History Narm / FireEmblemEngage

** For how dramatic the events of these chapters are the reason for why they happen are among the most ridiculous in the entire series: After Sombron and Veyle reveal themselves with their intent to steal the rings, Alear and all their allies turn their backs to look at the arriving Four Hounds and after their introductions try to Engage only to see that the Emblem Rings and the Time Crystal have been stolen by Veyle because as she claims "took them during your little chat". Apparently despite there being around 9 people on Alear side ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the previous cutscene showed more people being there]]) no one bothered to keep an eye on Veyle and the [[ObviouslyEvil Giant Evil Serpent/Dragon]] who already declared his desire to take the Emblem Rings and moments ago ate a person. Making the entire group look like morons who lack common sense in a dangerous situation

* Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent. And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody, and unintentionally comical on the part of the writers. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters, and defaulted to just taking a the most notable personality trait they had, and reversing it.

* Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent. And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody, and unintentionally comical on the part of the writers. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters, and defaulted to just taking a notable personality trait they had, and reversing it.

* Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent. And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody, and unintentionally comical on the part of the writers. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters, and defaulted to just taking the only notable personality trait they had, and reversing it.

* Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent. And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody, and feel unintentionally comical on the part of the writers. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters, and defaulted to just taking the only notable personality trait they had, and reverse it.

** The Lumera death is especially jarring since something very similar had happened [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates in a previous game in the series]], and received similar criticism for being of low emotional impact due to [[WeHardlyKnewYe the short amount of time the player (and protagonist) had with them.]] Seems they didn't learn their lesson.

*** Alear witnessing the corruption of the six Ring Emblems they had in their hand loses so much emotional impact if the Expansion Pass is bought, and the Bracelet Emblems collected, before playing said chapters, resulting in Alear overreacting about losing all of the Emblems they've collected despite the Bracelet Emblems still being with them [[GameplayAndStorySegregation for no reason beyond Sombron having no interest in them]].

* Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent... And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody. Amused fans noted that she seemed to be an unironic version of the "Evil X Be Like" meme, in which a character's memed "evil self" merely had a blunt inversion of their hobbies, goals or catchphrases. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters.

* If Diamant fights Alternate Alcryst, who has belittled Alternate Diamant in a previous scene and believes Diamant is trying to assassinate him (mistaking him for Alternate Diamant), then Diamant says, with a mix of CaptainObvious and {{Understatement}}, "I get the impression our relationship is much less cordial in this world." It doesn't help that, due to a typo, "Or are you trying to get rid of me in the confusion of battle" ends with a period, making it seem like a statement rather than a question.

* When fighting Roy or Micaiah in the arena or their paralogue, or playing as them as a GuestStarPartyMember via Veronica's ''Summon Hero'', if they take a heavy blow, they may sometimes shout "It's no use!". It's nothing out of the ordinary by itself, unless of course it reminds you of a certain infamous line from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 a game in 2006,]] shouted word-for-word by a particular hedgehog with psychic powers.
* Sombron's name. Japanese players may find it exotic, English players as well with a bit of Sombrero jokes... but for actual Spanish speakers it means: the big shadow, which sounds like a silly generic name with a lot of lack of imagination and the localization didn't change it. It's similar to the case of the name of the enemy dragon of the first FE Warriors in Japanese: Evilzerg.

* Every time a character mentions the princess of Firene, they over-pronounce the ‘é’ in Céline--making it sound like they’re talking about saltwater (saline) or "sailing".

'''Choops''': She's grown up a little bit. She grew up a little bit. ''(smiles [[SoProudOfYou approvingly]])''\\

'''Anna''': FIRST ONE'S FREE! ''(shoots Hyacinth [[CherryTapping for 6 damage]], finishing him off)''\

The Fell Xenologue DLC takes on a more serious tone and is much DarkerAndEdgier than the main story, but it still has moments that fall into this:

* Chain Attacks can cause unintentional hilarity during major boss fights, especially if a character gets dramatic special dialogue with the boss, only for an unrelated character to jump in with a KillSteal as they finish speaking (''especially'' if it's one of the less serious characters like Anna). [[spoiler: Corrupted King Morion]] in Chapter 10 is a frequent victim of this, as is [[spoiler: Corrupted King Hyacinth]] in [[https://twitter.com/ChoopiChoosi/status/1625539021685374990 Chapter 17]] (spoilers in link).

** Many people found the scene in which Marth turns red once he is under the control of the enemy [[spoiler:at the end of Chapter 10]] to be hilarious, even though it's meant to be a shocking moment, as it felt more like Marth transitioned into his edgelord phase than getting corrupted. In fact, Emblems turning red whenever they get corrupted as a whole is a concept that is difficult to take seriously for the same reason. Those who played the older ''Fire Emblem'' games can also be reminded and amused how Emblems turning red is reminiscent on how units would change color when switching sides in older games.
*** Alear [[spoiler:witnessing the corruption of the six Ring Emblems they had in their hand]] loses so much emotional impact if [[spoiler:the Expansion Pass is bought, and the Bracelet Emblems collected, before playing said chapters, resulting in Alear overreacting about losing all of the Emblems they've collected despite the Bracelet Emblems still being with them [[GameplayAndStorySegregation for no reason beyond Sombron having no interest in them]]]].
** At the start of Chapter 11, [[spoiler:we see Alear and their group escape from the Cathedral after their rings were stolen, but for some reason, because it plays on ''the map itself'', they '''''run at such a very fast pace''''' that it makes the group look like a bunch of ants fleeing from a hole]].
** For how dramatic the events of these chapters are the reason for why they happen are among the most ridiculous in the entire series: [[spoiler:After Sombron and Veyle reveal themselves with their intent to steal the rings, Alear and all their allies turn their backs to look at the arriving Four Hounds and after their introductions try to Engage only to see that the Emblem Rings and the Time Crystal have been stolen by Veyle because as she claims "took them during your little chat". Apparently despite there being around 9 people on Alear side ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the previous cutscene showed more people being there]]) no one bothered to keep an eye on Veyle and the [[ObviouslyEvil Giant Evil Serpent/Dragon]] who already declared his desire to take the Emblem Rings and moments ago ate a person]]. Making the entire group look like morons who lack common sense in a dangerous situation
* At the start of Chapter 17, when Alear explains to Veyle that the whole reason they and their army is even in Florran is because they [[spoiler:followed ''her'' army there (the same army currently attacking it, they also point out)]], Female Alear sounds appropriately angry and seething in light of [[spoiler:Veyle's betrayal back in Chapter 11 and all the crimes she's committed since then]]. ''Male'' Alear, however, sounds more annoyed, exasperated and even a little snarky rather than angry when saying "Why do you think we're here? We saw [[spoiler:Elusia's army coming. Your army. The one that's burning Florra to the ground]]." as if he's a frustrated teacher trying to lecture a student about a subject they should already know about, with the latter two sentences driving the point home in a condescending manner.
* Mauvier's CriticalHit quotes as an enemy are exactly the same as the ones he has while playable, which ''all'' blatantly reference him being TheAtoner. It's extremely jarring to see him get an unlucky OneHitKill on one of your allies and yell "This is my redemption!", while still serving the Four Hounds.
* Some players have had this reaction to the [[DarkestHour plot developments]] between chapters 21 and 22. Like Lumera's death above, the scenes in question are so absurdly over the top and over-acted, perhaps even [[MoodWhiplash tonally jarring]] compared to how lighthearted the game was before and afterward, that it accidentally loses weight and becomes hard to take seriously. [[spoiler:Not to mention how unlikely it was that Alear would stay dead when there's still five chapters left.]]
** The whole sequence with [[spoiler:the Emblems reviving Alear into the 13th Emblem, which was supposed to be epic, is not only ridiculous and cheesy, but also baffling, because Alear was only dead again for 5 seconds, which makes their second revival so abrupt. The fact that they're also called the game's titular Fire Emblem makes even more jarring as it's the only Emblem in the game that doesn't follow the ThemeNaming of all others.]]
* Upon defeating [[spoiler:Sombron in the final chapter and the screen fades to white,]] the "Connecting..." infobox may pop up before the next scene plays, if you're playing the game in Connected mode. It can look rather silly when a random unrelated infobox appears [[spoiler:right after you defeat the final boss.]]
* Marth's Lodestar Rush, when used by bosses, can produce hilarious results if the attack deals no damage, especially on a unit with a defense stat so high that it can't even make a single dent. This can potentially happen when [[spoiler:Evil Veyle in chapter 17 uses Marth's Engage Attack in Enemy Phase, when she tries to attack one of your units, only to not deal any damage instead]].
* Sombron's name. Japanese players may find it exotic, English players as well with a bit of Sombrero jokes... but for actual Spanish speakers it means: the big shadow, which sounds like a silly generic name with a lot of lack of imagination and the localization didn't change it. It's similar to the case of the name of the enemy dragon of the first FE Warriors in Japanese: Evilzerg.
* The constant use of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands becomes over-the-top as the game wears on, starting with the rather silly lore that the Emblems can conveniently only use their world-altering united power once every millennium, and ending with the reveal that [[spoiler:the Emblems have a secret miracle power to bring someone back to life and make them an Emblem... And conveniently, it drains all of their future power so that they can never use their united power again in the future.]]
* The series continuing to use HelloInsertNameHere for the main protagonist even with full voice-acting already caused problems in ''Three Houses'', but it gets worse here for a couple of reasons. First, "Professor" from ''Three Houses'' is far less clunky than ''Divine One'' or ''Divine Dragon.'' Second, whereas Byleth was TheVoiceless, here Alear is fully voiced and has to awkwardly introduce themselves with their full title rather than just their name many times over the course of the game. Additionally, any time a character does refer to the protagonist with their actual name, the voice acting just skips it (while it's often at the beginning or end of a sentence, making the omission less noticeable, [[spoiler:Veyle]] once simply calls Alear's name prior to Chapter 22, resulting in a dialogue box with no voice clips), which can take away from the impact of using the more personal form of address. Some fans wish the series would do away with HelloInsertNameHere altogether, or at least have those players who opt to use the canon name get to hear the protagonist's name voiced rather than just skipped.
* If a unit dies in combat, those close to them- siblings, lieges or retainers- may mourn their loss in post-battle dialogue. It's genuinely sad, but not only is there no voice acting, but the VoiceGrunting that plays with the line may be a simple sigh or gasp, making the characters sound annoyed or frustrated rather than overwhelmed with grief.
* When fighting Roy or Micaiah in the arena or their paralogue, or playing as them as a GuestStarPartyMember via Veronica's ''Summon Hero'', if they take a heavy blow, they may sometimes shout "It's no use!". It's nothing out of the ordinary by itself, unless of course it reminds you of a certain infamous line from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 a game in 2006,]] shouted word-for-word by a particular hedgehog with psychic powers.
* The Fell Xenologue DLC takes on a more serious tone and is much DarkerAndEdgier than the main story, but it still has moments that fall into this:
** The Xenologue features evil counterparts of the royals, whose personalities drastically contrast their good selves... and then there's the evil version of ''Céline'', whose personality is barely any different from her normal counterpart (when it comes to defending her kingdom/people) other than the fact that she's less gentle overall.
** Many of the Fell royals are written reasonably well, inverting their personality and sibling dynamics in realistic ways: Alcryst is still secretly insecure and guilt-ridden but is domineering and abrasive to a timid and unconfident Diamant, Ivy is cold and cruel to a shy and depressed Hortensia, Céline urges Alfred to be more bloodthirsty and violent... And then there's Timerra, whose biggest change from her normal counterpart is that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she hates singing and is a vegetarian, which shocks her retainers]], far cry from the serious tone of the rest of the Xenologue to the point of parody. Amused fans noted that she seemed to be an unironic version of the "Evil X Be Like" meme, in which a character's memed "evil self" merely had a blunt inversion of their hobbies, goals or catchphrases. This also extends to most of the Solm retainers; if they are chosen to fight them, alternate Fogado will claim Bunet was bad at cooking and alternate Timerra will claim Panette was afraid of graveyards and Merrin disliked animals. Many have commented that it looks like the writers got lazier when it came time to conceptualize the Fell versions of the Solm characters.
** The Mauvier of the alternate Elyos being the exact same person as the normal Mauvier in terms of looks accidentally becomes hilarious, since the alternate Mauvier is grouped with {{Good Counterpart}}s of the Four Hounds, which, unlike him, all have alterations to their designs and personalities. It comes off as if he has multiple versions of him in every alternate universe of Elyos, all of which look the same.
** If Diamant fights Alternate Alcryst, who has belittled Alternate Diamant in a previous scene and believes Diamant is trying to assassinate him (mistaking him for Alternate Diamant), then Diamant says, with a mix of CaptainObvious and {{Understatement}}, "I get the impression our relationship is much less cordial in this world." It doesn't help that, due to a typo, "Or are you trying to get rid of me in the confusion of battle" ends with a period, making it seem like a statement rather than a question.