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''Wild ARMs'' is the first appearance of the eternally cursed planet Filgaia. The planet is dying after a long, destructive war with alien creatures known as demons. The weapons of the old war are blamed for the decay of the planet, and most of them are sealed away and shunned.

The three find themselves chosen by the Guardian Spirits of Filgaia to combat the returning Demons, who have come to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|revive their ancient leader, Mother]]. However, it turns out everyone -even the ''villains''- have secrets they must deal with...

 

 

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* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Deconstructed. Only Hanpan is small enough to get out this way.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: The minute the villagers find out Rudy has an ARM, they immediately forget he just saved Tony's life in the caves and protected them all from a really nasty monster. They drive him out without so much as a thank you.

** The fact that many people consider the ARMs to be terrible weapons used by the demons didn't exactly help.

** {{spoiler|A flashback reveals that he has been an outcast his entire life, not just because he has an ARM, but because his nature as a "Holmcross" gives him unnatural strength and combat abilities (with said weapons). This tended to freak people out more often than not.}}

* [[Audible Sharpness]]

* [[Badass]]: Boomerang. After {{spoiler|dying while pulling off a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to protect the main characters, he claws his way up back from hell so that he can fight them one more time.}}

** {{spoiler|Which is kind of funny to think about if your party loses to him.}}

* [[Big Eater]]: Cecilia. How she keeps that figure is anyone's guess.

** Lampshaded - apparently being a mage just uses that much energy! In the remake, she claims that she's one of the ''lighter'' eaters at the Abbey.

* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The original game. "Ray Line" indeed. The remake, while it fixes some of the worst typos, somehow manages to come up with its own that are just as bad - "How do we get thru this barrier?" indeed. In both, Jack's surname is supposed to be ''Vambrace'', which is why he calls himself "The armguard." "Van Burace" makes the metaphor meaningless.

** Where the hell did "Arch" come from when the original translation was "cocoon" in the remake's version of the prologue movie at Arctica?

** "[[Alice in Wonderland|Jabberwocky]]" became "Javawalk."

** "Jack-o-Lantern" became "Jacklanton." ''...Really?''

** "Lucied" became "Luceid," which appears to be a typo...copypasted across the entire script.

** "[[Mesopotamian Mythology|Marduk]]" became "Malduke."

* [[For the Evulz]]: Most, if not all, of Alhazad's various atrocities were done solely for his own amusement.

* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Averted to varying degrees. For example, Jack's special ability is the Fast Draw, based on his ability to create magical effects from drawing his sword quickly. He's all about speed. In gameplay terms, he is pretty much the fastest character, friend or foe: he almost always goes first. There is pretty much only one enemy that's faster: Lady Harken. This is in fact a plot point: she also uses the Fast Draw, and is {{spoiler|Elmina, one of the Fenril Knights who sacrificed herself for Jack.}}

* [[The Gunslinger]]: Rudy.

** In answer to the first... well, [[Hammerspace]]. In answer to the second, apparently it was hidden amongst his belongings - one of the villagers admits to having found it when he searched them!

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Mother gives one during the first confrontation with her. It basically boils down to, "All things are meant to come to an end, [[Omnicidal Maniac|and what better way to have it end then me]]?"

** Did you miss opening a single treasure chest? Have fun scouring through EVERY dungeon again in order to find it before being able to open the Black Box.

* [[Law of Inverse Recoil]]: Rudy's ARM exhibits no recoil in the remake. {{spoiler|This may be because he's made of metal - but no one mentions he's particularly heavy, even Jack who carries him at a few points.}}

*** Why he's so strong is actually a plot point that's explained by ''[[The Reveal]]'' and not a case of ''[[Muscles Are Meaningless]].''

* [[Leitmotif]]: Each Quarter Knight has their own unique theme in the remake, and they are ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]]''.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: A [[wikipedia:Vambrace|"vambrace"]] is a piece of armor that covers the forearm, {{spoiler|the significance of which is pointed out when Jack / Garrett receives the title in his [[Backstory]], as he can protect the "sword arm" of the Fenril Knights.}} [[Lost in Translation|This would have made a lot more sense if his name hadn't been translated as Van Burace.]]

** Boomerang plays this straight in the original (guess his [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|weapon]]), but in the remake he has a sword...that acts like a boomerang.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Rudy.

* [[Mirror Match]]: The Doppelganger enemy. Also the Shadow enemy in the Abyss; if the mirrored character is in the vanguard at the time, s/he will feel the same damage given to the Shadows.

* [[Noble Demon]]: Zed, Boomerang and Harken, especially Zed.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Hanpan

* [[Oh Crap]]: Jane in both versions when she finds the team talking to her father at Court Seim, mainly because {{spoiler|she does NOT want him to know that she's Calamity Jane and has been hunting dangerous bounties to keep the orphanage afloat.}}

** In the remake it doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Mother. Apparently, Zeikfried and the other Quarter Knights were ''not'' aware of this, and are understandably [[Even Evil Has Standards|shocked/horrified]] when they find out.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Zed, Boomerang, Alhazad and Zeikfried.}}

** The character in question is not really a robot (and is, in every sense, a living being). They are, however, artificially created.

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: The main plot is started by one.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Mother.

* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]

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