Final Fantasy VIII/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Broken Ace]]: Much of the student body of Balamb looks up to and admires Squall due to his incredible fighting skills and calm professionalism despite his lone wolf attitude. This tends to confound the emotionally stunted Squall who created his cold-hearted and powerful persona to be strong enough to not have to deal with other people.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: His feelings towards Rinoa. This is because for the majority of the game, he's simply not emotionally mature enough to ''understand'' his feelings towards her, or how to reciprocate.

* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Intentionally modeled after]] actor River Phoenix.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Griever.

** [[Ensign Newbie]]

* [[Cool Sword]]: His gunblade, be it Revolver or the upgrades of it.

** [[Blade Spam]] (standard-type): Renzokuken, especially when [[Finishing Move|ended]] with Lion Heart.

** [[Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age]]

** [[Shout-Out]]: If you haven't figured it out by now, to ''[[Star Wars]]''. The [[Infinity+1 Sword|Lionheart]] even looks explicitly like a [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]].

** [[Spin Attack]]: His Fated Circle [[Limit Break]].

** [[Sword Lines]]: During his Limit Break "Renzokuken", whatever gunblade Squall happens to be wielding gets the second type.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Played very, very straight. See [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]].

* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: If you look closely though, the arms on his cape are cardboard cutouts, with his real arms on his right side under it and holding his cape.

* [[Prophet Eyes]]

 

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