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''"I'll be waiting... for you, so... if you come here... you'll find me. [[The Promise|I promise]]."'' }}
 
The eighth entry into the [[Running Gag|finger-flayingly popular]] ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. Originally released on [[PlayStation]] and home computer, and ported to the [[Playstation Network]] for the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] and PSP.
 
Squall Leonhart is a student at an [[Elaborate University High]] for mercenaries named Balamb Garden. The organisation that runs Balamb Garden, SeeD, takes in prepubescent orphans and [[Child Soldiers|trains them to become soldiers]], requiring them to graduate before their twentieth birthday.
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** [[Dual Boss]]: The Iguions, Fujin and Raijin, Biggs and Wedge, Sacred and Minotaur, Vysage with Lefty and Righty.
** [[Duel Boss]]: In the first boss fight against Seifer, Squall fights him alone.
** [[Final Boss, New Dimension]]: The climactic battle against Ultimecia begins in her throne room, but grows increasingly chaotic as [[Time Compression]] proceeds; the last stage occurs in a nearly-featureless void.
** [[King Mook]]: Tonberry King.
** [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Ultimecia}} goes through several of these. Also, the {{spoiler|Fake President Deling}} has this when he transforms into Gerogero.
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* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Done in the Galdbadia Missile Base mission. Also, Watts is seen in Timber dressed as a Galbadian soldier.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: One can be seen briefly in a hallway in Galbadia Garden making students do push ups, one of whom is Zell if he's not in your party.
* [[Dub -Induced Plot Hole]]: A minor example -- in the beginning of the game, Zell continually tries (and [[Failure Is the Only Option|fails]]) to get his [[Trademark Favorite Food]] from the Balamb Garden cafeteria. What his favorite food actually ''is'', however, depends on what translation of the game you're playing (in English, it's hot dogs; in French, it's pretzels; etc). Much later, during the [[Dance Party Ending]], Zell is seen stuffing his face with a pile of what looks like dinner rolls. This is actually the punchline to a [[Brick Joke]] -- in the original Japanese script, Zell's favorite food is a particular kind of bread. He ''finally'' got his hands on some!
** It still sort of works in the English version, as the dinner rolls look like hotdog rolls which would, presumably, contain hotdogs therein.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: This is an RPG, so of course, you're not too important to run people's errands like finding pieces of a vase or gathering rocks to make a statue. Squall [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this during the Timber Mission when the Forest Owls ask him to go wake up Rinoa.
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