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3Once upon a time, [[InMediasRes a train carrying a band of freedom fighters pulled into a station.]] And this led to a SuperSoldier and his TrueCompanions beginning an epic crusade against a worldwide MegaCorp, culminating in a battle against a OneWingedAngel to prevent the very ''extinction of mankind.''
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5This is not that story. But it's a story about that story.
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7''Final Fantasy VII: The Sevening'' is an exaggerated, manga-styled AffectionateParody of the landmark Platform/PlayStation RPG, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Pages 1-252 were serialized on Website/SmackJeeves by Decalyn and [=ObstinateMelon=], but was wiped upon the closure of the site at the end of 2020, but it can still be found on [=DeviantART=]. It pokes fun at everything from [[PlotHole plot holes]] to the game's questionable translation.
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9The entirety of the collection can be also found on [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/gallery/25038206/FF7-Comic ObstinateMelon's DeviantArt page.]] Went on hiatus in June 2015, but resumed on March 24th 2018, before going back on Hiatus on February 5th, 2021.
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11!! Contains examples of:
12* AbhorrentAdmirer: While not being ugly or rude, Priscilla's statement that she was supposed to give Shiva to the person she wants to marry when she grows up freaks Cloud out a little as she is a prepubescent girl. In fact, Cloud is very adamant about reminding people that Yuffie is only 16 and is [[BreakingTheFourthWall disgusted by Japan]] when he learns that she can be one of his dates. This is also one of the major reasons that he tends to ignore most of her attempts to impress him.
13* AdaptationalWimp:
14** The heroes are practically weak without materia. They can fight normal enemies, but one attack from a thunderbird and everyone dies.
15** The buggy, in the original game, is faster than walking and can cross rivers of Amazon widths. Here, it's TheAllegedCar; slow as molasses and fraught with engineering issues. So useless is it that Cloud thinks nothing of just giving it away.
16** Pretty much every boss qualifies too. Only a small handful of bosses have survived the first attack against them, and NONE have lived through two attacks.
17* AdaptationalVillainy:
18** Cloud is more of a {{Jerkass}} than his canon counterpart and bullies or belittles several people during the course of the comic. For instance, at some point, he steals the Ramuh materia belonging to two Chocobo jokeys while making a height joke. Then he causes their deaths during the race without a hint of remorse.
19** Cid isn't exactly portrayed in a positive light, what with his [[DomesticAbuse treatment]] of Shera.
20* AffablyEvil[=/=]PunchClockVillain: Most of the RandomEncounter monsters. [[{{Mook}} Also Shinra's guards.]]
21* AffectionateParody: It's clear that the artist absolutely loves the game.
22* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Red XIII self-identifies as a dog, although there's enough cat for cat jokes to happen too.
23* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: At one point, Aeris admits she's only attracted to [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page260-261782005 assholes]].
24* AllWomenAreLustful: The women aren't subtle at all about wanting to get their hands on Cloud's [[UnusualEuphemism Buster Sword]] and even Yuffie tries to get some smoochies at one point.
25* AltText: Only on the first few pages, then they're replaced by real text and are absent completely from the Website/DeviantArt page.
26* AmbiguouslyBi:
27** Cloud has his slips every now and then, much to Tifa's irritation. [[spoiler:It is heavily implied that these moments is a carry-over from Zack, who, judging from Cloud's memory, had quite the man-crush on Sephiroth and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday constantly insisted that there was nothing gay about it]].]]
28** On the other hand, he attacks [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa]] for selling Tifa a decidedly less revealing outfit, citing that her [[{{Stripperific}} in-game outfit]] is [[NoFourthWall "the only reason [he plays] this game"]] [[spoiler:His date with Tifa at the Gold Saucer confirms that he has feelings for her.]]
29* {{Angrish}}: On [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page355-375563998 Page 355]], while chasing Yuffie through the streets of Wutai.
30-->'''Cloud:''' ''Aaaarrg gaaraara rafslkdaash'afjs'p!''\
31'''Tifa:''' M-Maybe the rest of you should scout out the area before Cloud explodes.
32* ArtEvolution: The art at first was deliberately drawn as if it was coloured and inked with an ballpoint pen, nowadays everything retains it's blue palette but it's much cleaner.
33* AsYouKnow: When Jessie shows Cloud a map of Midgar and explains the layout of the city, Cloud points that he lives in Midgar and knows the place perfectly well. Jessie then straight up admits that the explanation was purely for the benefit of the audience.
34* AscendedExtra:
35** Johnny, and -- briefly -- Zangan have more screentime than in the original game.
36** Storyline-wise, Honey Bee Inn went from an optional but infamous place to the place where Cloud got all of his cross-dressing equipment.
37** Joe, the champion Chocobo racer that you'll only see once if you don't do the Chocobo sidequest, is the main obstacle that Cloud has to overcome during his Chocobo race.
38* AsideGlance: Now and then the main characters will give the audience a SurroundedByIdiots look.
39* AteHisGun: A Shinra soldier does this after Vincent gets done telling him his tragic backstory.
40* AtomicFBomb: Cloud drops one [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page080-170359785 when he realized he could have taken the elevator instead of all the stairs]].
41* AxCrazy: Dyne wants to hunt down and kill his own daughter, under the justification that he'll be reuniting her with his deceased wife.
42* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Kunsel]] gets decapitated by Cloud in his only scene.]]
43* BeachEpisode: Lampshaded when the party visit Costa Del Sol.
44-->'''Cloud:''' Every crappy Anime show has a beach or hot spring episode dedicated to the sole purpose of shameless and blatant sexploitation. I demand that my party be dressed as ridiculous as I am!
45* BeautifulAllAlong: Averted by Aeris, if Cloud's reaction (or lack thereof) is any indication.
46* BerserkButton: President Shinra ''flips out'' when Barret spits on him.
47* BigEater: Wedge is seen eating in most of his appearances. When asked to guard an exit, he sets up a table next to it, and starts eating a pie. He's inexplicably eating fried chicken on the train. He's even clutching a pizza when he falls off the Sector 7 support pillar.
48* BigNever: Cloud shouts it a few times, like when he photo bombs a picture because he will ''not'' be left out of it.
49* BlatantLies: Cloud's story about Sephiroth to Vincent:
50-->'''Vincent:''' So {{let me get this straight}}. Sephiroth came here, lost his mind after reading trashy novels, started taking lives then... you arrived riding a white tiger and thwarted his plan by throwing a flaming javelin through his heart, and you also had sexual relations with this woman standing to your left[[note]]Tifa[[/note]] 6 times afterward?
51* BlindIdiotTranslation: The game's tendency to frequently slip up in its translation is referenced every now and then. Aeris's "This guy are sick" line is left intact, coupled with the derpiest expression imaginable.
52* BluntYes: Cloud sometimes doesn't have time for anyone's crap.
53-->'''Cait Sith:''' You got me! I'm a Shinra spy. But what are you going to do, kill me?\
54'''Cloud:''' ''[doesn't hesitate for a second to put his hands around Cait Sith's throat]'' Yes!
55* BloodierAndGorier: Surprisingly this. Limbs severing and decapitations are common here. Even a graphic disembowelment is showed (although plenty of gory scenes are PlayedForLaughs).
56* BrickJoke[=/=]ChekhovsGun:
57** Jessie's ID card.
58** Also, Cloud sending Yuffie flying during the battle with Bottomswell.
59** Cloud seriously regrets throwing away all of the GP he'd saved up when he gets to the Gold Saucer.
60** Suicide is against the law, as Cloud found out.
61* ButtMonkey: Yuffie. It is established already in her introduction comic, where Cloud casually and unashamedly kills her in a quite humiliating way, prompting Aeris to revive her, despite Cloud asking her not to. And things doesn't exactly improve from her from there on out; Cloud sees her attempts at stealing their Materia coming from miles away, and refuses to take her seriously, treating her as a nuisance at best and with open disdain and hostility at worst, and then there is her tendency to suffer from nausea and getting injured.
62* CallingYourAttacks: Characters usually announce their limit breaks and summons. And, of course, Sephiroth informs Cloud offhandedly that he's about to use Materia as AbnormalAmmo.
63* TheCameo: ''Jeez''. In order of appearance: [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning and Sazh]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]], VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}, [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Bomb Man]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Auron]], [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Angeal]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Doomtrain]], [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]], Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Ultros]], [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Frog]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Edgar]], [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Kunsel, Genesis]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Hypello and shoopuf]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tidus]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa]], [[Franchise/StarWars Admiral Ackbar]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Bartz]] (as Butz), [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Johnny]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]], [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy King of All Cosmos]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Rikku]], [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]], Shaquille O'Neal, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil]], and that's probably not the ''full'' list. Cameos are less common in later strips, which makes them all the more hilarious when they do pop up.
64* CaptainObvious: After Yuffie traps everyone but Cloud in a cage in Wutai, Aeris informs Cloud that she and the rest of the group ''might'' be trapped.
65* {{Catfight}}:
66** [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page116-178947004 Aeris and Tifa at the end of the Midgar arc.]]
67** A MudWrestling fight between Aeris and Elena is later [[DefiedTrope denied.]]
68* CatsHaveNineLives: Played with by Cait Sith. After his first eight bodies are destroyed over the course of the series, he tries to be more careful with his ninth body, claiming it’s his last. This is ultimately averted after he sacrifices his ninth body so the party can claim the Black Materia, then returns as Cait Sith Omega.
69* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page185-196519421 "Impossibly-quick-wardrobe-change!"]]
70* ChickMagnet: Oh, Cloud. Despite being an [[IdiotHero idiot]] and an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]] (or maybe [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold because he]] [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys is both]]), he's attracted the attentions of [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Tifa]], [[StarCrossedLovers Aeris]], [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Yuffie]], [[MauveShirt Jessie]], [[CloudCuckooLander Ester]], and [[PrecociousCrush Priscilla]].
71* ChivalrousPervert: Cloud. [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/gallery/25038206?offset=72#/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page254-256587155?q=gallery%3Aobstinatemelon%2F25038206&qo=93&_sid=381591c2 Oh Cloud.]]
72* ChocolateBaby: One of the kids Mog and Mogrita have is yellow, unlike the other white ones.
73-->'''Aeris:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page215-205203430 MOGRITA, YOU WHORE!]]
74* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Aeris. It is at least given some explanation due to her growing up entirely in Midgar; a lot of the things the party sees are new to her.
75* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Cait Sith correctly predicts the future and gives Cloud a fortune cookie that says Aerith Dies.
76-->'''Cloud:''' [[BigOMG OH MY GOD!]] Who the hell is [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Aerith]]?
77* TheComicallySerious:
78** Sephiroth clearly ''wants'' to be a KnightOfCerebus, but ends up being this instead. When he does his iconic "walk into flames" scene in Nibelheim, he is visibly [[DidntThinkThisThrough struggling not to cry or scream over being on fire]].
79** Vincent is an even straighter example of this. Other than being something of a MetaGuy, he doesn't behave much differently than in the source material.
80* CovertPervert: Well not the most hidden about it, as Aeris does pretty much indulge in EatingTheEyeCandy, but her most perverted comments are usually one-off aside things that are reserved in private for Tifa or brushed off like she never said them.
81-->'''Cloud:''' What is it with villain and their obsession with [[GroinAttack my balls]] in this comic?!\
82'''Aeris:''' ... ''[aside to Tifa]'' We should become villains.
83* CrackPairing: Discussed InUniverse.
84** Vincent mentioned about his popular pairing with Yuffie to her. Yuffie's not amused.
85** Vincent later tells Cid the that they are also a popular fanpairing. Cid has an ''interesting'' response;
86--->'''Cid:''' Vincent, if you ever say that again, I will $%&# you so hard up the @#$5.\
87'''Vincent:''' ...A-Are you coming on to me?
88* CutLexLuthorACheck: The comic gleefully lampshades how Shinra's decision to crush Sector 7 is a pretty StupidEvil move from a villain who supposedly values profit above anything else:
89-->'''President Shinra:''' Mwa ha ha ha, this is a financial nightmare.\
90'''Heidegger:''' I know, way worth all the millions of Gils in repairs and loss of income from the now deceased tax payers, gya ha ha.
91* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Cloud and Tifa tries to kill Cait Sith, he holds them at bay by revealing that he is holding Marlene hostage and is forcing her to play the stealth section of ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' over and over.
92-->'''Marlene:''' He's super proud of it, but it's kind of really awful!\
93'''Cloud and Tifa:''' {{YOU MONSTER}}!
94* CutenessProximity: Tifa veers towards this, letting Cait Sith remain on the team just because he's adorable.
95* DeadlyEuphemism: Dyne goes into creepy villain territory.
96-->'''Dyne:''' Eleanor is all alone right now. I have to bring her daughter to her. ''[puts on SlasherSmile]'' Marlene wants to see her mom, doesn't she?
97* DeathGlare: Sephiroth ''literally'' does one in Cloud's flashback. It makes a dragon's head '''''[[YourHeadAsplode explode.]]''''' The dragon [[UnexplainedRecovery gets better.]]
98* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page236-212752995 "IT'S HELLFIRE... IN THE NAME OF HELL!"]]
99* DestructionEqualsOffSwitch[=/=]CuttingTheKnot: One strip has Cloud stab a control console to make a door open. In the game, one has to complete an irritating puzzle to open said door.
100* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: At the Train Graveyard, Tifa fights off Doomtrain by performing a full suplex on it. Cloud and Aeris are utterly awestruck by the sight (and in the former's case, aroused).
101-->'''Aeris:''' Did you just '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI suplex a TRAIN?!]]'''
102* DiscreditedMeme: Done twice InUniverse so far, for "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" and "YouShallNotPass". In both cases, Cloud forbids the use of the line.
103* DisneyDeath: On Page 417, a badly wounded Tseng complains "Stop talking...like I'm dead. I still have *HRK*...other spin-offs to appear in!" after literally coughing up his heart. This is a reference to the fact that Tseng seemingly died offscreen after being wounded by Sephiroth (or crushed by the Temple of the Ancients compacting into the Black Materia), but was shown to be alive and well in [[ExpandedUniverse The Compilation]].
104* DisneyVillainDeath: Don Corneo suffers this fate after Rude shoots him with a spitball.
105* DisproportionateRetribution: Cloud shakes and berates [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Rinoa]] for giving Tifa a ''less'' revealing outfit (namely what Tifa wore in ''Advent Children''):
106-->'''Cloud:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page194-198402836 You horrible she-devil! You ruined the only reason I was playing this game!]]
107* TheDitz: Aeris. The artist had to justify a line like "This guy are sick!" somehow, and the result is consistently entertaining.
108* DontExplainTheJoke: [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Missingno]], you don't need to tell us [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page311-322851234 why you would consider Lost Number a brother]].
109* DoomedByCanon: Aeris is, of course, going to die. Like nearly everything else, this is PlayedForLaughs.
110* DrivenToSuicide: Vincent kills a Shinra soldier by weaponizing his wangsty backstory.
111-->'''Vincent:''' You look like someone that wants to hear about my tragic past.
112* DrowningTheirSorrows: Reno is doing this in Wutai while lamenting his VillainDecay.
113* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Cloud also attracts a lot of male attention, from a the guys at the Honey Bee, to a random Sargent who insisted on watching him change, to Don Cornero (he was DraggedIntoDrag at this point), and even [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page403-511216289 Barret]].
114* FanServicePack: Jessie. At one point, she uses a (censored) picture of her naked to try to seduce Cloud.
115* FanDisservice:
116** Hojo in a swim trunk in Costa del Sol. Tifa and Aeris even cast blind on themselves.
117** Sephiroth at one point wistfully fantasies to himself about [[FusionDance becoming one]] with Jenova. This is illustrated in Sephiroth's ImagineSpot as [[spoiler:Sephiroth with breasts. Veiny, tumor-like breasts [[EyesDoNotBelongThere with eyes instead of nipples]]]].
118* {{Fandom}}: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page171-192489173 Reno has a pretty... enthusiastic one.]]
119* FauxAffablyEvil: Sephiroth, for some reason, acted extremely polite with Tifa in the Nibelheim flashback after he burned it but proceeds to slash her for calling Jenova a whore.
120* {{Flynning}}: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page112-177742073 Two guys swordfighting on motorcycles isn't quite as awe-inspiring as you'd think.]]
121* FrenchJerk: Joe, the champion Chocobo racer, has a French accent and a condescending attitude.
122* ForgottenFallenFriend: Subverted. Cloud is reluctant to join forces with the Turks because they destroyed Sector 7, killing Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie. Barret, on the other hand, had forgotten who they were until Cloud reminded him and thought their names were [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Jessie, James, and Meowth.]]
123** What makes this doubly egregious (and therefore hilarious), is that when Barret "guesses" their names, the panel shows their actual names ''visibly tattooed on his arm''.
124* {{Foreshadowing}}:
125** The comic makes some [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page296-310317888 very]] [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page397-499011920 unsubtle]] references to Aeris' upcoming demise.
126** There is also plenty to the fact that [[spoiler:the Meager Troop is the real Cloud, such as him having the same build and facial structure as Cloud, wears a shoulder-pad on his left shoulder (as opposed to Zack!Cloud who wears one on both shoulders), and a strangely close relationship with Tifa.]]
127* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The rest of the party cannot stand Cait Sith. According to Cloud, "It's not really part of the party; we just can't figure out how to kill it."
128* FunnyBackgroundEvent: On occasion. On [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page304-319296964 page 304]], for instance, one panel has Cloud and Tifa talking to Zangan, while in the background, Barret is shooting at some birds, Yuffie is stealing the buggy's wheels (yet it still drives off at the end of the comic somehow) and Aeris and Cait Sith are putting flowers in Red XIII's fur.
129* GamerChick: Yuffie is an expert at Franchise/StreetFighter. At the Gold Saucer, she refers to herself as the Game Queen, cosplays as Sakura and has an army of adoring subjects.
130* {{Gasp}}: Whenever it's comically dramatic. It's sometimes implied that they're not actually gasping: they're ''saying'' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry 'Gasp!']]
131* GenkiGirl: Aeris, surprisingly enough.
132* GilliganCut: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page216-205613260 Cloud plays Yuffie in Street fighter.]]
133* GivingUpOnLogic: Cloud keeps falling into the strategic error of trying to ''understand'' the universe he's stuck in. Unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. He finally does this at the end of [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page169-191861831 Page 169.]]
134* GlobalCurrencyException: The Golden Saucer. [[spoiler: Which apparently runs on the same GP Cloud discarded in one of the first strips.]]
135* GoGoEnslavement: Aeris thinks this happened to Tifa, but [[https://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page057-166515538 it's just her usual clothes]].
136-->'''Aeris:''' What" that's worse than what you WERE wearing!
137* GoryDiscretionShot:
138** Poor Wedge... [[spoiler:But he lives! ... well, until everyone in the sector gets crushed.]]
139** Biggs gets one when he [[spoiler:blows himself up with a grenade to take out several troops in pursuit of the heroes.]]
140* GroinAttack: First Rufus and later Sephiroth do this to Cloud.
141-->'''Sephiroth:''' [[BreathlessNonSequitur After I throw Destruct at your balls, head north past Mt. Nibel, if you’re interested.]] I could use your help with the Reunion at best and, at worst, you may bear witness to Mother’s glorious revival.\
142'''Cloud:''' Wha?\
143'''Sephiroth:''' You heard me! ''[[[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page320-330289296 beans Cloud in the junk]]]'' Sephiroth Missile, away! ''[[[VillainExitStageLeft flies off]]]''\
144'''Cloud:''' ''[on the ground, writhing in pain] DUDE!'' What is it with with villains and their obsession with my balls in this comic?!
145* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Barret tells Cloud to run by pressing the "X" button. Cloud asks him what the hell he is talking about.
146* HeadTurningBeauty:
147** Unlike the original game, people tend to notice that Tifa is unusually buxom and {{Stripperiffic}}. Actually lampshaded by Cloud at one point:
148--->'''Cloud:''' Holy {{Fanservice}}, Tifa! What are you wearing?!\
149'''Tifa:''' You don't like it? But business has nearly doubled!
150** This gets a callback in the Nibelhim flashback, when Tifa shows up wearing the cowgirl outfit.
151* HotterAndSexier: Everybody looks cuter and sexier than the original game. Jessie in particular got this response from the readers and at least once in-comic (although Don Corneo looks more disgusting than ever).
152* HypocriticalHumor: Yuffie, the former TropeNamer for WutaiTheft, complains about an area filled with enemies who steal.
153** [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page236-212752995 When Barret fights Dyne, he summons Ifrit]], shouting, "I'll show you that the good guys always win! NOW, SATAN, DO MY BIDDING!".
154* IdiotHero: Cloud. It'd be more accurate to say he's [[ExaggeratedTrope an idiot with occasional heroic tendencies]].
155* IncrediblyLamePun: Yuffie's Steal/Steel pun from the Wutai event is naturally referenced. Her and Cloud's reactions to the line are predictable.
156-->'''Yuffie:''' ''[stares at the Game Script in disbelief]'' [[WhoWritesThisCrap Man, what the fuck did I just say?]]\
157'''Cloud:''' ''[seriously ticked off]'' I was cool with everything up until now, [[LamePunReaction but you're going to pay for that terrible joke!]] Get back here!
158* ImprobableWeaponUser: Tifa tries to kill Palmer with a dolphin.
159* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag:
160** Don Corneo's doorman doesn't buy Cloud's "Cloudia" disguise for a second.
161--->'''Corneo Lackey:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' Sir, you are obviously a man in a dress. Please leave.
162** Don Corneo himself is completely fooled by it though. But that is because he is very firmly in denial about his sexuality.
163* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Having lived all her life in the slums, Aeris doesn't know how beaches work, and when she sees everyone undressing into their swimsuits, she undresses into... nothing.
164* InsaneTrollLogic:
165** Sephiroth claims that he has the power of the Ancients, and thus has the moral right to TakeOverTheWorld. Aeris thinks that since he's not a real Ancient, and she is, it's her responsibility to take over the world before Sephiroth does. She abandons this train of thought when Cloud tells her it's a terrible idea.
166** After Cloud receives a GroinAttack from Sephiroth, he asks why all the villains are so obsessed with his junk. Aeris, being physically attracted to Cloud, suggests to Tifa (also attracted to Cloud) that they should become villains.
167** Sephiroth's descent into insanity is treated as this.
168* InsistentTerminology: It's ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Aeris]]'', not Aerith, as Melon thinks the latter sounds dumb.
169* ItAmusedMe: Why Rufus travels all the way to Cid's house and demands he hands over the Tiny Bronco, even when he has other means of getting about.
170* ItsAllAboutMe: Cloud sometimes gets this attitude. Efforts to curtail his ego seem doomed to failure:
171-->'''Sephiroth:''' The world doesn't ''revolve'' around ''you.''\
172'''Cloud:''' Actually, it does. [[NoFourthWall I'm the main character.]]\
173'''Sephiroth:''' Oh. Then shut up, you're annoying.
174* KnightOfCerebus: For an affectionate parody and comedy rendition of the story, the author managed to make [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page235-212491088 Dyne WAY creepier.]]
175* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Cloud runs into President Shinra in the Honey Inn, as he is dressed as a king and talking to two girls about needing their help to "polish the royal scepter". He notices Cloud and, after a moment of awkward silence between them, he tells Cloud that he won't tell anyone he has seen him here if he is willing to do the same. Cloud agrees to it.
176* LampshadedTheObscureReference: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page208-202630330 Cloud makes a reference]] to ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'', and is annoyed when no one else gets it.
177-->'''Yuffie:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page365-398829575 Nobody understands your obscure video game references, Cloud!]]
178* LetsSplitUpGang:
179** Now provides the trope picture.
180--->'''Red XIII:''' Lol k bye!
181** On the other hand, defied when the group leaves Kalm and Barret tries to enforce the ArbitraryHeadcountLimit. Tifa stops him, since it makes no real sense to do so.
182* [[MarySue Marty Stu]]: InUniverse Cloud accuses Vincent Valentine of being one.
183* MediumAwareness: Most of the main characters are aware that they're in a game. Cloud is even aware that he's in a webcomic ''about'' a game.
184-->'''Barret:''' ''[turning to Cloud]'' I'm gonna do my thing where I turn to you and say somethin' comical about this game bein' stupid.\
185'''Cloud:''' ''[sympathetically]'' 'Kay.
186* MemeticBadass: Sephiroth is an in-universe one. Everybody agrees he's pretty awesome - [[ItsAllAboutMe especially Sephiroth.]]
187* MomentKiller: Cloud manages this quite a few times in his interactions with Tifa.
188** As he suggests that the two of them should just talk alone a bit:
189--->'''Tifa:''' Really? You want to talk, just the two of us? I, well, I would love to!\
190'''Cloud:''' Of course I want to talk to you, the voices in my head told me to.\
191'''Tifa:''' ...Oh.
192** As the two of them share a romantic moment in the gondola, so Tifa decides that now would be a good moment to confess to Cloud that she loves him, but despite repeatedly attempting she still CannotSpitItOut. Cloud, however, tells her he understand what she is trying to say and he will say it as romantically as possible. The result, well, speaks for itself:
193--->'''Cloud:''' Tifa.\
194'''Tifa:''' Yes?\
195'''Cloud:''' I want to make sex-time to your face.\
196'''Tifa:''' [[FlatWhat Y... you what?]]
197* MoodWhiplash: Lampshaded. When the mind-controlled Cloud suddenly starts brutally beating up Aeris while ranting like a madman, his inner self protests that the whole situation seems more than a tad too dark:
198-->'''Inner Cloud:''' No no no, what are you doing?! Stop, you can't do that! This is supposed to be a funny comic!\
199'''Cait Sith:''' Did someone say FUNNY? I'm baaaaack!\
200'''Tifa:''' Shut up! This is the worst time for that!
201* MundaneMadeAwesome: Cid declares that the launching of his rocket will be '[[TemptingFate the safest rocket launch ever!]]'
202-->'''Rocket Crew:''' Fuck yeah, SAFETY!
203* MundaneUtility: Whenever Cloud remembers that he can use magic outside of battle.
204-->'''Cloud:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page231-210875746 Thirsty? Try Ice-2!]]
205* MurderIsTheBestSolution: When Yuffie is fighting her father, Cloud suggests she think outside the box and take advantage of the fact that she should know her father's weaknesses better than anybody. She then invokes this trope and pours some poison on him.
206-->'''Yuffie:''' Clever, right? I knew my dad would be weak to murder.
207* MythologyGag: There's a really subtle gag about ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' in [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page356-376998476 #356]], when Cloud briefly mistakes [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Rikku]] for Yuffie. In the original plans for Traverse Town in that game, it was going to be Rikku helping Cloud there, not Yuffie as in the final version.
208* {{Narcissist}}: Cloud. He keeps mentioning how handsome he is, sometimes pauses to admire himself in a hand mirror, and he once referred to his mirror-image hallucination as a "handsome devil" though he defies SelfCest.
209* NeverMyFault: When it's revealed that the plan to drop Sector Seven was mostly a failure, President Shinra blames Reeve for coming up with it.
210* NightmareFace: Yuffie makes one in [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page159-188779658 Page 159]].
211* NightmareFetishist: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page326-337311352 Vincent is outright turned on when Odin speaks about how he will slay his foes.]]
212* NoFourthWall:
213** At one point, [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page189-197387305 the fourth wall even shows up as a character,]] only to leave the comic, meaning there literally is NoFourthWall.
214** [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page255-257026572 It shows up again later,]] looking even more battered.
215** The 'Meanwhile' bubble (Transition) regularly interacts with the characters.
216* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: "Actual (adjective) (character) quote of the day!"
217* NoYay: InUniverse. When Yuffie points out that of all the possible candidates for the Golden Saucer date, she is the only one that actually kisses Cloud during said date, Cloud responds that he finds the idea offensive, likely referring to the fact that Yuffie is canonically a teenager.
218* ObfuscatingStupidity: Given how quickly Cait Sith shows himself to be good at taking hostages [[https://www.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page414-739172395 and blackmailing Cloud into keeping him in the group without revealing that he's a spy]], it's possible that his previous obnoxious acronyms-spewing personality was simply an act.
219* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The battle against Don Corneo's pet Rancor. We don't get to see it, but the characters assure us that it was indeed awesome.
220* OffWithHisHead: Cloud's favourite technique for dealing with human enemies.
221* OnlySaneMan: While none of them seem to be able to keep hold of the SanityBall for very long, some manage to keep it longer than others.
222** For Cloud and Co., this role goes to Tifa.
223** While Shinra is chock-full of {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s frequently engaging in StupidEvil behavior, Reeve is, much to his exasperation, the only one who understands the value of PragmaticVillainy and is AffablyEvil at his worst.
224--->'''Reeve:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page085-171253073 D-Did I miss the 'evil' memo?]]
225** The Meager Troop [[spoiler:aka the ''real'' Cloud]] in the Nibelheim flashback.
226* OrphanedEtymology: Lampshaded by Cloud several times, most notably when discussing Cait Sith's name.
227* OverlyLongGag: Everything about Sephiroth's jib. It even carries into the author's comments.
228* PieInTheFace: One particularity silly sequence prompts Barret to ask the gang if they are done with all the unnecessary slapstick yet. Cait Sith replies "NOT ON MY WATCH!" and throws a pie in his face.
229* PapaWolf[=/=]InstantExpert: Barret sics Ifrit on Dyne after he threatens to kill Marlene, even though he'd never used Materia before and didn't know how.
230* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: When Cloud meets Zack's parents in Gongaga, Mrs Fair shows him a happy family portrait with a young Zack conveniently censored by a simple question mark point on his face.
231* PlotTwist: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page317-327347658 Yuffie complains that it's "going to be one of those plot twist games".]]
232* PowerPerversionPotential: {{Downplayed| Trope}}. After Sephiroth have used his mindcontrol over Cloud to make him hand over the Black Materia, he also [[FoeRomanceSubtext forces him to give a kiss on the cheek]] for good measure.
233* RecurringTraveller: Somehow, Johnny is always one step ahead of the party.
234* RememberedTooLate: Joe doesn't remember until after Cloud has won the Chocobo race that he could have flown over all the pits instead of following the track.
235* ReferenceOverdosed: Plenty of [[ShoutOut shout outs,]] both to other Franchise/FinalFantasy games and unrelated works.
236* RemoveTheRival: [[spoiler:Tifa]] has a brief moment during the second visit at the Gold Saucer, [[https://www.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page414-739172395 as it is revealed here]] that the reason why [[spoiler:Aeris]] didn't show up for the date with Cloud was because [[spoiler:Tifa]] put her to sleep with chloroform and tied her up.
237* ReviveKillsZombie: Cloud beats a few monsters with Phoenix Down, but also tries it on Vincent, since he did pop out of a coffin.
238* RoadTripPlot: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/gallery/25038206?offset=48#/d4iv06o Page 271]] has everyone pile into [[TheAllegedCar The Buggy]] and do stereotypical road trip things like suggest travel games, ask "are we there yet?" incessantly, sing "99 bottles of beer on the wall", and [[VomitIndiscretionShot get carsick]].
239* RuleOfCool: Barret asks why Cloud just hopped on a motorcycle when they were trying to escape, and Cloud just responds "Because it's radical".
240* RuleOfCute: Tifa doesn't mind Cait Sith that much because [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page214-204814401 "HE'S SUCH A CUTE KITTY!"]].
241* RunningGag:
242** Rope climbing (and Cloud looking up Tifa's skirt in the process).
243** [[TheScrappy Cait Sith]] keeps getting destroyed.
244** Yuffie puking.
245** Thaaaat's Reno!
246** Cloud bursting into rooms while screaming a one liner.
247** The party getting most of their plot-advancing exposition from old men.
248** The various {{Lame Pun Reaction}}s.
249** Newly introduced characters sometimes get a point-of-view panel just to underline how ''weird'' the Avalanche gang really are.
250** Cloud mispronouncing Rufus' name.
251** And, of course, the characters pulling out a script clearly labelled 'GAME SCRIPT' and reacting to its contents with horror.
252--->'''Cloud:''' ''[to the script]'' ''You '''monster!'''''
253* SceneTransition: This trope actually appears as a ''character'' in the comic. He acts as a narrator and aids the gang in shifting scenes. He doesn't seem to get along well with the other characters.
254* TheScrappy: The comic fully acknowledges Cait Sith's reputation as one in the original game, and as result he is treated like this InUniverse, with pretty much every other character either full-on hating his guts (especially Cloud) or just barely tolerating his presence at best. The only one who geniunely likes him is Aeris, and that is mostly because of her combined ditziness and IncorruptiblePurePureness. Before a character's name is revealed, their dialogue boxes use (usually comical) descriptors instead. Cait Sith's include "Random Pointless Character", "Annoying Pointless Character", "Harbinger of Misfortune", and "God's Mistake". To quote Cloud:
255-->'''Cloud:''' It's not really part of the party; we just can't figure out how to kill it.
256* ShameIfSomethingHappened: During a flashback, Tseng tries to break a vase while using this trope. As the vase is plastic, it holds up.
257* ShipTease: Cloud and Tifa get a lot of this. Aeris and Cloud have some moments too, but they're played for pathos since both characters have 'read the script'.
258* ShoutOut: There's '''[[NumerologicalMotif eight]]''' in the [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page002-160975381 second page!]] [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Snake,]] [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon,]] Film/GIJane, Creator/MrT, Pop n' Fresh aka the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Wedge and Biggs (started from Star Wars and Final Fantasy IV onwards), [[Film/ForrestGump Bubba,]] and [[Franchise/StarWars rebel scum.]]
259** There are ''tons'' of shout outs and references to other ''Final Fantasy'' games, other Creator/SquareEnix games, video games in general, and even ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
260** And the first other Final Fantasy game shout-out is to Cloud's own DistaffCounterpart[=/=]{{Expy}} [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning.]]
261** When Shinra drops the plate onto the Sector 7 slums, Barret reacts with ''the'' line from Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes.
262* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sort of. Biggs, Wedge and Jessie don't die from their various injuries during the Sector VII scene - they presumably only die with the rest of the population when the sector crashes down.
263* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A constant source of jokes, and not just with Aeris/Aerith. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Butz/Bartz]] also makes a cameo appearance.
264* SpitTake: Happens to Cloud in Gongaga, when a random encounter interrupts him ''siphoning a fuel tank''.
265* SpockSpeak: Red XIII is quite bizarrely-eloquent for a talking dog.
266* SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords: Melon loves using the [[BlindIdiotTranslation bad translations]] to spoof the game.
267* StayInTheKitchen: As though Cid wasn't sexist enough, [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page349-367334632 he's shocked that Aeris and Tifa are in the party instead of the kitchen]].
268* StraightGay: Don Cornelo picks "Cloudia" out of the lineup, of course... HilarityEnsues.
269-->'''Don Corneo:''' Last night I was worried that I might be gay, [[AttractiveBentGender but you are possibly the hottest girl I have ever laid my eyes on.]]
270* [[SuplexFinisher Suplex Starter And Finisher]]: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page062-167005105 On a demonic train, no less.]]
271* SymbolSwearing: For some reason Cid does this, while Barret can turn the air blue as he likes.
272* TakeThat:
273** Whenever Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren comes up:
274--->'''Cloud:''' Oh god, is that my horrible vision incarnate!?
275** The whole compilation in general. For example, Genesis was drawn in the derpiest way possible and shooed off by both Sephiroth and Cloud.
276--->'''Genesis:''' HEY GUISE, CAN WE [[{{Retcon}} RETROACTIVELY]] PRETEND I WAS IN THIS SCENE? I CAN EXPLAINS.\
277'''Cloud:''' [[LittleNo No]].
278** It's implied (and later confirmed by Cloud) that Sephiroth went insane because he read Literature/TheTwilightSaga.
279* TakingYouWithMe: Played for [[BlackComedy dark laughs]] by Biggs [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page064-167453648 here.]]
280* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Spoken word for word by Tifa, in regards to her and Cloud's prison cell having only one bed.
281* [[TheyKilledKenny They Killed Cait Sith]]: Luckily for Cait Sith, he's a robot and new models replace the destroyed ones. Lampshaded on at least one occasion:
282-->'''Cait Sith:''' Do you know how long it took to ship another one of me out to the middle of the desert!?
283* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Cloud fighting Rufus and Barret fighting Dyne. The latter is even lampshaded by Tifa, but Cloud cuts her off.
284-->'''Cloud:''' [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page234-211929429 No, Tifa. This is a MAN BATTLE, you wouldn't understand.]]
285* ThousandYardStare: Played for laughs and lampshaded in [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page189-197387305 Page 189.]]
286* TownGirls: Tifa, Aeris, and Yuffie.
287* {{Touche}}: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page254-256587155 Cloud admits Cait Sith has some usefulness]] after he uses his LimitBreak to summon a CatGirl in a FurBikini.
288-->'''Cloud:''' Well played, talkin cat robot.
289* TransparentCloset: He doesn't deny it, but [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page172-192888714 the officer who orders Cloud around]] doesn't confirm it.
290-->'''Cloud:''' ...By the way, watching me the whole time while getting undressed? Really creepy, dude.\
291'''Officer:''' Nonsense, it was completely necessary.
292* UnexplainedRecovery: At one point, Heidegger's head is blown up by a bomb. The next time we see it, he's fine, with only a few bandages on it.
293* UnfortunateImplications: Cloud notes InUniverse that [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page229-209958538 the rest of the minorities in the game are in prison]].
294* UnwantedHarem: This comic makes Tifa and Aeris explicitly this to Cloud.
295* UseYourHead '''''[[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page057-166515538 "AERIS CHARGE!"]]'''''
296* VictoriasSecretCompartment: {{Parodied}} [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page356-376998476 on Page 356]]. While the party is searching for Yuffie in Wutai, Aeris tries looking in Tifa's cleavage.
297** Earlier, while in Don Corneo's mansion, [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page053-166023839 Aeris casually starts stuffing expensive-looking objects into her own cleavage]].
298* VitriolicBestBuds: Discussed, after mocking Barret's command decisions for most of the comic so far:
299-->'''Cloud:''' Hey! Stop harassing my freaky-techno-buddy! ''(punches Loitering Lou in the face)''\
300'''Tifa:''' Wow, did you just act out of character for Barret?\
301'''Cloud:''' Of course. I'm the only one allowed to push him around.
302* VomitIndiscretionShot: Lampshaded. Cloud wonders if "this comic is going to stop puking everywhere".
303* WebcomicOfTheGame: [[CaptainObvious Of Final Fantasy VII]].
304* WhatWereYouThinking: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!
305* WhosLaughingNow: After the events of the second visit in Gold Saucer, and now that he has leverage on Cloud, Cait Sith doesn't hesitate to outright bully him sometimes, [[ObfuscatingStupidity hinting that his previous personality was just an act]].
306* WhoWritesThisCrap: Characters are often seen reading and commenting on the game script. Yuffie currently provides the picture.
307-->'''Cloud:''' Aeris, that's a terrible idea. He killed all those innocent people, why would we-- wait, [[OnlySaneMan Tifa?!]] YOU said that?\
308'''Tifa:''' I'm sorry, ''[holds up the Game Script]'' it's just... I didn't... the script!
309** It gets to the point where Cloud tries punishing Vincent for not revealing his past by having his teammates quote actual game dialogue.
310* WhyDontYouMarryIt: [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page123-180114194 Red XIII in response to Cloud talking about how strong Sephiroth is.]]
311* WimpFight: The [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page116-178947004 aforementioned]] Tifa/Aeris {{Catfight}}. Made funnier when you remember Tifa is an expert Martial Artist.
312* WingdingEyes: Usually the girls get heart eyes around Cloud, but [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page242-217090876 Ester gets star eyes]] after Cloud tells her some of the badass stuff he's done.
313* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Tifa]] has a brief downplayed non-murderous moment that proves that she can be extremely possessive when it comes to Cloud. To be sure that [[spoiler:Aeris]] doesn't disturb her date with him at the Gold Saucer, she sedated her with chloroform and tied her up on her bed.
314* YouNeedToGetLaid: Cloud [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page150-186364928 says that about a 5 year old girl]], but [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext she really was an obnoxious know-it-all to him]].
315* YouCanTalk: Cloud to Red XIII, on [[http://obstinatemelon.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Page090-172254758 Page 90]].
316-->'''Cloud:''' ...THIS DOG IS FUCKING TALKING!
317* YourHeadAsplode: Happens to Heidigger, courtesy of a bomb planned for Cloud. [[UnexplainedRecovery He quickly recovers.]]
318* YourMom: Cloud says that Reno looks kind of silly searching for the kidnapped Yuffie and Elena in the mouth of a Wutai statue. Reno's response?
319-->'''Reno:''' Your mom looks kind of silly searching in here.\
320'''Cloud:''' YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
321* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Given what it's based on, this is a given. The population considers AVALANCHE terrorists, although Jessie admits that the explosion wasn't supposed to be ''this'' big.

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