History VideoGame / SilhouetteMirage

* CatSmile: Dynamis and Serah bear them.

''Silhouette Mirage'' is an {{action|Game}}-{{platform|Game}}er developed by Creator/{{Treasure}}. It was originally released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn in 1997; a UsefulNotes/PlayStation version (Treasure's first console-to-console port, subtitled ''Reprogrammed Hope'') was released the next year in Japan, and subsequently localized for the U.S. by Creator/WorkingDesigns.

%%* DropTheHammer: Spectres.

* MultipleEndings: There are four distinct endings, and which one you get hinges on whether you win or lose against certain bosses, and which path you choose in a certain cut-scene.

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* AmbiguousGender: Justified with Zohar, in that they change gender depending on their current attribute. Metatron is male and has the Mirage attribute, and Sandalphon is female and has the Silhouette attribute.

%%* TheDragon: Zohar, to Hal.

%%* DumbMuscle: Goliath and Samson.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms have different fighting styles. Metatron fights with a sword while Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.

* LivingWeapon: Parasites.

%%* RecurringBoss: Zohar.

* DeadlyGas: Rasti.

%%* DeadlyGas: Rasti.

* AmbiguousGender: Zohar. Justified in that s/he changes gender depending on what form s/he is. Metatron is male, and Sandalphon is female.

* BattleBoomerang: Priday.
* BerserkerTears: Cypher Zohar.

* DeadlyGas: Rasti.

* TheDragon: Zohar, to Hal.
* DropTheHammer: Spectres.
* DumbMuscle: Goliath and Samson.

* FeatherMotif: Envia.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zophar's two different forms. Metatron fights with a sword while Sandalphon uses a ray gun for her attacks.
* AHeadAtEachEnd: Prinsdam.

* OneWingedAngel: Zohar. [[spoiler:Played with in that [[EmergencyTransformation Hal forces Zohar into it]].]]

* PlayingTheHeartStrings: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVDh-qAaipg Ending of the Starry Sky.]]
* PowerFloats: Zohar and [[spoiler:Geluve]].
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Several of the bosses.

* PumpkinPerson: Spectres.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Guardian Angels.

* RayGun: Surosa.
* RecurringBoss: Zohar.

* SpiritAdvisor: Gehena, to Shyna.
* SummonMagic: Bug. ''SUMMON BATTLESHIP!!''
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Zohar MT, when angry.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Angara.

* WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler:Gargantuan and Shyna.]]

* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL, Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]

* BlindingBangs: Delia has these.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Area Cleared screen after level 3.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Zohar attacks you at the Level Complete screen after level 3.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The names of many of the characters and locations in the game are taken from the Bible, and from Christian and Jewish cosmology in general. Most of this was lost in Working Designs' translation to English, either through discrepancies between Japanese and English phonology or through deliberate name changes: Har became Hal (which, admittedly, [[{{Woolseyism}} may have added a reference]] to a certain famous AI); the seven attacks Shyna can use, named for the SevenDeadlySins, became arbitrary strings of syllables; Moses became Bug; Delilah became Delia; Cherub became Geluve; etc.

* ActionGirl: Shyna, the Messenger of Justice and Destruction who's capable of using various parasites for different shot types, reflect attacks of the same element, and can punch foes in the face to make them cough up money.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve]].

* TheGrimReaper: A SkippableBoss appearing about two thirds of the way through the game.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Zohar shows ''insanely'' power in cutscenes, like slices a building ''[[AbsurdlySharpBlade in half]]'', but their abilities in actual gameplay appear to be on a level with Shyna's.

* EmergencyWeapon: All of your attacks require Spirit. If you run out of spirit, your equipped parasite will be consumed to regain 100 points. If it was your last parasite, you will be given a Sloth (basic shot) parasite as well -- however, this only happens once; run out of spirit with just a Sloth left and you're screwed. This is considerably more annoying in the North American version, where Spirit is your ManaMeter, than in the Japanese, where Spirit was only drained by enemy attacks. Although they did grant a mercy that when you were stuck with the Surosa, you never lost it.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You can be forgiven for not anticipating the [[spoiler:out-of-nowhere battle with Hal's jealous daughter, Geluve.]]
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Bird wings for Mirages, bat wings for Silhouettes. Shyna has both on her hat -- usually one of each, but three of each when she uses her power.

* MultipleEndings: There are four distinct endings, and which one you get hinges on whether you win or lose against certain bosses, and on which path you choose a certain cut-scene.

* OurMonstersAreWeird: One look at Dynamis -- who has a fish's body, a head of an anime girl, and tentacles arms protruding from her body -- is bound of have questions whether or not the dev team was on drugs.

* TimeLimitBoss: Zohar in their third fight. It wont kill you but it will effect which of the MultipleEndings are available.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite his constant nagging and creation of Guardian Angels, Hal is never fought himself, except, indirectly, when facing Clod/Armageddon. Megido on the other hand...]]

* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Several characters do this. [[spoiler:Zohar threatens Bug with this. Then Hal may or may not do this to Zohar him/her-self, depending on several choices you make. THEN, in another alternate turn of events, Hal's own daughter Geluve does this to him. AND THEN Megido says something similar to Shyna since she has restored Edo. AND FURTHER STILL Clod/Armageddon says this to Shyna before he attempts to kill her.]]

* AmbiguouslyRelated: [[spoiler:Armageddon's last words to Shyna are "If only... Sis..."]] If it refers to their shared status as creations of Edo or anything else is anyones guess.

* AutoSave: The Saturn automatically saves your progress over the course of the game; the [=PlayStation=] version uses manual saves.

* CatSmile: Dynamis bears one.

* DumbMuscle: Goliath.

* ChromaticArrangement: Silhouettes are blue, Mirages are red, and Neutral is green.