History Trivia / FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren

*** [[Film/AmericanBeauty Mena Suvari]] as Aerith Gainsborough

* TheOtherDarrin: George Newbern took over for Lance Bass as Sephiroth starting with this movie. For the ''Complete'' version, Aarom Refvem and Creator/ArielWinter replaced Benjamin Bryan and Grace Rolek's Denzel and Marlene since the latter two actors grew up and couldn't voice them for the new scenes. Music/MandyMoore had also voiced Aerith in the first ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' game but was replaced by Mena Suvari for this one.

* DevelopmentHell: The original movie was announced at Tokyo Games Show 2003, and wasn't released in Japan until late 2005, due to significant changes to the script during early development. ''Complete'' was announced at TGS 2006, and would subsequently not be released until March 2009.

** At a very early stage in development, the only featured characters were going to be Cloud, Tifa, Kadaj and Sephiroth. The run-time was also planned to be far lower than in the final movie; early interviews mentioned around the 40 minute mark. This would change as it became apparent that fans were expecting ''much'' more than the initial script apparently had, prompting a fairly extensive rewrite. The TGS 2003 trailer, and the unused footage it contains, probably comprises the remains of that early version of the movie.

* CastingGag: The voice actress for Marlene in both Japanese and English (Creator/SumireMorohoshi and Creator/ArielWinter, respectively) shares the voice for characters in other Creator/SquareEnix works: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Mog]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep young Kairi]], who are also cute, small characters. Andrea Bowen, who played the Moogle Girl, was also upgraded to voicing Aerith in ''Crisis Core''.

** The initial choice for Denzel's Japanese voice actor was Koki Uchiyama. However, he was a bit too old to fit the bill, but Nomura later used him in VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII as the voice of Roxas and later in VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep as Ventus.

* RecastAsRegular: Andrea Bowen, who voiced the Moogle Girl, would later be upgraded to Aerith's regular voice actress. She has voiced the character in three ''Final Fantasy'' projects since.

* CastingGag: The voice actress for Marlene in both Japanese and English (Sumire Morohoshi and Creator/ArielWinter, respectively) shares the voice for characters in other Creator/SquareEnix works: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Mog]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep young Kairi]], who are also cute, small characters. Andrea Bowen, who played the Moogle Girl, was also upgraded to voicing Aerith in ''Crisis Core''.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]].

* DuelingWorks: With ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', as a continuation of the rivalry between their predecessors, with both works taking on a more "realistic" aesthetic and giving their respective protagonists (Cloud and Link) a [[AnimalMotifs wolf]] motif. Both works were successful commercially, but ''Twilight Princess'' was met with universal acclaim and continued to be quite well-regarded over the years (if not to SacredCow levels like its predecessor), whereas ''Advent Children'' was very divisive (granted, [[VideoGameMoviesSuck its format]] didn't do it very many favors).

* DuelingWorks: With ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', as a continuation of the rivalry between their predecessors, with both works taking on a more "realistic" aesthetic and giving their respective protagonists (Cloud and Link) a [[AnimalMotifs wolf]] motif. Both works were successful commercially, but ''Twilight Princess'' was met with universal acclaim and continued to be quite well-regarded over the years, whereas ''Advent Children'' was very divisive (granted, [[VideoGameMoviesSuck its format]] didn't do it very many favors).

* DuelingWorks: With ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', as a continuation of the rivalry between their predecessors, with both works taking on a more "realistic" aesthetic and giving their respective protagonists (Cloud and Link) a [[AnimalMotifs wolf]] motif. Both works were successful commercially, but ''Twilight Princess'' was met with universal acclaim and continued to be quite well-regarded over the years, whereas ''Advent Children'' was very divisive (granted, [[VideoGameMoviesSuck its format]] didn't do it very many favors]]).

* NoExportForYou: ''Complete's'' vocal theme, "Safe and Sound," is not in Western releases of the film, which is odd considering that the song is written by Gerard Way from MyChemicalRomance and sung entirely in English. Furthermore, it's only available on the Japanese iTunes. "Calling" from the original version was used for the Western release.

** The initial choice for Denzel's seiyuu was Koki Uchiyama. However, he was a bit too old to fit the bill, but Nomura later used him in VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII as the voice of Roxas and later in VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep as Ventus.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Steve Burton ([[Series/GeneralHospital Jason Morgan]]) is Cloud.
** Creator/RachaelLeighCook is Tifa.
** Mena Suvari ([[Film/AmericanBeauty Angela Hayes]]) is Aerith.
** Rick Gomez ([[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Gippal]]) is Zack.
** Creator/SteveBlum is Vincent.
** Creator/BeauBillingslea is Barrett.
** Chris Edgerly ([[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hidan]]) is Cid.
** Christy Carlson Romano (WesternAnimation/KimPossible) is Yuffie.
** Creator/LiamOBrien is Red XIII.
** Greg Ellis ([[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Lt. Groves]]) is Cait Sith.
** Creator/WallyWingert is Rufus Shinra.
** Creator/QuintonFlynn is Reno.
** Creator/CrispinFreeman is Rude.
** Bettina Bush ([[VideoGame/GodHand Olivia]]) is Elena.
** Ryun Yu ([[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Dr. Jonathan Ishii]]) is Tseng.
** Creator/JamiesonPrice is Reeve Tuesti.
** Benjamin Bryan ([[VideoGame/BatenKaitosOrigins Ladekahn]]) is Denzel. In ''Complete'', Denzel is voiced by Aarom Refvem ([[Series/GreysAnatomy Jackson Prescott]]).
** Andrea Bowen, who later go on to [[CrisisCore voice]] [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Aerith]], is Moogle Girl.
** Grace Rolek ([[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Connie]]) is Marlene. In ''Complete'', Marlene is voiced by Creator/ArielWinter.
** Creator/GeorgeNewbern is Sephiroth.
** Creator/SteveStaley is Kadaj.
** Creator/DaveWittenberg is Yazoo.
** FredTatasciore is Loz.
** In the Japanese version, [[Creator/KenichiSuzumura Zack]] and [[Creator/MaayaSakamoto Aerith]] are [[Trivia/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke]], respectively.
** Creator/BanjoGinga (Reeve) also voices [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/DragonBall Giran, Colonel Silver, and King Vegeta]].
* NoExportForYou: ''Complete's'' vocal theme, "Safe and Sound," is not in Western releases of the film, which is odd considering that the song is written by Gerard Way from MyChemicalRomance and sung entirely in English . Furthermore, it's only available on the Japanese iTunes. "Calling" from the original version was used for the Western release.

* CastingGag: The voice actress for Marlene in both Japanese and English (Sumire Morohoshi and Creator/ArielWinter, respectively) shares the voice for characters in other SquareEnix works: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Mog]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep young Kairi]], who are also cute, small characters. Andrea Bowen, who played the Moogle Girl, was also upgraded to voicing Aerith in ''Crisis Core''.

* AscendedFanon: The producers of this film openly admitted that they turned Cloud from the serious hero into the brooding loner because the "[[FanDumb fans]]" would be familiar with this image of him.

** Creator/MenaSuvari ([[Film/AmericanBeauty Angela Hayes]]) is Aerith.

** Grace Rolek ([[SpecialAgentOso Molly]]) is Marlene. In ''Complete'', Marlene is voiced by Creator/ArielWinter.

** The initial choice for Denzel's seiyuu was Koki Uchiyama. However, he was a bit too old to fit the bill, but Nomura later used him in KingdomHeartsII as the voice of Roxas and later in KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep as Ventus.

** Benjamin Bryan ([[BatenKaitosOrigins Ladekahn]]) is Denzel. In ''Complete'', Denzel is voiced by Aarom Refvem ([[Series/GreysAnatomy Jackson Prescott]]).

* CastingGag: The voice actress for Marlene in both Japanese and English (Sumire Morohoshi and Creator/ArielWinter, respectively) shares the voice for characters in other SquareEnix works: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Mog]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep young Kairi]], who are also cute, small characters. Andrea Bowen, who played the Moogle Girl, was also upgraded to voicing Aerith in ''Crisis Core''.

** [[Creator/BanjoGinga Reeve]] is [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/DragonBall Giran, Colonel Silver, and King Vegeta]].

** [[Creator/BanjoGinga Reeve]] is [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]].

* NoExportForYou: Complete's vocal theme, "Safe and Sound," is not in Western releases of the film, which is odd considering that the song is written by Gerard Way from MyChemicalRomance and sung entirely in English . Furthermore, it's only available on the Japanese iTunes. "Calling" from the original version was used for the Western release.