Dissidia Final Fantasy/Characters/Warriors of Chaos: Difference between revisions

** He doesn't even seem to have any problem '''[[Refuge in Audacity|admitting to Chaos' face that he's plotting against him]]'''.

{{quote|'''Emperor:''' {{spoiler|''You need only focus on your duty. I shall be the author of this tale's end.''}}}}

=== Gameplay and [[Combat Tropes]] ===

* [[Magic Staff]]: Most notably the only villain to carry a casting tool.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: A very subtle one with Flare. Wondering why his ground Flare is blue when everyone else's Flare spells are orange? While the Flare spell has always animated as an orange/red spell in the rest of the series, in ''Final Fantasy II'' it had blue fire for its animation.

* [[Painfully-Slow Projectile]]: Flare.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Flare.

Scheming to achieve his own goals, the Emperor is, perhaps, one of the masterminds behind the Chaos faction's plans along with his ally, Ultimecia. As later shown in ''Duodecim'', he's in this for the long haul: his ultimate goal is to have Cosmos defeated, {{spoiler|then survive past Chaos' death and become the sole ruler of the entire world.}} Don't be fooled by his looks: he didn't become an Emperor by being a fool.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: It is implied in his opening quote if fighting against Kefka that he intends to send Kefka to Hell to punish him for his actions.

{{quote|'''Emperor:''' "A taste of Hell may be just what you need."}}

* [[Breakout Villain]]: Xande? Who's that?

* [[The Brute]]: A rare female[[Ambiguous Gender|ish]] example.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]

** [[Light Is Not Good]]: Her [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101220182346/finalfantasy/images/8/80/CoD012Outfit.PNG third alt. costume] from ''Dissidia 012'' colors her "clothing" white, lavender, and blue to an almost angelic effect.

* [[Black Knight]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Not Evil]]}}

* [[Graceful Loser]]: In keeping with lecturing his opponent when he wins (see [[Warrior Therapist]]), while other villains protest or use some variation of [[This Cannot Be!]], Golbez is calmly accepting of his losses:

{{quote|"I've no one to blame but myself."

* [[Cool Mask]]/[[Cool Helmet]]

* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Golbez is somehow able to pull it off without a helmet in his 3P costume.

* [[Man in a Kilt]]: In his Man In Black costume.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Man in Black again.

=== Design and [[Costume Tropes]] ===

* [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic|Helmets Are Hardly...]] [[Inverted Trope|Villainous?]]: His 3P outfit in ''Duodecim'' is based on his second form, Neo Exdeath, as well as Amano's alternate design for him. He looks arguably more menacing than he did with the helmet.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Likewise.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Anyone who has played his original game shouldn't be surprised by this.

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: As above. See [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]].

* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: He is the only male character besides [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Cloud]] able to equip ribbons and female exclusive equipment.

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Some of his pre-battle taunts can be interpretated as he having the hots for [[Hot-Blooded|Firion]], [[The Heart|Terra]], and ''[[Screw Yourself|himself]]''.

* [[Distracted by My Own Sexy]]: His [[Mirror Match]] quote is a minor case of this.

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: "Why create when it will only be destroyed? Why cling to life, knowing that you have to die?"

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Well, it wasn't much of a speech, but Kefka's opening line to the Emperor (which qualified as a [[Mythology Gag]] to what he said to Gestahl after he ended up fried by the Warring Triad) qualifies as such.

{{quote|'''Kefka Palazzo:''' You are less than worthless!!}}

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: His obsession with Terra borders on this.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Probably suffers from this prior to fighting Terra in Shade Impulse, if the pre-battle exchange in Light The Way part III of Dissidia 012 is anything to go by.

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: He isn't a particularly ''bad'' character, he moves and attacks at a decent clip and packs a fair punch. He just lacks the pure power and/or speed of others, and has little combo potential.

* [[Simultaneous Blade Spam]]: ''All'' of his melee attacks hit far more times than you actually see his sword swing. Oblivion is probably the best example, where he dashes past the opponent and only hits them with the Masamune once, but they get hit eleven times.

* [[Too Slow]]: When using Reaper and Godspeed, though as he's [[The Stoic]] it's underplayed compared to other instances of the trope.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Seems rather ''too'' interested in Squall.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Subverted. Unlike ''Final Fantasy VIII'', Ultimecia does not pronounce her hard "c"s as "k"s. Like many other things in this game, this has [[Broken Base|split some fans on whether or not this is a good thing]].

* [[Minion Shipping]]: With the Emperor, due to their alliance in the story mode.

* [[Mix and Match]] of [[Master of Disguise]] and [[Master of Illusion]] when {{spoiler|impersonating Cosmos}}.

{{quote|'''Apocalypse:''' "There is no butter for this plane. Your bed awaits."

''Actually:'' "There is no running from this pain. Regret awaits." }}

=== Design and Costume Tropes ===

* [[Lady in Red]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Feather Motif]]: Black feathers, like Sephiroth. This was probably carried over from Edea's costume in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''.

* [[Going Commando]]: [[Perverse Sexual Lust|If you look closely]] using the [[Insecurity Camera|Battle Replay feature]], ''she's not wearing any panties, [[Naked in Mink|even after she's Junctioned Griever]]!'' For [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished|better]] or for [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|worse]], [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|there's]] [http://www.schala-kitty.net/entropy/mecia-void.png nothing to see.]

* [[Horned Hairdo]]

* [[Naked in Mink]]: See "[[Going Commando]]".

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Disguises herself as Cosmos}} to convince Squall to travel on his own and leave Zidane and Bartz behind.

* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Take That]]: Ultimecia's exclusive weapons are named after some of Rinoa's weapons from ''Final Fantasy VIII''. More than likely, this is a nod to the [[Jossed]] ([[Canon Defilement|albeit still popular]]) [[Epileptic Trees|theory]] that Ultimecia was a [[Bad Future]] [[Future Me Scares Me|incarnation of Rinoa]]. Likewise, her [[Foe Yay|"Shall we dance?"]] line to Squall is a variation of what Rinoa said to Squall prior to their first meeting at a ballroom dance.

* [[Take Your Time]]: Ultimecia tells Squall to do this when they meet face-to-face and he isn't ready to face her yet.

** Kuja sits back and conducts as the spell-balls he controls drop [[Playing with Fire|Flare Star]] spells on the enemy, followed by [[Holy Hand Grenade|Seraphic Stars]], as the image of the planet Terra overpowers the planet Gaia. For the final strike, Kuja commands the spell-balls to drop rapid-fire [[Last-Disc Magic|Ultima]] spells on the enemy, obliterating them with the ultimate magic.

{{quote|"Here comes the finale!"}}

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Seraphic Star, also combines Holy and Flare for his Brave attacks.

* [[Musical Assassin]]: He doesn't use any instruments, but much of his gameplay makes reference to music.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Aside from his interactions with Zidane, Bartz and Squall, Kuja is the one who {{spoiler|breaks Kefka's spell on Terra, because her servitude to Kefka reminded him [[Not So Different|of himself]].}}

** This unfortunately ended up ironically leading to a [[Kick the Dog]] moment for Kuja when he attacks Terra in an official quest and denounces dreams as nothing more than being fake.

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|Pretty much everything that happens to Kuja on the twelth cycle is tragic.}}

** [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: To the point where he starts to skate into [[The Woobie|woobie]] territory.

** In addition, Final Aeon gives Jecht access to his [[Limit Break|EX Burst]]: '''Blitz King'''.

{{quote|"You were just out of luck! ''Come on, come on, come on, come on!'' This is ''my'' show!"}}

{{quote|"One more! WHOOOAAAHH YEEAAHHH!"}}

* [[Eye Beam]]: He gets one in the form of Jecht Beam in ''Dissidia 012''. '''No kidding'''.

* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: His profiles states his fighting style comes from full contact blitzball.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He is especially notable, relying almost entirely on bone-crushing melee attacks, which are arguably the most damaging attacks in the game, while most other characters have extensive selections of ranged magic. However, compared to other melee heavy-hitters Jecht moves and attacks at a fair clip.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: His stronger attacks create a fiery aura over his sword, probably meant to contrast the [[Making a Splash|water theme]] in Tidus's attacks.

* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]

=== In ''Dissidia'' ===

* [[Anti-Villain]]/[[Designated Villain]]: Aside from being a [[Jerk Jock]] and a lousy father, Jecht is actually a decent guy.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: During the 12th cycle, Jecht's portrait in dialogue boxes still shows his crest of spikes over the shoulder, which he doesn't have in the 12th cycle because he's in his third outfit which has no spikes.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: It turns out that in ''Duodecim'', {{spoiler|Tidus has been [[Brainwashed]] and Jecht calls his son out for being stupid enough to be manipulated. Of course, by the time the game ends...}}

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|He's revealed to have been one of Cosmos' Warriors during the previous clash between Cosmos and Chaos. ''The Dissidia 012'' trailer implies that his [[Face Heel Turn]] was not a willing one or even a knowing one (he was unconscious when the Emperor delivered him to Chaos).}}

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Having lost contact with Michael Rogers (Gabranth's actual voice actor from ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''), Square-Enix set for having him voiced by Keith Ferguson (the voice of Basch, Gabranth's twin brother, from the same game). Regrettably, this game suffers because of this. Keith seems to be trying his best to make Gabranth sound British, but can't seem to settle on what ''kind'' of British accent he should have.

{{quote|'''"HATRED IS WOT DROIVES ME!"'''}}

** [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: In ''Dissidia 012'' Ferguson heavily toned down the accent. The result is that when he does it right he sounds much better, but sometimes it's ''too'' subtle, at which point Gabranth pretty much sounds exactly like Basch.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: As said above, Gabranth's original VA (Michael Rogers) was replaced by Keith Ferguson (the voice of Gabranth's twin brother) due to Square Enix losing contact with Rogers.

** [[Double Weapon]]: Outside of EX Mode.

** [[Named Weapons]]: The larger, [[A Sinister Clue|left-hand]] sword (shown in the artwork) is called Chaos Blade, and the smaller, right-hand sword is called Highway Star.

* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: The "Difficult" is getting him into EX Mode. The "Awesome" part kicks in once you get there.

* [[Super Mode|EX Mode]]: '''[[Background Magic Field|Mist!]]'''