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=== The main series contains examples of: ===

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Starting in the second game, there's a huge in-game encyclopedia that unlocks entries as you progress through the game. It tells you more than you need to know about the setting. It's part [[World Building]] and part [[World Building Name Drop]].

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Coral is explicitly this, as a direct result of [[~~Schrodingers~~ Gun]].

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Coral is explicitly this, as a direct result of [[Schrodinger's Gun]].

* [[Anti Grinding]]: Free battles grant less experience and money than story battles. Furthermore, Brave Clears impose a level ceiling meaning if you want to try for them, you can't level up too much.

* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: You are limited to fielding eight units.

* [[Back Stab]]: The Back Attack ability. There's also a Front Attack ability.

* [[Bare Fisted Monk]]: Morin, Kyle, Seilon, and so many more.

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Morin, Kyle, Seilon, and so many more.

* [[Bruce Lee Clone]]: Seilon. Complete with [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises]].

* [[Bonus Boss]]: {{spoiler|The White Night Guardians from ''Summon Night EX-These'' can be found in the true final level of the Limitless Halls of ''Summon Night 4''.}}

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* [[Chinese Girl]]: Mei-Mei and Xiao-Mei. {{spoiler|They're both the same person.}}

* [[Dating Sim]]: Elements of it are present, in particular the [[Relationship Values]] and the night conversations.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: The Reckless Summoning ability. It increases the power of a summon skill (and raises the cap as well), but there's a chance to shatter the summonite, rendering you without that summon for the rest of the battle (you can always make a new one and re-equip it after battle). It's available as part of the protagonist's [[Deadly Upgrade]]/[[Super Powered Evil Side]] in ''Summon Night 3'' but is enemy exclusive in ''Summon Night 4''.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: The Reckless Summoning ability. It increases the power of a summon skill (and raises the cap as well), but there's a chance to shatter the summonite, rendering you without that summon for the rest of the battle (you can always make a new one and re-equip it after battle). It's available as part of the protagonist's [[Deadly Upgrade]]/[[Super-Powered Evil Side]] in ''Summon Night 3'' but is enemy exclusive in ''Summon Night 4''.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Falier to Hainel, and dead little sister-in-law to Ardylia.}}

* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]: The protagonists of the first game. Interestingly, every game in the main series has at least one character from the Nameless World who has this happen to them. ''Summon Night 2'' has Leonard, ''Summon Night 3'' has Genji, and ''Summon Night 4'' has {{spoiler|Kentarou}}.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first ''Summon Night'' has four possible protagonists with similar stat growth to choose from, sort of averts [[~~Schrodingers~~ Player Character]], its stat point system resembling that of the first [[Black Matrix (Video Game)|Black Matrix]] game, and starts in a world outside Lyndbaum. Later games would have two protagonists with different stat growth to choose from, follow [[~~Schrodingers~~ Player Character]], a stat point system similar yet distinct from the [[Black Matrix (Video Game)|Black Matrix]] series, and stays in Lyndbaum.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first ''Summon Night'' has four possible protagonists with similar stat growth to choose from, sort of averts [[Schrodinger's Player Character]], its stat point system resembling that of the first [[Black Matrix (Video Game)|Black Matrix]] game, and starts in a world outside Lyndbaum. Later games would have two protagonists with different stat growth to choose from, follow [[Schrodinger's Player Character]], a stat point system similar yet distinct from the [[Black Matrix (Video Game)|Black Matrix]] series, and stays in Lyndbaum.

* [[Elemental Rock Paper Scissors]]: Averted. Summon magics are aligned by their origin, except for those of the Nameless World. Nothing is weak to any particular origin, but all can be resisted either slightly or greatly. Creatures with a tie to a certain world have great resistance to summons of the same origin.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Averted. Summon magics are aligned by their origin, except for those of the Nameless World. Nothing is weak to any particular origin, but all can be resisted either slightly or greatly. Creatures with a tie to a certain world have great resistance to summons of the same origin.

* [[Enemy Summoner]]: Enemy summoners are finally capable of Western-style summoning in ''Summon Night 4''.

* [[Fantasy Gun Control]]: Lampshaded and justified in ''Summon Night 3''. When Sonolar asks Mei-Mei if she has any guns for sale, she responds by saying that she has an agreement with the residents of the Forgotten Island to not carry them. This is repealed when the residents see that the imperial forces have guns.

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* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Mechanical soldiers swap hiragana and katakana. Falzen does this as well.

* [[Gameplay and Story Integration]]: [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Scarrel]] and [[Ambiguous Gender|Corel]] ignoring gender restrictions on equipment, [[Animated Armor|Falzen's]] immunity to possession (and to a lesser extent, also being able to ignore gender restrictions on equipment), the Dragon Child's [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]], and Gian's [[Evil Eye]] ability.

** Also, any character capable using [[Bare Fisted Monk|fists or claws]] is capable of attacking unarmed. Everyone else is unable to make physical attacks nor use any wait stance.

** Also, any character capable using [[Bare-Fisted Monk|fists or claws]] is capable of attacking unarmed. Everyone else is unable to make physical attacks nor use any wait stance.

* [[Giant Mecha]]: Many of the high-end summons of Loreilal are this.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Each chapter has an English subtitle after the Japanese name.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: Quite a few in story battles and a few side battles.

* [[Guide Dang It]]: [[Optional Party Member|Optional party members]], Brave Clear requisites, Engage Ritual combinations, karma meter, special names for summons...

* [[Half Human Hybrid]]: A significant plot point in ''Summon Night 4''. Also, {{spoiler|the protagonist of that game is one}}.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: A significant plot point in ''Summon Night 4''. Also, {{spoiler|the protagonist of that game is one}}.

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: See the [[Happiness in Slavery]] entry down in the Swordcraft Story section. It is prevalent in all the Summon Night games and touched upon in the games.

* [[Hime Cut]]: Misumi. Not surprising given that she is a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] princess from [[Jidai Geki]] [[Expy]] Silturn.

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* [[Mascot]]: Most of the recurring instant ally summons fall into this.

* [[Master of None]]: Lucian. There are ways to make him less mediocre, but they are rather roundabout and still fail make him stand out. At best, he is capable but is left in a position that doesn't mesh easily with everyone else.

* [[May December Romance]]: Ribiel towards Lucian {{spoiler|hinted when she tends to him and stays only by him despite others also suffering from the Soul Rot Disease caused by the black snow}}. Maybe considered [[Shotacon]] and/or [[Puppy Love]]. Ribiel is certainly older than Lucian in terms of chronological age, but is seemingly younger in terms of mental age.

* [[May-December Romance]]: Ribiel towards Lucian {{spoiler|hinted when she tends to him and stays only by him despite others also suffering from the Soul Rot Disease caused by the black snow}}. Maybe considered [[Shotacon]] and/or [[Puppy Love]]. Ribiel is certainly older than Lucian in terms of chronological age, but is seemingly younger in terms of mental age.

* [[Mecha Mooks]]: All the summons from Loreilal.

* [[Miko]]: Kaina.

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* [[New Game Plus]]: Many differences occur on a second playthrough, revealing more about the plot. A few endings require a second playthrough. Also, ''Summon Night 2'' and ''Summon Night 3'' have a ''[[Another Side Another Story|gaiden]]'' where you play as the characters from the directly previous game.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: As expected of Flight-Plan. ''Summon Night 3'' is notable for being [[Sequel Difficulty Spike|a bit blatant about this]] due to fan complaints about one of Flight-Plan's earlier games, ''Black/Matrix 2'', being too easy.

* [[~~Noblewomans~~ Laugh]]: Kelma.

* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Kelma.

* [[No Export for You]]: Not surprising given Flight-Plan's lack of distribution capabilities. SCEA's hatred of 2D in the [[PS 1]] era likely didn't help.

* [[Non Elemental]]: Summons related to the Nameless World are null aligned. They are not subject to origin resistances but are still affected by generic anti-magic abilities. It is far from being an [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Element]], though. Most of these summons are indirect support abilities that bring forth an object onto the battlefield. The few summons capable of directly attacking are inefficient in terms of power to MP cost. Also, in ''Summon Night 4'', none of the null summons can be upgraded.

* [[Non-Elemental]]: Summons related to the Nameless World are null aligned. They are not subject to origin resistances but are still affected by generic anti-magic abilities. It is far from being an [[Infinity+1 Element]], though. Most of these summons are indirect support abilities that bring forth an object onto the battlefield. The few summons capable of directly attacking are inefficient in terms of power to MP cost. Also, in ''Summon Night 4'', none of the null summons can be upgraded.

* [[One Size Fits All]]: Played straight. Most noticeable between the diminutive fairy Marurur and the human-sized [[Petting Zoo People|petting zoo person]] Yaffa.

* [[Optional Party Member]]: Most fall into [[Guide Dang It]] territory.

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* [[Status Buff]]: ...possessions that grant possessed units buffs or de-buffs, which brings us to...

* [[Status Buff Dispel]]: ...removing them via exorcism. Abilities generally remove either possessions and or [[Standard Status Effects]], but not both.

* [[Tactical Rock Paper Scissors]]: Armor processing, introduced in ''Summon Night 4''.

* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Armor processing, introduced in ''Summon Night 4''.

* [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]]: Xiao-Mei's shop. Lampshaded by the Dragon Child.

* [[The Minion Master]]: All of your characters who have the Unit Actualization ability are capable of this with the right Summonite.

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=== The ''Swordcraft Story'' sub-series contains examples of: ===

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Late in Summon Night: Sword Craft Story 2, the main character comes across {{spoiler|a nude woman in a hot spring. She and [[Well Intentioned Extremist|her brother]] attack you for doing so.}}

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Late in Summon Night: Sword Craft Story 2, the main character comes across {{spoiler|a nude woman in a hot spring. She and [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|her brother]] attack you for doing so.}}

* [[Almighty Mom]] - Amariss.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Lynn, from the second game. Well, ambiguously lesbian.

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* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: The second game {{spoiler|gives you a memento from your father which turns out to be the key to their [[Transformation Sequence]], and thus a [[Transformation Trinket]]}}.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The final attack spells on summon beasts, for the most part. They look extremely flashy, have really cool names and can basically destroy any random encounter in any of the games when cast--but they take a ridiculously long time to charge (during which they are interruptible) and still deal rather underwhelming damage against bosses.

* [[Back to Back Badasses]]: The player and Varil do this while Varil takes on two Deigleyan soldiers and the player takes on {{spoiler|Craftlord Lubert.}}

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: The player and Varil do this while Varil takes on two Deigleyan soldiers and the player takes on {{spoiler|Craftlord Lubert.}}

* [[Badass Teacher]]: V.E from ''Craft Sword Story Hajimari no Ishi'' so much. Especially when she saves the main character with an absolutely badass flying kick in one of the villains.

* [[Bag of Holding]]: The prominent sheath thingy worn by the main character of the first game is able to hold weapons bigger than it.

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** The greedy guide Tier is also one.

* [[Girls Love]]

* [[Go Go Enslavement]]: Sanary is victim of this at one point. Creepily, it becomes a running gag.

* [[Go-Go Enslavement]]: Sanary is victim of this at one point. Creepily, it becomes a running gag.

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: What Passeau does to Nina Nina.

** Also {{spoiler|what Guren Goura wanted to do the the main hero in Craft Sword Story 2}}.

* [[Half Human Hybrid]]: Apparently, sometime in the distant past Wystern was invaded by the forces of Silturn. Although the humans of Wystern won in the end, many oni settled down in Wystern and had children. People with names like Rondeau and Shintetsu are descended from these oni. And since Pratty is Shintetsu's child...

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Apparently, sometime in the distant past Wystern was invaded by the forces of Silturn. Although the humans of Wystern won in the end, many oni settled down in Wystern and had children. People with names like Rondeau and Shintetsu are descended from these oni. And since Pratty is Shintetsu's child...

** This would explain why Pratty has a helmet design with two holes in it. She has tufts of hair stick out of them, but it was probably originally designed to accommodate horns.

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: Most of the summon beasts seem fine with being your partner. However, a lot of them naturally dislike being taken from their homes and enslaved to a human, and it's indicated that summons unlucky enough to belong to someone ''other'' than the main character/s are often mistreated.

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* [[Lethal Chef]]: Tatiana, in the second game.

** In the first game, rescuing Sanary from soldiers has her attempt at cooking attack you in a Boss Battle.

* [[Lethal Joke Item]]: The Red Hot Ladle is actually the best weapon at breaking enemy weapons so that you can forge them yourself. Yes, even better than the [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]] created by the {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]] possessing someone.}} It has an endurance of 200, and you can max your skill in it's use to 255, and even if you don't need it for that, melting it down produces more of the notoriously rare Mystic Ore than it takes to produce it. [[Fridge Logic]] makes it even funnier in that the lesson in creating a ladle was one of patience being its own reward. The Main Character is so convinced it has to be more than that that they can make a super-weapon out of it.

* [[Lethal Joke Item]]: The Red Hot Ladle is actually the best weapon at breaking enemy weapons so that you can forge them yourself. Yes, even better than the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] created by the {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]] possessing someone.}} It has an endurance of 200, and you can max your skill in it's use to 255, and even if you don't need it for that, melting it down produces more of the notoriously rare Mystic Ore than it takes to produce it. [[Fridge Logic]] makes it even funnier in that the lesson in creating a ladle was one of patience being its own reward. The Main Character is so convinced it has to be more than that that they can make a super-weapon out of it.

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Dinah from the second game.

* [[Master of None]]: The Guardian Beast Rufeel, the green one wearing a summer hat, in the third game is an all-around GB who can use all kinds of spell but she isn't the strongest with any of them.

* [[May December Romance]]: Maybe. Depending on just how old you think Pratty and Sakuro are, and if you interpret their plot as romantic. Possibly including Main Character x Any Summon, verging into [[Mayfly December Romance]] if you consider that the summons are angels/demons/ect and likely to live much longer than a human.

* [[May-December Romance]]: Maybe. Depending on just how old you think Pratty and Sakuro are, and if you interpret their plot as romantic. Possibly including Main Character x Any Summon, verging into [[Mayfly-December Romance]] if you consider that the summons are angels/demons/ect and likely to live much longer than a human.

* [[Meganekko]]: Twin sisters Ariel and Mariel.

** Nina Nina in the second game.

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* [[Tournament Arc]]: The first game's entire premise.

* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]: Pratty herself blushes heavily and goes dreamy at being told she would be fighting twins next. She turns around quickly when they turn out to be a pair of [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] though.

* [[The Obi Wan]]: Craftlord of Sapphire Sakuro in the first game.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Craftlord of Sapphire Sakuro in the first game.

** Blaine annd Ryouga in the second game.

** Jade seems to be one these in the third game.

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{{quote| "A hammer is not just for forging weapons. It forges a woman!" (Or man, depending on the player.)}}

*** "Come on, (player name)! Let's go forge your manhood!" "...please never say that again."

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Lemmy/Remii in the third game.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Lemmy/Remii in the third game.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Kenon is very respectful and notes his loss was due to the player character being better than them. This is a sharp (and explicitly noted) contrast to the rest of the gold guild.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Aera and Lynn, in the second game.

=== The ''These'' sub-series contains examples of: ===

* [[Elemental Rock Paper Scissors]]: An oddity for the series, ''Gran-These'' has one. Coincidentally, it follows the cycle from [[Fire Emblem]]. That is, Light → Dark → Anima → Light. Anima also has its own internal cycle of Water → Fire → Air → Earth.

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: An oddity for the series, ''Gran-These'' has one. Coincidentally, it follows the cycle from [[Fire Emblem]]. That is, Light → Dark → Anima → Light. Anima also has its own internal cycle of Water → Fire → Air → Earth.

* [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot]]: In ''Gran-These'', Lost uses a sword while Millet uses a gun. ''EX-These'' has a lesser version: Leonus uses a two-handed sword while Ainna uses a rapier.

* [[~~Schrodingers~~ Player Character]]: Notably averted considering the rest of series (except the first ''Summon Night'' due to [[Early Installment Weirdness]]) follows it. The choice of protagonist in both ''EX-These'' and ''Gran-These'' is a POV thing. You can switch protagonists in ''EX-These'' with the press of a button.

* [[Schrodinger's Player Character]]: Notably averted considering the rest of series (except the first ''Summon Night'' due to [[Early Installment Weirdness]]) follows it. The choice of protagonist in both ''EX-These'' and ''Gran-These'' is a POV thing. You can switch protagonists in ''EX-These'' with the press of a button.

* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: ''EX-These'' has been rendered as "Ecstasy" and "EX-Thesis". To be fair, it was a change from Flight-Plan's usual [[Gratuitous English]] where a transliteration could easily be found in the game or the website. Only [[All There in the Manual|various books related to the game]] had it until the series' 10th anniversary celebration. Even there, it was hidden in the background image of the commemoration site. Not to mention the site's navigational display was obscuring it. This meant to see it, one had to stop the page before it finished loading; no easy feat as Japan has the best overall internet speeds in the world. The updated commemoration site has since changed to make it more easily visible.

* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: ''EX-These'' has been rendered as "Ecstasy" and "EX-Thesis". To be fair, it was a change from Flight-Plan's usual [[Gratuitous English]] where a transliteration could easily be found in the game or the website. Only [[All There in the Manual|various books related to the game]] had it until the series' 10th anniversary celebration. Even there, it was hidden in the background image of the commemoration site. Not to mention the site's navigational display was obscuring it. This meant to see it, one had to stop the page before it finished loading; no easy feat as Japan has the best overall internet speeds in the world. The updated commemoration site has since changed to make it more easily visible.

** 夜明けの翼 (the subtitle of ''EX-These'') is sometimes erroneously transliterated as "youak'''u''' no tsubasa" rather than the correct "youak'''e''' no tsubasa". This likely has its origin in the scene release group GANT, whose release had the error (along with the "EX-Thesis" spelling), and spread as P2P copied it. [[Game FAQs]] had the error at one point, but was later corrected.

* [[Video Game 3D Leap]]: ''Gran-These''.

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