* The ending, wherein [[spoiler:not only does Yuna have to ''kill every single one of her beloved aeons'' and Auron must be sent to the Farplane, but Tidus is revealed to be a dream of the Fayth. Yuna tries to keep him from leaving, only to fall right through him in a heartbreaking scene. Before he departs, Tidus takes Yuna into a ghostly embrace from behind (cue the most bittersweet rendition of "To Zanarkand" in the entire game), then dives off the airship and reunites with his father. A montage of all the best moments in the game as seen through Yuna's memories. Yuna's final line: "The ones we have lost, and the dreams that have faded...never forget them"]]. This editor bawled non-stop for at least ten minutes. Most DownerEnding he's ever seen (though some would consider it merely a BittersweetEnding), mitigated only if you watch the credits to the very end and see TheStinger (or play the sequel). But so elegantly and effectively done, perfectly executed. Damn you, Squaresoft-Enix.
** This troper tears up every time when [[spoiler:during the above mentioned embrace, the music swells to its highest crescendo, and then as Tidus goes through Yuna, a measure of silence...then it resumes into its dwindling ending as he leaps off the airship]].

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* The ending, wherein [[spoiler:not only does Yuna have to ''kill every single one of her beloved aeons'' and Auron must be sent to the Farplane, but Tidus is revealed to be a dream of the Fayth. Yuna tries to keep him from leaving, only to fall right through him in a heartbreaking scene. Before he departs, Tidus takes Yuna into a ghostly embrace from behind (cue the most bittersweet rendition of "To Zanarkand" in the entire game), then dives off the airship and reunites with his father. A montage of all the best moments in the game as seen through Yuna's memories. Yuna's final line: "The ones we have lost, and the dreams that have faded... never forget them"]]. This editor bawled non-stop for at least ten minutes. Most DownerEnding he's ever seen (though some would consider it merely a BittersweetEnding), mitigated only if you watch the credits to the very end and see TheStinger (or play the sequel). But so elegantly and effectively done, perfectly executed. Damn you, Squaresoft-Enix.
** This troper tears up every time when [[spoiler:during the above mentioned embrace, the music swells to its highest crescendo, and then as Tidus goes through Yuna, a measure of silence... then it resumes into its dwindling ending as he leaps off the airship]].

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**** "You know...for the first time...I'm glad to have you...as a father."
* How about the memories in Zanarkand, where we see Auron trying to plead Jecht and Braska to not go through with the Final Summoning? And after the scene to hear Auron's cracked-and-sorrow-filled voice saying "And the cycle went on." AND see a flashback about his desperate attempt to get revenge on [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] while being in a grief-fueled rage. 
** This troper got so many teary chills during that scene. Having to "live" (if you can call it that) with that knowledge for the next ten years - knowing the truth of what actually happened to two friends to whom he'd trusted his life during their pilgrimage, while everyone in Spira thinks he's a [[BigDamnHero Big Damn Hero]] - really brought home just *why* he was so cynical, why he always seemed to know more than he was letting on, why he hated himself and beat himself up so much during the game.
** What did me in the most was Auron [[spoiler: slashing away with his sword at the image of his younger self.]] Seeing [[BadAss Auron]] break down like that, so full of self-loathing for what he couldn't do and over the friends he couldn't protect.... It was incredibly powerful, even beautiful in a way.
* The destruction of Home. The Al Bhed, whose only crime is the salvage and use of "forbidden" machina [[hottip: *:a crime Yevon is equally guilty of, as you find out upon reaching Bevelle]], [[FantasticRacism is the most hated and disenfranchised race in Spira]]. They never even had a nation or a homeland until Cid built Home on the sands of Bikanel Island. Then the Guado and the [[PathOfInspiration Church of Yevon]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs invade it]] and kill everyone in it with hordes of fiends. When Cid takes whatever survivors he can find and escapes with them on the [[CoolAirship Fahrenheit]], he orders ''his own son'' to destroy Home to avoid pursuit. And as the missiles fly, all Al Bhed on board sing the Hymn of the Fayth, both in honor of their dead as well as to soothe their own hearts.
** One more thing: Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed- High Summoner Braska's brother-in-law. The Church of Yevon didn't like Braska before he defeated Sin once he married Cid's sister, and their opinion didn't change after he defeated Sin; they just pretended that whole fiasco with the Al Bhed never happened.

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**** "You know... for the first time... I'm glad to have you... as a father."
* How about the memories in Zanarkand, where we see Auron trying to plead with Jecht and Braska to not go through with the Final Summoning? And after the scene, to hear Auron's cracked-and-sorrow-filled voice saying "And the cycle went on." AND see a flashback about his desperate attempt to get revenge on [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] while being in a grief-fueled rage. 
** This troper got so many teary chills during that scene. Having to "live" (if you can call it that) with that knowledge for the next ten years -- knowing the truth of what actually happened to two friends to whom he'd trusted his life during their pilgrimage, while everyone in Spira thinks he's a [[BigDamnHero Big Damn Hero]] -- really brought home just ''why'' he was so cynical, why he always seemed to know more than he was letting on, why he hated himself and beat himself up so much during the game.
** What did me in the most was Auron [[spoiler:slashing away with his sword at the image of his younger self.]] Seeing [[BadAss Auron]] break down like that, so full of self-loathing for what he couldn't do and over the friends he couldn't protect.... It was incredibly powerful, even beautiful in a way.
* The destruction of Home. The Al Bhed, whose only crime is the salvage and use of "forbidden" machina [[hottip:*:a crime Yevon is equally guilty of, as you find out upon reaching Bevelle]], [[FantasticRacism is the most hated and disenfranchised race in Spira]]. They never even had a nation or a homeland until Cid built Home on the sands of Bikanel Island. Then the Guado and the [[PathOfInspiration Church of Yevon]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs invade it]] and kill everyone in it with hordes of fiends. When Cid takes whatever survivors he can find and escapes with them on the [[CoolAirship Fahrenheit]], he orders ''his own son'' to destroy Home to avoid pursuit. And as the missiles fly, all Al Bhed on board sing the Hymn of the Fayth, both in honor of their dead as well as to soothe their own hearts.
** One more thing: Cid, the leader of the Al Bhed -- High Summoner Braska's brother-in-law. The Church of Yevon didn't like Braska before he defeated Sin once he married Cid's sister, and their opinion didn't change after he defeated Sin; they just pretended that whole fiasco with the Al Bhed never happened.

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