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** And in a rare male example, Griffith, who is quite comfortable being in the nude around others.

** Isma is a more straightforward example, having no aversion to standing butt naked in front of Isidro and quick to ditch her clothing when she has to jump into the water. Unlike the examples above, she is not evil and is otherwise a perfectly normal teenage girl... {{spoiler|who happens to be a [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Merrow]]}}.

'''Isma''': Tits? Don't worry, they didn't get smaller. }}

* [[Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates]]: Averted since the pirates following Guts and his troop are the most recent [[Goldfish Poop Gang|gang]] [[Butt Monkey|of butt monkeys]]. [[They]]'re pretty fun while they lasted, though. It's like having a more incompetent and [[Large Ham|hammy]] [[Monkey Island|Le Chuck]].

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: The Skull Knight is the combination of this and the [[Black Knight]]. Griffith is a deconstruction.

** Azan seems to be one as well.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Played straighter in [[Pragmatic Adaptation|the TV series,]] since it featured less [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] and [[Lighter and Softer|wasn't as dark]] [[Dark Fantasy|in atmosphere]] (that and the ever persistent presence of [[Clingy Comedy Villain|General Adon]]). When Nosferatu Zodd turned up with his prophecy, we knew that things were going to take a less optimistic turn in the story. But it wasn't until the complete introduction of the Godhand {{spoiler|and their newest member, Femto}} that we knew that [[Gut Punch|shit was getting]] [[It Got Worse|seriously ugly.]]

* [[Knight Templar]]: The Holy Iron Chain Knights.

** Subverted: The order itself is a ceremonial guard composed of young nobles whose parents wanted them to have the prestige of military service minus the risk associated with actual warfare. Farnese was all Knight Templar, however, and often ordered them to mete out some brutal punishment to supposed heretics.

** It should be noted that Guts had one very [[Knight Templar]] moment near the end of the Golden Age Arc when he is about to depart from Godo's:

** Now ''that'' is the beginning of [[He Who Fights Monsters|a very scary vendetta.]]

* [[La Résistance]]: The Midland resistance against [[The Empire|the Kushan]] occupation of the capital of Windham was headed by Sir Laban and Minister Foss.

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Rickert to Erica.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]:

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Schierke has this for Guts.

** Implied that Jill had one for him too.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: A few furs, especially among the royalty and nobility, given this show's setting. One standout is a dress Charlotte wears with a trim of white fur, but arranged as lines of puff balls.

* [[Primal Fear]]: No. ''Berserk'' doesn't stop at [[Nightmare Fuel]] and [[Adult Fear]]. Now we have those fears that everyone can relate to, including the valued reader: a fear of the dark (Guts virtually cannot sleep at night because he has to fight off monsters and evil spirits the whole time), being eaten alive (happens too often with both monsters AND humans), blood and guts (chances are that you will NOT die in one piece), giants (those goddamn scary apostles), monsters and scary beasts (again, those damn apostles - AND just about every supernatural creature is out to get you. It's a surprise that unicorns and fairies haven't been wiped out), bugs ([[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth|Rosine]] and [[Gosh Hornet|her little minions]]), snakes (um, the Great Goatheads [[Gag Penis|phallis]]), and probably dozens more. Alas, the one that takes the cake is the [[Cold-Blooded Torture|sadism]] and the [[Squick]] (and for added horror, the humiliation involved). What's the worse thing about being apprehended by the guards and going to a trial that might end with your execution? No, it's not the actual trial (or even the actual execution). It's:

** 'Tis just ONE example. Reading ''Berserk'' pretty much makes you want to go into a [[Troubled Fetal Position|fetal position]] and cry yourself to sleep sometimes.

* [[Primal Scene]]: Childlike Casca walks in on Luca and Jerome. Cue in "dwa" face from both Casca and Jerome.