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Final Fantasy VIIThe first installment of the series to be originally released for the Playstation, also the first one to be released with 3D movement and graphics.
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Cait Sith- He shows up and you expect him to be some goofy pointless character used only for comic relief. But he ends up really being a spy and betrays your party. Later sacrifices himself for everyone, comes back and then spys for your party on Shinra.
Yuffie- Comes in as the hyper girl and you don't expect much from her. But she also betrays your party be stealing all your materia which pretty much pisses everyone off. Also you expect her to be the type girl that would love riding on an airship like any hyper anime. But she gets airsick and hates it.
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FVII was unique in many ways with the things it broke, adding to its impression as the first 3d Final Fantasy game. It's a shame as people have said in the barret thread that after this game broke those stereo types, they came back in the later games.
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Originally Posted by Aeris Gainsborough
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
All of those seem to fall into neat li'l stereotypes; it just depends on the scope and scale that makes 'em fit. Cloud's the laconic, indifferent sword-wielder who fights for himself and gradually comes around to a greater cause; Tifa's, a childhood friend, likes said character but isn't making impressions on him in that way, no matter how hard she tries; Barret falls in with the cookie-cutter perception of the 'angry black man,' which although black main characters are few and far between, doesn't break any mold whatsoever; Aeris, female healer who constantly needs to be rescued from harm's way but contains a greater ability. E-T-C.
So, just about everyone pulls a one-eighty and is magically "outside the box," as per usual. They might've given a slight twist to the trite archetype, but in actuality propagated it further.
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