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A year later, an expansion pack '''''Ambition of the Illuminus''''' was released. This time it took the form of a stand-alone game that replaced Ethan with a [[Featureless Protagonist|player-made character]] as the main character. While the first half of this expansion ("Episode 2") could be played either offline or online, the second half ("Episode 3") could only be played on the online Network Mode.
''Episode 2'' is set after the events of Universe and features the [[Player Character]] as a GUARDIANS rookie fresh out of boot camp and under the critical eye of their instructor, Laia Martinez. Ethan Waber is [[Rogue Protagonist|on the lam]] after (supposedly) attempting to assassinate the president of the GUARDIANS. The story concerns Laia's attempts to track him down and unravel a sinister conspiracy created by the secret human-supremacy organization known as the ''Illuminus''.
''Episode 3'' directly continues the storyline of ''Episode 2''. Having been promoted to Instructor, the [[Player Character]] is given the responsibility of tutoring Lumia Waber, Ethan's little sister and new GUARDIANS recruit. However, the Illuminus/SEED conspiracy is reaching its final stages, and Lumia finds herself a target of their plot.
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''Shadow of the Arkguard,'' a moving comic which takes place a month after ''Episode 1'' and alongside ''Episode 2'' that fills in details not found in any of the games.
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: In the Story Mode for ''Illuminus'', completing one of the ''Episode 2'' story missions unlocked more clothing options (as well as other items). This had to be done only once with a character; all other characters in the save file would earn the reward as well, whether or not they had progressed at all.
* [[Bad Export for You]]: The Japanese version of ''Phantasy Star Portable'' allowed one to transfer their character from ''PSU'' ... but this feature was removed from the localized version. Downloadable missions were also only released in Japan, leaving some weapons unobtainable in the localized versions.
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 2 Chapter 4 in ''Portable 2 Infinity''.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: {{spoiler|Orson was originally [[The Mole|an Illuminus Spy]], before Dallgun convinced him to betray them}}.
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* [[Big Bad]]: Howzer for the entire series.
** Magashi in both games.
** Helga in ''Phantasy Star Portable.''
** In ''Portable 2'', {{spoiler|Shizuru, who is controlled by Kumhan the Sun King,}} takes over.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Any Beast, large or small, can temporarly transform into a massive version of themselves with [[Super Strength]] to match through a technique called "nanoblasting." Canon-wise, Leogini Santosa Berafort is the ''literal'' Big Guy of the cast (of the [[Gentle Giant]] variety). Tonnio Rhima, on the other hand, blends [[Cute Bruiser]] with [[Boisterous Bruiser]].
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* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Big Brother]]: Yut's brother was murdered by Shizuru, {{spoiler|who was under Kumhan's control at the time}}.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: Mika {{spoiler|is the only Ancient who goes against Kumhan's plan to use their creations as vessels. Kumhan also states that during the time of the Ancients, Mika was the only one who openly opposed his tyrannical rule.}}
* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|Vivienne}} does this to {{spoiler|Lou... Twice.}}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Episode 3, {{spoiler|1=Ethan and Karen, trapped within the exploding HIVE, are rescued by a spirit barrier thanks to Mirei.}}
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Lucaim Nav, headmaster of the GUARDIANS Academy. Loves pinching the butts of his female students ... for training purposes, no less!
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** Alfort Tylor, whose nature as a [[Space Pirates|honorable space pirate]] is a reference to Tyler from ''End of the Lost Age.'' His ship, the Landeel, is ''also'' named after Tyler's ship.
** ''The Gurhal System Itself.'' Parum is an Expy of Palma, Moatoob is an Expy of Motavia, and Neudaiz is an Expy of Dezoris (putting aside the fact that most of its water is ''not'' ice, its name can be read as "New Dezo"). To top that off, ''Episode 3'' revealed that {{spoiler|there's even an Expy of ''Rykros'', named exactly the same and with the same "hidden" nature as Algol's Rykros}}.
** As a not Phantasy Star-related expy, Ethan is a [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed]] [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] whose shirt is white with colored sleeves: a dead ringer for [[Fate/stay night|Shirou Emiya]].
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Partner Machines will eat just about ''anything'' you feed them.
** [[Big Eater]]: Partner Machines can be fed one hundred items before they are "full" ... for half a day. May we remind you that a single item can be anything from edible restoratives to massive room decorations like stone columns?
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* [[Feed the Mole]]: Nav does this in ''Phantasy Star Portable'' when he "leaks" information to {{spoiler|Vivienne.}}
* [[Field Promotion]]: {{spoiler|After her adopted father President Dallgun's [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Laia becomes the new President of the GUARDIANS at his dying wish.}}
* [[Final Boss, New Dimension]]: The final form of {{spoiler|Dulk Fakis}} and {{spoiler|Dark Falz}} suddenly transport you into a place in space in the center of the Gurhal System. It's explicitly referred to as an alternate dimension in Episode 3.
* [[Fission Mailed]]: The final chapter in Episode three, depending on the subplot, {{spoiler|Howzer seemingly kills the player character after trapping him.}}
* [[Five Races]]: As of ''Infinity'', we have an ensemble of them, unconnected from Tolkien as they are. Bonus points for being able to assign them to the [[Five-Man Band]]:
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** Done twice in ''Portable 2''. First, Emilia does this to {{spoiler|Lumia in the VR simulation when she begins to take the mission too seriously.}} Later, {{spoiler|She would receive the same treatment from Kraz after she ran away believing that no one really cared about her.}}
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Lumia {{spoiler|until Portable 2.}}
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: The objective of [[Big Bad]] in Phantasy Star Portable 2 is {{spoiler|to do this on ''galactic'' scale in order to revive the ancient civilization and become its absolute ruler again}}.
* [[Happily Ever After]]: The Ending of Phantasy Star Portable 2!
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: As an NPC and in promotional art, Ethan's always depicted with some kind of sword—he'll often be shown using a [[Sword and Gun|one-handed saber and pistol]] or a two-handed blade.
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: The player's character in ''Ambition of the Illuminus'' on and in ''Phantasy Star Portable''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Constantly lampshaded]] in the latter.
** In ''Episode 3'', your character still doesn't talk ''visibly,'' but you are given options for dialogue that characters will react to as if you had said something.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|President Dallgun}} in ''Ambition of the Illuminus''. Possibly {{spoiler|Vivienne}} in ''Phantasy Star Portable''.
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: The GUARDIANS as of ''Episode 3''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: While Karen is voiced in the Japanese version by [[Rie Tanaka]], in the English version she's voiced by the [[Power Rangers Time Force|Pink Ranger]].
** Magashi is voiced by ''[[Norio Wakamoto]]'' in the Japanese version.
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** One humorous moment features the device that ''gives'' characters their hyperspace arsenal being stolen from the main character - leaving him in the middle of a city wearing only his underwear.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Ethan, in ''Episode 1''.
* [[Improbable Age]]: Many canon and player-made GUARDIANS are rather young. People can join the GUARDIANS as young as fourteen, and the player can make a character that looks (and sounds) even younger than that. [[CAS Ts]] and small beasts can look young without actually being young, but it doesn't explain the humans or newmans.
** The young recruitment age could potentially be justified in that the younger members probably aren't supposed to be doing much until they've been around for a few years (and the age has historical precedent with apprenticeships and such), but of course plot circumstances lead to everyone being needed no matter what. It gets worse when these members are promoted and taken along crucial missions despite being young and inexperienced.
** Hyuga {{spoiler|becomes the head of GRM at the age of seventeen.}} This is justified in that {{spoiler|almost everyone else in the company was arrested, and he ended up inheriting control.}}
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* [[Lovable Rogue]]: Tylor, who makes it a point not to hurt or rob from the poor.
* [[Male Gaze]]: The player's first impression of Chelsea in ''Portable 2''.
* [[Man Behind the Man]]: Howzer, especially after he {{spoiler|kills the leader of the Illuminus, Randolph Luntz}}. Also, {{spoiler|Kumhan behind Shizuru}} in Phantasy Star Portable 2.
* [[Manchurian Agent]]: {{spoiler|Vivienne}}.
* [[Masquerade]]: {{spoiler|After Mirei's death, Karen decides to take up her mantle as the Divine Maiden. One ending in Episode 3 reveals that she admitted the truth about Mirei as she retires as the Divine Maiden.}}
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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: The GUARDIANS make some pretty dubious decisions in the story. See [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]] for one of the most glaring examples. {{spoiler|It gets even worse in ''Portable 2.''}}
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Maya, who has the largest breast size in the game (larger than the maximum size for a player's character, in fact!). Her normal method of getting past men is to shamelessly flirt with them—it even worked on Fullyen Curtz, who was a staunch [[Fantastic Racism|CAST Supremacist]] at the time.
** Chelsea from Portable 2 also has a large rack, but she also has [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|a french accent in the english dub]] and a [[Absolute Cleavage|dress who shows lots of cleavage]].
* [[My Little Panzer]]: Gurhalian toy manufacturers have a thing for making [http://psupedia.info/Al_Tip their toys] [http://psupedia.info/Real_Hand_Gun_G just a] [http://psupedia.info/Hand_Spear little] [http://psupedia.info/Papillon_Dance too] [http://psupedia.info/Watergun powerful]. There's also weapons that [http://psupedia.info/Ank_Bico deliberately] [http://psupedia.info/Sig_R resemble] [http://psupedia.info/Robopitch_Grenade/C toys].
* [[Never My Fault]]: Happens twice in ''Episode 3'':
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* [[Plotline Death]]: {{spoiler|Mirei, Kou Taragi, and Warren Darren}}. Can also happen to {{spoiler|Orson Waber and Magashi}}.
* [[Precursors]]: The Ancients. Interesting in that {{spoiler|they turn out to essentially be humans themselves, who ended up destroying themselves because [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|humans just can't get along]]}}.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: The GUARDIANS Security Corporation, which was granted limited police powers by the Gurhal system's government. ''Portable 2'' introduces another company, Little Wing, which just so happens to be the subsidiary of Skyclad, a company best known in Gurhal for clothing and resorts.
* [[Puny Earthlings]]: Since [[Humans Are Average]], they are often overshadowed by the more specialized races.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Vol Brothers.
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* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: Lumia.
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|Vivienne, who finds out she is a Copy-CAST based on Helga to be used as an [[The Mole|Illuminus Spy]].}}
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tron Lines]]: Line Shields project their protective fields as glowing lines on a characters' clothing, and the designs in which they are woven are a major aspect of fashion in the setting.
* [[The Virus]]: The SEED-Virus.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: {{spoiler|Karen. Oh dear god, Karen. So much that her father goes as far as to kill her to prolong her sister's life.}}
* [[Too Slow]]: In your battle with Howzer, he occasionally shouts, [[Sonic the Hedgehog|"You're too slow!"]]
* [[Two-Part Trilogy]]: Episode 1 is mostly self-contained, but Episode 2 introduces lots of new things that are left unresolved until Episode 3.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: There has been rumors of a black beast Nanoblast form that wields twin axes existing in the game ... Then a black beast nanoblast form actually ''appeared'' in ''Phantasy Star Portable 2.'' While it doesn't have two axes, it does have a large blade on each arm.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: At the end of episode 3, {{spoiler|Tonnio is this to Liina. They get married between episode 3 and ''Portable 2''.}}
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Guy]]: Kraz is this to Emilia.
* [[Wetware CPU]]: {{spoiler|Emilia}} was turned into one by the GUARDIANS. {{spoiler|This led to a great deal of angst when she was treated more as a component in a machine than as an actual person}}.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Of a sort: at the end of ''Infinity'', Yut is {{spoiler|booted from his village until he returns with a wife.}} The only problem is that [[Chaste Hero|he has no idea what a wife is.]]
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Copy-CASTs apparently do not share the same rights as regular CASTs (Or any other race for that matter) as they're just machines {{spoiler|as Vivienne finds out from Lou.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In ''Episode 3'', Laia calls out Tylor on his decision to seal and abandon his allies in a SEED-infected mine.
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