History YMMV / FinalFantasyI

* ThatOneBoss: Astos.

** The Terra Cave, with its Cockatrices and their [[TakenForGranite petrification abilities]] that dictate stocking up on SOFT Potions (Gold Needles) (sold at a high cost and only in one town, Elfheim) to reverse the affliction. There are several GoddamnedBats that aren't enemies in this dungeon, but get on your nerves when they block narrow passageways in the dungeon.

** The top floor of the Flying Fortress, which has the [[BossInMooksClothing WarMECH]] (Death Machine) and more appearances of the Mindflayers that now come in groups of up to 7.

** The Ice Cavern, which gives you lots of DemonicSpiders that often attack in groups of at least 3: the return of the Piscodemons, the Cockatrices (first seen earlier in the Terra Cave) and their [[TakenForGranite petrification abilities]] that dictate stocking up on SOFT Potions (Gold Needles) (sold at a high cost and only in one town, Elfheim) to reverse the affliction, the infamous [=SORCERORs=] (Mindflayers) and [[ThatOneAttack their one-hit instant KO attack]], the [=MAGEs=] (Dark Wizards) who appear in groups and spam [=FIR2=] (Fira) and RUB (Death) on your party, and some more undead enemies out to paralyze you. This is a level that's not even significant to the plot and which you're only doing just to obtain the Floater (Levistone) that will grant you access to the airship. Oddly enough, it applies when many gamers use this in an example of SequenceBreaking by completing the Ice Cavern (and the Citadel of Trials) to be able to get the class change before entering Mt. Gulg.

** The Ice Cavern, which gives you lots of DemonicSpiders that often attack in groups of at least 3: the return of the Piscodemons, the Cockatrices (first seen earlier in the Terra Cave) and their [[TakenForGranite petrification abilities]] that dictate stocking up on SOFT Potions (Gold Needles) (sold at a high cost and only in one town, Elfheim) to reverse the affliction, the infamous [=SORCERORs=] (Mindflayers) and [[ThatOneAttack their one-hit instant KO attack]], the [=MAGEs=] (Dark Wizards) who appear in groups and spam FIR2 (Fira) and RUB (Death) on your party, and some more undead enemies out to paralyze you. This is a level that's not even significant to the plot and which you're only doing just to obtain the Floater (Levistone) that will grant you access to the airship. Oddly enough, it applies when many gamers use this in an example of SequenceBreaking by completing the Ice Cavern (and the Citadel of Trials) to be able to get the class change before entering Mt. Gulg.

* DemonicSpiders: Sorcerers and anyone with paralyzing powers. To a lesser extent, anything that could turn you into stone as well. The chance of working was rare, but the curative for the condition was both expensive and couldn't be used in battle.
** The remakes with additional content add ''more'' enemies that can kill in one hit, and make Sorcerers (renamed Mindflayers) able to use the instant kill attack on the entire party at once.
** And then there are the [=MANCATs=], each of which had a high chance of casting [=FIR2=]. Being surprised by 8 of these could result in a TotalPartyKill.
* EvilIsSexy: Marilith/Kay. She's also CreepySexy, since she's a giant snake woman.

* ThatOneAttack: Two-- Astos's Rub will kill one party member instantly, and [=WarMECH=]'s Nuclear attack deals huge damage.

** Square apparently accepted the fan view of things ([[WhiteMagicianGirl and realized the precedent of later games]]); the White Mage is more androgynous in the remakes.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: White Mage is actually intended to be male; this is noticable after being upgraded to the [[http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy1/Party/After/WhiteWizard-Attack.gif White Wizard]]. However, you could argue all of the characters are androgynous enough to be whatever gender you want.
*** Except for Monk in the Dawn of Souls remake; he's AlwaysMale.

** Square apparently accepted the fan view of things ([[StaffChick and realized the precedent of later games]]); the White Mage is more androgynous in the remakes.

** In the GBA remake, Dawn of Souls, Poison is considered to be regular damage. A Fighter can ''block the poison running through his veins with a shield!''

* MemeticMutation: "I, Garland, will knock you all down!"

* BoringInvincibleVillain: Tiamat. She's the strongest of the Fiends, and the one who threw the technologically-advanced Lufenia civilization into ruin hundreds of years ago. The scan in Flying Fortress implies that yes, Tiamat "'has no weakness"'. [[spoiler: Subverted, because it isn't true. Using Break will kill her instantly.]]

** The Monk gets fairly ridiculous in the GBA remake. To clarify, a Fighter wont outdamage the monk or even come close to its damage output until it gets the InfinityPlusOneSword. With said equipment ? lose a bit. And all Monk need are a ribbon since thanks to how its class works, going naked is equivalent of having the dodge of a ninja and a decent defense. Magic defense and status effect is pretty much its only(and biggest) trouble(both of which is covered by ribbon)

* BoringInvincibleVillain: Tiamat. She was the strongest of the Fiends, and the one who threw the technologically-advance Lufenia civilization into ruin hundreds years ago. The scan in Flying Fortress was implying that yes, Tiamat "'HAS NO WEAKNESS"'. [[spoiler: Subverted, because it isn't true. Using Break will kill her instantly.]]

** The remakes with additional content add MORE enemies that can kill in one hit, and make Sorcerers (renamed Mindflayers) able to use the instant kill attack on the entire party at once.

* EvilIsSexy: Marilith/Kay. Evil Is CreepySexy, in fact. She's ''still'' a giant snake woman, ok?

* GameBreaker: The Monk/Master class, especially if you stay two or three levels above the expected level. It's very possible that the nunchuks were added to the game in an attempt to stop players from realizing how unbalanced the class was. (The Monk is ALWAYS more powerful when using his hands, since he's the only character in the game who dual-wields.)

** In the GBA remake, Dawn of Souls, Poison is considered to be regular damage. The "Improbable" part comes in, when a Fighter actually manages to BLOCK THE POISON RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS! WITH A SHIELD!

* ViewerGenderConfusion: White Mage is actually intended to be male and this is noticable after being upgraded to the [[http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy1/Party/After/WhiteWizard-Attack.gif white Wizard]]. However you could argue all of the characters are androgynous enough to be whatever gender you want.

* HilariousInHindsight: Those complaining about the effeminate faces of the more recent protagonists would do well to remember that White Mage's gender was also ambiguous- until ''he'' became the White Wizard.

* BoringInvincibleVillain: Tiamat. She was the strongest of the Fiends, and the one who threw the technologically-advance Lufenia civilization into ruin hundreds years ago. The scan in Flying Fortress was implying that yes, Tiamat "HAS NO WEAKNESS". [[spoiler: Subverted, because it isn't all true. See AchillesHeel]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Not infrequently heard from people who started with later-generation [=JRPGs=]: "Well, it's really cliche..." (Only because the game helped to ''create'' a lot of those cliches to begin with.)

* GoodBadBugs: More a programming mistake than anything else, but in the Dawn of Souls version, during your first fight with Tiamat, you can insta-kill her by casting Break or Toxin. The programmers forgot to make her immune to Poison and Stoning. In the original NES version, you can do the same by casting Bane, but it doesn't always work.
** This actually isn't a bug. Remember, the original Final Fantasy was made to be based on Dungeons and Dragons, not to mention it existed before bosses resisting instadeath was the norm. The original NES version came with a detailed monster guide and it listed Kary's status weaknesses as well as Tiamat's weakness to poison (Break technically counts as Poison/Stone in the NES, and has the highest success rate which is why it works along with Bane). You can also kill Kraken with the Break spell, because Kraken lacks the resistances and doesn't have maxed out magic defense.
** Landing the airship directly on top of the caravan instead of fighting across the desert. The caravan was the only "unlandable" spot that could actually be landed on with the airship. However, we can't be sure this "bug" was intentional or not.
*** [=HEL2=] (a 5th-level spell), when used in battle, has the exact same curative power as [=HEL3=] (a 7th-level spell), and when you consider that the cheapest way to heal out of battle is potions, you're better off skipping the latter and saving yourself the 45,000 GP.