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[[File:Kain_Fit_3789.jpg|frame| "I'm about to teach you pathetic mockeries the difference between you, and a real man!"]]

 

 

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Koichi Yamadera]] (Japanese), [[Liam O Brien]] (English)}}

--Fighting Style: '''Tactical Striker'''

 

 

The [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] from ''[[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'', [[What Could Have Been|originally meant to be Cecil's foe in the original game]], finally makes it for ''Dissidia 012 Duodecim''. He's on Cosmos' side officially, but seems to be striking out on his own with a less than pleasant plan, leading to rumours of him turning his coat against Cosmos.

 

=== General Tropes ===

* [[Badass]]: Before Jecht, there was Kain Highwind. <ref>Interestingly, a Report cutscene shows the two bonding.</ref>

** [[Badass Baritone]]: You'd better believe it.

** [[Badass Boast]]: Though not as much as much as Jecht, Kain makes it clear you will not win when you face him.

* [[The Southpaw]]: Kain's a lefty.

* [[Victory Pose]]: [[Mythology Gag|Assumes his]] iconic [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Kain.jpg trademark] [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ff4_logo.png pose] at the end of his EX Burst -- the same pose up there in his artwork.

** {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: After being [[What the Hell, Hero?|called out by Lightning]] on his plan (see below), Kain's actions for the remainder of the story are pretty much a retread of his ordeals in ''IV''. Also, it's hinted that Kain is fearful of Cecil regaining his memories of Kain from their world due to said ordeals.}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: See below.

* [[Badass Cape]]: In the Hooded Man costume.

* [[Cool Helmet]]: Dragon shaped with purple (Or red in his Dark Kain costume) hair-like tassels.

* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: His alternate costume is his [[Enemy Without|dark side]], giving him a forked spear and blue and red armor.

* [[Femme Fatalons]]: Kain sports a set of painted fingernails filed to a point.

* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Nomura was told that his EX Mode removes his helmet, so he drew Kain with his eyes in shadows normally.

** Ditto for his character model. His helmet leaves a shadow that completely obscures his eyes.

* [[In the Hood]]: His aptly named Hooded Man costume.

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Lampshaded by Ultimecia after he rescues Tifa.

* [[Purple Eyes]]: Revealed whenever his helmet isn't on.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Wears purple armor with lipstick and nail polish, and a tiara-like headdress as his alternate outfit EX Modes. Seems this trope is just the fashion for men in Baron or something.

** Also applies to the English version; for whatever reason, his VA for ''XII'' ([[John Dimaggio]]) didn't reprise the role, so Gilgamesh is instead voiced by Keith Szarabajka.

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: And you know where [[Kazuya Nakai|his new seiyuu]] and [[Soichiro Hoshi|Bartz' seiyuu]] worked together as main rivals? [[Sengoku Basara|Where GUNZ were put on (Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura)]].

* [[Throw the Dog A Bone]]: He ''finally'' gets a chance to properly use [[Infinity+1 Sword|Excalibur]].

* [[The Unintelligible]]: With the music and attack sounds playing over them, a lot of his attack calls can be hard to decipher.

*** This is made somewhat more awesome as a clever [[Mythology Gag]]; in Final Fantasy V, the Excalipoor always dealt 1 damage, unless two things were done; the first is by [[Crazy Enough to Work|punching someone while holding the sword]], and the other is by using [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|!Throw from Ninja]].

* [[Hammerspace]]: Whips out a rather large missile from nowhere for his Missile attack.

* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: As always.

* [[Multi Melee Master]]: Wields eight weapons:

[[File:Tifa_Dissidia_012_8996.jpg|frame|"We're not some faceless soldiers. We're friends, and we've been through a lot together."]]

 

 

{{quote| Voiced by: Ayumi Ito (Japanese), [[Rachael Leigh Cook]] (English)}}

* [[Male Gaze]]: Very noticeable in the opening FMV.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: After Cloud rescues Tifa from Sephiroth, Tifa comments that Cloud was "like a hero, charging in to save the girl," similar to [[I Will Protect Her|his]] [[The Promise|promise]] to her from their original game.

** One of her Brave attacks is named "[[Super Smash Bros|Falcon Dive]]." A cross-company shout out? Why should they do that? Maybe because Kazushige Nojima, scenario writer for ''FFVII'', wrote the plot behind ''[[Super Smash Bros|Brawl]]'''s Subspace Emissary.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: With Cloud, although she doesn't realize it for [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|obvious reasons]].

* [[Flash Step]]: Her fighting style lets her cancel attacks and quickly slip around to attack the opponent from another angle.

* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: Though she's primarily a melee fighter, she's got her spells too, and unlike Cloud, she can use them in the air as well as on the ground.

* [[She Fu]]

** [[Waif Fu]]

* [[Badass]]

** [[Adaptational Badass]]: YMMV on how badass Laguna was in ''Final Fantasy VIII''. Here, there's no question at all.

** [[Badass Normal]]: While every other character in the game has at least some basic magical skills, Laguna uses no spells or equivalent supernatural powers at all, instead relying on his assorted firearms.

** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Though he's a weaponsmaster in battle, off the battlefield Laguna is, well, [[Adorkable|La]][[Bunny Ears Lawyer|gu]][[Cloudcuckoolander|na]].

* [[Bishonen]]

** [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: His EX Mode makes him ''[[James Bond|The Man With The Golden (Machine) Gun]]''.

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

 

=== Gameplay and Combat Tropes ===

* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Unlike the rest of the hero characters who have simpler fighting styles, Laguna is a more tactical fighter, like [[Trap Master|The Emperor]] or [[Confusion Fu|Kefka]].

* [[Super Mode|EX Mode]]: '''[[Cloudcuckoolander|Look, the Faeries are here]]!'''

* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: ''All'' of her outfits.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: In her Gunner costume.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her [[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Gunner]] DLC Costume.

* [[Showgirl Skirt]]: Her Gunner dressphere.

* [[Woman in White]]: In her wedding dress.

 

** '''{{color|yellow| Ixion}}:''' [[Cool Horse|A Cool]] [[Unicorn]] [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|with Striking]] [[Shock and Awe|Lighting Power]].

** '''{{color|blue| Shiva}}:''' [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|The Blue Haired]] [[An Ice Person|Lady of]] [[An Ice Suit|Ice]].

 

 

* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Gratuitous German]]: Her exclusive weapons include the Koenig Knuckles and the Glantzfaust.

* [[Sir Swearsalot|Madam Swearsalot]]: Has a very foul mouth in comparison to the rest of the cast, and uses mild language frequently. The two that will likely pop up most often are her Assist call ("It's about damn time!") and her defeat quote ("Aw ''heeeeeeell!''")

* [[Only One Name]]

{{quote| "What goes around comes around!" or "[[Big Eater|Prishe is here, where's the grub?]]"}}

** Prishe activates her Two-Hour Ability as a Monk. She glows with an aura of energy and equips [[Power Fist|Power Fists]]. In addition to Regen, Prishe's EX Mode gives her the following ability.

** Two-Hour Ability also gives her access to her [[Limit Break|EX Burst]]: '''The Five Lights'''

{{quote| "How's that for ya?!" or "It's getting way past my lunchtime!"}}

* [[Megaton Punch]]: Howling Fist, which can be charged up like a wind-up punch.

* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Half of her combo finishers have Wall Rush properties. The other half initiate Chase.

* [[Shoryuken]]: Her other signature move, Auroral Uppercut.

* [[Spin Attack]]: The appropriately-named Spinning Attack.

* [[Lovable Rogue]]

* [[Mythology Gag]]: [[Lovable Rogue]] taking a [[I Will Protect Her|knightly vow]] to protect the [[Mysterious Waif|mysterious Terra]]. Sounds a bit similar to [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Locke]], huh?

* [[Only One Name]]

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Kouhei Takeda, his VA in all his other voiced appearances, was planned to return but had scheduling conflicts, so he was replaced by Kensho Ono.

* [[Nice Hat]]: His DLC costume gives him a very nice pirate hat.

* [[Pirate]]: [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Pirates_Vaan.png DLC outfit].

* [[Tattooed Crook]]: His 2P costume has a tattoo on the left shoulder.

* [[Tragic Keepsake]]: His pendant, which belonged to his dead older brother.

** [[Light'Em Up]]: His Luminescence part of his EX Burst.

** [[Making a Splash]]: His Torrent HP Attack.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Most characters have attack names that are decidedly... flowery. Stuff like "Radiant Wings," "Dayflash", and "Flourish Of Steel." Vaan, though, has very simply-named Bravery attacks. The attack where he uses his spear? "Spear." The attack where he uses his crossbow? "Crossbow." At least we won't be forgetting the names any time soon.

* [[Super Mode|EX Mode]]: '''[[Magikarp Power|Obtained]] [[Infinity+1 Sword|all]] [[You Have Researched Breathing|Licenses!]]'''

** Vaan launches into his series of Quickenings. First is '''[[Technicolor Fire|Red]] [[Playing With Fire|Spiral]]''', an upward spiral of blue flames that turns into a pillar of fire dropping down on the enemy. Second is '''[[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud|White]] [[Blow You Away|Whorl]]''', a giant tornado generated by a [[Shoryuken|spiraling uppercut]]. Third is '''[[Kill It With Fire|Pyro]][[Stuff Blowing Up|clasm]]''', two [[Fireballs|fireballs]] thrown at the enemy which explode into a massive sea of flames. A perfect string will result in '''[[Light'Em Up|Luminescence]]''': the enemy is trapped between two [[Instant Runes|circles of runes]] and blasted with light energy.

{{quote| "Here! Rupture! Burn! How's this? Stings, huh?"}}

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Played straight [[Walking Armory|unlike fellow weapon master Firion]].

* [[Instant Runes]]: Vaan's HP Attacks are the Concurrences that are cast after Quickenings, complete with giant magick circles.

* [[Multi Melee Master]]/[[Multi Ranged Master]]: Vaan is able to switch between weapon types for each of his attacks, and each weapon does bonus damage or has an additional effect if he's swapping out one weapon for another, encouraging player variation. Among the weapons he uses are:

** [[An Axe to Grind|Axes]]: A Handaxe for normal, [[Bling Bling Bang|Golden Axe]] for EX.

** [[Automatic Crossbow|Crossbows]]: The bowgun and the Gastrophetes for EX.

** [[BFS|Great Swords]]: A [[Cool Sword|claymore]] for normal mode and [[Sunny Sunflower Disposition|Tournesol]] for EX Mode.

{{quote| '''Warrior of Light''': "Toss aside your blade, and say good night."<br />

'''Lightning''': "No thanks. It's not my bedtime." }}

** Made worse for those whose PSP system's region is different to the game. Her EX Burst button commands are reversed. So if it says press X you should actually press circle, and vice versa.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "Who died and made you Primarch?"

{{quote| '''Vaan:''' "Light's special attack is so cool. Where do those petals come from anyway?" <br />

'''Lightning:''' "Enough small talk... Just keep your eyes front." }}

* [[Talking to Herself]]: Aerith and Lightning share the same JPN voice actor

* [[Victory Pose]]: At the end of her EX Burst.

* [[Flower Motifs]]: [[Something About a Rose|Roses]].

* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]/[[The Gunslinger]]

* [[Modesty Shorts]]

* [[Nice Hat]]/[[Commissar Cap]]: Her 3P Costume.

** Blazefire Saber and Omega Weapon, her standard gunblades:

*** [[More Dakka]]: The gunblades turn into submachine guns after all.

*** [[Morph Weapon]]

** Zantetsuken, the sword of [[Norse Mythology|Odin]]:

** Omega Weapon also gives her access to her [[Limit Break|EX Burst]]: '''Gestalt Drive:'''

{{quote| "[[Screw Destiny|I control my fate.]]"}}

{{quote| "Let's finish this! Bullseye."}}

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Her HP attacks are versatile across close and long-range, her gunblade blows are simple but effective, and her spells can stun or distract opponents. Her downside, similar to the other [[Jack of All Stats]], the Warrior of Light, is a limited pool of reliable attacks, combined with her Paradigm Shift only letting her use certain attacks at a time and telegraphing which she's preparing for.

* [[Magic Knight]]