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This is a trope sheet for the cast of ''[[
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== Debuting in the [[Final Fantasy IV|original game]] ==
== The Heroes ==
=== Cecil Harvey ===
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The main character of the game. Cecil is a dark knight of the Baron Empire, torn between his loyalty to his kingdom and feelings against having to commit atrocities against several nations. Eventually decides he's had enough and defects from Baron to try and stop them and later Golbez from gathering the Crystals. He and Golbez appear in the [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|''Dissidia''
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* [[The Atoner]]
* [[BFS]]: Just like most ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' heroes. Hard to tell in the 2D releases, but in the DS release, [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFIVDS_Blood_Sword.png well...]{{Dead link}} Of course this is probably due to the [[Chibi]] art style because his official renders show him wielding swords of standard sizes.
* [[Bishonen]]: Currently fighting with [[Final Fantasy IX
** [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Wear Lipstick]]
* [[Black Knight]]: His initial class. [[Like Father, Like Son|...Which makes a lot of sense, given that the king was also stated to be a Dark Knight]].
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: By the Mysterious Girl in ''The After Years''
* [[Cast
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: At first.
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Rosa.
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: His seiyuu is Shizuma Hodoshima, who's not a [[Names to Know in Anime|Name to Know in Anime]]... bit of a different story though, if you're looking to put on a [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] production.
* [[Cool Sword]]: Both his Dark swords and the Paladin swords.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: But it only became obvious after one, technology developed to the point that we could clearly see what he looks like, and two, the series became popular enough for [[Yoshitaka Amano]]'s artwork for it to be gathered up into artbooks ([[No Export for You|as usual]], happening later for the anglophone world than Japan).
* [[Expy]]: Played very oddly. [http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/d/df/King_Cecil.jpg His CGI render] for ''The Complete Collection'' looks a heck of a lot like [[Berserk|Griffith]], facially, but the official artwork that came first ''doesn't'' (partially due to [[Hair Color Dissonance]]). Personality-wise, however, [[Knight in Shining Armor|they couldn't be further apart]] [[Complete Monster|if they tried]].
* [[The Good Captain]]
* [[Good Costume Switch]]
* [[Hair Color Dissonance]]: Purple? White? Blond?
* {{spoiler|[[Half
* [[Happily Married]]: To Rosa.
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Hot Dad]]: To Ceodore.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: After the Paladin transformation, he's reset to level ''one'', with the damage capability he had at the beginning of the game (fortunately, he gains levels extremely quickly). This is also alleviated quickly by the fact that Cecil's Mythgraven Blade/Sword of Legend works wonders against all of the unholy enemies on Mt. Ordeals.
* {{spoiler|[[
* [[Ideal Hero]]: Well, he ''is'' a Paladin (eventually).
* {{spoiler|[[A Worldwide Punomenon|Kain]] [[Cain and Abel|and Abel]]: With both Kain and Golbez. To be technical, only the latter is his blood sibling, but Kain [[Heterosexual Life Partners|has been his friend since childhood]]. They were both adopted and raised by the same man}}.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: As a Paladin, naturally (and hands down at that), but it's also implied that he was this as a Dark Knight before {{spoiler|the king was replaced by Cagnazzo}} ([[Dark Is Not Evil|which most people seem to forget]]).
* [[Lawful Stupid]]: '''Averting''' this trope is actually a plot point for him, as he worries that he's becoming a tool of Baron without any morality in the beginning of the game. The decision to avert this is also what causes him to turn against his homeland.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZkQPTuVBl0 "The Red Wings"].
* [[Light Is Good]]
* [[Magic Knight]]: Ends up as one of these, primarily of the [[Combat Medic]] variety.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: His reaction to attacking the Mysidians and inadvertently burning down Mist and killing Rydia's mother.
* [[Official Couple]]: Cecil and Rosa.
* [[The Paladin]]
* [[Purple Prose]]: The DS version had him dabble in some of this during his angsty moment with Rosa. [[
* {{spoiler|[[Sibling Yin
* [[Stay in
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Mythgraven Blade.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
=== Kain Highwind ===
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Cecil's long-time friend and ally, and commander of Baron's Dragoons. Involved in a [[Love Triangle]] with Cecil and Rosa. He appeared in the sequel to ''Dissidia'' as one of the main characters to the new plot.
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* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]:
** [[Love Redeems]]: Just as his love for Rosa turns him to [[The Dark Side]], it is his love for Rosa that manages to redeem him in the end.
* [[The Atoner]]: Decides to atone for his sins at the end of the first game.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Ceodore in the sequel.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]] although not the only weapon he can wield.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: The main reason for his [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] trope.
* [[Breakout Character]]: One of the most famous [[Ensemble Darkhorse
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Is the name not a clue? He even gets an [[Infinity
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]
* [[Dragon Rider]]: He ''is'' a Dragoon, although the only mention of his [[Cool Pet|pet]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|wyvern]] is in [[All There in the Manual|supplemental materials]].
* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Without]]: Kain?/Dark Kain in both ''Final Fantasy IV Advance'' and ''The After Years''}}.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: It takes a while for him to get there, but yeah. [[Badass Long Hair|Shoulder]] [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy|length]] too.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Has unrequited feelings for Rosa.
* [[In a Single Bound]]: [[Death From Above|Jump]]. That is all.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: He kept his feelings hidden beneath the surface in order to avoid hindering his friendship with Cecil and Rosa.
* {{spoiler|[[Knight in Shining Armor]]: He becomes a Holy Dragoon in the sequel}}.
* [[The Lancer]]: This is both his class name and his role within the story.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tn5nKGvpM "The Theme of Suspicion"].
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: His unrequited love for Rosa and jealousy of Cecil was the main reason he was able to be turned to [[The Dark Side]].
* {{spoiler|[[Magic Knight]]: Upon becoming a [[Prestige Class|Holy]] [[Good Costume Switch|Dragoon]] in ''The After Years'', although [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:KainSpell.gif sprites] [[Dummied Out]] from the original game suggest that Kain would have had this ability all along}}.
* [[Manly Tears]]/[[Cry Cute]]: Teach him "Cry" and try it out.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: He tries it while serving Golbez. His "Lunar Trial" in GBA's bonus dungeon focuses entirely around this concept and Kain overcoming the temptation (or not, which causes a [[Nonstandard Game Over]]). In ''[[The After Years]]'', {{spoiler|his [[Enemy Without]] plans to do it, but the real Kain is able to stop him}}.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Starting with the ''Dawn of Souls'' remake for ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', the boy that Richard Highwind (the series' first Dragoon and bearer of the surname Highwind) adopts is named Kain. [[Retroactive Legacy|This was brought full circle]] when remakes of ''Final Fantasy IV'' had Kain mention that the name of his father (who died <ref>Fighting an [[The Empire|evil empire]] (i.e. Richard's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] against Emperor Mateus in ''Final Fantasy II'').</ref>) was Richard (although it's highly unlikely due to age; Kain tells the 17-year-old Ceodore that he was about his age when he heard news of his father's death; the Kain seen in ''Final Fantasy II'' is merely a child).
* [[Name of Cain]]
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Romantic Runner-Up]]
* [[The Southpaw]]/[[A Sinister Clue]]: Officially, Kain is left-handed.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unrequited Love Lasts Forever]]}}
=== Rosa Farrell ===
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Cecil's girlfriend and a [[White Magic|White Mage]] of Baron, who has vowed to stay by his side even if he doubts his own motives.
* [[Action Mom]]: Sure, she's a [[White Magician Girl]] and not a frontline fighter, but how many other mothers in ''Final Fantasy'' join the playable party?<ref>None, actually. Unless you count [[Final Fantasy VI
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Her middle name is Joanna (taken from her mother's first name).
* [[The Archer]]: Though she can use staves, she's much better when handling a bow and arrow. Once she gets her best equipment, she deals damage comparable to the front-row characters.
* [[The Chick]]: The party's [[The Heart|moral center]]. [[The Hero]]'s [[Official Couple|love interest]]. The [[The Lancer|lancer's]] [[All Love Is Unrequited|unrequited crush]]. The [[White Mage|healer]]. Rosa '''''IS''''' this trope.
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Cecil.
* [[
* [[Generation Xerox]]: She wished to become a white mage and fight alongside her lover, much like her mother did. The only difference is that Mrs. Farrell's husband was a dragoon, and Cecil's a paladin...
* [[Hair Color Dissonance]]: Sometimes portrayed as more of a [[Heroes Want Redheads|strawberry-blonde]].
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[The Heart]]
* {{spoiler|[[The High Queen]]: When Cecil is determined to be the only person in the kingdom eligible to take the throne, Rosa becomes his elegant queen
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Holy.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Widely known as the most beautiful woman in the kingdom in-game, and in the sequel at age 36, and with a son named Ceodore, she's just as attractive as she was in the original.
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: While by no means ugly, her reputation as a world famous beauty seems a bit of a stretch when the other female party members are also quite beautiful. YMMV of course on if they're more attractive than Rosa or not.
* [[The Ingenue]]: She's pure of spirit, although she's not naive or stupid.
* [[Lady of War]]: It takes a while for her to grow into this trope though.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueCpSVJp7PQ "The Theme of Love"]. Doubles as a [[Breakaway Pop Hit]], at least in Japan (where it is taught to music students).
* [[Leotard of Power]]
* [[The Medic]]: Rosa is known in story as a master of [[Healing Hands]].
* [[Official Couple]]: Cecil and Rosa.
* [[Pimped
* [[Pregnant Badass]]: In the original release of ''The After Years'', Ceodore is 16. ''The After Years'' takes place 17 years after the original game, implying she was possibly already pregnant during the end-game. ''The Complete Collection'' re-release de-aged Ceodore to 15, but included the ''Interlude'' chapter where she's playable for part of the chapter and later explicitly states she's pregnant.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: A pure and loving healer
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtpPSyaLgWQ Uhh...] [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Well, now we know who the Warrior of Light takes fashion advice from]].
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Though nowhere near as much as Rydia.
* [[White Mage]]
* [[
=== Rydia ===
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A young girl from the Mist Village, home to many a [[Summon Magic|summoner]]. She will be appearing in the ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' [[Spin
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Not as much as some though.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: If you level her sufficiently, she can one-hit desert creatures with her little Ice Rod.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: One of her iconic scenes is showing up as an adult (supposedly killed by a sea serpent a few weeks earlier at age 6), after everyone is about to die and kicking Golbez's ass. This was a guy who took a Meteor spell to the ''face'' and walked it off.
* [[The Big Guy]]: A surprisingly non-shoehorned example. Rydia has the highest damage potential of any party member, with Bahamut easily hitting the 9999 damage cap. Also fits this in the team dynamic somewhat, as her adult version tends to be mature and centered as opposed to Cecil's brooding Hero, Rosa's Heart/Chick, Kain's stoic Lancer and Edge's Smart Guy.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: She chants. Enemies explode.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Doesn't anyone else think she was supposed to be '''L'''ydia? [[Good Bad Translation|...but honestly, who cares?]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]/[[Green Eyes]]: [[Depending on the Artist]].
* [[Breakout Character]]: After Kain a prominent [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], her Eidolons and her quest to save them are a major plot point in ''The After Years'', not to mention the {{spoiler|initial}} [[Big Bad]] is her [[Evil Counterpart]]. Along with Kain she also gets to be in ''[[Theatrhythm Final Fantasy]]'' as a bonus character.
* [[Child Mage]]
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Debatable:
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: She shows signs of this as an adult in the original SNES translation, although that could be chalked up to the localization team's efforts to voice her [[Little Miss Snarker|"inner child"]] due to the [[Plot
* [[Depending
* [[Detached Sleeves]]
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Forgiveness ''from'' Rydia was surprisingly fast.
** [[Justified Trope]]: Rydia ''didn't'' forgive Cecil too quickly, but she was rational enough to realise that he felt remorseful for what he'd done after he saved her life after she attacked him and even continued to protect her from his own allies from Baron. The [[Plot
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Her summons will blast your enemies into oblivion, but Rydia by far has the lowest health of any of the group. If not sufficiently leveled by the time you've reached Zeromus it's likely he'll have her face down on the floor half the time.
* [[I Choose to Stay]]: The ending for the original game implies Rydia chose to stay in the Feymarch and live with Asura and Leviathan. {{spoiler|''The After Years'' turns this one-sided
* [[Last of His
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGntfMa4GiU "Rydia's Theme"].
* [[Leotard of Power]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: When she first joins the party as a child.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: One of the earliest examples in the series. Given the only female characters to predate her were [[Final Fantasy I
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Plot
* [[She
* [[Stripperiffic]]: As an adult. It's [[Fridge Brilliance|probably because]] she was raised by summons, who aren't known for their [[Monster Modesty|modesty]] (when they're humanoid at all).
* [[Summon Magic]]
** [[Four
** [[Light
** [[The Medic]]: Asura.
** [[Making a Splash]]: Leviathan.
** [[Life Drain]]: Sylph.
** [[One
** [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Bahamut.
* [[Whip It Good]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Rydia is unable to cast Fire, and is afraid to cast it at first because Cecil and Kain unknowingly destroyed her hometown with Bombs (the monster, not the explosive device).
* [[You Gotta Have Blue
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: All of her optional summons are acquired by defeating the monster in battle first, as their code of honor states not to answer the summons of a Summoner who hasn't proven him/herself worthy of controlling them. [[Fridge Logic|Considering she joins the party with Ifrit, Titan, Shiva, Ramuh and Mist Dragon, does that mean Rydia]] [[Badass|beat them all on her own]]? Titan may have already been hers when she was recruited by the party and the Mist Dragon was her mother's and is implied to embody her spirit, but the other three, perhaps.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
=== Edward "Edge" Geraldine ===
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Ninja prince of Eblan.
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* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: He has feelings for Rydia. She doesn't seem too interested.
* [[Badass Cape
* [[Battle Boomerang]]
* [[Dual
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: He will spend a ''lot'' of time facedown in the dirt, even when buffed up.
* [[
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: A brash, egotistical womanizer with a kind heart and a ''fiery'' sense of justice.
* [[Ninja]]
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Not too well known in English fandom, but "Edge" is just an alias: his real name is Edward ''Geraldine''. [[Embarrassing Middle Name|We think most of us would go by Edge in that case]]. This is also because there is already [[One Steve Limit|another character named Edward]].
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* {{spoiler|[[Self
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the [[Tricksters]] variety.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: In the DS remake, specifically the Lunar Subterrane. Edge is as outwardly cocky as ever, but his inner thoughts are more or less ''utter terror'' about where he is and what they are doing.
* [[Throwing Your Sword
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: It gives him the power to create one ''epic'' [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[White
=== Tellah ===
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A wise old sage who has mastered both the arts of White and Black Magic. He meets Cecil at the Underground Waterway north of Kaipo to help him find a cure for Rosa's desert fever.
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Blessed
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Storyline-wise, Tellah just doesn't have the strength to use Meteor without killing himself. Gameplay-wise, Tellah isn't able to cast Meteor due to it costing 99 MP, and he only has 90 max. The developers overlooked the idea that in some releases, players can use items on him to boost his max MP. Oops.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]
* [[Large Ham]]:
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* [[Lennon Specs]]
* [[Old Master]]: Tellah ''did'' know almost all the spells in existence, once. He's just forgotten most of them in his old age. He later gets his memory back.
* [[Revenge]]: He wants to kill Golbez in retaliation for the death of his only daughter, Anna.
* {{spoiler|[[Senseless Sacrifice]]: His last stand against Golbez, the almighty Meteor spell, ''fails'' to kill him}}. Not Senseless actually, {{spoiler|considering that Tellah temporarily freed Kain from Golbez's mind control and wounded Golbez enough to save Rosa, who was rescued right before the killing contraption would have killed her}}.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
=== Edward Chris von Muir ===
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The lovestruck Prince of Damcyan.
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* [[Bishonen]]
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* [[Magic Music]]
* [[Magikarp Power]]
* [[The Medic]]: Edward can make an effective healer in the DS version and ''The After Years'' due to his Salve ability combined with the Economical Ring which doubles the effectiveness of items and he will often out-pacing a [[White Mage]] because items heal instantly. It makes him a bit of a [[Money Sink]], however.
* [[Musical Assassin]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Spoony Bard]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Took a Level
* [[Wandering Minstrel]]: It was during his travels that he met Anna.
=== Yang Fang Leiden ===
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A hot-blooded fighting monk from the kingdom of Fabul.
* [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Bare
* {{spoiler|[[Easy Amnesia]]: Briefly suffers this after Leviathan's appearance and works as a Baron troop. He gets his memory back after the party beats him up a bit
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hard Head]]: His reaction to getting smacked by the [[Frying Pan of Doom|Frying Pan of Love]] is to groggily wonder if it's time to train.
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* [[Leitmotif]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6F1wYD5cSY theme music for Fabul] doubles as this.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Stay in
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Warrior Monk]]
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=== Palom and Porom ===
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Twin mages from the town of Mysidia. The impulsive Palom is a student of Black Magic, while his much calmer sister Porom is a student of White Magic.
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* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Black Mage]]: Palom.
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Four Words: [[Grievous Harm
* [[Child Mage
* [[Combination Attack]]: Before anyone else was using Bands, Palom and Porom had Twincasting as their signature move, setting off a small number of hard-hitting attacks after a sizable delay. In ''The After Years'', Twincasting is retconned into a Band during the twins' flashback. They actually lose the band as they grow up and apart, but regain it during the final chapter, stronger than ever.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]
* [[Half-Identical Twins]]: Subverted in ''The After Years'', as their appearances differ with age. Porom, in particular, looks very different than she did in the original.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Their intention was clear, although [[Unexplained Recovery|it turns out that their master was able to restore them to life]]}}.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Palom in ''The After Years'' has let his [[Bratty Half-Pint]] tendencies mature into this, trading his hilarious boasts for a constant air of superiority. Now when he calls himself Mysidia's most accomplished Black Mage, it's entirely true, but he's no less infuriating for it.
* [[Kidanova]]: Palom.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg8YfNVS8gc "Palom and Porom"].
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Porom.
* [[The Mentor]]: Palom in ''The After Years''. And a surprisingly good one. How many other ''Final Fantasy'' characters have explained so clearly to anyone how mages work?
* [[
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Porom in ''The After Years'', oddly enough.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Palom is a smart-alec and calls himself the "Mysidian Genius", while Porom is quiet, devout and loyal to the Elder and the Crystal. When it comes to their abilities, Black Magic grows stronger as the user gains Intelligence, while White Magic depends on Spirit.
* [[Stripperific]]: Porom in ''The After Years'' wears a nearly see-through outfit and no real hint of underwear under it. [[Values Dissonance|In Japan, this is to represent her purity]]. Her outfit was modified to be less see-through for the American release.
* {{spoiler|[[Taken for Granite]]: They turn themselves to stone to save the rest of the party
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]
* [[White Mage]]: Porom.
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=== Cid Pollendina ===
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Cid is one of Cecil's closest friends, and a master engineer. While he has helped build the airships that make up the Baron Air Force, he hates seeing them being used for war.
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* [[Badass Beard]]
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* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx1vUvSqgI "Hey, Cid!"]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: The [[PS 1]] version had some lines of dialogue that imply he sees himself as one for Rosa.
* [[Shipper
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Somehow survives detonating a bomb in his hand that manages to collapse a chunk of the earth's crust. While freefalling. [[Crazy Awesome|Over spikes and lava. While he was being shot at
=== FuSoYa ===
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An old Lunarian sage and
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* [[Badass Beard]]
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: In the SNES/GBA version, his advice when facing the CPU proves very useful when put into effect. In the DS version, if you value your sanity, do '''NOT''' listen to him this time around unless you want to be brutally creamed by the Attack Node's new attack which can turn into a [[Total Party Kill]] if not leveled enough.
* [[Crutch Character]]: He'll fall down with two strong hits. His faint animation in the DS version literally vaporizes him into his clothes.
* [[Eleventh
* [[Expy]]: Fits the same character mold as Tellah, joining the party with all the spells in the game but with mediocre HP and too low MP to get a lot of usage out of his abilities.
* [[The Red Mage]]
* [[Spell My Name
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=== Golbez/{{spoiler|Theodor}} ===
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A dark sorcerer who is believed to have taken over the kingdom of Baron from within. He seeks out the four Elemental Crystals in an effort to rule the world. {{spoiler|...
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* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]}}
* [[Badass]]: He takes Meteor to the face and ''[[Implacable Man|shakes it off like it was nothing]]'' (all it does is break his mind control spell on Kain). In the original versions of ''Final Fantasy IV'', his defeat in the Dwarven Castle reduces him to no more than ''a single hand'', and ''he comes back'' seconds later. Plus, if he too is bound by the fact that a summoner dies when their summon kicks the bucket, he doesn't succumb to the loss of his Shadow Dragon and survives for ''the entire game''. Oh, and he's one awesome mage.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Baritone]]: In both English and Japanese.
* [[Badass Cape]]
* {{spoiler|[[Barbarian Hero]]: As the Man in Black. He even uses a [[BFS]] called the Ebony Blade}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Actually, he's the [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[The Dragon|Dragon]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Brother Instinct]]: In ''The After Years'', it shows that he truly does care deeply for Cecil}}.
* [[Black Knight]]
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Crutch Character]]}}: In ''The After Years''. {{spoiler|When you first set out to the True Moon, he's just shy of 3,000 HP and probably has at least an extra thousand health on everyone else and has Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga. This, in tandem with Taunt to draw enemy attacks, makes him an excellent meat shield and [[Black Mage]]. As well, many monsters on the moon are plain immune to lower-level magic, and Palom and Rydia won't learn those "-aga" spells until Level 41, making Golbez pretty much the ''only'' offensive spellcaster you have until you level them up another ten-fifteen levels
* [[Darth Vader Clone]]: His ''Dissidia'' art provides the current page image. Besides his appearance as seen in his DS render, he's a [[Badass Baritone]] and {{spoiler|is Cecil's brother and is brainwashed by Zemus, the true [[Big Bad]]
* [[Depending
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Taking the Bullet|Intercepts a]] [[One
* [[Hidden Depths]]: A meta example, remakes of the original game and his appearances in ''Dissidia'' and ''The After Years'' have turned him into one of the more complex characters in the ''Final Fantasy IV'' universe, while in the game's original release, he was little more than a generic [[Tin Tyrant]] [[Evil Overlord]]. {{spoiler|Even after his stint of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] ended, he didn't show much personality besides hints of [[The Atoner]] in the original Super NES release}}. ''The After Years'' takes this further during {{spoiler|his final moments with his former henchmen, the Elemental Archfiends. In particular, Scarmiglione notes that even though he was hideous, Golbez looked past that and invited him into his ranks, hinting that even while brainwashed, Golbez still held some goodness in his heart}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_w2l_B76CU "Golbez, Clad in Darkness"].
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Golbez is Cecil's older brother, Theodor.}}
* [[Magic Knight]]: {{spoiler|In ''The After Years'', he arguably plays this straighter than any other cast member save for Ceodore. He has a huge equipment draw including most of the mage-type robes and rods along with the knight-type swords, shields and heavy armor. He also learns more [[Black Magic]] than Cecil, Ceodore or Kain learn [[White Magic]], including Flare and Meteor, so Golbez is perfectly capable as an attacker or mage. The only disadvantage he has compared to other Black Mages like Rydia and Palom is that he doesn't learn the [[Standard Status Effect]] spells they do}}.
* [[Master of None]]: {{spoiler|Golbez is not as effective a physical fighter nor mage as the other more dedicated characters, but his high HP and his [[I Shall Taunt You|taunt]] ability make him an effective [[Stone Wall|tank]] as well making him one of the most versatile characters in the game}}.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|Golbeza (his name in Japanese) is a mistranslation of Golubaeser (also known as the Golubac Fly), a type of black fly named for the town of Golubac in Serbia. According to folk tales, the venomous flies were born from the body of a decomposing dragon, mirroring Theodor's eventual fate. In the DS remake, Zemus takes the symbolism further by calling him an insect that was "birthed from womb of dragon's corpse", referring to both the Golubac Fly and the Mysidian Legend}}.
* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]}}
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: His [[Leitmotif]], "Golbez, Clad in Dark(ness)". Notably, Golbez was the first villain to get his own, foreboding theme.
* [[Purple Eyes]]: {{spoiler|In the DS port of the original game and PSP port of ''The After Years''. Other depictions show him with [[Green Eyes]], but you could [[Hand Wave]] it as somehow being due to his armor, since the green eyes are never depicted when he isn't wearing it
* [[Red and Black
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Possible outcome of the battle against the Dark Knight Cecil doppelganger. The Japanese novelization for ''
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: You'll seriously wonder how he walks in those things.
* [[A Sinister Clue]]: Like Kain, he's officially left-handed (thus, [[Older Than They Think|preceding]] [[Final Fantasy VII
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: A most notable ''inversion'' on the "[[Glass Cannon|squishy]]" part, which probably comes from his armour. It says a lot about how durable he is gameplay-wise that the team needed ''[[Death From Above|Meteor]]'' to beat him. {{spoiler|''And even then, it doesn't work
* [[The Stoic]]: {{spoiler|In ''The After Years'', unless the topic of discussion is Cecil, the Crystals or the Mysterious Girl, don't expect much more than the very occasional off-hand comment. He doesn't even soften up when dealing with the Elemental Archfiends (his loyal [former] subordinates), deaths included
* [[Summon Magic]]: His [[Casting a Shadow|Shadow]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|Dragon]].
* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]]: In the battle with Cecil's Dark Knight side in ''
* [[Tin Tyrant]]
* [[Villainous BSOD]]: Implied to be the reason why he retreated after first fighting Cecil.
* {{spoiler|[[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: As the Man in Black in ''The After Years''
* {{spoiler|1=[[Walking the Earth]]: More like [[Up to Eleven|Traveling the Galaxy]]
=== Scarmiglione/Milon ===
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A zombie warrior, and one of Golbez's four Elemental Archfiends. He is dispatched to Mt. Ordeals to prevent Cecil from completing his trial to become a Paladin.
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* [[Elemental Embodiment]]:
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]
* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Trick Boss]]: He ambushes your party from behind moments after you defeated his somewhat easy first boss form. Hope that you inverted your party formation and healed
* [[Undead]]
=== Cagnazzo/[[Spell My Name
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* [[Elemental Embodiment]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Fake King]]}}
* [[Turtle Power]]
=== Barbariccia/Valvalis ===
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Elemental Archfiend of the Air, and the only female member of the group. She first appears in the Tower of Zot, backed up by her [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], the Magus Sisters.
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* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: [[Humanoid Abomination|Technically speaking]], yes. She's still a fiend, which arguably thrusts her into [[Creepy Sexy]] territory.
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]: Of [[Blow You Away|Wind]], embodied by her tornado spin and her wind-themed attacks.
* [[Hair Colors]]: [[Hair Color Dissonance|Ranging from]] [[Blondes Are Evil]] to [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|lime/chartreuse]].
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rivals/equals Rydia in this regard.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[Shock and Awe]]: As an
* [[Shout
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The sole female of the Four Elemental Archfiends.
* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: Her primary defense is wrapping herself in a tornado that [[
* [[Stripperiffic]]: [[Foot Focus|No shoes
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Has a petrifying Stone Touch.
=== Rubicante/[[Spell My Name
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[As Long
* [[Badass Cape]]:
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* [[Duel Boss]]: It's optional, but in ''The After Years'', you have the option to fight him using only Edge.
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]:
* [[Elemental Rock
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Detests and chastises Dr. Lugae for {{spoiler|his horrific experiments on Edge's parents
* [[Kill It with Fire]]
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: Rubincante believes in fairness, and he completely heals your party before you fight him (both times).
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: In a sense. After being defeated by Cecil
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: In ''[[Final Fantasy IV:
* [[Worthy Opponent]]:
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=== Dr. Lugae ===
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A scientist who answers directly to Rubicante. Turned Edge's parents, the King and Queen of Eblan, into zombies.
* [[
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]
* [[
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Sympathy for
=== Zemus/Zeromus ===
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* [[As Long
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Zemus for Zeromus.
* [[Bald of Evil]]
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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: In the DS remake/director's cut of ''Final Fantasy IV'', it is heavily implied that the method he uses to brainwash Golbez and Kain was by finding any negative emotions inside of them (self-loathing and jealousy, respectively) and exploit it.
* [[One
* [[The Power of Hate]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Puny Earthlings]]: He is the last of the radical sect of the Lunarian's who believed it was not worth waiting for the inferior humans to evolve to the same level of Lunarian's so they might coexist.
* [[Superior Species]]: Part of his entire motivation.
* [[What a Senseless Waste of Human
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A knight in the service of King Baron. He is utterly devoted to the kingdom, even when Cecil is not, and remains so when it's revealed that {{spoiler|the real King was killed and replaced with one of Golbez's servants}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Mole]]: Your first clue that he's not on your side is the fact that your party ''is already full'' when he offers to join
* {{spoiler|[[The Quisling]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]}}
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The leader of the town of mages.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: He is playable for exactly one battle in ''The After Years''...
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Unlike the other Mysidians, the Elder is willing to hear Cecil out and give him a chance at redemption.
* [[White Mage]]: ...with absolutely no offensive magic in a party that already has a White Mage.
=== Giott ===
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* [[Chef of Iron]]: Is heavily implied to be one with her...
* [[Frying Pan of Doom
* [[Happily Married]]: Hints of frying-pan related violence aside, that is.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: She gives the party the strongest thrown weapon in the game... a simple kitchen knife.
* [[No Name Given]]: In the original game, she was just "Yang's Wife"; it wasn't until ''
* [[Pregnant Badass]]: She may have already been pregnant with Ursula when she was smashing mooks with her frying pan during the invastion of Fabul.
== Debuting in ''[[Final Fantasy IV:
== Heroes ==
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=== Ceodore Harvey ===
The son of Cecil and Rosa, Ceodore is a new recruit into the Red Wings.
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* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]
* [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: After Awaken wears off Ceodore suffers stat penalties.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Only in some arts. He hair is sort of [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|''blue']]' for his actual sprites.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Spirit]]: His Awaken ability.
* [[Humble Hero]]: Just like his parents.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Ceodore is very balanced with speed, strength and magic and has a very large amount of [[Combination Attack|Bands]] to choose from as well. [[Master of None|He is outpaced by more dedicated fighters and healers, but his versatility by far outstrips almost any fighter in the game]].
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: The Hooded Man stops him from encountering {{spoiler|Brainwashed Cecil}} in his story.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Being the son of a [[White Mage]] and a [[The Paladin|Paladin]], he has stronger [[White Magic]] than Cecil and Kain at the cost of not being quite as good (though still effective) a fighter.
** [[The Paladin]]: Although he doesn't actually carry that title.
* [[Modest Royalty]]: Ceodore insists on being treated like any other soldier would.
* [[Half
* [[Retcon]]: ''The Complete Collection'' de-aged him from sixteen to fifteen to remove the [[Shotgun Wedding]] implications.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: With [[Childhood Friends|Ursula]], thanks to a [[One
* [[Spin Offspring]]
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Despite being [[The Hero]] of the sequel, he plays a much smaller role in the events concerning the Mysterious Girl and the Crystals than the other characters.
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=== Luca ===
The princess of the Dwarf Kingdom, who greatly admires Cid.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: She's also the only dwarf whose face isn't obscured by a beard or helmet.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: To Cid.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: A minor character in the original game, she is upgraded to a playable character in the sequel.
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Beauty Mark]]
* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]
* [[Dark
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Expy]]: Of a certain other [[Gadgeteer Genius]] named [[Chrono Trigger
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
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* [[Mighty Glacier]]
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Averted.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Like a lot of your party.
* [[Throwing Your Sword
* [[Wrench Wench]]
=== The Eblan Four ===
Edge's four apprentices; Gekkou, Zangetsu, Izayoi
* [[Action Girl]]: Izayoi.
* [[All Your Colors Combined]]: Two of their Band abilities, "Wheel of Elements" where the four combine together, "Ultimate Art: Advent of Phoenix" where they all combine with Edge. The latter even comes with a [[Calling Your Attacks|chant]]. However, "Wheel of Elements" is thematically closer, since it actually consists of the four using their elemental powers in sequence, while "Advent of Phoenix" just uses fire.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Zangetsu.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Gekkou wears red, Izayoi wears blue, Tsukinowa wears [[Wind Is Green|green]]
* [[Elemental Powers]]:
** [[Blow You Away]]: Tsukinowa of Wind.
** [[Kill It
** [[Making a Splash]]: Izayoi of Water.
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Zangetsu of Thunder.
* [[Fantastic Fighting Style
** [[Combat Medic]]: Izayoi, balanced stats with a focus on healing Ninjutsu.
** [[Fragile Speedster]]: Tsukinowa, the highest Speed in the game but very weak otherwise.
** [[Magic Knight]]: Zangetsu, high Intelligence and still respectible Strength and HP.
** [[Mighty Glacier]]: Gekkou, high HP and Strength but very low Speed and MP.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Edge, who was [[The Smart Guy]] in another [[Five
** [[The Lancer]]: Zangetsu, Edge's second.
** [[The Big Guy]]: Gekkou, the strongest of the group.
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** [[The Chick]]: Izayoi, the only woman.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: Their individual personalities don't get a lot of time to shine through, as they individually receive equal focus in Edge's Tale which doesn't last long, and once Edge's Tale is complete they contribute little to the plot.
* [[Killed Off for Real
* [[Master of Disguise]]
* [[Ninja]]: Naturally. Izayoi is a kunoichi, and insists on being treated as a ninja, not a woman.
* [[Theme Naming]]: All of their names have something to do with [[Lunacy|the moon]]. "Tsukinowa" means "moon halo". "Gekkou" means "moonlight". "Izayoi" means "full moon". "Zangetsu" means "morning moon". Additionally, Tsukinowa's alias during his recon in Mysidia, "Lapin", means, "[[Moon Rabbit]]".
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: All of them.
** [[Drop the Hammer]] and [[An Axe to Grind]]: Gekkou.
** [[Whip It Good]]: Izayoi.
** [[Blade
** [[Precision
=== Ursula Leiden ===
The daughter of Yang and Sheila. She wishes to be trained as a monk by her father, but needs to get past his overprotective streak first.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Bare
* [[Combat Medic]]: With her Chakra ability.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Flower in Her Hair]]
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
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* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Odango Hair]]
* [[Pressure Point]]: Her
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]
* [[Qipao]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Retcon]]: ''The Complete Collection'' de-aged her from seventeen to sixteen so she would still be a year older than Ceodore.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[Warrior Monk]]
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=== Leonora ===
An Epopt in training. Recent events have convinced the Epopts of the need for their members to be able to defend themselves, and so she begins her black magic training under Palom...
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* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: To Palom.
* {{spoiler|[[Ascended Extra]]: She was the girl Palom tried to pick up in the ending of the original game
* [[Black and White Magic]]
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Inept Mage]]: At first. Hell, her first Black Magic spells are even weaker than 1st tier Black Magic (Fire? Blizzard? Thunder?).
* [[Magic Wand]]
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Patience, you'll reach that high level someday.
* [[Mentor Ship]]: With Palom.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[The Red Mage]]: She can learn both [[White Magic]] and [[Black Magic]], but does not learn every spell. She gains her spells at much higher levels than other characters
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: The squishiest
* [[Took a Level
=== Harley ===
Edward's assistant. She originally desired to be a scholar, but one day she heard his voice, and so abandoned her plans to become his secretary.
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Death Glare]]: One of her special attacks.
* [[Hot Librarian]]
* [[Joke Character]]: Unfortunately while Edward [[Took a Level
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Money to Throw Away]]: Has the Gil Toss ability.
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Mechanical dolls that assist Luca, they're bosses in the original game and join the party in ''The After Years''.
* [[
* [[Ascended Extra]]: From [[
* [[Awesome but Practical]]: Brina's Dance, which casts a random White Magic spell for no MP cost. [[Random Number God]] aside, most of the time you get Cure or Cura, which is pretty good considering that in Rydia's Tale your party has no [[White Mage]] and thus only Brina has any healing powers. If you're ''really'' lucky you can even get Haste and Curaja.
* [[Combination Attack]]: Though everyone gets Band abilities in the game, Calca and Brina's bands specifically rely on them [[Fusion Dance|combining into Calcabrina]].
* [[Creepy Doll]]
* [[Dance Battler
** [[Magic Dance]]
* [[Killed Off for Real]]/[[Lost Forever]]/[[Guide Dang It]]: Unless you manage to [[Randomly Drops|obtain]] a Mythril Nut, Mythril Bolt
=== Biggs and Wedge ===
* [[Ascended Extra]]: They are the two soldiers who questioned Cecil about taking the Water Crystal from Mysidia at the beginning of the original game.
* [[Crutch Character
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Biggs.
* [[Guest Star Party Member
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Named after the recurring pair of characters in the series.
==
=== Mysterious Girl/{{spoiler|
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The {{spoiler|apparent}} main villain of ''The After Years'', she shows up to steal the crystals. {{spoiler|It turns out that there are multiple Maenads, and they were gathering the Crystals to take back to their master, the Creator, who also created the crystals
* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: It's possible to win the battles that the party is supposed to lose to her, but the same result happens each time anyway. {{spoiler|And in the storyline even when someone ''does'' kill her, another Maenad just takes her place
* [[Big Bad]]: She sets off the major events of ''
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Badly, if she actually killed off the heroes when she had the chance only half of them would have survived to the final tale.
* [[Boss Remix]]: Her character theme is the basis for her battle theme.
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* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Her main method of collecting Crystals? Use the Red Wings to do it. After all King Cecil is [[The Hero]], so few realize what's really going on when Baron starts going to war again.
** During the boss battle with her and Bahamut, players may be tempted to use [[Attack Reflector|Reflect]]. Too bad that just as the Mega Flare countdown hits 1, she uses Black Hole to remove all your status buffs. [[Oh Crap]]...
* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Bites Back]]: A band of them finish off the Creator when he goes haywire
* {{spoiler|[[Easily Forgiven]]: Considering that it is at least hinted at that the Maenad possess a [[Hive Mind]], yet neither Leviathan nor Asura are shown to resent the child Maenad in the ending in any way
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Mostly, arrogance and contempt are there but that's about it.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Greatly resembles Rydia, and in ''The Complete Collection'' is able to successfully pose as her for a time. {{spoiler|''Interlude'' reveals it's because the Creator made the Maenads in Rydia's image after gathering data on her through a Crystal
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Frequently insults [[Puny Earthlings|humans]] and Lunarians as "inferior species".
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Her battle sprite.
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: The ones that control Odin and Bahamut are killed by them once the Eidolons regain their senses
* [[The Man Behind the Monsters]]: She controls an army of monsters to take over Baron, and still uses them on occasion after switching over to relying on Baron's military instead.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: She's after the Crystals only. Unless one of the heroes is directly obstructing her, she doesn't care about them.
* [[Recurring Boss]]
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Life]]}}: In the case of {{spoiler|the one Maenad adopted by Rydia (Cuore), the only surviving member of her race
** {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}: In the case of the rest of the race. {{spoiler|They go into near extinction by sacrificing themselves via attacking the Creator in order to allow the party to escape
* [[Summon Magic]]: As part of her status as an [[Evil Counterpart]] to Rydia.
* [[Woman in White]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Although {{spoiler|stated to be cloned from Rydia}}, her hair is a more aquamarine than Rydia's.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Only took part in a short sidequest exclusive to the Advance release, but was a major antagonist in ''The After Years''.
* [[Black Cloak]]: How he appears in Kain's Lunar Trial.
* [[Blade
* [[Climax Boss]]: {{spoiler|The fight with him occurs immediately after [[The Reveal]] that the Hooded Man is Kain and this guy is an imposter
* [[Cutscene Power to
* [[The Dragon]]: To the Mysterious Girl.
* [[Duel Boss]]
* [[Enemy Without]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: The name should be a clue.
* [[Evil Gloating]]: "Come, Rosa! It's time for the main event! You'll see me walk right up to him... And tear him apart limb from limb!"
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Lets out many when he finally has Rosa in his grasp.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201201215/finalfantasy/images/c/c9/FF4PSPDarkKainFMV.jpg A picture is worth a thousand words
* [[In a Single Bound]]: Retains Kain's Jump skill.
* {{spoiler|[[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]}}: In ''Final Fantasy IV Advance'', {{spoiler|[[One
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: As evidenced by his reluctance to hurt Rosa, deep down, he's still motivated by Kain's love for her.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: His goal.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: When Cecil and/or Rosa are the topics of discussion, in which case [[Large Ham|the ham]] [[Evil Is Hammy|comes out]]. Just see above under [[Evil Gloating]] above.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: He's not ''totally'' evil, as evidenced when {{spoiler|he rescues Porom and her party for no benefit to himself, and later tells some brainwashed guards to value their lives in spite of being controlled}}.
* [[A Sinister Clue]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Being Kain's dark side, he's just like the real thing in this regard...
=== {{spoiler|Creator}} ===
{{spoiler|The real [[Big Bad]] of ''The After Years'', he is the sole surviving member of an alien race that prospered itself into extinction. He designed the crystals and sent them to various planets to test their evolutionary processes, and eventually declared them all unworthy of existence. He does this to the world of ''Final Fantasy IV'' as well, setting the plot
* {{spoiler|[[Apologetic Attacker]]: Towards the ''whole world''
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Clipped
* {{spoiler|1=[[Death Equals Redemption]]/[[My God, What Have I Done?]]: He seems to regret his actions in his final moments and thanks the party and the Maenads who attacked him with his last words
* {{spoiler|[[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Could that really be his true name
* {{spoiler|[[Evilutionary Biologist]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Expy]]: Seems to be one for the "Firstborn" from the ''[[
** {{spoiler|Also resembles the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Anti-Spiral]], being a god-like being from a failed race that decides to drop a moon on Earth because he decides they aren't worthy of evolution
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Last of His Kind]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Name]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Omnicidal Maniac]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[One
* {{spoiler|[[Shout
* {{spoiler|[[The Social Darwinist]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[That's No Moon]]: The True Moon turns out to be his battleship
* {{spoiler|[[Time Abyss]]: What else can you call somebody who performs biological experiments on a ''macroevolutionary'' timescale
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Failed Me...]]: Apparently, his attitude towards the planets he destroys
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