Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (video game): Difference between revisions

== Sands of Time trilogy ==

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Averted in ''The Sands of Time''. According to the description, the events take place in 9 century Persia. [[Qurac|The rest of the games, and the movie, on the other hand...]]

* [[Benevolent Architecture]]: An uncanny amount of the scenery is implausibly handy for jumping/climbing/hanging/swinging/[[Le Parkour|free-running]] around on. Which is lucky, since there's a distinct imbalance in the ratios of really-high-places to staircases/ladders/jetpacks, smooth stable floors vs. [[Spikes of Doom|fatal]] [[Bottomless Pit|drops]] etc.

* [[Blue Eyes]]: The Prince character.

* [[Book Ends]]: The beginning of ''Sands of Time'' with {{spoiler|the ending of ''The Two Thrones'', bookending the entire trilogy.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: With a delayed firing until the following game, where in ''Sands of Time'' Farah gave the Prince her pendant that kept her safe during the Sand curse. He used the pendant as part of his armor in ''Warrior Within'' and once the time gates are opened it gives him the same time manipulation powers.

* [[Dialog During Gameplay]]: From the Sands of Time trilogy onwards.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: The Prince is surprisingly competent at this. {{spoiler|In the canon ending of ''Warrior Within'', he kills both the Empress of Time and the unstoppable beast that makes sure the timeline stays correct. In ''The Two Thrones'', he kills a god of time.}}

* [[Dramatic Wind]]: There's always ''some'' wind blowing in the land of the Ahura.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: The Vizier. He's even [[Grand Vizier Jafar|named properly]], though the movie Vizier is named Nizam instead.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: The Prince in ''The Sands of Time'' also qualifies, more [[Jerkass]] with less (but still present) gold in the second game and, finally, ''both [[Jerkass]] and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] at once'' in the third. With both voice actors.

* [[Joke Item]]:

** ''The Two Thrones'' had several unlockable examples.

** ''Warrior Within'' also had them, however they were usually hidden in secret weapon racks so it was possible to miss them all together.

* [[Kill It with Water]]: The Dahaka.

* [[Living Legend]]: The Prince toils in obscurity ( Well, as much obscurity as any prince can achieve.) during ''Sands of Time'' and ''Warrior Within'', but he returns to his home and becomes beloved by the people as a liberating hero in ''The Two Thrones''.