History Anime / TheTowerOfDruaga

* DropTheHammer: Utu throws the hammer actually, exploding hammers.

%%* {{Bokukko}}: Henaro

** [[note]]AccidentalMisnaming, ActionGirlfriend, AlmightyJanitor, AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage, BettyAndVeronica, BlobMonster, BlackKnight, CallingYourAttacks, CardCarryingVillain, ChivalrousPervert, ClothingDamage, DefeatMeansFriendship, DisappearsIntoLight, EleventhHourSuperpower, EnergyBow, EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, EvilTowerOfOminousness, HamToHamCombat, HeelFaceTurn, TheHero, IFellForHours, IfWeGetThroughThis, IWillWaitForYou, LimitBreak, MyFriendsAndZoidberg, TheLancer, LoveInterest, LukeIAmYourFather, NoOntologicalInertia, OldFlameFizzle, OverlyLongScream, PowerGlows, PrincessClassic, TheRival, SuperMovePortraitAttack, TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself, ThresholdGuardians, TimeSkip, TransformationSequence, TrueCompanions, to name only a few.[[/note]] This 20 minute episode alone could fill its own page.

** [[note]]AccidentalMisnaming, ActionGirlfriend, AlmightyJanitor, AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage, BettyAndVeronica, BlobMonster, BlackKnight, CallingYourAttacks, CardCarryingVillain, TheChick, ChivalrousPervert, ClothingDamage, DefeatMeansFriendship, DisappearsIntoLight, EleventhHourSuperpower, EnergyBow, EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, EvilTowerOfOminousness, HamToHamCombat, HeelFaceTurn, TheHero, IFellForHours, IfWeGetThroughThis, IWillWaitForYou, LimitBreak, MyFriendsAndZoidberg, TheLancer, LoveInterest, LukeIAmYourFather, NoOntologicalInertia, OldFlameFizzle, OverlyLongScream, PowerGlows, PrincessClassic, TheRival, SuperMovePortraitAttack, TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself, ThresholdGuardians, TimeSkip, TransformationSequence, TrueCompanions, to name only a few.[[/note]] This 20 minute episode alone could fill its own page.

%%* AnAxeToGrind: Utu.

* AlienLunch: We have things called "sea peppers" which in addition to being very nutritious, have a set of legs and eyes. And people [[FridgeHorror chop them up, and put them into food]].

* BerserkButton: No matter how [[HappinessInSlavery docile]] Ropers appear to be, never threaten their kids.

* FiveManBand: The main Climber parties, minus one for Neeba's team [[spoiler:and again with Kally's death]].
** Season 2 starts off with a newly formed bunch formed with some of the older characters and two new additions.

* AnAxeToGrind: Utu.

* ArtificialHuman

* BettyAndVeronica: Kaaya and Fatina.
* {{BFG}}: [[spoiler:The Tower itself.]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Gremica's young assistant/mage, Arca
* BigDamnHeroes: Kelb.

* {{Bokukko}}: Henaro

* CliffHanger: The end of Season 1.

* CovertPervert: Jil, oddly enough.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Kaaya in a BadFuture vision.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Jil, the Succubus and various characters.

* BabiesEverAfter: Though its not for certain that the kid is his, [[spoiler:Neeba]] and Succubus seems to have a half-demon little girl in the epilogue.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The opening credits seems to suggest some sort of SliceOfLife show about school children, with subtle references to what actually happens in the anime and most of the characters cleverly hidden in plain sight. The second season’s credits are very similar, except that this time they indicate a baseball themed show.

** Not so much a ChekhovsGun as a Chekhovs Event, but when the characters visit the "House of the Dead" the only human to not have someone they care about appear is Uragon.

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In Season 2, Fatima seems to be a much stronger fire user when in her adventurer's gear. Which makes perfect sense, since she is a Sorceress and her spells becomes stronger the better she looks.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Mages sometimes use weird devices in their magic spells. Melt uses [[ShockAndAwe Lighting magic]] with what appears to be a set of medieval golf clubs, Fatina uses [[PlayingWithFire Fire magic]] with what seems like a flame thrower/blaster, Henaro uses magical crossbow that fires out plunger arrows, etc.

* MauveShirt: One of Kelb's subordinates reappears in Season 2. Its only passingly mentioned that his name is Cumu, and only once in over six episodes.

* TeamMom" Utu, who seems to be the one most concerned with keeping the team together. Except for that bit in episode 7.

* ClothesMaketheSuperman: In Season 2, Fatima seems to be a much stronger fire user when in her adventurer's gear. Which makes perfect sense, since she is a Sorceress and her spells becomes stronger the better she looks.

* AssShove: Fatina and a few soldiers who anger little Ki are subjected to this with a spoon in the beginning of the second season. In Fatina's case it's apparently bad enough to momentarily turn her into the "cursed doll" from Utu's stories.

* ConspicuousCG: Druaga, many soldiers and effects. This is Gonzo after all.

The titular Tower of Druaga is a monster-infested tower that stretches above the clouds. Although the sheer amount of monsters normally there make any attempt to ascend it near suicide, once every few years the Summer of Anu comes around when the monsters weaken, and Climbers (opportunists and adventurers who commit themselves to the task of becoming rich from taking artifacts and treasures from the Tower) gather in force and try to reach the summit to claim the mystical prize of the Blue Crystal Rod, a magical staff that will grant a single wish to the person that finds it.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The second season's antagonist is [[spoiler:the orginal game's protagonist, Prince Gilgamesh. He became a tyrant upon gaining rulership of Bablyim and lost favor with Ishtar.]]

* FakeOutOpening: Both seasons.
* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: The "Druaga" fought in season one looked to be just a guardian for the tower's upper half]].

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The opening credits seems to suggest some sort of SliceOfLife show about school children, with subtle references to what actually happens in the anime and most of the characters cleverly hidden in plain sight.

* ClothingDamage

* GatlingGood

* GroinAttack

* {{Magitek}}
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman

* ManlyTears

* MobileSuitHuman

* PostEpisodeTrailer

* AdaptationalVillainy: The second season's antagonist is [[spoiler:the orginal game's protagonist, Prince Gilgamesh]].

** I think I saw him in the ending credits, although that could just be another gold-armored night with brown hair. [[spoiler: And since the tower got destroyed....]]

* RecursiveReality: Okay, here's a bit of MindScrew. The anime world is based on a game (which is at one point played by the party). Now, outside that is the "real world" which the characters live. Now, to say nothing of Jil's dream at the first episode, there is an outer world where Gil's consciousness and other weird things reside. Also, if the opening credits are to be believed, since this was in fact based on a video game, it's possible these are RealLife online gamers. [[FridgeLogic And then, you, the audience, is watching this show...]] [[FridgeHorror And then...]]

The titular Tower of Druaga is a monster-infested tower that stretches above the clouds. Although the sheer amount of monsters normally there make any attempt to ascend it near suicide, once every few years the Summer of Anu comes around when the monsters weaken and Climbers, as the opportunists and adventurers who commit themselves to the task of becoming rich from taking artifacts and treasures from the Tower are called, gather in force and try to reach the summit to claim the mystical prize of the Blue Crystal Rod, a magical staff that will grant a single wish to the person that finds it.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The second season's antagonist is the orginal game's protagonist, Prince Gilgamesh.

* AssShove: Fatina an a few soldiers who anger little Ki are subjected to this with a spoon in the beginning of the second season. In Fatina's case it's apparently bad enough to momentarily turn her into the "cursed doll" from Utu's stories.

* HypercompetentSidekick: There's no telling where Melt(or anyone in the party) would be if it weren't for Coopa.

* CreditsBrandProducts: Both openings.
* CreepyChild

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Almey's death.

** [[spoiler: Kaaya is something of a subversion. She '''had''' planned on simply using Jil and co. as tools to help her ascend the tower, knowing full well that it would likely be a one-way trip. She didn't have the steel to pull it off however, particularly after she started to develop genuine feelings for Jil. Almey's death was the final straw, and was the reason for her BreakHisHeartToSaveHim moment.]]