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* CatSmile: Dynamis and Serah bear them.
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''Silhouette Mirage'' is an {{action|Game}}-{{platform|Game}}er developed by Creator/{{Treasure}}. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; a UsefulNotes/PlayStation version (Treasure's first console-to-console port, subtitled ''Reprogrammed Hope'') was released the next year in Japan, and subsequently localized for the U.S. by Creator/WorkingDesigns.
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''Silhouette Mirage'' is an {{action|Game}}-{{platform|Game}}er developed by Creator/{{Treasure}}. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn Platform/SegaSaturn in 1997; a UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation version (Treasure's first console-to-console port, subtitled ''Reprogrammed Hope'') was released the next year in Japan, and subsequently localized for the U.S. by Creator/WorkingDesigns.
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%%* DropTheHammer: Spectres.
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* MultipleEndings: There are four distinct endings, and which one you get hinges on whether you win or lose against certain bosses, and which path you choose in a certain cut-scene.
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* MultipleEndings: There are four three distinct endings, and which one you get hinges on whether you win or lose against a certain bosses, boss, and which path you choose in a certain cut-scene.cut-scene. (choosing to [[spoiler: leave the world as it is]] is always the same ending, but still counts as two distinct paths for 100% completion)
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* AmbiguousGender: Justified with Zohar, in that they change gender depending on their current attribute. Metatron is male and has the Mirage attribute, and Sandalphon is female and has the Silhouette attribute.
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* AmbiguousGender: Justified with Zohar, in that they change gender depending on their current attribute. Metatron is male and has the Mirage Silhouette attribute, and Sandalphon is female and has the Silhouette Mirage attribute.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms have different fighting styles. Metatron fights with a sword while Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms have different fighting styles. The masculine Metatron fights with a sword while the feminine Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.
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* LivingWeapon: Parasites.
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* LivingWeapon: Parasites.Parasites are living beings whose energies Shyna can harness to obliterate her enemies.
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* DeadlyGas: Rasti.
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* DefeatByModesty: Shooting at Polly Peepers sometimes causes their mask to fly off, causing them to retreat while covering their face in embarassment.
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* AmbiguousGender: Zohar. Justified in that s/he changes gender depending on what form s/he is. Metatron is male, and Sandalphon is female.
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* AmbiguousGender: Zohar. Justified with Zohar, in that s/he changes they change gender depending on what form s/he is. their current attribute. Metatron is male, male and has the Mirage attribute, and Sandalphon is female.female and has the Silhouette attribute.
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* BattleBoomerang: Priday.
* BerserkerTears: Cypher Zohar.
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* DeadlyGas: Rasti.
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* TheDragon: Zohar, to Hal.
* DropTheHammer: Spectres.
* DumbMuscle: Goliath and Samson.
* DropTheHammer: Spectres.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms. Metatron fights with a sword while Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.
* AHeadAtEachEnd: Prinsdam.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms.forms have different fighting styles. Metatron fights with a sword while Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.
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* OneWingedAngel: Zohar. [[spoiler:Played with in that [[EmergencyTransformation Hal forces Zohar into it]].]]
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* PlayingTheHeartStrings: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVDh-qAaipg Ending of the Starry Sky.]]
* PowerFloats: Zohar and [[spoiler:Geluve]].
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Several of the bosses.
* PowerFloats: Zohar and [[spoiler:Geluve]].
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Several of the bosses.
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* PumpkinPerson: Spectres.
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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Guardian Angels.
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* RayGun: Surosa.
* RecurringBoss: Zohar.
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* SpiritAdvisor: Gehena, to Shyna.
* SummonMagic: Bug. ''SUMMON BATTLESHIP!!''
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Zohar MT, when angry.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Angara.
* SummonMagic: Bug. ''SUMMON BATTLESHIP!!''
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Zohar MT, when angry.
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* WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler:Gargantuan and Shyna.]]
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL, Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, themself, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL, Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]
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* PsychoPrototype: [[spoiler:The Guardian Angels, who are all prototypes of Shyna who were discarded and left to die when she was chosen to be the Messenger of Justice/Destruction until Har made them his bodyguards.]]
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* BrainsVersusBrawn: According to Bug, "the brainy Mirages and brawny Silhouettes have never gotten along". He does mention that they have finally found some common ground as both factions want Shyna dead.
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* BlindingBangs: Delia has these.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Area Cleared screen after level 3.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Area Cleared screen after level Area 3.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Level Complete screen after level 3.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Level Complete Area Cleared screen after level 3.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The names of many of the characters and locations in the game are taken from the Bible, and from Christian and Jewish cosmology in general. Most of this was lost in Working Designs' translation to English, either through discrepancies between Japanese and English phonology or through deliberate name changes: Har became Hal (which, admittedly, [[{{Woolseyism}} may have added a reference]] to a certain famous AI); the seven attacks Shyna can use, named for the SevenDeadlySins, became arbitrary strings of syllables; Moses became Bug; Delilah became Delia; Cherub became Geluve; etc.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The names of many of the characters and locations in the game are taken from the Bible, and from Christian and Jewish cosmology in general. Most of this was lost in Working Designs' translation to English, either through discrepancies between Japanese and English phonology or through deliberate name changes: Har became Hal (which, admittedly, [[{{Woolseyism}} may have added a reference]] to a certain famous AI); the seven attacks Shyna can use, named for the SevenDeadlySins, became arbitrary strings of syllables; Moses became Bug; Delilah became Delia; Cherub Keruv became Geluve; etc.
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* ActionGirl: Shyna, the Messenger of Justice and Destruction who's capable of using various parasites for different shot types, reflect attacks of the same element, and can punch foes in the face to make them cough up money.
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* ActionGirl: Shyna, the Messenger of Justice and Destruction [[NamesToTrustImmediately Justice]] (or [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Destruction]], depending on who you ask) who's capable of using various parasites for different shot types, reflect attacks of the same element, and can punch foes in the face to make them cough up money.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve]].
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere [[spoiler:the out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve]].Geluve,]] added to the [=PlayStation=] version.
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* TheGrimReaper: A SkippableBoss appearing about two thirds of the way through the game.
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* OptionalBoss: [[TheGrimReaper The Reaper]] was added to the [=PlayStation=] version about two thirds of the way through the game.
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* BoringButPractical: Sloth is just a basic bullet attack...unless you find the hidden max level Sloth in the first stage, which is a high-powered machine gun that will easily carry you through the rest of the game.
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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Zohar shows ''insanely'' power in cutscenes, like slices a building ''[[AbsurdlySharpBlade in half]]'', but their abilities in actual gameplay appear to be on a level with Shyna's.
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* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Zohar shows ''insanely'' ''insane'' power in cutscenes, like slices slicing a building ''[[AbsurdlySharpBlade in half]]'', but their abilities in actual gameplay appear to be on a level with Shyna's.
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* EmergencyWeapon: All of your attacks require Spirit. If you run out of spirit, your equipped parasite will be consumed to regain 100 points. If it was your last parasite, you will be given a Sloth (basic shot) parasite as well -- however, this only happens once; run out of spirit with just a Sloth left and you're screwed. This is considerably more annoying in the North American version, where Spirit is your ManaMeter, than in the Japanese, where Spirit was only drained by enemy attacks. Although they did grant a mercy that when you were stuck with the Surosa, you never lost it.
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* EmergencyWeapon: All of your attacks require Spirit. If you run out of spirit, your equipped parasite will be consumed to regain 100 points. If it was your last parasite, you will be given a Sloth (basic shot) parasite as well -- — however, this only happens once; run out of spirit with just a Sloth left and you're screwed. This is considerably more annoying in the North American version, where Spirit is your ManaMeter, than in the Japanese, where Spirit was only drained by enemy attacks. Although they did grant a mercy that when you were stuck with the Surosa, you never lost it.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bird wings for Mirages, bat wings for Silhouettes. Shyna has both on her hat -- usually one of each, but three of each when she uses her power.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bird wings for Mirages, bat wings for Silhouettes. Shyna has both on her hat -- usually one of each, but three of each when she uses her power.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve.]]
Geluve]].
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bird wings for Mirages, bat wings for Silhouettes. Shyna has both on her hat-- — usually one of each, but three of each when she uses her power.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bird wings for Mirages, bat wings for Silhouettes. Shyna has both on her hat
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* MultipleEndings: There are four distinct endings, and which one you get hinges on whether you win or lose against certain bosses, and on which path you choose a certain cut-scene.
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* OurMonstersAreWeird: One look at Dynamis -- who has a fish's body, a head of an anime girl, and tentacles arms protruding from her body -- is bound of have questions whether or not the dev team was on drugs.
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* OurMonstersAreWeird: One look at Dynamis -- — who has a fish's body, a head of an anime girl, and tentacles arms protruding from her body -- — is bound of have to raise questions on whether or not the dev team was on drugs.
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* TimeLimitBoss: Zohar in their third fight. It wont kill you but it will effect which of the MultipleEndings are available.
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* TimeLimitBoss: Zohar in their third fight. It wont won't kill you you, but it will effect which of the MultipleEndings are available.
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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite his constant nagging and creation of Guardian Angels, Hal is never fought himself, except, indirectly, when facing Clod/Armageddon. Megido on the other hand...]]
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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite his constant nagging and creation of Guardian Angels, Hal is never fought himself, except, except indirectly, when facing Clod/Armageddon. Megido Megido, on the other hand...]]
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL STILL, Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: [[spoiler:Armageddon's last words to Shyna are "If only... Sis..."]] If it refers to their shared status as creations of Edo or anything else is anyones guess.
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* AutoSave: The Saturn automatically saves your progress over the course of the game; the [=PlayStation=] version uses manual saves.
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* AutoSave: The Saturn version automatically saves your progress over the course of the game; the [=PlayStation=] version uses manual saves.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: Geluve, who is Har's biological daughter.
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* CatSmile: Dynamis bears one.
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* CatSmile: Dynamis bears one.and Serah bear them.
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* DumbMuscle: Goliath.
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* DumbMuscle: Goliath.Goliath and Samson.
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* ChromaticArrangement: Silhouettes are blue, Mirages are red, and Neutral is green.
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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Guardian Angels.
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* AmbidextrousSprite: The whole idea of Shyna's design (and arguably the jump-off point for the game's development) was to avert this. Much in the same manner as Gill in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', Shyna's attacks change depending on which side of her is facing the screen.