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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.
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* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The hilarious [[Shout-Out]] episode 17.
* [[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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* [[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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* [[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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