Xenoblade Chronicles/Characters: Difference between revisions

* {{spoiler|[[A God I Am Not]]: As the chosen wielder of the third Monado. He chooses to be a mortal.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]: Twice, in fact.}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And HOW!

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Both Fiora and Melia have feelings for him. He's also rather popular with the girls in Colony 9.

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Fiora. {{spoiler|Victorious Childhood Friend example; Everybody who knows Shulk and Fiora could tell they love each other and have for a long time, and they are pretty much a canon couple by the end.}}

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Has special moves revolving around both [[Back Stab]]bing enemies and kicking them while they're down. Most characters have moves like this, but Shulk's are especially prominent since they can't be unequipped.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Although he still has [[Parental Substitute|mentor figures]] in Dickson and Dunban.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Mostly from the Monado.

** [[Healing Hands]]

** [[Light'Em Up]] / [[Pure Energy]]

* [[Expy]]: They look almost nothing alike, but his tragic past and status as [[The Chosen One]], among other things, parallel [[Xenogears|Fei Fong Wong]].

* [[Fragile Speedster|Fragile]] [[Jack of All Stats|Mario]]: He can heal, debuff enemies, dish out lots of damage and is also one of the faster party members on the whole. However, his health is rather lacking.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: A rare male example.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]]. You don't discover everyday {{spoiler|that you have spent the last 14 years [[Dead All Along|being freaking DEAD]]!}}

* [[Heroic Spirit]]: Nothing stops Shulk in his quest. {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead|Not even death]]. [[Dead All Along|Not even death TWICE]].}}

* '''[[The Messiah]]''': See "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]".

* [[Moral Dissonance]] / [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Non-Homs?]]: His ultimate goal is effectively ''genocide'' against everything on Mechonis, because [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|they're just unthinking machines]]. {{spoiler|Once he realises ''just how wrong'' this is, he admits he's made a horrible mistake and dedicates himself to ''stopping'' all future fighting between the peoples of the two titans.}}

** [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Subverted. Dunban notes that [[Everyone Can See It|it's obvious that he and Fiora like each other]], but they suffer from the [[Twice Shy]] problem.

** Although when it comes to Melia, Shulk fits the trope to a T.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]: To Zanza.}}

* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: He feels sympathetic towards every major antagonist he meets, or at least wishes he could have found a peaceful solution. It doesn't matter if they're a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] or a [[Complete Monster]], he will deliberately and knowingly invoke this attitude towards them all.

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