History VideoGame / FIFASoccer

** Also referee related is the fact that in all editions, the half time and full time whistles are treated in quite a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement frustration inducing fashion]]. Frequently, you would be clean through with your striker after receiving a through ball, beating the last defender, getting ready to outsmart the keeper in the one on one situation you created… and the whistle blows for half time or full time. Normally, in RealLife, referees tend to let attacks play out (or fizzle out, depending on the situation), they hardly ever interrupt them with their whistle for HT or FT. In ''FIFA'' however, there are even times (although much more infrequently than the previous scenario) when your shot on goal is interrupted mid-trajectory by the HT or FT whistle, which obviously never happens in a RealLife professional match.

** Also referee related is the fact that in all editions, the half time and full time whistles are treated in quite a [[Understatement frustration inducing fashion]]. Frequently, you would be clean through with your striker after receiving a through ball, beating the last defender, getting ready to outsmart the keeper in the one on one situation you created… and the whistle blows for half time or full time. Normally, in RealLife, referees tend to let attacks play out (or fizzle out, depending on the situation), they hardly ever interrupt them with their whistle for HT or FT. In ''FIFA'' however, there are even times (although much more infrequently than the previous scenario) when your shot on goal is interrupted mid-trajectory by the HT or FT whistle, which obviously never happens in a RealLife professional match.

** In most of the editions, if keepers caught the ball too close to their goalline, they could accidentally score an own goal during their catching animation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMIux7S90QU In this YouTube video]] [[BilingualBonus]](nevermind the commentary in Hungarian)]] there is footage from ''FIFA 2000'', ''FIFA 2003'' and ''FIFA 20'', proving this bug’s presence in the mentioned games, and indicating that it was most likely present in all editions for two decades. It was finally patched out in FIFA 21 where keepers are aware of their goal line and have extra animations coded for them dealing with these situations.

* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike / UnfortunateNames:
** On the FUT fansite Futhead, users like to create teams with players with funny-sounding names in English. Players such as Kim ''Dong Suk'', Florian ''Dick'', Matthias ''Cuntz'', Jakub ''Cunta'', Oh Seung ''Bum'', Yaya ''Banana'', and Danny ''Shittu'' are only a few of the "unfortunately" named footballers in the game.
** The first game had a player in Canada named Jeff ''Dyck''.
** It's not like EA was never aware of this, though. They just keep the player names as they are because of the [=FIFPro=] license; it's not their fault if some people's names sound smutty in other languages. However, when EA had the browser-based Creation Centre between ''11'' and ''15'', the engine actively barred users from inputting dirty-sounding names for created teams and players.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Alex Hunter wins the Champions League if you pick him over Danny, however, should you choose Fame over Family, he will become an international superstar and attract more media attention, however Kim is very disappointed and saddened that she’d feel like she being ditched again by her half-brother and more likely that his family will become more upset at him.]]
** [[spoiler: To add more bitterness, if Alex did not apologize to Toro earlier, when Alex approaches him after he wins, Toro will bitterly ignore him and simply walking away with a sour face.]]

** [[spoiler: Danny's older brother [[BigBrotherBully Terry]] is also fitting. He starts out as a mean brother and calling him a “[[InsultOfEndearment Beanpole]]” much to Danny’s chagrin. But when Danny defeated his brother in the Champions League, he becomes more [[BigBrotherInstinct instinctive]]. He becomes more supporting to him in the Final and hell, he congratulates Danny if he wins the [[UsefulNotes/UEFAChampionsLeague Champions League]] title saying that he deserves the win. If Danny loses, Terry will offer his Champions League medal and a hug to express the former's sympathy towards Danny.]]

** [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Alex and Danny compete in the [[UsefulNotes/UEFAChampionsLeague Champions League]], they still remain [[VitriolicBestBuds friends]] regardless of the results.]]

** Gangwon FC's Moon Byung Woo in ''FIFA 14'' (42 rated), Exeter City's Paul Tisdale in ''15'' (40 rated[[note]]he's actually Exeter's ''manager'' and had been retired for three years at that point; he got back into playing for the start of the season because many of the team's players had gone down with disease[[/note]]), and the Indian national team in ''14'' and ''15'' (the only 1-star rated international team.)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A famous Man U fan chant, set to the tune of "This Old Man", is kept in despite its profane ending, "Why don't City fuck off home?". Presumably it sneaks by due to the audio being garbled by the end so that it can't be made out clearly, but footie fans know exactly how that CrowdSong goes.

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!!''The Journey'' exhibits the following tropes:

!!''Volta Football'' exhibits the following tropes:

* GameMod: Has one of the most dedicated communities on the Internet, with fan-made patches including official kits for unlicensed teams, updated rosters/kit sets for older games, faces for certain players, leagues that are otherwise unrepresented in FIFA (Eastern European leagues are pretty frequent) and so on.

* BlackBestFriend: Philippe "Li-Li" Bernard, Alex's French teammate.

** Betting companies avoid this for the most part. The biggest exception is the Sky Bet EFL having its sponsor removed and its teams originally given Sky Sports sleeve patches instead, now the patches are closer to real life but with the offending wordmark removed.

** Also, from ''08'' onwards, alcohol sponsorship is removed from any team or league that have them in real life. Examples include the fact that Celtic and Rangers did not have the Carling logo on their shirt when they were sponsored by them, the Carlsberg brand removed from the Liverpool kits, and that the Belgian Pro League is not sponsored by the Jupiler brewery.

** ''16'' brings women's footy into the game for the first time ever, though one cannot play them against the men (though that's true of real life too), or use them for Be A Pro mode; they are restricted to facing other women's teams in friendlies or the Women's [[strike:World Cup]] International Cup.

* TheCameo: Not counting your teammates, some real-life football pros make quick appearances in the cutscenes. First Alex bumps into Marco Reus before his team plays against Reus' Borussia Dortmund in the pre-season. Then Harry Kane gets signed onto Alex and Gareth's team (which incidentally leads Alex to getting loaned; this counts as Kane's screentime is limited). Later, when Alex lands a sponsorship deal with Adidas, he is introduced to Angel di Maria at a photo shoot.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ultimately averted with Michael Taylor, despite hints that he would just try to profit off Alex's success. He's a childhood fan of Jim Hunter, and managing his grandson became the next best thing to him.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Alex's interview with Rio Ferdinand, he meets Gareth while leaving the studio. When Michael runs into them, the following exchange occurs:
--> '''Michael''': Gareth. Didn't know they had you for this.
--> '''Walker''': Why would you? You haven't been my agent since that mess of a transfer, have you?

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Danny Williams. Introduced in the exit trials as a high-class smug little bastard, he later becomes Alex's teammate in the Championship and they become VitriolicBestBuds, much to Gareth's chagrin when he finds out (not undeservedly though).

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: A few times in "Hunter Returns". The game starts with what is pretty much FIFA Street instead of normal, full-pitch football.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Alex with Gareth.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: This mode enables the player to play street football. A game mode from FIFA Street

* TheCameo: Beatriz Villanova and Alex Hunter from FIFA 18 and FIFA 19 made a cameo appearance. [[spoiler: Beatriz informs Revvy and his team that they are invited to an exhibition in New York.]] and [[spoiler: Syd gets a picture with Alex Hunter.]]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Quite a handful of the songs in ''FIFA'' soundtracks are too racy for an E-rated game, so they have their naughty bits muted out in the game. Examples include Norwegian electronic duo Datarock's "Fa-Fa-Fa" in ''08'' (which contains a lot of - admittedly metaphorical - references to drug usage) and Music/BlocParty's "Ratchet" in ''14'' (which contains swearing and references to alcohol and drugs). And then ''15'' features the song "L.A.F." by Broods. You know what that stands for? "Loose As '''Fuck'''". In ''18'', Music/TheWarOnDrugs' name is censored as well.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** A famous Man U fan chant, set to the tune of "This Old Man", is kept in despite its profane ending, "Why don't City fuck off home?". Presumably it sneaks by due to the audio being garbled by the end so that it can't be made out clearly, but footie fans know exactly how that CrowdSong goes.

* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike / UnfortunateNames: On the FUT fansite Futhead, users like to create teams with players with funny-sounding names in English. Players such as Kim ''Dong Suk'', Florian ''Dick'', Matthias ''Cuntz'', Jakub ''Cunta'', Oh Seung ''Bum'', Yaya ''Banana'', and Danny ''Shittu'' are only a few of the "unfortunately" named footballers in the game.

* JokeCharacter: Gangwon FC's Moon Byung Woo in ''FIFA 14'' (42 rated), Exeter City's Paul Tisdale in ''15'' (40 rated[[note]]he's actually Exeter's ''manager'' and had been retired for three years at that point; he got back into playing for the start of the season because many of the team's players had gone down with disease[[/note]]), and the Indian national team in ''14'' and ''15'' (the only 1-star rated international team.)

* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: On the FUT fansite Futhead, users like to create teams with players with funny-sounding names in English. Players such as Kim ''Dong Suk'', Florian ''Dick'', Matthias ''Cuntz'', Jakub ''Cunta'', Oh Seung ''Bum'', Yaya ''Banana'', and Danny ''Shittu'' are only a few of the "unfortunately" named footballers in the game.

* SelfImposedChallenge: There are stories of ''98'' players who took on the Road to World Cup mode with inexpressive national teams and lifted the World Cup with them. Similarly in newer entries, taking a mid-to-low level team from a minor European league and going on to win the [[BlandNameProduct European Championship]] with it.

UsefulNotes/EuroFooty is the main focal point of the games. Not only the gameplay is generally modeled after a mixture of the main playing styles of Europe, also a massive majority of the teams are from there. They even had license from UEFA to produce their UsefulNotes/UEFAChampionsLeague spinoff before {{Creator/Konami}} bought it from them. It must be noted, however, that the developers have made a genuine effort in later years to bring in more leagues from around the world, resulting in a game that gets more and more diverse every time.

** ''17'' introduces a story mode called "The Journey". This allows you to play as Alex Hunter, an English prospect looking to break into the Starting XI of a [[UsefulNotes/EnglishPremierLeague Premier League]] club. Whether Alex succeeds depends on how well you play as well as the decisions you make with other characters. This continues into FIFA 18, which continues Hunter's story and involves him joining clubs outside England for the first time.

* LongRunner: At least one game per year since 1994 and still going strong. The most recent entry, ''FIFA 18,'' is the '''twenty-fifth''' entry in the main series. Not too many games can get to that figure (at least not without seeing their sales dwindle with every yearly installment), and that's not counting spinoffs like ''FIFA Manager'' and the World Cup games.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Not ''one'' character, but the inclusion of J. League (the top-flight pro football league in Japan) in ''FIFA 17'' can be seen as this, after so many years being exclusive to Konami's ''Winning Eleven'' series (the Japanese version of ''PES''), and especially considering that ''FIFA'' hasn't even had a Japanese football team since ''2003'' thanks to the JFA cock-blocking Western developers from depicting their football (earlier restricted to the Blue Samurai) in video games. On top of that, this is also the first official appearance ''ever'' of the league in a game for the international market (earlier games were [[NoExportForYou sold only in Japan]], including the ''Winning Eleven'' series).