Suikoden V: Difference between revisions

** Some funny lines are spoken by opponents who learn this the hard way. Something along the lines of "I thought this guy was supposed to be a pushover!"

** Subverted with Gizel Godwin who, though not incompetent, has just average skills regardless of his rank.

* [[Badass]]: The beavers look ridiculous, cute and cuddly, which is probably the reason why the bad guys completely underestimate their importance in the river-covered Falena. Not only do the beavers have such good dam-building ability that they can transform the land through river-rerouting but they make terrifying naval shocktroopers, since they can swim out to enemy ships and bite holes in their hulls.

** They're also quite good in normal battles. They're faster than hell, multi-hit a LOT, 3 out of 5 of them are great magicians, all but one have the HP-restoring Bath skill, and the 5 of them have a powerful [[Combination Attack]] that either instantly kills the target or just deals a crapload of damage.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Raja, the retired navy admiral, is still the best at her job and proves it by thoroughly crushing her ex-disciples in open combat.

** He doesn't get to do much on screen, but Skald Egan certainly has a reputation for being exactly this. From what you can see of his descendants [[Badass Family|it's hereditary]].

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Nikea, Shoon

* [[Base on Wheels]]: Raftfleet is a town made of interconnected boats. Since Falena is full of rivers, they are effectively a mobile town and you find them in different places throughout the game.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Mathias usually finishes sentences about your enemies by describing how he will exact final retribution to said enemy and cast their loathsome corpse into nearby swamps, bogs, rivers, or other bodies of water. It's almost a [[Running Gag]].

** Shigure's is "what a pain...".

* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: Those sluice gates have more than one use.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Lucretia Merces. In every conceivable way. She's pretty much an [[Expy]] of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Zhuge Liang]].

* [[Chick Magnet]]: The Prince of Falena

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]

* [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless Guy]]: Dolph. {{spoiler|Subverted when it turns out that he is a [[Blood Knight]] whose cannot emote due to the drugs he uses to increase his power.}}

* [[Expy]]: Lucretica Merces is basically a hot female [[Dark-Skinned Blond|Karayan]] version of Zhuge Liang.

** Childerich is not at all suppposed to remind us of [[Suikoden II|Luca Blight.]]

** Shoon looks a little like a [[Saint Seiya|Seiya]].

** Shigure channels [[Naruto|Shikamaru]] just a bit...

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Worn by Georg Prime. {{spoiler|He's got a normal eye under it.}}

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Roy. {{spoiler|It's the main way of telling him apart from the Prince when he's in costume.}}

* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Arshtat, oh yeah, Arshtat.

** Who is married to [[Hot Shoujo Dad]] Ferid.

* [[Humiliation Conga]]: A massive one gets trotted out for {{spoiler|Lord Barows and Euram}}—couldn't have happened to a nicer [[Smug Snake]]!

** There's also {{spoiler|Childerich's battle after he takes over your castle. It's probably one of the easiest campaign battles in the game.}}