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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[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
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Grows into this as the series progresses. However, its mostly more of an impish, good natured ribbing and playful snark
* [[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.}}
* [[Expy]]: Of Sion Barzahd ([[The Bouncer]]) and [[Mickey Mouse]].
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* [[Planar Champion]]
* [[The Pollyanna]]: He keeps this personality up most of the time.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: His mantra. [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|It shows,]] [[Gameplay and Story Integration|too.]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Riku's blue.
* [[Red Mage]]
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: For some of the canon Disney couples. Watch his reaction when Mulan and Shang both get to be the Emperor's bodyguards. Donald teases it's because the couples remind him of him and Kairi.
* [[Shout
* [[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.
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Combined Energy Attack|Trinity Limit.]]
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: Lazy, goofy, and a bit of a ditz (Nomura compares him to a humble country bumpkin), but has a powerful heart and an innate understanding of light and darkness, as well as an adventurous streak and the determination to take it to the stars. He can also be contemplative and philosophical, when no one is looking. He also hides fears and doubts that are powerful enough to take form and hides multiple personalities within his Heart.
** On another note, his Drive Forms from Kingdom Hearts 2 are his hidden depths made manifest, regarding combat and power.
* [[Hot
* [[Lazy Bum]] or [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: In the first game, particularly. He's insanely hesitant about his relationship with Kairi, and just seems to laze around, content with everything as is. While he has a zest for adventure and grows into exploration and Heartless-killing, he'd really rather just have Riku and Kairi (and Donald and Goofy) back home with him on Destiny Islands. He's slowly growing out of it and acknowledging his greater responsibilities {{spoiler|towards Terra, Ven, and Aqua}}.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: In the beginning all he had was the power of the Keyblade and his determination(which also strengthens the Keyblade). Hes getting better but does not have a full grasp of the Keyblades poweres or higher end magic abilities.
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** [[Squishy Wizard|Wisdom Form]]: Channels Donald's power, [[Power Floats|glides around]] and can use magic while moving and in quick succession. Instead of normal swings, the Keyblade fires [[Beam Spam|barrages of energy orbs]].
** [[Magic Knight|Master Form]]: Channels Mickey's power, moves and attacks quickly and magic powers up, but neither power up is [[Master of None|as strong as the two forms specializing in them]]. Includes a [[Spin Attack]] as a finisher and one keyblade used as a [[Flying Weapon]].
** [[Eleventh
** [[The Dark Side|Anti Form]]: A "dud" form that occurs randomly when Sora enters drive form. Symbolizes the darkness in his heart. Discards the Keyblade to [[Rapid
** [[Retraux|Limit Form]]: Channels his own power to re-learn his abilities from ''Kingdom Hearts'', including [[Spell Blade|Ars Arcanum]], [[Beam Spam|Ragnarok]], [[Blade Spam|Sonic Blade]], [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Strike Raid]], and [[Unnecessary Combat Roll|Dodge Roll]].
* [[Sympathy for The Devil]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. Sora [[Shut UP, Hannibal|frequently called out Organization XIII]] whenever they feigned emotions. He does show some sympathy to Xemnas when it looks like Xemnas is fading away, though... {{spoiler|and then Xemnas comes back and tries to kill him and Riku again. Naturally, Sora expresses no sorrow after Xemnas dies for real.}}
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* [[Reverse Grip]]: {{spoiler|When fighting as the Nightmare Armor}}.
** {{spoiler|Though, only half the time. The other half, he is in his usual battle stance. This might be meant to show, that not only Sora's, but also Ventus' heart was trapped within the Nightmare Armor after the later saved the former from oblivion.}}
* [[Shout
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* [[Badass]]
* [[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
* [[Black Magic]]/[[Casting a Shadow]]: All his signature attacks are darkness-based, such as his [[Fireballs|Dark Firaga]], [[Death From Above|Dark Break/Helm Split]], [[Spell Blade|Darkstorm]], [[Force Field|Dark Shield]], and of course, the infamous [[Teleport Spam|Dark Aura]].
* [[Celebrity Voice Actor]]: David Gallagher, who you probably remember as Simon from ''[[Seventh Heaven]]''.
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* [[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.
* [[Long
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Riku" is Japanese for "Land". Prequel character Terra means "Earth". {{spoiler|The connection between the two is Keyblade succession, not to mention possession by Xehanort...}}
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Destiny Islands. Oops.
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* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]: He only wears them when he's in Dark Mode or wearing the Organization cloak.
* [[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.
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* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: He gains enough power to knock Roxas out, but at the cost of his body becoming his [[Enemy Within]]'s.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: He spent a considerable amount of time fighting completely blindfolded due to being [[Cursed With Awesome]].
* [[Eleventh
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: As a result of his turn to the dark path.
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}: {{spoiler|In Days, depicting the battle between him and Roxas and why Roxas was taken to the simulated Twilight Town.}}
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** [[Teleport Spam|Ghost Drive]]: Riku teleports to attack enemies automatically, making gratuitous use of [[Flash Step|Flash Steps]] to avoid being hit.
** [[BFS|Blade]] [[Laser Blade|Charge]]: Keyblade becomes [[Spell Blade|engulfed in magic]], giving a huge boost to the range of attacks.
** [[Power Gives You Wings|Rising Wing]]: Riku gains [[Good Wings, Evil Wings|batlike wings]] and unleashes powerful [[High Altitude Battle|midair strikes]] and [[Death From Above|dive bombs]], Uses a [[Blow You Away|tornado]] attack for a combo finisher.
* [[Guardian Entity]]: {{spoiler|After the fight with Anti-Black Coat it is revealed that Riku had been a Spirit type Dream Eater in Sora's dreams protecting him since the exam began.}}
* [[Le Parkour]]
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* [[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.
* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Though she is not royalty, she is considered one of the princesses of heart.
* [[Flip
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has one.
* [[Girliness Upgrade]]: She's somewhat of a tomboy in I, [[She Is All Grown Up|far less so in II.]]
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* [[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.}}
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead|Redhead]]: To Namine's Blonde and Xion's Brunette.
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: In the second game, despite only happening after one year. Went from "cute" to "cute" ''and'' "hot", in many a male gamer's opinion.
* [[She's Got Legs]]
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* [[True Sight]]: She can see Riku's true appearance when he has Ansem's face.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: To Sora, but [[Die for Our Ship|don't tell the fangirls that.]]
* [[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. }}
* [[Xenafication]]: After becoming a Keyblade wielder.
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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: It's not Donald without it.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Notably, he, his uncle, and his nephews are the only ones left half dressed.
* [[Hot
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Briefly follows Riku in his evil phase due to a literal interpretation of King Mickey's orders. He realizes this is stupid.
* [[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.
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* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]
* [[Morally
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Out of Focus]]: A major character in KH, COM, and KH2, but much less consequential in every game since.
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** [[The Determinator]]
* [[Hero With an F In Good]]: At first. He improves it to a B+ over time.
* [[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.
** To put that into perspective, the only villains in the game that Terra ''doesn't'' ally with are Lady Tremaine, Pete, and Braig. He's after Vanitas too, but they never actually meet {{spoiler|until the very end}}.
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* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: Causes a ''pivotal'' turning point in the plot.
* [[Signature Move]]: [[Stuff Blowing Up|Ultima]] [[BFG|Cannon]]! {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Terra-Xehanort]] and [[Animated Armor|The]] [[Our Souls Are Different|Linge]][[Unstoppable Rage|ring]] [[Heroic Willpower|Will]] can also use it because both of them were once Terra in a way.}}
* [[Single
* [[Skilled but Naive]]
* [[Tears of Remorse]]:
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]: In his awakening.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: When he first fights Vanitas, he gets pummeled and needs Mickey to pull a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. {{spoiler|By the end of the game he manages to beat Vanitas one-on-one, ''while'' Vanitas is armed with the χ-blade}}.
* [[Trauma
* [[Teens Are Short]]: He's only a few years younger than Terra and Aqua, but he's only a couple inches taller than Ienzo, who's a ''preteen''.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The [[Blow You Away|Wayward Wind]] [[Cool Key|key]][[Cool Sword|blade]], specially designed for [[Reverse Grip]].
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* [[The Ace]]
* [[Action Girl]]: Is primarily a magic user, which she can combine into a few good [[Full
** [[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.}}
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** [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: While Terra gets Earth and Dark attacks and Ven gets Wind and Light, Aqua actually has no preference towards Water and instead focuses her skills in these three areas. Not counting the [[Non-Elemental]] ones, her unique magic skills are Triple Blizzaga, Triple Firaga, Thundaga Shot, Raging Storm, Glacier, Firaga Burst, and Ice Barrage.
** [[Flash Step]]: Many of her spells and special attacks include this. Her "Ghost Drive" Command style makes ''all'' of her attacks Flash Steps.
** [[Full
** [[Glass Cannon]]: She attacks fast, and later, on her spells seriously hurt. Sadly, her HP is unimpressive.
** [[Lady of War]]: While Ven and Terra assume typical battle stances, Aqua stands perfectly poised even in the heat of battle. Her first [[Super Mode|Command Style]], Spellweaver, hammers this concept home, where she attacks with graceful Keyblade flips and twirls.
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** [[Squishy Wizard]]: She's got the lowest defense, is only slightly faster than Terra (but with a better dodge), and lacks in sword skills. However, Terra and Ven each control two magic elements (darkness and earth, light and wind), she specializes in magic in general, having a powerhouse spell in the [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]] trio, some powerful spells of nonstandard magic types, and her guard is replaced by a [[Beehive Barrier|Reflect spell]].
** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:
*** [[Flying Weapon|Spell Weaver]]: Aqua [[Full
*** [[Playing With Fire|Firestorm]]: Keyblade turns into a [[Flaming Sword]]. Aqua creates a wave of flame pillars as a finishing move.
*** [[An Ice Person|Diamond Dust]]: Keyblade acquires ice powers. Aqua summons a large explosion of ice around her as a finisher.
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To Sora to a a certain extent
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Willa Holland isn't as bad at this as Jason Dohring, but still frequent. However, sometimes it works -- when Aqua mutters dully "first things first" after encountering Unversed in one world, she sounds bored with the idea that there's yet another swarm of [[Mook|Mooks]] to mow down, which one probably would be in her situation.
* [[Eleventh
** 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.
* [[Expy]]: Averted contrary to expectations. Though she's the female in the [[Two Guys and A Girl]] [[Power Trio]] and looks like an older version of Kairi (and by extension Kairi's own Expies), Aqua is closer to the [[Team Mom]] rather then [[The Heart]]/[[The Chick]].
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