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** There are codes to unlock characters from the first game, the Anime, and from another Sega Game, ''[[Phantasy Star Portable]]'' 2. Highlights include the Edy Detachment, Selvaria, Maximillian, Faldio, and Isara. Welkin and Alicia can also be unlocked in [[New Game+]] (although they're already seen beforehand as academy residents), and additional unlock codes for the western version are still being released as of late September.
* [[Battle Butler]]: Heinz, who even brings tea into the classroom.
* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: One can defeat the Gassenarl siblings in earlier battles; it likely requires [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] weaponry, [[Level Grinding]], and the "Penetrate" Order. Otherwise it's a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]], and you're supposed to fulfil a different objective while surviving the barrage. Yes, the plot ignores you driving their HP to zero (but at least you get experience for it).
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Class G, with a few notable exceptions, is made up of very nice people. They include an [[Idiot Hero]], a sweet-tempered ditz, a [[Battle Butler]], a gambler, a [[Gun Nut]] and a [[Person of Mass Destruction|Valkyria]].
* [[BFS]]: The weapon of choice for the [[Mighty Glacier|Fencer]] class.
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* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Erik Kampmann. He's got a thing for feeding birds.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: The very premise of this game alone revolves around the fallout following the [[The Reveal|revelation of Cordelia's (and by extension the entire House of Randgriz's) Darcsen heritage]] from [[Valkyria Chronicles|two years prior]].
* [[Let's Play]]: Someone has started a satirical chronicle of the game's story, a la [http://whatdoesgodneedwithastarship.com/xenodurr1.html Xenogears: A Rope of Robots], over at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120726010353/http://whydoesragniteburnblue.tumblr.com/
* [[Level Grinding]]: Given the random nature of Credit awards, be prepared to redo the same levels [[Overly Long Gag|over and over and over and over]] again if you want to unlock most advanced classes. Fortunately, the base-level upgrading using EXP applies evenly to all soldiers, so even underused characters can reap some of the benefits of your efforts.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: In comparison to VC1, the sequel is a lot more lighthearted in tone, despite the Rebels' stated mission of ''ethnic cleansing''.
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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!"
* [[
* [[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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* [[Stealth Pun]]: Anisette's English name references her Japanese one, "Licorice."
* [[Super Soldier]]: {{spoiler|Project Valhalla}} was intended to create artificial Valkyria to defend Gallia against both the Empire and the Alliance. The research data for this project gets stolen... {{spoiler|twice}}.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Team Pet]]: Jarde, Avan's pet bird.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: ''Averted'', shockingly enough, for most of the game. Enemies no longer have supernatural accuracy at long ranges, cannot dodge attacks made from behind, and no longer single out crit areas (heads on infantry and radiators of vehicles). However, they will know if your camp is unoccupied and will run in to capture it even if its at night and there's no way in [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Hel]] they should be able to know that.
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** Furthermore, you can only unlock potentials by fulfilling the normal requirement to activate them. Potentials such as Dud Mine and Clear Thought [[Stupidity Is the Only Option|require you to purposely endanger your characters by making them trip mines or sending them into the middle of enemy fire.]]
* [[Walk the Earth]]: {{spoiler|Avan decides to do this after graduation, to help with reconstruction.}}
* [["Wake
** [[That One Boss|August. Dirk. *sob*]]
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: They're all military cadets, and they're also expected to go out into battle with the rebels in real combat from time to time. This effectively merges the "go to school" with "save the <s> world</s> country" parts into one.
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* [[Woman Scorned]]: {{spoiler|Sofia}}.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Tank Commander and mechanic Lavinia Lane is cheerful, if a bit gruff, and not too hard on the eyes.
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* [[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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