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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (Japanese), Steve Burton (English)}}
A former top-ranking member of Shinra's elite paramilitary unit
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Final Fantasy Dissidia]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''.}}
* [[Adorkable]]: At times. He says things like "let's mosey" and has never been on a date before.
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: Wolves, specifically Fenrir, the name of the wolf that follows him in ''Advent Children'' and of his [[Cool Bike]], which debuted in the same movie. However, this only applies to that movie.
* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Classical Anti-Hero]] [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type I]] who [[Jerkass Facade|pretends to be]] Type III. He arguably evolved into an actual hero (or at least a Type II antihero) by the end of the first game.
* [[Badass]]: See [[Determinator]] below.
** [[Badass Abnormal]]
* [[Badass Biker]]
* [[Badass Normal]] {{spoiler|Back when he was just a mook, as evidenced when he managed to defeat Sephiroth despite not even being part of SOLDIER}}.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]
* [[BFS]]: His Buster Sword is emblematic of this trope.
* [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: His First Tsurugi in ''[[Advent Children]]'' is ''six'' [[BFS]]s in one.
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Blade Spam]]: Omnislash, one of his [[Limit Break]]s, in a series of fifteen sword attacks.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Finishing Touch, one of his [[Limit Break]]s, launches a tornado at opponents.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: They also glow because of his Mako infusion; this is a mark of all members of SOLDIER.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]: As a child, Cloud avoided the other village children because he thought of himself as superior to them and like most boys his age, tried to become a hero like his idol Sephiroth by joining SOLDIER and was promptly rejected. However, it seemed like his claims of superiority was more a case of him trying to justify his own loneliness.
* [[Broken Hero]]: He's one of the poster boys for this trope.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: [[Girl Next Door|Tifa]], [[Mystical Waif|Aerith]]
* [[Colony Drop]]: Meteorain, one of his [[Limit Break]]s, shoots small meteors at opponents.
* [[Courier]]: His career after the events of the main game.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: Granted it was a roof, not a person, but it's how Cloud and Aerith got formally acquainted.
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* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: With {{spoiler|[[Spirit Advisor|Aerith]] and Zack}} in ''Advent Children''.
* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Cloud's essentially been copying an ''actual'' SOLDIER named Zack through most of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''}}.
* [[Determinator]]: Holy shit, HOW! {{spoiler|In his pre-game fight with Sephiroth. Sixteen years old, relatively untrained, no super powers or super strength, 5'7" tops (assuming he didn't grow between ages sixteen and twenty-one) and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet and fighting against Sephiroth
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Was raised by his mother instead.
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: The infamous crossdressing quest in Wall Market.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: {{spoiler|Including the dead mamma, but it's not his motivation}}.
* [[Fake Memories]]: {{spoiler|Though it's something of a journey to figure out how and why he has them}}.
* [[Flanderization]]: If you haven't played the original game, you'll be surprised at how ''non'' angsty Cloud was. He ''did'' angst and express hesitation and insecurities, but only at key points and for good reasons, and at the end of the game seemed perfectly fine. In his appearances since, he has been an angsty brooding loner. [[Square Enix]] states outright in ''The Reunion Files'' (basically the ''Ultimania'' for ''Advent Children'') that they regressed his personality back to a mindset they thought fans would be more familiar with, making this a case of [[Pandering to the Base]]. In all fairness, it'd be downright absurd to think he'd just be emotionally fixed by the end of the game. Anyone who might go through what Cloud went through might need a few years to fully reconcile. Like 30 of them.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''Ehrgeiz'', an obscure fighting game made by Square in late 1990s.
* [[The Hero]]:
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: [[BFS]]'s are preferred, although he does have a few katanas. As an infantryman, however, he favored an [[Cool Gun|assault rifle]] and [[Dual Tonfas|police baton]].
* [[Her Heart Will Go On|His Heart Will Go On]]
* [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]: More in ''[[Advent Children]]'' than in the game.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Well, Ill Guy. In ''Advent Children'', Cloud is suffering from Geostigma which also causes some ugly seizures. Let's not forget when he was afflicted with Mako Poisoning in the game.
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: He [[The Promise|promises]] such to Tifa, and later becomes Aerith's bodyguard.
** In ''Advent Children'', he feels this way towards his entire family, which causes problems as his track record of success isn't very impressive.
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Subverted. Cloud isn't actually a jerk, {{spoiler|his personality created after the events leading up to Zack's death is}}.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Most definitely in ''Advent Children''. Can arguably become this in the original game as it goes on.
* [[Limit Break]]
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: As a child.
* [[Meaningful Name]]
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Only I Can Kill Him]]: Spin-offs seem to give him this role regarding Sephiroth, who shrugs off beatings from the [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Warrior of Light]] or [[Kingdom Hearts|Sora]].
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Denzel. In ''Advent Children'', he even becomes a [[Disappeared Dad]].
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Raises Marlene and Denzel with Tifa after the events of original game.
* [[The Quiet One]]: On his own Cloud is a fairly shy and silent figure.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Initially, what draws Aerith to Cloud is his resemblance to Zack.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: So.... pretty....
* [[Super Soldier]]: SOLDIER was comprised of humans who were exposed to large amounts of raw Mako (giving them their distinctive [[Glowing Eyes]]) and, in some cases, injected with Jenova cells, granting them superhuman strength, speed, and agility. {{spoiler|While Cloud was never in SOLDIER, Hojo's experiments were similar, if not identical, to the process of creating a SOLDIER}}.
* [[Sword Beam]]: Blade Beam, one of his [[Limit Break]]s, fires a blast of energy from his sword.
* [[Take Up My Sword]]
* [[This Loser Is You]]: {{spoiler|He is a [[Deconstruction]] of RPG protagonists at the time}}.
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|See [[Dead Person Impersonation]] above}}.
* [[Too Many Belts]]: In ''Advent Children''. The retconned SOLDIER 1st Class costumes from ''[[Crisis Core]]'' that he wears has two.
* [[Troubled but Cute]]
* [[Unknown Rival]]: Hojo doesn't remember who he is when they have their last battle.
{{quote|Cloud: At least remember my name!}}
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Tifa.
* [[Weapon Twirling]]: As part of his victory animation.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] {{spoiler|He beats up Aerith in the Temple of the Ancients, causing her to leave the party. Granted, he was being controlled, but still}}...
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: A certain, ahem, [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Miss_Cloud_Artwork.png "noble incident"].
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Twice. With Aerith. Once in the Temple of the Ancients, second in Forgotten Capital, where she was praying. With a [[BFS]]. Neither time intentional, [[Brainwashed and Crazy|he was a puppet]]}}.
* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]: In ''Advent Children'', where he has contracted the fatal Geostigma.
=== Barret Wallace ===
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The boisterous leader of AVALANCHE, a group of eco-terrorists trying to prevent Shinra from draining the planet's life energy in the name of profit. {{spoiler|His cause is actually a cover for a personal vendetta against Shinra. He later comes to terms with his grudge and accepts responsibility for the damage AVALANCHE caused, vowing to save the planet the right way}}.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Pretty obvious, don't you think? It's [[Justified]] later on in the game when Barret explains just ''why'' he's so angry to begin with.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV -> Type II
* [[Arm Cannon]]: Although some of his weapons turn it into a [[Power Fist]] instead.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: His gun arm is able to transform into a robotic hand in ''[[Advent Children]]''.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Beard|Badass Stubble]]
* [[Big Good]]: From ''his'' perspective in the beginning of the game, given that he's leading AVALANCHE and giving orders to Cloud and co. He gradually comes to realize that maybe he wasn't quite as noble as he thought.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Of the [[Five-Man Band]].
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: [[Character Development]] turns Barret into one of these later on. He's still emotional and outgoing, but no longer quite as trigger-happy.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Captain Ersatz]]:
** He looks, and even acts, ''very'' similar to [[Mr. T]]. So much in fact that it's a [[Running Gag]] among the fandom to compare the two. As of ''Advent Children'', he even talks like him.
** The audiobooks for ''On the Way to a Smile'' has him sound more like Chi McBride.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]
* [[Energy Ball]]: Big Shot and Mindblow.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[
* [[Limit Break]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: He's slow and not very good with magic, but he can take a tremendous amount of punishment and is very good at blowing things up with his gun weapons.
* [[Morality Pet]]: His daughter Marlene.
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Initially, he doesn't care about the lives of many people besides Biggs, Wedge
* [[More Dakka]]: Angermax.
* [[One Hit KO]]: Hammer Blow.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: To Marlene.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Again, to Marlene.
* [[Progressively Prettier]]: ''Advent Children'' prettied him up somewhat. And gave him ''[[Nightmare Fuel|a fishnet vest]]
* [[Scary Black Man]]
* [[Shoot the Television]]: An NPC mentions that he once did this using his gun arm with a Sector 7 television monitor that was displaying a broadcast by President Shinra. He didn't win any fans that day, as the only other television in Sector 7 was in AVALANCHE headquarters.
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: But not as much as Cid.
* [[The Southpaw]]: Necessary, his right hand is an assault weapon.
* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: Grenade Bomb.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Catastrophe.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: At first. He later acknowledges that his actions might not have been best.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: His solution to most problems seems to involve [[More Dakka]].
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A member of AVALANCHE and Cloud's childhood friend. She also owns a bar called "7th Heaven" in Sector 7 of Midgar. {{spoiler|Though she realizes that something is very wrong with Cloud's memories, her indecisiveness prevents her from saying anything until it's too late. She vows not to let the same thing happen again, gaining the strength to help Cloud rebuild his persona}}.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Final Fantasy Dissidia]] Duodecim'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Tifa's far better with her fists than with magic.
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Long Hair]]: In-game, Tifa's hair reaches to her knees. In ''Advent Children'', it's reduced to shoulder length for animation purposes. She still keeps the bad ass part though.
* [[Badass Damsel]] That's the whole point of the promise she made with Cloud. {{spoiler|He keeps it}}.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Tifa doesn't have an ancient heritage, or Mako in her veins, but she can still keep up with the best of them.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Her combat style is based on this character class.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Her [[Final Fantasy VII|in-game]] outfit bares a lot of midriff. Her ''Advent Children'' one only shows a sliver.
* [[The Bartender]]: Tifa tends bar at 7th Heaven.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Big boobs? Check. Strongest female? Check. The Trope picture? Check.
* [[Brown Eyes]]: Or red eyes. It varies on the source.
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* [[Converse with the Unconscious]]: In ''Case of Tifa'', she asks Cloud if he loves her while he's sleeping. Her voice wakes him up, and she quickly changes the question.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Possibly the cutest member of the team, and one of the strongest.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: On occasion, interestingly it is her romantic fantasy to be the damsel in distress that a dashing hero will save.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: So short, [http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/9/9a/Tifa-FFVII-battle.png she nearly flashes you while in her battle pose].
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: She's very fast, but she can't take a whole lot of damage.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Lived next door to Cloud pre-series.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Tifa can deal out a lot of punishment in a fight, but she has a harder time taking it.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''Ehrgeiz''.
* [[Hair Color Dissonance]]: In some depictions, her hair is light brown, while other times, it's such a dark brown it looks black.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Yet again, could easily qualify because of her [[Promotion to Parent]] with Denzel.
* [[Limit Break]]:
** [[Megaton Punch]]: Final Heaven.
* [[Mama Bear]]: To Marlene and Denzel. Threatening either of them will result in a brutal pounding into the floor boards.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Tifa ''Lockhart'' has a habit of keeping secrets locked away inside her heart.
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* [[Power Fist]]
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: To Marlene and Denzel, although she could be viewed as more of a [[Parental Substitute]] to the former.
* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]: Beat Rush.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: It even had to be cut to help the animation along in ''Advent Children''.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Dark haired and very pale skin.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Very long legs.
* [[Shoryuken]]: Dolphin Blow.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Can be very shy in regards to her feelings.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: More like 'Steel Hiding Silk' as she looks like a [[Biker Babe]], runs a bar, and fights with her bare hands, but inside, she's more feminine than Aerith with her [[Damsel in Distress]] fantasy with Cloud, her domestic skills, and role as [[Team Mom]] in the main group and AVALANCHE.
* [[Smurfette Principle]]: If you don't get Yuffie, and after Aerith dies, Tifa is your only girl.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Although it is an [[Informed Attribute]].
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* [[Team Mom]]: To AVALANCHE. The home base chef who worries about them.
* [[Third-Person Seductress]]: Just ''look'' at her picture, or ''any'' picture with her in it.
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: She looks like the Seductress, but she actually acts like the Mother
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Seems to be a Tomboy yet plays the Girly Girl to Aerith's Tomboy. [[Subverted Trope|Rare spin of traditional character design
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: [[Gender
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Cloud.
* [[Woman in Black]]: She's got the outfit in ''Advent Children'', but (as with everything involving Tifa and appearance-based personality cues) subverted to hell and back.
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{{quote|''"Just hang in there. Someday we'll look back at these hard times and laugh."''}}
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Maaya Sakamoto]] (Japanese), Mandy Moore/Mena Suvari/Andrea Bowen (English)}}
A young woman who sells flowers for a living in the slums of Midgar. Her years on the streets have given her a outgoing, street-smart but caring attitude. {{spoiler|She is the last living Cetra, a precursor race who were driven to extinction by JENOVA. Having dated Zack Fair for a number of months, she finds herself attracted to his shadow in Cloud. Her independent nature leads to disaster when she decides to take the burden of defeating Sephiroth all by herself, abandoning the party and traveling to the City of the Ancients alone. This leaves her vulnerable to attack, and [[It Was His Sled|she is killed by Sephiroth]]}}.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''
* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: After Zack has been missing for four years, Aerith has mostly moved on from him; however, there are some hints that she was never as over her [[First Love]] as she would like.
* [[Action Girl]]: She's pretty hands on for a [[White Magician Girl]].
* [[Alice Allusion]]/[[Lost in Translation]]: Her name in either translation is the same katakana used for "Alice" (typically "arisu") except for the "e" katakana at the beginning. Literally speaking, you would pronounce her name "''E''arisu".
** [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]: Applying the above, this is what happens {{spoiler|after her death}}.
* [[Ancient Artifact]]: The White Materia her mother gave her, which makes her the only person able to cast [[Holy Hand Grenade|Holy]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Heroine]]: And after {{spoiler|her own death. Repeatedly}}.
* [[Big Good]]: She arguably evolves into this role {{spoiler|posthumously}} near the end of the original game, and ''definitely'' plays this in ''[[Advent Children]].''
* [[Braids of Action]]: Bouts of being the [[Damsel in Distress]] aside, Aerith lives by the [[Big Damn Heroes]] trope and is no stranger to combat.
* [[Breast Expansion]]: Justified (puberty). Compare in ''[[Crisis Core]]'' when she was [http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/cc-aerith.html 15], and when she was [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/omgrafix/687474702f6936342e70686f746f6275636.png 22].
* [[The Cameo]]: In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''.
* [[The Chick]]: Shares this role with Tifa.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Marlene.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: A bit pluckier than the norm, although there's still a whole level dedicated to rescuing her. Not to mention at the beginning of the game, when you have to save her from Shinra soldiers by crushing them with barrels (although you do have the option of making her fight them herself).
** [[Badass Damsel]]
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]
* [[Doomed by Canon]]
* [[Doomed Moral Victor]]
* [[Flanderization]]: In her original game, Aerith was pure hearted, spiritual and caring, but was also stubborn, flirty, independent and witty. However,
* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her ribbon.
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* [[Happily Adopted]]: By Elmyra, who actually {{spoiler|finds little!Aerith by the side of her dying mother Ifalna in the local train sation, and takes her in to fulfill Ifalna's dying wish}}.
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Her bust is nowhere near as large as Tifa's, and it's hard to tell if [[She's Got Legs]] because she wears full-length dresses. However, Aerith still has [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110227161509/finalfantasy/images/9/93/Aeris-FFVIIArt.png her] [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110224134016/finalfantasy/images/3/37/Aerith-DissidiaAlt1.png womanly] [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110224033548/finalfantasy/images/9/9f/Itadaki-Aerith2.png attributes].
* [[Healing Hands]]: Healing Wind, Pulse of Life and Great Gospel [[Limit Break]]s all restore HP to the party.
* [[Her Heart Will Go On]]: Following Zack's death.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: How she met her demise.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[Innocent Flower Girl]]: But not ''too'' innocent (especially considering she threatens to rip off a guy's ''balls'' at one point, makes a guy parade in drag around his [[Love Interest]], flirts with strangers to sell her flowers, etc).
* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Subverted
* [[Kill the Cutie]]
* [[The Lancer]]: Early on.
* [[Last of His
* [[Limit Break]]
* [[Little Dead Riding Hood]]
* [[Loving a Shadow]]: Initially interested in Cloud because of his resemblance to Zack, her first boyfriend. And that they both [[Meet Cute|fell through the church roof]] while she was tending the flowers and wearing the same uniform. However, getting her on the date scene will have her admit that she would like for Cloud to open up to her so she can know the [[Foreshadowing|real him]].
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* [[My Girl Back Home]]: She's the only reason Zack decided to return to Midgar.
* [[Mystical Waif]]
* [[The Paralyzer]]: Seal Evil paralyzes enemies.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Her father Professor Gast was murdered by Professor Hojo when she was barely a few days old, and her mom ended up kicking the bucket and leaving her to be adopted seven years later after both her mom and herself were subjected to horrific experiments by Hojo}}.
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]
* [[Plotline Death]]
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* [[Sacrificial Lion]]ess
* [[Second Love]]: Cloud, as her first love was Zack.
* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: A sweet and lovely lady who recruits Cloud to be her body guard. Her HOLY spell is the only threat to the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Evil Plan]].
* [[Simple Staff]]
* [[Sneaky Departure]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The original English translation had her name as "Aeris".
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: To Cloud in ''Advent Children''.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: The most powerful magically but can't take a hit well.
* [[Status Buff]]: Her [[Limit Break]] Fury Brand [[Cursed with Awesome|inflicts Fury status]] on her allies and and fills their Limit Bars.
* [[Street Smart]]: "I was raised in the slums. I'm used to danger."
* [[Summoning Artifact]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: A much gentler version of the trope.
* [[The Tease]]
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: She looks like the Mother, but she actually acts like the Seductress with some sprinkles of The Child.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Has the definitive attitude of a tomboy, [[Subverted Trope|sharply contrasting her appearance, personality, hobbies, weapon
* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]}}
* [[White Magician Girl]]: Although with the Materia system, she easily becomes a [[Red Mage]].
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Looks the part well, but is more rebellious and flirty than the standard. Nor does she have the cultural baggage assiociated with [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Wutai/Japan]] OTOH, she plays the trope straighter in ''[[Advent Children]]''.
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A strange wolflike (or possibly lionlike) creature who joins Cloud's group after being rescued from the Shinra HQ. Red XIII was the name he received as a specimen designation while held captive and experimented upon by Professor Hojo. Even though he is 48 in human years, his age is comparable to around 15 to 16 years old by his own species' standards and is very wise. He fights alongside Cloud and his allies to fulfill his duty to the Planet to defend it as a warrior.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
* [[Big Badass Wolf]] or [[Panthera Awesome]]
* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: Although he obviously wasn't meant to ''look'' like him, Tetsuya Nomura imagined that Red XIII would be voiced by [[Sean Connery]]. When he had a spoken line in ''[[Advent Children]]'', it was done as an imitation of Sean Connery.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: He appears considerably less in ''[[Advent Children]]'', and is only seen at ''the very last cutscene'' in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''. According to the makers, this is because his fur is a pain to animate well.
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* [[Intellectual Animal]]
* [[Jack of All Stats]]
* [[Life Drain]]: Blood Fang absorbs HP and MP from enemies.
* [[Light'Em Up]]: Stardust Ray bombards enemies with stars of light.
* [[Limit Break]]:
** [[Colony Drop]]: Cosmo Memory.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: In ''[[Advent Children]]'', he was meant to sound like Sean Connery.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: His mother [[Missing Mom|died protecting Cosmo Canyon]], and he believed his father [[Disappeared Dad|left her alone to die]] [[You're Not My Father|because he was afraid of fighting]]. Turns out he didn't run away, but went fighting the monsters that were attacking from behind
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the [[Five-Man Band]].
* [[Status Buff]]: Lunatic High and Howling Moon grant status buffs on him and/or his allies.
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Teen Genius]]: Despite being a teenager by his species' standards, he's the wisest and most intelligent member of the party.
* [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]]: Until he befriends [[True Companions|Cloud and the others, anyway]].
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: Of Cosmo Canyon after his grandfather's death.
* [[You Are Number Six
=== Cait Sith ===
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A cat riding a giant stuffed toy Moogle, working as a fortune-teller in the Gold Saucer. {{spoiler|He is really a puppet controlled from far away by Reeve, Shinra's head of Urban Development. Even though Reeve works with the evil Shinra, he develops a keen interest in saving the planet. He is useful to the party, as he knows all about the Shinra's plans. Despite his playful and care free persona in the form of Cait Sith, Reeve is actually a sombre and serious man, though he does harbor a good heart with a natural worry for others}}.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Double subverted. He has a very cheery personality but is an extreme [[Jerkass]] in the beginning. Later, it's completely subverted.
* [[Death From Above]]: His Toy Box [[Limit Break]] drops a random object on enemies to crush them, including [[Colony Drop|meteors]].
* [[Head Pet]]
* [[Healing Hands]]: [[Magic Dance|Mog Dance]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Goes from being a mouthy {{spoiler|Shinra-supporting}} [[Jerkass]] to a good guy who pulls his weight to save the planet.
* [[Jerkass]]: He eventually gets his [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|heart of gold]]. And then loses the [[Jerkass]] part almost entirely.
* [[Limit Break]]
* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: His Slots and Dice both do random things.
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: Transform.
* [[The Mole]]: Cait Sith is actually controlled by {{spoiler|Reeve of Shinra}}, but still [[Reverse Mole|decides to remain with you]] once discovered. The trope is later inverted when {{spoiler|he essentially becomes a spy for AVALANCHE within Shinra}} despite starting the other way around.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: His name seems easy to pronounce, but it's actually the name of a Gaellic mythological creature pronounced 'Kett Shee'.
* [[One Hit KO]]: Game Over kills all enemies, bypassing death protection.
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: This was how {{spoiler|Reeve is exposed in the Japanese version of the game. Reeve speaks with a Kanto dialect and Cait Sith with a Kansai dialect. When stressed due to Hojo taking over the Mako Cannon, Reeve inadvertently speaks to Scarlet and Heidegger in Kansai, then Cait Sith speaks to Cloud and the others in Kanto. Thus they realize that he's Reeve}}.
* [[Reverse Mole]]
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]
* [[Status Buff]]: Lucky Girl makes all the party's attacks critical hits.
* [[Team Pet]]: Probably the only one who has their ''own'' [[Team Pet]] (his giant moogle).
* [[Total Party Kill]]: Death Joker, often the result of a failed attempt at Game Over.
* [[Welcome Back, Traitor]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Calls out Barret for his bombing missions from earlier in the game. It comes off as somewhat hypocritical, however, since he's... y'know, with the Shinra, but
=== Cid Highwind ===
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A gruff airship pilot with dreams of going into space. He is the most uncouth of the protagonists; he constantly swears and loses his temper, and chain-smokes cigarettes. Despite this, he has a good heart, and is even voted temporary leader of the party at one point. He fits into the archetype of a father type character.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Kingdom Hearts]],'' minus the swearing.}}
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Artistic Age]]: He is really 32 years old. You wouldn't think so considering his appearance in the game. In ''Advent Children'', he looked more his age.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Despite the fact that he verbally abuses his girlfriend
* [[Badass]]:
** In ''Advent Children'', he made a freaking {{spoiler|Bahamut Summon}} flinch by stabbing it on the head!
** His Big Brawl [[Limit Break]] is one of the most powerful in the game. Does he use gigantic blasts of energy, magical powers, summon the very elements to fight his foes? No. He just runs into the middle of the enemies and hits them. A lot.
** He tries to look it too
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: He doesn't show too much of it, but it requires a lot of patience, technical knowledge
* [[Badass Normal]]: One of the most prominent examples. He doesn't have innate magical powers, an assault weapon for a hand, combat training or genetic enhancements. He's got a home made spear and dynamite.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Cid's pretty protective of his toys, such as the Tiny Bronco and the Highwind. He's also extremely upset about Shinra's decision to cancel its space program.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: One of his reasons for joining the party is because he likes the idea of "numbskulls" fighting Shinra. Plus, [[Badass|he can back every word of his boasts up]].
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: He's much worse about this than Barret.
* [[Death From Above]]/[[Jump Physics]]: Boost Jump, Hyper Jump and Dragon Dive, where he leaps and descends to attack enemies.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Well, he's only 32, but that's old by Japanese anime/video game standards.
* [[Improbable Piloting Skills]]: He can pilot almost everything.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He swears, smokes, is verbally abusive to pretty much everybody, but he gave up his dream to save Shera, genuinely tries to make amends to her, fights tooth and nail for the planet, joins the WRO, and gives a passionate speech about the need to protect the planet.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: He certainly has this attitude, even if he doesn't actually ruin any plans for the party, as shown by his gung-ho attitude about fighting Shinra.
* [[Life Drain]]: Dragon drains HP from enemies to heal him.
* [[Limit Break]]:
** [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Highwind.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: He is pretty much a meta-reference to ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', from appearance to moves.
* [[Science Hero]]: Openly puts his faith in science, and his piloting skills are vital to the party.
* [[Senior Sleep Cycle]]: Depicted as having one in-game, apparently as part of his grumpy old man portrayal. When the party is forced to stay at the Ghost Hotel in the Gold Saucer, Cloud's speech apparently puts him to sleep. Later, he is seen napping on the bridge of the Highwind just before Barret declares him to be the new leader. Finally, if the player chooses him to accompany Cloud on a gondola ride at Gold Saucer's Round Square, he will doze throughout the entire ride.
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Except when it's censored out... and yet still clearly visible.
* [[Spam Attack]]: Big Brawl is a series of rapid slash attacks.
* [[Team Dad]]
* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: Dynamite has him throw a stick of dynamites at enemies.
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: His brief stint as team leader in Disc 2.
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Main character of ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''. He is a former member of the Turks with a mysterious past that ties him to Cloud and his group.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff/other game appearances: ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.}}
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Always V. Sexy]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III.
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Badass]]:
** [[Badass Abnormal]]: Due to a Death Penalty glitch in the game, he can take out Emerald Weapon... IN ONE SHOT! It's shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ovxL1wdjtI here
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Be My Valentine]]
* [[Bishonen]]
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* [[Cold Sniper]]
* [[Cool Gun]]: His "Cerberus", a massive Tri-barelled revolver.
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', Vincent pulls off amazing feats of [[Gun Fu]], [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: To put it mildly.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.
* [[Gun Fu]]: The spin-offs have established him utilising this with his handguns. Which is kinda weird considering that he never did it in the original games.
* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Subverted in the original game. His guns aren't very useful when he uses them to shoot enemies, but when he uses them to focus his magic, they're very handy indeed.
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Ineffectual Loner]]
* [[Limit Break]]: Unlike other party members, Vincent's [[Limit
** [[Big Badass Wolf|Galian Beast]]: [[Spam Attack|Berserk Dance]] and [[Playing with Fire|Beast Flare]].
** [[Frankenstein's Monster|Death Gigas]]: [[Shock and Awe|Livewire]] and Gigadunk.
** [[Hockey Mask and Chainsaw|Hell Masker]]: [[Chainsaw Good|Splattercombo]] and [[Standard Status Effects|Nightmare]].
** [[Our Demons Are Different|Chaos]]: [[Razor Wings|Chaos Saber]] and Satan Slam.
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]
* [[Love Hurts]]
* [[Master of None]]: He had fairly lackluster stats in the original game.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: He looks and acts like a ninja vampire, and can
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Physically, he looks about 27, but he's chronologically in his early to mid 50's after sealing himself in a coffin.
* [[Optional Party Member]]: In ''
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]
* [[Sealed Good in a Can|Sealed Good in a Coffin]]
* [[Secret Character]]
* [[Shape Shifter]]: Can change into a [[Big Badass Wolf]], a [[Frankenstein's Monster]], a [[Hockey Mask and Chainsaw]] style [[Slasher Movie|slasher]]
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Chaos, a demonic entity sealed inside of him.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]
* [[The Undead]]: Vincent is, to all intents and purposes, a walking corpse animated only by Chaos. The resemblance to a vampire is purely intentional (although he's actually closer to a zombie when you get right down to it). [[Our Zombies Are Different|He's a Type C (onstruct) with shades of Type R(event)]].
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Transforms into the monsters intentionally: it's changing back where his control is rather iffy.
=== Yuffie Kisaragi ===
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Yumi Kakazu]] (Japanese), Christy Carlson Romano/[[Mae Whitman]] (English)}}
An outlandishly-dressed ninja girl from the Japanese-lookalike town of [[Wutai]]. As a rebellious and cocky tomboy, Yuffie desires to restore her homeland Wutai to the glorious nation it was before being conquered by Shinra. Despite her sometimes obnoxious personality, she is friendly, helpful
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Not quite as much as Tifa, but she can still kick some serious ass.
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* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: In the original game.
* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Diagonal Cut]]: Greased Lightning.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Landscaper.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Yuffie's very fast, but when she gets hit, it hurts.
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* [[Glass Cannon]]: Whether throwing her boomerangs or using materia, Yuffie's very good at damaging the enemies. It's when they hit her back that she has problems.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Clear Tranquil.
* [[Heir to the Dojo]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[
* [[Limit Break]]
* [[Loveable Rogue]]
* [[Ninja]]
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** With Vincent in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', {{spoiler|especially when Vincent seemingly dies taking out Omega}}. Whether it's because she likes him or is simply concerned because he's a comrade is still open to debate.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: She often calls herself "the Great Ninja Yuffie" or "the single white rose of Wutai
* [[So Long and Thanks For All the Gear]]: "Wutai Theft" is the former [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Spam Attack]]: Bloodfest and Doom of the Living.
* [[Sticky Fingers]]
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Unlike Aerith and Tifa, who looks like one but acts the opposite, Yuffie both looks and acts like the Child.
* [[Tomboy]]: Described as such in the
* [[Trickster Archetype]]
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: All Creation.
* [[Welcome Back, Traitor]]
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Averted. She's the only one who has a connection to Wutai, yet she is neither polite, domestic, interested in its culture
=== Zack Fair ===
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An energetic SOLDIER 2nd Class with dreams of becoming SOLDIER 1st Class. Popular enough to get his own spinoff, generally the best received of the ''Compilation''.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: Birth by Sleep'' as the most adorable hero-in-training ever, ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.}}
* [[The Ace]]: Justified, in that this was intentional to have his personality contrast sharply with Cloud's. ''[[Crisis Core]]'' makes it work
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]/[[Mega Manning]]: According to [[All There in the Manual|the Ultimania guide]], this is how Zack learns his [[Limit
* [[Anime Hair]]
* [[Anti-Villain]] [[Villain Protagonist|Protagonist]]: He works for Shinra, and helped to end the Wutai War leaving the place in the condition is seen in
* [[Badass]]: The beginning of ''[[Crisis Core]]'' firmly establishes him as this, and it only gets better from there... up until, [[Doomed by Canon|well]].
* [[BFS]]
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* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]
* [[Breakout Character]]: Arguably bigger than Vincent. Both got their own spinoff, but not only is Zack's better received, but Zack got the honor even though he only appeared in an optional flashback, as opposed to being a former playable character.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Almost as much as Cloud. Case in point: Aerith ''and'' Cissnei in the same game. Way to go, Zack.
* [[Death From Above]]: Meteor Shots.
* [[Doomed Moral Victor]]
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Since ''[[Crisis Core]]'' is a prequel to ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', and Zack's the hero in the game, it's fairly expected when he dies at the end.
* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]]: {{spoiler|Of Cloud. He remembers him again later in the story, causing him to have a [[Heroic BSOD]], but he gets better}}.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''Ehrgeiz''.
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: Air Strike.
* [[The Gump]]: Besides his influence on Cloud's past, Zack was the guy who named the 7th Heaven bar, bought Aerith her iconic hair ribbon and suggested she sell flowers, and is partly responsible for sparking Yuffie's obsession with Materia.
* [[Healing Hands]]: Healing Wave fully restores his stats.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Instant Runes]]: Apocalypse.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]
* [[Keet]]
* [[Limit Break]]:
** [[Spam Attack]]: Chain Slash and Octaslash.
* [[Love Makes You Dumb]]/[[Love Makes You Crazy]]: Now why would someone [[Genre Savvy|who knows that]] Shinra (which has its headquarters in Midgar) wants him dead or used for experiments, turn back to Midgar? Also even though he knew the likelihood of a trap in Gongaga, he still wanted to see his parents.
* [[Manly Tears]]: After Angeal's death.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: He didn't have a last name until ''Crisis Core'', when he was given the last name "Fair" to invoke the imagery of "fair weather", contrasting Cloud's name.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]]: Rush Assault.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: The X-shaped scar on the lower part of his cheek.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: We thank Square kindly.
* [[Status Buff]]: Lucky Stars makes all his attacks [[Critical Hit]]s for a time.
* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: The [[Retcon]]ned ending to ''[[Crisis Core]]'', and his inheritance of said sword from his mentor.
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{{quote|''"Ha, ha,
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese), Lance Bass/George Newbern (English)}}
A famous war hero and SOLDIER 1st Class, Sephiroth is a living legend within Shinra. After going AWOL for several years, Sephiroth suddenly reappears to murder {{spoiler|the President of Shinra}} and blaze a trail of death across the world. {{spoiler|He was the end result of a [[Super Soldier]] program designed to harness the power of the Ancients. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding causes him to be infused with the cells of the malevolent, [[The Virus|virus-like]] alien
{{quote|Appears in: ''
Spinoff appearances/other series appearances: ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy Dissidia]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: You really do need to get into the side materials if you want to fill in the blanks this guy's story has.
* [[And Then What?]]: Until the ''Compilation'', it wasn't explicit as to what Sephiroth was actually going to ''do'' with his godlike power after obtaining it, with interpretations ranging from [[Take Over the World]] to [[Omnicidal Maniac]]. {{spoiler|According to ''Advent Children'', the ultimate result was the Planet's destruction, it's hinted that he intended to use the Planet as a vessel similar to Jenova, and basically lead him towards a new planet (his "Promised Land") and rule it as a god}}.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: In a comedic way during ''Crisis Core'', for those who don't like ''LOVELESS''. He's not the biggest fan of it, and he's not afraid to mention that he's bored of Genesis "beating it into (his) head".
* [[Back
* [[Badass]]: His appearance isn't for showing off. Remember that gigantic snake that gave the party problems earlier in the game, which you had to get a chocobo to outrun? Sephiroth had to go through the same area, but he didn't bother with the bird. ''He impaled the snake on a tree''.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[BFS]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the original game and ''Advent Children''.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In ''Crisis Core'', he arrives out of nowhere and saves Zack from Ifrit.
* [[Bishonen
* [[Bishonen Line]]: His [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Bizz]][[Gonk|aro]] to [[One-Winged Angel|Saf]][[Faux Symbolism|er]] transformation. He resumes his original body for the final confrontation with Cloud.
* [[Blade Spam]]: In more recent iterations of ''The Compilation of [[Final Fantasy VII]]'' as well as ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', Sephiroth seems to be able to strike his opponent several times with only a few tactically-placed slashes of his Masamune. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', he possesses a move called Flash, where he dashes past Sora
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Colony Drop]]: His plan to strike the earth with Meteor.
* [[Cosmic Horror]]: He's a [[Humanoid Abomination]] made from the remnants of a genuine [[Cosmic Horror]] and a human fetus. Following the events at Nibelheim and his own "death", he fuses with Jenova and corrupts the Lifestream becoming a full-on example.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: He was considering to leave from Shinra due to growing distrust from the organization. Unfortunately, he ended up doing more than that.
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: The Masamune was [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110227161514/finalfantasy/images/e/e4/Sephiroth-FFVIIArt.png originally] about as long as Sephiroth was tall, maybe slightly longer (six-seven feet long). In other games, like [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080403125904/finalfantasy/images/d/db/Kh2-sephiroth-o2.jpg ''Kingdom Hearts''] and [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101103053940/finalfantasy/images/8/81/Sephiroth_EX_Mode_Full.png ''Dissidia''], it reaches lengths twice that length. It is closer to a retcon than an artist attribute. Every successive iteration will clock the sword at three meters long.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Let's just say his role in every game after the original tends to vary and leave it at that.
** Similarly, his exact level of dominance regarding his "mother" Jenova seems to fall victim to this trope as well, with there being conflicting sources between the ''Ultimania'' and ''Dissidia 012'' about whether Sephiroth was in control of Jenova or vice-versa.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: This is how Sephiroth is first defeated: {{spoiler|
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: With the notable exception of the Nibelheim incident.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]:
** To Cloud, as an ex-member of SOLDIER, but later it turns out that he's actually Aerith's [[Evil Counterpart]], since Cloud never was a member of SOLDIER and Sephiroth and Aerith have more traits in common: both are children of Shinra scientists involved in the Jenovas Project, both use seraphic symbolism, both are capable of avoiding dissolution in the Lifestream, and both are linked to one of the Ultimate Magics. Furthermore, Sephiroth believed that his mother was an Ancient betrayed by humans whereas Aerith's mother actually was one. During development, they were even considered to be revealed to be siblings or lovers, driving their connection deeper.
** Expanded upon in the novellas. Both Aerith and Sephiroth retain their forms within the Lifestream. Aerith keeps hers due to being a Cetra, Sephiroth keeps his due to his [[Badass|immense power and sheer force of will]]. The novellas paint them as the supreme forces of light and darkness within the Lifestream, Sephiroth tainting the Lifestream with his Jenova cells and Aerith trying to purify his corruption as best she can. In the ''Case of the Lifestream - White'', Aerith even considered creating her own Remnants to oppose Kadaj, Loz
* [[Fallen Angel]]: Invoked by his Safer Sephiroth and [[One-Winged Angel]] appearances.
* [[Fallen Hero]]: He definitely fell, and ''hard'', but given [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|who his employers were]], the "hero" part might be shadier than we realise (although it is implied in various scenes that he actually didn't know about some of the dirty secrets of the company).
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: In the side materials, there's no denying that he's just as evil as in the original game (post-madness), but he seems more [[Affably Evil]] as he does everything with a calm demeanour and never insults anyone in the way that, say [[Final Fantasy V|Exdeath]] does. In the original game, however, when while he may be calm and collected, it's clear that he's enjoying mocking Cloud's insecurities and his status as a "puppet" and takes the opportunities to do so with gusto.
* [[Final Boss]]:
* [[Flanderization]]: Invoked in-universe. After his second death at the end of ''Final Fantasy VII'', he survives dissolution in the Lifestream by focusing on his hatred of Cloud and his desire for vengeance, giving him a strong enough emotional core to maintain his sense of self at the cost of letting less-focused traits be stripped away. This is why, come ''Advent Children'', he's completely absorbed in rubbing his revival in Cloud's face.
* [[Flash Step]]: Uses these liberally throughout the ''Compilation'' and his spinoff appearances.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Let's see, his childhood friends were apparently beginning to defect from Shinra, as well as their dying, he then learns that his "mother" was allegedly a cosmic horror monster found in a stratospheric crater that nearly spelled doom and that his creation was related to research made by Hojo relating to monsters already in the Nibelheim Reactor, which, in ''Crisis
* [[A God Am I]]: His original goal, according to the first game, was to become a god by absorbing the lifestream and conquering "the Promised Land". As for what it is in the ''Compilation'', well... [[Depending on the Writer|it varies]], but is generally this but with the twist of [[Visionary Villain|finding a new planet to build a utopia in his image]].
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: Probably a posterboy for the trope, especially when it comes down to the revelation that he was created from Jenova's cells.
* [[Green Eyes]] with [[Hellish Pupils]]
* [[Guest Fighter]]: In ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.
* [[Guinea Pig Family]]: He was conceived and born solely to serve as a test subject for the Jenova Project, which both of his parents worked on.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: It turns out that being injected with the cells of a dead alien god while you were a fetus will do this to you. His very presence is a threat to the world, he contaminates the Lifestream dead or alive, he refuses to stay buried, and his nickname is The Abomination.
* [[Human Popsicle]]: When Cloud and the others discover his body at the Northern Crater {{spoiler|before Cloud, due to Sephiroth's earlier statements as well as Hojo, ends up giving Sephiroth the Black Materia again}}, he is seen to be in a mako-cocoon in stasis.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Before Sephiroth went insane, he used the arrogant term of "Ore", but after after the Niebelheim Incident, he always uses the formal and polite term "Watashi
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Played straight.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Averted (pre-madness, at least). Sephiroth has shown himself to possess empathy (though when Tifa met him she thought he was "rather cold"). Notable examples are his encouragement for Zack to not have to obey Shinra's command for him to kill Angeal earlier in the game, as well as giving Zack permission to return to Midgar so he could see Aerith as he knows he's worried about her. Post madness, on the other hand...
* [[Laughing Mad]]: In Cloud's flashback, Cloud/{{spoiler|Zack}} goes down to the basement of Shinra's mansion at Nibelheim and locates Sephiroth a few days after the incident at the reactor, only to hear Sephiroth chuckling dementedly. This is the first sign that Sephiroth [[Go Mad
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: [[Flash Step]]s all over the place but he can do major damage with only one hit.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: One of the prevailing theories as to {{spoiler|why, once he took over (or was taken over by, [[Depending on the Writer]]) Jenova's consciousness, he began acting a lot like she did, trying to eat the Lifestream
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[My Death Is Only the Beginning]]: After falling into the mako reactor, he ends up becoming somewhat stronger, or at least more knowledgable. Also, [[Word of God]] states that his revival in ''Advent Children'' had him becoming much stronger than before, and it is also implied that Sephiroth might return after the second defeat (specifically "I will... never be a memory").
* [[No Shirt, Long Jacket]]: With suspenders.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: [[Mind Screw|Maybe]]. His goal in the first game was a bit confusing to some. Though it's a given that {{spoiler|his plan requires all life on the planet to be obliterated in order to make a wound big enough for the lifestream to come out to mend}}.
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* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: His Safer Sephiroth form is clearly intended to resemble one of the Seraphim, with a single black wing in place of one of his arms. Later appearances feature him with that same wing on one of his shoulders, channelling [[Fallen Angel]] for all it's worth.
* [[Out of the Inferno]]: Nibelheim, of course.
* [[Post-Mortem Comeback]]: By focusing on his hatred of Cloud, Sephiroth prevented the [[Life Stream]] from assimilating him, while using Kadaj and his gang to find what was left of Jenova to bring about Hojo's reunion theory, thereby allowing him to be reborn.
* [[The Power of Hate]]: How he survives between ''Final Fantasy VII'' and ''Advent Children''
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]: In the original game, Cloud had already killed him long before you even pick up the controller. Up until the very end of the game, you only ever see him in flashbacks, and what you're chasing around are really clones/hallucinations/pieces of Jenova/physical representations of his willpower/whatever}}.
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: Gives a very nasty one after he's killed Aerith. And after the Nibelheim incident (although ''Crisis Core'' retcons this to a slightly sorrowful/rageful expression).
* [[Retirony]]: Variation (according to ''[[Crisis Core]]''): he was considering retiring from Shinra and SOLDIER after the Nibelheim mission (the reasons are implied to be a growing distrust of the organization and guilt from his friends' deaths). Instead, he gets his [[Start of Darkness]] while there and goes totally off the deep end.
* [[A Sinister Clue]]
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Made very, very clear, as opposed to the other bad guys in the game, who are just kinda evil from the get-go.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: ''[[Crisis Core]]'' gives him this personality pre-
* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: He was genetically altered in the womb and raised pretty much from birth to be a [[Super Soldier]].
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: It is heavily implied in both the original ''Final Fantasy VII'' and the novellas that Sephiroth was this to Professor Hojo for the sake of research in the main plot. [[Spanner in the Works|Although not even Hojo
* [[The Virus]]: {{spoiler|Is the cause of Geostigma in Advent Children. Hinted at in the movie, outright stated in the novellas. The virus was created through his tainting of the Lifestream from within. After he first noticed he could do it, [[For the Evulz|he kept doing it for the sheer enjoyment of tarnishing everything]]. There are even hints he had been further breaking Cloud's psyche via Cloud's Geostigma infection. Once he was infected, he let Sephiroth in}}.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: The front of his jacket is always open, exposing his chest. During his [[Final Boss]] battle with Cloud, he sheds the trenchcoat, and attacks him wearing only his pants and boots. Heads straight into [[Fan Disservice]], given that he's covered in blood and sporting a [[Slasher Smile]] at the time.
* [[Where I Was Born and Razed]]: Although Sephiroth himself doesn't seem to realize it (he mentions that he "has no hometown"), it is implied in the games (and confirmed via [[Word of God]]) that Sephiroth's hometown was actually Nibelheim, the very same place he ended up burning to the ground.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: See [[Freudian Excuse]] above.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: After his descent into insanity, as Tifa learned the hard way when she [[You Killed My Father|attempted to avenge her dad]]. He'd also ''kill'' a girl, of course.
* [[Zero Effort Boss]]: The Sephiroth vs. Cloud final boss fight was infamous as impossible to lose. The only reason he's considered better than the other Final Fantasy [[Zero Effort Boss]], [[Final Fantasy X|Yu Yevon]], is because Sephiroth was fought beforehand in his One Winged Angel form where he was indeed a difficult boss, unlike Yu Yevon.
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Son of the president of the Shinra Corporation.
{{quote|Appears in: ''
* [[All in The Manual]]: {{spoiler|How he survived
* [[The Atoner]]: In ''[[Advent Children]]''.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]
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* [[Bastard Understudy]]: To his father.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]: In ''[[Advent Children]]''. He manages to spend a great deal of time manipulating Kadaj and his brothers, and possibly Cloud as well. [[The Trickster|And it becomes quite obvious that in part all his manipulation, especially of Kadaj, are for mere giggles]].
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Let's put it this way: his dad didn't want him taking over the company because he was even more corrupt than he was! On the other hand, Shinra Sr. seemed a poor judge of character, and Rufus is largely brutal, but not outright ''corrupt'': he's entirely preoccupied with the war effort against Sephiroth, and then Meteor.
* {{spoiler|[[Guile Hero]]}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: He toys with it in the first game. {{spoiler|Finally switches sides in ''[[Advent Children]]''. Apparently, all it took was getting shot by Diamond Weapon in his office to suddenly realize how bad everything was}}.
* [[Man in White]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: {{spoiler|His apparent demise in the original game}}.
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: He is put on an "extended assignment overseas" at Junon (in actuality, put under house arrest in Junon) after it became apparent that he aided AVALANCHE in their efforts to eliminate Shinra so as to remove his father from power. Considering the alternatives (i.e. being sacked or executed, possibly even both), this punishment was actually very light.
* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]]
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
* [[The Starscream]]: He attempted to have AVALANCHE attack Midgar as a means to usurp his dad in the business in ''Before Crisis''. Surprisingly, his father takes his son's attempt to backstab him pretty well, relatively speaking.
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: When he and Cloud meet in ''Advent Children'', Rufus begins to explain how he escaped his office before Diamond Weapon killed him, but Cloud doesn't care and interrupts him before he finishes. The side novellas later explain it.
* [[The Unfettered]]: Nobody has ever seen him cry, and he is never shown to have much fear for his own safety, much less those of his subordinates or anyone else. Case of Shinra shows his [[Heel Face Turn]] as a calculated method of patiently getting back on top of the world and rebuilding the corporation (which he had done, by the time of ''Advent Children'') after Mako ceased to be a viable power source.
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[[File:Turks in ACC 3208.jpg|frame|Left to right: Rude, Reno, Tseng, and Elena.]]
{{quote|''"A pro isn't someone who sacrifices themselves for a job. That's just a fool."''|'''Reno''', ''
{{quote|Voiced by:
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Elena: [[Megumi Toyoguchi]] (Japanese), Bettina Bush (English)}}
The Department of Administrative Research, unofficially known as the Turks, are Shinra's Black Ops unit. They carry out assassinations, blackmail, and the forced recruiting of potential SOLDIER candidates. Their roster consists of Tseng (leader), Reno, Rude
{{quote|All of them appear in: ''[[Before Crisis]]'', ''
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Rude, though described by [[Word of God]] as somewhat resembling a person of South American descent rather than African American.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The ''[[Before Crisis]]'' Turks were [[Flat Character|interchangeable]] aside from small background details... until ''[[Crisis Core]]'' used one of them (the shuriken girl
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Except for
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Rude.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Elena, even though she's not very evil... [[Minion with an F In Evil|at all
* [[Characterization Marches On]]:
** Reno was a competent [[Deadpan Snarker]] in the original game. In ''[[Advent Children]]'', he became the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] (there have been reports though that the [[Deadpan Snarker]] version of him was an alteration of the translation and that he was supposed to have been comical in the original Japanese).
** Even in the US translation, he had his comical moments. The first time you see him since [[A Million Is a Statistic|him destroying the Sector 7 plate]], he's [[Villain Decay|gossiping with Rude about crushes like a teenage girl]].
*
* [[Cool Shades]]: Rude.
* [[Dark Chick]]: Elena.
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Reno could be considered a male example.
* [[Four Is Death]]: Played straight in the first game, where they're something of a legitimate threat ([[Eviler Than Thou|until Sephiroth shows up]], at least). Subverted in the film, given their [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]: Reno and Rude quickly devolve into this in the original game. They only become dangerous again in their last battle when accomponied by ([[Not So Harmless|previously thought to be
* [[Leitmotif]]
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Reno.
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: The effect of Reno and the Turks following through with the command to {{spoiler|drop the Sector 7 plate, killing hundreds or thousands of people}} has noticeably less impact on the characters in the long-run than {{spoiler|Aerith being killed before their eyes}}.
* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]: Elena. Even if she manages to punch Cloud unconscious in Icicle Inn, her immediate response is feeling regretful about it and just leaving him behind to recover rather than apprehending him.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Tseng. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''Crisis Core'' when Zack finds a camera with Tseng's name on it, and thanks to the odd spelling doesn't realize who it belongs to
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]s: To the point that they even agree to help the heroes when they are found off-duty in Wutai. They'll still commit atrocities when ordered to by their boss, but hey.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: Between Tseng and Elena, Zack and Cissnei. You could also mention how Tseng likes Aerith and Rude likes Tifa, but in that case, it's kind of one-sided.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: ''Before Crisis'' reveals that Elena's older sister was a Turk, and Elena resented her for outperforming her: she refused to join the Turks while her sister was a member. She joined after her sister retired along with many other Turks from that game, following their defeat of Zirconiade and decision to follow Veld's lead.
* [[Skippable Boss]]: The only times they have to be fought is the first Reno fight and the fight with Rude at Rocket Town. All others can be skipped or those areas passed over. Even the final confrontation is skippable, if you've completed the Wutai quest.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The official Romanizations [in Japan] of Elena's and Reno's names were, once upon a time, "Yrena" and "Leno" [specifically in the ''Official Establishment File'' artbook].
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Tseng towards Aerith and Rude towards Tifa, so much that Rude will refuse to attack Tifa during boss fights. Subverted by Elena, who has a crush on Tseng but doesn't actively pursue him.
* [[The Unfought]]: At no point does the party ever actually engage Tseng, the leader of the Turks, in combat. He can, however, be fought in the Training Mode in ''Before Crisis''.
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=== President Shinra ===
{{quote|''"These days, all it takes for your dreams to come true is money and power."''}}
[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Previously, the president of the Shinra Arms Manufacturing Company. The discovery of Mako energy catapulted him to the position of de-facto world dictator.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Is murdered by Sephiroth.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Implied in Denzel's segment in the OVA ''On the Way to a Smile'', since Denzel's parents, both of whom worked in Shinra, were killed when he dropped Sector 7 onto the Slums.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a dinner appointment."
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: To the citizens of Midgar. Drop part of upper Midgar onto the Sector 7 slums, blame it on AVALANCHE terrorists, and "send the rescue care of Shinra, Inc." He always preferred to take the route that would get him what he wanted ''and'' would make Shinra look good to the general public.
* [[President Evil]]
* [[Starter Villain]]: He's the [[Big Bad]] up until the ''real'' [[Big Bad]] puts a sword in his back.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Fiddling while Sector 7 burns.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: He injected Jenova Cells into {{spoiler|his son Sephiroth}} and never even allowed his mother {{spoiler|Lucrecia}} to hold him.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|He returns as the main antagonist in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', commanding the Tsviets through the body of Weiss. [[Bigger Bad|Along with Jenova in the main game, he's the source of everything evil in the story]]}}.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]/[[Obviously Evil]]: Look us in the eye and tell us your Evil Radar ''wasn't'' going off when he first appeared. He also admitted to being one when Cloud confronts him. See [[For Science!]] below. This is also one of the few examples in the former trope where it isn't intended to be funny.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He is particularly snarky with Cloud whenever they meet.
* [[Drunk on the Dark Side]]
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: He is fairly restrained in the original game, until the final confrontation, during which he was pretty close to a complete break with reality. In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', however, he gives [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]] a run for his money.
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: A textbook example.
* [[For Science!
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|He takes over Weiss the Immaculate's body prior to ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''. If the Novellas are anything to go by, he also did this to Sephiroth between his own death and Sephiroth's fight against AVALANCHE}}.
* [[Guinea Pig Family]]: He's {{spoiler|Sephiroth's father}}.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Hojo attempted to defeat the party by injecting himself with Jenova's cells. However, this resulted in him being defeated due to losing his sanity as a result. In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', it is also revealed that the specific reason for him injecting himself with Jenova's cells was to strengthen his body enough for him to possess Omega, but this attempt predictably backfired on him due to losing his mind and then being killed, and thus resulted in him uploading his consciousness into the World Wide Network.
* [[Kavorka Man]]: {{spoiler|Somehow managed to win Lucrecia over from Vincent}}. This is definitely demonstrated on the beach.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: When Lucrecia asks to hold Sephiroth during an argument that was implied to be Sephiroth being shipped off to Shinra, as well as Lucrecia's attempts to help Vincent in recovering from Hojo's experiment, he mocks her and also pulls a [[Not So Different]] on her.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: See [[Evil Laugh]] above.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|He reveals that he is Sephiroth's father near the end of the game}}.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: His first appearance in the game involves him attempting to ''[[Squick|breed Aerith and Red XIII]].''
* [[The Man Behind the Monsters
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: Inverted
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Two of the experiments he was involved in nearly resulted in the end of the world, and it is heavily implied that the planet's destruction was exactly what he was hoping for.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Like father like son, eh}}?
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=== Scarlet ===
{{quote|"Kya ha ha!"}}
Responsible for the Shinra Corporation's Weapons Development department, Scarlet specializes in creating [[Glass Cannon]]s.
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* [[Stupid Evil]]: [[Played for Laughs]].
===
[[File:Jenova AC 2 2222.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|''"Because, you are.... a puppet."''
Jenova descended on Gaia 2,000 years before the events of
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: {{spoiler|With Hojo}}.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Jenova's not completely in charge of Sephiroth or his actions, and due to the nature of her being cannot be directly confronted. In fact, whether she's even ''alive'' is up for debate. But the facts remain that if she hadn't come down to earth two thousand years ago, almost none of the events of the game would have happened.
* [[Body Horror]]: Among other things.
* [[Cool Mask]]: Is sometimes show wearing a steel mask over her face.
** ''Wearing'' might be too charitable—the Shinra Corporation put a strangely elaborate female bust/doll/''death mask'' directly in front of Jenova's tank in the Nibelheim Reactor, for reasons never explained, which is torn away by Sephiroth. Jenova never ''wears'' it, since that form's never shown engaging in any sort of ''movement''.
* [[Cosmic Horror]]: She's an ambiguously living [[Eldritch Abomination]] who fell to earth
* [[Dead All Along]]: Died well before the events of the game. May have been resurrected by Sephiroth. It's hard to tell.
* [[Death From Above]]: Personified: she struck the planet in a meteor and caused massive death.
* [[Diabolus Ex Nihilo]]: Fell from the sky two thousand years before the game began. No one knows where it came from, but it's speculated that it may have landed on
* [[Expy]]:
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: In a way. Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz and Sephiroth all address her as "Mother" anyway.
* [[From a Single Cell]]: Jenova is consciously aware of all of her cells, enabling her to regenerate into Sephiroth a "Reunion".
* [[Fusion Dance]]: With Sephiroth, to the point that he's taken her originaly instinctive destructive goals [[Up to Eleven]] and infused them with his own conscious intelligence.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Resembles a deathly pale woman with eyes and veins in places where they should not be. Sometimes wears a steel mask to hide this.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Heaven's Dark Harbinger, The Calamity from the Skies, Mother.
* [[Obliviously Evil]]: It's been suggested that Jenova, while wicked and cruel, was originally just a creature that instinctively sought to destroy. Her fusion with Sephiroth combined her instincts with his powerful will and intelligence.
* [[The Plague]]: The Geostigma of ''Advent's Children'' is the result of the Lifestream trying to rid human bodies of her cells and overcompensating.
* [[Planet Eater]]: Drains them of life anyway.
* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Her name is a combination of "nova" and "Jehovah", and thus approximately means "New God".
* [[Shapeshifting]]: Jenova takes on the form of her previous victim, in order to approach the next one.
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{{quote|All three appear in: ''[[Advent Children]]''}}
Kadaj, Loz
'''Kadaj'''
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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: At least when compared to [[Lightning Bruiser]]s Cloud and Sephiroth. He's actually quite strong in addition to being freakishly quick, but both of them are much, much stronger.
* [[Mommy Issues]]
* [[No Body Left Behind]]:
* [[Not So Different]]: "So what if I'm a puppet? Once upon a time, you were too!"
* [[The Pawn]]: He's not quite [[Unwitting Pawn|unwitting]], since he realizes that he probably won't come out on top, but since it's all for "Mother", he's willing.
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: He shoots Cloud in the back without any warning in the finale.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Apparently, Yazoo is meant to represent Sephiroth's "allure". Erm.
* [[Gun Fu]]: A blade fixed to the bottom of each of his pistols enables them to be used for close combat.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[The Stoic]]: So long as you don't mention their "Mother".
'''Loz'''
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* [[Dumb Muscle]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He combines [[The Brute]] with [[Super Speed]].
* [[Man Child]]: [[Mood Whiplash|
* [[Power Fist]]: His Dual Hound, which is an elctro-gauntlet thing.
* [[Super Speed]]
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* [[Expy]]: The whole trio to some extent, and Kadaj in particular, really come across as Sephiroth: The Next Generation. {{spoiler|It turns out there's a good reason for that}}.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: They're all insane and childish, but they still have this set-up. Loz is the Id, Kadaj the Ego, and Yazoo the Superego.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Subverted. They tell the kids that they'll help them, but they're only looking to a) drain them of
* [[Green Eyes]]:
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: They are wearing nothing ''but'' leather.
* [[Oedipus Complex]]: All three of them, but Loz especially.
* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]: The younger villains to Cloud's older hero. Even ignoring the fact that they've been alive for two years at the most, they still come off as considerably younger than Cloud.
* [[Only One Name]]
* [[The Pawn]]: Of Sephiroth and Jenova. They're not [[Unwitting Pawn|unwitting]] though
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: All three of them have the emotional maturity of a two year old. Since that's about how old they are, it should be expected.
* [[The Remnant]]: Literally. Rufus even refers to them as such.
* [[Siblings in Crime]]
* [[Summon Magic]]: Yazoo and Kadaj both utilise it at various points in the film.
* [[Super Strength]]: All three, but especially [[The Brute|Loz]].
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Physically they're somewhere in their late teens.
* [[Tender Tears]]: Loz whenever he starts thinking about "Mother". Yazoo does it one time as well, and Kadaj's breakdown near the end might count as well.
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=== Shears ===
Elfé's right-hand man in AVALANCHE.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
* [[Co-Dragons]]: With Fuhito.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: He used to lead his own rebellion on Shinra, until he ran into Elfé. She kicked his ass, and he and his men joined AVALANCHE.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler|After Veld abandons the Turks to try and help Elfé, Shears abandons AVALANCHE and joins him to try and help him}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}: {{spoiler|Is manipulating Elfé and AVALANCHE to gather the pieces of the Zirconiade Materia}}.
* [[Co-Dragons]]: With Shears.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]
* [[The Heavy]]
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A former SOLDIER 1st Class who deserted from the Shinra Corporation. He had a friendly rivalry with Angeal and Sephiroth {{spoiler|as well as some other similarities to them}}, and his main hobby is reciting quotes from [[Fictional Document|LOVELESS]]. A lot.
{{quote|Appears in: ''[[Crisis Core]]'', ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''.}}
* [[Author Appeal]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Easily Forgiven]]: Zack lets him live}}.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Subverted because he isn't so much evil as he is a pretentious [[Jerkass]].
* [[Expy]]:
** Of Sephiroth. Besides the obvious similarities in appearance as seen in the accompanying image, Genesis is also a 1st Class SOLDIER and a spawn of the Jenova Project, he eventually sprouts a black wing over his shoulder, he was seemingly killed via [[Disney Villain Death]] in a Mako Reactor but turned out to be [[Not Quite Dead]]... you get the picture.
** [[Invoked Trope]]: Partially. Genesis idolized Sephiroth as a child and wanted to be a hero just like him. Emulating Sephiroth's appearance and giving it his own personal flair was likely a conscious decision.
* [[The Heavy]]: In ''Crisis Core''.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: His appearance was based on his voice actor, Gackt
* [[Karma Houdini]]: He instigated a war, killed his own parents, basically wiped out his hometown's population, subjected an immense amount of innocent people into becoming his clones, and helped make Sephiroth go nuts, and he ended up getting away with it, even getting his degeneration removed.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Sephiroth notes that he enjoys beating LOVELESS into his and Angeal's head.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Genesis" of course parallels Sephiroth's name, but it also means "birth" or "origin". Combined with the origin of his last name, he is "the original epic poem", referring both to his obsession with LOVELESS, and the idea that in-universe he was the original rebel SOLDIER and commited acts that Sephiroth would later repeat.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: His appearance is based on [[Gackt]] Camui
* [[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Throws a definite preference for fire spells like Flash and Energy.
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* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]}}: {{spoiler|It's implied in the 100% ending with all Genesis reports collected that Weiss is not actually dead}}.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Evil Laugh]]: While {{spoiler|possessed by Hojo}}. He does this in the online mode as well. It's just him.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Averted SO HARD. In the Online Mode, {{spoiler|Weiss was more than willing to have Shelke execute a plan that would eliminate another Tsviet}}.
** Not to mention having Shelke herself nearly executed later on, {{spoiler|even though that was technically Hojo and not Weiss who ordered that}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Grand Theft Me
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: The first one. Vincent, however, gets the help of Shelke/{{spoiler|Lucrecia}} to match him.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Both muscular and very fast.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Weiss" means "white" in German, and his subtitle
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Pure Is Not Good]]: He was originally created to not be made of tainted lifestream, which is why Hojo possessed him and planned to use him to fuse with Omega. Even when he regained control of himself, he was still not a nice guy.
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Though he's no relation to Sephiroth.
* [[Wild Hair]]: It's even bigger and spikier than Cloud's!
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]:
** Did this to Nero after {{spoiler|he became alive again and Hojo took control of him}}.
** Also did this to Shelke, ordering Azul to terminate her.
** Don't forget how {{spoiler|he treated the player Tsviet in the online version}}.
=== Nero the Sable ===
{{quote|''"Dear Weiss, powerful Weiss. The only person who ever loved me, and the only person I will ever love."''|Voiced by: [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Japanese), Mike Rock (English)
Second-in-command of the Tsviets. Also Weiss's biological half-brother.
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Takes this [[Up to Eleven]] by having four functioning hands (one per wing) and using all four to shoot at you.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Nero is the Italian word for "Black
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: The reason why his hands were bound and presumably why his abilities were toned down:
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Granted, they are artificial wings, but still.
=== Azul the Cerulean ===
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Tessho Genda]] (Japanese), Brad Abrell (English)
One of the Tsviets, the commanders of Deepground, high-ranking soldiers, and he is its field commander.
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* [[The Brute]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hail Weiss" in a way. All of Deepground says this, but Azul says it the most, even acting as his final words.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Azul is Spanish for "blue". Cerulean is a specific shade of blue. Therefore, his name means "Blue the blue". QED.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: After he was impaled.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: He ain't just all muscles, he's also a competent field officer.
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: With his own cannon when Chaos took over Vincent.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: He does that, an memorable one right before he died.
* [[Playing Possum]]: After he was "beaten" by Vincent, he pretended to have died in order to destroy the
* [[See You in Hell]]: He tells Vincent that before he died.
* [[The Stoic]]: He usually speaks some few words, and acts rather "stonely". It's only when he fights [[Worthy Opponent|Vincent]] that he shows how much [[Hot-Blooded]] he is for fighting.
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=== Rosso The Crimson ===
{{quote|''"I shall not give you the pleasure of killing Rosso the Crimson!"''|Voiced by: [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (Japanese), [[Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]] (English)
Another Tsviet. Due to experimentation done on her when she was a child, she's quite mentally unbalanced. The only pleasure she gets out of life is killing her enemies.
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* [[Psycho for Hire]]
=== Shelke the Transparent
{{quote|''"I have no acquaintances in the W.R.O."''|Voiced by: [[Fumiko Orikasa]] (Japanese), [[Kari Wahlgren]] (English)
Yet another Tsviet. Was ordered to be terminated by Weiss and consequently left the Tsviets.
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: It is heavily implied that Shinra kidnapped her and subjected her to experiments that both brainwashed her to the extent that she could no longer remember her sister, and that she was also made effectively incapable of aging beyond a ten year old body.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Sometimes.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Or so Shalua thought}}...
* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Very much. Borderline [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] towards the end.
{{quote|Shelke: "It's not what you think... I'm simply providing this service for my own benefit."
Vincent: "I didn't say anything."
Shelke: "I... Anyway... *goes on to other topics*"
* [[Evil Genius]]: She was Deepground's computer expert and a major tactician alongside Azul. When she becomes a ally of W.R.O., she becomes [[The Smart Guy]] of the bunch.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: What she lacks in strength and
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: She does this. Frequently.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: She joins the W.R.O. after she was betrayed by Deepground.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: See her [[Manipulative Bastard]] entry below. After that, her happy ending seems sort of like this.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: In the [[No Export for You|sadly-Japan-only]] online mode, it's revealed that {{spoiler|the Tsviets were manipulating the player character all along. Shelke was in charge of using her hacking skills to mind-screw the protagonist into believing s/he had a [[Dead Little Sister]] killed by someone the Tsviets wanted dead, and also created a fake mentor to push hir along. When the protagonist is struck down at the end, Shelke [[Kick the Dog|stops to tell hir all of this and then mocks hir as s/he lays dying]]
* [[Medium Awareness]]: In the game's online mode, she tells the player character that her special attack uses "a lot of MP".
* [[Morality Pet]]: To Vincent. Vincent himself could be her morality pet as well.
* [[The Stoic]]: For the most of the time. Only at the near ending does she begin to show off her more emotional sides.
* [[This Thing You Call Love]]: After she had spent ten years with Deepground, it ain't no wonder that she hasn't learnt what love is. So when {{spoiler|Shalua sacrifices herself for her}}, and Vincent tries to be her friend, she first reacts with coldness and surprise, and then with curiosity. She eventually learns what love is by the end.
=== Argento ===
"The ones who are strong disguise themselves as the weakest, and in effect we are too weak for you to battle with."
[[No Export for You|A character found only in the online mode
* [[The Blacksmith]]: Argent made all of the Tsviets' [[Named Weapons]].
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* [[The Philosopher]]: Her speech, full of idioms, indicates this.
* [[Sequel Non Entity]]: She shows up in the Online Mode for all of five minutes, then we never see her again.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Argent's hair color—due to [[Colorful Theme Naming]]—is somewhere between this and [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Silver-Haired Pretty Girl
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Argent or Argento? It's pronounced the same either way.
* [[Zen Survivor]]: Easily the most chill of all the Tsviets.
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=== Lucrecia Crescent ===
{{quote|Voiced by: [[Rio Natsuki]] (Japanese), April Stewart (English)
Appears in: ''[[Final Fantasy VII]],'' ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''
* [[Abusive Parents]]: ''Dirge of Cerberus'' makes it completely clear that she fully consented to injecting
* [[And I Must Scream]]
* [[Apologises a Lot]]: In ''Dirge of Cerberus''.
* [[Death Seeker]]
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Why she chose Hojo, of all people
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Hot Scientist]]
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]
* [[Woman in White]]
=== Zangan ===
{{quote|''"The Shinra showed up to eliminate any information that could be an embarrassment to the company... You pick these things up when you travel as much as I do."''}}
Tifa's mentor in the martial practices. A storied combat specialist whom boasts 128 students trained from childhood to adulthood all across the FFVII world.
* [[Doesn't Trust Those Guys]]: As the quote implies, Zangan held little faith in Shinra's practices or code of conduct. Given Sephiroth's rampage, [[Properly Paranoid|he was right to be warry of them]].
* [[Gossip Evolution]]: Along his many ventures teaching kids the way of the fist. Zangan heard tell of how the Shin-Ra Electric Power Company was up to no good in the various towns he came across, the poster boy for SOLDIER proved these rumors to be true after the [[Mega Corp]] swept all of his murderous antics under a rug to maintain their [[Slave to PR|public standing]].
* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]: A solemn traveler whom takes children under his wing and teaches them his martial arts. Even going so far as to save his student Tifa from the Shin-Ra scientist [[Mad Scientist|Hojo]]'s sick experiments.
* [[Old Master]]
* [[Passing the Torch]]: As his age caught up with him, Zangan left a note in the rebuilt mockup of Nibelheim to teach his pupil his ultimate technique; which serves as her final limitbreak.
* [[The Drifter]]: He travels the world teaching children superhuman self-defense practice for a hobby.
=== Angeal Hewley ===
{{quote|''"Embrace your dreams. If you want to be a hero you need to have dreams... and honor."''|Voiced by: [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] (Japanese), Josh Gilman (English)}}
Zack's superior officer in SOLDIER.
{{quote|Appears in: ''[[Crisis Core]]''.}}
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* [[One-Winged Angel]]: By fusing with several monsters.
* [[Ornamental Weapon]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: An in-game email from his fan club states that he loves ''dogs and gardening
* [[Team Dad]]: To Zack, and most of SOLDIER.
* [[What Have I Become?]]
=== Marlene Wallace ===
{{quote|''"Sadness was the price to see it end. It's been two years since they told me that."''|Voiced by: Miyu Tsuzurahara, Sumire Morohoshi (Japanese), Grace Rolek, Ariel Winter (English)}}
Barret's young daughter. Her biological father was his old friend Dyne, who supposedly died when their hometown Corel was massacred by Shinra.
{{quote|Appears in: ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and ''Advent Children''.}}
* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]
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=== Denzel ===
{{quote|''"He'll come back. He said that he would."''|Voiced by: Kyousuke Ikeda, Kazumu Izawa (Japanese), Benjamin Bryan, Aaron Refvem (English)}}
A young boy living with Cloud and Tifa.
{{quote|Appears in: ''Advent Children''.}}
* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]
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=== Minerva ===
The goddess of the planet and the embodiment of the Lifestream's will. She's the goddess spoken of in LOVELESS and can be fought in ''Crisis Core'
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[The Archer]]: [[Limit Break|Judgement Arrow]].
* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[Big Good]]
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* [[Blade on a Stick]]/[[Magic Staff]]: A bit of both.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Zack will probably do this literally, since Costly Punch is what you're likely going to be spamming against her.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Inverted
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Crimson Flare, Krysta and Thor's Hammer.
* [[Gold and White Are Divine]]
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* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]
* [[Morph Weapon]]: Her shield, spear/staff, and armor and cape, come apart and combine to form a giant bow and arrow for Judgement Arrow.
* [[No Cure for Evil]]: Unfortunately, she isn't evil, hence Blessing Light.
* [[Valkyries]]
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