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* TotallyNotAWerewolf: Almost literally in this case, but [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves,]] who in ''Guardian Tales'' are [[VoluntaryTransformation animal-shapeshifters]] with a LittleBitBeastly humanoid [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default form]], are often confused with innuits, who are a distinct species who can be identified by their inability to transform into wolves, or any kind of animal. This fact is often exploited by innuits to make profits and get special treatment by organizations such as [[Characters/GuardianTalesFireUniqueHeroes Rey]] 'Tooth and Fang', much to her honest chagrin.
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* TotallyNotAWerewolf: Almost literally in this case, but [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves,]] who in ''Guardian Tales'' are [[VoluntaryTransformation animal-shapeshifters]] with a LittleBitBeastly humanoid [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default form]], are often confused with innuits, who are a distinct species who can be identified by their inability to transform into wolves, or any kind of animal. This fact is often exploited by innuits to make profits and get special treatment by organizations such as [[Characters/GuardianTalesFireUniqueHeroes Rey]] Rey's]] 'Tooth and Fang', much to her honest chagrin.
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* ArcSymbol: A rather inconspicuous spiral symbol which is embossed into most surfaces that you will encounter on your journey. Dozens of them appear on, inside, and around Heavenhold, a spiral is the symbol that represents the Basic element, the [[Character/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess's]] Awakening tree resembles a spiral, [[spoiler:a pair of spiral symbols appear in the eyes of the Little Princess in 18-1,]] and so on. The meaning of this is currently unknown.
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* ArcSymbol: A rather inconspicuous spiral symbol which is embossed into most surfaces that you will encounter on your journey. Dozens of them appear on, inside, and around Heavenhold, a spiral is the symbol that represents the Basic element, the [[Character/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess's]] Awakening tree resembles a spiral, [[spoiler:a pair of spiral symbols appear in the eyes of the Little Princess in 18-1,]] and so on. The meaning of this is currently unknown.
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* ATasteOfPower: The last stage of a side-story switches your character to that particular plot's Unique character wielding their exclusive weapon, letting you "test drive" them for a bit. Later on, an update gives players the ability to "try out" the featured unit in their banner before deciding to pull.
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* ATasteOfPower: The last stage of a side-story switches your character to that particular plot's Unique character wielding their exclusive weapon, letting you "test drive" them for a bit. Later on, an update gives players AbandonedWarChild: At the ability start of World 2, we meet a forlorn and forsaken Teatan child whose parents had perished shortly prior to "try out" the featured unit in their banner before deciding to pull.our arrival.
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers beneath the Demon World Capital, as well as Demonshire and perhaps the other two states, have gargantuan sewers filled with the homeless and the destitute, as well and inveighing dissenters seeking refuge from persecution or reprisal.
* ActionPrologue: The story begins with the [[DoomedHometown destruction of Kanterbury]] at the hands of the Invaders and a struggle, on the behalf of a newbie Guardian- you- to survive and reach the castle, where the royalty of Kanterbury reside.
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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Every co-op stage has zone slowly flood with a black mass of SOMETHING that rapidly drains health should it catch the party.
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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Every co-op stage has zone slowly flood with a seething black mass of SOMETHING [[spoiler:Labose]] that rapidly drains health should it catch the party.party.
* AerithAndBob: Character names range from generic (Bob, Beth) to foreign but still realistic (Sohee, Aoyuki) to fantastic and bizarre (Lilith, Vishuvac), and so on.
* AerithAndBob: Character names range from generic (Bob, Beth) to foreign but still realistic (Sohee, Aoyuki) to fantastic and bizarre (Lilith, Vishuvac), and so on.
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* AIBreaker: It's possible to break the AI of world 7's ChestMonster by picking up a fire pit from earlier in the level and throwing it at the idle mini-boss. The OptionalBoss of world 11 has it even worse: You can build a small fort from the pushable blocks in the same room, and since the enemy [[CripplingOverspecialization only uses projectiles that bounce off objects]] and you have an invincible GuestStarPartyMember ...
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* AIBreaker: It's possible to break the AI of world 7's ChestMonster by picking up a fire pit from earlier in the level and throwing it at the idle mini-boss. The OptionalBoss of world 11 has it even worse: You can build a small fort from the pushable blocks in the same room, and since the enemy [[CripplingOverspecialization only uses projectiles that bounce off objects]] and you have an invincible GuestStarPartyMember ...GuestStarPartyMember...
* AlienSky: The sky of Demon World contains what looks to be a large gas giant and numerous moons visible beyond the foggy red sky, [[spoiler:and considering the trailer for Season 3, regular old Tetis has a sky much like this one.]]
* AlienSky: The sky of Demon World contains what looks to be a large gas giant and numerous moons visible beyond the foggy red sky, [[spoiler:and considering the trailer for Season 3, regular old Tetis has a sky much like this one.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Each of the heroes' Book entries includes a section detailing the character's story, and often contains details that aren't present in any playable storylines, if such a storyline exists, as not all characters are guaranteed to have a playable story to themselves, although this has become rarer and rarer over time, as newer characters often are released alongside a World update, or the release of their associated Short/Side-Story, Heavenhold Novels, Comic, or even game-mode.
* AllWebbedUp: In the second area of Expedition, [[spoiler:Shen City has fallen to an onslaught of [[GiantSpider humongous spiders]] who have cocooned the inhabitants for later consumption.]]
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* AlternativeCalendar: The game renders its dates with the year A.H. (After Hero), counting the years passed after Kaden's adventures over the course of ''Dungeon Link''.
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* AlternativeCalendar: The game renders its dates with the year A.H. (After Hero), counting the years passed after Kaden's adventures over the course of ''Dungeon Link''. Furthermore, in the past, the nation of Demonshire exclusively used it's own calendar before accepting the official use of the A.H. calendar near the present.
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* AnotherDimension: The Demon World exists in a separate plane far from the human world, with their own set of progress and turmoils.
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* AnotherDimension: The Demon World exists in a separate plane far from the human world, with their own set of progress and turmoils. Although this has since been subverted, as it appears that Demon 'World' is merely a continent on the planet of Tetis.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:All the {{Arc Villain}}s who actually ''survive'' their respective worlds are few and far in between, including maybe [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Mk.2]], the [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Mad Panda Trio]], [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Plague Doctor,]] whose fate is [[UncertainDoom unknown,]] and the Fairy from W6, who was put into IndenturedServitude by the gnomes to pay for her crimes, but Future Beth's dead, Alt-Knight's dead, Commander Volt's dead, Camilla's dead, and in Worlds 17-18 alone, [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies Morrian, Erina and Vinette died]], [[AMillionIsAStatistic people were slaughtered by the millions by]] [[WarIsHell internecine warfare]] [[ThePlague and Labose]], and in the Unrecorded World, many of the Champions were killed off prior to your return, while many more could perish in World 11, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which also was possibly intended to be even more of a bloodbath, with everybody dying except for the]] [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Knight]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and the]] [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess]], [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and some NPCs.]]]]
* TheApunkalypse: While not apocalyptic [[ThirstyDesert (no more than a desert already is)]], the Desert of Madness is an [[AnarchyIsChaos anarchic hellscape]] ruled by mohawk-wearing [[OurElvesAreDifferent desert elves]] who seem to be infatuated with punk fashion.
* TheApunkalypse: While not apocalyptic [[ThirstyDesert (no more than a desert already is)]], the Desert of Madness is an [[AnarchyIsChaos anarchic hellscape]] ruled by mohawk-wearing [[OurElvesAreDifferent desert elves]] who seem to be infatuated with punk fashion.
* ArcNumber: 13. There are thirteen Champions, and there are thirteen [[Characters/GuardianTales Invader]] Corps Commanders. There were thirteen astronauts described the Mysterious Tapes, and the thirteenth astronaut perished. [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 The Knight]] is the thirteenth Champion, while the BigBad of Season 1, [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Beth,]] is the thirteenth Corps Commander.
* ArcSymbol: A rather inconspicuous spiral symbol which is embossed into most surfaces that you will encounter on your journey. Dozens of them appear on, inside, and around Heavenhold, a spiral is the symbol that represents the Basic element, the [[Character/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess's]] Awakening tree resembles a spiral, [[spoiler:a pair of spiral symbols appear in the eyes of the Little Princess in 18-1,]] and so on. The meaning of this is currently unknown.
* ArcSymbol: A rather inconspicuous spiral symbol which is embossed into most surfaces that you will encounter on your journey. Dozens of them appear on, inside, and around Heavenhold, a spiral is the symbol that represents the Basic element, the [[Character/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess's]] Awakening tree resembles a spiral, [[spoiler:a pair of spiral symbols appear in the eyes of the Little Princess in 18-1,]] and so on. The meaning of this is currently unknown.
* ArtisticTitle: The opening sequence contains sketches of the [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Knight]] and [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Queen Lilith]] as well as an animated intro sequence [[MediumBlending intermixed]] with what looks to be [[TitleMontage actual gameplay.]]
* ATasteOfPower: The last stage of a side-story switches your character to that particular plot's Unique character wielding their exclusive weapon, letting you "test drive" them for a bit. Later on, an update gives players the ability to "try out" the featured unit in their banner before deciding to pull.
* BackFromTheBrink: [[spoiler:[[DarkFuture The world beyond the portal]] is a grim reality where the [[VillainWorld Invaders are on the precipice of victory]] and humanity's last hope, the [[LaResistance Resistance]] stationed on Heavenhold, is on the [[NearVillainVictory brink of collapse.]] But your appearance, as the hero of the story, was enough to arouse what little hope the dejected resisters had left and [[ArcWords take back their future.]]]]
* {{Backtracking}}: Some stages force the player to backtrack in order to achieve HundredPercentCompletion. Case-in-point, after a pair of competitors shove you off a bridge in 5-1 into a cave of sorts, you have to first defeat some Viper Clan {{Mooks}} to open a door, then walk all the way to the opposite end of the cave, through areas you've already been to, to collect some [[PlotCoupon Purple Coins]] and even free [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld5 Girgas.]] Other stages have minor examples like this, and some Worlds, like World 5, have story quests that make you return to familiar, already completed stages, to resume that quest and achieve full completion.
* {{Backtracking}}: Some stages force the player to backtrack in order to achieve HundredPercentCompletion. Case-in-point, after a pair of competitors shove you off a bridge in 5-1 into a cave of sorts, you have to first defeat some Viper Clan {{Mooks}} to open a door, then walk all the way to the opposite end of the cave, through areas you've already been to, to collect some [[PlotCoupon Purple Coins]] and even free [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld5 Girgas.]] Other stages have minor examples like this, and some Worlds, like World 5, have story quests that make you return to familiar, already completed stages, to resume that quest and achieve full completion.
* BadFuture: After being sent to the future by the Dark Magician in World 9, [[spoiler:when you reach the other side of the portal you are greeted the ruins of the FloatingContinent you and hundreds of people called home during your time. The mountains of Shen City are burning, the world known to you at the point was beneath the jackboot of the Invaders, people are being harvested [[PeopleFarms like cattle]] for antibodies, Demon World is extinct,[[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lilith]], [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Erina]], and the [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Demon Gods]] were all dead, many of the Champions and the Knight's old friends have perished, their surviving friends have become [[DividedWeFall divided,]] and the 13th Corps' conquest of Heavenhold [[NearVillainVictory is on the verge of victory.]]]]
* BearsAreBadNews: [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter Bipedal]] Bears represent a significant threat in World 5 and continuously ambush you in the bamboo forest in 5-4. They also reappear as obstacles in ''The Blossoming of Shen Mountain''.
* BlueIsHeroic: Very common in ''Guardian Tales.'' The Champion's Sword is bluish (turquoise) and Heavenhold has blue as a recurring, defining element (alongside [[WhiteIsPure white]]), Kanterbury Kingdom, the home of the heroes of both [=GT=] and it's prequel ''"Dungeon Link"'' is abundantly cerulean, and the Knight's weapon skill, using the Libera one-handed sword, is blue [[ShockAndAwe lightning.]] [[spoiler:(which is especially highlighted by the Weapon Skill of the Champion's Sword in W18.)]]
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* BossArenaIdiocy: Winning the fight against old Erina fairly requires the player to train to level 70, in order to survive her one-hit kill attacks...Unless the player takes advantage of the four torches in the arena, which blocks her melee attacks, but not yours. This allows lower-leveled players to hide behind a torch and spam her to death.
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* BossArenaIdiocy: BossArenaIdiocy:
** Winning the fight against old Erina fairly requires the player to train to level 70, in order to survive her one-hit kill attacks...Unless the player takes advantage of the four torches in the arena, which blocks her melee attacks, but not yours. This allows lower-leveled players to hide behind a torch and spam her to death.
** Winning the fight against old Erina fairly requires the player to train to level 70, in order to survive her one-hit kill attacks...Unless the player takes advantage of the four torches in the arena, which blocks her melee attacks, but not yours. This allows lower-leveled players to hide behind a torch and spam her to death.
** While not ''bosses'' by any definition, the Rah Empire soldiers that [[NPCRoadblock obstruct your escape from]] [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld9 Shapira]], for some reason the path seemed to be rigged with the key to their defeat in a way readily accessible to a fleeing Kanterburian such as the Knight.
* BossRush
** In Heavenhold Tower 40, you have to fight three bosses in quick succession: Goblin Chief, Lava Slime King, and [[Characters/GuardianTalesWaterUniqueHeroes Grand Admiral Marina.]]
* BossRush
** In Heavenhold Tower 40, you have to fight three bosses in quick succession: Goblin Chief, Lava Slime King, and [[Characters/GuardianTalesWaterUniqueHeroes Grand Admiral Marina.]]
* {{Callback}}: In 1-7, you can make your way through the [[EldritchLocation Maze Forest]] by following the Little Princess' handkerchiefs. [[spoiler:In 16-1, you get to the area where the 1st Corps Commander is by following used handkerchiefs dropped, against by the Princess.]]
* CannotSelfTerminate: In ''Ruined God's Paradise,'' [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] mentions that it is impossible for gods to die naturally or kill themselves, either by letting themselves go or actively taking their own lives. The only way a god can die is if they are killed by another god, or a sufficiently power mortal [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu manages to kill them.]]
* CannotSelfTerminate: In ''Ruined God's Paradise,'' [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] mentions that it is impossible for gods to die naturally or kill themselves, either by letting themselves go or actively taking their own lives. The only way a god can die is if they are killed by another god, or a sufficiently power mortal [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu manages to kill them.]]
* ChainOfDeals: "Gremory's Bartering" is triggered by the eponymous MadScientist giving you a cracked microscope lens, whereupon you travel about Demon World's Old City District, trading for- and turning in- various NoodleImplements until you can buy a functional microscope lens for her.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: In 5-3, Tao orders you, Mei and Fei to wear a heavy tortoise suit, which all three of you simply [[SpectacularSpinning spin]] into.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: In 5-3, Tao orders you, Mei and Fei to wear a heavy tortoise suit, which all three of you simply [[SpectacularSpinning spin]] into.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: In 12-2, [[spoiler:when the Knight tries to convince the police station receptionist that they are the real deal, the television nearby [[{{Hellistics}} just so happens]] to be on a channel televising a ceremony involving the resumption of diplomatic relations between Human World and Demon World, and the presence of an unexpected [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 doppelganger.]]]]
* ContextSensitiveButton: The button usually dedicated to [[VideoGameSprinting sprinting]] often changes functionality depending on context: When facing a portable object, the sprint functionality is deprecated by a "pick up" and "throw down" functionality, which is possibly an intentional design choice since this reduced mobility is often exploited in puzzles. The sprint button is replaced by a "plant seeds" when in the vicinity of a crop plot in the Farm gamemode.
* CoupDeGraceCutscene: Some boss battles are concluded through means of an ActionCommand, like the [[spoiler:Bad Omen in World 17, or the Plague Doctor in World 18.]]
* CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain: At the beginning of World 15, Demon World was laden with floodwaters and rivulets of rainfall from a light, inclement thunderstorm. [[spoiler:Though this would be the least of their troubles to come.]]
* DamagerHealerTank: Co-op Expedition introduces three character classes that are exclusive to the game-mode and are dependent on the hero in question. These are, of course, the '''Dealer''', the '''Tanker''', and the '''Healer''' classes. The first one specializes in dealing a lot of damage in a short amount of time, to many enemies. The second class specializes in [[DrawAggro taunting]] enemies and [[BarrierWarrior projecting shields]] to absorb their attacks and projectiles. And the third class specializes in healing teammates and [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist reviving]] them.
* DarkestHour:
** In 10-5, [[spoiler:the [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Princess']] barrier, a woven fabric of conciliation with humanity's downfall, had collapsed under the relentless onslaught of countless [[BioweaponBeast Super-Invaders]]. Surely, the Resistance was doomed, and the Future Princess's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome nightmare]] would come true. But then, the monsters were beaten back, by the unexpected return of an old ally.[[SugarWiki.AwesomeMoments The candle of hope has been relit,]] as the [[BigDamnHeroes armies of Rah]], under [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld9 Aisha]] and [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld2 Marianne]], [[ChangedMyMindKid return to save their brothers-in-arms.]]]]
** In World 16, [[spoiler:the Knight has been betrayed, defeated, and nearly killed by a [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes perfidious Invader commander]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy those four they once could call allies.]] Now regarded as an infiltrator in a familiar place that no longer recognizes them, they must fight for Heavenhold and their friends, and also for their very existence.]]
* DarkReprise: [[spoiler:In 18-1, the soundtrack of [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Vinette's]] flashback is a slowed down, distorted version of the theme that plays in the background inside Vinette's Lab.]]
* DashAttack: Some weapons, like [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld7 Craig's]] EX 'Silence', allow the hero equipping it to use a dashing Weapon Skill. Additionally, [[DamagerHealerTank Dealers]] in Co-op Expedition can also use a dash skill periodically. Also, some enemy {{Mooks}} can employ dash attacks as well.
* DarkestHour:
** In 10-5, [[spoiler:the [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Princess']] barrier, a woven fabric of conciliation with humanity's downfall, had collapsed under the relentless onslaught of countless [[BioweaponBeast Super-Invaders]]. Surely, the Resistance was doomed, and the Future Princess's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome nightmare]] would come true. But then, the monsters were beaten back, by the unexpected return of an old ally.[[SugarWiki.AwesomeMoments The candle of hope has been relit,]] as the [[BigDamnHeroes armies of Rah]], under [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld9 Aisha]] and [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld2 Marianne]], [[ChangedMyMindKid return to save their brothers-in-arms.]]]]
** In World 16, [[spoiler:the Knight has been betrayed, defeated, and nearly killed by a [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes perfidious Invader commander]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy those four they once could call allies.]] Now regarded as an infiltrator in a familiar place that no longer recognizes them, they must fight for Heavenhold and their friends, and also for their very existence.]]
* DarkReprise: [[spoiler:In 18-1, the soundtrack of [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Vinette's]] flashback is a slowed down, distorted version of the theme that plays in the background inside Vinette's Lab.]]
* DashAttack: Some weapons, like [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld7 Craig's]] EX 'Silence', allow the hero equipping it to use a dashing Weapon Skill. Additionally, [[DamagerHealerTank Dealers]] in Co-op Expedition can also use a dash skill periodically. Also, some enemy {{Mooks}} can employ dash attacks as well.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:[[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Dark Magician Beth]] acts as the FinalBoss of Season 1, after nine worlds of acting as the [[GreaterScopeVillain primary agitator of much of it's conflict.]] The Plague Doctor also very similar, as the final boss of Season 2]]
* DomedHometown: The remains of Kanterbury were encased in a forcefield by the Invaders, making it impossible for unauthorized entities to enter or leave.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: '''"Doom"''' is a status debuffs applied by Cursed Towers of Toxicity and various Weapon Skills that inflict the Injured Ailment that results in DamageOverTime.
* DoubleEdgedBuff: The "Flower From Hell", an Artifact usable in the now-defunct Kamazone game-mode, can reduce the health of up to four enemies, depending on how many of your party members are left, by 4% every seven seconds. The caveat, however, is that the same deterioration is applied to your team, as well.
** The "Lens of Light and Darkness" works in much the same way, increasing your party's Weapon Skill Regen Speed by 50%, but decreasing their Atk by 20%.
** The "Lens of Light and Darkness" works in much the same way, increasing your party's Weapon Skill Regen Speed by 50%, but decreasing their Atk by 20%.
* DragonsAreDemonic: The four Demon Gods can transform into so-called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Demonic Dragons."]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Whenever you summon a new hero from the game's [[GachaGame gacha]] mechanic, the hero will take care to properly introduce themselves, allowing the player to a brief glimpse at their character beyond what can be inferred from their bio or storylines alone, if they have the latter.
* FireOfComfort: During your adventure through [[TheLostWoods Kanterbury Forest,]] you and some of your comrades can be seen camping by a small bonfire in the woods when you access the lobby.
* FogFeet: Truly dead spirits can be identified by their lack of feet and the presence of a ghostly tail in it's place, as the Knight's journey through the Afterworld shown.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: [[spoiler:In 16-1, if you choose to [[DespairEventHorizon give up and surrender to the [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes 1st Corps Commander,]] she will [[NonStandardGameOver immediately strike you down]] using the Champion's Sword, while a haunting knell reverberates as it impales you.]]
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: [[spoiler:In 16-1, if you choose to [[DespairEventHorizon give up and surrender to the [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes 1st Corps Commander,]] she will [[NonStandardGameOver immediately strike you down]] using the Champion's Sword, while a haunting knell reverberates as it impales you.]]
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** At the end of World 1, after dislodging the Champion's Sword from the pedestal in the ruins of an old city, and after concluding your meeting with [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Queen Lili]], she says to herself that 'the Little Princess' presence was unexpected.' (well she actually says 'she was unexpected', but this remains unchanged regardless of the players' gender.) [[spoiler:This is because the Princess is a ParadoxPerson and isn't supposed to existence, accordinh the prophecy.]]
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** At the end of World 1, after dislodging the Champion's Sword from the pedestal in the ruins of an old city, and after concluding your meeting with [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Queen Lili]], she says to herself that 'the Little Princess' presence was unexpected.' (well she actually says 'she was unexpected', but this remains unchanged regardless of the players' gender.) [[spoiler:This is because the Princess is a ParadoxPerson and isn't supposed to existence, accordinh according the prophecy.]]
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** Really, the entirety of the Champion's Sword screen can be considered Foreshadowing, as it allows one to preview heroes that will be collected in the future, such as [[spoiler:Kaden]] and [[spoiler:Heavenhold.]] [[spoiler:Well, almost, but in World 18 the Champion's Sword is no longer as good for prediction as once thought...]]
** In 16-2, [[spoiler: for some reason the ghost of [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Future Princess]] is associated with the button of the tenth champion, instead of [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lilith.]]]] [[spoiler:This is most likely because, as revealed in World 18, Little Princess is actually one of the champions due to unwittingly siphoning away a part of the Knight's power.]]
** Really, the entirety of the Champion's Sword screen can be considered Foreshadowing, as it allows one to preview heroes that will be collected in the future, such as [[spoiler:Kaden]] and [[spoiler:Heavenhold.]] [[spoiler:Well, almost, but in World 18 the Champion's Sword is no longer as good for prediction as once thought...]]
* FourIsDeath: There are four known [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Demon Gods,]] who are some of the vilest entities on Tetis.
** Really, the entirety of the Champion's Sword screen can be considered Foreshadowing, as it allows one to preview heroes that will be collected in the future, such as [[spoiler:Kaden]] and [[spoiler:Heavenhold.]] [[spoiler:Well, almost, but in World 18 the Champion's Sword is no longer as good for prediction as once thought...]]
* FourIsDeath: There are four known [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Demon Gods,]] who are some of the vilest entities on Tetis.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler:Thousands of the creatures infest Shen City during the events of Expedition.]]
** [[spoiler:The [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Little Princess]] experienced this on a smaller scale during World 17, after the death of [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Camilla]] [[BreakTheCutie disturbed her so much]] that she shrunk into [[HappyPlace an alternate dimension to escape from reality.]] The loop takes place on Camilla's birthday at an unspecified date, and everytime the day ends, the universe loops back, though this loop is imperfect and quickly deteriorates with each iteration.]]
* HamsterWheelPower: [[MalevolentArchitecture For some reason,]] [[spoiler:Lilith Tower is isolated from Demon World's electric grid and it's electricity is supplied internally by a pair of rooms whose layout must be symmetric across a dividing line to function. If anything goes wrong with the layout of both rooms... then power will have to be supplied by two guys running on a treadmill. [[BellisariosMaxim Some how.]]]]
* HappyDance: After completing a side-content like a Rift or Tower stage, or after looting a chest, your heroes will do a small dance.
* HappyDance: After completing a side-content like a Rift or Tower stage, or after looting a chest, your heroes will do a small dance.
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* HealingCheckpoint: You can find towers throughout the game that allow you to heal your Heroes back to full health.[[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity Beware, though]], for the presence of a healing tower suggests a boss or other challenge lies ahead.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: [[spoiler:Whenever the Knight is under extreme duress, the [[SuddenSoundtrackStop background music grinds to a halt]] and is replaced by their heavy heartbeat. Notably, in World 16, whenever directly confronting [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Camilla]], this trope is played straight when they realize that they [[VillainHasAPoint can't produce a counter-argument to her statements]]. This is taken to it's conclusion with her [[AwesomeMusic boss battle theme]], which does have the faint echo of a heartbeat.]]
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: [[spoiler:Whenever the Knight is under extreme duress, the [[SuddenSoundtrackStop background music grinds to a halt]] and is replaced by their heavy heartbeat. Notably, in World 16, whenever directly confronting [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Camilla]], this trope is played straight when they realize that they [[VillainHasAPoint can't produce a counter-argument to her statements]]. This is taken to it's conclusion with her [[AwesomeMusic boss battle theme]], which does have the faint echo of a heartbeat.]]
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* HealingCheckpoint: You can find towers throughout the game that allow you to heal your Heroes back to full health. [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity Beware, though]], for the presence of a healing tower suggests a boss or other challenge lies ahead.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: [[spoiler:Whenever the Knight is under extreme duress, the [[SuddenSoundtrackStop background music grinds to a halt]] and is replaced by their heavy heartbeat. Notably, in World 16, whenever directly confronting [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Camilla]], this trope is played straight when they realize that they [[VillainHasAPoint can't produce a counter-argument to her statements]]. This is taken to it's conclusion with her[[AwesomeMusic [[SugarWiki.AwesomeMusic boss battle theme]], which does have the faint echo of a heartbeat.]]
* HeartbeatSoundtrack: [[spoiler:Whenever the Knight is under extreme duress, the [[SuddenSoundtrackStop background music grinds to a halt]] and is replaced by their heavy heartbeat. Notably, in World 16, whenever directly confronting [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Camilla]], this trope is played straight when they realize that they [[VillainHasAPoint can't produce a counter-argument to her statements]]. This is taken to it's conclusion with her
* HereThereWereDragons: In the past, Kaden and his allies burnt down the WorldTree to destabilize Heaven and deprive Vellenus of the power that she was going to use to destroy humanity. However, the world tree's destruction also deprived much of the world of [[WhiteMagic Holy Magic]], meaning that they could no longer effectively tend to their wounds and heal their infected anymore. Furthermore, the gods and angels that were not aligned with Vellenus, or opposed her, suffered as well.
* HoldTheLine: In 17-3, [[spoiler:your task is not to confront the Saul forces directly, but to rather supply the front lines with materiel so that they can stop Saul from breaking through and pursuing it's goals.]]
* HopelessWar: [[spoiler:By the time we get to the Unrecorded World, it is far beyond repair, and there is no longer any chance of salvaging that timeline. [[LaResistance The Resistance]] could barely expel the relatively small contingent of Invaders, and the [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Dark Magician]], from Heavenhold- yet she is the ''[[TheWorfEffect weakest]]'' of the thirteen Corps Commanders, and to have even the faintest of hopes at defeating [[Characters/GuardianTalesUnrecordedWorld the Savior]] and destroying the Invaders' Order, they need the Champion's Sword, which was discarded [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp because they thought it was useless]] without the Knight. But many of the needed Champions are dead and, even if they ''did'' have the sword. [[FromBadToWorse And,]] even if they somehow ''do'' [[HopeSpot kill the Savior]], [[SuddenDownerEnding the world will just be destroyed again by Labose.]]]]
* HopelessWar: [[spoiler:By the time we get to the Unrecorded World, it is far beyond repair, and there is no longer any chance of salvaging that timeline. [[LaResistance The Resistance]] could barely expel the relatively small contingent of Invaders, and the [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Dark Magician]], from Heavenhold- yet she is the ''[[TheWorfEffect weakest]]'' of the thirteen Corps Commanders, and to have even the faintest of hopes at defeating [[Characters/GuardianTalesUnrecordedWorld the Savior]] and destroying the Invaders' Order, they need the Champion's Sword, which was discarded [[AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp because they thought it was useless]] without the Knight. But many of the needed Champions are dead and, even if they ''did'' have the sword. [[FromBadToWorse And,]] even if they somehow ''do'' [[HopeSpot kill the Savior]], [[SuddenDownerEnding the world will just be destroyed again by Labose.]]]]
* InGameNovel: Heavenhold Novels and Expedition Archives novels provide a glimpse into the genuine tales of other characters, lands and times through a Visual Novel-style medium.
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Giant golden keys are often used in stages to unlock {{Locked Door}}s. Hypothetically, they can be used in any given key door, and disappear into the aether upon use. Subverted by keys that are explicitly quest items, stored in the player's inventory (accessible through the Heavenhold menus), which are decidedly ''not'' interchangeable and remain in existence after using them.
* KarmaHoudini: Everywhere! [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lupina]] gets little to no retribution for terrorizing the inhabitants of Mt. Shivering for centuries, [[AssholeVictim insufferable though they may be,]] the Rah Empire still sends thousands of Kanterburian refugees to concentration camps since Aisha is still a princess with limited authority, the [[spoiler:sniper in Demon World never received their comeuppance,]] Beth still has freedom despite having engaged in conspiracy to dismantle dozens of nations and destroyed Kanterbury and Adela, [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Kamael]] still remains as the despicable CEO of Kamazon and still continues to assassinate all of it's enemies, and so on.
* KillerRabbit: Quite common in Ice Mountain. [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse They are physically indistinguishable from regular rabbits.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In 13-4 Nightmare, [[spoiler:an exhausted Lilith Tower maintenance man remarks that the building is supplied electricity by a pair of rooms that have to have symmetric layouts to function, almost like some kind of puzzle game.]]
* LongLived: Demons and pure-blood Vampires, while not undying, can live for centuries, millennia, even, as evidenced by characters like [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lilith and Claude]] living for >1500 and >1800 years, respectively.
* MalevolentArchitecture: Given that ''Guardian Tales'' is a game in which progress through the main story is impeded by increasingly circuitous puzzles, it shouldn't come as a surprise that even inside buildings like Magic School or [[spoiler:Lilith Tower]] have these puzzles scattered everywhere, even though in real life, this would be incredibly impractical for pretty much anyone else.
* MedievalStasis: Kanterbury Kingdom has been at the same technology level for five hundred years, at minimum.
* MobileShrubbery: How you ultimately avoid notice in 9-1.
* ModernStasis: Apparently, Demon World was already technologically advanced five hundred years ago, as shown by the Manga.ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime collaboration short-story, and hasn't advanced further since.
* ModernStasis: Apparently, Demon World was already technologically advanced five hundred years ago, as shown by the Manga.ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime collaboration short-story, and hasn't advanced further since.
* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:The conclusion of the Prophecy is this for ''the entire world.'' Either, the Knight [[OffWithHisHead beheads]] the Savior with the Champion's Sword, resulting in a reaction that unleashes Labose flies across the world, who then proceed to [[TheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroy it]] and rebirth it, or they forsake their duty, meaning the Invaders [[TheBadGuysWin conquer Tetis]], subjecting it's inhabitants to a [[CrapsackWorld nightmarish]] [[PeopleFarms future.]]]]
** [[spoiler:In 16-1, should you [[DespairEventHorizon resign to your fate]] and cede full control of the Champion's Sword to Camilla, she will immediately motion to [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice strike you down with it,]] resulting in non-standard death.]]
** [[spoiler:And again, in 18-11, if you allow Kaden to destroy the Champion's Sword, thereby eradicating any lifeform synchronized with the sword, namely, you and the Princess, you ''will'' be killed off and [[TheBadGuyWins he will finally win...]] for a moment, at least, before LP reverses this decision using her [[DefenceMechanismSuperpower ever-abstruse powers.]]]]
* NoOSHACompliance: [[spoiler:Apparently, the Invaders do not regard the safety of their employees in high regard, given the startling presence of flamethrower traps and bottomless pits in World 15.]]
* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:In 15-10, there is a 'maze', so to speak, that you must navigate through to get one of the stage's Star Pieces. However, there is ''something'' terrifying shrouded in the abject darkness of that corridor that gets closer and closer until it eventually lashes out and ''attacks.'' Fortunately, whatever it is seems to be merciful, because you are safety tossed out of the corridor unscathed.]]
** [[spoiler:And again, in 18-11, if you allow Kaden to destroy the Champion's Sword, thereby eradicating any lifeform synchronized with the sword, namely, you and the Princess, you ''will'' be killed off and [[TheBadGuyWins he will finally win...]] for a moment, at least, before LP reverses this decision using her [[DefenceMechanismSuperpower ever-abstruse powers.]]]]
* NoOSHACompliance: [[spoiler:Apparently, the Invaders do not regard the safety of their employees in high regard, given the startling presence of flamethrower traps and bottomless pits in World 15.]]
* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:In 15-10, there is a 'maze', so to speak, that you must navigate through to get one of the stage's Star Pieces. However, there is ''something'' terrifying shrouded in the abject darkness of that corridor that gets closer and closer until it eventually lashes out and ''attacks.'' Fortunately, whatever it is seems to be merciful, because you are safety tossed out of the corridor unscathed.]]
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Werebeasts are LittleBitBeastly humanoids who can [[VoluntaryTransformation transform, of their own volition,]] into a single animal form associated with their physical animal traits as a humanoid.
* PictorialLetterSubstitution: The game's port for the Nintendo Switch has a [[https://assets.nintendo.com/image/upload/ar_16:9,c_lpad,w_656/b_white/f_auto/q_auto/ncom/software/switch/70010000041655/2c8e04df5b0a67cadda0b78f4848ee28d901ee581028bcaea5c2adf861b7b145 stylized logo,]] one different from the logos used for the Global version of the game that features the Champion's Sword in place of the 'i' in the title.
* PlanarShockwave: [[spoiler:At the end of World 18, the WorldHealingWave generated by the power of the Champion's Sword created a supersonic planar ring that radiated outward from the sword.]]
* PlotCoupon: In World 15, [[spoiler:you need to defeat all four [[KillerRobot AMMIs]] in the Invader Mothership to retrieve their [[OffWithTheirHead disembodied heads,]] upon which you can use them to access the [[SecretStage 1st Corps Commander's room]] and achieve HundredPercentCompletion.]]
* PostApocalypticGasMask: According to the first Mysterious Tape, and according to the Orbital Lift, [[spoiler:surviving humans were mandated to wear full hazmat suits and gasmasks to avoid Labose infection.]]
* PostApocalypticGasMask: According to the first Mysterious Tape, and according to the Orbital Lift, [[spoiler:surviving humans were mandated to wear full hazmat suits and gasmasks to avoid Labose infection.]]
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** The Hero Kaden, protagonist of ''Dungeon Link'': a young hero from 500 years ago who would later end up stopping the great evil looming over the world with a PyrrhicVictory by burning the World Tree and making humans and gods lose access to holy magic. Some time afterwards, he learned of the coming danger of the Invaders far in his future. Together with Queen Lili and Demon Queen Lilith, Kaden sought out the Champion's Sword and built Heavenhold as a weapon to be used centuries later by his successor, the Knight. For unknown reasons, he disappeared without a trace before he could finish his preparations, leaving Heavenhold virtually powerless by the time the Knight and Little Princess find it.
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** The [[Characters/GuardianTales Hero Kaden, Kaden]], protagonist of ''Dungeon Link'': a young hero from 500 years ago who would later end up stopping the great evil looming over the world with a PyrrhicVictory by burning the World Tree and making humans and gods lose access to holy magic. Some time afterwards, he learned of the coming danger of the Invaders far in his future. Together with Queen Lili and Demon Queen Lilith, Kaden sought out the Champion's Sword and built Heavenhold as a weapon to be used centuries later by his successor, the Knight. For unknown reasons, he disappeared without a trace before he could finish his preparations, leaving Heavenhold virtually powerless by the time the Knight and Little Princess find it.
* PressXToNotDie: [[spoiler:When captured by an AMMI, there still exists a narrow time window for you to escape and survive through the use of an ActionCommand.]]
* ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler:What the kings and queens of Kanterbury, led by [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld12 Lili]], lead us to believe is that the Prophecy was merely a benign foretelling of the future by the gods and the Champion's Sword, of a great evil that would befall humanity and attempt to destroy the world or mold it into it's own twisted image. However, what she neglected to tell us was that defeating the [[Characters/GuardianTalesUnrecordedWorld "alpha"]] of that evil would destroy the world and reset it back to how it was hundreds of years ago, leading to the cycle repeating forevermore- and that the "prophecy" didn't result from foretelling the future, but rather from remembrance of the past by the Sword.]]
* PsychologicalTormentZone: [[spoiler:The Trial of Courage in 16-2 actively harrows the Knight with [[IKnowYourTrueFear their worst fears made manifest,]] namely, the fear of [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter being too weak to save everyone]], being helpless [[YouCantFightFate to avert fate,]] and [[ItsAllMyFault watching those they love suffer because of their failings.]]]]
* PsychologicalTormentZone: [[spoiler:The Trial of Courage in 16-2 actively harrows the Knight with [[IKnowYourTrueFear their worst fears made manifest,]] namely, the fear of [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter being too weak to save everyone]], being helpless [[YouCantFightFate to avert fate,]] and [[ItsAllMyFault watching those they love suffer because of their failings.]]]]
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* RedFilterOfDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of World 16, we are treated to the sight of a completely ''[[JustBeforeTheEnd ruinous]]'' [[JustBeforeTheEnd Demon World]], with the ominous sight of [[HumongousMecha Heavenhold]] standing amidst the .]]
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* RareRandomDrop: If you're lucky enough (or simply have enough Coffee to burn), you can get four- and five-star equipment from the Item and Gold Dungeons, and that includes EX weapons as well. The infamously hard to get Earth Necklace is definitely this, as farming is the only way to get it.
* RedFilterOfDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of World 16, we are treated to the sight of a completely ''[[JustBeforeTheEnd ruinous]]'' [[JustBeforeTheEnd Demon World]], with the ominous sight of [[HumongousMecha Heavenhold]] standing amidstthe .the.]]
* ReducedToRatburgers: [[spoiler:In [[BadFuture Unrecorded World,]] refugees on Heavenhold are accustomed to the idea that the only food they'll have in awhile are skewered rats.]]
* RedFilterOfDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of World 16, we are treated to the sight of a completely ''[[JustBeforeTheEnd ruinous]]'' [[JustBeforeTheEnd Demon World]], with the ominous sight of [[HumongousMecha Heavenhold]] standing amidst
* ReducedToRatburgers: [[spoiler:In [[BadFuture Unrecorded World,]] refugees on Heavenhold are accustomed to the idea that the only food they'll have in awhile are skewered rats.]]
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* StatusBuff: {{Support Party Member}}s that are not primarily healers provide various active or [[FieldPowerEffect passive]] stat buffs to other heroes in the party, which may be permanent for passive buffs.
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies' attack power by 30%, while [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] also boosts Light attack power depending on the number of Light characters in the party.
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills against enemies that are stunned by some Ailment.
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies' attack power by 30%, while [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] also boosts Light attack power depending on the number of Light characters in the party.
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills against enemies that are stunned by some Ailment.
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* StatusBuff: {{Support Party Member}}s RopeBridge: For some reason, the peaks of Mt. Shivering are connected by precarious rope bridges built over [[BottomlessPit bottomless chasms.]]
* RunningOnAllFours: [[spoiler:Invader AMMIs can sprint on all fours in their pursuit of a designated target.]]
* RunOrDie:
** In 3-4, you have to run to the safety of [[WeakenedByTheLight the light]] to escape the nigh relentless onslaught of the Shadow Beast.
** In 9-1, when one of the [[UngratefulBastard Rah citizens]] that you had assisted moments before loudly shouted in [[FantasticRacism disgust]] at the presence of a [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Kanterburian knight]], [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld9 Shapira]] will be deployed and will [[ImplacableMan relentlessly pursue you]]. You cannot defeat her, and if she gets to close to you she can easily [[NonStandardGameOver dispatch of you,]] so the only way to survive is to flee.
** [[spoiler:In 16-1, the only way to survive is to evade the relentless attacks of the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Beguiled Champions,]] while being chased out of the throne room of the castle on Heavenhold. Fortunately, DeathIsCheap, and failure will result in you getting kicked back to predetermined checkpoints which arenot primarily healers provide various active or [[FieldPowerEffect passive]] stat buffs impossible to other heroes miss when you pass through them.]]
* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:Much of World 18 takes place in theparty, crater-pocked, Labose infested ruins of Demon World.]]
* ScratchDamage: Any hero is capable of doing a minimum of one damage, whichmay can be permanent for passive buffs.
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies'"achieved" by depriving them of a weapon to fight with and putting them as the lead of a team, which is important since the AI will not attack power by 30%, while [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] also boosts Light attack power depending on the number of Light characters in the party.
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills againstusing a weaponless character. [[DeathOfAThousandCuts It's possible to defeat enemies that are stunned like this.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler:In 12-4, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential mug as many people as you'd like]] and [[KarmaHoudini get away scot-free]] bysome Ailment.talking to a Chosen One cultist in the north-east corner of the city district who will [[ClearTheirName clear your name]], who themselves probably has connections in the Demon World [[DirtyCop police force.]]]]
* RunningOnAllFours: [[spoiler:Invader AMMIs can sprint on all fours in their pursuit of a designated target.]]
* RunOrDie:
** In 3-4, you have to run to the safety of [[WeakenedByTheLight the light]] to escape the nigh relentless onslaught of the Shadow Beast.
** In 9-1, when one of the [[UngratefulBastard Rah citizens]] that you had assisted moments before loudly shouted in [[FantasticRacism disgust]] at the presence of a [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld1 Kanterburian knight]], [[Characters/GuardianTalesWorld9 Shapira]] will be deployed and will [[ImplacableMan relentlessly pursue you]]. You cannot defeat her, and if she gets to close to you she can easily [[NonStandardGameOver dispatch of you,]] so the only way to survive is to flee.
** [[spoiler:In 16-1, the only way to survive is to evade the relentless attacks of the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Beguiled Champions,]] while being chased out of the throne room of the castle on Heavenhold. Fortunately, DeathIsCheap, and failure will result in you getting kicked back to predetermined checkpoints which are
* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:Much of World 18 takes place in the
* ScratchDamage: Any hero is capable of doing a minimum of one damage, which
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies'
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills against
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[spoiler:In 12-4, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential mug as many people as you'd like]] and [[KarmaHoudini get away scot-free]] by
* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:The only way to [[FaceYourFears 'defeat']] the "Inner Fear" MiniBoss in the Trial of Courage in 16-2 is to do nothing at all, and allow the apparition whittle you down, whereupon you will realize that it cannot hurt you.]]
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: [[spoiler:Invoked by the Future Princess when the Savior sent her back in time to [[StableTimeLoop save the Knight.]] Upon noticing that the 13th Corps had already dispatched it's [[EliteMook high-tech grunts]] to Kanterbury, she realized that they would quickly overwhelm the weak Knight, so she set out to clear them out and improve their chance of success.]]
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler:In the "Mysterious Vending Machine" side-quest in World 10, you, as Lana, have to dash away, in a wheelchair, from a pursuing Invader, all the while her upbeat theme song plays.]]
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler:In the "Mysterious Vending Machine" side-quest in World 10, you, as Lana, have to dash away, in a wheelchair, from a pursuing Invader, all the while her upbeat theme song plays.]]
* StatusBuff: {{Support Party Member}}s that are not primarily healers provide various active or [[FieldPowerEffect passive]] stat buffs to other heroes in the party, which may be permanent for passive buffs.
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies' attack power by 30%, while [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] also boosts Light attack power depending on the number of Light characters in the party.
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills against enemies that are stunned by some Ailment.
** For example, [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Idol Captain Eva's]] Chain Skill augments allies' attack power by 30%, while [[Characters/GuardianTalesLightUniqueHeroes Eleanor]] also boosts Light attack power depending on the number of Light characters in the party.
* StatusEffectPoweredAbility: Your heroes can only use their Chain Skills against enemies that are stunned by some Ailment.
* SuccessionCrisis: As shown by some records in 17-1, after the death of Demon King Beelzebub some 500 years ago, the continent was left with a vacant throne, as none of the rulers of each of the states of Demon World could come to an agreement on who would succeed him. Eventually this plunged Demon World into a state of chaos and civil war that only ended once [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lilith]] brought order to the chaos and became Queen under the principle that [[MightMakesRight 'the strongest rules over all.']]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In 11-6 Nightmare, [[spoiler:there is a sign in front of debris, blocking the way to a chest, that claims that "there is no treasure chest behind it.]]
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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: In ''The Travels of Ice Mountain,'' [[spoiler:a Snowman is [[YouWillBeSpared spared]] by [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Lupina]] of all people, only for their brief moment of reprieve to be disrupted and [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Lahn]] ''tried'' to free him [[BystanderSyndrome (or, at the very least, record him)]], only for him to back away in fear, off the cliff and into a BottomlessPit. Although you could say that they brought it up on themselves.]]
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* ThreadOfProphecySevered: World 16 [[spoiler:confirms this after months of foreshadowing. The prophecy was supposed to go like this: the Guardian finds the Champion's Sword, which accepts them, then they unite the other twelve Champions and slay the Savior. This plot was followed by the universe, unerringly, for the past ''eight hundred million'' iterations, yet, with this one iteration, something changed. The point of divergence, if you will, for this iteration started a decade ago, before the game begins, with the anomalous birth of LP, who absorbed much of the now-weakened Guardian's power. As such, the latter was too weak to kill Beth where she stood at the throne of Kanterbury, meaning she could lock them away ten years in the Unrecorded World, while Lili's hand was forced to find a replacement for the weak Knight. And the prophecy kept unravelling from there]].
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* ThreadOfProphecySevered: World 16 [[spoiler:confirms this after months of foreshadowing. The prophecy was supposed to go like this: the Guardian finds the Champion's Sword, which accepts them, then they unite the other twelve Champions and slay the Savior. This plot was followed by the universe, unerringly, for the past ''eight hundred million'' iterations, yet, with this one iteration, something changed. The point of divergence, if you will, for this iteration started a decade ago, before the game begins, with the anomalous birth of LP, who absorbed much of the now-weakened Guardian's power. As such, the latter was too weak to kill Beth where she stood at the throne of Kanterbury, meaning she could lock them away ten years in the Unrecorded World, while Lili's hand was forced to find a replacement for the weak Knight. And the prophecy kept unravelling from there]].there.]]
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Many enemies, such as traditionally unarmed enemies like medics, can throw damaging grenades at the team leader. In later worlds, passages start to introduce a new enemy class that can throw [[TimeBomb timed bombs]] at the leader, which explode after several seconds.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Many enemies, such as traditionally unarmed enemies like medics, can throw damaging grenades at the team leader. In later worlds, passages start to introduce a new enemy class that can throw [[TimeBomb timed bombs]] at the leader, which explode after several seconds.
* TitleMontage: The opening sequence features footage from Kanterbury Forest, the Inn and Rah Empire.
* TotallyNotAWerewolf: Almost literally in this case, but [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves,]] who in ''Guardian Tales'' are [[VoluntaryTransformation animal-shapeshifters]] with a LittleBitBeastly humanoid [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default form]], are often confused with innuits, who are a distinct species who can be identified by their inability to transform into wolves, or any kind of animal. This fact is often exploited by innuits to make profits and get special treatment by organizations such as [[Characters/GuardianTalesFireUniqueHeroes Rey]] 'Tooth and Fang', much to her honest chagrin.
** There are also divine beasts, which are highly-intelligent animals of great magical power, and many can willingly transform between humanoid and animal form- an example is [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Mayreel]]- so there's even ''less'' distinction between them and a highly magically potent werebeast.
** There are also divine beasts, which are highly-intelligent animals of great magical power, and many can willingly transform between humanoid and animal form- an example is [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Mayreel]]- so there's even ''less'' distinction between them and a highly magically potent werebeast.
* UndergroundMonkey: Enemies in the various farmable dungeons are usually palette swaps of enemies that appear in other game-modes such as the main story, and these palette swaps [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience are typically associated with their assigned element.]]
* UnholyHolySword: [[spoiler:As the plot progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that the something ain't right about the Champion's Sword. As tempting as it is to blame the end of the world on the death of the Savior, or on the will of Labose, it's possible, especially with the revelations of World 18, that the sword itself is the cause of destruction, rather than a mere tool of the Prophecy.]]
* VillainWorld: In the [[BadFuture Unrecorded World]], [[spoiler:the Invaders [[TheBadGuyWins have pretty much won.]] Even though [[LaResistance The Resistance]] may have extinguished [[Characters/GuardianTalesDarkUniqueHeroes Beth]], she is but one of the thirteen Corps Commanders, who have already [[TakeOverTheWorld conquered much of the world]] and stamped out all opposition- and the Resistance has far too little manpower to even consider taking back Tetis from the Invaders.]]
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:The only way to achieve HundredPercentCompletion for World 12 is to kill a bunch of citizens in 12-4 to boost your infamy to the point where the Chief of National Security [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Erina]] is forced to strike you down herself- then defeating her will give you a Star Piece.]]
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:The only way to achieve HundredPercentCompletion for World 12 is to kill a bunch of citizens in 12-4 to boost your infamy to the point where the Chief of National Security [[Characters/GuardianTalesBasicUniqueHeroes Erina]] is forced to strike you down herself- then defeating her will give you a Star Piece.]]
* TheWallAroundTheWorld: Heaven and Demon World are described by Kamael as being so-called 'Primordial Lands', which are sealed off from the rest of [[TheOutsideWorld Tetis]] by a magical barrier, called a Primordial Barrier, wherein the only way to pass it is through the use of portals and teleportation. These Primordial Lands cannot be interacted with from the outside without magic, and cannot even be perceived, so long as those barriers are up. They are often home to powerful beings, such as the gods and the demon gods, along with more mundane creatures, such as angels and demons. Of course, those two examples are not the only examples, there is also the so-called 'Ruined God's Paradise', which is protected by an entity named Pan.
* WhatIf: [[spoiler:The flashbacks in 18-9 serve to preview what had transpired in a world in which the Princess did not exist.]]
* WhyIsntItAttacking: [[spoiler:In the hidden Expedition trial area 'Crawlers' Chapel', you will be treated to the sight of a group of normally hyper-aggressive {{Giant Spider}}s, who seem enamored by a carven idol of their goddess and won't attack. [[BerserkButton If you should steal it, however...]]]]
* WhyIsntItAttacking: [[spoiler:In the hidden Expedition trial area 'Crawlers' Chapel', you will be treated to the sight of a group of normally hyper-aggressive {{Giant Spider}}s, who seem enamored by a carven idol of their goddess and won't attack. [[BerserkButton If you should steal it, however...]]]]
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* WorldWreckingWave: [[spoiler:On a far smaller scale, every time Claude decides to press the reset button and destroy the Artificial Sun for more borrowed time, the cutscene depicts Demonshire being shredded into dust by a SphereOfDestruction in this manner.]]
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* WorldTree: Well, there ''was,'' before it was destroyed during the chronology of ''Dungeon Link''. It granted the gods much of their extrinsic power and magic, and provided a link between the mortals of Tetis and divinity, allowing them to use [[WhiteMagic Holy Magic.]] While it [[CrypticBackgroundReference hasn't appeared in the main story,]] or any of the supplementary material or side-stories, it's non-existence is central to the side-plot involving Heaven, and reviving it is one of [[Characters/GuardianTalesEarthUniqueHeroes Kamael's]] core motivations, as of yet.
* WorldWreckingWave: [[spoiler:On a far smallerscale, scale than the world healing wave example above, every time Claude decides to press the reset button and destroy the Artificial Sun for more borrowed time, the cutscene depicts Demonshire being shredded into dust by a SphereOfDestruction in this manner.]]]]
* YinYangBomb: The Ultimate Fire Ice Bomb combines the powers of the elements of it's namesake.
* WorldWreckingWave: [[spoiler:On a far smaller
* YinYangBomb: The Ultimate Fire Ice Bomb combines the powers of the elements of it's namesake.
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-->'''Future Princess:''' [[PlayerPunch "This is not the you that I remember.]]
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-->'''Future Princess:''' [[PlayerPunch [[WhatTheHellHero "This is not the you that I remember.]]remember..."]]
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* BigFishInABiggerOcean: Valencia is legitimately a very strong and skilled warrior, but she's nowhere near as powerful as she thinks she is. When she proclaimed that she was the strongest fighter in all of Demon World and set out on a journey to prove it, she beat most fighters so effortlessly that it outright bored her. [[BreakTheHaughty Her ego was severely deflated]] when she had [[CurbStompBattle back-to-back encounters]] with [[OldSoldier Old Erina]] and [[FallenHero the Other Knight]] which proved she had a long way to go to be a real world-class fighter.
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* PlayEveryDay: As expected for a mobile game, ''Guardian Tales'' motivates it's players to return daily to retrieve 28-day Attendance Rewards, sometimes alongside other daily rewards during events. [[AntiPoopSocking During the player's downtime]], stamina will regenerate, typically twice-per-day, so that they can farm for items, EXP, and other stuff. Guild Raid Entry Tickets are regenerated every midnight and useable during daylight hours, and the potential gem rewards from participating in raids is quite enticing. Entry Tickets for Colosseum and other PvP modes are regenerated in a similar manner. And finally, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin daily]] packages are purchaseable once (or multiple times) per day.
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* PlayEveryDay: As expected for a mobile game, ''Guardian Tales'' motivates it's players to return daily to retrieve 28-day Attendance Rewards, sometimes alongside other daily rewards during events. [[AntiPoopSocking During the player's downtime]], stamina will regenerate, typically twice-per-day, so that they can farm for items, EXP, and other stuff. Guild Raid Entry Tickets are regenerated every midnight and useable during daylight hours, and the potential gem rewards from participating in raids is quite enticing. Entry Tickets for Colosseum and other PvP [=PvP=] modes are regenerated in a similar manner. And finally, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin daily]] packages are purchaseable once (or multiple times) per day.
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** Though sometimes this rule is subverted, particularly in World 7, in which some of the [=NPCs=] use the sprites of as-of-yet DummiedOut Heroes or costumes or are [[ShoutOut references]] to other media, and thus stand out amongst the crowd of bland NPCs without being playable characters. Furthermore, some quest-giving [=NPCs=] definitely ''do not'' have standard, bland sprites.
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** Though sometimes this rule is subverted, particularly in World 7, in which some of the [=NPCs=] use the sprites of as-of-yet DummiedOut Heroes or costumes or are [[ShoutOut references]] to other media, and thus stand out amongst the crowd of bland NPCs [=NPCs=] without being playable characters. Furthermore, some quest-giving [=NPCs=] definitely ''do not'' have standard, bland sprites.
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* InvulnerableCivilians: While of course averted when demanded by the plot, NPCs are completely unfazed by your attacks- and in the Guild HQ, a place where [=NPCs=] ''do'' [[WhatTheHellPlayer respond to attacks]], still show no signs of actually being hurt.
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* InvulnerableCivilians: While of course averted when demanded by the plot, NPCs [=NPCs=] are completely unfazed by your attacks- and in the Guild HQ, a place where [=NPCs=] ''do'' [[WhatTheHellPlayer respond to attacks]], still show no signs of actually being hurt.
