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* [[Complete Monster]]: Judge Bergan, Vayne's yes-man and [[Blood Knight]] of the Judge Magisters. Although he ''does'' arguably [[Pet the Dog]] ''once'' - calling out Judge Drace for bad-mouthing Judge Zecht in her tongue-lashing of Vayne - this doesn't win him any sympathy when he crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] later on. His first appearance in the manga adaptation only seems to ''elaborate'' on what a vile bastard he is.

* [[Contested Sequel]]: More so than most, and to a greater degree among the fandom than the critics-- primarily due to the battle system and the subtlety with which the story is presented (leading some to believe it has no story at all).

* [[Demonic Spiders]]: Scads of them. Perhaps the most infamous and dangerous though are the Entites and Elementals. Most areas have one that appears and is entirely docile, it just floats around casting buffing spells on itself occasionally. But if you cast a magic spell in range of them, they go ''ballistic'', casting Silencega and Sleepga to incapacitate your party, Fearga to drain everyone's MP to 0, Dispelga to remove your buffs, and they spam Level 3 magic attacks like Firaga, Thundaga, Aeroga, Darkga, etc. And not only do they pack a lot of HP, but they're immune to all but one element, making a lot of your offense useless. ''Of course'' though, they usually drop rare items, often a specific item for each one, which you need to trade it to get the best weapons of the game as the Bazaar. Elementals are ''slightly'' less Demonic than Entites due to lower HP and weaker spells, but are still probably going to kill you if you provoke them unawares.

* [[Ending Fatigue]]: It just drags before the end.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Larsa & Al-Cid. Balthier also seems to be the [[Breakout Character]] out of the main cast.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: {{spoiler|Bossler}}

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY55Ji3ZhL8 Burning Bow] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDTvIvXWdxY&feature=related Kotetsu] before Garamsythe.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrMe1ogdW0 Arcturus] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRYYSZsO9L0&feature=related Shielded Armor] before Raithwall's Tomb.

* [[Genius Bonus]]: The Occuria speak in iambic tetrameter. The rebel of their number speaks in iambic pentameter. This may be a reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth, in which the Witches speak trochaic tetrameter (four feet, alternating stress, starting with a stressed syllable) to help illustrate their otherworldly nature.

** Giruvegan has other examples, especially one at the very end of the map - the Way Stone which teleports you to the Occuria's realm is described as "'''Empyrean'''", which, either as either a noun or an adjective, refers to the sky or heavens. Any time after the storyline event, that same device becomes "'''Tellurian'''", which is an adjective meaning "of or relating to, or inhabiting the earth." [[Fridge Brilliance]] kicks in when you see where it takes you.

** If you plan to do all the subquests, pretty much ''all'' enemies become this as you backtrack through old dungeons to find Bonus Bosses.

* [[Good Bad Bugs]]:

** Using the Break spell on enemies in certain areas can cause them to respawn indefinitely, leading to power-leveling and making a lot of money.

** Using Break also lets you avoid breaking your chain-level when a random enemy of the wrong type butts its head into your killing spree.

** The reason usually given for hating this game more than the others is its battle system. It's basically a cry of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] from fans who loved the random encounters and separate battle screen used in earlier games and considered them definitive of Final Fantasy.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Vayne Solidor. His various coups are at the heart of the story, and {{spoiler|even in death he managed to free mankind from the Occuria.}} Dr. Cid is a bit of one too.

* [[Needs More Love]]: A lot of people hate this game for the standard reasons -- "It's a Square-Enix game", "[[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] said so", "It's not -other ''Final Fantasy'' game-", and of course [[Americans Hate Tingle|Vaan]]. While the game ''is'' a big departure from other games in the series, it still has a good, if different, battle system, a very complex storyline playing on political intrigue and moral ambiguity, and a very deep and engaging world full of lore to study and optional areas to explore.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: There is an Optional Demon Wall boss, which is much stronger and just difficult to beat altogether in case the last Demon Wall boss bored you, with very little time in store. If you haven't finished this Demon Wall before the time runs out, it'll give you a terrifying Game Over by crushing your party into the giant wall behind them. The way the game decides to show the player this scene is just plain freaky as well; the screen will cut to the other side of the wall, so you can't see what's happening on the side with your characters and the boss, and said wall shakes once the Demon Wall slams your party toward it, finishing off with a black fade.

** To some, Ashe because of how she wants to [[Leeroy Jenkins|rush off to fight the Empire with the barest of plans all the time]]. Without the rest of the party & some NPCs to plan and advise, she would have most likely upended the rebellion and gotten herself and Dalmasca destroyed.

* [[That One Attack]]: [[This Is Gonna Suck|Zodiark readies]] [[Total Party Kill|Darkja!]]

** "Curse" for normal enemies and some bosses. Inflicts [[Standard Status Effects|Confuse, Poison]], Sap and Disease on all characters at the same time. Many Game Over screens were seen when trying to get to the last of the Pharo's [[That One Level|Subterranean Levels]], where there's a chance that [[Demonic Spiders|an enemy which has this ability]] will rise from the corpse of a recently slain foe.

* [[That One Level]]: Giruvegan and the Great Crystal. The former is a long [[Magical Mystery Doors]] puzzle full of powerful enemies leading up to a boss. The latter is also a [[Magical Mystery Doors]] puzzle full of powerful enemies leading up to a boss, except this time the area is larger, has a ''very'' confusing layout and ''no map'', and the Mystery Doors have time limits.

** Oh, and '''Pharos'''.

* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character]]: Judge Drace, we hardly knew ye. It helps that she was one of the least antagonistic Judges.

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Especially compared to ''X'', the facial expression and body movements of the cast are much quite fluid and realistic. However their faces look like they have slept in a couple days, or else they ''really'' need to wash their faces, and their eyes don't always look very natural.

* [[Unfortunate Character Design]]: What on earth is going on with Vaan's chest?

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: The sheer amount of people that have confused Larsa for a girl is truly amazing.

* [[Villain Decay]]: A rare one in game. Marilith, known by many as one of Final Fantasy's trademark four fiends, is mentioned in the bestiary as a flame spirit in besitaries of yore, but modern bestiaries generally refer to it as a snake with a nasty bite.

** Also, Ba'Gamnan is so tough that you're recommended to ''run'' from him rather than fight him during your first encounter. [[Goldfish Poop Gang|It all goes downhill from there....]]

** Whether or not Larsa remembers it is debatable, but Vayne also killed their two brothers as well.

* [[Woolseyism]]: Thanks to the modern champion of the trope, Alexander O. Smith. The English script, as to be expected of the Ivalice spin-offs, is spectacular, with a distinctive cultural flare via the use of Old English sentence structure and words. The voice cast of the game also reflects the various cultures of the world, the different regions having particular accents, Archadians for example being British.

 

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