Line #37 VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus


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5	''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 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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7	''[=DOC=]'' takes place one year after ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' and infamously creates a tie-in with ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', released afterwards but canonically taking place before the original game. Said tie-in involves J-Pop star Creator/{{Gackt}} in a rare (for video games) live-action cameo.
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9	!!This game contains examples of:
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11	* HundredPercentCompletion: Doing all the missions and shooting all the little tubes to unlock everything.
12	* EleventhHourSuperpower: Chaos and Death Penalty.
13	* AdaptationExpansion: Shinra Mansion sure got a lot bigger. While we're at it, just how many caverns are there under Midgar?
14	* AllDesertsHaveCacti: Or, in this case, ''Cactuars''.
15	* AllThereInTheManual: The online game reveals a lot more history about Deepground and the Tsviets, including the reason [[spoiler:Weiss]] died and later got [[spoiler:possessed by Hojo]]. Unfortunately this was [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]].
16	* AmbiguouslyGay: Nero is creepily obsessed with his brother Weiss, and has his moments with Vincent. In ''Lost Episode'', he even stalks Vincent to get "a taste of his darkness".
17	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Arguably the whole point of the game, but there's also a segment where you control Cait Sith.
18	* AnimeHair: Weiss, ''hands down.''
19	* AnimeThemeSong: Two, both by {{Music/Gackt}}. "Longing" plays during the very last part of the final level on your way to fight the final boss, and "Redemption" is basically the game's theme song.
20	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: See DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist below.
21	* ApologizesALot: Lucrecia.
22	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: No matter what, you will never fight alongside any other main character. They will always just happen to be knocked out or somewhere else. The CG sequence that shows the WRO's assault on Midgar includes practically all the characters you'd want to fight alongside, along with Vincent. Of course, Vincent goes his own, separate route while the rest of the cast go elsewhere (Shelke even complains about it afterward, asking Vincent why he landed "several clicks off (his) target destination.").
23	* AscendedExtra: Vincent, Lucrecia and Chaos were respectively an optional party member, a minor character and a LimitBreak in the original game. In this game, Vincent is the protagonist, and Lucrecia and Chaos have major roles in the story.
24	* AuthorAppeal: The reason why Creator/{{Gackt}} is the most powerful being on the planet.
25	* AxCrazy: Rosso.
26	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:When Rosso is defeated, rather than let Vincent kill her, she cuts her chunk of floor away from the building she's standing on and falls to her death.]]
27	* BadassArmy: Deepground and World Regenesis Organization, once they decided to go offensive.
28	* BadassCape: Vincent, of course. One could make a case for Rosso and Azul as well.
29	* BerserkButton: For Vincent, only being Hojo is enough to push him off the edge.
30	** That's rare that the Tsviets genuinely care for someone when that isn't to use them. But if they ever do, pray God to have mercy on you because they won't.
31	* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted: Nero, the younger brother, is obsessed with protecting Weiss.
32	** BigSisterInstinct: Shalua refers to Shelke as her reason to live.
33	* BishonenLine: Gorgonero is virtually physically indistinguishable from his regular ol' Nero, unlike Arachnero.
34	** 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.
35	* BitchInSheepsClothing: While she herself is not overtly malicious, the amount of horrible things that have happened in Vincent's life on account of Lucrecia is positively maddening. At least [[ApologizesALot she's apologetic]].
36	* BloodKnight: Azul.
37	* BloodLust: Rosso. [[BreakTheCutie After she snapped]], Rosso became obsessed with drawing blood from her foes, hence her title, "the Crimson".
38	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Tsviets and Deepground, as a result of the SuperSoldier program. The heroes go through some mild angsting over whether Deepground can really be blamed for their actions.
39	* CallBack: [[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Vincent got a new phone...]]
40	* CharacterFilibuster: Weiss... er... [[spoiler:Hojo]] loves to do these. [[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords They make no sense whatsoever]], but he ''loves'' 'em.
41	* ChildSoldiers: Shelke was kidnapped and turned into a Tsviet at age 9.
42	** In the export, it's implied that many of the other Deepground soldiers were also children when they were first experimented on. Weiss, Nero and Rosso were all [[{{Tykebomb}} born in Deepground]].
43	* 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''.
44	* ColorfulThemeNaming: The Tsviets. Nero means black, Azul means blue, Rosso means red, Shelke means amber, Weiss means white, and Argento means silver. Most of them even wear the appropriate colors.
45	** BilingualBonus: "Tsviet" means "color" in Russian (and also is an archaic word for "flower").
46	*** But the accent is so bad that even native Russian speakers can miss it.
47	* {{Combos}}: Vincent can do kicks and punches in close quarters.
48	* ContinuityCameo: Rufus is seen being loaded into an ambulance during the evacuation of Midgar as Meteor is starting to fall. It's explained in the novellas as [[spoiler:having something to do with a trap door.]]
49	* ContinuitySnarl: Oh where to start... If the confusing as hell timeline wasn't bad enough, there's the fact that [[spoiler:apparently Hojo decided to fuse with Omega after seeing Vincent in Chaos form during his boss battle during the original game, leading to him injecting Jenova cells in himself to help the process. Only... he injected Jenova cells into him ''before'' his boss battle (and thus before he saw Chaos) so he can even fight Cloud and co. And apparently after doing Cloud and co left, he changed back to his original form, uploaded himself on the Internet, and then died in a lightning strike during the final battle with Sephiroth.]] And there's much more than that.
50	* CriticalHit: The aforementioned headshots, though it can happen other times too.
51	* CrystalPrison: Lucrecia is revealed to be in one, apparently of her own free will.
52	* 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 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.
53	* CutscenePowerToTheMax: And how! In fact, a large complaint with the game was how Vincent could pull off incredible acrobatics in cutscenes, but during gameplay could do no more than double jump, and even that was something that was added to the US/PAL version of the game.
54	* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Everyone''.
55	* DarkIsNotEvil: Contrast vampiric AntiHero Vincent with crazed mass-murderer Weiss ("white") the Immaculate.
56	* ADayInTheLimelight:
57	** For Vincent, the OptionalPartyMember who received the least screentime in the original ''Final Fantasy VII''.
58	** 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
59	* DeadToBeginWith: [[spoiler:Weiss]], [[GrandTheftMe in a manner of speaking]]. But "not for long", according to Nero. It turns out that he succumbed to a virus implanted in his body that would be activated if he killed his superiors, which he did.
60	* DeathGlare: Vincent gives one to Hojo in the opening movie.
61	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Due to auto-saving, you have infinite continues and rarely have to redo more than a few minutes of exploration.
62	** Since you get to keep all of the experience you earned and convert it to levels or Gil after you die, essentially restarting before the problem point with more resources at your disposal, death can be downright '''[[ThanatosGambit beneficial.]]'''
63	* DefusingTheTykebomb: Shalua to Shelke, once Shelke's been captured by the WRO.
64	* DegradedBoss: Several of them. The helicopter from the first level, the heavy armored soldier from the third level, and the Black Widow robot from the fifth level all reappear as [[EliteMook Elite Mooks]] or [[MiniBoss Mini-Bosses]] later in the game.
65	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the LetsPlay was fond of pointing out, "Nero the Sable", "Azul the Cerulean", and "Rosso the Crimson" literally translate to "Black the Black", "Blue the Blue", and "Red the Red", respectively.
66	** Weiss the Immaculate [[GeniusBonus might count]], as immaculate deals with purity, a theme commonly represented by the color white in Western cultures. Only Argento and Shelke avoid this (Argento doesn't have a title as far as we know and amber is a translucent fossil resin, usually a deep yellowish-orange in color, not clear and transparent).
67	* DesignItYourselfEquipment: Sort of; you customize your weapon's base, barrel, and attachment.
68	* DifficultyByRegion: The US release removed the Easy setting, changed the Limit Breaks to items, reduced the number of max slots per item and the money that can be obtained by selling them, and tweaked the enemy AI. On the other hand, it did improve the camera controls, lets Vincent double-jump, and increased Vincent's speed by 20% (American audiences can only boggle at how the original version must have played).
69	* DifficultyLevels: On Extra Hard, opening the menu doesn't [[MenuTimeLockout stop the action]]. Yet, you're allowed to keep all your weapons and items from [[NewGamePlus a previous Normal or Hard mode game]].
70	* DisneyDeath: Implied to be what [[spoiler:Weiss]] received in the [[spoiler:Genesis ending]].
71	* DoubleJump: Hilariously, it's the "exclusive bonus feature" for the US/PAL version. And it's near ''[[BonusFeatureFailure useless]]'', because [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence the level design hasn't changed one bit from the Japanese version]]. But if you like to show off while gunning down {{Mooks}} and monsters, then you're luck!
72	* DoubleWeapon: Rosso's sword is a dual bladed red... [[BuffySpeak thing]] with a small machinegun built in the handle.
73	* 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.]]
74	* DualWielding: Shelke, Weiss, and Nero, thought it's more along the lines of Quadruple Wielding in the case of the latter case; one gun in each hand, including his wings' hands.
75	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Nero the Sable.
76	* EmotionlessGirl: Shelke.
77	* EscortMission: Several of them, involving you trying your darndest not to get your allies killed. Fortunately if they do get killed, you just lose points.
78	* 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 scientist garb for a white PimpedOutDress.
79	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The best trope is Nero. Despite his dark and creepy nature at times, he really does love Weiss and would do anything to protect him or being with him. Weiss also seems to feel the same toward him.
80	** Even though Shelke was with Deepground, Shalua still cared for her and always tried to search for her.
81	* EverythingFades
82	* EvilBrit: Nero the Sable, [[UnexplainedAccent despite the fantasy setting]].
83	* EvilLaugh: Weiss and Hojo. At first, [[spoiler:you might think that Hojo is affecting the way that Weiss laughs]], but the [[EverybodyLaughsEnding group laughter]] at the end of the Online Mode reveals that no, he just laughs like that naturally. Most of the Tsviets are also guilty of this -- they may be evil, but they have a ''very'' healthy sense of humor.
84	* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment
85	* ExtendedGameplay: A whole bunch of missions, which unlock neat stuff like galleries.
86	* EyepatchOfPower: Argento.
87	* FacelessMooks: All Deepground soldiers wear face-covering helmets.
88	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:When Weiss and Nero merge into one, Hojo lost control of it and he's erased from existence as Weiss walks into Omega.]]
89	* FemmeFatale: Rosso the Crimson.
90	* FireIceLightning: Materia. Nothing has elemental weaknesses, the only difference is how the spell acts.
91	* 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.
92	* GagSub: [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/thedarkid/videos/1/ This trailer.]]
93	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: 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. 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}}.
94	* GenderBlenderName: Not intentionally, but seeing as Rosso and Argento are ''women'', their names should ''really'' be Rossa and Argentea (the feminine Italian equivalents).
95	* GunAccessories: Scopes, barrels, ''sword knots'', and then shit gets weird...
96	* GunsAreWorthless: Pretty much, given how much ammunition you'll be pumping into the average mook, to say nothing of how many rounds said mooks will put into you.
97	* {{Hammerspace}}
98	* HandCannon: Customizing Cerberus with the Long Barrel can have this effect.
99	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Shelke]].
100	* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: The tutorial, featuring Vincent the Turk in a training hall.
101	* 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.
102	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Shalua]]. [[SenselessSacrifice A bit pointless,]] but heroic all the same.
103	* HideYourChildren: Averted with the moogle doll.
104	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Yuffie, hoo boy.
105	* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:Hojo, by way of possessing Weiss's body.]]
106	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Azul, by his own cannon.]]
107	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Yeesh, who did Reeve and the Tsviets hire to train their respective armies?
108	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Depends on what your definition of "cool" is. [[spoiler:Genesis's]] jacket could be argued into the "cool" category... Nero's straitjacket and face jockstrap? Not in a million years.
109	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Vincent's titular Cerberus, a triple-barreled [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]] that can be easily modified on a dime. It's also obnoxiously AwesomeButImpractical despite being your main workhorse firearm, since it chews through ammunition quickly; the eighteen shots on your HUD might as well be a revolver's standard six.
110	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Shelke, who uses two [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lightsabe]]... ''[[LaserBlade energy rods]]'' attached by... er, more energy.
111	* InfinityPlusOneSword: Ultima Weapon, as usual. Technically, Death Penalty is stronger, but it's only available [[EleventhHourSuperpower when the Chaos Limit Break is]].
112	* InvisibleWall: Combined with InsurmountableWaistHeightFence. While Vincent has to find keycards for the energy fences, he cannot, at any point, simply jump over or around them. Even in the US/PAL release, where he can ''jump'' higher than these energy fences.
113	** Even more ridiculously, there is a point near the end of the game where Vincent has to crawl under a pipe. The problem is, '''''there is nothing above the pipe'''''. By all logic, Vincent should just be able to jump over it. But no, he has to use the pretty much useless crawl function.
114	** This is also really confusing, because the opening FMV scene showed Vincent jumping from roof to roof, over helicopters, in ways that pretty much defy physics and would make any Olympic gymnast go, "'''Shit.'''"
115	* InvulnerableCivilians: Averted, one of your bonus objectives in the first chapter even revolves around rescuing them before they get gunned down. Thankfully you can still get an S rank even despite one of them near-inevitably getting mowed down in a scripted sequence.
116	* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Vincent gets one after [[spoiler:Omega's born and he turns into Chaos]], and [[spoiler:Shelke]] is the one who has to dive in after him to bring him back.
117	* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Weiss[[spoiler:/Hojo]] really can't resist explaining every last detail of his evil plan, even after Vincent interrupts him twice to say he's heard enough.
118	* LargeHam: Hojo.
119	** Also Yuffie. She goes all-out on her introduction when Vincent asks who she is, as she's wearing a cloak, for some unknown reason.
120	* KatanasAreJustBetter: After Weiss combines with Omega, his gun-swords are upgraded to a pair of katanas.
121	* KudzuPlot: Possibly the biggest offender in the Compilation.
122	* KungFuProofMook : Weiss' Elites in Deepground are invulnerable to normal bullets thanks to a BeehiveBarrier. You can still dispose of them with elemental attacks or [[BoringButPractical kick their ass manually in hand-to-hand combat.]]
123	* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In the online mode. It is very difficult to guess who is the nicest between Restrictor and Weiss as the two of them committed very horrible and amoral actions to reach their goals, and in any case there would be victims because of them. Nevertheless, the online mode made the Tsviets as somehow the "good guys" because of their background which makes them somewhat sympathetic. Furthermore, Weiss's [[BigBrotherInstinct care for his brother]] is his only one redeemable trait
124	* LethalJokeItem: The Toy Gun is completely useless, but if you upgrade it to its final version, you get the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Gun]], Ultima Weapon.
125	* LightIsNotGood: Contrast vampiric AntiHero Vincent with crazed mass-murderer Weiss ("white") the Immaculate.
126	* LimitBreak: Available as an item this time round.
127	* LittleMissBadass: Double subverted by Shelke. She really is a nineteen-year old teenager, but given that she is NotAllowedToGrowUp, she has the body of a nine-year old, yet is more than capable of kicking ass.
128	* LostTechnology: Cid reveals he found the ''Shera'' buried in a cave underground, already constructed and more-or-less operational. This may be a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' and how Setzer recovers the ''Falcon'', as well as the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' tradition of having the heroes find relic airships from another age.
129	** As mentioned in the game's intro, the big celebration taking place in Kalm is in recognition of the "Worldwide Network" being brought back online. Yes, they're celebrating getting the internet back for the first time in three years. At least Creator/{{Square\|Enix}} knows its [[MostTropersAreYoungNerds fanbase]].
130	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Two cases actually happened. The first one is definitely Lucrecia. Whether or not her and Hojo's relationship could be viewed as love, it's because she followed Hojo that she [[spoiler:used her own child Sephiroth as an experiment]] to the point she doesn't even care about Vincent's warnings, while the latter was genuinely in love with her. She is remorseful but it comes too late. The second example is Nero who is ready to commit genocide and awakening Omega only out of love for his brother [[spoiler:who was actually Hojo]]. In this case it comes out as a LoveMakesYouEvil trope too.
131	* MadScientist: [[spoiler:Hojo, of course]], and [[spoiler:Lucrecia, [[ReluctantMadScientist to some extent]]]].
132	* MaleGaze: Yuffie Kisaragi (at least in the opening) and Shalua Rui are subject to this. Rosso the Crimson has her moments as well.
133	** Shelke counts also.
134	* ManaMeter
135	* {{Matricide}}: Nero the Sable, one of the Tsviets, inadvertently sent his own birthmother into another dimension while she was giving birth to him due to his powers, which also acted as the reason why Shinra bound his arms as well as presumably limited his overall power.
136	* MoralMyopia: During their meeting, Nero doesn't seem to understand Shelke's motives to protect people who count on her, while this former does exactly the same for his brother Weiss and is ready to kill anyone who would dare come close to him. Although there is a slight moment where he seems to think about it, he ends up by saying it is just nonsense.
137	* {{Muggles}}: Reeve and the WRO mooks. Every other character is some sort of special... Well, they're special, let's just leave it at that.
138	* MultiMookMelee: The 100-enemy room.
139	* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: No matter how much damage he takes or how many times he uses a {{Limit Break}}er, Vincent's cape will never suffer ClothingDamage.
140	* NoAccountingForTaste: Anyone wondering what Lucrecia ever saw in Hojo will still be left wondering after playing this game. If anything, he seems even more ObviouslyEvil than ever before.
141	* NoCutsceneInventoryInertia: Vincent is restricted to the Vanilla pistol in cutscenes, no matter how [[GunAccessories pimped out]] the player has it, or if you were using an SMG or Rifle a second ago.
142	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Tsviets -- sort of.
143	* OddballInTheSeries: Out of all the Compilation games, this is by ''far'' the most divisive.
144	* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Hojo/]]Weiss got a huge one when Vincent-Chaos parried his RazorWind with a finger.
145	* OlderThanTheyLook: Shelke, a nineteen-year-old woman with the body of a nine-year-old girl.
146	* OneUp: The Phoenix Down arguably acts as this. [[MythologyGag Why in the world this did not happen to]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aerith]] is beyond anyone's guess.
147	* OneWingedAngel: All of the Tsviets aside from Rosso (who fittingly TurnsRed instead) and Shelke, as well as Vincent.
148	* 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.]]
149	** Nero also did this to [[spoiler:Hojo.]]
150	* PetTheDog: Despite everything she did and mostly is the cause of Vincent's sorrow, Lucrecia seemed to really care about him. There is even a moment where the two shared a picnic together even though Vincent's duty was to protect her. She also seems very remorseful for having made him suffer.
151	** Tsviets are monsters, however Weiss's and Nero's relationship are the few moments of humanity between them. Some of interactions with the player in Online eventually turned to be a BaitTheDog, as they even didn't care if the player died.
152	* PlayingWithSyringes: Deepground.
153	* PsychoForHire: ''Definitely'' Rosso.
154	* RazorWind: Rosso again, who can cut through solid concrete just by swinging her hand.
155	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Azul delivered one to Shelke while preparing to grind her bones.
156	* RedshirtArmy: They even [[LampshadeHanging wear red uniforms]].
157	* TheRemnant: The organization named Deepground appears and wreaks havoc on the world. It soon turns out they are a little known experimental group from within Shinra's group SOLDIER and were kept hidden underground. It's stated that in the handover between President Shinra and his son Rufus that Rufus was never informed about the group, so by the time they see the surface in Dirge of Cerberus 3 years have passed since the end of the original game and they have been preparing for their mission without knowledge that the Shinra company that caused their formation is basically no more.
158	* {{Retcon}}: Some, like the game's opening scene, explain why [[OptionalPartyMember Vincent and Yuffie]] didn't show up in the ending of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Others are just to make this game work a little better, such as Chaos's new form.
159	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Cerberus is a ''triple-barreled'' one.
160	* SatelliteCharacter: Nero to Weiss.
161	* SealedEvilInACan: Deepground, again.
162	* SeeYouInHell: Azul works it into his FinalSpeech, though they're not his last words.
163	* ShipTease: Between Vincent and Yuffie, especially counting every time they saved each other during the story, and how Yuffie was worried when she thought that Vincent was hurt during the final battle against Omega.
164	** Also some between Vincent and Shelke, as they each become a MoralityPet to the other (Vincent showing Shelke what it means to fight for others, and Shelke's ability to adapt to becoming a member of WRO shows Vincent that he can find peace). Most notably, at the end Shelke is the one waiting for Vincent when he emerges from bidding Lucrezia goodbye for the last time, and she jokingly grumbles she has no idea why Cloud, Yuffie and the others forced her to go get him while smiling warmly.
165	** In the online mode, there is very subtle but present ship tease between Weiss and Rosso during their fight.
166	* ShoutOut: [[Film/ShortCircuit "Number Five is alive!"]]
167	** In chapter 10, a {{Mook\|s}} can be found [[VideoGame/MetalGear hidden inside a box]].
168	** The chapter featuring Cait Sith sneaking into a mako reactor's named "Solid Cait".
169	** The Tsviets themselves may be another ''Metal Gear'' ShoutOut, this time to the FOXHOUND antagonists from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
170	*** Rosso has a Sniper Wolf-esque inappropriate [[FakeRussian Lzherusskie]] accent.
171	*** Azul is a pretty clear Vulcan Raven, {{Genius\|Bruiser}} [[TheBrute Brute]] with a {{BFG}}.
172	*** Nero has a Psycho Mantis bondage look.
173	*** Weiss is similar to Liquid Snake as the BigBad, though Nero has the accent. [[spoiler:Though he turns out to be more like ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty MGS2]]'' Revolver Ocelot, with Hojo possessing him to act as the real Liquid Snake analogue.]]
174	* SlasherSmile: Weiss pulls off a couple in the main game, as well as in the Online Mode.
175	* SlouchOfVillainy: Weiss.
176	* SocialDarwinist: Weiss, except the ones he deems worthy are the ones that will die.
177	* TheSpartanWay: Shelke describes Deepground as "a hell far deeper than any you could imagine". The backstory is pretty hellish for many of the characters.
178	* 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.
179	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Shalua, Rosso, and Yuffie.
180	* SuperSoldier: The Tsviets.
181	* TalkToEveryone: A requirement when aboard the Shera.
182	* TokenMiniMoe: Shelke. The creators tried to justify it by having her physically stop aging at nine, but that doesn't explain why they had to make her so disturbingly sexy for a pre-adolescent or one of the closest things to a [[{{Squick}} love interest]] Vincent has. Or have the camera [[MaleGaze focus on her rear]] in so many cutscenes.
183	* TooDumbToLive: Lucrecia makes one stupid mistake after another. [[spoiler:She ultimately realizes her role in making everything go wrong, and seals herself away.]]
184	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The Tsviets, in the backstory.
185	* TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar: Vincent can retrieve the Hydra rifle in Edge from behind a bar inside a deserted building.
186	* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The final levels, which turn into a RailShooter.
187	* UnexplainedAccent: Nero has a [[EvilBrit British accent]], Rosso has a [[FakeRussian Russian accent]] and Cait Sith has a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish one]]. Cait Sith is justified at least, supplementary material states that Reeve got the accent from the way his parents spoke. Also Cait Sith (pronounced "Kett Shee") is a mythological Gaelic creature whose name pretty much means "Cat Fairy".
188	* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: The game auto-saves before and after most boss fights. It is possible to enter a boss fight without sufficient ammo and healing items to win. However, the game averts the usual problem with autosaving by making separate save files for each checkpoint. Therefore, you can simply go back to the last checkpoint and replay up to that point. It's annoying, but at least you don't have to restart the entire game. Plus, there's usually a shop and some kind of sealed door just before it's about to hit the fan.
189	* VillainDecay: Hojo. Even though he appears to be just as evil as he was in the original game, he is robbed of most of his actual character traits and becomes far more stereotypical, making it difficult for players to take him seriously. However, it is heavily implied that the reason for his more-stereotypical behavior was because he lost his sanity after his botched attempt at injecting himself with Jenova's cells.
190	* VillainousBreakdown: Rosso and later Nero. [[spoiler:Hojo had a gargantuan one when Weiss and Nero merged together, causing him to be slowly erased from existance]].
191	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Weiss. ''Oh my'', Weiss. He spends the entire game with no shirt on, even when armoring up as [[spoiler:Omega Weiss]].
192	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Argento factors heavily in the backstory of the remaining Tsviets, but is only seen in the online multiplayer mode, leaving her fate and actions unknown.
193	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Weiss has a mass of spiked white hair and even when he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:possessed by Hojo, he seems fine with using Omega]].
194	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The Tsviets easily qualify. They had essentially been raised to be weapons by Shinra, so while they did do atrocious actions, the main characters also at the same time have some pity over them because of how they were raised.
195	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: 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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