Treasure of the Rudra: Difference between revisions

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* [[Action Girl]]: Foxy Erimia.

* [[Actually, I Am Him]]: Done quite a number of times by Surlent, due to his {{spoiler|body}} being stolen and {{spoiler|having to possess the bodies of two deceased people.}}

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* [[Already Done for You]]: Lampshaded both ways by Dune: he often beats the three main heroes to a [[MacGuffin]], but near the end he's surprised to hear he still has to save the world - he assumed the heroes would have already done it for him.

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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Dune}}, at the end.

* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]

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* [[Already Done for You]]: Lampshaded both ways by Dune: he often beats the three main heroes to a [[MacGuffin]], but near the end he's surprised to hear he still has to save the world - he assumed the heroes would have already done it for him.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: ''Many'' examples, but notably, {{spoiler|Surlent}}. A few times over. ...''Quite'' a few times over.

* [[Bag of Sharing]]: {{spoiler|only happens after clearing the last scenario of the 3 available}}

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** Also a [[Game Breaking Bug]]: it's possible to get stuck if you do a certain sidequest too early, and again later, if you take the wrong portal out of the Netherworld. Both are due to a [[Broken Bridge]].

*** Seeing as no FAQ seems to list it... '''don't use the left portal at Thor Mountain after the forest bridge is broken but before seeing the events at Avdol'''. Trust us. You won't get back.

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* [[The Chosen One]]: Riza.

* [[Cool Airship]]: Brasnir (It can also travel underwater and in space). You never get to actually control it, though.

* [[Cool Train]]: The Sky train FAXI.

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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{spoiler|The unnamed destroyers that the Four Heroes defeated long ago; they later developed the Rudra cycle of destruction to accelerate evolution in order to create a species strong enough to resist the cosmic destroyers.}}

* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Fire<->Water, Wind<->Lightning and Light<->Dark.

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* [[Event Driven Clock]]

* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: {{spoiler|Hausen, Gomorrah, and Mitra cooked up the whole Rudra scheme to accelerate the evolution of life on Earth in hopes of eventually creating a race strong enough to break the cycle.}}

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* [[Event Driven Clock]]

* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: {{spoiler|And the one who controls the rate of it as an added twist, because he is just a pawn to [[The Man Behind the Man]]}}

* [[Expy]]: While you may not notice it right away, every single party will always be exactly the same: one heavy-hitter, one magician with poor attack and lots of MP, another magician with slightly less MP but better attack, and one jack of all trades. The four POV characters are divided up likewise.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Captain Taurus.}}

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* [[Four Is Death]]: Squaresoft really did a number with this: 4 Jades, 4 Heroes, 4 Greats, 4 Rudras, 4 Divine Danans, 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 4 characters per party, etc... also inevitably leading to [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].

* [[Floating Continent]]: The sky islands. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Until Sion causes them to fall.]]

* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]]: Subverted ''hard''. Rostam and Huey, Sion's best friends, are killed off on day one. They're immediately forgotten and never mentioned again... or so it seems. Not only do they get a gorgeous optional cutscene all the way at the end of the story {{spoiler|in which they give Sion one of his best weapons}}, they also {{spoiler|get used by Surlent as his temporary host bodies for a ''huge'' chunk of the plot}}.

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* [[Four Is Death]]: Squaresoft really did a number with this: 4 Jades, 4 Heroes, 4 Greats, 4 Rudras, 4 Divine Danans, 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 4 characters per party, etc... also inevitably leading to [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Sion is arguably the brightest character in the game.

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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Dune}}, at the end.

* [[Green Aesop]]: Sort of. The world being polluted to the point where all water is tainted is a major theme of the game, but the focus is on the pollution being a side effect of the evil rather than the evil stemming from pollution.

* [[Hero Ball]]: Oh Surlent, will you never learn?

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* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Most of the Light Mantras.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: {{spoiler|Meifa}}

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* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]: The Tower of the Giants and the Garal Clock Tower.

* [[It Got Worse]]: Surlent's plot. {{spoiler|First, he dies. Then his body is stolen. Then he gets to use someone else's body instead. ... which dies. So he uses someone ''else'''s body instead until he can get his own back. Which works for a while, until - wait for it - he dies and his body is stolen. And then, depending on the final actions you take during the end game, a main villain can subsequently kill and and steal his body.}}

** {{spoiler|Not only that, Surlent's body is fused with the Rudra that SURLENT HIMSELF CREATED through the Lago Stones}}

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* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]: The Tower of the Giants and the Garal Clock Tower.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Each character has their own unique theme, which is remixed for overworld, boss battles, and flashbacks.

* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: {{spoiler|Mayura, Capt. Taurus, and Mitra}}

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* [[Lost Forever]]: One of Riza's sidequests can be permanently missed if you [[Guide Dang It|don't pray at a certain statue that's difficult to find at the very beginning of the game]].

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Dune. Cid, too. And Garlyle. Quite a bunch of them, actually.

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* [[Mana Drain]]: "PULMORA". It drains so little that it's practically useless, though. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Except when the enemies use it, that is]].

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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: A new one gets revealed approximately every hour. Of course, it all makes sense in the end.

* [[Multiple Endings]]: Played with; there's only one final ending, but Surlent's scenario can conclude--depending on whether you decide to [[What an Idiot!|give away]] the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]] as Sion or not--either with a traditional boss fight, or with Surlent {{spoiler|dying.}} '''{{spoiler|Again.}}'''

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Don't call Dune and Cid thieves. They're [[Final Fantasy VI|TREASURE HUNTERS]].

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* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]

* [[Take Your Time]]: 15 days left before the end of the world. How many times can you stay in an inn? ... infinite times, apparently.

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* [[The Chosen One]]: Riza.

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* [[Mana Drain]]: "PULMORA". It drains so little that it's practically useless, though. [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Except when the enemies use it, that is]].

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* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: A new one gets revealed approximately every hour. Of course, it all makes sense in the end.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Rostam and Huey. Subverted to hell and back again. {{spoiler|literally}}.

* [[Underwater Ruins]]: {{spoiler|Also where the Lago Stone of the Mermaids is kept.}}