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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: He never runs out of arrows. And he can pull them out of absolutely nowhere. If you're bored enough, try climbing a tree and firing arrow after arrow into it - eventually the arrows will teleport back to Wander's hands! And if that gets old, you can also riddle the Colossi with the ''Harpoon of Thunder''.
* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]: Both weapons need to be used to even stand a chance of taking down the Colossi.
* [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]: {{spoiler|At the end of the game, Dormin possesses Wander's body completely and turns him into what is presumably Dormin's true form, which the player has full control over. The only problem is he's so big compared to the hall he's in that he can't stand up to his full height and has to crawl (slowly) and can't turn around properly. }}.
* [[Determinator]]: Is he ever; since he's not the best fighter, this is his biggest strength in fighting the Colossi.
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]:}} In a sense.
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* {{spoiler|1=[[Raise Him Right This Time]]/[[And Your Reward Is Infancy]]: He gets turned into a baby at the end, but whether or not it's to redeem him is left up to interpretation.}}
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Whether Mono's fate was [[Curse|cursed]] or not, Wander is going to do whatever he can to reverse her death.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith a "The"]]: Because of ambiguous characters in it, his name is variously translated as "The Wanderer", "Wander", and in what is almost certainly a mistranslation, [[Gender Blender Name|Wanda]]<ref>"Wander" and the transliteration of "Wanda" have the same characters in Japanese</ref>.
** The official Sony Entertainment Japan page of the [[PSPlay Station 3]]-based re-release spells his name "Wander" in Romanji.
* [[Tragic Monster]]: When he's possessed, at least from Lord Emon's point of view.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Lord Emon tells him that he's been used {{spoiler|just before having him shot and stabbed.}}
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* [[Dark Is Evil]]: There was probably ''some'' reason Dormin was sealed, and being an evil entity is one explanation. They are also pretty cagey about exactly what price Wander will have to pay to revive Mono, and do possess him at the end.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: On the other hand, not only do They warn Wander about the consequences of their deal, but They actually care enough to keep Their end of the bargain, and (whether or not this was intentional) save Wander's life when both could have been destroyed, possibly even qualifying as a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]]: Played with. Dormin actually tries to ''dissuade'' Wander, but in any case they end up making an agreement. There's no clear indication that the consequences of Wander's actions are either side effects of the spell or Dormin's actual manipulations, but this trope certainly applies in that the fate Wander faces is not pleasant. It's not even clear that Dormin actually is a devil or demonic entity, either, aside from the physical appearance of Their manifestation at the end. Certainly, there was a part of the deal Dormin did not elaborate on, merely mentioning a 'price' Wander would have to pay, and you don't find out what that price is until you defeat the last Colossus... and even then it's not entirely clear that the price - Dormin possessing Wander's body - would have been permanant.
* [[Everybody Hates Hades]]: They do have some control over dead souls, and if seen in a positive or neutral light They seem to fall into this.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
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* [[Royal We]]: Dormin speaks in this way.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: {{spoiler|1=Dormin = Nimrod, referring to the Old Testament king [[Captain Ersatz|known for being a mighty hunter, building an imposing tower and wearing a horned crown.]]}} Also a slang term for an idiot, which is fun for players frustrated with Their [[Sarcasm Mode|"helpful"]] hints.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Maybe. Again, there must have been ''some'' reason They were sealed off, and They ''do'' look quite demonic after possessing Wander. Then again, They ''do'' save Wander, albeit in a de-aged form and possibly not intentionally, and Their dialogue suggests They was going to give the man's body back. Because of this They can also interpreted as a [[True Neutral|Sealed Neutral In A Can]] or even a [[Sealed Good in Aa Can]].
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Dormin's subtitles use archaic pronouns and possessives. Butchered, improper archaic, which makes it somewhat [[Narm|funny]].
 
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* [[Damage Sponge Boss]]: Once you're actually up on them, most bosses become this.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Especially against the bigger, fiercer ones, like Barba, Basaran, and Malus.
* [[Eyes Are Unbreakable]]: This is why [[Go for Thethe Eye|Go For The Eyes]] is a useless strategy in all but one special case.
* [[Eye Lights Out]]
* [[For Massive Damage]]: Sometimes it's alarming how much damage a single stab can do to a Colossus' weak point. As you'd imagine, the later bosses usually require more stabs to bring them down. In Hard Mode again, the Colossi show more resistance {{spoiler|and sometimes have more weak points to attack}}.
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Colossus number two. Resembles a gigantic bull.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Cows]]: Definitely not if the cow in question is [[Attack of the Fifty50 Foot Whatever|fifty feet tall]], made of stone and weighs as much as a cathedral.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Even for a Colossus, Quadratus is ''slow''. Once it does catch up to you, it takes a ridiculously long time to initiate its attack, and its aim is abominable. You can just stroll away from it if you get bored.
* [[Nightmare Face]]: The mask.
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* [[Cat and Mouse Boss]]: You'll spend most of the battle being chased by it, but once its weak point is exposed it's your turn to chase it [[Chasing Your Tail|while it is trying to chase you]].
* {{spoiler|[[Didn't Need Those Anyway]]: See [[Ring Out Boss]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: Well, Frighten It With Fire, anyway.}}
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Celosia will come as a shock to anyone who has gotten used to fighting the [[Mighty Glacier]] Colossi so far.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]: Though many fans also likens him to a [[A Load of Bull|bull]].
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Colossus number sixteen. Instead of climbing a tower to get to this one, it ''is'' a tower.
* [[Battle in Thethe Rain]]: The eternal day finally starts to darken as Wander approaches the last boss arena. When he's reached that arena, it starts to rain heavily and fierce winds blow in from the sea.
* [[Colossus Climb]]: Yes, we realize this is the point of the entire game. Malus still stands out as an example, because he is fucking HUGE. ''Don't fall''.
* [[Death Course]]: You'll have to do a particularly sadistic one to even get to it. In itself, the route isn't perilous, since the walkways and ridges are clear, but Malus makes it a nightmare of a journey with its one particular attack.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Assuming the name is canon, Malus' name means "evil". It certainly looks demonic in appearance: at first glance, it resembles [[Fantasia]]'s Chernobog.
* [[Sad Battle Music]]: Unlike the others that preceded it, Malus has a single, sad musical score that does not change while the battle progresses. It's oddly fitting, considering that {{spoiler|you lost your horse just before getting there}}, and there's nowhere else to go but to defeat the boss and finish the game.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Maybe, considering you can only reach it by opening a sealed door after killing all the others.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: [[Nintendo Hard|Reaching his feet without using the cover provided.]] For the record, ''it's been done,'' and is in fact a favored tactic of [[Speed Run|speedrunners]]. It first involves running in ''[[Violation of Common Sense|a straight line towards him]]'' by following an ''extremely specific'' course and accompanying set of instructions. Practically ''every single move'' you make has to be pixel-perfect or else you'll get blown away by Malus' deadly-accurate bolts.
* [[Shock and Awe]]/[[Balls of Fire]]: Malus' one attack is a blast of what are either lightning bolts ore fireballs from its left hand. Unlike the lightning bolts of Pelagia or Basaran, Wander has no hope of withstanding the attack out in the open and must stay behind cover whenever it is fired.
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