![]() ![]() Until he takes his hat off and reveals his true form to you one of the only few times he's not this is in the novel when he consoles both Cass and Iben over their losses, and during Lance's Breaking Speech. Even if he feels defeated in the Balan's Bout minigame. Perpetual Smiler: He's always seen with a toothy grin on his face.So if he takes it off, he's either bidding you farewell from Wonderworld or emotionally distraught. Is Serious Business: He's almost always wearing his top hat. Lance warns him, however, that this attachment to humans might ultimately come back to bite him and turn him into the new Lance in turn. Non-Ironic Clown: Despite his mysterious nature, he ultimately wants what's good for his visitors.Magical Clown: Balan is a mysterious, but charming entertainer who runs the magical Balan Theater.This is especially apparent in the opening, where Emma and Leo both seem to end up at the theatre at the same time, and Balan greets them more or less the same way. ![]() The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: The Balan Theatre will appear only to those whose hearts were thrown out of balance, at anywhere, and anytime.Justified because Lance is using Wonderworld as a Lotus-Eater Machine to keep the residents there forever. Light Is Not Good: At least according to Lance, who claims that he and Emma (given the nickname of 'Fighter') are out to destroy their homes.Light Is Good: He wears bright colours, is the embodiment of positivity, and a generally helpful and friendly, if eccentric, individual.Lance's Breaking Speech towards Balan has him call out the latter for seemingly willingly defying this trope and making an exception 'this time' at the end of this set of residents' stay, warning him that if he becomes too attached, he'll become Lance as well. Laser-Guided Amnesia: Once a person's heart has their balanced restored and they can go home, their memory is wiped, hence the spiel about how 'nobody seems to remember the theatre when they leave' in supplementary materials."But with full certainty this I can declare: it was a delight to have you, my friends, a joy beyond compare." Hidden Depths: Despite usually being a goofy showman (see Great Gazoo above), he has his moments of wisdom, such as whenever Leo saves an inhabitant from Lance's corruption.Heroic BSoD: When he learns that Lance was the original Balan until he was corrupted by humanity’s collective despair and created the current Balan to replace himself as the Maestro of Wonderworld.Leo calls him out for this, but Balan just tells him that experience is the best teacher before disappearing again. Balan waits until after Leo gets gassed in the face by an aroma-shroom note a mushroom in Yuri's stage that usually expels pleasant-smelling spores when poked to tell him to stay away from the now noxious mushrooms.He is an incredibly eccentric shapeshifting, foppishly dressed magical being capable of many amazing feats, including flight, the ability to move between the real world and Wonderworld, self-replication, and general Toon Physics.These examples tend to be much more obvious however and may not even attempt to hide him. He can sometimes show up in the cutscenes after the dance sequences too.Generally speaking, he usually shows up right before the backstory takes a turn for the worse. Some have him Hidden in Plain Sight, others are more blatant but can still be missed due to how quickly the scene changes. Balan is hidden in almost every cutscene depicting an inhabitant's backstory.The Corruptible: At least according to Lance, but he warns Balan that if he grows too attached, then he'll be the new Lance someday, despite the latter's protests.He also shows up during the sports minigame as a puppet as the goalie in the soccer minigame, the pitcher in the baseball minigame, and his face adorns the pins in the bowling minigame.While his appearances in the pre-fight cutscenes tend to be blink-and-you'll-miss-it-affairs, the post-fight cutscene oftentimes has him out in full show, sometimes even being the focus of a shot. The Cameo: Balan has a tendency to show up in both the pre- and post-boss fight cutscenes.But Thou Must!: If you get the 110 trophies needed to go to the final boss, but haven't even beaten all of the Nega Bosses yet, he'll pop up to remind you of that fact.Cass lampshades this much to Balan's embarrassment. Bishōnen: Under his mask, he's quite the looker.Big Good: The host of the Balan Theater, who guides Leo Craig and Emma Cole through Wonderworld in order to save its inhabitants from their despair.Especially all the ones I've answered before. Balan: Me oh my, asking questions you certainly do adore. ![]()
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