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* [[Duel Boss]]: Comes up in Flay, Anna, and Roxis' final character quests.
* [[Duel Boss]]: Comes up in Flay, Anna, and Roxis' final character quests.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Also Flay.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Also Flay.
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: the brief montage of the school when Vayne first arrives shows the first four party members that he will befriend, some of the teachers, as well as the [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]. Especially notable as this is Pamela's first appearance, before her formal introduction in Chapter 3.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: the brief montage of the school when Vayne first arrives shows the first four party members that he will befriend, some of the teachers, as well as the [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]. Especially notable as this is Pamela's first appearance, before her formal introduction in Chapter 3.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The final boss, as well as its [[Bonus Boss]] [[Palette Swap]], "Pain". The latter was even described this way:
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The final boss, as well as its [[Bonus Boss]] [[Palette Swap]], "Pain". The latter was even described this way:
{{quote| ''The strongest, worst thing in the world. A concentrated mass of power, this being hints that the end of the world is near...''}}
{{quote| ''The strongest, worst thing in the world. A concentrated mass of power, this being hints that the end of the world is near...''}}
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* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The [[Final Boss]], "Crazed Eye(s)". And Living Bomb. And Kamikaze Doll. And so on.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The [[Final Boss]], "Crazed Eye(s)". And Living Bomb. And Kamikaze Doll. And so on.
** Also, the so-called "trivia" questions in the School Trivia contest somewhat fall into this, much to the surprise of the contestants.
** Also, the so-called "trivia" questions in the School Trivia contest somewhat fall into this, much to the surprise of the contestants.
* [[Expy]]: Melanie, the [[Hello Nurse|school]] [[Hospital Hottie|nurse]], is a dead ringer for [[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Justice High's]] school nurse Kyoko. Just as bootilicious, too.
* [[Expy]]: Melanie, the [[Hello, Nurse!|school]] [[Hospital Hottie|nurse]], is a dead ringer for [[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Justice High's]] school nurse Kyoko. Just as bootilicious, too.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Both the school principal and Professor Zeppel lack backbone.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Both the school principal and Professor Zeppel lack backbone.
** Same with Vayne. About two thirds of the character sidequests involve his friends browbeating him into doing something.
** Same with Vayne. About two thirds of the character sidequests involve his friends browbeating him into doing something.
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* [[Hey, You]]: Muppy and Nikki barely refer to each other by their names.
* [[Hey, You]]: Muppy and Nikki barely refer to each other by their names.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: But it doesn't last very long before you get yanked back to the overworld map to see a cutscene unlocking a new ability for use in battle, allowing you to proceed to beat the crap out of the boss.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: But it doesn't last very long before you get yanked back to the overworld map to see a cutscene unlocking a new ability for use in battle, allowing you to proceed to beat the crap out of the boss.
* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Zeppel thinks Vayne is into this when the latter asks him about Nurse Melanie's favorites in food as research for an assignment. [[Hello Nurse|Can't blame him for thinking that, though.]]
* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Zeppel thinks Vayne is into this when the latter asks him about Nurse Melanie's favorites in food as research for an assignment. [[Hello, Nurse!|Can't blame him for thinking that, though.]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Goes around to a ''lot'' of characters at times.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Goes around to a ''lot'' of characters at times.
* [[Idle Animation]]: Both in and out of battle.
* [[Idle Animation]]: Both in and out of battle.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: [[Atelier Iris 3|Alvero mechsword and Yula Hammer]]
* [[Mythology Gag]]: [[Atelier Iris 3|Alvero mechsword and Yula Hammer]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: All the students that have glasses.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: All the students that have glasses.
* [[New Game Plus]]: Doing this carries over all grow book bonuses. Your characters therefore, are roughly around the power they would have been about half of the game in at the beginning of the game.
* [[New Game+]]: Doing this carries over all grow book bonuses. Your characters therefore, are roughly around the power they would have been about half of the game in at the beginning of the game.
* [[News Travels Fast]]: A gameplay element. There's an NPC that deals in rumors; you pay him to get a different rumor assigned to you. They have varying effects, ranging from cheaper item prices, to increasing all stats, to increasing item effectiveness. After doing specific things (fight 200 battles, get past part in storyline, get A's in class, and so forth), you unlock different rumors.
* [[News Travels Fast]]: A gameplay element. There's an NPC that deals in rumors; you pay him to get a different rumor assigned to you. They have varying effects, ranging from cheaper item prices, to increasing all stats, to increasing item effectiveness. After doing specific things (fight 200 battles, get past part in storyline, get A's in class, and so forth), you unlock different rumors.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: "A Quiet Giddiness", the final school theme that plays during the later, [[Mood Whiplash]] chapters of the game. A technically excellent song, but the sheer trepidation of it and the fact that it's played ''everywhere you go in school from then on'', in contrast to the first, almost absurdly upbeat school theme, makes it quite hard to bear during those moments when everything's falling apart.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: "A Quiet Giddiness", the final school theme that plays during the later, [[Mood Whiplash]] chapters of the game. A technically excellent song, but the sheer trepidation of it and the fact that it's played ''everywhere you go in school from then on'', in contrast to the first, almost absurdly upbeat school theme, makes it quite hard to bear during those moments when everything's falling apart.
** Vayne's special attacks all involve shadows, lots and lots of sharp blades, creepy red eyes, and surprisingly violent battle quotes. {{spoiler|So it makes sense that the final boss is a horrible mass of [[Red Eyes Take Warning|red eyes]] that [[Tears of Blood|cry black gunk]]. Oh, and his [[Reality Warper|true power]] is pretty scary too.}}
** Vayne's special attacks all involve shadows, lots and lots of sharp blades, creepy red eyes, and surprisingly violent battle quotes. {{spoiler|So it makes sense that the final boss is a horrible mass of [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] that [[Tears of Blood|cry black gunk]]. Oh, and his [[Reality Warper|true power]] is pretty scary too.}}
** When Isolde {{spoiler|kills one of your friends to force Vayne's powers to surface}}, you have to think: {{spoiler|what if Vayne ''wasn't'' able to bring him/her back, and Isolde took the leap from slightly unbalanced teacher to murderer?}} Even worse than that, {{spoiler|she didn't even ''flinch'' when she killed them. If Vayne couldn't wish him/her back to life, what was to stop Isolde from murdering all of them right then and there to keep said murder a secret?}}
** When Isolde {{spoiler|kills one of your friends to force Vayne's powers to surface}}, you have to think: {{spoiler|what if Vayne ''wasn't'' able to bring him/her back, and Isolde took the leap from slightly unbalanced teacher to murderer?}} Even worse than that, {{spoiler|she didn't even ''flinch'' when she killed them. If Vayne couldn't wish him/her back to life, what was to stop Isolde from murdering all of them right then and there to keep said murder a secret?}}
* [[Nostalgic Music Box]]: Dream of the Black Cat, the music that plays over each chapter's beginning scene/flashback.
* [[Nostalgic Music Box]]: Dream of the Black Cat, the music that plays over each chapter's beginning scene/flashback.
* [[Not So Stoic]]/[[Not So Above It All]]: Anna.
* [[Not So Stoic]]/[[Not So Above It All]]: Anna.
** Also a very good example would be Roxis, who despite trying to avoid getting involved in any of the workshop's hjinks gets dragged into them anyway (usually unwillingly).
** Also a very good example would be Roxis, who despite trying to avoid getting involved in any of the workshop's hjinks gets dragged into them anyway (usually unwillingly).
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again]]: Your memo.
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Your memo.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Pamela is not as dumb as she looks...she's also not as nice.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Pamela is not as dumb as she looks...she's also not as nice.
** Flay's not as idiotic as he looks. Even though he flunked. Twice...Wait, he's a 19 year old sophomore, so that makes that thrice.
** Flay's not as idiotic as he looks. Even though he flunked. Twice...Wait, he's a 19 year old sophomore, so that makes that thrice.
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* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|Flay's sword, in addition to being a BFS, drill, and shruiken thrower, can also shoot a giant shockwave that looks like this.]]
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|Flay's sword, in addition to being a BFS, drill, and shruiken thrower, can also shoot a giant shockwave that looks like this.]]
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]], despite being relatively powerful, have a particular trait that renders them particularly weak to Flay's Demon Striker normal attack, as opposed to most other lategame bosses, who don't have traits, period.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]], despite being relatively powerful, have a particular trait that renders them particularly weak to Flay's Demon Striker normal attack, as opposed to most other lategame bosses, who don't have traits, period.
* [[Wham Episode]]: The end result of Anna's 4th character quest if you tell her the wrong answers. You ''will'' feel her hate.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: The end result of Anna's 4th character quest if you tell her the wrong answers. You ''will'' feel her hate.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The character endings.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The character endings.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Subverted, pretty much the only part of the description Vayne fills is the "white hair" part. {{spoiler|"The other Vayne," on the other hand...}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Subverted, pretty much the only part of the description Vayne fills is the "white hair" part. {{spoiler|"The other Vayne," on the other hand...}}
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