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* "Mothership" Titles are considered the main entries in the franchise, comparable to the numbered ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' titles.
* "Escort" Titles are secondary entries, composed of [[Spin
== Mothership Titles (in chronological order): ==
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=== Common and recurring plot elements: ===
* Plots that [[Invoked Trope|start]] as [[
** [[It Sucks to Be The Chosen One]].
** Deconstructing [[Black and White Morality]].
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** A [[World Tree]], which is often the source of aforementioned [[Life Energy]]. While ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Phantasia]]'' and ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Symphonia]]'' are the only two Mothership titles to really feature this (and that's because they share the same setting), the [[World Tree]] is an almost omnipresent feature in the Escort titles.
* Religion as a major part of the world. If there's a religion, or even an organisation with vaguely-religious imagery, chances are it's a [[Corrupt Church]].
* A [[Big Bad]] with a personal reason for wanting to do whatever he's doing. He often wants to save something precious to him, or sincerely wants to [[Save the World]]. The problem is that his method involves [[Well
* Plots that involve at least two isolated worlds. These worlds will be antagonistic towards each other, though neither will be painted as [[Planet of Hats|outright evil]]. Fighting over a common resource is a popular trope. At least one world will be [[Technology Levels|significantly more technologically-advanced than the other]], and the ''most'' technologically-advanced world [[Science Is Bad|will also be the most antagonistic]]. More often than not, the plot will involve the heroes finding a way to [[Save Both Worlds]].
* [[Fantastic Racism]] as a whole. Several of the games have used it as their central focus and aesop.
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** One [[Combat Medic]]. Pure [[White Magician Girl]] characters are rare; the main female will always have some degree of combat training to go with her spellcasting and healing abilities.
** At least one [[Lethal Chef]].
* One [[Wham Episode]] in the ''perfect center'' of normal gameplay (it is really that horrifyingly accurate). Said [[Face Heel Turn]] will also happen somewhere immediately before or after this time. [[Deconstruction]] will play a major part of the segment, but it will most likely not compare to the horror initiated. Due to this change in perspective, the [[Big Bad]] will end up becoming the [[Well
* A [[Space Whale Aesop]] that brings together all the events of any given game in order to take a stand against some relatively minor (compared to world domination and/or destruction) social or moral issue.
* The Dark Wings, a trio of quirky thieves whose role is usually as comic relief.
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]], often done by Motoi Sakuraba and Shinji Tamura. Some of the more recent ones have had other composers assisting Sakuraba, most notably his protege Hibiki Aoyama.
** Go Shiina has also gained a lot of plaudits for his composition of ''Legendia'''s epic soundtrack (in place of Sakuraba) and for his contributions to some of the Escort games.
* A previous ''[[Tales Series]]'' character as a [[Bonus Boss]]. More often than not, he gives you his weapon as a reward, which proceeds to be one of the [[Infinity
* An optional arena where you can take on a number of challenges, such as [[Solo Character Run|Solo Character Runs]] and [[Boss Rush|Boss Rushes]]. You can even end up fighting your own party members.
* A [[Chest Monster]] called the Fake which sometimes drops the All Divide.
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** If it gets dubbed into English, there's lots of well known Californian voice actors too. Like [[Yuri Lowenthal]], [[Johnny Yong Bosch]], [[Crispin Freeman]], to name a few...
* Cute monsters. Especially noticable once [[Full Motion Video|FMVs]] entered the fray; the intro to Tales of the Abyss looks like Jade, Anise and Guy are slaughtering a horde of plush toys. One of them ''with'' a plush toy.
* A weapon claimed to be the [[Infinity
* At least ''ONE'' party member who uses a rather unconventional to downright silly weapon. Sometimes the mage, but other times, it's actually a ''melee'' fighter using the silly weapon. Such weapons include brooms, books, scrolls, urns, gigantic plush dolls, and shooting bubbles out of a straw.
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