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#'''[[Only One Name|Some Call Me...]] [[Some Call Me... Tim|Tim?]]''' ''Good guys will only have [[First-Name Basis|first names]], and bad guys will only have [[Last-Name Basis|last names]]. Any bad guy who only has a first name will [[Heel Face Turn|become a good guy]] at some point in the game. Good guys' last names may be [[All There in the Manual|mentioned in the manual]] but they will never be referred to in the story.''
#'''[[Nominal Importance|Nominal Rule]]:''' ''Any character who actually has a name is important in some way and must be sought out. However, if you are [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|referred to as a part of a possessive noun]] ("[[Chrono Trigger|Crono's]] Mom") then you are superfluous.'' <ref>Rather ironically, the example they used has a name. It was excised in translation.</ref>
#'''[[Video Game Settings|The Compulsories:]]''' ''[[Seen It a Million Times|There's always]] [[Lethal Lava Land|a fire dungeon]], [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|an ice dungeon]], [[Down the Drain|a sewer]] [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer|maze]], [[The Lost Woods|a misty forest]], [[Ghost Ship|a derelict Ghost Ship]], [[Minecart Madness|a mine]], [[Underground Level|a glowing crystal maze]], [[Temple of Doom|an ancient temple full of traps]], [[
#'''[[Science Is Bad|Luddite Rule]] (or, [[George Lucas]] Rule):''' ''Speaking of which, technology is inherently evil and is the exclusive province of the Bad Guys. They're the ones with the [[Schizo-Tech|robots, factories, cyberpunk megalopolises and floating battle stations]], while the Good Guys live in [[Arcadia|small villages in peaceful harmony with nature]]. (Although somehow your guns and/or heavily armed airships are exempted from this.)''
#'''[[Bag of Spilling|Let's Start From The Very Beginning]] ([[Final Fantasy X
#'''[[Impoverished Patrician|Poor Little Rich Hero]] ([[Thousand Arms|Meis]] Rule):''' ''If the hero comes from a rich and powerful family, it will have fallen on hard times and be broke and destitute by the time the game actually starts.''
#'''[[Anime Hair|The Higher The Hair, The Closer To God]] ([[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud]] Rule):''' ''The more [[Improbable Hairstyle|outrageous his hairstyle]], the more important a male character is to the story.''
#'''[[Thief|Garrett's]] [[Kleptomaniac Hero|Principle]]:''' ''Let's not mince words: you're a thief. [[Swiss Cheese Security|You can walk into just about anybody's house]] [[Your Door Was Open|like the door wasn't even locked.]] You just barge right in and start looking for stuff. Anything you can find that's not nailed down ([[8-Bit Theater
#'''Hey, I Know You!''' You will accumulate at least three of these obligatory party members:
#'''Hey, I Know You, Too!''' You will also confront/be confronted by at least three of these obligatory antagonists:
#'''Hey, I Know You, Three!''' Furthermore, expect to encounter most of the following obligatory non-player characters (NPCs):
#'''[[Chrono Trigger|Crono's]] Complaint:''' ''[[Heroic Mime|The less the main character talks]], the more words are put into his mouth, and therefore the more trouble he gets into through no fault of his own.''
#'''[[Heroes Prefer Swords|"Silly]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall]][[Heroes Prefer Swords|, bringing a sword to a gunfight..."]]''' ''No matter what timeframe the game is set in -- past, present, or future -- the main hero and his antagonist will both use a [[Cool Sword|sword]] for a weapon. (Therefore, you can identify your antagonist pretty easily right from the start of the game just by looking for the other guy who uses a sword.) These swords will be [[Guns Are Worthless|far more powerful than any gun]] and often capable of [[Sword Beam|distance attacks]].'' (See also [[Katanas Are Just Better]])
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#'''[[Final Fantasy VII|Aeris's]] Corollary:''' ''Just as the main male character will always use a sword or a variant of a sword, the main female character will always use a [[Simple Staff|rod or a staff of some sort]].''
#'''[[MacGyver]] [[Improbable Weapon User|Rule]]:''' ''Other than for the protagonists, your choice of weapons is not limited to the prosaic guns, clubs, or swords. Given appropriate skills, you can cut a bloody swath across the continent using [[Weapons Kitchen Sink|gloves, combs, umbrellas, megaphones, dictionaries, sketching tablets]] - you name it, you can kill with it. Even better, no matter how surreal your choice of armament, [[An Economy Is You|every store you pass will just happen to]] stock [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness|an even better model of it]] for a very reasonable price. Who else is running around the world killing people with an [[Parasol of Pain|umbrella]]?''
#'''O Brother, Where Art Thou? ([[Grandia II|Melfice]] Rule):''' ''If the male hero has an older sibling, the sibling will [[Aloof Big Brother|also be male]] and will [[Cain and Abel|turn out to be one of the major villains]]. If the hero has a younger sibling, the sibling will be female and will be [[
#'''[[We Buy Anything|Capitalism Is A Harsh Mistress]]:''' ''Once you sell something to a shopkeeper, he instantly sells it to somebody else and you will [[Lost Forever|never see the item again]] no matter what.'' (Related to [[We Buy Anything]]. Not related to [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]... but he does, and would like you to know that.)
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