History Funny / FinalFantasyVI

--->'''Locke''': ''[Woolsey translation]'' Not a word of this to anyone else, o shrouded one...\\
'''Locke''': ''[GBA translation]'' World's greatest treasure hunter... reduced to this...

* Speaking of the Opera Sequence, as much as you like to hear "Maria" sing in her pure, authentic BeautifulSingingVoice in the ''Pixel Remaster'', there are some times when her vocals can go into StylisticSuck. If you screw up the singing, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can even hear her flub her lyric before getting into a yelp of panicked shock and embarrassment]]. This can only happen three times, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment but if you screw up the fourth and last time, she will fail miserably, leading to a]] NonStandardGameOver.

* Speaking of the Opera Sequence, as much as you like to hear "Maria" sing in her pure, authentic voice in the ''Pixel Remaster'', there are some times when her vocals can go into StylisticSuck. If you screw up the singing, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can even hear her flub her lyric before getting into a yelp of panicked shock and embarrassment]]. This can only happen three times, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment but if you screw up the fourth and last time, she will fail miserably, leading to a]] NonStandardGameOver.

* As much as you like to hear "Maria" sing in her pure, authentic voice in the ''Pixel Remaster'', there are some times when her vocals can go into StylisticSuck. If you screw up the singing, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can even hear her flub her lyric before getting into a yelp of panicked shock and embarrassment]]. This can only happen three times, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment but if you screw up the fourth and last time, she will fail miserably, leading to a]] NonStandardGameOver.

* If Relm is recruited in the World of Ruin, but not Strago, her segment during the end credits consists of her badmouthing Celes, Edgar, and Setzer for overtaking her on a conveyor belt, then threatening to draw their portraits! Immediately afterward, the trio roll back into her, and she zooms past them, knocking them over like bowling pins.

* The Brachiosaur, an enemy sought after because it sometimes drops the Economizer, is strong against most magical attacks, making the usual strategy of hitting it with Flare or Ultima ineffective. However the dinosaur fittingly is weak against Meteor.
* In the [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey]] translation, the cast deliver a PatrickStewartSpeech to Kefka, who raises his fists to the heavens and yells, [[ShutUpKirk "You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet!"]] This line proved to be popular enough to be retained in the GBA enhanced port's new translation:

** The name of the airship model at the auction house is "1/1200 Airship". Rather, it's a 1/1200 scale model airship (most Japanese models are referred to as such as shorthand), but this was naturally confusing to some Anglo gamers. Someone on a Prodigy message board wondered whether if you bought 1200 of them, you'd get an actual airship.

* In the [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey]] translation, the cast deliver a PatrickStewartSpeech to Kefka, who raises his fists to the heavens and yells, [[ShutUpKirk "You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet!"]] This line proved to be popular enough to be retained in the GBA enhanced port's new translation:
--->'''Kefka''': [[ShutUpKirk Bleh! You people make me sick! You sound like lines from a self-help book!]]

* The name of the airship model at the auction house is "1/1200 Airship". The ratio is actually the scale of the model (most Japanese models are referred to as such as shorthand), but this was naturally confusing to some Anglo gamers. Someone on a Prodigy message board wondered whether if you bought 1200 of them, you'd get an actual airship.

* Edgar and Locke finding out that Terra knows "M-M-M-M-MAGIC!?" While escaping from Figaro Castle, if you make Terra cast a spell (IE Cure or Fire) during the ensuing battle, Edgar and Locke will freak out and ''[[TalkingIsAFreeAction pause the entire fight]]'' to talk about it. After finishing the discussion, Terra winks at them, causing the men to swoon.

** Kefka's reaction to getting stabbed. "I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE YOU!!" The Pixel Remaster changes it into a rant that spans into three text boxes, but they auto-advance ''[[MotorMouth very fast]]''.

* Edgar and Locke finding out that Terra knows "M-M-M-M-MAGIC!?" While escaping from Figaro Castle, if you make Terra cast a spell (IE Cure or Fire) during the ensuing battle, Edgar and Locke will freak out and ''pause the entire fight'' to talk about it.
** Locke stealing clothes from merchants and Imperial soldiers in his scenario. Even funnier is that they run away in embarrassment.
** You are given the choice to either steal a sleeping guard's key or not:
--->> '''Take it.'''\\
> '''[[AndThatsTerrible Stealing is wrong!]]'''
*** But it's not stealing, because he's [[InsistentTerminology not a thief, he's a TREASURE HUNTER!]]
** The boat ride to Thamasa is fairly tense, with Terra having a conversation with Leo about her experiences in Vector and Leo's guilt over not helping her, and another with Shadow about the threat of deadening her emotions. After Terra goes below deck, Shadow is still standing there, [[MoodWhiplash and Locke suddenly rushes into the scene, horribly seasick]]. The music changes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4sSNX_Mck "What?"]] and Locke starts puking over the side of the boat. Shadow awkwardly walks off without a word.

** The boat ride to Thamasa is fairly tense, with Terra having a conversation with Leo about her experiences in Vector and Leo's guilt over not helping her, and another with Shadow about the threat of deadening her emotions. After Terra goes below deck, Shadow is still standing there, [[MoodWhiplash and Locke suddenly rushes into the scene, horribly seasick]]. The music changes to [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXIKFoP2lZ4 "What?"]] and Locke starts puking over the side of the boat. Shadow awkwardly walks off without a word.

* Ultros' first appearance. He [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere literally attacks the heroes for no reason]] and, in the UsefulNotes/GameboyAdvance translation, he {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it:
-->"Gwee hee hee... You're up the creek without a paddle! And I'm not gonna let you through! ...does that make me a bad octopus?"
** When he attacks Terra. You can also have Terra cast Fire on him[[note]]or have Sabin use Rising Phoenix[=/=]Fire Dance[[/note]] for an amusing line.
---> "I want to [[NaughtyTentacles wrap my tentacles around her!]]" / "Seafood soup is NOT on the menu!"
** Ultros sending Sabin flying after their first encounter, and Sabin's stunned "What the...?!"
--->'''Banon:''' You're his brother! You should know better than any of us. Any second now he'll flop back up onto the raft, right as rain!\\
''[[InstantlyProvenWrong *Sabin goes flying*]]''\\
'''Banon:''' [[VisibleSilence ... ...]]\\
'''Edgar:''' Think he missed the "onto the raft" part...
** The moment where Relm pops up during one of Ultros' boss battles and randomly offers to draw his portrait (Ultros being unaware that it's her mode of attack). Relm pretends to cry and even says that she'll jump off the cliff in the cave when Ultros nastily refuses her request. Terra and Locke stop fighting and actually scold Ultros for doing so, [[WoundedGazelleGambit causing him to give in and let Relm "Sketch" him!]] The contrast between Ultros' realistic sprite just lying there motionlessly and staring into the ceiling, and the tiny, SuperDeformed sprites of your characters running circles around him, is pretty humorous (especially if you imagine Ultros thinking, ''Uh...[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment can we get back to the fighting, please?]]'')
---> '''Ultros''': ................Oh, all right, Uncle Ulty REALLY wants you to do his portrait!!! ''[Relm Sketches him]'' How can this be? I..I'm nothing more than a stupid octopus! ''[flees]''
** The last time you encounter Ultros, he declares, "No, really, this is our last battle trust me!" (Of course he comes back [[WorkOffTheDebt as a lowly receptionist]] in the World of Ruin.) It's HilariousInHindsight when you realize he comes back in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'' as a {{Superboss}} with Typhon in tow, and again in ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' in both Terra's and Celes' scenarios.

** Kefka's reaction to getting stabbed. "I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE YOU!!"
** In the [[{{Woolseyism}} Ted Woolsey]] translation, the cast deliver a PatrickStewartSpeech to Kefka, who raises his fists to the heavens and yells, [[ShutUpKirk "You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet!"]] This line proved to be popular enough to be retained in the GBA enhanced port's new translation:
--->'''Kefka''': [[ShutUpKirk Bleh! You people make me sick! You sound like lines from a self-help book!]]
** In a meta sense, the reason why "Dancing Mad" is so lengthy is because Nobuo Uematsu forgot to stop working on it. True story.

** The beginning of Sabin's scenario, in the pub where you can enlist Shadow. When you talk to Interceptor, he barks, causing Sabin to leap with fright and immediately hide behind Shadow.

* Celes whining about being disguised as Maria: [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a former general, not some opera floozy!"]] Then she flees into the dressing room, but not before crashing into the door head first.
** Locke laughing his ass off after hearing Celes practice her voice tones. And then there's [[LuminescentBlush Locke's reaction]] to Celes dressed as Maria.
** For a feral youth, Gau really enjoys opera. "Uwao! Pretty song! pretty song!" Sabin, on the other hand, is less cultured. "Huh? Why's everyone singing?" And if you brought Shadow, then against all possible odds and rules of logic:
--->'''Impresario:''' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Your friend left.]] Said he'd fall asleep if he had to sit here for more than five minutes.
** Botching the opera scene has Celes in a deer in the headlights moment where she suddenly freezes and forgets her lines while [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand the music suddenly dies]] and the Impresario tells you how big of a disaster your performance was. Botch the scene 4 times and the game outright tells you that [[HaveANiceDeath perhaps you just aren't cut out for opera]]. (The SNES/Woolsey translation is even more harsh, stating that you "don't have enough acting ability to convince [[YourMom your own mama]]"). This also results in a NonStandardGameOver, since Setzer would never be gullible enough to show up after that. That's right, you get a Game Over for not remembering your lines. Or for not hitting your mark properly, as the mission still fails if you don't move quickly enough with the bouquet.
** During the opera duel, throwing one of the wrong switches will inexplicably produce the 'barking dog' sound made by Interceptor. Another one will make your character fall smack in the middle of the stage as the opera is going on and get you thrown out! Though the cast [[AllPartOfTheShow pretends not to notice.]] (But the Earth Dragon in the World of Ruin does notice it. In fact, that's how you trigger the battle with it!) Yet another switch simply turns off the lights, prompting many pairs of cartoon eyes to pop up and look around in confusion.
** Immediately after Celes' musical number, we are treated to Ultros trying to smash her with [[AnvilOnHead a four-ton anvil]] as if it were straight out of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
--->'''Ultros:''' Wow! This thing's heavy! [[ExactTimeToFailure It'll take me five minutes]] to push this thing off of here!
** While Locke and party are able to intercept Ultros before he can drop the anvil on Celes, they end up falling from the catwalks and knock out Draco and Ralse's actors in the middle of the climax. To salvage the show, Locke ends up ad-libbing by claiming himself as a third party aiming to steal "Maria" away from Draco and Ralse. Even better? ''Ultros'' ends up playing along by claiming himself as octopus royalty and challenges Locke to a duel.
** And before the second Ultros fight, the orchestra simply goes along with the action, as though it were the climax of the play.
** Let's examine the whole Opera scene, and look at it through a lens. Maria has been receiving letters of love from Setzer, a stalker who plans to whisk her away on his airship in the midst of a performance. Upon learning this, the Impresario hires Celes as Maria's BodyDouble to act as a snare for Setzer. But the villainous Don Ultros learns of this plan, and attempts to foil it with an assassination in the final act of Celes' concert... ''The entire thing is a meta-opera.''
** This whole segment gets referenced in ''Dissidia'', when a Moogle mentions the actual ending to the opera being pretty forgettable in comparison.

** Mog ordering Umaro to join. A moogle ordering a big yeti to stop fighting and join his party, and the yeti ''obeys''.

* During a battle, if a character gets KO'ed in the middle of performing a command, that character will then get up, hurry back to their spot, and hurl themselves back onto the ground.

* If Edgar is the party inside [=WoB=]'s Figaro Castle, a maid will still comment on how Edgar is lecherous towards every woman, only to notice that her liege is standing right in front of her.
** In the World of Ruin, Edgar assumes the identity of "[[SignificantAnagram Gerad]]" in order to gain the trust of a group of bandits who are looking to break into Figaro Castle. Celes instantly sees through this PaperThinDisguise, but when called out on it, Gerad insists it's a case of mistaken identity. In the original English script, he refers to her as "My lady," and Celes retorts that [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay there is only one person who uses that phrase]]. The Advance version is even more funny: Celes comments that only Edgar would try to flirt with a woman whom he was trying to shake off his tail.
* Sketch is hilariously awful. All damage-related Sketches are bugged. You know how Sketching Kefka does Ultima? That does a paltry 2,500 damage or so...''from freaking Ultima.''

* Celes whining about being disguised as Maria: [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a former general, not some opera floozy!"]]

--->> [[AC:Take it]]\\
> [[AC:[[AndThatsTerrible Stealing is wrong!]]]]

--->> [[AC:Jump!]]\\
> [[AC:You crazy!? [[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid The fall will probably kill you!]]]]

-->'''Kefka''': [[ShutUpKirk Bleh! You people make me sick! You sound like lines from a self-help book!]]

** The last time you encounter Ultros, he declares, "No, really, this is our last battle trust me!" (Of course he comes back [[WorkOffTheDebt as a lowly receptionist]] in the World of Ruin.) It's HilariousInHindsight when you realize he comes back in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII-2]]'' as a {{bonus boss}} with Typhon in tow, and again in ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'' in both Terra's and Celes' scenarios.

** Sabin and Cyan recruit Gau, who then makes fun of Cyan's speech, [[MyNameIsNotDurwood and calls Sabin "Mr. Thou".]]

** And before the second Ultros fight, the orchestra simply goes along with the action, as though it were the climax of the play.

** This whole segment gets referenced in ''Dissidia'', when a Moogle mentions the actual ending to the opera being pretty forgettable.

** When he attacks Terra. You can also have Terra cast Fire on him for an amusing line.

** For a feral youth, Gau really enjoys opera. "Uwao! Pretty song! pretty song!" Sabin, on the other hand, is less cultured. "Huh? Why is everybody singing?" And if you brought Shadow, then against all possible odds and rules of logic:

''[[InstantlyProvenWrong [Sabin goes flying]]]''\\

** For a feral youth, Gau really enjoys opera. "Pretty songs! Pretty songs!" Sabin, on the other hand, is less cultured. "Huh? Why is everybody singing?" And if you brought Shadow, against all possible odds and rules of logic:

** For a feral youth, Gau really enjoys opera. "Pretty songs! Pretty songs!" Sabin, on the other hand, is less cultured. "Huh? Why is everybody singing?"

** "Son of [[GoshDangItToHeck a submariner!]]" (In the GBA version, it's [[HoldYourHippogriffs "Son of a sandworm!"]])

* When Terra meets Sabin for the first time. (Even better: The GBA version has Terra mistaking him for a bear.)
-->'''Terra:''' ''[to Edgar]'' Younger brother? At first glance I thought he was some body builder who had strayed from his gym!\\
'''Sabin:''' Body builder? ''[laughing]'' I'll...take that as a compliment.