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'''''Puyo Puyo''''' is a series of [[Falling Blocks]] puzzles games created by the now-defunct company [[Compile]]. It is now owned by [[Sega]], which distributes it internationally as ''Puyo Pop''. The object of the game is to flood your opponent's board with Nuisance Puyo by making chains with several multi-colored Puyo which explode when four of the same color are connected.
 
Just how popular is this in Japan? A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbf-Z2IgnVY LOT] of effort went into the Japanese ''Puyo Puyo Tsu'' Championship. Just look at the '''crowd''' eagerly watching the puzzle game (not quite a Korean ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' tournament but still). Keep in mind that this is ''televised''. Hey, ''Fever'' matches can get at least [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdDMsNBBKOI 180,000+ views] and ''Tsu'' matches can net 1,000,000+ views. If you know how to build some amazing chains, ''that's'' about 1,600,000+ views. Then many people hack the game to make their own mods, and that can get...not as many, though a still rather respectable number of views.
 
The games in the series are:
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* ''Puyo Puyo Box'' (2000; largely a [[Compilation Rerelease|compilation]] of previous games, and the last one released by Compile)
* ''Minna de Puyo Puyo'' (2001; first installment developed by [[Sega]]'s Sonic Team, localized as just ''Puyo Pop'')
* ''Puyo Puyo Fever'', akaa.k.a. ''Puyo Pop Fever'' (2003; dubbed for the Gamecube)
* ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'' (2005; featured a map system, which has yet to be done again)
* ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' (2006; was the first where you could select characters without a given difficulty)
* ''Puyo Puyo 7'' (2009)
* ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'' (2011)
* ''Puyopuyo!! Quest'' (2013, free-to-play Puzzle RPG)
** ''Puyopuyo!! Quest Arcade'' (2013, arcade version)
* ''Puyo Puyo [[Tetris]]'' (2014)
* ''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2'' (2020)
 
Along side are a few clones and/or localizations:
* ''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'' (1993; ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''-styled localization)
* ''Kirby's Avalanche'' (1995; ''[[Kirby]]''-styled localization)
* ''Qwirks'' (1995; Windows and Mac game)
* ''Kidou Gekidan Haro Ichiza: Haro no Puyo Puyo'' / ''Mobile Theatrical Company Haro: Haro's Puyo Puyo'' (2005: ''[[Gundam]]''-styled GBA game)
 
''Puyo Puyo'' takes its characters from ''Madou Monogatari'', a series of RPGs also by Compile. Most games from both series star [[Action Girl]] Arle Nadja in some insane quest for the designated [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]] or something else.
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''Puyo Puyo Fever'' has the honor of being the final first-party [[Sega Dreamcast]] game, some years after its death<ref>For the record, ''Karous'' is the final Dreamcast game period.</ref>
 
Expect the majority of this page to be on Sega's ''Puyo Pop Fever'' Series. And we finally have a [[Puyo Puyo/Characters|Character Page!]]
 
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{{tropelist|Let's play Puyo!}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Arle, Amitie, Feli, Raffine and newcomer Ringo.
* [[Affably Evil]]:
** Satan's plots involve doing something for a stupid reason or stalking Arle.
** Ekoro is very goofy, {{spoiler|but he's a ''huge'' threat.}}.
* [[Anvil on Head]]: Amitie once dropped a huge cooking pot on Arle's head in ''Puyo PopPuyo Fever 2''. Arle was not happy.
** A 24-ton weight drops on the Frankensteins father when large amounts of nuisance puyo fall on his field.
* [[Arc Number]]: 24, a Japanese ''goroawase'' pun on "Puyo". ''Puyo PopPuyo Fever'' was even released on the 24th of a month for each platform. Moreover, nearly every Sega-made ''Puyo'' game before ''Puyo Puyo Tetris 2'' has had a character roster consisting of no more than 24 characters.
* [[Area 51]]: Is visited in ''Puyo Puyo 7''.
* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|Aren't You Going To Defeat Me?]]: Asks {{spoiler|Strange Klug when Raffine and Sig take two of the items he had and leave him in Klug's body.}}
* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|Aren't You Going To Defeat Me?]]: Asks {{spoiler|Strange Klug when Raffine and Sig take two of the items he had and leave him in Klug's body}}.
* [[Area 51]]: Is visited in Puyo Puyo 7.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Arle and Carbuncle. Almost everyone in ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' counts as well just because of the art style.
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]] and [[Bad Powers, Bad People|Bad People]]: Despite being half-demon, Sig doesn't care about it and seems to care only about his friends and bugs. It should be noted that, besides Akuma, most demons and monsters before are portrayed as [[Jerkass]]es or being [[Affably Evil]], as well as Sig's remains being part of {{spoiler|the demon within's Klug's book's orignal body. There's an unknown, but possibly good, reason that the demon was sealed away in the first place, something nobody even did to any previous demon. When the demon posses Klug, he intends to wound or likely ''kill'' Sig to get his remains}}.
** Almost everyone in Fever just because of the art style.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Rulue shows off hers in ''Puyo Puyo~n''.
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]] and [[Bad Powers, Bad People|Bad People]]: Despite being half-demon, Sig doesn't care about it and seems to care only about his friends and bugs. It should be noted that, besides Akuma, most demons and monsters before are protrayed as [[Jerkass|Jerkasses]] or being [[Affably Evil]], as well as Sig's remains being part of {{spoiler|the demon within's Klug's book's orignal body. There's an unknown, but possibly good, reason that the demon was sealed away in the first place, something nobody even did to any previous demon. When the demon posses Klug, he intends to wound or likely ''kill'' Sig to get his remains.}}
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Rulue shows off hers in ~n.
* [[Battle Butler]]: Butler for The Prince of the Oceans. Execpt, he doesn't really fight.
* [[Be Careful What You Say]],: becauseBecause it ties into the trope below.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'', the story mode has your chosen character playing through a Puyo tournament, and the prize is a medal that will grant one wish.
** Ms. Accord's wish [[UnThe Un-Reveal|is a secret]].
** Akuma wished for no demons to be able to enter the town. While he is a demon himself, [[Exact Words|the wish only stopped demons from ''entering'', so he's just fine]].
** Amitie wished to be a great spellcaster. She gets nothing, on the reasoning that she's already a great spellcaster, which she feels is a cop-out.
** Arle wished to be able to travel freely between the two worlds. She got it, no strings attached.
** Baldanders was ordered by Feli to wish for her and Lemres to be happy together. Ms. Accord informs him that he could only wish for one of them to be happy. [[UnThe Un-Reveal|We never find out who he chooses.]]
** Dongurigaeru wished for a pond in the forest., Hewhich gothe it,gets just fine.
** Feli wished for Lemres not to grow old without her. She got that, but then Ms. Accord revealed that everyone was using anti-aging spells anyway, and Feli would have been better served wishing a [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]] on herself. Feli was ''not'' happy.
** Klug wished for his success to get a 16-page spread in the local mages' magazine. Ms. Accord pointed out that this was dependent on him being successful in the first place, which he had completely failed to wish for.
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** Oshare Bones wished to meet "that person" (his lover?) again "someday". Popoi points out that this is a poor choice of words, as it doesn't specify an actual date. Even so, they are now guaranteed to meet again... eventually...
** Raffine wished to be more beautiful. The medal did nothing, which Ms. Accord claimed was because it believed Raffine was already the most beautiful. Raffine accepted this explanation happily, but after she ran off, Popoi suggested that maybe the medal just couldn't do that.
** Rider was going to wish to get rid of her horns, but after meeting Satan, she grew to appreciate them. Since she didn't have a backup wish, she wished for world peace. Ms. Accord said it would be granted, but we don't ever actually see it. It would make ''Puyo Puyo 7'''s {{spoiler|[[The End of the World as We Know It]] plot}} impossible, but nothing in ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' is treated as canon anyway.
** Rulue was going to wish to be Satan's wife, but that wouldn't stop him from going after Arle. She was going to wish for Arle to be taken out of the picture, but thethen she realized that would be essentially admitting that Satan loves Arle more than he loves Rulue, and she could never do that. Unfortunately, she said all this out loud and in front of the medal, which decided to grant her "wish" of never admitting Satan's love for Arle. As Rulue immediately points out, ''this doesn't make any goddamn sense''.
** Satan was going to wish for a honeymoon under the stars with Arle, but first he felt he had to chew out Ms. Accord over her students' disrespectful behavior toward him. The medal heard him say he ought to teach them manners and granted ''that'' wish.
** Schezo wished for everyone to stop calling him a pervert. It was granted, but everyone called him a weirdo instead.
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** Zoh Daimaoh wished to be a king who would bring peace in a rich country, in a future with hope. He got that... as far as anyone knows.
*** To sum up, 22 wishes were made in total, 8 turned out fine, 4 were corrupted by poor phrasing, 4 were flat-out not granted, 2 were ruined by thinking out loud, 2 were caught on [[Moving the Goalposts|a one-wish technicality]], Nasu Grave's was not granted due to thinking aloud ''and '' the one-wish technicality, and we never learn Ms. Accord's. If we throw out Ms. Accord's wish, that's a 62% failure rate.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Schezo really wants everyone to stop labeling him a pervert. Also, don't taunt him about not having a healthy image.
** Also, don't taunt him about not having a healthy image.
** Panotty doesn't like it when people ignore or don't appreciate his music.
* [[Big Bad]]: Varies per game. After the original series, the villains got less effective.
** Most, if not all, of the games before ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' had Satan as the final boss. If he wasn't, it was likely due to someone overshadowing him (take Doppleganger Arle).
** ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' technically had Popoi, a talking cat-puppet-shadow.
** ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'' had the very popular Strange Klug., Hethough he didn't do much though as a villain.
** ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' and ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'' don't have a villain to speak of.
** ''Puyo Puyo 7'' had an effective villain in Ekoro.
* [[Bishonen]]: Satan, Schezo and Incubus among others.
* [[Biting the Handkerchief]]: Raffine, when she loses a Puyo match.
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Maguro's hascover both his eyes, while Lemres's hascovers one bang.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Appears more often on more characters than you think.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Masked Satan in TSU''Puyo Puyo Tsu'' and Carbuncle in ''Puyo Puyo Fever''.
* [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]]: Rider eventually appreciates her horns after meeting Satan.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Actually useful in competitive play, since it gives you an idea of how big your opponent's chain is (and yours too) and how close it is to finishing.
* [[Camp Gay]]: Oshare Bones. There's aalso the ''Madou Monogatari''-exclusive [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Gay]].
** Exclusive to Madou, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Gay]].
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Characters before the fever series come from ''Madou Monogatari''.
* [[Caramelldansen Vid]]: You will need to look through Nico Nico Douga, though.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Popoi.
* [[Circus of Fear]]: Minus the fear. Except the [[Big Bad]] from ''Puyo Puyo~n'' wants to replace Arle from reality.
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience|Color-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Puyo, natch.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: YMMV on Draco, Harpy, Seriri, the Banshee Trio, and so on.
* [[Cute Witch]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Witch]].
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Rulue.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Ringo.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Somewhat..., in ''Puyo Puyo~n'' and ''Puyo Puyo 7''. You get to use your friends' powers in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', and a defeated person might tag along with your group for the story in ''Puyo Puyo 7'', take a few heroes and, for a short bit, Satan.
* [[Dem Bones]]: Oshare Bones and Skele-T.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Well, what did you ''think'' was going to happen when you carry around a possessed book? Some people just have to learn the hard way.
** ...and with Strange Klug filling in for Klug's adult transformation in PP7''Puyo Puyo 7'', [[What an Idiot!|I guess he never learned]].
** It also seems like Ekoro managed to take over Arle and decided Ringo a good substitute.
** And ''waaaaaay'' back before all of this, we had {{spoiler|Satan being possessed by Doppelganger Arle.}}.
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: Raffine in Deka mode.
* [[Difficulty Spike]]: Frustratingly common in many of the installments. The first arcade game is already blisteringly fast by the fourth level. The [[Dolled-Up Installment|dolled up installments]] [[Difficulty by Region|tone it down]] somewhat, though.
** One such spike accompanies Klug's transformation into Strange Klug. Klug himself was already [[Nintendo Hard|pretty high-difficulty]] - Strange Klug just kicks it [[Up to Eleven|up a notch]].
** HaraHara courses aren't called "hard" for nothing.
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: ''[[Kirby]]'s Avalanche'', ''[[Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine]]'' and... ''[[The Lion King|Timon and Pumbaa's]] Bug Drop''?
* [[Doppelganger]]: Doppelganger Arle from ''Puyo Puyo~n'' as well as Doppelganger Schezo from ''Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon''.
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Harpy, oh so much. She turned the mermaid into one, too.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: All over the place in the bootleg English translation of the first game. Arle is called Silvana, [http://puyonexus.net/wiki/Nasu_Grave Nasu Grave] is called Blue Ghost (despite being neither), and [[Bowdlerise|Satan is called Dark Prince]]. That last one was repeated in ''Puyo Pop'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], and is the only ''official'' [[Dub Name Change]] in the entire series.
** She turned the mermaid into one too.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: All over the place in the bootleg English translation of the first game. Arle is called Silvana, [http://puyonexus.net/wiki/Nasu_Grave Nasu Grave] is called Blue Ghost (despite being neither), and [[Bowdlerise|Satan is called Dark Prince]]. That last one was repeated in Puyo Pop for the [[Game Boy Advance]], and is the only ''official'' [[Dub Name Change]] in the entire series.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Amitie.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Nearly everyone except Arle has some serious problems, though they're usually played for laughs.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Just add a hammer!}}!
* [[Empathy Pet]]: Popoi, when Ms. Accord has him.
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: The animations. Right now, the sprites have animated limbs.
** And with ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'' out, we have fully animated sprites!
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: Well, Strange Klug doesn't have a costume, per say; it's just Klug's outfit dyed red with a cape.
** In ''Puyo Puyo 7'', Arle changes her costume from the school uniform and a pink skirt to a black and blue robe {{spoiler|when possesed by Ekoro.}}.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: (Un?)Surprisingly, Klug.
** [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Almost all of the villains, past and present, have an evil laugh somewhere in their combos or shout into their mic.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Many, ''many'' examples, always in names. The aforementioned [[Cute Witch|Witch]] is a start.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: ''Puyo Puyo 7'' has something along the lines of, "The 7 wonders of the world, to play Puyo with 7 players." {{spoiler|Turns out it isn't much of an excuse, though.}}
** Most of the plots are excuses for the ''Puyo Pop Fever'' series, as they're all done to play the named game; ''Puyo Puyo Fever 1'' has finding Accord's cane (which no explanation why and how she lost a ''flying'' wand), ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'' has little to no plot, Fever''Puyo 15Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' is a tournementtournament...
* [[Expressive Hair]]: Ringo.
** [[Expressive Accessory]]: Strange Klug has two; - the red shadow-thing behind him shares his facial expressions, while Klug's purple spirit that's trapped within the nearby floating book is often seen sobbing, smiling, and {{spoiler|shares Strange Klug's expression of surprise when two of the heroes leave without saving him.}}.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Ms. Accord and Lemres.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Arle.
** [[Brown Eyes]]: Before ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' ever existed.
* [[Falling Blocks|Falling Puyo]]: The blocks are called Puyo.
* [[Family Business]]: Sasaki's Fishmonger, Andou's Greengroceries
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: Oshare has one intact eye, while his other eye is simply an eye socket featuring [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath]].
** Then there's Sasaki, Arle, Strange Klug, recently Satan, and by an extent, Sig.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Arle and Amitie use these three elements as their major spells (Fire, Ice Storm, Thunder Bolt). Rider uses lightning for one of her spells, and Schezo uses lightning for almost all of his spells.
** [[Abnormal Ammo|Abnormal Spells]]: However, Klug and Popoi use the names of objects in the sky, Ms. Accord uses music notes and writes on her chalkboard for animations, and Raffine, Sig, and Rulue use [[I Know Kung Fu|martial arts]] with magic. And this is just to name a few.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Ekoro wants to bury <s>the world</s> ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|all existence]]'' under Puyo. How fun that must be...
* [[Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind]]: Akuma seems mean, but he helps Sig (sorta) in ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2''. Sig himself is half-demon, but doesn't harm anyone.
* [[Four Is Death]]: When four puyo of the same color connect they explode. Also means death for your opponent, since he/she is about to get hit with nuisance puyo!
** [[The End of the World as We Know It|Puyo Puyo 7 was the fourth game in the Fever Reboot.]] You don't need to get any farther than that.
* [[Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind]]: Akuma seems mean, but he helps Sig(sorta) in Fever 2. Sig himself is half-demon, but doesn't harm anyone.
* [[Frogs and Toads]]: Nohoho and Dongurigaeru are frogs.
* [[Game Mod]]: Making your own characters is popular., Someoneand some have even drew [[Suzumiya Haruhi]] ''in the Puyo art style''.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Amitie. Being one of the heroes, she beats everyone else at puyo in the stories.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Carbuncle, as the [[True Final Boss]] of the first ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' game.
** After the [[TournementTournament Arc]] that was ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'', the next game would naturally have {{spoiler|a storyline that has the fate of the universe in the balance}} as the next game!
** Played with for Strange Klug. If you play Raffine's or Sig's HaraHara courses first/you (or read the translations), Strange Klug just seems to be this trope. {{spoiler|It isn't until you play Amitie's that you learn what exactly Strange Klug is, what Klug did, what the items you got are, and why he was in the ruins at the time.}}.
* [[Giggling Villain]]: Dark Arle in ''Puyo Puyo 7''.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Ringo, has pigtails with curls.
* [[Good Is Dumb]]: Amitie should start carrying around a dictionary...
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Raffine and Klug, despite being heroes, are meanspiritedmean-spirited.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Every now and then...
* [[Gratuitous English]]: A good amount of the [[Calling Your Attacks|called attacks]] use this., Mostand most even manage to get out close-to-correct pronounciationspronunciations. Incubus lives for this and is known for his infamous [[Precision F-Strike|"Oh, Shit!"]] in ''Puyo Puyo SUN''.
** Incubus lives for this and is known for his infamous [[Precision F-Strike|"Oh, Shit!"]] in SUN.
* [[Harmless Villain]]: For someone named Satan, he usually has different plans than being evil. If he ''is'' doing something "evil", the choice he has in mind [[Poke the Poodle|isn't]].
** Story-wise:, Thethe most Satan can do is creep you out., while Strange Klug just seems to monologmonologue. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Gameplay wise, they're very hard.]]}}.
* [[Henshin Hero]]: ''Puyo Puyo 7's' has the Henshin mechanic, which transforms characters into their younger or older selves.
* [[Honest Axe]]: Played with before battling Popoi in ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' for Amitie's course.
* [[Horny Devils]]: Incubus. Gee, [[Sarcasm Mode|I do wonder why]] that's his name! Not that any sex is mentioned, though.
* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Ocean Prince and Ekoro.{{context}}
* [[Hyperspace Mallet]]: Ms. Accord has one.
* [[Idiot Hair]]: A few characters. Sig has two thoughstrands whichthat even ''twitch''.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]:
{{quote|Skeleton T(ea) Trio: "It's 'T' time!"
Ringo: "That's just lame!" }}
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: When Schezo says "Be my desire!", ...he wanted something entirely different from what the other person was thinking.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Klug. While he comes off annoying, he does knows information to advance the plot, and even explains what's going on during ''7''. This "genius", however, is the exact same cause for him getting possessed over and over again.
** This "genius", however, is the exact same cause for him getting possesed over and over again.
* [[Instant Runes]]: Some attacks, but then again, these kids use magic.
* [[Inventory Management Puzzle]]: In ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'', you can carry up to [[Arc WordsNumber|24 items]]. Selecting chat or beating a HaraHara Course<ref>Or talking to Oshare at one point, or beating Raffine's WakuWaku Course.</ref> rewards you with an item, along sidealongside using the shop. [[But Thou Must!|You]] ''[[But Thou Must!|also]]'' [[But Thou Must!|must take the item if you talk to them]], and Oshare won't give you items to replace it. So, in turn, you have to waste items in the courses... ''[[But Thou Must!|which you can't leave]]'' '''either''' [[Failure Is the Only Option|unless you lose]] or beat the course.
* [[It Makes Just As Much Sense in Context]]: Oh, boy... ''Puyo Puyo SUN'', most of the plots, the reasons to fight, and Klug's... [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"magic magazine".]].
{{quote|'''Amitie:''' I never knew that you read this kind of book. ''(blushes)'' Gee...
'''Klug:''' What, no! That's the ''wrong page''! }}
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: It was inevitable, but Oshare Bones gets a couple lines like this in ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary''.
* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Oshare's backstory. {{spoiler|He's waiting for the day he meets his former love.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: A lot of characters. Raffine takes the cake though, but Klug's attempting to beat her.
* [[Kawaisa]]: The art style from ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' and on.
* [[Kick Chick]]: Raffine and Rulue.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Arle a couple times, especially in ''Madou Monogatari'': she's in kindergarten.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Carbuncle in at least one of the spinoff RPGs has a super powerful random gem laser attack, which is carried over into Fever and beyond.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Carbuncle in at least one of the spinoff RPGs has a super powerful random gem laser attack, which is carried over into ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' and beyond.
** He's also the ''hardest'' boss in Fever.
** He's also the ''hardest'' boss in ''Puyo Puyo Fever''.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Arle a couple times, especially in ''Madou Monogatari'' - she's in kindergarten.
* [[Large Ham]]: The higher the combo goes, the louder the character can get (Akuma in particular starts screaming).
* [[Leitmotif]]: In 15th, every character as their own theme. Bosses also have their own theme used exclusively when you fight them in story mode.
* [[Leitmotif]]: In ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'', every character as their own theme. Bosses also have their own theme used exclusively when you fight them in story mode.
* [[Large Ham]]: The higher the combo goes, the louder the character can get. Akuma, on some combos, starts screaming.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Considering that ''Madou Monogatari'' had a {{spoiler|a headless Schezo...}} ''Madouamong Monogatari'' was loaded withother [[Nightmare Fuel]] in general!...
* [[Limit Break]]: ''[[Puyo Puyo]] Fever'' introduced Fever Mode, which a player would enter when his or hertheir power bar was full. During Fever Mode, sets of already-built chains drop into the playing field, just waiting for you to pop them and unleash a HUGE attack on your opponent.
** ''Puyo Puyo 7'' addedadds henshin[[Henshin]] mode, which actually causes your character to transform, along with all their Puyo. Chibi mode is like Fever, only the Puyo are tiny, whereas in Deka mode you play with ''huge'' Puyo that pop in groups of 3 and every match counts as a chain.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Feli, Yu, Rider (if a human plays her) and so on.
** If countable, Klug turning into Strange Klug. The level difficulty boosted [[Nintendo Hard|pretty high]], apparently, or at least for the character. However, Klug was already a hard character; Strange Klug just kicks it [[Up to Eleven|up a knotch.]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Just [http://www.puyonexus.net/wiki/List_of_characters LOOK AT THIS]! That's not even ''all'' of the existing characters. Yeah, sure, most of it's composed of characters unimportant to the plot, but just counting those that actually matter, there are over 45+.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Feli, Yu, Rider(if a human plays her), and so on.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] Just... [http://www.puyonexus.net/wiki/List_of_characters LOOK AT THIS]! That's not even ''all'' of the existing characters. Yeah, sure, most of it's composed of characters unimportant to the plot, but just counting those that actually matter, there are over 45+.
** So far, only eight of the original characters show up in the Fever Series. They cut the cast into fourths doing so.
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Minotaurus wants Rulue, who wants Satan, who wants Arle, and Arle isn't interested. Most fans add another line by making Arle interested in Schezo, who has shown no ([[Innocent Innuendo|real, intentional]]) affection ever. On top of that, Incubus wants Arle, though it's not clear whether it's for real reasons or just because he's a [[Horny Devil]].
* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' adds many new battle modes. One of them is Non-Stop Fever, which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. While it's appropriately awesome to be in [[Limit Break]] mode all the time, you're basically clearing the warning Puyo you start with and then hoping your opponent gets a Puyo they can't match before you do.
** In ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'', there's a chance that all eight levels on any storymode will be different; a lottery is done to decide the games, which can be any (including No Offsetting, which is done to get fever, which is done to make youiyou fail less).
** Fever itself is this. If you have bad luck, you'll end up getting the wrong type of Puyo. If you're smart, you can build onto the chain, but if not, then you're pretty much screwed.
* [[MacGuffin]]:
** Satan's evil plot of the day.
** The Lantern of the Stars and the Rock of the Moon in ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2''.
** The wishgranting medal of ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary''.
** Arle for ''Puyo Puyo 7''.
** {{spoiler|Ekoro}} in ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary''.
* {{spoiler|[[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Satan's the man in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', and Doppelganger Arle's behind the man.him}}.
* [[Mascot]]: Carbuncle, and Arle to an extent.
* [[Match Three Game]]: The "Match Four" varient.
** By an extent, Arle too.
* [[Match Three Game|"Match Four" Game]]
* [[May-December Romance]]: Lemres (older) and Feli (younger), except Lemres doesn't reciprocate.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Several of the cast. For example, Amitie is French for "friend", and Amitie is a friendly character in the fever''Puyo Puyo Fever'' series.
* [[Million-to-One Chance]]: Klug discovers how to unlock the power of his book {{spoiler|and release the demon inside, which posseses him}}. Conveniently, ''during that same day'', Klug's hero Lemres is delivering ''the exact items needed to unlock the book'' to Ms. Accord '''''[[Too Dumb to Live|with no protection]]''''' on them, and you can see where this goes afterwards.
* [[Mini Game]]: Not in the series proper, but it is one in ''[[Sega Superstars]]'' and ''Sega Superstars Tennis''.
** [[Convenient Questing]]: All three playable characters were hunting for the items Lemres was delivering for their own uses - of course, they end up in '''[[Big Bad|Strange Klug's]] hands'''; recovering the items depowered him.
** And that's saying nothing of the other mini-games at Puyo Puyo Fever's websites.
* [[Mini Game]]: ''Puyo Puyo'' appears as a minigame in ''[[Sega Superstars]]'' and ''Sega Superstars Tennis''.
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Sig has one red eye and one blue eye. This is due to his demon side though.
**And that's saying nothing of the other mini-games at ''Puyo Puyo Fever'''s websites.
** If it counts, Oshare as well. His [[The Dead Have Eyes|right eye]] has a pink pupil with yellow sclera, while his left eye is merely an [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath|eye socket with a yellow pupil]].
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Sig has one red eye and one blue eye due to his demon side. Oshare's [[The Dead Have Eyes|right eye]] has a pink pupil with yellow sclera, while his left eye is merely an [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath|eye socket with a yellow pupil]].
* [[Million-to-One Chance]]: Klug discovers how to unlock the power of his book {{spoiler|to release the demon inside, which posseses him}}. Conviently, ''during that same day'', Lemres, Klug's hero, is delivering ''the exact items needed to unlock the book'' to Ms Accord '''''[[Too Dumb to Live|with no protection]]''''' on these magical items, and you can see where this goes afterwards.
* [[Narcissist]]: Hohow Bird, Incubus and maybe Raffine
** [[Convenient Questing]]: All three playable characters were hunting for the items for their own uses that Lemres were delivering, which were, of course, in '''[[Big Bad|Strange Klug's]] hands'''; taking them away depowered him.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Klug, though they make him creepier [[Scary Shiny Glasses|when they flash]].
* [[Narcissist]]: Hohow Bird, maybe Raffine.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'', Ringo basically tells an amnesiac Ekoro that people don't enjoy pranks, but really enjoy Puyo matches instead. {{spoiler|Bad idea. Ekoro soon gets bored with making people happy through Puyo matches one person at a time and tries to find a way to make [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|everyone happy on a large scale]], eventually going as far as to try to possess Satan himself}}.
** Incubus, too.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Earlier games. The original ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'', which most people in the US experienced as as ''Mean Bean Machine'' or ''Kirby's Avalanche'', didn't have the offset rule.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Klug; they make him creepier though when they flash.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Raffine and Rulue have very impressive examples when they get high chain combos. Oshare also has his own that pops up sometimes.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In 20th Anniversary, Ringo basically tells an amnesiac Ekoro that people don't enjoy pranks, but really enjoy Puyo matches instead. {{spoiler|Bad idea. Ekoro soon gets bored with making people happy through Puyo matches one person at a time and tries to find a way to make [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|everyone happy on a large scale,]] eventually going as far as to try to possess Satan himself.}}
* [[No Name Given]]: The demon in Klug's book, despite becoming an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and having subtle history within ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2''. We don't even know what he originally looked like!
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Earlier games. The original [[Puyo Puyo]], which most know as ''Mean Bean Machine'' or ''Kirby's Avalanche'', didn't have the offset rule.
* [[Not Himself]]: {{spoiler|Satan}} in ''Puyo Puyo~n'', Klug in ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2'', and Arle in ''Puyo Puyo 7''.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Raffine and Rulue have very impressive examples when they get high chain combos.
** Oshare has his own that pops up sometimes.
* [[No Name Given]]: The demon in Klug's book, despite becoming an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and having subtle history within Fever 2. We don't even know what he originally looked like!
* [[Not Himself]]: {{spoiler|Satan in PP~n}}, Klug in Fever 2, and Arle in Puyo Puyo 7
* [[Two-Teacher School|One Teacher School]]: In the original series, there was a preschool, but the rule seem to have stuck. In Fever, Accord's the only teacher to ever show up.
* [[Odango]]: Rider's hair style
* [[Two-Teacher School|One-Teacher School]]: In the original series there was a preschool, but the rule seem to have stuck. In ''Puyo Puyo Fever'', Ms. Accord's the only teacher to ever show up.
* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]
* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]:
** [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Seriri, although she seems to believe in the eat-the-mermaid myth.
** [[Our Monsters Are Weird]]: Satan and Ekoro aren't the only weird ones; you also have a gay skeleton, skeletons who drink tea, off-tune harpies, lovelorn minotaurs...
* [[People Puppets]]: Ekoro loves this trope. His victims are understandably frustrated.
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* [[Pride Before a Fall]]: Klug looks unhappy about being sealed in a book. When he's released, he brushes it off like nothing happened. {{spoiler|He does learn from this though; he ends up giving the final item used to break the book's seal to Amitie rather than keep it.}}.
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: The "Tsu" in ''[[Puyo Puyo]] Tsu'' means "master" and is also the number "two" spoken with a Japanese accent. Likewise, the "SUN" in ''[[Puyo Puyo]] SunSUN'' means "three" and also references the new Sun Puyo. Finally, "yon" means "four", hence, ''Puyo Puyo~n''.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Strange Klug's infamous for this. Satan and Sig subvert this, though - Satan WAS threatening once, but has since mellowed out. Sig's case is unemotioinal, even as Black Sig, and he takes everything in calmly and in stride.
* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]: Ringo.
** Satan and Sig subvert this, though. Satan WAS threatening, but as mellowed out. Sig's unemotioinal, even as Black Sig, and takes everything in calmly and in stride.
* [[RPG Elements]]: ''[[Puyo Puyo]] BoxBOX'' featured a Quest Mode in which you fight monsters Puyo-style; equipment would boost attack and defense, and heavier equipment would make your Puyo fall faster. Heck, the Quest Mode itself has examples, ofgiven it has a lot in common with the ''Nazo Puyo'' tropesspinoffs.
** [[Heart Container]]: They're sprawled around the world and must be found.
** [[Broken Bridge]]: The bridge isn't broken, Schezo's sleeping on it!
** [[But Thou Must!]] [[Inverted Trope|Not]]: You cannot say "Yes" to Satan at the end of the game. Yeah, we probably DON'T want to know what he's asking.
* [[Satan]]: The bad guy of the first three games, and a regular character in the series. Tends to be the [[Final Boss]] (or at least one of them), as well as [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|a cheater]]. Thankfully, he's ''not'' as threatening or evil as his namesake, and is instead a [[Stalker with a Crush]].
** Said quest mode has a lot in common with the Nazo Puyo spinoffs.
* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]: Ringo.
* [[Satan]]: The bad guy of the first three games, and a regular character in the series. Tends to be the [[Final Boss]] (or at least one of them), as well as [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|a cheater]].
** Is ''not'' as threatening though as the actual. He's currently getting away with very little evilness and is instead a [[Stalker with a Crush]].
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Klug has a tendency to get this with a flat-toothed grin. Strange Klug cuts this in half by making only one lense flash whenever he's on screen.
* [[Schoolteachers]]: Ms. Accord.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Doppelganger Arle in PP''Puyo Puyo~n''.
** [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Sealed Evil In A Book]]: What Klug carries.
* [[Serious Business]]: Everyone is determined to play Puyo to solve their problems. Ringo [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this a lot.
** And yes, ''every'' problem. It doesn't matter if it's information to bodies, this is the rule to their world.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Rulue.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
* [[Shout-Out]]: Lagnus Bishashi the Brave resembles the hero from [[Dragon Quest]].
** Lagnus Bishashi the Brave resembles the hero from ''[[Dragon Quest]]''.
** In ''Puyo Pop Fever'' in English, Yu the ghost sometimes says [[Ghostbusters|"Who you gonna call?"]]
** In ''Puyo Pop Fever'' in English, Yu the ghost sometimes says [[Ghostbusters|"Who you gonna call?"]].
** In 20th Anniversary, Ekoro has an unlockable human form. Selecting him in character select has him say "What are you going to do now?" [[Space Channel 5|Purge, another Sega villain voiced by Akira Ishida says the exact same thing.]]
** In ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'', Ekoro has an unlockable human form. Selecting him in character select has him say "What are you going to do now?" [[Space Channel 5|Purge, another Sega villain voiced by Akira Ishida says the exact same thing]].
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Rider.
* [[Soul Jar]]: Klug carries around a possessed book. Yes, [[Too Dumb to Live|bad things happen as a result]].
** And he continues to carry it, now with knowledge it ''IS'' possessed. As a result, ''Puyo Puyo 7'' and ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary'' had appearances by Strange Klug as bonuses; '''[[Foreshadowing|Future]]''' [[Oh Crap|Klug]] in the Deka Fever for ''Puyo Puyo 7'' and as an unlockable character with his own voice clips in ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary''.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: There are fans who call Sig "Shigu".
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' is a Spinoffspinoff of ''Madou Monogatari'', and has had a list of its own spinoffs that are as extensive, if not moreso, than the number of entries in its own series.
** ''Puyo Puyo'' itself has had a list of spinoffs as extensive, if not moreso, than the number of entries in its own series.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Satan always comes up with some insane plan to get Arle to go out with him. Ever tried just walking up to her and asking, dude?
** Played creepily straight in ''Puyo Puyo 7''. He randomly appears at one point, entering with something along the lines of, "Did I hear my Arle just now?".
* [[Summoning Artifact|Summoning Artifacts]] [[Artifact of Doom|of Doom]]: The Bookmark Of The Sun, the Lamp of the Stars, and the Rock of the Moon {{spoiler|[[Aerith and Bob|AKA some moisturizing cream.]]}}. They're used to unseal Klug's book. See "[[Million-to-One Chance]]" above.
* [[Super Senses]]: Ringo apparently has 20/4 vision.
{{quote|Ringo: "I can sight the Andromeda Galaxy in the daytime."}}
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Lemres, who attempts to give candy to Amitie in ''Puyo Puyo Fever 2''.
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Every time poor Schezo tries to say something in the newer games, he blurts out "[[Catch Phrase|Be my desire!]]", and has to clarify just ''what'' he desires. (hint: it's never sex)
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Unusual Ekoro's eyes are teal with ''pink heart pupils''.
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Every time poor Schezo tries to say something in the newer games, he blurts out "[[Catch Phrase|Be my desire!]]", and has to clarify just ''what'' he desires (hint: [[Innocent Innuendo|it's never sex]]).
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Entering [[Limit Break|Fever/Henshin]] mode changes the music to a more up-beat song.
* [[Think Nothing of It]]: ...and Amitie realizes that she just lost out on a reward for finding the magic cane.
* [[Too Funny to Be Evil]]: Yes, we're never going to let ''Puyo Puyo SUN'' go, Satan.
* [[Tournament Arc]]: ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'', which involves all the characters getting into one for a wish.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Carbuncle loves his curry.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Ringo seems to have a couple of them... with math terminology.
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Doppelganger Arle to a T.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Satan in his Hawaiian shirt trying to have fun and get a good tan by enlarging the sun in PP Sun. Just watch the intro [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5U_hcxS7M herethe intro scene].. to ''Puyo Puyo SUN''.
** Ekoro's story in ''Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary,'' which involveshas him doing silly things such as trying to pull Draco's tail. {{spoiler|Justified since he has amnesia, and he soon goes back to his destructive ways as a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] out to try to make everyone happy by fulfilling their deepest desires. He gets his memory back at the end, though.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Lemres? ''Why'' did you give Klug a book with a demon inside, knowing he would find a way to exploit it? ''Why'' did you get lost in the desert when you have a flying broom? '''''Why''''' did you wish for the sea to turn into jelly!?
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Schezo.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Strange Klug looks rather suave. Then again, he only added a cape and changed the glasses.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Harpy and Satan.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Rulue, Sig, and Rei.
* [[Your Costume Needs Work]] / [[Recognition Failure]]: In ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary'' during Satan's storymode, Klug says thatbelives Satan's to be wearing a costume, more or less saying he isn't really who he is. {{spoiler|Let's ignore the fact that Klug could identify ''Satan'', but let's focus more on the fact he's saying that our green-haired villain is wearing a costume of a guy from ''[[Game Within a Game|an entirely different section of Puyo Puyo's history.]]'' Which he got '''''from a book about another dimension.''''' ... Unless he means the [[Satan|real Satan]]...]]}}
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Raffine and Ringo.
 
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