History VideoGame / Grandia1

* 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...

* CoolSword: The Spirit Sword, given to Justin as a symbol of them accepting him as TheChosenOne. It's also the most powerful weapon in the game.

* TheDeterminator: Justin. He never stops believing in Alent and (almost) always keeps a positive attitude. [[spoiler: His determination pays off.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, as he travels, he gets wrapped up in an epic plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself ]]. These darker and more mature themes appear on the second disc, and provide the catalyst for Justin to grow from a boy to a man, and work towards gaining the acceptance of the Spirits, [[The Determinator regardless of how hard it will be.]] This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some [[ThemeMusicPowerUp badass battle music.]] In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], [[TheChosenOne being accepted by the Spirits]], freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, as he travels, he gets wrapped up in an epic plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself ]]. Justin must journey from a boy to a man. This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some [[ThemeMusicPowerUp badass battle music.]] In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], [[TheChosenOne being accepted by the Spirits]], freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected.]]

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[https://youtu.be/8BOw6QPt1-g Battle theme 3, the battle theme on the second disc.]] There is a major tonal shift in the game, becoming much more serious and mature on the second disc, partly to emphasize Justin growing from a boy to a man.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, as he travels, he gets wrapped up in an epic plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself ]]. Justin must journey from a boy to a man. This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some [[ThemeMusicPowerUp badass battle music.]] In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], being accepted by the Spirits, freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, he gets wrapped up in a plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself ]]. Justin must journey from a boy to a man. This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some badass battle music. In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], being accepted by the Spirits, freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected, to the joy of Mullen.]]]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, he gets wrapped up in a plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[sacrificing herself HeroicSacrifice]]. Justin must journey from a boy to a man. This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some badass battle music. In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], being accepted by the Spirits, freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected, to the joy of Mullen.]]]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Inherently both part of the story and a gameplay mechanic. Justin starts off as the TheUnchosenOne, just a working class adolescent boy that wants to become an adventurer. However, he gets wrapped up in a plot that involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, with citizens of the city of Zil Padon being turned to stone and Leen [[sacrificing herself HeroicSacrifice]]. Justin must journey from a boy to a man. This is emphasized in the tonal shift from Disc 1 to Disc 2, including a change to some badass battle music. In terms of game mechanics, it might include the player grinding up levels. At the end, Justin succeeds, [[SavingTheWorld averting the world ending threat]], being accepted by the Spirits, freeing the citizens of Zil Padon, and Leen being resurrected, to the joy of Mullen.]]

* TheMagicComesBack: [[spoiler: After Justin decides the destroy the spirit stone, the Spirits return, ready to once again exist in harmony with the whole world.]]

* 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.

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. 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.

* AllInARow: How the other party members follow Justin.

* AnAxeToGrind: Justin and Milda use them.

* 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.

* KnifeNut: Feena, Guido and Rapp.

* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: At the town of Gumbo, the group stumbles upon a party that catapault Justin and Feena to be sacrificed to a dragon living in a 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.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: How Justin's parents first met.

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: 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.

%%* 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.

* RareCandy: There are various item that boost stats. And then there's Mana Eggs, which teach one specific element for spellcasting.

* SexyDimorphism: Milda's village, where males are (barely) anthropomorphic cows and females are humanoids with pointy ears.

%%* SirensAreMermaids: The Sea of Mermaids. Justin is completely bewitched by the mermaids (actually a Grinwhale), but Feena is a lot more savvy.
* SinisterScythe: Klepps at Mt. Typhoon use them.

%%* SteamPunk: Parm.
%%* TakenForGranite: Gaia inflicts this on everything it touches.

* 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: Saki stumbles on the three sergeants just as one of them is asking about the password she herself needs at that exact moment.

* WeddingCrashers: Early on Feena gets kidnapped and forced to marry the local master of the Adventurer's Guild, forcing Justin and Sue to rescue her.

* 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.

* EnthrallingSiren: The Sea of Mermaids. Justin is completely bewitched by the mermaids (actually a Grinwhale), but Feena is a lot more savvy.

* 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]]