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This is a trope sheet for the cast of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''.
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== Debuting in the [[Final Fantasy IV|original game]] ==
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{{quote|"Stay back. This is a fight for me and me alone."}}
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''
{{quote|Voiced by: Shizuma Hodoshima (Japanese), [[Yuri Lowenthal]] (English)}}
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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|Kuja]] for the title of Bishiest
** [[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 from Hit Points]]: The Darkness ability.
* [[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
* [[Cool Sword]]: Both his Dark swords and the Paladin swords.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]
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* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Hot Dad]]: To Ceodore.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: After the Paladin transformation, he's reset to level ''one
* {{spoiler|[[Human Mom, Nonhuman Dad]]}}
* [[Ideal Hero]]: Well, he ''is'' a Paladin (eventually).
* {{spoiler|[[Pun|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.
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* [[The Paladin]]
* [[Purple Prose]]: The DS version had him dabble in some of this during his angsty moment with Rosa. [[Non Sequitur Scene|After that, he starts speaking much more normally, oddly enough]].
* {{spoiler|[[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Golbez
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: He tells Rosa and Rydia (you know, the healer and the nuketastic spellcaster) to stay safe on earth but has no problem taking along Edge, who spends half his time in battle
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Mythgraven Blade.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
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{{quote|"Cecil, Rosa. I cannot bring myself to face you both, not yet. I must test myself as you did, Cecil, at Mt. Ordeals. I will train until I've surpassed my father as a Dragoon. When that time comes, then I shall return to Baron."}}
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.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Koichi Yamadera]] (Japanese), [[Liam O'Brien]] (English)}}
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* [[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]]s of the series. He got to be a central character in ''The After Years'' {{spoiler|due to his dark side being a major antagonist}}, and is one of the more plot-important characters in ''Dissidia 012''. Even [[Tetsuya Nomura]] is a Kain fanboy and tried really hard to get him in the first ''Dissidia'', looking at him for ''Final Fantasy IV'
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Is the name not a clue? He even gets an [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Lance]] called "Abel's Lance".
* [[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]]
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: The most common perception of him, though in truth he only is brainwashed twice, and he notably fights off another attempt at brainwashing without even letting the struggle show on his face. Some versions of the game reduce the number from two to one, with Golbez intentionally allowing him to briefly rejoin Cecil to steal the last Dark Crystal.
* [[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>
* [[Name of Cain]]
* [[The Rival]]
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* [[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.
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* [[Pimped-Out Cape]]: In the remake, her cape has a lace cape over it.
* [[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]]
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=== Rydia ===
[[File:rydia 2 3835.jpg|frame]]
A young girl from the Mist Village, home to many a [[Summon Magic|summoner]]. She will be appearing in the ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Theatrhythm Final Fantasy]]'' as a playable sub-character.
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Noriko Shitaya]] (Japanese), Daniella Macey (English)}}
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* [[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
* [[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?]]
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* [[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-Relevant Age-Up]]. Subsequent rereleases tend to focus on the "childlike innocence" angle in her dialogue.
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: See [[Curtains Match the Window]] above.
* [[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-Relevant Age-Up]] also helped a lot—Cecil was surprised she still wanted to fight alongside him now that she could protect herself, but she pointed out there were more important things to consider than their own discomfort (and given she spent at least a decade there, it would've given her time to truly forgive). As for forgiving ''[[More Than Mind Control|Kain]]''
* [[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 Kind]]: Thanks to Cecil and Kain. Though going back to Mist and talking to the survivors shows that Rydia is just the last woman.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGntfMa4GiU "Rydia's Theme"].
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* [[Summon Magic]]
** [[Four-Element Ensemble]]: Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh and Titan.
** [[Light'Em Up]]: Mist Dragon.
** [[The Medic]]: Asura.
** [[Making a Splash]]: Leviathan.
** [[Life Drain]]: Sylph.
** [[One-Hit Kill]]: Odin.
** [[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 Hair]]
* [[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
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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* [[Badass Cape]]: It's hard to tell. Artwork from ''The After Years'' depicts Edge wearing Rubicante's cloak of flames as his own; you can later obtain it for Edge to wear.
* [[Battle Boomerang]]
* [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|Katanas]]
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: He will spend a ''lot'' of time facedown in the dirt, even when buffed up.
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]
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* [[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
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]: Subverted. When Dr. Lugae turns his parents into fiends, [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|Edge tries to reach out to them]]. They regain their lucidity, but then decide to ''[[Player Punch|kill themselves]]''. [[Tear Jerker|Edge wasn't the only one screaming in anguish at that moment]]
* [[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 Always Works]]: [[Game Breaker|Oh yes it does
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: It gives him the power to create one ''epic'' [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Revenge]]: He wants to kill Golbez in retaliation for the death of his only daughter, Anna.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Crosses this line at times.
* {{spoiler|[[Senseless Sacrifice]]: His last stand against Golbez, the almighty Meteor spell, ''fails'' to kill him
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
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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]]
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
* {{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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* [[Black Mage]]: Palom.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Palom.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Four Words: [[Grievous Harm with a Body|Palom in the Sky
* [[Child Mage]]s
* [[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?
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Palom and Porom, respectively.
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Porom in ''The After Years'', oddly enough.
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* [[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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* [[Parental Substitute]]: The [[PS 1]] version had some lines of dialogue that imply he sees himself as one for Rosa.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Likes to tease Edge about his crush on Rydia. Not to mention how much he ships [[Official Couple|Cecil x Rosa]].
* [[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 ===
[[File:FoSOYa 6458.png|frame]]
An old Lunarian sage and
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Banjo Ginga]] (Japanese), [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)}}
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* [[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 with an "S"]]: Is it FuSoYa, Fusoya
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=== Golbez/{{spoiler|Theodor}} ===
[[File:Golbez 386.jpg|frame]]
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|...
{{quote|Voiced by: Takeshi Kaga (Japanese), Peter Beckman (credited as Anthony Landor; English)}}
* {{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 on the Artist]]: His armor is either bright blue, dark blue or black, and the lining of his cape is either blue or red. In the Super NES release, his boss sprite had blue armor with a blue cape, but his player character sprite had brighter blue armor with a red cape. In his DS render seen above, he has black armor and a blue cape, but his in-game model has black armor and a red cape. His ''Dissidia'' adapts this by presenting his dark blue and black armor with the blue cape for his default outfit while his gold and black armor with a red cape is his alternate outfit.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Taking the Bullet|Intercepts a]] [[One-Hit Kill|Black Fang]] intended for Cecil in ''The After Years'', and may not survive it if [[Guide Dang It|you don't have the proper party set-up
* [[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
* [[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 ''
* [[Master of None]]:
* [[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 and Evil All Over]]: [[Depending on the Artist]]. {{spoiler|Subverted when he turns out to just be brainwashed}}.
* {{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|Sephiroth]]), but this tends to most come across as an [[Informed Ability]] due to his status as a mage. Also, his status as such wasn't revealed until ''The After Years''.
* [[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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{{quote|Voiced by: Konishi Oonishi (Japanese), [[Dameon Clarke]] (English)}}
* [[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]]
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Takeshi Aono]] (Japanese), [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)}}
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Fake King]]}}
* [[Turtle Power]]
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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]]:
* [[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-Out]]: To both Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' and ''[[Barbarella]]''.
* [[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 [[Won't Work On Me|renders all direct attacks null
* [[Stripperiffic]]: [[Foot Focus|No shoes
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Has a petrifying Stone Touch.
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{{quote|[[Badass Boast|"The frozen winds of hell's ninth circle could not penetrate this cloak of flame I wear."]]}}
* [[Duel Boss]]: It's optional, but in ''The After Years'', you have the option to fight him using only Edge.
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]:
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Notable because he goes out of his way to [[Subverted Trope|subvert]] it with [[Badass Cape|proper equipment]].
* [[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: The After Years|The After Years]]''.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]:
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* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: His monster form.
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]
* [[Frankenstein's Monster]]: His prized creation
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: He comes close to getting this in ''
=== Zemus/Zeromus ===
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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-Winged Angel]]: He starts as a bald, blue floating guy, changes to an indistinct blue smoky ghost, to a massive, freakish crustacean insect... [[Buffy-Speak|thing
* [[The Power of Hate]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]
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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.
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* [[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.
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* [[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.
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* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: With [[Childhood Friends|Ursula]], thanks to a [[One-Scene Wonder]] at the moon, which gives them a [[Combination Attack|a band attack
* [[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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* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Expy]]: Of a certain other [[Gadgeteer Genius]] named [[Chrono Trigger|Lucca]]. Though, this is a bit of an odd example, as Luca appeared in ''
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
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=== 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.
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** [[Making a Splash]]: Izayoi of Water.
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Zangetsu of Thunder.
* [[Fantastic Fighting Style]]s:
** [[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-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Edge, who was [[The Smart Guy]] in another [[Five-Man Band]].
** [[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]]:▼
▲* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: All of them.
** [[Drop the Hammer]] and [[An Axe to Grind]]: Gekkou.
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* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Odango Hair]]
* [[Pressure Point]]: Her
* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]
* [[Qipao]]
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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?).
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Patience, you'll reach that high level someday.▼
* [[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
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: She stutters a lot and is respectful of Palom initially despite him being a [[Jerkass]]. Once he insults the Epopts though, she's had enough and tells him off, at which point for the rest of the game the stuttering stops. This event coincides with the completion of the Tower of Trials, and thus she begins to learn [[Black Magic]] as she levels up from now on.
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* [[Dance Battler]]s: Calca uses Jive, and Brina uses Dance.
** [[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 ===
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=== Mysterious Girl/{{spoiler|
[[File:FFIVCC Scan Maenad 1269.png|frame]]
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
* [[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.
▲* [[The Man Behind the Monsters|The Woman 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.
* [[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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* [[Black Cloak]]: How he appears in Kain's Lunar Trial.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[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 Max]]: He makes his introduction to {{spoiler|Porom}} by {{spoiler|slicing apart an entire pack of enemies in one hit}}. Immediately after this he joins the party, and said skill is nowhere to be found.
* [[The Dragon]]: To the Mysterious Girl.
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* [[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-Winged Angel|his true form]] is that of Lunar Bahamut
* [[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.
* [[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...
▲** [[Not So Stoic]]: Unless 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]].
=== {{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-Wing Angel]]: The fights against him as the party escapes his lair, in which he hurts himself more than the party and several Maenads also attack him
* {{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 ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' books, both being [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] who seeded planets with life by sending mysterious objects to them
** {{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-Winged Angel]]: As the battle against him progresses he turns into increasingly bizarre forms, with the last vaguely resembling Neo Exdeath from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''
* {{spoiler|[[Shout-Out]]: Several of the bosses in his lair are from other ''Final Fantasy'' games
* {{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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