCultureHighTech incredible technological advantage]] (no doubt due to their plunder of Icarian relics) has resulted in a suffocating [[PoliceState security state]]. Which is quite handy for them in case their top General decides to... oh, [[InsaneAdmiral lose his goddamn mind]].
Being primarily aimed at children, the plot makes no efforts to be ground-breaking. HotBlooded protagonist with red hair and blue clothes? Check. Ancient civilization? Check. Save the girl? Take a guess. TropesAreNotBad, of course. Some enjoy the plot, as it makes interesting use of the {{Motifs}} of the ''"End of the World"'' (no, not [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that one]]) and adventurers, the protagonist is a great example of an aversion of TheChosenOne, and the whole cast of characters is a textbook example of good CharacterDevelopment in action. It also does an unusually good job of making the world seem like it's actually unexplored, whereas most {{RPG}}s have a map which rarely exceeds BabyPlanet size.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AccidentalPervert: Justin accidentally grabs a handful of Feena in Ghost Ship.
** He also accidentally stumbles on Saki, Mio and Nana when they are changing clothes.
* ActionGirl: Feena is one when you meet her on your trip to New Parm. She's also on equal ground with Justin as a melee fighter and has fire magic to boot! She undergoes some {{Chickification}} by mid CD 2, but recovers towards the [[FinalBattle End Game]], although she is surpassed as a melee fighter and her attributes grow towards magic, making her the second best mage in the game, maybe the best if you count her plot related spells.
** ActionMom: It's also stated that Lily, Justin's mother, was a pirate who first met his father when they clashed swords.
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* AllInARow: How the other party members follow Justin.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Justin's driving force for much of the game is his belief that Alent is a real place, and that he can get there somehow. [[spoiler:He's right]].
* AncientAstronauts: [[spoiler:It turns out Icarians were space-faring people, and Alent was sent into orbit to avoid being destroyed by Gaia]].
* AndManGrewProud: There are few cutscenes in the game, but most of them consist of [[ApocalypseHow Gaia ruining Angelo's collective shit]].
* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: At one town, the group stumbles upon a party that sends them to be sacrificed to a dragon living in a volcano.
* ArcWords: "End of the World". Used as a physical location, a hypothetical event, and [[LastDiscMagic the name of the strongest spell in the game]].
* ArmiesAreEvil: Originally a security detachment for the Joule Foundation, the Garlyle Forces now ''control'' the excavations, hoard ancient technology, and even withhold the revelation about "The End of the World" being a myth.
* ArtInitiatesLife: Liete's Magical Art spell.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: General Baal and his son Mullen.
* AnAxeToGrind: Justin and Milda use them.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the ending, [[spoiler:an older Sue goes to meet up with Justin and Feena after having not seen them in years- and finds they've gotten ''bizz-ay!'']]
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Milda's village where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.
* BonusBoss: Lord's Ghost, Kung Fu Master and Leviathan.
* BonusDungeon: Castle of Dreams, Soldier's Grave and Tower of Temptation.
* BrattyHalfPint: Sue.
* BrutalBonusLevel: The Tower of Temptation is pure hell. The rewards are WORTH IT, though.
* CantDropTheHero: Justin is present in all of the game's battles.
* CaptainErsatz: Nana, Saki and Mio share similarities with [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru, Umi and Fuu]].
* ChasteHero: [[spoiler:Justin; that romantic moment that's trying to happen midway through the game on the ocean? It takes Justin a phenomenal amount of time to realize what's going on, and by the time he (probably?) does (or at least seems to be trying to attempt a 'come on' himself), they're interrupted.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Justin, of which Feena disapproves a couple times.
* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: The End of the World.
* ClippedWingAngel: Final Boss: First form, heavy hitter. Second form, dispenses meangingless status effects.
* CognizantLimbs: About 90 % of the bosses have these.
* CombatTentacles: This is what [[spoiler:General Baal is hiding under his cape]].
* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode.
** Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: What happens to Zil Padon at the hands of Gaia as well. Some of the side effects are unpredictable, fear inducing and make little sense and aren't explained, such as petrification and inter-dimensional anomalies]]
* CrutchCharacter: Gadwin.
** Milda, to a lesser extent.
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the brake lever is broken]].
* DemBones
* DisappearedDad: Justin's father.
* DiscOneNuke: Dragon Cut ([[DubNameChange Ryuujinken, or "Dragon Circle Sword", in the original japanese version]]). Gadwin obliterates damn near everything on the first disc (barring a few enemies immune to the Explosion element), and near the end of the disc, Justin gets to learn it as well. Thanks to his much higher SP, Justin can make even better use of it, and Dragon Cut remains a powerful move well into the second disc.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Leen.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: One boss is a giant angler-type fish with a lure that looks like an attractive female. The lure's only attack is Attract, which seductively draws Justin up towards it... then turns into a giant mouth and takes a bite out of him. The "distracted" part comes from the fact that this can cancel Justin's action if he's charging up a special attack or spell.
* DropTheHammer: Hammers share the same weapon class as maces.
* DrunkOnTheDarkside: [[spoiler:General Baal, when he finally gets hold of Justin's Spirit Stone]].
* DuelBoss: [[spoiler: Mullen demands proof of Justin's will in a one-on-one fight.]]
** And the two fights ''against'' Gadwin.
* EasingIntoTheAdventure: Justin's first task is to win a scavenger hunt consisting of garbage around Parm. Funnily enough, the last item -- the Wooden Sword -- is dubbed the "Spirit Sword." This is the same name as ''Grandia'''s InfinityPlusOneSword, which you acquire much later.
* EldritchLocation: Warp Space.
* TheEmpire: The Garlyle Forces.
* EpicFlail: Share the same class with maces. Nana's [[ImprobableWeaponUser yo-yo]] also turns into a truly ''[[EpicFlail Epic]]'' [[EpicFlail Flail]] as part of her ultimate attack ability.
* GameGourmet: This first game in the franchise features several different fruits[[labelnote:list:]]Bananas, boiled coconuts, Baobab fruits, and Bamo fruits[[/labelnote]], meats[[labelnote:list:]]Dried fish, beef jerky, prime ribs, and squid guts[[/labelnote]], and sweets[[labelnote:list:]]Honey, boxes of sweets, chocolate, chocolate cookies, and coal candy[[/labelnote]].
* GameMod: Has one. It is called Grandia Redux. Notable for more strategic plays, LevelGrinding and being extremely NintendoHard.
* HairDecorations: Sue, whose pet, Puffy, rests on her head as a giant hair bow.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: When the males of Laine come of age, they sprout horns of knowledge (sic) and take on a new form -- a walking, talking bovine.
* ExactEavesdropping: Justin stumbles on the three sergeants just as one of them is asking about the password she herself needs at that exact moment.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The so-called "End of the World"--a wall that cuts the planet in two, which stretches up for miles into the sky. For most people, it literally is the end of world, unless you have an airship that can fly over it or you're like Justin and you [[{{Determinator}} climb over the damn thing]].
* FastballSpecial: Sue's Puffy Kick.
* FightWoosh: Extreme closeup on the characters and opponents before changing to the battlefield screen.
* FirstTown / PortTown: Parm.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Lady]]: Liete
** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Sue
* FlunkyBoss: Orc King is accompanied by two mooks when you fight him.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: The "Café" in New Parm, that's only open at night and has female dancers.
** [[RefugeInAudacity The localization actually goes out of its way to make this as blatantly obvious as it can]], highlighting the presence of the word "Coffee" as much as possible, even to the point of changing the drunkard Jin into "Java" the coffee maniac.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Lily uses her serving tray as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments discipline tool]] on Justin's head.
* TheFunInFuneral: An NPC in New Parm is all set to celebrate his own funeral. He sincerely believes you should be able to have fun at your own funeral.
* GhostShip / ShipLevel: The adrift ship where the [[GetOnTheBoat ship to New Parm]] leads Justin and company to.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Nana, Saki and Mio.
* GoodMorningCrono: [[InvertedTrope inverted]]: the story opens with its main villain, General Baal, awakening from a nightmare.
* GratuitousEnglish: A lot of the battle chants in the [=PlayStation=] version, thanks to a very poor translation.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Technically, everyone but Justin is GuestStarPartyMember. A lot of the characters, like Gadwin, Guido, Milda, and even [[spoiler:Sue]] have lives outside of Justin's quest that they need to go back to, and they will leave the party when their part in the story is over. It's not really a case of SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear, though, as everyone [[spoiler:including Sue]] comes back to help Justin storm the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
** Leen also shows up as a more traditional GuestStarPartyMember for a very brief stretch of the game, though as a non-combatant.
* GuideDangIt: Mana Eggs are the only way to teach characters magic and there are only '''just''' enough for every character who can learn magic to have every element. Combine this with the fact they are sellable AND the fact that you cannot return to many places after particular plot points AND that the eggs themselves are often well hidden...Suddenly, this becomes quite frustrating.
** An enemy in the final dungeon will drop Mana Eggs quite frequently. Granted, you've been permanently cut off from all shops by that point in the game [[ShootTheShaggyDog so they're completely useless]], but you could get more than you would ever need...
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Mullen]]. It's a full stop TomatoSurprise when he starts speaking the Humanoid language, thus revealing his true nature.
* HeelFaceTurn: The entirety of the Garlyle Forces before the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Rapp.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Milda always refers to her husband as Darlin. She's not affectionately calling him "darling," his name really ''is'' Darlin. His fellow wise men are the similar-sounding Dorlin and Derlin.
* HeroicBSOD: Justin gets one near the end.
* HopelessBossFight: First fight against Gadwin. You can only do 0 damage to him, and after a while he'll Dragon Cut you with 9999 damage for OHKO.
* HostageForMcGuffin: Feena is kidnapped by Baal to get the Spirit Stone from Justin [[spoiler:and because she's an Icarian.]]
* IFellForHours: Justin and Feena being catapulted [[HumanSacrifice into a volcano]]. They have enough time on their hands to trade barbs. This is scene is echoed in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' between Ryudo and Skye.
* IGotYouCovered: [[spoiler:The Garlyle Forces]] provide help during the final attack on Gaia.
* ImprobableAge: Pretty much the whole main cast, but Sue being only eight years old is the biggest offender.
** Grandia at least ''tries'' to avert this trope by having the journey make Sue seriously ill due to sheer exhaustion and stress, a little shy of halfway into the story (when things are only ''just'' beginning to really get difficult for the heroes). She has to be sent back to Parm with the implication things could have become a lot worse, were it not for Justin and Feena sacrificing the safe way to the next continent in order to transport her home instantly. This is foreshadowed by her getting a stat-progression handicap that becomes noticeable around the time she should be getting ill.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Nana, whose primary weapon is a yo-yo. [[CuteBruiser It can turn into a buzz saw the size of a small car]], but still...
* IncendiaryExponent: Justin's Lotus Cut and Feena's Flame Whip.
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* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: No shortage of these. We have Typhoon Tower, the Twin Towers, the '''''Tower of Doom''''', and the (optional) Tower of Temptation.
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: The DistantFinale (shown from Sue's perspective) showcases a now-adult, beautiful and ProperLady Sue meeting the married Justin and Feena as they return to Justin's hometown. We never see the couple, but [[BabiesEverAfter we meet their entire LITTER]] of kids that look and act like them.
* KnifeNut: Feena, Guido and Rapp.
* KonamiCode: During the ExactEavesdropping moment described above, Saki mistakenly thinks the password is Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right. The correct password is a reshuffled version of the code, switching every instance of Up for Right, Down for Left and vice versa.
* LadyOfWar: Leen.
* LastDiscMagic: "End of the World", [[spoiler:Feena's]] ultimate ability and the strongest spell in the game. And good God, do you ever have to work for it.
* LastOfHisKind: Well, Last of Their Kind: [[spoiler: Feena and Leen are the last of the Icarians]].
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Used as an indication that time has frozen.
* LevelGrinding: Spells and attacks power up the more you use them, up to 99 times per element and weapon, per character.
* LittleStowaway: Sue stows away on the ship Justin's on, and gets caught. Normally, the law of the sea requires that stowaways be tossed overboard in a barrel. However, since she's just a kid, they ultimately decide to be lenient and make her and Justin become apprentices sailors (since sailors can't be stowaways.)
* ALoadOfBull: The men of Laine are walking talking cow people.
* LocomotiveLevel: Justin hijacks a Garlyle train while escaping Mullen's base.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: How Justin's parents first met.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Justin and Feena have no less than six kids in the future.
* {{Mayincatec}}: The Icarians, though only with architecture, artwork and the occasional monster.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:The Icarians. Icarian can be seen as an adjective referring to things relating to Icarus, a popular figure in Greek Mythology; this may be where the Icarian Sea gets its name, as it's the sea into which Icarus supposedly fell and drowned. The Icarians themselves are a race of winged humanoids who are laid low by hubris, but in this case it's the hubris of humans, rather than themselves, which results in their downfall.]]
* MiniGame: Deck swabbing aboard the ship to the New Continent.
* MoneyForNothing: Only at the very end of the game. By the time you're heading to the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, you will be permanently cut off from all shops. Yet, the enemies still drop gold...
* MoodWhiplash: At the end of Typhoon Tower, so badly. It goes from serious, to [[{{Narm}} Gadwin being too big to fit through a skinny mirror]], and then back to serious.
* MusicalAssassin: Cactus Men enemies fight with guitars and one of their special moves is a guitar solo (that sadly, has no sound).
* MysteriousWaif: Liete.
* NewNeoCity: New Parm. Catchy name, but that's the only thing it has in common with its steampunk brethren. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXK3skMWj4 Not to mention the incredibly creepy music...]]
* NonLinearSequel: Of course, there's ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'', and ''[[VideoGame/GrandiaXtreme Grandia]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xtreme]]'', but there's also ''[[GaidenGame Grandia: Parallel Trippers]]''--a game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor which stars a trio of kids who get pulled into the Grandia world and team up with Justin and his friends ([[GoKartingWithBowser and his enemies!]]) to SaveBothWorlds. [[NoExportForYou It never made it out of Japan]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Klepp King, who turns into the four-headed Serpent when confronted.
* PaletteSwap: Almost all enemies and bosses have these.
* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
** Justin's Immortal Aura skill. It always gives you a lot of experience when used, and with the game's tendency to always have those handy healing save points nearby, you can easily grind Justin into epic GameBreaker levels.
** Any place where the enemies come in groups of six is a very good place to train your magic levels. The Savannah [[spoiler: once all the enemies have been 'Gaia-ifed']] in particular is a favorite place for players that want to grind for Time Gate.
* PirateGirl: Justin's mother Lilly is revealed to have been one in her youth.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Both Leen and [[spoiler:Feena]] whip these out from time to time.
* PrettyInMink: It's not seen but a mink coat is one of the armors available, at least in the US translation.
* PropheticName: Java.
** ...who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
* RareCandy: There are various item that boost stats. And then there's Mana Eggs, which teach one specific element for spellcasting.
* RetiredBadass: Subverted(?) by Java, who insists that he's still an active adventurer. He's modeled from Literature/DonQuixote, complete with goofy-looking armor and lance.
* ShipperOnDeck: Sue and pretty much the entire town of New Parm ships Justin and Feena. The former does it pretty much the moment the two met, and the latter after Justin saved her from an arranged marriage to Pakon.
* ShooOutTheClowns: It's only after [[spoiler: Sue and Gadwin leave your party]] that the story turns from a light-hearted romp around the world into a more serious "Save the World from the EldritchAbomination!" deal.
* SinisterScythe: Klepps at Mt. Typhoon use them.
* SomeonesTouchingMyButt: Justin gets up close and-- er, personal with Feena in a crawlspace after she halts too quickly.
* SpritePolygonMix: Sprite character, polygonal levels.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Feena in the HostageForMcGuffin scene.
%%* StatGrinding
* StatusBuff: Sue's Fight Cheer which is the same as WOW! but with a cheerleading dance.
* SteamPunk: Parm.
* {{Stripperific}}: Feena's BattleBikini. One piece of official art even gives us ''booty cleavage''.
* TakenForGranite: Gaia inflicts this on everything it touches.
* ThisCannotBe: Said by Nana and later General Baal when defeated.
* [[TheUnChosenOne The UnChosen One]]: [[spoiler:Justin starts out as an ordinary boy who just wants to be an adventurer. Though he JumpedAtTheCall, and gains the powers of the "Spirits", he wasn't chosen; instead, he fought hard in order to be ''accepted'']].
%%* UnwillingSuspension
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Squid King. The main problem is that you only have extremely limited options for healing at that point in the game outside of Rah-Rah! Cheer, and it's unlikely that Sue has the SP to use it more than once or twice.
* TheWallAroundTheWorld: An enormous wall about a mile high that divides an entire continent.
* WeHaveReserves: By triggering the golems, Baal knowingly brings the entire town of Zil Padon [[spoiler:crashing down onto his own troops]].
* WeaponOfChoice: All the characters can use at least two different weapon types in battle (ie. Justin can use Swords, Maces and Axes).
** The exceptions being [[spoiler:Liete and Gadwin]], who only use maces and swords, respectively.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Defeating [[spoiler:General Baal]] results in him... turning into a small snake-like creature and slithering away, never to be seen again.
* WhenTreesAttack: Gaia is a giant bug/tree hybrid.
* WhipItGood: Feena's second weapon of choice. She is also the only character in the game who uses them.
* WomanInWhite: Technically, she wears purple, but Liete fulfills this role in the storyline until [[spoiler:she joins the party in Alent]].
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encourage him.
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.
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After making the first two ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games, Creator/GameArts developed ''Franchise/{{Grandia}}''. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in Japan in 1997, but the Saturn version was never released in the West due to the system's poor sales and Creator/{{Sega}} of America CEO Bernie Stolar's attitude against 2D games. The game was ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation two years later, and this version localized and released by SCEA in the US and by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} in Europe. It remains the best-selling entry in the series.
It's the [[BoldExplorer Age of Exploration]], and aspiring adventurer/local pest Justin is itching to leave the mining town of Parm and pick up where his late father left off: Finding the ancient civilization of the Icarians. Along with his stalwart childhood friend Sue, the two teens perform enough favours around town to finally earn a seat on the steam liner destined for the great unknown.
Unfortunately for them, it happens to be the age of exploration [[SouvenirLand Brought to You by Disney]]. The adventurers' trade is heavily regulated, with every crook, shakedown artist, and bureaucrat in the western hemisphere barring access to the New World. There's also the Garlyle Forces, a private army originally established to make the frontier safe, but whose [[LowCultureHighTech incredible technological advantage]] (no doubt due to their plunder of Icarian relics) has resulted in a suffocating [[PoliceState security state]]. Which is quite handy for them in case their top General decides to... oh, [[InsaneAdmiral lose his goddamn mind]].
Being primarily aimed at children, the plot makes no efforts to be ground-breaking. HotBlooded protagonist with red hair and blue clothes? Check. Ancient civilization? Check. Save the girl? Take a guess. TropesAreNotBad, of course. Some enjoy the plot, as it makes interesting use of the {{Motifs}} of the ''"End of the World"'' (no, not [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that one]]) and adventurers, the protagonist is a great example of an aversion of TheChosenOne, and the whole cast of characters is a textbook example of good CharacterDevelopment in action. It also does an unusually good job of making the world seem like it's actually unexplored, whereas most {{RPG}}s have a map which rarely exceeds BabyPlanet size.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AccidentalPervert: Justin accidentally grabs a handful of Feena in Ghost Ship.
** He also accidentally stumbles on Saki, Mio and Nana when they are changing clothes.
* ActionGirl: Feena is one when you meet her on your trip to New Parm. She's also on equal ground with Justin as a melee fighter and has fire magic to boot! She undergoes some {{Chickification}} by mid CD 2, but recovers towards the [[FinalBattle End Game]], although she is surpassed as a melee fighter and her attributes grow towards magic, making her the second best mage in the game, maybe the best if you count her plot related spells.
** ActionMom: It's also stated that Lily, Justin's mother, was a pirate who first met his father when they clashed swords.
%%* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts
* AllInARow: How the other party members follow Justin.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Justin's driving force for much of the game is his belief that Alent is a real place, and that he can get there somehow. [[spoiler:He's right]].
* AncientAstronauts: [[spoiler:It turns out Icarians were space-faring people, and Alent was sent into orbit to avoid being destroyed by Gaia]].
* AndManGrewProud: There are few cutscenes in the game, but most of them consist of [[ApocalypseHow Gaia ruining Angelo's collective shit]].
* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: At one town, the group stumbles upon a party that sends them to be sacrificed to a dragon living in a volcano.
* ArcWords: "End of the World". Used as a physical location, a hypothetical event, and [[LastDiscMagic the name of the strongest spell in the game]].
* ArmiesAreEvil: Originally a security detachment for the Joule Foundation, the Garlyle Forces now ''control'' the excavations, hoard ancient technology, and even withhold the revelation about "The End of the World" being a myth.
* ArtInitiatesLife: Liete's Magical Art spell.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: General Baal and his son Mullen.
* AnAxeToGrind: Justin and Milda use them.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the ending, [[spoiler:an older Sue goes to meet up with Justin and Feena after having not seen them in years- and finds they've gotten ''bizz-ay!'']]
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Milda's village where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.
* BonusBoss: Lord's Ghost, Kung Fu Master and Leviathan.
* BonusDungeon: Castle of Dreams, Soldier's Grave and Tower of Temptation.
* BrattyHalfPint: Sue.
* BrutalBonusLevel: The Tower of Temptation is pure hell. The rewards are WORTH IT, though.
* CantDropTheHero: Justin is present in all of the game's battles.
* CaptainErsatz: Nana, Saki and Mio share similarities with [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru, Umi and Fuu]].
* ChasteHero: [[spoiler:Justin; that romantic moment that's trying to happen midway through the game on the ocean? It takes Justin a phenomenal amount of time to realize what's going on, and by the time he (probably?) does (or at least seems to be trying to attempt a 'come on' himself), they're interrupted.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Justin, of which Feena disapproves a couple times.
* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: The End of the World.
* ClippedWingAngel: Final Boss: First form, heavy hitter. Second form, dispenses meangingless status effects.
* CognizantLimbs: About 90 % of the bosses have these.
* CombatTentacles: This is what [[spoiler:General Baal is hiding under his cape]].
* CoolShip: The ''Grandeur''. Almost makes you sad to see it explode.
** Fortunately, Mullen has a duplicate airship of his own: the ''Lyonlot''.
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: What happens to Zil Padon at the hands of Gaia as well. Some of the side effects are unpredictable, fear inducing and make little sense and aren't explained, such as petrification and inter-dimensional anomalies]]
* CrutchCharacter: Gadwin.
** Milda, to a lesser extent.
* DefensiveFeintTrap: Thinking they've got Justin cornered, Nana, Saki & Mio pursue him into the engine cab of a runaway locomotive -- only to find that Justin backtracked into the opposite car and decoupled the engine. Also, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the brake lever is broken]].
* DemBones
* DisappearedDad: Justin's father.
* DiscOneNuke: Dragon Cut ([[DubNameChange Ryuujinken, or "Dragon Circle Sword", in the original japanese version]]). Gadwin obliterates damn near everything on the first disc (barring a few enemies immune to the Explosion element), and near the end of the disc, Justin gets to learn it as well. Thanks to his much higher SP, Justin can make even better use of it, and Dragon Cut remains a powerful move well into the second disc.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Leen.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: One boss is a giant angler-type fish with a lure that looks like an attractive female. The lure's only attack is Attract, which seductively draws Justin up towards it... then turns into a giant mouth and takes a bite out of him. The "distracted" part comes from the fact that this can cancel Justin's action if he's charging up a special attack or spell.
* DropTheHammer: Hammers share the same weapon class as maces.
* DrunkOnTheDarkside: [[spoiler:General Baal, when he finally gets hold of Justin's Spirit Stone]].
* DuelBoss: [[spoiler: Mullen demands proof of Justin's will in a one-on-one fight.]]
** And the two fights ''against'' Gadwin.
* EasingIntoTheAdventure: Justin's first task is to win a scavenger hunt consisting of garbage around Parm. Funnily enough, the last item -- the Wooden Sword -- is dubbed the "Spirit Sword." This is the same name as ''Grandia'''s InfinityPlusOneSword, which you acquire much later.
* EldritchLocation: Warp Space.
* TheEmpire: The Garlyle Forces.
* EpicFlail: Share the same class with maces. Nana's [[ImprobableWeaponUser yo-yo]] also turns into a truly ''[[EpicFlail Epic]]'' [[EpicFlail Flail]] as part of her ultimate attack ability.
* GameGourmet: This first game in the franchise features several different fruits[[labelnote:list:]]Bananas, boiled coconuts, Baobab fruits, and Bamo fruits[[/labelnote]], meats[[labelnote:list:]]Dried fish, beef jerky, prime ribs, and squid guts[[/labelnote]], and sweets[[labelnote:list:]]Honey, boxes of sweets, chocolate, chocolate cookies, and coal candy[[/labelnote]].
* GameMod: Has one. It is called Grandia Redux. Notable for more strategic plays, LevelGrinding and being extremely NintendoHard.
* HairDecorations: Sue, whose pet, Puffy, rests on her head as a giant hair bow.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: When the males of Laine come of age, they sprout horns of knowledge (sic) and take on a new form -- a walking, talking bovine.
* ExactEavesdropping: Justin stumbles on the three sergeants just as one of them is asking about the password she herself needs at that exact moment.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The so-called "End of the World"--a wall that cuts the planet in two, which stretches up for miles into the sky. For most people, it literally is the end of world, unless you have an airship that can fly over it or you're like Justin and you [[{{Determinator}} climb over the damn thing]].
* FastballSpecial: Sue's Puffy Kick.
* FightWoosh: Extreme closeup on the characters and opponents before changing to the battlefield screen.
* FirstTown / PortTown: Parm.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Justin
** TheLancer: Rapp
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Lady]]: Liete
** TheChick: Feena
** TheBigGuy: Gadwin
** SixthRanger: Milda
** TeamPet: Guido
** TagAlongKid: Sue
* FlunkyBoss: Orc King is accompanied by two mooks when you fight him.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: The "Café" in New Parm, that's only open at night and has female dancers.
** [[RefugeInAudacity The localization actually goes out of its way to make this as blatantly obvious as it can]], highlighting the presence of the word "Coffee" as much as possible, even to the point of changing the drunkard Jin into "Java" the coffee maniac.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Lily uses her serving tray as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments discipline tool]] on Justin's head.
* TheFunInFuneral: An NPC in New Parm is all set to celebrate his own funeral. He sincerely believes you should be able to have fun at your own funeral.
* GhostShip / ShipLevel: The adrift ship where the [[GetOnTheBoat ship to New Parm]] leads Justin and company to.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Nana, Saki and Mio.
* GoodMorningCrono: [[InvertedTrope inverted]]: the story opens with its main villain, General Baal, awakening from a nightmare.
* GratuitousEnglish: A lot of the battle chants in the [=PlayStation=] version, thanks to a very poor translation.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Technically, everyone but Justin is GuestStarPartyMember. A lot of the characters, like Gadwin, Guido, Milda, and even [[spoiler:Sue]] have lives outside of Justin's quest that they need to go back to, and they will leave the party when their part in the story is over. It's not really a case of SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear, though, as everyone [[spoiler:including Sue]] comes back to help Justin storm the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
** Leen also shows up as a more traditional GuestStarPartyMember for a very brief stretch of the game, though as a non-combatant.
* GuideDangIt: Mana Eggs are the only way to teach characters magic and there are only '''just''' enough for every character who can learn magic to have every element. Combine this with the fact they are sellable AND the fact that you cannot return to many places after particular plot points AND that the eggs themselves are often well hidden...Suddenly, this becomes quite frustrating.
** An enemy in the final dungeon will drop Mana Eggs quite frequently. Granted, you've been permanently cut off from all shops by that point in the game [[ShootTheShaggyDog so they're completely useless]], but you could get more than you would ever need...
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Mullen]]. It's a full stop TomatoSurprise when he starts speaking the Humanoid language, thus revealing his true nature.
* HeelFaceTurn: The entirety of the Garlyle Forces before the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Rapp.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Milda always refers to her husband as Darlin. She's not affectionately calling him "darling," his name really ''is'' Darlin. His fellow wise men are the similar-sounding Dorlin and Derlin.
* HeroicBSOD: Justin gets one near the end.
* HopelessBossFight: First fight against Gadwin. You can only do 0 damage to him, and after a while he'll Dragon Cut you with 9999 damage for OHKO.
* HostageForMcGuffin: Feena is kidnapped by Baal to get the Spirit Stone from Justin [[spoiler:and because she's an Icarian.]]
* IFellForHours: Justin and Feena being catapulted [[HumanSacrifice into a volcano]]. They have enough time on their hands to trade barbs. This is scene is echoed in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' between Ryudo and Skye.
* IGotYouCovered: [[spoiler:The Garlyle Forces]] provide help during the final attack on Gaia.
* ImprobableAge: Pretty much the whole main cast, but Sue being only eight years old is the biggest offender.
** Grandia at least ''tries'' to avert this trope by having the journey make Sue seriously ill due to sheer exhaustion and stress, a little shy of halfway into the story (when things are only ''just'' beginning to really get difficult for the heroes). She has to be sent back to Parm with the implication things could have become a lot worse, were it not for Justin and Feena sacrificing the safe way to the next continent in order to transport her home instantly. This is foreshadowed by her getting a stat-progression handicap that becomes noticeable around the time she should be getting ill.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Nana, whose primary weapon is a yo-yo. [[CuteBruiser It can turn into a buzz saw the size of a small car]], but still...
* IncendiaryExponent: Justin's Lotus Cut and Feena's Flame Whip.
%%* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence
* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: No shortage of these. We have Typhoon Tower, the Twin Towers, the '''''Tower of Doom''''', and the (optional) Tower of Temptation.
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: The DistantFinale (shown from Sue's perspective) showcases a now-adult, beautiful and ProperLady Sue meeting the married Justin and Feena as they return to Justin's hometown. We never see the couple, but [[BabiesEverAfter we meet their entire LITTER]] of kids that look and act like them.
* KnifeNut: Feena, Guido and Rapp.
* KonamiCode: During the ExactEavesdropping moment described above, Saki mistakenly thinks the password is Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right. The correct password is a reshuffled version of the code, switching every instance of Up for Right, Down for Left and vice versa.
* LadyOfWar: Leen.
* LastDiscMagic: "End of the World", [[spoiler:Feena's]] ultimate ability and the strongest spell in the game. And good God, do you ever have to work for it.
* LastOfHisKind: Well, Last of Their Kind: [[spoiler: Feena and Leen are the last of the Icarians]].
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Used as an indication that time has frozen.
* LevelGrinding: Spells and attacks power up the more you use them, up to 99 times per element and weapon, per character.
* LittleStowaway: Sue stows away on the ship Justin's on, and gets caught. Normally, the law of the sea requires that stowaways be tossed overboard in a barrel. However, since she's just a kid, they ultimately decide to be lenient and make her and Justin become apprentices sailors (since sailors can't be stowaways.)
* ALoadOfBull: The men of Laine are walking talking cow people.
* LocomotiveLevel: Justin hijacks a Garlyle train while escaping Mullen's base.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: How Justin's parents first met.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Justin and Feena have no less than six kids in the future.
* {{Mayincatec}}: The Icarians, though only with architecture, artwork and the occasional monster.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:The Icarians. Icarian can be seen as an adjective referring to things relating to Icarus, a popular figure in Greek Mythology; this may be where the Icarian Sea gets its name, as it's the sea into which Icarus supposedly fell and drowned. The Icarians themselves are a race of winged humanoids who are laid low by hubris, but in this case it's the hubris of humans, rather than themselves, which results in their downfall.]]
* MiniGame: Deck swabbing aboard the ship to the New Continent.
* MoneyForNothing: Only at the very end of the game. By the time you're heading to the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, you will be permanently cut off from all shops. Yet, the enemies still drop gold...
* MoodWhiplash: At the end of Typhoon Tower, so badly. It goes from serious, to [[{{Narm}} Gadwin being too big to fit through a skinny mirror]], and then back to serious.
* MusicalAssassin: Cactus Men enemies fight with guitars and one of their special moves is a guitar solo (that sadly, has no sound).
* MysteriousWaif: Liete.
* NewNeoCity: New Parm. Catchy name, but that's the only thing it has in common with its steampunk brethren. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXK3skMWj4 Not to mention the incredibly creepy music...]]
* NonLinearSequel: Of course, there's ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'', and ''[[VideoGame/GrandiaXtreme Grandia]] [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xtreme]]'', but there's also ''[[GaidenGame Grandia: Parallel Trippers]]''--a game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor which stars a trio of kids who get pulled into the Grandia world and team up with Justin and his friends ([[GoKartingWithBowser and his enemies!]]) to SaveBothWorlds. [[NoExportForYou It never made it out of Japan]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Klepp King, who turns into the four-headed Serpent when confronted.
* PaletteSwap: Almost all enemies and bosses have these.
* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: Grinding your water magic at the poison puddles of Mt. Typhoon or any place where you take damage on foot.
** Justin's Immortal Aura skill. It always gives you a lot of experience when used, and with the game's tendency to always have those handy healing save points nearby, you can easily grind Justin into epic GameBreaker levels.
** Any place where the enemies come in groups of six is a very good place to train your magic levels. The Savannah [[spoiler: once all the enemies have been 'Gaia-ifed']] in particular is a favorite place for players that want to grind for Time Gate.
* PirateGirl: Justin's mother Lilly is revealed to have been one in her youth.
* PowerGivesYouWings: Both Leen and [[spoiler:Feena]] whip these out from time to time.
* PrettyInMink: It's not seen but a mink coat is one of the armors available, at least in the US translation.
* PropheticName: Java.
** ...who is obviously named for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint the computer programming syntax]].
* RareCandy: There are various item that boost stats. And then there's Mana Eggs, which teach one specific element for spellcasting.
* RetiredBadass: Subverted(?) by Java, who insists that he's still an active adventurer. He's modeled from Literature/DonQuixote, complete with goofy-looking armor and lance.
* ShipperOnDeck: Sue and pretty much the entire town of New Parm ships Justin and Feena. The former does it pretty much the moment the two met, and the latter after Justin saved her from an arranged marriage to Pakon.
* ShooOutTheClowns: It's only after [[spoiler: Sue and Gadwin leave your party]] that the story turns from a light-hearted romp around the world into a more serious "Save the World from the EldritchAbomination!" deal.
* SinisterScythe: Klepps at Mt. Typhoon use them.
* SomeonesTouchingMyButt: Justin gets up close and-- er, personal with Feena in a crawlspace after she halts too quickly.
* SpritePolygonMix: Sprite character, polygonal levels.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Feena in the HostageForMcGuffin scene.
%%* StatGrinding
* StatusBuff: Sue's Fight Cheer which is the same as WOW! but with a cheerleading dance.
* SteamPunk: Parm.
* {{Stripperific}}: Feena's BattleBikini. One piece of official art even gives us ''booty cleavage''.
* TakenForGranite: Gaia inflicts this on everything it touches.
* ThisCannotBe: Said by Nana and later General Baal when defeated.
* [[TheUnChosenOne The UnChosen One]]: [[spoiler:Justin starts out as an ordinary boy who just wants to be an adventurer. Though he JumpedAtTheCall, and gains the powers of the "Spirits", he wasn't chosen; instead, he fought hard in order to be ''accepted'']].
%%* UnwillingSuspension
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Mullen, the good son of the BigBad, is willing to let his love, Leen, make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the end of the world. When Leen sees that [[spoiler:her sister, Feena,]] has a power to stop it without anyone dying, Mullen says they are to go through with the original plan anyway.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Squid King. The main problem is that you only have extremely limited options for healing at that point in the game outside of Rah-Rah! Cheer, and it's unlikely that Sue has the SP to use it more than once or twice.
* TheWallAroundTheWorld: An enormous wall about a mile high that divides an entire continent.
* WeHaveReserves: By triggering the golems, Baal knowingly brings the entire town of Zil Padon [[spoiler:crashing down onto his own troops]].
* WeaponOfChoice: All the characters can use at least two different weapon types in battle (ie. Justin can use Swords, Maces and Axes).
** The exceptions being [[spoiler:Liete and Gadwin]], who only use maces and swords, respectively.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Defeating [[spoiler:General Baal]] results in him... turning into a small snake-like creature and slithering away, never to be seen again.
* WhenTreesAttack: Gaia is a giant bug/tree hybrid.
* WhipItGood: Feena's second weapon of choice. She is also the only character in the game who uses them.
* WomanInWhite: Technically, she wears purple, but Liete fulfills this role in the storyline until [[spoiler:she joins the party in Alent]].
* YouAreNotAlone: Guido snaps Justin from his HeroicBSOD by gathering all the past party members to encourage him.
** ...which is a ''little'' weird, considering [[{{FridgeLogic}} Sue's all the way over on the other side of the world and Gadwin had never gotten his boat back]], but whatever, it's heartwarming.
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