Tales of Graces/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Street Fighter]]. Don't believe us? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHxUggfD9E Take a look for yourself].

** As you can imagine, it didn't take the internet long to turn ''that'' into a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rITyblUAR_g meme].

** [[Tales of Eternia ~~(Video Game)~~|Farah Oerstead]] Had the same pose for some of her skills. Sophie probably took from Farah, who herself took from [[Street Fighter]]. To add on to that, [[Tales of Innocence ~~(Video Game)~~|Hermana]] also uses the pose when she uses Shishisenkou\Beast. It seems most if not all Tales fist users will use that pose.

** [[Tales of Eternia|Farah Oerstead]] Had the same pose for some of her skills. Sophie probably took from Farah, who herself took from [[Street Fighter]]. To add on to that, [[Tales of Innocence|Hermana]] also uses the pose when she uses Shishisenkou\Beast. It seems most if not all Tales fist users will use that pose.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Crab omelettes.

* [[Waif Fu]]

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* [[Double Weapon]] and [[Guns Akimbo]]: He uses a double-bladed sword that can turn into a pair of handguns. It also [[The Archer|turns into a bow]] [[So Cool Its Awesome|and shoots energy arrows]].

* [[Duel Boss]]: Twice. The first time, it's a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]. {{spoiler|The second time, it's implied he let Asbel win}}.

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Spinning]]: Several of his artes have plenty of him spinning his double lance.

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Several of his artes have plenty of him spinning his double lance.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Has the highest attack power out of all playable characters, but his defense is rather low.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Hubert's second fighting style.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: [[You Should Know This Already]], but Hubert will kick your ass in Lhant no matter what you do.

* [[Jerkass]]: Kicked Asbel's ass out of Lhant (then took it for himself), exiles him then goes to disrespect their mother.

** [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Nevertheless, he cares a lot about Lhant and even disobeys orders in order to protect it.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Nevertheless, he cares a lot about Lhant and even disobeys orders in order to protect it.

** [[Guile Hero]]: Eventually [[Defrosting Ice Queen|turns]] as one with each moment he's in Asbel's group.

* [[Likes Older Women]]: Borderline case. There's a bit of [[Ship Tease]] between him and [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pascal]], and she's five years older than him. Amped [[Up to Eleven]] in the Future Arc.

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* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: This as well. ''Big time''.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Rice Omelettes.

* [[Used to Be A Sweet Kid]]

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]

* [[The Unfavorite]]: He believes he is this, since {{spoiler|his parents sent him away to Strata when he was just ten.}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: During his reintroduction post-time skip. He wants to protect his homeland {{spoiler|and boots Asbel out of it to do just that.}}

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* [[Ill Girl]]: Has a congenital heart disease that leaves her with a weak constitution. She gets better due to the incident that also granted her healing powers.

* [[I Will Wait for You]]: [[Deconstructed]]. Those seven years of waiting have made her bitter and resentful towards Asbel since it took him so long to return. He didn't even write to her. Say what you want about his motives, that's [[Jerkass|dickish]]. Oh, and when he ''does'' return, he [[Oblivious to Love|doesn't even notice]] that she's in love with him.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: A mixture of this and [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] in the beginning.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: A mixture of this and [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] in the beginning.

* [[Knife Nut]]: She throws knives which she pulls out of a [[Hammerspace]].

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Usually plays one in skits.

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* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]

* [[Team Mom]]: Pascal even lampshades it in a scene.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Whether you like her or not, the fact that she goes from being an [[Ill Girl]] to a [[Tsundere]] with knives and lightning magic after being [[Touched By Vorlons]] is pretty damn awesome.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Whether you like her or not, the fact that she goes from being an [[Ill Girl]] to a [[Tsundere]] with knives and lightning magic after being [[Touched by Vorlons]] is pretty damn awesome.

* [[Touched By Vorlons]]: How her powers manifested.

* [[Touched by Vorlons]]: How her powers manifested.

** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: She only gained her healing spells after {{spoiler|Sophie placed part of herself inside Asbel, Hubert and herself. Now, what is Sophie's only kind of magic? Healing.}}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Grilled Chicken.

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* [[Hates Baths]]: Its not like she hates to bathe, its more that she gets so into her research that she keeps forgetting to take one.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: She carries a big frickin' hammer around for her work with machines. On top of that, one of her weapons is called "Giant Hammer."

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Named after Blaise Pascal

* [[Genki Girl]]

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* [[Robot Buddy]]: Her "Dream Fandom" spell lets her summon ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|a robotic Sophie replica titled "Mecha Sophie" that combines]] [[Macross Missile Massacre]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|with]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]''.

** And in ''Tales of Graces f'', her "Dream Strike" Blast Caliber summons Mecha Asbel!

* [[Say It ~~With~~ Hearts]]: There are several that surround her during her introduction cutscene.

* [[Say It with Hearts]]: There are several that surround her during her introduction cutscene.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

* [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Duel Boss]]: Optional, if you view a certain skit, between him and Asbel. Malik does it to see if Asbel is truly prepared to back up his talk about "protecting everyone." And indeed, if you lose, he gives Asbel a rather harsh [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Spinning]]: His boomerang-weapon thingy. He even surfs on it for some moves!

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: His boomerang-weapon thingy. He even surfs on it for some moves!

* [[Expy]]: This troper's first reaction to seeing Malik was "Man, he looks like [[Tales of the Abyss|Van]]. It's gotta be the goatee."

** [[Shout-Out|His Accel Mode is a series of kicks that seem]] [[Street Fighter|vaguely familiar...]]

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* [[The Lancer]]: Tends to be the experienced and pragmatic voice to Asbel's idealism.

* [[Magic Knight]]: In that he is a mage who can defend himself with weapons rather than a weapon-fighter with magic.

* [[Name's the Same]]: "I told you, I'm not [[Yu-Gi-Oh|Malik]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series ~~(Web Video)~~|Blishtar]]!"

* [[Name's the Same]]: "I told you, I'm not [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Malik]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Blishtar]]!"

* [[Older Than They Look]]

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]: Most of his Blast Calibers incorporate this.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Most of his Blast Calibers incorporate this.

* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: He uses a [[Rule of Cool|boomerang sword]] in battle.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Pretty much his defining character trait.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Literally.

** He has also gotten a very... [http://www.4gamer.net/games/088/G008879/20100326013/ special DLC costume.]

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: For Asbel/Cheria and Hubert/Pascal. Richard joins him in this for maximum hilarity.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: For Asbel/Cheria and Hubert/Pascal. Richard joins him in this for maximum hilarity.

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: An odd case. He has high HP, but his defense is low.

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]

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* [[Troll]]: Among many things, he has a habit of telling the most blatant lies to Sophie with a straight face.

* [[Up to Eleven]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ekf1qkOMU0 Shinten Rekkuu Zankou Senpuu Messai Shinbatsu Kassatsugeki!]''

** This is a double subversion. Said Mystic Arte was previously owned by [[Tales of Destiny ~~(Video Game)~~|Loni Dunamis]]. Unlike Loni, however, Malik's version has NO failure chance and better graphics made the arte look very flashy.

** This is a double subversion. Said Mystic Arte was previously owned by [[Tales of Destiny|Loni Dunamis]]. Unlike Loni, however, Malik's version has NO failure chance and better graphics made the arte look very flashy.

* {{spoiler|[[Welcome Back, Traitor]]: Although Hubert and Lambda don't forgive him quite as easily.}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}: {{spoiler|He is killed by a random [[Mook]] quite early on. Fortunately for Richard, Lambda's power kicks in and revives him. ''Un''fortunately for Richard, this allows Lambda to get a foothold in his psyche.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|When someone betrays his trust. Thanks to Lambda's influence, his interpretation of a "betrayal" becomes incredibly loose}}.

* [[Blow You Away]]: Until the rerelease, which focuses him more on [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]], most of his physical artes had a wind theme.

* [[Blow You Away]]: Until the rerelease, which focuses him more on [[Playing with Fire]], most of his physical artes had a wind theme.

* [[Bishounen]]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Despite being an otherwise levelheaded person, he also moonlights as the [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Masque of Barona]].

* [[Daisuke Namikawa]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: {{spoiler|Though it isn't particularly good either...}}

** We can now add [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]], [[Shock and Awe]] and [[Holy Hand Grenade]] to that list now that he's gained more artes in the rerelease.

** We can now add [[Playing with Fire]], [[Shock and Awe]] and [[Holy Hand Grenade]] to that list now that he's gained more artes in the rerelease.

* {{spoiler|[[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]: He made a deal with Lambda as a child, allowing it to reside within his body. Richard survives the lethal dose of poison given to him by Celric, and Lambda survives the lethal wounds inflicted by Sophie}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Deal with the Devil]]: He made a deal with Lambda as a child, allowing it to reside within his body. Richard survives the lethal dose of poison given to him by Celric, and Lambda survives the lethal wounds inflicted by Sophie}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]}}: {{spoiler|The infamous "TOMODACHI HUARGGGGGGGG" scene, where Richard believes that he has been abandoned to die by his friends. This, coupled with Lambda's possession, completes his [[Face Heel Turn]]}}.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Lambda's influence causes him to violently lash out at everything and everyone who slights him. It gets worse when Asbel tries to bring him back to his senses, as Richard interprets that as an act of betrayal from his first true friend}}.

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: So damn much...

* [[Expy]]: [[Tales of Eternia ~~(Video Game)~~|Rassis 'Ras' Fomalhaut]] Nobody noticed this?

* [[Expy]]: [[Tales of Eternia|Rassis 'Ras' Fomalhaut]] Nobody noticed this?

* [[Fragile Speedster]]

* {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When he's ''posessed'' by Lambda.}}

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* [[Royal Rapier]]: He's a prince {{spoiler|who becomes king later on after killing his uncle}} and uses rapiers in battle.

* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]: Come ''f'', he'll become a permanent ally once Lambda is released from him.}}

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Along with Malik, he is this for Asbel/Cheria, and also teases Hubert about Pascal.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Along with Malik, he is this for Asbel/Cheria, and also teases Hubert about Pascal.

* [[Something About a Rose]]: His Blast Calibers.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]

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* {{spoiler|1=[[Kill'Em All]] / [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: His original goal was to exact revenge on humanity; seeing them as an [[Always Chaotic Evil]] race of monsters. Ultimately deconstructed as Asbel points out how completely and ''utterly'' pointless the genocide of all living beings would be. This complete obliteration of this goal, along with a strange [[Worthy Opponent|respect]] for Asbel, is what causes Lambda to take him up on his offer of showing him that [[Humans Are Special|humans can be special]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Talking the Monster To Death]]: This is how Asbel finally manages to get through to Lambda and stop his reign of destruction}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Talking the Monster to Death]]: This is how Asbel finally manages to get through to Lambda and stop his reign of destruction}}.

* {{spoiler|[[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: This is ''exactly'' what caused his [[Start of Darkness]]. Lambda's only wish is to be treated as a person and not just an energy source. Being forced to take the form of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] didn't help matters, and eventually Lambda decides to turn this philosophy ''back'' on the humans}}.

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* [[It's All About Me]]: "The throne of Windol is mine!" "The only one worthy of the throne is me!" "The kingdom is rightfully mine!" ... So, yeah.

* [[Large Ham|Moderate Ham]]: He [[Chewing the Scenery|chews the scenery]] a couple of times, but doesn't really go overboard. Shame.

* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: Celric's first assassination attempt involved the use of a strong poison. {{spoiler|This would have succeeded if not for Richard's [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]}}.

* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: Celric's first assassination attempt involved the use of a strong poison. {{spoiler|This would have succeeded if not for Richard's [[Deal with the Devil]]}}.

* [[Obviously Evil]]; It really couldn't be any more obvious if he huffed kittens before fighting you.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Sure, killing him was another sign {{spoiler|of Lambda taking further control}}, but there's no doubt the asshole after all he's done deserved what was coming to him.

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]] & [[Shock and Awe]]: Par for the course in this game, really.

* [[Playing with Fire]] & [[Shock and Awe]]: Par for the course in this game, really.

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* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: She can fire beams out of her hands. In one dungeon, they even chase you through the floor!

* [[Magic Knight]]

* {{spoiler|[[Me's a ~~Crowd|Me's A~~ Crowd]]: There are hundreds of Little Queens, and they're all manifestations of the Fodra Queen}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Me's a Crowd]]: There are hundreds of Little Queens, and they're all manifestations of the Fodra Queen}}.

* [[Mook Chivalry]]: {{spoiler|In the battle where you fight ten Little Queens in a row, only four of them- a number equal to the number of party members you have- attack you at once}}.

* [[Mysterious Waif]]

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Asbel and Hubert's father, who commanded great respect as the lord of the Lhant territory. {{spoiler|His death prompts Asbel to return home from the Knight Academy.}}

* [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]: {{spoiler|Turns down one with Cedric}}.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: {{spoiler|Turns down one with Cedric}}.

* [[Irony]]: {{spoiler|He sends Hubert away to be adopted by the Oswells to avoid a dispute over the lordship of Lhant between Asbel and Hubert. Not only does Aston's death cause a dispute to happen anyway, but [[It Gets Worse|Hubert's vendetta against Aston for "abandoning him" fuels the conflict in the first place]]. Oops.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}

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* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: {{spoiler|Gets more heartbroken once Cheria hooks up with Asbel for good. Bailey shares the pain.}}

* {{spoiler|[[A Match Made in Stockholm]]}}: Inverted. He develops one {{spoiler|for Cheria.}}

** {{spoiler|It evolves into [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]] in the Future arc where he donates a lot of money to Cheria's relief organization and even visits it as an "inspector" of sorts. [[Completely Missing the Point|What a great guy indeed, Asbel!]]}}

** {{spoiler|It evolves into [[Stalker with a Crush]] in the Future arc where he donates a lot of money to Cheria's relief organization and even visits it as an "inspector" of sorts. [[Completely Missing the Point|What a great guy indeed, Asbel!]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|He grows out of this later.}}