History Characters / DissidiaFinalFantasyWarriorsOfChaos

* BlondGuysAreEvil

* DetachedSleeves: His Light Emperor outfit in ''Dissidia 012''.

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* DetachedSleeves: In his 3P costume, surprisingly enough -- they're either this or OperaGloves (''[[RealMenWearPink manly]]'' opera gloves, mind).

* MemeticSexGod: Invoked by Penelo, who thinks he has "the body of a bronzed god".

* LadyInRed

* ManipulativeBastard[[spoiler:[=/=]GuileHero]]: In keeping with his penchant for such from ''Final Fantasy IV'', he plays a lot of head games with Cecil to challenge his resolve in order to bring out his true feelings, and also plays a part in nudging Firion and Onion Knight along their paths. He tires to do the same for Bartz, but Bartz runs away before he can finish talking.

* HiddenDepths: No longer just a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere from VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII. Cloud of Darkness is shown in both Dissidia games to be a being that strives for cosmic balance. It's just that her idea of "balance" is a bit primitive and twisted.

* TheGianr: He's ''[[http://www.schala-kitty.net/pandaemonium/resource/heightchart.html huge]]''. Golbez's model is 8'2," an inch behind Garland and tying with Exdeath, together they're the three biggest characters in the game other than Chaos. This means he towers over every other character except for Gilgamesh by two feet or more. What makes Golbez particularly notable in this, though, is his third outfit, where he takes off the armor -- not only is his model not scaled down at all, but he's actually slightly ''bigger'' than his armored costumes.

* TheBigGuy: He's [[http://www.schala-kitty.net/pandaemonium/resource/heightchart.html huge]] -- Golbez is 8'2" according to that link, an inch behind Garland and tying with Exdeath. This means he towers over every other character except for Gilgamesh by almost two feet or more. And in his third outfit, even without the armor, he's still absolutely massive -- in fact, close comparison of the character models reveals that the 3rd outfit model is ''larger'' than the armored one!

* OmnicidalManiac: When Golbez questions what his true ambitions are, he coyly, yet blatantly, hints that he has his own way of ending the conflict of the gods; '''killing everyone.'''

In the first game, Kefka's primary goal is to seize control of Terra and use her power to further his plans to destroy all existence. To this end, he uses a [[MindManipulation Puppeteer's Wheel]][[note]]Fans of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' will recognize this as that game's Slave Crown, only with a more literal translation.[[/note]] to take over her mind and use her to attack Onion Knight, then taunts her about her destructive abilities that make her better suited to serving evil than good.

* PragmaticVillainy: When the Cloud of Darkness had the chance to kill Terra (and presumably Onion Knight) with an energy attack, Kefka put down [=CoD's=] hand, because he wants to make sure Terra returns to Chaos' side, feeling that she still has some use (that, as well as him and [=CoD=] having different methods of carrying out destruction: She wanted to destroy Terra outright, Kefka simply wants to "have some fun" while destroying things.)

* {{Badass}}

* DissonantSerenity

* GoOutWithASmile: Sort of. If Sephiroth ends up defeated, he'll remark in a calm tone "I fall into the shadows," implying that he accepted his defeat, and is the only one of the characters who seems to be calm in their defeat.

* LampshadeHanging: After the boss battle with him during Warrior's story mode, Sephiroth says that he is going to go do what he is ''obligated'' to do, i.e. torment and battle Cloud. He seems aware of the fact that most of his appearances since his original game more or less center around just that.

* CoolSword: His signature Masamune.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Once again, it's ''Sephiroth''.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: When the Emperor attempted to recruit Sephiroth into his and Ultimecia's plot to rule existance, he refuses. Considering how their "plan" basically involved killing off every single one of their own allies as well as their enemies to ensure that the Emperor managed to rule existance in the place of Cosmos and Chaos, it almost seems like Sephiroth was subtly giving his displeasure in that sort of plan in retrospect.

* MotiveMisidentification: Bartz observes the Emperor, Ultimecia, and Sephiroth together, and wonders whether the Emperor and Sephiroth were fighting over Ultimecia. Actually, the Emperor and Ultimecia were attempting to recruit Sephiroth into their plan, but Sephiroth had evidentially refused.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: How he tries to hammer home the fact that Cloud is his UnwittingPawn. Cloud turns it around on him ("You're the one who won't let go!"), but Sephiroth doesn't seem to be fazed in the slightest.

* BreakoutCharacter: He was one of the more overlooked villains before ''Dissidia''. After it came out, his obsession with the Void, LethalJokeCharacter status, and LargeHam tendencies made him a FountainOfMemes. The result is he's far more popular than he was before, something [[MemeAcknowledgement Square-Enix notes]] in ''Dissidia 012'' as covered under AscendedMeme on the main page.

* BreakoutCharacter: He was one of the more overlooked villains before, but with his obsession with the Void, LethalJokeCharacter status, and LargeHam tendencies, he went memetic after ''Dissidia'' and is now very popular, something Square-Enix notes in ''Dissidia 012'' as covered under AscendedMeme on the main page.

* {{Antivillain}}: He just plain didn't want to take part in the war. Unfortunately for both him and Zidane, [[ManipulativeBastard Kefka]] took care of that.

* ArchEnemy: To Yuna, and by proxy Tidus and Jecht. He's actually just as much their Arch Enemy as he is Firion's.

* ToiletHumor: Kefka, when overhearing Cloud and Kuja's heart to heart talk, mockingly remarks that it gives him gas, complete with a farting sound.

* OverlyLongFightingAnimation: His Ultima spell is a [[MythologyGag reference]] to one from his original game. Ultima's spellcasting animation in ''FinalFantasyVI'' was longer than many of the others in that game (considering this is where spellcasting started getting long, this is saying something). Kefka's Ultima in ''Dissidia'' travels for approximately three seconds before detonating; thus, taking longer than normal to actually harm the opponent.

* MusicalSpoiler: [[spoiler:When fighting Sephiroth in Destiny Odyssey/Light to All Chapter 1, the battle theme J-E-N-O-V-A plays - which played during the Jenova fight immediately ''preceding'' the battles with Sephiroth in ''FinalFantasyVII''. This is your giveaway that Cloud and Sephiroth are going to get another match - when you fight him in Shade Impulse/Light to All Epilogue, One-Winged Angel kicks in like it should.]]

* GreenLanternRing: While her only HP Attacks are with her Particle Beams, and much like the TropeNamer, she can shape them into a variety of shapes depending on what she needs.

* AdaptionalBadass: While Jetch wasn't weak by any means in ''X'', his skill as fighter was only briefly hinted at, and the main power he had the effected the story was as the Final Aeon, and later Sin. In this game, he's firmly established as a powerful warrior on his own merits.

** {{BFS}}: The largest one by far, and to add further emphasis to it, Garland towers over most the cast (only Golbez, Exdeath, and Chaos are comparable to him; though it's hard to tell how big he is compared to them since he's usually hunched over, he's still as tall as most of the normal sized characters while in his fighting stance).

* CapeSwish: Fond of these, even in battle.

* LongRangeFighter

* {{BFS}}

* {{Humans Are The Real Monsters}}: Mateus is the only Warrior of Chaos who does not have any kind of {{Freudian Excuse}} or tragic backstory (Ultimecia, Kefka, Garland), is not an {{Eldritch Abomination}} (Cloud of Darkness, Exdeath), does not question the war (Gabranth), was not brainwashed or otherwise coerced (Jecht, Kuja), did not actively avoid fighting for Chaos in favor of something else (Sephiroth), and did not side with the Warriors of Cosmos in the end (Golbez). He also happens to be a human being.

-->Voiced by: KenyuuHoriuchi (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith (English)

-->Voiced by: KenjiUtsumi (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherSabat (English)

* ManipulativeBastard[[spoiler:[=/=]GuileHero]]: In keeping with his penchant for such from ''Final Fantasy IV'', he plays a lot of head games with Cecil to challenge his resolve in order to bring out his true feelings, and also plays a part in nudging Firion and Onion Knight along their paths.