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** [[Children of Mana (Video Game)|Children of Mana]] reveals the same about Niccolo.
* [[Cool Sword]] - Generally the Mana Sword, but other equippable swords in various titles are also pretty impressive.
* [[Co
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W1_UpBH6yw&fmt=18 Sacrifice Part III] from Seiken Densetsu 3
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZplNAI3DVw&fmt=18 The Way This Heart Is] from Heroes of Mana
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226lyvZmNB8 Angel's Fear] aka the Secret of Mana Theme. Yes, that's all done with a SNES chipset.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] - Shade, the Spirit of Darkness. While he may be a creepy floating bat-eyeball, and is the only one to actively pit the heroes against monsters to prove themselves, he is still very much on the side of good.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - The [[Final Boss]] of most games is generally a sufficiently terror-inspiring [[Eldritch Abomination]]; in ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' you fight ''eight'' God-Beasts and the final boss {{spoiler|absorbs all of their power, as well as that of the Mana Sword}}; and in ''[[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]]'', you even have to kill {{spoiler|the Mana goddess' [[Super
* [[Doomed Hometown]] - In ''Dawn of Mana'', the [[Hidden Elf Village]] where Keldy is raised gets invaded; the Girl from [[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]] hails from one of these as well, and in [[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]] ''all six'' protagonists hometowns get invaded/taken over by bad guys at one point or another (the order thereof depending on who you picked to be your [[Power Trio]]).
* [[Downer Ending]] - ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]''. Two of the three arcs leading to the endgame in ''Legend of Mana'' also end this way.
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** [[Green Thumb]]/[[Petal Power]]: Dryad
** [[An Ice Person]]/[[Making a Splash]]: Undine
** [[Light
** [[Lunacy]]: Luna (not present in all games)
** [[Playing With Fire]]: Salamander
* [[Elemental Rock
* [[
* [[The Evil Empire]] - Your main enemy in most of the games.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]] - Generally [[The Dragon]] to the [[Big Bad]]
* [[Fighter Mage Thief]] - Your party in most games.
* [[Five
* [[Floating Continent]] - The Mana Fortress in [[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]] and the Holyland in [[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]].
** You need to ride Flammie through a portal to reach the Mana Holyland. However, it's unclear as to whether the Holyland ''itself'' is airborne.
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** Unlocking secrets in [[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]] ''can'' be stumbled upon by accident if you explore every inch of the stage, but still just about impossible without a guide.
* [[Harder Than Hard]] - "No Future" mode on [[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]] and "Ultimate" mode on [[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]].
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - So many times in ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' that it gets to be [[Player Punch|like a punch in the gut]]. Averted in the remake, which leaves some grumbling.
** Although over half the cast of ''[[Sword of Mana (Video Game)|Sword of Mana]]'' still ends up dead.
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* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]] - Where was the Rabite keeping that thing?
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]] - The unaccountably dancing, turban-wearing merchants. Presumably they are all part of a very powerful guild, because their reach extends across all time periods and dimensions.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]] - Recurring enemies in the series, and Hawkeye can become one.
* [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence]] - Bushes, rocks, or even just mildly rough terrain can prove impassable; in [[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]], the entrance to the dwarf cave is blocked by an insurmountable ''optical illusion'' that cannot be bypassed unless you talk to an NPC and then use the Wisp elemental to remove said illusion.
* [[Interface Spoiler]] - in [[Children of Mana (Video Game)|Children of Mana]] with your empty weapon slots and to a lesser extent, the gems.
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** In [[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]], you can encounter "rare" versions of enemies that have longer life bars and tougher to take town otherwise, and of course Rare Rabites can be found in certain areas.
* [[Item Crafting]] - ''[[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]]'' and ''[[Sword of Mana (Video Game)|Sword of Mana]]'' both allow the player to forge much better weapons than they can buy in stores.
* [[
* [[Laser
* [[Light Is Not Good]] - Several of the games have light-elemental monsters, including Secret of Mana's, Dread Slime and Terminators, Seiken Densetsu 3's Full Metal Hagger and Lightgazer and Sword of Mana's Light Cyclops.
* [[Linear Warriors Quadratic Wizards]]
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* [[Mook Maker]] - Eggplant Men have a tendency to summon zombies, whereas Slimes can reproduce and at least one boss in ''[[Seiken Densetsu 3 (Video Game)|Seiken Densetsu 3]]'' and ''[[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]]'' can summon [[Mooks]] to attack the party; several of the games also have destructible enemy spawn points.
* [[Nature Spirit]] - The Mana Sprites.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - In ''[[Secret of Mana (Video Game)|Secret of Mana]]'', releasing the sword from the stone on the waterfall spawns Rabites outside of town, eventually leading to the hero getting [[You Can't Go Home Again|kicked out of the village forever]].
** In ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', once the heroes finally complete their goal of rounding up all eight spirits in order to open a gate to the Holyland, it turns out that their efforts {{spoiler|allowed the Mana Stones to be unsealed, opening a gate that ''every faction other than the heroes'' is able to use.}}
*** And then, after stopping an apocalypse by defeating the eight God-beasts, you realize that by defeating them, you released their power into the Sword of Mana. {{spoiler|Too bad you let [[The Dragon]] take the sword, hero.}}
** Keldy and Ritzia sneak into the ruins that they're not supposed to enter, and Keldy kills the [[Giant Enemy Crab]] guarding the area when it tries to attack Ritzia...and then Ritzia gets possessed by the spirit of an evil sorceress, who wants to unleash the Echoes of Malvolia onto Illusia. Oops.
* [[New Game Plus]] - A feature in both ''[[Legend of Mana (Video Game)|Legend of Mana]]'' (carries over items, levels, and equipment) and ''[[Dawn of Mana (Video Game)|Dawn of Mana]]'' (carries over earned badges and acquired pets).
* [[The Obi
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]] - Except for the one in ''[[Sword of Mana (Video Game)|Sword of Mana]]'' who wants to "quit" being a Dwarf. {{spoiler|He goes back to the mine in the end.}}
** The Mana series is notable, though, for having dwarves that rather than looking like short Scotsmen are pitch black and all wear cool looking war helmets.
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* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: The sylph magic.
* [[Our Liches Are Different]]: The [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the 16-bit games.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]] - Werewolves show up in most of the games. They are called Beast-Men in ''Seiken Densetsu III'' but they only look wolfish at night. During the day they resemble ''camels'' for some reason. Kevin, one of the playable characters, appears more human as he's a [[Half
* [[Palette Swap]] - Almost every early enemy has a harder palette-swapped version.
* [[Point of No Return]]
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