History Characters / Furi

* MeaningfulName: She tries to [[LeaveYourQuestTest tempt you away from your goal]], in [[EnthrallingSiren effect chanting a metaphorical siren's]] '''Song'''. In addition, it fits her motif as [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] are known to sing the praises of God, to the point that a group of them is called a choir.

* GlassCannon: He has a lot less health than the other bosses, with only 4 health bars that each take only 6 basic hits to deplete (12 for the last one); his first three health bars also each go down in a ''single'' charged blow, letting you potentially end phases instantly if you know what you're doing. In return, his attacks take off massive chunks of your health, with his basic attacks each dealing 3 bars of damage (enough to kill you in 3-4 hits) and his stronger ones dealing ''5''.
** Notably, he's the only boss in the game that doesn't gain a HP boost on Furier difficulty. Instead, the speed and frequency of his attacks go up (letting him hit ''even harder''), and the openings you have to damage him become tighter.

* GlassCannon: He has a lot less health than other bosses and can be taken out fairly quickly if you know what you're doing. In return, his attacks take off massive chunks of your health.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Emphasis on "lethal", but it's hard to take a mannequin named Bernard seriously.

* SnowMeansDeath: The official last of the Jailers to be killed off and fought in a room designed like a snowy mountain.

* MalevolentMaskedMen: The Chain wears a series of sinister masks and he's the cruelest Jailor in the game.

* AlienInvasion: The Star is an extraterrestrial {{AI}} who sent The Stranger to the Free World to see if the planet is compatible for [[AssimilationPlot assimilation]]. The reason? She claims that assimilating the Free World will save The Stranger's species, but it could possibly be a mere lie.

* SuperSpeed: According to The Burst's scanner, he can run at 73 kilometers an hour.

* ZeroEffortBoss: In her final stage, [[spoiler:all the running and the superweapon's blast has tired her out to the point she can barely fight back. She can't even hurt you at this point]]

* DeathOrGloryAttack: Most bosses have one, but The Hand is notable for his being a ''17-hit melee combo'' followed by a shockwave, the single longest melee string in the entire game. Fortunately for you, his fatigue will cause him to slow down as the attack progresses, until his last few hits become pathetically easy to block.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He wields a shield in combat that can [[AttackReflector reflect your projectiles]].

* AllYourPowersCombined: He fights with a mix of all the Guardians' attacks, but empowered to an absurd degree.

* NonIndicativeName: Out of all the characters [[spoiler:save Bernard]], he's the [[OddNameOut only one]] that doesn't have a MeaningfulName. He doesn't have any PlayingWithFire attacks or association with fire at all, except perhaps his omnipresent [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]].

A grey, mannequin-like being. The second BonusBoss introduced in ''One More Fight'', unlocked after defeating The Flame. Has no part in the story.

* AllYourPowersCombined: He fights with a mix of all the Guardians' attacks.

* BonusBoss: The second ''One More Fight'' adds to the game, and the "superboss" of ''Furi.''

* TheSilentBob: Never speaks or makes any vocal noises, but that doesn't stop him from getting his taunts in.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A combination of of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxHlq8OeX0 6:24]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9QmKYttBt4 8:02]]", by Danger. Ironically, these are the themes of both the first and last bosses in the main story.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A remix of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxHlq8OeX0 6:24]]", by Danger.

!!! '''Voiced by: Eric Aubrahn (French), David Gasman (English), Yasuhiro Mamiya (Japanese)'''

* RousseauWasRight: Thanks to her idealistic character, The Beat firmly believes in the best of others and tries to reason with The Stranger, [[spoiler:even if it gets her killed. Then again, her words could influence The Stranger to [[HeelFaceTurn rebel The Star and save the Free World]].]]

* WideEyedIdealist: She fights in hopes of saving her people. She refuses to judge The Stranger based on his reputation as "a monster," instead trying to reason with him. [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie As if it could save her.]] However, if The Stranger chooses to save the Free World, [[RousseauWasRight The Beat's ideals carry some truth]].]]

* AxCrazy: Her wild screaming and crazed attacks pretty obviously point to her being completely insane. It's not likely she was very sane to begin with, as her finding something that she couldn't destroy permanently seems to have caused her current mental state to begin with. She's too obsessed with trying to destroy her part of the Prison to even consider trying to find a way out.

* HeroesPreferSwords: A heroic Jailor who fights with a sword has his WeaponOfChoice.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/danger-6-24 Danger 6:24]]"

* TokenEvilTeammate: While most of the Guardians are [[TorturedMonster Tortured Monsters]] who are too insane to be considered evil, AmbiguouslyEvil, people whose moral alignment can't really be gleaned because all they do in the story is stand in The Stranger's way, or even outright [[HeroAntagonist Hero Antagonists]], The Chain is a barbaric sadist who spends most of his screentime smugly talking about the pain he intends to inflict on the Stranger.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: She appears to somehow have pink skin.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/enraged Enraged]]"

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/wisdom-of-rage Wisdom of Rage]]"

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/set-me-free Set Me Free]]".

* SicklyGreenGlow: His armor glows with a green light.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXZlbioMoyc What We Fight For]]"
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He wields a shield in combat that can reflect your projectiles.

* MightyGlacier: Moves slow, but hits hard. If his armor wasn't protecting him enough, [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe his shield]] further strengthens his defense.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/make-this-right Make This Right]]", which gets a [[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/make-this-right-remix Remix]] in [[spoiler: her ending.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/youre-mine You're Mine]]".

* {{Foil}}: To the Hand. Both are swordsmen whose battles are almost entirely in melee, but the Hand fights you for altruistic reasons such as protecting others, while the Edge fights you to improve his personal skill and because he wants to. The Hand is [[MightyGlacier a heavily armored knight]], while the Edge is a [[GlassCannon fragile yet deadly]] samurai.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/something-memorable Something Memorable]]"

* HeroicBSoD: She nearly ''collapses'' in her final phase. She's desperate, exhausted, frustrated, [[spoiler:probably concussed from that giant laser cannon she just fired at the Stranger, and practically grieving for [[WalkingWasteland the impending fate]] of her home.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-end You Are The End]]".

* WideEyedIdealist: She fights in hopes of saving her people. She refuses to judge The Stranger based on his reputation as "a monster," instead trying to reason with him. [[spoiler:[[KillTheCutie As if it could save her.]]]]

* NonIndicativeName: Out of all the characters [[spoiler:save Bernard]], he's the [[OddNameOut only one]] that doesn't have a MeaningfulName. He doesn't have any PlayingWithFire attacks or association with fire at all, except perhaps his omnipresent [[SmokingIsCool cigarette]].

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/danger-8-02 Danger 8​:​02]]"

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Stranger wears a long red cape and black clothing that occasionally glows blue TronLines, [[spoiler: and the evil part of this trope shows itself when The Stranger is revealed to be a VillainProtagonist halfway through the game. Then again, it's possible for The Stranger to redeem himself by ending his violent escape after accepting The Song's offer or saving the Free World by fighting The Star.]]

* {{Foil}}: To the Hand. Both are swordsmen whose battles are almost entirely in melee, but the Hand fights you for altruistic reason and to protect others, while the Edge fights you to improve his personal skill and because he wants to. The Hand is a heavily armored knight, the Edge is a GlassCannon samurai.

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Kung Fu Gal]]: She is certainly quite arrogant about her skill and rightly so as one of the harder bosses, but is still ultimately defeated by The Stranger.

* MeaningfulName: A more meta one: out of all the bosses, she does the most '''Burst''' Damage, due to her OneHitKill attack.

* {{Foil}}: To the Hand. Both are swordsmen whose battles are almost entirely in melee, but the Hand fights you for altruistic reason and to protect others, while the Edge fights you to improve his personal skill and because he wants to. The Hand is a heavily armored knight, the Edge is a GlassCannon.
* FriendlyEnemy: He is ''delighted'' to fight the Stranger, and encourages him to defeat him.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Sheathes his katana during the third phase of his boss fight, using an oar for the rest of the fight.

* HeroicBSoD: She nearly ''collapses'' in her final phase. She's desperate, exhausted, frustrated, [[spoiler:and practically grieving for [[WalkingWasteland the fate]] of her home.]]
* KillTheCutie: [[YouBastard You do.]]

* OhCrap: Her BossBanter becomes less idealistic and more panicked as the fight goes on.

All the different interesting characters in VideoGame/{{Furi}}.

* HeroicMime: He is completely silent, though he is quite emotive.[[spoiler: However, the "heroic" part of this trope gradually fades away while the game progresses. The only way the trope can play itself straight again is if The Stranger accepts The Song's peaceful offer or rebels against The Star to save the Free World.]]

* LightningBruiser: Able to dash at speeds up to 73 kilometers an hour, slice things to ribbons with his graphene composite blade, and regenerate wounds and resurrect himself after death.
* MagicGenetics: The Burst's drones recieve an error when trying to figure out what his DNA is.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Serves as a justification for VideoGameLives, and for why the Guardians don't just kill him. The Chain exploits this to torture him endlessly.

* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: [[spoiler: A rare protagonist example. The Stranger/Rider is "merely" a mass-produced alien scout, despite his initial defeat requiring the committal of hundreds of warriors and afterwards placing several powerful guardians to imprison him away from earth.]]

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: As the game progresses, this is ultimately what he's revealed to be. The first four bosses are either insane or sadistic, or both (with the notable exception of The Line). From the fifth boss onwards, the game begins twisting what you think was a heroic escape from a terrible situation into a horrific tale of an escaping apocalyptic threat]].

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: Is the seventh Guardian and the architect of The Stranger's prison.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: He's surprisingly spiteful towards the Hand, as he focuses around building up The Stranger's anger at the person who led an army to defeat him. [[spoiler:This is because the Hand gets to raise his child on his world. The Voice is angry that he wasn't given the same leisure.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: The Architect who designed the Prison did his job so well that even he, with all his control and knowledge of the place, couldn't escape from it once he wanted to leave]].

* MrExposition: Tells you bits and pieces about the prison and the Guardians before and after each fight. [[spoiler: Justified, as he's the one who designed the Prison, and he's trying to motivate the Stranger to fight his jailers in order to help the Stranger and himself escape.]]

* InescapableAmbush: The only way out of each section of the prison is to kill that area's guardian. Lampshaded by The Voice, as he couldn't find any other way to escape, and [[NonActionGuy he is incapable of killing them himself.]]
* SealedEvilInADuel: Exaggerated: Killing every last jailer is the only way to escape the prison.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Compared to all the other bosses, The Chain doesn't have much exposition related to him, though it can be surmised he's voluntarily working as a Guardian in order to torture the Stranger.

* AxCrazy: Her wild screaming and crazed attacks pretty obviously point to her being completely insane. Her finding something that she couldn't destroy permanently seems to have caused her current mental state to begin with.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: In-universe. She just burst into the prison one day, and part of it was built around her so she could serve as an unwilling BeefGate. Even The Voice doesn't know why she was originally here or where she was going.

* RiddleForTheAges: Why was she attacking the prison in the first place? What does her head look like under her restraints? Not even [[MrExposition The Voice]] knows.

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: not that is stops him in the slightest. His sword is bigger than the Stranger, let alone himself!

* TalkativeLoon: The Voice dismisses him as a madman, but he's an UnreliableNarrator, and there are many hints that he's more lucid than that would suggest.

* VillainousBreakdown: She loses her arrogant demeanor and starts ranting at the Stranger when she unleashes her final attack. Despite all her preparations for fighting him, she's ''still' losing.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: And somehow he's not bothered by walking through gravel, sewage and snow.

* HeroicMime: He is completely silent, though he is quite emotive.

* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Has the motif of both War (dressed in red cloak, wielding a sword and being an invicible warrior) and [[spoiler:Death (being the herald of the world's destruction, and being a WalkingWasteland).]]
* HumanAliens: Looks like a cybernetic human, but [[spoiler:is actually a mass-produced alien scout to determine if the Free World is fit for assimilation.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://furi.bandcamp.com/track/my-only-chance My Only Chance]]"

* MysticalWhiteHair: Who or indeed what he is is a mystery for most of the game.

Perhaps needless to say, given how obscured much of the story is for most of the game, but unmarked spoilers are plentiful.

[[folder:The Star]]

* {{Adorkable}}: She's incredibly neurotic, moves around far less gracefully compared to the other guardians (despite being able to outpace The Stranger,) and does a fist pump when she gains a round on you.

* {{Forshadowing}}: [[spoiler:What little information you find out about her also happens to apply to The Stranger, namely their origins of appearing out of the blue and making the situation worse.]]