Tales of Graces/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In a strange, meta-example. He is probably the first protagonist in JRPG ''history'' to have ever {{spoiler|''destroyed'' the [[Omnicidal Maniac]] cliche by asking the piercing question, "What would it ''accomplish''?" When Lambda has no answer beyond mere flailing about and tranquil panic, it's the sign that Asbel has already won.}}

* [[The Hero]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: After he adopts Sophie in the future arc}}

* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: {{spoiler|The son he has with Cheria is basically Asbel's kid self except with Cheria's hair color.}}

** {{spoiler|It's revealed it's not their son...but rather, their great-great-grandson.}}

** "''[[Lupin III|Once again, I have cut another worthless object.]]''"

* [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (now also looks like [[Code Geass|a certain Imperial knight]])

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

* [[Rei Ayanami Expy]]

* [[Rummage Sale Reject]]: Her shoes look more like slippers you'd wear around the house than actual shoes.

* {{spoiler|[[She Is All Grown Up]]: In the main ending. She manages to age after all.}}

** {{spoiler|Though it's revealed she kept her eternal lifespan to watch over the world by the Little Queen's request. Her appearance was actually caused by the Little Queen fusing with her.}}

** As you can imagine, it didn't take the internet long to turn ''that'' into a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rITyblUAR_g meme].

** [[Tales of Eternia (Video Game)|Farah Oerstead]] Had the same pose for some of her skills. Sophie probably took from Farah, who herself took from [[Street Fighter]]. To add on to that, [[Tales of Innocence (Video Game)|Hermana]] also uses the pose when she uses Shishisenkou\Beast. It seems most if not all Tales fist users will use that pose.

* [[Everything's Better With Spinning]]: His boomerang-weapon thingy. He even surfs on it for some moves!

* [[Expy]]: This troper's first reaction to seeing Malik was "Man, he looks like [[Tales of the Abyss|Van]]. It's gotta be the goatee."

* [[Hiroki Tochi]]: His Japanese voice. And with [[Jamieson Price]] for English voice, he's got both voices of [[.hack GU|Ovan]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: [[Brick Joke|When Sophie called him out for his last usage of Eternal Serenade]], he's quick to retort that the one he won't use again is "Eternal Seren'''y'''ade"

* [[Older Than They Look]]

* [[Playing With Fire]]: Most of his Blast Calibers incorporate this.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Literally.

** He has also gotten a very... [http://www.4gamer.net/games/088/G008879/20100326013/ special DLC costume.]

* [[Up to Eleven]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ekf1qkOMU0 Shinten Rekkuu Zankou Senpuu Messai Shinbatsu Kassatsugeki!]''

** This is a double subversion. Said Mystic Arte was previously owned by [[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Loni Dunamis]]. Unlike Loni, however, Malik's version has NO failure chance and better graphics made the arte look very flashy.

 

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* {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When he's ''posessed'' by Lambda.}}

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: He has less titles and skills than the rest of the cast, and gets his Lv.1 Blast Caliber much earlier.

* {{spoiler|[[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: He asks Asbel to kill him when he temporarily regains control of his body, though Asbel refuses.}}

* [[If I Can't Have You]]: Pretty much the reaction the party gets from Richard when he misinterprets Asbel's good intentions of saving him as an act of betrayal. [[Oh Crap|And now we'd better hightail it the hell out of here before he kills us.]]

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]

* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]

 

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Flower Motifs]]: Becomes more obvious when she {{spoiler|transforms into the Fodra Queen}}.

* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: Her primary motivation.

* {{spoiler|[[I Am Legion]]: Right before the Little Queens merge into the final boss}}.