Plot Holes, Goofs and Other Discrepancies

[Smaddy]

I cringed at some of the unexplained events in FFVI... do I even need to give a SPOILER warning to this?

The character Banon, leader of the Returners, plays a fairly important role in the first half of the game, but is then completely forgotten in the second half without any explanation to his fate or whereabouts, although there is fan speculation that Gogo is Banon in disguise or that he died when Kefka destroyed the world.

This is probably the only one I agree with. When playing I always assumed he had died.

It is never explained why Maria was absent during the Opera sequence and why Celes happens to look like her. Indeed, Maria never appears in the game. It is possible that Maria went in to hiding after Setzer made his intentions known, however, though that does not explain why Celes looks exactly like her.

Why does anyone look like anything? This is really dumb. A lot of people look like celebrities. Do we ever go, "BUT OMG Y?!?!?!". And does the fate of FFVI really hinge upon where Maria is? Who cares?

It is never explained when or where Celes learned to act and sing opera. Being a high ranking military officer, Celes should not have had the many years of free time it takes to learn opera. However, it may be speculated that she simply has the innate talent and passion to be an opera singer, especially since she so quickly and eagerly took over Maria's role.

I thought it was kind of implied that Celes didn't know what she was doing. "I'm an imperial general, not some opera floozy!" People have even made amusing remarks that the "vocal" noise in the SNES version was a little "off" on purpose, to show she wasn't that great of a singer. She isn't much of an actress, she's prompted by the other actors to act out her scenes (ex: when Draco tells her to dance along with him), and she's quickly studying the script right before she walks through the curtain.

Siegfried's full story is never given. He appears aboard the Phantom Train and in the Figaro Cave, both times without any apparent reason or explanation. He also mentions an impostor pretending to be him is running around, but it is never clearly stated which "Siegfrieds" the party meets (if any) are the real thing and which are the impostor.

Ultros and Chupon are never explained, either, and you fight them several times. Another "does this really matter?" situation. It's supposed to be a little comical. He's a traveling warrior, of course he's mysterious.

The full story of Gogo is never given, although there are multiple theories.

Why does everything need to be explained? Gogo is a mysterious character. It's really part of the fun, the guessing and theories.

It's also never explained why Maria just so happens to bear the same name as her character in the opera. This same issue occurs in Final Fantasy IX as well, where Zidane, Marcus, Blank and Cinna all have the same names as characters in "I Want To Be Your Canary".

I thought the Maria thing was just a side reference to the fact that a lot of the leading women in musicals and opera tend to be named Maria. We know nothing about this actress *gasp* (as mentioned earlier), so how do we even know that's her real name? Impressario might just have been saying the character name.

In the World of Ruin, Katarin was far enough into her pregnancy that the kids commented on how huge her belly was getting, yet it took Duane a long time to realize Katarin was pregnant.

Simple explanation: "I didn't know I was pregnant." Thanks, TLC!

No but really... denial on his part? Maybe he's just dumb as a bucket of rocks? Maybe she was hiding it from him?

 

[ForceStealer]

Except that he didt realize she was infront of him the whole time in Rufus' arms, because a good son would have known

Best damn line in the movie.

 

[DrakeClawfang]

Why does everything need to be explained?

Yeah, we suck, daring to ask that things be explained. Why can't everything just be left a mystery so we don't have to understand anything and can just play the game? Damn us for wanting to understand the plot, how dare we!

 

[Cat Rage Room]

Yeah, we suck, daring to ask that things be explained. Why can't everything just be left a mystery so we don't have to understand anything and can just play the game? Damn us for wanting to understand the plot, how dare we!

There's a reasonable limit, though. There are some things that one can assume the writers left mysterious on purpose.

Example, Gogo

 

[Makoeyes987]

I always figured Gogo in FFVI, was the Gogo from FFV after he threw himself into the Interdimensional Rift.

 

[DrakeClawfang]

That fact that it was deliberately left unexplained does nothing to change the fact it isn't explained.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

I always figured Gogo in FFVI, was the Gogo from FFV after he threw himself into the Interdimensional Rift.

Most likely! To clarify, there's nothing wrong with asking questions and looking for information. However, a lack of information when there was a deliberate intent on not giving it isn't a plothole. It could be bad writing or it could LEAD to a plothole, but something having a mysterious origin or background itself isn't a plothole.

 

[Smaddy]

Yeah, we suck, daring to ask that things be explained. Why can't everything just be left a mystery so we don't have to understand anything and can just play the game? Damn us for wanting to understand the plot, how dare we!

Yeah, you're right. Now that I think about it, FF6 sucks. They didn't tell me why Maria is named Maria, and Gogo has no hometown, height, weight, blood type, first and last name, and no love interest. I'm burning all my FF6 merch tonight... thanks for waking me up to this fact that this game really is awful for not explaining every nook and cranny.

Imagination and theories, who needs them? Square, please hold my hand some more... I need everything explained to me, please? It's so lonely here in the unknown parts of the story!!!

But for real... ok yes, some are unexplained. But unless you want to write some 10,000 page novel explaining everything down to every nail, board, tile, and particle of a universe... some things are better left unexplained. Sometimes things being left mysterious is more fun. The Gogo theories are fun, I think.

Plus, as I said... the majority of the stuff they list as unexplained, while unexplained, really does not affect gameplay or plot. Furthermore, if they're going to ask ridiculous questions like that, then why not start questioning everything? Why is Terra named Terra? Who came up with the name Esper? Why is the capitol city built in the shape of a pyramid? What kind of fuel do airships run on?

And really we should be asking, how do they carry so many items? Don't they get tired from all that walking around?

 

[Cthulhu]

That fact that it was deliberately left unexplained does nothing to change the fact it isn't explained.

Yeah, fuck that. Someone should amend that article, and add "A lot of things in the game are left unexplained - the reason behind this remains unexplained"