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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)
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The eighth main entry in the break-dancingly popular Final Fantasy series, released in 1999.The game focuses on Squall Leonhart, a student at an Elaborate University High known as a Garden. The organization which runs Balamb Garden, SeeD, takes in orphans and trains them to become soldiers, requiring them to graduate before their twentieth birthday.Squall is an unflappable mercenary and the best at what he does, but his personal life is effectively nonexistent, and he shuns the companionship of others. During his first mission as a SeeD, he's deployed to lend aid to a resistance movement fighting the expansionist nation of Galbadia. There he meets his opposite: Rinoa Heartilly, an Uptown Girl naive to the realities of battle. As Squall and Rinoa start to open up to each other, the cold war heats to a boil with the emergence of a mysterious new figurehead named Edea who unravels the secrets surrounding SeeD's unstated mission.VIII deals with the conflict between childhood and being forced to "grow up", and the nostalgia for a simpler past and the fear of an uncertain future that goes hand-in-hand with that. The main characters were taught from a young age to suppress their emotions and free will for the sake of the mission, and even had their memories erased in some cases. Unfortunately, human emotion cannot be repressed so easily. The other theme, the one used for marketing, is love. In addition to various couples, the bonds between parents and children are examined, as well as between friends and siblings. | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Seifer, repeatedly. | |
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Visible Silence | |
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Visible Silence: Squall, frequently, and Ward as well after losing his voice trying to escape Esthar. | |
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Miles Gloriosus | |
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Miles Gloriosus: This seems to be the case with Irvine when he panics during the assassination attempt and can't carry it out, and he even gives that as the explanation; that he just loves to talk tough but can't do anything when the time comes. However, he's very clearly not a coward when it comes to all fighting, and it's later revealed he had very good reason for not wanting to kill Edea. | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes: The sorceress Edea possesses these, as does the sorceress Ultimecia. This is likely not a coincidence, considering the connections between the two characters. | |
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Gatling Good | |
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One recurring monster is the Chimera, which has multiple heads just like in all the myths, except that they rotate gatling-style. We'll let you take a moment to see why that would be considered as crossing the line. | |
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We Have Ways of Making You Talk | |
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We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Electric torture used on Squall in D-District Prison when he refuses to tell Seifer the true purpose of SeeD. Seifer also warns Squall that if he doesn't talk, then the others will. | |
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Human Shield | |
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Human Shield: Adel uses Rinoa as one during the boss fight against her on Disc 4. If Rinoa dies, it's game over, which requires the party to keep her healed, as Adel absorbs her hit points, and also prevents the party from using any offensive GFs or attacks that hit all targets, as they'll damage Rinoa as well. Earlier in Timber, Seifer uses Vinzer Deling as one. | |
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The Artifact | |
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The Artifact: Save files for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered still specify "Disc 1," "Disc 2," etc., even though the game is no longer issued on CD-ROMs. They're also distributed between two separate "memory card" folders. | |
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Crucified Hero Shot | |
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Crucified Hero Shot: Squall, when he's being tortured by Seifer in D-District Prison. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Squall has a mini Heroic BSoD later on when he realizes that if he dies, everyone will be talking that way about him. Needless to say, he gets moving and goes to kick some ass. | |
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Unexpected Gameplay Change | |
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Unexpected Gameplay Change: Other than the obvious Triple Triad turning it into a card game, there is also a pseudo-Fighting Game sequence near the end of Disc 2. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Mentally, Seifer. Definitely Raijin and Zell. | |
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Mono no Aware | |
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Mono no Aware: Despite the game's European trappings, its heart is purely Buddhist. To wit, the plot is about the main characters learning to stop clinging to their past so they can end their suffering in the present, a very Buddhist theme. The game's villain plans to destroy the very fabric of time itself so she won't have to face her future/past (it's complicated). | |
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Encounter Repellant | |
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Encounter Repellant: Diablos' Enc-Half and Enc-None abilities that reduce or stop random battles respectively. | |
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Your Mom | |
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Your Mom: The player can receive one of these during the Mr. Monkey sidequest, which involves finding a monkey near Dollet and throwing rocks at him. After completing it, the monkey calls you names and tells you that your mum wears combat boots. | |
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Peninsula of Power Leveling | |
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Peninsula of Power Leveling: The Island Closest To Heaven and The Island Closest To Hell. Not only do they have (hidden) Draw Points stocking some of the game's best spells, they're also the only place where Dynamic Difficulty is disabled, instead providing Lv.100 versions of some pretty fierce monsters. While the EXP they provide doesn't go up, it does affect their item drops and the magic you can draw from them; the encounter rate is also extremely high, for ease of fighting. Spam Degenerator for rapid experience gain. Catcuar Island, where you can find nothing but Cactuars. They yield almost no experience, but lots of AP to learn abilities with; and in this game, keeping one's levels low has its benefits as well. Kashkabald Desert is an earlier-game alternative; the chances of finding Cactuars there are lower, but it's available much sooner. | |
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Dungeon Town | |
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Dungeon Town: Probably the most prominent example of this trope in a video game, you engage in combat in every town in the game except for the Hidden Elf Village where the Shumi reside. You fight in Arcadia. You fight in what will become your Global Airship (both of them). You are even forced to kick ass in the "completely safe" Crystal Spires and Togas Utopia once the skies turn red and demonic forces are literally poured on top of the town. | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: Seifer, although it is debatable as to how much of it was due to that and how much of it was his willingness to serve Edea (who in turn was possessed by the main villainess, Ultimecia). Certainly given some of the comments, he seems to fit this trope more towards the end when Ultimecia admits that she is using him. The citizens of Deling City. They continue their revelries for Edea's parade even after she kills President Deling in clear view of everyone, and talking to them after the assassination mission shows that they're remarkably unbothered by this. They start to break out of it in disc 3, though, with several people outside the hotel admitting their confusion over how they had been okay with everything that had been happening to Galbadia lately. | |
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Spectacular Spinning | |
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Spectacular Spinning: Zell's final Limit Break causes the enemy to spin. | |
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Tall, Dark, and Handsome | |
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Laguna himself is a Rare Male Example. | |
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King of Games | |
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King of Games: The members of the Card Club in Balamb Garden, and the Queen of Cards. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: The Japanese version of Edea's speech in Galbadia plays out a little differently from the English translation, and includes a line referencing the series. | |
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Dressing as the Enemy | |
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Dressing as the Enemy: Done in the Galdbadia Missile Base mission. Also, Watts is seen in Timber dressed as a Galbadian soldier. | |
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Now, Where Was I Going Again? | |
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Now, Where Was I Going Again?: Doesn't happen so much after getting the mobile Balamb Garden, as the NPC's on the deck will tell you where you need to go, but it can happen before that, as there's no real reminders of where you're supposed to be going or what you're supposed to be doing. | |
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Celebrity Resemblance | |
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Celebrity Resemblance/No Celebrities Were Harmed: Tetsuya Nomura mentioned in an interview about The Bouncer that Squall was inspired by the late River Phoenix and that "Nobody understood it". Though, many series fans have also noted a resemblance to idol singer GACKT. The fact that Gackt has cosplayed Squall and Tetsuya Nomura's obsession with him features in multiple games only makes the resemblance even easier to notice. Most fans believe Cid bears a strong resemblance to Robin Williams. | |
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Diesel Punk | |
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Diesel Punk: Though a bit brighter than Final Fantasy VII. | |
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Violation of Common Sense | |
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Violation of Common Sense: The Queen of Cards sidequest is advanced by losing specific rare cards to the Queen. The game will tell you this and what cards she wants you to lose, but the dialogue option only comes up if the Queen's in Dollet. Getting every achievement on a single run in the Steam version requires both that a character reach level 100 and that you beat the final boss while Squall's at his starting level of 7. The easiest way to do this is to have your own party members knock out Squall at the start of the game, as well as every time that an event gets him back up, and play the entire gamenote You can revive Squall during boss fights if you want, since bosses give no EXP with the other two characters alone. Proper use of the Junctioning system makes this very doable, but the required behavior is nothing short of bizarre. The concert scene has you pick four instruments out of eight, since there was a mixup of two songs: a slow jam version of "Eyes on Me," and an Irish Jig that sounds like "The Keel Row." One would think the correct song is the former because it's one of the game's main themes, but even if you correctly assign everyone Eyes on Me, Rinoa will complain about how terrible it soundsnote because "Eyes on Me" was written and performed by her mother Julia, making her much more sensitive to hearing it played badly by amateur musicians who didn't have much time to rehearse - but a first-time player has no way to know that at this point in the story and her date with Squall ends badly. It's actually the Irish Jig that will make the date go well. | |
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Shout-Out Theme Naming | |
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Shout-Out Theme Naming: Biggs and Wedge. The theme is continued with Nidanote as in "Apology accepted, Captain Needa." and later supporting character Pietnote as in "You are in command now, Admiral Piett.", and in the original Japanese, Headmaster Martine of Galbadia Garden is named Dodonna. Laguna and Irvine are named after two Southern California cities as they were nearby an old Squaresoft building at the time of development. | |
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GrayAndGreyMorality | |
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Gray-and-Grey Morality: As mentioned by Squall: "Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It's our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There's no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views." | |
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Conditioned to Accept Horror | |
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Conditioned to Accept Horror: Squall, Selphie, and Zell are completely up-front about their willingness, as SeeDs, to follow their client's orders no matter how little chance they have of succeeding or how likely they are to get killed as a result. Rinoa is shocked and upset by this attitude, and Squall is in turn confused and frustrated by her reaction — he thinks they're simply being professional. | |
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The Blank | |
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The Blank: A Freeze-Frame Bonus in the ending sequence shows Squall with a hollowed-out face. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b6f11d2 | type |
The Cutie | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b6f11d2 | comment |
Rinoa is light-skinned and dark-haired. Although her character designer intended her to be "cute" rather than gorgeous it's obvious this aspect of her appearance is meant to amp up her looks. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b6f11d2 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b8f9f2b | type |
Mutually Exclusive Party Members | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b8f9f2b | comment |
Mutually Exclusive Party Members: The pseudo-Guardian Forces Odin and Gilgamesh can't be possessed at the same time. Getting Odin before Disc 3 results in him being killed during the events of Lunatic Pandora and replaced by Gilgamesh. You can keep Odin if you wait until disc four to get him, but then you lose your chance to get Gilgamesh. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1b8f9f2b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ba34641 | type |
The Glomp | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ba34641 | comment |
The Glomp: Rinoa gives one to Squall when he meets her in Timber. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ba34641 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ba34641 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ba34641 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c398324 | type |
Death from Above | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c398324 | comment |
Death from Above: The Lunar Cry. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c398324 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c398324 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c398324 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c | type |
Those Two Guys | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c | comment |
Those Two Guys: Zone and Watts. Biggs and Wedge. Also Raijin and Fujin, although the latter pair is much more dangerous. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c805a42 | type |
Bag of Sharing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c805a42 | comment |
Bag of Sharing: Laguna's party and the main party share access to the same collection of Guardian Forces, stocked magic, and items, and anything that Laguna and his friends acquire during the Mental Time Travel sequences stays in the main party's inventory when they wake up. Guardian Forces, stocked magic, and items are also freely shared during instances in which the main party splits up, including when Squall goes into space. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c805a42 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1c805a42 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d8bd418 | type |
Achievement Mockery | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d8bd418 | comment |
Achievement Mockery: There is an achievement on the Steam version, as well as Final Fantasy VIII Remastered, for losing a rare card in Triple Triad. Then again, you have to lose specific rare cards to the Queen of Cards to advance her sidequest, so completionists will have to get this sooner or later. (Though technically, one could still avoid it with extremely careful application of the Direct rule, in which the game ends by awarding the cards to whoever's hand they're in at the end of the match. But this is way more trouble than it would ever be worth.) | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d8bd418 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d8bd418 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d9af117 | type |
Gender-Equal Ensemble | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d9af117 | comment |
Gender-Equal Ensemble: There are six playable characters, divided equally for each gender. There are also two Guest Star Party Members throughout the game with the same ratio. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d9af117 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d9af117 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1d9af117 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1dd225c4 | type |
Everything Is an iPod in the Future | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1dd225c4 | comment |
Everything Is An I Pod In The Future: The entire city of Esthar looks like the first and second generation iMac, complete with transparent blue plastic. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1dd225c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1dd225c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1dd225c4 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e122f24 | type |
Boss Banter | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e122f24 | comment |
Boss Banter: Several bosses talk to the party during the fight; Edea, Seifer, NORG, Fujin and Raijin, Biggs and Wedge, Fake President Deling. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e122f24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e122f24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e122f24 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd | type |
Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd | comment |
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Unique to the French version of the game, but characters say things like "This is a video game, not a fairy tale", "she's gonna hold me there for the whole game" (in a transparent thought panel), or "I won't say anything until the end of the game" (and here, it's Ward saying this out loud to Laguna) pretty often. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ebbdddb | type |
Power at a Price | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ebbdddb | comment |
Power at a Price: The act of junctioning Guardian Forces to your characters is put forward as the reason for their memory loss. The only one who doesn't suffer from this is Irvine, who didn't junction one until he joined your party. This is representative of the effects of war erasing their childhood. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ebbdddb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1ebbdddb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1f1248fc | type |
Vancian Magic | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1f1248fc | comment |
Vancian Magic: There's no Mana in this game: Magic spells are quantified by individual uses, either by using Draw on monsters or certain Draw points, or by refining items into more spells using GFs. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1f1248fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1f1248fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1f1248fc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1fdaf8ff | type |
Ominous Latin Chanting | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1fdaf8ff | comment |
Ominous Latin Chanting: "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" is just supposed to sound vaguely like Latin; it's actually an anagram of the phrase "Succession of Witches" and the word "Love." Everything else in the opening theme is genuine Latin, though, and relevant to the plot. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1fdaf8ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1fdaf8ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_1fdaf8ff | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20452faa | type |
Sword Pointing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20452faa | comment |
Sword Pointing: Also Squall and Seifer's duel at the beginning of the game. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20452faa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20452faa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20452faa | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_207af763 | type |
Ominous Floating Castle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_207af763 | comment |
Ominous Floating Castle: Ultimecia's castle in the time compressed world is floating in the sky, connected to the earth via chains. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_207af763 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_207af763 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_207af763 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20917b55 | type |
Milking the Giant Cow | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20917b55 | comment |
Milking the Giant Cow: Most of the characters do this at some point. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20917b55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20917b55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20917b55 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20b176ea | type |
Non-Standard Skill Learning | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20b176ea | comment |
Non-Standard Skill Learning: The Limit Breaks are like this. Squall's Limit Break availability is based on his equipped weapon. Zell reads magazines to learn finishing moves. Quistis uses certain items to learn skills. Rinoa takes her dog for a walk. Irvine can use different bullets based on what's currently in your inventory. Selphie (technically) has all of her best Limit Break Magic available from the word go, but once you use the special ones once they show up more frequently in the future. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20b176ea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20b176ea | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20c6638f | type |
Easing into the Adventure | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20c6638f | comment |
Easing into the Adventure: Before taking the Fire Cavern Exam and the Dollet Field Exam, Squall is shown in class, and the player has the option of giving Selphie a tour and/or wandering around Garden on their own for a while. The plot doesn't really get rolling until the party deploys on their first mission the following day. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20c6638f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20e20e99 | type |
Not the Intended Use | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20e20e99 | comment |
Not the Intended Use: Selphie's Limit Break scrolls through random skills, including 'The End', which instantly kills all enemies, including bosses. An easy way to abuse this skill is to open the disc lid on the Playstation which softlocks the game the next time your party members or the enemy tries to take an action until you close the lid, allowing you to keep scrolling through her skills until you get 'The End'. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20e20e99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20e20e99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_20e20e99 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_21eb1793 | type |
Muggles Do It Better | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_21eb1793 | comment |
Muggles Do It Better: Faced with an unkillable robotic warmachine that your team of One-Man Army soldiers and their summoned demigods can't stop? Break out the .50 cal machineguns. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_21eb1793 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_21eb1793 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_21eb1793 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22071825 | type |
I'm a Humanitarian | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22071825 | comment |
I'm a Humanitarian: Amusingly, in one battle, Rinoa can be eaten alive by a party member with the Devour command equipped, though this causes an immediate Game Over. She is, however, the only human who can be eaten in this way, so this was probably an oversight on the developers' part. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22071825 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22071825 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22071825 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_225d4412 | type |
PlayedStraight | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_225d4412 | comment |
Played Straight with other attacks, such as Quistis's "Degenerator" Limit Break or the Level 5 death spell always miss against bosses. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_225d4412 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_225d4412 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_225d4412 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: The Dollet satellite dish. A little (not-so-)honorable mention was used by the Big Bad against the player: Squall's ring, named by the player partway through the game, is Ultimecia's inspiration for her sort-of dragon, Griever. The fact that Zell uses his fists instead a conventional weapon for battles meant he was the only one able to defend himself against hostile opponents within D-District Prison after the other party members had their weapons taken away from them. He uses this opportunity to fetch the confiscated weaponry for the other party members. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22cf536c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22cf536c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_22cf536c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_237404cc | type |
Ironic Echo | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_237404cc | comment |
Ironic Echo: Early in the game, Quistis turns to Squall for support and comfort; unfortunately for her, Squall believes that people shouldn't have to rely on others, and tells her bluntly to talk to a wall. At the beginning of Disc 3, when Rinoa is in a coma and Squall, having realized his feelings for her, tries to talk to her, he comments that it's like talking to a wall. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_237404cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_237404cc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_23cb7c45 | type |
So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_23cb7c45 | comment |
So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear: The game manages to avoid this for the most part - the "Junction Switch" mechanic allows the player to quickly switch every spell and GF attached to Character A to Character B instead, and the sheer number of Guardian Forces available in the later stages of the game make it possible to outfit all six party members with decent junctions if the player is so inclined.note This does not mean full coverage: six GFs learn Mag-J, allowing you to buff your Magic stat, but only three learn "Vit-J", and HP-J, Str-J and Spirit-J for Magic Defense all clock in at 5 each. This can be fixed by teaching GFs new abilities, but does require foreknowledge of the issue. The game also usually goes out of its way to remind the player to check the party's junctions after any involuntary lineup changes - for good reason, since neglecting to do so can result in an unprepared party getting tossed into battle with no abilities junctioned, "naked," unable to do anything other than attack, and not even able to do that very well because their un-junctioned stats are still so low. Additionally, the game lets you swap spells between party members: if you've maxed out on 100 Cures on Squall, you can give them all to someone else, or half, or even spread them out. This becomes valuable when a Sixth Ranger party member (Edea) joins during disc 3 — with, of course, no spells equipped — and later leaves just as abruptly. The game, fortunately, passes the character's spells back to your party. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_23cb7c45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_23cb7c45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_23cb7c45 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_240fee1f | type |
Ultimate Final Exam | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_240fee1f | comment |
Ultimate Final Exam: The final exam Squall and his friends must take before graduating from Balamb Garden is participating in a military exercise to liberate a port town that has been annexed by the Galbadian army. Justified in that Balamb Garden is a military academy where the curriculum is explicitly designed to turn orphans into Child Soldiers. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_240fee1f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_240fee1f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_240fee1f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2562da69 | type |
Great Escape | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2562da69 | comment |
Great Escape: The team does this getting out of D-District Prison. Laguna, Kiros, and Ward does this in Esthar during the final "dream sequence". Laguna even lampshades it. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2562da69 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2562da69 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2562da69 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25bc8511 | type |
Generation Xerox | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25bc8511 | comment |
Generation Xerox: Squall's father is implied to be Laguna. Laguna's first love, Julia Heartilly, later married General Carraway and became Rinoa's mother. Seventeen years later, Squall and Rinoa meet and fall in love. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25bc8511 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25bc8511 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25bc8511 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 | type |
Haunted Castle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 | comment |
Haunted Castle: Although it's not haunted, Ultimecia's Castle definitely has this appearance from the outside. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26033b52 | type |
EvilSorceress | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26033b52 | comment |
Evil Sorceress: Ultimecia and Adel, plus Edea while she's possessed. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26033b52 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26033b52 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26033b52 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_260926c3 | type |
Failure Is the Only Option | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_260926c3 | comment |
A minor example — in the beginning of the game, Zell continually tries (and fails) to get his Trademark Favorite Food from the Balamb Garden cafeteria. What his favorite food actually is, however, depends on what translation of the game you're playing (in English, it's hot dogs; in French, it's bretzels, which are similar to hot dogs; etc). Much later, during the Dance Party Ending, Zell is seen stuffing his face with a pile of what looks like dinner rolls. This is actually the punchline to a Brick Joke — in the original Japanese script, Zell's favorite food is a particular kind of bread. He finally got his hands on some! It still sort of works in the English version, as the dinner rolls look like hot dog rolls which would, presumably, contain hot dogs therein. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_260926c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_260926c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_260926c3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2639f6eb | type |
Status Effects | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2639f6eb | comment |
Status Effects are still not worth casting, but the junctioning system removes the necessity of casting them: just assign them to your gunblade and hit the road! | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2639f6eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2639f6eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2639f6eb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26ac510e | type |
Mythology Gag | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26ac510e | comment |
Mythology Gag: Rinoa's victory animation is very similar to the ones used by all characters in the first six games. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26ac510e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26ac510e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_26ac510e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_274aca0c | type |
One-Time Dungeon | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_274aca0c | comment |
One-Time Dungeon: There's Dollet Communications Tower, Galbadia D-District Prison, Missile Base, Galbadia Garden (during the attack), Great Salt Lake, and Lunatic Pandora (only visited twice) leading to almost all locations inaccessible due to Time Compression. Not to mention the Laguna dream sequences. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_274aca0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_274aca0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_274aca0c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27adb17a | type |
Train Job | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27adb17a | comment |
Train Job: Squall, Selphie, and Zell's first mission as SeeDs is to assist the Timber resistance with one of these to kidnap Galbadian President Vinzer Deling. It's done in a way that's definitely cool but would be impossible to pull off in reality, with the team using switch tracks to swap out a dummy train car with the President's car. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27adb17a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27adb17a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27adb17a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b2bccc | type |
No Flow in CGI | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b2bccc | comment |
No Flow in CGI: The fur collar of Squall's bomber jacket is designed to challenge the CGI artists. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b2bccc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b2bccc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b2bccc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b83210 | type |
Hufflepuff House | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b83210 | comment |
Hufflepuff House: Trabia Garden; the only real information we have on it being that Selphie went there before transfering to Balamb Garden and its eventual destruction. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b83210 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b83210 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_27b83210 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_28a3b1a8 | type |
Party in My Pocket | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_28a3b1a8 | comment |
Party in My Pocket: The first game in the series to avert it. While in a town or dungeon, the party members will be shown All in a Row, but on the world map, only the leader will be shown. It's lampshaded during a scene where you march single-file past a soldier while in disguise, where they commend you on your ability to do so. It is however played somewhat straight with the GFs. They are said to take up space in the character's brains while they're junctioned, but no explanation is given as to where they're hanging out while they're not junctioned, though the game nevertheless considers them to be "in your party," where they can craft items and spells for you. It's even implied that Tonberry is intimidating shopkeepers into changing their prices, yet you can't see any of this taking place. Rinoa's pet dog Angelo shows up during certain cutscenes, but doesn't appear on screen the rest of the time despite the fact you're considered to be walking her as long as Rinoa is in the active party, and nobody ever seems to acknowledge that there is a dog with you. Maybe she's got a really big one of them Paris Hilton handbags. Late into the game, all of this seems to be lampshaded by a sudden appearance by her that makes the other party members jump, made all the more amusing because Squall was carrying Rinoa on his back up till that point, implying Angelo followed you the entire time and somehow was never noticed by anybody. The two are clearly shown to be temporarily separated just after this, and the function of always walking her is turned off during this time. Later in the game, you adopt a chicobo who also functions somewhat like a GF. He can be sent back and forth between Chocobo World, possibly bringing MiniMog back with him, so while he and MiniMog are with you, they can be used in battle, but trying to do so while they're away in the minigame causes a message to pop up to tell you they're not here. The chicobo will follow you on the world map while you're riding a chocobo unless he's away, but both are just invisible the rest of the time. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_28a3b1a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_28a3b1a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_28a3b1a8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2a090d00 | type |
Lampshade Hanging | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2a090d00 | comment |
Xu lampshades this at one point, asking, "What does the sorceress really want? It can't be something as simple as world domination." | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2a090d00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2a090d00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2a090d00 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9 | type |
Limit Break | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9 | comment |
Laguna's "Desperado" Limit Break. Irvine can hit this if he uses fast Ammo with his "Shot" Limit. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2afb1a9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | type |
More Dakka | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | comment |
More Dakka: Once again, the gun on the landing vessel that Quistis uses in Dollet. Laguna's "Desperado" Limit Break. Irvine can hit this if he uses fast Ammo with his "Shot" Limit. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2bcd6fc8 | type |
Character Select Forcing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2bcd6fc8 | comment |
Rinoa: "Combine." Rinoa can unlock new tricks to perform with her dog, Angelo, by reading "Pet Pals" magazines. The game then selects one at random from amongst those learned. (This allows Character Select Forcing by simply not teaching Angelo the attacks you don't want her to use.) Angelo also has a small chance of showing up during battle to commit other actions; for instance, if Rinoa takes damage, Angelo may counter-attack with Angelo Rush. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2bcd6fc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2bcd6fc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2bcd6fc8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce | type |
Talking in Your Sleep | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce | comment |
Talking in Your Sleep: At one point, Squall wakes up in his dorm room to find Rinoa standing over him, who reveals that he was talking in his sleep, and that "she isn't even going to tell him what he was saying". However, just before, he was shown having a Dream Sequence flashback to himself as a child. Also, earlier, during the Winhill flashaback, Raine is listing off Laguna's annoying traits and mentions that he also talks in his sleep. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2e39af52 | type |
Girlish Pigtails | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2e39af52 | comment |
Girlish Pigtails: The aptly named "Library Girl With a Pigtail" in Balamb Garden. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2e39af52 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2e39af52 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_2e39af52 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_302730a | type |
Fusion Dance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_302730a | comment |
Fusion Dance: Ultimecia with Griever in the Final Battle. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_302730a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_302730a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_302730a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_306b9de9 | type |
Electric Torture | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_306b9de9 | comment |
Electric Torture: Used on Squall when the team is captured and being held in D-District Prison. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_306b9de9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_306b9de9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_306b9de9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_30a0067b | type |
Supervillain Lair | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_30a0067b | comment |
Supervillain Lair: Ultimecia's Castle. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_30a0067b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_30a0067b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_30a0067b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3121f1e6 | type |
Noob Cave | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3121f1e6 | comment |
Noob Cave: The Fire Cavern. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3121f1e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3121f1e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3121f1e6 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31da1e24 | type |
Shipper on Deck | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31da1e24 | comment |
Shipper on Deck: During the Garden festival at Fishermans Horizon, after meeting up with Rinoa, Squall comments that everyone is trying to get them together and that it's so obvious even he can tell. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31da1e24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31da1e24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31da1e24 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31eeddc8 | type |
Level Scaling | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31eeddc8 | comment |
Level Scaling: The levels of every mob are determined by your party's average level, except for some bosses. But never fear: bosses have level caps, and will never get above a certain level no matter how strong the player is. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31eeddc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31eeddc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_31eeddc8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3270a5f7 | type |
FlashBackEcho | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3270a5f7 | comment |
Flash Back Echo: Squall's flashback to himself talking about his missing "Sis", which explains his mentality in the present. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3270a5f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3270a5f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3270a5f7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_334e48a1 | type |
After the End | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_334e48a1 | comment |
During the final dungeon, which takes place After the End, someone still pays you your hourly salary. Who? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_334e48a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_334e48a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_334e48a1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_342b426d | type |
Instant Fan Club | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_342b426d | comment |
Instant Fan Club: Quistis Trepe; her fans call themselves Trepies. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_342b426d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_342b426d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_342b426d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | type |
No Hero Discount | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | comment |
No Hero Discount: Though there is one exception in Timber, when saving some kids from being hit by a train gets you a free hotel stay. Played straight for everything else: how much for a train ticket? HOW MUCH for the Queen of Cards to spread a new rule? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_345cf4e1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_348d308c | type |
Sword Drag | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_348d308c | comment |
Sword Drag: Done by Squall in his Rough Divide Limit Break. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_348d308c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_348d308c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_348d308c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dcfc96 | type |
Kick the Dog | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dcfc96 | comment |
Kick the Dog: X-ATM092 will mindlessly chase after the party, without care of whatever it crushes. Allowing X-ATM092 to harm the dog causes a penalty to the SeeD rank score. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dcfc96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dcfc96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dcfc96 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | type |
La Résistance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | comment |
La Résistance: The people of Timber are doing this against their occupation by Galbadia. Also, the people of Esthar are shown doing one against their ruler, Adel, in the flashbacks. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34dd5f3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34ffa400 | type |
Bonus Dungeon | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34ffa400 | comment |
Bonus Dungeon: The Deep Sea Research Facility and the Centra Ruins. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34ffa400 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34ffa400 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_34ffa400 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_352def2a | type |
Burn the Witch! | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_352def2a | comment |
Burn the Witch!: Rinoa on Disc 3. Adel left the people of Esthar very poorly disposed towards sorceresses in general, and they're eager to ensure that no other sorceress remain free to someday pose a threat to them. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_352def2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_352def2a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_352def2a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_35743edc | type |
Boss Corridor | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_35743edc | comment |
Boss Corridor: This precedes all but the first boss of the Lunatic Pandora, acts like this twice for Edea's Commencement Room (the first visit at the end of Disc 1 to save Rinoa from two Iguions and then again after Lunatic Pandora but before the multi-sorceress Time Compression fight at the start of Disc 4), and a bridge connects the last explorable area of Ultimecia's Castle, the Clock Tower, with her throne room, which is the final Point Of No Return and where the final boss fight of the game takes place. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_35743edc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_35743edc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_35743edc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36135fb0 | type |
Official Couple | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36135fb0 | comment |
Official Couple: Squall and Rinoa. It's in the logo. It's also the trope's page image. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36135fb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36135fb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36135fb0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_363e9631 | type |
Sequential Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_363e9631 | comment |
Sequential Boss: Numerous. The fight against Biggs and Wedge goes straight into the fight against Elvoret without the battle sequence ending. The first fight against Seifer in Deling City goes straight into the first fight against Edea, but with a scene in between. The first fight against Raijin in Balamb goes straight into the next boss fight against both Fujin and Raijin, but with a scene in between. The third fight against Seifer goes straight into the second fight against Edea without the battle sequence ending. All eight of the Propagators on the Ragnarok. They don't have to be fought one after the other, but they are all in the same area, and there's really nothing else to do since the player is stuck on the spaceship until the Propagators are cleared out. The several fights against sorceresses while entering the time compressed world have to be fought one after the other without the battle sequence ending. After defeating the necessary number of Tonberries, the Tonberry King appears right after the last one, without the battle sequence ending. The boss fight against Vysage, Lefty, and Righty goes straight into the fight against Gargantuan without the battle sequence ending. All four of Ultimecia's forms must be fought one after the other with no breaks or scenes in between. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_363e9631 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_363e9631 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_363e9631 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_364afa90 | type |
Law of Cartographical Elegance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_364afa90 | comment |
Law of Cartographical Elegance: The world is nice and square. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_364afa90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_364afa90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_364afa90 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | type |
Rule of Cool | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | comment |
Rule of Cool: The reason the place is called "Fishermans Horizon" turns out to be this in-universe. Is also presumably the power source of Balamb and Galbadia Gardens. One recurring monster is the Chimera, which has multiple heads just like in all the myths, except that they rotate gatling-style. We'll let you take a moment to see why that would be considered as crossing the line. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36ed3e1e | type |
Ascended Meme | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36ed3e1e | comment |
Ascended Meme: One of the screenshots used by Square for the Remastered version to compare its graphics to the original's is the infamous "You're the best looking guy here." scene, showing that Squall really is the best looking guy here now. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36ed3e1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36ed3e1e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_36ed3e1e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37690091 | type |
Stable Time Loop | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37690091 | comment |
Stable Time Loop: Ultimecia's meddling in time and space ended up sending Squall and herself back in time to his childhood. This sets in motion Edea's possession by Ultimecia and subsequent reign of terror, but also allows Squall to give his old matron the idea for creating SeeD, thus ensuring the creation of the organization that set Squall and his comrades on the path to ultimately fight and defeat Ultimecia. Of course, this also means that while Squall technically hasn't stopped her reign of terror in the future, her defeat is already a Foregone Conclusion. To a lesser extent the Laguna sequences. Laguna remarks the "faeries" (actually the spirits of Squall and co.) inhabiting their bodies grant them great power during battles. Without Ellone's interference, the amazing feats Laguna, Kiros and Ward pull off may never have been possible, up to and including liberating Esthar. Also, Squall would not be even born without him influencing Laguna in the Crystal Pillar mission, because Laguna would probably die and never meet Raine. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37690091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37690091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37690091 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37b5c1b0 | type |
Big Badass Battle Sequence | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37b5c1b0 | comment |
Big Badass Battle Sequence: The Siege of Dollet, the Battle of the Gardens, the Siege of Esthar. All of them use a BGM Override, as listed above. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37b5c1b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37b5c1b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_37b5c1b0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | type |
Batman Gambit | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | comment |
Batman Gambit: The heroes actually use this on Ultimecia, although Ultimecia had gotten them with one earlier. Possessing Rinoa and putting her into a coma so that she could go into space and free the most powerful sorceress in the world... nobody could see it coming. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38da8916 | type |
Uncommon Time | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38da8916 | comment |
Uncommon Time: The main combat music is in 5/4. The boss battle theme is mostly in Common Time, but throws in a bar of 5/4 and a bar of 6/4 to change things up. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38da8916 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38da8916 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_38da8916 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3931557e | type |
Storming the Beaches | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3931557e | comment |
Storming the Beaches: How the SeeD exam in Dollet happens in Disc 1. Their mission is to drive out the Galbadian forces. The entrance to The Very Definitely Final Dungeon is through a beach near the orphanage the main characters were raised. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3931557e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3931557e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3931557e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_39684516 | type |
Kill the Ones You Love | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_39684516 | comment |
Kill the Ones You Love: With Cid's fully prepared to send his and Edea's surrogate children to kill her, because he knows he's not capable of it himself, but it all works out in the end. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_39684516 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_39684516 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_39684516 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3979d6da | type |
Male Might, Female Finesse | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3979d6da | comment |
Male Might, Female Finesse: All the male playable characters' Limit Breaks are purely offensive compared to the females' sans Edea. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3979d6da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3979d6da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3979d6da | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | type |
Unintentionally Unwinnable | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | comment |
Unintentionally Unwinnable: Ultimecia's castle is the Point of No Return. This can lead to frustration from players who came in without adequate supplies (and didn't use the internet to discover a workaround: You can get back to your Global Airship if you're careful, and aboard it you will find various NPCs who can help you resupply.) | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | type |
Resigned to the Call | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | comment |
Resigned to the Call: Squall. Until Disk 3, anyway. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | type |
Degraded Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | comment |
Degraded Boss: Granaldo and its Raldo backup. Inverted with Elvoret being a boss, but Elnoyle being a palette-swapped copy monster who is about 10 times as powerful by comparison. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | type |
Recurring Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | comment |
Recurring Boss: Several. Biggs and Wedge have to be fought twice. Seifer has to be fought four times. Edea has to be fought twice. Raijin has to be fought three times. Fujin has to be fought twice. Sacred has two optional fights. BGH251F2 has to be fought twice. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | type |
Foregone Conclusion | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | comment |
Foregone Conclusion: Squall and Rinoa are embracing in the game's logo. The game is billed as a romance. If you are surprised that Squall and Rinoa become a couple in the course of this game, then you're just going to flip out when you find out who Superman is... | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c3b5c27 | type |
Vehicular Assault | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c3b5c27 | comment |
Vehicular Assault: X-ATM092 in Dollet, BGH251F2 in the Galbadia Missile Base and later in Fisherman's Horizon. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c3b5c27 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c5ae1a1 | type |
Schizo Tech | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c5ae1a1 | comment |
Schizo Tech: Despite having access to a wide range of advanced technology, including cruise missiles, cybernetic robots, energy weapons, hovering buildings that can traverse both land and sea, and advanced spacecraft, radio broadcast is not used. This is a major plot point, as Sorceress Adel's containment device in orbit interferes with radio transmission; it isn't until the Galbadian army invades Dollet and upgrades the old radio tower there that any radio signals are able to bypass this interference. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3c5ae1a1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3d15a154 | type |
Muggle in Mage Custody | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3d15a154 | comment |
Muggle in Mage Custody: The relationship between the sorceresses and their knights is something in-between this and Lady and Knight: the knight protects the sorceress as a fighter, while she takes care of him in a magical way. For instance, Seifer serves Ultimecia, while Squall becomes Rinoa's knight, and Cid is implied to be Edea's. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3d15a154 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3e24cb38 | type |
Musical Nod | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3e24cb38 | comment |
Musical Nod: "The Extreme" incorporates the classic battle theme bassline from the first six FFs. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3e24cb38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3e24cb38 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3eae625 | type |
Absurdly Powerful Student Council | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3eae625 | comment |
Absurdly Powerful Student Council: The Balamb Garden disciplinary committee — although how much official power they actually have, and how much of it is just Seifer bullying other cadets, is never really clear. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3eae625 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ed23024 | type |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ed23024 | comment |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: In real life teenagers fresh out of school aren't promoted to instructors at military acadamies, aren't chosen for crucial life or death sniping missions and aren't hired as commanders of mercenary teams. The reason being exactly what you see here: incompetance, choking at crucial moments and terrible strategic decisions based on emotion and inexperience. The reason why you intially do not question that a group of teenagers are given such important tasks is due to how often it is played straight in other games. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ed23024 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ef5a484 | type |
Final Boss, New Dimension | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ef5a484 | comment |
Final Boss, New Dimension: The climactic battle against Ultimecia begins in her throne room, but grows increasingly chaotic as Time Compression proceeds; the last stage occurs in a nearly-featureless void. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3ef5a484 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f0494d | type |
Player Headquarters | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f0494d | comment |
Player Headquarters: Balamb Garden. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f0494d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f70415 | type |
Because Destiny Says So | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f70415 | comment |
Because Destiny Says So: Cid promotes Squall to Commander of SeeD based on Edea's foreknowledge of Squall's role in defeating Ultimecia. Squall in turn tells the other SeeDs at Balamb Garden that it is their destiny to fight the sorceress, and tells the past Edea that she will found SeeD for that purpose. The Stable Time Loop means that there's a lot of Because Destiny Says So running around the plot; Ultimecia, possessing Edea, also identifies Squall as "the legendary SeeD destined to face me". | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3f70415 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fca462c | type |
Deus ex Machina | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fca462c | comment |
Deus ex Machina: The Ragnarok conveniently floats by as Squall and Rinoa are drifting in space. It's revealed later that it was used to launch Adel's tomb and thus was abandoned in the same area of space. However, its timing and placement is still incredibly convenient. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fca462c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fe2b13f | type |
Ungrateful Bastard | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fe2b13f | comment |
Ungrateful Bastard: The good people of Winhill, barring Raine and Ellone. After Laguna recovers from his injuries, they either drop broad hints that he should leave or outright tell him to scram, even though he's risking his life daily in a one-man mission to clear the town of vicious monsters that they aren't equipped to fight. When Raine dies in his absence, they ship Squall and Ellone off to an orphanage rather than take care of them, and seventeen years later they still blame Laguna for Raine's death. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_3fe2b13f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_409d3c07 | type |
Advancing Boss of Doom | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_409d3c07 | comment |
Advancing Boss of Doom: X-ATM092 will chase after the party once deployed. When it enters combat, it needs to be stunned before the party can flee from it. Additionally, it also has a few tricks to force combat such as jumping ahead of the party. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_409d3c07 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40a533db | type |
Guest-Star Party Member | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40a533db | comment |
Guest-Star Party Member: Seifer, Laguna, Kiros, Ward and Edea. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40a533db | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40cad744 | type |
Flower Motifs | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40cad744 | comment |
Flower Motifs: All over the place. From the characters' base of operations being called Garden, to their group being called SeeDs. Both of the game's opening and closing montages also happen in an actual garden. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40cad744 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40ff3c3b | type |
Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40ff3c3b | comment |
Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: Though in this case, it's really just Ultimecia. Though Edea pushes it for most of the game, she's also possessed by Ultimecia the entire time she's your opponent, so this could be her influence. She's noticeably more conservative in her dress in flashbacks, although she keeps her updated outfit for the rest of the game as well. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_40ff3c3b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_419545ad | type |
Desperation Attack | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_419545ad | comment |
Desperation Attack: The game's Limit Breaks are also desperation attacks, triggered specifically by how dire a situation the character is in. Low HP is the main contributing factor, but having party members KOed or suffering under status effects also goes towards a hidden Crisis Level calculation which determines how likely a limit break is to trigger and, where relevant, how potent it will be. As a result, a common strategy was to keep one or more characters at minimal health and refresh the command menu until the Limit Break popped up. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_419545ad | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_421f8eb8 | type |
Exotic Weapon Supremacy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_421f8eb8 | comment |
Squall and Seifer both use gunblades — that is, a sword with a pistol built into the base of the blade; perfect examples of Exotic Weapon Supremacy, as they have 100%- no sorry, 255% accuracy and can do additional damage with the press of a button. Exactly how gunblades function are a source of much Fan Wank, though Square themselves basically explained them to be Vibroweapons in the Ultimania guide. In-universe, Cid mentions that gunblade specialists are rare, as the weapons are rather difficult to use, hinting that even in the game's world, they're not necessarily practical. Seifer mastered it because he saw a video of a sorceress' knight as a kid and wanted to emulate the style (and he's still rather blunt when using it). Various secondary media point out that Squall learned it because he was stubborn, and wanted to master the weird weapon when everyone else went to something more commonsense. There's also the fact that at the end of the game, Squall is sent back in time to his childhood orphanage. Aside from giving his adoptive parents the idea to form SeeD, the fact that he wielded a gunblade could have been Cid's inspiration in wanting him to be trained in its use. So in a sense, he gave himself the idea. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_421f8eb8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_424c9a9b | type |
Cold-Blooded Torture | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_424c9a9b | comment |
Cold-Blooded Torture: Seifer does this to Squall in D-District Prison. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_424c9a9b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_427ca0d0 | type |
Animal Theme Naming | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_427ca0d0 | comment |
Animal Theme Naming: The Timber resistance groups such as the Forrest Owls and Forrest Fox. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_427ca0d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_427ca0d0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_439a64d3 | type |
Our Witches Are Different | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_439a64d3 | comment |
Our Witches Are Different: The Sorceresses, who are originally referred in the Japanese version as Witches. They are all female, and the only ones who can actually can use magic naturally, in contrast to the rest of humanity who have to resort to artificial means to gain magic. Their powers are not fully given a explanation, but one aspect is that they are not born with their powers, but they are instead born with the potential to inherit the power of other Sorceresses, and pass their powers on before their death - only a woman born with the potential to become a Sorceress can inherit a dying Sorceress's power. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_439a64d3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_43a46119 | type |
Surrounded by Idiots | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_43a46119 | comment |
Surrounded by Idiots: Squall behaves this way through the first disc or so. How much of it is justified is subject to debate. His team also acts like this towards the Timber Owls Resistance, which is not unjustified. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_43a46119 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4508b16b | type |
The Guards Must Be Crazy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4508b16b | comment |
The Guards Must Be Crazy: The guards in D-District Prison and in the Galbadia Missile Base. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4508b16b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4565d81d | type |
Single-Stroke Battle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4565d81d | comment |
Single-Stroke Battle: If you have Odin, he randomly appears at the beginning of a battle and ends it quickly, except against Seifer. In addition, after Odin is killed, his replacement, Gilgamesh, will randomly appear during any part of a battle and attack with a weapon. If it's the Zantetsuken (Odin's recovered sword), then this happens as well. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4565d81d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_45e41b66 | type |
It's a Wonderful Failure | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_45e41b66 | comment |
It's a Wonderful Failure: Neglect to set the missiles' error ratio in the Missile Base to maximum, and as you exit the base, you get to see Balamb Garden going kaboom. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_45e41b66 | featureApplicability |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_45e41b66 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_46fc2236 | type |
Low-Level Advantage | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_46fc2236 | comment |
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 Ability×4/Rosetta Stones and the "[Stat] Bonus" abilities from your GFs. The stat bonuses will practically make your characters demi-gods. The key to this is the "Card" ability found on Quezacotl [sic]. When used, it converts the targeted enemy into a Triple Triad card; its chance of success is, roughly, equal to the amount of HP the enemy has lost. If it is successful, the foe gives no Experience Points. While there are some foes that cannot be Carded (particularly fellow humans, AKA Galbadian soldiers), abusing the "Card" ability still keeps your levels quite low. You also get some cards. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_46fc2236 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4713429e | type |
Pamphlet Shelf | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4713429e | comment |
Pamphlet Shelf: Most notably in the Balamb Garden library. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4713429e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_47d35854 | type |
Intergenerational Friendship | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_47d35854 | comment |
Intergenerational Friendship: Ellone with her Uncle Laguna. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_47d35854 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_47d35854 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | type |
Sealed Evil in a Can | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | comment |
Sealed Evil in a Can: The entire reason for the radio interference on Earth is that the sorceress Adel was sealed in a high-tech containment system and launched into orbit. This was necessary because nobody knew how to kill her permanently, and because of how powerful she was, just flinging her into deep space could have had long-lasting consequences. This does, of course, mean that by the end of the game, you've not only traveled through time and saved the world... you've also brought TV back into the world. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_485eb589 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_486466ee | type |
Dual Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_486466ee | comment |
Dual Boss: The Iguions, the Oilboyles, Fujin and Raijin, Biggs and Wedge, Sacred and Minotaur, Vysage with Lefty and Righty. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_486466ee | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489c6f13 | type |
Door of Doom | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489c6f13 | comment |
Door of Doom: This is the entrance to Ultimecia's tower at the end of the game, with stone skulls and torches around it. Going through this start a lecture by her, which goes immediately into the final battle of the game. Also the actual entrance to her castle, which opens to release mist out of it (it has the same opening sound effect as the final boss door). | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489c6f13 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489f14dd | type |
Glamorous Wartime Singer | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489f14dd | comment |
Glamorous Wartime Singer: Julia Heartilly, though she's more of a Glamorous Wartime Pianist during her single appearance in the game. She later goes on to write and perform (in-story) the song "Eyes on Me," which we don't hear as a full vocal performance until Disc 3, although the tune recurs several times in the game's instrumentals starting with the waltz Squall and Rinoa dance to at the graduation ball. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_489f14dd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d | type |
Funetik Aksent | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d | comment |
Funetik Aksent: Ultimecia replaces all C's with K's... except for her final line as she dies. She never has it while possessing Edea, Adel, or Rinoa, either. She doesn't speak like this in Dissidia Final Fantasy either, where she suddenly gains a more coherent speaking style. This is likely because Dissidia used a different translator and was written ten years after the original game. Even in the Japanese version, her speech doesn't imply an accent or speech impediment, which is the only way she speaks funky one way and not when possessing anyone. It seems the English translation gave her an accent just for the hell of it. Dr. Odine as well: "Do you vant to take zis outside?! Do you vant to fisticuffs?!" | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | type |
Scenery Porn | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: Background bitmap detail compared to VII was cranked up. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | featureApplicability |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | featureConfidence |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_49d59be9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | type |
Opening the Sandbox | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | comment |
Opening the Sandbox: Disc 2, when Balamb Garden lifts off. And of course getting the Ragnarok in Disc 3. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4ac55d49 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4b153125 | type |
Piggyback Cute | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4b153125 | comment |
Piggyback Cute: Squall carries Rinoa to Esthar this way after she falls into a coma. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4b153125 | |
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Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4c123f8a | comment |
Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud: The Pandemona GF. | |
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Power Copying | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4c24a9ed | comment |
Quistis: "Blue Magic." By feeding Quistis items outside of battle, she can learn attacks; you are then allowed to select one. These include "Shockwave Pulsar," the first ability in franchise history which can break the 9,999 HP damage cap. | |
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President Evil | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4c554daf | comment |
President Vinzer Deling of Galbadia, however, is President Evil played quite straight before Edea makes him a President Target. | |
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Useless Useful Spell | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4c709317 | comment |
Useless Useful Spell: Status Effects are still not worth casting, but the junctioning system removes the necessity of casting them: just assign them to your gunblade and hit the road! There's also a Useless Useful Summon: Siren, who casts Silence on any enemies on the field susceptible to it — and little else, making summoning her barely more worthwhile than casting Silence yourself. Doomtrain, who hits every enemy on the field with every status effect in the game, is much more useful; if nothing else, the defense-nullifying Vit-0 effect usually works on bosses. Averted hard with the aforementioned Vit-0 status effect (and things that cause it). There isn't a single enemy in the game that's immune to it, and from about the halfway point of the game, enemies that have zero vitality start taking insane amounts of damage, especially if you're using multi-hit attacks like Renzokuken, Irvine's Fast Ammo, and Zell's limit breaks. Even Damage-Sponge Boss enemies go down super fast. | |
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I Can't Dance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4db088ab | comment |
I Can't Dance: Squall in the ballroom scene. Turned out to be a lie. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4e4f42be | type |
Love Confession | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4e4f42be | comment |
Love Confession: averted. Neither of the leads ever makes one. The IGN review went on to note that, despite love basically being the main theme of the game, the word is not mentioned once; this is incorrect, but not by much (the one time it does appear is when Rinoa does tell Squall "we love you," speaking for the party, during the concert at FH). | |
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Wham Line | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: When Squall confronts NORG after thwarting his coup, which was caused by NORG wanting to turn the SeeDs over to Sorceress Edea after their failed assassination attempt on her, the following exchange takes place. A mysterious group clad in white claiming to be SeeDs arrive in Balamb Garden, asking for a particular person to come with them. When the party members remember that they were all in the same orphanage along with Seifer, Irvine reveals who the orphan matron really is. Immediately after rescuing Rinoa from the Sorceress memorial, the SeeDs are hired by Esthar. Then Zell informs Squall of the name of their client. | |
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Wham Shot | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | comment |
Wham Shot: Seifer appearing in Deling's live speech in Timber to kill him, followed by Quistis trying to apprehend him. Seifer appearing with Sorceress Edea in the Deling City parade. Edea impaling Squall via her Limit Break during the concluding cutscene of Disc 1. Selphie and her party apparently dying in the Galbadian missile base. Squall and his party arriving in Balamb only to see that it's in chaos. The Pensieve Flashback of the main characters except Rinoa during their time at the same orphanage. The Reveal of who the President of Esthar is. Same goes for his advisers. Seifer killing Odin at the start of Disc 3's Final Battle. When trying to focus on a subject to allow him to escape the end of time, Squall picks Rinoa, and we see every encounter cutscene the two have shared. Squall's reliance on the Guardian Forces has led him to forget Rinoa's face, blurred out in all the cutscenes and stranding him. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4efc4fae | type |
Good Scars, Evil Scars | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4efc4fae | comment |
Good Scars, Evil Scars: Squall and Seifer have mirror-image diagonal facial scars. Ward has a typical "tough guy" scar running down the entire left side of his face. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6 | type |
Thematic Sequel Logo Change | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6 | comment |
Thematic Sequel Logo Change: The logo contains the image of both Squall and Rinoa hugging each other in red that fades to yellow. The colors reflect the sunset that happens in the background while this scene happens in the game. | |
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Duel Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4f37c96a | comment |
Duel Boss: In the first boss fight against Seifer, Squall fights him alone. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4f8a2bbc | type |
Going Through the Motions | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_4f8a2bbc | comment |
Going Through the Motions: Squall's facepalm in particular is iconic enough that it was reproduced in the Kingdom Hearts games. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_501de366 | type |
Temporal Paradox | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_501de366 | comment |
Temporal Paradox: Specifically, an Ontological Paradox — present Squall gives past Edea the idea for SeeD. Since FFVIII's model of time travel seems to involve a single, immutable sequence of events, there was never an alternate timeline in which Edea came up with SeeD on her own. On a lesser scale, Laguna's ability to overthrow Sorceress Adel may have been due to the "faeries" from the future granting him power, and there was no original timeline where he did so without such help. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_504a1991 | type |
Body Horror | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_504a1991 | comment |
The boss fight against Adel is made more difficult due to the fact that she has forcibly absorbed Rinoa into her body, and will periodically drain Rinoa's HP to replenish her own. If Adel isn't defeated before draining all of Rinoa's HP, it will result in a Non-Standard Game Over. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_509769e7 | type |
Numerological Motif | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_509769e7 | comment |
Numerological Motif: The number eight recurs throughout the game, presumably for the obvious reason. The Galbadian soldiers have 08 on their armour, the heroes have to catch a number 8 bus at one point, and there are eight playable characters (including the two Guest Star Party Members) in the present. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_509f178b | type |
Stand Your Ground | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_509f178b | comment |
Stand Your Ground: Balamb Garden during the first half of the Battle of the Gardens before taking the offensive. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_50f848cc | type |
Technology Porn | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_50f848cc | comment |
Technology Porn: Throughout the game, but in particular, the scene of the Dollet Satellite Dish being reactivated. It even has its own theme music! | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_513dd915 | type |
LiteralCliffHanger | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_513dd915 | comment |
Literal Cliff Hanger: Rinoa, hanging off the side of Balamb Garden during the Battle of the Gardens. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_514cba56 | type |
Sinister Geometry | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_514cba56 | comment |
Sinister Geometry: Lunatic Pandora's outer casing. | |
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Good Old Fisticuffs | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_51beab21 | comment |
Good Old Fisticuffs: Zell uses his fists as his weapon of choice. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_524904cd | type |
Pensieve Flashback | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_524904cd | comment |
The Pensieve Flashback of the main characters except Rinoa during their time at the same orphanage. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_524904cd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_52db461d | type |
Significant Anagram | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_52db461d | comment |
Significant Anagram: "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" is an anagram of "Love" and "Succession of Witches." | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_52db461d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_539ae07a | type |
Empowered Badass Normal | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_539ae07a | comment |
Empowered Badass Normal: When Connected to the main characters, the Laguna trio become Persons Of Mass Destruction on account of being SeeD-class, GF-empowered fighters seventeen years before there were any SeeDs. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_53c9fc92 | type |
Flashback | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_53c9fc92 | comment |
Flashback Flash Back Echo: Squall's flashback to himself talking about his missing "Sis", which explains his mentality in the present. Pensieve Flashback: The present day version of the team members who were there are shown in the past during the orphanage revelation. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_549cd62d | type |
Level Grinding | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_549cd62d | comment |
Level Grinding: As mentioned, the game slims down this process as it is normally seen in RPGs. However, players often find themselves spending a while Drawing spells from monsters, either to keep for its own sake or the purposes of Refining. Triple Triad got a similar reputation, but at least it was more fun than spamming "Draw" for five minutes. | |
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Safety in Indifference | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_553aaabe | comment |
Safety in Indifference: This is Squall's viewpoint throughout most of the game. After growing up in an orphanage, and then watching everyone he cared about slowly go away one by one, he decided that if people were going to die or otherwise leave him alone, it was better to be alone in the first place to avoid he pain of losing them. He intentionally pushes everyone away to avoid developing bonds with them that would hurt to sever. It takes Rinoa to break him out of it. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_56045172 | type |
Took a Level in Idealism | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_56045172 | comment |
Took a Level in Idealism: The game follows Squall as he breaks out of his cynicism to properly connect with other people, Rinoa especially. | |
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All the Worlds Are a Stage | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_56a6927b | comment |
All the Worlds Are a Stage: The game features this in the battle with the sorceresses during the Time Compression. As you defeat the sorceresses, the battle background changes, going through various locations you've visited during the game. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_575fd5e2 | type |
Dark Is Not Evil | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_575fd5e2 | comment |
Dark Is Not Evil: Squall wears black. Also, Edea, who dresses in black even before and after she's possessed. | |
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Hero of Another Story | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Laguna, Kiros and Ward are only seen in the dream sequences the heroes dream of at points with the connections of the events being undisclosed, leaving the group confused over what they just saw, but don't let it affect their mission. It remains that way up until disc 3, where we find out the three men were Real After All and the events we saw happened some years ago, which made them heroes. | |
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No Unified Ruleset | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_5852ddfa | comment |
No Unified Ruleset: In-universe, there's a card game known as Triple Triad. The game has variations based on region which may gradually shift or spread. | |
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The Un-Reveal | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_5a3b8032 | comment |
The Unreveal: Laguna never comes out and says "Squall, I am your father," and in fact nobody ever mentions anything about it except for one oblique reference by Kiros. It's still heavily implied, especially in one of the conversations Squall can have with him in which Laguna mentions that they have a lot to talk about when it's all over. | |
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Boss Rush | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_5a5de5ca | comment |
Carbuncle's RecovMed-RF ability unlocks an infinite Gil exploit: 4 Tents can be bought for 4000G, refined into a Mega-Potion, and sold for 5000G. Though undeniably time-consuming, it places the Curaga/Tent trick mentioned above definitively within your reach. Carbuncle is drawn during the Boss Rush at the end of Disc 1, so it technically counts even if you won't be able to teach it RecovMed-RF until Disc 2. | |
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Disc-One Nuke | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_5b81ca8d | comment |
Disc-One Nuke: The "Weapons Monthly" magazines that tell you what ingredients are necessary to craft a certain weapon aren't actually a requirement for the same. That is, if you remember the recipe from a previous playthrough or just look it up in a guide, you can craft a given weapon in a junk shop as soon as you can get the ingredients. This means you can get everyone's best weapons (and Irvine's second best) as early as right before the final events Disc 1, and yes, this includes crafting Squall's Infinity +1 Sword if you go for a low-level playthrough and then kiss the difficulty goodbye. The tricky part is that it requires a lot of patience and card matches, the willingness to either refine an unique card for Adamantinesnote Minotaur, although you can get it back in Disc 4 if you complete the CC Group sidequest before the end of Disc 3 or farm an Adamantine from Adamantoises, as well as detailed knowledge of how to get the items needed. For example, crafting Rinoa's "Shooting Star" all but requires beating the Spider Tank Time-Limit Boss (and a bit of luck or Save Scumming) as it has a 25% chance to drop a Force Armlet. Before you head out to Timber, you can play Triple Triad to collect Abyss Worm cards, which refine into Windmills at a 1:1 ratio. Windmills, in turn, refine into 20 Tornado spells each. Tornado is one of the best spells in the game for junctioning to Strength and Magic, comparable to the end-game Holy, Meteor, Flare, Pain, etc. With 100 Tornadoes junctioned to Strength, Squall will deal over 1000 damage per attack. If Tornadoes alone are not enough, Gayla cards can be refined into Mystery Fluids on a 1-to-1 basis, and each Mystery Fluid can be refined into 10 Meltdowns. In addition to junctioning nicely to Vitality, thereby increasing a character's resistance to physical damage, Meltdown can be cast on an enemy in order to reduce its Vitality to zero, making it literally defenseless against physical damage. Forget the Lionheart — with the Tornado/Meltdown combination, Squall can solo some of the early bosses with his starter weapon. Speaking of Card Mod, pay attention when a unique card can be converted into three of something. Those are always items that teach skills to your GFs, many of them are endgame ones and even several that only one GF will ever learn on their own. For example, the Kiros card can be Modded into 3 Accelerators, which teach the Auto-Haste passive skill that otherwise can only be learned by Cerberus at a total cost of whooping 620 APnote Auto-Haste alone costs 150 AP to learn, but it requires Spd-J (120 AP), Spd+20% (150 AP), and Spd+40% (200 AP) to be learned first in that order; you can of course bypass some or all of them if you have the item that teaches the previous skill in the chain — like Rocket Engine that teaches Spd+40% and allows you to immediately start putting AP toward learning Auto-Haste. Curaga is a high-level spell, junctions well to HP (like all healing/reviving magic), and can be refined from Tents at a ratio of 10 spells from a single item. Each tent costs 1000 gil, so it's a bit pricey for the early game, but with a high-enough SeeD rank you'll be earning 10,000 gil or more per paycheck. Also, 100 Curagas junctioned to HP will give your characters +2200 HP, at a time when enemies will be lucky to hit triple-digit damage. Finally, while the Lionheart must wait until later on disc one, Curaga, like Tornado and Meltdown, is available before Squall even leaves on his first mission. (Relatedly, Bio and Break can be refined from Antidotes and Softs. They provide some of the strongest STR and MAG bonuses in the game, typically remaining viable through Disc 3.) If you keep your levels low through carding, normal monsters will keep damaging you as though you are at a low level. Boost your stats through junctioning powerful spells (gained through card playing and refining), and you can take hits like a lower level character, but hit like a higher level one. Limit breaks are enabled when your current HP is a quarter of your max HP or less. Unjunction all spells from your HP stat so it lies at 700 or so, meaning limit breaks will kick in when you're at 170 or less (when normal enemies will hit for 30-40 HP damage per round). Heal yourself to full HP, which is at 700 or so. Then junction 100 Curaga to your HPs, raising your max HP to 3000 or so, meaning your normal max HP, where you are pretty safe from enemy attacks for another 10-20 rounds, will still see limit breaks enabled. Carbuncle's RecovMed-RF ability unlocks an infinite Gil exploit: 4 Tents can be bought for 4000G, refined into a Mega-Potion, and sold for 5000G. Though undeniably time-consuming, it places the Curaga/Tent trick mentioned above definitively within your reach. Carbuncle is drawn during the Boss Rush at the end of Disc 1, so it technically counts even if you won't be able to teach it RecovMed-RF until Disc 2. For Triple Triad, Ifrit will be what carries you at the beginning of your card-playing career. You get it after defeating Ifrit, who's the very first boss in the game, and it's more powerful than any other card at that point, with score values of 8 and 9 on its north and west sides respectively. | |
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Contractual Boss Immunity | |
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Contractual Boss Immunity: Subverted with Selphie's "The End" Limit Break that, if pulled off successfully, can One-Hit Kill any boss in the game except the Final Boss (and then it's only because it's a four-stage fight; The End will still knock out one of the stages for you instantly). The same goes for Squall's "Lionheart" Limit Break. Unlike "The End", it's not a One-Hit Kill, but it does so much damage (Seventeen attacks at 9999 each) that it might as well be. Played Straight with other attacks, such as Quistis's "Degenerator" Limit Break or the Level 5 death spell always miss against bosses. Odin will randomly appear during non-boss battles and use a One-Hit Kill attack to destroy whoever you're fighting. When fighting Seifer for the fourth time, Odin will appear and use his One-Hit Kill attack, but Seifer blocks it and destroys Odin. However, this causes Gilgamesh to appear later in the battle and use his One-Hit Kill attack to defeat Seifer. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: The entire game deconstructs the Child Soldier trope, showing how emotionally stunted, immature, and unstable a person would actually be if they were taken in by a military academy as a child and raised for combat. Reconnecting with one's past to overcome trauma and realize who they truly are is also a major theme. | |
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Sword Fight | |
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Sword Fight: Squall and Seifer's duel at the beginning of the game. | |
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Fake Video Camera View | |
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Fake Video Camera View: During the ending sequence. | |
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Kleptomaniac Hero | |
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Kleptomaniac Hero: Not as bad an example as many RPGs, but there are some instances. Rooting around in cupboards in a house in Timber finds the party some gil, but it also makes the house's resident refuse to let you rest there any more, and since the hotel is off-limits during your first visit... The only places with treasure "boxes" are D-District Prison and Ultimecia Castle. With the latter needs you to play organ to remove bars blocking the passage to the treasure chest containing a Rosetta Stone. | |
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Late-Arrival Spoiler | |
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Late-Arrival Spoiler: The PSN version of this game actually blows Ultimecia's identity right in the product description. Normally, this would be Trailers Always Spoil, but as the game is over twenty years old and the PSN version came out well after Dissidia Final Fantasy included her as the main villain representing Final Fantasy VIII, it ends up falling under this trope due to sheer age. But woe to the newer generations playing this for the first time... | |
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Can't Get Away with Nuthin' | |
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Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Showing off your Gunblade in the Classroom Area (where weapons are prohibited) will instantly result in you getting caught by Garden Faculty and being deducted points from the SeeD exam. From the instant you put your Garden Cadet uniform until you are dismissed after the completion of the mission, you are being closely monitored. Run away from too many fights? Go out of your way to talk to people instead of focusing on the mission? Disobey an order given by your squad leader? They'll know, and your Final Exam score (and initial SeeD Rank) will suffer for it. It doesn't matter if you have just spent the last hour rescuing cadets and children from monsters unleashed by NORG's faculty and been appointed Commander. Use magic in the halls and your ass is going down a rank. | |
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Time Bomb | |
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Time Bomb: The Galbadia Missile Base's self destruct sequence. | |
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Florence Nightingale Effect | |
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Florence Nightingale Effect: Happens twice. First, in the past with Laguna and Raine. She falls in love with him while nursing him back to health. Second, although it's not nurse to patient, Squall finally realizes his feelings for Rinoa when she falls into a coma and is lying in the infirmary. | |
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Tomorrowland | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_615aa8d5 | comment |
Tomorrowland: Esthar. There is an enormous technological difference between their continent-spanning Crystal Spires and Togas city and the rest of the world, which is mostly just past the 20th century in terms of technology. The main reason for this is that the majority of population of the destroyed Centra civilization emigrated to Esthar, carrying most of their advanced technology there with them, while only a small portion of the refugees made it to the western continent, forming the small nation of Dollet. A combination of massive population size, having a head start is tech, and isolationism meant that Esthar developed advanced technology far beyond the rest of the world. | |
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Dream Sequence | |
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Dream Sequence: Squall has several of these showing him as a child talking about his missing "Sis". | |
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News Travels Fast | |
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News Travels Fast: In this case this it's notable because of the radio silence mentioned throughout the game. | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
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Laguna: A smart yet impulsive and offbeat man who often makes reckless decisions. (Id) | |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation In-game information indicates that sorceresses have the inherent ability to use magic without any outside aids such as Guardian Forces. The sorceresses who join the party have to use a junction and stocked magic just like any other party member (except while using limit breaks). In Edea's case this could be explained by the fact that she's no longer a sorceress by the time she becomes playable in-game, she shows no awareness that there's been a change and still has the use of the ice-element Limit Break she used on Squall in Disc 1. In Rinoa's case, the only time she could use magic without any aid is through the use of her "Angel Wing" limit break. This gives her unlimited access to any offensive spells she's equipped with, notably without depleting her stocks, at the expense of being within a state of berserk. However, there are a few exceptions. The classroom control panels indicate rules regarding use of magic in school, and at one point Squall is given the option of demonstrating a spell for a student. If he does, a Balamb Garden staff member appears and yells at him, and the player's SeeD rank is lowered. Also, Selphie attempts to draw-cast Cure during a cutscene at the D-District prison. Speaking of the prison sequence, you're told that there's an anti-magic field in the prison that prevents magic from being cast properly. As mentioned, Selphie attempts to use cure, but it doesn't work very well. As such, they say that they have to rely on their weapons, so it's up to Zell, since he uses his fists as his weapons. However, the second you gain control of Zell, he has full access to and use of magic, and so do your other characters during the battle with Biggs and Wedge. Afterwards, when you leave the cell, an announcement comes on that the anti-magic field will be lifted. This, however, doesn't explain why your characters were able to use magic before it was lifted. During the final dungeon, which takes place After the End, someone still pays you your hourly salary. Who? | |
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Drill Sergeant Nasty | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6375f746 | comment |
Drill Sergeant Nasty: One can be seen briefly in a hallway in Galbadia Garden making students do push ups, one of whom is Zell if he's not in your party. | |
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Grievous Harm with a Body | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6377d6e6 | comment |
The recurring Wendigo creature does basketball moves USING your party. | |
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Converse with the Unconscious | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6382334a | comment |
Converse with the Unconscious: Squall keeps trying to talk to Rinoa while she's in a coma. He even laments that "it's like talking to a wall". It doubles as an Ironic Echo, as earlier in the game he tells Quistis to talk to a wall if she wants someone to listen. | |
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The Mutiny | |
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The Mutiny: The team returns to Balamb Garden after breaking out of D-District Prison to find the school undergoing one by students and staff loyal to NORG, while the students and staff loyal to Cid are opposing them. | |
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Dynamic Difficulty | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_63c6c615 | comment |
The Island Closest To Heaven and The Island Closest To Hell. Not only do they have (hidden) Draw Points stocking some of the game's best spells, they're also the only place where Dynamic Difficulty is disabled, instead providing Lv.100 versions of some pretty fierce monsters. While the EXP they provide doesn't go up, it does affect their item drops and the magic you can draw from them; the encounter rate is also extremely high, for ease of fighting. Spam Degenerator for rapid experience gain. | |
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Cowardly Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_64028be7 | comment |
Cowardly Boss: Sacred in the Tomb of the Unknown King, who runs away after your first optional fight with him. The player then has another optional fight with him again along with his brother, Minotaur. Jumbo Cactuar can run away while the player is fighting it, requiring the player to have to fight it all over again, which is not fun. It will do so if it's brought down to less than 2% of its hit points. | |
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Cowardly Lion | |
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Cowardly Lion: Watts and Zone know how to avoid doing work. However, Watts is very good at gathering information very quickly, and Zone saves the day by giving Quistis his own train ticket out of Timber. | |
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Always Save the Girl | |
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Always Save the Girl: Squall eventually has this revelation with regards to his relationship with Rinoa. | |
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Random Encounters | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | comment |
Random Encounters: A lot of areas in the game, as with the previous games, have random fights with wandering monsters happen without warning. | |
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Evil Tower of Ominousness | |
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Evil Tower of Ominousness: Lunatic Pandora. | |
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Dance of Romance | |
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Dance of Romance: Squall dances with Rinoa during the graduation ball. | |
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Putting the Band Back Together | |
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Putting the Band Back Together: The orphanage revelation reveals the team is actually doing this. | |
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Permanently Missable Content | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6602cad | comment |
Permanently Missable Content: Any item or sidequest that involves entering a town after getting to Disc 4. In the Japanese version, this happens with any of the GFs that have to be drawn from a boss, and with Cerberus. The overseas versions allow the player to draw any of the missed GF's from the bosses in Ultimecia's castle as a backup method, but if they miss them there as well, they're gone for good, and even if the player does draw them at that point, it's too late to level them up unless they want to spend hours grinding. Diablos is gone if you forget to talk to Cid before boarding the train to Timber. Any item on the Dollet communications tower. Any item in D-District Prison. Any item in the Galbadia missile base. Any item in Galbadia Garden. Any item on the Esthar Lunar Base, one of which is a card that can only be gotten there. | |
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Author Appeal | |
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Author Appeal: Nomura admitted he flat out wanted to include a character in a skirt, heavily inspiring Selphie's design. In addition, Edea and Ultimecia were heavily designed to be a Shout-Out to Yoshitaka Amano's artstyle. | |
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Race for Your Love | |
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Race for Your Love: In Disc 3, after the return from space, Rinoa chooses to allow Esthar to take her into custody and seal her power rather than risk becoming a danger to the world through Ultimecia's possession. Squall, paralyzed by his own issues and convinced he has no right to interfere with her decision, lets her leave, but when Quistis catches up to him and reads him the riot act over it, he changes his mind, rushes to the Sorceress Memorial where Rinoa is about to be sealed, storms the facility, and sets her free. | |
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Plot Parallel | |
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Plot Parallel: The constant trips into the past and the Laguna/Ellone relationship are the real core of the plot, whereas Ultimecia and her plan to compress time just externalize the subplot's message that you need to let go of the past by presenting a villain who literally wants to freeze time forever. | |
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Hello, [Insert Name Here] | |
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You'll know that Squall's instructor Quistis will eventually become a permanent member of your team when she doesn't disappear from your list of party members even when absent. Similarly, you know Rinoa would eventually join the party some time after being formally introduced (and named) because she also appears within the party list. | |
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Be the Ball | |
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Be the Ball: The Wendigo's main form of attack, amusingly enough, is to grab a party member, smash them into a ball, and use them as a weapon against the rest of the group. | |
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Gigantic Moon | |
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Gigantic Moon: The moon is enormous and takes up quite a bit of the sky in most outdoor backgrounds, foreshadowing for the events of disc 3. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_69655022 | |
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Justified Tutorial | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | comment |
Justified Tutorial: The Fire Caverns quest at the very beginning of the game, presented as part of the final exam Squall must take before graduating from Balamb Garden. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | |
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Chewing the Scenery | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_69fb91e8 | comment |
Chewing the Scenery: Zell, Selphie, Seifer, and Laguna are all theatrical characters. They would've been Large Hams if the game had voice acting. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_69fb91e8 | |
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Bad Mood as an Excuse | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a1cc0cd | comment |
Bad Mood as an Excuse: One gets the impression from the message programmed into the robotic dummy of President Vinzer Deling that the real Deling makes use of this a lot, given how convincing the dummy is. | |
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Improbable Weapon User | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: Although many characters do use fairly sensible weaponry, there are also quite a few examples of this trope: Squall and Seifer both use gunblades — that is, a sword with a pistol built into the base of the blade; perfect examples of Exotic Weapon Supremacy, as they have 100%- no sorry, 255% accuracy and can do additional damage with the press of a button. Exactly how gunblades function are a source of much Fan Wank, though Square themselves basically explained them to be Vibroweapons in the Ultimania guide. In-universe, Cid mentions that gunblade specialists are rare, as the weapons are rather difficult to use, hinting that even in the game's world, they're not necessarily practical. Seifer mastered it because he saw a video of a sorceress' knight as a kid and wanted to emulate the style (and he's still rather blunt when using it). Various secondary media point out that Squall learned it because he was stubborn, and wanted to master the weird weapon when everyone else went to something more commonsense. There's also the fact that at the end of the game, Squall is sent back in time to his childhood orphanage. Aside from giving his adoptive parents the idea to form SeeD, the fact that he wielded a gunblade could have been Cid's inspiration in wanting him to be trained in its use. So in a sense, he gave himself the idea. Rinoa has her "blaster edge", a chakram-like ring which fires from a wrist-mounted launcher and returns like a boomerang. It can also fire her dog. Ward uses a giant harpoon. Which he has to go run over to the monsters to retrieve and then run back into formation to use again. And Esthar's army uses what appear to be pick-axes with shotguns built into them (not to mention an armor ensemble that makes them look like mass-produced Kamen Riders). | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | |
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The Power of Love | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: A major theme of the game's plot. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a85e9e1 | type |
Dub-Induced Plot Hole | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a85e9e1 | comment |
Dub-Induced Plot Hole: A minor example — in the beginning of the game, Zell continually tries (and fails) to get his Trademark Favorite Food from the Balamb Garden cafeteria. What his favorite food actually is, however, depends on what translation of the game you're playing (in English, it's hot dogs; in French, it's bretzels, which are similar to hot dogs; etc). Much later, during the Dance Party Ending, Zell is seen stuffing his face with a pile of what looks like dinner rolls. This is actually the punchline to a Brick Joke — in the original Japanese script, Zell's favorite food is a particular kind of bread. He finally got his hands on some! It still sort of works in the English version, as the dinner rolls look like hot dog rolls which would, presumably, contain hot dogs therein. A larger example: Ultimecia's dialogue was simplified in the English translation. In addition to making her seem more like a Generic Doomsday Villain, her explanation of what Time Compression would do to the party was a critical piece of information lost in translation. The ending cutscene with Squall makes significantly less sense without knowing that Time Compression would steadily wipe away one's thoughts and memories. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6a85e9e1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ad328e9 | type |
An Economy Is You | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ad328e9 | comment |
An Economy Is You: Every shop sells things that the party needs or can upgrade their weaponry. Bookstores sell magazines with weapon upgrade schematics and techniques for Zell and Rinoa's Limit Breaks, and even the pet stores in Timber and Esthar sell Guardian Force items. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ad328e9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ae7c6c3 | type |
BigDamnGunship | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ae7c6c3 | comment |
Big Damn Gunship: The Ragnarok initially appears as just a spaceship, but is revealed to be this as well during the assault on Lunatic Pandora. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ae7c6c3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6af6887 | type |
Escape Sequence | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6af6887 | comment |
Escape Sequence/Indy Escape: Dollet, with Squall, Zell, and Selphie running away from X-ATM092, and in D-District Prison, with Squall running away from the shifting panels on the bridge. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6af6887 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal of who the President of Esthar is. Same goes for his advisers. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: Triple Triad — though not in terms of the game's storyline, but because of its Gamebreaker status. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b486b81 | type |
Revive Kills Zombie | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b486b81 | comment |
Revive Kills Zombie: Certainly a staple of the series (particularly in Final Fantasy VI at one point), but particularly egregious here, where you can remove the zombified 'president' in one hit on the early-game train mission. This can also be done against Abadon, but has less of a chance of being successful. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6b486b81 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6bf29c6e | type |
Good Wings, Evil Wings | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6bf29c6e | comment |
Good Wings, Evil Wings: The recurring Buel creature has both bird and bat wings. In threes. And the bat wings are the bigger ones. Rinoa (in her second Limit Break form) and Ultimecia both possess wings. Rinoa's? Pure white and angelic. Ultimecia's? Black. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6bf29c6e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6c553873 | type |
Private Military Contractors | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6c553873 | comment |
Private Military Contractors: SeeD. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6c553873 | |
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All in a Row | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | comment |
All in a Row: Earlier games in the series only showed one character at a time. This was the first title to show the entire party walking around together. Lampshaded during the missile base mission: a guard will tease you for walking in a single file if you choose to "act cool." | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf4a648 | type |
Non-Uniform Uniform | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf4a648 | comment |
Non-Uniform Uniform: Squall and Zell wear their Balamb Garden cadet uniforms in nonstandard fashion, in ways that echo their civilian clothes — Squall leaves his jacket open, and Zell leaves his collar undone and rolls up his sleeves. Seifer forgoes the uniform entirely even during the field exam. Laguna, Kiros, and Ward have Galbadian blue uniforms, but missing the helmets. Ward's bandana and Kiros' hairdo push this trope straight into Mildly Military. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf4a648 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf96262 | type |
Our Sphinxes Are Different | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf96262 | comment |
Our Sphinxes Are Different: Sphinxaur resembles a giant reddish-purple beast with a vaguely human face and generally Egyptian aesthetic. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6cf96262 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6d892421 | type |
Teacher/Student Romance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6d892421 | comment |
Teacher/Student Romance: Many of Quistis's male students (and apparently quite a few female ones, if the Trepies are any indication) are pining for one. She lampshades this in the Fire Cavern Test when she mentions to Squall how the boys often choke on the test when she comes with them. Quistis for Squall, though in her defense, they're only a year apart in age and apparently grew up together, though neither of them remembers it anymore. Squall comments on the awkwardness of it fairly early in the game, and Quistis eventually says that her crush on him was actually misdirected sisterly affection, although how honest she's being about that is subject to interpretation. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6d892421 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6da4d56e | type |
Conspicuously Public Assassination | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6da4d56e | comment |
Conspicuously Public Assassination: Edea's killing of Vinzer Deling in front of a huge crowd, who continues to cheer as if nothing odd is going on. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6da4d56e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6de71c57 | type |
Disc-One Final Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: Edea. She's also the Disc Two Final Boss, and her knight Seifer is the Disc Three Final Boss, which is also the last time you fight him. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6de71c57 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e5287f4 | type |
Lady of Black Magic | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e5287f4 | comment |
Lady of Black Magic: Ultimecia and Edea. This trope is pretty much what the Sorceress power is all about, really. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e5287f4 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e6ac290 | type |
Lore Codex | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e6ac290 | comment |
Lore Codex: The Information sub-section of the Tutorial menu serves as a glossary for notable locations, characters and terminology in the game's setting, which are gradually filled in as the player progresses, though some entries require them to go out of their way to talk/interact with an NPC at the right time, making them Permanently Missable Content. There is only one exception: The "Succession of Sorceress Power" entry can only be acquired through hacking the game. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e70b12b | type |
Nominal Importance | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e70b12b | comment |
Nominal Importance: Only plot relevant characters have names. Those who aren't important enough for them have names such as "Mean Guy" and "Library Girl With a Pigtail". | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6e70b12b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6eb1268c | type |
Extreme Omnivore | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6eb1268c | comment |
Extreme Omnivore: The Devour skill. Edible objects include dragons, aliens, and mechas, and even things that will cause damage, petrification, death, or a game over if eaten. Devour can't be used on people, though. Even extreme omnivores have standards. You can, however, devour Rinoa during the boss fight with Adel. It will even give you a boost to your Max HP. Naturally, under the conditions of the battle, it also causes a automatic Non-Standard Game Over. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6eb1268c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | type |
Guide Dang It! | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | comment |
Guide Dang It!: Finding the White SeeD Ship on your first playthrough without a guide can be a bit of a hair puller. The only clue you're given is that it's located in the Centra continent, which is quite large; the smaller waters are very difficult to navigate through in the Garden; and the ship itself is quite well hidden by the geography, so you may miss it if the camera isn't facing the right direction. Also, when you're supposed to head to Esthar for the first time, more than one gamer flew around in the Garden endlessly, trying to reach the Esthar continent before finally realizing that you were supposed to pilot the Garden into Fisherman's Horizon, then, when it automatically cuts to inside the Garden, go to the infirmary. (You're told that Esthar is on the other end of the Horizon Bridge, upon which FH is built, but it's in a throwaway comment which players could be forgiven for overlooking; and the Infirmary part just plain comes out of nowhere.) The Tonberry King GF. There are very few clues in the game that it even exists, let alone how to get it. Ditto for the Doomtrain GF. You'll likely piece most of it together through Occult Fan magazines (and good luck knowing they exist); but the third item needed to summon him (hint: Remedy+, an item which must be crafted via Alexander's MedLVUp ability) has eluded some players on their first runs. The entire Shumi sidequest in Fisherman's Horizon. Try finding the ladder to the old fisherman without knowing it's there. Said fisherman also has one of the aforementioned Occult Fan magazines that's inaccessible if you don't visit him immediately upon arriving in FH. It's stated that after you hit Time Compression, you will not be able to access any towns or characters. But you still have access to your Global Airship... where a number of Non Player Characters have inexplicably set up shop. And the only way to reach your airship is a wildly circuitous Chocobo ride. How many people figured this out without being told it beforehand? Obtaining the PuPu card requires you to encounter the UFO in four different places. You must then go to a fifth location and fight the UFO, destroy it, then feed the PuPu five elixirs. Other than a brief mention in one of the Occult Fan magazines (which are primarily hints on getting Doomtrain), there's nothing in the game explaining any of this. Obtaining Quistis's final Blue Magic Shockwave Pulsar. First and foremost, you have no idea what item gives it, so that's a treat. The way to get it is that you have to use a Dark Matter item. Said item comes from refining 100 Curse Spikes, a drop from Tri-Face, via Tool-RF. The sucker-punch in this though is that Siren herself has to be level 100 in the original PSX version (in a game that discourages grinding, mind you) in order to be able to refine those items. The in-game tutorial only states that Siren can refine the items, but not the level stipulation. In addition, the player wouldn't likely think of it either as no GF other then Doomtrain has a level requirement on their abilities either. It's no wonder the developers got rid of the level requirements for Refining in latter versions of the game. Even the short and low-award Winhill sidequest, where you have to find and collect the pieces of a broken vase around the village, has an element of this. You're given no clue that you have to have Irvine in your party to find one of the pieces. To add insult to injury, the piece in question is closest to the NPC that gives you the quest and is in an otherwise very conspicuous spot. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | |
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Zero-Effort Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6edb0066 | comment |
Zero-Effort Boss: If you before a boss with a certain magic junction the characters' defenses with the same magic so their elemental defense is over 100%, you will have little to nothing to worry about as the characters will simply absorb the damage from the boss, which can also make up for lost healh in case the boss have another method of attacking. Having Odin makes Seifer's last fight this. You can wait, see Odin be killed, wait, and see Gilgamesh beat Seifer without taking any action. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6edb0066 | |
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Let's Split Up, Gang! | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_6f619fab | comment |
Let's Split Up, Gang!: After breaking out of D-District Prison, the team splits up into two groups; one to head back to Balamb Garden to warn them about the missile attack, the other to the missile base to try and stop the attack. The team also splits up when Squall and Rinoa are sent into space. The final dungeon also involves the party splitting into two groups, which the player can switch between. At a few points, players will need both parties in order to proceed, such as having one party hold a lever while another crosses a chandelier that would otherwise fall under their weight. | |
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No Cutscene Inventory Inertia | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_721325ee | comment |
No Cutscene Inventory Inertia: Characters always use the base model weapons in cutscenes, regardless of what model they've been upgraded to. | |
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Game Over | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7228d0cb | comment |
If the player messes up the train hijacking mission in Disc 1, they are given the option of either taking the Game Over or restarting the mission. If they choose to restart, however, they lose the opportunity to raise their SeeD rank, and being bad enough to fail at the train mission multiple times will reduce their SeeD ranking. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_722c7fe5 | type |
"Where? Where?" | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_722c7fe5 | comment |
"Where? Where?": During the segment in which you select instruments for the concert in Fisherman's Horizon, you can wander away from scene as Irvine, whom you would normally never get to control on the field. You can visit the hotel, which broadcasts a warning about a suspicious individual in a longcoat carrying a rifle. Irvine remarks to himself that this sounds like some sort of hardcore bad guy. | |
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You Can't Fight Fate | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7241785e | comment |
Ultimecia's meddling in time and space ended up sending Squall and herself back in time to his childhood. This sets in motion Edea's possession by Ultimecia and subsequent reign of terror, but also allows Squall to give his old matron the idea for creating SeeD, thus ensuring the creation of the organization that set Squall and his comrades on the path to ultimately fight and defeat Ultimecia. Of course, this also means that while Squall technically hasn't stopped her reign of terror in the future, her defeat is already a Foregone Conclusion. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7241785e | |
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Get on the Boat | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72586221 | comment |
Get on the Boat: The Garden students take landing vessels to get to Dollet on another continent and to get back to Balamb. Additionally, once Balamb Garden becomes mobile, it's needed to progress from point to point in the game for most of Disc 2 and Disc 3. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72586221 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72586221 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: Quistis shoots down Rinoa's suggestion to alter the assassination plan against Edea, but once she, Zell, and Selphie are preparing for their part of the plan, she starts feels guilty about being rude to Rinoa and decides that she must go back to the mansion and apologize immediately, despite the severe importance of the mission and the extremely limited time frame to pull it off in. But upon returning she manages up locking herself and her group in the mansion when Rinoa (who never even saw her) accidentally springs a trap. It's nothing short of a miracle that Quistis' group found a way out of the mansion in time to perform its mission. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72d43279 | type |
Blocking Stops All Damage | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72d43279 | comment |
Blocking Stops All Damage: The unique defend command negates all physical damage and half of the magical. Considering it's a GF ability, it can be considered partly magical, but seeing the Superboss do no damage with its most powerful attack it's still pretty striking. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72d43279 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72d43279 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_72d43279 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_732db874 | type |
ForceField | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_732db874 | comment |
Force Field: Edea uses one to block the incoming bullet from Irvine's rifle. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_732db874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_732db874 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_732db874 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7426582d | type |
Token Minority | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7426582d | comment |
Token Minority: Kiros, the only non-white playable character. Raijin, the only non-white human enemy, boss, and supporting NPC. Kiros's hair and fashion appear to be modeled on Real Life African patterns, while Raijin is Ambiguously Brown. There are only two notable characters who appear to be of Asian descent: Xu and Dr. Odine. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7426582d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7426582d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7426582d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec" can be heard in various musical pieces from the opening FMV to the absolute Final Battle. It's a fake-Latin anagram of the game's two intertwining themes: "Love" and the "Succession of Witches". | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7464705c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7464705c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7464705c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75c952bf | type |
Our Presidents Are Different | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75c952bf | comment |
Our Presidents Are Different: After the whole game portrays Laguna as awkward, dimwitted, and reckless, he then becomes President of Esthar and seems to be doing quite well at it. Still a pretty big dork when you meet him with your party. His background also helps make him a President Personable and President Action. President Vinzer Deling of Galbadia, however, is President Evil played quite straight before Edea makes him a President Target. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75c952bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75c952bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75c952bf | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75ff5853 | type |
Can't Drop the Hero | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75ff5853 | comment |
After a certain point within the game, party members not in your team at the moment can be found wandering around Balamb Garden on their own. This includes Squall himself who normally can't be switched out due to his Can't Drop the Hero status (He can be found sleeping in his dorm). This is demonstrated exactly once during the entire game where it makes sense plotwise (due to it showing Squall being there beforehand). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75ff5853 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75ff5853 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_75ff5853 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76a83c72 | type |
Arbitrary Gun Power | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76a83c72 | comment |
Arbitrary Gun Power: Irvine's gun, the damage of which is based on his Strength stat like any other physical attack. Laguna's machine gun, in the same vein. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76a83c72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76a83c72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76a83c72 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76d6c3df | type |
I Don't Like the Sound of That Place | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76d6c3df | comment |
I Don't Like the Sound of That Place: The Lunatic Pandora. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76d6c3df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76d6c3df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_76d6c3df | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | type |
Action Prologue | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | comment |
Action Prologue: The opening cinematic shows Squall and Seifer in a very dramatic-looking duel. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_777baed3 | type |
Out-of-Character Alert | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_777baed3 | comment |
Out-of-Character Alert: In his second confrontation with her, Squall finally realizes that Edea is, despite all appearances, somehow not the same woman that raised him. What makes him certain after all the other destructive and cruel things Edea had done? Calling one of her other former foster children and her loyal Dragon Seifer "worthless". | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_777baed3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_777baed3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_777baed3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77824082 | type |
Healing Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77824082 | comment |
Healing Boss: X-ATM092, a Spider Tank, is constantly repairing itself and the first time you fight it is a total Hopeless Boss Fight and must be escaped from, but any time after that you can defeat it. The best result you can get normally is to escape once and only once and avoid any future encounters with it. However, you can obtain a huge bonus by actually beating in a subsequent encounter, requiring you to pound out enough damage until it stops repairing itself. The boss fight against Adel is made more difficult due to the fact that she has forcibly absorbed Rinoa into her body, and will periodically drain Rinoa's HP to replenish her own. If Adel isn't defeated before draining all of Rinoa's HP, it will result in a Non-Standard Game Over. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77824082 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77824082 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77824082 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77948f9e | type |
Global Airship | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77948f9e | comment |
Global Airship: The Ragnarok. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77948f9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77948f9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_77948f9e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78270847 | type |
Curse Cut Short | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78270847 | comment |
Curse Cut Short: The S-word is cut short when Laguna falls off a cliff during the second dream sequence. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78270847 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78270847 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78270847 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7831c048 | type |
So Much for Stealth | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7831c048 | comment |
So Much for Stealth: Escaping from D-District Prison. Can also happen in the Galbadia Missile Base, depending on your actions. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7831c048 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7831c048 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7831c048 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78540917 | type |
Like Brother and Sister | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78540917 | comment |
Like Brother and Sister: Quistis and Squall. During the orphanage revelations, Quistis claims she thought her initial feelings for Squall were love, but later realized it was misplaced sisterly affection. How honest about this she's being is subject to some debate among fans, particularly considering her later comment that she gave up once Rinoa entered the picture. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78540917 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78540917 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_78540917 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7881f335 | type |
Chekhov's Armoury | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7881f335 | comment |
Chekhov's Armoury: The Information menu, as well as numerous little things mentioned at the start of the game. Hints as to the Guardian Forces causing memory loss come as early as the terminals accessible at the very beginning of the game. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7881f335 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7881f335 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7881f335 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_789d50eb | type |
Multilingual Song | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_789d50eb | comment |
Multilingual Song: "Liberi Fatali" is sung mostly in Latin, but opens and ends with the chant "Fithos lusec wecos vinosec", an anagram of English words. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_789d50eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_789d50eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_789d50eb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | type |
Relax-o-Vision | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | comment |
Relax-o-Vision: The Devour ability cuts to a flower field, though you get crunching sound effects if you successfully eat the monster. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d | type |
Mana Meter | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d | comment |
The Mana Meter is gone, so instead, your characters sap (or "Draw") magic directly from enemies in battle or specific "Draw Points" in towns and dungeons. These spells are stored as quantified inventory. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7a7b093d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7abba202 | comment |
The Faceless: The Balamb Garden staff, whose faces are always covered by their headgear. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7abba202 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7abba202 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7abba202 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273 | type |
Point of No Return | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273 | comment |
Point of No Return: There are two of these in Final Fantasy VIII. The first one is the door before the last Seifer boss fight in the Lunatic Pandora. Once he falls, he captures Rinoa, and takes her to Adel, ending Disc 3, and making it impossible to leave the Lunatic Pandora when Disc 4 loads up (Squall will refuse to board the Ragnarok), thereby forcing the player to complete the dungeon by taking out Adel, at which point Time Compression begins. After surviving the Time Compression boss fight, the player can return to the world map, but all areas with people in them are sealed off permanently. The second, and official, point of no return is the door to Ultimecia's throne room at the end of her castle; entering this door will start the lengthy Final Boss fight against Ultimecia. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | type |
Curtains Match the Window | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | comment |
Curtains Match the Window: Ellone. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd | type |
Boss in Mook Clothing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd | comment |
Boss in Mook Clothing: T-Rexaur. Tonberry. Malboro. Elnoyle looks like the second boss in the game, but it's much, MUCH worse. Also, Ruby Dragon. The game actually has two areas filled with nothing but bosses in mook's clothing called the Island Closest to Heaven and the Island Closest to Hell. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b7965dd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b9a87c | type |
Fire Stolen from the Gods | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b9a87c | comment |
Fire Stolen from the Gods: According to the lore, humans were created by a god called Great Hyne, but he decided humans had grown too populous and tried to reduce their numbers by either killing or kidnapping their children. The humans declared war on Hyne and overwhelmed him with sheer numbers, and he was forced to tear his own body in half and give half of it to the humans as a peace offering—hence the reason that sorceresses and magic exist, and why sorceresses are sometimes referred to as "Hyne's Descendants". | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b9a87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b9a87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7b9a87c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc1924a | type |
Handshake Refusal | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc1924a | comment |
Handshake Refusal: Squall does this quite a bit, most notably to Zell and to Zone. Everyone does this to Zell. It's one of the game's Running Gags. Including Zone immediately after Squall does it to him. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc1924a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc1924a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc1924a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc7ff15 | type |
Mental Time Travel | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc7ff15 | comment |
Laguna's party and the main party share access to the same collection of Guardian Forces, stocked magic, and items, and anything that Laguna and his friends acquire during the Mental Time Travel sequences stays in the main party's inventory when they wake up. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc7ff15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc7ff15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7cc7ff15 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d561d58 | type |
Too Awesome to Use | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d561d58 | comment |
Too Awesome to Use: Playing the game normally, you'll hang onto your best items and will never use them except for the final battle, and any spells you've junctioned to your stats will never be cast unless you don't mind your stats dropping from it. If you take the time to abuse the hell out of the card and item refinement, you can have 100 of the best items and spells in the game without having the need to grind for them by other means. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d561d58 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d561d58 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d561d58 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d7c8e54 | type |
Being Watched | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d7c8e54 | comment |
Being Watched: Concerns the flashback sequences in the past. Ultimecia is able to sense Squall watching via Ellone's power, and it's implied she forcibly breaks their contact with that point in time, when Ellone shows Squall the moment that Ultimecia transferred possession from Edea to Rinoa. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d7c8e54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d7c8e54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d7c8e54 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Xu to Seifer after his running off on his own costs him his chance at passing the exam. The fake President Deling gives one to Rinoa and the Forest Owls for falling for his plan. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7d89315b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7dbd52b8 | type |
Light Is Good | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7dbd52b8 | comment |
Rinoa and Ultimecia have white and black wings respectively. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7dbd52b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7dbd52b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7dbd52b8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e02bded | type |
Fetch Quest | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e02bded | comment |
Fetch Quest: The vase quest in Winhill and the rock gathering quest in Shumi Village. The latter is lampshaded upon its completion: Squall deduces that Sculptor doesn't actually need the various stones to finish his statue of Laguna, and Sculptor admits that it was an excuse to have the party tour the village (and, it's implied, give them a break from the constant battles of the main plotline). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e02bded | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e02bded | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e02bded | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e3cd89 | type |
Love Transcends Spacetime | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e3cd89 | comment |
Love Transcends Spacetime: During the ending, Rinoa's attachment to Squall is what allows her to find him in the limbo and bring him back to the present. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e3cd89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e3cd89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7e3cd89 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f413791 | type |
Wall of Weapons | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f413791 | comment |
Wall of Weapons: Zell has one in his room in Balamb. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f413791 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f413791 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f413791 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f49c2a3 | type |
Go Wait Outside | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f49c2a3 | comment |
Go Wait Outside: After finishing the first half of the Shumi Village sidequest (when Attendant is assigned to help sculpt Laguna's statue), the quest will not continue until you exit to the world map and re-enter the village. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f49c2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f49c2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_7f49c2a3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb | comment |
The key to this is the "Card" ability found on Quezacotl [sic]. When used, it converts the targeted enemy into a Triple Triad card; its chance of success is, roughly, equal to the amount of HP the enemy has lost. If it is successful, the foe gives no Experience Points. While there are some foes that cannot be Carded (particularly fellow humans, AKA Galbadian soldiers), abusing the "Card" ability still keeps your levels quite low. You also get some cards. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80b57bec | type |
Super-Soldier | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80b57bec | comment |
Super-Soldier: The SeeDs are trained as such, and for good reason: they are intended to fight and defeat sorceresses. Their status as such is played straight, with small numbers of SeeD soldiers being deployed and garnering a mixture of both fear and respect for their capabilities. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80b57bec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80b57bec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80b57bec | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80f38afe | type |
Background Music Override | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80f38afe | comment |
Background Music Override: For the opening FMVs of the Dollet Field Exam, "The Landing" plays and continues to play during random encounters for the first portion. Once the alarm is raised when escaping from D-District Prison, "Never Look Back" starts playing, and keeps playing during the random encounters. In the second half of the prison, the track switches to "Only a Plank Between One and Perdition", only stopping at the boss battle. During the Battle of the Gardens, "Only A Plank Between One and Perdition" plays once again. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80f38afe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80f38afe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_80f38afe | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | type |
Driving Question | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | comment |
Driving Question: Who is Ellone and What is SeeD's true mission. One of Squall's more charming moments is when he states that SeeD formed the Gardens to spread peace like flowers all over the world—while he's being tortured for information. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830b0ac9 | type |
Final Battle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830b0ac9 | comment |
Seifer killing Odin at the start of Disc 3's Final Battle. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830b0ac9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830b0ac9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830b0ac9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830f2f0e | type |
Police State | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830f2f0e | comment |
Police State: Galbadia; the Galbadian army occupied Timber, and briefly, occupied Balamb. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830f2f0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830f2f0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_830f2f0e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8344209e | comment |
BFG: The gun on the vessel that Quistis uses at Dollet. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8344209e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8344209e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8344209e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834420aa | type |
BFS | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834420aa | comment |
BFS: They're not the Buster Sword, but the Gunblades are pretty large, particularly the Twin Lance, Punishment, and Lionheart models. There is also Odin's Zantetsuken. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834420aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834420aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834420aa | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834427cd | type |
Cap | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834427cd | comment |
Cap: Lampshaded with a middle-aged man who mentions that, for some reason, he's unable to count more than 256 cats. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834427cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834427cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_834427cd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_83a903f6 | type |
Stepford Smiler | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_83a903f6 | comment |
Stepford Smiler: Even after all that happens, the only times we see Selphie show sadness are during the Missile Base sequence after she realizes they can't escape and the resulting damage at Trabia Garden. And she's cheering people up at Trabia a moment later. Oh, and the Garden Festival. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_83a903f6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_83a903f6 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | comment |
Averted hard with the aforementioned Vit-0 status effect (and things that cause it). There isn't a single enemy in the game that's immune to it, and from about the halfway point of the game, enemies that have zero vitality start taking insane amounts of damage, especially if you're using multi-hit attacks like Renzokuken, Irvine's Fast Ammo, and Zell's limit breaks. Even Damage-Sponge Boss enemies go down super fast. | |
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-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Squall (Blue) and Seifer (Red). Biggs and Wedge are an even more blatant pair, complete with color coding. Also, Raijin and Fujin, though Raijin only has a red scarf. The Brothers GF, who sport color-coded bucklers and Caps Locked dialog accordingly (Sacred/Red/all caps, Minotaur/Blue/no caps). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8454f523 | type |
Superboss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8454f523 | comment |
Superboss: Omega Weapon was added to this game along with series staple Ultima, and it's one of the best-remembered "superbosses" in gaming. Most likely because he requires intimate knowledge of the game mechanics. There's no guaranteed way to win which doesn't involve 9,999 HP, protection against Death, and Refining a hundred Megalixers so you don't get one-shotted by him. Properly-Junctioned Limit Breaks are a cheap way to demolish him, but their success is sometimes dependant on the RNG. The X-ATM092 must be fought, but you're supposed to escape and let it be machine-gunned when you reach the beach. Beating it yourself is optional and something of a challenge at the time, and rewards you with a major bonus to your starting SeeD rank. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8454f523 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8454f523 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84609623 | type |
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84609623 | comment |
If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Male warning male version. Before leaving Timber, Zone warns Squall that he'll kill him if he lets anything happen to Rinoa. Later on, when they meet again, Zone goes berserk when Squall reveals that Rinoa is in a coma. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84609623 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84609623 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | type |
Puzzle Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | comment |
Puzzle Boss: The Propagators on the Ragnarok. Also, Odin. Before you fight him, you have to complete the Centra Ruins puzzle quickly enough to get to him and beat him. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The Galbadian occupation of Timber is never officially resolved; although the city is apparently free of Galbadian soldiers if you return there later in the game, nothing is ever stated about what happened there after the party left in Disc 1. It's never made clear how much damage the flood of lunar monsters in Disc 3 does to the country of Esthar. The Esthar military are still fighting them by the time the party embarks on the endgame. After the Battle of the Gardens, Galbadia Garden disappears and isn't seen again. Precisely what happens to the Lunatic Pandora is never answered. Squall's team manages to take control of the Pandora's control room, but what is done with it after time compression is not made clear. What happens to Galbadia itself? The last time we can visit it, the mind control woven by Ultimecia is quickly deteriorating and the citizens start asking questions what the hell is going on, and Seifer, who is nominally in control, vanished into the Lunatic Pandora and is nowhere to be seen. Will there be a revolution, a collapse or a civil war? | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | type |
Badass Biker | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | comment |
Badass Biker: Galbadia's army includes motorcycle troops, using their mobility to race around the battlefield... | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | type |
Refusal of the Call | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | comment |
Refusal of the Call: Just before Squall gets promoted to Garden leader, Cid gives a speech about how this is all Squall's destiny. Squall, reasonably, hollers back that they can't just decide for him like it's been that way since his birth. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87b8f581 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87bc9c07 | type |
Fire/Water Juxtaposition | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87bc9c07 | comment |
Fire/Water Juxtaposition: Squall gets a water Family Theme Naming going with his father Laguna, while Seifer has a fire affinity in his set of Limit Breaks, Fire Cross. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87bc9c07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87bc9c07 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The sewers of Deling City. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8871bbd8 | type |
Eye Beams | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8871bbd8 | comment |
Eye Beams: The first skill of Quistis's Limit Break is called "Laser Eye", which is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Through the hilarity of stock animations, she can upgrade to Machine Gun Eyes with the "Gatling Gun" skill. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8871bbd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8871bbd8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8878f3be | type |
Badass Army | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8878f3be | comment |
Badass Army: The SeeDs. In one day, Squall duels his rival, kicks the crap out of a Guardian Force, destroys two horrible mutant abominations, storms a beach D-Day style, fights an amphibious/urban battle, and escapes from a nigh-unkillable spider robot (or kills it for extra credit), and no one considers this strange or unusual. For SeeD, this is just an example of a final exam for them, which qualifies them to be SeeD soldiers. No wonder they've got such a crazy reputation. Admittedly, Squall in particular is considered badass by the Badass Army, even at that point in the story. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8878f3be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8878f3be | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | type |
Mini-Game | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | comment |
Later in the game, you adopt a chicobo who also functions somewhat like a GF. He can be sent back and forth between Chocobo World, possibly bringing MiniMog back with him, so while he and MiniMog are with you, they can be used in battle, but trying to do so while they're away in the minigame causes a message to pop up to tell you they're not here. The chicobo will follow you on the world map while you're riding a chocobo unless he's away, but both are just invisible the rest of the time. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8aba505e | type |
Ghost Train | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8aba505e | comment |
Ghost Train: The Doomtrain, according to help guides, which has its own summon attack: Runaway Train, which makes it crash into enemies. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8aba505e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8aba505e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8aba505e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | type |
Deconstruction | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | comment |
Deconstruction: For example, Squall is utterly broken when compared to a typical teenage-orphan Eastern RPG protagonist, precisely because he's a teenage-orphan Eastern RPG protagonist. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | type |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | comment |
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Most of the GFs. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b606a51 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | type |
Macross Missile Massacre | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | comment |
Macross Missile Massacre: Galbadia's missile attack on Balamb Garden. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8b93a168 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8c039bf3 | type |
Skippable Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8c039bf3 | comment |
Skippable Boss: All eight of the bosses in Ultimecia's Castle do not have to be fought. However, since you have to beat them to unlock your abilities before fighting Ultimecia, skipping them is not recommended. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8c039bf3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8c039bf3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8c039bf3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d4799d1 | type |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d4799d1 | comment |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Squall and Rinoa early on, though they both move closer to center as the game progresses. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d4799d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d4799d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d4799d1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d6c8737 | type |
Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d6c8737 | comment |
Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence: In the D-District Prison, there are waist-high barriers that look as if they could be climbed/jumped over with very little effort, instead, forcing your party to run all the way around the big hole in the middle. Then you see Squall jump down a couple FLOORS to save Zell. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d6c8737 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d6c8737 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8d6c8737 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e0430ab | type |
Non-Standard Game Over | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e0430ab | comment |
Non-Standard Game Over: Final Fantasy VIII LOVES these. There is at least one on each disc. The very first dungeon and the boss fight at the end of it are timed. The primary objective of this first mission is have as little time as possible at the end of the boss fight to help set up the team's initial SeeD ranking. If the timer expires before the player reaches the battle result screen after the boss, it's Game Over. After defeating Elvoret on the Dollet communications tower, another timer starts that counts down to the SeeD trainees evacuating the town. Squall and co are also being chased by X-ATM092, which will no doubt slow the player down. The timer requirement is an inverse of the first mission's timer, but failure to escape before it's expiration will still leave the team stranded and end the game. If the player messes up the train hijacking mission in Disc 1, they are given the option of either taking the Game Over or restarting the mission. If they choose to restart, however, they lose the opportunity to raise their SeeD rank, and being bad enough to fail at the train mission multiple times will reduce their SeeD ranking. When escaping the D-District Prison, there is a scene where the player has to guide Squall across a bridge. If they can't get Squall across the bridge, it's good night. Two at the Missile Base. Selphie's party MUST alter the missile coordinates, or else the player is treated to a fully animated cutscene of the missiles tearing up and obliterating Balamb Garden. Afterwards, the player has to rig the base to explode by choosing another time limit. Surviving on the lowest time limit will earn a SeeD promotion, but failure to defeat the boss of the base before the timer runs out will wipe out the party. This is much more complicated if the team has to take a So Much for Stealth option, since they will have to set the timer early. When Squall returns to Balamb Garden, he also has a time limit to activate the garden's flight capabilities before the aforementioned missile reach the garden, or the destruction scene plays despite the missiles being altered to fail. Losing the paratrooper punching duel during the Battle of the Gardens gives the player the chance to retry, and unlike the train hijacking, there is no penalty for retrying. Being unable to save Rinoa in space. And the classic, the Adel boss fight at the start of Disc 4. Rinoa is an additional target in this battle that Adel will be sapping health off of. If she dies before Adel, the player loses the fight automatically regardless of the party's condition, and the game is over. This could leave the game Unintentionally Unwinnable if the player was overdependent on GF's through the game. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e0430ab | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e5c28c | type |
Crystal Spires and Togas | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e5c28c | comment |
Crystal Spires and Togas: Esthar, pretty much literally. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e5c28c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e5c28c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8e5c28c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8f9f71a8 | type |
Crazy Enough to Work | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8f9f71a8 | comment |
Crazy Enough to Work: Laguna's plan to defeat Ultimecia is to let her start Time Compression, then have Ellone abruptly "disconnect" her to halt the process, while Squall and the party use The Power of Friendship to navigate their way through the time stream and make it to Ultimecia's Castle so they can kill her, and they'll return to the present when the timeline is set right. It works. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_8f9f71a8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | type |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | comment |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: During the SeeD exam at the beginning, Elvoret shows up out of nowhere to dispose of Biggs and Wedge and attack the team. The undead Abadon boss fought in the Great Salt Lake on the way to Esthar also counts as one of these. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_908ad334 | type |
Time Master | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_908ad334 | comment |
Time Master: Ellone. Also, Ultimecia. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_908ad334 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_908ad334 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_908ad334 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_90e5039 | type |
Equipment Spoiler | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_90e5039 | comment |
Equipment Spoiler: A Weapons Monthly issue describing Rinoa and Irvine's weapons can be found before either of them is introduced (Rinoa does appear, but you don't learn who she is at that point). You could also buy ammo for Irvine's gun before you met him. Rather annoying, considering that Squall's weapon was a Gun Blade, which contrary to what one would assume, didn't use any ammo at all. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_90e5039 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_90e5039 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_90e5039 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9182ea54 | type |
Crazy Cat Lady | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9182ea54 | comment |
Crazy Cat Lady: A Crazy Cat Guy. There's a random NPC who asks Squall if he likes cats. If you reply that he doesn't, the guy gets mad and says he's not going to tell him his secret. But if you have Squall say that he does like cats, then he reveals that he keeps 256 cats in his house, to which Squall is not amused. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9182ea54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9182ea54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9182ea54 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_91f5e99c | type |
Clipped-Wing Angel | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_91f5e99c | comment |
Clipped-Wing Angel: Plenty of enemies in the game get weaker as the battle progresses. Enemies such as Mesmerize and Red Giant lose their horn and sword respectively, and even the third phase of the final boss loses most of its body. Fujin's first encounter is unique in this as she normally uses Wind spells, but drawing Pandemona reduces her to using only a weak physical attack. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_91f5e99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_91f5e99c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | type |
Cutscene Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | comment |
Cutscene Boss: X-ATM092. If the player doesn't destroy it by bringing all of its hit points to zero — which most don't due to either the time limit, the amount of Level Grinding required, or just the sheer repetition of having to fight it numerous times — then Quistis will destroy it in an FMV. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_928ca2cc | type |
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_928ca2cc | comment |
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: This signals the end of Vinzer Deling, once Edea is in a position to take over. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_928ca2cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_928ca2cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_928ca2cc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | type |
Damage-Sponge Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | comment |
Damage-Sponge Boss / Marathon Boss: Omega Weapon, Ultima Weapon, Tonberry King, Jumbo Cactuar, Ultimecia's four forms. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92bd6627 | type |
Invincible Minor Minion | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92bd6627 | comment |
Although the X-ATM-092 chasing you at the end of the Dollet mission gives off the impression of an Invincible Minor Minion, it is actually possible to destroy it if you knock it down enough times, and the developers expected people will attempt this as you get a 100 point bonus on your report card for doing so, but miss out on the cutscene of Quistis gunning it down. You can also hide away from it in a pub, at which point you'll also miss the cutscene since she would have destroyed it before you arrived, and you'll incur a penalty for cowardice. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92bd6627 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92bd6627 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92bd6627 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92c0c4a7 | type |
Karmic Injury | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92c0c4a7 | comment |
Karmic Injury: The opening cutscene depicts a duel between Squall and Seifer. At the duel's conclusion, Seifer inflicts a small cut on Squall's face above the latter's nose, only for Squall to strike Seifer in a similar spot in return. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92c0c4a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92c0c4a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92c0c4a7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92d6af50 | type |
Truck Driver's Gear Change | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92d6af50 | comment |
Truck Driver's Gear Change: Done in The Black Mages' version of "The Man with the Machine Gun". | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92d6af50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92d6af50 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_92d6af50 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_93f9f39d | type |
GunBlade | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_93f9f39d | comment |
You could also buy ammo for Irvine's gun before you met him. Rather annoying, considering that Squall's weapon was a Gun Blade, which contrary to what one would assume, didn't use any ammo at all. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_93f9f39d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_93f9f39d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_93f9f39d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94bcd668 | type |
Inescapable Ambush | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94bcd668 | comment |
Inescapable Ambush: The area prior to the boss fight against Ultima Weapon in the Deep Sea Research Center has numerous set encounters against tricky enemies like Tri-Faces, Behemoths, Iron Giants, and Ruby Dragons at unavoidable fixed points. If the party leaves the area before defeating Ultima Weapon, the set encounters will be reactivated and the player will have to fight them all over again to get to the boss chamber. However savvy players are known to leave the Superboss very well alone and get the GF Eden in The Very Definitely Final Dungeon instead just so they can trigger these encounters at will. The reason is they all rare enemies with excellent items in their drop/mug tables, which makes farming them in a time-efficient a lot more attractive prospect. Particularly stealing Curse Spikes from the Tri-Faces, which can be refined into a super useful Dark Matter at a rate of 100-to-1. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94bcd668 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94bcd668 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94bcd668 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94c1e2f7 | type |
Grave-Marking Scene | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94c1e2f7 | comment |
Grave-Marking Scene: During the visit to Trabia Garden, there is a cemetery for the students killed in the missile attack with other students visiting and paying their respects. Also, at the end of the end of the game we see a flashback to Raine's proposal to Laguna. When we return to the present, Laguna is visiting her grave. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94c1e2f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94c1e2f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_94c1e2f7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_955f0c47 | type |
GottaKillEmAll | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_955f0c47 | comment |
Gotta Kill 'Em All: The various GFs that you have to fight and defeat before obtaining. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_955f0c47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_955f0c47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_955f0c47 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9578bb87 | type |
Canis Latinicus | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9578bb87 | comment |
Canis Latinicus: Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec. Looks more or less like Latin; actually a Significant Anagram. The painting/clock puzzle in the final dungeon has somewhat broken Latin. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9578bb87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9578bb87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9578bb87 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9633f14b | type |
Badass Bystander | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9633f14b | comment |
Badass Bystander: ... only for one of the bikers to get clotheslined by a Balamb Garden student swinging a sword. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9633f14b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9633f14b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9633f14b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96475bb6 | type |
Awesome Personnel Carrier | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96475bb6 | comment |
Awesome Personnel Carrier: the landing craft used in the Dollet mission. Fast, practical and each one of them packs more firepower than the entire squad it carries. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96475bb6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96475bb6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96475bb6 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96fbeaf | type |
There Are No Therapists | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96fbeaf | comment |
There Are No Therapists: Some characters would need one. Possibly justified by the Schizo Tech setting, as psychology might not have been invented yet. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96fbeaf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96fbeaf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_96fbeaf | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_970c790a | comment |
During the fourth Laguna flashback, Ellone explicitly tells Squall one can't change the past. Changing the past (or, more accurately, her fate of dying to Squall) is exactly what the Big Bad of the game (who happens to be a sorceress from the future) wants to do. It's easy to see how this would end... | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_970c790a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_978355c | type |
Orchestral Bombing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_978355c | comment |
Orchestral Bombing: Galbadia's attack on Dollet and the missile attack on Balamb Garden. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_978355c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_978355c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_978355c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_97926168 | type |
Rewatch Bonus | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_97926168 | comment |
Rewatch Bonus: The plot of the game is fairly simple. To wit: Ultimecia knows a "legendary SeeD" is destined to kill her, so she plots to use Time Compression to freeze time forever and avoid her death. When she uses Junction Machine Ellone to send her consciousness into the past to cast the spell, she possesses Edea and tries to destroy SeeD so they can't stop her, but SeeD allow Time Compression to happen so they can travel to the future and kill Ultimecia, thus fulfilling the prophecy. Yet as time goes out of whack, they all end up in the past and initiate the Stable Time Loop that sets the rest of the plot in motion. Good luck trying to follow that on your first playthrough, though. The way it's presented is anything but straightforward. It gradually takes over an entirely different narrative about a pseudo-World War II, very important plot points like the "legendary SeeD" or the mechanics of Time Compression are mentioned briefly in passing, the inciting incident happens during the laser-light show of a finale, the older characters' motivations are presented to the player in non-linear order, and the main plot leans on Ellone's seemingly-unrelated subplot like a crutch for crucial emotional and thematic context. The game is practically made for Rewatch Bonus, as each time through the cryptic hints and brief mentions start to build connections that solidify the fragmented narrative into a whole. The reason for Irvine's seeming tendency to crack under pressure in Disc 1 takes a different turn when you realize he was lying and was actually cracking under the stress of being asked to shoot the closest thing he had to a mother. And he is the only one that can remember this. And thus, on top of this, is freaking out about how seemingly cold and easy his old friends are being about committing essential matricide. On the second disc, if you take Rinoa on a tour of Balamb Garden, when you meet Dr. Kadowaki in the infirmary you have the option to say that Rinoa is your girlfriend. Rinoa is left shocked, before Squall says he's joking. A very early sign of him opening up to her and defrosting slightly. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_97926168 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_97926168 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_97926168 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98a79aed | type |
Occupiers Out of Our Country | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98a79aed | comment |
Occupiers Out of Our Country: What the Timber resistance wants. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98a79aed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98a79aed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98a79aed | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | type |
Luck-Based Mission | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | comment |
Luck-Based Mission: Your party for the final boss fight is randomly chosen by the boss. If you are not expecting this, then you will probably give all the good stuff to your A team, leaving the B team with nothing, only to find some of the A team on the bench. Party members who are in KO status for long enough will be replaced with a randomly chosen person. Working out the probability of getting an all B team party at first is left as an exercise. Of course, nothing prevents the player from "forcing" the desired party to the front line by deliberately killing off the unwanted teammates, which completely eliminates any sort of randomness in choosing a party. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_98b1dc8f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9902398a | type |
Beehive Barrier | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9902398a | comment |
Beehive Barrier: Balamb Garden gets one during the scene where it becomes mobile. However, it doesn't actually act as a force field. It's just part of the sequence that occurs while the Garden begins moving. The "Great Wall of Esthar" is a somewhat more standard example in that it is actually a wall, albeit one used more for camouflage purposes than physical defense. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9902398a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9902398a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9902398a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_99404851 | type |
Ladykiller in Love | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_99404851 | comment |
Ladykiller in Love: The daydreaming guy carrying Quistis's card in the Balamb Garden cafeteria whose dialogue reveals he's smitten with her. The guy sitting next to him says he used to be the cream of the crop before her. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_99404851 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_99404851 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_99404851 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_997d5872 | type |
"Ass" in Ambassador | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_997d5872 | comment |
Vinzer Deling's plan for Galbadia, for which purpose he makes the sorceress his ambassador in order to intimidate other nations. The sorceress, however, has other plans. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_997d5872 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_997d5872 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_997d5872 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a03fce0 | type |
The Day the Music Lied | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a03fce0 | comment |
The Day the Music Lied: Someone's going to die the last time you summon Odin, but it won't be the boss. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a03fce0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a03fce0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a03fce0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a564e98 | type |
Caged Inside a Monster | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a564e98 | comment |
Caged Inside a Monster: Adel, the first boss of the story's last fourth, imprisons Rinoa on their chest at the beginning of the battle to periodically drain HP from as well use as a Human Shield. Rinoa not only takes damage from Adel's HP drain, but can be deliberately targeted, will get caught in any AOE attack you launch, and can eventually die from all that, resulting in a Nonstandard Game Over. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a564e98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a564e98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9a564e98 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ab2d4a | type |
The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ab2d4a | comment |
The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In: In the opening sequence, Squall's gunblade falls end over end and ends up impaled in the ground. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ab2d4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ab2d4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ab2d4a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ae8eea9 | type |
Character Tics | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ae8eea9 | comment |
Character Tics: When he's nervous, Laguna's left leg cramps up and he starts to limp. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ae8eea9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ae8eea9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9ae8eea9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9afd34de | type |
Slow Clap | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9afd34de | comment |
Slow Clap: Initiated by Seifer after Squall, Zell, and Selphie graduate as SeeD. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9afd34de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9afd34de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9afd34de | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | type |
Difficult, but Awesome | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | comment |
Difficult, but Awesome: In universe, gunblades are considered this. Apparently, it takes much skill and practice to become proficient with one. Squall, Seifer and Laguna are the only ones shown to have shown ability with one, with Laguna noting that he hasn't used one since basic training. When Squall becomes a SeeD, Cid notes that they finally have a gunblade specialist, implying that Squall is the first SeeD to use one. This difficulty is represented in gameplay by requiring the player to push R1 as Squall strikes for extra damage. You can set it to automatic, but manual gunblade triggering does more damage. In-game, the Gunblade never misses (it has max accuracy at 255), meaning that a gunblade expert is effectively a combat master (even Zell's fists miss occasionally). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9397bb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9d5657 | type |
Slow-Motion Fall | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9d5657 | comment |
Slow-Motion Fall: Squall gets two of these. First, in the FMV at Dollet, with him jumping to reach the landing vessel before X-ATM092 fires at him. The second occurs after the first boss fight with Edea when she impales him, and he falls off the parade float. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9d5657 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9d5657 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9b9d5657 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e | type |
Interface Spoiler | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e | comment |
Interface Spoiler: You'll know that Squall's instructor Quistis will eventually become a permanent member of your team when she doesn't disappear from your list of party members even when absent. Similarly, you know Rinoa would eventually join the party some time after being formally introduced (and named) because she also appears within the party list. Upon the destruction of the Missile Base, savvy players may recognize that Selphie and two other chosen party members have not perished during the inevitable explosion, as their statuses are still visible on the main menu. When the player regains control of Rinoa on Ragnarok for the first time, they may notice that she has a new magic-related limit break called "Angel Wing". This is the first indication that she has become a sorceress. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cd24d8a | type |
Locomotive Level | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cd24d8a | comment |
Locomotive Level: A daring mission to detach President Deling's passenger car and attach it to a SeeD-controlled train. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cd24d8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cd24d8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9cd24d8a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: The first two discs of the game are packed with foreshadowing regarding the latter half's big revelations, well before the player has any of the context in which it's relevant. Notable examples include Edea's New Era Speech at the end of Disc 1, early and easily-missed discussion regarding the significance of sorceresses in general and Adel in particular, a note in the study panel regarding memory loss as a possible but as-yet-unproven side effect of Guardian Force use, and almost everything out of Cid and Irvine's mouths. None of this makes any sense until Disc 3, by which point the player has probably forgotten about it. The moon appears very prominently in the background in numerous scenes, hinting that it is tied into the larger plot somehow. In the same room where the Forest Owls explains their kidnapping plans with the train models, there is a bulleting board with articles from a magazine called "Anarchist Monthly" on Vinzer Deling. In particular, the D-District prison and Galbadia's new missile technology are mentioned. The sequence of Selphie's "The End" Limit Break is nearly identical to the game's final scenes. Anyone savvy enough to know "Cid" is a name within the Final Fantasy franchise usually given to someone associated with airships may take this as a hint that the game's equivalent to the airship, or at least one of them, is Balamb Garden itself (of which, the Cid of this game is the headmaster to). During the fourth Laguna flashback, Ellone explicitly tells Squall one can't change the past. Changing the past (or, more accurately, her fate of dying to Squall) is exactly what the Big Bad of the game (who happens to be a sorceress from the future) wants to do. It's easy to see how this would end... The fifth flashback portraying Laguna being at Esthar has a fellow slave tell Laguna he'd make a great leader of Esthar simply because of how much he cares for others. He eventually does. The observant may realize on first sight that the man in the spacesuit on the Lunar Base (AKA the President of Esthar) is Laguna by his animations alone. An observant player may also notice the mural of Winhill in the presidential palace. When you pass by the outdoor Timber TV screen you can notice a message in the garbled text... It's Adel calling out from her prison demanding to not be forgotten; "I'm alive. Bring me back there. I'll never let you forget me." | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d137658 | type |
The Chanteuse | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d137658 | comment |
The Chanteuse: Julia Heartilly, from the flashback sequences. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d137658 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d137658 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d137658 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d473705 | type |
Official Presidential Transport | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d473705 | comment |
Official Presidential Transport: President Deling travels to make his speech in Timber in a private and heavily secured railcar, which is intercepted by the Timber Owls in an effort to capture him. Unfortunately, it actually contained a decoy which was actually a monster. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d473705 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d473705 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9d473705 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6198cb | type |
What Is This Feeling? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6198cb | comment |
What Is This Feeling?: Squall has the love version of this a few times with Rinoa. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6198cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6198cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6198cb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: Nobuo Uematsu noted that he avoided making character themes for FF8's soundtrack, with the exception of "Eyes on Me". However, different versions of "Liberi Fatali" are used as leitmotifs for the concept of sorceresses. "Eyes on Me" is more the Leitmotif for the concept of love itself. Every time something romantic between Squall and Rinoa, or their parents (it's complicated, but there's no incest) or Laguna and Raine, this music plays. In addition, most of the main cast ends up with someone by the end of the game, and the reason that SeeD exists in the first place is because Cid loved Edea too much to just outright kill her when he saw what a monster she was becoming (that and before being mind controlled, Edea knew a teenager killed Ultimecia). | |
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Video Game Stealing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_9fc2cb1b | comment |
GFs also determine which skills you can use in fights: To do things like "Mug", cast or Draw magic, or even Summon GFs, you need your GF to equip that move. You unlock new skills by finding new GFs. Your heroes are helpless to do much on their own besides "Attack" or use Limit Breaks. | |
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Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a0434be6 | comment |
Edea also has these features, though this overlaps with Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette due to being a sorceress with an outrageous outfit. Her beauty is more pronounced in her regular outfits as seen in the flashbacks and the game's closing credits. | |
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Forgotten First Meeting | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a0774be0 | comment |
Forgotten First Meeting: The main characters sans Rinoa grew-up in the same orphanage that Edea and Cid ran. They just forgot about it due to the side effect of constant GF use. Irvine is the only one who remembers since he hasn't use a GF until he joins you. | |
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Random Events Plot | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: Thematically, VIII is basically every eighties action anime rolled up into one big package. Squall is a lone wolf with an exploding sword who sets out to defeat an evil witch who time travels. The plot gets wacky by the end, though not neccessarily in a bad way. (They literally survive the Time Crash via the power of friendship.) | |
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Never Speak Ill of the Dead | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a084f0e0 | comment |
Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Discussed in-universe, when the party thinks Seifer is dead. Everyone else starts talking about him positively, while Squall finds himself disgusted by the way they've changed their opinions about him as soon as they think he's croaked. Squall has a mini Heroic BSoD later on when he realizes that if he dies, everyone will be talking that way about him. Needless to say, he gets moving and goes to kick some ass. | |
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Power-Up Letdown | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2 | comment |
Power-Up Letdown: Reflect is heavily Nerfed in this game, only working on single-target spells the player characters can learn. Later on, all it does is block healing spells. | |
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Lazy Backup | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a1bb05fb | comment |
Lazy Backup: Hand-in-hand with that Arbitrary Headcount Limit — except notably during the final battle, in which party members who remain KOed for three turns are "absorbed into time" and replaced by one of their teammates. | |
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Save Point | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a24989ce | comment |
Save Point: You can only save at save points when in towns and dungeons and the like, but can save freely when in the overworld. | |
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One-Hit Kill | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0 | comment |
Odin will randomly appear during non-boss battles and use a One-Hit Kill attack to destroy whoever you're fighting. When fighting Seifer for the fourth time, Odin will appear and use his One-Hit Kill attack, but Seifer blocks it and destroys Odin. However, this causes Gilgamesh to appear later in the battle and use his One-Hit Kill attack to defeat Seifer. | |
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Finishing Move | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a43a691b | comment |
Upgrading Squall's gunblade adds additional Finishing Moves to his Limit Break. Zell gets a few as well if you can get your hands on fighting magazines for him to read. | |
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Shifting Sand Land | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a4cb54b4 | comment |
Shifting Sand Land: Galbadia Desert, where D-District Prison is located, which is why it's named D (For Desert) District Prison. | |
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Infinity +1 Sword | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | comment |
Infinity +1 Sword: As with the other games in the series, every character has an ultimate weapon. | |
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Rule of Funny | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a60e3252 | comment |
Rule of Funny: Some of the Guardian Forces' animations, such as the Brothers, Cactuar, and Tonberry. | |
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Cool Sword | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a6275bef | comment |
Cool Sword: Squall and Seifer use gunblade swords as their weapon of choice. | |
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Wacky Parent, Serious Child | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a6278d84 | comment |
Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Laguna and Squall respectively. The father is a Bunny-Ears Lawyer who tends to misuse words and in general is a total loon, while the son is brooding, stoic and professional. Interestingly, their familial ties is never revealed in the game. | |
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Gender Is No Object | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a627a930 | comment |
Gender Is No Object: Male and female Garden students and SeeDs live, train, and fight together, and no one mentions anything about it. Also, both Galbadia and Esthar are shown having both a male and a female leader. The only time in the whole game that any gender differences are brought up is in a blink-and-you'll-miss it-comment by Raijin during the boss fights against him, in which he says "I don't hit girls, ya know", and only if he KO's your male characters and there is a female character remaining standing. | |
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Cool Train | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a632f7fa | comment |
Cool Train: Trains are the primary way of getting around cross-country for most of the average citizens of the game world, and they're usually pretty neat, but Doomtrain takes the grand prize — not only for design (which is an obvious throwback to the Phantom Train in Final Fantasy VI), but for his summon sequence and the fact that he slaps the target with just about every status effect in the game, making him one of the most consistently useful Guardian Forces. | |
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Rule of Three | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | comment |
The recurring Buel creature has both bird and bat wings. In threes. And the bat wings are the bigger ones. | |
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Lady and Knight | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a78753d5 | comment |
Lady and Knight: One of the features of this world is the Sorceress and Knight. Sorceresses possess great power inherited from their predecessor in a long line (supposedly) back to the god Hyne. This power makes them powerful Witches but can be corrupting to their spirits, in order to combat this they will be served by a Knight who will protect them, body and mind, from themselves and the rest of the world. Those that have a genuine bond with their Knights such as Edea and Rinoa remain outwardly and inwardly normal whereas those without a real Knight such as Adel or Ultimecia tend to become grotesque, heartless and power mad. | |
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Horns of Villainy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a81bdfc8 | comment |
Horns of Villainy: Edea and Ultimecia both have curved horns on their headdresses. Edea's are fairly small while Ultimecia's are almost as long as her arms and emphasize her inhuman appearance even more than her wings. | |
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RealLife | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a8559a9f | comment |
Raijin, the only non-white human enemy, boss, and supporting NPC. Kiros's hair and fashion appear to be modeled on Real Life African patterns, while Raijin is Ambiguously Brown. | |
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Hidden Elf Village | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a971e83c | comment |
Hidden Elf Village: Shumi Village; until you traverse the Great Salt Lake, there is hardly a hint of Esthar. | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Selphie and Laguna. | |
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Tyke-Bomb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_aacc7ea6 | comment |
Tyke-Bomb: The SeeDs begin their training at a very young age and are brought up to be the best and most highly skilled soldiers. And as the end of the game reveals, Squall getting lost after Time Compression ended up with him turning himself into one, as well as the other orphans he lived with. | |
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Boy Meets Girl | |
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Boy Meets Girl: Squall meets Rinoa. | |
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Aggressive Negotiations | |
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Aggressive Negotiations: Rinoa states that as soon as the party's ready, she'll begin 'serious negotiations' with the Galbadian president, Vinzer Deling. | |
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Evolving Attack | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_abc66b07 | comment |
Evolving Attack: GF compatibility. Using GFs raises their compatibility with the character using them and causes them to arrive faster when you summon them. | |
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Eaten Alive | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_abcb9af1 | comment |
Eaten Alive: Guardian Force Eden has the Devour ability, which gives you the ability to do this to monsters. The actual devouring is censored by stock footage of a relaxing meadow. | |
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Perfect Pacifist People | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_acbd5c12 | comment |
Perfect Pacifist People: The people of Fisherman's Horizon, who refuse to fight even when their town is invaded by Galbadia. | |
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Big Honking Traffic Jam | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_acc861c | comment |
Big Honking Traffic Jam: During the first Laguna sequence, you can go back out of the Galbadia Hotel before going up to Julia's room. If you do, you discover that Laguna's carelessly parking his vehicle in the middle of the street has resulted in a city-wide traffic jam, with sounds of honking playing constantly so long as you remain outside. | |
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Halfway Plot Switch | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ace24b2c | comment |
Halfway Plot Switch: As is typical for the Final Fantasy series. The game has a very, very clear line in its plot where the focus shifts completely. The first two discs of the game consist of Squall and the forces of SeeD battling Edea and Seifer as they use the country of Galbadia to try and conquer the world. The very first event after Disc 2 is The Reveal that Edea was just Brainwashed and Crazy, and the real antagonist is Ultmecia, a sorceress in the future who wants to destroy the entire space-time continuum. That's in terms of the overarching plot — otherwise, focus from this point shifts to Squall searching for a way to get the comatose Rinoa back to normal. | |
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Scripted Battle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ad90927 | comment |
Scripted Battle: The first fight against Edea. Seifer vs. Odin/Gilgamesh. Also, the end of the battle with Ultimecia. | |
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Scars are Forever | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ad94c7a0 | comment |
Scars are Forever: Apparently true for Ward's facial scar. It's not clear about Squall or Seifer's, however, since they both get their scars right at the start of the game, actually making it plausible for them to still have them considering the short period of time that passes. Dr. Kadowaki does specifically say that Squall's wound will leave a scar, however, heavily implying that it will be permanent. If so, this likely applies to Seifer's scar as well, as he suffered a nearly-identical wound. | |
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Took a Shortcut | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_adab0a2b | comment |
Took a Shortcut: To get Rinoa's card from General Caraway, you have to play him in Triple Triad and lose your Ifrit card to him in a game to get him to use Rinoa's card, and then play him again and beat him. Immediately after the game screen fades out, if you talk to Caraway, he says he lost the Ifrit card to Martine in Fisherman's Horizon. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Kiros: Level-headed Deadpan Snarker who most often tries to get Laguna's head out of the clouds and back onto the mission at hand. (Superego) | |
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Artificial Gravity | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ae69516f | comment |
Artificial Gravity: Esthar Lunar Base and the Ragnarok. The latter has a scene where it's turned off, causing Rinoa to float. | |
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Religious and Mythological Theme Naming | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ae6adc36 | comment |
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Like the other games in the series, there are numerous examples, both characters and summons. | |
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Giant Hands of Doom | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_aefa2a04 | comment |
Giant Hands of Doom: Vysage, Lefty, and Righty. They also form the first stage of a boss (the rest of his body rises out of the ground once you defeat them) in Ultimecia's castle. | |
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Coming of Age Story | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b1e8a3b3 | comment |
Coming of Age Story: A theme of the story is how the main characters think they're mature and adult, but quickly prove otherwise; Squall and Rinoa mature visibly over the course of the story. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b1e8a3b3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b1ed0e0c | type |
Rank Up | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b1ed0e0c | comment |
Rank Up: There's the SeeD rank, which you gain early in the game upon your main playable characters' acceptance into SeeD following the entrance exam. There are ranks 1-30 and Rank A. Your starting rank can be anywhere from 1-10 based on your initial performance in the entrance exam, though you have to really screw around to get a 1, and similarly you have to really go out of your way to perform well to earn a 10 starting out. Afterwards, there are a number of events throughout the game which can raise or lower your rank, though the easiest way (and easiest to exploit way) is to take a series of yes/no quizzes accessible from the menu, each of which raises your rank by 1. However, once you reach Rank A, your rank will always drop back to thirty if you don't kill at least ten enemies before your next rank payment. In any case, your SeeD rank has no affect on actual gameplay, only on a recurring payment of the game's currency of gil. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b1ed0e0c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2c737e8 | type |
Klingon Promotion | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2c737e8 | comment |
Klingon Promotion: Edea after killing Vinzer Deling. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2c737e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2c737e8 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2cdd776 | type |
Bottomless Magazines | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2cdd776 | comment |
Bottomless Magazines: Irvine's shotguns actually do have consumable ammo, but it is only used for his Limit Break. His firing animation with his shotgun shows him quickly loading the barrels while entering the "ready" stance. Laguna's machine gun can be used indefinitely without the need to reload. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2cdd776 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b2cdd776 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b47f7b7f | type |
T. Rexpy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b47f7b7f | comment |
T. Rexpy: T-Rexaurs, monstrous dinosaurs from the Balamb region. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b47f7b7f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b47f7b7f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4cbb37f | type |
Good Morning, Crono | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4cbb37f | comment |
Good Morning, Crono: After the title sequence, the game proper begins with Squall awakening in Balamb Garden's infirmary. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4cbb37f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4cbb37f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4cbb37f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4fae672 | type |
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4fae672 | comment |
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Edea battle at the end of Disc 1, which the party loses even though Squall is the only one incapacitated by Edea's Limit Break. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4fae672 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4fae672 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b4fae672 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b59bbb0c | type |
Moving Buildings | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b59bbb0c | comment |
Moving Buildings: Balamb Garden and Galbadia Garden are buildings that can fly. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b59bbb0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b59bbb0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b59bbb0c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b5ba2c2b | type |
It's Raining Men | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b5ba2c2b | comment |
It's Raining Men: Galbadia Garden uses this technique during both of their offensives during the Battle of the Gardens. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b5ba2c2b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b5ba2c2b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b5ba2c2b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | type |
Lost in Translation | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | comment |
Lost in Translation: Squall's "Whatever" is a case of this, as it made him look way colder in the US version than in the original. Selphie has a Kansai accent in the Japanese version, which was ignored during the localization. The Japanese version of Rinoa's confession in Galbadia Garden plays out a differently from the English translation, and includes a line referencing that indicates that she no longer likes Seifer (in English, Selphie asks her if she still likes him, and Rinoa responds here): Edea's speech in the original version gave a few hints about Ultimecia's goal of Time Compression. Although it's still possible to guess from Gilgamesh's comment about the Rift that he's the same Gilgamesh that appeared in Final Fantasy V, a single syllable confirming it was left out of the English translation: | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b798d379 | type |
One Stat to Rule Them All | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b798d379 | comment |
One Stat to Rule Them All: HP is the most important stat in the game. Not because of the increased chance of survival or anything like that, but because the higher your maximum HP is, the bigger your range for being in "Critical" status, and therefore the better chance of getting a Limit Break. Maxing out HP at 9,999 lets you enter critical status at about 2,000 HP, which is enough to survive most basic attacks and still spam hugely damaging attacks. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b798d379 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7e0c5ff | type |
Love Triangle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle: The game initially seems to be setting one up involving Squall, Rinoa, and Seifer, particularly when Rinoa thinks back to the time she spent with Seifer the previous summer and confesses that she thinks she might have been in love with him. However, by the time all three of them are brought together, Squall and Rinoa are beginning to grow close to one another while Seifer has fallen under the sorceress's influence, to the point that there's never any actual romantic conflict involving the three of them. Quistis seems to have some kind of feelings for Squall, but admits that she "gave up as soon as (Rinoa) entered the picture." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b7e0c5ff | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b848b200 | type |
Injured Vulnerability | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b848b200 | comment |
Injured Vulnerability: The Card skill only works on enemies that have been weakened. There's also Devour ability, which also only succeeds against enemies low on health, but can grant you various bonuses if you use it successfully, including permanent stat increases. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b848b200 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b848b200 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b848b200 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | type |
The Alcatraz | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | comment |
Any item in D-District Prison. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b905c10c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9085a47 | type |
Summon Magic | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9085a47 | comment |
Summon Magic: Guardian Forces represent yet another mechanic that is ripe for abuse. Unlike every previous title in the franchise, FF8's GFs can be re-summoned within the same battle without restriction. The limiting factor is that, while the Charge Meter is filling, the GF's HP bar replaces that of the summoning character, and if the GF takes enough damage during this time, they can be "killed", requiring use of appropriate items to revive them. Every GF also has Relationship Values with every party member; if these values are increased, either by repeated summoning or by feeding the character appropriate compatibility items, the meter charges faster. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9085a47 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b915b765 | type |
Boss-Altering Consequence | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b915b765 | comment |
Boss-Altering Consequence: If the player has obtained Odin at Centra Ruins, he will attempt to deliver the first blow to Seifer in his battle at the Lunatic Pandora only for Seifer to slice him in half. If the battle lasts more than twelve turns or Seifer's HP is depleted before then, Gilgamesh will appear to deliver the final blow. | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b915b765 | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b915b765 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9f472b | type |
Storming the Castle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9f472b | comment |
Storming the Castle: Occurs a few times. Dollet while under attack by Galbadia. Galbadia Garden. Lunatic Pandora. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9f472b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9f472b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_b9f472b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1 | type |
High-Altitude Battle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1 | comment |
High-Altitude Battle: The Battle of the Gardens and Squall's midair fight with a Galbadian paratrooper for a jetpack. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_baaf641a | type |
King Mook | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_baaf641a | comment |
King Mook: Tonberry King and Jumbo Cactuar. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_baaf641a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_baaf641a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_baaf641a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | type |
Cool Boat | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | comment |
Cool Boat: Balamb Garden's landing vessels and later, Balamb Garden itself. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb660963 | type |
Color-Coded Characters | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb660963 | comment |
Color-Coded Characters: Squall wears black, Seifer wears white. The propagators on the Ragnarok appear in color-matched pairs, and if both of a given colored pair aren't killed one immediately after the other, the remaining one will revive the defeated one. It's eventually possible to simply wear them down and kill them normally — and is a good way to grind AP for a low-level game — but only after killing them thirty-six times. Rinoa and Ultimecia have white and black wings respectively. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb660963 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb660963 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bb660963 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bbdf5f31 | type |
Everyone Is Related | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bbdf5f31 | comment |
Everyone Is Related: Most of the cast comes from the same orphanage, which makes sense, considering the Gardens were founded by the owners of said orphanage, Cid and Edea. Even Rinoa, the character with the least number of connections to the rest of the party, is still tied to them because she used to date Seifer before the game began. Not only that, but Laguna was in love with Rinoa's mother before he disappeared to Winhill and helped raise Ellone, who ends up as Edea's orphanage. In the film sequence, Laguna plays a sorceress's knight and uses his gunblade the way Seifer does as an adult. Seifer saw the film as a kid and copied Laguna's fighting style, while the film itself inspired his dream to be a sorceress knight. Ironically, it would be Squall who would achieve Seifer's dream, by being Rinoa's knight in her goal of liberating Timber, among other things. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bbdf5f31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bbdf5f31 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0 | type |
Money Spider | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0 | comment |
Money Spider: The first Final Fantasy game to avert it, actually. Instead, Squall receives a regular stipend proportional to his rank, which itself rises and falls depending on your performance. Monsters still drop standard consumables / components for Item Crafting. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23 | type |
Boss Bonanza | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23 | comment |
Boss Bonanza: The game had a last dungeon full of semi-optional bosses who need to be defeated to unlock abilities for the final battles. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc0f0e23 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc848be9 | type |
Intangible Time Travel | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc848be9 | comment |
Intangible Time Travel: Ellone claims this is the case, as she can only revisit memories of the past of people she knew. However, those past sequences are playable and have shared inventory and G Fs with the main group, and Ultimecia was able to sense being watched by Ellone. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc848be9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc848be9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bc848be9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd0d6395 | type |
No Social Skills | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd0d6395 | comment |
No Social Skills: Squall is not the most socially apt of individuals. At first glance, this is because of him being raised in Garden all his life, but as the story progresses, it becomes more clear that his mental issues stem less from being in Garden and more from Ellone's disappearance. Contrast with Seifer, who also joined at about the same time. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd0d6395 | featureConfidence |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd0d6395 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd5e8cd9 | type |
Urban Fantasy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd5e8cd9 | comment |
Urban Fantasy: One of the foremost examples in the series, complete with cars, modernized cities, a Trading Card Game, space flight and the internet. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd5e8cd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd5e8cd9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd5e8cd9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6834a3 | type |
Vibroweapon | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6834a3 | comment |
Vibroweapon: Gunblades, according to Ultimania; the bullets channel a 'wave of power' through the blade instead of firing a projectile when the trigger is pulled. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6834a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6834a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6834a3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6b6284 | type |
Early-Bird Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6b6284 | comment |
Early-Bird Boss: The T-Rexaur is a Boss in Mook Clothing when you meet it (and you're supposed to escape) because you can fight it before you have the tools to beat it. Once you have some junction abilities (particularly ST-Atk-J), they're not nearly as threatening. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6b6284 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6b6284 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bd6b6284 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_be5d0950 | type |
Aloof Leader, Affable Subordinate | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_be5d0950 | comment |
Aloof Leader, Affable Subordinate: Squall serves as the aloof leader during the mission in Timber, having a cold and professional demeanor. Quistis, Selphie and Zell are all far more friendly and approachable (at least with the Forest Owls). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_be5d0950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_be5d0950 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_be5d0950 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_beda4b12 | type |
Warm-Up Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_beda4b12 | comment |
Warmup Boss: Ifrit in the Fire Cavern. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_beda4b12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_beda4b12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_beda4b12 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bee9473c | type |
The Magazine Rule | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bee9473c | comment |
In the same room where the Forest Owls explains their kidnapping plans with the train models, there is a bulleting board with articles from a magazine called "Anarchist Monthly" on Vinzer Deling. In particular, the D-District prison and Galbadia's new missile technology are mentioned. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bee9473c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bee9473c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bee9473c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bef696dd | type |
Mind Screw | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bef696dd | comment |
Mind Screw: It is not exactly clear what the GF Eden is, but during its attack appears to involve creating a wormhole and firing a planet-sized energy beam through it to launch the target into the heart of a quasar in some other galaxy... maybe. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bef696dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bef696dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bef696dd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bf455b89 | type |
Interrogated for Nothing | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bf455b89 | comment |
Interrogated for Nothing: Squall not only doesn't have the information that Seifer tortures him for at the beginning of Disc 2, he doesn't even understand the question. Seifer ultimately doesn't care. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bf455b89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bf455b89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bf455b89 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bfa00fa2 | type |
Sorry I'm Late | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bfa00fa2 | comment |
Sorry I'm Late: Irvine and Rinoa join Squall during the battle sequence in the first fight against Edea. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bfa00fa2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bfa00fa2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_bfa00fa2 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c053f1fc | type |
Required Party Member | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c053f1fc | comment |
Required Party Member: Squall for almost all of the game, except during the Galbadia Missile Base mission, during which it's Selphie. The two teams during the assassination mission. Rinoa when the team goes into space. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c053f1fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c053f1fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c053f1fc | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted with Selphie's "The End" Limit Break that, if pulled off successfully, can One-Hit Kill any boss in the game except the Final Boss (and then it's only because it's a four-stage fight; The End will still knock out one of the stages for you instantly). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c145f69b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c145f69b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c145f69b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00 | type |
Character Level | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00 | comment |
Character Level: Characters start in the single digits but can end up at level 100. But that just makes the enemies harder. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c2288824 | type |
A Nazi by Any Other Name | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c2288824 | comment |
A Nazi by Any Other Name: Galbadia's initial plan bears resemblance to Nazi Germany's actions at the Munich talks in 1938; hold peace talks that are really just a guise for demanding concessions in order to ultimately Take Over the World. | |
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1.0 | |
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Redemption Earns Life | |
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Redemption Earns Life: Raijin and Fuujin refuse to serve Seifer when they discover he is merely Ultimecia's pawn, and Fujin even lets Ellone go. The ending shows the three of them together, alive and well. | |
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True Companions | |
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True Companions: The party, especially after they learn that most of them grew up together in the same orphanage. | |
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Cats Are Magic | |
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Cats Are Magic: During the broken jar sidequest in Winhill, you meet a cat that can somehow talk, which feels very out place for the setting."Just like not all roses are red, not all cats are mute" is the only thing he has to say on the matter. | |
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Academy of Adventure | |
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Academy of Adventure: Balamb Garden is the initial main setting for the party and is military academy. It is able to adventure itself once it becomes mobile. | |
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Item Farming | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c4acda54 | comment |
Item Farming: A variation. Magic in this game works like a kind of item, and the easiest way to get it is to Draw from a monster. Accordingly, many players will tell tales of spending a couple hours drawing endless Fire spells from Bite Bugs. The more conventional form is also found in the game, due to the importance of Item Crafting to generate magic and weapons. Have fun killing Bite Bugs for hours to churn out M-Stone Pieces, or Elastoids so you can get that Steel Pipe to upgrade your rifle! | |
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Inner Monologue | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c4c9bb40 | comment |
Inner Monologue: Squall does more of this than he does actual talking. A source of humor with pretty much anyone who gets to know him. | |
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Make-Out Point | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c50bd555 | comment |
Make-Out Point: The secret area in the Balamb Garden Training Center. | |
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Sole Entertainment Option | |
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Sole Entertainment Option: It doesn't really have a city that specializes in the Card Game of the Week, but each city has its own rules. Regardless of this fact, practically everyone plays. Not only that, but people carry all of their cards around with them as they aimlessly walk around. | |
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One Cast Member per Cover | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c5d25ab4 | comment |
One Cast Member per Cover: The original release did this. Disc 1 had an image of Squall on it, Disc 2 had Rinoa, Disc 3 had Seifer, and Disc 4 had Laguna. The in-game disc change prompts also usually followed this trope, usually showing an image of a single character standing in front of an abstract background; Squall for the "change to Disc 2" prompt, Rinoa for "change to disc 3", and Seifer for "change to disc 4". The "change to disc 1" image (seen if you try to start a new game or load a disc 1 save file with any other disc inserted) breaks the trend by showing Kiros and Ward alongside Laguna, as well as having a more detailed background (specifically, the interior of the Centra Excavation Site) and by having the trio striking an action pose with their weapons drawn. | |
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Cutscene Incompetence | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd | comment |
Cutscene Incompetence: Outside of battles, the characters are unable to do things during the story that they can easily do in battle, such as summoning GFs. The end of Disc 3 is a particularly jarring example. It's the fourth battle with Seifer, who as usual is not a particularly threatening boss, yet even if you have Rinoa in the party and stomped him with her, he still manages to effortlessly grab and kidnap her when she inexplicably runs off from the party. | |
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Shout-Out | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: A shout-out occurs in music form: the final boss music, "The Extreme", contains a call-back to the original Final Fantasy battle music. On the music example, the beginning of the final dungeon theme is very similar to the third segment of Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI. Another notable music example occurs in the opening measures of the recurring sorceress battle theme, where it plays the iconic theme of Final Fantasy VII. Interestingly enough, this game pays large homage to the oft-overlooked Final Fantasy III. A major character in the backstory is the Sorcerer Hyne, a reference to Sorcerer Hein from Final Fantasy III. The basic layout of the overworld in this game roughly maps onto that of Final Fantasy III's overworld also. Doomtrain isn't terribly different from the Ghost Train/Phantom Train, either. And by that, it has a freakin' ghost face and looks undead enough. Lunatic Pandora likewise has sequences very similar to music from the Moon in Final Fantasy IV. Appropriate, considering that it was designed to call down monsters from the moon. Likewise, when the monsters are ready to drop, the moon grows red. This same feature is shared by the corrupted moon of IV. The blue Galbadian uniforms resemble the SOLDIER uniform from Final Fantasy VII. Zell's final weapon is quite appropriately named for a Fighting Game, Ehrgeiz. "Leonhart" was previously the name of a major character in Final Fantasy II (shortened to "Leon" in localizations due to character space limits). The arrival at the Lunar Base is a shout-out to the "Blue Danube" scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey, using the similar waltz BGM "Dance with the Balamb Fish" instead. The station itself has some similarities (centrifugal force to generate gravity, camera angles,...) with Discovery One. Later, the scene where Squall and Rinoa are adrift in space is quite similar to the scene where Frank recovers Poole's body after HAL set it adrift in the same film. The interiors of the Lunatic Pandora are quite similar to a few of the interiors of the Krell Machine◊ from the classic science fiction film Forbidden Planet. Headmaster Cid's main dilemma is having to kill his wife Edea if the situation calls for it. Their surname is Kramer. The Balamb Garden Training Centre is quite clearly modelled after Jurassic Park, with electrical fences resembling even the aesthetic of the first film. The fact that you can encounter a T-Rex(aur) makes it even more obvious. | |
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Cool Starship | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c7b5445c | comment |
Cool Starship: Instead of a regular airship, you get Ragnarok, a spaceship. | |
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Last Ditch Move | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c7dcdf6a | comment |
Last Ditch Move: In Ultimecia's castle, two of the bosses, Krysta and Catoblepas, will once their health is drained, use one final attack magic on your team before being defeated. Krysta will be using Ultima and Catoblepas will be using Meteor. | |
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Luke, I Am Your Father | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: Squall turns out to be Laguna's son. Nobody in the game ever confirms this, but plenty of clues direct the player to that conclusion: 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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Freudian Excuse | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Just about all of Squall's mental issues stem from a mix of this and amnesia. | |
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Metal Slime | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c923e7a6 | comment |
Catcuar Island, where you can find nothing but Cactuars. They yield almost no experience, but lots of AP to learn abilities with; and in this game, keeping one's levels low has its benefits as well. Kashkabald Desert is an earlier-game alternative; the chances of finding Cactuars there are lower, but it's available much sooner. | |
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Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c93a6560 | comment |
Edea impaling Squall via her Limit Break during the concluding cutscene of Disc 1. | |
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Overly Long Fighting Animation | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c95d1ad0 | comment |
Overly Long Fighting Animation: The Guardian Force summon animations are some of the longest in the series, leading to the most powerful summons (and not coincidentally, the ones with the longest summon time) being rarely used at all. The backlash is likely what led to Square offering the option to shorten them in future titles. Ironically, this was also the first game to make those movies interactive: there's a "Boost" function which lets you Button Mash your way to higher damage. | |
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I Know Madden Kombat | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c9869c78 | comment |
I Know Madden Kombat: The Slappers in the Galbadia Garden skating rink who incorporate hockey techniques into their attacks. The recurring Wendigo creature does basketball moves USING your party. | |
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Child Soldiers | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c9c756a8 | comment |
Child Soldiers: SeeD is made up almost entirely of them. The oldest member of the the party proper is Quistis, who's 18. The whole game is a savage Deconstruction of the concept, showing just how screwed-up soldiers of such a young age should be. Seifer and Squall seem to suffer the most due to this in game, probably because they've been training to kill whoever they're paid to since the ages of 6 and 5, respectively. | |
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Hot Witch | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_c9d9a85f | comment |
Hot Witch: Aside from Adel, every sorceress introduced are certified knock-outs. | |
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Informed Ability | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ca3a6dbd | comment |
Informed Ability: The Queen of Cards' card skills are so respected that any new rule she adopts soon spreads among the populace wherever she is playing. However, upon playing with her, she doesn't use powerful cards or a better AI than most opponents you can find (this is most noticeable when trying to deliberately lose a card against her). | |
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This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_cce399 | comment |
This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Carbuncle's Ruby Light is for the most part, useless due to how badly Reflect was nerfed in this game, except you get it just before the Disc 1 Edea fight, whose only attacks are Reflectable single-target spells, the slow Dispel that only removes Reflect from one party member at a time, and a pitifully weak Astral Punch. Ruby Light no longer works in the second Edea fight because she has several ways to bypass it. | |
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Fake Action Prologue | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ce40dbf7 | comment |
Fake Action Prologue: The opening cinematic shows Squall and Seifer having a duel which is edited together with lots of dramatic cuts while the main theme plays. But it's merely a training exercise gone too far. | |
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Pre-Final Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ceb9d05 | comment |
Pre-Final Boss: All the eight bosses found in Ultimecia's castle work like this, although they all are optional. But since you are locked out of using certain commands both in and outside battle, including the final fight against Ultimecia, to not fight at least one of them would be a bad idea. | |
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Orphanage of Love | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_cf7fafbb | comment |
Orphanage of Love: The focus of the game's major plot revelation. | |
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Muscles Are Meaningless | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_cf9b131f | comment |
Muscles Are Meaningless: At level 100, the playable character with the highest unmodified strength stat in the game isn't Squall, Seifer, or Ward. It's Rinoa. | |
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Porn Stash | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_cfbbd075 | comment |
Porn Stash: That copy of "The Girl Next Door" you pick up from the magazine publishers in Timber rewards you with a Triple Triad card later on. Also, Zell is very adamant about not letting anyone enter his room. One can only guess what he's got hidden away up there. Of course, when you actually do get a chance to visit his room, (during the Balamb occupation sequence), there seems to be no evidence of it. Though, you can see a spare T-Board and a collection of guns. | |
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Take Your Time | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac | comment |
Take Your Time: Happens at least three times. The first time is as Squall and his party are arriving back at Balamb Garden after you complete the Missile Base mission with the other team. Missiles bearing down upon Balamb Garden? No problem! Head on over to Balamb Village! Play some cards! No worries. The second time is during the Battle of the Gardens, when Rinoa falls off the side of Balamb Garden and is dangling from a rock over a tremendous fall. You must hurry there and rescue her! However, there's no timer counting down... so, sure enough, you can take your time. No matter what you do, you'll always arrive in time to grab her hand and save her from falling. In all, she ends up holding on for a solid thirty minutes, while the two Gardens keep crashing into each other. The third time is on the Esthar Lunar Base, which is about to be swallowed by the Lunar Cry, but you can take as long as you want getting to the Escape Pod. To gain a particular card in the game's card game sidequest, you are required to play a secondary character, an opportunity that comes only in this instance. The game does some Lampshade Hanging on this by having the character state, "You wanna to play cards now!?" | |
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Competence Zone | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d13c403a | comment |
Competence Zone: Completely torn to shreds. At first, the game seems to fall in line with most Eastern RPGs by setting the Competence Zone under the age of eighteen. Unfortunately, most of the non-global conflict is caused by the young average age of the main characters, as they are too emotionally immature to deal with the events of the story in a sensible, adult way. | |
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Mundane Made Awesome | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: Since Square's rendering abilities had progressed dramatically since VII, they rendered anything they could possibly find an excuse to render in FMV. Which works when it's a dramatic chase sequence featuring our heroes pursued by a giant mechanical spider, but tends towards the absurd when an elevator is given the same loving treatment. | |
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Big Red Devil | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d1814802 | comment |
Big Red Devil: Diablos and Ifrit. | |
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Developer's Foresight | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | comment |
Developer's Foresight: After a certain point within the game, party members not in your team at the moment can be found wandering around Balamb Garden on their own. This includes Squall himself who normally can't be switched out due to his Can't Drop the Hero status (He can be found sleeping in his dorm). This is demonstrated exactly once during the entire game where it makes sense plotwise (due to it showing Squall being there beforehand). If the player decides to use cheats to make their party permanently invincible in the battle against Ultimecia's First form, she will cast Dispel which will override and remove the effect anyways. As seen in Muscles Are Meaningless, Rinoa is the Player Character with the highest unmodified strength stat in the game. Although, this is likely to compensate for the fact she's unavailable for most of Disc 3 and will rejoin you at a level close to your average party level. If you're playing normally and had been using level up bonuses, she'd fall way behind if her growth rate had been average due to lost opportunities to increase her stats through said bonuses. In the story, at that point Rinoa is a Sorceress so her sudden stat increase fits with that. During your second visit to Esthar, there's a soldier hanging out on one screen who, when talked to, starts laughing maniacally, and thereafter transforms into an Elnoyle boss. He regenerates if you leave the screen and come back. The Elnoyle is one of the only sources for the Energy Crystal, which you may need as many as eight of if you're intent on Item Crafting everyone's best weapons, and which also refines into the Ultima spell. This does not exempt you from a great deal of grinding, but it's better than running around on the Peninsula of Power Leveling and hoping for the Random Number God to smile on you. Although the X-ATM-092 chasing you at the end of the Dollet mission gives off the impression of an Invincible Minor Minion, it is actually possible to destroy it if you knock it down enough times, and the developers expected people will attempt this as you get a 100 point bonus on your report card for doing so, but miss out on the cutscene of Quistis gunning it down. You can also hide away from it in a pub, at which point you'll also miss the cutscene since she would have destroyed it before you arrived, and you'll incur a penalty for cowardice. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d24ed873 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d308cbb0 | type |
Character Catchphrase | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d308cbb0 | comment |
Squall's "whatever" catchphrase. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d308cbb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d308cbb0 | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d308cbb0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d332bf63 | type |
LampShades | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d332bf63 | comment |
Many of Quistis's male students (and apparently quite a few female ones, if the Trepies are any indication) are pining for one. She lampshades this in the Fire Cavern Test when she mentions to Squall how the boys often choke on the test when she comes with them. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d332bf63 | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d332bf63 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d33456e7 | type |
Improbable Age | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d33456e7 | comment |
Improbable Age: Despite being an elite squad of mercenaries tasked with highly dangerous wetwork (such as political assassinations), none of the characters are old enough to drink. Both lampshaded and sort of justified: Edea knows the man who will kill Ultimecia is a teenager, so she knows SeeDs will need to be below a certain age. According to the ingame database, Garden students are discharged at the age of 20. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d33456e7 | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d33456e7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Potential meta example. If Gilgamesh shows up while you're fighting Adel and uses Zantetsuken (or causes enough damage with one of his other swords), bye-bye Rinoa and hello Game Over. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d397657d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d397657d | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d397657d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: After Squall rescues Rinoa from the freaking void of space, only to let her be taken into Esthar custody for becoming the next sorceress, Quistis tears him a new one. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | featureApplicability |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3 | type |
Anti-Frustration Features | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3 | comment |
Anti-Frustration Features: As Quistis is needed to be talked to as an NPC within the Balamb Garden cockpit in order to rechallenge the match of Triple Triad against her, if she happens to be within your party when you go to the cockpit, she would automatically walk to the position she would normally be as an NPC and resume her functions. You start the game with two Guardian Forces, and the Noob Cave involves unlocking a third. Five more can be Drawn from plot bosses. If you're playing the original Japanese version, they are inaccessible... but in the English localization, they can also be Drawn from bosses in The Very Definitely Final Dungeon. (Of the remaining 7 GFs, all are available during the Wide-Open Sandbox portion of the game, both before and after entering said Final Dungeon... though getting out of it again is obscure.) The Remastered version adds a couple of features under the thumbsticks: L3 now increases the game's framerate by 300%. R3, meanwhile, is the "Remove all challenge" button: when pressed, your characters automatically heal to full HP and will do so whenever attacked, Limit Breaks are available at all times (as though Aura had been cast), and their Speed is increased to such an absurd quantity that the ATB bar fills instantaneously. While this makes battles absurdly easy, the two buttons, especially together, also make the entire spell-grinding process way faster: when you're getting tons of turns and the whole game is overclocked, you can stock up on hundreds of spells in a snap. Plus, both buttons are toggles, so you can turn them off when you're done and get back to playing the game without God Mode on your side. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d904a7fd | type |
Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d904a7fd | comment |
Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: Squall spends the first two discs of the game grimly resisting Rinoa's efforts to get him to open up to her, but gradually giving way. When she falls into a coma at the end of disc two, however, he realizes how much he doesn't want to lose her, and she becomes his main priority. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d904a7fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d904a7fd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d99a228f | type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Edea casually kills President Vinzer Deling while making her grand speech. No one cares. You can even walk by his dead body and Squall and Irvine won't say a thing. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d99a228f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d99a228f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d99a228f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, We're Outta Here: Biggs and Wedge. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9cf40fa | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9f4cb75 | type |
Video Game Perversity Potential | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9f4cb75 | comment |
Video Game Perversity Potential: Renaming Angelo something gross or perverted to milk Rinoa's Combine commands for comedic potential is a running joke among some players. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9f4cb75 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9f4cb75 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_d9f4cb75 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da03a529 | type |
Bait-and-Switch Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da03a529 | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Boss: Biggs and Wedge on the Dollet Communications Tower. They're blown away (literally by wind) and replaced by the much stronger Elvoret. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da03a529 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da03a529 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da03a529 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da1d4313 | type |
Legacy Boss Battle | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da1d4313 | comment |
Omega Weapon was added to this game along with series staple Ultima, and it's one of the best-remembered "superbosses" in gaming. Most likely because he requires intimate knowledge of the game mechanics. There's no guaranteed way to win which doesn't involve 9,999 HP, protection against Death, and Refining a hundred Megalixers so you don't get one-shotted by him. Properly-Junctioned Limit Breaks are a cheap way to demolish him, but their success is sometimes dependant on the RNG. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da1d4313 | featureApplicability |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da1d4313 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da4e9c2a | type |
Obstructionist Pacifist | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da4e9c2a | comment |
Obstructionist Pacifist: The community of Fisherman's Horizon in Final Fantasy VIII has a large proportion of pacifists amongst its citizens, and the Mayor, Dobe, tries to stop SeeD from fighting to defend the town from invading Galbadians in favour of attempting negotiation. He has no idea how to react when he learns the Galbadians are under orders to raze the town, nor when SeeD fights on his behalf and ends up saving his life. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da4e9c2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_da4e9c2a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dabc7a46 | type |
Sixth Ranger | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dabc7a46 | comment |
Additionally, the game lets you swap spells between party members: if you've maxed out on 100 Cures on Squall, you can give them all to someone else, or half, or even spread them out. This becomes valuable when a Sixth Ranger party member (Edea) joins during disc 3 — with, of course, no spells equipped — and later leaves just as abruptly. The game, fortunately, passes the character's spells back to your party. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dabc7a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dabc7a46 | featureConfidence |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dabc7a46 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: Zell is shown playing with a T-Board, claiming that it might be useful in SeeD missions someday. It doesn't. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbca2c99 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbd2c15e | type |
Everyone Can See It | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbd2c15e | comment |
Everyone Can See It: Squall and Rinoa. By halfway through the game, even Squall can see that everyone can see it, but it takes him a little longer to really reach an epiphany himself. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbd2c15e | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dbd2c15e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dc774000 | type |
Start X to Stop X | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dc774000 | comment |
Start X to Stop X: The master plan to prevent Ultimecia from compressing time; Let her compress time and jump her ass while she does that. See Batman Gambit above. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dc774000 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dc774000 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dc774000 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dca70c44 | type |
Reasonable Authority Figure | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Cid. He's highly regarded by most of Balamb Garden, who sides with him over NORG when a civil war breaks out. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dca70c44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dca70c44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dca70c44 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: The girl who appears at the beginning of the game in the infirmary and later appears again in the Training Center. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dcbe8a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dcbe8a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dcbe8a6e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_de70f5a4 | type |
Continuity Cameo | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_de70f5a4 | comment |
Continuity Cameo: Gilgamesh's appearance is the first instance in the series of a character from another Final Fantasy game canonically appearing as the same person in a different one. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_de70f5a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_de70f5a4 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_debc6687 | type |
Solemn Ending Theme | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_debc6687 | comment |
Solemn Ending Theme: "Eyes On Me". | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_debc6687 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_debc6687 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_debc6687 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfa71e43 | type |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfa71e43 | comment |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains: Biggs and Wedge. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfa71e43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfa71e43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfa71e43 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbd69d5 | type |
Underwater Base | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbd69d5 | comment |
Underwater Base: The Deep Sea Research Facility. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbd69d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbd69d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbd69d5 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbf8667 | type |
Right Under Their Noses | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbf8667 | comment |
Right Under Their Noses: In the Galbadia Missile Base, though this can end up a So Much for Stealth situation. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbf8667 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbf8667 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_dfbf8667 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e0ecb7b3 | type |
Space Station | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e0ecb7b3 | comment |
Space Station: Esthar's lunar base. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e0ecb7b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e0ecb7b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e0ecb7b3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e154ff08 | type |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e154ff08 | comment |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Seifer's Electric Torture on Squall in D-District Prison. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e154ff08 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e154ff08 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e154ff08 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e1a919e9 | type |
Protagonist Power-Up Privileges | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e1a919e9 | comment |
Protagonist Power-Up Privileges: Squall has more weapons than any other party member, and his Infinity +1 Sword can be acquired earliest. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e1a919e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e1a919e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e1a919e9 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e207247 | type |
Technicolor Death | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e207247 | comment |
Technicolor Death: Following series tradition, the Final Boss goes out like this. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e207247 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e207247 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e207247 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e234ddbf | type |
Escape Pod | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e234ddbf | comment |
The third time is on the Esthar Lunar Base, which is about to be swallowed by the Lunar Cry, but you can take as long as you want getting to the Escape Pod. To gain a particular card in the game's card game sidequest, you are required to play a secondary character, an opportunity that comes only in this instance. The game does some Lampshade Hanging on this by having the character state, "You wanna to play cards now!?" | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e234ddbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e234ddbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e234ddbf | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e277967 | type |
What Is Evil? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e277967 | comment |
What Is Evil?: Ambiguity between good and evil is a prominent theme in the game. The fight against the primary antagonist is almost purely pragmatic, only loosely tied to any personal motivation against the antagonist proper. Arguably, the antagonist even has a defensible position (one of the heroes even considers this, albeit briefly). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e277967 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e277967 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e277967 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e27e757e | type |
Trauma Inn | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e27e757e | comment |
Trauma Inn: A night at the inn cures everything. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e27e757e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e27e757e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e27e757e | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e30f7a0b | type |
Childhood Home Rediscovery | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e30f7a0b | comment |
Childhood Home Rediscovery: This is a major plot point. At the start of the game, there's an off-hand statement in a news article that the Guardian Force creatures that people can summon occupy a part of your memory, and minor amnesia may result. It's because of this, that when Squall, Selfie, Quistis, Irvine, and Zell discover an abandoned orphanage, it suddenly dawns on all of them that this was where they all grew up in as kids. A bigger reveal comes that they remember who ran it, and who that person became. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e30f7a0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e30f7a0b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e30f7a0b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3226029 | type |
Bag of Holding | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3226029 | comment |
Bag of Holding: The party can access stacks of 99 of dozens of items at any given time and a copy of all of their unique weapons without having more than a couple of pockets. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3226029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3226029 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3226029 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3def52f | type |
Egopolis | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3def52f | comment |
Egopolis: Deling City, named after the president Vinzer Deling. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3def52f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3def52f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e3def52f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e502e268 | type |
Family Theme Naming | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e502e268 | comment |
Family Theme Naming: Laguna (lake), Raine, and Squall (violent wind). | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e502e268 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e502e268 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e502e268 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e50e82e5 | type |
Nemesis Weapon | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e50e82e5 | comment |
Nemesis Weapon: Seifer, the rival to our protagonist Squall, also wields a gunblade like him. The weapon is said to be hard to master with only 2 have been shown as its practitioners, and there's also a prophecy that a hero wielding a gunblade will save the day; Seifer jumps at the opportunity while Squall takes it in stride. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e50e82e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e50e82e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e50e82e5 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | type |
Unexplained Recovery | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | comment |
Unexplained Recovery: The final cutscene of Disc 1 shows Squall being Impaled with Extreme Prejudice. The character's first scene in Disc 2 shows him just fine, even lampshading how the hell is he still alive. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e63228a7 | type |
InfoDump | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e63228a7 | comment |
Info Dump: A huge one from Zell to Squall after he returns from the Esthar moonbase with the Ragnarok, Disc 3. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e63228a7 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | type |
GameplayAndStoryIntegration | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | comment |
Gameplay and Story Integration: Characters use their Limit Break outside of the battle system a few times. In the opening cutscene, Seifer casts a fire spell at Squall and then follows up with a sword slash, which is essentially his No Mercy limit break. Squall counters with his Renzokuken finisher Rough Divide. Later on, after the boss battle against Edea, she defeats Squall by firing an icicle spear that impales him through the shoulder. Later on, after she becomes a Guest-Star Party Member, this is revealed to be her limit break, creatively named Ice Strike. A much smaller example regarding Rinoa's Limit Break: During the time Squall and Rinoa are in space, the latter's dog Angelo is on Earth with Zell and the rest of the group; since Rinoa's "Combine" ability involves utilizing her pup for attacks, Combine isn't available until she and Squall return to the surface, which is probably an attempt to make the player notice and subsequently use Rinoa's new Limit Break, "Angel Wing," which uses her newfound Sorceress Powers. The moon stone item only becomes available when a bunch of monsters comes down from the moon. Draw the wind-elemental Pandemona GF from Fujin during the fight with her and Raijin in Balamb, and she stops using wind-based magic. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6661fc2 | type |
Press X to Not Die | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6661fc2 | comment |
Press X to Not Die: During the escape from D-District Prison, when Squall is hanging off the bridge connecting the towers, the player has to hold down the right directional button or else it's game over. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6661fc2 | |
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New Era Speech | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e66e9bfb | comment |
New Era Speech: Edea's speech in Deling City. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e66e9bfb | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e69173b6 | type |
Time-Limit Boss | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e69173b6 | comment |
Time-Limit Boss: Ifrit in the Fire Cavern, X-ATM092 in Dollet, BGH251F2 in the Galbadia Missile Base, Odin in the Centra Ruins. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e69173b6 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6ce4b | type |
The Maze | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6ce4b | comment |
The Maze: The Tomb of the Unknown King. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6ce4b | featureConfidence |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e6ce4b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | type |
Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | comment |
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Guardian Forces inhibit memories, which is a fundamental plot point that defines most of the game. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | |
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Mildly Military | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e7c671f3 | comment |
Laguna, Kiros, and Ward have Galbadian blue uniforms, but missing the helmets. Ward's bandana and Kiros' hairdo push this trope straight into Mildly Military. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e7c671f3 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8cae797 | type |
Freudian Trio | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8cae797 | comment |
Freudian Trio: Laguna, Kiros and Ward. Laguna: A smart yet impulsive and offbeat man who often makes reckless decisions. (Id) Kiros: Level-headed Deadpan Snarker who most often tries to get Laguna's head out of the clouds and back onto the mission at hand. (Superego) Ward: Respects the other two's opinions, but will side with whoever's actually making sense. (Ego) | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8cae797 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8eeaf3c | type |
Blade Spam | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8eeaf3c | comment |
Squall: "Renzokuken," translated to "Blade Flurry." Like all of Squall's attacks, they can be strengthened by hitting R2 at the right time. Additionally, after the Limit Break, Squall has a chance to attach a Finishing Move; he starts with "Rough Divide," but can unlock "Fated Circle," "Blasting Zone" and "Lion Heart" by upgrading his gunblade. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e8eeaf3c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e936704c | type |
The Greatest Style | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e936704c | comment |
The Greatest Style: The gunblade is noted in universe to be hard-to-master weapons, and the only practitioners we see are 2 people: the hero Squall and his rival Seifer. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e936704c | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9e2c54d | type |
You Already Changed the Past | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9e2c54d | comment |
You Already Changed the Past: The simplest explanation for how the various forms of time travel in the game work, and why Ellone concludes the past cannot be changed. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9e2c54d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9f79e23 | type |
Screw the War, We're Partying | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9f79e23 | comment |
Screw The War, We're Partying: This seems to be Laguna's attitude in the first flashback sequence when he leaves Timber and goes to Deling City to see Julia peform. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_e9f79e23 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ea5af9bd | type |
Pre-Meeting | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ea5af9bd | comment |
Pre-Meeting: Rinoa asks Squall to dance at the party, but he doesn't think much of it. Squall's first mission as a SeeD is assisting her resistance group. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ea5af9bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ea5af9bd | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: Half the game involves someone rescuing someone, usually Rinoa. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ebb3c390 | type |
Crash-Into Hello | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ebb3c390 | comment |
Crash-Into Hello: How Squall meets Selphie. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ebb3c390 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0bf4a1 | type |
Take Over the World | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0bf4a1 | comment |
Take Over the World: Vinzer Deling's plan for Galbadia, for which purpose he makes the sorceress his ambassador in order to intimidate other nations. The sorceress, however, has other plans. Xu lampshades this at one point, asking, "What does the sorceress really want? It can't be something as simple as world domination." | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0bf4a1 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986 | type |
Spotting the Thread | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986 | comment |
Spotting the Thread: In the Galbadia Missile Base, if you manage to get through it without getting caught, Selphie gives herself away when she salutes the wrong way. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec9a5f50 | type |
Deconstructed Character Archetype | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec9a5f50 | comment |
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Deconstructs the Kid Hero by way of overt comparison to Child Soldiers. Your party of heroic 16- and 17 year-olds is just as mentally damaged and scarred as child soldiers tend to be in real life, not helped by using Phlebotinum which erases their memories, thus taking time to deconstruct the Amnesiac Hero as well. Also, their various missions are purely "get in, get out" affairs, and none of the geopolitical conflicts they get involved with are resolved by the game's end. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ec9a5f50 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecb70eb4 | type |
Video Game Cruelty Potential | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecb70eb4 | comment |
You can, however, devour Rinoa during the boss fight with Adel. It will even give you a boost to your Max HP. Naturally, under the conditions of the battle, it also causes a automatic Non-Standard Game Over. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecb70eb4 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecd42310 | type |
Goldfish Poop Gang | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecd42310 | comment |
Goldfish Poop Gang: Two of them. Fujin and Raijin. Biggs and Wedge. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ecd42310 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed2bbf8a | type |
You Are in Command Now | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed2bbf8a | comment |
You Are in Command Now: Cid summarily hands command of Balamb Garden and SeeD as a whole over to Squall in Disc 2 - to Squall's intense dismay. He proves quite good at it, but doesn't enjoy it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed2bbf8a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed3c6b4c | type |
Sprite/Polygon Mix | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed3c6b4c | comment |
Sprite/Polygon Mix: The vast majority of the backgrounds are pre-rendered bitmaps, though several times, the game will transition into an FMV sequence and the background will change into a fully-rendered sequence while the player still has limited interaction with the game. Rather groundbreaking at the time. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed6c791a | type |
Too Many Belts | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ed6c791a | comment |
Too Many Belts: Squall has one belt around his waist, two hanging around his hips, and three on his right leg. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_edce12ef | type |
Two-Teacher School | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_edce12ef | comment |
Two-Teacher School: Aside from Quistis and a minor NPC named Mr. Aki, none of Balamb Garden's instructors ever actually make appearances. This may be justified by the fact that Squall graduates within the first stages of the game and no longer attends classes. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_edce12ef | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ee19033d | type |
Atlantis | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ee19033d | comment |
Atlantis: The Centra civilization is Atlantis in all but name. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ee19033d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_ee19033d | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eea93c96 | type |
Blow You Away | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eea93c96 | comment |
Blow You Away: Fujin. Also, the Pandemona GF (which is drawn from Fujin). | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_eea93c96 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_efe04722 | type |
Dances and Balls | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_efe04722 | comment |
Dances and Balls: The SeeD gratuation ball. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_efe04722 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f0bcf72a | type |
Time Keeps On Ticking | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f0bcf72a | comment |
Time Keeps On Ticking: In general, the timers continue in inventory screens. In other cases: Ifrit has the timer continue in the post-battle scene, but this is a benefit given that the player can exploit this timer to maximize the initial SeeD score. BGH251F2's timer pauses in some cutscenes where the party isn't present, but cutscenes showing them have the timer tick down. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f0bcf72a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f1d2c779 | type |
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f1d2c779 | comment |
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Rinoa is light-skinned and dark-haired. Although her character designer intended her to be "cute" rather than gorgeous it's obvious this aspect of her appearance is meant to amp up her looks. Edea also has these features, though this overlaps with Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette due to being a sorceress with an outrageous outfit. Her beauty is more pronounced in her regular outfits as seen in the flashbacks and the game's closing credits. Julia is yet another example, as she is desired by Laguna and most of the Galbadian soldiers except Kiros and Ward. She's also Rinoa's mother. Laguna himself is a Rare Male Example. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f1d2c779 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2227354 | type |
Powers as Programs | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2227354 | comment |
Powers as Programs: The Guardian Forces can be junctioned to anyone interchangeably. Not to mention magic spells, which can be traded around to people (even, presumably, to people who don't use GFs, since you draw magic from such entities all the time). The Final Boss junctions herself to her Guardian Force. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2227354 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2c895f | type |
Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2c895f | comment |
Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: The Timber resistance against the Galbadian occupation, even though the Galbadians never explicitly refer to the resistance as terrorists. | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f2c895f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | type |
Arbitrary Headcount Limit | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f3cf30d9 | comment |
Arbitrary Headcount Limit: By the end of the first disk there are six permanent party members, as well as a Guest-Star Party Member who joins for a little while in Disc 3, but the player can never field more than three at a time. | |
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Disc-One Final Dungeon | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f55a1990 | comment |
Disc-One Final Dungeon: Deling City, then Galbadia Garden, then Lunatic Pandora. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f5c6409a | type |
Military Academy | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f5c6409a | comment |
Military Academy: The Gardens. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f5c6409a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | type |
Stone Wall | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | comment |
If Tornadoes alone are not enough, Gayla cards can be refined into Mystery Fluids on a 1-to-1 basis, and each Mystery Fluid can be refined into 10 Meltdowns. In addition to junctioning nicely to Vitality, thereby increasing a character's resistance to physical damage, Meltdown can be cast on an enemy in order to reduce its Vitality to zero, making it literally defenseless against physical damage. Forget the Lionheart — with the Tornado/Meltdown combination, Squall can solo some of the early bosses with his starter weapon. | |
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1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f62cc38a | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f6722211 | type |
Hit Points | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f6722211 | comment |
Hit Points: As usual. You can increase them by leveling up or junctioning magic onto them. | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f6722211 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f6722211 | featureConfidence |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f6722211 | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | type |
Last Stand | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | comment |
Last Stand: During the Battle of the Gardens, after Galbadia Garden's first two offensives, the Balamb Garden leaders realize another offensive will probably result in this, so they decide to take the offensive. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7cee9b | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f | type |
No-Gear Level | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f | comment |
No-Gear Level: An unusual example occurs in The Very Definitely Final Dungeon: the game mostly lacks equippable gear to deprive you of, but achieves similar effect by locking all abilities - including item use, magic, summoning, reviving KOed party members, and even the ability to save the game - upon entry to the dungeon. The player is obliged to unseal each of these abilities by defeating bosses in various different parts of the dungeon before progressing onward to face Ultimecia. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | type |
Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_f818b637 | comment |
Dude, Where's My Respect?: You're not too important to run errands, like finding pieces of a vase or gathering rocks to make a statue. Squall lampshades this during the Timber Mission when the Forest Owls ask him to go wake up Rinoa. | |
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The Very Definitely Final Dungeon | |
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The entrance to The Very Definitely Final Dungeon is through a beach near the orphanage the main characters were raised. | |
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Video Game Cruelty Potential | |
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Video Game Cruelty Potential: The final event of the Alien Encounter sidequest. The idea is to give the little alien some (rather expensive) medicine and PuPu will return the favor by giving the party his unique Triple Triad card. However there's nothing stopping the player from simply killing it, which will actually reward the party with an item that teaches a GF the ever useful Auto-Haste passive skill. It is a trade down, though, because the PuPu can't be obtained by any other means unlike the Accelerator which "merely" requires lots of grinding or refining the Kiros card. It's even worse if someone has the Devour skill, because for some reason PuPu is an edible monster that grants a small but permanent bonus to the character's Speed stat. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: No one ever wants to shake Zell's hand... Not to mention Zell never getting his hot-dogs. Until the ending, at least. Squall doesn't shake anybody's hand at first. So it's pretty significant that he shakes Rinoa's hand when they're first properly introduced in Timber. Squall's "whatever" catchphrase. Irvine acting smooth to the ladies. Also, Irvine hitting on Selphie and she acts either flustered or completely oblivious. Quistis finishing Squall's sentences. | |
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Uniformity Exception | |
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Uniformity Exception: The characters Laguna Loire, Ward Zabak and Kiros Seagill initially serve in the Galbadian army (which is the game's go-to source of mooks). They wear the uniforms, but without the helmets, making their faces visible. | |
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Weird Moon | |
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Weird Moon: It's covered with monsters. | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
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Have a Gay Old Time: Seifer's "romantic dream" of being a Sorceress Knight. He's talking in the classical definition of chivalric romance, a genre and time where to love someone meant to be loyal to them, as a knight would proclaim his love for his king. Seifer grew up a fan of films about heroic Knights that protected Sorceresses from harm, and wants to be just like them. In summary, Seifer's "romantic dream" is to become an Ascended Fanboy and be a Sorceress Knight, which is why he goes with Edea and becomes so devoted to her. But without the knowledge of what "romantic" means in the chivalric sense, and without Seifer's history with old films ( which is only explained in the game's guidebook), it comes off as him talking about romantic love, which is wildly out of character and makes no sense within the narrative. | |
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The Power of Friendship | |
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The Power of Friendship: A theme of the game, as highlighted in a speech by Laguna towards the end of the third disc. | |
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Doomy Dooms of Doom | |
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Doomy Dooms of Doom: Doomtrain, natch. | |
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Real After All | |
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Real After All: Squall and company has this reaction towards their dream sequences about Laguna and his pals after The Reveal that said experiences are due to Mental Time Travel. | |
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Department of Redundancy Department | |
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Department of Redundancy Department: The writing dips into this at times: | |
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One-Winged Angel | |
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One-Winged Angel: Ultimecia goes through several of these. Also, the Fake President Deling has this when he transforms into Gerogero. | |
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Commercial Break Cliffhanger | |
| Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game) / int_fc5a190f | comment |
Commercial Break Cliffhanger: Done with disc changes throughout the game. Disc 1-2: Just as our heroes think they've beaten Sorceress Edea the first time, she busts out her Limit Break, sending a massive icicle through Squall and sending him falling off the float... Disc 2-3: Just as our heroes think they've beaten Sorceress Edea another time, she snaps out of it, reverting to Matron Edea Kramer... but Rinoa has inexplicably gone into a coma... Disc 3-4: Just as our heroes think they've beaten Seifer for the last time, he kidnaps Rinoa and hands her to Adel on a silver platter. | |
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They Have the Scent! | |
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They Have the Scent!: You have to track down Raijin in Balamb in Disc 2 by entering the kitchen where his attempt to cook some fish he just caught went a bit awry, after which the scent all over you will trigger a guard dog to find him. | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter | |
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Ridiculously Cute Critter: The Moombas. | |
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Dead Hat Shot | |
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Dead Hat Shot: More accurately, "Dead Sword and Feather Shot", as the Game Over screen shows Squall's broken gunblade with one of Rinoa's feathers. | |
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Item Crafting | |
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The more conventional form is also found in the game, due to the importance of Item Crafting to generate magic and weapons. Have fun killing Bite Bugs for hours to churn out M-Stone Pieces, or Elastoids so you can get that Steel Pipe to upgrade your rifle! | |
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Spider Tank | |
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The X-ATM092 must be fought, but you're supposed to escape and let it be machine-gunned when you reach the beach. Beating it yourself is optional and something of a challenge at the time, and rewards you with a major bonus to your starting SeeD rank. | |
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