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* LoadingScreen: If loading takes long enough, and Shantae is wearing the Hula Costume, a hula-dancing Shantae will appear in the lower right corner.
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Crosswicking from trope page.

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* KillEnemiesToOpen: Dungeons have rooms that lock on entry and unlock on defeat of all enemies, before important items like InterchangeableAntimatterKeys.
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** Wetmen may drop Golden Crabs or Salmon. The first Wetman in Water Lily's Den may be guaranteed to drop a Golden Crab.

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** Wetmen may drop Golden Crabs or Salmon. The first Wetman in Water Lily's Den may be guaranteed to drop a Golden Crab.

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* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:The Ghost Dog that Shantae comes across actually turns out to be none other than Harmony's dead genie mother, who was responsible for sealing the Sirens in the first place.]]

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* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:The Ghost Dog that Shantae comes across actually turns out is highly implied to be none other than Harmony's dead genie mother, who was responsible for sealing the Sirens in the first place.]]place]].



* LongSongShortScene: The musical themes for the upper areas of Island West and Island East are as long and elaborate as the themes for the lower areas, but since these upper areas are only a few screens long each in any direction, you're unlikely to get to hear the full song in-game unless you intentionally stop and hang around for a while.
* LotsOfLuggage: Multiple loads in Arena Town:

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* LongSongShortScene: As seen in [[https://music.apple.com/us/album/shantae-and-the-seven-sirens-original-video/1515807366 the track listing]]:
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The musical themes for travelling not-underground, such as the upper areas of Island West and Island East Beach Travel themes, which are all more than two minutes long, excepting Beach Travel East, 1:09, are as long and elaborate as the themes for the lower areas, but since these upper areas are only a few screens long each in any direction, you're unlikely to get to hear the full song in-game unless you intentionally stop and hang around for a while.
** The Warp Room's theme is almost a minute and three-fourths long, while picking a destination and going there is only [[https://youtu.be/ZvpC1n4JCEE?t=280 about six seconds]] for speedruns, and not much longer for a casual.
* LotsOfLuggage: Multiple loads in Arena Town:Town, to stop Shantae from leaving the town before the plot needs her to:

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* PaletteSwap: The blue Crabs are tougher than the red Crabs, but both count as the same Crab monster, since they drop the same monster card.

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* PaletteSwap: OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The monster from previous games returns, but there's a mermaid too:
** The Mermaid enemies, fittingly for an aquatic enemy, wield [[ProngsOfPoseidon a trident]]. They attack by popping out of the water and flinging orbs in a semi-circle.
** According to "The Art Of Shantae", the Refresh Dance's cut-in is Shantae transformed into a "mandrake-like mermaid".
* PaletteSwap:
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The blue Crabs are tougher than the red Crabs, but both count as the same Crab monster, since they drop the same monster card.
** The red Wetmen are tougher than the blue ones, but both count as the same Wetman monster, since they drop the same monster
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* SuperMovePortraitAttack: Each time Shantae uses one of the fusion dances, we see a cut-in, not of Shantae herself, but of the genie whose power she's using. Plink's mother is dark-haired and has a serious expression, much in contrast to her daughter; Vera's mother is a [[PlantPeople Plant Person]]; Zapple's mother has a cobra-like hood that leads into a long tail; and Harmony's mother wields a giant hammer.

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* SuperMovePortraitAttack: Each time Shantae uses one of the fusion dances, we see a cut-in, not of Shantae herself, but of herself transformed to fit the genie whose power she's using. Plink's mother power. Seer is dark-haired and has a serious expression, much in contrast to her daughter; Vera's mother an "otherworldly, cloaked form"; Refresh is a [[PlantPeople Plant Person]]; Zapple's mother has a cobra-like hood that leads into a long tail; Person]], "mandrake-like mermaid"; Spark is "electric eel"; and Harmony's mother wields a giant hammer.Quake is "fiery fury of the earth's core".

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* AchievementSystem: The Win Screens are {{Cosmetic Award}}s awarded for completing the game under certain times and with 100% items or not, or wearing the Hula Costume gotten by completing the game.



** The Squid Baron is looking after his sister's kids on Paradise/Siren island, and tells Shantae to let him know if she finds them. [[HeartContainer The ones you've been melting down with the Squidsmith for health, specifically.]]
* BlobMonster: The Slime enemy, which changes colors when hit, starting from blue.

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** The Squid Baron is looking after his sister's kids on Paradise/Siren island, and tells Shantae to let him know if she finds them. [[HeartContainer The ones you've likely been melting down with the Squidsmith for health, specifically.]]
specifically]].
* BlobMonster: The Slime enemy, which changes colors when hit, starting from blue.blue, and always takes the same amount of hits to destroy, no matter how strong those hits are.



* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Rottytops [[spoiler:disguised herself as Fillin the Blank]] because she assumed she wouldn't get invited to the island vacation by Shantae, so she hid in Shantae's luggage and pulled the masqeurade so she could get in on all the fun. Thing is, the only reason Shantae didn't invite Rottytops was because [[Catch22Dilemma Shantae couldn't find her, as Rottytops had hidden herself in the luggage]]. This ended up being for the best though, as it meant Rottytops [[spoiler:also got her life force drained by the Siren Empress, ruining that villain's plan]].

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* CosmeticAward: The Win Screens, gotten by beating the game under certain conditions:
** "Winner!": Just beat the game.
** With 100% of all items except Monster Cards:
*** Any speed
*** High speed
** Extremely High Speed
** Wearing the Hula Costume, which is [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlocked]] by [[NewGamePlus beating the game]], so this must be at least a second run.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Rottytops [[spoiler:disguised herself as Fillin the Blank]] because she assumed she wouldn't get invited to the island vacation by Shantae, so she hid in Shantae's luggage and pulled the masqeurade masquerade so she could get in on all the fun. Thing is, the only reason Shantae didn't invite Rottytops was because [[Catch22Dilemma Shantae couldn't find her, as Rottytops had hidden herself in the luggage]]. This ended up being for the best though, as it meant Rottytops [[spoiler:also got her life force drained by the Siren Empress, ruining that villain's plan]].

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* MistakenForRomance: After Bolo goes to Tree Town, the little girl at the left of Arena Town asks if he's Shantae's boyfriend, and she has no response, not even a reaction image. It's basically the girl monologuing, and canonically, Bolo and Shantae are LikeBrotherAndSister.



* NewGamePlus: After beating the game, a new mode unlocks where Shantae is in her outfit from the dance parlor in Tree Town. In this mode, Shantae's magic meter drains much slower, but she takes twice as much damage.

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* NewGamePlus: After beating the game, a new mode unlocks where Shantae is in her outfit from the dance parlor in Tree Town. In this mode, Shantae's magic meter drains is much slower, larger, but she takes twice as much damage.


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* OneHitKill: The Circus Squids, only found in the Squid Pit, die in one hit from Quake Dance, but only while their sprites are overlapping with a pole. If they stop spinning, the damage number appears and [[ShowsDamage says 999]]. And they might only drop their card if they stop spinning.

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** When first met, she takes issue with baths helping the soul, saying that they only help the body, because that's where the water touches.

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** When first met, met and at the end of the game, she takes issue with baths helping the soul, saying that they only help the body, because that's where the water touches:
---> They say that a hot bath every day soothes the soul!\\
But that's wrong.\\
It's only good for your body.\\
Because that's the part the water
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** Possibly her name is Jasmine, because the "notes of jasmine" she adds to the bath are a letter that she recites.
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* PlotTunnel: At the second Save Point of the Flying Fortress, it's impossible to backtrack due to Shantae having gone through a one-way platform to reach it.
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* WingedHumanoid:
** Using the Quake Dance shows an image of some genie, who are always humanoid, with wings of fire.
** Some of the Tasteful Statues show women with wings.

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* StealthPun: A woman in Armor Town says the giant fans she made have many admirers, and she started...an admiration horde. She goes out of her way to avoid calling them fans whenever you talk to her, such as calling "fan art", "admiration scrawl[s]":
--> I heard you repaired one of my fans!\\

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* StealthPun: A woman in Armor Town says the giant fans she made have many admirers, and she started...an admiration horde. She goes out of her way to avoid calling them fans whenever you talk to her, such her:
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as calling "fan art", "admiration scrawl[s]":
--> ---> I heard you repaired one of my fans!\\


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** At least, until Shantae gets Jet Octo, where upon she starts going insane:
---> As you may know, I have forged many huge fan blades!\\
And now my giant fans are more popular than ever.\\
In fact, the other day an author stopped by.\\
He liked my fans so much, he wrote original adventures about them.\\
His very own...\\
...completely made up...\\
...imagination novellas.\\
....\\
Fan fan fan fan fan fan fan fan fan.

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* BucketHelmet: The boy beside the Monster Card Collector in Armor Town, wears a bucket on top of his head.



* StealthPun: A woman in Armor Town says the giant fans she made have many admirers, and she started...an admiration horde. She goes out of her way to avoid saying "fan club" whenever you talk to her.

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* StealthPun: A woman in Armor Town says the giant fans she made have many admirers, and she started...an admiration horde. She goes out of her way to avoid saying "fan club" calling them fans whenever you talk to her.her, such as calling "fan art", "admiration scrawl[s]":
--> I heard you repaired one of my fans!\\
Everyone loves seeing my [[gold:BIGGEST FAN]] spinning freely once more!\\
In fact, an artist came by to show her appreciation...\\
She got out her sketchbook and created...\\
...a one-of-a-kind...\\
...piece of...\\
...Admiration scrawl.\\
...\\
Be aware that any admiration scrawl you submit becomes property of my admiration horde.
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* LiteralMinded: The Armor Town Bathhouse Lady:
** When first met, she takes issue with baths helping the soul, saying that they only help the body, because that's where the water touches.
** By the time Shantae has the Powered Up Rod, she takes a whisper of lavender literally:
---> Oh, hello!\\
I was just about to add a whisper of lavender to the bath.\\
Shhh......\\
(Laaaa-vennn-durrrr.)\\
Ok, all set!

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* DoorToBefore:
** In Mossy Biome, home of the Sea Vent Lab, there's a shortcut from the earlier Tour Area that can only be used with the Tortoise transformation from the Sea Vent Lab, but can be seen before it.
** In The Boiler, Shantae acquires the Sea Frog transformation after the second save point in the dungeon. The large room after the first save point has a Sea Frog tunnel to safety go from the beginning to the end of the room or vice-versa, instead of taking the spike-lined path required initially.


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* MagicKiss: The magical, {{healing|Hands}} Refresh Dance is implied to at least sometimes involve kissing, as when it's activated, a pink HeartSymbol is shown and two of the voicelines that might play are the "Mwah!"[[note]]VO_Shantae_Dance_005 from [[https://www.sounds-resource.com/pc_computer/shantaeandthesevensirens/sound/38742/ here]][[/note]] sound of a kiss, and another is "This'll make it better." like the idea of kissing an injury.

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* DefeatByModesty: Some of the skeletal mummy enemies can be resurrected with the Refresh Dance, which causes them to immediately start covering themselves, before they pop off.


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* DefeatByModesty: Some of the skeletal mummy enemies can be resurrected with the Refresh Dance, which causes them to immediately start covering themselves, before they pop off.


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* DiscountCard: It's the exact name of the Lobster Girl Card's power, and operates as such, setting prices to [[PercentBasedValues 85%]] of the regular in item shops, rounded down if it gets fractional.
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* ComicalNapDrool: The owner of the Droll-Stained Doll in Armor Town explains the drool as due to her being a heavy sleeper.
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* DamageReduction: Sold at the Armor Town shop, a PercentBasedValues effect:
--> Spray-on armor that lowers the amount of damage taken by 25%!
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* StrategyGuide: Squid Baron mentions possibly selling an overpriced strategy guide to Shantae to compensate for her incompetence, if Shantae tries to return his Dargon Balls without having all three.


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* TennisBoss: Using the Mirror Shield to reflect the projectiles in the first phase of Tubeworm Siren's boss fight is the fastest way to take it down, dealing 10 damage every reflection and keeping Shantae safe, instead of the max 9 of Hair Whip, and given how every worm can only be hit once per appearance before going invulnerable.
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She says "I'll change the water" after Coral Siren's beat.


** The Tree Town bath attendant will tell you that the bath will [[HealingSpring restore your health]]... unless you're a zombie, in which case you just kind of dissolve. Then she notes to herself that she should [[BreadEggsMilkSquick change the bath water sometime]].

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** The Tree Town bath attendant will tell you that the bath will [[HealingSpring restore your health]]... unless you're a zombie, in which case you just kind of dissolve. Then she notes to herself that she should [[BreadEggsMilkSquick she'll change the bath water sometime]].water.
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* NoticeThis: The Deep-Sea Domain's Mermaid Shells are hidden in the drillable dirt, and the spots they're in are brighter than other spots.

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* {{Cap}}: Shantae can only hold 9 of a consumable item at most. Monster Cards probably have a cap, but it's larger than 10.

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* {{Cap}}: {{Cap}}:
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Shantae can only hold 9 of a consumable item at most. most.
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Monster Cards probably have a cap, but it's larger than 10.at least 40.
** Shantae can hold up to 999 gems.
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* PaletteSwap: The blue Crabs are tougher than the red Crabs, but both count as the same Crab monster, since they drop the same monster card.
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* SecretRoom: Some passages to rooms are marked on the map, but can only be seen after using the Seer Dance.

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* BottomlessPits: The Wetman card gives the ability to "Take no damage when destroyed by a pit!"



** Crabs, [=ScorpGals=] and the minibosses of Water Lily's Den may drop Golden Crabs. The first miniboss may be guaranteed to drop a Golden Crab.

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** Crabs, Crabs and [=ScorpGals=] and the minibosses of may drop Golden Crabs.
** Wetmen may drop Golden Crabs or Salmon. The first Wetman in
Water Lily's Den may drop Golden Crabs. The first miniboss may be guaranteed to drop a Golden Crab.

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* MusicIsEighthNotes: Rocket Archers blow a horn and make a pair of eighth notes sharing a flag, which is a HomingProjectile at Shantae.



** Jumping Frogs, Snakes, or Bats may drop Poke Bowls.

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** Jumping Frogs, Snakes, Rocket Archers, or Bats may drop Poke Bowls.
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* RespawningEnemies: Most enemies respawn if you leave and come back to their room, but most enemies in boss lairs stay dead until the file is reloaded.

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** Mermaids may drop Salmon.

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** Mermaids and Naga may drop Salmon.



* WakeUpCallBoss: The first boss in the game is none other than '''Risky Boots'''. Luckily, she doesn't take the fight that seriously, although your stats are still pretty low and no upgrades are likely to have been earned yet at that time.

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* VisibleSilence: Shy characters like Lobster Girl and Plink sometimes don't say anything in their textboxes except "...".
* WakeUpCallBoss: The first boss in the game is none other than '''Risky Boots'''. Luckily, she doesn't take the fight that seriously, although your stats are still pretty low and no upgrades are likely to have been earned bought yet at that time.

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** Mermaids may drop Salmon.



* ReducedManaCost: Some Monster Cards give this ability:
** Bat: "The Boomerang consumes less magic when used!"
** Jumping Frog: "The Shield consumes less magic when used!"

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* ReducedManaCost: ReducedManaCost:
** The MP Saver Relic: "Reduces your [[gold:MAGIC]] consumption."
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Some Monster Cards give this ability:
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for certain abilities:
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Bat: "The Boomerang consumes less magic when used!"
** *** Jumping Frog: "The Shield consumes less magic when used!"
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** Slimes change color from their initial blue when hit, going from purple to some inbetween colors, to yellow, then red being the final strike.

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** Slimes change color PaletteSwap from their initial blue when hit, going from purple to some inbetween colors, to green, yellow, then red being the final strike.

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