History Characters / FinalFantasyRecurringSummons

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: To the point he can no longer be considered a dragon anymore.

* PhysicalGod: Often described as divine. Looking at the sheer amounts of destruction he can cause in e.g. ''IV'' ''VII'', ''IX'', and ''XIV'', one can imagine why.

* {{Stripperific}}: There's usually little more than ribbons concealing her chest and pelvis. Sometimes she dispenses with even that and simply covers herself up with growths of ice. ''Tactics Advance'' and ''A2'' are the exceptions, wherein she wears full body armor.

* TookALevelInBadass: Narratively speaking, she’s undergone this in two of the most recent games. She utterly curb stomps two of the most powerful beings in setting during XV, and in the VII remake it’s revealed that she fought and defeated the planet eating bigger bad JENOVA 2,000 years ago.

* DemotedToExtra: Leviathan was one of the most powerful summons in early installments, but became a mid-game summon ''VII'', ''VIII'', and ''IX'', dropping off in prominence almost in sync with Alexander rising. Later entries started reversing this beginning with ''XI'', as the series shifted to portraying summons on a more level playing field with each other.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Averted; despite being associated with water, he isn't weak against electricity like most water-based enemies are.

* DishingOutDirt: His attack usually goes Earth damage to the enemy.

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Fittingly for ThePhoenix, it is often obtained in an event that features a character or creature dying and you acquiring it in the aftermath. In its first appearance the dragon Hiryu straight up gave it's life as a wyvern to transform into the phoenix, bestowing it's newfound power on the party.

* AnIcePerson: In ''XIV'' he's not a summon, but he is given ice attacks as a RightHandAttackDog to Lady Iceheart, though this version is explicitly named after a mythological wolf being. He's also an ice elemental Mirage in ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy''.

* GrowingMusclesSequence: In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', the party has to fight him to gain his summon. In the fight, the previously stereotypical cute Carbuncle we used to see turns into this [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/b/b1/Carbuncle-ffv-ios-enemy.png/revision/latest?cb=20150331171219 gigantic muscular werewolf]]. He only turns into this form in this fight.
* KamehameHadoken: some of his more powerful attacks in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''.

* SignatureMove: Ruby Light. Its ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' location also has multiple variations on it based on different gems.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As noted under RedBaron below, he's usually known as some sort of king or god of monsters. Hes also typically one of the most powerful summons in most games he shows up in, usually right up there alongside Alexander.

* SequelEscalation: Initially, Mega Flare was Bahamut's ultimate attack and was one of the worst things a party could endure outside the final boss's attacks. Then came Giga Flare, Tera Flare, and Exa Flare. These days, Mega Flare is still Bahamut's signature move and very powerful, but there are far worse things he can do to you.

* TookALevelInBadass: While always decently powerful he has usually been one of the first summons available and hardly important or powerful to warrant much attention. In XV he is one of the last bosses faced and proves powerful enough that taking him down requires two summons, one of which is Bahamut. In XVI his appearance heralds a MassOhCrap from everyone and faces off with the usually far stronger Phoenix. He's even part of the title this time.

* DemotedToExtra: Leviathan was one of the most powerful summons in early installments (second to Bahamut in ''III'', the King of Eidolons in ''IV'', one of three level 5 summons in ''V''), but became more of a mid-game summon starting with ''VII'', dropping off in prominence as almost in sync with Alexander rising. ''XV'' and ''XVI'' reverse this trend. In ''XV'' Leviathan is the ClimaxBoss that flips the games narrative on its head and heralds a new half of the game, and while it has not appeared in ''XVI'' yet, it is still acknowledged as having existed in the game's history. And Alexander is unseen and unheard in either game.

* DemotedToExtra: Leviathan was one of the most powerful summons in early installments (second to Bahamut in ''III'', the King of Eidolons in ''IV'', one of three level 5 summons in ''V''), but became more of a mid-game summon starting with ''VII'', dropping off in prominence as almost in sync with Alexander rising.

* AxCrazy: Her ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' incarnation is by far the most bloodthirsty and least stable of the game's primals.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Second strongest in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', where he's the King of Eidolons, and unlike Bahamut, he's actually in a position of authority.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Often appears as some sort of royal figure, or is found in a ruined castle to imply he used to be.

* WingedHumanoid: In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', she has human proportions, but is green with wings, feathers, and long birdlike legs.

* BladeOnAStick: In some of his appearances, if he doesn't use Zantetsuken, he'll hurl Gungnir at foes for considerable damage.

* PutOnABus: While most of the original summons (Ifrit, Shiva, Odin, Titan, Leviathan, and Bahamut) tend to come back every game (barring cases like ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', where none of them do as summons), Ramuh is the one most likely to be replaced - he's completely absent in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. He's also only mentioned in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'', but he's a forbidden Eidolon in that game and never appears.

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* MsFanservice: Almost always wears very skimpy outfits.

* FantasticFoxes: Though there is some disagreement as to exactly what animal Carbuncle is supposed to be, it bears some resemblance to certain versions of the Kitsune of Japanese Mythology. Except unlike the Kitsune who have 9 tails, Carbuncle usually only has 2 tails.

* SimpleStaff: Ramuh and his omnipresent staff.

* FinalBoss: In of the ''Treasures of Aht Urhgan'' expansion in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' in his eponymous raid series, and in ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon'' as a dragon.

* AscendedExtra: Garuda started out as a minor recurring enemy or boss before becoming a summon in ''XI'' and returned to that territory in ''XII'' and ''XIII''. But with ''XIV'', ''XV'', and ''XVI'' consecutively featuring her as a summon, she has become the most prominently featured wind elemental summon in the series.

* AscendedExtra: Garuda started out as a minor recurring enemy or boss before becoming a summon in ''XI'' and returned to that territory in ''XII'' and ''XIII''. But with ''XIV, ''XV'', and ''XVI'' consecutively featuring her as a summon, she has become the most prominently featured wind elemental summon in the series.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She's blue-skinned in all of her appearances.
* AnIcePerson: She's the ice summon.
* AnIceSuit: Ice-elemental lady in extremely revealing clothes.

* ShoulderCannon: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]]'s incarnation.

* OneHitKO: Zantetsuken does this when it hits.

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A gigas clad in a loincloth and bearing power over the earth, he rips apart fissures to bury enemies in with "Gaia's Wrath".

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Vana'diel]] always has that FantasticRacism feel on him, making Titan's story a TearJerker on its own. Titan was a Beastman, a collective of races that were viewed as AlwaysChaoticEvil by the Enlightened Races, even though Titan's race was a peaceful race of nature-loving giants. When he was captured and would be executed by a village of woodcutters, a girl that was treating his wounds tried to support his injured leg. He didn't want to crush the girl under his weight, so he kept his body straight before finally he DiedStandingUp.
* DishingOutDirt: His attack usually goes Earth damage to the enemy.
* EarthquakesCauseFissures: His signature move, regardless of name, usually cracks the ground open.
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* RedBaron: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV "Lord of Crags. Heritor of Crags."]]
* SignatureMove: His tends to change across appearances. Most often it is Earthen Fury, but occasionally he gets Landslide or Gaia's Wrath instead.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI The Red Rubies]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: His earth-flipping, ground-shattering bravado means nothing against anything flying or otherwise levitating, which accounts for a good percentage of ''Final Fantasy'' enemies.