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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 (Video Game)|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
#'''[[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
#'''[[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.''
#'''[[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.''
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** The [[Team Pet|nauseatingly cute mascot]] who is [[Joke Character|useless in all battles]].
#'''Hey, I Know You, Too!''' You will also confront/be confronted by at least three of these obligatory antagonists:
** The amazingly good-looking and amazingly evil [[Long
** The villain's loyal [[The Dragon|right-hand man]], who comes in two versions: [[The Imp|humorously incompetent]] or [[Implacable Man|annoyingly persistent]].
** The villain's [[Femme Fatale|attractive female henchman]], who is the strongest and most competent soldier in the army but always lets the party escape because she's, yes, [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|fallen in love with the hero]].
** Your former ally who [[Not Quite Dead|supposedly "died"]] and was forgotten about, until much later in the game when he/she [[Forgotten Friend, New Foe|shows up again on the villain's side]] and full of [[Wangst|bitterness]].
** The [[Worthy Opponent|irritatingly honorable foe]] whom you never get to kill because, upon discovering the true nature of his superiors, he either [[Redemption Equals Death|nobly sacrifices himself]] or [[Defector From Decadence|joins your party]].
** The [[Monster Clown|insane clown]] or jester who will turn out to be [[That One Boss|surprisingly difficult to subdue]].
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[[Category:The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]]
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