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*** For that matter, almost all of the weapon upgrades especially Cloud's. In the original game weapon upgrades in the Midgar section were extremely scarce as it was really just the prologue of the game. Barret gets an Assault Gun off the first boss and that's all he gets for the entire section, while Cloud is stuck until almost the end of the Shinra building with his starting Buster Sword and can only get a new weapon if the Hardedge is stolen from a random encounter. Here you can buy the Hardedge in Wall Market and there's several other weapons for both of them that aren't acquired until past the Midgar section that can be gotten here such as the Mythril Saber and Steel Pincers (Atomic Scissors in the orignal)

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*** For that matter, almost all of the weapon upgrades especially Cloud's. In the original game weapon upgrades in the Midgar section were extremely scarce as it was really just the prologue of the game. Barret gets an Assault Gun off the first boss and that's all he gets for the entire section, while Cloud is stuck until almost the end of the Shinra building with his starting Buster Sword and can only get a new weapon if the Hardedge is stolen from a random encounter. Here you can buy the Hardedge in Wall Market and there's several other weapons for both of them that aren't acquired until past the Midgar section that can be gotten here such as the Mythril Saber and Steel Pincers (Atomic Scissors in the orignal)original)



* ArtEvolution: In stark contrast to the original game's blocky, anime art style, ''Remake'' goes with the stylized realistic look that the ''Final Fantasy'' series has been rolling with ever since ''VIII''. Characters overall have had their designs overhauled or updated to fit with the new style, as well, and the end result is something that lies at around the midpoint between characters' original designs and the designs they were subsequently given in the ''Compliation''.

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* ArtEvolution: In stark contrast to the original game's blocky, anime art style, ''Remake'' goes with the stylized realistic look that the ''Final Fantasy'' series has been rolling with ever since ''VIII''. Characters overall have had their designs overhauled or updated to fit with the new style, as well, and the end result is something that lies at around the midpoint between characters' original designs and the designs they were subsequently given in the ''Compliation''.''Compilation''.
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*** For that matter, almost all of the weapon upgrades especially Cloud's. In the original game weapon upgrades in the Midgar section were extremely scarce as it was really just the prologue of the game. Barret gets an Assault Gun off the first boss and that's all he gets for the entire section, while Cloud is stuck until almost the end of the Shinra building with his starting Buster Sword and can only get a new weapon if the Hardedge is stolen from a random encounter. Here you can buy the Hardedge in Wall Market and there's several other weapons for both of them that aren't acquired until past the Midgar section that can be gotten here such as the Mythril Saber and Steel Pincers (Atomic Scissors in the orignal)
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** The end of the Jenova Dreamweaver boss fight has the monster [[spoiler:revert to a deceased Sephiroth clone, referencing "Advent Children" when a defeated Sephiroth reverts to a dying Kadaj.]]
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* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The rank-and-file Shinra security forces are mostly literal {{Punch Clock Villain}}s. Some of them seem to be reasonable, maybe even friendly people, Cloud comments a couple times that most of them are normal people going about a regular day job, and most of them have no idea what Shinra is up to -- from their perspective, Avalanche ''are'' terrorists who are destroying mako reactors and causing chaos and disruption around Midgar. In a couple specific cases, a few of them don't even ''want'' to fight Avalanche and value their lives and stand down rather than fight, and in a particularly important scene, one of them [[spoiler:recognizes Cloud from when he was in the infantry, chats with him for a moment and is glad to see Cloud is still alive after all these years]]. However, the party never shows any hesitation about killing them en masse throughout the game, and whenever they express any remorse for the things they've done, it's usually framed as being the destruction of the mako reactors and the harm its done to Midgar and its citizens, not the dozens and dozens of security guards they've murdered. Barret for his part espouses that in his eyes, those who work for Shinra are just as culpable for the crimes of the whole company since they're all helping to prop them up.

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* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The rank-and-file Shinra security forces are mostly literal {{Punch Clock Villain}}s. Some of them seem to be reasonable, maybe even friendly people, Cloud comments a couple times that most of them are normal people going about a regular day job, and most of them have no idea what Shinra is up to -- from their perspective, Avalanche ''are'' terrorists who are destroying mako reactors and causing chaos and disruption around Midgar. In a couple specific cases, a few of them don't even ''want'' to fight Avalanche and value their lives and stand down rather than fight, and in a particularly important scene, one of them [[spoiler:recognizes Cloud from when he was in the infantry, chats with him for a moment and is glad to see Cloud is still alive after all these years]]. However, the party never shows any hesitation about killing them en masse throughout the game, and whenever they express any remorse for the things they've done, it's usually framed as being the destruction of the mako reactors and the harm its it's done to Midgar and its citizens, not the dozens and dozens of security guards they've murdered. Barret for his part espouses that in his eyes, those who work for Shinra are just as culpable for the crimes of the whole company since they're all helping to prop them up.
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** In Shinra HQ, the mission to [[spoiler:rescue Aerith from Hojo's experiments on her, as well as finally come face-to-face with President Shinra]] involves climbing 59 flight of stairs. Even with the party's physical prowess -- an ex-SOLDIER, a martial artist, and a walking tank of a man -- fatigue gradually sets in as they climb the stairs. Everyone starts going slower the further they go up, they speak to each other between heavy breaths, and they're exhausted by the time they get to the 59th floor, needing a few moments to get their wind back. [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand Even the background music sounds tired]].

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** In Shinra HQ, the mission to [[spoiler:rescue Aerith from Hojo's experiments on her, as well as finally come face-to-face with President Shinra]] involves can involve climbing 59 flight flights of stairs. Even with the party's physical prowess -- an ex-SOLDIER, a martial artist, and a walking tank of a man -- fatigue gradually sets in as they climb the stairs. Everyone starts going slower the further they go up, they speak to each other between heavy breaths, and they're exhausted by the time they get to the 59th floor, needing a few moments to get their wind back. [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand Even the background music sounds tired]].
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** The museum in the Shinra Tower leaves a lot to be desired for something made by the biggest MegaCorp in the world. The hologram presentations for Scarlet and Heidegger's exhibits don't work at all, Palmer is obviously and awkwardly reading a pre-written speech and can only mumble at how little his division has actually accomplished, and Hojo doesn't even bother giving a presentation for his department, choosing instead to just contemptuously insult the would-be tourists.

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** The museum in the Shinra Tower leaves a lot to be desired for something made by the biggest MegaCorp in the world. The hologram presentations for Scarlet and Heidegger's exhibits don't work at all, Palmer is obviously and awkwardly reading a pre-written speech and can only mumble at how little his division has actually accomplished, and Hojo doesn't even bother giving a presentation for his department, choosing instead to just contemptuously insult the would-be tourists. Only [[OnlySaneMan Reeve's]] hologram is natural-sounding, and even then it's somewhat awkward, including an apology for delays caused by construction -- not exactly what you might expect from a propaganda museum.
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* ShmuckBait: When making your way up Shinra Tower, you're given the option to ride the elevator to the 59th floor, or take the stairs. If you opt for the stairs, you will have to walk Cloud up ALL THE STAIRS. The sequence takes about 10 minutes. By the end he will be reduced to a snail's pace from fatigue, and you'll gain no advantage for it other than the hilarious dialogue as all the characters' mental states gradually deteriorate.

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* ShmuckBait: When making your way up Shinra Tower, you're given the option to ride the elevator to the 59th floor, or take the stairs. If you opt for the stairs, you will have to walk Cloud up ALL THE STAIRS. The sequence takes about 10 minutes. By the end he will be reduced to a snail's pace from fatigue, and you'll gain no advantage for it other than the hilarious dialogue as all the characters' mental states gradually deteriorate.deteriorate (and you get to skip some fights, but whether that's a benefit or not depends on whether you'd rather miss the fight or gain some extra XP).
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** The reason why many players had some difficulty understanding what the Deadly Dodge and Parry materia were for. Deadly Dodge just allowed a character to tack on a fairly potent area attack at the end of their dodge sequence, however characters can attack almost instantly after dodging without the materia. Parry materia can be used even when you're not under attack, and what it actually does is allow the character to do a DashAttack that's difficult to interrupt - so you can "parry" someone who's back is facing you.

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** The reason why many players had some difficulty understanding what the Deadly Dodge and Parry materia were for. Deadly Dodge just allowed a character to tack on a fairly potent area attack at the end of their dodge sequence, however characters can attack almost instantly after dodging without the materia. Parry materia can be used even when you're not under attack, and what it actually does is allow the character to do a DashAttack that's difficult to interrupt - so you can "parry" someone who's whose back is facing you.
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** You can complete a quest line for an old man from Wutai running a shop called The Happy Turtle, which was unlockable in ''Crisis Core''. The question also revolves around promotional posters, and The Happy Turtle in the original game was running a promotional campaign requiring players to find posters dotted across the world map.

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** You can complete a quest line for an old man from Wutai running a shop called The Happy Turtle, which was unlockable in ''Crisis Core''. The question quest also revolves around promotional posters, and The Happy Turtle in the original game was running a promotional campaign requiring players to find posters dotted across the world map.



* ForgoneConclusion: Yuffie and Sonon hear the news from Zhijie of Shinra's plan to destroy Sector 7, confirmed my Scarlet after the duo defeat her. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately, by the time Yuffie escapes thanks to Sonon saving her from Nero's attack, she witnesses Sector 7's destruction with her own eyes.]]

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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: Yuffie and Sonon hear the news from Zhijie of Shinra's plan to destroy Sector 7, confirmed my by Scarlet after the duo defeat her. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Unfortunately, by the time Yuffie escapes thanks to Sonon saving her from Nero's attack, she witnesses Sector 7's destruction with her own eyes.]]

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* AllForNothing: In [=INTERmission=], [[spoiler:Yuffie and Sonon's infiltration of the Shinra Building turns out to be pointless, as the powerful materia they planned on stealing is still in development and useless in its current state. While they do get Scarlet to reveal that Shinra intends to drop the Sector 7 plate, by the time Yuffie manages to escape it's too late to stop that.]]

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* AllForNothing: In [=INTERmission=], [[spoiler:Yuffie and Sonon's infiltration of the Shinra Building turns out to be pointless, as the powerful materia "ultimate materia" they planned on stealing is still in development and useless in its current state. While they do get Scarlet to reveal that Shinra intends to drop the Sector 7 plate, upper plate on the undercity below, by the time Yuffie manages to escape it's too late to stop that.]]



* BittersweetEnding: ''Very'' heavy on the bitter. Yuffie's mission [[spoiler:turns out to be pointless since they can't steal the unrefined materia and Sonon dies protecting her from Nero after it seems like they had beaten him. What's more, once Yuffie escapes, the Sector 7 plan goes into motion and, unknown to her, Nero claims Sonon's body for an unknown purpose. There was nothing more Yuffie could've done except flee and get back to Wutai, though she regains her optimism and vows to make Shinra pay]].

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* BittersweetEnding: ''Very'' heavy on the bitter. Yuffie's mission [[spoiler:turns out to be pointless since they can't steal the unrefined materia and Sonon dies protecting her from Nero after it seems like they had beaten him. What's more, once Yuffie escapes, the Sector 7 destruction plan goes into motion and, unknown to her, Nero claims Sonon's body for an unknown purpose. There was nothing more Yuffie could've done except flee and get back to Wutai, though she regains her optimism and vows to make Shinra pay]].



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sonon has an ability whereby, whenever Yuffie is K.O.'d, he will immediately sacrifice his remaining health to get her back up. [[spoiler: At the end of the story he intercepts a blade being thrust toward her and dies.]]

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* ForgoneConclusion: Yuffie and Sonon hear the news from Zhijie of Shinra's plan to destroy Sector 7, confirmed my Scarlet after the duo defeat her. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately, by the time Yuffie escapes thanks to Sonon saving her from Nero's attack, she witnesses Sector 7's destruction with her own eyes.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sonon has an ability called "Self-Sacrifice" whereby, whenever Yuffie is K.O.'d, he will immediately sacrifice his remaining health to get her back up. [[spoiler: At the end of the story he intercepts a blade being thrust toward her and dies.]]
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** Palmer can be found in the Honey Bee Inn, entertaining himself, after looking through a keyhole ''long'' before we meet him at Shinra HQ.

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** By looking through a keyhole, Palmer can be found in the Honey Bee Inn, entertaining himself, after looking through a keyhole ''long'' before we meet him at Shinra HQ.
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* BreakMeter: The Stagger Gauge is below the Health bar, when this is filled your enemy is knocked down and helpless, taking at least 160% more damage (this can be raised well beyond 400% with certain abilities). If they take too much damage, get hit by an attack they're weak to, or have a body part broken, a conscious enemy will get the "Pressured" status applied to their Stagger Gauge, "pressured" increases the rate that the Stagger Gauge fills.

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* BreakMeter: The Stagger Gauge is below the Health bar, when this is filled your enemy is knocked down and helpless, taking at least 160% more damage (this can be raised well beyond 400% with certain abilities). If they take too much damage, get hit by an attack they're weak to, or have a body part broken, a conscious enemy will get the "Pressured" status applied to their Stagger Gauge, "pressured" increases the rate that the Stagger Gauge fills.
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* FantasyCounterpartReligion: Midgar is based on UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, with it having similar architecture and being a massive metropolis dominated by capitalism with great class division amongst its population. The remake furthers the comparison by emphasising how the city is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities from all over the world.

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* FantasyCounterpartReligion: FantasyCounterpartCulture: Midgar is based on UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, with it having similar architecture and being a massive metropolis dominated by capitalism with great class division amongst its population. The remake furthers the comparison by emphasising how the city is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities from all over the world.
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*FantasyCounterpartReligion: Midgar is based on UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, with it having similar architecture and being a massive metropolis dominated by capitalism with great class division amongst its population. The remake furthers the comparison by emphasising how the city is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities from all over the world.
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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: [[spoiler:Sephiroth's plan. He knows that in the plot the Arbiters of Fate are enforcing, he's going to lose (he seems to be from the future somehow, possibly because linear time is less meaningful in the Lifestream). By manipulating the heroes into destroying the Arbiters for him, he opens up the possibility of his plans succeeding this time.]]


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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Why the party ends up going along with Sephiroth's plan to destroy the Arbiters of Fate. Aerith, and to a lesser extent Red XIII, seem to have specific knowledge of what's coming, and by the end even Cloud, Tifa, and Barret are at least vaguely aware that they got a BittersweetEnding rather than an outright win. Sacrificing their guaranteed win doesn't mean they now have a guaranteed loss, it means ''there are no more guarantees''. They're willing to risk it for the chance of doing better this time.]]
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** Some of these changes such as showing Cloud finding a place to sleep, as well as Biggs and later Tifa mentioning that they haven't had a chance to have a one on one chat, clarify the timeline much better. In the original game you can easily be led to believe that Cloud has continuously known Tifa since they were kids or that he's lived in sector 7 for years now, now it's clear that he just recently showed up there.

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** Some of these changes such as showing Cloud finding a place to sleep, as well as Biggs and later Tifa mentioning that they haven't had a chance to have a one on one chat, clarify the timeline much better. In the original game you can easily be led to believe that Cloud has continuously known Tifa since they were kids or that he's lived in sector Sector 7 for years now, now it's clear that he just recently showed up there.
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** Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge, get much more screen time than in the original game to show off more personality and dynamics, and Jessie gets a healthy amount of ShipTease with Cloud. An early chapter has a new motorcycle section, with Jessie riding behind Cloud as they flee from Shinra soldiers down a set of train tracks.

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** Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge, Wedge get much more screen time than in the original game to show off more personality and dynamics, and Jessie gets a healthy amount of ShipTease with Cloud. An early chapter has a new motorcycle section, with Jessie riding behind Cloud as they flee from Shinra soldiers down a set of train tracks.
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** Once again, the powerful main villain Sephiroth is voiced by someone that played Superman.
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Expanding the first 5 to 8 hours of the original game, ''Remake'''s story follows the adventures of mercenary Cloud Strife as he works for an EcoTerrorist cell that includes machine gun ArmCannon revolutionary Barret Wallace and his BareFistedMonk childhood friend Tifa Lockhart as they fight against the [[EvilInc Evil]] MegaCorp literally sucking TheLifestream of the planet dry, Shinra, in the corporation's MegaCity of Midgar. Along the way he crosses paths with a mysterious {{White Magician|Girl}} flower girl named Aerith Gainsborough and a fiery talking wolf/lion like beast called Red XIII as well. However, while familiar characters are swept up in a familiar story, it also becomes clear that the plot is being actively pushed OffTheRails, even as an opposing force attempts to {{Railroad|ing}} the story back on course -- ending with a SequelHook that suggests NothingIsTheSameAnymore... and that the plot of this re-telling may turn out to be substantially different than the original.

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Expanding the first 5 to 8 hours of the original game, ''Remake'''s story follows the adventures of mercenary Cloud Strife as he works for an EcoTerrorist cell that includes machine gun ArmCannon ArmCannon[=-=]wielding revolutionary Barret Wallace and his BareFistedMonk childhood friend Tifa Lockhart as they fight against the [[EvilInc Evil]] MegaCorp literally sucking TheLifestream of the planet dry, Shinra, in the corporation's MegaCity of Midgar. Along the way he crosses paths with a mysterious {{White Magician|Girl}} flower girl named Aerith Gainsborough and a fiery talking wolf/lion like beast called Red XIII as well. However, while familiar characters are swept up in a familiar story, it also becomes clear that the plot is being actively pushed OffTheRails, even as an opposing force attempts to {{Railroad|ing}} {{railroad|ing}} the story back on course -- ending with a SequelHook that suggests NothingIsTheSameAnymore... and that the plot of this re-telling may turn out to be substantially different than the original.
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* ToBeContinued: Unsurprisingly episode one ends on this note, given that the story has only progressed a fraction of the way through the original game. [[spoiler:The fact that the "''unknown''" adventure will continue on the other hand...]]

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* ToBeContinued: Unsurprisingly episode one Similar to how the original game is formatted in 3 discs, ''Remake'' ends on this note, as a "Disc 1", given that the story has only progressed a fraction of the way through the original game.way. [[spoiler:The fact that the "''unknown''" adventure will continue on the other hand...]]
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* AdaptationalBadass: The country of Wutai becomes this via their new lore. It was established in the original game that it lost the war with Midgar, fell under Shinra imperialism, then steadily robbed of its resources until reduced to a mere shadow of its former self; a struggling vassal state forced to rely on tourism to keep its economy afloat, far too weak to be of anymore concern to its oppressive conquerors. The remake takes a radically different approach by portraying the Midgar/Wutai war as only recently "resolved" between the two countries, and Wutai still poses a threat to Shinra's present day activities through terrorism. How much of this is propaganda and how much is truth is unknown, but [[spoiler:Avalanche (the main group, not Barret's splinter faction) ''are'' tied to and supplied by Wutai.]]

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* AdaptationalBadass: The country of Wutai becomes this via their new lore. It was established in the original game that it lost the war with Midgar, fell under Shinra imperialism, then steadily robbed of its resources until reduced to a mere shadow of its former self; a struggling vassal state forced to rely on tourism to keep its economy afloat, far too weak to be of anymore concern to its oppressive conquerors. The remake takes a radically different approach by portraying the Midgar/Wutai war as only recently "resolved" between the two countries, and Wutai still poses a threat to Shinra's present day activities through terrorism. How much of this is propaganda and how much is truth is unknown, but [[spoiler:Avalanche (the main group, not Barret's splinter faction) ''are'' tied to and supplied by Wutai. And ''Rebirth'' reveals that the Wutai military, first seen in ''Crisis Core/Reunion'', are still present (the original version ''has'' no military at all).]]
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The second part of the Remake trilogy, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'', is set to come out on February 29, 2024 for [=PlayStation=] 5.

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The second part of the Remake trilogy, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'', is set to come out launched on February 29, 2024 for [=PlayStation=] 5.
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* ShoutOut: Though it comes in chunks, Scarlet referring to Yuffie and Sonon as "teenage ninjas" after Yuffie had made an offhand comment referring to herself as a "ninja," itself after a sidequest where a turtle featured heavily [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles certainly seems deliberate]].

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* ShoutOut: Though it comes in chunks, Scarlet referring to Yuffie and Sonon as "teenage ninjas" after Yuffie had made an offhand comment referring to herself as a "ninja," "mutant," itself after a sidequest where a turtle featured heavily [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles certainly seems deliberate]].
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* ShoutOut: Though it comes in chunks, Scarlet referring to Yuffie and Sonon as "teenage ninjas" after Yuffie had made an offhand comment referring to herself as a "ninja," itself after a sidequest where a turtle featured heavily [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles certainly seems deliberate]].

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