Berserk/Tropes E-H: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3
(→E) |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.3) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 39:
* [[Exotic Weapon Supremacy]]: Averted after Guts easily beats Silat, despite his many exotic weapons.
* [[Explaining Your Power to the Enemy]]: Guts is fighting a regenerating demon (an offspring of the Count who possesed a knight who swore to kill Guts after he got his ass handed to him) whose wounds heal as fast as they're inflicted. The demon taunts him by saying that it can regenerate endlessly as long as its head is intact. Guts chops the demon's head in half and thanks it for telling him. {{spoiler|Then the demon's head try to possess Guts. Who reacts by ''smashing it into a wall with his BFS''.}}
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: When in [[Badass]] [[Action Girl]] mode, Casca has short, cropped hair, but when she goes [[Go Mad
* [[Expy]]: Guts. Yes. Think about it for a moment: an aloof, jaded and apparently lonely warrior, [[Covered with Scars]], travelling with two kids, one [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]] and a former leader woman, driven by his desire of revenge on one side and his longing to retrieve the woman he loves on the other side. [[Fist of the North Star|Doesn't it sound familiar?]]
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Farnese and Serpico respectively, though in both cases it's subverted. Serpico was seen being walked over by Farnese when they're first introduced, displaying a goofy face, no combat skills, and being a bit of a clutz - until it was revealed that he was merely a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] with some killer instinct. Farnese appears to become more of a doormat when she [[Took a Level In Kindness|leveled up in kindness]], allowing her father to talk down on her and almost letting her brother manipulate her into marrying his best friend for his own ploys. However, she does certainly have goals and ambition and she doesn't want to be seen as [[The Load|a burden]] to the rest of the group. Her mother is actually aware of this and fore warns her brother that she can't be easily manipulated.
Line 84:
** There's subtle hints to the real-life counterparts of various countries mentioned by Serpico briefly in one chapter, as well as clothing choices and character names hinting at nationality. Midland has been confirmed to be the Berserk world's version of Denmark by Miura, and Chuder's "Holy Empire" seems to relate to the real German Holy Roman Empire. Farnese and Serpico coming from a fantasy version of Italy (port-based, mercentile, money-lending, seat of the Vatician). Surprisingly, most of the courtly dress rarely worn by by the various protagonists [[Shown Their Work|is quite accurate to the vaguely 15th century Europe that Berserk seems to take place in.]]
** There's also all of the traces of Scandinavian/Norse mythology about, which makes sense since Denmark is part of Scandinavia. Of course we're talking about the persistence of the berserker imagery.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Yep. The Berserk-verse pretty much has everything, especially now that the magic has come back to the world, not just [[The Usual Adversaries|apostles]] (not to mention how some apostle forms are stand-ins for other supernatural creatures like [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves,]] [[Our Centaurs Are Different|centaurs,]] and [[A Load of Bull|minotaurs]]) and elves ([[Our Fairies Are Different|though they're really faeries]]) and how other apostles seem to have [[Looks Like Orlok|vampiric]] [[Dracula|motifs]]): [[Unicorn
* [[Fetal Position Rebirth]]: Happens twice with Griffith {{spoiler|once when his body is being reconstructed as Femto, and second when he is being reincarnated into the physical world through the Child's body}}. Also, Jill is briefly seen in this position when she {{spoiler|[[We Can Rule Together|almost took Rosine's offer.]]}}
* [[Fetus Terrible]]: Guts and Casca's baby, though it is subverted; see [[Love Redeems]] below.
Line 123:
*** [[The Chick]] - Casca and Farnese
*** [[Tagalong Kid]] - Isidro
*** [[Team Pet]] - Puck and Evarella who are also [[Small Annoying Creature
* [[Five Stages of Grief]]: Not quite a straight example, but the three main characters all represent some stage in dealing with grief and despair. Guts best represents the anger stage, only feeling better [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|for short bursts when he is in the heat of battle,]] but it never lasts long. Because of this, he also has traces of the denial and the depression stage when he left Casca. Griffith represents the depression stage, since after his year of torture, he just gave up all hope of attaining his dream. Alas, we find out that Griffith also stands for the bargaining stage, to [[Face Heel Turn|a very]] [[Deal with the Devil|horrific]] [[Moral Event Horizon|degree.]] And Casca represents the denial stage, especially so after her traumatic ordeal of the Eclipse, where we have not seen her true self for over two years and it has been suggested by Skull Knight that Casca simply does not want to face the world after her experience. None of them have quite made it to the acceptance stage, though...
* [[Flanderization]] - During The Black Swordsman Arc Puck was noticeably less silly.
Line 134:
** Guts also forcefully kissed Casca when {{spoiler|his [[Enemy Within]] [[Near-Rape Experience|almost drove him to rape her]].}}
** And then Slan kisses Guts in Qliphoth. Imagine softly kissing your lover's tender lips - [[Fan Disservice|which are made of troll guts.]] [[Squick|Hm.]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: A lot of it takes place within Berserk, from [[Chekhov's Gun
** {{spoiler|Shortly before the eclipse there is a scene in wich a cripple and helpless Griffith desparately throws himself at Casca. It upsets her very much and is disturbing by itself...but then he forces himself on her again a while later, but this time on a completely different footing.}} [[Harsher in Hindsight|Yeah, creepy...]]
** Currently, a popular theory within the fandom is that {{spoiler|Puck's persistent interaction with the Behelit is foreshadowing that he will be the next to activate it.}}
Line 160:
** [[God and Satan Are Both Jerks]]: The pagan cults really aren't any better than the Church, since they seem to be worshipping the Godhand by different names, {{spoiler|and of course the Godhand is subservient to the Idea of Evil.}}
* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: When Casca and Nina were captured by the pagans, Nina was stripped naked and intended to be used as a sacrifice, while Casca was dressed in a poncho that barely covered her, and was intended to become the Great Goathead's, er, "[[Marital Rape License|bride]]".
* [[Going Commando]]: In this world, the concept of underwear does not exist, [[Clothing Damage|especially for the ladies]]. The most anybody wears for undergarments are a tunic top and their leggings (and this only seems to apply to warriors). However, this could be some [[Truth in Television]], since, due to the level of modesty in the era, people didn't talk about their underwear in the Middle Ages much, nor could organic clothing last for centuries, so we have very little to base this on and can only speculate what people wore for underwear back then [https://web.archive.org/web/20130825075205/http://historymedren.about.com/od/clothingandfabric/ss/underwear.htm based on pictures].
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]: The pirates. Bandits in general really.
** Then you have the holy iron chain knights who wear fancy armor but are actually a bunch of sheltered rich boys with no fighting skills whatsoever who make other [[Mooks]] look competent.
* [[Go Mad From the Isolation]]: {{spoiler|While being imprisoned in a deep, dark dungeon, his sole human contact being with the [[Red Right Hand|deformed little man]] who is responsible for torturing him for a year}} Griffith wonders if he will go insane - or if he has already gone off the deep end.
* [[Go Mad
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Although they had some slight difficulties in the beginning {{spoiler|what with Guts having some traumatic flashbacks of his child rape and nearly choked Casca because of it}} Guts and Casca are really the only two people who have had good sex in this series (''really'' good sex considering that {{spoiler|[[Intimate Psychotherapy|Guts was relieved of his trauma because of he and Casca's moment]]}}). All other sex scenes in ''Berserk'' have either been [[Squick]], [[Rape as Drama|rape]], or [[Nausea Fuel|squick AND rape...]] Though, a close second would be [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Luca]] and [[Nice Guy|Jerome]], but he did still pay her since she was a prostitute on duty.
* [[Gorn]]: Kentaro Miura seems to have a penchant for massive head injuries that borders on the erotic...
** To say nothing for combining scenes of brutal torture and dismemberment with scenes of brutal
** [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: And funnily enough, this was used in the first episode of the anime, since [[Lighter and Softer|the anime toned down on the gorn.]]
*** The trope also appeared in the second episode when Guts defeated Bazuzo (in the manga, it shows Guts splattering his head in two with his [[Eye Scream|eyeball popping out]] at a bonus).
Line 209:
** The Ordinary World: His early life takes place in a roaming mercenary band in a [[Crapsack World]].
** Need for Adventure: When he is cast out from his home band, Guts roams from battlefield to battlefield and works for numerous companies, but doesn't know what he wants for himself.
** [[Call to Adventure]]: [[Inciting Incident|Guts' fight with Bazuzo]] was witnessed by Griffith and he was later initiated into the Hawks. This serves as Guts' first taste of the strange world, since adjusting to a life with the Hawks was a bit odd for him (a group made up of younger members who had strong bonds with one another, not to mention how they were [[Weirdness Magnet
** First [[Supernatural Aid]]: Nosferatu Zodd gives Guts a chilling prophecy of things to come.
** Crossing the First Threshold: Guts leaves the Hawks in order to find meaning to his own dream, and defeating Griffith, who takes the place of the [[Threshold Guardians|threshold guardian]], allows him access to achieving this. Guts receives a second prophetic warning from the [[Mysterious Protector|Skull Knight]] which serves as his second supernatural aid in his journey.
Line 243:
* [[History Repeats]]: During the Conviction Arc at the showdown at the Tower of Punishment, Casca is caught by Mozgus and is handed over to the mob to be burned at the stake as a witch. All the while, [[Total Eclipse of the Plot|the sun is getting covered up]], [[Red Right Hand|the tower is crumbling in an uncanny resemblance of a hand]], and Guts is once again struggling and fighting his way through hoards of evil spirits so he can make it to Casca in time to save her. Yep. A mock eclipse is happening, and Guts fears that he won't be able to save Casca again.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: There are some examples
** Guts: [[
** Emperor Gaiseric: The Emperor Gaiseric alluded to in volume 10 was based on the actual King Genseric who ruled the Vandals' kingdom in Europe in the 5th century. He was famed as a brilliant general who was seen as a threat even to the Roman Empire. In the manga, Gaiseric is said to have created a vast empire, similar to the Romans, that was destroyed by God's wrath. He banded together his small tribe and brought them great fame as a kingdom that exercised its authority in the Mediterranean region.
*** {{spoiler|It is hinted that Emperor Gaiseric survived his fallen empire in the form of the Skull Knight, a recurring character who aids Guts and stands in opposition to the God Hand}}.
Line 277:
** It's not even that she's especially small (being a fit [[Hot Amazon]]), it's just that ''any'' woman who wasn't a giant herself would look small next to Guts.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The various pagan cults, not to mention the Sacrifice necessary to become a demon or {{spoiler|another Godhand}}.
* [[Humans Are
** Also, ''all'' demons used to be humans who made a [[Deal with the Devil]].
* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: The the source of all problems everywhere in this story is human weakness, not inherent evil. One must keep in mind that a [[Complete Monster|completely rotten person who would love to have some demonic powers to be a more effective asshole]] would be unable to use a behelith because he doesn't care about anything but himself.
Line 284:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]▼
[[Category:Split Trope Lists]]
| |||