Grandia II: Difference between revisions

* [[Awful Truth]]: See "Once More With Clarity."

* [[BFS]]: The Granasaber, which is so huge it could cleave mountains (literally; it's that huge). {{spoiler|Subverted. Turns out it's a spacecraft.}}

** Though you do get a more usable one near the end of the game.

* [[Badass Preacher]]: Father Carius turns out to have some attack magic under his sleeve when Millenia blows up his church.

* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: Valmar's Claws and the Crimson Tails.

* [[Big Eater]]: Ryudo pokes fun at Elena's huge appetite [[Running Gag|throughout the game]]. She has a rival in Mareg, though, whose meals consist of giant platters of steaks.

'''Mareg:''' I beg your pardon, Elena, but I must note that had your ear been more alert, you would have marked that [[Too Slow|I had requested seconds]]. }}

* [[Big No]]: Aira, realizing that {{spoiler|Granas isn't responsible for her new eye}}.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: The Claws of Valmar's "Infernal Sigh".

* [[Briar Patching]]: Subverted when Gonzola threatens to march right into the monster-infested Durham Cave and rescue Roan. Ryudo irritably calls his bluff by staying mute.

* [[The Bridge]]: The hilt of the {{spoiler|Granasaber}} is actually its flight control room - a floating platform surrounded by a spherical viewscreen.

* [[Broken Bridge]]: The ''entire continent'' is split in half by a broken bridge -- namely, the Granacliffs. According to the doctrine of the Granas Chruch, the fissures were formed by Granas' sword when it struck through Valmar.

** The greedy manager of the Skyway refuses to allow passengers aboard, preventing you from crossing the Granacliffs. Ryudo gets around this by, err... killing him.

** Practically [[Necessary Weasel|lampooned]] in Raul Hills by having a main road which is severed by a broken bridge and (further down) a rockslide, necessitating a massive detour.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Ryudo officially broke with the world when his older brother, Melfice, fell from grace.

** [[Port Town]]: Cyrum is also home to the world's only boat.

* [[Casual Kink]]: There's an NPC in St. Heim who happens to be a ''really'' [[Too Much Information|big fan]] of Selene.

* [[Catgirl]]: Mareg is a part of a [[Petting Zoo People]] race full of adorable catgirls... and, you get the big, smelly, ''male'' one in the party. But what's bad for [[Fan Service]] is good for combat, as Mareg is a massive, [[Super Strength|super-strong]] lion-man.

* [[Church Militant]] / [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: The Cathedral Knights are personal stormtroopers of High Priestess Selene. These big guys are positioned around villages suspected of harboring evil, giving Selene ample room to "purify" everyone inside. Other than that, the Knights aren't terribly useful; Ryudo suggests that ''they'' go marching in search of the Granasaber instead, but it's [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|outside their purview]]. {{spoiler|They eventually go crazy, slaughtering everyone in their way when the Day of Darkness comes. And they're not human.}}

** A scene later, Ryudo hand-delivers his clients' stolen goods back to them, and receives zero thanks from the girl's father.

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: When talking to one of the Agear guards, he mentions that the Sandmen in an upcoming area use sand attacks.

'''Ryudo:''' You're missing the point. }}

* [[Con Man]]: Roan makes fun of Gonzola when the latter offers a coin toss to determine whether they part ways. As Roan good-humoredly notes, it's a trick coin, and Gonzola would've let him go no matter what.

* [[Crappy Carnival]]: Gonzola's traveling troupe. From little we hear of them, Gonzola is an unfunny comedian, while his lover Paella performs a knife act (which she threatens to [[Clingy Jealous Girl|rehearse]] on Gonzola when he casts his eye on Millenia).

* [[Crazy Consumption]]: While chatting with Gadan in his office, one clue that something's amiss is the banquet of food on his desk. Meanwhile, everyone outside is cursed with an inability to taste anything.

* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Praise unto Lord Granas!

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: From the wide-eyed idealism of the first game to a main character that wants to kill his brother and body-surfing demons in the sequel.

* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEH4Hye3Kdg "The Garden of Dreams"], Aira's theme.

* [[Irrelevant Sidequest]]: Lampshaded by Ryudo by the time he and his group finally reach St. Heim.

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Aira blames her own blindness for her mother's hardships.

** Elena declares this while witnessing the attack on Cyrum by Valmar's monsters, having been duped into lying to Ryudo and cooperating in the dark god's revival. (Justified in that, well, it ''is'' all Elena's fault.)

* [[Mercy Kill]]: At one point in their journey, Ryudo angrily suggests [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|killing]] Elena if she doesn't quit wringing her hands about the Wings of Valmar residing in her. Overcome by anguish, Elena shocks Ryudo by kneeling in front of him begging to be killed.

** Not long afterward, {{spoiler|Sandra}} begs the party to find and kill {{spoiler|Aira}} before she harms any more people. Ryudo's not having it.

** It's suggested that Melfice killed his fiancée not out of malice, but to free her from Valmar's Horn. An apparition of Melfice later appears to Ryudo and regrets having done this, saying he was overzealous in his fight against evil.

* [[Mirror Match]]: Tio's Clone.

* [[Shattered World]]: The Granacliffs, as their name would suggest, are giant glowing fissures stretching across the Silesia continent. They are said to have been created when Granas' sword struck through Valmar. Indeed, the Granasaber can be found at the center, with fissures radiating outward from it.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Game Arts' localization team had some fun with this one. For what it's worth, the previous game's sound mixing was done by Skywalker Sounds, [[George Lucas]]' audio division.

** And another one in Agear:

** And again in Cyrum, as Ryudo boards the Captain's ship:

* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: Lumir Forest.

* [[Slow Motion Fall]]: The heroes collapse in dramatic slow-motion when they lose all their HP.

** Literally with Valmar's Moon, as it's {{spoiler|an organic body}}.

* [[Think Nothing of It]]: Cash is welcome, but your gratitude is not. Ryudo tends to distance himself from clingy rescuees, as epitomized when he lifts a curse that brought Liligue to the brink of starvation.

** Everybody in Cyrum showers thanks on {{spoiler|(King)}} Roan as he's wandering the town in the epilogue. Roan shrugs this off, since saving the world is [[Think Nothing of It|no big deal]].

* [[Third Eye]]: The scar on {{spoiler|Aira}}'s forehead eventually opens to reveal this, exposing her true nature as Valmar's host.

* [[Tron Lines]]: Present in architecture built during The War, most notably in the Granas Seals.

* [[Undercover As Lovers]]: Ryudo and Elena are forced to pose as a couple to get past Hemble, a weirdo sailor who allegedly has info regarding the Granasaber.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Ryudo was sent to find the Granasaber not for the sword itself, but to {{spoiler|uneseal the Body of Valmar}}.

** Valmar was merely waiting for {{spoiler|Millenia to collect all of his parts before reactivating}}. By {{spoiler|defeating the game's major bosses}}, Ryudo was turning up the clock on the Day of Darkness, which occurs after {{spoiler|all of the Granas Seals have been broken}}.

* [[Volleying Insults]]: Try talking to Paella with Millenia in your group, then step back and watch the fireworks.

* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Talking to Paella with Millenia in your party yields this gem:

* [[Wham! Line]]: "{{spoiler|Lord Granas died long, long ago. Valmar was victorious in battle.}}"

* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Subverted (and played for laughs) when Millenia exits the Durham Cave at daybreak. She cries, "Aaaa! The accursed light of the sun! It burns! It burns!" (Kidding.)

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]

* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Who Names Their Ship "Dude"?]]: While examining the hull of the ''50/50'', Ryudo guesses that it must be #50 of fifty ships or perhaps that's its registration. No, the Captain corrects him, that be the name of the ship, matey!

* [[Wolfpack Boss]]: The first one (a pack of Gargoyles) actually constitutes the game's [[Warmup Boss]].

** A horde of Eyeball Bats serve as a [[Trick Boss]] in the catacombs beneath Mirumu. Ryudo's [[Genre Savvy|not fooled]], though; indeed, the root of the problem is Valmar's Eye, which is flanked by additional Eyeball Bats when you finally do fight it.

** Before the final battle, a chasm separates Roan and Tio from the rest of the party, forcing them to go it alone against Valmar's insectoids. This means they're left with no path of escape when Vamlar's body starts to crumble (in space). Subverted when Tio activates some sort of shield around her body and grabs Roan, protecting both of them as they drift down toward the planet.

* [[Your Little Dismissive Diminutive]]:

* [[You're Insane!]]: Ryudo uses this phrase at {{spoiler|Selene}} and {{spoiler|Pope Zera}} when the full scope of their plan is exposed.

** Millenia shouts this ad nauseum during the final boss fights, complete with the following pot-kettle line:

* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: No sooner does Ryudo drop Elena off at St. Heim as promised, he gets volunteered to ''lead a crusade'' for the Sword of Granas.

** That finished, Ryudo heads back to St. Heim to report on a job well done. His arrival times perfectly with the advent of the Day of Darkness ([[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|ahead of schedule]]).