Legend of Mana: Difference between revisions

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Jumi Guardian/Knight relationships; just about all of the games' protectorate/protector pairs pretty much dive headfirst into this trope as well.

* [[Brother-Sister Team]]: Bud and Lisa (though the latter was more or less roped into it).

* [[But Thou Must!]]: Averted most of the time, as you could refuse any NPC if you didn't want to play their subquest, but in the Dragon Lord Arc you're not even given the option to refuse Vadise once said Dragon Lord {{spoiler|takes over hell}}. (But then, you're the one that helped the Dragon Lord to power in the first place...)

** {{spoiler|1=In fact, you can kill (directly or indirectly) a handful of the major NPCs with a little willful mischief.}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Pokiehl and Nunuzac. OK, neither of them are even remotely moronic, but during the game, they remain among the more lighthearted characters. But there's hints dropped, like the toy in the junkyard begging Pokiehl to let him keep fighting. Or Nunuzac lamenting the thought of having to teach his students "true conjuration".

** Nunuzac in particular looks like a carpet because he overloaded on magic while fighting a seriously nasty world-threatening opponent and trapped himself in his own conjuration circle in the process of saving the day. At least it apparently made him immortal, and he gets to show off his true abilities when {{spoiler|he kidnaps a Sproutling and tries to trap it in the Dream Realm to keep it from creating the Mana Tree}}.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: At the beginning of the game, after you beat the naughty sorcerer Bud and his sister Lisa, Bud is so impressed by you he asks to become your apprentice.

* [[Devour the Dragon]]: In this case, the Dragon goes optionally. {{spoiler|Sandra sacrifices herself to let the Lord of Jewels eat her core to become more powerful.}}

* [[Item Crafting]]: You can create your own weapons (and via lots of farming and tempering, make [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Swords]], Spears, Bows, or whatever your [[Weapon of Choice]] is) and build your own robot golem to aid you in battle (and using those [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Swords]] as ingredients, turn it into an unstoppable death machine).

* [[Item Farming]]: All of your crafting ingredients, save for the scant few you find in treasure chests during each game cycle.

* [[Knight Templar]]: Lady Blackpearl.

* [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: The player character every time they visit the Underworld (might as well install revolving doors); you also ''prevent'' the Dragon Lord successfully doing this once he takes it over.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Everybody not {{spoiler|Alexandra}} in the Jumi Arc, but {{spoiler|even she seems to be manipulated by the Lord of Jewels to some extent}}; both you and Larc are played by the Dragon Lord in that particular arc.

* [[Vendor Trash]]: Most of the items for [[Item Crafting]], though they don't sell for much; the valuable stuff is, alas, quite a bit more useful.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Larc, Alexandra, and Escad.

* [[When Trees Attack]]: Besides the Sproutlings and Li'l Cactus, one of your enemies is walking-tree-themed.