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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: August started as a [[Hot Springs Episode|summer pool party]], with Class G rehearsing for a [[School Play]] for the [[School Festival]], even as they bask in the glory of their shocking victory over Class A during last month's Laevatein Cup finals. {{spoiler|It ended in tragedy for the entire school, with many students killed during the Rebels' surprise V2 attack, Class A Representative Julianna fatally shot (just when she's starting to mellow out to Class G) by Dirk Gassenarl, who is revealed to be a "zombified" Leon Hardins, and Headmaster Kluivert committing suicide upon learning that research papers on the creation of Artificial Valkyria - of which Leon and Julianna were test subjects - under his and Dr. Clementia Foerster's possession were also stolen.}}
* [[More Dakka]]: The Gunner sub-class for Shocktroopers doesn't even ''try'' to aim. Instead, they unleash a random torrent of bullets in a horizontal sweep. Of course, said bullets are pretty punishing on a hit anyway. There is nothing worse to face on interception fire than a Gunner (hence why it's a good idea to use them on defense - they can cut down just about anything).
* [[No Range Like Point-Blank Range]]: Painfully, ''painfully'' subverted. Even if you are literally ''breathing'' on each other, there's stil a chance that your target'll hit the deck and avoid all, or at least most, of the damage you just threw at their face. Particularly painful during certain missions that turn a normal Wakeup Call Boss into That One Boss. (Admittedly, this can be negated by achieving surprise, which requires positioning and/or special scenarios, but good luck doing that with a sniper, for example.)▼
* [[Not So Different]]: Gilbert and Baldren may frequently clash concerning their ideologies, methods and relations with the Federation, but both are, as noted by Audrey, hard-headed in their own way. {{spoiler|And even if Baldren ultimately killed his own father for what he perceived to be him selling out to the Federation, he has no qualms retreating into Federation territory once the war turned against him.}}
** One skit involving Avan studying under Zeri's tutelage reveals that the Empire and the Federation are both equally bent on claiming territories, though in different ways—the Empire prefers hostile takeovers, while the Federation uses table negotiations. Avan invokes this trope concerning them. Even Zeri is surprised that such an [[Idiot Hero]] like him could have his rare moments of intellectual epiphany.
* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Moving ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' save data to the PSP's memory stick gets you {{spoiler|the late}} Isara Gunther as a playable character. Somehow.▼
* [[Oh My Gods]]: One of Avan's expressions is "To [[Norse Mythology|Hel]] with it!"
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* [[Previous Player Character Cameo]]: Most obviously Welkin and Alicia. Edy Nelson cameos at the end of her younger sister Anisette's Memories skits and during an Everyday Matters skit at the Store. Jane Turner, Homer Peron and Largo Potter also get mentioned. It should be noted that, with the exception of Jane, you can get them all as bonus (non-canonical) playable characters via a [[New Game+]] or password (including {{spoiler|supposedly-dead characters like Isara, Faldio, Maximilian and Selvaria}}).
▲* [[No Range Like Point-Blank Range]]: Painfully, ''painfully'' subverted. Even if you are literally ''breathing'' on each other, there's stil a chance that your target'll hit the deck and avoid all, or at least most, of the damage you just threw at their face. Particularly painful during certain missions that turn a normal Wakeup Call Boss into That One Boss. (Admittedly, this can be negated by achieving surprise, which requires positioning and/or special scenarios, but good luck doing that with a sniper, for example.)
▲* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Moving ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' save data to the PSP's memory stick gets you {{spoiler|the late}} Isara Gunther as a playable character. Somehow.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: Class G serves as the dumping ground for the lowest rung of Lanseal's cadets and is thus composed of a bunch of ''really'' eccentric and dysfunctional cadets.
** Subverted to a degree: all Darcsen cadets (Zeri, Jugin, Magari and Mischlitt, to be exact) are actually gifted in the arts of war, but are dumped in Class G [[Fantastic Racism|just because they're Darcsens]]. However, Class G basically accepts them without prejudice, and even those who can't stand them eventually warm up to them. This is even reflected in their Potentials, which upgrade from "Darcsen Hater" to "Reconciliation."
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* [[Yandere]]: Melissa is willing to skirmish with the Zeri Fan Club for some pictures of him.
* [[You All Look Familiar]]: Except for class A and G, almost all of the male Lanseal students seen in the game have the same two looks.
▲* [[You Are a Tree Charlie Brown]]: The academy has a little play where they re-enact Welkin's personal [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] early in the first game, namely driving his tank under a river. Their prop department must be nonexistent because they have to have two guys play the tank (with Avan-as-Welkin sitting on top of poor Zeri and Raymond).
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Dark-blue hair (and, less obviously, a pink-and-white patterned piece of cloth somewhere on their body) is the mark of a Darcsen, instantly singling them out for prejudice.
** Juliana has pink hair and Aliasse has light blue hair as well...
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