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* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]: For Black Mage and Fighter at least}}.
* [[Badass Crew]]: Fighter and Thief get to do badass things on a regular basis, but Black Mage and Red Mage have defeated multiple demigods.
* [[Butt Monkey|Butt Monkeys]]s: Black Mage generally has it the worst, but all of the Light Warriors get their share of abuse at various points.
* [[Destructive Saviour|Destructive Saviours]]s: Initially. Later they drop the "saviours" part.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: there are a couple of... er... strange ways to assign roles to this group. Mostly it works like this:
** What you'd ''think'' would be the format:
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*** [[The Dark Chick]]: Red Mage
** Yes, this is maybe the only series where you have to use a mixture of [[Five-Man Band|two]] [[Five-Bad Band|different]] tropes to describe the team layout.
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Heroic Comedic Sociopaths]]s: All of them except Fighter. [[Villain Protagonist|For a certain value of heroic, of course.]]
* [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]]
* [[Light Is Not Good]]
* [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Surname]]: [[Awesome McCoolname|McWarrior]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Evilwizardington]], [[Munchkin|Statscowski]]. The only exception is Thief, [http://www.nuklearforums.com/showpost.php?p=344027&postcount=31 whose last name is the name of his clan], i.e. Khee'bler.
** Though Thief's fake surname (since Thief isn't his real first name) [http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=29156&highlight=Bastard#post29156 might be Bastard].
* [[Nominal Hero|Nominal Heroes]]es: In-universe they are only considered heroes because King Steve appointed them to be the Light Warriors, and he only did so because they showed up first and tricked him into choosing them. Neither King Steve who appointed them nor Thief who became their leader cared much about the fate of the world they were supposed to save, as Thief explains [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/09/30/episode-336-elves-love-talking/ in episode 336]. As the story progresses it becomes increasingly obvious that the Light Warriors are the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]]s of the story.
* [[Prestige Class]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]
* [[Seen It All]]: By the end of the comic, except for Fighter.
* [[Static Character|Static Characters]]s: Every time it looks like they might get some [[Character Development]], they stay the same in the end.
** The time anything resembling character development stuck was early in the comic when Red Mage learned [[Munchkin|that it was better to use one of his heal spells and live than be more versatile and dead]]. [[It Got Worse|Then he started his trademark illogical plans.]]
** Black Mage has a number of epiphanies about the nature of evil and the nature of morality... unfortunately [[Ignored Epiphany|he ignores them]] either because his [[Sanity Meter]] is turned to "psycho" or [[For the Evulz|evil is too much fun]]. The two could be interrelated.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: And that's on the very rare occasions when they do work together at all. Most of the time they are closer to [[Divided We Fall]].
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonists]]s
* [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]]s
 
=== Black Mage Evilwizardington ===
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* [[Forgot I Couldn't Swim]]: Naturally, their first [[Evil Plan]] as a full team involved the ocean.
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]
* [[Harmless Villain|Harmless Villains]]s
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains]]s
* [[Legion of Doom]]
* [[Minion with an F In Evil|Minions With An F In Evil]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* {{spoiler|[[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Propped up as the true heroes and saviors of the world in the epilogue}}.
* [[Unknown Rival|Unknown Rivals]]s: The Light Warriors are barely aware of them, only Black Mage recognizes them during their first encounters as a full team, and [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/25/episode-1121-loose-lips-sink-light-warriors/ they didn't even know why they were out to get them, or that they were even after them in the first place.]
 
=== Garland ===
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Men Love Their Papas]]
* [[Giant Spider|Giant Spiders]]s: His minions prior to becoming a Dark Warrior.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Joins the Light Warriors, wants to return to the Dark Warriors but teams up with Thief to [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|backstab everyone]], but is then forced to rejoin the Dark Warriors.}}
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]
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{{quote|'''Red Mage''': ''"But the Other Warriors were on the same quest."''
'''Thief''': ''"It's because they aren't smart! You were able to fool them. '''You'''."'' }}
* [[Canon Foreigner|Canon Foreigners]]s: There's nothing resembling them or their roles in ''[[Final Fantasy I]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropped A Bridge On Them]]}}
* [[Hero of Another Story|Heroes Of Another Story]]
* [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]]
* [[Idiot Hero|Idiot Heroes]]es
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Nice Guy|Nice Guys]]s
 
=== Ranger ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate|Big Bad Quadrumvirate]]
* [[Elemental Embodiment|Elemental Embodiments]]s: Really only Kary. Lich is more of an elemental antithesis (and embodiment of death), whereas it's an entirely [[Informed Ability]] for Ur and Muffin.
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Knight of Cerebus|Knights Of Cerebus]]: Lich and Kary play this straight, and Ur and Muffin subvert it.
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'''Cultist''': ''"Any more!"''
'''Mrr'grt''': ''"As much!"'' }}
* [[Big Bad Wannabe|Big Bad Wannabes]]s: Actually got close to ending reality in both of their appearances, but they still pale in comparison to the Fiends, Sarda, and the Light Warriors.
* [[Cult]]
* [[Embarrassing First Name|Embarrassing First Names]]s: They all have girl names, though this doesn't seem to bother them.
* [[Everything's Squishier with Cephalopods]]
* [[Filler Villain|Filler Villains]]s: In their first appearance, since the entire arc has 0 impact on the story.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Nietzsche Wannabes]]s: Naturally, being a parody of Lovecraft's works.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]]s
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]
* [[Religion of Evil]]
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=== The Real Light Warriors ===
 
* [[Butt Monkey|Butt Monkeys]]s: Whenever we see these guys, they're usually getting screwed over.
* [[The Chew Toy|The Chew Toys]]s: When you consider how they were supposed to be the heroes, their suffering is very disenheartening.
* [[Cosmic Plaything|Cosmic Playthings]]s: Even when the Light Warriors aren't screwing them, things rarely work out for these guys.
* [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]]s: Inverted; since the Light Warriors are the very definition of [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]]s, they are very heroic. To drive the point home, while the RLWs use character sprites of Fighter, Thief, and Red Mage's upgraded classes from the first [[Final Fantasy]] game (Knight, Ninja, Red Wizard, respectively) Black Mage's is a ''White Wizard''.
* [[Missed the Call]]: They were supposed to be the ones to become chosen by fate, but because they were out level grinding, the main characters got the job.
* [[No Name Given]]: The only member of the group whose name was revealed is the Red Wizard named Barry.
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