Final Fantasy 7: Machinabridged (FF7MA) - Ep. 29 - TeamFourStar (TFS)

[@TeamFourStar]

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[@tastychlorine-om8jr]

Ok

[@thundageon5962]

Aren't you hyped for ff7 remake

[@DrowzyDruid]

Haha, nice call back quote, Canadian shamalan

[@tai-imyr849]

I love this series! I never played the original FF7, so many of these story beats are new to me. (Excluding Aerith's fate, but you made that hurt in a whole new way! Bravo!) And I can see why so many people have such an attachment to it. While it is a tad convoluted, it's still awesome. I would love to hear the rendition of Tifa's Theme that plays during the Mount Nibel flashback (6:40) on its own. That would also be awesome.

[@thatguy8636]

Is that a reference from DBZA?

[@herculesatan4514]

So THAT’s why Cloud hated Ramirez; He was hating his weakness.

[@teecakes]

To take it a step further, the voice we know now was Zack all along, and Zack was the voice trying to get Cloud to ignore the Hojo/Mako reprogramming when they remade him into a Sephiroth clone. So in his new flashback to Nibelheim he became Cloud 1st Class Soldier (aka Cloud's image of Zack) admonishing Ramirez (aka Cloud's image of his own failure to honor Tifa's promise) which is why he ended up giving Sephiroth the Black Materia and almost killing Aeris, he can't yet come to grips with Cloud Strife being 'enough' and keeps pretending to be Zack until it gets him in that mental coma that Tifa breaks him out of.

[@Jarock316]

Except there WAS a Ramirez on the mission, he was the OTHER grunt that didn't survive the rope bridge.

[@gamingdood2987]

@@Jarock316 lol no watch the ep again remiraz survives the bridge fall and cloud is like damn another time.

[@edwardgamerx9061]

*"Always has been!"*

[@loganbigmo]

@@Jarock316Nope, that was Kowalski.

[@fastbreak333]

If only solving an identity crisis is as easy as literally flying into somebody’s mind and watching their memories like 3D movies.

[@brainflash1]

But that's how they do in Doctor Who.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@brainflash1 I mean if you were to go into someone else's mind you could pretty much do what you want to it.

[@RussTaylorLegend]

I mean, it works for Psychonaughts.

[@Galiaverse]

It is! It is! You just need the GOOD stuff! :D

[@asysjr]

I was justing saying this also, is´s basically the psychonauts concept.

[@TheKpa11]

Next time......... “The Sweet life of Zack and Cloudy”

[@kakeh]

You should be ashamed of this

[@Nosretep]

Zack and Cloud: *Summoning Alexander so it can kill a spider they saw* Reeves: No Summoning in my Lobby!

[@matthewdykeman8149]

We need this.

[@anirbasnoel649]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@blueimpulse7318]

"Sweet life" is maybe pushing it

[@skinnydude9118]

Tifa: I need a new friend to practice my Dolphin Blow on. Cloud: *snort* Tifa: Do you want me to try it now!

[@tallfang4955]

I mean..... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@hiti6753]

Probably the best part of their interactions.

[@danielvilasboas6365]

Kujo Jotaro like this move name.

[@codysonic1]

Huh the more you know

[@xxSpike1989xx]

Moment silence for those poor kids spending years simping to tifa eveyday.. one day with chad cloud and she wants to give him a "dolphin" blow

[@resetbutton7982]

He killed a dragon and made her children orphans, probably starved to death. Sweet multi kill

[@Chessrook44]

Still not as epic as when Vaarsuvius did it.

[@Digdiga]

When you suddenly hear a lvl up notification without you doing anything else

[@geardog24]

If only you could raise those dragons to be summons....

[@andyknightwarden9746]

@@Chessrook44 FAMILICIDE!

[@furiouskaiser9914]

@@Digdiga Like walking through Skyrim and get a random dragon soul absorbed.

[@rextar9961]

First season: laugh Second season: still laugh Third season: sad Fourth season: deep feelings

[@yoursonisold8743]

The laughing never stopped. It just got mixed with tears.

[@cloudxz92]

At every Season this Version get closer and closer to the Orginal. And the Story of Final Fantasy VII is very dark.

[@exiegelastweekgamer1571]

Why does this list remind me of RWBY?

[@Sough]

@@yoursonisold8743 but there's def a much lower concentration of jokes

[@greenpenguin0763]

1: laugh 2: the big laugh 3: sad 4: the big sad

[@m.s.e.advanced2842]

The words "do me a solid" inspire true fear in people now

[@ericcalderon9546]

Get that away from me

[@shadowwwwwwwwwww]

i hate to see it

[@popspider4920]

M.S.Piranha Plant Advanced yeah

[@brainflash1]

Didn't they always?

[@brenolk4642]

Would you kindly?

[@JustSamPlays]

When she said she waited, those lines were delivered perfectly and with such emotion. You’ve outdone yourselves on this series TFS, best by far.

[@yeahthisisyoutubable]

voice acting in this show is seriously top notch.

[@groofay]

My god, Tifa has been killin' it. And also killin' it.

[@pwnorbepwned]

I am going to be holding the Remake to this as a standard.

[@RetroRadianceLight]

She is voiced by a professional voice actor.

[@jordinagel1184]

The Great Muffin Train so is Cloud. The question is: was she one when she started? Although whether or not she was doesn’t really change her skill at the trade tbf

[@EndanDrachon]

"I wasn't looking at your eyes." It has just occurred to me that as opposed to him looking at her chest, which is what is insinuated at first, it was likely because he couldn't bear to look her in the eyes after being unable to save her...

[@JesseColton]

The water tower was before they met I think. Well actually no, in the game it's after the mountain incident, but in FF7 Abridged he said "This is the first time we met."

[@Soncikuro]

@@JesseColton But they said in this very video that it happened after the mountain incident. It may have been the first time they properly met, but they've known each other for some time.

[@danielramsey6141]

@@Soncikuro More like They've known about each other...but not enough to be friends.

[@loganbigmo]

No, he was looking at her chest. Cause Tifa immediately responds with "Yeah, I kinda figured that." and even in Cloud's altered memory from S1, he berates himself for looking at her chest.

[@Allday524]

"If that doesn't make you a first class SOLDIER then I don't know what the **** does!" Supportive Tifa is best Tifa.

[@zanitzeuken]

it's the orthopedic underwear.

[@Naraku-no-Hana-WE]

Yeah she is, but also there is definitely some irony in that statement. The experiments Hojo did on Cloud after the Nibelheim incident infused him with Mako and more or less made him stronger than any SOLDIER 1st Class. What were SOLDIERs of any class other than mako-infused grunts anyhow. Basically the qualifications for SOLDIER was just a screening process to find candidates most likely to survive Mako infusion and be obedient to Shinra. Clearly Cloud was capable, they just failed to identify him as a suitable candidate until he bested Sephiroth one on one. TL;DR, Cloud basically was SOLDIER 1st Class from then on.

[@Marcelelias11]

@@Naraku-no-Hana-WE Cloud fucked up Sephy before the experiments though. He didn't even have Mako infusion.

[@Naraku-no-Hana-WE]

@@Marcelelias11 yeah, I know I implied that. Literally beating Sephiroth lead to him being made into a first class SOLDIER he just never officially held the rank.

[@karfsma778]

Cloud using just his abs to yeet Sephiroth into the reactor was always one of my favorite bits of the game.

[@fat1fared]

It was cool, but it also was never really explained how he did suddenly get so strong.

[@SilverByakuya]

@@fat1fared Adrenaline combined with pure rage.

[@064razor]

@@SilverByakuya that, and spikey blonde hair

[@SilverByakuya]

@@064razor Shoot. I forgot the hair gave him super strength. Thanks!

[@zenogias01]

@@fat1fared Well, Crisis Core retconned it so that Sephiroth was tired from fighting Zack. Prior to that, yeah, rage, adrenaline, maybe Sephiroth being a bit fucked up himself.

[@zymeth0628]

I love how it was a combination of Sephiroth’s mental breakdown from discovering Jenova and the shock from Cloud besting him that tore a genuine scream from Sephy’s throat instead of his monotone from falling off a bridge.

[@calvinclark9478]

“Only got a scraped knee after falling hundreds of feet.” No matter the situation they always manage to add comedic moments to the most dramatic of scenes.

[@xgentis]

But it happened in the game too.

[@xxSpike1989xx]

yeah it's in the original too but it's to imply Cloud has an unusual body. He has since he was a kid. Like cloud been impaled by sephiroth twice in the chest. Whenever sephiroth impales anyone they die. He's not missing with cloud it's just cloud doesn't die.

[@lenlimbo]

Cloud suffered basically scratchs after the fall in the game. As a boy, without the ShinRa conditioning or the mako injections (even guards have them, but to a much lower degree than SOLDIERS). Tifa, on the other hand, almost died, and the whole town blamed Cloud because they thought they were there because of him, instead of him following her to try and keep her safe.

[@Michael-hc2hp]

That's from the game, when Cloud falls from the Sector 5 reactor, into the church where he meets Aerith, before he regains consciousness, the voice in his head says "Back then...... You could get by with just skinned knees" which is referring to Cloud falling from the bridge, and only getting mildly injured, whereas Tifa got severely injured.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

​@@lenlimbo So, basically, Cloud was always going to be able to become a better "SOLDIER" than Sephiroth became, Sephiroth just had a genetic home run of a headstart.

[@MarshallXeno]

FF7: Who's Zack? FF7MA: Glad to hear Zack again. And I think they made a reference to his ending lines in Crisis Core where he asks Cloud to tell Aerith he said "hi" Crisis Core: WHAT THE HELL ZACK? WHY DID YOU LEAVE US? * cries uncontrollably *

[@frankbalatbat1804]

FF7remake: Zack's Alive!?

[@jamesdigennaro6705]

​@@frankbalatbat1804 FF7 Rebirth: He's alive and dead at the same time.

[@AArdW01f]

The entire reason for this story is Cloud loves Tifa and is so incredibly hard on himself to be the man HE believes she deserves. He only stumbles across her in Midgar by MISTAKE. She is the one who makes sure they stay together once that happens. Cloud couldn't face her when he failed to keep his promise - to join Soldier. Which is why he lied. That lie grew - of course he was at reactor, he saw the town burn, he saw everyone die. Tifa is brave. Tifa climbed the mountain by herself as a child to confront death. Cloud followed because his dedication to her was bigger than his fears -he followed even when her friends chickened out. She was badly injured physically - Cloud was destroyed psychologically by his naive adolescent frustration at his inadequacy in being unable to protect the woman he is infatuated with. It is highly implied Cloud is a very serious and introspective child where such mature disposition and could internalize something so painfully is not remotely, in my opinion, fantastic. Cloud suffered the permanent consequences and it only inspired him to commit to Tifa on the water tower that 1) He would join Soldier (aka become provably powerful), and 2) we would always protect her. He failed at #1 and therefore could never face her again as far as he was concerned. - Tifa is brave. Sephiroth burned down her town and killed her father. She confronts him head on and is almost mortally wounded. Cloud was there. He watched his town burn, his mother die. Worse, he once again had a front row seat as he failed to protect the woman of his dreams. Dressed as a weak Shinra guard ... A guard that was the very first enemy you slaughtered thoughtlessly on your quest in disc 1. We know what happens from here. But it happens from two perspectives; 1) stricken with absolute grief at the loss of the two most important women in his life Cloud snapped - killed Sephiroth (his hero) in a rage and then was taken prisoner to Hojo's mako experiment for 5 years (basically psychological and physical torture and isolation heaped on top of his already extremely exiled personality typed). Its no small wonder he pretends to be Zack when he is blindsided by running into the woman he loves and he feels HE betrayed and is not worthy of. His buddy Zach was worthy of Tifa... Not Cloud. All the trauma on top of this is what makes this become a "lived in" reality for Cloud. This is why Cloud falls in love with both Tifa and Aeris at the beginning. Because Cloud has permission from Cloud (his psyche) to be in love with Aeris. Cloud is not worthy of Tifa per Cloud's view of himself. The irony is he is pretending to be Zack all this time. Aeris actually used to be lovers with the real Zack Both women are written so it is implied they have the emotional intelligence to know there's is something amiss throughout the early chapters. - And then we have 2) (What Tifa sees and what actually happened) Tifa, bleeding on floor - the boy who has never failed to follow her at her worst. Who has suffered incredible consequences for her stupid (brave) decisions... Was there. He fought, was mortally wounded, then KILLED the most powerful Soldier in the world. She was saved from a horrible fate because of Cloud's heroism. Its actually totally understandable why she isn't very sure about Cloud's role in the situation originally; the only time they interacted is while she is bleeding out on the ground. - The extreme poignancy of this scene, this romance, these two characters, and one of the biggest factors of this story; is that our protagonist is too weak to defeat this demon within himself. Tifa the brave isn't too weak to defeat it. There is something incredibly intimate about this character, rendered in cheesey polygons, fights desperately to save her friend, the boy who has always been there to protect her and who has only ever punished himself in return (Cloud is entirely selfless towards her - it's not a toxic transactional "nice guy trope"), the man who she realizes she loves, from himself and his own demons as he and the antagonist do their damnedest to consume him. She realizes her selfishness - this is why she abandons the party to die by his side drooling in a wheelchair under the meteor (do we realize this imagery is very realistic for good reason?). In these two incredibly lonely, incredibly resilient, and incredibly brave characters, quite literally, bearing their souls to eachother, seeking honesty in who they are to eachother, to themselves, "were we even friends?", "Am I even real?"..... Tifa is the only person who could unlock this door for Cloud Strife. He wanted her forgiveness and she convinces him he never needed it. He is her knight in shining armor and always was. The only way he let her down was by not allowing himself to be worthy of that happiness. They are eachother's family now. Cloud isn't a Soldier (which, given they come off like the SS in hindsight, is pretty awesome). He is the man worthy of protecting Tifa and the world. They return to reality. Cloud finally worthy of being the hero the world needs and the protagonist the story and player deserve. Elevated by his imperfections in a way that expresses of the Japanese concept of "wabesabe". - "I'll say hi to her for you" (abridged line). Cloud doesn't need Zach anymore, he doesn't need Aeris anymore, they can rest together in the lifestream happy their friend can finally accept himself. Huge applause to the crew on this episode.. you guys get this piece of work on a level I think is lost on many. ---- This is one of my favorite scenes in all fiction. It is not in a classic book or famous movie. It is in the greatest video game of all time. I wrote all of the above because I think the abridged team genuinely loves the content they made this episode from. The voice acting team (especially Tifa) - hats off to you. Because this scene isn't just romantic - it also is about friendship and selflessness. The importance of this scene and the fact that most of the sequels that have been added to the canon seem to at best not understand the scene or at worst ignore it is why I do not particularly care for any of the expanded universe content. Cloud and Tifa are big time in love with eachother from this moment onward in the (original) story. All meek or emo interpretations of their characters outside of that are sub par outside of that. THERE. I DONE WROTE A BIG OLD NERD RANT IVE BEEN HOLDING IN FOR NEARLY 2 DECADES. I HOPE AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS HAPPY!!!! LOVE FF7 ABRIDGED & BOTH THESE CHARACTERS

[@AArdW01f]

TL; DR I have a lot of strong feelings about this scene and story and I think the squad at abridged did it massive justice.

[@michaelsanders8916]

I cried reading every sentence of that comment. Just beautiful.

[@MysticGohan87]

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!!!

[@Neezy2]

Long asf but I read it beautiful bruh🙌🏽

[@stickthelanding4785]

Preach

[@rainbowdash4898]

For all you first time here; this was why Cloud was so hard on Ramirez.

[@brainflash1]

Yeah, "Suck it up Ramirez! A man just died! You!"

[@bailinton4171]

i was the first person to comment on that fact when that episode popped

[@lanepyper3361]

It was a subtle little bit of foreshadowing psychosis. Really goes to show you just how good Team Four Star really is. Masterful handling of the dark moments of the story, and after all that I still about crapped myself laughing when Yuffie wanted to go through their pockets!

[@Wolfstorm701]

I don't remember Ramirez in the series :D

[@GearGearRingLeader]

@@Wolfstorm701 Episode 11, the flashback of town

[@megax3937]

Zack: *For now I'll make sure to tell her you say hi*

[@robman1493]

I know who he's referring to....

[@brainflash1]

@@robman1493 We all do.

[@wyattlohr8199]

brainflash1 I miss Aeris

[@brainflash1]

@@wyattlohr8199 We all do :'(

[@susakuzero]

@@brainflash1 Sure. Who could ever forget. Nameless Midgar NPC 283.

[@brainflash1]

Sephiroth: Just who the hell... do you think you are? Ramirez: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!?! ...because I have no idea.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Sorairo Days play in the background

[@brainflash1]

@@leonardodelimaferreira8509 Sephiroth stabbed Cloud in the chest, so technically he did "pierce the heavens".

[@brainflash1]

@Frank Castle I suspect that's why TFS gave him that line.

[@susakuzero]

@@brainflash1 And Zack be like. Listen Cloud. Dont belive in yourself. Belive in me. Belive in the Zack who belives in you.

[@johnlawful2272]

@Frank Castle it made no sense

[@rathazure]

"I'll make sure to tell her you said hi." Wow, @TeamFourStar you guys hit me right in the feels with that one. Not ashamed to admit a couple of man tears thinking about Crisis Core and hearing that line.

[@lucasnguyen5461]

Yeah man Crisis Core hit my feelings like a truck

[@The_SinisterMister]

I cried like a fkn baby at that end scene in crisis core

[@MasterYoda389]

I still have the game in my psp on the last save point ,and I refuse to complete it... because I know what's coming if I do. huh... WHY IS IT RAINING?!?!

[@rickylyon3846]

Same here. Kinda choked on that line.

[@legendaryseph9406]

I never actually played crisis core so I'm so confused with everything on that front, my only knowledge of it is reading up on the zack wiki

[@ry2950]

"Sephiroth has parents that love him probably!" Ohhh god... ohhhhhh dear...

[@grayson8633]

.... hojo....

[@lordythegreat88]

Well his real mother did. But I'm not sure Lucretia ever got to hold him

[@Zuko997]

I have this headcanon that Sephiroth is actually Vincent's son and Hojo made him the subject of the Jenova Project just to screw the Turk over one last time. It's wrong, I know, but would've been more impactful in my eyes.

[@ry2950]

@@lordythegreat88 Very true. Plus Sephiroth was always told that "JENOVA" was his mother. He probably never knew Lucretia even existed which makes it even more the so tragic.

[@ry2950]

@@Zuko997 That would've been a very interesting route, although I have no problems with the canon Hojo being Sephiroth's real father. It kinda shows how deranged, and unempathetic he was to the people around him - unlike Professor Gast which acted as an foil (even Sephiroth mentions hating Hojo, but respecting Gast).

[@colinmackinnon696]

"Hey, if this was all just text then I would have never known!" He. Is. So. Right.

[@scythelord]

To be entirely honest., I'm someone that has probably finished the game more times than 90% of anyone else, yet I never once thought the voice in cloud's head was Zack. It makes it all make sense now. In my mind, it was just the influence of jenova cells pushing cloud to do shit, or just a bit of multiple competing personalities in his head. In that version of events, I thought zack had died and that was it. no lingering. He was just dead. I was kinda confused as to why zack was in the movie based on that assumption.

[@malcap]

@@scythelord The game has a part later in Nibelheim where you learn how Zack and Cloud were captured, experimented on, and ' mind melded', (for lack of better term). It can be easy to miss that part, especially if you are not going after all the characters particularly Vincent Valentine.

[@DeathandGrim2]

I laughed so hard lol

[@s3pPuKu7]

@@malcap but it's funny you wouldn't get to see that part unless A) someone told you B) you read a guide or C) you just randomly mashed cross in the nibelheim library lol

[@saltyk9869]

In the original game, I think it was the real Cloud that with the white text. Most of the time, anyway. There's a few where I think it is supposed to be Jenova, but those are basically just the moments where Sephiroth is fucking with Cloud. Otherwise I think the text is Cloud's subconscious inner self trying to help him see the inconsistencies in his past. If you go back to the Temple of the Ancients scene, you can see the child Cloud yelling at him not to give the Black Materia to Sephiroth.

[@isaacbailey3681]

"I'm Cloud...from Nibelheim...AND I'M SOLDIER DAMMIT!!" That is badass.

[@donovanlucas3679]

Isaac Bailey Agreed. That was pretty much Cloud’s best moment.

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@donovanlucas3679 YES!!!!!

[@alli4246]

Oh my god, crisis core feels... When Zack entered into the livestream, he told cloud “when you see aerith, tell her I said hi” I’m gunna cry now...

[@davidcaldwell4916]

So all this time, Tifa was just acting like a bitch was to keep up appearances for Cloud because she was afraid to tell him that she never saw him at Nibelheim, just when you think you know someone they always manage to surprise you.

[@alterbeyond]

I love it when Zack said Dude to Cloud, The voice actor of Zack in this Abridged sounds more naturally chill than Zack's Voice Actor In Crisis Core. Also I like how Mister Lockhart words sounds more convincing than the Original.

[@killerdude93]

Imagine TFS doing a Crisis Core Machinabridged, with how well they have handled the serious moments here, imagine what they can do for Crisis Core

[@abledkey]

It would be too difficult.

[@scythelord]

I'd prefer the other games be ignored. Too many retcons.

[@nerobiblios4086]

@@scythelord Wym, Crisis Core was amazing! One of the PSP's greatest games ever.

[@Tem014]

If they’re going to do another game, I’d rather they did something like Chrono Trigger.

[@mutegrab666]

@@Tem014 Imagine Crono having a voice.

[@Skellington977]

Yuffie’s pouty face at the end just sells it.

[@LordNanfoodle]

I'd be salty too if I couldn't loot my friends' pockets while they were unconscious. It's just JRPG 101, dammit!!

[@seangoldman6833]

Everything about Yuffie at the end just sells it. I laughed from a good healthy place.

[@CulixIII]

@@LordNanfoodle Right? How do you know they're not about to leave the party for good? All their stuff could be lost forever!

[@Nielzabub]

As much as I love the original game, I think this series made me more invested in the relationship between Cloud and Tifa than the original game did. I'm very impressed.

[@susakuzero]

Well with the remake we maybe will get all of this. I mean after all FF7 was the strangest Masterpiece ever. After all the Game was totaly rushed and they had more or less no Budget left. So i just hope the Remake will be the original 7 but with everything that was cut or could not be implementet.

[@littlekitsune1]

Cuz TFS are making the game's plot and character arcs actually make sense without 8001 spinoff material to explain things more clearly than the main game did, LOL.

[@JesseT63]

Tifa and Cloud finally an episode where they show their emotions

[@csab8642]

Little bummed that Tifa didn't admit she's in love with Cloud (because let's face it, she is. We see her showing it through out this series before she cop out by trying to say something dumb). But still good to see them finally piece the true story together.

[@JesseT63]

@@csab8642 well we still have under the highwind thats when the confession begins

[@csab8642]

@@JesseT63 oh ya, good point

[@JesseT63]

@@csab8642 in the original game they did it if the romance level is high right?

[@kakeh]

@@JesseT63 Yes. Though some on the team wanted it more implicit what went down but Kitase shot it down

[@selder_7]

I really like these episodes, where the comedy is dropped and it’s just a really good retelling of a really good story

[@alexmartinez5859]

Due to the fact that those episodes take up a great portion of the last 5 FF7MA releases, you must absolutely be enjoying it. I don't think anyone, myself included, will blame you.

[@Edos512]

then Yuffie happens xD

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

@@Edos512 you still got to have some humor am I right?

[@MadGameBoy]

I cant handle it. I use TFS to experience the content they are abridging, I never watched dragonball z, and I never played ff7 before TFS, similar to sword art online and something witty entertainment. So I understand you have to give us the serious shit, but this was just super slow and very little if anything was funny, while something witty manages to get both the serious shit across to you, while still keeping up the humor just as much as the serious shit... I just found myself fast forwarding this entire fucking episode ._.

[@Source-Z-rer]

@Johntail Bain Nah, he's just mad. It's in his username, after all.

[@Septicor]

I remember the first time I saw that twist that Cloud was there in Nibelheim, I was floored. That caught me off guard more than any other plot twists in any game.

[@littlekitsune1]

I'm glad you could tell what the sweet hell was going on, because I sure couldn't when I first played, LOL.

[@Tisson8891]

It's like a picture of Identity he didn't know who he was Tifa helped him put himself together that minigame spoke so many things literally.

[@Currumpaw]

"I'll wait for you... So I can punch you!" Aww, Tifa is such a tsun tsun

[@Yoxiv]

*Five minutes after the credits* Red: Can we eat their bodies no- Everyone (except Vincent): NO! (Vincent: Let them simmer a bit longer)

[@Master_WannaBe_]

You know, for the longest time, I thought “do me a solid” was going to be like Bioshock’s “would you kindly.”

[@QuicklimeTime]

A SOLDIER chooses... a puppet... obeys!!!

[@aliliving7774]

... I can't see a comment about "would you kindly" and not comment. I think that game brainwired ME. Fuuuuck i still get sooooo angryyyyy lol

[@mowaiken2002101]

@@aliliving7774 Would you kindly DO ME A SOLID. there, perfection

[@aliliving7774]

@@mowaiken2002101 🤯🤣

[@iantaakalla8180]

Neat, now not only are you forced to do what the other person does you will be triggered from it. That is extra sadistic.

[@0axis771]

Sephiroth: I am... inevitable. Cloud: And I... am... Ramirez... *throws Sephiroth to the lifestream*

[@brainflash1]

We all fall dooooowwwwwn, like toy SOLDIERs...

[@gustavovillegas95]

And I... am... SOLDIER DAMMIT!!!!!!

[@fayneblackheart]

Omg loving this

[@eltigre9744]

The reference of the decade

[@teecakes]

Probably the only scene I might've enjoyed more in the actual game than the TFS version, the world map theme song just reaching the climax after Cloud throws Sephi into the LifeStream and the player FINALLY realizes why he was in the North Crater in that Huge Materia was all bc of Cloud regular-ass-Strife not the 1st Class Soldier Zack

[@FortressWolf97]

4:38 I love the small ounce of him trying not to laugh when he said “I wasn’t looking at your eyes”

[@ThePhantomSephiroth]

''He's like...the best, he's super strong, cool and tons of friends and* parents that love probably.*'' eeesshhh.....

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@BJGvideos Hopefully the Remake will flesh that out?

[@alterbeyond]

Jenova is still the Best Mom she gives all her Children (including Zack & Cloud) superhuman strength & super regeneration, Jenova can support all her children without abandoning her duty as The Planet Slayer.

[@teecakes]

I think we can all agree Aeris's foster mom is the best mom in the game, taking care of Aeris when her husband dies and even after finding out Aeris is an Ancient who gets hounded by the Turks, takes care of Marlene, asking Cloud to leave in the night to avoid Aeris's inevitable death and not stabbing Cloud in the gut when she finds out that Aeris is dead but continues to takes care of Marlene STILL even though this is like the 3rd person that has died on her (her husband, Ilfaina, now Aeris) that woman is a saint

[@poemboigenesis4435]

Literally Sephiroth fans in general

[@Sawngawkuh]

@loafhero Nomura didn't have much to do with the writing of Dirge.

[@DigiAkuma]

Yuffie: "Can we check their pockets?" Everyone: "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

[@dynamicworlds1]

Her expression at the end is _priceless!_

[@rekiem6031]

Well tifa doesn't hace pockets so she is safe

[@guibin]

damn rogues

[@majoravideos4393]

the best kickback from a fairly emotional scene

[@brainflash1]

I can't wait to see what's coming up on this week's episode of "How I met your Father, and ruined his life."

[@dreman999]

And then made it better.

[@brainflash1]

@@dreman999 With the power of BOOOOOOOOOOBS!

[@dreman999]

@@brainflash1 and the dolphin blow. *snickers

[@johngervais230]

Actually saved his life.

[@wildfire9280]

That's how the series should end, just with Tifa saying "and that's how I met your father".

[@ValTheMad]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how god damn amazing Tifa's voice acting is here?

[@robnlarie]

I read the last half of that in Cid's voice. It needs the caps.

[@SaguraXSousuke]

Well she is an amazing voice actress, uni hyperdimension neptunia ♡♡

[@derman1907]

@@SaguraXSousuke Also Sayaka in the dub of Madoka Magica.

[@montague4931]

Man this was so sad, I could use a Hyper right about now.

[@gojirafan6666]

Sounds like you used a soft instead lol

[@BBoldGaming]

Brad Malley ☠️

[@kennywagner4025]

Does make it hard to build that limit break.

[@gojirafan6666]

@@kennywagner4025 hyper makes your limit break meter charge faster while taking more damage. Soft slows your limit break meter charge but gives you more defense

[@pantsuchan968]

@@gojirafan6666 No, soft cures petrify. Tranquilizers inflict sadness.

[@1CloudLightning]

I won’t lie. Your version of Tifa’s theme slowed down and a bit somber-ish is so beautiful that it fit so well in the flashbacks with Kid Cloud and Kid Tifa that it brought me to tears! Thank you

[@Xenobears]

It’s days like this, that I’m sad I can only hit the like button once...

[@1000penguinarmy]

@TeamFourStar GET DOWN HERE AND LEAVE A COMMENT FOR THIS MAN!

[@strangerakari2836]

Hit it like 7 time because, you know...

[@DMMacaw]

You got 200 or so more adding to it lad :)

[@prince_nocturne]

It's comments like this that make me sad we can't highlight comments.

[@murphyrise4786]

There was a time when you could put 1-5 stars on a video, before the dark times, before google plus.

[@DasingerVoice]

Seeing this mean af version of Tifa actually caring about Cloud actually hits harder

[@Raph___A]

Sarah Ann Williams will be the star this time!I'm excited!

[@EmptyMan000]

I hope so, she's beautiful and has tons of spirit! I love that in a woman!

[@KelsangGyudzhin]

"I'll tell her you said hi." *LOUD UGLY WEEPING*

[@yoursonisold8743]

Tifa: "I think I'm gonna join a fisting academy!" This line is slept on haha

[@NexhiAlibias]

Yourson Isold I just said "Wow."

[@DynoSkrimisher]

"I fucken love dolphins, bro..."

[@daevious_]

I know Justin Briner wasn't cast as Deku when this started, but hearing Cloud talking about Sephiroth at 7:54 makes it sound like a darker version of Deku's admiration for All Might.

[@revanninja]

I love what you did with Cloud and Zack here. It really gets across just how much they cared about each other. Now Tifa is going to rock Clouds world as Words arent the only way people communicate.

[@clarkb2697]

When I was younger the whole identity crisis thing always went over my head. It was weird and trippy. It was all these fake memories mixed with real ones. I'm glad tfs is making all of this easier to understand.

[@alexcapos6222]

Cause we were dumbads kids I can say that because I also went thru the same feeling

[@Tisson8891]

That's my fav part the whole identity crisis thing because it can happen in real life as well or putting on a mask to hide your self.

[@Emily-tv1iz]

The knowledge that Mike had to do Seph's scream while someone was probably still asleep in another room is just great

[@ceruleanwalker1069]

"Who the hell do you think you are?" "I'm Cloud... from Nebilheim... AND I'M SOLDIER, DAMMIT!!!!'

[@DJAB87]

This part of the game is why i'm such a huge Tifa fan.

[@bsr232]

Sees sephiroph with genova’s head Barret: That dude just stole some head

[@donovanlucas3679]

BSR2 Wow, really? He stole his mom’s head? That’s pretty fucked up.

[@MapleMilk]

Ah yes The part of Disc 2 that plays with my emotions Of course

[@kittykatjagirl]

It’s good to see Cloud back in action. I also like that Tifa slipped on her own memory at the water tower too. Great episode! I'm looking forward to the gang getting back together. Who knows, maybe Barrett will start taking Cloud seriously (lol), see more Zack flashbacks, or even Vincent might get his own episode (fingers crossed).

[@sparklesugarskittles]

Omg I wait for these like my parents wait for an NCIS episode. I am a FFVII boomer.

[@captain_dsz6049]

okay boomer

[@Iggygetz]

Same here.

[@LaffyTaffy04]

OK, FFoomer

[@sparklesugarskittles]

@@LaffyTaffy04 You kids dont appreciate things. Back in my day, I had to wait for the PS1 and the English release of FFVII. We didnt have your fancy online stores and abridged series.

[@coppergolem9444]

Is that uniquely a boomer thing coz I do that for doctor who and I'm just a milenial sometimes called a xilenial

[@anewchallenger2825]

Dude. All the inuendos, man. It's all leading up to Cloud and Tifa's most memorable scene. Where Cloud does Tifa a Solid and Tifa does a Dolphin Blow on Cloud. XD This game is NOT for kids

[@kukelhupf]

Man, Zack seems like a really cool guy to hang out with.

[@JunGaGotoku]

kukelhupf Crisis Core, man.

[@Kairukurumi]

He was

[@Kairukurumi]

@loafhero Yeah. God I miss him

[@aliliving7774]

Zack is pretty much one of the best video game characters. Such, such a good guy, a believable good guy. He got a great game in crisis core, but i do hope he gets some air time is the remake too. Just cause i miss him.

[@howtomonsterhunterthings4492]

Zack and Cloud's banter in Crisis Core was adorable. My favourite part is when they first meet, they bond over how stupid their respective hometown's names are and proudly declare themselves "Backwater Experts" to the rest of the team.

[@sullivantwiss1954]

An emotional episode and a nice show of how Cloud and Tifa actually are like. I'd love to see how the rest of the series will go now.

[@phredhenson9638]

4:40ish "I said your eyes were pretty. I wasn't looking at your eyes." "Yeah I figured."

[@Asotte]

When Zack said "I'll tell her you said hi', that really hit me. Good job, this whole episode great.

[@NoMoreHeroes75]

The fact the episode was mostly serious is what made it amazing

[@jnoirj3124]

Ramirez: I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude.

[@spookygamer7794]

Yuffie:............Can we check their Pockets? Everyone Else: NO!!!!!!!!

[@Gabrielarandapedroza]

I couldn't stop laughing

[@germanvisitor2]

Yuffie: (pouts)

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

And then it's followed up by the world's grumpiest Yuffie face.

[@LucaLukaszPascua]

Yes lets check their pockets. 3:)

[@bru9383]

That face! 😂😂

[@lonewanderer3219]

Wow. This crisis shook Cloud to his core

[@Rebel_Friend]

You could say it was Cloud’s....... Crisis Core.

[@Normaschthewanderer]

I see what you did there.

[@MateCo19]

To think Tifa was working on her Dolphin Blow all this time

[@Xolcm]

Tifa had better kill an upcoming boss with Dolphin Blow or I'll be very disappointed.

[@hiti6753]

She better punch Hojo/Sephiroth in the dick with it.

[@Naraku-no-Hana-WE]

@@Xolcm Knowing TFS, it's going to come up eventually.

[@Tisson8891]

Dolphin polishing hahaha

[@rosesongoku6980]

@@Xolcm It had better be Safer Sephiroth. Or she uses it to deflect his Supernova.

[@HiImAiden]

It's been a year and a half since this came out, and while the finale was wonderful, I think this is my favourite episode of FF7MA. That scene where Tifa is going through Cloud's subconsious and gets Cloud to realize that he as himself, is enough, is genuinely one of my favourite scenes in fiction. Sarah Anne Williams has to be given so much credit, her acting was off the charts good. I love this series so much, you guys completely outdid yourselves, especially with this episode.

[@deltaknight2764]

9:29 *MIND BLOWN* When a joke is actually a plot twist in disguise.

[@athroughzdude]

10:18 That is like the best moment in the series so far!

[@mmrahman82]

Yuffie: Can we check their pockets. All: No!!! The face she makes at the end of the video 😂

[@AzureIV]

I wonder if they will show their version of the unlockable CloudxTifa (if you have the hidden high affection with Tifa) scene under the airship where its implied they sleep together?

[@codysonic1]

If they do that well Cloud: That felt good Tifa: oh wow

[@Xemjas89]

Nah it'd be more like: Cloud: wow......you really did join a fisting academy.... Tifa: .......@#$% it I'm embracing it.

[@AArdW01f]

You guys killed it. This is the most important scene in the entire story by far.

[@davidmullally3061]

Everything about Machinabriged is FIRST CLASS.. especially Tifas voice actor!!!!!

[@metalman20]

"can we check their pockets?" *everyone else* NOOOO never thought i could go from having so many feels to bursting out laughing in a split second lololol this is why i fucking love this series!!!!

[@Xeredge]

The amount of effort in the voice acting and the editing really shows how much you guys love FF. Thank you so much.

[@yssunjoko]

You guys made a great abridged series.... I remember that in some first episodes Cloud calls Tifa as Tifa the Liar.... I wish this episode would make a turning point... that it's not Tifa who lied, but Cloud who lied to himself

[@Forever_Zero]

I wonder how Tifa would react to Cloud in a dolphin costume... just imagine that

[@LonePhantom756]

Something worth pointing out - as far as Tifa's concerned, Cloud kept his promise to her. She didn't give one damn about him not making it into SOLDIER...she just wanted her best friend back. If she'd known about that alone - even NOT counting Cloud hurling Sephiroth into the reactor - I have a feeling she would've been much warmer to Cloud when they met again.

[@Bu55k1ll]

Here it comes, episode 29. This series is progressing

[@FlameST04]

The actions that made cloud to most an actual bada** that rivals all other protagonists. he's not just some random anime character with a sword that wins indefinitely. he goes through mako poisoning, an identity crisis, being controlled by sepheroth. he never made it to first class of soldier but he still beat sepheroth. I never played ff7 as a kid so even without nostalgia. he's one of the coolest characters I've seen.

[@kiorili]

That's why tifa x cloud...true OTP

[@AArdW01f]

Facts.

[@danieldishon688]

"Hey if this was all just text then I would have never figured it out" YES, PREACH IT!

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

Do me a solid. It went from a playful phrase, to an insult, to a fear inducing phrase.

[@IceBlueEyesX]

I love how this turned out, honestly. A very good way to portray this strange but striking moment in the game.

[@sirkingpinmonroe4439]

This is getting intense! Especially for Tifa.

[@Tkokat]

HAHAHAHAHA! Loved the ending. It is really hard to balance humor and a serious tone in the same episode but you did it. You always do, you are the best guys, you are number one.

[@johngervais230]

I love how Tifa has been using her anger at what happened to Cloud to cover up her worry about Cloud.

[@clarencefuller9843]

I hope to see more of Vincent pan out storyline wise soon, not just killing Hooooojjjjjooooo!

[@nolanduarte]

I hope tankceritops isn't the remake.

[@toxicdemon1315]

​@nolanduarte do you mean isn't in the remake or is in the remake? I think autocorrect messed your comment up

[@Hyper131]

Cloud: I said your eyes were pretty......*voice tenses*but i wasn't looking at your eyes @_@ . Tifa: Yeah, i had a feeling.

[@maverickofkain]

"I'll make sure to tell her you said hi." 😢

[@zeronightx]

this is my favorite part of the game by far and you guys fking nailed it. i'm blown away. Thank you for existing and keep up the stellar work.

[@mysteriousbeing3014]

May everyone watching this episode have a wonderous experience enjoying the unraveling of Tifa and Cloud’s egos and see them be in the light as you are in the light of spirt; Whole and Innocent.

[@andyholloway5062]

Damn bro, that's deep.

[@brainflash1]

To be fair, Cloud's ego is based on Tifa's lies.

[@mysteriousbeing3014]

@@andyholloway5062 Thank you, my dear friend.👼🏻❤️🖖

[@mysteriousbeing3014]

@@brainflash1 And yet, they have accepted the truth and simply let it be. 😇❤️🖖

[@yoursonisold8743]

How you can spout religious dogma in a game that is wholly anti-religion is beyond me.

[@Glendtrog750]

TFS has somehow managed to make the music in this scene from the game even more unsettling... Kudos!

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

RAMIREZ, DO EVERYTHING

[@XXsirstrawhatXX]

Modern Warfare 2?

[@AvsJoe]

It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out

[@Doommaster677]

Thank you admiral, we're proceeding to dock inside the deflector shield

[@gatz17]

Why does the conversation with Zack always tear me up? Goddamn ninja cutting onions..

[@officaltobeme]

10:30 Cloud realize its zack and Forgive him Best moment ever

[@marcos2492]

FF7 is my favourite game ever and this scene is a big part of it. When I played this for the first time I couldn't believe how good of storytelling it was. Coming back to see it again and this time greatly acted was a fantastic experience, thank you TFS

[@shadeknight6537]

Okay, so regarding Zack being in Cloud's head, this is something the game's plot doesn't elaborate on much and might cause some confusion. I doubt TFS will show it because it's an out-of-the-way optional scene but, at this point in the game, once you regain Cloud, if you return to the underground library at the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim, you get a scene that reveals how Zack and Cloud escaped from Nibelheim after the incident at the reactor, how they got back to Midgar, and how Zack died. The general idea is that Cloud's memories, as a result of trauma and severe mako poisoning, as well as witnessing Zack's demise, became horribly jumbled, hence why he misremembers so many things. This is why, if you pay close attention to the script up to that point, you'll notice a lot of inconsistencies. There's no mention of absorbing Zack's memories or anything of the sort. Incidentally, the game plays a different track during the flashback that shows the day Tifa's mother died. Look it up on KZbin, it's called "On the Other Side of the Mountain." As for context as to why Tifa would even go to the mountain in the first place since TFS skimmed through that part, the adults at Nibelheim made up some folk tale about how you'd die if you went to the other side of Mt. Nibel or whatever to keep them from crossing the mountain. Tifa, being a young, horribly grief-stricken girl at the time, thought that it meant that her dead mother was on the other side of the mountain, and so she set off to see her again.

[@TheKpa11]

Psychologically speaking, couldn’t Zack’s voice just be Cloud making a sort of imaginary version of Zack in his mind so he’s subconsciously thinking what Zack would say or do in certain Situations and all that? That would be my explanation for it more, that it isn’t literally Zack, but just how Cloud was subconsciously remembering him

[@shadeknight6537]

@@TheKpa11 As I said, it's not elaborated upon in the game, so it's pretty much open to interpretation, which is fairly common in Japanese media.

[@TheKpa11]

Shade Knight the Japanese dialogue isn’t talked about very much it seems, so do you know of any key differences that the localization may have flubbed or altered whether by accident or just intentionally?

[@shadeknight6537]

@@TheKpa11 Sorry, but I know next to nothing about the original script.

[@Zed_Said]

@@TheKpa11 I think(?) it's explained more in Crisis Core, which delves more into Zack's time in SOLDIER with Sephiroth and his relationship with Aerith, up until his death after escaping Mt Nibel's facility. I'd have to go back and check, but I think Aerith tells him about the Lifestream and people returning to it once they die. Plus we see him communicate to Cloud from the Lifestream in Advent Children, so it can be surmised he's doing the same here.