Suikoden V: Difference between revisions

** 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

* [[Big Eater]]: Nikea; she goes around entering tournaments just to support her appetite.

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The members of the Falenan royal family ''you get to see'' are all very nice people. You don't get to see the others because they are all dead, thanks to struggle for power that gave the resident [[Murder, Inc.]] plenty of jobs from all sides. Several NPCs repeatedly note how remarkably morally upstanding Arshtat and Sialeeds are compared to her predecessors.

*** To be fair, there probably wasn't a better candidate. He was leader of the rebel army. Plus, with Lym being only ten, she is a little too young to be married anyway.

*** Bingo. It also sends a clear message that the system, which caused the problem in the first place, is changing.

* [[But Thou Must!]]: Averted in several places, leading to [[Nonstandard Game Over|Nonstandard Game Overs]] in most instances.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Belcoot, of all people. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Sialeeds and Georg that they wonder if the guy is REALLY from Kanakan, a place well known for its liquor. {{spoiler|He's not. He's actually a native Falenan, who escaped slavery and then was trained to become a master swordsman in Kanakan.}}

** More traditionally, Kyle displays interest on mostly everything resembling a female. Whether his chivalrous side depends entirely on his own conscience or is partly due to the fact that he's usually too busy/somewhere else when you get to meet women is up for debate.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Miakis, although she becomes more serious later and fits the [[Genki Girl]] archetype more.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Galleon, Bahram, Dilber

* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Raja

** Sialeeds -who starts out as powerful long-ranged fighter and mage- also qualifies, with only one rune slot and irremovable Wind Rune. {{spoiler|Possibly a subtle way to discourage the player from being too dependent on her, so her [[Face Heel Turn]] later in the game won't cripple your party.}}

* [[Cue the Sun]]: Which can actually be used as an attack.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: {{spoiler|If [[Mysterious Waif|Eresh]] gets killed in a war battle, Jeane sends the Prince a letter implying that she will eventually get better. The player will still be prevented from getting the best ending though.}}

* [[Determinator]]: Nakula

* [[Dragon Rider]]: The Feitas Dragon Cavalry.

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Mueller will smack his subordinates upside the head with an iron rod if they screw around. Richard sees him as more of a [[Sergeant Rock]].

** And the funniest thing? Someone actually compliments him on how masculine his new outfit makes him look.

*** That could be due to cultural differences.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: The Prince. There was one sequence where it seemed that this is averted, but it's {{spoiler|Roy in disguise}}. As is usual with the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series, the hero does talk, but only when you're given dialogue options. Instead of a simple Yes/No option, the player is given choices of the actual lines the hero will be saying. Though unlike the other characters, the Prince doesn't have a voice actor ''speaking'' the lines. And given that those dialogue choices are usually only given at key moments, with Lyon (or, when she's incapacitated, Miakis) doing most of the speaking for him, it's clear that the Prince wouldn't be a very talkative guy even if we did hear him.

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Nakula, Mathias may also count given his...hobby of killing enemies and throwing them into water.

* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: Alseid. {{spoiler|You can't even ''visit'' it.}}

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: [[Subverted]] with Shigure and Sagiri, who are never even called ninjas, but fight with ninja weaponry and {{spoiler|were once assassins for Nether Gate}}.

* [[The High Queen]]: Queen Arshtat of the Queendom of Falena fits this trope rather well, at least while at court, and ''especially'' while being influenced by the Sun Rune.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Poor Gavaya.

* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: The english dub wierdly pronounce Georg Prime (normally pronounced Gay-org) George.

* [[Jerkass]]: Killey. Cornelio, until you get his [[Do Re Mi]] elves back. He'll still refer to everyone else as mediocrity.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Roy can end up like this, {{spoiler|if you stubbornly choose to defend your castle instead of abandoning it.}} This is not recommended, {{spoiler|because his death bars you from getting the best ending.}}

** {{spoiler|Faylon and Faylen}}, too, if you wait too long to recruit them.

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Georg Prime, though he's pretty nice. He just prefers to dispense with formalities.

* [[Large Ham]]: Barring Luserina, the Barows family are deliciously hammy.

* [[Leave Him to Me]]: Take the right people along when you finally face off with Childerich, you get to see what happens when several people try to claim this right all at once.

** Specifically, it's {{spoiler|Belcoot, Zegai and Richard -- in this order of priority -- who will make the offer; those who entered the Sacred Games}}.

** Could also be said about Georg towards the prince, Lym and Lyon.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: {{spoiler|Faylen and Faylon}} tried to pull this to impersonate {{spoiler|Lyon and Georg}}, although it didn't work since {{spoiler|Roy laughed off at Faylen's disguise, and Faylon ripped out the costume when he tried it on}}.

* [[Power At a Price]]: Raging Nostrum. {{spoiler|A [[Psycho Serum]] developed by [[Murder, Inc.|Nether Gate]] that sends the user into a [[Unstoppable Rage]], but [[Deadly Upgrade|they die afterwards]].}}

** The Sun Rune also qualifies, the ability to utterly decimates one's foes comes at the cost of one's sanity erroding away.

** There's also Roog and Miakis, though that may be one-sided.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Georg to Arshtat. There's a good reason for it.}}

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The prince and Princess Lymsleia; Euram and Luserina Barrows; Faylon and Faylen.

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun|Small Girl Big Weapon]]: Faylen and her boomerang; Lu and her crossbow...

* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Luserina Barows. She's sweet and graceful and apparently stays home while her dad and brother politic in the capital. However, if you talk around Rainwall, you'll find out that ''she'' is the one running the place. She also takes part in the coming battles as 'morale', in other words, encrouaging them to victory.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Dolph does this all the time.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: A disturbing example can be found in {{spoiler|Sagiri, a former Nether Gate assassin trained to smile while she killed her targets. It's her one and only expression. The people closest to her are actually waiting [[Tear Jerker|for the day she cries]].}}