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'''Gilgamesh [English]:''' "Huh? Was it you...?" }}
* [[Love Confession]]: Notably [[Subverted Trope|Subverted.]] The IGN review notes that, for love basically being the main theme of the game, the word is not mentioned once (although this is incorrect; Rinoa does tell Squall "''we'' love you" during the concert at FH. Nevertheless, neither of the leads of what is primarily a love story ever makes an official [[Love Confession]]).
* [[Love Triangle]]: Downplayed. Although we learn fairly early on that Rinoa used to hook up with Seifer, this ultimately doesn't really factor as much of a role into his and Squall's rivalry. {{spoiler|It does deepen the rivalry somewhat at first, but ultimately become unimportant in the larger scheme of things.}} It is also ultimately subverted between Laguna, Julia and {{spoiler|General Caraway}}, since the two guys in question never directly meet and Laguna isn't the type to get that upset over the fact he didn't get the girl. {{spoiler|For added irony, this turns out to be a good thing for the plot, since Laguna ultimately hooks up with Squall's mother and Julia gives birth to Rinoa.}}
* [[Low Level Advantage]]: If you stay at the lowest level possible throughout the game, [[Dynamic Difficulty]] means enemies will never develop their stronger attacks and defenses. Plus, because of Refining and Triple Triad, you can still get access to top-tier spells which mobs aren't themselves carrying yet, leading to low-level characters with stats that are nonetheless maxed out. For bonus points, stay at a low level for most of the game, then start advancing when you finally get Abilityx4. The stat bonuses will practically make your characters demi-gods.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Squall}} turns out to be {{spoiler|Laguna's son}}. [[The Un-Reveal|Nobody in the game ever confirms this]], but plenty of clues direct the player to that conclusion: {{spoiler|Comparison of the timeline to Ellone and Laguna's account of events, moombas identifying Squall as connected to Laguna based on his blood, Laguna's comments about needing to talk to Squall after the war is over, and Kiros and Ward's remarks that Squall looks like his mother and it's a good thing he doesn't look like his father.}}
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