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| Final Fantasy VII The first installment of the series to be originally released for the Playstation, also the first one to be released with 3D movement and graphics. |
April 10, 2007, 2:39 AM
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Stereotypes that FFVII broke.
Ok after reading some posts in the Barret thread i made its made me realise that a lot of stereotypes are presented - but then Broken in FFVII.
Ill go through the list of main characters :
Cloud - shown as being the Stereotypical hero - strong silent and confident in himself - when he's nothing of that.
Barret - see barret thread
Tifa - in all honesty Tifa is shown as being the loud outspoken slutty girl - yet she isnt at all - shes quiet conservative and very kind.
Aeris - shown as being perfectly innocent and weak - the damsal in distress - When she isnt considering that shes the one that saves the world
Red XII - hes a dog you expect him to be cute and fluffy - he isnt XD
Cait sith - Ditto for red XD
I cant think of any of the others at the moment - as Cid Yuffie and Vincent fall into there stereotypes perfectly. feel free to debate against my beliefs or form your own 
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April 10, 2007, 3:02 AM
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hmmm i agree with you, so i don't have anything to debate on... which is a problem
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April 10, 2007, 3:05 AM
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Your Right Man...
Cid Is In.. Like.. Every Final Fantasy Man.. lol.. If Not Most..
Yuffie.. I Guess She Fills In For A FF7 Ninja/Thief
Vincent Is A Vampire... Yup... Haha..
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April 10, 2007, 3:06 AM
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I guess one for Cid would be that men scream at their wives/partners. But then when you find out the story, he had a 'good' reason.
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April 10, 2007, 4:08 PM
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funny thread...i dont think its stereotypical at all
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April 10, 2007, 4:12 PM
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 I'd never really thought of it like that, but you raise some good points though. At first you do expect Nanaki to be a cute little dog (after you free him from the cage thing) but, well, he isn't xD
Cid's a great stereotype. Always shouting and swearing, and I think it was the Tiny Bronco that had a picture of a half-naked woman on it? But deep down he does have feelings. He's your classic guy
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April 10, 2007, 6:53 PM
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In all reality I don't think Final Fantasy VII broke that many stereotypes that weren't already broken in Final Fantasy 6. As I said before, Aeris and Cloud owe alot to Terra, just as Sephiroth owes alot to Kefka for breaking traditional character archetypes. It is simply that most people who play Final Fantasy played FF7 first, which was still a big step above its contemporaries in the character department.
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April 10, 2007, 7:04 PM
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Dario has a point; VI did actually break many of the stereotypes first. But I think VII still managed to break a few, even while riding on VI's shoulders.
VII is set up, initially, as a typical Link-type adventure story (with a modern twist): kill the bad guys, protect the pretty girl, save the world. However, in the end, the hero can't save the pretty girl; rather she saves the hero (and, by default, the whole planet). This is pretty ground-breaking, especially for its time.
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April 12, 2007, 2:12 AM
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Good points. Now that i think about it, this is the first and only Final Fantasy to have a black player character, even if people do think he's a little stereotyped, plus one of the few RPGs where one of the heroes dies permantely [I don't count the characters in II, III, IV, and V who join your party for one dungeon then die with no developement]. Unfortunately I wouldn't say it broke these steretypes because most rpgs (including final fantasies) went back to lilly-white, unkillable parties. Then again we have to give credit for the bad stereotpes FFVII started, mainly that almost every rpg (including final fantasies) after FFVII started to have spikey-haired, brooding, and anti-social protagonists (*squall*) and various villians with bleached hair (Skies of Arcadia, Kingdom Hearts, Baten Kaitos, Xenosaga, among others).
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April 12, 2007, 2:22 AM
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Cloud - Broke the typical main character stereotype of being perfect. He's pretty messed up inside.
Tifa - Looks can be decieving with this girl. She looks spunky, like she would have Yuffie's attitude, but she's one of the more grown up memebers of the party
Aeris - Heroine. Damsel in distress, but winds up saving all of them instead of them saving her.
Barret - First African American male in an RPG.
Red XIII - Seems like he would be some stupid beast who cant talk, but actually is smarter then anyone else.
Cid - Cid is the only one who fits the mechanic, cursing, manly stereotype.
Yuffie - Being a theif, you would think she would be calm and sneaky and quiet. She is none of that. Except sneaky.
Vincent - Fits his character and stereotype perfectly.
So, all in all Cid and Vincent were the only two characters who didnt really break a stereotype.
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Stereotypes that FFVII broke. 
