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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-2|Yuna]] Rule):''' ''Whenever there is a sequel to an RPG that features the same main character as the previous game, that character will always start with beginner skills. Everything that they learned in the previous game will be gone, as will all their ultra-powerful weapons and equipment.''
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