History Franchise / TombRaider

** Core Designs Lara in first three games is evocative of Ellie Sattler's outfit from the third act of ''Film/JurassicPark''.

*** ''Tomb Raider Trilogy Remastered''

* LavaAddsAwesome: Loads and loads of lava to be found in the PlayStation games, with Atlantis being mostly lava

* BoobsOfSteel: Lara's signature trait, especially in the early games. More recent titles have made her more realistic, but she's still very well endowed.

* GenreShift: ''Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword'' for the Game Boy Color, a cinematic platformer ala ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia''.

* TheDarkChick: Amanda becomes this by the time she returns in ''Legend''.

* CameraScrew While this happens occasionally in the earlier games, ''Underworld'' takes it to another level.

* BareYourMidriff: Lara seems to be quite fond of wearing clothes that show her stomach. [[AvertedTrope They don't in the 2013 reboot, though]].

* EvilCounterpart: Amanda again.
* EvilOldFolks: Pieter van Eckhardt.

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Lara's evil clone in ''Underworld''.]]
* ExcusePlot: The {{Gaiden Game}}s, and, arguably, 80% of ''Tomb Raider III''.

* FemmeFatalons: [[spoiler: Natla.]]

%%* EnemyChatter: In both Crystal Dynamics series.

%%* EvilCounterpart: Amanda again.
%%* EvilOldFolks: Pieter van Eckhardt.
%%* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Lara's evil clone.]]
%%* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Lara's evil clone in ''Underworld''.]]

%%* LavaAddsAwesome: Loads and loads of lava to be found in the first and second games.

%%* PuzzlePan

* RealIsBrown: Of what we've seen so far, the 2013 reboot's colors can be quite dull at times, especially in darker areas.

%%* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Lara does this in Anniversary. ''[[{{Anvilicious}} Repeatedly]]''.
%%* ThirdPersonSeductress: Arguably the TropeMaker, and while there have been examples before definitely the TropeCodifier.

* Myth/EgyptianMythology: A huge part of the plot of ''The Last Revelation''.

* EnemyChatter: In both Crystal Dynamics series.

* LavaAddsAwesome: Loads and loads of lava to be found in the first and second games.
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Great Whites, Hammerheads, Blue Sharks, Greenland Sharks, Tigers, Lara can't swim in the ocean ever without her life being on the line.
* EvilCounterpart: Amanda again.
* EvilOldFolks: Pieter van Eckhardt.
* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:Lara's evil clone.]]
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Lara's evil clone in ''Underworld''.]]

* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Lara does this in Anniversary. ''[[{{Anvilicious}} Repeatedly]]''.
* ThirdPersonSeductress: Arguably the TropeMaker, and while there have been examples before definitely the TropeCodifier.

In 2009, Creator/SquareEnix acquired Eidos as a subsidiary, which also got them Crystal Dynamics and the ''Tomb Raider'' franchise. In 2022, Square Enix announced plans to sell most of their Western studios and franchises to Embracer Group, making them the new owners of both Crystal Dynamics and the ''Tomb Raider'' franchise.

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* TheUnfought: Gunderson in ''[[VideoGames/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness The Angel of Darkness]]''.

* GiantSpiders: The large spiders encountered in the Temple of Xian in ''Tomb Raider II'' (for no apparent reason, similar to the random pair of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in the secret area. Even bigger ones are encountered in ''Underworld''. [[spoiler:Dr. Willard]]'s OneWingedAngel form also has elements of this.

* GiantSpiders: The large spiders encountered in the Temple of Xian in ''Tomb Raider II'' (for no apparent reason, similar to [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs the random pair of]] ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in the secret area. Even bigger ones are encountered in ''Underworld''. [[spoiler:Dr. Willard]]'s OneWingedAngel form also has elements of this.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The first game, ''Tomb Raider II'' (but only in a secret area), ''Tomb Raider III'', ''Anniversary''. There's never any real explanation for why they're still around (though the radioactive meteor in ''Tomb Raider III'' may have "re-evolved" them in the same way it created mutants).

* {{Gainaxing}}: Sometimes, Lara's boobs get all jiggly. Specifically, it's entirely absent from the first five games (during gameplay, at least). Then she's quite bouncy in ''The Angel of Darkness'', to the point where one wonders if she's even wearing a bra. The Crystal Dynamics games keep it in but dial it back to realistic levels.

** The Crystal Dynamics games have it, as would seem obvious. The early games show exactly what is wrong with its absence; Lara's chest is literally Barbie-esque in its steely inflexibility, as if she were smuggling a pair of cannonballs in her bodysuit, or a pair of traffic cones if you played the first game. It was only in the cutscenes for ''Legend'' and ''Anniversary''; ''Underworld'' has it in the gameplay itself. It's very subtle, but it is there. At least unless you use a user-made [[http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showpost.php?p=3544107&postcount=1 Jiggle+]] PC mod for ''Underworld'', which approaches {{Gainaxing}}.

* WeaponOfChoice: While Lara uses a variety of guns or other weapons, she's always seen DualWielding pistols, and can also be seen with a shotgun hung on her back as a secondary weapon. For the 2013 reboot trilogy, the bow takes center stage, but other media ''still'' have her with a pair of pistols.

* PanderingToTheBase:
** ''Anniversary'' is filled with references to the other games in the series, along with original ''Tomb Raider''. It is worth noting that the game got a cold reception, and part of that came from what was seen as misguided pandering.
** ''Underworld'' features a few {{Continuity Nod}}s and some ContinuityCreep to both Crystal Dynamics continuity and the series under Core Design.

* PanderingToTheBase: ''Anniversary'' is filled with references to the other games in the series, ''Underworld'' features a few {{Continuity Nod}}s and some ContinuityCreep.
* PantheraAwesome: Lions and tigers and [[BearsAreBadNews bears,]] oh...wait a second, strike that last item.