Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children: Difference between revisions

* [[Art Evolution]]: An "all-at-once" example. The original game had a very anime and cartoony design, even beyond the silly Lego-people polygons. Following the trend of the main series as a whole, Square Enix decided that in FFVII's next generation, they should go as realistic as possible. The new style stuck, and the entire Compilation has been near-photorealism since.

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

* [[Back From the Dead]]: [[Late Arrival Spoiler|Sephiroth]]

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

** People seem to forget that even though President Shinra ordered the Midgar plate to be dropped that Reno was the one who ''physically did the deed''. [[Just Following Orders]] is not an excuse. Does he get any kind of karmic punishment in this movie? Of course not. He's demoted to [[Plucky Comic Relief]].

** We shouldn't forget, however, that Barret and AVALANCHE ''also'' responsible for terrorist actions that killed innocent people. If that can be swept under the rug, then there's really no reason Reno's actions can't be. And besides, with the whole Sephiroth and Meteor incident having transpired and the ''whole world'' needing rebuilding, a dropped plate seems like an insignificant event by comparison and retribution for it would be pointless.

* [[Let Them Die Happy]]: {{spoiler|Kadaj's death.}}

* [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition]]: The original CE of the movie was available only in a limited run in Japan, and equated to around $300. It included the ''Last Order'' OVA, a cap and t-shirt with the Fenrir symbol printed on each, a Play Arts ''FFVIIAC'' Cloud with Fenrir, the voiceover script, a special reprint of the [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|original game]] and the movie itself, complete with director's commentary and a special features disc. An American equivalent would be released much later, with many of the physical extras (save for the OVA) removed. ''FFVIIAC Complete'' also somewhat qualifies, considering the approximately 20 minutes of new footage and the ''On The Way To a Smile'' OVA.

* [[Lip Lock]]:

* [[The Plague]]: Geostigma

* [[Point That Somewhere Else]]: Near the beginning of Cloud and Sephiroth's fight, when Sephiroth points his sword in Cloud's face while he's laid out.

** Yuffie's entire contribution to the film is having a flashy shuriken to throw around.

** In one of ''Complete'''s new scenes, Cloud throws two of his swords as boomerangs. One comes back quite soon. The other one he catches about 10 seconds later, still in mid-flight, using the sword he was already holding. [[Beyond the Impossible|The laws of physics wept, before getting kicked to the curb]].

* [[Remember the New Guy]]: If you find yourself wondering who this Denzel kid is, trust us, you're not the only one. ''Complete'' expands on his role and backstory.

* [[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 Reveal]]: In all of the promotional material for ''Advent Children'' (including the [[Play Station 3]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thsnDqQu0mQ technical demo] that remade the ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' opening with the new character designs), no shots of Aerith showed her whole face. Even in the actual film, the first unobscured shot of her face is {{spoiler|at the very end when her spirit turns to look back at Cloud before going away with Zack}}. Given, her face has become one of gaming's most famous ones, and [[Ruined FOREVER|if the modelers screwed it up...]]

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

** {{spoiler|With Cloud it's at least partially justified; the sequence in which he talks to Zack is probably taking place in his head, where time may be passing by slower. With Sephiroth, he's just really into crazy monologues and everyone seems happy to indulge him.}}

*** As Sephiroth is in [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]] mode while doing that, it's really no wonder nobody complains; they live longer that way.

{{quote| ''"I will...never be a memory...."''}}

* [[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.