History Characters / FinalFantasyV

-> Ultimate weapon: Sasuke's Katana (SNES); Kagenui (GBA-on)

* NotTheIntendedUse: Holding the Thief Knife in the ''left'' hand keeps the Flee effect from tripping thanks to a bug.

* BonusBoss: In the GBA version.

* TheGhost: In the original versions Enuo was mentioned but never appears, having been killed 1000 years ago. Averted starting with the GBA version, where he was promoted to BonusBoss status.

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The Dragon class is ''immensely'' helpful when fighting in turn-scripted battles, as they can avoid nasty attacks by timing !Jump properly. Applies doubly to [[BonusBoss Shinryu]], as Dragoon even gets a weapon to slaughter the powerful dragon and can easily avoid Tidal Wave attacks.

* WhipItGood: Whips are their weapon of choice; most (but not all) have a chance of inflicting paralysis. They also get three whips with special effects in the third world.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance[=/=]UnluckyChildhoodFriend: A female NPC in Lix pines after him.

* PredatorTurnedProtector: Some of the demons were sent out to hunt down the Warriors of Light, but others were assigned to guard the centre of the Void in case the heroes made it that far.

* TheCameo: See BreakoutCharacter above. He's notable for being the only character so far to appear in other numbered games while retaining his memories from ''V''; as in, he's not [[LegacyCharacter playing a different guy with the same name]] (apart from his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV XV]]'' who bear no relation): either as a boss fight, a summon, or both. To date, he has appeared in remakes of ''I'', ''IV'', and ''VI'', as well as ''IV: The After Years'', ''VIII'', ''XII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'', ''XIV'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0 Type-0]]'', ''Dissidia 012'' and ''[[VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin Stranger of Paradise]]''. He also cameos in ''World of Final Fantasy'' and ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' during the latter's anniversary event.

* LargeHam: Especially when he gets together with his Dawn Warrior pals.

* PapaWolf: Towards Krile. [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild Exdeath's brutal beat down on her]] is what prompted Galuf to fight against him at 0 HP in the first place!]]

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler:As the king of Bal. Compared to the kings on the first world, Galuf's job is really more that of a general than a monarch]].

* TheBigGuy: He's only 5'5", but his personality sure is big.
* BerserkButton: You don't mess with his TrueCompanions or attack his granddaughter in front of him unless you have a legitimate death wish.

* RankScalesWithAuthority: [[spoiler:As the king of Bal. Compared to the kings on the first world, Galuf's job is really more that of a general than a monarch]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:As the king of Bal. Compared to the kings on the first world, Galuf's job is really more that of a general than a monarch]].

* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died when he was a child and his dad died when he was in his late teens.

* {{Nerf}}: Using the Excalipoor and Goblin Punch together was a traditional way to get a really powerful attack out of the Blue Mage, but the mobile and Steam version removed this strategy. Vampire was also twice as powerful in the GBA version due to a GoodBadBug, but mobile/Steam versions fixed it, ''and'' made Vampire fail against "Heavy" type enemies.

* TheChick: Well-raised, well-spoken, and full of kindness. She comforts both Faris and Galuf after they have some hard times and is deeply affected by events herself.

* PrincessClassic: Kind, diplomatic, and a FriendToAllLivingThings.

Galuf is an amnesiac old man, who was found near a meteor. It seems that his mission is to protect the crystals, and he takes along Lenna (and eventually Bartz) along for the ride. The Earth Crystal chooses him, symbolizing hope. [[spoiler: It is eventually revealed that Galuf is one of the Warriors of Dawn and the king of Bal, who fought alongside Bartz's father Dorgann thirty years prior to the series. He later dies while protecting the party from Exdeath in the Guardian Tree.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Just like Galuf.

-->'''Xezat:''' I'm coming! ''Hang'' in there!
-->'''Galuf (Who is hanging off of a ship's bowsprit):''' That pun was so bad, I'm gonna fall on purpose...

->''“Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! For Gilgamesh...it is morphing time!”''

* TheUnreveal: Faris actually being a woman becomes this in the mobile and Steam versions. Originally, Faris's sprites generally looked fairly masculine, with the few overtly feminine ones being attached to jobs that come after the reveal, allowing her to easily pass for a pretty boy until then. The mobile/Steam versions' new sprites for Faris all make it blatantly obvious she's a woman even in the default Freelancer job, with her sprites for some of the early Wind Crystal jobs even having a ''[[FanservicePack prominent bust]]''.

* TheCameo: See BreakoutCharacter above. He's notable for being the only character so far to appear in other numbered games while retaining his memories from ''V''; as in, he's not [[LegacyCharacter playing a different guy with the same name]] (apart from his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV XV]]'' who bear no relation): either as a boss fight, a summon, or both. To date, he has appeared in remakes of ''I'', ''IV'', and ''VI'', as well as ''IV: The After Years'', ''VIII'', ''XII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'', ''XIV'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0 Type-0]]'' and ''Dissidia 012''. He also cameos in ''World of Final Fantasy'' and ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' during the latter's anniversary event.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: A red demon confronts the party as they go for the last tablet that will give them access to the Twelve Sealed Weapons but is killed by Leviathan, the guardian of the tablet, who the party optionally has to fight instead.

* WeaponOfChoice: Most forms of media give him some form of a sword while class-wise, he's most frequently protrayed as either a Mimic, a Freelancer, or a Blue Mage.

* AnAxeToGrind: Their main weapon for most of the game.

* TheCameo: He's notable for being the only character so far to appear in other numbered games while retaining his memories from ''V''; as in, he's not [[LegacyCharacter playing a different guy with the same name]] (apart from his appearances in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV XV]]'' who bear no relation): either as a boss fight, a summon, or both. To date, he has appeared in remakes of ''I'', ''IV'', and ''VI'', as well as ''IV: The After Years'', ''VIII'', ''XII'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'', ''XIV'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0 Type-0]]'' and ''Dissidia 012''. He also cameos in ''World of Final Fantasy'' and ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' during the latter's anniversary event.

* MasterOfIllusion: The demon Halicarnassus outright refers to himself as this, and naturally uses illusions as a power.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In contrast to the past villains who were humans are humanoid creature by origin, Exdeath was originally a tree that contained the Evil Spirits that were sealed away over 500 years ago, but managed to take a physical form to wreak havoc on the world by using the PowerOfTheVoid.
** He mostly contrasts to the [[HumanoidAbomination Cloud Of Darkness]] from ''III''. Both are AncientEvil beings that use the PowerOfTheVoid and both have taking humanoid forms to terrorize the Warriors of Light. But while the Cloud of Darkness physical form is female, Exdeath is has a male humanoid form with armor. The Cloud of Darkness is a primordial being that’s presumably as old as the world itself, while Exdeath in contrast was tree containing evil spirit within itself before combining to form Exdeath.

* MasterOfAll: Mimes do indeed get stat boosts and innate abilities from other jobs. Though, not as much of a master as Freelancer is due to having equipment restrictions.

* DifficultButAwesome: It needs a lot of inventory grinding, and a list of mixes on hand, but it ''is'' possible for one Chemist to beat both of the game's superbosses.
* GameBreaker: Players with a good knowledge of Mix and a well-stocked inventory can trivialize difficult fights by jacking up their party's levels, vampiring everything to death, or reclassifying how a game reads an enemy's type.

* NiceHat: Lenna and Krile get stylish berets to accompany the get-up.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The Brave Blade.
* BoringButPractical: Knights are solid throughout the whole game, though expensive when keeping their gear up to date. A dedicated Knight with a Two-Handed weapon will never have to change jobs once.
* CripplingOverspecialization: A number of monsters have a nasty response prepared if they"re hit with weapons. Since the Knight never uses anything but swords, this leaves them wide open to counterattacks in some places, the worst place being the Great Sea Trench. The reliance on swordplay makes them susceptible to enemies that can buff their own Defense.
* CriticalStatusBuff: Guard is only useful when Cover kicks in, i.e. when their party members are at critical health.
* CrutchCharacter: Knights have solid Strength and Stamina, but they're not the greatest. Light Wartiors probably won't see themselves mastering Knight before other jobs. (They're only so-so as Freelancer fodder.) There is little reason to keep a Knight around beyond learning Two-Handed, although they have some niche uses.
* DefendCommand: Guard nullifies all melee damage until their next turn.
* DrawAggro: Brave warriors who will shield weakened allies from melee damage.
* {{Excalibur}}: The Holy sword Excalibur is among the Legendary Weapons.
* GenderedOutfit: The men wear red armor, the women wear blue, and Krile wears [[PinkMeansFeminine pink.]]

* JokeItem: The Excalipoor, though not exclusive to the Knight, is a facsimile of the true Excalibur - it has the same attack strength, but will always deal ''1'' point of damage when attacking.
* KillStreak: They can claim the Brave Blade at the start of the third World. Brave Blade is the opposite of the Chicken Knife: it starts with an attack value of 150, and goes down little by little each time the party runs from battle. With Two-Handed, the Brave Blade starts with an attack of 300, and that's ''a lot''.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Knight is the only job which has three support abilities, all centered around using their heavy armor and weapons.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: The Knight is unique in that they can equip knight swords. Only Freelancers and the late-game Gladiator can do the same.
* MagicallyIneptFighter: Knight has Strength and Vitality in spades, while suffering from lousy Magic power. Knight swords, however, are powerful indeed, and include elemental weapons like Flametongue, Icebrand, and Excalibur.
* MightyGlacier: Second only to the Monk in terms of melee damage. Many of the best weapons can only be used by the Knight (or Freelance), and they do insane damage when combined with Two-Handed. Knights are actually faster than a Freelancer, but the weight penalty from their armor causes them to act last.
* MythologyGag: They look similar to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil's sprite as a paladin]], especialy Bartz as a Knight, who looks nearly identical to [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cecil_Paladin_SD_Shibuya.png Cecil's SD artwork]], but without a cape, and a slightly different headwear.

* ShieldsAreUseless:
** Two-Handed. Swords, katanas and axes can all benefit from the double damage. In fact, for classes that use them, it's often better than Dual-Wielding: gripping one weapon in two hands means they don't have to buy twice as many weapons, or make do with an inferior one in the other hand.
* StatusBuff: Two-handed increases melee damage at the expense of not being able to hold a shield.