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* BulletTime: Happens near the end of the game, [[spoiler:when the Prince leaps off from the highest floating platform to deliver the final blow to the transformed but weakened Vizier (Zurvan); the camera pauses at the dramatic moment for [[OrbitalShot a 360 degree view of the action]] in a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheMatrix'', after which you get to perform a FinishingMove the moment the Dagger flashes.]]



* CheatCode / LethalJokeItem: Used to spawn exotic secondary weapons that the Prince can instantly use, each with different properties (such as a giant telephone cradle or a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]). The codes are entered while the game is paused between the time the Prince gets his first weapon and the Prince obtains the king's sword while he is not the Dark Prince. Completing the game on each difficulty level will show one of these cheat codes.

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* CheatCode / LethalJokeItem: CheatCode: Used to spawn exotic secondary weapons that the Prince can instantly use, each with different properties (such as [[LethalJokeItem a giant telephone cradle cradle]] or a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]). The codes are entered while the game is paused between the time the Prince gets his first weapon and the Prince obtains the king's sword while he is not the Dark Prince. Completing the game on each difficulty level will show one of these cheat codes.



* OrbitalShot[=/=]BulletTime: Happens near the end of the game, [[spoiler:when the Prince leaps off from the highest floating platform to deliver the final blow to the transformed but weakened Vizier (Zurvan); the camera pauses at the dramatic moment for a 360 degree view of the action in a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheMatrix'', after which point you get to perform a FinishingMove the moment the Dagger flashes.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: As Kaileena observes just before the final battle, Babylon is in ruins, countless people are dead [[spoiler:including the Prince's father]], and more will likely follow as a result of lingering consequences of the devastation. Despite that, the Prince was able to grow as a person and accept what was wrong, ultimately defeatin the Vizier once and for all and banishing his dark self.

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* BittersweetEnding: As Kaileena observes just before the final battle, Babylon is in ruins, countless people are dead [[spoiler:including the Prince's father]], and more will likely follow as a result of lingering consequences of the devastation. Despite that, the Prince was able to grow as a person and accept what was wrong, ultimately defeatin defeating the Vizier once and for all and banishing his dark self.


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* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:When Kaileena is stabbed by the Vizier, she rises afloat in this pose before her body explodes as the Sands of Time.]]


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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Shortly before we see the cutscene that reveals the Vizier to be alive, we overhear the mystery villain telling the captive Kaileena that he journeyed with Farah's father to the Island of Time and recovered some treasures, including the Dagger of Time, the Hourglass, and a staff. He also reveals that he was already an elder at the time and sought to achieve immortality though the Sands of Time.
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* StabTheScorpion: When the Prince encounters Farah and tries to awkwardly make up an excuse for how he knows her name, she readies her bow, prompting the Dark Prince to comment "See? Now she's going to kill us." The Prince dodges the arrow that kills the Sand Guard who was about to attack him from behind.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Farah has never met the Prince in the new timeline, so when he first spots her and cries out her name, she becomes instantly suspicious of him and is unimpressed by his awkward excuse of her reputation preceding her. [[spoiler:The game ends with him starting to recount the series' events when she asks him to tell her how he truly knew her name.]]

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-->'''Prince''': Oh, Father, give me guidance, lend me strength. Where have you gone? Father, gone... Wait, that's it!


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-->'''Prince''': Oh, Father, give me guidance, lend me strength. Where have you gone? ''[beat]'' Father, gone... gone… Wait, that's it!


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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:The Prince, who's been rejected by Farah for his selfish actions and keeping his infection to the Sands a secret, discovers that people have been trapped inside a burning workshop as a trap for him. He manages to free them, and the Old Man reveals his true identity to everyone. Farah witnesses this and reconciles with the Prince, and the Old Man leads the citizens to repay the favor by helping the Prince and Farah reach the Vizier by distracting the villain's army.]]

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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:The Prince, who's been rejected by Farah for his selfish actions and keeping his infection to the Sands a secret, discovers that people have been trapped inside a burning workshop as a trap for him. He manages to free them, and the Old Man reveals his true identity to everyone. the grateful people. Farah witnesses this and reconciles with the Prince, and the Old Man leads the citizens to repay return the favor by helping the Prince and Farah reach the Vizier by distracting the villain's army.]]

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-->'''The Dark Prince''': Are you sure you can drive this thing?\\

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-->'''The Dark -->'''Dark Prince''': Are you sure you can drive this thing?\\


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* EurekaMoment: While trapped inside the burning workshop with the helpless citizens, the Prince spots a massive sculpture that resembles his father and pleads Sharaman to help him. He then ponders on his words and gets the idea to use the conveyors to move the statue and use it to crush the gates of the workshop open and let the people escape.
-->'''Prince''': Oh, Father, give me guidance, lend me strength. Where have you gone? Father, gone... Wait, that's it!


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* HeroicFireRescue: [[spoiler:The Prince, who's been rejected by Farah for his selfish actions and keeping his infection to the Sands a secret, discovers that people have been trapped inside a burning workshop as a trap for him. He manages to free them, and the Old Man reveals his true identity to everyone. Farah witnesses this and reconciles with the Prince, and the Old Man leads the citizens to repay the favor by helping the Prince and Farah reach the Vizier by distracting the villain's army.]]


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* ThatsWhatIWouldDo: When the Dark Prince objects to the Prince going to rescue the people who are trapped inside the burning workshop, he suspects it's a trap on this logic. [[spoiler:He turns out to be ProperlyParanoid.]]
-->'''Dark Prince''': If I was an enraged Sand god intent on killing you, and you had already slain two of my best lieutenants, well, I'd be inclined to try a less direct approach. One that exploits your new-found compassion.
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* AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing: When the first chariot race commences, the Dark Prince asks this question.
-->'''The Dark Prince''': Are you sure you can drive this thing?\\
'''The Prince''': Let us hope! If I crash, it is the end for both of us!
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Dark Prince invokes this during one of his last conversations in the game:
-->'''Dark Prince''': "If I am selfish, Prince, it is because ''you'' are. If I am ruthless and reckless and lacking in morals, it is because '''''you''''' are! I did not spin myself out of the ether; I was not conjured by some mad Vizier. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am. You!]]"
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* MultiStageBattle: Happens at the end during the final battle against the Dark Prince, having the Prince revisit places in his past (including from ''Sands of Time'' and ''Warrior Within'').
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* DownerBeginning: The story begins with the Prince thinking he would be warmly welcomed after his adventures, only to realize that it's been taken over by the evil Vizier, whose death in ''Sands of Time'' has been undone through the events of ''Warrior Within''. And it only gets worse: Kaileena gets captured and slain by the Vizier so that he could use her essence to rule the city with a powerful sand army and also become a god!

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* DownerBeginning: The story begins with the Prince thinking he would be warmly welcomed after his adventures, only to realize that it's been taken over by the evil Vizier, whose death in ''Sands of Time'' has been undone through the events of ''Warrior Within''. And it only gets worse: Kaileena gets captured and slain by the Vizier so that he could use her essence to rule the city with a powerful sand army and also become a god! god, then the Prince himself gets infected by the Sands and is periodically possessed by the Dark Prince.
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* DownerBeginning: The story begins with the Prince thinking he would be warmly welcomed after his adventures, only to realize that it's been taken over by the evil Vizier, whose death in ''Sands of Time'' has been undone through the events of ''Warrior Within''. And it only gets worse: Kaileena gets captured and slain by the Vizier so that he could use her essence to rule the city with a powerful sand army and also become a god!
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Given in conjunction with the above HeroicResolve.
-->'''[[spoiler:Dark Prince]]:''' [[spoiler:What now, then? Gather up enough Sand, perform another [[ResetButton grand rewind]]? Or perhaps you can return to the Island and travel back to a time when he might still be saved? Maybe rescue a DamselInDistress along the way!]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Prince]]:''' [[spoiler:'''''NO!''''' You are right. I ''have'' been like a child: naive and arrogant, always rushing to undo my mistakes. Never facing the consequences of my actions. No more. I accept what I have done, and ''all'' that it implies. ''[transforms back, without water]'']]\\
'''[[spoiler:Dark Prince]]:''' [[spoiler:What is this?! You have no water! How did you--?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Prince]]:''' [[spoiler:You hold no power over me now! Begone! Retreat to whatever dark hole spawned you, and do not trouble me again.]]
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* DramaticIrony: Farah remarked at one point that she wishes she could visit Azad someday, unaware that technically, she already did in the first game, [[spoiler:and she even died there, before the Prince resets the timeline]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Dark Prince, when explaining about his origins, states that's probably a result of the Prince spending a little too much time among the Sands... or rather, "among the Empress", referencing [[spoiler: the RescueSex scene from the GoldenEnding]] of the previous game.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The Dark Prince, when explaining about his origins, states that's probably a result of GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Prince spending a little too much time among future, please check the Sands... or rather, "among trope page to make sure your example fits the Empress", referencing [[spoiler: the RescueSex scene from the GoldenEnding]] of the previous game.current definition.

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* CheatCode: Used to spawn exotic secondary weapons that the Prince can instantly use, each with different properties (such as a giant telephone cradle or a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]). The codes are entered while the game is paused between the time the Prince gets his first weapon and the Prince obtains the king's sword while he is not the Dark Prince. Completing the game on each difficulty level will show one of these cheat codes.

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* CheatCode: CheatCode / LethalJokeItem: Used to spawn exotic secondary weapons that the Prince can instantly use, each with different properties (such as a giant telephone cradle or a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]). The codes are entered while the game is paused between the time the Prince gets his first weapon and the Prince obtains the king's sword while he is not the Dark Prince. Completing the game on each difficulty level will show one of these cheat codes.



* CowardlyBoss: Mahasti, once you transform in the Dark Prince. She keeps running away from one platform to the other as soon as you get too close, forcing you to activate the Eye of the Storm to defeat her.

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* CowardlyBoss: Mahasti, CowardlyBoss:
**Mahasti,
once you transform in the Dark Prince. She keeps running away from one platform to the other as soon as you get too close, forcing you to activate the Eye of the Storm to defeat her.her.
**[[spoiler:The Dark Prince becomes one in the mental realm at the end of the game in that you constantly chase and attack him, and he won't fight back. If you do not attack the Dark Prince upon reaching him, the next series of platforms in the mental realm won't spawn until you do so.]]
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**The PSP version of ''Rival Swords'' elaborates that the Prince indeed had forgotten his sand powers and can drink from fountains inside some sand gates to regain them, provided by the late Kaileena, in addition to recovering full health.


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* LethalLavaLand: The fifth sand gate course in the PSP version of ''Rival Swords'' is one.
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* FallingDamage: There is falling damage, but it is unconventional in that it is always lethal, meaning that a fall must either completely harmless or immediately fatal and there is a certain height level that separates the two outcomes, though there's no way to ascertain its consistency.

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* FallingDamage: There is falling damage, but it is unconventional in that it is always lethal, meaning that a fall must either be completely harmless or immediately fatal and there is a certain height level that separates the two outcomes, though there's no way to ascertain its consistency.

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* FallingDamage: There is falling damage, but it is unconventional in that it is always lethal, meaning that a fall must either completely harmless or immediately fatal and there is a certain height level that separates the two outcomes, though there's no way to ascertain its consistency.



* PlayerNudge: The Dark Prince can give you hints on how to defeat certain enemies or bosses.

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* PlayerNudge: The Dark Prince can give you hints on how to defeat certain enemies or bosses.bosses, or overcome obstacles.


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* QuicksandSucks: A deadly hazard that's everywhere in the fourth sand gate course in the PSP version of ''Rival Swords''.


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* RiseToTheChallenge: The fourth sand gate course in the PSP version of ''Rival Swords'' has a tower that the Prince needs to ascend quickly as it sinks into quicksand, so that he can jump to a wall to climb and obtain a sand tank.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In the segments where you get to play as the Dark Prince, all enemies will drop Sand, giving you a chance to fully recover your health quickly. Even if the combat sections as the Dark Prince are more crowded and chaotic compared to the normal Prince's fights, at least the difficulty gets alleviated by the high chances to recover health.

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In the segments where you get to play as the Dark Prince, all enemies will drop Sand, giving you a chance to fully recover your health quickly. Even if the combat sections as the Dark Prince are more crowded and chaotic compared to the normal Prince's fights, at least the difficulty gets alleviated by the high chances to recover health. Also, the player will automatically recover full health when transforming between the Prince and Dark Prince.

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** Before that, [[spoiler:the Prince becomes exhausted after killing the sword thug, and just when the axe thug is about to kill the Prince with a blow to his head, it gets shot from behind by Farah's arrows.]]
* BigNo: At several times, the Prince utters a short one, mostly as an utterance of despair, save for the very last time, when he [[spoiler:refuses the Dark Prince's suggestion of trying to undo time again to save his father, accepting the consequences of his own mistakes and therefore freeing his body from the Dark Prince's control.]] A longer, more dramatic one [[spoiler:is uttered right before the final cutscene from the Dark Prince when the Prince breaks free from him once and for all, which may get cut off if players leave the mental realm quickly.]]

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** Before that, [[spoiler:the Prince becomes exhausted after killing the sword thug, and just thug. Just when the axe thug is about to kill the Prince with a blow to his head, it gets shot from behind by Farah's arrows.Farah, who'd parted ways with the Prince on bad terms some time ago, returns and shoots the axe thug dead.]]
* BigNo: At several times, the Prince utters a short one, mostly as an utterance of despair, save for the very last time, when he [[spoiler:refuses the Dark Prince's suggestion of trying to undo time again to save his father, accepting the consequences of his own mistakes and therefore freeing his body from the Dark Prince's control.]] A longer, more dramatic one [[spoiler:is uttered right before the final cutscene from the Dark Prince when the Prince breaks free from him once and for all, which may get cut off if players leave the mental realm quickly.]] ]]
* BittersweetEnding: As Kaileena observes just before the final battle, Babylon is in ruins, countless people are dead [[spoiler:including the Prince's father]], and more will likely follow as a result of lingering consequences of the devastation. Despite that, the Prince was able to grow as a person and accept what was wrong, ultimately defeatin the Vizier once and for all and banishing his dark self.



* CuttingOffTheBranches: The GoldenEnding of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' is actually made canon, which Kaileena [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] in the opening narration. However, footage of the non-canon ending is shown in the intro.

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* CuttingOffTheBranches: The GoldenEnding of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' is actually made canon, which Kaileena [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] in the opening narration. However, footage of the non-canon ending is shown in the intro.intro, with Kaileena describing it as what ''might'' have happened.



* DeadpanSnarker: The Dark Prince is an absolute master of this, as evidenced by his response when the Prince sees people being herded toward the arena below.

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* DeadpanSnarker: The Dark Prince is an absolute master of this, as evidenced by his response when the Prince sees people being herded toward the arena below.below, too far away for him to help.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Farah gives the Prince a brief one after seeing his corrupted form, saying she can't believe that it doesn't represent who he is when he willingly abandoned his subjects to their fates due to his lust for vengeance.
** At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Dark Prince gives a long one to the Prince saying that his own failings are why he's still able to exist despite the Sands having faded from existence. The Prince occasionally fires back with a ShutUpHannibal, but ultimately leaves the Dark Prince behind at Farah's urging.]]
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* ChainsawGood: One of the secret cheat weapons is a chainsaw. Beating the game on hard difficulty will show the code to unlock it.

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* ChainsawGood: One of the secret cheat weapons is a chainsaw. Beating the game on hard difficulty will show the code to unlock it.
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BossArenaIdiocy: In most boss battles, you must make use of BenevolentArchitecture to defeat them.

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BossArenaIdiocy: *BossArenaIdiocy: In most boss battles, you must make use of BenevolentArchitecture to defeat them.
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* ChainsawGood: One of the secret cheat weapons is a chainsaw. Beating the game on hard difficulty will show the code to unlock it.


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* CheatCode: Used to spawn exotic secondary weapons that the Prince can instantly use, each with different properties (such as a giant telephone cradle or a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]). The codes are entered while the game is paused between the time the Prince gets his first weapon and the Prince obtains the king's sword while he is not the Dark Prince. Completing the game on each difficulty level will show one of these cheat codes.
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* VersionExclusiveContent:
**The video gallery for each version of the game is slightly different.
**The PSP version of ''Rival Swords'', the 2007 port of ''Two Thrones'', extends the story with obstacle courses inside the sand gates that the Prince can disable to upgrade his Dagger of Time. It also includes additional on-rails chariot sequences accessible from the main menu, as well as wireless CompetitiveMultiplayer in which the Prince can race against a separated Dark Prince.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the ending, [[spoiler:The Prince literally climbs the Tower of Babel to meet a god. It's a little-G instead of [[{{God}} big-G]], but aside from that...]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the ending, [[spoiler:The Prince literally [[Literature/TheBible climbs the Tower of Babel to meet a god.god]]. It's a little-G instead of [[{{God}} big-G]], but aside from that...]]
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* PragmaticVillainy: The Dark Prince helps the Prince because the two share the mutual goal of killing the Vizier. While the Prince wants to overthrow him to save his empire, the Dark Prince wants to [[EvilVsEvil destroy him]] ''just to continue his tyranny in his place''.
* RewardingVandalism: You can destroy items to obtain sand energy for the Dagger of Time (and also fully replenish the Dark Prince's constantly depleting health).
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* ShirtlessScene: The Prince loses his shirt around the time he first hears the Dark Prince and spends much of the game half naked. He then inexplicably regains it [[spoiler:after the Dark Prince separates from the Prince and lures him into the mental realm]].

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* ShirtlessScene: The Prince loses his shirt around the time he first hears the Dark Prince and spends much remains half naked for the rest of the game half naked. He then game, although he inexplicably regains it [[spoiler:after the while [[spoiler:confronting a separated Dark Prince separates from the Prince and lures him into inside the mental realm]]. realm after vanquishing the Vizier]].
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* ShirtlessScene: The Prince spends a large portion of the game without a shirt.

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* ShirtlessScene: The Prince loses his shirt around the time he first hears the Dark Prince and spends a large portion much of the game without a shirt.half naked. He then inexplicably regains it [[spoiler:after the Dark Prince separates from the Prince and lures him into the mental realm]].
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** Farah in the endgame is abducted by the now OneWingedAngel Vizer, and is rescued when he is killed.

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** Farah [[spoiler:Farah in the endgame is abducted by the now OneWingedAngel Vizer, and is rescued when he is killed.]]



* DevelopersForesight: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Prince finishes the second phase of the final boss fight by plunging the king's sword into Zurvan. In the third phase, the game makes sure you see that he doesn't have it. And just before the Dark Prince, now separated from the Prince, attacks him and takes you to the mental realm, the revived Kaileena destroys the Dagger of Time and the Prince just has the king's sword when he goes into the mental realm to chase and fight the Dark Prince.]]

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* DevelopersForesight: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Prince finishes the second phase of the final boss fight by plunging the king's sword into Zurvan. In the third phase, the game makes sure you see that he doesn't have it. And just before the Dark Prince, now separated from the Prince, attacks him and takes you to the mental realm, the revived Kaileena destroys the Dagger of Time Time, and the game shows that the Prince just only has the king's sword when he goes into the mental realm to chase and fight the Dark Prince.]]



* MirroredConfrontationShot: The cover for the Wii version, ''Prince Of Persia: Rival Swords'', does this with the Prince and Dark Prince.

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* MirroredConfrontationShot: The cover for the Wii version, 2007 port, ''Prince Of Persia: Rival Swords'', Swords'' (for Wii and PSP), does this with the Prince and Dark Prince.
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* DevelopersForesight: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Prince finishes the second phase of the final boss fight by plunging the king's sword into Zurvan. In the third phase, the game makes sure you see that he doesn't have it. And just before the Dark Prince, now separated from the Prince, attacks him and takes you to the mental realm, the revived Kaileena destroys the Dagger of Time and the Prince just has the king's sword when he goes into the mental ream to chase and fight the Dark Prince.]]

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* DevelopersForesight: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the Prince finishes the second phase of the final boss fight by plunging the king's sword into Zurvan. In the third phase, the game makes sure you see that he doesn't have it. And just before the Dark Prince, now separated from the Prince, attacks him and takes you to the mental realm, the revived Kaileena destroys the Dagger of Time and the Prince just has the king's sword when he goes into the mental ream realm to chase and fight the Dark Prince.]]

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