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== Sora ==

 

Voiced by: [[Miyu Irino]] (Japanese), Haley Joel Osment (English)|Young Sora voiced by: Takuto Yoshinaga (Japanese), Luke Manriquez (English)}}

 

A bright and spirited boy from Destiny Islands whose peaceful life is shattered when his home is destroyed by the Heartless, and finds himself in possession of a peculiar weapon called the Keyblade. As a hero chosen to battle the forces of darkness, Sora embarks on a quest to reunite with his friends and save all other worlds from suffering the same fate as his own.

 

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Has access to ''all'' of the mobility options of the protagonists of [[Birth By Sleep]] in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' (the dodge roll only shows up in ''Final Mix'', but it's otherwise intrinsic to him throughout the series). Aqua's cartwheel is hidden in Master Form, though.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Sora says himself that Kairi means more to him than anything else. This is very apparent after he impales himself with the Keyblade of Heart to release her heart, even knowing that this will open the Final Keyhole and the Door to Darkness. Then, when Naminé writes herself over Kairi and Marluxia threatens to kill her unless she breaks Sora's mind and remakes them as her puppet, Sora was willing to allow this to happen if it meant her safety. And when Saïx tells him he has Kairi, Sora ''practically begged on his knees'' to take him to her. Saïx refused.

** Lampshaded by several characters, especially Donald.

* [[Anime Hair]]: Sweet Mother. His hair keeps its shape ''underwater''.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Especially in the first game (Haley Joel Osment's younger voice in the English version definitely helps). In the second game he's pretty much a Badass [[Adorkable]].

* [[Berserk Button]]: Most notably [[Love Interest|Kairi]]; he tends to get very irrational when she is threatened or in danger, even to the point of alienating his friends, which is a notable change for [[Love Freak|him]].

** On the subject of his friends: harming them will not end well for you. A number of villains have found this out the hard way.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: His Halloween Town costume.

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: With a single character, oddly enough. In ''Chain of Memories'', Sora has a vast array of special attacks that build off his basic spells and attacks in ''Kingdom Hearts'', with emphasis on his [[Magic Knight]] style, and massive expansion of magic techniques, while physical attacks being simple three hit combos or the [[Awesome but Impractical]] special attacks from the game. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', after having forgotten everything about Castle Oblivion, emphasis is on Sora being a [[Lightning Bruiser]], with his main offensive abilities being finishers and combo enhancers that include a bit of [[Full-Contact Magic]], everything under [[Multi Melee Master]] below, [[Super Strength|and slicing]] [[Super Speed|through]] [[Crazy Awesome|skyscrapers]] (!), with magic still being powerful, but less useful and in less variety. Fastforward to 3D and Sora is back to [[Magic Knight]].

* [[The Empath]]: The traditional signs of this are subtle, but definitely there. In keeping with his newfound role as [[The Messiah]], it is explicitly stated that Sora's super-power is the ability to "[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|connect his heart with anyone]]" -- ie: [[Empathic Healer|he heals hearts and brings people together]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|simply by being in their proximity]]. {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|Presumably]], this is what his primary role in the story ''would'' have been, had Riku not screwed up his own destiny and left Sora to become [[The Unchosen One]].}}

** {{spoiler|''Coded'' ramps this up a notch by the final level, with much talk about Data-Sora willingly accepting the pain of others.}}

* [[Invisible Parents]]: But not [[Parental Abandonment|neglectful]]. Sora's mom makes dinner, and Sora's dad cares enough to take his son and his son's best friend out to play when they were little. But...''[[The Law of Conservation of Detail|You never actually see them]]''...

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

* [[Keet]]

* [[Knight Errant]]

* [[Mind Hive]]: His drive system does not canonically function as this, despite [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|what the in-game mechanics might imply]]. {{spoiler|In addition, Roxas, Xion, Ven, and probably Vanitas are sheltering inside him}}.

** {{spoiler|Ven, Roxas, and Xion being inside of him is apparently going to be a major plot point in ''Dream Drop Distance.'' One of the recent trailers has Vanitas and someone who looks to be a younger Xehanort confronting Sora about "hearts other than your own!"}}

* [[Motif]]: [[Cool Crown|Crowns]].

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Riku's blue.

* [[Red Mage]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: He can learn Cloud's Meteorain and Squall's Blasting Zone as Overclock Finishers in ''Re:coded''.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Delivering several of those to both Maleficent, when she ranted a typical [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now|nothing can stop me now]] speech, and Xemnas, when he attempted to use [[The Victim Card]]. They both worked, much to Maleficent's rage and Xemnas's amusement.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: He always has his [[Cool Crown|Kingdom]] [[Cool Key|Key]] as his default weapon.

* [[Weapon Twirling]]: In general, but also specifically when imitating Cloud's victory animation at the Colosseum.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Spars with Selphie in the first level, fights Yuffie and Tifa in the Coliseum, and takes the female villains (Maleficent, Ursula, and Larxene) as seriously as the male ones.

 

 

 

Voiced by: [[Mamoru Miyano]] (Japanese), David Gallagher (English)|Young Riku voiced by: Eiji Shima (Japanese), Ty Panitz (English)}}

 

Sora's best friend and rival. His desire to see something greater beyond his tiny, secluded island home led to him being seduced by the forces of darkness. But once he realizes the harm he's caused, he begins working in the shadows to assist Sora in whatever way possible. {{spoiler|He's actually the original owner of Sora's Keyblade, but has to work to get his own when the Keyblade decides Sora is more fit.}}

 

* [[The Ace]]: Lampshaded by Sora on ocassion.

** [[Always Someone Better]]

* [[Bishonen]]: Look at those fangirls [[Squee]].

* [[Black Knight]]: Sans the armor but he fits the sympathetic version of this to some degree in most of the games, having a sword forged out of darkness and being [[Lightning Bruiser|very strong]], not to mention that most of his signature moves are [[Black Magic|da]][[Casting a Shadow|rk]]-based in nature even when having regular skills in ''Dream Drop Distance''. His sword Soul Eater is even a [[Shout-Out]] to the Dark Knight class of [[Final Fantasy]].

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]

* [[Child Prodigy]]: In ''Birth by Sleep,'' anyway. That is one incredibly perceptive and philosophical five-year-old.

** Four-year-old Sora even acknowledges it.

** Though, he was probably only trying to cheer Sora up by making a pun with his name, which is pretty obvious in the Japanese version, where [[Meaningful Name|Sora's name and the word "sky" are absolutely interchangable.]] What he said pretty much amounts to ''"Maybe you are sad, because you are the sky everybody is praying to."'' And he probably also didn't know how ''[[Messianic Archetype|right]]'' he was about this.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: After his [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Way too early, and it proved to be his downfall.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Has one, "Riku", in the second game.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His general fighting style is striking fast and hard, but he has rather poor magic skills, only having his Dark Firaga and Dark Shield, and and a Cure Potion for spot healing. ''Dream Drop Distance'' finally gives him more varied magic and standard Cure spells at last.

* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Unless you take [[One True Threesome|a third option]].

** Though the end of the first game implied a [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]].

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Personality Powers]]: Wields darkness and is brooding.

* [[The Rival]]

* [[Signature Move]]: [[Teleport Spam|Dark Aura]].

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Over the course of the series.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The [[Evil Weapon|Soul Eater]] [[Cool Sword|sword]] from ''I'' to the last part of ''II''. From then on, he wields the [[Cool Key|Key]][[Cool Sword|blade]] [[Good Wings, Evil Wings|Way to the Dawn]]. However he didn't discard Soul Eater for Way to the Dawn, but actually Soul Eater ''became'' Way to the Dawn.

* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Although his use of [[Light'Em Up|light magic and skills]] is extremely limited. He finally picks up the pace in ''3D'' although he still favors darkness by a wide margin.

 

== Kairi ==

 

Voiced by: Risa Uchida (Japanese), [[Hayden Panettiere]]/Alyson Stoner (English)|Young Kairi voiced by: Sumire Moroboshi (Japanese), [[Ariel Winter]] (English)}}

 

* [[Coy Girlish Flirt Pose]]: Just more friendly than flirty.

* [[Designated Victim]]: In both games. In the first game, her situation made sense. But in the second, the Organization kidnap her as leverage to use against Sora. See [[Always Save the Girl]] in Sora's section.

* [[Empty Shell]]: Spends part of the first game as one. Sora temporarily turns himself into a heartless (and unknowingly into a nobody) to save her.

* [[Flip-Flop of God]]: In an interview, Nomura said that Kairi was not a Keyblade wielder. In another, he said she was. Guess during the first one, he hadn't worked out the whole ''Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony'' concept just yet.

* [[Flower Motifs]]: Her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has one.

* [[Girl Next Door]]

* [[Girly Run]]: Bonus points for [[Holding Hands]] with Namine at the same time.

* [[The Heart]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Hardy har]].

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Just ask Sora and Riku.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: By definition.

* [[The Ingenue]]: A more modern version, she can be quite [[Little Miss Snarker|snarky]] as well, but never in a mean way (unless you [[Ron the Death Eater|ask the fangirls.]])

* [[Nice Girl]]: And she's so ''cute''!

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: A [[Empathic Weapon|Keyblade]]-[[The Chosen One|wielding]] [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Princess]] [[Barrier Maiden|of Heart]]. {{spoiler|[[The Stinger]] of ''3D'' takes it further by very heavily implying she is both a Princess of Heart and a Guardian of Light.}}

** The Voiceless: In ''KH3D'', leading to the bizarre situation where [[Hayden Panettiere]] returns to voice Xion<ref>a character she only voiced for one line in ''BBS''</ref> and not Kairi <ref>a character who she's consistently voiced throughout the series' main numbered entries</ref>.

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Panty Shot]]: Can be done by rotating the camera in a certain area. They are even fully modeled, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSD80QQq31k down to the frilly edges and everything]. Considering the Law of [[Conservation of Detail]]... [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|well...]]

* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Her outfit in the second game.

* [[Protective Charm]]: {{spoiler|Aqua placed one on her necklace that lead her to Sora when Xehanort cast her into the darkness as a child.}}

* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]: {{spoiler|Looks like she might become this.}}

* [[She's Got Legs]]

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Kairi only has eyes for [[The Messiah|Sora]] rather than [[Troubled but Cute|Riku]].

* [[Spirited Young Lady]]

* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: Kairi easily gets kidnapped by Axel in ''II'' by grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her away. Granted, she does try to struggle, but in a very... er, flimsy way. Yet one of ''II's'' many [[Narm]] moments, but then again he is [[Teens Are Short|twice as tall as her]].

* [[Take Up My Sword]]: {{spoiler|Unknown to Aqua, when Kairi grabbed her Keyblade in fear as a child, Aqua performed the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony for her, allowing Kairi to claim Destiny's Embrace in the second game.}}

* [[Theme Naming]]: She, Sora, and Riku are "sea", "sky", and "land". She also shares ocean-themed naming with Naminé and Xion. She and Aqua are both the water in their trio.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: While the Princesses of Heart have incredible and incorruptible light in them, none of them seem to be able to call on it to help them when they are under attack. Justified in that none of them have any magical or combat training to do it, however.

** [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: On the other hand, it lets her restore Sora {{spoiler|when he becomes a Heartless (though that one only worked because of Sora and Kairi's special connection and wasn't just due to her powers), as well as makes her immune to the corroding nature of the Dark Corridor and eventually lets her wield a Keyblade. }}

 

== King Mickey ==

* [[Combat Tropes]]

** [[Glass Cannon]]: In terms of gameplay.

*** [[Healing Hands]]: Has a Cure spell in Birth By Sleep and in Kingdom Hearts 2 has a spell called Healing Light that restores Sora to life after he has been defeated.

*** [[Light'Em Up]] and [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Loves these attacks the most. His [[Limit Break]] in Days is even the [[Final Fantasy|Holy]] spell.

** [[The Paladin]]

** [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Now with [[Star Wars|Yoda]]-esque acrobatics!

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Wields the Keyblade of the Realm of Darkness.

** Partly true. Only his Kingdom Key D is from the Realm of Darkness. His Star Seeker (which is apparently his original Keyblade) is from the Realm of Light.

* [[Failure Knight]]: For all of his effort in ''Birth By Sleep'', he couldn't save Ven, Aqua, or Terra from their fates.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|It also explains]] his reluctance to allow Sora to get involved in the Heartless war on Hollow Bastion.

* [[Happily Married]]: To Minnie. Just like [[Real Life Relative|Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor]].

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Suffers from one due to the [[Downer Ending]] of ''Birth by Sleep''. Yen Sid manages to rouse him out of it fairly quickly.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Like Aqua, he's no Princess of Heart in terms of purity, but is able to spend extended time the Realm of Darkness without a Black Cloak to protect himself, and only uses his to prevent the Organization from detecting him.

** [[Word of God|Supposedly]], it was the [[Dark Is Not Evil|dark-aligned]] Kingdom Key D that protected him during that time, although Nomura also said that Mickey, like Riku, is not affected by darkness at all. Something about "similarities" between them that [[Shrug of God|have yet to be revealed]] in-game...

* [[The Leader]]

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]:

* [[Mickey Mouse]]

* [[Older Than He Looks]]: Though Mickey has generally been timeless (and Kingdom Hearts has odd implications in that direction as well), he was already a King and Keyblade Master ten years previous to the main story, making him on the way to middle age. Despite that, he still displays the characteristic youthful Mickey Mouse exuberance and looks no different than any other portrayal (excepting the clothes, of course). That said, see [[Vague Age]].

** [[Modest Royalty]]: None of his outfits are particularly kingly although his [[Bling of War]] in the Land of Musketeers fairly fancy.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: To Terra, Aqua, and Ven as well as Sora's group.

* [[Supporting Leader]]

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The exact process is detailed in ''Birth by Sleep''.

* [[Vague Age]]: He was a King and Keyblade Master with the same general outlook and personality (minus some character development) ten years previously. However, [[Nostalgia Level|Timeless River]] shows him to be acting ''vastly'' different sometime in the past while still appearing to be the same general age. Pete seems to imply that the events happened as depicted. If so, than Kingdom Hearts may be going for the same timeless chronology regarding Mickey Mouse as, for instance, [[Epic Mickey]] did, with decades of animation history all simultaneously being in Mickey's past.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The [[Cool Key|Key]][[Cool Sword|blade]] of the Dark Realm, [[Cool Crown|Kingdom]] [[Cool Key|Key]] [[Dark Is Not Evil|D]], a counterpart to Sora's Kingdom Key. In ''[[Birth By Sleep]]'', he wields the familiar [[Star Power|Star Seeker]], and uses it again in ''Coded'' and back to Kingdom Key D in ''3D''. In his past however we find he learned his sword fighting wielding a [[Royal Rapier]].

 

 

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Goofy.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|In the ending of ''3D''}}

* [[The Chew Toy]]

* [[Combat Tropes]]

* [[Invincible Minor Minion]]: A rare heroic example; no matter what slams Donald's HP to zero, whether Heartless, or magic, or Sephiroth, Donald will revive a minute later on his own, provided Sora survives.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Boku".

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]

* [[Personality Powers]]: Here's a fun one. Donald's Limits are fireworks, and he's known for his explosive temper.

* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Wears it in the prologue of the first game, Coded, and Birth by Sleep.

* [[Sidekick]]: To Sora, though he insisted on being the leader for a while at first, and only seems to step down from this after he comes back from his [[Honor Before Reason]] mistake.

* [[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|In the ending of ''3D''}}

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Combat Tropes]]

** [[Fastball Special]]: The end of Goofy's Knocksmash Limit ends with a variation on this, with Sora launching Goofy as if he's a rocket, hence the [[Fan Nickname]] for the Limit.

** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:

*** [[Lightning Bruiser|Critical Impact]]: Terra's attacks become ''much'' stronger and a bit faster. Leaps into the air and slams the ground to send out a shockwave as a finisher.

*** [[An Ice Person|Diamond Dust]]: Keyblade acquires ice powers. Terra summons a large explosion of ice around him as a finisher.

*** [[Shock and Awe|Thunderbolt]]: Keyblade crackles with lightning. Terra creates a storm of lightning bolts overhead as a finisher.

* [[Emotional Bruiser]]

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: For some. The [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe|tight clothing he wears]] definitely helps. And he'll do ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGWaKak-Ig4 vertical push-ups]'' on command.

** He even gets a [[Diagonal Cut]] as a unique attack that has a chance of [[One-Hit Kill|One Hit Killing]] regular enemies.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: At the end of ''II'''s secret ending.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: [[Subverted]]. {{spoiler|Many people assumed that he was going to pull one to become the current Xehanort. In reality, he winds up [[Demonic Possession|possessed]] by the ''real'' [[Big Bad]], Master Xehanort, and is [[Grand Theft Me|currently serving as his vessel]].}}

* [[Fatal Flaw]]/[[Ambition Is Evil]]

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Terra is a girl's name.

* [[Heel Realization]]

** [[Heroic Willpower]]: Probably the most out of anyone in the series. {{spoiler|Too bad it wasn't enough to stop Xehanort from taking over his body.}}

** [[The Determinator]]

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: ([[Veronica Mars|Hi Logan!]])

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Even if he has some distrust of them, he winds up listening to Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Hades, Jumba Jookiba, Captain Hook, and (of course) Master Xehanort. It ''never'' ends up well for him.

** [[Genre Blindness]]

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Peter Pan if you talk to him in Neverland after finishing the storyline there.

** And earlier by Hades:

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]

** [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: After beating up {{spoiler|Master Eraqus}} to the point of near-death. Xehanort finishes him off.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

 

* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Poor Ven. No one's taking him seriously.

** [[Break the Cutie]]

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Just like the secret ending from ''[[No Export for You|Final Mix+]]'', Ventus is frozen alive by Master Xehanort. {{spoiler|Granted, he ''does'' escape via [[Heroic Willpower]] just in the nick of time to save Aqua, but winds up being pinned down by some Unversed just for Vanitas to commit [[Grand Theft Me]]. Poor guy.}}

* [[Big Brother Worship]]: Of Terra. It's rather depressing how long it takes for poor Ven to accept that maybe there ''is'' something bad going on with him.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:

*** [[Spam Attack|Fever Pitch]]: Ven's attacks get even faster. Finishing move is a long combo with [[Light'Em Up|beams of light]].

*** [[An Ice Person|Diamond Dust]]: Keyblade acquires ice powers, Ven summons a large explosion of ice around him as a finishing move.

*** [[Shock and Awe|Thunderbolt]]: Keyblade crackles with lightning, Ven creates a storm of lightning bolts overhead as a finisher.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: He crossed it when Master Xehanort told him of [[MacGuffin Girl|his true nature]].

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Whenever his heart is in critical condition.

* [[Expy]]: Not just similar, but ''identical'' in appearance and voice (both English and Japanese) to Roxas. This is a major plot point.

* [[Love Freak|Friendship Freak]]: Just may be the biggest one in the series. His motivation through his entire story can be summed as making/saving/protecting friends.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|He destroyed the χ-blade even though he knew it would destroy his heart, along with Vanitas's.}}

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

* [[Just a Kid]]: The reason he's not allowed to take the Master Qualification Exam.

** [[Theme Naming]]

* [[Mythology Gag]]: While every character shares some of their trademark skills with Sora, which is more or less just a testament to them being series mainstays, Ven gets Ars Arcanum, several variations of Dodge Roll, Glide, and Strike Raid, and his Wingblade command style is heavily based on Final Form in appearance and fighting style, with a combo finisher that looks like Trinity. And for good measure, Faith and Salvation create pillars of light to attack enemies like Roxas's Event Horizon.

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Personality Powers]]: Specializes in wind and light and is bright and cheerful.

[[File:rsz_aqua_khbbs_8132.png|frame|"The three of us... will always be one."]]

 

 

 

The only one of her trio of friends to become a Keyblade Master. She is tasked with looking after Terra to keep him from succumbing to darkness, and to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure after he runs away from home. {{spoiler|Her actions lead her to being trapped in the Realm of Darkness in a desperate bid to save Terra, and inadvertently brings about the destruction of many worlds.}}

** [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: Though Kairi had fought in cut-scene form before, and Xion and Larxene had been playable in Days's multiplayer mode, Aqua is the first proper female player character.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Subverted when she tells ''[[Final Fantasy VII|Zack]]'' to sit on the sidelines before her battle with [[Dual Boss|Hades and the Ice Colossus]]. Later played straight in an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome fashion]] when she {{spoiler|teams up with fellow [[Memetic Badass]] Mickey to fend off a [[Demonic Possession|Vanitas-possessed]] Ven.}}

** {{spoiler|Aqua fights Xehanort in a one-on-one duel at the height of his power, a youthful, skilled, [[Lightning Bruiser]] Keyblade Master with the Guardian and all the powers of darkness. With a bit of help from Terra who's [[Fighting From the Inside]], she's able to overpower him until he resorts to locking his own memories to get rid of Terra's interference. Keep in mind this is shortly after she wakes up after being knocked unconscious when she and Mickey fought the Vanitas-possessed Ven and she used [[The Power of Friendship]] to destroy the χ-blade.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not say or do anything bad to or about her friends. {{spoiler|Vanitas, Braig, and Xehanort learned this the hard way.}}

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Being that she's several years older than the other main female heroes seen so far, she's more physically developed, and is certainly the most powerful of them, as well as one of the most powerful heroes period.

* [[The Chick]] AND [[The Hero]]: Much to everyone's surprise, Aqua does most of the heroics in the game, wraps up almost all of the Disney stories, and is the longest lasting original character in the series making it all the way to the end without turning evil or comatose at some point or other, all while maintaining a motherly/sisterly role.

** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:

*** [[Flying Weapon|Spell Weaver]]: Aqua [[Full-Contact Magic|enchants her Keyblade with magic]], using fancy [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|sword throws and twirls]] to attack and an extended [[Spin Attack]] as a finisher.

*** [[An Ice Person|Diamond Dust]]: Keyblade acquires ice powers. Aqua summons a large explosion of ice around her as a finisher.

*** [[Shock and Awe|Thunderbolt]]: Keyblade crackles with lightning. Aqua creates a storm of lightning bolts overhead as a finisher.

* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: She gains the Brightcrest Keyblade in the {{spoiler|Final Chapter}}. It possesses very impressive range, makes critical hits a 75% chance, ''and'' provides an outstanding boost to her already impressive magic stat.

** She gets yet another one, {{spoiler|namely Eraqus's Keyblade, Master Keeper, during the Secret Episode.}} It has the same range and magic rating as Brightcrest, but with additional physical strength.

* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: Poor girl had to fight {{spoiler|both of them}}.

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[Love Freak|Friendship Freak]]: Nearly as much as Sora.

* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Because she follows Eraqus's teachings so strongly, she has only a small bit of darkness in her heart. This leads Vanitas to plan to use her as a back up for the Master Plan, and her heart is strong enough to {{spoiler|not be consumed in the Realm of Darkness without her armor or a Black Coat for 11 years}}.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Watashi"

** [[Theme Naming]]

* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|My Name Is Master Aqua]]

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The scene in which we are introduced to her is played out in exactly the same way we met Kairi in the first game, only with a more sisterly tone than romantic. Likewise, the lucky charms Aqua made were inspired from a misinterpretation of the two tales we heard in the first game, with the thalassa shell charm made by sailors for safe returns merged with the binding properties of the Paopu fruit.

* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Letting Maleficent go and saving Terranort wasn't exactly the best thing for the universe....}}

** Nor was her creating {{spoiler|Castle Oblivion}}. To be fair, she probably didn't realize that {{spoiler|it would be used by Terranort's Nobody, Xemnas & his crew for more nefarious purposes}} later on.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Willa Holland has a slight British accent, but in one of Ven's flashbacks, her accent comes unbelievably strong. Just listen to her cast Fire or Magnet spells; her British-style "r" is unmistakable.

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: She gives up {{spoiler|her armor and her Keyblade to save Terra.}} While she turned out fine, she has to spend the next decade stuck in a hostile world at a serious disadvantage, and saving {{spoiler|Terra turns out to set most of Xehanort's evil deeds in motion.}}

* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: To the point where ''it had to be toned down''... not that it changed much.

* [[She Is the King]]: ''Master'' Aqua.

* [[Static Character]]: While she may do most of the heroics of the game, she does not do much growth as a character and essentially remains the same person as when she started.

** [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not necessarily a bad thing though]], since [[Your Mileage May Vary|arguably]] the entire point of her character is that in contrast to Ven and Terra, Aqua has absolute faith in Eraqus's teachings and [[Shut UP, Hannibal|doesn't care]] for [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]].

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Although the plot focuses more on Terra, Aqua spends more time as the Protagonist of ''[[Birth By Sleep]].'' {{spoiler|She also serves as [[The Hero]] of the epilogue.}}

* [[Take Up My Sword]]: Eraqus told her that {{spoiler|if he were ever killed, she should take his Keyblade as her own and use it to take control of the Land of Departure.}} In the Last Chapter, she does just that.

* [[Team Mom]]: To Peter Pan and the lost boys.

** [[Mama Bear]]

* {{spoiler|[[Trapped in Another World]]}}: Come the ending of ''Birth By Sleep'', {{spoiler|Aqua's stuck in the World of Darkness and, according to the secret ending, was there until some time after ''Kingdom Hearts II''. Ansem says he met Sora a year ago, which would put Aqua's imprisonment at around twelve years. However, the secret ending of ''Final Mix'' implies that she still had more adventures down there and wasn't just wandering around.}}

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Making a Splash|Rainfell]] and later the upgrade [[Infinity-1 Sword|Stormfall]] [[Cool Key|key]][[Cool Sword|blade]], once she {{spoiler|gives it up to save the possessed Terra she wields the [[Take Up My Sword|Master Keeper]].}}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: *ahem*