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* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: Possibly inverted, since the majority of the battle themes qualify as this.
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: Possibly inverted, since the majority of the battle themes qualify as this.
* [[Awful Truth]]: See "Once More With Clarity."
* [[Awful Truth]]: See "Once More With Clarity."
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* [[BFS]]: The Granasaber, which is so huge it could cleave mountains (literally; it's that huge). {{spoiler|Subverted. Turns out it's a spacecraft.}}
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{{quote|'''Ryudo''': So this is the power of the Granasaber. It fights evil and has {{spoiler|plenty of leg room}}.}}
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** Though you do get a more usable one near the end of the game.
* [[Badass Preacher]]: Father Carius turns out to have some attack magic under his sleeve when Millenia blows up his church.
* [[Badass Preacher]]: Father Carius turns out to have some attack magic under his sleeve when Millenia blows up his church.
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: Valmar's moon, as shown in the header picture.
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: Valmar's moon, as shown in the header picture.
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* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]] / [[Dream Land]]: After {{spoiler|Aira}} retreats into her own subconscious, the party must follow after her.
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]] / [[Dream Land]]: After {{spoiler|Aira}} retreats into her own subconscious, the party must follow after her.
** Elena and Millenia both enter Ryudo's mind after {{spoiler|he is infected by Valmar's Horns in order to seal it away}}.
** Elena and Millenia both enter Ryudo's mind after {{spoiler|he is infected by Valmar's Horns in order to seal it away}}.
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* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: Valmar's Heart. And it is gross.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Aira's mother, Sandra, prayed fervently for her daughter's sight to be restored. After Aira was {{spoiler|possessed by Valmar's Eye}}, she believed that Granas gave it to her, and is [[Dramatic Irony|very proud of her uniqueness]].
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Aira's mother, Sandra, prayed fervently for her daughter's sight to be restored. After Aira was {{spoiler|possessed by Valmar's Eye}}, she believed that Granas gave it to her, and is [[Dramatic Irony|very proud of her uniqueness]].
** Similarly, Aira's one wish was for everyone in the world to stop fighting and love one another.
** Similarly, Aira's one wish was for everyone in the world to stop fighting and love one another.
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* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: Valmar's Heart. And it is gross.
* [[Being Watched]]: You are, indeed. By overgrown flying eyeballs.
* [[Being Watched]]: You are, indeed. By overgrown flying eyeballs.
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Giga Mantises.
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* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: Big Foots in Lumir Forest. [[Underground Monkey|Yetis]] are in the Birthplace of the Gods, but it's anyone's guess why they're there.
* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: Valmar's Claws and the Crimson Tails.
* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: Valmar's Claws and the Crimson Tails.
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* [[BFS]]: The Granasaber, which is so huge it could cleave mountains (literally; it's that huge). {{spoiler|Subverted. Turns out it's a spacecraft.}}
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{{quote|'''Ryudo''': So this is the power of the Granasaber. It fights evil and has {{spoiler|plenty of leg room}}.}}
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** Though you do get a more usable one near the end of the game.
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Giga Mantises.
* [[Big Eater]]: Ryudo pokes fun at Elena's huge appetite [[Running Gag|throughout the game]]. She has a rival in Mareg, though, whose meals consist of giant platters of steaks.
* [[Big Eater]]: Ryudo pokes fun at Elena's huge appetite [[Running Gag|throughout the game]]. She has a rival in Mareg, though, whose meals consist of giant platters of steaks.
{{quote|'''Elena:''' Awwww! Mareg, that was mine! .....Too late...
{{quote|'''Elena:''' Awwww! Mareg, that was mine! .....Too late...
'''Mareg:''' I beg your pardon, Elena, but I must note that had your ear been more alert, you would have marked that [[Too Slow|I had requested seconds]]. }}
'''Mareg:''' I beg your pardon, Elena, but I must note that had your ear been more alert, you would have marked that [[Too Slow|I had requested seconds]]. }}
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* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: Big Foots in Lumir Forest. [[Underground Monkey|Yetis]] are in the Birthplace of the Gods, but it's anyone's guess why they're there.
* [[Big No]]: Aira, realizing that {{spoiler|Granas isn't responsible for her new eye}}.
* [[Big No]]: Aira, realizing that {{spoiler|Granas isn't responsible for her new eye}}.
** Elena (along with [[Say My Name]]) when Ryudo is {{spoiler|infected by the Horns of Valmar}}.
** Elena (along with [[Say My Name]]) when Ryudo is {{spoiler|infected by the Horns of Valmar}}.
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* [[Blind Seer]] / [[Creepy Child]]: Aira, a little girl in Mirumu village, has been blind since birth. She mysteriously regained her sight, along with some sort of clairvoyance. {{spoiler|(She's possessed by the Eye of Valmar.)}}
* [[Blind Seer]] / [[Creepy Child]]: Aira, a little girl in Mirumu village, has been blind since birth. She mysteriously regained her sight, along with some sort of clairvoyance. {{spoiler|(She's possessed by the Eye of Valmar.)}}
* [[Blond Brunette Redhead]]: Elena (the good), Selene (the bad), and Millenia ([[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others|the naughty]]).
* [[Blond Brunette Redhead]]: Elena (the good), Selene (the bad), and Millenia ([[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others|the naughty]]).
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* [[Bonus Dungeon]] / [[Remixed Level]]: Raul Hills Labyrinth, which hides key items that double the amount of experience and SC you receive after battle, in addition to the best accessories in the game and a Mana Egg. It's also full of demons that can wipe out your entire party with one attack.
* [[Body Motifs]]: Valmar's parts inflict side-effects on their hosts, as well as on surrounding villages. The Tongue reduces Gaden to a corpulent money-grubber, and robs people of their sense of the taste; the Eye grants {{spoiler|Aira the gift of sight}}, but also invades people's dreams with their darkest memories; the Horns turns the peace-loving {{spoiler|Melfice}} into a bloodthirsty killer; the Heart fills {{spoiler|Selene}} with an abundant love for Pope Zera, but zero compassion for everyone else.
* [[Body Motifs]]: Valmar's parts inflict side-effects on their hosts, as well as on surrounding villages. The Tongue reduces Gaden to a corpulent money-grubber, and robs people of their sense of the taste; the Eye grants {{spoiler|Aira the gift of sight}}, but also invades people's dreams with their darkest memories; the Horns turns the peace-loving {{spoiler|Melfice}} into a bloodthirsty killer; the Heart fills {{spoiler|Selene}} with an abundant love for Pope Zera, but zero compassion for everyone else.
** The Claws don't do anything, apart from turning Tio into a Dalek. Perhaps because she isn't human?
** The Claws don't do anything, apart from turning Tio into a Dalek. Perhaps because she isn't human?
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* [[Bonus Dungeon]] / [[Remixed Level]]: Raul Hills Labyrinth, which hides key items that double the amount of experience and SC you receive after battle, in addition to the best accessories in the game and a Mana Egg. It's also full of demons that can wipe out your entire party with one attack.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: Cyrum Castle conceals a revolving wall passage, from which Roan and his buddies exit the sewers.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: Cyrum Castle conceals a revolving wall passage, from which Roan and his buddies exit the sewers.
* [[Boss Rush]]: Three parts of Valmar are fought again just before the final boss. Justified in that {{spoiler|Zera}} has already absorbed them all.
* [[Boss Rush]]: Three parts of Valmar are fought again just before the final boss. Justified in that {{spoiler|Zera}} has already absorbed them all.
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* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Praise unto Lord Granas!
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Praise unto Lord Granas!
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: From the wide-eyed idealism of the first game to a main character that wants to kill his brother and body-surfing demons in the sequel.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: From the wide-eyed idealism of the first game to a main character that wants to kill his brother and body-surfing demons in the sequel.
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* [[Darkest Hour]]: {{spoiler|Mareg}} is dead, {{spoiler|Millenia}} is dead (or so it seems), Valmar is awake, the {{spoiler|Granasaber}} has been smashed into itty bitty pieces, the entire city of {{spoiler|St. Heim}} has ''melted'' into a howling, black wasteland, Cyrum Kingdom is burning, and the dead now walk. But the ultimate insult comes when Ryudo remembers he's still holding a {{spoiler|piece of Valmar}}, which Valmar is still looking for -- and is putting the whole city at risk just by ''being there''. It's time to retreat.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Millenia winds up being this, however this trope is {{spoiler|half the point of the game itself}}.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Millenia winds up being this, however this trope is {{spoiler|half the point of the game itself}}.
* [[The Dark Side]]: Elena and Roan point out that Ryudo's psyche has been compromised by the deaths of {{spoiler|Millenia and Mareg}}; he can't raise his sword against Valmar's monsters without the {{spoiler|Horns of Valmar}} taking him over. Ultimately, Ryudo asks Elmo to remove the barrier Millenia placed on his soul, though he risks being {{spoiler|possessed by Valmar, just like the previous hosts}}. Fortunately, Ryudo triumphs and his inner evil is extinguished for good.
* [[The Dark Side]]: Elena and Roan point out that Ryudo's psyche has been compromised by the deaths of {{spoiler|Millenia and Mareg}}; he can't raise his sword against Valmar's monsters without the {{spoiler|Horns of Valmar}} taking him over. Ultimately, Ryudo asks Elmo to remove the barrier Millenia placed on his soul, though he risks being {{spoiler|possessed by Valmar, just like the previous hosts}}. Fortunately, Ryudo triumphs and his inner evil is extinguished for good.
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* [[Darkest Hour]]: {{spoiler|Mareg}} is dead, {{spoiler|Millenia}} is dead (or so it seems), Valmar is awake, the {{spoiler|Granasaber}} has been smashed into itty bitty pieces, the entire city of {{spoiler|St. Heim}} has ''melted'' into a howling, black wasteland, Cyrum Kingdom is burning, and the dead now walk. But the ultimate insult comes when Ryudo remembers he's still holding a {{spoiler|piece of Valmar}}, which Valmar is still looking for -- and is putting the whole city at risk just by ''being there''. It's time to retreat.
* [[The Day of Reckoning]]: The Day of Darkness.
* [[The Day of Reckoning]]: The Day of Darkness.
* [[Death Mountain]]: Grail Mountain.
* [[Death Mountain]]: Grail Mountain.
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: The "Day of Darkness", foreshadowed by a miasma that spreads famine and drought.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: The "Day of Darkness", foreshadowed by a miasma that spreads famine and drought.
* [[Environmental Symbolism]]: Mirumu's town hall is filling up with comatose villagers. If you take a look at the outside, you'll notice the roof shingles visually resemble {{spoiler|eyes}}.
* [[Environmental Symbolism]]: Mirumu's town hall is filling up with comatose villagers. If you take a look at the outside, you'll notice the roof shingles visually resemble {{spoiler|eyes}}.
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* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: The word "monster" inadvertently passes through Sandra's mind when she glimpses {{spoiler|her child's third eye}}; this last betrayal causes her to retreat back into her dreamspace.
* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Underground Plant, a facility for building Automata soldiers.
* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Underground Plant, a facility for building Automata soldiers.
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* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: The word "monster" inadvertently passes through Sandra's mind when she glimpses {{spoiler|her child's third eye}}; this last betrayal causes her to retreat back into her dreamspace.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Roan has one when Ryudo, speaking of Valmar's army, says aloud "We need to <small>BURY</small> them." This jogs Roan's memory about Cyrum's royal mausoleum, which contains records of Valmar from the time of the war. "That's ''it''! Graves!"
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Roan has one when Ryudo, speaking of Valmar's army, says aloud "We need to <small>BURY</small> them." This jogs Roan's memory about Cyrum's royal mausoleum, which contains records of Valmar from the time of the war. "That's ''it''! Graves!"
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Subverted. Millenia is a piece of the world's devil, so many think Millenia is evil, even herself. But helping Roan shows early on that she might be something else.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Subverted. Millenia is a piece of the world's devil, so many think Millenia is evil, even herself. But helping Roan shows early on that she might be something else.
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* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Arum root. The most tasteless, gag-inducing vegetable around is, ironically, the only food Liligue's citizens can now eat.
* [[Foreign Queasine]]: Arum root. The most tasteless, gag-inducing vegetable around is, ironically, the only food Liligue's citizens can now eat.
* [[Forgotten Friend, New Foe]]: Ryudo's former best friend, Gatta, is practically leading a lynch mob when he returns home.
* [[Forgotten Friend, New Foe]]: Ryudo's former best friend, Gatta, is practically leading a lynch mob when he returns home.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Why is Ryudo able to {{spoiler|resist being possessed by the Horns of Valmar? It's because the pieces of Valmar feed on people's desires, either good or bad, and at this point in his life, Ryudo had become so cynical and apathetic that he ''had'' no real desires, beyond his survival and that of his friends. The Horns had very little to feed on.}}
* [[Full-Moon Silhouette]]: The animation for Millenia's Fallen Wings attack.
* [[Full-Moon Silhouette]]: The animation for Millenia's Fallen Wings attack.
** Ryudo spots Millenia standing atop a spire on Granas Cathedral, wreathed in light from Valmar's moon.
** Ryudo spots Millenia standing atop a spire on Granas Cathedral, wreathed in light from Valmar's moon.
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