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''[[Azure Dreams]]'' is a roguelike RPG released by [[Konami]] in the late 1990s. There are two different versions: one for the [[PlayStation]], which also added elements of town- and [[Relationship Values|relationship-]]building, and another for the [[Game Boy]] Color. The overall plot to both games is the same: you are a boy named Koh, and you live out in a desert village where a giant monster tower looms. Your father, Guy, went into the tower to find a legendary monster and hasn't been seen since, so you enter the tower to search for him, and fight/tame any monsters that get in your way.
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{{Tropelist}}
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Nico.
* [[Action Girl]]: Nico.
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Koh, in the tower. In a reverse of early incarnations of [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], his shield will never face away from the viewer.
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The box art for the PSX version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131125171753/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/azuredreams/azuredreamsj.jpg Japan] and [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Azure_Dreams_Coverart.png America].
* [[Anime Hair]]: Koh and his father Guy.
* [[Antidote Effect]]: The hazak herb (which recovers a reduced attack stat), is completely useless on all floors of the tower that do not contain [[Demonic Spider|Vipers]], the only monster capable of inflicting that effect. However, try to make it through those floors, and you'll probably be kicking yourself if you don't have any. They're also useful for any monster from an Arachne fusion, which doubles their base power but does not apply to stats gained in the current tower trip unless their stats are healed.
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: Manoevas (PS1 version).
* [[Awesome Yet Impractical]]: Some of the lighter monsters (including Kewne, your familiar) can be picked up and hurled at an enemy. This gives your monster a free attack on the enemy in question, even if they would normally strike second and also keeps fragile Koh a few steps back from the monster. Impractical only for two reasons:
** The throw damages your monster, too. Given that the entire game is based around resource management, wasting even 1 or 2 HP can be the difference between victory or defeat.
** [[Camera Screw|Sometimes you miss]], and Koh apparently has a pretty good throwing arm and your monsters have a pretty bad case of [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|ADD]], leaving Koh to fight the monster alone and your monster to wander about the level randomly until you meet up with it again or go up a floor.
** Having two monsters out using the second collar you can find. Great for exploring end-of-the-run floors when you've got a Wind Crystal and plan to go back soon anyway. Not so great when you're trying to push for the top and need every Herb and MP-restorative you can get.
** The Dark Sword and Holy Swords respectively. Both have very good starting damage, but both succumb to rust, ultimately making the Gold Sword a better choice.
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: {{spoiler|Mia}}.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Koh, Kewne, Cherrl and '''especially''' Mia.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]:
** Part of the reason why Ghosh can't stand to see Selfi fall in love with Koh.
**
* [[Big Eater]]: Koh, if he wins Patti's heart. He has to eat every item on her menu, and then a special dish afterwards.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]/[[Cute Witch]]/[[Hot Witch]]: Ghosh's sister [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4460/764846-selfi_large.jpeg Selfi]{{Dead link}}... [[Robe and Wizard Hat|in appearance, at least]].
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Ghosh borders on this considering his condescending personality and his treatment of Mia.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Many characters have these.
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* [[City of Adventure]]: Monsbaiya.
* [[Cleavage Window]]: Nico.
* [[Com Mons]]: Wumps (GBC)/Pulunpas (PS1). Unless you have the ultimate [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMFa35VV4Ao Catawump].
* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: Less so than other [[
▲* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: Less so than other [[Roguelikes]], but dying means you lose everything you had on you at the time of death. If you've been spending multiple sessions upgrading a [[Infinity+1 Sword|Gold Sword]] (or any sword, really)...
* [[Cool Big Sis|Cool Little Sis]]: Weedy, so very much.
* [[Crutch Character]]: To an extent, Kewne. While, technically speaking, he never stops being useful, quite a few monsters with the appropriate levels and monsters fused the right way have unique abilities, unique magic, or are otherwise an improvement.
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* [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist]]: Subverted. If you get 0 HP in the Tower, you get knocked out and wake up in Town, same as if you used a wind crystal. However, you lose EVERYTHING you had with you except for Home-hatched familiars.
** The main reason why to some gamers, Azure Dreams can be as scary as a survival horror game. Just imagine losing all those valuable items!
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Koh's father died shortly after Weedy was born, {{spoiler|although some say that his spirit has been seen at the top floors of the tower from time to time}}....
* [[The Dragon]]: Both a literal and a somewhat figurative example are the Dragons at the higher floors who are also some of the last monsters you see before the final boss.
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* [[Everyone Loves Blondes]]: Koh for Cherrl.
* [[Familiar]]: Any monster that you hatch and raise is called this. To get higher in the tower, it is essential that they become stronger, as unlike Koh, their levels don't reset when they leave the tower.
* [[Fan Service]]: Arguably the main motivation to complete the Water Medal quest and re-open the swimming pool, as whichever of the seven girls Koh has won over are regular patrons (though only one shows up at a time), complete with new character portraits clad in swimsuits. For the [[Ho Yay]], a swimsuit-clad [http://th04.deviantart.net/fs25/150/f/2008/144/f/2/Azure_Dreams___Ghosh_Rode_by_S3RG3J.jpg Ghosh]{{Dead link}} is also a regular patron.
* [[Fan Service with a Smile]]: All of the girls to a certain degree, but Patti especially.
* [[Fission Mailed]]: {{spoiler|The final boss}}.
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** [[Team Pet]]: Kewne.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: The Picket, who can move twice as fast as any monster, but drops if you hit it once.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** The expensive Aura Bike is really fun to ride and helps you get around town quickly, but look carefully at it when Koh is riding it sideways. Not to mention his stationary animation when he faces left or right. Just face Koh to the side, put the controller down, and you'll see what I mean.
** At the end, {{spoiler|Beldo strikes at Koh, giving him a nasty cut and making his blood spew everywhere, to remove the seal on the Ultimate Egg}}. Rated E for Everyone.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: The Killer, who has high attack and critical-hit ratio, but only moderate defense.
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* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: Weedy's monster book.
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
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** Depending on what you say to Cherrl about {{spoiler|where her healing herb came from, she has two different outcomes. If you choose not to tell her that it was you that got it, Cherrl will choose to become a nurse. If you tell her that you got the herb, she will be healed, but continue to stay at home, making dolls of you that she sells. Picking the latter means you don't see her in her swimsuit, as she just chooses to stay home}}.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Nico, Patti and Weedy all have these.
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* [[Hot Mom]]: Wreath.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Cherrl (PS1 version only).
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: As well as some of the characters' normal garb, most of the girls' swimsuits, though elaborate, would certainly be impractical as actual swimming garb. Standout examples include [http://www.deviantart.com/download/84618242/10f213c9059779d09366dc8dcb07c7c5.jpg Nico's]{{Dead link}} suit, which is fastened by metal clasps that make it look like a pair of denim overalls with the middle section and legs missing, and [http://media.photobucket.com/image/azure+dreams+swimsuit+/akadewboy/Azure%20Dreams/SelfiSwimsuitAnimated.gif Selfi's] suit, which has an enormous pink bow and a ''small bell'' on the front.
* [[Infinity+1 Element]]: The legendary monster has a special "Shadow" element that nothing else has.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]:
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** The Trained Wand counts as this, being harder to find than a Gold Sword, but benefiting from both Red Sands and Mixture Magic. Like the Gold Sword, it will never rust.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Selfi, at some times before her [[Character Development]]. Ghosh, in the GBC version {{spoiler|It's revealed that his and Selfi's dad was also killed by Beldo, whom he and Koh team up to defeat. After that, he becomes a [[Friendly Rival]]}}.
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* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Wind-genus monsters are weak against fire attacks. Further, most of the offensive spells available to monsters are fire-elemental (wind and water are more centered around buffs/debuffs).
* [[Leitmotif]]: Most of the tracks in the game not based on the [[Recurring Riff]] (see below) are character leitmotifs. All seven girlfriends get their own musical theme (which plays whenever they wake Koh in the morning after being won over), as does Ghosh, and arguably most of the tradespeople (each shop has its own theme).
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]:
*
** Also the dark green Pulunpas on the higher floors, because of their ability {{spoiler|to steal monster collars and send your monsters back into your bag}}.
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]: {{spoiler|Beldo, the final boss}}.
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* [[Lost Forever]]: {{spoiler|If you don't forgive Kewne for momentarily betraying you in the end, he'll fly away sad. By doing this, you never see Kewne again, and will never find another}}.
** Because getting certain items or eggs is based off the [[Random Number God|RNG]], it's entirely possible that if you die in the tower holding the specific items, they will never appear again.
* [[Marathon Level]]: The forty floors of the Monster Tower: since you start on the first floor every time you enter the Tower, they must all be beaten in a single sitting to win the game. It should be noted that you are able to save between floors. To avoid abusing this, once you save, it'll go back to menu. Whenever you activate this save, if you restart for whatever reason, you automatically show up in your bed as if you lost.
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
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** Also Patti Pan the waitress, whose first name can reference a meat patty, and whose last name can reference the cooking utensil, or the Japanese word for bread.
** And the monster called Killer which has high attack stats, and an even higher critical hit ratio, and they love to come in multiples.
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* [[Mighty Glacier]]: The monster appropriately called Glacier.
** Also the Block and its evolution the Metal.
* [[Missing Mom]]:
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** Also Patti.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Kewne, though it's against his will}}.
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* [[Monster Compendium]]: Weedy has a monster book that will give some background information about monster's you have encountered. You must either meet them in the tower, hatch pre-evolutions/evolve for certain monsters, or make various buildings and play the mini-games in them to discover new monster types.
* [[Mooks but No Bosses]]: In the [[PS 1]] version, you'll face 38 floors teeming with monsters on your journey up the tower, but not a single unique encounter. The sorceror Beldo waits at the top, but {{spoiler|it's [[Anticlimax Boss|impossible to actually lose to him]]}}.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: All of the girls qualify to a certain degree, but [http://www.rpgamer.com/games/azure/azure/graphics/people/wplay01.jpg Nico's]{{Dead link}} [http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4460/764845-nico.jpeg normal]{{Dead link}} attire and [http://redrobotblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/furbikini.jpg Fur's] bikini make them stand out even more so.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Koh.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Selfi has one of these.
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* [[Odango Hair]]: Nico's hair.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Several characters qualify for this given the game's art style, but Cherrl really stands out considering that she is actually 15 and around the same age as Koh, even though she looks like she's 12, and even younger than Mia, who's 14.
* [[Open-Minded Parent]]: Wreath. Understandably, because Guy was always hunting in the monster tower himself. Though the trope is both [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] and played straight with Koh's girlfriends. She comments that many are great help around the house, but otherwise [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] [http://i.imgur.com/ZRAHt.png the fact he has so many.]
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* [[Playing with Fire]]: Kewne, and a lot of the other monsters. Also Koh if he used certain orbs.▼
▲** As an additional reward, you also get to keep your father's old sword. While it is only slightly stronger than most other weapons that drop during gameplay, it can be upgraded like every other blade and has a unique sprite.
▲* [[Playing with Fire]]: Kewne, and a lot of the other monsters.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: {{spoiler|Koh and Weedy's late father Guy}}.
* [[Punny Name]]: Fur Gots.
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* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Pulunpas([[PS 1]])/Catawumps(GBC). Also Wumps(baby Catawumps), especially Wumpi, Selfi's familiar that helps show her kinder side.
* [[The Rival]]: Ghosh to Koh.
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Selfi wears this.
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Patty and Vivian.
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* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Mia, {{spoiler|at first}}.
* [[Skippable Boss]]: On the second floor of the tower, sometimes Ghosh would challenge you to a duel. If you accepted, you could fight him, or walk away from him as he followed you, and hop on the elevator to the next floor, leaving him behind.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: It's ''Patti'', not ''Patty'', and ''Cherrl'', not ''Cheryl''.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Mia, after she falls in love with you but before Koh confronts her about it, will follow him around town at every single location.
* [[Stone Wall]]: The Block and its evolution the Metal.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]:
** [
** This is actually inverted with [[The Rival]] Ghosh, and his sister Selfi, who really have no similar physical looks to the point where you might think they aren't actually related.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Patti Pan.
* [[Tenchi Solution]]: A possible outcome in the PS1 version; the fact that, post-[[Relationship Upgrade]], half of the girls (Nico, Selfi, Fur and Mia) will stop by Koh's house every morning to kiss him goodbye for the day (the others will only stop by if they are the ones actually waking him up) seems to indicate that they do not entirely object to sharing his affections. In the GBC version, Koh still has two girlfriends: fellow treasure-hunters/monster-tamers Selfi and Atlee (who only appears in the GBC version).
* [[This and That]]: In the PS1 version, a post-[[Relationship Upgrade]] Nico uses this phrase when reminiscing about her childhood interactions with Koh. "I remember that even when you were a little kid, you would get me and we would do this and do that."
* [[Title Drop]]: Done by Cherrl after completing her sidequest... and screwed up by the localization crew when they translated the line as "sky-colored dreams".
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* [[Tomboy]]: Nico.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Nico to a certain degree. She's definitely got the cute part down at least, with just a dash of troubled past thrown in for good measure.
* [[Tsundere]]: Nico and Selfi and Fur (PS1 version mostly).
* [[The Ugly
* [[Underboobs]]: Nico is sporting an impressive pair in one group [http://www.chudahs-corner.com/img/cover/k/KICA-7808_back.jpg picture]{{Dead link}} of the instruction manual, and on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924093831/http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/azure/cover_l.jpg cover] for the music CD.
* [[Unwinnable]]: If you beat the game and made it to the top floor without a way to escape the tower, you're pretty much screwed because there's no other way out from the top floor. I hope you have a Wind Crystal, because it's going to suck if you don't.
* [[The Vamp]]: Fur and Selfi.
* [[Vendor Trash]]:
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** Also the eggs of some of the weaker monsters.
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]: Your monster buddies need to be well fed, or they won't be able to move or attack.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Selfi, Wreath, Weedy and
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