Dead Fantasy: Difference between revisions

* [[Animated Actors]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1USOygdZrhs Naminé's Skype call (starts around 7:50)] shows characters hanging out around the Dead Fantasy set during their break from filming.

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in Part V.

* [[Art Evolution]]:

** From Part III onward there is a visible jump in polygon count, facial expressions and realism of movement.

* [[Dramatic Chase Opening]]: Yuna being pursued by Kasumi and Ayane in Part I.

* [[Drunken Boxing]]: Tifa uses this style to great effect when fighting for [[Improvised Weapon|and with]] the "ether" bottles.

** Rikku - daggers;

** Kairi - keyblades ("Oblivion" & "Oаthkeeper");

** While no match for him, Tifa can apparently do a split kick and a jump kick almost simultaneously.

** Rikku does some after Tifa casts Hastega.

* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]:

** That flickering during Tifa's flashback is not something Monty would leave in by accident.

* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Surprisingly little, considering some of the [[Dead or Alive|source material.]] When asked about this Monty Oum's reply was: [[Double Entendre|"I do it all by hand. But only when it's important."]]

* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Rinoa blasts the DOA team with Holy ''inside a tornado''.

* [[Ki Attacks]]: [[Badass Abnormal|Even characters who didn't originally have them]].

* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: Tifa, especially in Part II. Also, [[Ninja|Kasumi]].

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Tifa.

* [[Limit Break]]: Including the [[Trope Namers]] themselves.

** During a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, {{spoiler|Cloud}} uses one we all remember from hours at the console - {{spoiler|Blade Beam}}.

** Ayane's [[Charged Attack]], which [[Everything Breaks|breaks everything]].

** And taken to its logical extreme with Kasumi's skirt in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrlFeK8guY Music Video,] to the point where it's moving too ''much'' to look like real fabric. This directly leads to numerous [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]].

* [[Off With His Head]]: Tifa decapitates one of her opponents in Part V.

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: {{spoiler|Tifa}} takes several sword cuts with visible blood sprays in part V and isn't slowed down in the slightest and even after having a sword stuck through the upper arm, is still able to use that arm just fine. And then there are the arrows.

* [[Panty Shot]]: Several, though some have to be freeze-framed to be seen.

* [[Popularity Power]]: The DOA team suddenly being able to go toe-to-toe vs. fully-levelled Final Fantasy characters is a subversion, since if you go by fandom backing Team Final Fantasy should be [[David Versus Goliath|winning by a landslide]] (and they kind of do during most of Part II). In Part V's live screening you can hear everyone cheering for Tifa and quite a few people wondering who {{spoiler|Hayate}} is.

* [[Portal Cut]]: Poor, poor Bahumut.

** The newest Dead Or Alive game seems to be putting their strengths close to the power shown in [[Ninja Gaiden]] where they are full fledged combat wizards. So either Monty is gonna have to up the ante or this trope is gonna be averted.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]:

* [[Reverse Grip]]: Kairi holds Oblivion like this.

* [[Roboteching]]: Employed by Yuna's [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells|bullets]].

* [[Rule of Cool]]

* [[Second Hour Superpower]]: Hitomi being able to punch the {{spoiler|materia}} out of Tifa at the end of their fight, but not at the beginning. Why can she USE said {{spoiler|materia}} immediately, even though Tifa was the only one with any? [[New Powers As the Plot Demands|Anyone's guess.]]

* [[Set Swords to Stun]]: Almost everyone is being blasted in the face with magic. ''How'' are they still standing exactly?

** [[The Gunslinger|Yuna]] has [[Guns Akimbo|guns]]. They appear to fire [[Abnormal Ammo|blasts of light]].

** [[Lightning Bruiser|Rachel]] is using her [[Drop the Hammer|war hammer]].

** Ayane's ninjutsu, particularly when she does a series of hand signs before smashing the tower, borrows the "jutsu use" sound effect from ''[[Naruto]]''.

* [[Soft Glass]]: Tifa just smashes through a window at full speed and keeps on going. Mind you, this is Tifa we're talking about.

* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: Ayane can block bullets with her double sword Genra ''without even holding it''.

* [[Squee]]: Admit it, YOU probably did when you first watched these.

** Rikku seems willing to Take The ''Stone Pillar'' in Part I, when she shoves Yuna out of the way, but she does manage to dodge it herself.

* [[Teleport Spam]]: Kasumi's favorite tactic in battle. She can use it with both allies and enemies. It can also cut [[Sphere of Destruction|pieces of the landscape]] or [[Portal Cut|opponents]]. {{spoiler|''Her clones can do it too''}}, which is bordering on [[Game Breaker]]. Nevertheless, Yuna manages to counter it twice during Part II, by [[Awesomeness By Analysis|predicting exactly where she would teleport to]] or just by [[More Dakka|completely saturating the air with bullets.]]

* [[Three Minutes of Writhing]]:

** The bonus [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrlFeK8guY music video,] featuring Kasumi, Tifa, and Cissnei. Which probably qualifies as [[Fetish Fuel]] for many.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: A possible explanation for why {{spoiler|Hayate lets his ninja fight against Tifa, dying in the dozens, eventually weighing her down with numbers.}} And he does that in spite of the fact that he can {{spoiler|down her at pretty much any time he wants.}}

** Ninja rule in the universe is if you can't defend yourself in battle you die. Ryu kills and can be killed in training missions in [[Ninja Gaiden]].

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Possibly Hitomi and Tifa. Supported by one interpretation of Hitomi {{spoiler|slapping Hayate after he and his ninja [[Zerg Rush]] absolutely brutalize Tifa}}.

* [[Your Eyes Can Deceive You]]: After getting hit with Tifa's Darkness spell in Part III, Hitomi gets right back up and starts fighting blind. ''{{spoiler|And winning}}''.