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6	->''"Welcome to the night of Wonderland."''
7	-->-- '''Fabula'''
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9	''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is, as the name implies, an anime series produced as part of the [[RunningGag mind-flayingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise. It was produced by {{Creator/GONZO}}, and brought to the United States by Creator/ADVFilms; it's available to the Spanish-speaking audience in a subtitled version, and has also been dubbed in French and German. Like many Gonzo anime, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is often guilty of using dodgy CG effects (though it uses said CG better than many other Gonzo productions) and varying art quality depending on which studio is working on each episode.
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11	Originally planned as a two-season anime with an open-ended finale to allow for a third season if it was well-received, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' actually had the opposite problem: it did not achieve sufficient ratings or video sales to have its ''second'' season produced. The unanimated plotline was instead released in two voiced dramas, a book, and several short stories released on the official website--[[NoExportForYou none of which were made available in a language other than Japanese]]. That didn't stop the non-Japanese fans from piecing the rest of the story together through unofficial translations and summaries anyway.
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13	''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' tells the story of a pair of twins from the real world, Ai and Yuu Hayakawa, who journey to a bizarre parallel dimension in search of their parents, a pair of scientists who've made a living off said parallel dimension and went there to investigate it... and never quite made it home. Along the way, they and the friends they find there discover a great deal about Wonderland's troubles, which might actually present a threat to the real world as well. Being a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' story, the villains are affiliated with an EldritchAbomination known as Chaos. And Chaos is battled by existences known as the Unlimited, who are said to be more powerful than gods.
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15	What does this have to do with Ai and Yuu, who just want to find their parents and go back home? Well, maybe more than anyone would like.
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17	'''''Final Fantasy Unlimited'' now has a [[Characters/FinalFantasyUnlimited character sheet]], but at this time it is not complete.'''
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19	!!Provides examples of:
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21	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Some objects such as "Elizabeth" the train, The Magun, its loading and shooting sequence, and the summons.
22	* AbnormalAmmo: Kaze's summon-firing gun that turns out to be using [[spoiler: souls]] as bullets.
23	* AdaptationalNameChange:
24	** The Gun Dragon is the anime’s equivalent to Bahamut.
25	** The Sword Dragon is the anime’s equivalent to the Mist Dragon.
26	* AfterlifeExpress: Good ol' Elizabeth, which is a ShoutOut to the phantom train of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
27	* AGodAmI: "I'm the only god in this world!"
28	* AlasPoorVillain: Out of the main villain team, [[spoiler: Fungus dies the most tragically. As he explains, he was a proud general and his kind had no concept of death, which Chaos deftly introduced when it consumed everything he had. Serving the Earl took over everything in his life until he finally regains his home and a chance to rebuild, at which point Oschar and Earl infect it with a mold that traumatized him when it was a part of Chaos consuming it. At this point Fungus becomes a DeathSeeker as his world literally crumbles around him like it did in his past, and he thanks Kaze for giving him a warriors death as he burns away. The heroes somberly look on and reflect, while the team he showed UndyingLoyalty towards care little for his demise apart from the short term benefit.]]
29	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Despite what he does, Lisa seems to have a very strong love interest for Kaze from the very beginning. Lou too.
30	* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: It's revealed that Ai and Yu are [[spoiler:actually avatars of Chaos, but are generally nice kids thanks to the family who adopted them. On the other hand, Earl Tyrant is fully aware of his true nature and is completely evil]].
31	* AnimationBump: The animation quality varied heavily based on which animation group was handling each episode. Some of the best-handled were episodes one, three, nine, thirteen, and eighteen, but special mention goes to the final episode, every frame of which looked like it could serve as one of the most beautiful pieces of the series' lush promotional artwork.
32	%% * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Kumo]]
33	* ArcWords: The word "Unlimited" is used a few times in the series, often in reference to either Kaze or Makenshi. It turns out "Unlimited" is a noun, not an adjective -- the Unlimited are beings of extraordinary power who have the ability to destroy Chaos, the BigBad of the series.
34	* AwesomeButImpractical: Kaze’s Magun can summon powerful monsters, and is one of the few things able to stand up against the likes of Chaos or Omega. However, it is cumbersome, takes a long time to activate, cannot fire regular bullets, and suffers from PowerIncontinence.
35	* BadBoss: Though of course playing as the BigBad, the Earl is mean to everyone whenever he's in a bad mood.
36	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Invoked. Earl Tyrant, representing chaos, is dismissive of the Comodeen’s wish for order. As far as he’s concerned, the only order that really matters is the one he wants.
37	* BadassAdorable: Chobi and Moogle are cute creatures who move and fight alongside the humanoids.
38	* BalanceOfGoodAndEvil: Or rather, the balance between order and chaos--what [[spoiler:Makenshi]] aims to restore.
39	* BarbieDollAnatomy: The series has this with Clear. It's difficult to tell at first, but official character sketches confirm that he's always completely naked besides his boots and gloves, and yet no genitals or nipples are seen. This might be because he [[spoiler:isn't human]].
40	* BerserkButton: You don't damage any of Cid's mechanical creations, unless you want to be crushed between the two hammers that he can summon on demand.
41	%% * {{BFG}}: The Magun.
42	%% * {{BFS}}: Both Kiri and Kumo's Maken.
43	%% * BigBad: Chaos.
44	* BigFishInABiggerOcean: Lisa Pacifist is a master of the [[KiManipulation Kigen Arts]], and would be one of the more powerful people in her own universe, which is mostly based on early 21st Century Earth. In Wonderland, however, Lisa is regularly overpowered and outmatched by the monsters and sorcerers in it.
45	%% * BigGood: Fabula. [[MindScrew Maybe]].
46	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The villains are dead, but so does Kumo and Kaze, with the last shot of the anime is crying Lisa. On the other hand the kids are reunited with their parents, free of mind control. Though if ''After'' is to be believed, Kumo and Kaze survives, but things both in Wonderland and Real World has become FromBadToWorse as the villains Herba and Oscha aren't dead yet as well as introduced a new, more dangerous villain, topped with how the Chaos isn't dead yet.]]
47	* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The Dead Peppers fire Chobi up and give him a speed boost.
48	* {{Bookends}}: The anime begins when a [[spoiler:Gun Dragon-controlled Chaos]] fights a Sword Dragon. It ends when [[spoiler: a Sword Dragon-controlled Chaos fights a Gun Dragon]].
49	* BoringButPractical: Makenshi only has a few summons compared to Kaze, but he only needs Mist for his magic, compared to Kaze’s varied Soil bullets. He can activate his Maken at any time, control it telepathically, and use it as a normal weapon when not using summon magic.
50	* BorrowedCatchphrase: When Pist steals the Magun and tries to summon the Gun Dragon, he repeats Kaze’s episodic rant word-for-word.
51	* BraggartBoss: Pist is a showboating, hammy villain who acts very dramatic, even by the standards of his peers.
52	* BreathWeapon: Makenshi, Kiri, and most probably all other Misterians have mist breath for their attacks.
53	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Fabula often addresses the viewers directly, as the series is presented as though it's a story she is telling them.
54	** Chocoimo gets to do the intro once and directly addresses the viewer. Cid gets the pleasure of doing the intro twice, cheerily providing the viewer with details about Wonderland physics.
55	* BreakTheCutie: This is Chaos' favorite game, seeing as how it feeds on negative emotions and all.
56	** In the final two episodes, [[spoiler:Chaos' avatar Earl Tyrant (seemingly) kills, brainwashes, or absorbs everyone close to the twins to break them down]].
57	** [[spoiler:The ''entirety of After'' is based on the forces of Chaos putting Lisa through as much emotional turmoil as possible.]]
58	* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Kumo in ''After'']]. This is also the cause of Kaze's Magun problems in the anime; it was damaged when [[spoiler:he contained Chaos twelve years ago]].
59	%%* {{Kawaiiko}}: Herba.
60	* CallingYourAttacks: Whenever a summon is used, the summoner will call out their name. Wheather [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull this is needed for the ritual to work]] or is [[RuleOfCool just for extra flourish]] is never really elaborated on.
61	* CanNotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:The whole misunderstanding between Yuu and Touya in ''After Spiral''.]]
62	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: A three-way example. [[spoiler:The BigBad Earl Tyrant and the protagonists Ai and Yu are revealed to be avatars of recurring ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' villain Chaos.]]
63	* CantCatchUp: [[spoiler:Due to Kumo's status as Unlimited, whenever he and Kiri got into the same hobby--say, swordsmanship or summoning--Kumo would always wind up leaving Kiri in the dust; as the older brother (and one with considerable {{pride}}), Kiri had a lot of trouble dealing with this. Especially as, like most younger siblings, Kumo wanted to emulate everything his brother was good at out of innocent admiration.]] This (and Oscha being an asshole) is the eventual cause of all the CainAndAbel in episode 18.
64	** And [[AllThereInTheManual apparently]], [[spoiler:Kiri eventually gets over this.]]
65	%%* CerebusSyndrome: Yikes.
66	%%* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Oscha]].
67	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's kinda stupid how even the Earl didn't see that coming from Kumo, even after saving the good guys/Kaze a few times.
68	%%* ClipShow: Episode 14.
69	* ColorCodedCharacters:
70	** Makenshi has white hair, wears a white suit, carries a white sword, and summons white dragons. His real name, Shiroi Kumo, means "White Cloud."
71	** Kaze wears a black robe, has a black heart powering his Magun, and is often referred to as "Black Wind."[[spoiler:When he sacrifices himself to help Makenshi kill Chaos, however, the Soil bullet he becomes is Endless White]].
72	** Earl Tyrant’s clothes are varying shades of red, purple, and pink. [[spoiler: He has the same colors as Chaos. On the two occasions when an Unlimited took control of his body, they took on the color scheme]].
73	* CoolTrain: The Interdimensional Train, also known as Elizabeth, can transport the characters between the various universes that make up Wonderland.
74	* CrystalBall: [[{{Narrator}} Fabula]] is rarely seen without her trademark blue crystal ball.
75	* CurbStompBattle: Kumo beats the living crap out of Kaze in episode 4, which is quite a change from Kaze's previous [[GameBreaker I-Win Button]] status. [[spoiler:Chaos to everyone in episode 24, too.]]
76	* CutShort: The anime was planned to have 52 episodes, but because of its low ratings along with the financial failure of ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'', it was cut down to only 25 episodes overall. The story was later able to be continued through various other media.
77	* CypherLanguage: The native language of Wonderland is a cipher of English. If you want the key, though, you'll have to track down the (out-of-print) artbook.
78	* DeadHatShot: When Kaze [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to summon the final Gun Dragon, his discarded earring is shown next to Lisa]].
79	%% * DeathTrap: Ocean puzzle.
80	* DeusExMachina: Twice in both the anime and ''After'', Fabula finds some loophole (once a {{Pun}} on her role as a Guide) that allows her to assist Lisa and the twins. The first time, it's by giving Ai a few words of encouragement and Poshepocket; the second time, she pulls our heroes out of the dimensional tunnel when it looks like Omega will destroy them. And then, in ''After'', she [[spoiler:sends Ai, Yuu, Lisa, and Chobi back to their own world when Chaos attacks the Comodeen]].
81	** Tends to be of the FridgeBrilliance variety, especially considering all the hints that are dropped about how Fabula really feels about her job.
82	* DamnedByFaintPraise: In his debut, Pist tells the other Lords of Gaudium that they are not completely useless, since their constant losses to the heroes gave him the data he needed for his plan.
83	* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: The environments of Wonderland are brightly colored and surreal. Besides the monsters that plague it, Wonderland is a hodgepodge of worlds that were swallowed up by Chaos.
84	* DomesticAbuse: Though not really, what kind of parents like their elementary level kids at home alone?
85	* DramaticIrony: Possibly true with Lou Lupus. She leaves the party to go looking for Kaze, which is pretty amusing to the audience, given that we know that Kaze always seems to show up wherever Lisa, the twins Ai and Yuu and Chobi are.
86	%% * EldritchAbomination: Omega and Chaos.
87	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sort of. About who's with them - no one cares when [[spoiler:Fungus dies because he never did anything noteworthy.]]
88	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Earl and his flunkies call Kumo "Makenshi" because he never reveals his name around them. In After, [[spoiler:even though they know his name is Shiroi Kumo, everyone still calls him Makenshi out of habit. It causes some, uh, consternation when Touya freaks out about what kind of person might actually be ''named'' Makenshi]].
89	* EvilLaugh: Earl Tyrant eventually shows himself to be quite capable of this.
90	* {{Expy}}: The cast has got plenty in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' thanks to the designer liking to recycle his designs; Fabula also has the Zion Archive Narrator in ''Anime/TheAnimatrix''.
91	* ExtremeOmnivore: Fungo. He's been seen eating plates, bags, mailboxes and other inedible objects without batting an eye.
92	* FanService: Lisa wears tights and somewhat lovingly shows her sculpted body and legs.
93	* FauxActionGirl: Lisa is supposed to be a secret agent with the ability to use Kigen Arts (defensive spiritual energy). She does toss around some foes to temporary effect, but in the end she ends up huddling with the twins while Kaze shoots the things with his Magun.
94	** This becomes less and less true the longer the series goes on, culminating with her [[spoiler:getting to fire the Magun in the final episode.]]
95	* FilmingForEasyDub: Any time Kaze fires the Magun, his clothes cover his mouth, allowing the animators to use the same sequence with totally different dialogue every time.
96	* FingerPokeOfDoom: Kumo blasts his way into [[LaResistance the Comodeen]]'s ElaborateUndergroundBase using nothing but his breath and a twig he picked up outside.
97	* FirearmsAreRevolutionary: Most of the Commodeen rely on blowguns, so Cid is impressed by the potential of Kaze’s gun when he sees it.
98	%% * GadgeteerGenius: Cid, of course.
99	%% * GenkiGirl: Lou Lupus.
100	* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Kaze does this when he announces that “The Soil Charge Triad to use on you has been decided!"
101	* GlamourFailure: When Yu first meets [[spoiler:Earl Tyrant, a close-up shot gives the Earl Chaos energy instead of eyes. When he escapes, Yu's eyes go under the same effect]].
102	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Kiri in episode 18, and [[spoiler:Kumo in episode 24]].
103	* GodMode: It's heavily implied that both Oscha and Fabula have GodMode but are unable to use it to directly interfere in the story.
104	* GodsHandsAreTied: Fabula would love to directly assist the party in stopping Chaos but is unable to interfere due to the rules of Wonderland. She does manage to slip through the cracks once or twice to bail them out of a tough spot, however.
105	* GratuitousEnglish: The colors of Kaze's Soil bullets.
106	** Soljashy from "After" just ''loves'' to use this, too. And gratuitous French, and gratuitous Russian... At least this is revealed to be well-spoken English in the drama CD ''After 2''.
107	** The song "Romancing Train" is mostly Japanese, but opens with English and has English peppered throughout.
108	* GreenThumb: Helba can create and control plant-based monsters.
109	* GrossUpCloseUp: There’s a reason Oscha usually wears a mask. A few shots show a manic eye surrounded by withered, rotting flesh.
110	* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: The [[MageMarksman Magun]], wielded by Kaze, essentially acts as a conduit for conjuring Summons through the Soil Charge Triad.
111	* GunsVsSwords: Part of the premise of the story is that it pits Kaze (gun) against Makenshi (sword). Even the eyecatch animation involves illustrations of the Magun and Maken forming the two F's in ''Final Fantasy Unlimited'''s logo.
112	* HappyEndingOverride: ''After'' not only has Herba and Oscha surviving (while what's broadcasted apparently ends with all the villainous characters dead) but also introduces a new villain related to Lisa and made everything even worse not only for Wonderland, but the real world as well.
113	%% * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Kumo's was spectacular in so very many ways.]]
114	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Makenshi's]] entire fight against Chaos is eventually revealed to be one. And then there's [[spoiler:Kaze and Makenshi's apparent deaths in episode 25]], which, according to ''After'', are actually something of a subversion, as they turned out to be [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]].
115	* HowDoIShootWeb: When Pist steals Kaze's Magun, he tries to use it himself (including a bizarre subversion of the normal firing sequence) but the resulting summon turns on him.
116	* HumanoidAbomination:
117	** The Unlimited look like Earth-based humans, but they are notoriously durable, can use summon magic, and can stand up to otherwise-unstoppable gods like Chaos or Omega.
118	** Earl Tyrant may seem like a small child, but [[spoiler:he is in fact the mind and soul of Chaos. By extension, Yu and Ai also count, since they are also avatars of Chaos.
119	%% * IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler:Kumo and the twins, so very very much.]]
120	%% * IllKillYou
121	* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: It's revealed that [[spoiler: Ai and Yu aren't actually the children of the Hayakawas. They are, in fact, Chaos spawn who were adopted when the Hayakawas lost their original kids]].
122	* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: The two main characters are named Ai and Yu; these are Japanese words for "love" and "courage," and can be put together to spell ''yuuai'' ("friendship"), but also sound like the English pronouns "I" and "you".
123	* InNameOnly:
124	** The anime has virtually nothing to do with its namesake series aside from the presence of Chocobos, Moogle Kupo, a character named Cid, and the summons themselves.
125	** The story is about [[spoiler:two kids who get caught in a conflict between {{La Resistance}} and {{The Empire}}, in which the latter is trying to collect [[PowerCrystal crystals]] in order to become an unstoppable god-like entity, and who is also Chaos. In addition, it's directly stated that people's souls are energy that can be weaponized, similar (though still different) to Mako/the Lifestream.]] If that's not "''Final Fantasy''", then what exactly is?
126	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Kaze, typically the only character who confronts an enemy, will combine this with [[CallingYourAttacks Calling His Attack]] in his summoning sequence.
127	* IntimateHealing: Laughed at in episode 15, where Kaze is found drifting in the ocean by the Comodeen and brought aboard their submarine; when Lisa notes that he doesn't seem to be breathing, Yuu prompts her to perform CPR. Although she had no problems using it to resuscitate Ai in the sixth episode, Lisa balks at the thought of having to kiss Kaze--so Knave volunteers. Cue [[{{Squick}} a close-up of his puckered lips descending]]; luckily, Kaze wakes up just in time.
128	* IsItSomethingYouEat: Fungo asks if a thief is something that can be eaten.
129	* IShallTauntYou: Depends on how you take it but the way Kumo talks DOES probably lead Kaze on.
130	%% * ItHasBeenAnHonor: Fungus.
131	* KidWithTheLeash: [[spoiler:Ai and Yuu are eventually revealed to have an indirect leash on Kaze's Magun.]]
132	%% * La Resistance: The Comodeen.
133	* LargeHam: Every one of the Lords of Gaudium, but Pist and Soljashy from ''After'' definitely take the cake here.
134	* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: The home world of the Hayakawas and Lisa is identical to modern Earth, except for the use of the Kigen Arts and the emergence of the Pillar of Darkness.
135	* LimitedDestinationTime: The train Elizabeth in ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'' can move at a constant pace except for short intervals, so the main characters can't stay in one dimension for too long.
136	* LimitedWardrobe: In the anime, Ai gets a change of clothes twice, but no one else does; Yuu lampshades this once she gets her winter duds in episode 14. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since all they came to Wonderland with was in Ai's backpack, which Fungo ate. Lisa and the twins get new costumes in ''After'', though.
137	* LockAndLoadMontage: Kaze's Magun sequence. It takes a while and makes battle a bit inconvenient; there's a lot of LampshadeHanging here from the heroes and villains.
138	%% * LoveFreak: Lou Lupus.
139	%% * LoveTriangle: Kaze/Lisa/Dolk.
140	%% * MagicalRealism
141	%%* ManipulativeBastard: Oscha and Soljashy.
142	%%* MarriedToTheJob: "Where is White Cloud?"
143	* MeaningfulName: ''Lupus'' is the Latin word for "wolf". And [[spoiler:Joe and Mary's names might be considered to be a biblical reference, considering Ai and Yuu's eventual role in the story]].
144	** [[spoiler: Oscha is an anagram for "Chaos."]]
145	* MidSeasonTwist: In ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', the seventh episode introduces new character Lou Lupus and the new threat Omega.
146	* MoodWhiplash: Episode 17 is a silly little story about [[TheChewToy Cid]] coping poorly with a ForcedTransformation. Episode 18 is an incredibly serious and depressing glimpse of Kumo's backstory and motivations. And then Episode 19--the most slapstick of the lot--is positively bipolar, swinging between over-the-top gags and Clear angsting.
147	* TheMultiverse: Wonderland is the result of Chaos consuming and combining a number of worlds, and it seeks to take over even more.
148	* MysteriousPast: We see very little, if not any of anyone's past in the anime. And when we do, it's mostly the same stuff over and over.
149	* {{Narrator}}: Fabula. Subverted in that she turns out to be a story character who just can't interfere directly in the plot (unless she's sneaky about it).
150	* NoSell: Pretty much every single time someone uses a "normal" weapon. Notably when Kaze tries to shoot Fungus - without moving, Fungus ''catches the bullets in his mouth''.
151	* NoYou: When Kaze is fighting Fungus in the latter's homeworld, Fungus (who seems immortal thanks to his ability to regenerate himself) taunts Kaze by saying that this will be where he dies. Kaze's response is simply to point at Fungus and say "No, YOU'RE the one who will die here!"
152	** In the English dub at least, characters will very often state something explicitly relating to the powers they're using or how powerful they themselves are so that Kaze can retort with "Soil is MY power." and [[TransformationSequence transition seamlessly into the Magun activating.]]
153	* NostalgiaFilter: The enemy Nostradamus uses this as a weapon. It is a radio tower that sends out energy waves, trapping people in their happiest memories of the past while constantly announcing "Nothing beats the good old days!". The hero Kaze becomes trapped in the memories of his homeland Windia with his sister. The illusion is broken when the character Moogle reminds him what happened ''after'' his happy memories- [[spoiler:his homeland was destroyed and his sister died]] .
154	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: All the lords of Gaudium, but Soljashy especially.
155	* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: In episode 25, [[spoiler:after being run through on his own sword by Earl Tyrant, Kumo regains consciousness in time to bind Chaos in a show of truly badass HeroicWillpower]].
156	* NotQuiteDead: Kaze is notoriously guilty of this. He ''never'' quite seems to die [[MemeticMutation even if he is killed]].
157	** [[spoiler:Kumo generally suffers more damage than Kaze does, but he regularly survives death all the same.]]
158	** And Fungus is noted for being indestructible, surviving everything that gets thrown at him [[spoiler:until he's betrayed by the Earl and infected with mold]].
159	* OddFriendship: Ai and Clear, [[spoiler:Ai and Kumo; Aura and Kumo in the backstory]].
160	* OlympusMons: The eponymous Unlimiteds are described as having power surpassing that of the gods.
161	* OnceMoreWithClarity: At times, Kaze flashes back to his last encounter with an unknown woman. [[spoiler:It is revealed to be his sister, Aura, who sacrificed her body to provide Soil]].
162	* OncePerEpisode: In the first half of ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Kaze pulls out his Magun summon weapon, and saves the day. As time goes on, it malfunctions more often.
163	* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:watch as Kumo just lays there for a bit then does his ultimate summon after getting pierced though his abdomen.]]
164	* OrderVersusChaos: This is the dynamic between Gaudium (chaos) and the Comodeen (order).
165	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lou is the last of a race of humanoids who turn into wolves when they look into a reflective surface, such as a mirror.
166	* PaletteSwap: Kiri's summon is just a red version of Kumo's.
167	* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Lisa is also revealed to have suffered from this, between her mother's death and her father's complete disinterest in her aside from her Wonderland's journey and powers.]]
168	* PlayingWithFire: Despite being around for one episode, Kiri shows he does indeed like fire.
169	* PosthumousCharacter: Aura, who is very important to the motivations of a lot of characters, but has no development until Before.
170	* PowerEchoes: The English dub adds echo to Kaze's lines whenever he uses the Magun.
171	* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:This is a big part of the final episode. Among other things, it's how Joe and Mary Hayakawa finally break free of Herba's MindControlDevice.]]
172	* PuppyDogEyes: With ones that size, it's probably safe to say Crux has them on default.
173	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Earl Tyrant is assisted by four Lords of Gaudium.
174	%% * ReplacementGoldfish: Lou to Kaze, for Aura; Ai to [[spoiler:Kumo]], for [[spoiler:Kiri]].
175	%% * ScarfOfAsskicking: Kumo.
176	%% * RiddleOfTheSphinx: Parodied in episode 16.
177	* RoyalBrat: The Earl,[[AGodAmI Just a little]].
178	* RedGreenContrast: The red-haired Ai is much more impulsive and outgoing than her brother Yu, who has green highlights for his clothes.
179	* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Parodied in Episode 16, where the "correct" answer is the Hemoran bacterium. The person who answers "a human" gets it wrong. The riddle giver in that episode is cheating, so the person answering is always wrong. The only "true" correct answer was to point out that the riddler is cheating.
180	* RuleOfCool: In relation to Kaze and his extremely long Magun summoning sequences. Much of the runtime is dedicated to it, with sometimes doing it twice, other characters also get this with their own powers, including the Mascot Chocobo's PowerArmor being applied
181	* RunningGag: Chobi chewing on Ai's hair.
182	* SavingTheWorld: Or in this case, several worlds.
183	* ScaryShinyGlasses: The glasses worn by [[spoiler:the brainwashed Hayakawa parents light up. They stop glowing when they are freed from Chaos' control]].
184	* SeenItAll: Yu and Ai barely react to Lou being a werewolf, considering everything else they’ve seen in Wonderland.
185	* SicEm: This often happens when Earl Tyrant reviews yet another loss on the part of his minions.
186	* SignificantAnagram: Oscha's name is an anagram of "Chaos", perhaps hinting at his true loyalties.
187	* StupidEvil: The Earl is motivated by his hunger and very little else to the point that [[spoiler: he and Oscha kill a newly turned ImplacableMan Fungus just to feed his hunger for fear that day, when reuniting Fungus with his homeland not only gives him said massive powerboost, but also redoubled his loyalty out of greatfulness.]]
188	* ShipTease: A lot of them. There's Kaze's strange tolerance for Lou, Lisa getting a bit further in [[DefrostingIceQueen making Kaze acknowledge her presence]], Kaze and Kumo's obsession with each other, Kiri and Kumo and their copious {{Subtext}}, Ai being so very considerate of Clear, Miles and Cid apparently getting closer, and even [[spoiler:hints that Kumo may have felt something for Aura]]...
189	** An entire end credit sequence is based entirely around a ship tease between Lisa and Kaze.
190	* ShooTheDog: This happens when the party runs into a herd of wild chocobo. Yu, upon realizing that Chobi will probably never see the herd again, encourages him to go off with them. [[spoiler:It doesn't stick for too long, though.]]
191	* ShootTheDog: Upon learning that Clear is a part of Omega, Kaze immediately tries to kill him despite Ai's protests.
192	* ShowerScene: Knave in Episode 17 and again in Episode 21.
193	* ShoutOut: Episode 17 is a play on the traditional Franchise/FinalFantasy Toad spell, and Kiri and Kumo both seem to use a lot of Franchise/FinalFantasy spells during their battle in episode 18.
194	** The Final Fantasy victory theme is also heard whenever the good guys win.
195	** Episode 21 features cactuars.
196	** Every summon that appears in the series also appears in the games.
197	** Fungus is defeated by [[spoiler: a summon that casts Meteor]]
198	* SmittenTeenageGirl: Lou, full stop. She falls madly in love with Kaze after he winds up saving her. He's enough of TheStoic to not really care when she attaches herself to his arm and doesn't let go, neither encouraging her nor discouraging her.
199	* SmugSnake: Pist's FatalFlaw, hes too stuck up realize when to either cut his losses or realize flaws in his schemes.
200	* SoulJar: [[spoiler: Soil is made of human essense. During the finale of the anime, Mogle, Lou and Kaze himself transmute their bodies into soil bullet so that the Magun can summon the Gun Dragon.]]
201	* SparklingStreamOfTears: The final episode has Kaze and Aura doing this in a {{Flashback}}. While standing still. With Aura being TheFaceless.
202	* StepfordSmiler: Subverted with Lisa; whenever she tries to hide emotional distress with a smile, Ai promptly tells her to knock off the creepy laugh.
203	* StockFootage: Every time Kaze loads his Magun or Lisa uses one of her special abilities. This tends to come up a ''lot'' when the show is criticized; Kaze and the Magun were particularly bad, as the show tended to use the ''entire'' loading sequence in multiple successive episodes.
204	* StuffBlowingUp: The radio tower in "Moogle: Nostalgic Memories," once Kaze and Moogle Kupo use Ixion Zero on it.
205	* SummonMagic: Kaze, Makenshi, and Madoushi all have the ability to conjure Summons. [[spoiler:Lisa]] does it in the final episode of the anime.
206	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Makenshi, sort of. [[spoiler:The coldness isn't a natural part of his personality, though; if he had his way, he'd be able to dere all the time.]]
207	* SupportingLeader: Knave and the Comodeen eventually assume this role as the story becomes more serious, but they never quite outgrow being PluckyComicRelief at the same time.
208	* SwiperNoSwiping: The characters try, and often fail, to pull this on Kaze.
209	* TalkToTheFist: Part of the lampshades the cast throws on Kaze's long, long, ''long'' summoning sequences. Both Pist and Makenshi do it. Pist eventually has this trope turned on him by [[spoiler:Makenshi]]; the results were beautifully epic, [[spoiler:as the swordsman effortlessly turns Pist into mist]].
210	* ThemeMusicPowerUp:
211	** Kaze, Kumo, and Lisa are all prone to this. The Lords of Gaudium each have a villainous version.
212	** Even Chobi's Ciel Chocobo transformation comes complete with a special theme, as well.
213	* ThemeNaming: All three summoner boys have weather names.
214	* ThemeTwinNaming: In addition to being homophones for I and You, Ai can mean "love, affection, friendly" and "indigo" while Yu can mean "happy, pleased" or "jade".
215	* TheseQuestionsThree: One stage of the Ocean Puzzle is based on three-by-three questions. The only way to break the sequence [[spoiler:is to say the interviewer is making things up]].
216	* ThirdPersonPerson: Lou Lupus, in the Japanese. She speaks normally in the dubbed version, though.
217	* ThisIsADrill:
218	** Kaze's Magun has a retractable drill that is used to blend the Soil bullets in the chamber and activate the magic within them.
219	** Also, the Cube-Ashura robot in episode 9, which (unlike the other examples) actually uses it as a weapon.
220	%% * ThisIsUnforgivable
221	* TitleThemeDrop: The series does this with both its opening theme and its closing theme. In an interesting twist, "Vivid" the closing theme for Episodes 1-13 was featured in Episode 15. "Over the Fantasy," the opening theme was played during a montage, with additional lyrics not heard when it was played in the show's opening sequence.
222	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Ai and Yuu are revealed to be parts of Chaos at the end of the anime. Soljashy spends most of ''After'' trying to convince them to accept their birthright.]]
223	* TomatoSurprise: Lou Lupus, revealed as a werewolf in the middle of episode 7. Ai and Yuu don't care that she's not human, though, and tell her that her transformations are cool.
224	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: played straight most of the time, but subverted by Pist, who seems to be the only one smart enough to realize you ''can'' interrupt the montage.
225	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The story begins with Ai and Yu being trapped in Wonderland. Said other world, controlled by Chaos, is also continually expanding and consuming other worlds, leading to entire dimensions being trapped there as well.
226	%% * VerbalTic: Moogle, of course.
227	* VillainousGlutton: His [[AdiposeRex weight]] is questionable due to his outfit, but [[RoyalBrat Earl Tyrant]] definitely fits the glutton part. 90% of his scenes take place with him eating something or other, [[spoiler:usually made from the negative emotions of his "subjects".]]
228	* WeakButSkilled: [[spoiler:After being useless bystanders for most of the early part of the story, the twins eventually become very good at using what they have to help out however they can.]]
229	* WhamEpisode: "Fungus" and "Meteor" where Fungus TookALevelInBadass and had Kaze on the ropes. [[spoiler: he reveals key details about the Earls plan and how Wonderland really works, alongside his desire to rebuild his home, only to [[ShooOutTheClowns die with honor]] due to the Earl and Oschar deliberately infecting him and using his fear to feed Chaos.]]
230	* WhamShot: When the Earl touches Yuu's hand, accompanied by a WhamLine.
231	-->'''Earl''': We'll unite with each other together with your sister... I think that's a really good plan, don't you?
232	* WhiteShirtOfDeath: So he didn't [[spoiler:stay dead]], but that episode was quite a wince-worthy change to the show's previous BloodlessCarnage. The especially JustForFun/{{egregious}} fact is that [[spoiler:Kumo is one of ''two'' characters ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice in that episode, and he's the only one who apparently bled at all--let alone so profusely]].
233	* TheWorfEffect: After being able to steamroll pretty much anything it's pointed at in the first few episodes, the Magun's effectiveness begins to wane as the enemies begin learning how to counter it.
234	* YouALLLookFamiliar: No one sees most of the faces of the Comodeen members.
235	%% * YouAreNotAlone

Context Anime / FinalFantasyUnlimited