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Is most commonly used as a distinguishing feature from fantasy work to fantasy work. In order to combat the relative commonality of this fifth element its nature will often vary, to the point that this trope can often turn into [[Our Monsters Are Different|Our Fifth Element Is Different]].
In spite of the name, this trope can also be another number- the Chinese elemental system, for example, normally contains five elements (Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood), so in works based on that mythology this will be Element Number Six. This trope occurs naturally in the [[wikipedia:Aether (classical element)|Greek]], [[wikipedia:B%C3%B6n#Elements|Tibetan]], [[wikipedia:Classical element#Classical elements in Babylonia|Babylonian]] and [[wikipedia:Five elements
Not to be confused with [[Doing in the Wizard|Boron]], the fifth element in the [[Real Life]] periodic table, ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', which uses this trope as its eponymous [[Plot Device]], or ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', which has nothing to do with any of this but is [[Just for Pun|rather a cheap pun]].
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** Other ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games also tend to have elements more obscure than the "main" ones. The four western elements (earth, fire, air and water) are [[Four-Element Ensemble|standard set]] for the crystals and the elemental archfiends, but the magic system is more complicated. While the standard three elements for spells are [[Fire, Ice, Lightning|fire, ice and lightning]], there are quite a few spells and special attacks with other elements or element-like properties, including air, water, earth, poison, holy, darkness, healing, gravity, as well as non-elemental spells.
* In ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'', {{spoiler|[[Cool Big Sis|Ayano,]] [[The Dragon|Bharva]] and [[Final Boss|the Mage Queen,]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Elicia]]}} possess the [[Anti-Magic|Silver element,]] which is resistant to all other elements. In particular, {{spoiler|[[Glass Cannon|Ayano]]}} can use it to the point that {{spoiler|she}} can efectively nullify all magical damage for a turn.
* Has started cropping up in the ''[[Golden Sun]]'' series with the release of [[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn|Dark Dawn]]. Before there were the classic four, with some hints that a joint combination of those four as the eponymous Sun being a possible fifth. However, in Dark Dawn there are a large number of monsters with a Darkness element from the midpoint on that seems to be largely independent of the [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] and radically more powerful. Their presence is unnatural and is interfering with the state of the world.
** Then it's revealed at the end that {{spoiler|Chalis and Blados}} are [[Casting a Shadow|Dark Adepts.]] And it appears that {{spoiler|we now have a Sixth Element in the form of [[Light'Em Up|Light Adepts.]]}}
* [[Mysterious Waif|Lucia]], the sole citizen of the Blue Star, wields a sixth special element in ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete]].'' It is meteor/star-based, and this is more or less [[Justified Trope|justified]] because it's thought that she has access to a higher power.
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