History Narm / FinalFantasy

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** The scene in which Mideel is destroyed and then Tifa and the BSDOD-ing Cloud fall into the Lifestream is depicted similarly. It's just as hilariously awkward to see a tiny [[spoiler: Tifa]] running around and [[spoiler: pushing Cloud's wheelchair]] with the most comical OhCrap face possible.

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--> ''Where did she pick up a Russian accent [[spoiler:underground]]!?''

* Shalua Rui's design in general. The needlessly Fanservicey undergarments straight out of ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''? With a labcoat lazily draped over her? How about the decision to render her loss of left eye by having it...closed. Without an eyepatch or even a scar texture to signify it had been injured at some point, instead it's simply closed so it looks like she's perpetually winking.

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* In the ending, the moment when Yuna runs into Tidus arms'... and [[spoiler:ridiculously falls onto the floor because she went through him]]. Considering that [[spoiler:Tidus is fading from existence]] at this point, it's probably supposed to be dramatic.

* It seems that Tidus tends to move and act like he's buzzed out on caffeine or cocaine, maybe both, such as [[spoiler:the first time they defeated Seymour]].

* Rikku's VerbalTic of "you know?" (which was probably added to fit the mouth movements) ruins the WhamLine in Home. [[spoiler:"Yunie will die, you know!?"]]

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* "I don't like your plan. It sucks", which is an understatement, especially since Yuna then goes on to say [[spoiler:that Nooj's plan to sacrifice himself, and potentially Baralai, to kill Shuyin is no different than the way Spira had fought Sin, and that there had to be a way to save the world without [[SenselessSacrifice sacrificing innocent people]]]].

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* Lightning's speech to [[spoiler:Orphan]]. It's a glorious mixture of bad acting and a bad script.
--> '''Lightning:''' Sure, you think the end of the world is salvation. All you care about is death's release. So take it, and leave the rest of us alone.
--> ''(game holds for applause)''
--> '''Lightning:''' We don't think like that.
--> ''(game holds for applause ''again'')''

* At the end, when [[spoiler: Fang betrays the group and turns them into l'Cie]], three of them surround her and start smacking her into each other, like the ending of ''Film/DeathProof''. Ruins what should be a dramatic scene.

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--> ... his new world will be populated only '''be''' the ideal humans

* The ending of the "Get The Girl" sidequest could have been a real TearJerker except that [[spoiler: Lackley's voice actor (at least in English) hilariously [[ChewingTheScenery overacts his anguished reaction]] to hearing of Philiana's death, complete with a truly cringeworthy [[BigNo Big "NO!"]] that gives [[Narm/StarWars Darth Vader]] a run for his money]].

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* That beautiful moment in the English version when Minfilia and the other Scions discover that Thancred [[spoiler:has been possessed by Lahabrea.]] The fact that [[spoiler:Lahabrea does a Saturday morning cartoon-esque EvilLaugh afterwards]] does ''not'' help matters.
--> '''Minfilia''': [[DullSurprise "Thancred. Nooooooo."]]
* The FinalBoss of the ''Realm Reborn'' storyline is a battle with Gaius [[spoiler:in the Ultima Weapon]], but after you beat the first phase you get the plot twist that [[spoiler:the Ultima Weapon has the "ultimate magic" -- [[NukeEm Ultima]].]] Not only is this treated with a serious shock and twist, it just comes off as awkwardly redundant in naming and phrasing. Not to mention Gaius is totally surprised at this most obvious of revelations while the revealer is about as [[ChewingTheScenery hammy about it]] as can be.
* The ''Realm Reborn'' Main Scenario Quest "All Good Things" features the player character returning to the Scions' home base [[spoiler:to find it sacked by the Empire and nearly everyone dead]]. We see a flashback of what happened, including [[spoiler:Imperial soldiers killing the survivors]]. It's a serious, horrific moment punctuated in the middle by a comical "g-huh!" sound as [[spoiler:someone is stabbed to death]].
** The journal and item descriptions' [[LemonyNarrator tendency to snark at everything]] never once drops, even for serious scenes such as this, leading to the MoodWhiplash of [[spoiler:one of the corpses having a description talking about its now-calm expression, while the other seven all wonder [[{{Hammerspace}} how you fit the corpses into your bag]].]] Not to mention the very fact that you're [[spoiler:personally hauling corpses to a very nonchalant cart driver]] creates some comedy that contrasts with the drama of the preceding scenes.

* The end of the Tam-Tara Hard questline, "Corpse Groom". So you've [[spoiler:destroyed the Avere monstrosity, cleansed the Deepcroft again, and seen Edda fall to her doom]]. Paiyo is pretty much ready to hang up his adventuring spurs for good after all that, and then... [[spoiler:he glances over to a lighting fixture, and Edda is standing there. The animation for this is ''insanely'' creepy in the best way, and ends with "Edda" giving Paiyo an amazing SlasherSmile. It's all fantastically creepy and the highlight of the patch AND THEN!... the narm sets in with Paiyo's reaction. The devs clearly wanted to convey his complete horror, but between Paiyo being a lalafell to start with and Square kind of hitting the limits of what XIV's real-time facial animation tech and their current character models are capable of, his expression is more "ridiculous" than terrified and pulls the viewer out of an otherwise stellar capstone to an excellent questline and dungeon.]]
* The developers run into this problem ''again'' with the ''Realm Reborn'' climax. [[spoiler:Teledji, Raubahn and Ilberd all run into some serious expression issues that end up being more goofy than anything and pull you straight out of the action. Teledji is especially bad about this, but all three have some problems. The overdone lighting also doesn't help.]]

* The moment in the Stormblood patches where [[spoiler:Asahi reveals his true colors to the Warrior of Light and gets close to their face while revealing his hatred of them.]] With most races, this looks fine, but if you play a Lalafell, he has to hunch over awkwardly to get close to your face, and it just looks goofy with your allies all looking in opposite directions.
* During the Seat of Sacrifice Trial from ''Shadowbringers'', there is a moment where [[spoiler:the Amaurot version of Emet-Selch appears to save the party by summoning them back to the fight]]. Its a great moment, but the scene becomes unintentionally hilarious when players realized the characters don't actually get placed in the circles that summon them, meaning they all are either only partially in it, or awkwardly to the side of it. It makes the scene funny because it comes across as [[spoiler:Emet-Selch]] going "Eh, good enough", especially compared to the cutscene leading into the fight where the other party members do appear in the circles. To a degree it also is a bit of NarmCharm for that reason because it almost fits his character.
* At the end of the Weapons storyline, [[spoiler: Valens]] is grabbed by the Diamond Weapon ([[spoiler:who is actually Alfonse due to Valens having lobotomized him and stuffing his consciousness into the mech's core]]) and squeezes him until his head pops off screen. What should have been a very dark moment becomes a completely silly one due to the sound effect of the pop being a stock cartoon balloon popping sound effect, followed by the "spilling" of the man's guts whose sound effect sound like someone is pouring a glass of water.

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* After Zidane confronts Kefka about Bartz being caught in [[spoiler:Kuja's]] warp trap:

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* [[spoiler:Mog's death]] in ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' might have been more heartfelt if [[spoiler:Mog didn't simply keel over from getting slapped once by a big demon.]]

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* Garland's infamous threat, "I Garland, will [[NeverSayDie knock you all down!]]". It's hard not to imagine him saying this to a bunch of inanimate pins as he tries to score a strike at a bowling alley.

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* While he can be menacing at the best of times, Emperor Mateus is also as pure a FashionVictimVillain as you can get with his default outfit featuring gaudy gold armour and a garish purple cape, fabulous purple lipstick and brightly multicoloured hair that one can only describe as "Cloud Strife's after running into an angry Pikachu" complete with horns! Horns that merge with his hair so well to the point where it's impossible to tell where hair ends and horn begins! At least he evolves past said ridiculous look with his Emperor of Hell form...but ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' rendering Mateus' ridiculous default design in full 3D just accentuates it. He has his ''Final Fantasy Origins'' look unlockable but that doesn't help much. And if you thought his Heaven Emperor form would rectify things, nope, it's now a ridiculous ''angelic'' overkill complete with huge angel wings, a hugely baggy robe, hair that's hardly any better than his human form and a weird case of EyesAlwaysShut.

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-->"Light and darkness: one cannot exist without the other, much like [[spoiler:the sun and the world]]."
* In the DS version, it's a bit hard to see the villains as genuine threats when they're in chibi style, especially for BigBad Xande. [[spoiler: The [[EldritchAbomination Cloud of Darkness]]]] mostly evades this by being [[spoiler:a sphere of light]], though.

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* Tellah's cry of "you {{spoony bard}}!" has become beloved by {{RPG}} players worldwide. Although the original Japanese meant something [[http://legendsoflocalization.com/final-fantasy-iv/damcyan/#spoonybard completely different]], when the game was rereleased in America with a retranslated, far more faithful script, "You spoony bard!" was [[GoodBadTranslation kept in for nostalgia's sake]]. ''Three times''! For reference, the insult is part of [[spoiler:Tellah attacking Edward because Tellah's daughter Anna is now dead because she ran off with Edward. The "spoony" part refers to how Edward's foolish young love for her caused her death.]] [[SarcasmMode Clearly, this line is the epitome of serious and moving character drama.]]
* The line became famous enough to be parodied many times, both within and outside of the franchise:
** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWright'', the Judge says he's not a spoony bard at one point.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' uses the spoony bit as an insult where one character calls another "A spoony Seeq".
** An NPC in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' whines: "I asked a warrior monk out to the cafe, but she called me a spoony bard! Unbelievable!"
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', there is a SideQuest called Big-headed Bard. And yes, the bard in question is ''very'' spoony.

** Worst of all, Edward has a battle move called "Hide", which, you guessed it, allows him to hide during battle, leaving the others (at one point, just Cecil and Yang) to do everything. NONE of the other characters in this game - including an eight-year-old girl, five-year-old twins, the DamselInDistress, and Tellah, who is far past his prime [[spoiler: and dies overdoing it against Golbez]] - have such a move.
* While the scene was believable in the 2D versions, the scene in ''Final Fantasy IV DS'' where Cecil [[spoiler:unintentionally destroys Mist]] was pushed too far. They actually decided to go with a SkywardScream, with him yelling "[[BigWhy WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!]]" and ''then'' "[[BigNo NOO!]]". Combined with his armor, it made him seem like [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Darth Vader.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=843CmrKn87A You know what, just take a look yourself.]]

* A rare Japanese only example: when the party runs into [[spoiler:Fusoya and Golbez battling Zemus, Fusoya]] tells [[spoiler:Golbez]] "It's nearly done! Give your power to Meteor!". [[spoiler:Golbez's]] response? "Very well." In the original Japanese, however, it's "Iidesutomo!", a ''very'' polite way of saying that, something like "Indubitably!" or "Yeah, okay!" (Battle programmer Hiroyuki Ito threw it in as a placeholder line that never actually got replaced.) Hearing a menacing, badass character speak so formally completely killed the scene for many Japanese players, and "Iidesutomo!" quickly became a meme (to the point that in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', it's [[AscendedMeme an unlockable line]] for [[spoiler:Golbez's]] EX Burst).

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* When Exdeath, the game's BigBad, meets Ghido, the turtle sage. In the old Super Famicom version, the depicted sprite fight between them has to be seen to be believed. It's a bit "[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]] action turtle". (The scene is similar in the GBA version, but the turtle aspect is lampshaded.) He even declares that he [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles didn't sit in a sewer eating pizza all these years]], which in and of itself is narmy. For his part, Exdeath warns Ghido that there'll be "no such tasty diversions in the afterlife!" And then there's Exdeath's hilarious bellow of "TURTLE!"...which Dissidia turned into a hilarious NonSequitur.
* [[spoiler:Neo Exdeath]]'s [[FauxlosophicNarration nonsensical garble]]: [[spoiler:"I am Neo Exdeath! All memories... dimensions... existence... All that is shall be returned to nothing. Then I, too, can disappear... forever!]]
* In the ''Anthology'' translation, [[spoiler:when the last crystal shatters and the world begins to fall into ruin]], Bartz decides to respond with the distinctly underwhelming statement of "OhCrap". It's an especially great source of Narm when you haven't even played the game and you already know it'd throw you out of the moment.

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** The scene in which [[spoiler: Mideel is destroyed]] and then [[spoiler: Tifa and the BSDOD-ing Cloud fall into the Lifestream]] is depicted similarly. It's just as hilariously awkward to see a tiny [[spoiler: Tifa]] running around and [[spoiler: pushing Cloud's wheelchair]] with the most comical OhCrap face possible.

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* Thankfully averted during [[spoiler:Angeal's death scene]], which was actually beautifully executed even given the inherent Narminess several similar video game moments seem to share.

** ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', of course, [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/02/16/episode-118-you-knew-hed-say-it/ had a field day]] with this one.

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[[caption-width-right:267:[[FridgeHorror When you think about it]], this image is about an old man who just lost his only reason to live. [[spoiler:(His daughter just died.)]]]]

--> ''"The six-foot bird-steeds known as chocobos are a nice addition to the cuter incarnations of Final Fantasy. However, tradition demands that they be included in every installment, even the angst-suffused grimfests. So you get characters saying things like, 'Who are all of us really? Can you ever know your own soul?' and in the background someone's riding a giant chicken."''
--->--'''Lore Sjoberg''', ''[[http://www.bookofratings.com/finalfantasy.html The Book Of Ratings]]''

* There are many times in the game where a character will directly ask the player character something, but because the player character is basically a silent protagonist save for dialogue choices, this can result in just outright hilarious moments. A notable moment is in the Praetorium dungeon, where before your right with Gaius, he gives a lengthy monologue and rant, asking the Warrior of Light questions that they just [[DullSurprise stare back at him]] in response, and the game acts as if they responded to him somehow. The game gets much better at averting this issue as it went on, but moments like that still happen and are outright hilarious.

* [[spoiler: The reborn King Thordan I]] has a filter on his voice that is supposed to give off a VoiceOfTheLegion but due to parts of it being high pitched, it makes him sound a little cartoony.

* During the Seat of Sacrifice Trial from ''Shadowbringers'', there is a moment where [[spoiler:the Amaurot version of Emet-Selch appears to save the party by summoning them back to the fight]]. Its a great moment, but the scene becomes unintentionally hilarious when players realized the characters don't actually get placed in the circles that summon them, meaning they all are either only partially in it, or awkwardly to the side of it. It makes the scene funny because it comes across as [[spoiler:Emet-Selch]] going "Eh, good enough", especially compared to the cutscene leading into the fight where the other party members do appear in the circles. To a degree it also is a bit of NarmCharm for that reason.

* [[spoiler:Neo Exdeath]]'s [[MindScrew nonsensical garble]]: [[spoiler:"I am Neo Exdeath! All memories... dimensions... existence... All that is shall be returned to nothing. Then I, too, can disappear... forever!]]

* The [[ItWasHisSled most notorious moment]] was [[HypocriticalHumor spoiled]] by a typo. In the pit of despair, Cloud screams out, begging Sephiroth for a justification, berating him for what he did -- all this with no small amount of self-hatred, as he had been [[MoreThanMindControl possessed]] previously by Sephiroth to kill Aerith himself and only failed to do so because his TrueCompanions called him back. It's incredibly moving until Jenova answers, "Be'''a'''cause you are a puppet." ''Final Fantasy VII'' had a GoodBadTranslation to start with, but the sheer mood of the scene this was in made that tiny 'a' jar more than it should.

* Finding out how Shiva solved the problem of her MayflyDecemberRomnce with Hraesvelgr--she asked him to consume her. You might think this is metaphorical until you see the sepia-toned flashback still of Hraesvelgr about to literally eat her like a peanut. Ysayle relates this tale with a tone of reverent awe, leading to "holy vore" jokes from fans. Estinien, notably, changes the subject to Nidhogg immediately. (It also promotes some FridgeLogic when she says that this was the foundation of the original peace between dragons and people, given that "dragons eating maidens" is a ''cliche'' of dragon stories.)

** The journal and item descriptions' [[LemonyNarrator tendency to snark at everything]] never once drops, even for serious scenes such as this, leading to the MoodWhiplash of [[spoiler:one of the corpses having a description talking about its now-calm expression, while the other seven all wonder [[{{Hammerspace}} how you fit the corpses into your bag]].]]

* One of the major villains is named Seymour. It's hard not to think of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' especially since, like Skinner, this Seymour is also a MommasBoy. Even more so after Skinner gained renewed popularity from the Steamed Hams meme.

* After Cloud comes out of his HeroicBSOD, he gives a speech to his party, and while it's pretty incoherent, the translation pulls itself together for his genuinely inspiring final lines -- "[[WorldOfCardboardSpeech I'm... Cloud. The master of my own illusionary world. But I won't live in an illusion any more. I'm going to live my life without pretending]]." Tifa immediately pipes up -- "[[CaptainObvious You're sure messed up, Cloud!]]" Some friend she is.

* The kid in Kilika saying, "When I grow up, I want to be a blitzball!" Obviously, it was supposed to mean, "blitzball player," but it got screwed up in translation, leading the player to imagine the kid turning into a ball when he reaches adulthood.

* [[OverlyLongFightingAnimation Super Nova, International version]]. Sephiroth does destroy the Solar System in the original Japanese version (it's harder to see because the explosion happens so far away); but for the International Version, they not only redid the attack to have much better animation, but they also made the attack incredibly over-the-top, showing the destruction of several planets (with their names in case you don't know what Jupiter looks like), with the Sun being a whopping two feet in front of our heroes before going Super Nova. Oh, and he for some reason decides to spare Mars and Uranus. It's even worse with the knowledge that it is a PercentDamageAttack-- [[SlapOnTheWristNuke it will never directly kill the party]]. And it can MISS. A Supernova can miss, despite being two feet from the faces of the party. ConvectionSchmonvection at its most [[{{Narm}} Narmful]]. There is also the fact that Sephiroth can cast it multiple times. Planets reproduce by binary fission in the ''Final Fantasy VII'' universe, or so it would seem. Even if you take the destruction of the Solar System as a metaphor, the animation is still ''way too long'' for what is effectively an overglorified Demi spell.

* Alisaie's redesign in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/e/e6/FFXIV_ST_Alisaie_%28Trust%29.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/149?cb=20200412022334 Heavensward]] makes her look like she's walking around on a pair of ''ice skates''.
** There's also a part in Stormblood where she is stabbing some enemies to buy you time... unfortunately due to her height, she's [[GroinAttack stabbing them in the crotch]].

** That beautiful moment in the English version when Minfilia and the other Scions discover that Thancred [[spoiler:has been possessed by Lahabrea.]] The fact that [[spoiler:Lahabrea does a Saturday morning cartoon-esque EvilLaugh afterwards]] does ''not'' help matters.

* [[spoiler:The developers run into this problem ''again'' with the ''Realm Reborn'' climax. Teledji, Raubahn and Ilberd all run into some serious expression issues that end up being more goofy than anything and pull you straight out of the action. Teledji is especially bad about this, but all three have some problems. The overdone lighting also doesn't help.]]

--> ''"The six-foot bird-steeds known as chocobos are a nice addition to the cuter incarnations of Final Fantasy. However, tradition demands that they be included in every installment, even the [[DarkerAndEdgier angst-suffused grimfests]]. So you get characters saying things like, [[ContemplateOurNavels 'Who are all of us really? Can you ever know your own soul?']] and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background someone's riding a giant chicken]]."''

* The voice acting in ''A Realm Reborn'' is, on average... [[FakeBrit not]] [[OohMeAccentsSlipping good]]. Ten years ago, it might've got a pass, but in the age of ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', it's notably sub-par. Couple that with some frequently [[PurpleProse overwrought dialogue]] and you've got plenty of narm on your hands.

* True to any MMORPG, you can force this by making your character wear absolutely {{Stripperific}} clothing
* The voice acting in ''A Realm Reborn'' is, on average...[[FakeBrit not]] [[OohMeAccentsSlipping very]] [[LargeHam good.]] Ten years ago it might've got a pass, but in the age of ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', it's notably sub-par. Couple that with some frequently [[PurpleProse overwrought dialogue]] and you've got plenty of narm on your hands.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj6eQ7oitJo Yuyuhase's Japanese voice in particular just blows them all out of the water (spoiler warning)]].

* [[spoiler: The reborn King Thordon I]] has a filter on his voice that is supposed to give off a VoiceOfTheLegion but due to parts of it being high pitched, it makes him sound a little cartoony.

** That beautiful moment in the English version when Minfilia and the other Scions discover that Thancred [[spoiler:is with the Ascians.]]