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On top of , an argument can be made that this also applies to Cid, Yuffie, and Reeve[=/=]Cait Sith, who are all given more substantial supporting roles.
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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** For Vincent, the OptionalPartyMember who received the least screentime in the original ''Final Fantasy VII''.
** Notably, the returning cast members who receive the most screentime here are Cid, Reeve[=/=]Cait Sith, and Yuffie, whilst the characters introduced before leaving Midgar (Cloud, Barrett, Tifa and Red XIII) are all DemotedToExtra
On top of , an argument can be made that this also applies to Cid, Yuffie, and Reeve[=/=]Cait Sith, who are all given more substantial supporting roles.

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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Chaos and Death Penalty.



* BishonenLine: Gorgonero is virtually physically indistinguishable from his regular ol' Nero, unlike Arachnero.
** Chaos also seems to have crossed it between games. Where before it was a [[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} Chernabog]]-esque demon, it now appears as a vamped-out Vincent in a crazy costume.



* DarkIsNotEvil[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Contrast vampiric AntiHero Vincent with crazed mass-murderer Weiss ("white") the Immaculate.

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* DarkIsNotEvil[=/=]LightIsNotGood: DarkIsNotEvil: Contrast vampiric AntiHero Vincent with crazed mass-murderer Weiss ("white") the Immaculate.



* EleventhHourSuperpower: Chaos and Death Penalty.



* LightIsNotGood: Contrast vampiric AntiHero Vincent with crazed mass-murderer Weiss ("white") the Immaculate.



** [[BishonenLine Bishounen Line]]: Gorgonero is virtually physically indistinguishable from his regular ol' Nero, unlike Arachnero.
*** Chaos also seems to have crossed it between games. Where before it was a [[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} Chernabog]]-esque demon, it now appears as a vamped-out Vincent in a crazy costume.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: After Azul is defeated by Vincent, this latter [[spoiler:turns into Chaos and ends up by impaling him in a brutal way. And Chaos smiles to this.]]
** Nero also did this to [[spoiler:Hojo.]]


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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Azul is defeated by Vincent, this latter [[spoiler:turns into Chaos and ends up by impaling him in a brutal way. And Chaos smiles to this.]]
** Nero also did this to [[spoiler:Hojo.]]
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''Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' is a sequel and spinoff of the [[RunningGag whiplash-inducingly popular]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', and was released for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. Unlike other games in the series, ''Dirge'' is a ThirdPersonShooter with RPGElements, starring broody ally Vincent Valentine as he fights to come to terms with his past. Although nearly all of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' characters make some appearance, focus is off the main characters and onto ones who didn't get much screentime in the original. It includes a CuttingOffTheBranches of a scene late in the game which assumed that Vincent and [[{{Ninja}} Yuffie]], who were optional {{Secret Character}}s, were not in your party.

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''Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' is a sequel and spinoff of the [[RunningGag whiplash-inducingly popular]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', and was released for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.Platform/PlayStation2. Unlike other games in the series, ''Dirge'' is a ThirdPersonShooter with RPGElements, starring broody ally Vincent Valentine as he fights to come to terms with his past. Although nearly all of the ''Final Fantasy VII'' characters make some appearance, focus is off the main characters and onto ones who didn't get much screentime in the original. It includes a CuttingOffTheBranches of a scene late in the game which assumed that Vincent and [[{{Ninja}} Yuffie]], who were optional {{Secret Character}}s, were not in your party.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: While they can be chosen to participitate in the final battle in the main game, Vincent and Yuffie are shown to remain at Midgar evacuating the civilians in the opening prolgue instead of joining Cloud and the others. This would explain why these two, who are optional recruitable characters, are absent in the final FMV.

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* CuttingOffTheBranches: While they can be chosen to participitate in the final battle in the main game, Vincent and Yuffie are shown to remain at Midgar evacuating the civilians in the opening prolgue prologue instead of joining Cloud and the others. This would explain why these two, who are optional recruitable characters, are absent in the final FMV.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: While they can be chosen to participitate in the final battle in the main game, Vincent and Yuffie are shown to remain at Midgar evacuating the civilians in the opening prolgue instead of joining Cloud and the others. This would explain why these two, who are optional recruitable characters, are absent in the final FMV.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The Online mode ends up very awfully for the Player Tsviet. After Restrictor kills them, Weiss and his fellow Tsviets reveal that they manipulated the Player Tsviet all along. They let them die and go to find the next one, implying there are more Restrictors to deal with and another person will be a victim of their schemes. Shelke also reveals to the Player that 'they never had any sister' and their memories had been hijacked to be used.]]
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** Shelke counts as well.

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** Shelke counts as well.also.

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%%* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and Shalua Rui are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.

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%%* * MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and Shalua Rui are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.
** Shelke counts as
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* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and [[HotScientist Shalua Rui]] are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.

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* %%* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and [[HotScientist Shalua Rui]] Rui are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.

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Say My Name isn't this. Also elaborated on Full Name Basis.


* FullNameBasis: Shelke always calls Vincent by his full name.

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* FullNameBasis: Shelke always calls Vincent by his full name. Once or twice she just calls him Vincent, but she plays it straight the overwhelming majority of the time.



* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and [[HotScientist Shalula Rui]] are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.

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* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and [[HotScientist Shalula Shalua Rui]] are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.



* SayMyName: The game doesn't leave any doubt as to who its protagonist is, since almost every time someone speaks to him, they say his name. Sometimes his full name.

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* CliffhangerWall: The secret ending of ''Dirge of Cerberus'' has not been picked up by any Final Fantasy media since. [[spoiler:Genesis flies away with Weiss promising some mysterious new plan...]] which has never been followed up as the next game ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' is a prequel to the first game and all subsequent tie-in media chronologically take place prior ''Dirge of Cerberus''.



* LeftHanging: The secret ending of ''Dirge of Cerberus'' has not been picked up by any Final Fantasy media since. [[spoiler:Genesis flies away with Weiss promising some mysterious new plan... which has never been followed up.]]
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* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and [[HotScientist Shalula Rui]] are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.
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* BareYourMidriff: Shalua, Yuffie, Rosso, Lucrecia, Tifa...
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Generally considered the weakest of the ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'', and has been criticized for camera, control and targeting issues and lack of difficulty. Its story has garnered mixed reviews.

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* EtherealWhiteDress: Lucrecia, after she goes TheAtoner route and seals herself away for all of the horrible things that happened to Vincent because of her, ditches her HotScientist garb for a white PimpedOutDress.

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* EtherealWhiteDress: Lucrecia, after she goes TheAtoner route and seals herself away for all of the horrible things that happened to Vincent because of her, ditches her HotScientist scientist garb for a white PimpedOutDress.



* HotScientist: Shalua and Lucrecia, especially the former due to her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.
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!Spoilers for all ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'' works preceding this one, particularly ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss. He spends the entire game with no shirt on, even when armoring up as [[[spoiler:Omega Weiss]].

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss. He spends the entire game with no shirt on, even when armoring up as [[[spoiler:Omega [[spoiler:Omega Weiss]].
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* TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess: Both of the female members of the Tsviets, Shelk and Rosso, are not killed by Vincent. Shelke has a HighHeelFaceTurn and Rosso commits suicide rather than be defeated by Vincent.
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* RapunzelHair: Weiss and Argento. Nero comes close, but not quite.

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* DualWielding: Shelke, Weiss, and Nero, thought it's more along the lines of Quadruple Wielding in his case; one gun in each hand, including his wings' hands.

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* DualWielding: Shelke, Weiss, and Nero, thought it's more along the lines of Quadruple Wielding in his the case of the latter case; one gun in each hand, including his wings' hands.



* FacelessMooks

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* FacelessMooksFacelessMooks: All Deepground soldiers wear face-covering helmets.



* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Cutscene Vincent is an agile and athletic superhuman killing machine that can leap three stories high and tear bosses to shreds with a few well-placed shots or even his bare hands. Gameplay Vincent is befuddled by [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence anything taller than a garbage can that's on its side]], and has trouble killing basically anything that aren't bog-standard {{Mooks}}.

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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Cutscene In cutscenes Vincent is an agile and athletic superhuman killing machine that can leap three stories high and tear bosses to shreds with a few well-placed shots or even his bare hands. Gameplay In gameplay Vincent is befuddled by [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence anything taller than a garbage can that's on its side]], and has trouble killing basically anything that aren't bog-standard {{Mooks}}.



* HotScientist: Shalua and Lucrecia.

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* HotScientist: Shalua and Lucrecia.Lucrecia, especially the former due to her {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.



* StoryBreakerPower: ''Nero''. He can instantly absorb anyone into his darkness with no defense against it bar PlotArmor. Thankfully he doesn't often venture away from Weiss.



%%* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss.

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%%* * WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss. He spends the entire game with no shirt on, even when armoring up as [[[spoiler:Omega Weiss]].



%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Weiss.

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%%* * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Weiss.Weiss has a mass of spiked white hair and even when he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:possessed by Hojo, he seems fine with using Omega]].



%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shelke.

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%%* * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shelke.Shelke is subjected to this; her weak body and constant reliance on mako meant Deepground only kept her around to find the Protomateria. Weiss ordered her killed once Rosso had retreived the Protomateria from Vincent.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss.

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* %%* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss.



* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Weiss.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Yuffie's already scanty legwear has shrunk since ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

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* %%* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Weiss.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Yuffie's already scanty legwear has shrunk since ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shelke.

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* %%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shelke.
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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Shalua's ''tiny'' skirt fails to protect her modesty during her only fight scene.
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*DeathGlare: Vincent gives one to Hojo in the opening movie.

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