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* [[Cool Hat]]: Keil/Kyle's hat is pretty distinctive... and comes with goggles to boot! Orta's as well, which is combined with [[Scarf of Asskicking]] due to it being a turban.
* [[Crapsack World]]: The only way to be (somewhat) safe from giant mutated horrors is to live in the Empire. Unfortunately, there's a good chance of you being conscripted to fight said horrors, anyway.
* [[Creating Life]]: The Ancients did it first, then the Empire learned to reverse-engineer dragons, creating "dragonmares" in the process.
* [[Cyberspace]]: When Edge and Orta are digitzed into Sestren in their respective games.
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: In addition to the [[Old Save Bonus]], ''Panzer Dragoon Zwei'' has an option to format its picture for widescreen displays.
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*** Note it's not the ''same'' dragon in each game; at least, not biologically speaking. It's {{spoiler|different manifestations of the Heresy Program, which is making use of various hosts to carry out its ultimate mission of destroying the Towers}}.
** ''Panzer Dragoon Orta'' does place a [[Hope Spot]]: {{spoiler|[[The Stinger]] shows Orta walking into the wilderness with a new dragon pup by her side, a tone that's quite a bit less somber than it seems. Recall in the beginning of the game on the amount of angst she had on being alone for all her life, until the dragon rescued her}}.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: Justified as the Ancients engineered them so they specifically would not work without a human rider, so they wouldn't go berserk. Riders can at least help the dragons by deflecting shots with their laser guns. Also ties into the [[Meaningful Name]]. The Guardian Dragon in ''Panzer Dragoon Zwei'' seems to be the exception as we never see a rider.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Kyle is easily the most forgotten rider of the games. See [[The Unchosen One]] below for more.
* [[Embedded Precursor]]: The original ''Panzer Dragoon'' is included in ''Panzer Dragoon Orta'' and is playable after beating the game once.
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* [[Littlest Cancer Patient]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] with Iva: nobody ever lets him off easy due to his illness, and he's fully expected to perform as a soldier of the Empire, until the Seekers take him in. Even then, he provides them false information in a lack of trust. His father left him a note explaining the truth about his condition (he'd drank polluted water as a child and was taking pills {{spoiler|made from dragonmare-sourced serum}} to stave off the infection), and when he finds out that he's out of medicine, he rushes off on a suicide mission to accomplish one last good before he dies. {{spoiler|Which he does, in his new friend's arms}}.
* [[Living MacGuffin]]: Azel and Orta.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: In-universe example: "Orta" is Panzerese for "day".▼
** In ''Panzer Dragoon Saga'', the Emperor's ship, the Grig Orig, translates into "Iron Fist".
▲** The series' title arguably qualifies: at its most bare bones, it effectively becomes Panzer = ''Tank'', Dragoon = ''Mounted Infantry''. On a deeper level, it really makes more sense (see [https://web.archive.org/web/20090509221837/http://www.thewilloftheancients.com/articles/its_all_in_the_name.php here] for a better explanation).
* [[Mind Screw]]: The ending of ''Panzer Dragoon Saga'' has {{spoiler|the Divine Visitor, who is revealed to be the player}}. Read it [https://web.archive.org/web/20101022061626/http://www.thewilloftheancients.com/translations/pds_ending.php here].
* [[Moebius]]: Let it be clear that there is ''no direct connection'' between Moebius and ''Panzer Dragoon'' outside of being one of the big influences for Team Andromeda during initial designs. However, regardless of that, the motifs stuck and the style of Panzer Dragoon would remain as such. His only true contribution was the Japanese box-art of the original games... which the US did ''not'' get; said pieces he produced after the design work was already completed.
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