History Anime / TheTowerOfDruaga

* TokenLoli - Coopa and Arca

* CallARabbitASmeerp - Most of the monsters are your average fantasy types with different names. Minotaurs are called Kusarakks.

* TheMole - [[spoiler:Henaro.]]

Based on the (hilariously, psychotically, masochistically NintendoHard) 1984 game series, 'TheTowerOfDruaga' This anime broken into two [[TwelveEpisodeAnime seasons]], 'Tower of Druaga'': The Aegis of Uruk'' and ''The Sword of Uruk'', follows the story of Jil, his older brother, Neeba, and their two [[{{nakama}} groups]] as they climb The Tower in search of the fabled Blue Crystal Rod.

* KickTheDog - Done regularly by [[spoiler:shadow]] Gilgamesh and his underlings.

** The guy deflects an arrow, several arrows, a ballista bolt, and finally a catapult launched boulder in succession in the start of season 2. Being [[MadeOfIron: made of iron]] kind of comes with the territory of being a guardian (aka Tank), but seriously, boulders?!

* BettyAndVeronica: Fatina and Kaaya.

* {{Troperiffic}} - {{Understatement}}

** The first episode features a dragon with a glowing tail named Quokks, apparently named after the dragon Quox from the book ''[[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Tik-Tok of Oz]]'', who had a lightbulb on the end of his tail.

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* AlasPoorVillain - Despite what he's done, what's happened to [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] is sad.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Gilgamesh's defeat at the hands of [[spoiler: Uragon]].

* ClicheStorm - The first episode is largely a collection of all the HeroicFantasy tropes that you can think of, and a few more that you've forgotten.

* CompleteMonster - Neeba. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Hating the gods and doing something about it]], fine, [[spoiler:but wanting to destroy everything and kill everyone just because you dislike your brother? That's too much.]]
** [[spoiler: In one of the episodes, after their father came home from the war (and promptly died), Neeba called him a coward. And he was thrown out of the house. Then he was trained by Gremica, and possibly never came into contact with Jil until the start of the series. And that would explain Neeba's dislike of him in the 1st episode.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Jil's attempting to gain party members in episode 2 of Aegis, he is mocked and assaulted for his ForGreatJustice speech but stands his ground to the point of intimidating his opposition into fleeing the scene. All while thieves fail to steal his BagOfHolding because they can't lift it.

* MartyStu: Jil in the first episode is a parodically blatant one.

* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler:Neeba, [[YourMileageMayVary either since his betrayal in season 1, or his killing Henaro.]]]]

* TearJerker - Done to hell and back in episode 7

* AlasPoorVillain - Despite what he's done, what's happened to [[spoiler:[[strike: Shadow]] Gilgamesh]] is sad.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou - Yet another trope parodied in the first episode, with not only the [[strike:Dark]] Black Knight saying this to Jil, but even a ''random innkeeper''. Unfortunately this phrase turns out to be just as fatal as [[{{Retirony}} "I plan to return to my homeland and get married."]]

** [[spouler: In one of the episodes, after their father came home from the war (and promptly died), Neeba called him a coward. And he was thrown out of the house. Then he was trained by Gremica, and possibly never came into contact with Jil until the start of the series. And that would explain Neeba's dislike of him in the 1st episode.]]

* GoldilocksAndTheMinesOfMoria - In the second series there is a mansion that gives the visitors cherished things they have lost in the past, from childhood toys to brining back their lost nakama from the dead. Everyone figures out right away that it is an illusion and a trap to make them stop their quest, but a mauve shirt even ends up choosing to stay anyways.

* AnimationBump - Occurs in a few shots in the final fight between [[spoiler:Neeba and Jil]]. Comes off oddly due to the last two episodes having noticeably worse quality than the rest of the series.