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Characters of the ''[[
When looking at the characters, one can understand what class of Adept a character is by using these tropes as guidelines.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[Playing
* [[Blow You Away]]
* [[An Ice Person]]
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===Isaac===
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Isaac is a Venus Adept, a playable character in ''Golden Sun'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age'', and a main character in the overall ''Golden Sun'' series. He's the silent protagonist and party leader of the original ''Golden Sun'', and gains a speaking role in his appearance late in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age'' as a co-leader of the game's extended final party.
In ''Dark Dawn'', he keeps a cabin observatory which he uses to keep an eye on Mt. Aleph along with Garet, and also as a place to train his son, Matthew. He is greatly concerned over the unrest that has swept Weyard since the restoration of Alchemy, as well as eventual coming of the Mourning Moon, a devastating giant Psynergy Vortex that appears every decade.
[[Golden Sun
* [[BFS]]: Ragnarok summons one. Odyssey summons four, and then a fifth that goes [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Robin in the Japanese version, Vlad in the French version and Hans in the Spanish version.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: His mother wakes him up and tells him to evacuate for the disaster, and he goes and rescues Garet on his way out, then runs for help when Felix gets in trouble ''twice''. Three years later, he's helping fix the roof of the house, and by his mother's commentary he's apparently still upset he didn't do enough to help in the prologue. [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] much, Isaac?
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: In ''The Lost Age'', with lots of worrying over how his and Felix's parties will avoid coming to blows. They join up instead.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: First game only.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Felix can glean a rough estimate of Isaac's exploits across the Eastern Sea if you transferred data from the first game.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: For some reason, he dishes more damage then even [[The Big Guy|Garet]] by default.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Shows prowess in both combat and magic.
* [[Post-Victory Collapse]]: Not matter how well you do, in the last fight at Colossi he will always collapse after it's over.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Personality-wise, he's the Red to Felix. When he speaks in the second game, Isaac is a little more impulsive and abrasive.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Passes it on to Matthew.
* [[Took a Level
** Right after the Saturos boss fight, Alex comments on how quickly Isaac and Friends turned badass. After the Fusion Dragon fight, Felix says that Isaac's become so powerful it frightens him.
[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn|30 years later...]]
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* [[Assist Character
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Blue Oni]]: To Garet's [[Red Oni|Red]].
* [[Fountain of Youth
* [[Future Badass]]: He is ''ripped''.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: As noted above.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]:
* [[Hot Dad]]
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Older and Wiser]]
* [[Took a Level
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===Garet===
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Garet is a Mars Adept and a playable character in ''Golden Sun'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. He is the one who is tasked to personally accompany his closest friend
In ''Dark Dawn'', he joins Isaac in keeping watch over Mt. Aleph while trying to keep his son Tyrell in line. He's simmered down with age, but often gets irritated at Isaac's unflappable personality.
[[Golden Sun
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: He or Isaac are the only ones in your party in the first game able to wield axes.
* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Gerald in the Japanese version. The only one in the initial group it makes sense for due to character limits.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: To an extent. He's the most belligerent character of the party and tends to act thoughtlessly (his first scenes include him crushing his sister's flower garden without realizing it).
** As [[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: "It's at times like these that we men have to stick together!" from the prologue establishes his closeness with Isaac.
** His first scene after the prologue shows him mistakenly Moving a rock into his sister's flower garden and awkwardly trying to comfort Jenna about the loss of her entire family, which probably shows him more as a person: he's scatterbrained and inattentive and gets into trouble, but he's trying his best to be helpful.
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* [[Informed Flaw]]: Gluttony, pretty much contained to Fanon as he denies it in game.
* [[Irony]]: Despite being a Fire Adept, out of the original group he was the most eager to see the ocean for the first time.
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Magic Knight]]: He can become very magically powerful.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: By default
* [[No Name Given]]: With regards to his family, contrary to what [[Fan Wank|fans wanked]]. The first game's debug room named his family members as "Mr. Jerra",
[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
* [[Assist Character
* [[Badass Mustache
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He gets a couple of gems interacting with Isaac.
* [[Fountain of Youth
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]:
* [[Older and Wiser]]: He's really settled down over the years.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Garet doesn't think the kids are mature enough yet to go off on their own, and fights with Isaac when he suggests that they're far more independent than Garet gives them credit.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: He shows a lot of concern for his son during the prologue, and even outwardly shows more concern for Matthew and Karis than [[The Obi-Wan|Isaac]] seems to do. Goes to the point that he's the only one seeing them off on their journey, while Issac is too busy [[What the Hell, Hero?|sending off a messenger pigeon to wish his own son luck]].
* [[Red Oni]]: To Isaac's [[Blue Oni|Blue]], though it's notably less pronounced than it was 30 years ago.
* [[Took a Level
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Not too happy with Isaac's behavior in the tutorial dungeons, although he has enough trust in Isaac's judgment that he doesn't resist too much.
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===Ivan===
[[File:224px-GSIvan 980.jpg|frame]]
Ivan is a Jupiter Adept and a playable character in ''Golden Sun'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. As a party member, he is a mage-style Jupiter Adept who has an extremely similar successor in Sheba in the second game.
In ''Dark Dawn'', he lives in Kalay, the merchant city of his old caretaker Hammet the merchant. He designed the soarwing glider that allows one to fly using Psynergy. His daughter Karis is a childhood friend of Matthew and Tyrell.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Ambiguous Innocence]]: Since Psynergy is [[Invisible to Normals]], and he was raised by non-Adepts, he hasn't really had anybody to teach him the ethics of mind-reading: he has absolutely no qualm about reading people's minds and in fact makes you corner people in their inn room so he can read theirs. He's actually kind of a sneaky little thing, but you don't realize it because he's just so cute.
** [[Brick Joke]]: As Nyunpa predicted, [[Cursed
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: ...
* [[Creepy Child]]: Was seen as this by people unfamiliar with Psynergy (read: everyone except Hammet) before he met Isaac's gang.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Formerly Ewan.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: [[Mind Reading]] two total strangers, then being surprised when they object because [[Invisible to Normals|nobody's ever known what he was doing before]], and [[Mind Over Manners|he had no clue that was inappropriate]].
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* [[Happily Adopted
* [[It Sucks to Be
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: His speaking style is polite and fairly unassertive, yet he reads minds instinctively upon first meeting people, aware they can't tell what he's doing. Hammet is aware of his abilities and has made good use of him to get the upper hand in his trading.
* [[Mind Over Manners]]: Averted, though he initially [[Ambiguous Innocence|doesn't realize this is wrong]] and [[Moral Dissonance|later rationalizes it]].
* [[Mind Reading]]: Pretty much his signature ability, going by how much of his plot is about it.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The Shaman's Rod.
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[Raised
* [[The Smart Guy]]: He's pretty good at reading people, even without reading their minds. The implication is this is why Hammet takes him on his trading trips.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
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===Mia===
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Mia is a Mercury Adept and a playable character in ''Golden Sun'' and ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. She is the only mage-style Mercury Adept in either game, and is probably the only Adept that can be labeled the "designated healer" to the player's party in the default class setup. Her characterization is stronger in the Japanese text, generally speaking fairly politely, but drops it when when she she thinks she is alone or when particularly outraged (generally at Alex for betraying the clan).
She eventually gives birth to Rief, a party member in ''Dark Dawn'', as well as Nowell, an NPC from the same game.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
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* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A memorable quote for being quite unexpected from the sweet [[White Magician Girl]]:
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: After joining Isaac's party, she largely diminishes in significance for the rest of the first game, and as stated above, she doesn't get much dialogue in the second (though it's actually ''more'' than just three lines). She still plays a role regarding her relationship with Alex, but it's not even brought up until near the end of the duology. Considering even Ivan, Sheba, Piers and Kraden had more focused-on character arcs, this is especially egregious. It may be partially justified in that [[The Quiet One|she doesn't talk much anyway]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Mary (
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Her first scene, healing a sickly old man with her powers, reassuring his wife, then (only obvious in Japanese) privately cursing Alex when she realizes something is wrong with the lighthouse and, when she realizes they heard her, asking our heroes if they need help before
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[The Messiah]]: Heralded as such by the people of Imil.
* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]
* [[Not So Different
* [[Overshadowed
* [[The Quiet One]]: Especially in
* [[White Magician Girl]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]: The Japanese script has her say she failed her deceased father before insisting the group follow Alex specifically, creating an implication of this. The English version simply says she failed her clan and requests the group follow "them".
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===Felix===
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Felix is a Venus Adept, a playable character in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age'', and a main character in the overall ''Golden Sun'' series. He appears in ''Golden Sun'' as an NPC in league with the game's band of antagonists opposed to Isaac, but in ''The Lost Age'', the perspective of the narrative focuses on him as the main playable character. He is the elder brother of Jenna, and uncle to Matthew (though he's almost certainly never met his nephew).
After the party returned from their quest to light the lighthouses, he left on his own, and by the time of ''Dark Dawn'', no one has seen him since.
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: And how! Just watch his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] at Venus Lighthouse.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: During the first game.
* [[Badass]]: When you can stand up to a pair of pyromaniacs about thirty-times your level ''and not show any sign of retreating'', you qualify for the title.
* [[BFS]]: Same as Isaac.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Though mostly contained within Fanon, Felix is often shown as this towards Jenna. The thing is, since this is [[Fanon]], we're talking about here, it sometimes gets taken a [[Knight Templar Big Brother|few steps]] [[Brother-Sister Incest|further...]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Dramatic Unmask]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Garcia in the Japanese version and Pavel in the French version.
*
** {{spoiler|Pretty much cast as the villain in the ''Sun Saga'' stories you find in ''Dark Dawn''}}.
** {{spoiler|Some normally impossible to read text has many of the citizens of Prox mentioning this trope. They realize that despite everything Felix has done, that is, going to great lengths to save the entire world from destruction, nobody in his hometown of Vale would recognize his efforts}}.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Venus Lighthouse. Stands up to the villains for Sheba, but still leery ([[Took a Level in Badass|for good reason]]) of Isaac, and then his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] -probably his best remembered scene: {{spoiler|''jumping off the lighthouse'' to try and save Sheba}}- shows the heroic side [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|that will come into play in the next game]].
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[The Hero]]: During the second game.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: In the first game, though it isn't revealed until he becomes the player character in the second game.
*
* {{spoiler|[[Hero with Bad Publicity]]}}: In ''Dark Dawn''.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Similar to Isaac in this regard.
* [[Magic Knight]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: An interesting case; Felix is Latin for "lucky
* [[Put
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: His personality fits the typical Blue Oni mould: when he speaks, he's shown to be more aloof and less impulsive than Isaac is.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* [[Took a Level
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===Jenna===
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Jenna is a Mars Adept and a playable guest character in ''Golden Sun'' that becomes a main playable character in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. A childhood friend of Isaac and Garet's and the younger sister of Felix, Jenna quickly becomes a conventional damsel-in-distress character early on, until ''The Lost Age'' when she joins Felix's quest in full. As a result of her kidnapping between the games, she has matured fairly quickly, though it's only obvious in the Japanese script where her speaking style has changed dramatically.
In ''Dark Dawn'', she is said to live in Kalay along with other Vale survivors. She is the mother of Matthew, the game's protagonist.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Big Brother Worship]]: She addresses Felix ''very'' affectionately in the Japanese script.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Combat Medic]]: She'll eventually learn the Aura line of healing psynergy, but it isn't nearly as good as Mia's Wish spells.
* [[
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Jasmine in the Japanese version, Lina in the French version and Nadia in the Spanish version. [[Slayers|Lina?]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[First Girl Wins]]
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: In the very beginning of the first game, but she becomes fully playable in the second.
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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: When Sheba asks if she and Isaac are an item. Hoo boy.
* [[Magic Knight]]: While Jenna will probably be equipped with a staff through most of the game, she can also equip short swords. Every so often there will be an artifact sword that is a downgrade for Piers and Felix, but an upgrade for Jenna. By the end game, your will get a VERY powerful one for her.
* [[Missing Mom]]: In ''Dark Dawn''. Apparently, she lives in Kalay, but she isn't with Matthew and doesn't appear in-game.
* [[Playing with Fire]]
* [[The Red Mage]]: Offensive spells, debuffing spells and the ability to heal? Oh yeah, she qualifies.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: From being a [[Damsel in Distress]].
* [[Tsundere]]: "S-Stupid Sheba! [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|It's not like I'm blushing because I like Isaac or anything!]]" [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Poor Flameshippers]]. [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Poor]] [[Birds of a Feather|Mudshippers]] as well.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Isaac/Jenna has been confirmed as canon.
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===Sheba===
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Sheba is a Jupiter Adept introduced as an NPC in ''Golden Sun'' and becomes a playable character in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. As a party member, she is a mage-style Jupiter Adept in an extremely similar vein to Ivan in the first game.
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Like Jenna, she ditches the mantle in ''The Lost Age''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: She becomes pretty snarky in ''The Lost Age''.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Sole in the Spanish version, Cylia in the French version, Sara in the Italian version and Cosma in the German version.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Happily Adopted]]: She's only mildly disappointed not to learn where she came from. Her adopted folks are also very devoted to her, as shown in the first game.
* [[Mystical Waif]]
* [[Put
* [[Shipper
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Similar to Jenna, she goes from [[Damsel in Distress]] to a snarky [[Black Magician Girl]].
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===Piers===
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Piers is a Mercury Adept and a playable character in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. He is the only warrior-style Mercury Adept in either game and the only playable character in ''The Lost Age'' that is completely new to the series, in contrast to the other playable characters Felix, Jenna and Sheba who appeared in the first game in NPC and minor gameplay roles.
By the time of ''Dark Dawn'', he sails around Weyard in his ship and is considered a hero to the seafaring world for sailing the Sea of Time surrounding Lemuria, and is also friends with the Champan pirate Briggs, who ironically was unintentionally responsible for him being imprisoned in ''The Lost Age''. While he never appears to Matthew's party, he is instrumental in helping them obtain a sea-worthy ship.
* [[The Big Guy]]/[[The Smart Guy]]: Which, of course, makes him a [[Genius Bruiser]].
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Picard in the Japanese version and Aaron in the German version.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: The prison scene. He's innocent, but he'll wait for the mayor to prove that, instead of breaking out or trying to establish an alibi... because he's got a good one, but it would raise more questions than it would answer. Secretive, but law-abiding.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Apparently, another Lemurian trait, as Hydros and Conservato also show them in their thumbnail pictures.
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Being Lemurian, he gets this with a lot of people, albeit technically. It's funny to consider how he's a lot older than Briggs, or even [[Cool Old Guy|Kraden]].
* [[Irony]]: The first half of ''The Lost Age'' is getting Briggs the pirate to prove that law-abiding Piers isn't his accomplice. In ''Dark Dawn'', it's mentioned that they've since become best friends.
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: He can heal, cast magic and even has a decent physical attack skill.
*
* [[Play
* [[Privateer]]: Although [[In Name Only|it's just his class title]].
* [[Punny Name]]
* [[Put
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Subverted Trope|Maybe]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|He refuses to admit his age]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: By way of his name, in Japan he's [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Captain Picard]].
* [[Vague Age]]: Deliberately so.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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===Kraden===
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Though not an Adept of any kind, Kraden is a wise old sage who lives in Vale to study Alchemy and tutor Isaac and his friends. He is not a playable character, but he accompanies Felix throughout the entirety of ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age'' and is vastly important to the plot. In ''Dark Dawn'', he continues his Alchemy studies, and is the teacher of Mia's children, Rief and Nowell (as with the heroes of the first two games, the Golden Sun slowed down his aging as well, which is why he lived as long as he did without anything else to slow it down as with the Lemurian draught that slowed down the aging of Babi and the Lemurians the former took it from; he just ended up with this effect after he was already of old age).
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Sadly not playable. Of course, considering that he's a [[Muggle]], this does make sense.
* [[Gentleman and a Scholar]]
* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: In the first game; he is more of a free entity in ''The Lost Age''.
* {{spoiler|[[Irony]]: His entire scholarly life was started by trying to find the secret to immortality for Babi. By ''Dark Dawn'', Babi is dead of old age while Kraden has stopped aging due to his travels trying to find the secret for Babi. Whoops
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Though not necessarily quick-speaking, he certainly talks a ''lot'' and likely has the most lines in ''The Lost Age''. And, of course, he's the one with the [[Easter Egg]] line that results from answering "no" to [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|every question in the game]].
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Implied in the first game and discovered in the second as you uncover clues and details about his life. {{spoiler|He was a scholar for Lord Babi ever since he was four, and was sent to Vale on his behalf to study Alchemy
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Party in My Pocket]]: He seems to be able to avoid combat, leap across hazardous terrain, and traverse dangerous dungeons simply by walking into Issac (during the Sol Sanctum section of the first game), Felix (in all of ''The Lost Age''), and Matthew (in ''Dark Dawn'') beforehand.
* [[The Philosopher]]
* [[Shipper
** Possibly recurring in ''Dark Dawn'', where he claims that {{spoiler|Nowell is in love with Piers}}. No definite information to confirm, however; at least not until the
* [[Sir Not
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===Saturos===
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Saturos is a Mars Adept who along with his partner Menardi is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun'', and is typically considered the primary antagonist in the duo. He leads along with Menardi the original effort to break the seal on Alchemy and bring it back to the world of Weyard, and is opposed by Isaac's party all throughout the first game.
* [[Affably Evil]]: With shades of [[Laughably Evil]]. Cheerful and friendly towards the heroes in a much more casual, easygoing way than Alex is, and even gets a few [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky quips]] in.
* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Badass]]: His holding off the party single-handedly at Mercury Lighthouse
* [[Big Bad]]: He's explicitly referred to as the "leader of [his] raiding party" in the second game during Kraden's [[Mr. Exposition|summary]].
* [[Climax Boss]]: Is fought alone about a third of the way through the game.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Along with Menardi: after beating them, it's quite noticable that you still have quite a bit of the world left to explore (and the final two lighthouses not even being reached yet ''is'' rather conspicuous).
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]: He and Menardi fall ''inside the beacon'' after Isaac and co. defeat them. More specifically, they ''[[Driven to Suicide|cast themselves in there]]'' after their failure to stop the heroes even ''after'' their dragon fusion}}.
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Menardi.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Salamandar in the French version.
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Fusion Dance]]/[[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: In the first game's prologue.
* [[Insurmountable Waist
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Where do I even begin?
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Inverted
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Recurring Boss]]: Notably, if you count his [[Fusion Dance]] with Menardi and the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] in the prologue, Saturos is fought an epic ''four'' times
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Crafty trickster with a definite blue theme in his design. He's the blue oni to Menardi's red, but there's a case to be made for both of them as the red oni to Alex's blue.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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===Menardi===
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Menardi is a Mars Adept who along with her partner Saturos is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun''. She along with Saturos leads the original effort to break the seal on Alchemy and bring it back to the world of Weyard, and is opposed by Isaac's party all throughout the first game. She is the elder sister of Karst, who becomes an antagonist in a similar vein in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''.
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]
* [[Combat Medic]]: Casts from the Wish series of Psynergy... to be fair, fire-based healing didn't exist in the first game.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: She seemed to be this towards her little sister Karst.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Along with Saturos: after beating them, it's quite noticable that you still have quite a bit of the world left to explore (and the final two lighthouses not even being reached yet ''is'' rather conspicuous).
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]: She and Saturos fall ''inside the beacon'' after Isaac and co. defeat them. More specifically, they ''[[Driven to Suicide|cast themselves in there]]'' after their failure to stop the heroes even ''after'' their dragon fusion}}.
* [[The Dragon]]: Less obvious in the first game, where is appears that she and Saturos form a [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]. The sequel makes it clearer that she was his [[Number Two]].
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Saturos.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Phoenixia in the French version and Adexia in the Italian version.
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Fusion Dance]]/[[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: In the first game's prologue.
* [[Hot
* [[Insurmountable Waist
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
* [[Lady of War]]: The long hair, dress
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Inverted
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: The main reason that she is far more dangerous than Saturos.
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: [[Hot
* [[Scarf of Asskicking|Sash of Asskicking]]
* [[Sinister Scythe]]
* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]: Leggings under a knee-length dress, if her character art is to be believed.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
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===Agatio===
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Agatio is a Mars Adept who along with his partner Karst is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. The pair nominally follows in the footsteps of the original game's Saturos and Menardi and shares their goal of lighting the four Elemental Lighthouses and restoring Alchemy to the world, but seek vengeance upon Isaac in response to the deaths of Saturos and Menardi at his hands at the end of ''Golden Sun''. Of the two, Agatio appears to have the higher authority because he is more powerful.
* [[Anti-Villain]]
*
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: He doesn't go into combat with a weapon, though he does have the largest psynergy attack pool out of the fire clan members you fight ...which is roughly the definition of a [[Kung Fu Wizard]]!
* [[The Brute]]: He's stronger than Saturos, but lacks his charisma, [[Magnificent Bastard|magnificent bastard-ery]] and leadership skills. He is not stronger than Saturos. This is made very clear by talking to people in Prox. This is a case of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]].
* [[Climax Boss]]: Alongside Karst {{spoiler|at Jupiter Lighthouse. ''Twice'', if you wanna get technical}}.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: He sets a trap using Jupiter Lighthouse's mechanics to split up Isaac and company. When called on this, he justifies himself by pointing out that four-on-two isn't exactly fighting fair either, especially since [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|Mia has a type advantage]].
* {{spoiler|[[Death Equals Redemption]]}}
* [[The Determinator]]: Despite Karst being the one with a bigger beef against Isaac (and Felix, by association), he's the one who insists on
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Karst.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Hagartio in the German version
* [[Elemental Punch]]: In character art only.
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: His [[Genre Savvy]] behavior shows that he's no dumb muscle, as well as having the largest Psynergy movepool of the Mars Clan antagonists.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He is completely aware Alex is using him. [[Take That|He just doesn't care]].
** Also, he points out Mia's [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] and [[Combat Medic]] advantages and sets a trap to remove her from Isaac's group before they fight so she can be handled separately. This in particular falls into [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] territory.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: More so than all the other Proxians, considering he's the least easy-going even from the start. To his credit, he knows to reign himself in when it's necessary.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: The "huge guy" half.
* {{spoiler|[[I'm Cold... So Cold...]]}}
* [[Informed Flaw]]: The Nintendo player's guide claims that Agatio is stupid, possibly based on Alex calling him [[Dumb Muscle]] and admitting to [[Unwitting Pawn|using him as such]], and his refusal to abandon the fight with Felix. Clearly, Nintendo missed Agatio's [[Take That|reply to Alex about being used]], his impressive variety of Psynergy powers, and his weapons-grade [[Genre Savvy]].
*
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Same deal as Saturos and Menardi, above.
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Pragmatic Villain]]: He's willing to work with Alex, who treats him like [[Dumb Muscle]], and to bully around Felix, if that's what it takes to get the job done.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Story and Gameplay Segregation]]: Agatio is mentioned to be second to Saturos in Prox's [[Asskicking Equals Authority|strength-based heirarchy]]. Agatio has more robust stats, a wider variety of offensive Psynergy, and is all-around a tougher boss to fight than Saturos.
* [[Take Over the World]]: This is apparently what he wants the Proxians to do.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: With the fanbase, to the point of being considered a [[Replacement Scrappy]]: {{spoiler|fanfics that involves rescuing Karst tends to leave Agatio [[Incredibly Lame Pun|out in the cold]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Both averted and subverted. Agatio is well aware that Alex is using him to strong-arm Felix around, he ''just doesn't care'' as long as the Lighthouses get lit. This makes Agatio one of the very few people to canonly give ''Alex'' a [[Take That]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|to his face]].
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: While significantly more brutal and cruel that Saturos, his end goal is the same.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair
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===Karst===
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Karst is a Mars Adept who along with her partner Agatio is a main antagonist in ''Golden Sun: The Lost Age''. The pair nominally follows in the footsteps of the original game's Saturos and Menardi and shares their goal of lighting the four Elemental Lighthouses and restoring Alchemy to the world, but seek vengeance upon Isaac in response to the deaths of Saturos and Menardi at his hands at the end of ''Golden Sun''. Of the two, Karst is the more personal side, for Menardi was her sister.
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Avenging the Villain]]
*
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Climax Boss]]: Alongside Agatio
* [[Combat Medic]]: Can cast from the Aura series of Psynergy.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Easily the most human-like of the Fire Clan, and her [[Fan Service|fanservicey]] outfit doesn't hurt.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Equals Redemption]]}}
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Agatio.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Karstine in the French version and Dinariaa in the German version.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: "Where has Menardi gone? Where are you, my sister?"
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* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]: She knows that letting her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] get in the way of restoring Alchemy will be a Very Bad Thing, and so sets the issue aside. For now, at least.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Like her older sister, and like Agatio - she's better able to compose herself than either of them, however.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: The [[Waif Fu|(not so) "tiny girl"]] half
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Kiss of Death]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Karŝta means "hot" in Lithuanian.
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* [[Opera Gloves]]
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[The Red Mage]]: Villainous example, but she hits the same points as Jenna above. Offensive spells, healing spells
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: With
* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Just like her older sister before her.
* [[Stripperiffic]]
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* [[Vague Age]]: Fandom estimates range from teenager to young adult.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Again, more cruel and hateful than her predecessor, same end goal.
* [[You Killed My Father
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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===Alex===
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Mia's cousin and fellow Mercury Clan disciple, {{spoiler|and the closest thing the games have to a [[Big Bad]]}}. Very little is known about his motivations until the end, where it is revealed that {{spoiler|he is playing every side in an effort to obtain the [[Title Drop|Golden Sun]], which will grant him godlike power}}.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Certainly a whole lot more courteous and polite than Saturos and Menardi were, especially obvious in the Japanese script where his speech uses polite forms, even when saying he'll kill the main cast if they tried to finish off Saturos. {{spoiler|It may be all [[Faux Affably Evil|fabricated in order to further his own ambitions]], [[Manipulative Bastard|of course]]}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: Kinda? Maybe? He is '''''the''''' consistent antagonistic force between all three games but he appears subservient to Saturos in the first game; has every reason to wish the protagonists success in the second game, even if he is [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] and his motives considerably less altruistic than theirs; and the third game does little to clear up his [[Hidden Agenda Villain|Hidden Agenda]]. Still, when it comes to examining the series as a whole, he's the closest we've got.
* [[Big Bad Friend]]: Mia's friend/cousin/fellow apprentice; the game was never really clear about just how they are related beyond belonging to the Mercury clan. The Sun Saga books in ''Dark Dawn'', however, out him as Mia's cousin. {{spoiler|If you didn't pick up the Sun Saga books, careful analysis of a mistake Tret makes in ''Dark Dawn'' about Amiti's parentage cements the aspect
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: He betrayed the Mercury Clan before the game began, then he betrayed Felix's group by running off without them, then he hired Karst and Agatio just to rub salt in the wound before betraying ''them'' by [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity|healing Felix's group]] but ultimately betrayed the heroes a second time by {{spoiler|running off to Mt. Aleph to gain the Golden Sun's power}}. Considering that Karst and Agatio were just replacements for Saturos and Menardi in his eyes, it's extremely likely that he would have betrayed them too {{spoiler|had they not been killed}}.
** {{spoiler|And in the sequel, he betrays Amiti's mother before the story begins by leaving the nation. Later on, he openly backstabs Blados and Chalis, who were in turn planning on betraying Tuaparang and its High Empyror (something which Alex was implied to have already done) and then he [[Story and Gameplay Segregation|betrays]] ''[[Story and Gameplay Segregation|you]]'' by saying he'll handle Blados and Chalis while you fire up the Apollo Lens ''which he very clearly never does''
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]
* [[The Evil Genius]]: Definitely so in the first game. The sequel hints that he's being elevated to the status of [[Big Bad]], or perhaps was all along.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: It's not known whether Alex was ever a "Face" to begin with: in the Japanese script, Mia instantly knows Alex is to blame when something is up at the lighthouse, but it's established before the Mercury clan is even introduced that he's a bad guy.
*
* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]}}: This was revealed to be his goal at {{spoiler|the Apollo Sanctum in ''Dark Dawn''
* [[It's All About Me]]: Which is pointed out by Jenna and Sheba several times.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: A very good one, as it turns out.
* [[Morality Pet]]: A few lines say he still cares about Mia, to the point he's willing to go against his apparent allies to protect her. His Japanese mind read dialog even has a slight ship teasingness to it (calling himself a ladies man who spoils women).
* {{spoiler|[[Pound of Flesh Twist]]: Instead of getting the full force of the Golden Sun infused into his body, the Wise One tricks him into getting sealed at the bottom of the earth for who knows how long. Hopefully, the next game will reveal how he escaped}}.
* [[Smug Snake]]: ''Very'' smug in the first game, when he mostly hangs back and lets everybody else do the work for him, and the Japanese script has his speech very formal and professional, even when telling the group he'd kill them if they tried something. Then he begins to graduate to [[The Chessmaster|chessmaster]] status.
* {{spoiler|[[The Unfought]]}}: {{spoiler|Three. Bloody. Times. If the last third of whatever the final game in the series isn't just a rolling boss battle with him, there's likely to be a fandom outcry}}.
* [[Wild Card]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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===Matthew===
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A young Venus Adept, the son of Isaac [http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8367/1287819854328.jpg and] [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Jenna]], and the main playable character and party leader of ''Dark Dawn''. He lives with his father in a cottage in the Goma Highlands west of Bilibin, which overlooks the ruins of Mt. Aleph, training for the day he's expected to step up and take on his father's mantle. That day comes when his friend Tyrell breaks Ivan's soarwing, and he's sent on a journey that begins with the goal of obtaining the Mountain Roc feather and ends up involving the fate of Angara and Weyard.
* [[BFS]]: Aside from boasting the Ragnarok and Odyssey spells, improved graphics allow for different weapons to actually be shown; long/broad swords are big enough to be comparable to [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud's]] and are apparently so heavy he holds it down by his leg.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: His Japanese name is ''Muuto'' (
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Just like his father before him, though this time there are a few "emotional responses" (emoticons) that the player can pick for him to provide some variety.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and played with much more than with Isaac or Felix
** And then there's the encounter with Arcanus at the Apollo Sanctum
* [[Identical Grandson]]: Son, rather, but he looks ''so'' similar that many early previews confused him for a redesigned Isaac at first. This led to his being [[Fan Nickname|dubbed]] "Robin", Isaac's [[Dub Name Change|Japanese name]], for a while.
* [[The Leader]]: Type IV and maybe Type II also according to fan's inpretation.
* {{spoiler|[[Made of Iron]]: He's just knocked unconcious without any injuries after falling over and over three times, attempting to switch on the Apollo Lens. Then after awakened he's so fast that he ran and caught Sveta before anyone else could
* [[Magic Knight]]
* [[Nice Guy]]: The general [[Fanon]] interpretation and, optional reactions aside, there seems to be an element of truth to it
* [[Passing the Torch]]: His father makes a big deal about how it's now Matthew's turn.
* [[Punny Name]]: His Japanese name is Mut<s>e</s>, and he is stated to be not very talkative.
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: It looks to be the same one as his father's, for that matter.
* [[Ship Sinking]]: He's the torpedo that sank Mudshipping (Isaac x Mia) and Flameshipping (Garet x Jenna).
* [[Ship Tease]]: He was paired with Karis within days of their official names being revealed. And thanks to several scenes near the end of the game, shippers also tend to pair him with Sveta.
* [[Silent Bob]]:
** Several lines of reactionary script. No words (except for one scene at Apollo Sanctum where he [[Symbol Swearing|swears]] (and even then it was dubbed in)) but still... for people who played ''Golden Sun'' and ''The Lost Age'', Matthew seems damn talkative compared to his father and uncle.
** Lampshaded in the conversation with Tret, where Tret asks for Matthew's name, only for Matthew to reply with his classic "...", followed by Tret asking him to speak up, and Amiti pointing out that he doesn't talk much.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Played with when Briggs identifies him on sight... because of how strongly he resembles ''Jenna''. To be fair, Briggs never met Isaac.
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===Karis===
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A young Jupiter Adept who is Ivan's daughter and a childhood friend of Matthew's and Tyrell's. She decides to accompany the two on their quest to obtain a Mountain Roc feather. She is strong-willed, reliable, and clever.
* [[Action Girl]]: She can hold her own in a physical fight.
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* [[The Chick]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: "Get OFF the roof, Tyrell!"
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Barring class changes, Karis is easily the fastest character in the party.
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Lady of War]]: Can use light blades.
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[The Medic]]: She has access to the first Jupiter-based healing spells, the Fresh Breeze series, which are the weakest of all healing spells, but [[Boring but Practical|affect everybody and don't require set Djinn to use]].
* [[Missing Mom]]: The game never mentions who Ivan hooked up with though Karis does mention her parent'''s''' in the plural sense, so it's at least implied that her mother is part of her life.
* [[Proper Tights
* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Manages to to claim this role despite the apprentice of ''the'' [[The Smart Guy|Smart Guy]] being in the party (primarly because the script chose to use her to do any exposition due to Matthew's [[Heroic Mime|disability]]). Usually she's the first one to figure out puzzles, while Rief is reliable for providing information.
* [[Tsundere]]: Particularly toward Tyrell.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Green.
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===Tyrell===
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A young Mars Adept who is the son of Garet. Like father, like son: he is a mischievous character, but is loyal and a close friend of Matthew's and Karis's. His making off and subsequently breaking the soarwing glider that Ivan had made becomes the trigger for their quest.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Seen wielding one in promotional art. Of course [[Heroes Prefer Swords|he can use swords too]].
* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[Badass]]: He qualified for the title the moment he tried to beat down Arcanus. [[Curb Stomp Battle|He got his ass kicked]], but the fact that he even ''tried'' is impressive.
* [[Badass Boast]]: And if that wasn't enough, he outright ''threatens him'' during the final dungeon.
* [[The Big Guy]]: He's the only party member other than Matthew who's able to wield long swords.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Notable for being quite different from his father's [[Brown Eyes]] and not having an identified mother he could have inherited them from.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* [[The Determinator]]: For better or worse, Tyrell just will not back down from something when he's got his mind set on it.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Not as drastic as it was with the party members of the first two games, but his name is "Terry" in Japanese and Italian.
* [[Dude in Distress]]: Like with practically every other male PC in the game, first thing you have to do is rescue him before he's on your team.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Played with. Tyrell's [[Hot-Blooded|lack of impulse control]] makes him look like an idiot, but he actually has a pretty good grasp of academia and Psynergy, and tends to make [[Failed a Spot Check|spot checks that everyone else fails]], like {{spoiler|the [[Trap Door]] being pulled in Kaocho}}, or {{spoiler|Sveta reading minds in Apollo Sanctum}}.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Stealing the soarwing. Unlike Garet, Tyrell actively goes looking for trouble, and [[Dude in Distress|boy does he find it]].
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* [[Flanderization]]: Tyrell's personality is largely an exaggeration of Garet's as he appeared the first game. He's even ''more'' [[Hot
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Especially apparent in the first half of the game.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Most definitely when you examine some of his character traits.
* [[Hot
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: To
* [[Magic Knight]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
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* [[Power Incontinence]]: Has been banned from Patcher's Place for nearly burning it down. He almost does it again in a fit.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Not ''quite'' as strong as it is between Isaac and Matthew, but his face does look like a younger Garet, and his hair and body structure are extremely similar. Although his hair is much redder than Garet's: besides his sprite in the original duology, Garet's hair was actually brown. Tyrell's at least gained the ability to mimic daddy's gravity-defying hair-style... sort of.
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===Rief===
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The fourth party member is a Mercury adept, as well as the younger of Mia's two chidren. Along with his sister, Nowell, he is an apprentice of Kraden, now a traveling Alchemy scholar. He joins the party after being captured by Tuaparang in order to bait Matthew's party south to the Ei-Jei region of Angara.
* [[Adorkable]]
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* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Just like his mother, few lines but lots of sass. Especially towards Tyrell.
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Unlike Karis and Tyrell, it's his father that is never identified.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Crown in the Japanese version, Ricky in Italian and, amusingly, [[Mythology Gag|Robin]] in French. [[Woolseyism|Crowns are a Tarot suit, the theme used for the villains' dub names in the English-language games. The translators were thinking ahead to avoid confusion]].
* [[Dude in Distress]]: Briefly before he joins the party.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Or at least, a young girl. Dude looks like a loli?
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Most people would be scared to death of a Psynergy Vortex. Rief gets excited, then entranced, and nearly jumps into the damn thing. [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|And his sister yells at him
* [[Gentleman and
* [[Girl in a Box]]: The party finds him upon seeing a hopping crate.
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Intellectually, since Karis gets more exposition talk and by extension looks smarter. In the healing department, since Karis can also cast multi-target healing spells, cheaper, and without needing half a dozen Djinn set to her. And as a Water Adept, he's overshadowed by Amiti, who by default has more offensive powers, near-equal healing capacity, and [[Boring but Practical|knows how a sword works]].
* [[Proper Tights with a Skirt]]: Male example.
* [[The Quiet One]]: [[Strong Family Resemblance|Gee, I wonder where he got that]]?
* {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]: Like Matthew, he and his sister also serve as a mudshipping torpedo, and unless Tyrell turns out to be their brother, they sank steamshipping too}}.
* [[Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Not as drastic as Matthew or Tyrell, but his similarities to Mia had some peg their relationship immediately after his reveal.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: It runs in the
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: His older sister Nowell is basically [[Put
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===Amiti===
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A Mercury Adept who joins Matthew's party. He is the young prince of the Ayuthay kingdom who is said to have been an immaculate birth on account of his mother's strong Mercury powers. However, his uncle King Paithos reveals that this is not the case, that his father was actually an unknown Mercury Adept of considerable power. {{spoiler|It is confirmed that his father is Alex
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Bishounen]]: And boy is he ever.
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: His father apparently left Ayuthay as quickly as he arrived, so quickly that only his mother knew his father's exact identity, and she took the secret with her to the grave (which wasn't long after Amiti was born).
* [[Dub Name Change]]: It was Harumani in Japanese, which led to Haru in French. The Italian version has him named "Jao".
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Becomes a [[Warrior Prince]] and joins your group specifically so that he can learn about the world and become [[The Wise Prince]]. [[Character Development|It works]]!
* [[Green Eyes]]: Possibly cyan. It's hard to tell.
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* [[The Ingenue]]: Begins his plotline quite naïve, but undergoes [[Character Development]] and becomes more understanding of others.
* [[Lawful Stupid]]: More Lawful Naïve than anything else. He tends to see things in [[Black and White Morality|black and white]], when [[Gray and Gray Morality|it just isn't like that]], which leads to things like his initial approval of pirate scum getting the [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] sentence. Part of his [[Character Development]] is realizing that his hasty judgement of the Champa pirates was a mistake and they're actually good people.
**
** It's also possible that, living in Ayuthay ([[Shown Their Work|which is only a short distance from Champa]] at the time of ''Dark Dawn''), he has some [[Fridge Horror|unspoken personal experience with the business end of piracy]].
* [[MacGuffin Girl|MacGuffin
* [[Magic Knight]]: A variation. He uses mage equipment, but has a wider variety of weapons than usual for them, and has access to the Diamond Dust and Diamond Berg spells.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Amiti was raised to believe he was one. His mother was [[Virgin Power|a magical virgin]] who revitalized a civilization and gave birth to a magically gifted son by her own power alone. {{spoiler|Turns out it's all a lie. His mother had no psynergy at all, and Alex did everything she was credited with, including fathering Amiti
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Mukokuseki]]: He doesn't look Asian at all, unlike the other ethnically Ei-Jei characters...
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Alleged.
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He was conceived twenty years ago, so the youngest he could be is nineteen. ''Does that look nineteen to you
* [[Ping
* [[Punny Name]]: From ''[[Spell My Name with an "S"|harmony]]'' to ''amity''. We see what you did there, Camelot.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Once he joins the party.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Rare male example.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Oh, so very much. He has ''one'' openly jerk moment in the game, and it appears to be an [[Black and White Morality|honest mistake]] that is instantly corrected.
*
* [[Walking
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[We Would Have Told You But]]
* [[The White Prince]]
* [[The Wise Prince]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: As is required of Mercury Adepts.
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===Sveta===
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A member of a new race of man-beasts who have evolved since the restoration of Alchemy, Sveta is a Jupiter Adept who joins Matthew's party, her natural animal senses being boosted by the precognitive abilities of the wind element. {{spoiler|Her older brother, Volechek, is the king of Morgal}}.
* [[Action Girl]]: As opposed to using blades to attack like Jenna and Karis, she fights with physical punches and kicks. Confirmed to be the series's first warrior-type Wind Adept and the first female warrior of any element.
*
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess]]}}
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]]
* [[Blessed
* [[Braids of Action]]
* {{spoiler|[[Casting a Shadow]]: The Umbra Gear was worn by ancestral beastmen to protect them while they built the Apollo Sanctum. You need a set to get in, and given the measurements, she's the only one who can wear the full suit
* [[Combat Medic]]: Has access to an all new line of single-target, wind-based healings spells, which are between [[Dishing Out Dirt|the Cure series]] and [[Making a Splash|the Ply series]] in strength.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: She's easily the most human-looking of the beastmen of Morgal.
* [[Dub Name Change]]:
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Being encountered as a fleeing figure in Te Rya sets her up as a shy person. Her kindness and responsibility are apparent when she starts discreetly guiding you through the Teppe Ruins, and ''then'' she makes a speaking appearance, [[Moe|confirming all of those]] while introducing her [[Kung Fu Wizard|Kung Fu Adept]] angle.
* {{spoiler|[[Eyes of Gold]]}}: Briefly, while {{spoiler|she and Matthew are [[Sharing a Body]]}}.
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: Her exclusive skills and weapon unleashes basically have her beat up and throw enemies around.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Under normal circumstances.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Subverted: she tries to do this at the very end, but Volechek takes the blow for her}}.
* [[Kamehame Hadouken]]: The Umbra Knuckles' [[Casting a Shadow|Shadow Cannon]] unleash.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: Fights with a martial-arts style, when not [[Shock and Awe|shocking-and-aweing]] or [[Blow You Away|blowing people away]].
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Even more so in her Beast form.
* [[Literal-Minded]]:
** Maybe, if this line at the Watchtower says anything.
{{quote|'''Sveta:''' How does a treasure sleep?}}
** She also has to read Tyrell's mind in her first appearance to notice he's dissing her despite insisting otherwise immediately afterward.
* [[Little Bit Beastly]]: The first nonhuman player character in the series.
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]: One-ups Matthew and is successively one-upped by {{spoiler|Volechek}}.
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[The Nose Knows]]: Track Psyenergy.
* [[Only One Name]]: Averted
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]
* [[Petting Zoo People]]
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[The Quiet One]]: She's really quite gentle and soft-spoken despite her appearance. Might be part of the reason the [[Ship Tease]] with [[Heroic Mime|Matthew]] is so effective.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Her braids are pretty long.
*
* [[Ship Tease]]: With Matthew, during the finale.
*
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: With lavender undertones.
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===Eoleo===
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First appearing as the infant son of the pirate Briggs in ''The Lost Age'', Eoleo is now the prince of the pirate nation Champa and a Mars Adept. He first appears imprisoned by the Belinsk beastmen and sentenced to death, but is freed by Matthew's party. He joins their party after {{spoiler|his father's death in the Grave Eclipse, whereupon he swears revenge on those responsible for it}}.
* [[Adorkable]]: As a tot in ''The Lost Age''. The [[Blinding Bangs]] and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100930223905/goldensun/images/c/cc/EoleoToddler.jpg perpetually-confused expression] hide a sneaky, resourceful, ''dangerous'' little boy.
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* [[Badass Family]]: Shown very clearly in ''The Lost Age''. ''Dark Dawn'' establishes that it hasn't changed much.
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: As a tyke.
* [[Break the Haughty]]: His initial attitude towards the party is dismissive, even after they've rescued him.
* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Fits the personality, and his character art is definitely tanned, but his in-game model doesn't really reflect this. His skin is just slightly... yellower compared to the other characters.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Leoleo in Japanese: notable as the star sign Leo is [[Magma Man|associated with fire]] (which the game itself nodded at), while his English name brings to mind Eolus, Latin god of the ''[[Critical Research Failure|wind]]''. It ''is'' possible that his US name is a combination of both, as both his tool of trade (you can't sail a pirate ship without wind) and some of his Psynergy (notably Thermal) seem to incorporate just as much wind as they would fire (or more).
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: In ''The Lost Age'', where he uses his developing powers to ''cause a prison break''.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: In ''The Lost Age'', checking out the Alhafra Prison while Briggs is in it results in a cutscene where Eoleo first displays his Psy powers in an attempt to steal the key. This sets up his lawlessness, his resourcefulness ([[Green Rocks|he wasn't born an Adept]]), and his loyalty to his father, all of which he retains in ''Dark Dawn''.
* [[Expy]]: He's the equivalent of Piers for ''Dark Dawn'' as he's the party's ship expert and older than most of the cast. His weapon preferences are also mostly similar, [[Fridge Brilliance|which makes sense since his dad was BFFs with Piers, so Piers must have spent a lot of time hanging out around Champa]]. The main difference is element type, and Eoleo can't use long swords.
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* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: The other party characters are in their teens. Eoleo is thirty.
* [[It's Personal]]: He is determined to help Matthew out after {{spoiler|the dark creatures of the Grave Eclipse kill his father Briggs}}.
* [[Little Professor Dialog]]: In ''The Lost Age'', though you have to Mind Read it out of him since he ''can't speak yet''. Lampshaded by an NPC kid, who complains that his "grown-up attitude" is making her "really cheesed off at him
* [[Magic Knight]]: Heavier on the "knight" end of things, at least armor-wise.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: In his default class, he's substantially more powerful than Tyrell, but he's ''so slow''.
* [[Missing Mom]]: His mother Chaucha is never seen in ''Dark Dawn'', even though Briggs mentioned her. {{spoiler|Cue [[Fridge Horror]] after seeing what happened to their hometown
* [[Not Helping Your Case]]: One of his first actions upon being rescued is to make a rude remark to Amiti, who'd already had enough moral dilemmas about rescuing a pirate.
* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Thermal Psynergy, which converts areas of warm air into updrafts capable of carrying the entire party.
* [[Perma
* [[Pirate]]: Duh. Type 2.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: His ponytail as an adult.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Even before he joins your party, everyone who played ''The Lost Age'' knows why the Champa are
* {{spoiler|[[Skyward Scream]]: After his father dies in his arms
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Not visual or physical, but between the [[Deadpan Snarker|snark]], [[
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Nobody seems to care that the "Scourge of the Eastern Sea" is cruising around with an old guy and a bunch of teenagers. In some areas, it's justified by [[It Got Worse|bigger concerns]], but places like Tonfon and Yamatai [[Story and Gameplay Segregation|don't quite have that excuse]].
* [[With This Herring]]: He joins the party with a Cotton Shirt and the cheapest possible axe. Given that he is from a dirt-poor nation and was in prison for the last several days (weeks?), this is justified, albeit a little [[Incredibly Lame Pun|disarming]] under the circumstances.
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]: As noted above, he swears vengeance upon those who were responsible for Briggs's death
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A Venus Adept and the final party member. She is the princess of Yamata, a city on Nihan founded by refugees from the city of Izumo, which was destroyed following the return on Alchemy, and has the power to see into the future. Her parents are Susa and Kushinada, both of whom met Felix's party in ''The Lost Age'', and she also has an unseen older brother named Takeru.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Well, sort of
* [[Badass Princess]]: She gets up from being effectively bedridden for several days, and ''immediately'' takes off with a bunch of random strangers to go save the world... and she's just so calm and matter-of-fact about it.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: The first mage-style Venus Adept! Also the first playable female Venus Adept.
* [[Eleventh
* [[Expy]]:
* [[Facial Markings]]: Become more elaborate when she recieves the Third Eye.
* [[Fainting Seer]]
* [[Flat Character]]: Not her fault, since she joined the group too late for any meaningful interaction. ''[[
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: One of her exclusive class trees is called "Curse Mage", and focuses a lot on necromancy, poison
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: One of her best class options for combat, and one she alone inexplicably accesses in lieu of [[Samurai]] classes, giving her multiple methods of using it.
* [[Lady of War]]: Has light swords among her available weapons and can rock the "Magic" aspect of her part-Mercury and part-Jupiter [[Magic Knight]] classes.
* [[MacGuffin Girl|MacGuffin Super Person]]
* [[Mysterious Waif]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Samurai]]: While attempting to access the Samurai class will put her into the Ninja class, she wields light blades with a very Samurai esqe stance.
* [[Shrine Maiden]]
* [[Summon Magic]]: Both of her exclusive classes have psynergy lines that resemble this. One of her strongest moves summons [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]].
* [[Token Loli]]: The [[Moe]] variant.
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]:
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** Takeru actually left because Himi had visions of Isaac being in danger causing him to seek out the first game's hero. Because of this, fans [[Wild Mass Guessing|presume]] that he will appear in the next game.
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===Blados===
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A swordsman from the military nation of Tuaparang who Matthew's party encounters several times over the course of the story. He is always eager for a fight, and along with his partner Chalis manipulates Matthew's party into fulfilling their desires.
{{spoiler|He is an Adept who can wield a new type of darkness Psynergy, and attempts to gain control of the Apollo Lens
* [[Anime Hair]]: Sticks straight up above his head.
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* [[BFS]]: The sword he carries around is indeed quite big.
* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[The Brute
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: It's actually kind of surprising how... ''gleeful'' he is in taking an antagonistic position towards Matthew's party. He's clearly having a lot of fun.
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* [[Climax Boss]]:
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Chalis and in the game's finale, with the Chaos Hound as well.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: From Spade to Blados.
* [[Expy]]: Appearance-wise, he seems to be based somewhat off [[Anti-Villain|Saturos]] from the first game
* [[Facial Markings]]: Looks kinda like Himi's Third Eye... [[Epileptic Trees|Make of that what you will]].
* [[For the Evulz]]: This is pretty much the only reason he does anything ''ever''.
* {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]]: The involuntary version, with Chalis and Volechek, to form the final boss
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Katanas Are Better]]: His [[BFS]] is one. [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana|More like a nodachi]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Let's see: [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|the fauxhawk]], blue skin, [[Good Colors, Evil Colors|black clothes]] with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, this is a guy you can trust]].
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Starscream]]: Turns out he was planning to use the Apollo Lens against the Tuaparang}}.
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* [[Theme Naming]]: After card suits in Japanese. In English, they use a tarot card theme.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]
* [[What Happened to
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Dark green.
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A commander of Tuaparang who also confronts Matthew's party several times over the course of the story. She gets close to leaders of foreign nations in order to obtain secret information and is in league with Blados in some fashion.
{{spoiler|Like Blados, she is also a darkness Adept, and works with him in order to gain control of the Apollo Lens
* [[Above Good and Evil]]: She claims that they don't exist, and mocks Matthew openly for thinking that he's "on the side of angels
* [[Affably Evil]]: Unlike Blados, she's rather polite and "enticing" around others. Even when {{spoiler|Alex}} is, predictably, [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|betraying her]], she never loses her cool.
* [[Battle Couple]]: With Blados.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: The sinister variation.
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* [[Climax Boss]]:
* [[Dual Boss]]: With Blados and in the finale, the Chaos Hound as well.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: From Heart to Chalis.
* [[The Evil Genius
* [[Femme Fatale]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]]: The involuntary version, with Blados and Volechek, to form the final boss}}.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "[[Male Gaze|Ah, so have I enticed you?]]" [[But Thou Must!|She doesn't take "no" for an answer]].
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Appeared to have one of these during the ending, telling Sveta to give her the Umbra Gear to activate the Apollo Lens so Sveta wouldn't have to die. However, if you use Spirit Sense on her, she reveals that she still intends on using the Apollo Lens for their own designs to the bitter end}}.
* [[Hellish Pupils]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Messing with nations to get them to play into her hands is her modus operandi.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: The demon look pretty much gives it away.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: She has goat-like horns. [[Genius Bonus|Incidentally]], "horned" is an archaic reference to [[The Vamp|an adulterer]].
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* [[Theme Naming]]: After playing cards in Japanese, after the Tarot deck in English.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]
* [[Too Many Belts]]: Used in lieu of sleeves.
* [[The Vamp]]: She uses her looks to her advantage during her espionage work.
* [[What Happened to
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Pinkish-purple.
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===Arcanus===
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{{spoiler|'''Alex'''}}
A third member of Tuaparang who is seen working with Blados. Seems to be connected with the original Warriors of Vale. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Is absolutely not a certain Mercury Adept from the previous games]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: More so in this game than anyone in the series. He remains downright polite even when the heroes are antagonizing him.
* [[Big Bad]]: Takes this role between himself, Blados and Chalis, especially considering how his "Ace"/"Arcanus" moniker implies that he might be their superior (though where exactly the three of them fit into the hierarchy of Tuaparang isn't really clear). {{spoiler|And since he's really [[Magnificent Bastard|Alex]], he's manipulating everyone for whatever purpose he's plotting. Of course, seeing as this is ''[[Wild Card|Alex]]'' we're talking about, we still don't know whether there's any benevolence to his goals or if he's nothing more than a self-serving asshole}}.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: From Ace to Arcanus.
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: It's due to his machinations that Blados and Chalis manage to play Matthew's party like a fiddle.
* [[Mask Power]]: It only covers part of his face and one eye though. {{spoiler|Compare with the Luna Mask. [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Any questions]]?}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Wild Card|Ace]], the highest card in the deck. In English, "Arcanus" references the group of Tarot cards called the Arcana, with the exact explanation depending on the translation: the US uses the same "high card" analogy<ref>Kraden refers to the "Most important card'''s'''", so perhaps the ''Major'' Arcana?</ref>, while the UK version takes it to imply him "holding all the cards" since it refers to the name of ''the entire deck''.
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Anyone who's played the GBA games (or hell, looked further up this very page) will instantly recognize who he is. {{spoiler|And at the Apollo Sanctum, if you still haven't figured it out, Kraden blows the lid wide open}}. Somewhat subverted when you consider how he isn't exactly ''trying'' to conceal his identity. Kraden even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this at one point early in the game wondering who would fall for that.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Again, from the cards. Lampshaded obliquely when his alias is mentioned to Kraden, who comments he must have chosen that name to match his Tuaparang allies (albeit upstaging them with the most impressive item in the theme: see [[Meaningful Name]] above).
* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]}}: When Karis expresses disbelief at him {{spoiler|surviving the destruction of Mt. Aleph, Alex's only response is the "overjoyed" emoticon}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Wild Card]]}}: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|*Groan*...]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Hmm...
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