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Line 9: Recette can be a little "air-headed" at times, but she's also very sincere. Despite the hardship placed in front of her, she never seems to lose her sunny disposition. ---- * [[Bird Run]]: Does this when running through dungeons. * [[Buffy-Speak]]: Dips into this sometimes. * [[Cat Smile]]: Has a very minor one on the pause screen. * [[Cheerful Child]]: Her optimism is pretty much her defining character trait. * [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Particularly when food can somehow be brought into the picture. * [[The Ditz]]: Many of Tear's jabs just sail right over her head. * [[Hair Decorations]]: Recette's double hair bubbles.▼ * [[Exposition Fairy]]: Is kind of this for adventurers in the dungeons. * [[Genre Savvy]]: Recette proves to be something in this line during her {{spoiler\|argument with Griff at the top of the Obsidian Tower}}. Roughly paraphrased: {{quote\|A darkly handsome evil overlord? In ''this'' day and age? Are you kidding?}} * [[Gosh Darn It to Heck]]: "What the Heckles?" is probably the closest that Recette [[Department of Redundancy Department\|even comes close]] to swearing in this game. ▲* [[Hair Decorations]]: Recette's double hair bubbles. * [[Improbable Age]]: Recette is maybe 13 years old at oldest and opens up her own business. Justified though due to her [[Disappeared Dad]] leaving her no real choice and having Tear to guide her. * [[Meaningful Name]]: Amongst other meanings, "Recette" in French can means "receipt" or "takings". * [[The Messiah]]: Recette: reforming villains left and right by sheer force of adorability. * [[Parental Abandonment]]: Recette's father left home on an adventure and never came back. It's not clear what happened to her mother. In Lapis Ruins, {{spoiler\|Recette abandons her own father in the dungeon after feeling too embarrassed at her father's terrible state.}}. In the ending theme, {{spoiler\|Recette gives someone (apparently Louie, since he's the one who frequently reminds her of her father) a sandwich her mother made.}}. * [[The Pollyanna]]: Recette generally sees the best in people and, while bad news can make her panic, she adjusts very quickly. * [[The Pollyanna]] * [[Shipper on Deck]]: Subverted,: she feels Griff is in love with Tear and actively says she doesn't want that to happen. * [[Sweet Tooth]]: Though she pales in comparison to Tielle. * [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Her [[Cheerful Child]] outlook on life occasionally slips into this when she takes bad events in stride with surprising maturity. * [[Wise Beyond Their Years]] * [[Young Entrepreneur]]: Forced to become one. <br clear="all" /> === Tear === [[File:Recettear Tear 1841.gif\|frame\|Merde... really now...]] Recette's straight-laced, long-suffering fairy advisor. She's the one who has been sent to collect on the loan Recette's father has seemingly skipped out on. Seeing that Recette had no way of paying her back immediately, Tear is the one who suggested starting the item shop. There are times she wonders if this was such a good idea, though... Tear is a fairy, not a human. As such, she doesn't really think like a human, and there are times when the behavior of Recette or others absolutely mystifies her. She's cool and analytical, but she isn't cruel; she seems to honestly want to help Recette, in addition to getting the loan repaid. ---- * [[Bare Your Midriff]]: As clearly visible in her portrait. * {{spoiler\|[[Becoming the Mask]]:}}: While she was sent by Terme Finance to help Recette with her debt, {{spoiler\|this was nothing but a cover for her main duty, which was to gather information in Pensee and report it back to Avall. Once she got the relevant information, she realized no mortal should know about it and focused on taking care of Recette.}}. * [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Starts out as one, but relaxes her attitude a bit once Recette's gotten a hold of things. * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Her most common attitude, acting as a foil to Recette and everyone else. * [[Fairy Companion]]/[[Exposition Fairy]]: To Recette. In fact, {{spoiler\|[[Fairy Companion]]s were specifically bred by [[The Fair Folk]]; upon being genocided by humanity due to them being....~~TheFairFolk~~ [[The Fair Folk]]. Facing extinction, they recreated themselves into something; anything that humanity would find useful and not kill off. This involved inhuman breeding, training, and banishing of anyone who showed aspects of the old ways.}}. Is kind of this for adventurers in the dungeons. {{spoiler\|Was this to Avall until she stopped reporting back to him.}}. * [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: [[Gratuitous French\|"Merde"]], which Tear likes to say when Recette or others are being particularly frustrating. * [[Gratuitous French]]: See [[Foreign Cuss Word]] above. * [[Insistent Terminology]]: Tear ''is'' a loan shark. She just doesn't like being referred to as one. * [[Loan Shark]]: Subverted. Tear is essentially a loan shark, but she's committed to helping Recette pay off her father's debts and even gives her the idea of starting an item shop. However, she still won't bat an eye at repossessing Recette's house and kicking her to the street if she can't pay up in time. * [[Meganekko]]: As clearly visible in her portrait. * {{spoiler\|[[The Mole]]:}}: {{spoiler\|See [[Becoming the Mask]]. above}}. * [[Only Sane Man\|Only Sane Woman]]: Considering how weird everyone else is, this is not difficult to become. * [[Only Sane Man]] <br clear="all" /> Line 60: [[File:Recettear Louie 5708.gif\|frame\|You guys are pretty new at all of this too, huh?]] A newly-arrived adventurer who Recette soon befriends. In a different sort of tale, Louie may well have been our protagonist -: brave, earnest, loyal and trustworthy, he's everything you could want from a swordsman. Too bad he's also dead broke and doesn't seem likely to be any less broke anytime soon. Louie is the first adventurer you get, and he fights with a sword &and shield. His repertoire of special moves is a bit limited, but if you can help him out with equipment, he can become quite formidable! ---- * [[Denial of Diagonal Attack]]: Louie has a wide attack arc to compensate for this. * [[The Ditz]]: It's no surprise that he and Recette get along well and drive Tear crazy. * [[Expy]]: Gameplay wise, of [[The Legend of Zelda\|Link (2-D)]]. * [[Heroic Wannabe]]: Wants to sign up for the hardest missions at the pub that no one's taking because the reward would set him for life. Not really bright enough to realize ''why'' no one is taking the best-paying missions. * [[Heroic Wannabe]] * [[Idiot Hero]]: Emphasis on "idiot.". * [[Jack of All Stats]]: He's right in the middle in terms of speed, range, and power, though his shield and wide attack range also make him perfect for beginners. * [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: Louie has the ability to block certain attacks with his shield. * [[Meaningful Name]]: Louie's name in the original Japanese is "Lui", which can stand in for both "Louis" (as more or less translated in English) or "Lui": "Him", as in, "that generic guy". * [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Eventually, he resorts to eating plants growing around the town square. * [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Potentially. He tends to request scarves and other cold-weather items, and his True Card has a piece of his muffler attached. * {{spoiler\|[[Ship Tease]]: His true card says he'll be with Recette forever, that said, just say with a straight face that there's no chance he might have a crush on her.}}. * [[Sword Beam]]: Signature attack for Louie once he's leveled up a bit. <br clear="all" /> Line 84: Charme is a dagger-wielding thief. In dungeons, she's a bit faster than other characters (and can equip shoes that allow her to go even faster), can sprint by double-tapping a direction, and possesses several unique skills that she's apparently picked up from her life of crime. ---- * [[Bare Your Midriff]]: As seen in the portrait. * [[Bird Run]]: Due to dual wielding knives. * [[Bottle Fairy]] * [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Especially compared to Nagi. ** {{spoiler\|[[Playing Drunk]]: She's actually a lot less drunk than she lets on}}...}} * [[Cool Big Sis]]: Charme is one to Recette during the [[Bottle Fairy\|rare times she isn't drunk]]. * [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]/[[Defeat Means Playable\|Playable]]: How Recette first meets Charme. Tear doesn't think that telling a thief who just tried to rob you where your item shop is located is such a great idea though. * [[Difficult but Awesome]]: It will take a lot of practice, but if mastered, her block can stop nearly all enemy attacks. * [[Doppleganger Attack]]: One of Charme's abilities is to create a temporary shadow that can attack along-side her mimicking her actions. She can create quite a few at one time. * [[Dual-Wielding]]: Charme only looks like she dual wields daggers as her sprite has a blade in each hand. But she only equips one weapon and only attacks once. Well, until [[Doppelganger Attack\|you make clones of her.]]. ** [[Fridge Brilliance\|Her parry ability uses the other dagger.]]. * [[Easily Forgiven]]: By Recette, anyway. * {{spoiler\|[[Fallen Princess]]: You hear about this from time to time in the game. One of the more prominent examples is when Nagi and Charme are seen in an event at the bar. Both are talking, and at one point, Nagi notices and asks Charme about her very refined eating manners, hinting that it's something only royalty would do. Charme despite being "drunk" immediately tries to change the subject}}. * {{spoiler\|[[Fallen Princess]]}} * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Possibly unintentional on the part of the translators, but her fondness for the word "berk" is this. It's actually short for the cockney rhyming slang "Berkley [[Country Matters\|Hunt]]", and given Charme's other mannerisms, the character might just know this. * [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]]: She's spotted in the bar during many evening/night events there. * [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me]]: Charme mentions wanting to do this with Recette. She was drunk and possibly kidding though. * [[Loveable Rogue]]: Charming, refined manners and good looks? Yes. Can be ruthless at the job, even threatening ''murder''? Double-yes. * [[Loveable Rogue]] * [[Never Live It Down]]: [[In-Universe]], it takes a while for Tear to warm up to Charme, but then again, she did try to rob them before. * [[Redemption Demotion]]: Charme's hitpoints go down drastically, and she loses the fiery charge and web shooting abilities when she starts working for you. She eventually re-learns the special moves on levelling up though. * [[Redemption Promotion]]: On the other hand, Charme gains the [[Doppleganger Attack\|Mirror Image ability]] only after she starts working for you. * [["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]: Unlike all the previous bosses, she will actively circle around, leap away if cornered, and quickly punish you if you miss with an attack. She may also throw down some traps that will restrict your movement in the arena. <br clear="all" /> === Caillou === [[File:Recettear Caillou 8132.gif\|frame\|Awwww maaaan, you gotta be... ahem. Well, yes, that's acceptable.]] Caillou is, at first glance, simply a young boy in odd-looking clothes. You call him a "boy" at your own peril,; however -... despite his age, Caillou is an accomplished magician and is very proud of his achievements. Even though he's young, he speaks and acts in a fashion far beyond his years (usually), and seems to expect to be treated like an adult in kind. He finds it just a little hard to believe that someone like Recette could be nearly as successful as he is, though... Caillou is a magic-user, and thus controls fairly differently than the other adventurers. He's a bit fragile, but his repretoire of special attacks is unmatched, and his magic staves work quite differently from most other weapons, too! ---- * [[Beam Spam]]: His signature attack. * [[Black Mage]]: He's a [[Squishy Wizard]] who has a grand total of one utility spell, with the rest being solely for offense and weak melee combat ability (though said melee attack and its fireball version also recharge his mana). * [[Black Mage]] * [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: He hates being treated like a child, even though he has shown some childish tendencies. * [[Emergency Weapon]]: Caillou's standard attack is downright pitiful, but does return some of the damage done as MP. * [[Genius' Sweet Tooth]]: He's a child wizard who keeps an eye out for promotional mud pies and used to go to church for the candy. * [[Genius' Sweet Tooth]] * [[Insufferable Genius]]: Is charitably this, or not-so-charitably just a [[Jerkass]]. * [[More Dakka]]: Caillou can hold down the ability key to spam one of his magic in a cone, though it runs on mana to keep him restricted. Line 126 ⟶ 127: [[File:Recettear Tielle 2783.gif\|frame\|That's right, I need to find sis!]] Tielle is that rarest of things -: an elven child. Roughly Recette's age, she came to Pensee with her older sister, but after a trip to a certain dungeon, has gotten lost... and she may have trouble trusting strangers in her fear. Tielle is an archer, and thus all of her attacks hit the enemy from range. If she takes time to prepare (by you holding down the attack button), she can even perform some very impressive trick shots... that can cause a lot of damage! ---- * [[The Archer]]: Has the obligatory [[Multishot]], [[Trick Arrow\|trick arrows]] and ability to single handedly bring down a [[Rain of Arrows]]. * [[Badass Adorable]]: Anybody who can do what she can with a bow ''has'' to be [[Badass]] and she's definitely adorable. One of her abilities is even named "[[Super Mode\|Cuterage!]]"! * [[Beam Spam]]: Her signature attack. * [[Big Eater]]: Especially when it comes to sweets. * [[Charged Attack]]: Tielle's bow is a hold-type charge, with 6 power levels (0-5). At 0, the arrow travels a short distance and then falls to the ground., at 1, it flies in the fired direction indefinitely, at 2 she shoots 3 arrows as such, at 3, 5 arrows, at 4, 5 arrows in front of her and one behind her, and at 5, 5 in front, 3 behind. ** She gets a 7th level when she enters "Berserk Mode": 5 arrows on both sides with a slight power increase. She also charges ''a lot faster'' when berserked, going from 0-6 in less than 3 seconds. * [[Cowardly Boss]]: The fight with Tielle has the adventurer chasing her down through three different rooms while clearing a path through various crates to reach her, after which Tielle runs off to the next room. The last room is where the adventurer gets to fight her proper. Justified as Tielle is lost in the dungeon at the time and understandably scared. Line 149 ⟶ 150: Elan is a somewhat gruff but good-natured aspiring priest who focuses on training his body as well as his mind. He seems to have an attachment to the Pensee orphanage, and tries his best to make the lives of the children there better. He seems attached to one former orphan in particular... In combat, Elan is purely a brawler -: all he needs are his fists, helped along by gloves. He can land quite a few blows faster than anyone else Recette can hire, but it means getting pretty close to your foes! ---- * [[Gentle Giant]]: His dialog portrait<ref>All of which appear to be scaled correctly against each other, save fairies, who seem to get sized up.</ref> towers over everyone else, yet he's a priest in training who spends what little money he has on presents for orphans and even wants to run an orphanage himself. * [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]]. * [[Meaningful Name]]: "Elan" is French for "spirit" or "zeal", and can also mean "momentum" or "running up". * [[Never Live It Down]]: [[In-Universe]], it's only about the fifth time meeting Elan buying sweets for orphans, discussing his ([[Training from Hell\|insane]]) training regimen, or how he's a priest in training that Tear finally realizes that Elan's not so bad in spite of coming across him running up a bar tab he couldn't pay the first time she met him. * [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Elan is at one point noted to be even worse off than Louie, and not just with bar tabs -... Elan's shopping budget is much, much lower. * [[Shoryuken]]: A favored move of Elan's. * [[Warrior Monk]]: In training. <br clear="all" /> === Nagi === Line 173 ⟶ 174: * [[No Sense of Direction]]: You first meet Nagi in the Jade Way. You find her lost there (or in other dungeons) four more times before she makes it to your store. And yet, when you meet her in the dungeon the third time, after Recette gives her the directions to her shop... {{quote\|'''Nagi''': [[Hypocritical Humor\|Oh, don't worry. My sense of direction is excellent. I think I can find your shop with no problems at all.]].}} * She later admits she was wrong in that regard. Recette and Tear actually express shock when Nagi somehow manages to find the store. Line 179 ⟶ 180: {{quote\|'''Recette''': {Jokingly} You didn't get so lost that you ended up here, right? '''Tear''': Oh, do not be cruel. Even Nagi could not manage that. '''Nagi''': {After a long pause} Ah, well... }} Further hinted at in a different cutscene -: Nagi mentions she's not much good at using a knife and fork yet. Maybe she's used to chopsticks? <br clear="all" /> === Griff === Line 186 ⟶ 187: ---- * [[Badass]]: Just play him in a dungeon and say, with a straight face, that he's not. * [[Badass Cape]]: Well, cloak rather, but it certainly makes him look very cool. * [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]/[[Defeat Means Playable\|Playable]] * [[Final Boss]]: His is the final dungeon you can access before the postgame. Line 193 ⟶ 194: * [[Noble Demon]]: He is disdainful to humans and by extention, fairies due to their submission to humans. Still, he doesn't do much evil even before he gets defeated and clearly comes off more as a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] than truly evil in Obsidian Tower. * [[Redemption Demotion]]: Not to the same degree as Charme since he keeps all his abilities and only really gets a fair HP deduction. * [[Specs of Awesome]]: Denotes his smarts. * [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He feels that the Demons were wrongfully banished by humans (and, technically, he's not ''that'' far from the truth) and wants to bring them back... by use of a [[Forgotten Superweapon]]. <br clear="all" /> === Arma === [[File:Recettear Arma 9144.gif\|frame\|"Missarma". Negative. Arma.]] ---- * {{spoiler\|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]:}}: In the Lapis Ruins storyline {{spoiler\|by Avall.}}. * {{spoiler\|[[Dungeon Master]]: She is the administrator of the entire region and all dungeons in it}}. * [[Emotionless Girl]] * [[Golem]] * [[Meaningful Name]]: Arma's name complements another fellow Golem {{spoiler\|and final boss of the story mode,}} Geddon. It also means "weapon" in several languages. * [[More Dakka]]: Some of Arma's equipment allows her to spam bullets in a large range as her standard attack. * [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: Arma's various weapons give her a wide range of attack options with impressive stats, and several even recreate the special attacks of other adventurers while being based on a quickly-recharging ammo bar with no significant nerf. In fact, her only real drawback is she joins you last, yet starts at level 1. On the other hand, she's your reward for clearing every adventuring challenge save the [[Brutal Bonus Level]], so this was probably intentional. * [[Robot Girl]]: A magical one, specifically a golem. * [[This Is a Drill]]: One of her weapons. * [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Arma's special attack. You can only fire it once, and it consumes all your SP; you need to completely refill your SP bar to fire again. Line 218 ⟶ 219: The master of the Merchant's Guild, and one of Recette's most important allies. He oversees the activities of all the merchants in the city, and handles wholesaling of items to anyone registered with the Guild. Staying on his good side is probably a wise idea, but he's naturally rather protective of Recette in any case. He even keeps the guild open late at night, although that might be in part to avoid going home... ---- * [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"~~\|Everyone~~]]: ~~Calls~~His ~~Him~~actual name is never given, he's just referred to as the Guild Master]]. * [[Henpecked Husband]]: Implied in his interactions. He often refers to his wife as [[Rumpole of the Bailey\|"She Who Must Be Obeyed"]], and he keeps the guild open 24-7 and visits the pub to avoid going home. <br clear="all" /> Line 232 ⟶ 233: * [[Rich Bitch]]: Players will love her precisely for this reason. You can present ridiculously high prices for already ridiculously pricey items, and she is always ready to pay for it. ** She's also the only customer who will gravitate towards treasures without explicitly asking for them. * [[The Rival]]: Appeared to be this to Recette in their initial encounter. However, there are no game mechanics that actually have her compete against Recette, and in fact, she will be your favorite customer as she buys at some of the highest percentages. {{spoiler\|The subversion is intentional in the end since what Alouette really wants is a ''friend'', not a rival.}}. * [[Tsundere]]: To Recette, Type A. She is nothing ''but'' tsundere in the Lapis Ruins storyline. <br clear="all" /> Line 240 ⟶ 241: The self-proclaimed guardian to Alouette. She has quite the history with Alouette's family and owes a great deal of gratitude to Alouette's father. As acting guardian, she often acts as the voice of reason to her young charge. While she, like Tear, is a fairy, she seems to have a better grasp on human concepts. In particular, she has a fondness for biting sarcasm which she delights in using at every opportunity. ---- * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Even moreso than Tear, and she's rather blunt about it too. * [[Fairy Companion]] / [[Exposition Fairy]]: For Alouette. {{spoiler\|Subverted in that she's ''not'' contracted to Alouette, and is in fact Free. However, she helps Alouette out due to respect to her father, who freed her. Also, it's probably not a good idea to advertise that she's not Bound.}}. * [[Only Sane Man]]: For Alouette. <br clear="all" /> Line 253 ⟶ 254: Despite her underhanded nature, rare treasures lie buried among her many trinkets, but only if Euria is feeling particularly generous. ---- * [[Con Man]]: Especially when she comes into your shop to sell stuff. She just ''loves'' to try and sell you stuff at over 300% the base price, and that's only because you usually don't have enough money to fulfill her standard ''500%'' demand. * [[Con Man]] * [[Honest John's Dealership]] <br clear="all" /> Line 259 ⟶ 260: The head of Terme Finance, and the man Recette owes her debt to. ---- * [[Big Bad]]: Technically this, since he's the one forcing Recette to pay a ridiculously huge sum in a short amount of time. {{spoiler\|He plays this straight in the Lapis Ruins storyline in which his [[Evil Plan]] is to control the power of the dungeons. The debt was also a lie to give Tear an opening to gather information about the dungeons.}}. * {{spoiler\|[[Xanatos Gambit]]: If Recette fails to pay her debt, he gets a new shop to expand his business with. If she ''does'' succeed in paying it off, than, through Tear's reports, he'll have all the information he needs to take control of the world's dungeons, and by extension, the ''world''.}}.▼ * [[Complete Monster]]: Is after power, and is willing to do anything, ''anything'' to get it. {{quote\|"Those who attempted it are now [[Eye Scream\|bleeding out of their eye sockets]], [[Bad Boss\|but it doesn't matter]]. They were successful and {{spoiler\|[[Grand Theft Me\|now I have full control over]] [[Golem\|this]] [[Robot Girl\|terminal]].}}}} ▲* {{spoiler\|[[Xanatos Gambit]]: If Recette fails to pay her debt, he gets a new shop to expand his business with. If she ''does'' succeed in paying it off, than, through Tear's reports, he'll have all the information he needs to take control of the world's dungeons, and by extension, the ''world''.}} ---- {{quote\|<small>Back to ''[[~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}~~Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale]]''</small>}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~{{ROOTPAGENAME}}~~Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale]] [[Category:~~{{SUBPAGENAME}}~~Characters]]