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The original game in the long-running ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' series, released on the [[Super NES]] in April 1993 in Japan and August 1994 for North America. It was later ported out to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in July 2001 in Japan and December 2001 in Europe and North America, with updated [[Character Portrait|Character Portraits]], a dash button, graphical upgrades on the menu screen and a trade option between games (complete with a few new items as bonus).
Being the first game on the series, its story is not as ambitious as following sequels:
Cut to many, many years after:
One aspect who's well known about this game is the story behind its localization:
There exists a [[Breath of Fire/Characters|character sheet]] for the series. Place any character-related tropes there.
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* [[Abusive Precursors]]: The feuding Dragon Clans who brought about the Goddess War.
* [[Always Night]]: When it comes to Goddess keys, [[Meaningful Name|Bleak]] definitely got the short end of the stick.
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The American release replaced the anime inspired box art with something vaguely resembling Conan.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: Nina is introduced with her going on a quest of her own, accompanied by two [[Spear Carrier|guards]]; later on,
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: The SlimeX boss.
** Actually, this is an inverted version of that. It starts out as three slime monsters; when you defeat all three, they [[Fusion Dance|merge]] into one large one.
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* [[Bowdlerise]]: Minor details, mostly concerning the [[Sidequest|Side Quests]] on Auria: one bar patron's hangover is changed to a '[[Alcohol Hic|case of the hiccups]]', while a [[Dirty Old Man]]'s request for a massage is rendered more or less nonsuggestively.
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Everywhere! Literal cases includes the bridge following Tantar/Tuntar, the bridge on Guts and the small bridge before Scande. Other examples include a frozen waterfall and an underwater chasm.
** The worst would have to be arriving at the Big Bad's lair, Scande... only to find that the [[Broken Bridge|one working elevator]] is broken. Mind you, the Dark Dragons can simply fly up to Zog's tower if they wish, but it's still conspicuous how they don't just fix it themselves.
* [[Build Like an Egyptian]]: The desert tomb of Krypt.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: ''Repeatedly!''
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** [[Canon Immigrant]]: The two [[No Name Given|nameless]] guards on the game were given names in the GBA port, taken from two characters from ''Princess of the Wings'', Sieg and Raifel.
* [[Cave Behind the Falls]]: The waterfall in Spring Town.
* [[Chain of Deals]]: Several instances through the game, particularly the Auria arc:
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Two instances: the robed guy who keeps popping up to help the party {{spoiler|is revealed to be Jade, helping you overthrow Zog}}, while in Tunlan, {{spoiler|the Nina look-alike ends up being Nina after time travel shenanigans
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]:
* [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: Two, under the subtitles ''The Dragon Warrior'' and ''Princess of The Wing''. There's also an [[Spin-Off]] pseudo-sequel
* [[Compressed Adaptation]]: ''The Dragon Warrior'' manga adaptation, which crams most of the game's main plot into 6 chapters, leaving out several events while meshing together others. Most notably, the existence of the Four Devas (Jade's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]) is mentioned, but only one out of the 4 (Mote/Sigmund) makes an actual appearance.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Tyr's initial form. The concept art takes it to [[Nightmare Fuel|ridiculous extremes...]]
* [[Degraded Boss]]: Usually the less important ones (Gremlin, PincherX, the three dragon tests, SlimeX...).
* [[Desperation Attack]]: When low on health, the characters will speed up their attacks.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: ..did the party save Ox from near death by ''kicking the crap outta death itself''!?
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: The Earth Key can be used to deal 30 damage to all enemies once per turn. While insignificant later on, it out-damages your warriors when you first get it and can end most fights in one round.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Drogen (Dragnier), right in the prologue.
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* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Zog's throne room at Scande. Also, the [[Captain Obvious|Goddess Tower]].
* [[Far Side Island]]: Upon [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing up]] the Dark Dragon ship and jumping overboard, the whole party is marooned on this. And the only way out is to pay Gobi [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts|1000000 GP]].
** [[Cutscene Incompetence|Despite the fact that Nina can cast]] [[Warp Whistle|Warp
* [[Fiction 500]]: The town of Auria is literally paved with gold, due to its proximity to the Light Key.▼
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[
** [[The Big Bad]]: Zog.
** [[The Dragon]]: Jade {{spoiler|([[The Starscream|at first]])}}.
** [[The Evil Genius]]: Both Cort ([[Mad Scientist|
** [[The Brute]]: Goda.
** [[The Dark Chick]]: Cerl {{spoiler|(until her change of heart)}}.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Ryu.
** [[The Lancer]]: Bo.
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Deis/Bleu.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Ox.
** [[The Chick]]: Nina.
* [[Flying Seafood Special]]: At first, they appear underwater, so it's not so rare... but when they start coming out on dry land, well...
* [[The Goomba]]: Nine times out of ten, your first random battle from leaving Drogon at the beginning of the game will be up against a blue Slime with an HP of 12, and Ryu at Level 1 can defeat each Slime with one attack. Later on, the party may encounter a gold version of the Slime with ten times the HP. Although the P.Bugs have 8 HP, they are more annoying as they may poison a party member.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The Goddess Keys. Nabbing one will result in a triumphant [[Item Get]].
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* [[Healing Spring]]: Drinking off these restores everything.
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: The Dark Dragons kidnapped all women on Ox's hometown to force the men into building them a weapon.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: The battle with
* [[Immortality Immorality]]: Tunlan's queen was charmed by Zog into giving the Goddess key in her possession with the prospect of eternal youth.
** It is also the ambition of the [[Evil Sorcerer|Wizard]] from Karma Tower.
▲* [[Fiction 500]]: The town of Auria is literally paved with gold, due to its proximity to the Light Key.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Cort shrinks your entire party to the size of mice. Luckily, there are ''real'' mice in the area who are pleased to help Ryu.
* [[Inn Security]]: Played with in Bleak's Inn. Being a [[Thieves' Guild|town of thieves]], it's rather suspicious that it's totally free. If you decide to stay, you'll wake up with your savings stolen. Buying an special item on Auria will catch the Inn owner on the act, who will pay you to avoid any further problems.
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** You can deposit some of them in the bank, however, if you need to free some inventory space.
* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]: Mote's stitch is to capture his targets into a dreamworld of his creation. He does this twice (once to Mogu, later to the whole party), and it eventually leads to a [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]].
* [[Late Character Syndrome]]: Mogu comes out quite late on the story, and since he has very little redeeming qualities, he tends to be stuck on the back.
* [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]]:
* [[Merchant City]]: Prima, [[Underwater City]] home of the [[Proud Merchant Race]].
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]
* [[Mock Guffin]]: The anticlimatic 'Book of Thieves' hidden in Krypt's basement. The logic being: if he's made it that far, Karn is ''already'' the world's greatest thief, and therefore doesn't need a handbook.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: Starts out the trend. Two endings, depending on {{spoiler|if you get the last dragon form and use it on the last boss
* [[Mysterious Informant]]: The nameless, cloaked man who periodically shows up whenever your party hits a [[Broken Bridge]].
▲* [[Multiple Endings]]: Starts out the trend. Two endings, depending on {{spoiler|if you get the last dragon form and use it on the last boss.}}
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: Mote's
** Another one counts also as a [[Prophetic Name]] and [[Bilingual Bonus]] in Japan:
** If you live in a town called [[Night of the Living Dead|Romero]], don't be surprised if zombies come out at night, just sayin'.
* [[Noob Cave]]: Camlon Castle.
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]
* [[Our Founder]]: Camlon is the very first [[Adventure Towns|Adventure Town]] Ryu visits. When he returns in the game's second half, the populace have erected a statue of Ryu in the square.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Like the Slime mentioned above, enemies from the random battles encountered early in the game may re-appear later-on in different colours, and more tougher than their cousins.
* [[Peninsula of Power Leveling]]: The island where Pagoda is found.
* [[Planet of Hats]]: Most of the tribes are overspecialized in one job: Gobi's clan is a [[Proud Merchant Race]], Ox's clan is a [[The Blacksmith|tribe of blacksmiths]], Bo's clan is a [[The Hunter|hunting clan]], etc...
* [[Playing Both Sides]]:
* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: {{spoiler|Nina}}.
* [[Plot Coupon That Does Something]]: Out of the six Goddess Keys, only 3 can be used in-game: the Light and Dark Key switches daytime/nightime, and the Earth Key mimics an earthquake attack.
* [[
** In ''The Dragon Warrior'' manga, {{spoiler|Jade gets one as well}}, paired with a [[Together in Death]] with {{spoiler|his lover Sara
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: After you get Karn, you can open any locked door.
▲** In ''The Dragon Warrior'' manga, {{spoiler|Jade gets one as well}}, paired with a [[Together in Death]] with {{spoiler|his lover Sara.}}
▲* [[Sequence Breaking]]: After you get Karn, you can open any locked door. {{spoiler|Warp back to Romero and head to Agua, and you can go higher up than you've ever gone before. Search the statues for a powerful dagger and suit of armor. You won't see other gear on this level until the endgame.}}
* [[Ship Level]]: The Dark Dragons' galleon.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The leader of the golden city Auria is named Rosewater in the original, from the main character of [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s story
** Sieg and Rai on the GBA port can be seen as one too.
** Arguably, but the sprite for the various town chiefs is suspiciously similar to [[Mega Man (video game)|Dr. Wily]].
* [[Shout-Out Theme Naming]]: Bo's
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: Ryu meets
* [[Take Over the World]]: Zog's a rather typical [[Evil Overlord]].
* [[The Three Trials]]: There are [[Rule of Three|three]] shrines where Ryu is put to a test before having his dragon forms unsealed. {{spoiler|The fourth and final dragon form, interestingly, requires no such trial and is granted instantly
* [[Time Stands Still]]: Cerl places this curse over the town of Carmen.
* [[Tragic Monster]]:
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: The fate of those who piss Mote off.
* [[Turns Red]]: ''Every freaking boss'' has a secondary, '''[[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|invisible]]''' lifebar once the first one is depleted, often twice as large as the original.
* [[Video Game Geography]]: Type 1 "toroid".
** [[Wrap Around]]
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]]: Ryu and his dragon morphs, Karn and his [[Fusion Dance]] magic, plus
* [[War Was Beginning]]: The prologue establishes that the Dark Dragons are bad news.
* [[Weather Control Machine]]: The Sky Key and, by extension, the Spyre where it is located.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Juda offers this at one point to the party. [[But Thou Must!|Even if you accept, you can't do nothing but stand still
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Bleak. [[Inn Security|Even the Inn]] isn't safe.
* [[Yoko Shimomura]]: Composed part of the music.
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: As if anyone thought Zog would be the end}}...
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