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CLOUD STRIFE ADVENT CHILDREN FLASHBACK SERIES

CLOUD STRIFE ADVENT CHILDREN FLASHBACK SERIES

Blade Spam: Omnislash, one of his Limit Breaks, in a series of fifteen sword attacks.His first available black sword, the Force Stealer, is also Cloud's first weapon with double AP growth capability. While his eponymous ultimate weapon is bright-blade, a number of Cloud's most powerful and unique swords are black-bladed, the most obvious being the Ragnarok (his penultimate weapon) and the Apocalypse (triples AP for materia growth). While Cloud doesn't particularly use dark magic, he tends towards dark aesthetics and weaponry, formerly worked for an evil (corporate) empire, is brooding and introspective, and struggles with his sense of self - all traits of Final Fantasy Dark Knights. Black Knight: Downplayed, while he isn't a knight in the traditional sense, he shares a lot in common with the Dark Knights of previous Final Fantasy games and can be considered to be adjacent to them.Bifurcated Weapon: His Fusion Sword in Advent Children is six BFSs in one.BFS: His Buster Sword is emblematic of this trope, though his other swords are no slouch either, such as the Ultima Weapon.His rage is obvious from the sprite, however. Cloud himself even says "His eyes are burning" when lashing out at Sephiroth/Jenova LIFE. Berserker Tears: It's not obvious from the sprite but Word of God and says Cloud is in Manly Tears during Aerith's death scene.After Tifa restores his true personality during their time in his consciousness in the Lifestream, he admits that the combination of the Jenova cells, Sephiroth's will, and his fragile ego are behind the construction of his fake persona.

Beneath the Mask: Cloud spends most of the original game posing as the cold, aloof and confident mercenary he believed Zack to be.

Batter Up!: One of his weapons is the Nail Bat, who can be found in the Temple of the Ancients or bought for 2800 gil at Junon after obtaining the Highwind.

As an inexperienced 16-year old, he managed to defeat even Sephiroth when they clashed.

Badass Normal: Even before Hojo's experiments.

In Advent Children he spends much of the film riding Fenrir looking cool, and in several fight scenes fights while riding it.

Badass Biker: One remarkable segment in the original game is Cloud driving a bike with one hand while slaying Shinra mooks with the other.

Also, Sephiroth’s actions made him a case of Broken Pedestal for Cloud. Subverted in that he was only a Shinra mook at the time.

Ascended Fanboy: He idolised Sephiroth while growing up and got to fight at his side during the Nibelheim mission.

His real persona however, is a Classical Anti-Hero plagued by insecurity and self-doubt.

Anti-Hero: His Jenova cell-induced false persona is a Pragmatic Hero variant.Advent Children and related Compilation materials toned down the spikes to something more realistic. Anime Hair: Cloud's infamous hair in Final Fantasy VII consists of several sharp spikes jutting into the air.However, this only applies to that movie. Animal Motifs: Wolves, specifically Fenrir, the name of the wolf that follows him in Advent Children and of his Cool Bike, which debuted in the same movie.Most of it's justified too - if you came to the realization that the life you thought you had lived was a lie and you had spent the last four-five years comatose due to lab experiments after your hero and idol burned your hometown to the ground and left you for dead and your best friend died to save your sorry hide, you'd probably have some issues to work through too. Always Save the Girl: No matter the circumstance, Cloud drops everything to save Tifa and/or Aerith if they're in danger.However, as events unfold, Cloud's past and mental stability are soon brought into question. Now working as a mercenary-for-hire, Cloud takes a job with the anti-Shinra organization AVALANCHE to bring down his old employers. Video Gaming's Most Famous Haircut.Ī former top-ranking member of Shinra's elite paramilitary unit, SOLDIER. there's not a thing I don't cherish!"įirst Class SOLDIER.