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* [[Barrier Warrior]]: See above.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* {{spoiler|[[Bungled Suicide]]: If you don't save Cid in the World of Ruin.}}.
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Exceedingly so.
* [[The Chick]]: As far as the storyline goes, not necessarily gameplay... in both the positive and negative aspects. She's the "heart" that pulls the group back together in the World of Ruin. She also spends much of her spotlight in the game pining over Locke. She also doesn't act very much like someone who was once one of the Empire's top three generals, although one of the others didn't turn out to be very stable either.
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* [[Hair of Gold]]: In both the artwork and her sprites.
* [[Heel Face Mole]]: Suggested by Kefka.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Before the game begins, Celes burns Maranda to the ground;: she's the reason that everyone is rebuilding the town when you visit. After Locke rescues her in Figaro, Celes joins the Returners.
* [[High Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Her above-mentioned Runic ability even requires a sword to work (it's disabled with any other weapon).
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* [[Leotard of Power]]: Her in-game sprite.
* [[Lonely at the Top]]: Her character description in the GBA retranslation screams this when it says, "None have ever truly known the woman beneath the general's guise..."
* [[Love Hurts]]: {{spoiler|If you let Cid die, Celes tries to kill herself. Before she throws herself off a cliff, she thinks about how everyone is gone; she specifically mentions Locke.}}.
* [[Magic Knight]]: She's one of two characters that can naturally learn magic and her special skill, Runic Blade, will absorb any spell cast during a battle.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Finding Locke's bandana tied around a seagull is what gives her the hope to get off of the solitary island and start searching for her friends after her {{spoiler|failed attempted suicide, if Cid dies}}. It appears again in the ending.
* [[The Mole]]: Subverted: Although Kefka implies that she was a double agent to the Returners, she actually did defect to the Returners, proving her loyalty by teleporting Kefka away before he could attack.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Celes may have had the noble intention of trying to prove her loyalty to the Returners even when Gestahl and Kefka told her to kill them to redeem herself for her betraying the Empire, but stabbing Kefka was a very bad move, as {{spoiler|that was what ended up giving him the opportunity to backstab Gestahl, and misalign the Warring Triad to destroy the world.}}. Either that, or she should have decapitated him.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: It's CELL-iss, not Ce-LESS.
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Worn when she was in the opera.
* [[Please Wake Up]]: {{spoiler|If Cid dies on Solitary Island, Celes thinks, at first, that Cid isn't really dead, but then she realizes he really is gone. Cue [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] and attempted [[Driven to Suicide]].}}.
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|If Cid dies}}, Celes will see a pigeon on the beach with a blue bandanna wrapped around its wound. Celes recognizes it as Locke's bandanna and knows that he must be alive. Knowing that Locke is out there somewhere is enough motivation for Celes to leave Solitary Island and find her friends.
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: In the second half of the game.
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* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: The Empire infused Celes with magic at a young age, much like was done to Kefka, except it didn't cause mental instability in Celes since by that time the process had been refined. Kids have better mental rebound as well.
* [[Useless Useful Spell|Useless Useful Ability]]: Runic absorbs magic cast by enemies and party members alike, and by the time the enemies you face use magic enough to warrant its use, you're relying on magic heavily too. However, stick Celes in a party of characters who don't need magic to deal heavy damage, add in, say, Mog or Strago so they can use healing attacks with their special skills, and Runic will render a lot of enemies impotent.
* [[Visible Silence]]: Her attitude towards Locke after the events in the Magitek Labs.
* [[Wink Ding]]: After she got on Setzer's Airship.
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* [[Canine Companion]]: Interceptor.
* [[Counter Attack]]: Interceptor will occasionally block and counter attacks from enemies.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: {{spoiler|He was formerly a train robber, but he ended up chickening out of giving Baram a mercy kill, and it is hinted that his assassin/mercenary role was his way of running from his guilt for failing to do so.}}.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: He wears all black, and is hinted to kill for money, but overall, he's not half-bad.
* [[Death Seeker]]: {{spoiler|It's the only way for him to atone for the spoiler mentioned in [[Mercy Kill]] below.}}.
* [[Defeat Means Playable]]: In the World of Ruin.
* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]: When the details of Shadow's five dreams and Relm's one dream are combined, it becomes certain that he is Relm's missing father.}}.
* [[The Drifter]]: In the World of Balance, sans the Floating Continent, Shadow can leave the party at set points in the story, or after he's earned enough money to earn his hiring fee.
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: It's implied in the ending that he deliberately stayed behind when Kefka's Tower was collapsing on top of him as a means to atone for failing to grant his partner-in-crime his mercy kill.}}.
* [[Flashback Nightmare]]: Shadow is haunted by his inability to put his friend, Baram, out of his misery.
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: "Interceptor" is considered a permanent status effect for Shadow, and unfortunately, this makes it vulnerable to the infamous Rippler glitch. If an enemy snatches up Shadow's status and is then killed, kiss his beloved pooch good-bye outside of story sequences.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: He'll join your party at a few points throughout the first half of the game, but will decide to leave either through random chance after an enemy encounter or at designated points in the plot. (Hehe signs up permanently later on though.).
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: {{spoiler|Was asked by his friend, Baram, to kill him, since he couldn't do it himself because of his mortal wounds. Clyde, as Shadow was known then, couldn't do it and ran away.}}.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|The Memento Ring, which is described as using the love of Relm's mother to protect from [[One Hit KO]] attacks, can only be equipped by Relm... and Shadow.}}.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: More evident in the GBA translation, in which Edgar claims that Shadow would kill his best friend for the right price. As mentioned above, however, he couldn't.
* [[I Work Alone]]: After the Fire incident in Thamasa, Shadow tells the rest of the party that he will look for the espers by his own way.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: If you leave the [[Floating Continent]] without him. Also slightly implied to be what happens to him in the ending of the game if he survived the first act, though [[Never Found the Body|his fate is never firmly established]].}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Lost Forever]]: In conjunction with the previous trope.}}.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Not outright stated (at least until possibly a 1995 interview with Squaresoft), but his dreams heavily imply that {{spoiler|he is Relm's father}}.
* [[A Boy and His X|A Man and His Dog]]: With Interceptor.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler|Shadow, back when he was Clyde the train robber, chickened out of mercy killing a wounded comrade. He never forgives himself for it.}}.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Shadow's devotion to his dog Interceptor is one of the chief things that humanizes him.
* {{spoiler|[[No One Gets Left Behind]]: The subject of this on the Floating Continent.}}.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: {{spoiler|His real name is Clyde. Shadow was originally the name for him and his partner as a group. By taking the name Shadow, he's making sure he doesn't forget his past.}}.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: {{spoiler|Implied by several of his flashbacks and his overall personality.}}.
* [[Shoo the Dog]]: {{spoiler|He stays behind in the collapsing tower at the end, but doesn't want to drag Interceptor into it.}}.
* [[The Stoic]]: Shadow hardly says anything during the game and very rarely, if ever, shows any emotion.
{{quote|'''Shadow:''' "There are people in this world who have chosen to kill their own emotions. Remember that."}}
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* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Cyan's [[Sword Techs]] may seem impressive, but it takes so long for the gauge to fill up that it isn't really worth it; by the time the [[Sword Tech]] gauge fills up, your other three characters will likely have been standing around for a good 3–4 seconds when they could have been told to do something else. "[[Game Breaker|Psycho Cyan]]" on the other hand...
* [[Badass Grandpa]] This man had the sheer balls to take on the whole Imperial Army at Doma... AND WAS WINNING!
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: {{spoiler|Spending a night at the abandoned Doma castle in the World of Ruin triggers this as a sidequest.}}.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: To Cyan's [[Unwanted Harem|own chagrin]], especially considering he was recently widowed.
* [[The Comically Serious]]
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* [[Counter Attack]]: One of his Sword Techs.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: If you look in Cyan's secret box at Mt. Zozo when Cyan isn't in the party, you can find several books, among them Machinery for Dunces, A Pictorial Guide to Machines, Everything about Machines, Machines for the Mechinically Disinclined, and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Bushido in the Bedroom]].
* [[Crutch Character]]: Borderline Example -example: his later Sword Techs/Bushido requires very long waiting, leaving the party at enemy's mercy. This can be avoided by making Cyan go last, and by the time other party members finished their attacks, Cyan is ready to kickass, and since ''Final Fantasy VI'' is the starting point in a series when attacks have [[Overly-Long Fighting Animation|noticeably longer animations]]... You still have to delay your whole team in order to make him go last, though, and you'll still usually be slowing your team down if you go after the high-level Bushidos. That said, if you put him in the same party as Gau, Mog or Umaro, they can still attack while Cyan is charging. In addition, Cyan's levelLevel 1 Bushido attack, which can be activated as soon as you select it, is quite powerful, capable of piercing defense, and can get you through a lot of early battles on its own.
* [[Cultured Warrior]]: He's very skilled at making hand-crafted silk flowers, and he's also a talented poet.
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Family]]
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* [[Doomed Hometown]]: He's one of the few survivors after [[Monster Clown|Kefka]] poisons Doma's water supply.
* [[Everything's Better with Samurai]]
* [[Failure Knight]]: He is one of only two known survivors of Doma Castle. Even his wife and child die when Kefka poisons the river. (Thethe other on-screen survivor is an unnamed soldier who together with Cyan is searching the castle for more survivors.; Hehe is never seen or mentioned again after Cyan discovers his dead family and goes berserk.).
* [[It's All My Fault]]: He blames himself for not stopping Kefka from poisoning the river, even though there's no way he could have known the bastard was going to do it. Wrexsoul and the Dream Stooges cheerfully exploit his [[Survivor Guilt|guilt]].
* [[Japanese Honorifics]]: He speaks using lingo reserved for samurai, including heavy use of "de gozaru", in the original script.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: Not as exaggerated as other examples of this trope, but there it is.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Cyan is one of the slowest characters in the game. His Bushido is one of the slowest attacks in the game. Cyan can take a lot of damage. His Bushido can do a lot of damage.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Many pronounce it See-anne or Sai-anne, but it's pronounced Kai-en.
* [[Old Retainer]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: The death of his wife and son, not to mention his entire kingdom, sends him into one, as he charges toward the Imperial camp.
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* [[Walking Techbane]]: He is NOT good with machines. He ''tries'' to learn more about how to use them over the course of the game though.
* [[Watching Troy Burn]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Cyan's dialogue, originally written in what is sometimes called the "samurai dialect" of Japanese, extensively uses "thee" and "thou" even where grammatically inappropriate. Other characters make fun of him for it. Thankfully, they fixed this in the retranslation, and his Early Modern English is much more grammatically correct.
 
=== Gau ===
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* [[Death by Childbirth]]: The reason his father went mad and abandoned him on the Veldt.
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Several of Gau's rages use abilities for free that are ordinarily not available until later -; for example, using Rhinox allows you to use Reraise, for no MP cost, in the World of Balance.
* [[Ditto Fighter]]
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: To tell the truth, he doesn't like civilized clothing in general as he finds it cumbersome and uncomfortable. Hence why his best "armor" is the Snow Scarf.
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* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Some Amano concept art showed him ''naked'' (but not showing parts). This would have been entirely logical for a [[Wild Child]] in [[Real Life]]. The in-game graphics and the more well-known art show Gau wearing his more familiar animal skin clothes.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: MR. THOU!
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: He's completely uncontrollable and all of the Rages he actually starts with suck, which makes many players dislike him. If you train and equip him correctly, though, he can be ''extremely'' effective.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Perhaps to make up for his uncontrollable nature and inability to equip weapons, Gau has all-around great stats.
* [[Makeover Montage]]
* [[Mega Manning]]: His Rages;: one for almost every enemy in the game.
* [[Nature Hero]]
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: His father, went mad by grief of losing his wife, threw his own son to the Veldt.
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up!"
* [[Cool Airship]]: The Blackjack. {{spoiler|And later, The Falcon.}}.
* [[Critical Failure]]: 7-7-Bar, you're dead.
* [[The Dandy]]
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* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: How he spend his time in his [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Flechette Storm]]: His cards. Give him a specific relic and you got a Gil Toss ability where he throws money.
* [[The Gambler]]: He's a firm believer of luck and will gamble everything, even his own life. Not to mention that he will never use under-handedly trick in his gamble other than skill, making his cameo in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' [[Out of Character]]. This got [[Take That]] and [[Lampshade Hanging]] in a same statement in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: His face is covered in scars from many gamble seasons went wrong.
* [[Heroic Albino]]: There's still some debate over whether his character is actually albino, or just has really, ''really'' light blond hair.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: In World of Ruin, he seemed like had lose hope after 'losing his wings'. Only after Celes gave him an ear of [[World of Cardboard Speech]], he finally unearthed {{spoiler|the Falcon}}.
* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: This man caught a falling person with his bow of his airship. A zeppelin-shaped airship.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Cards, Darts and Dice.
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: By the time you recruit him, the World of Balance is almost done, and you get him for an hour or two before you move on to the Floating Continent. As a result, you'll have a hard time teaching him even the most basic spells, and in the World of Ruin, he'll be lagging behind everyone else still learning them while they've moved on to the World of Ruin Espers and their end-game magic.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]
* [[Elite Tweak]]: Having problems learning some Lores? Use other's characters' abilities to make the process easier;: Gau and Relm can use many Lores, and even Setzer can use one if you're very lucky with (or rigged) his Slots.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: He joins the Cult of Kefka in despair, believing Relm was killed in the World of Ruin. He snaps out of it once he sees she's alive.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: If you equip him right, he can do a lot of damage, but as you might expect, he can't take a whole lot of punishment.
* [[Go to Your Room]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]] / [[Despair Event Horizon]]: It is strongly implied that the reason he joined the Cult of Kefka was because he felt he had nothing left due to believing that Relm Arrowny had died in the end of the world. Thankfully, when Relm reveals her survival, he quits the Cult ASAP.
* [[Mega Manning]]: As a Blue Mage, he learns Lore skills by watching someone else use them. As mentioned in [[Elite Tweak]], this includes player characters, meaning that he can [[Mega Manning]] someone else's [[Mega Manning]].
* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]
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* [[Art Attacker]]: Relm has the "Sketch" ability which lets her use the target monster's special abilities.
* [[Art Initiates Life]]: Her Sketch ability -: she will draw the copy of the enemy to attack other enemies. She also frequently threatens to do the same to Strago if she doesn't get her way.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: She's a cute little girl who can paint a portrait of you that kicks your ass!
* [[The Beast Master]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* {{spoiler|[[Canine Companion]]: If Shadow dies, Interceptor will protect Relm instead (Inin plot; [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|short of a bug, Interceptor only protects Shadow in battle]]).}}.
* [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes]]: Her theme has this in the official remakes.
* {{spoiler|[[Flashback Nightmare]]: If Shadow dies on the [[Floating Continent]], you will not find Shadow in the Cave on the Veldt, but instead, Relm, who will have a dream of her own that ties in to Shadow's five [[Flashback Nightmare]] scenes, finally firmly establishing Clyde as her [[Disappeared Dad]]. But without [[Save Scumming]] (just before choosing whether to let Shadow live or die on the [[Floating Continent]]), Shadow's fifth dream and Relm's dream cannot both be viewed within the same playthrough of the game.}}.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Like her grandfather, Relm is a powerful magic-user. However, whereas Strago was so old he had a hard time taking blows, Relm is so young she has a hard time taking blows.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Painting brushes.
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* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Relm doesn't have very good Strength or weapon options, and Sketch is mostly useless. But she has the highest base Magic stat in the party (even though she doesn't initially know any spells), and her equipment spread also provides her with a lot of magic-boosting options. So with a bit of training and Esper use, she can become ''very'' useful.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Shadow can equip Relm's memento of her late mother... and she actually gets along with Interceptor... It was confirmed in a 1995 interview with Squaresoft, as well as in the GBA remake for ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''.
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: She has none of it when Strago said to leave him.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Rilm, not Realm.
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The Memento Ring, which protects from Instant Death.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Relm's mother is said to be dead in the inventory description of her [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]], her father, on the other hand, is never directly mentioned. Indirectly, {{spoiler|there's a million and one hints that he's Shadow}}. The developers confirmed this in an interview. {{spoiler|There was going to be a scene between Strago and Shadow confirming his relationship to Relm but it was dropped.}}.
* [[The Pen Is Mightier]]: Statistically not, but what she draws with it is possibly mightier depending on the subject.
* [[Puppet Master]]
* [[Raised by Grandparents]]
* [[Running Gag]]: Her threats to Strago about "painting his picture.". See [[Art Imitates Life]] above.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Tagalong Kid]]
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: The Sketch algorithm falls into this for two reasons: Firstfirst, it has the monster's stats, rather than Relm's. Secondly, any elemental or status attack will be likely nullified or even absorbed. (Therethere is one exception).) There's one very specific instance in which Sketch is useful. If used on the Wirey Dragons - (tough, hard hitting monsters with good defense and no weaknesses to exploit -), it casts Cyclonic and burns 90% of their health.
* [[Whatevermancy]]: In the Japanese and GBA version, Relm is a "[[Art Initiates Life|Pictomancer]]".
 
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]: With proper Esper stat training and the right equipment, Mog can slaughter enemies.
* [[Dance Battler]]
* [[Flat Character]]: Has only a few lines of dialogue in the whole game, none of which indicate much of a personality, is the only non-secret party memeber without a World of Ruin sidequest, and to top it all off, he doesn't even have a unique sprite, looking just like every other Moogle in the game.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: Between Mog and Lone Wolf. Choose Mog and you get yourself an [[Optional Party Member]]. Choose Lone Wolf, and you will get a Gold Hairpin which halves MP cost.
* [[Geo Effects]]: How he learns his dances. Also used in said dances.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: The very last Moogle in the ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' world.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: In the World of Balance, Mog's dances are wicked strong. In the World of Ruin, Mog makes for a great Dragoon Knight.
* [[Lost Forever]]: The Water Harmony dance can only be learned in the World of Balance via the Serpent Trench or the Lete River in the original game. The GBA version adds one last chance to get it if you acquire him in the World of Ruin and take him into the optional boss battle with Leviathan, but if you don't, it's [[Lost Forever]] for good.
* [[Magic Dance]]
* [[Optional Party Member]]: Aside from a brief appearance at the beginning of the game, Mog won't join your party during the main storyline of the World of Balance; you have to go slightly out of your way and complete a side quest in order to recruit him. (Seesee [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]], above.).
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Literally.
* [[Master of None]]: Gogo can learn just about every skill that's normally accessible to your characters. Unfortunately, Gogo'll never do any of them as good as the originals.
* [[Mega Manning]]: A variant in that Gogo typically steals the abilities of the other heroes, rather than Gogo's enemies. Anything the other Returners can do, Gogo can do too... just not as well because of Gogo's terrible stats. Gogo also specifically imitates what the other ''active'' party members can do -: if equipping magic from the menu, Gogo can only cast a spell learned by someone else currently in the party.
* [[Optional Party Member]]
* [[Powers as Programs]]: Gogo can equip almost any other character's special ability (except Terra's Trance and Shadow's Throw {{spoiler|if he died}})), and does need to equip appropriately to use some of them, though. This includes equipping appropriate relics to use altered abilities, like Mug or Gil Rain.
* [[Secret Character]]
 
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* [[The Medic]]: His special ability is to heal everyone for free.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]
* [[Supporting Leader]]: He's the leader of the Returners and thus the driving force in the war on the Empire, but aside from the trip with him to Narshe, he's working in the background while the player pursues various leads on how to gain an edge in the struggle.
* [[We Cannot Go on Without You]]: If Banon falls in battle, it's a [[Game Over]]. Very irritating for many players who probably shouted "Why can't I use a Phoenix Down on him!?".
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: {{spoiler|Vanishes from the game once you reach the World of Ruin and is never mentioned again. Though if you think about where he was last seen (in Vector), he may likely be dead.}}. [[Word of God]] states you're supposed to use your imagination.
 
=== General Leo Cristophe ===
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{{quote|An elite soldier in the Vector Imperial Army.}}
 
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: He's actually supposed to be black. Although you can blame the sprites for making him look more caucasian and, in the status artwork, tan at best. (Plusplus, the fact that his hair is ''blonde'').
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Badass Normal]]: Unlike other generals, he doesn't have any magic powers. Why? Because he refused the magical infusion process when offered.
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: In the artwork.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: Just before he dies.
* [[Duel Boss]]: Leo vs. Kefka.
* [[Due to the Dead]]
* [[A Father to His Men]]
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* [[Weapon Tombstone]]
* [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: He is the consummate worthy opponent—as the characters say "He could be my friend, if he weren't my enemy...".
* [[You're Insane!]]: His [[Famous Last Words]] in the GBA translation.
 
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* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: The Super NES release referred to the Ghost as an "it", but the Advance remake uses male terminology. Unused code refers to the ghosts are male, but the code was dropped fairly early on.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: No equipment and an ability [[Too Awesome to Use]], but when you do use it (preferably against a strong miniboss on the train), it performs a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to instantly kill the target.
* [[The Faceless]]: In his sprite, his portrait has a face, but not a very human one.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Since you can only use the Ghost during a time when you don't fight any bosses, they didn't bother giving the bosses in the main game resistance to Possess, so even enemies immune to instant death will perish.
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=== Biggs and Wedge ===
{{quote|Two soldiers sent with Terra to attack Narshe, they're promptly destroyed when Valigarmanda stirs.}}
 
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
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* [[Engineer Exploited For Evil]]
* [[Expy]]: There's ''always'' a Cid in a ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' game.
* {{spoiler|[[Plotline Death]]}}: {{spoiler|If Celes doesn't feed him fast-swimming fish, or just takes too long to feed him at all. ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' actually implies that his death is ''canon''.}}.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: On Solitary Island, Celes says that Cid is her "granddad" and she his granddaughter.
 
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* [[Dub Name Change]]: Possibly because his original name was [[Aerith and Bob|oddly Japanese]].
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Arvis is the Returner to go to in Narshe, and tags along with Banon when the Returners travel to Vector for peace negotiations with the Empire. Arvis is resourceful, but he isn't a combatant.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: This trope applies to Arvis in exactly the same way it applies to Banon. See Banon's entry above.
 
=== Duncan Harcourt ===
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}: {{spoiler|Though it's unknown why he never appears in person until the World of Ruin, or how he survived his encounter with Vargas when everyone including Vargas thought he didn't.}}.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: {{spoiler|In the World of Ruin, not only is his home in a completely different location relative to the rest of the world, but it's not even marked on the map, appearing as a formation of trees.}}.
* [[The Mentor]]
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Who is this guy? What does he want? Is he a friend or an enemy? How does he know Ultros? It doesn't help that apparently there's an imposter Siegfried running around, so each time you encounter him who knows if it's the real thing or not.
* [[The Rival]]: To Ultros.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the World of Ruin, you find him trailing Gerad and the thieves into Figaro Castle. Once you get through the cave though, he vanishes, and it's never revealed what he was doing there.
 
=== Maduin and Madeline ===
マディン　と　マドリーヌ<br /><small>Madin to Madorīnu</small>
 
{{quote|Terra's parents, Maduin was the guardian of the gateway to the Esper World. Somehow, Madeline found her way there, and the two fell in love and had a child to see if their two races could truly co-exist.}}
 
* [[Beast and Beauty]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]/[[Meaningful Name]]: In fitting with Terra being [[The Messiah]], in the Super NES translation Madeline was called "Madonna", as in the virgin mother. Suddenly, the [[G-Rated Sex]] takes on a new meaning, doesn't it?
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Maduin's Magicite teaches Fira, Blizzara and Thundara. Maduin's summon attack, however, is [[Non-Elemental]].
* [[G-Rated Sex]]: How they conceive Terra—theyTerra: they fly around the screen in trails of sparkles, and the sparkles come together to form baby Terra.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Maduin has green-silver hair. Now you know where Terra got it from.
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{{quote|The main antagonist of the game who arguably steals the show, to the point that he's the only character in the game who has his own [[Wikipedia]] page.}}
 
* [[0% Approval Rating]]: All of the Imperial soldiers (or at least the ones in General Leo's camp near Doma) often complained about Kefka, with at least one soldier threatening to quit the military if Kefka was even allowed to become general in Leo's stead. And for good reason: Hehe had fifty of their finest soldiers burned to a crisp via a mind-controlled Terra, and when poisoning Doma, he is also fully aware that any Imperial captives being held at Doma would die of the poison and does it anyways, stating that its their fault they got captured in the first place.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Causes Class 1, and it is hinted that a year later, itsit's gotten up to Class 4 and is on the verge of Class 5 with animals dying out and humans struggling to survive. Then the party ticks him off, and he decides to go for Class X, if not a Class Z, going by his statement of "I'm going to destroy ''everything!'' I'll create my own Empire of Death/I'll create a monument to non-existence!".
* [[Ax Crazy]]: All the way.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Was this even before becoming a god.
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{{quote|'''Kefka:''' The end draws near...}}
* [[Bad Boss]]: Especially when compared to [[A Father to His Men|General Leo.]].
* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]: He actually manages to destroy the world and become a god, and he reigned over the ashes of the planet for a year with his new power. The second half of the game is [[After the End]] as the Returners [[My Greatest Second Chance|attempt to set things right.]]}}.
* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: Despite his clownish appearance and comical behavior, he is still a very dangerous character and a grave threat.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Sort of. Several of the main characters/NPCs have blonde hair (Atat least in the Amano artwork), just as Kefka does.
* [[Bright Is Not Good]]: Kefka wears an outfit with many vivid colors and different patterns on it.
* [[The Caligula]]
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* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Kefka spends a full year causing destruction, but life continued and people still carried on hope for the future. In the end, while Kefka snaps at the party that their lives are meaningless and worthless, his life is the one that has truly become devoid of meaning and worth, because he cast off such things trying to deprive others of them.
* [[Drunk on the Dark Side]]: If you're not quite sure how strong Kefka is at any given point of the game, don't worry, he'll be happy to show you.
* [[Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: Kefka's intention is to create a world full of suffering, because it amuses him.
* [[Epic Flail]]: In his earlier boss fights, has a Morningstar equipped.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Even with their homes burned, mutated monsters roaming the world, friends and loved ones dead, and the world a charred husk, the people of the world including the party find the strength to keep living and look for hope for the future. Kefka is at first confused by this, then goes to enraged because it doesn't make sense to him.
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** Like Celes, Kefka is an Imperial general with great magical power. While Celes has held onto her humanity and principles, Kefka's madness stripped away his, if he had any to begin with.
* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]: He talks a great deal about burning things.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Kefka's "Uwee-hee-hee!"—the: the only vocalized character sound in the entire game. Or at least the only one that isn't Terra's inhuman scream when Tritoch forces her to confront her true nature.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]
* [[Expy]]: Of [[The Joker]]. The English localizers of ''Dissidia'' apparently noticed this, seeing how they had Dave Wittenberg voice the character in a very similar manner to Mark Hamill's characterization of The Joker.
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* [[Genocide Backfire]]: Poisoning of Doma, which resulted in very angry Cyan. In his case, it wasn't really out of fear or hatred of the Domians as much as feeling it is a good kick to do something like that.
* [[A God Am I]]: Notably the first ([[Follow the Leader|though hardly the last]]) ''Final Fantasy'' villain to seek out godhood, and one of the few to achieve it when he absorbs the power of the Warring Triad.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Ultimately, they ''did'' succeed in making Kefka a super-powered magic-user capable of destroying their enemies. He just decided to move on to everything else too.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: The Empire wanted to create a new breed of super-powered [[Magic Knight]]s, but with the process not yet perfected, it drove Kefka insane.
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]: Has four angelic wings and two demonic wings. However, they seem to be inconsistent on this—Inthis: in his ''Anthology'' render, Kefka has six angelic wings, and in ''Dissidia'', has two demonic wings, and his four angelic wings are treated more like they're fused together so he has just two large wings instead.
* [[The Hyena]]: His pre-recorded sound byte of a cackle is his calling card.
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: When the party explains to Kefka that no matter what he does life will go on and people will always find reasons to keep living, he lowers his head, turns around slowly... then spins back around and delivers his famous [[Shut Up, Kirk]] comeback.
* [[Impossibly Tacky Clothes]]: Kefka could be considered Square's [http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/3/31/DissidiaKefka_alts.png first shot across the bow] at cosplayers.
* [[It Got Worse]]: No matter how bad things are, he will always try to make it worse. Just take his destruction of the world—itworld: it wasn't enough for Kefka to murder countless innocents, rip apart the continents and unleash mutated monsters on the people, he had to spend his time afterwards blasting the ashes of civilization when he got bored.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Frequently used Boku/Bokuchin in reference to himself, which gives some significant hints at his [[Psychopathic Manchild|maturity level and mindset]].
* [[The Jester]]: Kefka's overall appearance is similar to that of a Tyrolean Jester, and similar to the trope, it also led to him not being suspected of being as much of a threat until it was far too late.
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* [[Leave No Survivors]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: Kefka's eponymous theme starts out light and bouncy with string and wind instruments, then descends into a loud flurry of drumbeats and cymbol clashes. Which is a good indication of [[Sanity Slippage|how Kefka himself goes as the game progresses]]. It's sampled twice in "Dancing Mad", the final boss theme.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Kefka has a weapon called the Light of Judgment that he uses to destroy towns that oppose him, and in the final battle, he turns into an angelic-looking creature. Also provides the trope image. Heck, even before becoming the God of Magic, he basically resembled a very colorful clown, was blond and blue/green eyed, and wore white makeup, and was also heavily implied to have pyromaniacal tendencies (eg,e.g. forcing Terra to torch his own soldiers alive, attempting to burn Figaro Castle, having his troops burn Thamasa, was implied to have caused a lot of fires when misaligning the Warring Triad, not to mention the whole Light of Judgment thing). His [[One-Winged Angel|God of Magic form]] also mixes this with [[Dark Is Evil]], as he possesses a pair of bat wings as well as looking more fierce and demonic overall in his god form.
* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: Defeating Kefka not only causes his tower to collapse, but seems to herald the rebirth of the planet's ecosystem.
* [[Loves the Sound of Screaming]]: When he poisons Doma. Also a ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Shout-Out]].
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* [[Mad God]]: He seems a bit less insane than before when you confront him at the end of the game, but he's still way off the deep end.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Probably, seeing how it was heavily implied that he was the one who invented Terra's Slave Crown.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Aside from his first name bearing similarity to [[Franz Kafka]], Kefka's last name, Palazzo, is Italian in origin that means palace, mansion, and/or castle, and also sounds very similar to Basque ''pailazo'', Catalan ''pallasso'', Greek ''paliatsos'', Italian ''pagliaccio'', Portuguese ''palhaço'', Spanish ''payaso'' and Turkish ''palyaço'', which all translate to "clown,", and his appearance pretty much makes it clear that the similar names are very fitting.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: He was seen levitating two of the Returners with Telekinesis when {{spoiler|they confront him at the top of his tower nearing the end of the game}}. It's unknown how he got them, although it's heavily implied to be when {{spoiler|he absorbed the Warring Triad shortly after he moved them out of balance at the end of Act 1}}.
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: After Celes {{spoiler|stabs Kefka}}, he starts screaming about blood as well as either shouting insults while lying down at Celes or screaming "I Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate You!", depending on the translation. However, in his case, it may just be more showcasing of his insanity.
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{{quote|'''Kefka Palazzo:''' Why do people insist on creating things that will inevitably be destroyed? Why do people cling to life knowing that they must someday die? Knowing that none of it will have meant anything once they do?}}
* [[Not So Harmless]]: Sort of.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]:
{{quote|'''Kefka:''' What's the fun in destruction if no precious lives are lost?}}
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Technically, ''six'' winged angel.
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: To his credit though, he probably doesn't even need to move from his chamber to destroy the party, but where's the fun in that?
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Pietà Plagiarism]]: The third tier of the final battle... And when you see Kefka in place of Jesus on the pietà, you simply have to face the facts: Thethe world is fucked, and if you want a savior, you'll have to be the one yourself.
* [[Poison Is Evil]]: Poisons Doma and uses the Poison and Bio spells in battle.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: In the Japanese version, Kefka uses the first-person pronoun "bokuchin" which is primarily used by young boys, when joking around or trying to act sweet.
* [[Psycho Prototype]]: Kefka seems to cover a lot of insanity tropes, doesn't he? He was the first Magitek Knight ever produced, but the experimental process, due to it not being perfected yet, snapped his mind.
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Until he takes over that is.
* [[Puss in Boots]]
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* [[Put Them All Out of My Misery]]: There's no doubt Kefka tries to make everyone's lives as empty and meaningless as he thinks they are. However, in keeping with [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] nudges described further down, his declaration to destroy the very ''emotions'' of hope and love comes off as him deciding that if he can't feel those emotions, then no one else will.
* [[Pyromaniac]]: He seems to love setting things on fire, seeing how most of his atrocities involve fire somehow.
* [[Razor Wings]]: His God form is fond of the physical attack Havoc Wing, his AIA.I. script allowing him the potential to use it every single turn, and later in the battle use it twice in a row.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Kefka slides down the hill of sanity rather nicely throughout the game. At the beginning, he seems to be just doing his job, but, well, [[It Got Worse]]. One moment of mention is on the Floating Continent where despite all the power he's gained, Celes manages to trick him and actually stab him with a sword and draw his own blood. The moment he completely loses it is just before the last battle, after the heroes have given their [[World of Cardboard Speech|self-help book speech]].
* [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: His famous rebuttal at the end of the game.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: He's a sprite with [[No Mouth]] much of the time, but you ''just know'' he's sporting one of these. ''Dissidia'' tells us that he definitely is.
* [[The Sociopath]]
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The peaceful segment in the 4thfourth part of "Dancing Mad".
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Lampshaded in the newer translation, which has one guard in Figaro Castle mention a fringe cult that spells his name with "C"s and not "K"s.
* [[The Starscream]]: Careful reading of Kefka's lines during the game reveals that he has a major problem with being a servant, and by the time of Thamasa he's not even hiding that he's taking power for himself instead of Gestahl.
* [[Starter Villain]]: Serves this role before becoming a [[Dragon Ascendant]]. Kefka is the face of the Empire for the first quarter of the game or so, and the battle with him at Narshe is effectively the climax of that portion of the game. Afterwards, Terra transforms, the party heads to Zozo, and attentions turn to the Empire and the Espers. Kefka is still prominent, but he doesn't take center stage again until the Floating Continent.
* [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]]: With more emphasis on Temper Tantrum. When the party tells him that all his destruction and chaos has failed to wipe out life and people are rebuilding and still have hope, Kefka snaps and goes on a berserk rampage, deciding that he simply hasn't gone far enough yet.
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: Pops up during the Goner/Forsaken move.
* [[Super Soldier]]: The prototype actually. [[Psycho Prototype|You know what that means.]].
* [[Team Rocket Wins]]: Kefka is a laughable threat until {{spoiler|he gets some major magical upgrades from the Espers and becomes a killing machine in Thamasa}}.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: It's jarring to see him go from running away from a lone Sabin (granted, Shadow could be there as well) through an entire camp full of his army and having to run away with his tail between his legs from the collective party, to kicking the party's collective asses ''twice'', then killing the best soldier in the Empire, ''without using any magic'', and a small ''army'' of Espers ''on his own'' that were able to thrash the Capital City of the Empire. [[It Got Worse|And that's just the start of the madness.]]. It was strongly implied, however, that he was holding back his overall power when Sabin was fighting him, most likely because he wanted to poison Doma as soon as possible and didn't want any distractions from that goal.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Early in the story, he either runs away, is left in the dust, or is blown away.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The entire game follows Kefka slowly but surely sliding even deeper into complete madness than he already is. He's actually kinda normal, if still evil and cackling, when you first meet him in Figaro. But by the end of the game...
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: If not for Terra's flashback, this would have been the first impression of him.
* [[Villains Never Lie]]: After the party reaches the part of the Magitek Factory where espers are being held in captivity, Kefka enters and declares that Celes was a mole. Locke ''believes him'', forcing Celes to perform a non-lethal variant of a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save Locke.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: This is Kefka's general approach to warfare. He broke the siege of Doma Castle by poisoning the water supply, killing everyone inside -... including women, children, and even some Imperial soldiers that were being kept as prisoners of war.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]:
** When you first sneak into Vector, if you can get all the way up to the Cafe where all the Imperial soldiers are hanging out, one man will tell you what he knows of Kefka's backstory. Oddly, just hearing the broad outline and filling in the rest with your imagination is almost scarier than knowing the details.
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* [[Karmic Death]]: It's very fitting that Emperor Gestahl dies at the hands of Kefka after he was responsible for having Kefka infused with magical powers, and had him [[Promoted to Scapegoat]] when things started going wrong. Add additional karmic points for the fact that Kefka kills him using the power of the Warring Triad, the very things he has pursued all of this time.
* [[Military Brat]]: According to the ''Final Fantasy VI ''timeline, Gestahl was from a well-off military family. It's also strongly implied that his father was heavily involved in a large coup that resulted in Vector becoming an Empire.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Let's see... He's an amazingly charismatic dictator attempting to conquer the world, his troops are obliquely compared to Nazi stormtroopers in a reference to a scene from ''[[Star Wars]]'', his troops use the "Nazi arm-raise salute", he keeps Espers in a,<ref>concentrationConcentration camp.</ref>, and... oh, he wanted to create a "master race" by [[Squick|breeding Celes and Kefka]]. His characterization is also quite similar to Mussolini and his Facism movement, especially when taking into account the fact that he was essentially trying to resurrect an old empire of Magic.
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: After the Espers razed Vector, Gestahl seemingly has a change of heart (or at least realizes that after the Esper attack he has no chance against the Returners), asks for the ceasefire, invites the party to the dinner party, blames everything on Kefka, asks the party to find the espers and negotiate with them to prevent another War of the Magi. The party doesn't fall for it, but they play along since they really need to convince the Espers not to destroy everything. And they leave behind lots of people to uncover the plans.
* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: In the SNES version, at least, Emperor Gestahl tries to stop Kefka from doing something that will cause [[The End of the World as We Know It]], because he wants to rule the world, not blow it up. Kefka kills him. In the GBA version, his final words were "The world will now experience true fear..." before being kicked off by Kefka, implying that it was closer to [[Even Evil Has Standards]].
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Possibly, seeing how his final actions were attempting to stop Kefka from destroying the world.
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: His reaction to his [[The Worf Barrage|Worf Barrage]].
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=== The Warring Triad ===
{{quote|Three ancient gods that effectively created magic as it is now known, they created the Espers in the crossfire of their feuding but turned themselves to stone when they realized the struggle was destroying the world. They are named Demon, Fiend, and Goddess.}}
 
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Demon.
* [[Barrier Maiden|Barrier Gods]]: Their alignment keeps their own powers in check. Move them out of alignment and the imbalance of power drastically reshapes the known world.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: This is the reason they are serving Kefka in Act 2.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Demon is red, Fiend is primarily blue, Goddess wears blue but bears a gold crest.
* [[Cosmic Keystone]]s
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Demon and Fiend were renamed PoltrgeistPoltergeist and Doom in the Super NES release.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Demon is Fire, Fiend is Ice, and Goddess is Lightning.
* [[God Is Evil]]: Though their backstory reveals they realized the havoc they were causing and stopped, by the time you find them in Kefka's Tower they're clearly on his side and fight you. Heck, thanks to {{spoiler|Kefka absorbing most of their energies}}, they barely even qualify as gods by that point.
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]: Demon has angel wings, Fiend has demon wings.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: Demon drops the Radiant Lance, Fiend drops the Mutsunokami, and Goddess drops the Excalibur. In the original Super NES release, the former two were the strongest weapons of their kind. Excalibur was outclassed by the Ultima Weapon, Ragnarok and Illumina, but getting the latter two meant passing up the Ragnarok Magicite that taught [[Game Breaker|Ultima]].
* [[Lost Forever]]: Hope those of you aiming for [[One Hundred Percent Completion]] brought Strago to fight Fiend, because he's the only enemy in the entire game who knows the Force Field Lore.
** Averted in the ''Advance'' port where you can fight Fiend again... if you feel like dragging Strago through the [[Boss Rush|Soul Shrine]].
* [[MacGuffin]]
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Fiend.
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=== The Eight Dragons ===
{{quote|Eight ancient and powerful dragons sealed in the earth, they were unleashed when Kefka moved the Warring Triad out of alignment. They reappear in the ''Advance'' bonus dungeon Dragons' Den with their boss, Kaiser Dragon.}}
 
* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: The reborn Ice Dragon appears as a group of four, but their sprites overlay on top of each other so you can't pick out a specific one to target.
* [[Anti-Magic]]: The reborn Gold Dragon in Dragons' Den absorbs all magic.
** [[Loophole Abuse]]: Turns out Wave Cannon and Plasma [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|aren't classified as magic]]. Fortunately, you can do the same with Strago's Lores.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Kaiser Dragon's greeting to the party when the player finds him.
{{quote|"[[Puny Humans|Humans]] and your insatiable greed... [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Your lust for power leads always to a lust for blood]]... This place is a sanctuary for wayward souls... What business have you filthy creatures here? [[What the Hell, Hero?|You slaughter my brethren, and befoul their rest with the profanity of your continued existence]]... You should not have come here. In the name of all dragonkind, I shall grant you the death you desire. I am the dealer of destruction... I am the font from which fear springs... [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|I am Kaiser]]... [[Prepare to Die|And your time is at an end]]."}}
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* [[Bonus Boss]]: Technically all of them are optional encounters.
* [[Boss Rush]]: In the Soul Shrine in the ''Advance'' release, their eight reborn incarnations plus Kaiser Dragon are the final opponents.
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: Congratulations, you defeated Kaiser Dragon and won the Diabolos Magicite! Pretty pointless now since all that's left is the [[Boss Rush|Soul Shrine]] and aside from the HP boost as a level up bonus, Diabolos won't be much help there. And even then, it's not like other Espers don't also have HP boosts as bonuses...
* [[Cast From Lifespan]]: The reborn Red Dragon will eventually expire once it puts all its energy into blasting you with the most powerful attacks it can, including Ultima.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Aside from the black and grey Storm Dragon and green Skull Dragon, the Eight Dragons are colored pretty much just as you'd guess given their elemental typings as listed below. And even with those two the coloring fits.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Earth Dragon's earth-elemental attacks can be avoided by casting Float. He has an attack to neutralize Float. Meanwhile, he himself is floating, and the reborn dragon absorbs earth, so his earth attacks that hit enemies and allies alike don't hurt him.
** Blue Dragon's AIA.I. script has it scan for party members with status buffs, then it inflicts itself with status ailments and uses Rippler to swap its status ailments and buffs with yours.
** The reborn Red Dragon will use Ultima to deal a [[Total Party Kill]], then a final Flare in case you case ReRaise on anyone.
** [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: The Gold Dragon may absorb all magic, but its weakness is water, and it turns out Flood is one of the few spells that can't be absorbed, not to mention Strago's water-elemental Lores.
* [[Dem Bones]]: The name "Skull Dragon" should be a clue.
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]: Gold, Earth and Ice Dragon are palette swaps of dinosaur-type enemies.
* [[Dummied Out]]: Kaiser Dragon is actually a reimagining of "CzarDragon", a [[Bonus Boss]] found in the coding of the original Super NES release, but never implemented in the game. Various text in the Super NES release also alludes that a rematch with the Eight Dragons was also planned and would have used the gimmicks of their reborn selves.
* [[Elemental Powers]]:
** [[Playing with Fire]]: Red Dragon.
** [[Making a Splash]]: Blue Dragon.
** [[An Ice Person]]: Ice Dragon.
** [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Holy Dragon.
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Earth Dragon.
** [[Universal Poison]]: Skull Dragon.
** [[Blow You Away]]: Storm Dragon.
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Gold Dragon.
** [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Kaiser Dragon.
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: They all have elemental weaknesses except for Holy Dragon.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: They all guard powerful weapons in the original game, though usually not the strongest of their types. Their reborn incarnations, however, ''do'' drop the strongest weapons.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Red and Holy Dragon are the only ones to be a [[Palette Swap]] of another one of the Eight Dragons, the other six use their own sprites among the group and thus their appearance vary wildly.
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]:
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* [[Signature Move]]: They all get one in the Dragons' Den, aside from Earth Dragon and Storm Dragon who had theirs originally.
** Red Dragon: Red Fang and Eraser.
** Blue Dragon: Blue Fang.
** Ice Dragon: Freeze.
** Holy Dragon: Heavenly Wrath.
** Earth Dragon: Honed Tusk.
** Storm Dragon: Leaf Swirl and Wing Saber.
** Skull Dragon: Apparition and Fear.
** Gold Dragon: Mighty Claw.
** Kaiser Dragon: Last Breath.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Their reborn incarnations in Dragons' Den are ''far'' higher tiers than the originals.
 
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Where does Ultros come from? Why does he hate the party so much to pursue them around the world attacking them? Why did he even attack them in the first place? Mysteries that will likely never be solved.
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]
* [[Harmless Villain]]: His battles in ''Final Fantasy VI'' were never all that difficult to begin with, and was never as formidable as his more rarely-seen friend Typhon. In the World of Ruin, Ultros is forced to work indefinitely as a receptionist to pay off his crippling debts. You can see him and speak to him as often as you please, but his role as a villain has ended.
* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: Appears in ''[[Final Fantasy V]] Advance'' as a [[Bonus Boss]] named Orthros. Then ''[[FFFinal 6Fantasy VI]] Advance'' came along and went back to Ultros.
* [[Jerkass]]: Ultros is this in spades. While he is the game's [[Comic Relief]], he's also downright mean. He attacks your party several times throughout the game for no reason other than just because. In the battle against him in Crescent Mountain, he mouths off to Relm, a little girl who just wanted to paint his picture. This causes the party to stop fighting and ''berate Ultros'' for making a little girl cry! He eventually caves in. Of course, Relm had [[Art Initiates Life|ulterior motives]] for painting his picture, but Ultros didn't know that and still reacted badly to it.
* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: How he speaks in original Japanese.
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* [[Laughably Evil]]: Uwehehehe! Look at him! He's a receptionist!
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In the third battle with him, after a period of time, he'll gain powerful elemental spells and will become much stronger, and can even pull off a [[Total Party Kill]] if you aren't careful.
 
=== Vargas Harcourt ===
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* [[Deceptive Disciple]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Sabin, as a fellow pupil to Duncan, but Vargas prizes power over discipline and honor.
* [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]
* [[Rival Turned Evil]]
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{{quote|An Esper living in the human realm, he calls Terra to him when her powers awaken.}}
 
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Unless you happened to be Bahamut or Odin, before this game, you didn't get a lot of character exploration if you were a summon, and Ramuh was no exception. This time, aside from Valigarmanda/Tritoch and Maduin, Ramuh could be considered ''the'' most plot-important Esper in the game.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Turns himself into Magicite to grant the party his power to help save the other Espers.
* [[The Mentor]]: Has shades.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: He isn't very proud that he fled the Empire and survived while his friends are still trapped in their Magitek facility.
 
=== The Elder ===
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* [[Everybody Calls Him Barkeep]]
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Casts a binding spell to sweep the Empire out of the Esper realm, but he's so old, itsit's implied he lost his life.
* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: But by the time he does it, the Empire has already captured enough Espers to begin their campaign and keep it going for 20 years.
 
=== Valigarmanda/Tritoch ===
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: Once the Returners try to wake it up, they forget about it for the rest of the game. Justified seeing as how trying to do that turned out to be a really bad idea the first time.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: It still has some sense of awareness when inside the ice, able to defend itself with magic in the World of Ruin.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the SNES release as Tritoch. Let's be real here--: [[Character Name Limits|"Valigarmanda" was never going to fit]].
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Teaches Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga, and uses a tri-elemental attack when called into battle.
* [[Giant Flyer]]
* [[MacGuffin]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The [[Dub Name Change]]. See "[[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]" above.
* [[Sealed Badass in a Can]]: One of the most powerful Espers in the game once you thaw it.
 
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