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It tells the tale of a magically-gifted child called Lillet Blan, who gains admission to a renowned [[Wizarding School]] called the Tower of Silver Star. There she meets an eclectic ensemble of students and teachers- the [[The Obi-Wan|mysterious and bearded old headmaster]], the sarcastic and [[Obviously Evil]] Sorcery teacher, and the cold but perceptive
Everything is going swimmingly until the fifth day, when Lillet awakens to find that [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|everyone is dead]] and that [[Sealed Evil in
After taking the sensible approach of alerting her teachers, [[Adults Are Useless|only for it to result in spectacular failure]], Lillet realizes that her only chance of averting her fate and escaping the time loop [[It's Up to You|is to do it all herself]]. Along the way, she'll delve into the history of the school and discover dark secrets about practically every member of the facility, including herself.
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This might explain why [[It's Up to You|they're all totally useless]].
A [[Video Game Remake]] ''GrimGrimoire OnceMore'' featuring extensive story additions, a fully voiced story (at the cost of a new set of CVs), and overhauled gameplay was announced in 2022 for July 2022 release.
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: As Lillet learns ''repeatedly''.
* [[The Archmage]]: Calvaros
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** Only in the localization. Gammel Dore just had a name change to appeal to the Harry Potter fans in America. Advocat may be a snarker, but he and Snape are on two completely different levels.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: They aren't restricted by silly things such as resource levels or build times--in fact, you can even catch the computer in the act of teleporting in more [[Mooks]] for it to use.
* [[Crippling Overspecialisation]]: Affects the Skullmage, who's role as chief killer of ethereal units is easily taken by other more versatile creatures.
* [[Cute Ghost Girl|Hot Ghost Girl]]: Lujei▼
* [[Cute Witch]]: Lillet, of course!
** {{spoiler|...who then becomes a [[Hot Witch]] in the epilogue.}}
* [[Deal
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Done literally with Advocat, subverted in that he's not one of the villains.▼
▲* [[Deal With the Devil]]: Literally, many times. Hell is going to have to update its rules to avoid falling for Lillet's [[Wishplosion|last deal.]]
** Unless Hell is run by individuals like Advocat; in that case, they'll have a field day at every poor schmuck demon that actually falls for the trick.
*** Speaking of Advocat; his deal with Gammel is that he will "teach and assist" at the school for no pay; but should Gammel ''ask'' for a [[Deal
▲* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Done literally with Advocat, subverted in that he's not one of the villains.
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|Lillet successfully pulls this off in the end with Grimlet, making contract with him where her request is for him to embrace god, which devils can't do, and since neither of them can change he contract, he gets sent back to hell for breaking it.}}
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Gammel Drask (an alcoholic beverage in keeping with the themed names) became Gammel Dore ([[Harry Potter|which should be obvious]]), and Margarita Frozen became Margarita Surprise.
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* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Glamour → Necromancy → Sorcery → Alchemy → Glamour. This overlaps with [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]] somewhat.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Advocat.
* [[Exiled to
* [[Foreshadowing]]: On the fourth Day 1, Advocat, while listing things that a high level demon could do for a contract, he mentions {{spoiler|praying in a church as something they couldn't do}}.
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Advocat just...''tastes'' Lillet Blan's full name every time he says it.
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* [[Head Pet]]: Surely, Margarita's familiar.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Made by several characters over the course of the game. {{spoiler|Lillet's ultimate goal is to find a way to win without anyone having to do this.}}
* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: Technically, {{spoiler|Lillet and Amoretta}} don't ''do'' anything like kissing; but they do live together in the end. Snuggling in bed together is compared to one being "like a baby." Declarations of love can still be argued to be "sisterly." They never cross that ever so fine line of plausible deniability on the part of the writers.
* [[Hold the Line]]: Mission five.
* [[Hot for Student]]: Opalneria's relationship with Hiram.
▲* [[Cute Ghost Girl|Hot Ghost Girl]]: Lujei
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: Arguably the best units in the game.
* [[Instant Win Condition]]: Destroying enemy runes is the generic win condition, but you can also force an early win in the [[Hold the Line]] mission(s).
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* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|All the bad guys, thanks to some particular cleverness on the part of Lillet.}}
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Chimeras are massively destructive (and can actually out damage dragons since they have a higher attack rate) and move alarmingly fast, and ignore obstacles, but their HP gradually decreases. Also, while the game lists them as having close to the same HP as dragon, their defense is nowhere nearly as high so they die much more easily.
* [[
** It's less obvious in the Japanese version, where her last name is 'Frozen'.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Dragons. By far the slowest units in the game- but by FAR the strongest (most units die in one or two attacks, unless they're astrals, but using skull mage using astalize on the dragon can solve this) and by far the most durable. It's attacks. They. It takes an ARMY to bring down even one. Or a well placed [[Not Completely Useless|sleep spell]] from a Grimalkin.
* [[The Mole]]: Two of them, in {{spoiler|Margarita and Bartido}}.
* [[Necromancer]]: Opalneria. Also Lujei when she was alive. Also, Hiram is Opalneria's student which makes him an apprentice necromancer.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Opalnaria. Gets even worse when she changes her appearance to a schoolgirl's to make things more "suitable" for her [[Hot for Student]] role.
* [[Out of Time, Out of Mind]]
* [[Playing
* [[Poor Predictable Rock]]: Forced on the player in one level where summoning is blocked, leaving the only option to ''create'' Alchemy units in order to take on a Sorcery based force.
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Mostly Lillet and Gammel.
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: Apparently {{spoiler|Lillet and Amoretta}}.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Over and over and over...
* [[Shout-Out]]
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'''Lillet:''' Of course I do, [[Airplane!|and don't call me Shirley.]] }}
* [[Smug Snake]]: Advocat, another rare protagonist example. He ''is'' a devil who could be a [[Magnificent Bastard]] if he wanted to, but he knows he has very little to gain personally from the conflict.
* [[Spanner in
** Crossover Example: {{spoiler|Lujei Piche ends up sending the demon Sulfur, villain of [[Phantom Brave]] back to his world despite the sacrifices involved in banishing him, as revealed in her Cameo in ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]''.}}
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: {{spoiler|Lillet learns after all her efforts that she will be trapped in the room with the stone like the other, older Lillet unless the stone is destroyed. [[Nightmare Fuel|She also mentions that when she arrived the Lillet she met was an old woman so it's pretty obvious that it's an unbroken cycle.]]}}
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* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Advocat, who takes the Snape role with relish.
* [[Theme Naming]]: With three exceptions, every character is, for no apparent reason, named after an alcoholic beverage. Two in the Japanese version (Gammel Dore is Gammel Drask in Japan.)
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: Lillet keeps getting more powerful versions of these, and they stay with her each reset.
* [[Tsundere]]: Opalneria has been described as... passionate.
* [[Vain Sorceress]]: Opalneria is ''[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|way]]'' [[Older Than They Look|older than she looks]], but she keeps using magic to look younger. By the end {{spoiler|she loses her [[Christmas Cake]] status and ends up looking like a schoolgirl, to the disappointment of [[Likes Older Women|some]]. Although this is [[Informed Attractiveness]] since we never see her after she does it.}}
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: [[Mighty Glacier|Dragons]] and [[Lightning Bruiser|Chimeras]] are all but unstoppable- unless you get a Grimalkin to cast Sleep on them. Oh dear.
* [[Wendee Lee]] (in
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Amoretta.
* [[Wishplosion]]
* [[Wizarding School]]
* [[The Worf Effect]]: The teachers seem to serve one purpose, to have the unholy crap beaten out of them. Repeatedly.
* [[Worker Unit]]: Elves/ghosts/imps/blobs.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Harry Potter]]'' meets ''[[
* [[Yandere]]: Lujei, Lujei, Lujei.
* [[You Require More Vespene Gas]]: Mana, harvested from crystals.
* [[Zerg Rush]]
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