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A bright and spirited boy from Destiny Islands whose peaceful life is shattered when his home is destroyed by the Heartless, and finds himself in possession of a peculiar weapon called the Keyblade. As a hero chosen to battle the forces of darkness, Sora embarks on a quest to reunite with his friends and save all other worlds from suffering the same fate as his own.
=== General Tropes ===
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Has access to ''all'' of the mobility options of the protagonists of [[Birth By Sleep]] in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' (the dodge roll only shows up in ''Final Mix'', but it's otherwise intrinsic to him throughout the series). Aqua's cartwheel is hidden in Master Form, though.
* [[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]].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Grows into this as the series progresses. However, its mostly more of an impish, good natured ribbing and playful snark
* [[The Empath]]: The traditional signs of this are subtle, but definitely there. In keeping with his newfound role as [[The Messiah]], it is explicitly stated that Sora's super-power is the ability to "[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|connect his heart with anyone]]" -- ie: [[Empathic Healer|he heals hearts and brings people together]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|simply by being in their proximity]]. {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|Presumably]], this is what his primary role in the story ''would'' have been, had Riku not screwed up his own destiny and left Sora to become [[The Unchosen One]].}}
** {{spoiler|''Coded'' ramps this up a notch by the final level, with much talk about Data-Sora willingly accepting the pain of others.}}
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: At first. He loses some of the "wide-eyed" as the games go on, but keeps the idealism.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Spars with Selphie in the first level, fights Yuffie and Tifa in the Coliseum, and takes the female villains (Maleficent, Ursula, and Larxene) as seriously as the male ones.
=== Tropes Applying to Sora in [[Kingdom Hearts]] and [[Chain of Memories]] ===
* [[Achilles Heel]]: Disarming Sora of his Keyblade leaves him mostly powerless, though Sora seems to have wised up to this weakness in ''II'' and has learned to work around it.
* [[The Apprentice]]: To [[The Sword in The Stone|Merlin]] for magic. While it's not explicit, Merlin gives Sora training after Donald hands him his first spell, and continues to keep an interest in his development. There's no one to teach him about the Keyblade, unfortunately. {{spoiler|That is, until Yen Sid takes over in [[Kingdom Hearts 3D (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts 3D]].}}
* [[Back From the Dead|Back from the State of Being a Heartless]]: This requires multiple sequels to explain the repercussions of.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Was this in ''Kingdom Hearts'', attacking with slow and brute Keyblade swings.
* [[Giving the Sword To A Noob]]: Its lampshaded by Leon.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Unlocked his own heart with the Keyblade of Heart to save Kairi.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Lazy, goofy, and a bit of a ditz (Nomura compares him to a humble country bumpkin), but has a powerful heart and an innate understanding of light and darkness, as well as an adventurous streak and the determination to take it to the stars. He can also be contemplative and philosophical, when no one is looking. He also hides fears and doubts that are powerful enough to take form and hides multiple personalities within his Heart.
** On another note, his Drive Forms from Kingdom Hearts 2 are his hidden depths made manifest, regarding combat and power.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Quite a bit, when provoked. Though this side of him rarely shows, except when Naminé is threatened in ''[[Chain of Memories]]''. Usually, though, Sora's very mellow.
* [[Lazy Bum]] or [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: In the first game, particularly. He's insanely hesitant about his relationship with Kairi, and just seems to laze around, content with everything as is. While he has a zest for adventure and grows into exploration and Heartless-killing, he'd really rather just have Riku and Kairi (and Donald and Goofy) back home with him on Destiny Islands. He's slowly growing out of it and acknowledging his greater responsibilities {{spoiler|towards Terra, Ven, and Aqua}}.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: In the beginning all he had was the power of the Keyblade and his determination(which also strengthens the Keyblade). Hes getting better but does not have a full grasp of the Keyblades poweres or higher end magic abilities.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Perhaps Sora's most overlooked aspect of his personality, as it appears mostly in ''Chain of Memories''. Sora is truly a nice kid almost all of the time, but when he is truly angry, it is definitely a sight to behold. {{spoiler|Larxene and Vexen both fell victim to this when they pushed him into it, though he didn't kill Vexen... the poor guy got offed in a much more painful manner by Axel.}}
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Spends about as much time enabling the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]' plans as he does [[Spanner in The Works|derailing them.]] Particularly in ''Chain of Memories''.
=== Tropes Applying to Sora in [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] ===
* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: Via [[Hannibal Lecture]].
* [[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.
** Considering the characters from BBS had to be trained in it while Sora just wings it the whole time... Wow Sora just wow!
*** This is even more impressive when you realize that Sora still doesn't actually know the full potential of the Keyblade, mostly using it as a simple melee weapon and only really knowing how to utilize a couple of its non-combat related skills. This means he's basically been doing his journey on Hard Mode without realizing it this whole time.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: With [[The Lancer|Riku]] {{spoiler|at the final battle with [[Big Bad|Xemnas]] and/or when using [[Limit Break|Eternal Session]] with him.}}
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: Sora's Reflect spell manifests like this and is borderline a [[Game Breaker]].
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Sora's [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Anti Form's]] combo finishers are of the dark element. In fact, his Dark Void looks like a dark version of [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Ragnarok]]. Also, Sora's Dark Cannon when in [[Limit Break|Eternal Session]] with Riku (although that may be mostly Riku's doing).
* [[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.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Figures out how to do this during ''Kingdom Hearts II''. {{spoiler|''[[Word of God|Roxas, Xion, and Ven]]'' probably helped.}} Promotional materials typically give him [[Yin-Yang Bomb|Oblivion and Oathkeeper]] when [[Dual-Wielding]] like Roxas.
** 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.
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: In Kingdom Hearts II, while assisting various Disney Heroes on their own turf, Sora tends to play second banana. However, he ''will'' be doing most of the work dealing with the Disney Villains and beating back the Heartless.
* [[Multi Melee Master]]: Though in most of ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II'' Sora is restricted to his Keyblade, at various points in the story, he makes use of staves, shields, swords, claymores, scythes, ''water clones'', some sort of spear, and cards as effective melee weapons. In addition, he can also switch between dual-wielding Keyblades, levitating both Keyblades, levitating one Keyblade while holding the other one normally, levitating ''two Keyblades'' while holding another one normally, dual-wielding while holding one Keyblade in a reverse grip, wielding a Keyblade by ''his fingers'', or just using the Keyblade normally.
* [[Spam Attack]]: In Kingdom Hearts II Sora's fully upgraded combos are incredibly long and fast, and consist mostly of variations on "smack it with the Keyblade". While you won't get a boss to sit still long enough to just take it, even more efficient shortened combos fall into this trope.
* [[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]]:
** [[Lightning Bruiser|Valor Form]]: Channels Goofy's power, can't cast magic at all but gains a huge boost to speed and attack power via [[Dual-Wielding]], doing [[Spam Attack|more damage per hit and hitting more times]].
** [[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]].
** [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|Final Form]]: Channels {{spoiler|Roxas's}} power, moves and attacks very, ''very'' fast, using long [[Light'Em Up|light-themed]] combos [[Dual-Wielding|two]] [[Flying Weapon|flying keyblades]] and powerful magic. [[Not Quite Flight|Sora glides through the air]] and is [[Game Breaker|virtually invincible]].
** [[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]].
* [[Sympathy for The Devil]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. Sora [[Shut UP, Hannibal|frequently called out Organization XIII]] whenever they feigned emotions. He does show some sympathy to Xemnas when it looks like Xemnas is fading away, though... {{spoiler|and then Xemnas comes back and tries to kill him and Riku again. Naturally, Sora expresses no sorrow after Xemnas dies for real.}}
* [[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.}}
=== Tropes Applying to [[Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance]] ===
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: {{spoiler|Sora in the Nightmare Armor however has no qualms in using the powers of darkness}}.
* [[Combination Attack]]: Sora's Link Action's with his Dream Eaters is this including [[All in A Row|Unison]] [[Air Jousting|Rush]], [[Colony Drop|Comet]], [[Frickin Laser Beam|Ragnarok]], [[Shaping Your Attacks|Chaos Snake]][[Everything's Better With Rainbows|Rainbow Prism]], [[Shockwave Stomp|Wonder Jamboree]] and [[Signature Move|of course]] [[Combined Energy Attack|Trinity Limit]].
** [[Horse of a Different Color]]: Lots of Sora's Link Action [[Combination Attack]] involve him using a [[Dream Eater]] as a noble steed.
* [[The Dark Side]]: [[Word of God]] said that his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Anti-Form]] is a proof that all the events are [[Sanity Slippage|taking their toll on him]], and the fact that he's {{spoiler|[[Wild Mass Guessing|possibly sharing his heart with a crazy psychopath, among other people]], probably isn't helping him. And after a [[Mind Rape]] courtesy of Xehanort he nearly falls into darkness only to be saved by Ventus [[Instant Armor|gifting him with his Keyblade Armor]], unfortunately that didn't keep the armor itself becoming corrupted by Sora's nightmare.}}
* {{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.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Empty Shell]]: When his heart is asleep Sora acts like one and his nightmares [[The Heartless|spawn monsters]] and even [[Demonic Possession|take over his body]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]: In 3D as the Nightmare Armor}}
* {{spoiler|[[Instant Armor]]: Ventus gives Sora his.}}
* [[Knight Fever]]: Sora's [[Knight Errant|Knight Erranting]] earns him an official knight's title this time around!
* [[Le Parkour]]
* [[Reality Warper]]: Reality Shifts which uses the powers of the Dream World's themselves to do unique attacks.
** [[Brats With Slingshots|Slings Shot]]: The Reality Shift of [[First Town|Traverse Town]] which shoots a [[Confetti Drop|confetti filled projectile]].
** [[Holy Hand Grenade|Holy]] [[Grind Boots|Rope]]: The Reality Shift of [[Dungeon Town|La Cité des Cloches]] which you grind into enemies upon [[Holy Hand Grenade|chains of light]].
** [[Hack Your Enemy|Code Breaker]]: Reality Shift of [[Cyberspace|The Grid]] giving you the ability to program enemies to turn against each other.
** [[Floating in A Bubble|Popping Bubbles]]: Reality Shift of [[Circus of Fear|Prankster's Paradise]] giving you the ability to [[Bubble Gun|launch bubbles]] at the enemy as well as trap them in one and smash them into the floor.
** [[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.
** [[Bifurcated Weapon|Mirage Split]]: The Reality Shift in [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|The World That Never Was]] has Sora and Riku combining [[Yin-Yang Bomb|light and dark]] themed keyblades into one [[BFS|huge one]] then [[Bash Brothers|swinging it]] [[Combination Attack|together]].
* [[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.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: The graphics of {{spoiler|the Nightmare Armors darkness attacks look like the ink blot attacks straight out of [[Epic Mickey]].}}
== Riku ==
Sora's best friend and rival. His desire to see something greater beyond his tiny, secluded island home led to him being seduced by the forces of darkness. But once he realizes the harm he's caused, he begins working in the shadows to assist Sora in whatever way possible. {{spoiler|He's actually the original owner of Sora's Keyblade, but has to work to get his own when the Keyblade decides Sora is more fit.}}
=== General Tropes ===
* [[The Ace]]: Lampshaded by Sora on ocassion.
** [[Always Someone Better]]
* [[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.
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Although his use of [[Light'Em Up|light magic and skills]] is extremely limited. He finally picks up the pace in ''3D'' although he still favors darkness by a wide margin.
=== Tropes Appearing in [[Kingdom Hearts]] and [[Chain of Memories]] ===
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type III when working with Maleficent, until he [[Took a Level In Jerkass]] and pretty much [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|lost himself in darkness.]]
* [[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.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Until he screwed it up. {{spoiler|As of ''Dream Drop Distance'' he's back on track though, Yen Sid appointing him a Keyblade Master while Sora has yet to officially earn the title.}}
* [[The Corruptible]]
* [[Deal With the Devil]]: Multiple, when he was a villain.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: All of his skills are offensive-based magic and in every game he's been playable in Riku had no healing magic of his own, so he needed to rely on either support cards in [[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]] or potions in [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] to restore his health.
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Riku, who's spent his entire life -- literally ever since he was a toddler -- dreaming of adventure and power, is utterly convinced his destiny absolutely ''must'' lie beyond his little island town. When his best friend, Sora, turns out to be the hero instead, it gives Riku his [[Start of Darkness]].
* [[Love Triangle]]
** [[Hopeless Suitor]]
** [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: "Take care of her."
** [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Joins the [[Dark Side]] in order to save Kairi, his [[Implied Love Interest]], in the first game.
** [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Kairi.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: He has the ability to smell darkness and light.
* [[Refused By the Call]]: Thanks to the aforementioned jumping too early.
* [[Rival Turned Evil]]: But [[Heel Face Turn|he got over it]].
* [[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]].
* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: In the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', until the [[Laser-Guided Karma]] he receives brings him back to his senses.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: In the first game, Riku's determination to save Kairi was admirable. Except, you know, he ended up siding with the villains, gave into the darkness, fought his best friend constantly, etc etc...
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Fits the trope in his villain days.
=== Tropes Appearing in 358/2 Days and [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] ===
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III when working with fellow [[Anti-Hero]] DiZ.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: See Sora's Bash Brothers entry.
* [[Blind Weaponmaster]]
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: He gains enough power to knock Roxas out, but at the cost of his body becoming his [[Enemy Within]]'s.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: He spent a considerable amount of time fighting completely blindfolded due to being [[Cursed With Awesome]].
* [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger]]: Becomes a playable party member in the final world of [[KH 2]].
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: As a result of his turn to the dark path.
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}: {{spoiler|In Days, depicting the battle between him and Roxas and why Roxas was taken to the simulated Twilight Town.}}
* [[The Lancer]]: Becomes one at the climax of ''II''.
* [[Mysterious Protector]]: In ''II''. Though it's easy to tell who he is when he confronts you with Soul Eater on The Land Of Dragons.
* [[Out of Focus]]: In ''II'' up until the last world, where he ends up {{spoiler|becoming the last additional party member in the game.}}
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: On the side of evil, he was manipulated into being Maleficent's bitch. On the side of good, he ''willingly'' became [[Christopher Lee|DiZ's]] bitch. Though, both times, it was in order to try and save one of his friends; first Kairi, then Sora. Maleficent turned him against Sora, but he joined her willingly to save Kairi.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: After finally ending his period of [[Badass Decay]], Riku {{spoiler|gets a Keyblade and becomes a party member}} at the end of ''Kingdom Hearts II''. He regains his self-confidence and sense of humor at this point too.
=== Tropes Appearing in [[Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance]] ===
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: In ''3D'' Riku's [[Force Field|Dark Shield]] manifests as this and can replace his guard much like Aqua's barrier.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]
* [[Colony Drop]]: Riku inherits Terra's Meteor commands as his ultimate magic.
* [[Deuteragonist]]: Had shades of this in ''Chain of Memories'', then achieved full status at the end of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' where he and Sora take on [[Big Bad|Xemnas]] together, and the upcoming ''Dream Drop Distance'', where both of them take the Mark of Mastery exam.
** {{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.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Did not possess any attacks or magic spells with these elements for many years until ''Dream Drop Distance'' came out. ''358/2 Days'' '''did''' let him access these spells along with Aero and Cure spells when you played as him, but his possession of them until ''Dream Drop Distance'' is questionable canon at best.
* [[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]].
** [[Light'Em Up|Light Hammer]]: Riku finally show's the light in the [[Yin-Yang Bomb|twilight]] assailing the enemies with hammering blows creating powerful [[Shockwave Stomp|shockwaves]] of light magic.
** [[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]].
** [[Making a Splash|Wave Surfer]]: Defying the tradition of [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]], Riku uses water elemental attacks instead of [[An Ice Person|ice]], [[Implausible Boarding Skills|surfing]] to assault enemy's with columns of water.
** [[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.
** [[Power Gives You Wings|Rising Wing]]: Riku gains [[Good Wings, Evil Wings|batlike wings]] and unleashes powerful [[High Altitude Battle|midair strikes]] and [[Death From Above|dive bombs]], Uses a [[Blow You Away|tornado]] attack for a combo finisher.
* [[Guardian Entity]]: {{spoiler|After the fight with Anti-Black Coat it is revealed that Riku had been a Spirit type Dream Eater in Sora's dreams protecting him since the exam began.}}
* [[Le Parkour]]
* [[Magic Knight]]: Is this as of ''Dream Drop Distance'', however at core he remains a [[Black Knight]] down to both starting with darkness based magic and all but one of his unique spells being the same.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Reality Shifts which uses the powers of the Dream World's themselves to do unique attacks.
** [[Brats With Slingshots|Slings Shot]]: The Reality Shift of [[First Town|Traverse Town]] which shoots a [[Confetti Drop|confetti filled projectile]].
** [[Holy Hand Grenade|Holy]] [[Grind Boots|Rope]]: The Reality Shift of [[Dungeon Town|La Cité des Cloches]] which you grind into enemies upon [[Holy Hand Grenade|chains of light]].
** [[Hack Your Enemy|Code Breaker]]: Reality Shift of [[Cyberspace|The Grid]] giving you the ability to program enemies to turn against each other.
** [[Floating in A Bubble|Popping Bubbles]]: Reality Shift of [[Womb Level|Prankster's Paradise]] giving you the ability to [[Bubble Gun|launch bubbles]] at the enemy as well as trap them in one and smash them into the floor.
** [[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.
** [[Bifurcated Weapon|Mirage Split]]: The Reality Shift in [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|The World That Never Was]] has Sora and Riku combining [[Yin-Yang Bomb|light and dark]] themed keyblades into one [[BFS|huge one]] then [[Bash Brothers|swinging it]] [[Combination Attack|together]].
== Kairi ==
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