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Here is the page detailing the specific characters that inhabit the world of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.

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Heroes

Tidus

"Listen to my story. This... may be our last chance." —Voiced by Masakazu Morita (Japanese) and James Arnold Taylor (English).

The main character of the game, who finds himself apparently taken from his futuristic home city of Zanarkand to a place 1,000 years in the future, which is ravaged by a creature known as Sin. He's initially quite immature and ignorant about Spira, but over time, becomes more selfless and questions the basic assumptions many Spirans make about their world.

It turns out that he is actually from an illusionary copy of Zankarkand created by the Fayth, and his continuing existence is tied to theirs.

• The Ace: He is this in blitzball, Wakka calling him a whiz kid with his most powerful overdrive lampshading it being called Blitz Ace. Tidus however has an Always Someone Better still as seen below.
• All Just a Dream: A very rare case of an inversion. Spira is real, Tidus himself is just a dream.
• Always Save the Girl: As the ultimate aim of Yuna's mission is, in fact, to die, FFX is truly a test of this trope.
• Always Someone Better: He'll always be "the son of Jecht."
  • Even his team logo is an amalgamation of "J" and "T" (Jecht and Tidus).
• Ancestral Weapon: The Brotherhood used to belong to Chappu, Wakka's brother. Wakka decides to entrust the sword to Tidus, because he reminds Wakka of Chappu. It also symbolizes the brotherly bond the two develop later on.
• Annoying Laugh: His laughing scene in Luca is practically internet-famous.
• BFS: While not as big as Auron's, the swords Tidus wields are quite large.
  • One-Handed Zweihander
• Bishonen: Described by many fans as looking like Meg Ryan.
• Blue Eyes
• Bodyguard Crush: Notably, his affection for Yuna is one of the main reasons he becomes her Guardian. Likewise, Yuna has also fallen head-over-heels for Tidus, and the two finally hook up in Macalania Woods when Tidus tries to comfort her.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Tidus has waited years for this.
• Character Development: To the point where his voice during early cutscenes, and his voice with him as the narrator of his own story were made to sound as different as possible in terms of maturity.
  • At Mount Gagazet, he learns he's a fictional creation and he'll disappear if Sin is destroyed for good. He reacts with no angst or hesitation, and continues ahead with the plan, willing to die for the same exact reason he's tried to turn Yuna away from. This is a far cry from the selfish, juvenile, stubbornly dismissive Tidus we've known through most of the game.
• Chest Insignia: The symbol of the Zanarkand Abes. Possibly doubles as an Orphan's Plot Trinket.
• The Chosen Zero: As with the previous game's Zidane, his personality seems to be a throwback to older Final Fantasy heroes like Bartz and Locke.
• Dark-Skinned Blond: Subverted. It's never stated outright, but it's possible he dyed his hair blond. In flashbacks Tidus as a child has brown hair.
• Decoy Protagonist: Subverted. The story starts with him and stays like this for a while. When Yuna shows up, she becomes the center of attention and pretty much the heroine, with Tidus stepping into Supporting Protagonist for her. A necessary perspective for the player to be introduced to the mysterious world of Spira alongside him, who knows pretty much nothing of it. The story still retains an important plot point (Sin is Jecht) that is directly related to him, and much later, he jumps into the spotlight by forcing the group to Take a Third Option, giving the story its most important twist and becoming the hero and protagonist once again, it being Tidus who has to perform the Heroic Sacrifice in the end instead of Yuna.
• Doomed Hometown: His version of Zanarkand is torn up by Sin.
• Easing Into the Adventure: His first task in the game is autographing blitzballs.
• Emotions vs. Stoicism: His contrast with Yuna. Emotion eventually wins out.
• Estrogen Brigade Bait: Boyish good looks? Check. Bishonen? Check. Athletic build? Check. Real world female fans? Hoo boy, big check.
• Facing the Bullets One-Liner: "I know it's selfish...BUT THIS IS MY STORY!"
• Failure Is the Only Option: Getting back to the Zanarkand he knows.
• Fashionable Asymmetry
• Fish Out of Temporal Water: Or is he?
• Fragile Speedster: He starts off as this, with very high starting speed and agility but low strength.
• Generation Xerox: His father was a star blitzball player; he, too, accidentally got sucked out of Dream Zanarkand, and became a guardian.
• Giving the Sword To A Noob: He can barely hold his starter sword without tipping over. "Hope you know how to use it," indeed.
• Hair of Gold
• The Hero: Of X's Five-Man Band, he plays the role of The Chick as Yuna's Love Interest. It turns out he's The Chosen One.
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Heroic Sacrifice: He's willing to go along with the Fayth's plan to stop the cycle once and for all, even if it means he will cease to exist.
• Hello, Insert Name Here: Gave some interesting problems for the X-2 dubbing. Kingdom Hearts was the first game in which he's called by his name.
• A Hero to His Hometown: Star player of the Zanarkand Abes! (waits for applause)
• Heroic Build
• How We Got Here: Tidus is the Narrator of X, telling the player the story (and his thoughts on the matter) up the group's campfire at the ruins of Zanarkand.
• I Know Madden Kombat
• Iconic Item: The aforementioned pendant he wears around his neck, which is the insignia of the Zanarkand Abes, the blitzball team he and his father played for. Yuna wears a similar pendant in the sequel, representing her memories of him.
• The Ishmael: Seems to be played straight for a while, until it's revealed that Tidus is the Fayth's chosen one destined to bring about the final end of Sin.
• It Was a Gift: Twice: A minor Longsword, given to him by Auron (the latter mentioned it was from Jecht), and later his signature Brotherhood.
• Keet: "HAHAHAHAHA!"
• Laser Guided Tykebomb and The Chosen One: apparently, he was sent by the Fayth to the real Spira to end the Vicious Cycle that was Sin.
• Lightning Bruiser: Towards the end of his path he starts becoming reasonably strong. While he lacks the punch of Auron, he can strike close to three times before Auron gets a second turn. With both Haste and Quick Hit he verges on Blade Spam territory.
• Meaningful Name: Tiida is the Okinawan word for "Sun". Nomura wanted a break from the moody protagonists of Final Fantasy VII and VIII.
• Mix and Match: Of the Warrior and Time Mage classes.
• Naive Newcomer: At first.
  • New Meat: He's new to the Guardian game.
• Nice Shoes: A pair of Blitzball boots.
• No Pronunciation Guide: It's "Tee-dus", not "Tie-dus". Since no one addresses Tidus by name, confusion is inevitable.
• Parental Abandonment
• Resigned to The Call
• Rummage Sale Reject: A combination wetsuit-hoodie and lederhosen.
• She Fu: A Rare Male Example, with his Spiral Cut overdrive being the best example.
• Shonen Hair: Earning him a dubious comparison to Meg Ryan.
• Talking the Monster To Death: Subverted. During the battle with Braska's Final Aeon (aka Jecht), a Talk option appears in the menu, allowing Tidus to reach out to his father and temporarily soothe his soul, reducing his Overdrive meter not his HP. It only works twice, so you'd best save it for the second phase of the battle.
• This Is My Story: Says so at multiple points. Auron also reminds him of this.

Auron: "This is your story."

• Time Master: His sphere grid contains Time Magic such as Haste, Slow, and Stop.
• Tomato in The Mirror
• Trapped in Another World: Although it turns out that his world wasn't even real to begin with.
• Walking Disaster Area: For some reason, Sin is actively seeking him out...
• The Watson: Don't mind him. He's a little foggy from...um, Sin's toxin.
• Weapon of Choice: Longswords.
• What Could Have Been: Tidus was originally supposed to be revealed as an unsent. However, Nomura saw a movie with a similar premise (The Sixth Sense; seriously.) and decided to swap Tidus' role with Auron.
  • In the original draft, Tidus was going to be a plumber(!) who was also a member of a Japanese-style gang.
• Why Can't I Hate You?: His final moments with Jecht. Every boy needs a father.

Yuna

"The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded... never forget them." —Voiced by Mayuko Aoki (Japanese) and Hedy Burress (English).

The daughter of the previous summoner, Braska, she becomes a summoner herself at the start of the game.

In X-2, she searches for clues about Tidus' whereabouts after finding a sphere that appears to show him imprisoned (It isn't Tidus, but actually Shuyin), resulting in her getting involved in the politics of the Eternal Calm-era Spira.

• Absolute Cleavage: Her X-2 default outfit: the only thing that compensates for it is the Zanarkand Abes' symbol formed from the laces.
• Action Girl: In X-2.
• Adrenaline Makeover: From Summoner to Gunner. Go figure.
• Angels Pose: With Rikku and Paine at the beginning of X-2.
• Anguished Declaration of Love
• Arranged Marriage: Twice; first with Seymour, and again with an unnamed NPC before X-2 begins.
• Badass Adorable: Not as Moe as some of the other examples, but she has definite shades. Most notably, when she's kidnapped by the Al Bhed and the entire rest of the party races to rescue her--only to show up just as she's kicked all the Al Bhed's asses and is about to leave.
• Badass Damsel
• Bag of Spilling: Justified due to the ending of X. She may have lost the Aeons due to them being closely related to the Fayth, but her Adrenaline Makeover makes up for it in X-2.
• Black Bra and Panties: A dark-colored bra is clearly visible in her X outfit, hinting at her less-restrained, post-Adrenaline Makeover attitude in X-2.
• Character Development: From doormat to heretic in the original, to outlaw/pirate/rebel-with-a-cause in the sequel. Albeit still with some doormat tendencies, as Shinra points out.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: In X-2. Three words: "Hero. Summoner. Doormat."
• The Chick: Of X's Five-Man Band, though she plays the role of The Hero, due to her going on the pilgrimage.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: "WHO THE HECK IS LENNE."
• Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Her Shut UP, Hannibal moment to Yunalesca is pretty damn cool.
• Distaff Counterpart: Both she and Tidus are stuck in the shadow of their famous fathers.
• Extreme Doormat: Deconstructed in the first game, Played for Laughs in the sequel.
• Fairytale Wedding Dress
• Fan Girl: She starts as a mild one for Tidus.
• Fluffy Fashion Feathers: Her wedding dress.
• Giant Waist Ribbon
• Girly Run: In X-2.
• Guile Heroine: As a Gullwing in X-2.
• Gosh Darn It to Heck: "Oh, poopie!"
• Halfbreed: The daughter of a normal human and an Al Bhed. The reason for her Mismatched Eyes.
• Heartbroken Badass: Her lover makes a Heroic Sacrifice for the sake of Spira. Luckily, you can help get Tidus back in the sequel. Bonus points: Yuna gets to keep all of her badassery too! You Go Girl!
• Her Heart Will Go On: It happens one way or another in X-2; either she stops mourning because she's reunited with Tidus (in the Good or Perfect Ending) or because she moves on (if you don't).
• The Ingenue
• Lady of War: In X.
• Meaningful Name: The yin-yang relationship between her and Tidus is hinted by Yuna's name, meaning "night" in Okinawan.
• The Medic
• Messianic Archetype: In X. And how...!
• Miko: In the first game.
• Mismatched Eyes: Her right eye is green, while her left is blue.
• Mix and Match: Of the summoner and white magic classes.
• Named After Somebody Famous: In-universe, her father deliberately named her after Yunalesca.
• Ojou
• Pimped-Out Dress
• Power Trio: In X-2, she's the Ego.
• Rapunzel Hair: In X-2, her hair is tied in a long braid that falls past her knees.
• Rebellious Princess and Took a Level In Badass: In X-2, although she had already shown some of her Badass side at the end of X.
• Samus Is a Girl: "And here I thought all summoners were old geezers."
• Short Hairwith Tail
• Showgirl Skirt: Her Gunner dressphere in X-2.
• Silk Hiding Steel: Attempting to kill the groom at her wedding, for starters.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Well, it certainly isn't Seymour that she falls for...
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Tidus. Play your cards right, and you can reunite them--for good--in the sequel.
• Stepford Smiler: Tidus unwittingly causes her to crack by talking at length about how beautiful his Zanarkand is, and how the whole party should go visit. (sniff...)
• Take a Third Option: She ends up taking one when she realizes the Final Summoning won't work against Sin, and her desire to save the world without sacrificing people to do so drives her in X-2.
• Tonight Someone Kisses: With Tidus at Macalania Woods, after the Bevelle ordeal. "Suteki da ne" only adds to the "daww" feeling as Tidus and Yuna begin their moonlit tryst.
  • More Genre Savvy players could have guessed that by looking at the cover of the instruction booklet.
• Uptight Loves Wild: A gender-specific inversion. Yuna is prim and follows the rules; Tidus butts heads with every authority figure.
• Victoria's Secret Compartment: In X.
• Walk On Water: She does this at the Kilika sending.
• Weapon of Choice: A Magic Staff in the first game, Guns Akimbo in the second.
• What Could Have Been: The original concept of Yuna features her without her iconic kimono.
• White Magician Girl: Although in the sequel, she prefers Gun Fu.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: In X. She's a gentle and determined girl who is like a shaman, wears something like a kimono and grew up on an island nation.

Wakka

"After this tournament... I'm retiring. Win or lose, I'll be leaving Blitzball for good. But since we're here, we might as well win!" —Voiced by Kazuya Nakai (Japanese) and John Dimaggio (English).

One of Yuna's childhood friends, who is a few years older than she is. He had a younger brother named Chappu, who was killed on a Crusader operation against Sin while using a machina weapon, causing him to hate the Al Bhed and technology. He's also captain of the Besaid Aurochs, who have never won a single game of blitzball.

• Anime Hair
• Big Brother Instinct: Towards both Yuna and Tidus (whom he actually gives a noogie), and later, Rikku.
• Big Fun: Rikku jokes that he's putting on weight in X-2.

"I'm gonna be a father soon! Gotta have a little more presence, you know?"

• Dark-Skinned Redhead
• Dead Little Brother: The reason he warms up to Tidus was because the latter resembled Chappu.
• Doesn't Like Guns: On a stricter sense. Stretches to most machina as well as the Al Bhed that continue to use them.
• Dumb Is Good: Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but a more dependable friend you'll never meet.
• Fantastic Racism: Towards the Al Bhed in the first game. Almost ironic since he's arguably one of the most laid back characters in the game.
  • The fact that his son's name (Vidina) is Al Bhed for "future" shows some major Character Development.
  • Interestingly enough, he's angry with Rikku when it turns out she's Al Bhed after the fight with her brother's machina, but when it turns out Yuna's half-Al Bhed, he asks himself "Yuna's Yuna, right?" This would suggest that after realizing that one of his closest friends is partially a member of a race he hates most, he's rethinking his attitude.
• Happily Married: With Lulu as of X-2.
• Hey It's That Voice: 'ello, Bender! Hello Zoro!
  • He also voices Kimahri.
• Hot Dad: By the end of X-2.
• Idiot Ball: Towards Yevon. In the beginning, he is easily the most devout of all eight playable characters, including Seymour, who is one of the leaders of the religion in question. It takes the revelation of Rikku and Yuna's Al Bhed heritage, a collective telling off of him by her and the others, the destruction of Home, the revelation of Yevon's deep corruption, multiple assassination attempts on the party, and finally, the truth that Sin can never be destroyed by the Final Aeon for him to finally wise up for good.
• I Know Madden Kombat: Since his Weapon of Choice is a piece of sports equipment.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: On the various Boss Battles onboard the Global Airship.
• Improbable Weapon User: A Blitzball.
• The Lancer: Of X's Five-Man Band.
• Locked Out of the Loop: About Yuna's heritage, and later about Rikku's identity as an Al Bhed.
• Long Range Fighter: His specialty, allowing him to easily hit aerial foes.
• Papa Wolf: Towards Yuna, of course.
• Parental Substitute: To Chappu and Yuna.
• Perma Stubble
• Promotion to Parent: Presumably happened with him and Chappu, (although to hear him talk Chappu was something of The Ace) and to a lesser extent he and Lulu looked after a young Yuna. Chappu complains a little about Wakka acting like a surrogate parent in one sphere shown in X-2.
• Religious Bruiser: The most devout follower of Yevon in the party, and one of the physically strongest.
• Standard Status Effects: His path's specialty is causing a lot of them such as darkness, silence, etc.
• Talking to Himself: In English, he and Kimahri are voiced by John Dimaggio.
• Ten Minute Retirement: After the tournament in Luca, he retires from Blitzball, but can be re-recruited later in the game anyway.
• Walking Shirtless Scene
• Weapon of Choice: Blitz Balls.
• Underdogs Never Lose: The Aurochs are the butt of every joke in the league.
• Verbal Tic: He does have one, ya.

Lulu

"No matter how dark the night, morning always comes, and our journey begins anew." —Voiced by Rio Natsuki (Japanese) and Paula Tiso (English).

Another of Yuna's friends from Besaid. She was in a relationship with Chappu, who had considered proposing if he won the Cup. She was on a pilgrimage with a summoner named Ginnem who was killed in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth, as well as with another named Zuke, who decided to quit in the Calm Lands.

• Action Girl
• Armor-Piercing Slap: As a Counter Attack!
  • You'd be expecting that she did this to Luzzu upon finding out that he's the one who convinced Chappu to join the Crusaders' doomed-to-fail operation, but it turns out that Lulu had already been told, and hit him when he did..
• Badass
• Beauty Mark
• Black Mage: The only character who doesn't have a hybrid class.
• Cool Big Sis: Yuna sees her as an older sister, and later, Rikku does as well, so much that she wishes to learn magic.
• Dark Is Not Evil
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Deadpan Snarker: Heavy on the deadpan, light on the snark. In fact, the creators of X-2 said that they didn't include Lulu as the third playable character because her no-nonsense attitude would have completely shut down Yuna and Rikku's playful banter.
• Failure Knight: She has been a guardian to two summoners before Yuna and one of them did not survive the journey to Zanarkand.
• Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
• Goth
• Happily Married: With Wakka as of X-2.
• Heartbroken Badass: Darn it, Chappu!
• Hot Witch
• Hot Mom: By the end of X-2.
• Impossibly Low Neckline: How does that thing not slip?
• Improbable Weapon User: She somehow manipulates dolls to attack her foes (according to the scan description, not even Wakka understands how she does it), although they're put to better use as a focus for her magic.
• Informed Attribute: In X-2, she's supposed to be heavily pregnant but doesn't look it because she retains her model from the first game.
• Lady of Black Magic And War
• Male Gaze: Take a good look at how the FMV introduces her. Take a good look at where Tidus' eyes wander when he's using the binoculars on the S.S. Winno. Take a good look at where your eyesight falls during her Victory Pose.
  • The FMV showing her this way is due to her dress. Because FM Vs are not rendered in real time with the same small handful of moving models they hid her from view or only showed from the waist up so they didn't have spend the extra time and money making sure her overly complicated dress was the same each time.
• Mama Bear: Towards Yuna in the beginning, toward Tidus once she warms up to him, and towards Rikku starting around the time Home is destroyed.
• Mix and Match: Not in classes, like others. She's a Black Mage and a model.
• Ms. Exposition: Despite her initial skepticism, she gradually comes to accept that Tidus knows diddly about how Spira works (sans Blitzball, of course). After a while whenever a new situation pops up, she is is usually the first one over to explain it to him. However when Tidus asks her if this means she believes his story, she dodges the question.
• Ms. Fanservice: Shares this role with Rikku in the first game. In X-2, not so much.
• My Greatest Failure: Her inability at protecting a past summoner. A large deal of guilt and grief for Lulu still stems from this very fact. You can help her finally confront her inner demons at the Cavern of Stolen Fayth.
• Peek-a-Bangs
• Pimped-Out Dress
• Pretty in Mink
• Parental Substitute
• Promotion to Parent
• Red Eyes Take Warning: Averted. Not only are her eyes reddish-brown, but Lulu is actually a pretty nice and caring woman underneath that icy exterior. Well, at least if you're one of her True Companions.
• Settle for Sibling: Tidus points out there is definitely something between Wakka and Lulu but it is implied she has mixed feelings about becoming involved with her dead lovers older brother. In the end she and Wakka tie the knot.
• Stone Wall: Her HP and physical defense aren't particularly good, (her magical defense is much better) but her Evasion is godly, ensuring she doesn't get hit all that often.
• Team Mom
• The Smart Guy: Of X's Five-Man Band.
• The Stoic
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• Third Option Love Interest: During a Guadosalam sidequest, Tidus has the opportunity to profess his love for Yuna, express an interest in Rikku, or raise a naughty eyebrow at Lulu.
• Too Many Belts: That skirt of hers? All belts.
• Tsundere: Boy howdy. She's just as likely to berate her men as she is to praise them. She shows more of a deredere side around Yuna.
• Vapor Wear
• Victoria's Secret Compartment
• Weapon of Choice: Dolls.
• Womanin Black
• Zettai Ryouiki: A gap in her skirt o' belts shows she's wearing black lacy stockings!

Kimahri

"Yuna needs Kimahri. Kimahri protect Yuna." —Voiced by Katsumi Cho (Japanese) and John Dimaggio (English).

A Ronso who was alienated from his own people after being unable to honorably accept defeat in a duel, which resulted in his horn being broken, but who now serves as Yuna's protector.

• All of the Other Reindeer: chastised by fellow Ronso for his small size and broken horn.
• Badass
• The Big Guy: Of X's Five-Man Band.
• Berserk Button: Just try to bring harm to Yuna while he's around.
  • In Final Fantasy X-2, he plays a bit on the Reasonable Authority Figure to the Ronso, trying everything in his power to quell their violence. Yet when Garik uses his violence on Kimahri, he uppercuts him and gives a borderline Reason You Suck Speech.
• Catfolk
• The Chains of Commanding: It's all Kimahri can do to keep the Ronso from twisting the heads off every Guado in sight.
• Da Chief: In the sequel.
• Gentle Giant
• Heroic Sacrifice: Tries to take on Seymour Natus, solo, so that Yuna can escape. Yuna comes back, quickly followed by everyone else.
  • Kind of played straight if he uses his Self-Destruct overdrive.
• Hulk Speak: a trait common with all Ronsos.
• Jack of All Trades: has the smallest path in the Sphere Grid, but can make up for it by having a choice of the other characters' paths, except for Auron's. You need to jump hoops to get him to the start of that Grid.
• Mega Manning: His Ronso Rage overdrives.
• Mix and Match: of the Dragoon and Blue Mage classes.
• Our Founder: Earns himself a statue on the peak of Mt. Gagazet. If you manage to prevent a Ronso war, it's accompanied by a statue of Yuna.
• Parental Abandonment: Notes that he no longer has a family shortly before reaching Mt. Gagazet; they presumably abandoned him when he was exiled.
• Panthera Awesome
• Pet the Dog: Anyone can forget that he's a fierce warrior because he's also one of Yuna's most loyal Guardians (before becoming a Summoner, even).
• Proud Warrior Race Guy
• The Quiet One: He doesn't say a word to Tidus until the aftermath of Operation Mi'ihen. He's apparently making up for being quite boastful when he was younger, at least according to the other Ronso.
• Roundhouse Kick: One of his overdrive moves.
• Talking to Himself: In English, he and Wakka are voiced by John Dimaggio.
• Third Person Person: Like all other Ronso, he almost exclusively refers to himself by his own name, and even rarely uses second- or third-person pronouns.
• Weapon of Choice: Spears.
• The Un-Smile: Tries out a big grin, at Tidus' behest.

Auron

"This is it. This is your story. It all begins here." —Voiced by Hideo Ishikawa (Japanese) and Matt Mc Kenzie (English).

One of Jecht's old friends, whom Tidus has known for some time. It is revealed that in Spira, he was one of the legendary guardians of the last successful summoner, Braska. It turns out that Braska sacrificed his life and Jecht became the Final Aeon to defeat Sin, an outcome Auron was highly displeased with. He attacked Yunalesca and was killed, but remained as an unsent in order to break the cycle.

• Arranged Marriage: the reason he fell out of favor with Yevon was because he turned one down.
• The Atoner: He couldn't stop Braska and Jecht from sacrificing themselves in the Final Summoning, so he's determined to make sure their children end the cycle forever.
• Badass
  • Badass Longcoat
  • Badass Long Hair: You can't see it under that collar of his, but it's there.
  • Heartbroken Badass
    • One of his random lines when entering the battle is "I foresee no difficulty". Even when it's just him facing down a Dark Aeon.
• BFS: And some of them are katanas to boot!
• Black Comedy: Appears to have developed something of a dark sense of humor. For example, before fighting Evrae in Bevelle, he lets out this gem:

Auron: (chucking) The red carpet has teeth.

• Broken Pedestal: Quite disappointed to see Kinoc becoming more corrupt over time after rising in the Yevonite hierarchy, but is still angry with Seymour when he kills him.
• The Cameo: In X-2, he, Jecht and Braska are heard (but not seen) shouting advice to the party in the final battles. He also appears in a secret cutscene with Gippal.
  • He's also a party member in the Underworld level of Kingdom Hearts II.
• Chaste Hero/Celibate Hero: Part of the reason he teamed with Braska was because he became ostracized from his Warrior Monk sect for refusing the hand of the High Priest's daughter.
• The Chessmaster: Half, and perhaps more, of the plot is his and Jecht's plan. See Shipper On Deck, too.
• Cool Old Guy: Despite of being only 35 years old, but since other characters are about teenagers - in their early twenties (or their ages are never stated, like Kimahri) he is definitely the oldest in the group.
• Cool Shades: And, by extension, Sunglasses At Night.
• Cool Sword
• Dark and Troubled Past
• Dead All Along
• Deadpan Snarker: He has a few moments, including next one:

*Battle with Sin has ended, lots of soldiers died, most of them who turned down the Corrupt Church* Auron (to Kinoc, one of the maesters): A swift retreat... satisfied?

• Estrogen Brigade Bait
• Expy: of Guts. Dark and Troubled Past, BFS, Eye Scream, even hair and left arm situations.
• Eye Scream: One of the injuries that he sustained when he attacked Yunalesca ten years ago.
• Former Teen Rebel: Inverted; Auron was an upstanding monk in the old days. It was not until Braska'a Final Summoning that Auron realized that his years of service to Yevon were wasted.
• Gargle Blaster: Whatever's in his jug. (It's a traditional sake jug, but it may also hold rice wine, in keeping with the Ronin theme.) In his Overdrive he spits it onto his BFS, which causes dark fire and black holes. Another has Auron creating a whirlwind and then hurling his entire jug in, at which point the tornado turns into a fiery pillar.
  • Fridge Brilliance: Of course he can handle whatever's in there, he's already dead
• Good Scars, Evil Scars
• Heroic BSOD: Apparently, he got really messed up when Jecht and Braska both died and even more so when finding out that it all was in vain Despite a few scenes it's never quite shown, but the result is clear.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Jecht and Braska. It's also implied that he was like this with Kinoc (or at least a Big Brother Mentor to him) before their falling out.
• I Gave My Word: To find a portal to Jecht's Zanarkand, and watch over Tidus in his stead. Sound impossible? Not for this BAMF.
• I Hate Past Me: A pyrefly reenactment of Auron falling to his knees as his friends march to their death. Just the sight of it is enough to make Mr. Cool fly into a screaming rage.
• Mentor
• Mighty Glacier: has low speed but is your physically strongest and most durable character.
• Miles to Go Before I Sleep
• My Greatest Failure: Despite being one of the few guardians (perhaps the only one) to survive a successful pilgrimage, this is his motivation for becoming The Atoner.
• The Obi-Wan/The Obi Wrong: An odd example: while Auron succeeded in helping Braska finish the pilgrammage, his failure to stop Braska and Jecht's Senseless Sacrifice only served to continue Spira's Vicious Cycle. It's a spin on being a Failure Knight.
• Parental Substitute: Looks after Tidus as a favor to Jecht.
• Perma Stubble
• Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: He gets several, like everybody else. They may also qualify for Bond One-Liner.
• Rated M for Manly
• Ronin
• Rousing Speech: Definitely the "now is the time" one at yunalesca's dome.
• Shell Shocked Senior
• Shipper On Deck: His advice for Tidus definitely seems to be a nudge towards Yuna's direction.
• Skunk Stripe
• Spiky Hair
• Silver Fox
• The Stoic
  • Stoic Woobie
• Taking the Bullet: One of his abilities lets him take hits for other characters.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky: Tall? Check. Dark? Double-check. Snarky? Definitely.
• The Undead: As an unsent he would fall closely to a revenant.
• Unfinished Business
• Warrior Monk: He is a former one.
• Weapon of Choice: BFS's claiming to be katanas
• Younger Than They Look: Few would guess he's supposed to be thirty-five.

Rikku

"Memories are nice, but that's all they are." —Voiced by Marika Matsumoto (Japanese) and Tara Strong (English).

The daughter of Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed, and Yuna's maternal cousin. She is one of the first people to greet Tidus on Spira, until he's washed onto Besaid. She attacks the party in an attempt to kidnap Yuna and stop her pilgrimage, but the party is unaware that it was her. She is defeated and later joins the pilgrimage as a guardian, hoping that Yuna will give up on it.

In X-2, she and Yuna work with their new friend Paine on a quest to find spheres as part of the Gullwings, hoping for clues to what might have happened to Tidus.

• Action Girl
• Badass Adorable
• Bare Your Midriff
• Coy Girlish Flirt Pose: In the second game.
• Cute Bruiser
• Cute Clumsy Girl
• Daddy's Girl
• Dangerously Short Skirt: Her famously risque thong/bikini miniskirt combo provides the page image.
• Dark-Skinned Blond
• Ditzy Genius: In the first game, despite having ditz tendencies, she is a skilled chemist, and has more emotional savvy than you'd expect for a girl her age.
• Dual-Wielding: Second game.
• Exotic Eye Designs
• Face Your Fears: Camped out in the Thunder Plains for a week.
• Fear of Thunder: Has grown out of it by the time the sequel starts.
• Flanderization: Goes from being a perky yet sensible gadget girl in game one to just a perky moron in the sequel.
• Gadgeteer Genius
• Genki Girl
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: when Tidus meets up with her again after she tries to kidnap Yuna by way of Humongous Mecha, Rikku, completely in Male Gaze, strips out of her wet Form-Fitting Wardrobe.
• Goggles Do Nothing: First game.
  • Possibly Justified by her growing up in a Desert, doing Dive Expositions, and general tinkering.
• Good Is Dumb: Justified; when she's encountered as a boss during an attempt to kidnap Yuna (the party doesn't know it's her), she's using a machina.
• Green Eyes
• Hair of Gold
• Hidden Depths: Rikku's aloof personality, cheerfulness, and Badass Adorable status may make her seem somewhat shallow to some. However, if you can get your Relationship Values with her high enough, she opens up about a lot of her reasons for being such. Bottom line: the death of her mother taught her that you can't waste your life being sad, and that you need to live it up while you can, especially in a Crapsack World like Spira. There's more, but going too deep into it would take all day.
• Hollywood Atheist: Subverted. All Al Bhed believe in the power of science over Yevon, but Rikku offers some perfectly reasonable justifications for her lack of belief in spiritual matters. That being said, it's further subverted by the fact that she does seem to believe in an afterlife of sorts as shown from when she tells Yuna, and later Tidus, that she'll "see them again". It's really more like she's an Agent Scully, who has a spiritual belief, just not the "main" one as it were.
• Item Caddy: Through her Use command.
• Item Crafting: close enough: she has the ability to upgrade your weapons, adding abilities at the cost of items.
• Jail Bait: And likely other relevant tropes. She's rather young in the first game.
• Loveable Rogue
• Ms. Fanservice: Her outfits are quite revealing, especially in the sequel. For a very specific scene, try the FMV reunion in the Moonflow.
• Name's the Same: With another Square character. It's also the reason she didn't appear in the first Kingdom Hearts game. She was replaced during development by Yuffie. If you look at Yuffie's outfit in Kingdom Hearts, it looks much more like a recolour of a slightly altered Rikku outfit than it does like Yuffie's original FF7 getup. She does make an appearance later on in Kingdom Hearts II, but she's never referred to by name in the cutscenes.
  • This is actually an interesting leftover from the game's translation. In Japanese, she's called 'Ryukku', pronounced 'riyucku', it's quite tricky to pronounce for anybody unused to Japanese, so her name was simplified to something easier to say. Of course, then along came Kingdom Hearts, featuring a major character named 'Riku' and causing problems. In Japanese, 'Ryukku' and 'Riku' are really quite distinct sounding names.
• Plucky Girl
• Power Trio: The Id in X-2.
• Scarf of Asskicking: Second game.
• Shorttank
• Shout Out: She and the remainder of YRP have a lot, but perhaps the most notable is Snake? SNAKE! SNAAAAAAAAKEEE!!!!!
• The Sneaky Guy
• Stripperific
• Teen Genius
• Weapon of Choice: Power Fist or Wolverine Claws with a Targe in X, Dual-Wielding knives in the second.
• Wrench Wench

Paine

"The hardest person to know is yourself." —Voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese) and Gwendoline Yeo (English).

Only appears in Final Fantasy X-2. The third member of the heroines, who was once part of a task force composed of herself, Nooj, Baralai and Gippal that entered the Den of Woe, which resulted in Shuyin possessing Nooj and turning him against his comrades. For her, the journey is largely about finding answers to the questions in her own past.

• Action Girl: Makes even the White Mage class seem badass. Hell, her unique dress sphere is a giant Mech made entirely out of swords.
• Badass Back: Her usual fighting stance.
• Bare Your Midriff
• Combat Stilettos
• The Comically Serious: Part of the humor in the character is her reaction to Rikku's Genki Girl-ishness.

Rikku: Doctor P is in the house! Paine: Stop that.

• Dark and Troubled Past
• Dark Is Not Evil
• Deadpan Snarker: Heavier on the snark side.
• Expy: Several people (including the main writer for both Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X 2) have pointed out her similarity to VIII's protagonist Squall. She also shares some similarities with Vincent Valentine, particularly during his time with the Turks.
• Hot Chick With a Sword
• Power Trio: The superego.
• The Quiet One
• Red Eyes Take Warning: Subverted. It's pretty much the same deal as Lulu.
• Silver Haired Pretty Girl
• The Stoic
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: If you haven't guessed already, she shares most of Lulu's prominent traits.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• Too Many Belts
• Weapon of Choice: Swords.
• Womanin Black

Villains

Jecht

"I ain't gettin' any younger, so I might as well make myself useful." —Voiced by Masuo Amada (Japanese) and Gregg Berger (English).

Tidus' father, an alcoholic who abandoned him as a result of being brought to Spira. He's also the current Sin.

• Abusive Parents: Tidus does have a good reason to hate him, which makes it more saddening since deep down Jecht genuinely loves him.
  • Luckily, Tidus genuinely loves him too, he just doesn't want to admit it.
• The Ace: Prior to Tidus.
• The Alcoholic: Until that fateful incident with ze shoopuf...
  • Alcoholic Parent: Until an incident on the pilgrimage, in which he, while drunk, attacked a shoopuff, resulting in him swearing off alcohol.
• Ambiguously Brown
• Archnemesis Dad: Tidus views him as this for a long time. It turns out that he's not quite that bad, but there's still some resentment and for very good reasons.
• And I Must Scream: Arguably what he currently is now.
• Anti-Villain: Type IV, The only real reason he's on the bad side is because he was fused with Sin. When he fused with Sin, he became a Final Aeon in order to destroy Sin so as to save the world. In addition, Jecht was perfectly willing to die at the hands of his son if it meant eliminating Sin for good, although that didn't stop him from having to fight his son under Yu Yevon's influence.
• Badass
  • Badass Beard
  • Badass Long Hair
• BFS: And it becomes even bigger when Jecht powers up into the Final Aeon.
• Captain's Log: Jecht recorded spheres of his journey to show his wife and Tidus, still hopeful he would find a way home someday. When Jecht came to accept he was trapped in Spira, he left behind spheres to help guide Tidus, should the same fate befall him.
• Covered in Scars
• Death Seeker
• Does Not Like Shoes
• Disappeared Dad
• Evil Counterpart:to Tidus
• Final Boss Preview: Jecht calls out to Tidus when the latter is sucked into Spira. Tidus returns to this void at the end of the game to battle the Final Aeon.
• Guttural Growler
• Honor Before Reason: Alluded to by Auron. If he ever used the phrase 'it's the right thing to do' to talk you into doing something, it meant he was about to get himself (and his companions) into a lot of trouble.
• Hot Dad
• I Cannot Self-Terminate: He can't control his own actions and thus needs your party to kill him, which also means he's unable to throw the fight with your party as well.
• It Runs in The Family: Neither he nor Tidus is very comfortable with the whole hero gig.
• Jerkass/Jerk With a Heart of Gold/Jerkass Woobie
• Memetic Badass: An in-universe example to Dream Zanarkand. It's one of the many reasons why Tidus hates him.
  • Broken Ace: But it turns out his awesomeness is mostly an act for the crowd and that deep down he's an alcoholic who can't relate to or connect with the son he really loves.
• Multicolored Hair: He dyes the tips of his hair red.
• Music Soothes the Savage Beast
• One-Winged Angel
• Rated M for Manly
• Right Hand of Doom: In his Aeon form.
• Took a Level In Badass: Over time, he takes Braska's pilgrimage more seriously and becomes a more focused individual. When his drunkenness causes him to injure a shoopuff, he stops drinking altogether.
• Tough Love: Jecht later claims that he wanted to toughen Tidus up, and was looking forward to seeing him become a star blitz player. He never told Tidus this directly, of course.
• Tragic Monster
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Hell, his only attire for his entire tenure in Spira is board shorts, a metal armguard, and what looks like half a sari wrapped around his waist. And that's even on Gagazet.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Won't be winning any Father of the Year trophies soon.

Seymour Guado

"Death is a sweet slumber. All the pain of life is gently swept away... Ah, yes. Don't you see... if all life were to end in Spira, all suffering would end. Don't you see? Do you not agree?" —Voiced by Junichi Suwabe (Japanese) and Alex Fernandez (English).

The son of Lord Jyscal Guado and a human, which resulted in him initially being exiled from Guadosalam, but Seymour returned as a summoner, gaining favor with the Guado and the Yevonite church. Seymour is one of the four maesters of Yevon, along with maesters Mika, Kelk Ronso and Kinoc, being promoted fairly early on in the game. He seeks Yuna's hand in marriage to bring peace to Spira, but in reality, plans on becoming one with Sin in order to kill as many people as he can to bring them peace, in his mind. Oh, and just in case the above quote didn't tip you off, he's a perfectly sane individual who could never be accused of doing anything wrong.

• Anime Hair: Seriously, look at that picture and tell me how that is physically possible?
• A Taste of Power: In the only battle you get to use him.
• Affably Evil: Although it's played mostly for Squick. Seymour is the sort of faux-complimentary creep you could see being a Facebook stalker in real life.
• Dark Is Evil: His Aeon is the Dark Aeon, Anima, but once you get her on your side, it's the opposite.
• Dark Messiah: He could be the poster boy for this trope.
• Devil in Plain Sight: If you honestly thought he was a goodie at any point you deserve to lose his boss fights. You'll still lose even if you didn't, but hey.
• Establishing Character Moment: invoked during the Fiend invasion of Luca so the people of Spira can come to see him as something of a savior.
  • The true Establishing Character Moment for him? "Pretend I didn't say it" after Wakka says that his condoning the use of machina is not something a Maester would say.
• Expy: Of Emperor Mateus from Final Fantasy II. The developers of Duodecim apparently noticed this, as they put Mateus as Yuna's rival in her storyline.
• Fantastic Racism: This was the reason why he ended up exiled from the Guados as a child (by his own father, no less), as the Guados were appalled by his Human/Guado hybrid status.
• Foil/Evil Counterpart: To Yuna. Both were born to one human parent and one parent of another race. Both their mothers died when they were young. Both had fathers who made difficult choices that involved staying out of their children's lives for the sake of peace and their children's well-being. The key difference is in their upbringing: Yuna was loved throughout her life despite being half Al Bhed, and always had friends and people who cared about her; Seymour, in contrast, was hated for being half-Guado, was outcast, and grew up lonely and isolated. Hence their different philosophies about the meaning of life - Yuna came to believe that life was worth living even despite the pain, while Seymour came to believe that life was about pain and suffering.
• Forceful Kiss: With Yuna, considered by many to be Squick seeing as he is dead.
• Freudian Excuse/Freud Was Right: Seymour was incredibly attached to his mother, who sacrificed herself to become a Fayth in order to make him strong. Seymour didn't take it well.
  • This becomes even worse in the English dub, where Hedy Buress voices both Yuna and Seymour's mother.
• Graceful Loser: Surprisingly enough, he takes relatively well his last defeat and sending.
• Guest Star Party Member
• Half-Human Hybrid: Guado father, human mother.
• Hair Antennae: HUGE ones!
• I Have You Now, My Pretty And Now You Must Marry Me
• I'll Pretend I Didn't Hear That: Inverted. See Establishing Character Moment above.
• Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: By Kimahri, but because he's an unsent he's barely even annoyed.
• Improbable Hairstyle
• Insane Troll Logic: His modus operandi is to end all suffering in Spira... by turning into the next Sin and killing everybody. It's so stupid that even Tidus lampshades.

"You're totally nuts!"

• • Of course, as it's simply an extrapolation of Yevon's teachings, he's totally right as far as he knows. It's not like he knew that the Fayth themselves were working towards destroying Sin forever. As far as he knew, they were aiding the spiral of death and part of the problem.
• Jerk With a Heart of Jerk: Saying this guy is a dick is an understatement.
• Knight Templar: His master plan to save the peoples of Spira is to kill everyone so that they can be "free".
• Leitmotif and Musical Spoiler: A sinister one present in fully six tracks in the game soundtrack, tying in with Musical Spoiler because these tracks play well before the game outs him as evil...plotwise, at least. If Square Enix didn't want us to think the man was evil, they shouldn't have played Arpeggios Of Malice in E(vil) Major every time he showed up.
• Little No: His reaction upon being defeated for the final time.
• Magic Staff: His Weapon of Choice and when in your party he typically will be dealing more damage then Auron! When you fight him though its curiously absent.
• Manipulative Bastard: Although he clearly thinks that just having Evil Plans makes him a magnificent one.
• Mix and Match: A summoner and a black mage, with some White Magic... basically, if it's magical, he can do it.
  • Also: Mix and Match of You Gotta Have Blue Hair and White-Haired Pretty Boy.
• My Death Is Just the Beginning: Possibly doubling up as a Thanatos Gambit. Upon the first fight, Seymour is killed by the party in self-defense. He seemed to have planned this, or at least he didn't care if he died. Because the Guados forbade Yuna to send his body to the Farplane, he ends up returning much stronger than ever and decides to fully enact his plans to fuse with Sin and kill everyone in order to "end all suffering in Spira".
• Nietzsche Wannabe: The definitive example among Final Fantasy antagonists. Whereas being inherently evil and wanting to destroy the world just because it's there or as part of a Villainous Breakdown is a common motivation for them (Exdeath, Kefka,Kuja, etc.), Seymour is the only one who monologues about how life is meaningless and how the world can only be saved by being destroyed.
• Obviously Evil: You'll notice we're not spoiler tagging most of the stuff that has to do with him being a bad guy. That's because summoning a demon from the underworld ten minutes after you've been introduced as a character tends to mark you out as one.
• Oedipus Complex: Sweet fancy Moses
• Omnicidal Maniac: Goes hand in hand with Obviously Evil.
• One-Winged Angel: Gets three of these throughout the four times you fight him.
• Pet the Dog: Probably the closest thing to a redeemable, good-will, selfless act that Seymour ever committed was giving Baralai a place to stay after the latter and his party were ambushed by a Shuyin possessed Nooj.
• Recurring Boss: You fight - and defeat - him four times. Yes. Four.
• Red Right Hand: Veiny forehead? Check.
• Self Made Orphan: He killed his own father, as revenge for exiling him as a child.
• Smug Snake: He's manipualtive and scheming but never really makes the leap into Magnificent Bastard territory.
• The Starscream: For the Church of Yevon.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: He quite literally massacres monsters in the Blitzballs stadium. Turns out that's nothing on what he plans to do to the world. It's also implied that he was the one who released the monsters he massacred in the first place.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Thanks to his otherwise unflattering robe.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: From a Certain Point of View. He legitimately believes that the only way to free people from the cycle of suffering is via killing them, and seeks to take control of Sin to do. Given that The Government in Spira is dedicated to ensuring said cycle forever, his plan is simply the ultimate conclusion of Yevon's philosophy. In fact, when he says "But even when I'm gone, Spira's suffering will prevail," he seems to say it with some sadness. The only reason he turns out to be wrong is because Yuna and her friends defy Yevon totally and Screw Destiny.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: See Well-Intentioned Extremist.
• Villain With Really Damn Good Publicity: No matter what he does, what he plans, how Obviously Evil he acts and downright creepy he gets, the public will instantly assume that he's the good guy and anybody who opposes him is a villain without even asking what the full story is. Somewhat justified in that he's basically one of the world's four Popes, but it's still frustrating for everyone who knows he's a bad 'un.

Sin

The "primary antagonist" of FFX, it is an enormous Space Whale that was created by the Summoners of Zanarkand to help them win the war against Bevelle 1000 years ago Yu Yevon to protect him during his perpetual summoning of Dream Zanarkand. Its name originates from the fact that people think that it was born from the sins of their forefathers during the Machina War. It has only one purpose: to bring destruction to technology, or at least any sign of progress in the world.

• Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever
• The Dreaded
• Eldritch Abomination
• Gravity Sucks: The basis of most of its attacks. It's also the name of the FMV cutscene when it charges its Terra Graviton attack.
• I Want Them Alive: He won't lay a tentacle on Tidus.
• The Juggernaut
• Living Bodysuit: For Yu Yevon.
• Lost in Translation/Woolseyism: the Japanese name for the character is the semi-homonymous "Shin". It means "God." On the other hand, being called "Sin" also makes sense, as it was given the name due to it allegedly appearing whenever people were committing sins.
• Meaningful Name: It's name is derived from the concept of willingly breaking taboos from ones religion, and the creature is named as such because the people believed it originated from the fact that they sinned or their forefathers sinned during the war.
  • In the Japanese version, its name is written with katakana that reads as "Shin" (what a tweest!). "Shin" is one of several ways to read the kanji for "deity". A malevolent deity that goes around punishing people for their transgressions seems to be the character concept of Sin.
• Medieval Stasis: The whole point of its existence.
• Papa Wolf: "Sin always returns for its spawn."
• Population Control: Sin automatically seeks out populated towns and smashes them to bits. This is Yu Yevon's way of ensuring that technology won't advance.
• Sequential Boss: Fought four times in a row, although there would be a short break before the last one in the sequence. Appropriate, seeing as the fourth battle is That One Boss.
• Sphere of Destruction: Erects a gravity shield at Mushroom Rock.
  • Sin first appears above Zanarkand as one of these. This is caused by Jecht pushing his nose into the barrier surrounding Dream Zanarkand.
• Time Limit Boss: The last battle with him. If you don't defeat him before his Overlimit fills up, you're doomed.
• Vicious Cycle

Yu Yevon

The founder of the religion of the same name, and father of Yunalesca. He was the leader of Zanarkand a thousand years before the game and led them in the great Machina War against Bevelle. He's the real Big Bad of the game, lingering on as mindless spirit that summons the "armor" known as Sin.

• Anticlimax Boss: Infamous for this with the fandom, since it is impossible to lose.
• Ax Crazy: Although it's implied that he doesn't know what he's doing anymore.
• Big Bad
• Demonic Possession
• The Fundamentalist: From what little we actually know about him, he was a pretty zealous leader, considering that he condemned all of Zanarkand's citizens to becoming Fayths and ground technological progress to a halt for over a thousand years.
• Flat Character: Somewhat of a unique example. He has an extensive background and possessed an identity at one point, but because of his actions prior to the game he has become a blank slate. Just what he was like is never revealed, which has resulted in a couple of different character interpretations.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: Although we do see him for the final battle, it is only in his parasitic form.
• God Is Evil: Subverted in that he's actually a summoner, but is revered as a god by the people of Spira. At the time of the game he is not aware of his actions and is said to be "neither good nor evil", but nevertheless acts as a destructive force.
• Hidden Villain: His name is not dropped until the third act of the game, and he does not even make an appearance until the final battle. Even worse, his human form is never seen. Despite this, his influence can be felt throughout the entire game through the Yevon religion.
• Ludd Was Right: The purpose of Sin is to keep Spira frozen in a pre-industrial dark age.
• The Man Behind the Curtain
• Obliviously Evil: Because his sense of self has been destroyed, he has absolutely no idea of all the death and destruction he's causing during the game. However, he may have been evil prior to his mind wipe.
• The Paragon Always Rebels: Said to to have been a "peerless" summoner.
• True Final Boss
• Walking Spoiler
• :What Could Have Been: Apparently, there were supposed to be portraits of Yu Yevon (presumably in his non-parasitic form) displayed in public places in the original draft, but they were cut in the final version.

Yunalesca

"It is better to die in hope than to live in despair. Let me be your liberator!" —Voiced by Yoko Koyanagi (Japanese) and Julia Fletcher (English).

The first summoner to defeat Sin. The original final aeon was created from her husband and guardian, Lord Zaon. Has been living in Zanarkand as an unsent for a thousand years, acting as the guide to the summoners who complete their pilgrimage.

• Bare Your Midriff
• Chainmail Bikini
• Combat Tentacles
• Daddy's Little Villain: The fact that she is so devoted to honoring Yu Yevon is one of the main driving forces behind the plot. Whether or not she commits her villainous actions because she thinks daddy would be proud or because he specifically told her to is a subject of much debate.
• Despair Event Horizon: She crosses it before she dies, as shown from how she believes that there is no hope for Spira without the Final Aeon.
• Fallen Heroine
• Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
• Guide Dang It: The first time you face her, you probably won't think to keep your party Zombified from her Hellbiter attack. Of course, that leaves you with a different problem...
• Hair Antennae: Though nowhere near as extreme as Seymour's.
• Knight Templar
• One-Winged Angel: Twice.
• Our Zombies Are Different.
• Prehensile Hair: You know her one One-Winged Angel form? Yeah, that's really her hair. Meaning she's freaking riding her hair and kicking back while kicking your ass in her final form.
• Rapunzel Hair
  • Power Makes Your Hair Grow
• Sequential Boss
• Shout Out: Her One-Winged Angel seems remarkably similar to the goddess statue boss of Final Fantasy VI.
  • In addition, Her overall design was reused from the Amano artwork of the Cloud of Darkness from Final Fantasy III.
• Stripperiffic: Wears a metal black bikini top and a metal black thong. That's it, until she goes One-Winged Angel.
• Thong of Shielding
• White-Haired Pretty Girl

LeBlanc

"Errr, Leblanc. Remember that name well, loves." —Voiced by Satomi Yasuhara (Japanese) and Masasa Moyo (English).

Your initial antagonist in X-2, leader of a rival group of sphere hunters.

• Absolute Cleavage: And how.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: About the time she realizes that Spira is in deep, deep shit again, she starts to soften up and ends up helping Yuna.
• Heel Face Turn
• Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Who would have thought she was taking in war victims and political refugees and letting them live with her in her Big Fancy House?
• Love Makes You Crazy: she'll do anything for her "Noojie-woojie". Too bad Nooj was at that point possessed by a vengeful spirit.
• The Rival
• Shout Out: Almost assuredly to Doronjo, Boyacky, and Tonzra of Yatterman.
  • Her design/appearance, more specifically her face, somewhat resembles Tina Armstrong.
• Steel Fan Of Doom
• Stripperiffic
• Terrible Trio/Goldfish Poop Gang: With her henchmen Logos and Ormi.
• Vapor Wear

Shuyin

"Share my despair!" —Voiced by Masakazu Morita (Japanese) and James Arnold Taylor (English).

The antagonist of X-2, more or less. A thousand years as an Unsent has driven him crazy, as did being killed by Bevelle soldiers along with his lover and now he's trying to destroy Spira.

• Body Surf: He possessed Nooj, which caused him to fire on his friends (hence their breakup). Shuyin then lied dormant for a few years, until Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal meet up again, their mutual disgust of each other reawakening him and forcing him to jump to Baralai.
• Being Tortured Makes You Evil: His torture? He was subjected to watching his one true love be callously killed... in a loop for ONE THOUSAND YEARS. Needless to say, he didn't take it too well.
• Evil Laugh: In the Den of Woe.
• Evil Twin: Of Tidus. Also results in a Palette Swap due to how he fights in the Final Battle. He is pretty much Tidus in every aspect; attack animations, critical HP animation, and even his super attacks are just copies of Tidus' Overdrives!
  • Could also count as Fridge Brilliance, since the Wall of Fayth were forced to "dream" of Zanarkand, Tidus might be their representation of Shuyin.
• Mind Rape: See above, Cold Blooded Torture.
• Large Ham: When totally batshit-insane.
• Living Bodysuit: His ability.
• Lost Superweapon: Attempts to use one.
• Love Makes You Crazy and Evil
• Sealed In The Den Of Woe

Other

Baralai

"The world is changing, and there many who are finding it difficult to keep up. New Yevon wishes to help those who feel lost in the winds of change." —Voiced by Kenji Sobu (Japanese) and Josh Gomez (English).

Only appears in Final Fantasy X-2, where he's risen to leadership of New Yevon.

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• Dark Skinned White-Haired Pretty Boy
• Grand Theft Me: By Shuyin, after he hops from Nooj.
• Ship Tease: He has this with Yuna in an early scene and Paine, as seen in the Crimson Spheres.
• White-Haired Pretty Boy: Subverted. He comes off as a rather suspicious figure with implications of the victorious Starscream kind when first introduced, and there's plenty of reason to think he's evil, given that he fights the party in order to protect yet another one of Bevelle's dark secrets, not to mention one of the his sphere also reveals that after the Crimson Squad fiasco he sought help from Seymour of all people. However, later on it becomes clear that Shuyin-possessed Nooj is the actual villain, and Baralai doesn't get around to his Face Heel Turn until after Shuyin swipes his body. The ending makes it pretty clear that he's one of the good guys, working for the betterment of Spira.

Brother

"Who is the leader? I am! I give the orders around here!!" —Voiced by Takayuki Yamaguchi (Japanese) and David Rasner (English).

Rikku's older brother. If he has a real name, it's never mentioned. He is seen piloting the party's airship in both games, but plays a larger role in X-2 where he is part of the Gullwings.

• All Love Is Unrequited: In a hidden x-2 cutscene, he comes to terms with Yuna not returning his feelings.
• Calling the Old Man Out: A subtle version: he and Rikku had a falling out with Cid in between the two games, so what do they do? They get their own airship, and its name is a jab at Cid's own. (Celsius to Farenheit, get it?)
• The Captain: Rikku constantly finds herself wondering why he's in charge.
• Chivalrous Pervert
• Eighties Hair: Is that a mohawk?
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
• Funny Foreigner
• Genius Ditz: You might not guess it, but he is really, really, good at Blitzball.
• Kissing Cousins: Has a massive unrequited crush on Yuna, going so far as to learn English (or whatever the common language on Spira is) so he can talk to her. Rikku is not amused.
• Large Ham: Not only does he shout, he flaps his arms and punches.
• Walking Shirtless Scene
• You No Take Candle: His English in the first game ("Trust...me. Me...take you there. No problem...ya?")

Gippal

"Never been this close to a celebrity before..." —Voiced by Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese) and Rick Gomez (English).

The leader of the Machine Faction in X-2. An Al Bhed with one eye and really weird fashion sense, even for Spira. Which is really saying something. Be thankful it wasn't worse.

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• BFG: With a circular saw blade on the end. Also, it's pink. (Purple?)
• Eyepatch of Power
• Hey It's That Voice: In both English and Japanese, shares a VA with Zack Fair of Final Fantasy VII.
• Real Men Wear Lavender
• Remember the New Guy: Remember when the party arrived on Bikanel Island? Gippal was there the entire time, having met up with Auron and helping to protect Yuna.
• Ship Tease: He's got it with both Yuna and Rikku (more so with the latter, especially considering he seems to come on a bit too strong for Yuna's taste)
• Spiky Hair

Maechen

"And that, as they say, is that." —Voiced by Takuma Suzuki (Japanese) and Dwight Schultz (English).

An old scholar who has surprising amounts of knowledge of Spira and its history. He first appears at Mi'ihen Highroad walking near a statue of Lord Mi'ihen.

• Cozy Voice for Catastrophes
• Dead All Along: Just like Auron.
• Mr. Exposition: His purpose, really.
• Exposition Break: Hell, it used to be called Maechen Period!
• Recurring Traveller: Despite being so old he appears almost everywhere you go.

Nooj

"My friends, stand with me, and together we will bring the truth back to the people." —Voiced by Nobutoshi Canna (Japanese) and George Newbern (English).

Only appearing in Final Fantasy X-2, as the leader of the Youth League.

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• Artificial Limbs
• Death Seeker
• Expy: Looks suspiciously like Auron.
• Improbable Hairstyle: What is it with this series and antigravity hair?
• Handicapped Badass
• Hey It's That Voice: Sephiroth AND Superman.
  • As well as Ren from The Pirates of Dark Water.
• Rapunzel Hair
• Rebel Leader: As captain of the Youth League.
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• Too Many Belts

O'aka

"O'aka XXIII, merchant extraordinaire, at your service!"' —Voiced by Hidenari Ugaki (Japanese) and Dwight Schultz (English).

Or O'aka The XXIII, Merchant Extraordinaire. He's a travelling merchant who follows Yuna's group to sell them weapons and items. Has a brother named Wantz who takes over the family business when O'aka is jailed for selling equipment to the enemies of Yevon (guess who).

• Dead Little Sister: O'aka and Wantz were originally guardians to their sister, who was a summoner. The brothers failed to protect her, and they are making up for their failure by helping out Yuna. According to O'aka she greatly resembles their dead sister.
• O'aka Loves Your Guts: He really does! If you helped him early on, he gives you major discount and in general sells you way better equipment than the stores.
• Recurring Traveller: For profit, of course.
• Suspicious Videogame Generosity: O'aka appears more than once just before a boss fight.
  • Lampshaded when your party kills Seymour, and he appears outside to leisurely sell you things while the Guado are out to kill you. When they storm out, he warps away with the Save Sphere.

Shinra

"I'm just a kid.' —Voiced by Akeno Watanabe (Japanese) and Pamela Adlon (English).

An Al Bhed child prodigy that travels with the party in Final Fantasy X-2.

• Akeno Watanabe
• Catch Phrase: "I'm just a kid."
• Child Prodigy
• Hey It's That Voice: Bobby, is that you?
• Insufferable Genius
• Shout Out: Where have I heard the name Shinra before?
  • Might be more than a Shout Out: the Ultimania states that Shinra researched how to extract life energy from the Farplane as a power source, and after generations this would become the process of extracting Mako energy as seen in Final Fantasy VII.
• Teen Genius

Trommel Guado

''The Guado take care of Guado affairs." —Voiced by Ryuzo Ishino (Japanese) and Corey Burton (English).

Seymour's right hand man and the apparent leader of the Guado city. He seems old and speaks in a panicky, stretched tone.

• The Atoner: In X-2.
• Battle Butler: Not particularly dangerous on his own. But he sics a horde of summoners on Yuna's party.
• Genre Blind: So very, very much.
• Improbable Hairstyle: Like with all Guado, Trommel's hair grows up, is green and looks like tree roots. In fact, all of Trommel looks like a tree.
• Lawful Stupid
• My Master Right or Wrong: States that he can't let the party escape because "Lord Seymour would never forgive us if we did," prevents them from sending Seymour (indirectly enabling the massacre of the Ronso), and destroys the sphere proving that Seymour killed his father before sending the guards after them and reporting their actions.
• Reformed but Rejected: At first, by himself as well as the Ronso.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Look at you, Ghido...all you had to do was prevent Yuna from sending Seymour into the Farplane and be COMPLETELY IGNORANT of your Maester's actions to get EVERYONE TO HATE YOU!!!