History VideoGame / FinalFantasyDimensions

** Dusk = White

* EmpathicWeapon: [[spoiler:Graham, the dark knight, is actually a spirit inhabiting the sword and manipulating an empty suit of armor. The events of the chapter break his ability to control the armor, but the sword is still capable of speaking, and remains with the party, both as an ally and as a weapon to be equipped by the Dark Knight class]].

** The bard in the game is called Eduardo, named after the well-known SpoonyBard Edward from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.

** Gramps tries to introduce himself as "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Clou-]]", to which Alba replies that if that's his name, her name is "Aeri-". This may double as a nod to the SpellMyNameWithAnS translations of Aeris/th.

* BonusBoss:
** Most Eidolons are obtained after a battle to test the party's worthiness, save Sylph, Chocobo, Phoenix, and Unicorn, although to obtain Phoenix you have to fight a ''different'' bonus boss. Moogles around the world will clue the party in as to where to find whatever Eidolon is nearby.
** The Antlion, who has to be fought to get a Sand Pearl for a sidequest.
** After you finish the game, you can fight the three superbosses, Omega Weapon, Adamantoise, and Gigantuar. Defeating former two gives you [[InfinityPlusOneSword the strongest weapons and armors]], while Gigantuar gives you more Moogle Coins. All three can be fought as many times as you like, but they grow in strength everytime you beat them.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon contains treasure chests holding the second strongest equipments in the game. The strongest ones require beating the [[BonusBoss superbosses]] in the postgame.

** God Hand, Ultima Weapon, Ragnarok, Mutsunokami, Apocalypse, Longinus, Heroic Shield, Loki Harp, and Artemis Bow. You get to obtain one of them after beating the BonusBoss Omega Weapon each time.
** The BonusBoss Adamantoise drops the Adamantite ore, which then can be forged into Adamant equipments. They are the strongest non-weapon equipments in the game.

* LuckySeven: the Magic Urn enemy yields 77.777 exp, 777 Gil and 77 AP. To receive it, you will have to feed it Hi-Potions, Ethers and Elixirs and hope that it will not flee, in other words, you would have to gamble and be lucky.

** The Undead Dragon in the Dancer chapter, encountered just before the imperial base, gives 6666 EXP in total. At this point, it is likely your party consists of four members (you will get [[spoiler:Matoya]] later on) and they will typically all be alive at the end of battle. Fractions in divided EXP are rounded down, so all 4 members receive 1666. And of course it drops 666 gil. With the 'two sixes' (12) AP, combined it gives 6 AP + 6 AP + 666 Gil + 6666 EXP. For the hidden number fanatic, that's 9 sixes in total, or 666 - 666 - 666.

** The Undead Dragon in the Dancer chapter, encountered just before the imperial base, gives 6666 EXP in total. At this point, it is likely your party consists of four members (you will get [[spoiler:Matoya]] later on) and they will typically all be alive at the end of battle. Fractions in divided EXP are rounded down, so all 4 members receive 1666. And of course it drops 666 gil. With the 'two sixes' (12) AP, combined it gives 6 AP + 6 AP + 666 Gil + 6666 EXP. That's 6 sixes in total for the number fanatic, although it's a bit obscure.

** The Avenger enemy (in the Deist village cave) yields 666 exp. Normally, exp. is divided by 4 if all 4 members are still alive (i.e. 167 exp/member) but since a common tactic to beat it as soon as they appear is to use one member as a [[{{HumanShield}} meat shield]] defending against it's final attack while other members [[{{SquishyWizard}} revive each other and kill it with the strongest magic available]], it is very likely to crop up. Alongside the 666 gil the Avenger drops, chances are you're going to see 666 atop 666 in the after-battle screen.
** The Undead Dragon in the Dancer chapter, encountered just before the imperial base. At this point, it is likely your party consists of four members (you will get [[spoiler:Matoya]] later on) and they will typically all be alive at the end of battle, meaning the exp. amounts to 1666 per member. The fun part? This enemy's total XP is 4 * 1666 = 6664. Disrgarding the 1 and 4, there's 666 in both outcomes. Like the Avenger it drops 666 gil.

** The Undead Dragon in the Dancer chapter, encountered just before the imperial base. At this point, it is likely your party consists of four members (you will get [[spoiler:Matoya]] later on) and they will typically all be alive at the end of battle, meaning the exp. amounts to 1666 per member. The fun part? This enemy's total XP is 4 * 1666 = 6664. Disrgarding the 1 and 4, there's 666 in both outcomes.

* PlotArmor: In their flashbacks, neither [[spoiler:Gawain]] nor [[spoiler:Jinnai]] can die. Justified as it's a recount of events in both cases, but the character alive and kicking on 0 HP [[GameplayAndStorySegregation comes over as a little far-fetched]].

* NumberOfTheBeast:
** Played straight or subverted depending on gameplay with the Avenger enemy (in the Deist village cave). The Avenger yields 666 exp. Normally, exp. is divided by 4 if all 4 members are still alive (i.e. 167 exp/member) but since a common tactic to beat it as soon as they appear is to use one member as a [[{{HumanShield}} meat shield]] defending against it's final attack while other members [[{{SquishyWizard}} revive each other and kill it with the strongest magic available]], it is very likely to crop up. Alongside the 666 gil the Avenger drops, chances are you're going to see 666 atop 666 in the after-battle screen.
** There's also the Undead Dragon in the Dancer chapter, encountered just before the imperial base. At this point, it is likely your party consists of four members (you will get [[spoiler:Matoya]] later on) and they will typically all be alive at the end of battle, meaning the exp. amounts to 1666 per member. The fun part? This enemy's total XP is 4 * 1666 = 6664. Disrgarding the 1 and 4, there's 666 in both outcomes.

* ApocalypseHow: The initial splitting of the world doesn't actually disrupt society that much, with Avalon and various opponents still more concerned with fighting each other than the big holes all over the landscape. When the world is imperfectly merged into the World of Dusk, however, towns and people go all over the place, resulting in societal disruption.

** The Eidolons, save Sylph, Chocobo, Phoenix, and Unicorn, although to obtain Phoenix you have to fight a ''different'' bonus boss.

* FourElementEnsemble:
** The Generals are based on the classic fire-water-wind-earth four. They include [[PlayingWithFire Baugauven of Fire]], [[BlowYouAway Vata of Wind]], [[DishingOutDirt Asmodai of Earth]], and [[MakingASplash Styx of Water]].
** The Divine Generals are based on the remaining four elements. They are [[ShockAndAwe Shango of Lightning]], [[AnIcePerson Cocytus of Ice]], [[LightEmUp Imperio of Light]], and [[CastingAShadow Gehenna of Darkness]].

%%* BewitchedAmphibians

* PoorCommunicationKills: It's unfortunate that this version of the crystals can't talk and explain why the world is in trouble, unlike elsewhere in the series. Though not for lack of trying by the Lux Party, which was explicitly sent to try communicating with them.[[spoiler: If it had explained that Elgo - who the Lux party was already suspicious of - was evil, they might have been able to derail his plans from the start. Instead it tries to commit suicide by guardian and sunders the world itself in panic, incidentally distracting the Light Warriors from their initial suspicions.]]

* ShootTheDog: In order to defeat the Dark Flow, which cannot be hurt by attacks, [[spoiler: Vata]] allows it to possess him. You're forced to kill him in order to defeat it.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The playable characters are respectively Warriors of Light and Warriors of Darkness. Chapters alternate between who you're playing as.

* VictoryPose: After battle, the characters will jump up and down with swaying their arms. Complete with the FF fanfare.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The leader of the pirates is whomever can beat the current leader in a fight. Bikke, as the toughest pirate, is the Pirate King. Beat him, however, and he'll happily call you Cap'n and follow your orders.

* EliteFour: The Avalon Empire has ''two'' sets of them. Early on, you encounter the Four Generals. Then, later you find out there are the Four Divine Generals, who are even stronger. Each of them are based on an element.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The Dragoon job has the Jump ability. [[spoiler: Later in the game, the Warriors of Light, who have this job, use this ability to jump between airships.]]

* HiddenElfVillage: Hagakure, home of the ninja--or rather, to ''perfectly'' ordinary villagers who aren't suspicious in any way.

* TheNightThatNeverEnds: It's always night in the World of Darkness. Interestingly, the inverse is true of the World of Light, with some villagers complaining about the constant state of sunrise. The World of Dusk is in-between, with the sky a constant faded orange.

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: With the sole exception of liking elves, these dwarves are standard issue fantasy dwarves. They're bearded, speak in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe, and mining is their professions.

* PartyInMyPocket: The party collapses into the lead character and emerges during dialogue. This is fine during most of the game when there are only four or five party members, but becomes impossible to ignore once both parties reunite and ''seven'' come out of the leader.

* PreexistingEncounters: Anywhere the Empire is stationed the guards will be visible encounters. Everywhere else the game uses random encounters.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Lux is "allied" with the Avalon Empire at the beginning of the game and are preparing to send off their favorite son into its army. It comes as a shock when Imperial troops assault the town and its temple to gain the Crystal.

* TheRedBaron: Baugauven of the Flame. Vata of the Wind. Asmodai of the Earth. Styx of the Water.

** The Dwarven town is named Aulë, the name of the Dwarves' creator in ''Literature/TolkiensLegendarium''.

* NiceHat: The Ranger and Red Mage jobs come with them standard. Gramps, being a Ranger, has one at all times.