History Characters / FinalFantasyXIII2

* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:He talks to the player the first time the opening battle in Valhalla is replayed. Upon obtaining all 160 fragments and witnessing all Paradox Endings, clearing the final boss again shows an alternate ending where Caius is seemingly talking to the player again.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Does this during his speech in the [[spoiler:secret ending]]:
--> '''Caius''': They have seen all of history, all of its possibilities. They have seen all the endings. [[spoiler:But they must know, the goddess Etro is already dead.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Exactly." [[MundaneMadeAwesome Most mundane catchphrase ever.]]

* GutturalGrowler: Downplayed, but it's still there, courtesy of Creator/LiamOBrien.

* WhamLine: The point in the above BreakingSpeech where his voice takes on the deep [[GutturalGrowler rumble]] qualifies, at least from the perspective of Noel, Serah, and Mog. That's when they recognize the voice and form of the freaky ''thing'' they ran into while solving the Sunleth paradox... and for Mog, that's when he realizes this is the same guy who kicked his ass and left him behind in Valhalla.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Shirokuma (Japanese), Creator/LiamOBrien (English)\\

* {{Bishonen}}: His status as such is lampshaded by Ultros. It's now the page quote.
--> "What a pretty little girl! I do like 'em pretty! But look at this boy, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he's even prettier!]]"

* Superboss: After Snow's fight in "Perpetual Battlefield", he takes the center stage and fights you right away as a superboss. Each subsequent fight against him raises his power and changes his abilities, up until level 99, where his HP rivals [[Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII Vercingetorix's]].

* OptionalBoss: After Snow's fight in "Perpetual Battlefield", he takes the center stage and fights you right away as a superboss. Each subsequent fight against him raises his power and changes his abilities, up until level 99, where his HP rivals [[Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII Vercingetorix's]].

* BonusBoss: After Snow's fight in "Perpetual Battlefield", he takes the center stage and fights you right away as a superboss. Each subsequent fight against him raises his power and changes his abilities, up until level 99, where his HP rivals [[Videogame/FinalFantasyXIII Vercingetorix's]].

* EleventhHourRanger: Upon defeating him, you get a chance of obtaining his monster crystal, although the drop rate percentage is proportional to the level you fight him at. It's also worth noting that the Coliseum can be unlocked early on in the game, potentially turning him into a DiscOneNuke instead. Just like Twilight Odin, however, [[MagikarpPower you'll need to level him up from 1 to 99]], and beating him sometimes means [[BraggingRightsReward there's not a lot of challenging enemies left afterwards]].

->"Time for some moogle magic. Kupo"

* TheStoic: In contrast to his increasingly unhinged and emotional behavior in the previous game, Caius this time around is restrained, more quiet-spoken, and oozes self-hatred in almost every word.

* WhenHeSmiles: Smiles for real, for the first time, in the Japanese ending of the game [[spoiler: before letting Noel and Yeul leave the chaos]] (it's still there in the English version, but much shorter). It's beautiful.

* MorphWeapon: Like most weapons in the Lightning Saga. His dual blades can combine/transform into a [[BladeOnAStick long lance]]

* MrFanservice: [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall]], extraordinarily powerful, [[BadassBaritone deep voice]], and the camera takes [[FemaleGaze several opportunities]] to emphasize his long legs and [[FormFittingWardrobe almost pointlessly form-fitting armor]] to make it even ''more'' obvious. While we don't know if he has any in-universe fangirls (aside for [[spoiler:probably Yeul]]), he certainly has them in the real world.

* BadassBaritone: Both his voice actors provide him with a deep, sinister voice that's put to good use in his boss battle.

* WhamLine: The point in the above BreakingSpeech where his voice takes on the [[BadassBaritone deep]] [[GutturalGrowler rumble]] qualifies, at least from the perspective of Noel, Serah, and Mog. That's when they recognize the voice and form of the freaky ''thing'' they ran into while solving the Sunleth paradox... and for Mog, that's when he realizes this is the same guy who kicked his ass and left him behind in Valhalla.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Both he and Lightning are heroes in this setting and both of them are working towards a new world, however, Noel thinks he has to kill Lightning, the savior, in order to bring about this new world because of an oracle drive showing him a prophecy of it. He doesn't want to fight Lightning but feels he has no choice. Unknown to both of them at the time is that Lumina created a "pretty fake" to manipulate him.]]

* SticksToTheBack: Downplayed. There is a small, almost impossible-to-see hook that his swords attach to on his back, near his right shoulder.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Coming from a time where he was one of only three human beings left in the world, he refuses to kill any human life. He takes it quite seriously too; see XIII-2 Fridge for more on that.

* BaitAndSwitch: 90% of Sunleth Waterscape, 300 AF and related Crux destinations is Noel complaining about Snow's "hero" behaviour in such a way that you think he's just being a {{hypocrite}}. His last line in his argument with Snow after the flan paradox is resolved is a revelation that he sees himself as a FailureKnight; he hates Snow because Snow does exactly what he did ''and is successful''.