Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: Difference between revisions

''Advent Children'' served as quite the turn-around for [[Square Enix]] (specifically, the Square half) after ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within|Final Fantasy the Spirits Within]]'' flopped -- it proved Square '''does''' have what it takes to make a movie that's at least watchable. ''Advent Children'' really is a [[Love It or Hate It]] entry in the franchise (like so many before it), but the biggest complaint for both fans and non-fans was [[Mind Screw|the hard-to-follow storyline]] (even with [[Word of God]] present to help clear things up).

 

 

The original release of ''Advent Children'' can be seen (legally) for free on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QDVrMQhsN0 YouTube].

* [[Arm Cannon]]: Barret, now [[BFG|bigger]] and [[More Dakka|better]] than ever.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: {{spoiler|Sephiroth never actually had a wing in his human form until ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.}} It appears during the finale here. Also counts as a [[Shout-Out]].

* [[Badass]]: Quite a fair few of them, ranging from characters to tropes, in varying levels.

* [[Badass Biker]]: Cloud, Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz.

* [[Restart At Level One]]: See Took A Level In Badass. Initially, the party struggles against Kadaj's crew. They eventually pick up the pace later, wipe out Bahamut SIN, and kill Sephiroth all over again. This is probably signified as Cloud keeps adding more pieces to his sword.

** The adding of pieces serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to the way the game had Cloud upgrading by getting meaner and meaner swords.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: Acknowledged by the animators as the ''only'' rule they followed in designing the fight scenes.

* [[Rule of Drama]]: Probably the 2nd rule that truly matters in this show after the [[Rule of Cool]], the prime example would be {{spoiler|Aerith showing up to help Cloud...inside ''[[Sphere of Destruction|Mega Flare]]''.}}

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: Why didn't Yuffie just pass around some materia, have everyone cast one of their maxed-out spells (most of the materia was green), and wipe Kadaj and his ilk off the face of the earth? Because they've lost their edge - they've moved on and rebuilt their lives after Sephiroth's defeat, while Cloud spent all of his time brooding on [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|his failure to save Aerith.]] Tifa infers, from her defeat at Loz's hands, that none of them are the demigod-slayers they used to be. None of them save Cloud, who has refused to let go of his grief, is still riding the wave of desperation that let the party match superhumans like Sephiroth blow-for-blow. She even says those [[Exact Words]]. Letting him finish the final fight himself not only keeps them out of his way, but enables him to find closure.

* [[Together in Death]]: Zack and Aerith

** Or ''regained'' levels, more like. Tifa comments during Cloud's fight with Kadaj how they all got weaker since the end of the game, but Cloud's retained much of his edge due to his isolation, and after entering single combat with Kadaj, seems to once more become "the man who killed Sephiroth"...''twice.''

** Also, Denzel in the ''Complete'' version in comparison to the old version.

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