Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Difference between revisions

* [[Boring but Practical]]: Fayt's "Side Kick" skill. It's one of the first abilities he learns, and is pretty much exactly as it sounds like. However, it's cheap to cast in terms of both Guts and HP, has low Capacity Point requirements, grants invincibilty during its animation, and chains into itself easily for a sustained 200% damage boost. Chances are that this is going to go into both of Fayt's close-range killer move slots as soon as you get it, and will stay there through the [[Bonus Dungeon|Bonus Dungeons]].

* [[Boyfriend Bluff]]: Interestingly inverted when [[Brilliant but Lazy|Fayt]], in order to get away from an unwanted admirer, claims that [[Like Brother and Sister|Sophia]] is actually his girlfriend. She immediately begins to [[Inane Blabbering|babble in embarrassment]], but Fayt begs her to play along with it, which she does. Afterward she reassures him that she didn't exactly mind since she doesn't totally despise him.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Fayt, arguably, since the guy does know a fair bit about machinery, as shown when he fixes a child's music box because of knowing the exact parts needed and knowing that the cannon needed a copper wire in order to properly work. However, he is shown at the beginning to be a bit of a slacker, playing video games instead of doing homework.

** It's possible that, as a college student, machinery was his specialty. Also, it's common knowledge that that iron is terrible to use as wire.

* [[God Is Evil]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Luther is ''not'' a deity, but he [[A God Am I|sure as hell thinks he's one]].}} In the original Japanese version, he's called {{spoiler|Lucifer, making him more like Yaldabaoth in [[Useful Notes/Gnosticism|Gnosticism]]}}.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Peppita.

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Up until the end of disc one, the Vendeeni were the oft-mentioned horrible threat to all existence which the main characters have spent the whole game either running or hiding from. When they finally show up for a proper fight, they get their asses handed to them and are never even mentioned again after {{spoiler|the Executioners and their masters, the Sphere Corporation up in 4D space}} hit the stage, literally coming out of nowhere.

* [[Global Currency]]: For some reason, Fol are accepted on every world, even ones that ostensibly have no contact with the galactic economy. {{spoiler|Justified by the MMORPG nature of things, although that justification seems shaky when you ''leave'' the game and find your money is just as good. It still holds up when you realize the only area you buy things in is in a live, cosplay version of the game.}}

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Though almost any of the intelligent species in the Star Ocean universe could be considered to be sub-species of the same species (especially since they can interbreed), the game considers each to be different. As such, examples of [[Interspecies Romance]] can potentially include (depending on the paired endings): Fayt x Nel (Human x Elicoorian), Fayt x Mirage (Human x Klausian), and Maria x Lieber (Human x Klausian, this is the default pairing for Maria if you do not get the Fayt x Maria ending).

* [[Innocent Flower Girl]]: Ameena.

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Albel is arguably putting up one of these, due to a [[Freudian Excuse]].

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Roger, although it only really shows if he is the one to destroy the transporter jammer.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Albel and Adray, for starters. Adray in particular is strange because [[Ornamental Weapon|he never unsheathes his weapon.]]

* [[La Résistance]]: Quark.

* [[Magic Genetics]]: What Symbological Genetics entails.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Fayt Leingod and Maria Traydor. It should be noted, though, that Maria's surname (literally spelt "Traitor" on the Japanese official site) {{spoiler|is actually a misnomer, since she never behaves traitorously in any way at all.}} Sophia gets in on the act too, if you know anything about Gnosticism (or played [[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]] or [[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]).

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Completely averted when Fayt, when getting a mature and unwanted woman to leave him alone, claims that Sophia is his girlfriend when she asks if she's his sister. Sophia practically plays this straight until Fayt begs her to play along with him. Not like she minds.

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Fayt and Cliff. "Engineers from Greeton", indeed.

** Lenneth and Freya also make appearances as super bosses. Interestingly, like Lucian and Lezard, Lenneth was also turned into a little kid and has small animal-like ears.

** There's also the Lezard flask, also a reference to Lezard.