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* [[The Atoner]]: Cecil, Kain, {{spoiler|Golbez at the end of the game and in ''The After''.}}

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Meteo/Meteor spell. It does high damage but it's blunted by its high casting time, high MP cost, the 9999 damage cap, and by the time Rydia levels up enough to learn it she can do just as much damage with Flare or Bahamut, which cast faster and cost less MP.

** And then in the story, {{spoiler|when Tellah ''finally'' manages to use it it [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points|costs too much energy and kills him.]] [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|And it]] [[Senseless Sacrifice|accomplishes little]] except for breaking Golbez's control of Kain.}}

** And then in the story, {{spoiler|when Tellah ''finally'' manages to use it it [[Cast from Hit Points|costs too much energy and kills him.]] [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|And it]] [[Senseless Sacrifice|accomplishes little]] except for breaking Golbez's control of Kain.}}

* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Cecil, Rosa, and Yang}} all become monarchs in the epilogue.

* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: Cecil and Rydia at the beginning of the game, up until Tellah joins the party.

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** There are also two ''retroactive'' Broken Bridges that later appear at two places where the characters take drastic 1-way movements. If you attempt to jump down the waterfall in the Watery Cave a second time, Cecil will remark that the current is too strong, and you will not be allowed to jump. The second is in the Eblan Cave, where one of the Eblan guards blocks the final passage to the Tower of Bab-il (and an eventual dead-end at an airship dock). Clearly, [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|someone thought]] to prevent players from stranding themselves without an airship and rendering the game [[Unwinnable]].

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: {{spoiler|Golbez}} and FuSoYa manage to take out {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man|Zemus]], which only succeeds in [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|releasing his spirit, Zeromus.]]}} This also severely weakens them to the point where [[No One Could Survive That|their most powerful attacks]] [[Nigh Invulnerable|do absolutely nothing]].

** As noted above, {{spoiler|Tellah}} [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points|attacks Golbez with his most powerful spell]], and only succeeds in weakening him enough to {{spoiler|break his hold on Kain while [[Killed Off for Real|dying in the process]]}}.

** As noted above, {{spoiler|Tellah}} [[Cast from Hit Points|attacks Golbez with his most powerful spell]], and only succeeds in weakening him enough to {{spoiler|break his hold on Kain while [[Killed Off for Real|dying in the process]]}}.

* [[Cartography Sidequest]]: Given to you by <s>Naming</s>way in the remake.

* [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points]]: {{spoiler|Tellah}} does this with [[Cutscene Power to the Max]], but it [[Killed Off for Real|comes at a very high price.]]

* [[Cast from Hit Points]]: {{spoiler|Tellah}} does this with [[Cutscene Power to the Max]], but it [[Killed Off for Real|comes at a very high price.]]

** Cecil's Dark Wave/Darkness is a gameplay example, as it saps his health either to attack all enemies on screen or to power up his normal attack, depending on the version.

* [[The Cavalry]]: Just as the {{spoiler|Giant of Babil}} awakes to raze the planet, the heroes stand horrified and at a loss as to what to do. Cue the ''entire armed forces of the world'' arriving to [[Hold the Line]].

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* [[Inconsistent Dub|Inconsistent Translation]]: From Super NES to Playstation to Gameboy Advance to DS to PSP, every time the game is re-released things get renamed.

* [[Inn Security]]: Cecil vs. the Baron Guard in Kaipo.

* [[Interface Spoiler]]: Or [[Foreshadowing]], more like. Meteor costs more MP than Tellah has or ever will... There's [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points|only one way it can go]], really.

* [[Interface Spoiler]]: Or [[Foreshadowing]], more like. Meteor costs more MP than Tellah has or ever will... There's [[Cast from Hit Points|only one way it can go]], really.

** Less of a spoiler in the DS version, where multiple characters try to warn Tellah of the consequences of casting it because he doesn't have the energy reserves he used to.

* [[Joke Character]]: Edward.

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** Remedies can be this too in the non-easytype versions, costing 5000 gil (which is 50 times what they cost in the easytype versions) and not being available to even buy until about a third of the way through the game.

** Any "dummy" item.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Cecil. {{spoiler|After he becomes a paladin, he becomes significantly stronger in every stat, can wield much stronger equipment and can destroy anything that made you cry tears of frustration when he was a Dark Knight.}} The best part? {{spoiler|This is when Paladin Cecil is level 1, compared to Dark Knight Cecil who's anywhere from 15-20.}}

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Cecil. {{spoiler|After he becomes a paladin, he becomes significantly stronger in every stat, can wield much stronger equipment and can destroy anything that made you cry tears of frustration when he was a Dark Knight.}} The best part? {{spoiler|This is when Paladin Cecil is level 1, compared to Dark Knight Cecil who's anywhere from 15-20.}}

** The same can be said for {{spoiler|Tellah and Rydia, possibly Edge,}} although {{spoiler|his is much more [[Cutscene Power to the Max]].}}

* [[Took a Shortcut]]: Namingway in the DS version.

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