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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has an event from the 2.0 questline for Hildebrand, a series of DenserAndWackier quests: Gilgamesh, the series's resident goofball, had become separated from his beloved companion Enkidu. Eventually, his longing to see his friend again grows to the point where, thanks to being in close proximity to a stash of crystals, he accidentally summons a ''primal'' version of Enkidu, showing that beastmen are not the only ones capable of summoning primals. [[spoiler:This would be shown in the main story questline of ''A Realm Reborn'' and ''Heavensward'' to not be a lone anomaly: Ysaile was an elezen, empowered by the Echo, who was capable of summoning a primal version of Shiva. Archbishop Thordan and his knights of the Heaven's Ward use their combined faith with the power of Niddhogg's eye to summon a primal version of King Thordan I. Then at the very end of the ''Heavensward'' story, Ilberd uses his death and the despair of the Ala Mhigan resistance fighting against the Garleans to summon Shinryu.]]

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an event from the 2.0 questline for Hildebrand, a series of DenserAndWackier quests: Gilgamesh, the series's resident goofball, had become separated from his beloved companion Enkidu. Eventually, his longing to see his friend again grows to the point where, thanks to being in close proximity to a stash of crystals, he accidentally summons a ''primal'' version of Enkidu, showing that beastmen are not the only ones capable of summoning primals. [[spoiler:This would be shown in the main story questline of ''A Realm Reborn'' and ''Heavensward'' to not be a lone anomaly: Ysaile was an elezen, empowered by the Echo, who was capable of summoning a primal version of Shiva. Archbishop Thordan and his knights of the Heaven's Ward use their combined faith with the power of Niddhogg's eye to summon a primal version of King Thordan I. Then at the very end of the ''Heavensward'' story, Ilberd uses his death and the despair of the Ala Mhigan resistance fighting against the Garleans to summon Shinryu.]]



* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The ''Epic of Remnant'' arc focuses on Chaldea's efforts to hunt down the remaining Demon God Pillars [[spoiler:that escaped the defeat of the BigBad Goetia]]. The one singularity that stands out is Shimousa, which lacks any of the Pillars. That's because Shimosa is a stealth prelude to Part 2 ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt''. It introduces several new characters and plot points that are explored later such as Ashiya Douman who becomes a recurring antagonist, the existence of "Satan" and his plans for Proper Human History and Chaldea, the BotanicalAbomination Onriedo Castle capable of launching an attack on both, and a "Missing Belt" which is a history that should have been pruned but survived somehow. [[spoiler:The Hell Realm Mandala chapter of Part 2 acts as a StealthSequel to this chapter as well by explaining what Ashiya Douman was trying to achieve here as well as the true nature of this isolated Shimousa]].
** The ''prologue'' of all things turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler: The Caster Cu Chulainn who was introduced in this chapter turns out to be a Pseudo-Servant of Odin, something that wouldn't be revealed until years later, when the reason why is explained and comes into play. More importantly, Lev throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS seems to be a pointlessly cruel KickTheDog moment, but it's later revealed that the Arc 1 BigBad was working against the Arc 2 BigBad, and throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS was something that threw the later's plans off somehow, to say nothing about how Olga Marie herself returns as Beast VII, U-Olga Marie.]]

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The ''Epic of Remnant'' arc focuses on Chaldea's efforts to hunt down the remaining Demon God Pillars [[spoiler:that escaped the defeat of the BigBad Goetia]]. The one singularity that stands out is Shimousa, which lacks any of the Pillars. That's because Shimosa is a stealth prelude to Part 2 ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt''. It introduces several new characters and plot points that are explored later such as Ashiya Douman who becomes a recurring antagonist, the existence of "Satan" and his plans for Proper Human History and Chaldea, the BotanicalAbomination Onriedo Castle capable of launching an attack on both, and a "Missing Belt" which is a history that should have been pruned but survived somehow. [[spoiler:The Hell Realm Mandala chapter of Part 2 acts as a StealthSequel to this chapter as well by explaining what Ashiya Douman was trying to achieve here as well as the true nature of this isolated Shimousa]].
** The ''prologue'' of all things turns out to be one of these.prologue. [[spoiler: The Caster Cu Chulainn who was introduced in this chapter turns out to be a Pseudo-Servant of Odin, something that wouldn't be revealed until years later, when the reason why is explained and comes into play. More importantly, Lev throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS seems to be a pointlessly cruel KickTheDog moment, but it's later revealed that the Arc 1 BigBad was working against the Arc 2 BigBad, and throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS was something that threw the later's plans off somehow, to say nothing about how Olga Marie herself returns as Beast VII, U-Olga Marie.]]
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** The Crystal Tower Alliance Raids were initially just a first foray into Alliance Raid content, and an extended reference to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''. However, it gains ''much'' more importance during ''Shadowbringers'', to the point where a later update changed the questline from being optional content to being required to progress the main questline. [[spoiler: The Crystal Tower itself, due to time travel and dimension hopping shenanigans, becomes the centerpiece of the expansion's main town, the Crystarium, and G'raha Tia, one of your main allies during the questline, becomes a major ally and later a full member of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.]]
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** The ''prologue'' of all things turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler: The Caster Cu Chulainn who was introduced in this chapter turns out to be a Pseudo-Servant of Odin, something that wouldn't be revealed until years later, when the reason why is explained and comes into play. More importantly, Lev throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS seems to be a pointlessly cruel KickTheDog moment, but it's later revealed that the Arc 1 BigBad was working against the Arc 2 BigBad, and throwing Olga Marie into CHALDEAS was something that threw the later's plans off somehow, to say nothing about how Olga Marie herself returns as Beast VII, U-Olga Marie.]]

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*** The game as a whole becomes this for the [[Franchise/DragonAge entire series]] in light of new revelations and developments in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. ''DAII'' was sometimes criticized for focusing on plot threads that appeared tangential to the MythArc developed in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening its expansions]], but some of those threads ([[spoiler: the red lyrium, Flemeth's connection to the elves, the entirety of the ''Legacy'' DLC]]), turn out not to be tangential after all.

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*** The game as a whole becomes this for In the [[Franchise/DragonAge entire series]] in light series context, there are a lot of new revelations and developments in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. ''DAII'' was sometimes criticized for focusing on elements that have little to do with the ultimate plot threads that appeared tangential to the MythArc developed in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening its expansions]], but some of those threads ([[spoiler: the red lyrium, Flemeth's connection to the elves, the entirety of the story and why Cassandra is interrogating Varric (to find out what Hawke had to do with the beginning of the mage-templar war) and are seemly only included because Varric likes telling crazy stories and wasting Cassandra's time. When ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' came out, these turned out to all be setups in the larger MythArc.
*** Both of the DLC stories have absolutely nothing to do with the plot, which is why [[FramingDevice Varric didn't include them in the main story]] and only tells them when Cassandra demands to hear those ones too.
''Legacy'' DLC]]), turn involves the main cast exploring a side-dungeon and finding what turns out not to be tangential after all.the BigBad of ''Inquisition'', and ''Mark of the Assassin'' sets up Inquisition's ''Tresspasser'' DLC [[spoiler:by introducing the idea that there are a lot of Qunari agents infiltrating various nations. In ''Tresspasser'', the Inquisitor discovers that they were part of an invasion plot and has to foil it]].
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* The first mission in the original ''[[Videogame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'', where you have to rescue Cornelia's princess and defeat the evil knight Garland in a laughably easy battle so the King can build a bridge leading you to the town of Pravoka. Talking to the newly-rescued princess while in the throne room results in her thanking you and giving you a lute. [[spoiler: At the end of the game, you learn that Garland has enacted a plan to create a time loop to escape his death and becoming the god Chaos. The lute is used to get into TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.]]

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* The In the first mission in the original ''[[Videogame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'', where you have to rescue Cornelia's princess and defeat the evil knight Garland in a laughably easy battle so the King can build a bridge leading you to the town of Pravoka. Talking to the newly-rescued princess while in the throne room results in her thanking you and giving you a lute. [[spoiler: At the end of the game, you learn that Garland has enacted a plan to create a time loop to escape his death and becoming the god Chaos. The lute is used to get into TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.]]
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** Case 1-3 seems like a filler episode. It's sandwiched in between the first major case involving a major character, and the original game's GrandFinale. Then there's this one about an actor who got framed for murder, but it's also the first case where Edgeworth, the unsympathetic antagonist up until that point, stalls the trial so that he (and mostly Wright) can figure out the truth behind the case, as opposed to maintaining his perfect record and getting every guilty verdict. Showing he might be the antagonist, but he's not heartless, but more in the line of a FriendlyEnemy.

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** Case 1-3 seems like a filler episode. It's sandwiched in between the first major case involving a major character, and the original game's GrandFinale. Then there's this one about an actor who got framed for murder, but it's also the first case where Edgeworth, the unsympathetic antagonist up until that point, stalls the trial so that he (and mostly Wright) can figure out the truth behind the case, as opposed to maintaining his perfect record and getting every guilty verdict. Showing he might be the antagonist, but he's not heartless, but more in the line of a FriendlyEnemy. It also introduces the ''Steel Samurai'' ShowWithinAShow and the people involved in its production, which would become a persistent presence in the series going forward.
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** Case 1-3 seems like a filler episode. It's sandwiched in between the first major case involving a major character, and the original game's GrandFinale. Then there's this one about an actor who got framed for murder, but it's also the first case where Edgeworth, the unsympathetic antagonist up until that point, stalls the trial so that he (and mostly Wright) can figure out the truth behind the case, as opposed to maintaining his perfect record and getting every guilty verdict. Showing he might be the antagonist, but he's not [[CompleteMonster heartless]], but more in the line of a FriendlyEnemy.

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** Case 1-3 seems like a filler episode. It's sandwiched in between the first major case involving a major character, and the original game's GrandFinale. Then there's this one about an actor who got framed for murder, but it's also the first case where Edgeworth, the unsympathetic antagonist up until that point, stalls the trial so that he (and mostly Wright) can figure out the truth behind the case, as opposed to maintaining his perfect record and getting every guilty verdict. Showing he might be the antagonist, but he's not [[CompleteMonster heartless]], heartless, but more in the line of a FriendlyEnemy.

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