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The third installment of the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' franchise.
The game starts as Jak is banished into the Wasteland from the now falling apart Haven City, which is caught up in a massive war between the remaining Krimzon Guard robots and the surviving Metal Heads. He copes by in the desert refuge known as Spargus, ruled by Damas, the former ruler of Haven City prior to being booted out by Baron Praxis. He quickly gains the respect of the Wastelanders, while gaining a new Light Jak form along the way, and returns to Haven to help with the war effort
After yet another long journey, with even more crazy plot twists than before (but what do you expect when the game was [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377339/ directed by the same woman] who wrote the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series?
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{{tropelist}}
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Prominent in this game, as there are now three sewer levels rather than one (as seen in ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''), but they function much like the regular (fun) levels, and thus avert the dreaded [[Down the Drain]] trope. For some strange reason, you can only access them from the entrance gate but not at the exit gate, so if you want to revisit them, you can't just go back the way you came
* [[Air-Aided Acrobatics]]: There are some fans in the sewer levels which can propel Jak up to high ledges if he uses the right equipment.
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]
* [[Alien Sky]]
* [[Already Undone for You]]: Veger manages to get through many of the same areas as Jak, including the [[Temple of Doom|Precursor Temple]] and the ruins of the palace. Possibly justified in the first example because he was with Seem, so the monks probably have their own [[Death Trap]]-free passages to go through, but how the hell did he manage to get through the ruins, which were crawling with {{spoiler|Dark Makers}}?▼
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Those pesky Metal Heads make a comeback, {{spoiler|only to get upstaged by the much more threatening Dark Makers.}}▼
* [[All Deserts Have Cacti]]: The Wasteland.
*
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Daxter ''finally'' gets his pants at the end of the game.▼
▲* [[Already Undone for You]]: Veger manages to get through many of the same areas as Jak, including the [[Temple of Doom|Precursor Temple]] and the ruins of the palace. Possibly justified in the first example because he was with Seem, so the monks probably have their own [[Death Trap]]-free passages to go through, but how the hell did he manage to get through the ruins, which were crawling with
** Also, you get the original Jak outfit if you collect all 600 orbs.▼
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]:
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Jak likes causing chaos and occasionally loses his temper, but since his opponents are usually [[Exclusively Evil]], this is somewhat mitigated.
* [[Arbitrary Gun Power]]: Justified in most examples, since what you're shooting usually has super-strong armor.
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'''Jak:''' You talkin' to me?
'''Daxter:''' Yeah, you talkin' to... him?
'''Kleiver:''' No, [[Sarcasm Mode|I'm conversin' with me sweet departed mum]]. Of course you, ya bore head!
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: Those bizarre creatures which are deployed by Veger's Precursor Robot, the Metal Head tower and the Terraformer. Fortunately, they also yield plenty of ammo each time you 'split' them.
* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: Damas when he finds Jak.▼
* [[Attack Drone]]: The Gyro Burster.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: If you can't find one in any of the bosses, you're not looking hard enough.
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: The Terraformers.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The [[Gatling Good|Vulcan Fury]] upgrades; the Arc Wielder and the Needle Lazer are cool to watch, but the
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Light Jak's shield move, which protects you well and chews up little Light Eco as a bonus. The Hellcat Cruiser.
* [[Background Boss]]: Veger's Precursor Robot and the
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: The Day Star approaches.
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: You start off with none of Jak's weapons or the jetboard, as they were taken from Jak prior to his being banished. However, he regains them all throughout the game
* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]:
* [[Battleship Raid]]: The Floating War Factory assault. Also acts as a [[Cores and Turrets Boss]].
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]:
** Count Veger wishes to become a Precursor. {{spoiler|There were [[Weasel Mascot|aspects of this]] he was not expecting}}.
**
* [[Bedouin Rescue Service]]: Justified since Jak had a homing beacon on him.
* [[Benevolent Architecture]]: Who exactly puts all those Eco vents just where Jak needs them? This gets particularly egregious on the Terraformer boss platform, which has, of all things, a Light Eco vent. As for {{spoiler|the Light and Dark Eco vents in the Haven City ruins, it could have been ''[[Fridge Brilliance|Mar]]''}}.
* [[BFG]]: Jak's Morph Gun, particularly the Peace Maker and the [[Nuke'Em|Super Nova]].
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Count Veger}} is considered the main one by many because {{spoiler|he was responsible for nearly everything that went wrong in the heroes' lives}}.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Damas shows up when Jak and Daxter are near [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]].
* [[Big Damn Fire Exit]]: The conspiciously giant warpgate located in the the Terraformer storage part of the
* [[Big Good]]: Despite [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]], they're still quite helpful.
* [[Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics]]: [[Reflecting Laser|The Beam Reflexor]], especially when [[Beam Spam|combined with the spin kick]] and upgraded for [[Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball|extra ricochets]]. But let's face it, homing bullets and ricocheting lasers are ''fun''.
* [[Blood Sport]]
* [[Blown Across the Room]]
* [[Body Armor as Hit Points]]: As the game progresses, Jak collects armour allegedly worn by Mar himself, such as gauntlets, chest armour, and legging armour. Each piece increases his hit point count by two. Once he has all the body armour, his hit point count is twice that of ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''.▼
▲* [[Blood Sport]] - The Arena Battles are officially [[Authority Equals Asskicking|citizenship tests]], but also double as [[Gladiator Games]] challenges.
▲* [[Blown Across the Room]] - Possibly justified in that the ammo is made out of eco and not bullets and thus it has unrealistic effects.
▲* [[Body Armor as Hit Points]]: As the game progresses, Jak collects armour allegedly worn by Mar himself, such as gauntlets, chest armour, and legging armour. Each piece increases his hit point count by two. Once he has all the body armour, his hit point count is twice that of [[Jak II Renegade]].
* [[Border Patrol]]: A '''giant tentacle''' this time.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: The Scatter Gun and the Blaster.
* [[Boss Arena Idiocy]]: [[Puzzle Boss|Those exploding mine carts just happened to be right over the Precursor Robot's head]].
* [[Boss Arena Recovery]]: All the bosses feature some stage when you can restock on ammo, usually by killing the [[Flunky Boss]] mooks. The [[Final Boss]] has Dark Eco vents and a Light Eco vent available at certain points during the battle, but only for a short time.
* [[Boss Banter]]:
* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: The Blast Bots are either this or a form of [[Elite Mook]]
* [[Bottomless Bladder]]
* [[Brain Uploading]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: As per the [[Running Gag]]: "This isn't a game!" Also accompanied with an [[Aside Glance]].
* [[Break the Haughty]] / [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Veger gets his comeuppance when {{spoiler|he discovers the Precursors (who he idolized) are ottsels, gets [[Karmic Transformation|turned into]] an ottsel, and becomes Kleiver's sidekick.}} Almost makes you feel sorry for him... oh, wait, no it doesn't.▼
** A more minor example is when he appeals to Jak's friends and tries to persuade them to let him (Veger) lead the expedition to the catacombs. Not only do they all side with Jak, but Ashelin removes him from authority. The cutscene is even called [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Veger Gets Humiliated"]].▼
* [[Breath Weapon]]: The Terraformer.
* [[Bridge Logic]]: Daxter does this in the volcano level.
* [[Car Fu]]: Zoomers, once again, serve only two purposes, and this is the more fun one.
* [[Chain Lightning]]
* [[Chaos Architecture]]: How exactly did New Haven City come about unless there was a peacetime at some point during the war? The positioning of the five fallen palace towers doesn't always tally with their original positions in ''Jak
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** The
** The Turret Challenge Kleiver gives you in Act One has no further influence in Act One and has no bearing on the story in Act Two. {{spoiler|In Act Three, however, it proves instrumental in repelling the Dark Maker invasion of Spargus, which leads to Jak receiving the last of Mar's armour from Damas}}.
**
* [[Chokepoint Geography]]: Given the overall linear layout of the missions, this is not surprising. In order to complete Act One, Jak has to progress through the Precursor Temple and the Catacombs subrail leading to Haven City, and then work his way through the Eco mine to get within the city walls. This also happens during Act Two, when the only means of accessing New Haven City is by taking the long route through the robot-infested industrial section from the Port. The sewer levels are also one-way, and the only way to reach Haven Forest is to pass through the Metal Head city section. [[No Sidepaths, No Exploration, No Freedom]] is averted, however, by the sandbox-type gameplay overall.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: 'Captain' Brutter and the Crocodog completely disappear from this game for no apparent reason.
* [[City of Canals]]
* [[Click. "Hello."]]
* [[Collision Damage]]: Jak can still take damage just by walking up to an enemy, complete with [[Knockback]].
* [[Colossus Climb]]: A small part of the Terraformer boss battle involves this.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: The Terraformer has three. Also, [[Border Patrol]].
* [[Continuity Nod]]
* [[The Corruption]]
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Crosshair Aware]]: The three floating vehicles which attack New Haven City and the
* [[Curse Cut Short]] / [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: After the second Metal Head Nest challenge with Sig:▼
{{quote|'''Sig:''' It's gonna be a big pile...▼
'''Daxter:''' Yeah, a big pile of sh-''*picks up the peace maker*''-ould I cock this? }}▼
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: Did you see how far Jak fell near the end of the Act Three climax? Keep that in mind when you then consider how high his Angel-Winged Light Form can fly during gameplay.
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Dark Eco, the Metal Heads,
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Jak is the exception, and even he needed Light Eco to counter its worse effects. Even still, Jak's [[Hero]] status is overlooked by Count Veger.
* [[Deadly Training Area]]: There is sort of a gladiator pit with periodically rising, deadly lava, and guys that swing their pointy, deadly swords at Jak.
* [[Death Course]]: Most of the areas in the game.
* [[Decapitated Army]]: Not in the game itself, but Metal Kor seemed to be this in ''Jak II'', since the Metal Head raid on Haven City was stopped after his death. [[Subverted Trope|Then we learn almost immediately that the strongest Metal Heads have survived and come back with a vengeance
* [[Deflector Shields]]: Appeared as both one of Jak's Light Eco powers and the main weapon of the
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: After you reach the end the sewer you access within North Town, the pipes you hop across to reach the part of the sewer that leads you into the Metal Head side of the city will be constantly shooting out poisonous gas. Even if you cheat and use invincibility to bypass them, the door leading to that part of the sewer won't open, thus preventing any sequence breaking.▼
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: The second mod for the ''Beam Reflexor'' is obtained very early in the game, it's rapidly ricocheting bullets can quickly clear a room of even the most difficult enemies with just a few shots.▼
* [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research]]: Kleiver says "buggers" an awful lot, though he's not exactly [[Fat Bastard|the nicest guy in Spargus anyway]]. More off-puttingly, Daxter also refers to the kangarats as such.
* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Occasionally happens, especially during Act Two.
▲* [[Disc One Nuke]]: The second mod for the ''Beam Reflexor'' is obtained very early in the game, it's rapidly ricocheting bullets can quickly clear a room of even the most difficult enemies with just a few shots.
* [[Dope Slap]]: "Oh don't worry. Jak beats things all the time. Hehehehe -" WHACK. Jak does this to Daxter when Kleiver challenges him to beat his top score on the turret minigame.
* [[Double Jump]]: Unabashedly. You can also use a spin kick to stay airborne even longer.
* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]: Veger drops his cane/scepter/whatever-it-is after [[The Reveal]].
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Torn gets on better with Jak now, though he still doesn't seem to like Daxter much.
* [[Easter Egg]]: Everything you can unlock with the Precursor Orbs.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Escort Mission]]: Quite a good one in Act Three where you have to escort Torn's explosives-laden vehicle from New Haven City to the Metal Head Nest
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Veger's introduction, Kleiver's introduction, and Sig's refusal to kill Jak among others.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: The Wasteland Metal Heads look strongly like a cross between Metal Kor and [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]. They are joined in Act Two by pterodactly-style Metal Heads during the [[First-Person Shooter]] mission with Sig.
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: The Metal Head Tower, especially at night.
▲* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Those pesky Metal Heads make a comeback,
* [[Exploding Barrels]]: Eco barrels, to be precise. This comes in useful during the [[Escort Mission]] in Act Three (see above).
* [[False Reassurance]]: Kleiver, Torn and Damas have a bad habit of doing this.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]:
* [[Finish Him!]]: Sig and Jak run into each other during an Arena fight, and refuse to off each other.
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Daxter did this to Pecker [[Stealth Pun|who's half-bird]] (censored by the top of the screen of course). [[Berserk Button|Pecker was not pleased]].▼
▲* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Cyber-Errol.}} "Ah, my little friends have come to see me off."
▲* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Daxter did this to Pecker (censored by the top of the screen of course). [[Berserk Button|Pecker was not pleased]].
* [[Floating Platforms]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as being lost Precursor technology.
* [[Flunky Boss]]: All three of them deploy less powerful enemies to attack Jak at some point,
* [[Follow the Money]]: If you can see Precursor orbs on it, you'll be able to access it.
* [[Forced Tutorial]]: The Arena fight, though the actual fighting is still pretty fun.
* [[Game Over Man]]: As with the first game, Daxter
* [[Gatling Good]]: The Vulcan Fury.
* [[Get Back Here Boss]]: The Terraformer boss battle initially works like this, though it's not running away from Jak
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Some of the commentary reveals things you'd never have known by yourself...
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Not the actual
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]
* [[Green Rocks]]
* [[Ground Pound]]: Jak can jump into the air and slam his fist against the ground. Must hurt.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Some of the precursor orbs can fall under this.
* [[Gun Fu]]: Jak has some moves that combine his hand-to-hand techniques with the Morph Gun.
* [[Hijacked by Ganon]]: At the beginning of the game, Torn was wondering who the new KG Leader could be.
* [[Hit Points]]: You get eight to begin with, but end up with sixteen by the end thanks to [[Body Armor as Hit Points]].
* [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]
* [[Hover Board]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Hurricane Kick]]: One of the series' signature moves.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]
* [[Idle Animation]]
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...|If You Ever Do Anything To Hurt Him]]: Tess warns Jak that if he fails to protect Daxter, she'll hunt him down and hurt him REAL BAD.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Averted
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Daxter and Tess. Thankfully, they don't actually ''do'' anything
* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]: The Metal Head Tower requires Jak to ascend slopes, glowing bridges and platforms to reach the elevator to the topmost chamber in Act Three.
* [[It's Up to You]]: During the last two acts, Jak is asked to do all the major missions, something which Daxter snarks about often. Amusingly, on the one occasion when Ashelin seems to be about to subvert this trope, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Daxter is affronted and complains even more about that
* [[I Will Fight Some More Forever]]: Marauders, Metal Heads, KG Robots
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Considering the things he does, Veger gets off lightly.
* [[Karmic Transformation]]: Veger.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Veger's actions, some of which border on [[Moral Event Horizon]]. Needless to say, trying to have Jak banished as a scapegoat for all the problems in the city wasn't even the worst he did.
*
* [[Kissing Discretion Shot]]: At the end.
*
* [[Large Ham]]: Veger, thanks to some delightfully over-the-top voice acting. His entire [[Motive Rant]] and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Jak just before the Precursor Robot fight was Made of Ham.
* [[Laser Sight]] - The Morph Gun.▼
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]:
* [[Law of Inverse Recoil]] - Averted: Jak's gun actually does jerk back after firing.▼
▲*
* [[Lethal Lava Land]] - The Volcano and the Spargus Arena.▼
▲**
▲*
▲{{quote|'''Sig:''' It's gonna be a big pile...
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Count Veger is revealed to be this. He compounds this in his aforementioned [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Jak.
* [[Like You Were Dying]]: After a fashion, anyway.
* [[Limit Break]]: Dark Jak.
* [[Loading Screen]]: Averted completely. It's disguised via background loading, such as airlocks and giant doors.
▲** [[Dynamic Loading]] - Usually a door opening.
* [[Local Hangout]]: The Naughty Ottsel.
* [[Lost Technology]]
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]:
* [[Mascot with Attitude]]
* [[Meat Moss]]: The Metal Heads have this influence over the Western side of Haven City.
* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: The KG Robots are back from the previous game, with some new enhancements, and appear more frequently than they did in ''Jak
* [[Mentor]]: Not officially, but Damas often gives Jak advice and guidance, as well as details about the tough philosophy of the Wastelanders.
* [[Military Mashup Machine]]
* [[Mini-Mecha]]
* [[Mission Pack Sequel]]: The game can feel like this at times, though [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].
*
* [[More Dakka]]:
** The Morph Gun's blue upgrades.
** The Beam Reflexor, if you use the Jump > Kick > Fire trick. [[Up to Eleven|Even more so]] if you buy the upgrade for it that increases its reflections.
* [[Morph Weapon]]
* [[Motive Decay]]: Just why are the Metal Heads bothering to attack the city anymore? At least in ''Jak II'', Kor had a reason to drive them to press their attack, since he was after the Precursor Stone, but now he's gone, their motivation seems to have diminished to [[For the Evulz]].
* [[Mundane Utility]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]
{{quote|'''Count Veger''': Pure light will rule the universe, and I will be the bright light that shines to every corner of the world and destroys all shadows!
'''Daxter''': Er, excuse me Count Vulgar -
'''Count Veger''': It's Veger!
'''Daxter''': Yeah, whatever.
* [[My Nayme Is]]
* [[Nitro Boost]]: Turbo power ups for the vehicles in the Wasteland.
* [[No Cutscene Inventory Inertia]]: Averted, mostly because you usually get equipment in cutscenes.
* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: The commentary reveals that this was the reason behind the palace coming down.
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Averted and played straight. Jak will lose health if he falls a considerable distance onto dry land, and will instantly die if he falls from a certain height, even if he hits the ground not long after passing this limit. Nevertheless, he can avoid serious injuries if he is using the jet-board at the moment of impact or if he hits water, apparently because of [[Soft Water]]. This latter case is noticeable in Haven Forest
* [[Oh Crap]]:
*
** Veger has a moment like this seconds before
* [[Oh My Gods]] - "By the Precursors" seems to be Samos' stand-in for "Oh my God."▼
* [[Oh My Gods]]:
** [[Played for Laughs]] when Jak says "Oh my God." during [[The Reveal]] in Act Three.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]:
* [[Out of Focus]]: The surviving Metal Heads from ''Jak II
* [[Overheating]]: Happens with the Haven Forest turret guns.
* [[Pass Through the Rings]]: Some of the more aggravating missions. At least it usually only happens in sidequests.
* [[Physical God
* [[Pinball Projectile]]
* [[Platform Game]]: And one of the best of its kind.
* [[Platforming Pocket Pal]]: Daxter.
* [[Playful Otter]]: Er, ottsel. Close enough.
* [[Precursors]]
** [[Neglectful Precursors]]
* [[Primal Fear]]
* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: The Peace Maker and Supernova weapons.
* [[Racing Mini Game]]: ''Very'' prominent.
▲* [[Random Events Plot]] / [[Kudzu Plot]] - The story is practically impossible to sum up quickly, and the revelations made in that game raise many questions that may never be answered.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: When Ashelin pleads with Jak to return to Haven City, Jak is unimpressed, still bitter over his banishment. "I'm through saving the world."
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: What exactly was Veger doing during the events of ''Jak II''? Given his significance here, especially his apparently strong influence over the city council, his absence in the last game seems a little jarring.
* [[Remixed Level]]: Haven City has undergone several changes since ''[[Jak II Renegade]]'', many caused by the collapse of the palace at the beginning of the game. Many areas, especially the centre of the city, have been closed off by the wreckage, while others have been damaged beyond recognition, both by the tower and by the Metal Head invasion of the west side of the city. The slums have been mostly rebuilt as New Haven City on the northeast side of the city. Some of this is covered under [[Chaos Architecture]], however.
* [[Retcon]]
▲* [[The Reveal]] - Lots. Some predictable, some not.
* [[Riding the Bomb]]: [[Badass Adorable|Daxter]] does this in the second mission for Torn at the port. This is either Daxter's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] or is at least one of them.
* [[Rising Conflict]]: Jak and Daxter (and Pecker) start out just trying to survive in the Wasteland.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Some of the missions, like Daxter's [[Riding the Bomb]] and Jak's [[Storming the Castle|Storming The KG War Factory]]. More like Rule Of [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in many cases.
* [[Runaway Train]]
* [[Say My Name]]
{{quote|'''Daxter:''' Jak? ''JAAAK!''}}
* [[Scary Scorpions]]: The scorpion Metal Heads, especially when you see them swarming around the abandoned North Town ruins for the first time. Fortunately, they're pretty easy to beat.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Jak's first sight of the Haven City's northern ruins at the beginning of Act Two,
* [[Secondary Fire]]: The Morph Gun's upgrades.
* [[Selective Gravity]]: As well as the standard anti-gravity Precursor orbs, there is a less orthodox version of this trope in action. The Mass Inverter creates selective gravity
* [[Sequel Hook]]
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: At one point, during the second sewer mission, you're trapped in a corridor by several electric gates and must fight a horde of KG bots before you can continue, or you can use Light Shield to safely walk through the fences and ignore the bots.
* [[Serious Business]]
* [[Shifting Sand Land]]
* [[Shooting Gallery]]
* [[Shout-Out]]:
*
** This troper is surprised no one pointed out the Pac-Man shout-out when Daxter was om-nom-noming on the circuit grid.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
* [[Spider Tank]]:
*
** On a smaller scale, the [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Blast Bots]] and the even smaller KG bots.
* [[Spring Jump]]: A new feature of the jet-board allows you to charge it up before jumping, causing Jak to soar high into the air.
* [[Stable Time Loop]]
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Ashelin, Samos
▲* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: Damas when he finds Jak.
* [[Stupid Evil]]: The Marauders harassing Jak must come from an incurable [[Complete Monster]] race
* [[Swiss Army Gun]]
* [[Tactical Suicide Boss]]: Veger's Precursor Robot and
* [[Take Your Time]]: Search for Orbs, play mini-games, explore the desert
* [[Techno Babble]]
* [[Techno Wreckage]]: North Town is severely damaged and completely abandoned save for the scorpion Metal Heads. See also [[Scenery Gorn]] above.
* [[Temporary Platform]]: Everywhere.
▲* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: {{spoiler|Cyber-Errol}} escapes the first time you beat him, but it has the effect of shutting down the War Factory.
▲* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: After you reach the end the sewer you access within North Town, the pipes you hop across to reach the part of the sewer that leads you into the Metal Head side of the city will be constantly shooting out poisonous gas. Even if you cheat and use invincibility to bypass them, the door leading to that part of the sewer won't open, thus preventing any sequence breaking.
* [[Third-Person Shooter]]
* [[This Is Reality]]
* [[Three Act Structure]]
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with Samos
* [[Trilogy Creep]]
* [[True Companions]]
* [[Underground Level]]: The Metal Head Nest in the Wastelands, and a pretty unpleasant place
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: The citizens of Haven City, when the war breaks out, immediately pin the blame on Jak, who saved them from certain extinction in ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''. It's [[All There in the Manual]].
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]
* [[Up to Eleven]]: This is essentially what Naughty Dog did with each game mechanic from ''[[Jak II Renegade]]'' when making this game.
** [[Swiss Army
** There are more vehicles this time around, from desert rides to zoomers to the new and improved Hellcat Cruiser.
** [[Expansion Pack]] environments compared with the previous game
** More [[Timed
** Some [[
** Dark Jak returns with new upgrades, and is joined with a Light Jak form, giving a grand total of eight new upgrades.
** Even the jet-board has new features built into it, such as a permanent turbo option in the desert section and the small shock wave attack.
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You can start huge shootouts with the Wastelanders. Get one to start shooting at you, get that one to accidentally hit someone else...
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Daxter and Pecker do not get on very well, but are unambiguously on the same side.
*
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Possibly the logic behind making the KG Robots major enemies
* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]
* [[Womb Level]]
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Jak now has both Dark and Light powers at his disposal. For Dark powers, he has [[Shockwave Stomp|Dark Bomb]], a [[Shock and Awe|Dark Blast]], [[Invisibility]]
▲* [[Word of God]] / [[All There in the Manual]] - Commentary refers to [[Ambiguous Gender|Seem]] as a "she."
▲* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Jak now has both Dark and Light powers at his disposal. For Dark powers, he has [[Shockwave Stomp|Dark Bomb]], a [[Shock and Awe|Dark Blast]], [[Invisibility]], and [[Kamehame Hadoken|a supercharged blast attack]]. For Light powers, he has [[Healing Hands]], [[Time Stands Still|Flash Freeze]], [[Deflector Shield]], and [[Video Game Flight|limited flight]].
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