Kingdom Hearts/Characters/Heroes: Difference between revisions

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]

* [[Combination Attack]]: Sora's specialty is combining his powers with an allies.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: His Halloween Town costume.

* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: With a single character, oddly enough. In ''Chain of Memories'', Sora has a vast array of special attacks that build off his basic spells and attacks in ''Kingdom Hearts'', with emphasis on his [[Magic Knight]] style, and massive expansion of magic techniques, while physical attacks being simple three hit combos or the [[Awesome but Impractical]] special attacks from the game. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', after having forgotten everything about Castle Oblivion, emphasis is on Sora being a [[Lightning Bruiser]], with his main offensive abilities being finishers and combo enhancers that include a bit of [[Full Contact Magic]], everything under [[Multi Melee Master]] below, [[Super Strength|and slicing]] [[Super Speed|through]] [[Crazy Awesome|skyscrapers]] (!), with magic still being powerful, but less useful and in less variety. Fastforward to 3D and Sora is back to [[Magic Knight]].

* [[Knight Errant]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: Gets one -- "Sora" -- in the second game when he first awakens.

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: Sora, Donald, and Goofy pretty much orchestrate each Disney Hero's success story, usually risking life and limb, while remaining more or less in the background.

* [[Master of Unlocking]]: He is a ''Keyblade'' wielder, after all.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: He keeps this personality up most of the time.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: His mantra. [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|It shows,]] [[Gameplay and Story Integration|too.]]

* [[Red Mage]]

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: For some of the canon Disney couples. Watch his reaction when Mulan and Shang both get to be the Emperor's bodyguards. Donald teases it's because the couples remind him of him and Kairi.

* [[Shout Out]]: He can learn Cloud's Meteorain and Squall's Blasting Zone as Overclock Finishers in ''Re:coded''.

* [[Signature Move]]: [[Combined Energy Attack|Trinity Limit.]]

* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: People tend to forget that Sora is extremely perceptive in the area of anything empathic and emotional and far more observant that he appears. He has a type of good natured wisdom that escapes a great number of other people

 

=== Tropes Applying to Sora in [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] ===

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Sora's fighting style is completely self taught. This doesn't stop him from being one of the most powerful and skilled fighters in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' verse, with relatively little practice. Sora's merging with Roxas, who had close to a year to develop his skills, near the beginning of [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] may have contributed to his growth in skill.

** The Keyblade itself is implied to have a mind of its own, so it's presumed that that helps smooth things over.

* [[Beehive Barrier]]: Sora's Reflect spell manifests like this and is borderline a [[Game Breaker]].

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]]: Wields the Keyblade like this in his lion form when in the [[The Lion King|Pride Lands]]. Surprisingly, it works just fine.

* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]: He can mow down 1000 Heartless with ease, but you'd never know it watching some of the scenes.

* [[Cutscene Power to The Max]]: ''Kingdom Hearts II''. The triangle button goes from being a vestigial button used only for magic shortcuts to being the button you use to jump hundreds of feet, teleport to deflect arrows by kicking them (via [[Flash Step]]), and throw skyscrapers at dragons. Of course, you don't actually have control over any of this beyond initiating the cutscene.

** Naturally, this led to the [[Fan Nickname]] of Sorangle.

** Roxas can help even more; during his battle, you can steal ''his'' Keyblades. ''i.e.'', ''Triple'' Wielding.

* [[Flying Weapon]]: Sora moves his Keyblade(s) with magic when in Master or Final Form, as well as when he steals Oblivion and Oathkeeper from Roxas.

* [[Spanner in The Works]]: In both games, Sora ends up derailing every single plan involving him. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', DiZ even makes note of how all plans he had for Sora fell apart once Sora got awakened. He essentially starts the game by derailing someone else's destiny.

* [[Super Mode]]: His Drive Forms in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' complete with [[Multiform Balance]]:

** [[Squishy Wizard|Wisdom Form]]: Channels Donald's power, [[Power Floats|glides around]] and can use magic while moving and in quick succession. Instead of normal swings, the Keyblade fires [[Beam Spam|barrages of energy orbs]].

** [[Magic Knight|Master Form]]: Channels Mickey's power, moves and attacks quickly and magic powers up, but neither power up is [[Master of None|as strong as the two forms specializing in them]]. Includes a [[Spin Attack]] as a finisher and one keyblade used as a [[Flying Weapon]].

** [[The Dark Side|Anti Form]]: A "dud" form that occurs randomly when Sora enters drive form. Symbolizes the darkness in his heart. Discards the Keyblade to [[Rapid Fire Fisticuffs|furiously scratch and claw at enemies]]. Decently strong, but locks all commands and Sora cannot [[Glass Cannon|heal himself]].

** [[Retraux|Limit Form]]: Channels his own power to re-learn his abilities from ''Kingdom Hearts'', including [[Spell Blade|Ars Arcanum]], [[Beam Spam|Ragnarok]], [[Blade Spam|Sonic Blade]], [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Strike Raid]], and [[Unnecessary Combat Roll|Dodge Roll]].

* [[Take Up My Sword]]: He was given the Star Seeker keychain, retaining the memories of Yen Sid's and Mickey's old Keyblade and allowing Sora's Keyblade to take its form, in a symbolic portrayal of the trope. {{spoiler|Ven's heart hiding within Sora allows him to use Ven's own Keyblade, although this was unintentional.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: After {{spoiler|re-merging with Roxas.}}

 

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: {{spoiler|Sora in the Nightmare Armor however has no qualms in using the powers of darkness}}.

** [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Lots of Sora's Link Action [[Combination Attack]] involve him using a [[Dream Eater]] as a noble steed.

* {{spoiler|[[Decoy Protagonist]]: in ''3D'' he ends up in comatose at the end of his story. Riku has to save him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: As the Nightmare Armor, Sora can turn himself into an inky mass of darkness.}}

** [[Interactive Comic|Wonder Comic]]: The Reality Shift of the County Of Musketeers, after preforming in an interactive comic sequence you unleash an [[Combination Attack|team attack]] with [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]].

** [[Magic Music|Fantasmic]]: The Reality Shift of the Symphony of Sorcery, after a [[Rhythm Game]] unleash a [[Deadly Fireworks Display]] on the enemy.

* [[Reverse Grip]]: {{spoiler|When fighting as the Nightmare Armor}}.

** {{spoiler|Though, only half the time. The other half, he is in his usual battle stance. This might be meant to show, that not only Sora's, but also Ventus' heart was trapped within the Nightmare Armor after the later saved the former from oblivion.}}

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Way too early, and it proved to be his downfall.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Has one, "Riku", in the second game.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: His general fighting style is striking fast and hard, but he has rather poor magic skills, only having his Dark Firaga and Dark Shield, and and a Cure Potion for spot healing. ''Dream Drop Distance'' finally gives him more varied magic and standard Cure spells at last.

* [[Long Haired Pretty Boy]]. In all games except ''Dream Drop Distance''. in which his hair is whittled in length.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Riku" is Japanese for "Land". Prequel character Terra means "Earth". {{spoiler|The connection between the two is Keyblade succession, not to mention possession by Xehanort...}}

* [[The Not Love Interest]]: Unless you take [[One True Threesome|a third option]].

** Though the end of the first game implied a [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]].

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Personality Powers]]: Wields darkness and is brooding.

* [[The Unchosen One]]: [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Had to go through a]] ''[[Earn Your Happy Ending|lot]]'' to get a Keyblade again, and even then, his obtaining of one wasn't very conventional; he managing to transform his sword into one. ([[Word of God]] claims Keyblades manifest in strange ways, citing Kairi's as an example)

* [[Take a Third Option]]: As of Chain of Memories he's basically the unofficial [[Most Triumphant Example]] with his ability to wield both light and dark in near perfect harmony. And coins the term "Road to The Dawn" For the path he has chosen, Which as most characters in the series with knowledge of Light and Dark say was impossible until Riku.

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Over the course of the series.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The [[Evil Weapon|Soul Eater]] [[Cool Sword|sword]] from ''I'' to the last part of ''II''. From then on, he wields the [[Cool Key|Key]][[Cool Sword|blade]] [[Good Wings Evil Wings|Way to the Dawn]]. However he didn't discard Soul Eater for Way to the Dawn, but actually Soul Eater ''became'' Way to the Dawn.

 

=== Tropes Appearing in [[Kingdom Hearts]] and [[Chain of Memories]] ===

* [[Murder the Hypotenuse|Attempted Murder of the Hypotenuse]]: Clashes with Sora in the first game, partially out of his obsession with being the one to save Kairi (not so much out of love as out of his own Maleficent-fueled arrogance), which leads to...

* [[The Atoner]]: From ''Chain of Memories'' onward.

* [[Special Snowflake Syndrome]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some people]] find him a little too overpowered in his "Hero of Darkness" state.

* [[Super Mode]]: His [[Casting a Shadow|Dark Mode]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Chain of Memories]]'', which makes him [[Lightning Bruiser|stronger and faster]] and lets him use powerful [[Black Magic|dark magic techniques]].

 

=== Tropes Appearing in 358/2 Days and [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] ===

* [[Bash Brothers]]: See Sora's Bash Brothers entry.

* [[Blind Weaponmaster]]

** {{spoiler|[[The Hero]]}}: {{spoiler|Arguably the focus character in Dream Drop Distance, and when Sora's heart gets shattered by Young Xehanort and gets taken by darkness, you play as Riku for the rest of the story to derail Young Xehanort's plans and bring Sora back to the light.}}

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: In ''Dream Drop Distance'', his hair is about as short as it was when he was younger, if not shorter.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: He has the ability to [[Fusion Dance|Link Style]] with [[Mons|Dream Eaters]] which can give him a variety of [[Power Ups]] and [[Super Mode|Super Modes]].

** [[Casting a Shadow|Dark Fierce]]: Riku rushes the enemy with darkness based blows manifesting as [[Wolverine Claws]] on his hands and feet.

** [[Playing With Fire|Fire Raid]]: Riku's keyblade becomes a [[Flaming Sword]] which he uses [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|hurls at the enemy]] for mid ranged attacks.

** [[Shock and Awe|Thunderstorm]]: Electricity crackles on Riku's keyblade giving him fast thunder based attacks that easily [[Splash Damage|attack in all directions]].

** [[Teleport Spam|Ghost Drive]]: Riku teleports to attack enemies automatically, making gratuitous use of [[Flash Step|Flash Steps]] to avoid being hit.

** [[BFS|Blade]] [[Laser Blade|Charge]]: Keyblade becomes [[Spell Blade|engulfed in magic]], giving a huge boost to the range of attacks.

** [[Interactive Comic|Wonder Comic]]: The Reality Shift of the County Of Musketeers, after preforming in an interactive comic sequence you unleash an [[Combination Attack|team attack]] with [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]] and [[Goofy]].

** [[Musical Assassin|Fantasmic]]: The Reality Shift of the Symphony of Sorcery, after a [[Rhythm Game]] unleash a [[Deadly Fireworks Display]] on the enemy.

 

 

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Apparently played straight in I and II but actually subverted everytime. In I, her heart is safe inside Sora's body, in II she escapes from Axel on her own, and still in II she escapes from Saïx with Namine’s help.

* [[Empty Shell]]: Spends part of the first game as one. Sora temporarily turns himself into a heartless (and unknowingly into a nobody) to save her.

* [[Flip Flop of God]]: In an interview, Nomura said that Kairi was not a Keyblade wielder. In another, he said she was. Guess during the first one, he hadn't worked out the whole ''Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony'' concept just yet.

* [[Flower Motifs]]: Her Keyblade, Destiny's Embrace, has one.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Watashi"

* [[Joshikousei]]: In the prologue of the second game.

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Kairi". The only character to have one in the first game and one of the series' most iconic pieces.

* [[Light Is Good]]

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: She tends to join Riku in cracking a lot of jokes at Sora's expense.

* [[Love Interest]]: Usually serves her main role, other than being [[The Chick]].

* [[Alliterative Name]]: If you don't include his title, that is.

** Depends on which title, "Master Mickey Mouse" is still pretty alliterative.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Adorable]]: Well, it's still ''Mickey Mouse''.

** [[Magic Knight]]: Though he is a [[White Magic]] specialist.

*** [[Healing Hands]]: Has a Cure spell in Birth By Sleep and in Kingdom Hearts 2 has a spell called Healing Light that restores Sora to life after he has been defeated.

*** [[Energy Ball]]: His signature spell are balls of light called ''Pearl''.

*** [[Pillar of Light]]: His more powerful ''Holy/Faith'' spells manifest like this.

** [[Master Swordsman]]: Of course, coupled with [[Implausible Fencing Powers]].

** [[The Paladin]]

* [[Cutscene Power to The Max]]: He is a perpetrator of this, his first appearance has him striking down a pair of Darkside Heartless in one blow. {{spoiler|In 3D he is able to freeze all thirteen Seekers of Darkness with a [[Time Stands Still|Stopga spell]]}}.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Wields the Keyblade of the Realm of Darkness.

** Partly true. Only his Kingdom Key D is from the Realm of Darkness. His Star Seeker (which is apparently his original Keyblade) is from the Realm of Light.

* [[Failure Knight]]: For all of his effort in ''Birth By Sleep'', he couldn't save Ven, Aqua, or Terra from their fates.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|It also explains]] his reluctance to allow Sora to get involved in the Heartless war on Hollow Bastion.

* [[The Leader]]

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]:

* [[Mickey Mouse]]

* [[Older Than He Looks]]: Though Mickey has generally been timeless (and Kingdom Hearts has odd implications in that direction as well), he was already a King and Keyblade Master ten years previous to the main story, making him on the way to middle age. Despite that, he still displays the characteristic youthful Mickey Mouse exuberance and looks no different than any other portrayal (excepting the clothes, of course). That said, see [[Vague Age]].

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Wayne Allwine, the longstanding voice of Mickey since the late '70s, [[Author Existence Failure|died in May of 2009]], shortly after he finished recording for ''Days''. ''Birth by Sleep'' marks the debut of Bret Iwan as Mickey.

* [[Personality Powers]]

*** [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: With firework rockets.

** [[Drop the Hammer]]: One of his two weapon types.

** [[Magic Wand]]: His default one has the head of [[Black Mage]] at the top.

** [[The Medic]]

* [[Court Mage]]

* [[Donald Duck]]

* [[Hot Blooded]]: He ''is'' [[Donald Duck]], after all.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Briefly follows Riku in his evil phase due to a literal interpretation of King Mickey's orders. He realizes this is stupid.

** [[Item Caddy]]

** [[Healing Hands]]: Can heal both HP and MP of allies with his MP Gift and Evolution skills.

*** [[Face Design Shield]]: The Defender which is stolen from the heartless with the same name.

*** [[Shield Surf]]

*** [[Throwing Your Shield Always Works]]

** [[Mighty Glacier]]

* {{spoiler|[[Animated Armor]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[And I Must Scream]]}}

* [[A Sinister Clue]]: A rare [[Anti-Hero|Anti-Heroic]] example who ''doesn't'' fall under [[The Southpaw]]. Though he swings his Keyblade with his right hand like the other protagonists, Terra's dark powers tend to manifest through his left, to the point where his finishers in Dark Impulse mode involve turning it into a huge, grasping claw. Nice touch, Square-Enix.

* [[Badass Cape]]: {{spoiler|As the Lingering Will.}} Sadly, it had to be removed for gameplay in ''Birth by Sleep'' due to programming difficulties.

** It should be noted that [[Jason Dohring]]'s performance isn't completely emotionless, as can be seen with anger. But contrary to what Game Spot says, Dohring's acting is actually much better when he is in a scene with other characters, especially later in the game as Dohring got more comfortable with portraying the character. Though obviously it's still a large case of your [[Your Mileage May Vary]].

* [[Emotional Bruiser]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: At the end of ''II'''s secret ending.

** Most likely {{spoiler|[[Foreshadowing]] for Master Xehanort's [[Grand Theft Me]] of Terra.}}

** [[The Determinator]]

* [[Hero With an F In Good]]: At first. He improves it to a B+ over time.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Even if he has some distrust of them, he winds up listening to Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Hades, Jumba Jookiba, Captain Hook, and (of course) Master Xehanort. It ''never'' ends up well for him.

** To put that into perspective, the only villains in the game that Terra ''doesn't'' ally with are Lady Tremaine, Pete, and Braig. He's after Vanitas too, but they never actually meet {{spoiler|until the very end}}.

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]

{{quote| What I do, I do for friendship.}}

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: "Ore".

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Terra", which is lifted from "Fate of the Unknown", the track that plays under the secret video of ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''.

* [[Identical Stranger]]: Master Xehanort looked suspiciously like Terra in his youth {{spoiler|especially after Xehanort's possession leaves him [[Hades Shaded]].}}

** [[Theme Naming]]

* [[Missed the Call]]: According to [[Word of God]], Terra has the skill and power of a Keyblade Master and thus is essentially one in all but title -- that's why he's able to {{spoiler|perform the Rite of Succession with Riku}}. However, due to Eraqus's concern for the darkness in his heart, he chooses to make Aqua a Master instead. If {{spoiler|Xehanort hadn't sabotaged Terra during the exam}}, it's likely that Terra could have made Master too, and Xehanort's manpulations of his insecurities may not have gone so well.

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Personality Powers]]: Specializes in earth and darkness and is stubborn, hard headed, and brooding.

* [[The Power of Hate]]: His hatred for {{spoiler|Xehanort}} builds and builds leading up to the final battle as he realizes {{spoiler|Xehanort manipulated him into killing Eraqus and more}}. Then reaches critical mass when {{spoiler|his hatred for Xehanort becomes so intense that he reanimates his armor to fight Xehanort when he loses his body.}}

* [[Rage Against the Mentor]]: Causes a ''pivotal'' turning point in the plot.

* [[Signature Move]]: [[Stuff Blowing Up|Ultima]] [[BFG|Cannon]]! {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Terra-Xehanort]] and [[Animated Armor|The]] [[Our Souls Are Different|Linge]][[Unstoppable Rage|ring]] [[Heroic Willpower|Will]] can also use it because both of them were once Terra in a way.}}

* [[Skilled but Naive]]

* [[Tears of Remorse]]:

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Through accepting his heart's darkness, but like Riku, it has its costs.

** Not only did he defeat {{spoiler|Master Xehanort, when Xehanort stole his body at the conclusion of the fight, he animated his armor out of force of will}} and defeated him again!

* [[Tragic Hero]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]

 

 

** [[Fastball Special]]: When teamed up with Hercules, he is thrown, but when teamed with Stitch, he does the throwing.

** [[Fragile Speedster]]: Has the fastest attacks but the lowest HP growth. Curiously though, his defense is the highest, but only by a couple points.

** [[Magic Knight]]: Ventus is more balanced in magic and sword fighting compared Terra and Aqua who focus one one or the other.

** [[Multi Wielding]]: Gets six swords of light in his Wingblade style and holds one in each hand, with the others floating behind him.

** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:

*** [[Playing With Fire|Firestorm]]: Keyblade turns into a [[Flaming Sword]]. Ven creates a storm of flame pillars as a finishing move.

*** [[An Ice Person|Diamond Dust]]: Keyblade acquires ice powers, Ven summons a large explosion of ice around him as a finishing move.

*** [[Blow You Away|Cyclone]]: Ven spams [[Spin Attack|Spin Attacks]] with wind-elemental powers and uses a stronger [[Spin Attack]] as a finisher.

*** [[Power Floats|Skyclimber]]: Greatly boosts Ven's proficiency with aerial attacks, Ven rides his Keyblade like a skateboard to hit enemies as a finisher.

*** [[An Ice Person|Frozen Fortune]]: Triggered by using ice cream items to fill the command gauge, uses ice to attack. Creates a field of ice orbs in the air that explode as a finisher.

*** [[Musical Assassin|Rhythm Mixer]]: Exclusive to ''Final Mix'', spin and fly through the air to attack with dance-like attack. Create a trio of symbols and beat them to send out soundwaves as a finisher.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: He crossed it when Master Xehanort told him of [[MacGuffin Girl|his true nature]].

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Whenever his heart is in critical condition.

* [[Expy]]: Not just similar, but ''identical'' in appearance and voice (both English and Japanese) to Roxas. This is a major plot point.

* [[Love Freak|Friendship Freak]]: Just may be the biggest one in the series. His motivation through his entire story can be summed as making/saving/protecting friends.

* [[Action Girl]]: Is primarily a magic user, which she can combine into a few good [[Full Contact Magic|physical attacks]]. There's a reason she's the one with the Master rank, after all.

** [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: Though Kairi had fought in cut-scene form before, and Xion and Larxene had been playable in Days's multiplayer mode, Aqua is the first proper female player character.

** {{spoiler|Aqua fights Xehanort in a one-on-one duel at the height of his power, a youthful, skilled, [[Lightning Bruiser]] Keyblade Master with the Guardian and all the powers of darkness. With a bit of help from Terra who's [[Fighting From the Inside]], she's able to overpower him until he resorts to locking his own memories to get rid of Terra's interference. Keep in mind this is shortly after she wakes up after being knocked unconscious when she and Mickey fought the Vanitas-possessed Ven and she used [[The Power of Friendship]] to destroy the χ-blade.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not say or do anything bad to or about her friends. {{spoiler|Vanitas, Braig, and Xehanort learned this the hard way.}}

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Being that she's several years older than the other main female heroes seen so far, she's more physically developed, and is certainly the most powerful of them, as well as one of the most powerful heroes period.

* [[The Chick]] AND [[The Hero]]: Much to everyone's surprise, Aqua does most of the heroics in the game, wraps up almost all of the Disney stories, and is the longest lasting original character in the series making it all the way to the end without turning evil or comatose at some point or other, all while maintaining a motherly/sisterly role.

* [[Combat Tropes]]

** [[The Archer]]: Her Keyblade's vehicle form also works as an enormous energy bow. Sadly, you can ''only'' use it during Keyblade Ride games, unlike Terra's BFG.

** [[Barrier Warrior]]: Not exclusively, but where Terra and Ventus block attacks with their Keyblades, Aqua throws up a [[Beehive Barrier]] that protects her from all directions. She also learns skills to dash while projecting a barrier to damage enemies, can explode her barrier outwards to damage enemies, and is the only character who can use her Block skill in midair.

** [[Fastball Special]]: She tosses Stitch at enemies when teamed up with him. When teamed up with Prince Phillip, however, he tosses her instead.

** [[Flash Step]]: Many of her spells and special attacks include this. Her "Ghost Drive" Command style makes ''all'' of her attacks Flash Steps.

** [[Full Contact Magic]]

** [[Glass Cannon]]: She attacks fast, and later, on her spells seriously hurt. Sadly, her HP is unimpressive.

** [[Lady of War]]: While Ven and Terra assume typical battle stances, Aqua stands perfectly poised even in the heat of battle. Her first [[Super Mode|Command Style]], Spellweaver, hammers this concept home, where she attacks with graceful Keyblade flips and twirls.

** [[Spin Attack]]: Many, including her Spell Waver and Blade Charge finishers, and her Lightbloom Shotlock.

** [[Super Mode]]: Command Styles, which boost offensive power:

*** [[Flying Weapon|Spell Weaver]]: Aqua [[Full Contact Magic|enchants her Keyblade with magic]], using fancy [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|sword throws and twirls]] to attack and an extended [[Spin Attack]] as a finisher.

** She gets yet another one, {{spoiler|namely Eraqus's Keyblade, Master Keeper, during the Secret Episode.}} It has the same range and magic rating as Brightcrest, but with additional physical strength.

* [[Expy]]: Averted contrary to expectations. Though she's the female in the [[Two Guys and A Girl]] [[Power Trio]] and looks like an older version of Kairi (and by extension Kairi's own Expies), Aqua is closer to the [[Team Mom]] rather then [[The Heart]]/[[The Chick]].

* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: Poor girl had to fight {{spoiler|both of them}}.

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

{{quote| "Now return my friend's heart, or pay the price!"}}

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The scene in which we are introduced to her is played out in exactly the same way we met Kairi in the first game, only with a more sisterly tone than romantic. Likewise, the lucky charms Aqua made were inspired from a misinterpretation of the two tales we heard in the first game, with the thalassa shell charm made by sailors for safe returns merged with the binding properties of the Paopu fruit.

** Nor was her creating {{spoiler|Castle Oblivion}}. To be fair, she probably didn't realize that {{spoiler|it would be used by Terranort's Nobody, Xemnas & his crew for more nefarious purposes}} later on.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Willa Holland has a slight British accent, but in one of Ven's flashbacks, her accent comes unbelievably strong. Just listen to her cast Fire or Magnet spells; her British-style "r" is unmistakable.

* [[Original Generation]]

* [[Spanner in The Works]]: {{spoiler|Vanitas tries to kill her off several times during the game as he and Master Xehanort only need Terra and Ven for their schemes. Except she kept surviving and ultimately defeated the both of them after Terra and Ven were possessed.}}

* [[Static Character]]: While she may do most of the heroics of the game, she does not do much growth as a character and essentially remains the same person as when she started.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Nomura says that, "She puts up a cold front, but she's kind to her friends."

* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Although the plot focuses more on Terra, Aqua spends more time as the Protagonist of ''[[Birth By Sleep]].'' {{spoiler|She also serves as [[The Hero]] of the epilogue.}}

** [[Mama Bear]]

* {{spoiler|[[Trapped in Another World]]}}: Come the ending of ''Birth By Sleep'', {{spoiler|Aqua's stuck in the World of Darkness and, according to the secret ending, was there until some time after ''Kingdom Hearts II''. Ansem says he met Sora a year ago, which would put Aqua's imprisonment at around twelve years. However, the secret ending of ''Final Mix'' implies that she still had more adventures down there and wasn't just wandering around.}}

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Played with, she is more mature and centered then Terra and Ven but to them she can come off as high and mighty and a busybody.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]