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* [[Action Girl]]: If female.
* [[Always Male]]: In the original, even if you chose to be female, you would be "Ortega's son".
** This was more a translation issue, however, and is [[Lampshaded]] in the [[Updated Rerelease]]: if you choose to be female there, the king will start to call you "Ortega's son" before correcting himself and justifying the mistake with "But your dauntless look -- no man could hope to match you!".
** The original also used the same sprite for the male and female versions of the Hero, unlike every other class.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: If female.
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* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]
* [[I Have Many Names]]: In the end, he'll be Roto, Loto
* [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[Magic Knight]]
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* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[An Axe to Grind]]▼
** [[Battle Boomerang]]▼
** [[Blade on a Stick]]▼
** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
*** [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Inverted.
▲** [[Blade on a Stick]]
▲** [[An Axe to Grind]]
** [[Whip It Good]]
▲** [[Battle Boomerang]]
* [[With This Herring]]: 300 gold pieces. On the GBC remake, the king gives you a small amount of gold and some basic equipment.
* [[You Killed My Father]]
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* [[Stripperific]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]▼
** [[Blade on a Stick]]▼
** [[An Axe to Grind]]
▲** [[Blade on a Stick]]
** [[Drop the Hammer]]
▲** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
** [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Giant shears.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Purple for the female Soldier/Warrior, blue for the male.
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* [[The Chick]]
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Sacrifice.
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Beat and Defeat.
* [[Razor Wind]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Not as much as the Hero or Warrior though.▼
** [[Blade on a Stick]]
▲** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Not as much as the Hero or Warrior though.
** [[Simple Staff]]
* [[White Mage]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Simple Staff]] / [[Magic Wand]]▼
** [[Knife Nut]]▼
** [[Battle Boomerang]]
▲** [[Knife Nut]]
=== The Fighter ===
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* [[Arab Oil Sheikh]]: The male Merchant looks vaguely Arab.
* [[Character Select Forcing]]: In order to progress, you ''MUST'' recruit a Merchant at some point.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Leaning toward [[Mighty Glacier]] stat-wise
* [[Master of None]]
* [[New York City]]: He starts a town there.
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* [[Sixth Ranger]]: You'll need him for one scene, but you won't want to use your own character for it.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Battle Boomerang]]▼
** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
** [[Improbable Weapon User]]: An abacus.▼
▲** [[Battle Boomerang]]
▲** [[Improbable Weapon User]]: An abacus
** [[Paper Fan of Doom]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: The female merchant usually has pink hair in fan works and some official art.
=== The Goof-off or Jester ===
What are these guys doing on the battlefield? The higher their level, the more they goof off when they're supposed to be fighting! And even when they do what they're supposed to, all their stats except luck are mediocre at best. Not the most reliable of companions...
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* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Whip It Good]]▼
** [[Battle Boomerang]]
** [[Paper Fan of Doom]]
▲** [[Whip It Good]]
=== The Sage ===
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* [[The Medic]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: The female sage gets a lot of fanart.
* [[Odd Name Out]]: Bang/Boom/Explodet.
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[Prestige Class]]
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Blade on a Stick]]
** [[
** [[Simple Staff]]/[[Magic Wand]]
** [[Whip It Good]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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Tropes associated with the Thief:
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: The female Thief, at least.
* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]]: Finishes the trifecta.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]
* [[Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Battle Boomerang]]▼
** [[Knife Nut]]
** [[Whip It Good]]
▲** [[Battle Boomerang]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
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* [[Four Is Death]]: He shows up with three henchmen the first time.
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Albeit not to your party. He just gives up the life of crime after you kick his ass twice, and becomes a law-abiding civilian
=== Orochi ===
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=== Boss Troll ===
A vicious beast who plagues the realm of Samanao
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Tropes associated with Boss Troll:
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* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: For a guy who just woke up, he's pretty much alert throughout the fight.
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Tropes associated with Zoma:
* [[An Ice Person]]: Future games that feature him as a [[Bonus Boss]] (
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Book Ends]]: Ending the Roto saga where it began.
* [[Four Is Death]]: Four bosses in Charlock Castle.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Hides the Light Orb and destroys the Sword of Kings.
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]
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