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!!This page contains unmarked spoilers for ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', ''Kingdom Hearts II'', ''Kingdom Hearts coded'' and ''Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days''. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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* LastMomentTogether: Being a prequel, the protagonists' downfall is telegraphed since their first scene together: Ven, Aqua and Terra gather for an improvised exercise on the night before the latter two's Mark of Mastery exam, and enjoy their time together. Then, on the last seconds of the cutscene, the three characters comment off-screen that that night was their last one together.
-->'''Terra/Ven/Aqua''': "That would be the last night we ever spent beneath the same stars."

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* WhamShot: The climax of each FinalBoss has one.
** For Terra, it's the shot of him with [[spoiler:white hair and golden eyes after Xehanort hurls his heart into Terra's body, revealing him to be the very same Xehanort that plagued the entire series before now.]]
** The reveal of Vanitas' face, and that he looks like [[spoiler:Sora]].
** When Aqua reunites with Ven after getting knocked out, [[spoiler:he has yellow eyes and dons Vanitas's costume, revealing that Vanitas has taken over.]]

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The climax of each FinalBoss has one.
** *** For Terra, it's the shot of him with [[spoiler:white hair and golden eyes after Xehanort hurls his heart into Terra's body, revealing him to be the very same Xehanort that plagued the entire series before now.]]
** *** The reveal of Vanitas' face, and that he looks like [[spoiler:Sora]].
** *** When Aqua reunites with Ven after getting knocked out, [[spoiler:he has yellow eyes and dons Vanitas's costume, revealing that Vanitas has taken over.]]
** In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix'', in the finale to the "Secret Episode", [[spoiler:Aqua walks towards the screen, then sees in the distance Cinderella's castle amidst a very dense purple fog, indicating that worlds from the Realm of Light are being dragged into the darkness.
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* OminousFog: In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix'', in the finale to the "Secret Episode", [[spoiler:Aqua walks towards the screen, then sees in the distance Cinderella's castle amidst a very dense purple fog.]]
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** Not helping matters any are the three heroes having to deal with their respective status among their group. Terra, struggling to control his emerging darkness, is effectively {{The Atoner}}; Aqua, being asked to spy on Terra to ensure he doesn't fall to darkness, becomes {{The Mole}}; and poor Ven, constantly being told to go home, is {{Locked Out of the Loop}}. By the time the trio first get together again, their respective conflicts within themselves result in all communication leaving Terra feeling betrayed and belittled, Aqua feeling exposed as a {{Jerkass}}, and Ven feeling like {{The Load}} among his friends since nobody seems to want him around. Long story short, everyone's personal conflicts only makes their attempts at communication that much ''worse'', playing into the villains hands.
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** The mechanics of the final battle against Vanitas as Ven are in no way intuitive. [[spoiler:Once his health is knocked down to critical, you are locked into a D-Link with Vanitas, meaning your commands are replaced by his. To beat him, you have to use a finisher on him and the only way to build up the finish gauge is to counter his moves with the same move he's using against you]]. But all the information the game has to offer at this point is a vague "Finish him!" with no actual clues as to ''how''.

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** The mechanics of the final battle against Vanitas as Ven are in no way intuitive. [[spoiler:Once his health is knocked down to critical, you are locked into a D-Link with Vanitas, meaning your commands are replaced by his. To beat him, you have to use a finisher on him and the only way to build up the finish gauge is to you must either counter his moves with the same move he's using against you]].you... or simply Shotlock him over and over for the same result]]. But all the information the game has to offer at this point is a vague "Finish him!" with no actual clues as to ''how''.
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''Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep'' is the sixth game in Creator/SquareEnix and Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, first released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in 2010. It is a {{prequel}} that takes place 10 years before the events of the first ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]''.

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''Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep'' is the sixth game in Creator/SquareEnix and Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, first released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Platform/PlayStationPortable in 2010. It is a {{prequel}} that takes place 10 years before the events of the first ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]''.



** Players who import ''Final Mix'' after putting in a lot of hours on the international version will take a while to get used to using Circle to attack and confirm, and X to jump and cancel, instead of the other way around. Switching those two buttons is pretty standard when localizing UsefulNotes/PlayStation-series games.

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** Players who import ''Final Mix'' after putting in a lot of hours on the international version will take a while to get used to using Circle to attack and confirm, and X to jump and cancel, instead of the other way around. Switching those two buttons is pretty standard when localizing UsefulNotes/PlayStation-series Platform/PlayStation-series games.
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** Shortly after the above example, Terra runs into Hades who gives similarly sound advice. While Hades is admittedly attempting to manipulate Terra, likely either to kill Hercules or help with his plans for taking over Mt. Olympus, everything he says is ultimately proven true by [[spoiler:Terra's refusal to face the darkness leading to it erupting on its own whenever he has strong bursts of anger, allowing Master Xehanort to steal his body.]]
-->'''Hades:''' Okay, stay with me here—darkness is inside...everybody. Nothing to be ashamed of. You play nice with it, and darkness will be your best friend. But if you go and get all self-conscious and refuse to face it, the darkness will run over you like a debutante at a toga sale. And then where are you? Nowhere.
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* HollywoodSpelling: Averted and lampshaded with [[spoiler:the χ-blade. When it is first mentioned, Ventus mutters "Key...blade?" in confusion due to how the word is pronounced. Master Xehanort then explains the spelling is different despite the identical pronunciation, and produces an image of the χ letter as he explains its origins. He even notes, "Some say 'kye', but the meaning is the same.]]" Played straight with Terra and Aqua, though, who have it spelled correctly in their subtitles and don't seem at all confused.

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* HollywoodSpelling: Averted and lampshaded with [[spoiler:the χ-blade. When it is first mentioned, Ventus mutters "Key...blade?" in confusion due to how the word is pronounced. Master Xehanort then explains the spelling is different despite the identical pronunciation, and produces an image of the χ Greek letter χ as he explains its origins. He even notes, "Some say 'kye', but the meaning is the same. Death... A letter that spells endings.]]" Played straight with Terra and Aqua, though, who have it spelled correctly in their subtitles and don't seem at all confused.

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