History VideoGame / FinalFantasyX2

** When [[TheRival LeBlanc]] fixes the feed on a sphere screening, Shinra shouts:[[ThePrincessBride Inconceivable!]]

** When LeBlanc fixes the feed on a sphere screening, Shinra shouts:[[ThePrincessBride Inconceivable!]]

Two years after the confrontation with Sin in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the world of Spira has entered a golden era known as the Eternal Calm. Yuna, now free of her obligations as High Summoner, is finally able to get some much-deserved rest. However her own Calm barely lasts as her old friend Rikku brings her a movie sphere showing someone who looks and sounds just like [[HelloInsertNameHere "him".]] Yuna sets out to find more spheres similar to that one, as they may provide clues to whether or not he is still out there. She joins Rikku and [[TheStoic stoic]] newcomer Paine as a member of a "Sphere Hunter" exploration group known as the Gullwings.

* LostForever: The game is divided into Chapters, so progressing the story means you lost all remaining sidequests in that section.

** Also, regardless of whether you found them all in [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX the previous game]] or not, you have to find all the Al-Bhed Primers all over again. Regardless of the fact that Rikku, an Al-Bhed, is in your party at all times.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Shinra, despite being in a full-body suit.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Nooj and Gippal are apparently [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII 1st Class SOLDIERS]].
** Shinra is [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Bobby Hill]].
** Leblanc is [[VideoGame/JadeEmpire Silk Fox]].

* NoExportForYou: ''X-2 International+ Last Mission'', which is pretty maddening considering it has a complete additional game where it addressed many of the complaints by fans on Yuna and Rikku's change in personality.

* RuleOfSexy: Several of the dresspheres, and some {{NPC}}s (looking at Lucil here), have highly {{Stripperific}} wardrobes.

** Many battle quotes are taken from various media and trends. For example, Rikku's reaction to one of the first enemies, a reptile, is [[MetalGearSolid "Snake. Snake? Snaaaake!!!"]]
** The entire game is a shout out to CharliesAngels. Even the Japanese version did this.

** Much about the sequence you get if you pin Prophet as the culprit for the Mi'ihen Highroad mystery is reminiscent of ''ScoobyDoo'', right down to Prophet's voice, which sounds quite a bit like Shaggy.

*** when Yuna is her Lady Luck Dressphere, she'll often say [[{{Alien}} Game over, man! Game over!]] after battle.

** The odd boss Boris, a giant spider, makes more sense if you know there's a [[TheWho Who]] song called "Boris the Spider." Not much, though.

* [[EarthShatteringKaboom Spira Shattering Kaboom]]: [[spoiler:Die or take too long in the battle with Vegnagun, and you're treated to this in the cutscene that follows. But you basically have to try to "lose" in this manner -- if you're powerful enough to get that far, you can easily defeat Vegnagun's final parts within the time limit]].

* ThisIsSPARTA
-->'''Shuyin''': [[CallBack This is our story]], Lenne.\\
'''Yuna''': Don't make me say this again! I'm...not...Lenne!

* AnimeThemeSong: "real Emotion"

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Tidus, in one of the endings]].

* {{BFG}}: Gippal and Paine have them

* BloodlessCarnage: Apparently [[spoiler:Lenne and Shuyin]] were killed by invisible bullets that left invisible wounds with invisible blood. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, since the attackers weren't using [[YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries invisible guns]]...

* CatchPhrase: Shinra's "I'm just a kid," in response to questions he doesn't know the answer to.

* CloudCuckoolander: Brother is quite the oddball after getting a personality.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maechen]].

* DebateAndSwitch: Carries over from the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX first game]]. In the original, there is an active debate in-game about whether or not it's right to sacrifice people in order to temporarily bring the rest of the world peace. Near the end of the game, the characters find a workaround to the ViciousCycle, but it will still cause the deaths of ''two'' of the major protagonists. WordofGod states that this was done intentionally, in order to show TheHero's growth from being selfish to selfless. However, in the sequel, a similar situation comes up and a character offers to sacrifice himself in order to defeat the BigBad of ''X-2''. Yuna vehemently opposes this idea, stating that she is sick of watching friends die or fade away, and that she does not want to fight battles where "we have to lose in order to win." Furthermore, the aforementioned sacrificed hero gains a chance to be reborn in this game, should the player meet certain requirements, providing no resolution to the overall debate.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During the massage mini-game, Yuna's (female) client's moans of pleasure get positively [[LesYay orgasmic]] should she hit the right spot.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Our barkeep's a Hypello. No one knows his real name, so [[TropeNamer everyone just calls him 'Barkeep.']]"

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Lenne and Shuyin]].

* {{Flanderization}}: Rikku was happy-go-lucky, quick-witted, yet reasonably clever, emotional and overall a well developed character, especially for her age of merely fifteen at the time of {{Final Fantasy X}}. Unfortunately, Square decided to relegate her to the stereotypical “dumb blonde” role, rendering her wit more based upon stupidity than anything else. And good luck seeing her display any of her previous intelligence. She has cute moments, sure, however she saw a significant decline. FFX-2 International only worsened this assassination.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In Chapter 3, the Gullwings decide to become "Your Friendly Neighborhood Gullwings, taking out fiends and charging for it." Of this money, however, you don't actually see a dime, except for a 10,000 gil reward on the Mi'ihen Highroad, and that's for taking out ''machina'', not fiends. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in Besaid, which is Yuna's hometown, so she doesn't really want to charge them for it. Not so much for Kilika, though.

* GuiltyPleasure: For both male ''and'' female gamers, but for different reasons. For male gamers, it feels like a game for females due to the dress-up aspect. For female gamers, it feels like a game for males due to the {{Fanservice}}.

* HypnoFool: Leblanc had so much fun at the concert, that emotion latches onto Yuna's garment grid, so that when Yuna gets the grid back, the emotion apparently [[{{Hypnotize}} hypnotizes]] her, so that she dances uncontrollably for a few seconds.

* InformedDeformity: Despite Lulu being nine months pregnant and Wakka having gained weight, their character models are identical to those of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. Hell, Lulu is still wearing her ''corset''! This is actually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rikku, who states that Lulu doesn't look pregnant.

* LeftHanging: The fate of [[spoiler:Isaaru]], last seen during Chapter 5 prepared to die protecting [[spoiler:Zanarkand Temple]]. But this will never happen if [[spoiler:[[GuideDangIt you do the Ruins' monkey match-making sidequest in Chapter 2/3, speak with him in Chapter 3, and in Chapter 4 watch him via CommSphere until he questions staying in Zanarkand.]]]] Then in Chapter 5 [[spoiler:he will come back to Bevelle, reunite with his brothers, and become a hero.]]
* LethalJokeCharacter: The Gunner dressphere. Most of their stats are decent, with their specialty being Accuracy. Their abilities somewhat make up, but once you get the Cat Nip accesory near the end of the game, you'll be relying on them to take out the Via Inifinito bosses.

* MaleGaze: Rikku gets this the ''most''. This also happens occasionally with Yuna. Also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when a sphere taken by Logos is shot from the backside of Yuna. He attempts to foist the blame onto Ormi... [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle who walks into the shot a second later]].

* MexicanStandoff: [[spoiler:Gippal vs. Baralai vs. Nooj]]. And then again later on, though the three of them point their guns at the person they didn't point them at the first time. [[spoiler:Yuna, Rikku, and Paine]] join in with this too.

* NewGamePlus: Unless you're perfect, you ''will'' need it for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

Aside from being the first true direct sequel to a main series game in the [[RunningGag number-crunchingly popular]] ''FinalFantasy'' series, the game has a [[LighterAndFluffier less epic, more-down-to-earth tone]], focusing on how the world of Spira is coping following the aftermath of Sin. It's a massive switch from the dark and nihilistic tone of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', featuring MagicalGirl-esque {{Transformation Sequence}}s, heaploads of {{Fanservice}} and [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes extremely cosplayable outfits]], and peppy [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]] instead of sweeping orchestral scores. In keeping with this, Yuna got a big swing in personality ([[LampShadeHanging which is referenced quite a lot]]) and a new wardrobe to match.

** Shinra is [[KingOfTheHill Bobby Hill]].
** Leblanc is [[JadeEmpire Silk Fox]].
* HotSpringsEpisode: Early in the game; while on a mission, the team discover a hot springs in the middle of a freezing mountain and decide, right there and then, to put their pursuit on hold and get the bikinis out. Strangely, Rikku's swimsuit covers more of her body than her default outfit. Later, Shinra [[SinisterSurveillance installs a security camera there]] [[PerverseSexualLust so you can watch other people bathe without their knowledge]]. But it's okay! You need to do it for OneHundredPercentCompletion!

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: ''Almost'' every dressphere. The design philosophy seems to be, "How can we make this as hard as possible for [[{{Cosplay}} cosplayers]] to pull off?" That hasn't stopped them trying, of course, with wildly varying degrees of success.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: For such a light-hearted game, there's a disturbing number of examples of this...

** Despite having their GlobalAirship, the main party can do this as well, as most places on the map are connected in a way where you could simply walk the entire path of the first game's pilgrimage if one is so inclined, resolving any [[SideQuest side quests]] along the way.

** This is very clearly a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo, as the Prophet is voiced by Shaggy, even going so far as to use his VerbalTic

* StaffChick: The Black Mage and White Mage classes, subverted because nobody is shoehorned into any one class.

** Yuna begins her opposition of the idea with her best line in the entire game. Which unfortuntely doesn't help her position because not only did she not have another plan in mind at the moment, but the idea of sacrificing to save the world last time? ''It worked.''

** Yuna begins her opposition of the idea with her best line in the entire game.

** You don't actually need to be that high in order to beat it I know I tackled the Via Infinito twice not even being in the mid 50's to high 60's when I did.

* LesYay: '''''[[UpToEleven UP. TO. ELEVEN.]]'''''

* GoshDangItToHeck: "Who's Lenne? Why...why am I so mad? Who the heck is Lenne!"

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Tidus, in one of the endings -- also the main reason Yuna is with the Gullwings in the first place (to bring her beloved back)]].

* DressingAsTheEnemy: A whole chapter of the game is devoted to finding three different female goon uniforms for Yuna, Rikku and Paine so they can infiltrate Leblanc's mansion.

* NoCutsceneInventoryInertia: Invoked with Dresspheres. The girls are stuck in their Songstress, Thief, and Warrior duds, respectively.

** YourMileageMayVary on how bad she seems - it's less the tourism and more that they're trampling all over a very specific spot outside that's special to her. She pretty much says she knows she's being petty, but still wishes that spot could be private for herself and Tidus.

Two years after the confrontation with Sin in ''FinalFantasyX'', the world of Spira has entered a golden era known as the Eternal Calm. Yuna, now free of her obligations as High Summoner, is finally able to get some much-deserved rest. However her own Calm barely lasts as her old friend Rikku brings her a movie sphere showing someone who looks and sounds just like [[HelloInsertNameHere "him".]] Yuna sets out to find more spheres similar to that one, as they may provide clues to whether or not he is still out there. She joins Rikku and [[TheStoic stoic]] newcomer Paine as a member of a "Sphere Hunter" exploration group known as the Gullwings.

Aside from being the first true direct sequel to a main series game in the [[RunningGag number-crunchingly popular]] ''FinalFantasy'' series, the game has a [[LighterAndFluffier less epic, more-down-to-earth tone]], focusing on how the world of Spira is coping following the aftermath of Sin. It's a massive switch from the dark and nihilistic tone of ''FinalFantasyX'', featuring MagicalGirl-esque {{Transformation Sequence}}s, heaploads of {{Fanservice}} and [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes extremely cosplayable outfits]], and peppy [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]] instead of sweeping orchestral scores. In keeping with this, Yuna got a big swing in personality ([[LampShadeHanging which is referenced quite a lot]]) and a new wardrobe to match.

Lost in [[BrokenBase the controversy over the changes]] is a fun game that [[RuleOfFun never takes itself seriously]] or pretends to be anything more than a {{Fanservice}} game. The battle system- a fast and fluid refinement of the Active Time Battle system used in previous games- is praised as one of the high points of the game design, and it features the first use of a changeable class system since ''FinalFantasyTactics''.

** Also, regardless of whether you found them all in [[FinalFantasyX the previous game]] or not, you have to find all the Al-Bhed Primers all over again. Regardless of the fact that Rikku, an Al-Bhed, is in your party at all times.

* DebateAndSwitch: Carries over from the [[FinalFantasyX first game]]. In the original, there is an active debate in-game about whether or not it's right to sacrifice people in order to temporarily bring the rest of the world peace. Near the end of the game, the characters find a workaround to the ViciousCycle, but it will still cause the deaths of ''two'' of the major protagonists. WordofGod states that this was done intentionally, in order to show TheHero's growth from being selfish to selfless. However, in the sequel, a similar situation comes up and a character offers to sacrifice himself in order to defeat the BigBad of ''X-2''. Yuna vehemently opposes this idea, stating that she is sick of watching friends die or fade away, and that she does not want to fight battles where "we have to lose in order to win." Furthermore, the aforementioned sacrificed hero gains a chance to be reborn in this game, should the player meet certain requirements, providing no resolution to the overall debate.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Continued from ''FinalFantasyX'''s ending: [[spoiler:the entire sequence of events Yuna has to go through is what led to Tidus's return depicted at the end of the previous game]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Nooj and Gippal are apparently [[FinalFantasyVII 1st Class SOLDIERS]].

* InformedDeformity: Despite Lulu being nine months pregnant and Wakka having gained weight, their character models are identical to those of ''FinalFantasyX''. Hell, Lulu is still wearing her ''corset''! This is actually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Rikku, who states that Lulu doesn't look pregnant.

* LighterAndSofter: Even ignoring the brighter color palette and the "girl power" themes, compared to ''FinalFantasyX'', this game has a lot less overwhelmingly depressing cutscenes. The pretty much non-existent body count [[spoiler:aside from the flashbacks of the Crimson Squad, anyway,]] helps.

** The majority of the weapons from ''FinalFantasyX'' are reused. Yuna's Warrior costume wields Tidus' Brotherhood. Yuna also wields Caladbolg as a Dark Knight, both her and Rikku wield Auron's weapons as a Samurai. Rikku's clothing also evokes Auron's in her Samurai form. Rikku's sword in Dark Knight also comes from ''FFX''. The Mascot gives all three girls Lulu's dolls, both White and Black Mages get Yuna's rods/staffs (Yuna gets her default and Celestial Weapon respectively while the others get other weapons). Even the main villain uses [[spoiler:Wakka's Celestial Weapon, World Champion, in Terror of Zanarkand, his version of Tidus's Final Overdrive, Blitz Ace]]. It should be noted that Paine gets her own unique swords in this game due to her weak connection with the previous game.
*** Yuna's Warrior costume is an almost-perfect copy of Tidus' in [[FinalFantasyX X]]. She moves differently, when casting. Her casting pose is the pose Tidus used when you were activating his [[LimitBreak Overdrives]].

** The name of the airship, Celsius, is a reference to ''BahamutLagoon'', which had an airship named the Fahrenheit.
*** ...And, in a less obscure homage, also to ''FinalFantasyX'', which had the exact same thing. (Plus, the captain of the ''Celsius'' happens to be the ''Fahrenheit''[='s=] captain's son...)

** The bestiary descriptions for some enemies nod toward their past incarnations, such as warning not to call Ultima Weapon "[[FinalFantasyVI Atma]]", or the insectoid King VERMIN!'s entry ending in [[FinalFantasyVII Barret]]'s manner of speech.
** Late in the game, Shinra talks about how [[TheLifestream the Farplane]] is made up of limitless energy, and in a few generations that energy could be harvested and used. Yuna exclaims how it would be great for Spira, and how there would be shining cities that never sleep. [[FinalFantasyVII Hmm....]]
*** AscendedFanon: The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] [[WordOfGod Ultimania guide]] reveals that [[spoiler:Shinra's descendants discovered space travel and left to another planet, and that Rufus Shinra from FinalFantasyVII is one of those descendants.]]

** When Yuna first changes her Dressphere to Songstress in their first fight with Leblanc, she often shouts, "Hey, eyes on me!" "Eyes On Me" was the love theme between Squall and Rinoa from ''FinalFantasyVIII''.

* TechDemoGame: May have possibly been created to serve as a dry run prototype for ''FinalFantasyXIII'''s gameplay and chapter-like progression.

** [[spoiler:Tidus being based on Shuyin]] is never explicitly stated, but is still pretty obvious, especially during the final boss fight.

** FridgeBrilliance: Tidus never says his name in the first game so maybe they don't actually know it?

* MaleGaze: Rikku gets this the ''most''. This also happens occasionally with Yuna. Also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when a sphere taken by Logos is shot from the backside of Yuna. He attempts to foist the blame onto Ormi... [[NotSoFastBucko who walks into the shot a second later]].