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[[File:Final_Fantasy_Unlimited_Logo_6978.jpg|frame|''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'']]
{{quote|''Welcome to the night of Wonderland.''|Fabula}}
'''''Final Fantasy: Unlimited''''' is, as the name implies, an anime series produced as part of the [[Running Gag|mind-flayingly popular]] ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' franchise. It was produced by Gonzo, and brought to the United States by ADV; it's available to the Spanish-speaking audience in a subtitled version, and has also been dubbed in French and German. Like many Gonzo anime, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is often guilty of [[Conspicuous CG]] (though it uses said CG better than many other Gonzo productions) and varying art quality depending on which studio is working on each episode.
Originally planned as a two-season anime with an open-ended finale to allow for a third season if it was well-received, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' did not receive enough attention to have its second season produced. The unanimated plotline was instead released in two voiced dramas, a book, and several short stories released on the official website--[[No Export for You|none of which were made available in a language other than Japanese]]. That didn't stop the non-Japanese fans from piecing the rest of the story together through unofficial translations and summaries anyway.
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What does this have to do with Ai and Yu, who just want to find their parents and go back home? Well, maybe more than anyone would like.
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Kaze's summon-firing gun that turns out to be using {{spoiler|souls}} as bullets.
* [[Action Girl]]: Miles.
* [[Afterlife Express]]: Good ol' Elizabeth, which is a [[Shout
* [[A God Am I]]: "I'm the only god in this world!"
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Despite what he does, Lisa seems to have a very strong love interest for Kaze from the very beginning. Lou too.
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* [[Bad Boss]]: Though of course playing as the [[Big Bad]], the Earl is mean to everyone whenever he's in a bad mood.
* [[Balance of Good and Evil]]: Or rather, the balance between order and chaos--what {{spoiler|Kumo}} aims to restore.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The hilarious [[Shout
* [[Berserk Button]]: You don't damage any of Cid's mechanical creations. You just ''don't.''
* [[BFG]]: The Magun.▼
* [[BFS]]: Both Kiri and Kumo's Maken.▼
* [[Big Bad]]: Chaos.
* [[Big Good]]: Fabula. [[Mind Screw|Maybe]].
* [[Body Horror]]: Poor, poor {{spoiler|Dolk}}...
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Fabula often addresses the viewers directly, as the series is presented as though it's a story she is telling them.
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Earl and his flunkies call Kumo "Makenshi" because he never reveals his name around them. In After, {{spoiler|even though they know his name is Shiroi Kumo, everyone still calls him Makenshi out of habit. It causes some, uh, consternation when Touya freaks out about what kind of person might actually be ''named'' Makenshi}}.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Earl Tyrant eventually shows himself to be quite capable of this.
* [[Expy]]: The cast has got plenty in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' and ''[[
** Perhaps tellingly, her expy character in ''Legendia'' also happens to be a god. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Hmm.]]
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Fungo.
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* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Lisa is supposed to be a secret agent with the ability to use Kigen Arts (defensive spiritual energy). She does toss around some foes to temporary effect, but in the end she ends up huddling with the twins while Kaze shoots the things with his Magun.
** This becomes less and less true the longer the series goes on, culminating with her {{spoiler|getting to fire the Magun in the final episode.}}
* [[Finger
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Cid, of course.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Lou Lupus.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Kiri in episode 18, and {{spoiler|Kumo in episode 24}}.
* [[God Mode]]: It's heavily implied that both Oscha and Fabula have [[God Mode]] but are unable to use it to directly interfere in the story.
* [[
* [[Gratuitous English]]: The colors of Kaze's Soil bullets.
** Soljashy just ''loves'' to use this, too. And gratuitous French, and gratuitous Russian... At least this is revealed to be [[Surprisingly Good English]] in the drama CD ''After 2''.
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* [[Heroic Albino]]: Kumo.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Kumo's}} entire fight against Chaos is eventually revealed to be one. And then there's {{spoiler|Kaze and Kumo's apparent deaths in episode 25}}, which are actually something of a subversion, as they turned out to be {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Akira Ishida]] as the voice of Kumo, and...
** [[Hikaru Midorikawa]]: ...as the voice of Clear.
** [[Kikuko Inoue]]: ...as the voice of Fabula.
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* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Fungus.
* [[Keigo]]: Oscha.
* [[Kid
* [[La Résistance]]: The Comodeen.
* [[Large Ham]]: Every one of the Lords of Gaudium, but Pist and Soljashy definitely take the cake here.
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* [[Magical Realism]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Oscha and Soljashy.
* [[Married to
* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Lupus'' is the Latin word for "wolf". And {{spoiler|Joe and Mary's names might be considered to be a biblical reference, considering Ai and Yu's eventual role in the story}}.
** {{spoiler|Oscha is an anagram for "Chaos."}}
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* [[Palette Swap]]: Kiri's summon is just a red version of Kumo's.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Lisa is also revealed to have suffered from this, between her mother's death and her father's complete disinterest in her aside from her powers.}}
* [[Playing
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Aura, who is very important to the motivations of a lot of characters, but has no development until Before.
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|This is a big part of the final episode. Among other things, it's how Joe and Mary Hayakawa finally break free of Herba's [[Mind Control Device]].}}
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* [[Shoo the Dog]]: Attempted by Yu when Chobi makes friends with Chocoimo's chocobo herd. {{spoiler|It doesn't stick for too long, though.}}
* [[Shower Scene]]: Knave in Episode 17 and again in Episode 21.
* [[Shout
** The Final Fantasy victory theme is also heard whenever the good guys win.
** Episode 21 features cactuars.
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* [[Summon Magic]]: used by Kaze, Kiri, Kumo and {{spoiler|Lisa}}.
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Knave and the Comodeen eventually assume this role as the story becomes more serious, but they never quite outgrow being [[Plucky Comic Relief]] at the same time.
* [[Talk to
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Kaze, Kumo, and Lisa are all prone to this. The Lords of Gaudium each have a villainous version.
** Chobi's Ciel Chocobo transformation comes complete with a special theme as well.
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** Also, the Cube-Ashura robot in episode 9, which (unlike the other examples) actually uses it as a weapon.
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]
* [[Tomato in
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: Lou Lupus, revealed as a werewolf in the middle of episode 7. Ai and Yu don't care that she's not human, though, and tell her that her transformations are cool.
* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: played straight most of the time, but subverted by Pist, who seems to be the only one [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] enough to realize you ''can'' interrupt the montage.
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* [[Weak but Skilled]]: {{spoiler|After being useless bystanders for most of the early part of the story, the twins eventually become very good at using what they have to help out however they can.}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[White Shirt of Death]]: So he didn't {{spoiler|stay dead}}, but that episode was quite a wince-worthy change to the show's previous [[Bloodless Carnage]]. The especially [[Egregious]] fact is that {{spoiler|Kumo is one of ''two'' characters [[Impaled
* [[You All Look Familiar]]: No one sees most of the faces of the Comodeen members.
* [[You Are Not Alone]]
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