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** And if it's not a longcoat, it's a [[Badass Cape]]. See Alucard in ''Symphony''.
** Shanoa gets in on the action with her [[Badass Long Hair]].
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: In one of the games, (specifically, {{spoiler|''Legacy of Darkness''), after you overcome the final boss you find out that he was a decoy, the whole thing was a set-up, and you've played into Dracula's hands and only aided him.}} Ditto for {{spoiler|''Lament of Innocence''}}.▼
* [[Bad with the Bone]]: One of the most common enemies in the series are bone-throwing skeletons. A few even throw their own skulls!
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: A recurring theme, given that most of the protagonists are largely noble defenders fighting a man who turned his back on God and humanity alike.
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* [[Cute Witch]]: Two varieties. The Student Witch enemy is particularly adorable. Charlotte in ''Portrait of Ruin'' also qualifies.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: The vast majority of the time, Dracula is stupidly [[Genre Blind]]. During the [[Final Boss]] fight of ''Portrait of Ruin'', however, he suggests that since there's two of the heroes, he might as well do some double-teaming himself and asks Death to back him up. And in ''Rondo Of Blood'', Dracula's first act upon resurrection is to tear ass through Richter Belmont's hometown.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow|Lords Of Shadow]], the reboot of the franchise and the darkest entry of the series thus far.▼
* [[Dark Fantasy]]: Lots of gothic horror-themed enemies ([[Dem Bones]], Zombies, vampires, [[Animated Armor]], etc) and some magic.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Alucard, despite being [[Dhampir|part vampire]], is a good and noble person.
** Soma and Yoko have a discussion about this in ''Aria of Sorrow.'' {{spoiler|Soma himself is an example.}}
▲* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow|Lords Of Shadow]], the reboot of the franchise and the darkest entry of the series thus far.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: In ''Curse of Darkness'', Hector worked for Dracula as a Devil Forgemaster (which seems to be like a blacksmith except making monsters in addition to weapons), but left his service, suppressed his magical powers and would have married a human woman. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the '[[Oh Crap]]'...
** Alucard fits in this category rather well, trying to stop Dear Old Dad and show him the error of his ways.
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* [[I Let You Win]]: ''If'' you defeat [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] in ''Portrait Of Ruin'', he will tell you he was holding back. Same goes for {{spoiler|Julius Belmont}} in ''Aria Of Sorrow''.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Maria Renard (animals), Charlotte Aulin (books).
* [[In Universe Game Clock]]: ''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]'', ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'' and ''[[Castlevania (Nintendo 64)]]'' all have day/night cycles.▼
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Several examples amid the [[Metroidvania|Metroidvanias]]:
** ''Symphony'' has the Crissaegrim, which can do tons of damage in rapid fire, without breaking stride. If you manage to equip ''two'' Crissaegrims at once... holy hell, it's almost like cheating.
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* [[An Interior Designer Is You]]: Sorta. There's one room in ''Harmony of Dissonance'' that you can "decorate," but you can't actually move the furniture. Just acquire it.
** Hector has this weird chair-collecting subquest in ''Curse of Darkness''.
▲* [[In Universe Game Clock]]: ''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]'', ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'' and ''[[Castlevania (Nintendo 64)]]'' all have day/night cycles.
* [[James Bondage]]: Richter Belmont, Soleiyu/Soleil Belmont, Hugh Baldwin, Maxim Kischine, arguably Simon Belmont (a curse eroding your soul is sure gonna limit your mobility) in the spiritual sense, and Morris Baldwin in ''Circle of the Moon'' literally.
** It's not limited to the heroes! Leon finds Joachim locked in the basement in ''Lament of Innocence'', and {{spoiler|considering his [[Fan Service|clothing]] and what it hints at with regard to the lurking background plot, Isaac should go here too.}}
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: (Maria introduces her special attack in ''Judgment'' with "This is my special!"
** Dracula does it first in ''Portrait of Ruin'', commenting about how he and Death should get to double team, too.
* [[Ledge Bats]]: The bats and Medusa heads.▼
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Maria in ''Rondo of Blood'' / ''Dracula X Chronicles''. Beat the game with her and [[Easy Mode Mockery|you'll get flamed for not being man enough to use Richter]].
* [[Lethal Joke Item]]: Put on all three Alucart items in ''SOTN'' and you gain a + 30 luck bonus.
** There's also the Cream Pie subweapon in ''Portrait of Ruin'', which is dark-aligned and thus does nice damage to holy-aligned enemies when mastered. The easiest way to kill the rather difficult {{spoiler|spirit memory of Richter Belmont}} is to simply throw 200 cream pies in his face.
** In ''Rondo of Blood'', a Key must be held in place of secondary weapons. It can't be used to attack and trying to make Richter item-crash with it will just [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|make him wonder what the hell you're trying to do]]. However, since Richter is invulnerable while performing item-crash and the key's item-crash consumes no hearts, you can spam it to get out of tight situations - just don't do it on moving platforms.
▲* [[Ledge Bats]]: The bats and Medusa heads.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The ''Kid Dracula'' series.
** Also, ''Portrait Of Ruin'', which has quite a few [[Funny Moments]].
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** And ''Order of Eccelsia'', which is full of Goddamned Bats and Demonic Spiders, and most bosses can kill you in 2-3 hits, and some of them have instant-death combos.
** Out of all the already [[Nintendo Hard]] [[Fan Nickname|Classicvanias,]] special mention must go to the arcade game ''[[Haunted Castle (video game)|Haunted Castle]]''. Not so much for the [[Platform Hell|platforming]] and hard-to-kill creatures (Of which there is plenty of both) but for the fact you only get TWO lives to beat the game with. Yes, an arcade machine with a life limit. Lose both lives, and your third token will throw you back to the very beginning.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Celia Fortner in ''Dawn of Sorrow''.▼
** Stella's implied to do this in some of the extra bonus artwork.▼
* [[No-Gear Level]]: Near the beginning of ''Symphony of the Night.''
** You can actually continue doing this if you so desire. Its challenging but kinda hilarious (And [[Crazy Awesome]]) when Alucard beats the shit out of the Grim Reaper with his bare hands.
▲* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Celia Fortner in ''Dawn of Sorrow''.
▲** Stella's implied to do this in some of the extra bonus artwork.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Lisa was burned at the stake for practicing medicine. Considering who her husband was and his reaction, this trope is deconstructed.▼
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: In ''Order of Ecclesia'', {{spoiler|failing to set all the villagers free before confronting Albus}} will result in this.
* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: Dracula's castle always crumbles to dust upon the [[Load-Bearing Boss|death of its owner.]] Explained by Dracula and his castle being symbiotically linked.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Everyone in North America thinks Simon Belmont's name is pronounced "Sigh-mon". In the original Japanese, it's "Shee-mon". It's really supposed to be a French-sounding name, pronounced "See-mohn".
▲* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Lisa was burned at the stake for practicing medicine. Considering who her husband was and his reaction, this trope is deconstructed.
* [[Norio Wakamoto]]: Dracula's voice in Japanese versions.
** Except in ''[[Castlevania Judgment]]'', in which Dracula's voice is [[Joji Nakata]], well known as the voice of [[Hellsing Ultimate|another vampire]] whose name has no relation to [[Sdrawkcab Name|Dracula's son]].
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* [[Omake]]: The 4-koma comics, only the Dracula X and Order of Ecclesia ones have been translated so far.
* [[Once an Episode]]: Certain things are sure to reappear from time to time in the series. For example, there's often a "Clock Tower" level with spike pits, conveyor belts of some sort, and usually a lot of flying Medusa Heads clogging up the area.
* [[One to Million to One]]: Dracula occasionally teleports this way, becoming a mass of bats.▼
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Dracula, every game. He actually only has one form at the end of ''Symphony of the Night'', but that's because he did the usual two forms in the ''Rondo of Blood'' [[Call Back]] at the beginning.
** ''[[Castlevania II Belmonts Revenge]]'' also has only one form for Dracula -- perhaps because he comes right after the fight with <s>Soleiyu</s> [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Soleil]].
** In ''Order of Ecclesia'', he doesn't transform at all; he just starts walking around.
** Death also has a second, more monstrous form in some games.
▲* [[One to Million to One]]: Dracula occasionally teleports this way, becoming a mass of bats.
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: The Innocent Devil fairies in ''Curse of Darkness'' (especially the Proboscis Fairy, what the heck), and the Pixie/Half-Fairy/Han'yousei familiar in ''Symphony of the Night''; the Fairy is pretty usual for her species.
* [[Our Monsters Are Weird]]
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* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Some of the 3D games have pretty elaborate outfits, as does ''Order of Ecclesia''.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: Three games require the player to collect Dracula's body parts before heading to the final confrontation. Several other games require you to collect different items to progress, or get the good ending. Classic games have orbs dropping from the boss which the player has to collect.
* [[Power of Friendship]]: Justifies the true ending in ''Harmony Of Dissonance'', where Juste saves his best friend Maxim from needless death thank to Dracula's mind control.▼
* [[Power of Love]]: Noted as a contrast to [[Love Makes You Evil]] above. The most obvious example might be Leon Belmont, who after the tragic death of his lover in the hands of the villains swears that he and his descendants will hunt the night to prevent the same tragedy from happening to other humans again; he himself also stated this is the only way to prove his love for the deceased Sara. It also justifies the good ending of [[Dawn of Sorrow]]; {{spoiler|Mina's Talisman given to Soma (if you remember to wear it) also holds his weary, gullible heart from [[Love Makes You Evil|going wrong]] in what is going to become the bad ending.}}▼
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Trying to use the Alucart Shield (if you weren't watching the last consonant or were just curious) in combo with the Shield Rod. Cue Alucard pulling his cloak around dramatically...and then going "?"
** Trying to summon using the Killer Fish soul in ''Aria'' results in the fish dying unless you're underwater. [[Schmuck Bait|The soul description does warn you about this side effect.]]
** Attempting an Item Crash with the Key in ''Rondo of Blood'' leads to Richter powering up...and falling back to earth with a ? above his head, wondering what the heck you're trying to do. Then again, the key [[Lethal Joke Item|does have its uses]].
▲* [[Power of Friendship]]: Justifies the true ending in ''Harmony Of Dissonance'', where Juste saves his best friend Maxim from needless death thank to Dracula's mind control.
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: {{spoiler|Master Barlowe}} really [[Villainous Breakdown|losing his shit]] in ''Order of Ecclesia''.▼
▲* [[Power of Love]]: Noted as a contrast to [[Love Makes You Evil]] above. The most obvious example might be Leon Belmont, who after the tragic death of his lover in the hands of the villains swears that he and his descendants will hunt the night to prevent the same tragedy from happening to other humans again; he himself also stated this is the only way to prove his love for the deceased Sara. It also justifies the good ending of [[Dawn of Sorrow]]; {{spoiler|Mina's Talisman given to Soma (if you remember to wear it) also holds his weary, gullible heart from [[Love Makes You Evil|going wrong]] in what is going to become the bad ending.}}
{{quote|''"DIE, SHANOAAA! HOW DARE YOU! * Punch* EVEN FORGETTING! * Punch* WHO'' {{spoiler|RAISED ''YOU! * Punch* YOU..! * Punch* '''STUPID DISCIPLE'''!!! * [[Megaton Punch]]*}} "''}}▼
* [[Prequel]]: ''Four times''. It's almost as if every director wanted to be the one to tell the earliest story in the timeline...
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Soma's huge fur collar in ''Aria Of Sorrow''.
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* [[Pulling Themselves Together]]: Red skeletons, one of the more common enemies in the series reform themselves after they've been destroyed.
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: ''Castlevania'' is an obvious pun on Transylvania.
▲* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: {{spoiler|Master Barlowe}} really [[Villainous Breakdown|losing his shit]] in ''Order of Ecclesia''.
▲{{quote|''"DIE, SHANOAAA! HOW DARE YOU! * Punch* EVEN FORGETTING! * Punch* WHO'' {{spoiler|RAISED ''YOU! * Punch* YOU..! * Punch* '''STUPID DISCIPLE'''!!! * [[Megaton Punch]]*}} "''}}
* [[Rain of Blood]]: The death animation for most of the mains, starting with ''Rondo of Blood'', as well as {{spoiler|a specific attack by Dracula's third form in ''Dracula X Chronicles'' which literally causes the blood to rain down from above}}.
** The poorly received SNES adaptation of ''Rondo of Blood'' censored this in a... questionable manner. They turned all the blood white, which makes what Death is doing when Richter hits him look... funny.
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*** Or rather "Richiter Mode"...
** ''Order of Ecclesia'': Albus mode
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]▼
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: There is no need to get the cleansing item to beat Circle of the Moon, and consequentially no need to get the heavy ring either, letting you skip two of the eight main levels (if you can survive being that underleveled in the waterway).
** If you know which three souls you need to equip to reach the true ending in ''Aria of Sorrow'', you can skip the rooms where you learn this information. This includes the area behind the Chronomage, which you could only pass with Galamoth's soul, which is the main reward for defeating Legion. Thus, you can also skip the Underground Cemetery. (Though getting the [[Golden Ending]] requires that you collect every soul in the game, meaning you can't skip anything.)
** In ''Dawn of Sorrow'', large sections of the game can be skipped either after the first playthrough, or with some other method of accessing the cross-hilt dagger Cinqueda-- Because it has a special move that teleports you, it can trigger every single door-switch from the wrong side. Other tricks exist to bypass barries meant to block you until you got a specific item.
▲* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]
* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: Shanoa in Order of Ecclesia. Mmmm...
* [[Shapeshifter Mashup]]: Scylla.
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* [[Smashing Hallway Traps of Doom]]: Many games have them.
* [[Sound of No Damage]]: A snapping or metallic sound effect is used for this throughout the series.
* [[Spikes of Doom]]▼
* [[Spinoff Babies]]: ''Kid Dracula,'' starring (what is generally considered by many to be) Alucard as a child. Certainly the goofiest game in the series. The final boss got a cameo in ''Symphony of the Night'' and factored into the story of ''Judgment''.
** Yes, it's Alucard, not Dracula. The Japanese players' guide confirms it by stating that Kid Drac's cape is 'papa's old one'. Though one WMG theorizes that it's another son of Dracula's.
▲* [[Spikes of Doom]]
* [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]: ''Symphony of the Night'' and ''Dawn of Sorrow''.
** Even more so in ''Portrait of Ruin'' and ''Order of Ecclesia''.
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* [[Tears of Blood]]: A recurring decoration, an area obstacle in ''Chronicles'', and an occasional Carmilla attack. "Bloody Tears" is the name of one of the series' Recurring Riffs.
* [[Temporary Platform]]: Scattered across the series.
▲* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: In one of the games, (specifically, {{spoiler|''Legacy of Darkness''), after you overcome the final boss you find out that he was a decoy, the whole thing was a set-up, and you've played into Dracula's hands and only aided him.}} Ditto for {{spoiler|''Lament of Innocence''}}.
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Alucard to the succubus in ''Symphony of the Night'', Nathan to Carmilla in ''Circle of the Moon'', and Soma to Celia in ''Dawn of Sorrow''.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: The Heaven Sword and Runesword weapons in ''Symphony of the Night''.▼
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: Charlotte at the start of ''Portrait of Ruin'' and the Bible subweapon.
▲* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: The Heaven Sword and Runesword weapons in ''Symphony of the Night''.
* [[Timed Mission]]: The non-metroidvania platformer installments have a timer.
* [[Time Stands Still]]: Stopwatches are a recurring item; some games also use this situation as an obstacle.
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* [[Uberwald]]: Subverted in ''Bloodlines'', as the final battle actually takes place in England, not Romania.
* [[Unholy Nuke]]: "Demonic Megiddo" is the Dark Lord's most powerful attack, and tends to be a [[One-Hit Kill]] super powerful spell used mainly by Dracula or Death.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|Shanoa}} in ''Order of Ecclesia'' is tricked into {{spoiler|reviving Dracula}} in the bad ending. {{spoiler|She}} still contributes to {{spoiler|his revival}} anyway if you bypass the bad ending, having {{spoiler|brought Dominus to Barlowe, who then uses it on the stone artifact containing Dracula's spirit.}}▼
** {{spoiler|Hector}} almost becomes one of these in ''Curse of Darkness''; his [[Foe Yay|rival]] actually does.▼
** Leon Belmont becomes one in ''Lament of Innocence'' as {{spoiler|his defeat of Walter allows Death to steal Walter's power and give it to Mathias, who then uses it to become the king of the night, Dracula.}}▼
** Poor, poor Cornell. {{spoiler|By sacrificing his wolf-half to save his sister, he ended up giving Dracula exactly what he needed to resurrect.}}▼
** Of late, in ''Lords of Shadow'', {{spoiler|Gabriel}} turns into this {{spoiler|when we learn that Zobek used him the entire time to get to the God Mask and gain more power, as well as a few other revelations}}, and like a good ol' one-two punch, {{spoiler|Zobek, powerful though he is as one of the Lords of Shadow, winds up having been used by Satan the entire time as a way of getting to the God Mask.}}▼
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: ''Legacy of Darkness'' was originally going to be called ''Castlevania: Special Edition''.
* [[Vampire Hunter]]: Just about everyone.
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* [[Video Game Remake]]: The original ''Castlevania'' has been remade several times; notable versions include ''Super Castlevania IV'' and what would later become known as ''Castlevania Chronicles''. Also, ''Dracula X: Rondo of Blood'' was remade for the PSP.
** There is also ''[[Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth]]'', which is a re-imagining of ''[[Castlevania: The Adventure]]''.
▲* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|Shanoa}} in ''Order of Ecclesia'' is tricked into {{spoiler|reviving Dracula}} in the bad ending. {{spoiler|She}} still contributes to {{spoiler|his revival}} anyway if you bypass the bad ending, having {{spoiler|brought Dominus to Barlowe, who then uses it on the stone artifact containing Dracula's spirit.}}
▲** {{spoiler|Hector}} almost becomes one of these in ''Curse of Darkness''; his [[Foe Yay|rival]] actually does.
▲** Leon Belmont becomes one in ''Lament of Innocence'' as {{spoiler|his defeat of Walter allows Death to steal Walter's power and give it to Mathias, who then uses it to become the king of the night, Dracula.}}
▲** Poor, poor Cornell. {{spoiler|By sacrificing his wolf-half to save his sister, he ended up giving Dracula exactly what he needed to resurrect.}}
▲** Of late, in ''Lords of Shadow'', {{spoiler|Gabriel}} turns into this {{spoiler|when we learn that Zobek used him the entire time to get to the God Mask and gain more power, as well as a few other revelations}}, and like a good ol' one-two punch, {{spoiler|Zobek, powerful though he is as one of the Lords of Shadow, winds up having been used by Satan the entire time as a way of getting to the God Mask.}}
* [[Villain Teleportation]]: Dracula.
** Subverted by Alucard, who inherited the powers from his old man, but obviously uses it for righteous means.
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