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{{quote|''Live By Honor. Kill By Stealth.''}}
''[[Tenchu]]'' is a series of [[Stealth Based Game|stealth based games]] that features a [[Ninja]] duo from the Azuma clan. It started in 1998 and has had several sequels across various consoles that expand its story. The story starts with a demonic sorcerer named Mei-Oh trying to take over the land of Lord Gohda whom the two ninja, Rikimaru and Ayame serve. The series is rather liked amongst those who have played it and some games contain a humorous dub version of the story that is completely different.
Aside from the games listed further below, the Tenchu franchise also include these titles:
* ''Tenchu: Time of the Assassins'' (2005), a [[PSP]] game set after Wrath of Heavens. Includes the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|largest selection of playable characters to date]] and the return of the [[Level Editor]] (with online-sharing capabilities).
* ''Tenchu: Dark Secret'' (2006), a [[Nintendo DS]] game set after the second game. Deals with the titular ninjas trying to protect a [[Damsel in Distress]] from an [[Evil Overlord]] who she was [[Arranged Marriage|arranged to marry]].
* ''Tenchu: Shadow Assault'' (2008), a downloadable game. An [[Gaiden Game|unrelated]] [[Genre Shift|puzzle]] [[Puzzle Game|game]] that borrows the series' setting and characters.
=== Series in general: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: Ayame, Rin and in Tenchu Z you can make a female character who would become this.
* [[Another Side, Another Story]] / [[Villain Shoes]]
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Everyone except Lord Gohda.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''Tenchu 2'', ''Tenchu DS'', ''Tenchu 1'', ''Fatal Shadows'', ''Tenchu 3'', ''Time of the Assassins'', ''Shadow Assassin'', and some unknown years after, ''Tenchu Z''.
* [[Back Stab]]: The series' iconic stealth kills.
* [[Badass]]: Rikimaru, especially after {{spoiler|his ''shadow'' retrieves his katana, fights of his [[Rival]], and [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|summons his soul ''from hell'']].}}
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Ayame can easily master techniques, but gets bored with training.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Naruto's creator has openly admitted that Kakashi is based off of Rikimaru.
** Tachibana Jubei, an obvious ersatz of [[Yagyu Jubei]].
** Tajima also played the [[Big Bad]] in [[Yojimbo]]
* [[Captain Obvious]]: The Mooks. "I'm dying... Ohhhhh... I'm dying..."
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Ayame acts like this to Gohda's daughter.
* [[Cool Sword]]: Izayoi
* [[
* [[Corrupt Bureaucrat]]: A very common Tenchu enemy.
* [[Corrupt Church]]: Surprisingly they are corrupt ''Buddhists''. Don't see that often.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Ayame
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Kiku gets kidnapped once per game early on the series.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Dull Surprise]]
* [[Everything Is Worse With Bears]]
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: Onikage is all about kicks, only using his hands for special grabs in ''Wrath of Heaven'' and sometimes block.
* [[Finishing Move]]
* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Used and [[Averted Trope|Averted]].
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: And plenty of it!
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]
* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: An unlockable item in ''Tenchu 2'', ''Wrath of Heavens'' and ''Fatal Shadows''.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]
* [[Knife Nut]]: Ayame, and boy can she use them.
* [[Level Editor]]: Tenchu 2. Later implemented in ''Shinobi Gaisen'' and ''Time of the Assassins''.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: An unlockable item in the earlier games. It allowed one to transform into a mook or innocent civilian for a short amount of time, or after delivering a kill. It and the [[Invisibility Cloak]] have the same effect with the difference that while the invisibility lasts for a shorter amount of time and you can only carry 1, it allows multiple kills for its duration while the disguise item lasts longer and you can carry up to 3 of them, but it wears off instantly if you kill someone with it active.
* [[Ninja Log]]: The Ninja Rebirth item.
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* [[Off with His Head]]: Totally random but happens frequently in the first game if an enemy is killed with a jump slash.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted, though in different games. There are two chracters named Nasu: a [[Aristocrats Are Evil|corrupt aristocrat]] in Wrath of Heavens, and a [[Dirty Old Man]] that [[Covert Pervert|doubles as a massagist]] in Fatal Shadows. There are also up to three Echigoya characters in various games.
* [[Pirate]]: The Baoliusung Gang from part 2 and the foreign pirates from the first game as well.
* [[Rank Inflation]]: Ninja Dog, Thug, Ninja, Master Ninja, Grand Master.
* [[Remixed Level]]
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* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Rikimaru sports a scar over his right eye. And it's awesome.
* [[Secret Character]]: Each game in the series has a third unlockable character. Except the first one.
** Time of the Assassins has 5 different characters to play in story mode, and [[Loads and Loads of Characters|many more]] for use in the [[Level Editor]].
* [[Simultaneous Arcs]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Go(h)da.
* [[Storming the Castle]] Gohda castle has been stormed or infiltrated numerous times.
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: the player can often hear the mooks [[Enemy Chatter|utter some lines]] while hiding in the Shadows. That includes lines as "The doctor said I should stay away from dangerous business for a while" (said by a ninja of all people) and "I need to cut down on my drinking, or my wife will be mad at me again". Though that might not be intentional. You could feel sorry for mooks getting murdered seconds after saying "I'm sure tonight will be completely uneventful".
=== Tenchu: Stealth Assassins ===
''Tenchu: Stealth Assassins'' (1998), focused on an apparent series of unrelated missions carried over by Rikimaru/Ayame by orders of Lord Gohda. Half-way through, Onikage makes his appearances and the protagonists are dragged into [[Bonus Level of Hell|hell itself]] to save Gohda's daughter from Onikage's master, [[Satan|Lord Mei-Oh]]. The original Japanese version was an [[Obvious Beta]] with clunky controls and graphics, so the western version was [[Regional Bonus|reworked, while adding two new stages and three different selectable enemy layouts]]. Eventually the Japanese market got an [[Updated Rerelease]] under the subtitle ''Shinobi Gaisen'', and with the inclusion of a [[Level Editor]]. ''Tenchu: Shinobi Hyakusen'' (1999), A [[No Export for You|japan-only]] [[Mission Pack Sequel|Mission Pack]] made of 100 fan-submited levels created with Shinobi Gaisen's [[Level Editor]].
* [[The Archer]]: Kataoka
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* [[Cult]]: The Manji
* [[Evil Weapon]]: Mei-Oh's sword, Shichishito. Besides being a somewhat [[Empathic Weapon]] with cursed powers, it also has [[Shock and Awe|electric attacks]].
* [[Flower From the Mountaintop]]: A mission was to obtain a flower that can cure Princess Kiku.
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Balmer, the foreign pirate. The english version is not ''that'' bad (though the thick Mexican accent certainly doesn't help), but the Japanese original on the other hand...
{{quote|"Parece que has muerto. Te mato ahora!"}}
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Ayame tells the ''King of Hell'' that she's not impressed with him, after [[Badass|Backflipping into Hellmouth]]. Unless the Japanese version is different; she actually says, "SHUT UP AND TELL ME WHERE KIKU IS!"
{{quote|Rikimaru: Your guards are dead. And "you" are next.}}
* [[Seppuku]]: One of the missions involves executing a corrupt minister, but if the player is using Rikimaru, he will plead with the minister to take the honorable route and perform seppuku, which he will and Rikimaru will assist by decapitating him. If the player chooses Ayame, she will insult and agitate the minister until he lashes out, resulting in a boss battle.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Features really quite pleasant and soothing classical guitar BGM, while you drop onto hapless mooks and decapitate them.
* [[Storming the Castle]]: Mission 9.
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=== Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins ===
''Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins'' (2000), [[Prequel]] to the first, focus on the two characters' graduation into ninjas and their first assignments serving Gohda. Introduced the [[Level Editor]] mode (later used in ''Shinobi Gaisen'') and the traditional [[Secret Character|third character]].
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]
{{quote|'''Suzaku''': "We live in an age of war. People die every day."}}
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Tatsumaru loses his memory and helps the Burning Dawn massacre his own clan. He regains his memory but chooses to remain one of the bad guys out of guilt}}.
* [[Back
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Master Shiunsai and the rest of the Azuma. Too bad they all die.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Wang Xaohai
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* [[Crack! Oh, My Back!]]: Urano Takehito.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]
* [[Digital Bikini]]: Of the "original outfit too risque" variety. Compare Ayame's [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/198909-tenchu-2-birth-of-the-stealth-assassins/images/screen-4 Japanese] costume to her [http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/198909-tenchu-2-birth-of-the-stealth-assassins/images/screen-3 US] one.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The Azuma village.
* [[Dragged by the Collar]]: Part of your skill-set
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** [[Evil Genius]] - Suzaku
** [[Dark Chick]] - Byakko
** [[Team Pet]] - Byakko's pet tiger, Kotaro.
* [[Forgiveness Requires Death]]: Poor Tatsumaru.
* [[The Four Gods]]: The Lords of the Burning Dawn.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: Genbu
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* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Kagami.
* [[Island Base]]: Kubon island, hideout of the Baoliusung Gang.
* [[Just You and Me
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The Burning Dawn have rejected the life of darkness and embraced the light.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|Suzaku}}.
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Lady Kagami definitely.
* [[Sword Cane]]: Master Shiunsai.
* [[Sword Over Head]]: Lord Gohda is engaged in a sword fight with his uncle, who has led a revolt against him. Being the good and noble lord Gohda hesitates after disarming him, and lowers his weapon. [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|His uncle then shoots him.]] It is then that the player controlled Rikumaru steps in, cuing a boss fight. After the fight, the trope occurs again, with Rikumaru poised over the uncle. Being a ninja, Rikumaru slashes, but Gohda leaps in and takes the slash to his back. The uncle, touched by this, proceeds to scamper off and kill Gohda's wife and kidnap his daughter. Nice guy.
** Later, during the battle against {{spoiler|Tatsumaru}}, Rikimaru hesitates to strike down {{spoiler|his former friend}}, who takes the opportunity to slash Rikimaru's face, scarring him for the rest of the series.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Seiryu looks different in the US and Japanese versions.
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys|Those Three Bad Guys]]: The Snake, The Frog and The Slug.
* [[Visionary Villain]]: Kagami just wanted to free the ninja from servitude.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Suzaku kills Yukihotaru after she loses to Rikimaru.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|Shiunsai reflects on how Tatsumaru killing him was fate after he killed his father}}. Slightly subverted in that he never knew it, so it was [[It's Personal|not personal]].
=== Wrath of Heaven ===
''Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven'' (2003), direct sequel starting where the first game left out. Each character has its own individual and independent storyline, which are quite different and contradictory between them. It all boils down to the [[Big Bad]]'s attempt to rule Gohda's realm. Later got a remake for X-Box titled ''Tenchu: Return from Darkness'', with added stages and online capabilities.
* [[Asian Rune Chant]]: as a method for learning new moves.
* [[Back
* [[Badass Normal]]: Tesshu is just a thug-for-hire, but can go toe-to-toe with the ninja main characters.
* [[Clockwork Creature]]: The specialty of Dr. Kimaira is his wooden robot army.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Tesshu.
* [[Dirty Cop]]: The mooks Rikimaru kills in the bonus mission "Through The Portal".
* [[Evil Eye]] / [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: {{spoiler|Rikimaru's Dohjutsu. Sealed in his right eye by Shiunsai because he "was not ready at the time", it allowed him to overcome Tenrai's evil power}}. Worth noting it seems to have been [[Ret-Gone]] afterwards, as no further mention of this ability is ever done.
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: The Group of Six
** [[The Big Bad]] - Tenrai
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* [[Follow the Money]]: Some of the mooks Tesshu kills carry gold.
* [[Gag Dub]]: The B-side audio option, detailing Rikimaru's quest for the secret invention {{spoiler|toilet paper}}, Ayane's possible modeling career and Tesshu's adventures as a homosexual.
* [[Ho Yay]]: The Jyuzo/Shou cutscene lends itself to some [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: A [[Power-Up]] ki attack of Tesshu.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: Ayame hears Tajima telling one of the kidnapped villagers "What a nice pair you have, now let me show you mine!" They are, of course, playing poker.
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=== Fatal Shadows ===
''Tenchu: Fatal Shadows'' (2004), [[Interquel]] set between the first and third game, focusing on Ayame's mission on enemy territory and the exploits of a former ninja, Rin, looking for the ones who burned down her [[Hidden Elf Village|secret ninja village]].
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Rin's village.
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* [[Parasol of Pain]]: Jyuzo has as main weapon a sword hidden within an umbrella, which he uses in a battohjutsu style.
* [[Warmup Boss]]: Tatsukichi is pathetically slow and loves informing you when she's to attack. [[Never Hurt an Innocent|Not mentioning grabbing her ends the fight with a quick neck smack]].
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Jyuzo kills his lover Tatsukichi if you spare her life.
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=== Tenchu Z ===
''Tenchu Z'' (2006), a [[Time Skip|distant sequel]] set some unknown time after the other games. Rikimaru is now a [[NPC]] and ''your'' teacher, since you can create the protagonist. Only game in the series to make use of a [[Virtual Paper Doll|character creation]] system. Also the only one Ayame has missed the cut.
* [[Bishonen]]: Shigi.
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