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* InternalReformist: Reeve Tuesti starts out as the only member of Shinra's board who isn't a complete psychopath, but largely goes along with their wishes. As he pilots the Cait Sith, which becomes part of your party, he increasingly gets convinced of the rightness of your cause and become a TheMole, helping the party against the threats of both Sephiroth and Shinra.
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* InternalReformist: Reeve Tuesti starts out as the only member of Shinra's board who isn't a complete psychopath, but largely goes along with their wishes. As he pilots the Cait Sith, which becomes part of your party, he increasingly gets convinced of the rightness of your cause and become a TheMole, helping the party against the threats of both Sephiroth and Shinra.Shinra.
* ItAmusedMe: It's unsubtly implied that one reason Aerith's plan to infiltrate Don Corneo's mansion by forcing Cloud to dress as a woman instead of sneaking in is because she thinks it's funny, as she bursts out laughing when she concocts it. The other is because she not-so-subtly wants to ogle Cloud in a dress.
* ItAmusedMe: It's unsubtly implied that one reason Aerith's plan to infiltrate Don Corneo's mansion by forcing Cloud to dress as a woman instead of sneaking in is because she thinks it's funny, as she bursts out laughing when she concocts it. The other is because she not-so-subtly wants to ogle Cloud in a dress.
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** Stealing the measly five gil from the kid in the slums makes you miss out on a Hi-Elixir.
** Thrice at the Honeybee Inn: entering the room that's ''heavily'' implied to be for, uh, lovemaking instead triggers one of Cloud's nastier PTSD flashbacks and his conscience mocking him over his constant running away from his past, and you're woken up by a big CampGay dude slapping the shit out of you to wake you up after the working girls found you unconscious. By comparison, the other room is a light-hearted gay joke and gets you a makeover that increases your likelyhood of being selected by Don Corneo.
** Peeping on one room in hopes of anything sexy gives you a JumpScare of a Satanic ritual as thunder crashes down over a blood red screen... don't worry, it's some elaborate roleplaying on the Shinra President's part [[spoiler:or maybe it's not]] as [[{{Bathos}} several annoyed Shinra executives complain they have to participate in his elaborate fantasies]] ''every time'' they meet with the Shinra president.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Cloud gets called out on his morally dubious actions more than once during the game. The first occurrence is even 30 minutes into the game. Later, Cait Sith calls out the rest of our heroes for their eco-terrorist bombings at the beginning of the game, which caused a couple hundred deaths according to him. Barret tries to justify it as [[AMillionIsAStatistic a few acceptable casualties]] in the fight to save the planet, but Cait Sith doesn't accept it
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* WhatTheHellHero: Cloud gets called out on his morally dubious actions more than once during the game. The first occurrence is even 30 minutes into the game.game, when a citizen notes that AVALANCHE's bombing was deliberately mid-day as opposed to at night, where everyone working in the reactor and the area would have been home. Later, Cait Sith calls out the rest of our heroes for their eco-terrorist bombings at the beginning of the game, which caused a couple hundred deaths according to him. Barret tries to justify it as [[AMillionIsAStatistic a few acceptable casualties]] in the fight to save the planet, but Cait Sith doesn't accept it
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** Icicle Inn is the first new location visited in Disc 2. It's generally peaceful and humorous, is home to the snowboarding minigame, and it's sandwiched between two of the story's biggest WhamEpisodes: [[spoiler:Aerith's death]] and [[spoiler:Sephiroth's summoning of Meteor]].
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** Icicle Inn is the first new location visited in Disc 2. It's generally peaceful and humorous, is home to the snowboarding minigame, and it's sandwiched between two of the story's biggest WhamEpisodes: {{Wham Episode}}s: [[spoiler:Aerith's death]] and [[spoiler:Sephiroth's summoning of Meteor]].
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* KillSat: Using Bahamut Zero summons a dragon that fires its BreathWeapon from space down onto your unfortunate enemy.
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** Using Bahamut Zero summons a dragon that fires its BreathWeapon from space down onto your unfortunate enemy.
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* BreatherEpisode: Right before the Temple of the Ancients is a lighthearted date scene. The first new location visited on disc two is the rather peaceful Icicle Inn, which is host to a snowboarding minigame.
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** The lighthearted date scene comes right before the Temple of theAncients Ancients, where the party learns Sephiroth's plan to summon Meteor and [[UnwittingPawn inadvertently contributes to it]].
** Icicle Inn isa lighthearted date scene. The the first new location visited on disc two is the rather in Disc 2. It's generally peaceful Icicle Inn, which and humorous, is host home to a the snowboarding minigame.minigame, and it's sandwiched between two of the story's biggest WhamEpisodes: [[spoiler:Aerith's death]] and [[spoiler:Sephiroth's summoning of Meteor]].
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:We don't actually see if Holy was enough to stop the Meteor from impacting the planet. As Holy surrounds the meteor, there is a bright flash that makes everyone turn their heads away and then there is a shot of Aerith opening her eyes. Cut to credits. Post credits, there is an epilogue 500 years later of Red XIII and his children standing on a cliff outside Midgar, with the city completely fallen apart and covered by plants, showing the planet at least recovers, but we don't see any humans. Subsequent media such as ''Advent Children'' of course give a more definitive answer on humanity's survival, but at the game's release, it was uncertain.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:We don't It's never actually see made clear if Holy [[spoiler:Holy was enough to stop the Meteor from impacting the planet. As Holy surrounds the meteor, there is a bright flash that makes everyone turn their heads away and then there is a shot of Aerith opening her eyes. Cut to credits. Post credits, there is an epilogue 500 years later of Red XIII and his children standing on a cliff outside Midgar, with the city completely fallen apart and covered by plants, showing the planet at least recovers, but we don't see any humans. Subsequent media such as ''Advent Children'' of course give a more definitive answer on humanity's survival, but at the game's release, it was uncertain.]]uncertain]].
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* MutualPining: At various points, [[ChildhoodFriends Cloud and Tifa]] demonstrate they have feelings for the other in their interactions, but thanks to emotional hang-ups caused by their [[DoomedHometown shared trauma]] as well as the impending threat they face taking priority, neither are really able to act on it until near the end of the story.
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* MutualPining: At various points, [[ChildhoodFriends Cloud Depending on Cloud's RelationshipValues with her, he and Tifa]] Tifa demonstrate that they have feelings for the other in their late-game interactions, but thanks to emotional hang-ups caused by their [[DoomedHometown shared trauma]] as well as the impending threat they face taking priority, neither are really able to act on it until near the end of the story.
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** Tifa's memetic "orthopedic underwear" that Cloud can steal from her wardrobe during the Nibelheim incident flashback is a mistranslation of "''chotto senobi pantsu''"--meaning that her underwear was a little stretched.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as gigantic expansions of the city itself, each the size of a small town and supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra conspires to drop the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as gigantic expansions of the city itself, each the size of a small town and supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra conspires to drop the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as gigantic expansions of the city itself, each yhe size of a small town and supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra conspires to drop the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as gigantic expansions of the city itself, each yhe the size of a small town and supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra conspires to drop the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* DragonInChief: Rufus, who's first the vice-president of Shinra, Inc. but then takes over for his father as president and becomes considerably more powerful.
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* DragonInChief: DragonAscendant: Rufus, who's first the vice-president of Shinra, Inc. but then takes over for his father as president and becomes considerably more powerful.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as expansions of the city itself, each supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra drops the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* ColonyDrop: The upper plates of Midgar serve as gigantic expansions of the city itself, each yhe size of a small town and supported by gigantic pillars, and Shinra drops conspires to drop the entire upper plate of Sector 7 onto the slums below in an effort to get rid of AVALANCHE. Cloud and company try to stop the Turks from following through the plan but fail.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Cait Sith sacrifices himself to let the heroes escape the Temple of the Ancients - [[DisneyDeath but because he's a remotely controlled robot, he comes right back not ten minutes later.]]]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Cait Sith sacrifices himself to let the heroes escape the Temple of the Ancients - [[DisneyDeath but because he's a remotely controlled robot, he comes right back not ten minutes later.]]]]]] Also a possible interpretation of the final shot with Aerith [[BookEnds which mirrors the first one]] -- if the whole game is Aerith having a vision of the future, then she is foreseeing the events that will lead to her death and going through with them anyway.]]
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* RelationshipValues: Though most people either end up with Tifa or Aerith, it's possible to get either Barret or Yuffie to accompany Cloud on the Gold Saucer date.
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** Though most people either end up with Tifa or Aerith, it's possible to get eitherBarret [[GayOption Barret]] or Yuffie [[PrecociousCrush Yuffie]] to accompany Cloud on the Gold Saucer date.date. Aerith is the one you're mostly likely to get due to her extremely high default relationship points starting out and seemingly arbitrary jumps for random events, but the Tifa date is fairly easy to get if you know what you're doing. [[GuideDangIt The Yuffie and Barret dates, on the other hand...]]
** Your relationship value with Tifa also determines the tone of a scene between her and Cloud spending the night together under the Highwind just before going into the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Having a high enough score leaves a hint that they had a PreClimaxClimax.
** A more complex system that took into account Cloud's treatment of the girls and Barret in battle was planned in development but scrapped due to being too confusing to implement. Cloud would gain points for healing or using [[TakingTheBullet Cover]] on Aerith, Tifa and Barret, and lose points for deliberately attacking them or having them Cover him.
** Though most people either end up with Tifa or Aerith, it's possible to get either
** Your relationship value with Tifa also determines the tone of a scene between her and Cloud spending the night together under the Highwind just before going into the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Having a high enough score leaves a hint that they had a PreClimaxClimax.
** A more complex system that took into account Cloud's treatment of the girls and Barret in battle was planned in development but scrapped due to being too confusing to implement. Cloud would gain points for healing or using [[TakingTheBullet Cover]] on Aerith, Tifa and Barret, and lose points for deliberately attacking them or having them Cover him.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Tifa and Aerith zig-zag between the two. Tifa is MsFanservice, but acts frequently between Type B {{Tsundere}} and a ShrinkingViolet. Aerith does not look as wild as she is, [[TheTease yet is very flirty with Cloud.]]
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* BettyAndVeronica: Tifa and Aerith zig-zag between the two. Tifa is MsFanservice, but she's the childhood friend and as an adult acts frequently between Type B {{Tsundere}} and a ShrinkingViolet. Aerith does not look as wild as she is, but she's a tough inner-city girl and [[TheTease yet is very flirty with Cloud.]]]]
** Basically: Tifa is a tough iron gauntlet with a soft inner padding. While Aerith is a [[SilkHidingSteel silk glove hiding brass knuckles underneath]].
** Basically: Tifa is a tough iron gauntlet with a soft inner padding. While Aerith is a [[SilkHidingSteel silk glove hiding brass knuckles underneath]].
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:We don't actually see if Holy was enough to stop the Meteor from impacting the planet. As Holy surrounds the meteor, there is a bright flash that makes everyone turn their heads away and then there is a shot of Aerith opening her eyes. Cut to credits. Post credits, there is an epilogue 500 years later of Red XIII and his children standing on a cliff outside Midgar, with the city completely fallen apart and covered by plants, showing the planet at least recovers, but we don't see any humans. Subsequent media such as ''Advent Children'' of course give a more definitive answer on humanity's survival, but at the game's release, it was uncertain.]]
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** And if you think the English translation is bad, the Spanish translation is a Blind Idiot Translation of the English Blind Idiot Translation. Highlights include Aerith and Yuffie being referred to as men at times, Aerith's mother having two names, "techno" translated as a substantive rather than as a prefix/adjective, in a way that ''in every case'' it appears it sounds like they're talking about the musical genre (someone in Corel calls Barrett a "monstruo del tecno", which makes it sound like he's a really badass DJ), and "well" somehow being once translated as "rueda" ("Wheel"), among lots of other "marvels". A Spanish LetsPlay concluded Aerith was a hermaphrodite.
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** And if you think the English translation is bad, the Spanish translation is a Blind Idiot Translation of the English Blind Idiot Translation. Highlights include Aerith and Yuffie being referred to as men at times, Aerith's mother having two names, "techno" translated as a substantive noun rather than as a prefix/adjective, in a way that ''in every case'' it appears it sounds like they're talking about the musical genre (someone in Corel calls Barrett a "monstruo del tecno", which makes it sound like he's a really badass DJ), and "well" somehow being once translated as "rueda" ("Wheel"), among lots of other "marvels". A Spanish LetsPlay concluded Aerith was a hermaphrodite.
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Squaresoft (now Square Enix) published ''Final Fantasy VII'' on Sony's [=PlayStation=] console after a falling-out with Nintendo over the latter's extreme censorship policies, as well as a reported refusal to move away from the industry-standard ROM cartridge for the Platform/Nintendo64, which severely limited the scope of games. Sony was more than willing to permit more "mature" content on its systems; coupled with the then-impressive storage capacity of the CD-ROM format, this proved to be much more accommodating to Square's design philosophy than Nintendo's restrictions. Squaresoft's change in platform allegiance is said to been a [[GameChanger major contribution]] to the [=PlayStation's=] massive success in the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, with many developers [[FollowTheLeader following Square into Sony's camp]].
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Squaresoft (now Square Enix) published ''Final Fantasy VII'' on Sony's [=PlayStation=] console after a falling-out with Nintendo over the latter's extreme censorship policies, as well as a reported refusal to move away from the industry-standard ROM cartridge for the Platform/Nintendo64, which severely limited the scope of games. Sony was more than willing to permit more "mature" content on its systems; coupled with the then-impressive storage capacity of the CD-ROM format, this proved to be much more accommodating to Square's design philosophy than Nintendo's restrictions. Squaresoft's change in platform allegiance is said to been a [[GameChanger major contribution]] to the [=PlayStation's=] massive success in the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, MediaNotes/ConsoleWars, with many developers [[FollowTheLeader following Square into Sony's camp]].
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For nearly two decades, aside from the PC, this game, like all of Square's output in UsefulNotes/{{the fifth|GenerationOfConsoleVideoGames}} and [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generations]], [[NoPortForYou was only playable]] on the [=PlayStation=] line of consoles, whether it be through backwards compatibility (up until the [=PS3=]) or UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}}. This since has changed with Square Enix bringing the game to Steam in 2013, Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}} phones in 2015, and {{UsefulNotes/Android|Games}} phones in 2016. 2018 saw the announcement that ''VII'', alongside other [=PS1=] and [=PS2=]-era installments (''IX'', ''X/X-2 HD'', and ''XII: The Zodiac Age'') were at long last going to be released on a Creator/{{Nintendo}} platform through the Platform/NintendoSwitch, with the games being ported in 2019 to the Nintendo Switch and the UsefulNotes/XboxOne.
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For nearly two decades, aside from the PC, this game, like all of Square's output in UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the fifth|GenerationOfConsoleVideoGames}} and [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames [[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generations]], [[NoPortForYou was only playable]] on the [=PlayStation=] line of consoles, whether it be through backwards compatibility (up until the [=PS3=]) or UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}}. This since has changed with Square Enix bringing the game to Steam in 2013, Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}} Platform/{{iOS}} phones in 2015, and {{UsefulNotes/Android|Games}} Platform/{{Android}} phones in 2016. 2018 saw the announcement that ''VII'', alongside other [=PS1=] and [=PS2=]-era installments (''IX'', ''X/X-2 HD'', and ''XII: The Zodiac Age'') were at long last going to be released on a Creator/{{Nintendo}} platform through the Platform/NintendoSwitch, with the games being ported in 2019 to the Nintendo Switch and the UsefulNotes/XboxOne.Platform/XboxOne.
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* SoleEntertainmentOption: Strangely it does not have this worldwide entertainment in the largest city, Midgar. Rather, they have an entire amusement park just outside one of the ''smallest'' cities in the game. And believe me, nothing spells entertainment better than trying to force Chocobos to go the way you want them to go.
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* SoleEntertainmentOption: Strangely it does not have this worldwide entertainment in the largest city, Midgar. Rather, they have an entire amusement park just outside one of the ''smallest'' cities in the game. And believe me, nothing spells entertainment better than trying to force Chocobos to go the way you want them to go.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The ''entire goddamn Shinra company'' after Meteor is summoned. With a big-ass ColonyDrop in the sky barrelling down on them, panicked civilians running for the hills, a veritable QuirkyMiniBossSquad of giant {{Eldritch Abomination}}s roaming the lands, and the [[MacGuffin "Promised Land"]] turning out to be fake, everyone at Shinra [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt knowing that the world was coming to an end]]. They try shooting 20 year-old derelict rockets at Meteor (which proves more dangerous than just letting it be). After Rufus is incapacitated, the other execs turn on each other and Reeve and Palmer get thrown under the bus. Hojo goes nuts and tries to beat Meteor to the punch by blowing up Midgar himself. And worst of all, the remaining execs try to kill the heroes ''while they race to stop Hojo from blowing up Midgar''. By the end of Disc Two, Shinra Inc. has effectively killed itself, with the party's role in its downfall being [[VillainsActHeroesReact nothing but the natural reaction to their self-inflicted deathblow]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: The ''entire goddamn Shinra company'' after Meteor is summoned. With a big-ass ColonyDrop in the sky barrelling down on them, panicked civilians running for the hills, a veritable QuirkyMiniBossSquad of giant {{Eldritch Abomination}}s roaming the lands, and the [[MacGuffin "Promised Land"]] turning out to be fake, everyone at Shinra [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt knowing that the world was coming to an end]]. They First, they try to publicly execute the captured members of AVALANCHE as a desperate public relations stunt. Then, they try shooting 20 year-old derelict rockets at Meteor (which proves more dangerous than just letting it be). After Rufus is incapacitated, the other execs turn on each other and Reeve and Palmer get thrown under the bus. Hojo goes nuts and tries to beat Meteor to the punch by blowing up Midgar himself. And worst of all, the remaining execs try to kill the heroes ''while they race to stop Hojo from blowing up Midgar''. By the end of Disc Two, Shinra Inc. has effectively killed itself, with the party's role in its downfall being [[VillainsActHeroesReact nothing but the natural reaction to their self-inflicted deathblow]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: The ''entire goddamn Shinra company'' after Meteor is summoned. With a big-ass ColonyDrop in the sky barrelling down on them, panicked civilians running for the hills, a veritable QuirkyMiniBossSquad of giant {{Eldritch Abomination}}s roaming the lands, and the [[MacGuffin "Promised Land"]] turning out to be fake, everyone at Shinra [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt knowing that the world was coming to an end]]. They start by trying to ''[[VillainBall execute the only people besides themselves who might have a chance at stop Meteor]]''. Then, they try shooting 20 year-old derelict rockets at Meteor (which proves more dangerous than just letting it be). After Rufus is incapacitated, the other execs turn on each other and Reeve and Palmer get thrown under the bus. Hojo goes nuts and tries to beat Meteor to the punch by blowing up Midgar himself. And worst of all, the remaining execs try to kill the heroes ''while they race to stop Hojo from blowing up Midgar''. By the end of Disc Two, Shinra Inc. has effectively killed itself, with the party's role in its downfall being [[VillainsActHeroesReact nothing but the natural reaction to their self-inflicted deathblow]].
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* TemporaryPartyMemberToVillain: Cloud has a flashback of himself fighting alongside the game's BigBad Sephiroth before he went AxCrazy. This serves to illustrate how badass Sephiroth is, since he can {{Curb Stomp|Battle}} all of the enemies that he comes across.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Nintendo of America's legendary censorship enforcement led to American releases of this series being much more G-rated. For North American fans that had played the earlier, {{Bowdlerized}} entries up to that point, it was quite a shock when 20 minutes into the game, you're a transvestite hooker who visits a {{gym|Bunny}}, whorehouse, bathroom, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dress shop]] to get your clothing. Cid and Barret curse constantly (though the harshest of it was still censorsed). There's a GayOption on the one date. And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Tifa calls Barret a retard]].
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* RefugeInAudacity: Nintendo of America's legendary censorship enforcement led to American releases of this series being much more G-rated. For North American fans that had played the earlier, {{Bowdlerized}} entries up to that point, it was quite a shock when 20 minutes into the game, you're a transvestite hooker who visits a {{gym|Bunny}}, whorehouse, bathroom, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dress shop]] to get your clothing. Cid and Barret curse constantly (though the harshest of it was still censorsed).censored). There's a GayOption on the one date. And [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Tifa calls Barret a retard]].
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* TalkingInYourSleep: There's a guy in a cave past a river near Junon, seemingly sleeping endlessly. If you talk to him, he'll tell either tell you how many times you've battled, how many times you've escaped from battle, or mutter about how to get Master Materia from Huge Materia, all while apparently still sleeping. However, if the lastg two digits of battles match (i.e. 122, 355, etc.), then he will magically wake up and award the player either a Bolt Ring or a Mythril, depending on whether the digits are even or odd.
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* TalkingInYourSleep: There's a guy in a cave past a river near Junon, seemingly sleeping endlessly. If you talk to him, he'll tell either tell you how many times you've battled, how many times you've escaped from battle, or mutter about how to get Master Materia from Huge Materia, all while apparently still sleeping. However, if the lastg last two digits of battles match (i.e. 122, 355, etc.), then he will magically wake up and award the player either a Bolt Ring or a Mythril, depending on whether the digits are even or odd.
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** Disc One, after Cloud is tricked into handing Sephiroth the Black Materia. Cloud realizes what he's done and suddenly flips his lid, giving Aerith a severe, misplaced beating.]
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** Disc One, after Cloud is tricked into handing Sephiroth the Black Materia. Cloud realizes what he's done and suddenly flips his lid, giving Aerith a severe, misplaced beating.]
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* NotMeThisTime: Sephiroth laughs at your party when you get attacked by a dragon in the temple of the ancients and think that he is responsible for it.
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* NotMeThisTime: Sephiroth laughs at your party when you get attacked by a dragon in the temple Temple of the ancients Ancients and think that he is responsible for it.
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-->'''Barret''': That was for the life of the planet. Ya gotta expect a few casualties
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-->'''Barret''': That was for the life of the planet. Ya gotta expect a few casualtiescasualties.
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* TheMole: Cait Sith is actually controlled by Reeve of Shinra, but still decides to remain with you once discovered. The trope is later inverted when he essentially becomes a spy for AVALANCHE within Shinra, despite starting the other way around, by feeding
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* TheMole: Cait Sith is actually controlled by Reeve of Shinra, but still decides to remain with you once discovered. The trope is later inverted when he essentially becomes a spy for AVALANCHE within Shinra, despite starting the other way around, by feedingfeeding information about AVALANCHE to Shinra.
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** A non-plot related example, also due to translation issues: [[spoiler:"Beacause you're a puppet."]]
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** A non-plot related example, also due to translation issues: [[spoiler:"Beacause [[spoiler:"Because you're a puppet."]]