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''Tales of Graces'' is the twelfth mothership game in the ''[[Tales (series)]]'', and was released in Japan for the [[Wii]] on December 10, 2009.
Asbel Lhant, the eldest son of the Lhant feudal family, used to be a normal, cheerful kid who spent his days playing around and going on reckless adventures with his friends. That was until the day {{spoiler|one of his friends [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificed themselves]] to save his life}}, an event that robbed him of his innocence and awoke within him a strong desire to gain enough power to protect everyone around him, including everyone who would be under his rule.
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With this goal in mind he moves away from home, joining the military and working his way up through the ranks to become a dedicated and respected young knight. However, on the brink of his graduation he receives some devastating news: his father has died. Giving up his dream and quitting the military, Asbel returns home to take his father's place and finds not only a heavier burden of responsibility than he ever imagined, but that the friendships he once held so dear have shattered in his absence.
Though the game was scored highly by critical publications, ''Graces'' was
An [[Updated Rerelease]] for the [[
''Tales of Graces F'' was released in North America in March 2012, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|with an European release confirmed for later in 2012]].
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* [[Abandoned Laboratory]]: Humanoid Research Laboratory. Also Eleth Research Laboratory in the Future arc.
* [[Action Girl]]: Sophie is a [[Lightning Bruiser]] who uses no weapons whatsoever aside from her gauntlets which can shoot [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Frickin']] [[Wave Motion Gun|Laser]] [[Rule of Cool|Beams]], Pascal has several strike artes and magic artes, and Cheria is the game's resident [[Combat Medic]].
*
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: {{spoiler|Blue Earth, a secret Blast Caliber you can use against the final boss of ''Lineage to the Future''. Hint: check your ''[[Tales of Eternia]]'' FAQ}}.
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: Just before the final battle, the [[Big Bad]] tells the party he's gonna [[Kill'Em All|kill all humans]] because [[Humans Are
* [[Artificial Brilliance]]: People have reported this where certain bosses go ''right'' for [[Shoot the Medic First|Cheria or Sophie]] during fights.
** Hilariously doubles as [[Artificial Stupidity]] in the case of Sophie, since she's the kind of healer [[Lightning Bruiser|that is stronger than most of the characters.]]
*** Not really, she falls just as easily as anyone else when chased by a boss or multiple enemies, especially on harder difficulties. Regardless, it still prevents her from casting healing spell, which the real annoyance.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: Cheria normally keeps her distance with healing artes. Sophie meanwhile will try to heal someone when she's within melee range of most enemies.
* [[As You Know]]: Invokes the trope name in the Eleth Mixer tutorial.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Richard is crowned king after he kills his uncle.}}
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** This is the main way of playing as {{spoiler|Richard}} outside of Lineage and Legacies. Apparently the Developers thought of that too and give you one of his doll for free in the Final Dungeon.
* [[Bishonen]]: Richard, Asbel, and Hubert.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Richard's [[Berserk Button]] gets pushed early in the game by a [[Mook]], and he proceeds to throw him on the table and slash him about nineteen or so times. He then calmly walks away leaving the dead mook on the table...with no sign of injury.
** Not to mention that after {{spoiler|Richard is fatally wounded}}, Pascal comments about how much (non-existent) blood there was from the wound.
* [[Body Surf]]: {{spoiler|Lambda}}'s modus operandi (that is, if {{spoiler|Protos Heis}} didn't keep showing up to kill him).
* [[Boom Stick]]: Pascal's [[Weapon of Choice]].
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Where to even start?! There's all the bosses of the [[Bonus Dungeon|Zhonecage]], including the traditional ''[[Tales (series)]]'' cameo battles, and the three legendary dragons you have to beat to unlock Floor 10. Then there's the final boss of the Zhonecage, {{spoiler|Solomos}}. Beat him, and the [[Final Boss]] of the normal story gets [[True Final Boss|a new name and a huge stat-boost]]. Rockgagan takes up half the screen, comes with a twenty-minute time limit, disables Blast Calibers and is generally so tough that most players use a cheap [[One-Hit Kill]] method. ''Tales of Graces f'' not only adds more bonus bosses (such as {{spoiler|Poisson}}) but buffs the existing bonus bosses by doing things like, oh, giving {{spoiler|Solomos}} a second Blast Caliber that he can use to counter any item usage if he's under 5% health.
* [[Brick Joke]]: If Malik uses his ''Eternal Serenade'' Mystic Arte to finish off the [[Final Boss]], he will say that it will be the final time he uses that technique. If you use it ''again'' in the [[
* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|[[Tales of Rebirth|Veigue]], [[Tales of Hearts|Amber]], and [[Tales of Destiny|Reala]]}}
** Three costumes based on [[Tales of Vesperia]] characters' outfits - Asbel gets Yuri, Sophie gets Patty, and Cheria gets Rita.
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* [[Commissar Cap]]: Cheria's BoA costume.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: In the Magic Carta minigame, the computer's cursor moves with near-instant speed and perfect accuracy whereas you are limited by a much slower cursor. On the "Hard" difficulty, the computer's reflexes are raised to inhuman levels and success becomes a [[Luck-Based Mission]].
* [[Contractual Boss Immunity]]: Averted with the final boss in ''F'', where you can petrify them. Of course it doesn't last forever - the boss is ''still'' damn hard.
** Though it is a ''very'' small chance, Rockgagong can be instantly killed by an arte with the "Chance of [[One-Hit Kill]]" property.
* [[Cosplay]]: Cheria can get a costume based on one of South Korean pop artist [[wikipedia:BoA|BoA]]'s stage outfits.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: Raymond Oswell. What does he do when he's caught by his superior? {{spoiler|Attempt to kill himself.}}
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Happens to Cheria, ''once''. Briefly.
* [[Downloadable Content]]: As with Tales of Vesperia's [[
* [[Dynamic Loading]]: The game loads the battles before you actually get into them, so the transition between the overworld/dungeon and a battle is usually less than ''half a second''. This is most noticeable when enemies respawn when using a Dark Bottle. Though the enemies respawn on the map almost instantly, you can't actually fight them until they're completely filled in.
* [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: Playing through the game on Easy lets you progress through the story as normal, but you won't earn any bonus experience for your levels or your titles. There's also no trophy for completing the game on Easy.
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* [[The Evil Prince]]: {{spoiler|Cedric, Richard's uncle.}}
* [[Expy]]: There's a reason why Asbel is getting the [[Fan Nickname]] [[Code Geass|Spinsbel]]. [[Takahiro Sakurai]] being his voice actor doesn't help his case.
** And his [[Code Geass|little brother]] is voiced by [[Takahiro Mizushima]] and has a brocon. Wow, Namco, subtle.
** The parallels don't stop there. Richard is [[Ambiguously Gay|very flamboyant]], has [[Mismatched Eyes]], is a prince and has a [[Ho Yay|questionable relationship]] with Suzaku's AU-twin. Sophie has also been described as a "purple-haired C.C.".
** It seems Namco sees the resemblance, [http://fb.me/zSe1pW5O and gave us all costumes for it]. Asbel as Suzaku, Richard as Zero, Cheria as Kallen, and Sophie as C.C.
** Am I the only one who thinks that Cornell visually resembles Hohenheim from [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]?
** Or that Richard's {{spoiler|One winged angel}} form looks an awful lot like [[Bleach|Ulquiorra's second Resureccion form]]? And he's even voiced by Daisuke Namikawa...
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The Turtlez talk like this.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Bryce.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: The fight with [[Bonus Boss|Rockgagong]]. Not only is he one of the toughest [[Bonus Boss
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** During the prologue:
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*** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Hubert (Although this is replaced with {{spoiler|Richard}} in ''f'')
* [[Foreshadowing]]: You can notice quite a bit...
** When you first see Richard in the adult arc, {{spoiler|Notice several instances of [[Mismatched Eyes]].}} You can also spot instances where {{spoiler|Lambda takes control or drives him over the edge}}. Especially during his famous slashing rampage.
** During one of the last skits of the Childhood arc, Hubert mentions that he won't always be around to correct Asbel. {{spoiler|What happens later? He's sent off to Strahta}}.
** If you go to the second floor of the inn in Gralesyde, you'll find a map. Look at it with Malik, and he'll note that none of Fendel's towns are on it.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: The party just finished searching around Bathus Citadel, only to
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Pascal accuses Cheria of stuffing her bra. Cheria denies this.
** Adding that to the fact that Cheria uses knives to fight, and that she briefly mentions "perfection and elegance" in her victory poses...doesn't this accusation reminds you of [[Touhou|someone]]?
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: The original Wii game basically implodes on itself on repeat playthroughs. As a result, it was recalled.
** To put this in perspective: 'Tales of' games tend to have a few minor glitches here and there that can be avoided if you're aware of them, or actually required you to have a guide to replicate them; but never any really serious, unavoidable bugs to the point of causing the music in the game to loop a few seconds at high speed for the rest of the fight. It's so far the only game in the series to have had a recall (and hopefully the last).
* [[Gang Up on the Human]]: For some reason, the enemies seem to enjoy going after whoever the player is controlling
* [[Ghost City]]: {{spoiler|Telos Astue. An appropriate name, since telos means "end" in Ancient Greek.}}
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|Giant Purple Bat with Electric-Pink Pompadour From Nowhere]]
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** Cheria also qualifies; though her attack is low, she has the highest critical rate and stuns the best with her A-Artes.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Try finding some of those titles/sidequests without a guide.
** To get Sophie's Lv.3 Mystic Arte, you have to give a bunch of plushies to an [[Ill Girl]] in Fendel. However, you have to Dualise three of them using "Cashable" ingredients, items that the game explicitly tells you that [[Vendor Trash|you can sell for a nice sum]].
** Good luck finding all of the skits; many of them are in places one would never think to go back to, or in random locations you would otherwise never visit again once you get halfway through the final dungeon.
* [[Heir Club for Men]]: The Lhant lordship (unfortunately for Kerri).
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Kurts. Sophie also attempts it.}}
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: {{spoiler|Hubert}}.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Cheria starts off as this but she gets better. You can also run across one in Fendel and you are rewarded by giving her plushies to keep her company,
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Half of the characters (Asbel, Sophie, Richard, and Cheria) all have pretty normal weapons. Then there are Malik and Pascal, who use a Boomerang Sword and some sort of hybrid between a rifle and a pole weapon, respectively. Not too improbable... Then there's Hubert, who uses a Darth Maul-style bladed weapon which can separate into a pair of handguns. [[But Wait! There's More!]]. For one of his [[Limit Break|Blast Calibers]], the weapon's bladed form can apparently bend slightly in the middle, and he can then use it as a sort of energy-bow and go [[Bleach|Quincy]]-style with a barrage of [[Frickin' Laser Beams]].
* [[Innocent Flower Girl]]: Sophie in that she's [[Meaningful Name|named after a flower]] and is associated with them, although personality-wise she averts pretty much everything else associated with this trope.
* [[I Want Grandkids]]: Kerri to Asbel in "Lineage and Legacies". Justified, in order to continue the Lhant family line.
* [[I Will Definitely Protect You]]: This game's main theme, to be more precisely Sophie's vow to protect Asbel and her other friends.
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* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Raymond Oswell
* [[Maybe Ever After]]: {{spoiler|Hubert and Pascal}}
* [[A Minor Kidroduction]]: The first couple hours focuses on the cast as kids, before the [[Time Skip]] to the main part of the story.
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Richard, {{spoiler|and later Asbel}}.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The end of the prologue.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: Richard wears one during his childhood.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: If you kill the [[Bonus Boss]], the final boss will become stronger.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: On any difficulty above simple, this game ''quickly'' becomes this. You have to more or less adapt to the new LMBS or die in most [[Tales (series)]] games...and this is NO exception.
* [[Noodle People]]
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Averted. Holding down a button when not in battle will tell you your next objective.
* [[Obvious Beta]]: The Wii version came with numerous [[Game Breaking Bug
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: When you meet her, Poisson is the nicest, cutest, bubbliest [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] you'll ever meet. {{spoiler|And in Fendel, she uses her powers of Obstructive Bureaucracy in the party's favor, completely blocking Chancellor Eigen's ability to act.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]]: Asbel and Cheria after the end of the story.}}
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* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Absolutely]] '''''[[Deconstruction|Annihilated]]''''' [[Deconstructor Fleet|Trope]]. {{spoiler|Lambda}} effectively spouts the same cliched garbage about how the world is full of pain and suffering and that the only way it can be fixed is by killing everything that lives on it. {{spoiler|''Asbel''}} of all people is the one who points out how pathetic this plan is by highlighting how it solves nothing, doesn't do anything to fix the issues that people have and ultimately doesn't even benefit the one ''enacting it'' in the long-run. {{spoiler|[[Talking the Monster to Death]] in such a fashion is exactly what allows Asbel to win Lambda over and let him see that [[Humans Are Special]]}}.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Lambda usually appears as a black energy blob or in the form you first see him in shortly before the [[Time Skip]]. For the final battle, he turns into an [[Eldritch Abomination]].}}
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: There are the three elemental dragons you can fight located in each of the capital cities' Cryas, then there is [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Solomon]], located in the [[Bonus Dungeon]] and is the strongest [[Bonus Boss]] in the game.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Asbel's father dies after the prologue, Cheria was raised by her grandfather, Richard's {{spoiler|father is killed by his uncle after the prologue}}, Sophie {{spoiler|never had parents to begin with}}.
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: One of Sophie's attacks. She spontaneously grows [[Power Glows|glowing wings of doom]] that damage the enemy.
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Red Eye Take Warning]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: President Paradine is one of the most reasonable in recent memory.
** It's implied the chancellor of Fendel becomes one; however President Paradine plays more of a role.
* [[Red Mage]]: Cheria. Her spell repertoire covers healing, team buffing and offense. Her melee abilities are tricky to master, but offer a very good balance of range and mobility because she can move directly after attacking (as opposed to other ranged characters who have a significant delay).
** Pascal and Hubert. Pascal is able to deal damage with her weapons, buff allies, deal damage with melee-range spells, and even gets a healing spell. Hubert meanwhile deals damage with his weapons, learns some magic (including a healing spell) and deals ranged damage with his guns.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Asbel and Hubert, although the lines can get really blurry at times.
* [[Rightful King Returns]]
* [[Right in Front of Me]]: Asbel ''breaks into Richard's room'' before he finds out that Richard is a prince.
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* [[Running Gag]]: As usual, there's a number of running gags through the victory scenes. The most notable is Asbel attempting to lead a cheer of "Together, we will never lose!", only to have it ruined ''every single time''.
* [[Say My Name]]: "ASBEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
** "SOPHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
** And at the end of the game, {{spoiler|LAMBDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"}}
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Pascal
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* [[Shipper on Deck]]: A lot of characters of Asbel/Cheria. Which makes is all the more annoying when you consider...
* [[Shout-Out]]: An entire page of these both to earlier Tales games and other Namco Bandai works could be dedicated to these, but for now:
** Asbel references ''[[Lupin
** In the arena's upper lobby (where you sign up and run into a Turtlez merchant), you learn that something is [[The Legend of Zelda|a secret to everyone.]]
** The Curseproof Title's [[Flavor Text]] reads "[[Castlevania II|Because everyday is a terrible day to have a curse]]".
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* [[Squee]]: Cheria during the play.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Cheria is your classic example. Malik is interesting in that he has the worst physical defense, but incredibly high HP. Pascal is mostly an aversion, boasting a superb defensive score that complements her melee spellcasting, but having fairly low HP.
* [[Stance System]]: Every playable character switches between two different sets of artes: "A"-type and "B"-type. For example, Hubert uses melee attacks for his A-artes and ranged attacks for his B-artes.
** Asbel has a more traditional stance system, switching between having his sword sheathed (A-artes) and drawn (B-artes). The act of drawing his sword temporarily increases his
* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: Raymond grabs Cheria by one arm and she suddenly forgets that she can fight. Of course, [[Damsel in Distress|you have to rescue her.]]
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Hubert. [[Adjusting Your Glasses|He just loves pushin' 'em up to his face]].
* [[Summon Magic]]: Pascal's Blast Calibers.
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* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The TGS Trailer has spoiled that {{spoiler|Cornell was killed and betrayed by his own and not to mention even some part of the ending scene}}
** Irritatingly, a spoiler can be found on the first page of the game's instruction manual. It features artwork with {{spoiler|Asbel drawn with the plot relevant [[Mismatched Eyes]].}}
*** Said spoiler is now found on the '''cover''' in the [[
*** Not as relevant, but if you got the Pre-Order bonus pack for ''Tales of Graces f'', it came with a Theme for the [[
* [[True Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|The Fodra Queen becomes this, making Lambda a [[Climax Boss]].}}
** Also, as mentioned above, {{spoiler|defeating [[Bonus Boss|Solomos]] gives Lambda Angelus a power boost and renames him to Lambda Theos}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Hubert could be considered a male version, making for quite an interesting subversion of the trope.
** Cheria is a type B [[Tsundere]].
* [[Updated Rerelease]].
* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]: Hubert and Pascal fit into this dynamic.
** In terms of friendship ([[Yuri Fan|or]] [[Les Yay|more]]), Pascal and Cheria or Poisson fit this.
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Cheria}}
* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: {{spoiler|If you want to perform Blue Earth, you have to hold the buttons to get the Maxwell extension artes. Problem? They're done on ''you'', and they all total so much damage if you screw up, you'll have a game over by Aquarius Sphere, the second one.}} To be fair, this is an
** Pascal sounds like this on paper. All of her spells are
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: The major theme of Lineage and Legacies in ''f''. {{spoiler|Sophie is an immortal (of the ageless variety), and worries about what will happen when everyone else dies and she keeps on living. She eventually comes to terms with it after swearing to continue Asbel's dream of preserving Lhant, helping Asbel's children, grandchildren, and so on.}}
* [[The Wise Prince]]: Asbel in a nutshell.
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