An In-Depth Look At Barret Wallace

[@MAJICB0B]

Barret had some amazing story progression throughout the game. Even had some great comedic moments. I still remember Cloud seeing Barret in the Sailor Suit. Cloud: "You look like a bear wearing a marshmallow..."

[@lonekirin905]

I would say a scene of Machinabridged but I think it would be awkward

[@wolftales5203]

@@lonekirin905 pointy bits kek

[@MomsAgainstCatboys]

@@lonekirin905that scene is reserved for all the sweet mommas of the world!

[@frogisis]

One of my favorite things about Barret is that he's flawed in a way that keeps him from realizing what a good man he actually is. We see many times that he's got a tendency to binary, either-or thinking such that he believes his desire for revenge means that he must not really care about defending the planet, when in fact that desire is what pushed him over the threshold into action to protect it against Shinra, and to give Marlene a livable planet to have a future on. In the end, though, he does manage to realize himself that he is ultimately fighting to protect something, the tiny piece of the planet he loves and the legacy from his old life, whom he saved from the atrocity he couldn't prevent before. He already protected her once, and he'll continue to do so with everything he has. Marlene's lucky to have someone so passionate, earnest, likeable, caring, dutiful, and often pensive and humble for a dad.

[@MariusBoss11458]

I think I have more respect for Adoptive parents. It's probably they want that kid. Unlike some parents who never meant to even get pregnant or something. (No I don't speak from experience. I've just seen it before.)

[@ArtMorera]

Final fantasy 7’s fans seem like the best friends to have

[@martinezuchiha7624]

Yeah, too bad I couldn't find anyone that knew much about the game to have a decent conversation with (talking about my real life, not-from-the-internet friends, of course), thank God we have Internet ;)

[@ArtMorera]

Martinez Uchiha it’s true, thankfully the Internet makes it possible to connect with other fans of the game

[@shavoidpatrick1602]

That's because we're usually friendly & light hearted

[@laylamorrison9596]

Except for some of the love triangle shippers.

[@garrenstevison9005]

Yup, we’re awkward, but great friends I’ll be your friend...if you’re into that

[@doopmachine]

As a black guy, I remember loving Barret's character as a kid. My favourite was (and still is) 6, so I'm BIG on strong characterization, and over the entire series, you don't get much stronger of a character than BARRET @#^%$& WALLACE! So siddown, shu'up, and watch the damn video, because there AIN'T NO GETTIN OFFA THIS TRAIN WE'RE ON! Shi't!

[@dmas7749]

i'm white and Barret is my favourite FF7 character and probably the entire series his antics are entertaining, his arc is excellent, and as someone who lets my emotions get to my head more than i should he's very relatable

[@NatoShinobi]

Shiiiiiiiiiiiid

[@vogonp4287]

I find all of the FF VII relatable to some extent.

[@kristofb5013]

@Doopmachine Lift weights and get big. Get a prosthetic gun-arm. Wear a sailor suit and look cute as fuck. BECOME BARRETT!!!!!!

[@moonboy5851]

doopmachine haha gold. Did you enjoy the side quest under the Golden Saucer?

[@Jyukenmaster95]

"Cloud is split up from the team, and Tifa leaves to attempt to squeeze info out of Don Corneo" A+ phrasing, Death

[@ang1759]

Woop, I love Barret. I just wish Square acknowledged him more.

[@AigisVibes720]

GamingAce The remake does

[@rod253]

Wtf are you talking about? They created the info u just watched dummy

[@ali-kun7038]

Everyone talk about zack and aerith, but my god the scene where the plate falls and kills everyone in the sector 7 slums and he broke down thinking of marlene wedge, biggs and jessie, then learning what happened in corel makes him my favorite character in the game, he went through it all 😢

[@JamesRogers233]

"And using his excellent tactical strategy he learned leading AVALANCHE...Suggests that the team barge right in the front door." LMFAO lost it!

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

the dyne vs barret storyline is going to have me in tears in the remake no going to lie

[@yoooo790]

Same

[@Mindflayer_Inc]

Heh, Barret learned that you need to "fight for what they loved instead of just fighting what you hate" :p

[@DJMoiyMoiy]

21:17 In the concept art, he looks like an angry version of Squidward's house.

[@4-8Productions]

I can't not see that now

[@DJMoiyMoiy]

@@4-8Productions 🤭🤭😊

[@Dan-bz2nh]

Hmm, Interestingly enough I'd like to see and in-depth look at Sephiroth.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

Thank you for talking about one of my two favorite characters in FFVII (the other being Cid). I liked him immediately from his design and mannerisms and then grew to love him as his story progressed (Dyne's confrontation, the Mountain scene, and his revelation near the end being my favorite scenes). There's so much that's broken about him being just a regular man (comparatively) being in a larger than life world while still trying to be a good dad to his practically adopted daughter. The fact that he is also a well-done black character for FF's first attempt is an added bonus. Sometimes I feel he can get pretty overshadowed due to other characters having the spotlight but hopefully when FFVIIR comes around more people will understand how cool he is.

[@implodingcolon1058]

I was blown away by how well done his character was in the remake. He's an intense, passionate guy who cares about people. Barret needs more love.

[@trufreedom]

Not having the original Avalanche team die is going to severely impact his character development...

[@yoooo790]

​@trufreedom but it didn't.

[@founoe]

Every time I replay this game I learn something new.

[@matthewvarnell4388]

Barret mafukin Wallace was easily one of my favorite characters when I first played ffvii way back in 1998

[@bostonhampton4433]

In every play through I've done since I first played the game, Barret has been a guaranteed member of my party throughout. The man's character could have been ff7s main protagonist as far as I'm concerned. Mind you I've had the game since 98.

[@jacedjohnson3541]

The Barret/Dyne arc is so underrated

[@JonRON2000]

Please do the Soldier Program as a whole. From Genesis, Angeal, and Sephiroth to Hojo's experiments on Cloud following the Nibleheim Incident and Deepground from DoC.

[@MaximilianonMars]

My older brothers were having their first playthrough of FFVII back when we first got a PS1, naturally they renamed everyone so Barret became Mr.T, Tifa SEXYBABE, Aeris Bud, Red XIII Tiger, and so on. My other bro picked up the game from there and had those goofy names until the memory card broke and he restarted using the defaults.

[@nibbity8356]

Each time I play this game, the more I like Barret - he’s one of my fav characters at this point. Thanks for making all these amazing in depth videos I’ve been binging them!

[@raziyatheseeker]

Also, like... Younger me: Holy crap, Barret is just a stereotypical black dude, what the eff Current me, replaying the game: Barret is hot-headed but he's wayyyy deeper than I remembered, what the eff

[@831ACH]

This rocks! Thanks for compiling Barret's story line. Subscribed. I hope it won't detract from that applause if I point out one point in your analysis that confused me. I haven't understood yet how Barret's Mideel doubts about Cloud/"Sephiroth's shadow" were because Barret misunderstood what was going on with Cloud and could have known better. I was following along with your analysis that Barret had been noticing the inconsistencies in Cloud's story and self-control, but chose to believe in him anyway. Barret believed (naively) that he would be able to snap Cloud out of it if needed. Since (even if Barret had personally been guarding it) Cloud did give Sephiroth the Black Materia, and since neither Cloud nor Tifa can explain consistently who Cloud has been any longer, then Barret's voicing doubts about Cloud seems sadly shrewd to me. It wouldn't have seemed irrational nor out of character had Barret been angry that Cloud helped summon Meteor. As best I recall, any other party member there at Mideel when you find Cloud expresses things like, "Well, I'm sure everything will be okay" which (while probably just filler since it's not that important a moment) smells more of denial than of attentive understanding of Cloud's circs to me. I could be misunderstanding the video or the game on that, but a potential comment discussion could support the video, which I did enjoy altogether :)

[@super-engineer8437]

Love barret! One of my favourite characters in final fantasy, he's such a badass!

[@willmaier4128]

this man is a king and therefore deserves every sub, im now subbing

[@alexbouteiller8108]

I was anxiously waiting for the next in depth and I have to say it was worth the wait. I can tell you put maximum effort into creating these videos, as well as many others. Please, keep up the good work!

[@4-8Productions]

Thanks!

[@brandonyanosky2953]

You thought It was the owner of gold saucer, but it was I, Dio!

[@night-oblivion8423]

OMG, I totally forgot about THAT Dio lmao

[@cloudvii7777]

12:37 that is a beautiful scene :) I always saw Barret as a big fish in a small pond, he was overly confident in the slums then became more grounded as he travelled.

[@cloudvii7777]

16:44 "Barret returns, but only as a helping hand." Absolute gold :) ty

[@MariusBoss11458]

22:18 Jessie may not be with us (Some Interview with the Devs said that the Jessie we know is gone but there's one which is at the Gold Saucer. Would be nice if Cloud and the others see a vision of some sort or just a hallucination where at the Gold Saucer we'll see Jessie.) But we still got Wedge and Biggs. Man it would be cool if Cloud were to be like "I wanna see them" once he gets his memories back.

[@ericbowers5968]

Ty much for the content. It's good to see your channel doing well. All I could imagine for the 2nd half of the vid was your lucky 7's dance routine.

[@AlByrone1]

Hey been waiting on this for awhile, i truly love your FF7 content, thx Death ! Take care!

[@EloiSioMichalski]

I was sooooooo anxious for this!!! I've been missing the lives, I have to get back on schedule so I can see you and the other guys! By the way, you could make an in-depth look on Aerith!

[@GraemeGunn]

Barret-only challenge!!! I never watch your streams, but if I could, I would. I watch everything else though! I can't wait! Edit: I'm one of those people who comment before watching the the rest of the video, so now I'm even more excited because I don't know what I was just looking at... lol. They're ALL BARRET? That's awesome. I should play some FF7 tonight.

[@NapazTrix]

There ain't no gettin offa this video we're on.

[@WoodrowGeorge]

That would be a fucking nightmare. A all Barret party.

[@TruMaverick]

Death you always have a Excellent explanation! For anyone learing about FF7 these videos are a great Source of Knowledge! Thank you, TruMaverick

[@pdxgraham2442]

Another awesome video, keep up the great work and I along with the rest of the fans are HYPE AF for the next video

[@oeoahah22]

my favorite series. Keep up the content man, i appreciate you my guy.

[@4-8Productions]

Thanks!

[@sudosert]

Always a permanent member of my team. Great video.

[@notsogreatsword1607]

Why did I read this thumbnail as "Barret Village"? Edit: then I watch the video and the barret only run makes "Barret Village" have a strangely literal meaning. Edit2: I love these videos. There is nothing else like them out there- at least that I know of. I always learn something new and they really illustrate the depth of character development that exists in FF7. Character development is something that's always brought up when talking about the strengths of FF7 as a game. So much so that it's almost lost meaning to me. Whenever I watch one of these I become acutely aware of exactly why character development is FF7s crowning achievement.

[@friedzombie4]

it's been a bit longer than I wanted, but I finally watched the your Barret VOD. Those hundreds of bucks seem to be having great affect :)

[@lborate3543]

In depth on Esther! 48 second video. Lol you’re awesome death, we appreciate all you do!

[@Reyalp-Lla]

Wow. Cool video, 4-8. There were some things I didn't know about Barret beforehand. Now I do. n_n

[@Agentwof7d]

I want to see in depth look at Aeris. But really want one on Sephiroth

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Barret could be one of the innovators of "gap moe" When a cute character does a not cute thing(Or the inverse), like a baby smoking a cigar, or a delinquent taking in a cat.

[@knavenformed9436]

Taking in a cat is cute and babies are gross

[@a.h.emerson3541]

My favorite thing about FFVII is that any one of the characters could have been the main protagonist. Even Zack would have made sense. Cloud is my favorite, but any one of these characters had enough story and meaning behind them to where they could have been in the starring role. I love loving every character! We all get to go through it again, like a reset button to our childhood!! They were like "Let us show you what your childhood should have been!"

[@st4pps]

ngl, barret has a similar character arc to mother's milk(M.M) from The Boys tv show. Both are large men who want to protect their daughters but have a deep seated rage and PTSD for those who hurt them and their loved ones in the past.

[@bee6377]

Great video dude! I watched the earlier entries some time ago and it's cool to see you're still doing them! Cant wait for the remaster :P Barret literally has the body of super meat boy.

[@Dw7freak]

Back when I named my characters in games, even if they had a default name, I'd always name Barret Mr. T because of the resemblance. Because of that, I'd get gems quotes like, "Who you callin Mr. Mr. T? That don't sound right." :P

[@TsuriaDragon]

Watching this makes me so exciting for the Remake of FF7 can’t wait

[@maximos905]

this vid is just now popping up in my feed even tho i been subscribed to you for a while and i actively watch your vids

[@djcarlo]

This needs more views! Good stuff!

[@Killer_Kris7]

Love your channel. Keep up the good work♡

[@seancondon5572]

23:35 - this makes me smile...

[@coxfire]

That's a story i can't wait to see play out in Rebirth. Barrett's past has been strongly alluded to and if the team expands as well as they did in Remake, i hope we get to see his wife and Eleanor too, and more of the Corel incudent. The Barrett/Dyne showdown is an impactful moment, and if the writing and VA for Barrett are on par with Remake (sector 7 plate fall is still one of the best scenes and Barrett is the best character hands down), then i have high hopes. Hope I can catch it live on your stream when the game is out. Cheers

[@KennyCleod]

YO THE ALL BARRET MOD? HELL YES

[@Kreiser_VII]

Saw him once when I was 5, 16 years later, not once has he been absent in my party. My dear magic user :v God bless FFVII for everything in it, including characters and letting you succeed with counterintuitive tactics :D

[@notorioustim10]

In ff7 universe: guns and knifes are still the only things we use for arm prosthetics, but with future advances in medicine we might be able to replace a hand with something that is not a damn weapon.

[@danharden7690]

Great work as always death! Thank you for making these!

[@gamerdad687]

Barret and Red- AVALANCHE TIME MOTHERBUZZER!

[@prof.x3821]

Excellent! Loved this in depth view of Barret. Would love if you did one for Aerith.

[@Hoodspirit]

Voting for Shelke as next in-depth look candidate. Thanks for the video.

[@peachmari]

I never realized how amazing Barrett 's backstory was. That would make a great movie on its own😢💖

[@JorgeGalarza1990]

It's been seven months since.

[@eyesonherhorizon4753]

That thumbnail is so cute

[@wirenz]

In depth on... the sick guy in the slums

[@bitboy_64]

Hey death I love your ff7 content keep up the good work!

[@4-8Productions]

Thanks!

[@radnads6245]

I always thought his last name was an homage to Marcellus Wallace, the Ving Rhames character from Pulp Fiction.

[@chailfield]

TBF Marlene is old enough to serve at a bar which is what I go off

[@MomsAgainstCatboys]

I remember my first playthrough and being kind of annoyed at Barret, his impulsive attitude was something I found irritating, but I remember using him more and more as the game explored his personality and showed off the complexity of his character. Once I maxed his stats I recall reverting his limit break back to lvl3 from lvl4 because of Angermax.

[@Praxama]

U have the best intros guy

[@ЛенниКот]

oh yeah he gives group lider's position up for Cid who just sleeps through conversations... great job, really!

[@yoooo790]

Barret is definitely dad. And the true friend to have by your side.

[@MadMaximus31]

It’s a shame people really want to reduce Barret to a black stereotype when he is so much more than that. I would argue Barret is the most complex character in FF7 barring cloud. He fights to save the planet for Marlene even though he knows his death would hurt her just as much. He is angry at himself for advocating for Shinra to build the Mako Reactor in his hometown leading to its destruction. This manifests as rage against a company when he is really angry at himself. He also seems like a good guy to have in your corner. He is an advocate of tough love, but he seems he would always be there for a friend in need. But he is a kick-a** Dad.

[@cameroncable8510]

Another great video Death. Tyvm ff7 is my fav game EVER

[@Eddierocket2010]

You're a cool guy. The videos are great

[@nathanngplus5316]

Amazing Stuff Death :)

[@sir_crook2268]

Totally dig these character bios. Ever do em about FF8? But without a doubt, best two games ever 🤘🏻

[@mowiezowie3261]

Avalanche is such a cool terrorist group name. Just think about it, an avalanche is a destructive force that starts small from the top of a mountain but as it continues it’s path downward, it’s movement only grow larger and destroys everything in its path with no prejudice.

[@redacted8846]

I was subscribed, but good ol KZbin took care of that. Anyways great video keep up the good work.

[@user-ef7gn4jy6v]

Thank you ! Is it time for Cloud next ?

[@marvinperret]

Wow really loved this video about Barret. I thought i knew everything. But didn't play before crisis. He joined the Shinra to fight of AVALANCHE!? What a twist of fate. I think the next one on the list is Aerith. Her story about being a Cetra. But if you;re also doing other FF characters. Maybe Rinoa or Yuna .

[@GriffyBoiii]

Thank you brother

[@5sieben2.15]

Best Character, I played the Original and when I Tried out the Remake at a Friend's I had the most fun playing with HD Barret 😁 My go to team back then was Cloud, Barret and Red XIII (after Aerith became unavailable)

[@Kysgarq]

We need an in-depth Cloud and an in-depth Sephiroth.

[@lukeissocool]

Yay more FF7

[@borischan5252]

Oil is just another can of worm

[@TimBeauBennett]

That cold intro tho

[@ZaneDude]

I love these videos, very informative. The other in-depth videos I'd like to see is Aerith, Cloud & Sephiroth.

[@spiritualjedi2038]

Omfg you have a Bombay cat as well!!

[@foxsky4336]

Good character Costaud

[@Dracobyte]

Thanks gor the video. Greetings from Mexico.

[@joaquinroman7621]

I freakin love you man

[@viktorblack2792]

Helllo there. Any luck for getting an In depth of Jessy, Wedge and Biggs? They didn't get too much af screen time in the game but they were important enough to be in On the way to smile (I remember they met Aerith in her case). Maybe Theese two guys and one gal doesn't get as much content and love as they in my humble oppinion should. Love the videos, Cheers.

[@abioticspy9449]

I cannot find this barter only video I am severely disappointed.

[@kars3641]

I always thought barret was talking to his gun arm when he says partner. Jus makes a lil more sense ya know

[@kennethlee4516]

have you done a video on Cloud Strife yet???

[@SerathDarklands]

20:52 - I'd argue that Yuffie's Conformer is the best Ultimate Weapon in the game - not necessarily pure damage wise, but for two key reasons - - It negates the 90% damage reduction when using the Morph command materia, allowing Yuffie to inflict full damage with Morph 2. It only inflicts 1 point of damage on allies, including Yuffie herself. This is perfect if Yuffie or other party members become confused - if Yuffie is confused, she's not going to be doing any serious damage to allies, and if she attacks herself, she'll simply snap out of confusion after taking just the one point of damage. if another party member is confused, you can have Yuffie attack them, inflicting one damage and ending the confusion effect

[@andrewrenshaw2741]

I guess you could say her weapon conforms to the situation

[@sirdryden42]

Aerith in-depth soon?

[@LunatiqHigh]

Not one single In Depth Look At throughout the entire year of 2020, it truly was a horrible. year. lol. Any chance you'll start up this series again? It seemed like you were really into it for a couple vids there.

[@4-8Productions]

Haha, sorry! Been working on a lot of other things, right now I'm working on the biggest KZbin project I've done to date, but I had to put in-depth down a bit because of it. I'm okay with that since the remake came out anyways and I wanted to give people a chance to sit with the new character designs before doing another one of these, but don't worry I plan on doing all of the characters and I can hopefully incorporate the remake characters as well in the future. Thanks for the support!

[@vintheguy]

@@4-8Productions Sounds great