Final Fantasy VI Quotations

Final Fantasy VI is a videogame made by Squaresoft. The following are taken from the original English translation by Ted Woolsey and from the GBA release.

Terra Branford

It's not the net worth of one's life that's important. It is the day to day concerns, the personal victories, and the celebration of life... and love!

(to Sabin after learning he is Edgar's brother): When I first saw you I thought you were some kind of bodybuilder who strayed from his gym...

I haven't the foggiest!

Thank you Locke! Thank you Edgar! [the men start swooning, hiding behind the menu] Stop swooning!

Ewwww! Something's stuck to my leg!

But... I want to know what love is, now!

Come with me. I'll lead you out with my last ounce of strength.

People seem to only want power. Do they truly want to be like me?

Locke Cole

... ...!? This better not have anything to do with that Magitek-riding, Imperial witch!!!
- to Arvis, when asked to help a mysterious girl

I won't leave you until your memory returns!! By the way, this secret entrance might be useful some day. Don't forget about it!
- to Terra in a mine shaft, after she admits she cannot remember anything

I PREFER the term treasure hunting!
- When he is asked about his stealing of things.

I think that guy is missing a few buttons...
- about Kefka

Terra...wait for me. I'll be back. And please, don't let a lecherous young king, who shall remain nameless, near you!

Hey! Call me a treasure hunter, or I'll rip your lungs out!

It's a little tight, but the price was right.
- after stealing a merchant's clothes

These are a little big, but they'll do.
- after stealing a soldier's clothes

Gotta get to Narshe on the fly!

Bloody Kefka, we are your worst enemy!
- during the battle for the Esper

YOWZA! IZZAT YOU!?
- to Celes in the dressing room

That ribbon suits you well.
- to Celes in the dressing room

Not a word of this to anyone, O Shrouded One...
- to Shadow, after getting seasick

I think I'm gonna...
- while seasick

Hey, squidball! Don't you ever learn?
- To Ultros

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with Kefka!

I'll never let go. I promise.
- to Celes in the ending, saving her from falling

You almost ate it trying to get that silly trinket!
- to Celes in the ending, referring to his bandana

The rest of you wait here. I smell a rat...
- on Emperor Gestahl's proposal

Even if it was only a little, I doubted you. But I'm still your friend...
- to Celes in Albrook

Edgar Roni Figaro

First of all, your beauty has captivated me! Second... I'm dying to know if I'm your type... I guess your ...abilities... would be a distant third.
- explaining to Terra why he is helping her

Guess my technique's a bit rusty...
- to himself when Terra does not immediately fall for him

You see, there are more girls here than grains of sand out there. I can't keep track of 'em all!
- when asked if harboring a runaway girl from the Empire

He'd slit his momma's throat for a nickel!
- To party regarding Shadow in a cafe

Look, don't you have a family? Just shut up and take it.
- speaking to a Figaro Castle merchant who refuses to take money from the King

If something were to happen to me, all the world's women would grieve!
- When spoken to on the airship in the World of Ruin

If it's heads, you win..... We'll choose whatever path we want, without any regrets....
- to Sabin before flipping a two-headed coin to determine the successor of Figaro

Yeah. I got to know the gal who brought us tea. After a while she just blurted out the whole plan!

Watch your mouth! There's ladies present! I was a perfect gentleman!

Sabin Rene Figaro

Think a "bear" like me could help you out in your quest?

...That's General Leo.. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy.

I'm getting sick of this! Thou art such a pain in the...! Confound it all! I'm starting to talk like you!

Kid's got quite a lip!

No. Mr. Thou is THAT one. Over THERE!
- Talking to Gau and refering to Cyan

Uh... Why's everyone singing?
- at the Opera House

Big brother, I didn't abandon the kingdom. Now I know why I have these stupid muscles!

You think a minor thing like the end of the world was gonna do me in?

So, you finally hit pay dirt, eh?

Can we really trust the Empire? I have an awful feeling about this...
- after the Imperial banquet

Celes Chere

You're awfully short for a soldier.
- to Locke when he comes to rescue her disguised as a soldier; a reference to the first (Episode IV) Star Wars film

I'm a soldier, not some love-starved twit!

I'm a GENERAL, not some opera floozy!

Oh my hero, my beloved, shall we still be made to part, though promises of perennial love yet sing here in my heart? I'm the darkness, you're the starlight, shining brightly from afar... Through hours of despair I offer this prayer to you, my evening star. Must my final vows exchanged be with him and not with you? Were you only here to quiet my fear... O speak! Guide me anew. I'm thankful, my beloved, for your tenderness and grace. I see in your eyes, so gentle and wise, all doubts and fears erased. Though the hours take no notice of what fate might have in store, Our love, come what may, will never age a day, I'll wait forevermore!
- singing Aria di Mezzo Carattere at the Opera House (from the Final Fantasy VI Advance game script)

Power only breeds war... I wish I'd never been born.

Oh that's really smart Kefka. Disturb their delicate balance and they'll go haywire!

I feel I have a lot to live for.

You want to live in this world the way it is? No? Then do something about it!

Shadow

Leave us. The dog eats strangers...

The reaper is always one step behind me...

I'm working for the Empire, but don't worry, I'm not going to garrote you!

I can't help you. You must look within for answers.

In this world are many like me who've killed their emotions. Don't forget that.

My allegience is to the Empire. I have no right to fight with you.

(In Battle) !!!!!Interceptor!!!!!

Baram! I'm going to stop running. I'm going to begin all over again...

Setzer Gabbiani

My life is a chip in your pile. Ante up!
- upon agreeing to follow the group

A two-headed coin..? How low can you get? I love it!

The best thing in life is being free of obligation... otherwise you lose your ability to gamble.

Why not? Nothing to lose but my life... and I got that for free!

Daryl, I'm starting to sound like you.

Nonsense! I'll win the Falcon from you when I beat you in a race around the world!

We're gonna get us another one.... airship, that is!

Urgh! For the time being, I don't own the skies!

I'm just a gambler... I just want to be left alone... This world is too chaotic for me. What's worse, I've lost my wings...
- During the World of Ruin, long after the Blackjack is demolished

Cyan Garamonde

Thou art so... odd.

I HATE Machines!

Thou (repeated quote)

We can't have ye two prancing 'round all day!

You licentious howler!

You just have to show technology who's boss!

Dear Lola, I am writing to beg for your forgiveness. I am guilty of perpetuating a terrible lie. I have only now realized the error of my ways. I hope I can correct a great wrong. Your boyfriend, who you thought was in Mobliz, passed away some time ago. I have been writing in his stead. We humans tend to allow the past to destroy our lives. I implore you not to let this happen. It is time to look forward, to rediscover love, and embrace the beauty of life. You have so much life left to live.... Cyan
- letter to Lola in the World of Ruin

I loveth you..

The world before the fall, Lovely is the light of dawn, Noble is the heart of man...

Gau

Mr. Thou! Mr. Thou!
- finding Cyan's speech amusing

You... angry... me?
- after Cyan turns away because of Gau's over-questioning

Uwaoooo~!

I'm Gau! I'm your friend! Let's travel together!
- whenever he rejoins the party after performing his skill, despite the fact that the party knows who he is

Gau find short cut
- During the ending sequence

Pretty Song!
- in the Opera House

...ooh...Gau...high place...not good...don't like...

Smells like parents' house here. Why so familiar?
- after the Imperial Banquet

Shiny, shiny! Gau like!

Gogo

This should be fun. When do we leave?

I am GOGO, master of the simulacrum... My miming skills will astonish you.
...

Mog

Kupo!

Kupoppo!

Kupopupo!

Kupo...po!

An old dude named Ramuh taught me your language, kupo! He kept showing up in my dreams and telling me to help you, kupo! So... I'm gonna help you, kupo!

The hair! Watch the hair! I'm not a stuffed animal, kupo!
- To Edgar when he is rescued by a crane.

Thankupo!

Kupohoho!

I'm your boss, kupo! You're gonna join us, kupo!
- To Umaro

Help me! Kupo!!!
- To Edgar during the ending sequence when he is about to fall into a pit.

Relm Arrowny

What a cute doggy!

What a fuddy duddy.

Waaaaaaahhhh! I'm gonna paint your portrait!

Say, sweetie, would you pose for a portrait?

Who is this puffed up aerobics instructor, anyway?
- about Sabin

You! You old fool! You're still standing?!

Grandpa! Who are these people? Can they use magic, too?

And what a terrible actor you are!
- to Gungho

It's too hot out here, grandpa!
- during a silence between Locke and Celes in Thamasa

Strago Magus

Whatcha want with me? Espers? Espers, hmm...not to familiar with that word...

Come on, children! Let me see the light in your eyes! The old man, here, hasn't given up yet!
- When spoken to on the airship in the World of Ruin.

I have a special little granddaughter!

And then I raised my staff, and POW! Right in the kisser!
- A reference to The Honeymooners. One of Ralph Cramden's (Jackie Gleason) catchphrases was "POW! Right in the kisser!"

So I guess our town's little secret is out now...

All right, make some room for me.

Kefka Palazzo

Phooey! Stupid Emperor Gesthal's orders! Edgar, you pinhead! Why do you have to live in the middle of a stinking desert?!? These recon jobs are the pits! ...AHEM! There's SAND on my boots!
Oh, Edgar... You know you only stand to lose from trying to hide her from us! Hee-hee-hee... I truly hope nothing happens to your precious Figaro!
Fire! Fire! Heh-heh-heh!
Oh? Then...enjoy the barbecue! Hee-hee-hee!
Son of a Submariner! You'll pay for this!

Once Leo's gone, I can turn this water into a flowing river of posion! Anyone who touches it'll be pushing up daisies! Hee-hee...
(About the prisoners of the castle his men are to posioned) Who cares? They're the ones who were stupid enough to get caught by the enemy!
"Wait," he says... Do I look like a waiter?
Hee-hee... Nothing beats the sweet music of hundreds of voices screaming in unison! Uwee-hee-hee!
I'm a god! I'm all-powerful! Uwee-hee-hee... I'll collect more Espers I'll extract their magic... And then... ... ... I'll revive the Warring Triad! I've already drained all your powers! You're useless to me now! You too! Take a hike!

Gah! How dare they put me in a place like this! ...Hmph! I just can't believe it! What a bore.
- while imprisoned

Why do you think Oppose rhymes with Dispose?

Oh dear...you wanna fight me?! This is just dreadful!

How 'bout a little Magitek mayhem?

I don't care for the appearance of this pitiful little hamlet... So burn it!!

I'd say you're all charged up, boys and girls...or whatever... Say, remind me to show you my Magicite collection someday! You might see a few familiar faces!!! Now for a little Magicite hocus-pocus...!

Ooh! They're warm to the touch! What treasures!

You really are a slow one. And always, always...ALWAYS such a little goody two-shoes!!!
- to General Leo before killing him

Ouch! B-blood... Blood! Blood!!! You vicious brat! Argh... Grrr...! You know, you really are a stupid... Vicious... Arrogant, whiny, pampered, backstabbing, worthless... LITTLE BRAT!!!
- to Celes after she stabs him on the Floating Continent
Run! Run! Or you'll be well done!
Oh dear... Well, I guess I was a bit hasty in calling you a useless old man before... NOW you're useless!
- after killing Emperor Gestahl
I've acquired the ultimate power! Observe...Such magnificent power! You're all nothing more than fleas compared to me now! Embrace your destruction... It is the fate of all things.
Why do people insist on creating things that will inevitably be destroyed? Why do people cling to life, knowing that they must someday die? ...Knowing that none of it will have meant anything once they do?
Why do you build, knowing destruction is inevitable? Why do you yearn to live, knowing all things must die? (Alternate version of the previous line which appears in the Anthology FMV)
And did you all find your "somethings" in this broken world that just won't die?
Bleh! You people make me sick! You sound like lines from a self-help book! If that's how it's going to be... I'll snuff them all out! Every last one of your sickening, happy little reasons for living!
Hee-hee-hee! But what fun is destruction if no "precious" lives are lost?
Life... Dreams... Hope... Where do they come from? And where do they go...? Such meaningless things... I'll destroy them all!
The end draws near...
- Just before using his "Goner" attack for the first time.

Ultros

Delicious morsel! Let me get my bib...! (about to attack Terra)

Uwee hee hee... Game over!

Yaaaouch! Seafood soup! (after being burned)

Seafood soup is NOT on the menu! (an alternate version to the above line in FFVI Advance)

Muscle heads? Hate 'em! (referring to Sabin)

Uh, well, they always said I was a slow learner... but I eat FAST!!

Oh, all right, Uncle Ulty REALLY wants you to paint his portrait!

Silence! You are in the presence of octopus royalty! A lowborn thug like you could never defeat me!

I have more lives than I do arms!

Well, whadduya want I should do?

I'm nothing more than a stupid octopus! (After seeing his portrait)

Look at me! I'm a receptionist! G'fa, ha, ha! (in the Colosseum in the World of Ruin)

Imp! Pal! Buddy! (about to use his "Imp Song" spell)

I owe you one, so I'm gonna jam up your opera! (in a letter at the Opera House)

Mwa ha ha! Let's see if Maria can shrug THIS off!

Long time no see! You've changed! Did ya miss me?

I ain't no garden-variety octopus!

Don't tease the octopus, kids!

N'ghaaa! This is heavier than I thought! It'll take me 5 minutes to drop it! (referring to the four-ton weight in the opera scene)

I know what you're thinking... "Man, that was cheap"! So sorry, so sorry...

(after casting two spells at once in the Esper Mines)

Others

Albrook resident: How can you make a GP in a world like this?

Banon: Once, when people were pure and innocent, there was a box they were told never to open. But one man went and opened it anyway. He unleashed all the evils of the world: envy... greed... pride... violence... control... All that was left in the box was a single ray of light: Hope. We now confront those evils... And you are that last ray of light, our only hope...

Cid: Wow! All of a sudden I have a granddaughter!

Chadarnook: G'fu, fu, fu...Who're these numbskulls? No one...NO ONE...is going to remove me from this fine new painting!!
- before attacking the party in Owzer's Mansion

Dadaluma: Good day, fine sirs, how may I be of service? I hate fighting so I better let you pass!
- attacks party

Duncan: The Earth yawned open to take me, but I scrambled to safety!

Figaro Guard: Kefka's "One shy of a six pack!"

Figaro Guard (FFVI Advance): I hear that some fanatical members of the Cult of Kefka insist on spelling Kefka's name with Cs instead of Ks. That just seems silly to me. Kefka's Kefka. He's still the same villain, no matter how you spell his name.

(FFVI fan translation features the villain's name as Cefca.)

General Leo: Shut up, Kefka. I oughta....
- last words

Gestahl: I'm simply going to put you to sleep using the very power you unleashed! What's so funny? Well then, it's only suitable that you fall asleep laughing!
- To Kefka on the Floating Continent

Imperial soldier: Returner Scum!

Imperial soldier: Hey, you! You're Returners!

Imperial soldier: Scram, you blockhead.

Imperial soldier: I'm not buying anything!

Imperial soldier: Three cheers for the Empire!

Imperial soldier: I oppose peace!

Kaiser Dragon: Humans and their unsatiable greed... Your lust for power always leads to a lust of blood... This place is a sanctuary for wayward souls... What business have you filthy creatures here? You slaughter my bretheren, and befoul their rest with the profanity of your continued existence... You should not have come here. In the name of all dragonkind, I shall grant you the death you so desire. I am the dealer of destruction... I am the font from which fear springs... I am Kaiser... And your time is at an end.
- Kaiser Dragon is encountered in an extra dungeon which only exists in the Gameboy Advance release of the game

Mayor of Thamasa: Magic is forbidden!

Mayor of Thamasa: Welcome! Magic? What is this Magic?

Miranda Citizen: A knight came here recently... He was amazing! But his heart was full of chaos... When he can cope with the pain, he'll be the mightiest warrior alive.

Mobliz kid: I wanna see Katrin's baby!

Narshe guards: Mashine-riding self-important swine! Take this!

Narshe resident: Narshe is a neutral city.! We want no war here, but that %#$@& Empire won't listen!

Narshe resident: Magic? Pshaw, what nonsense!

Old man: Doomgaze? I'd rather take an acid bath than fight that thing!

Rachel: I have to go now... ...I'll always love you... You must now cast off the anguish you've been harboring inside for so long.. Today I set your heart free. You must learn to love yourself again, and regain your self respect. ...... Phoenix! Be reborn again!! And give your power... to Locke!!
- last words to Locke, after she is resurrected by the Phoenix and dies again

South Figaro Resident: We may be thieves, but at least we have goals in life!

South Figaro Kid: Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! I'm Magitek Armor!

South Figaro Resident: If the "Light of Judgement" burns down our town 100 times, we'll rebuild it 200 times! Wait, does that even make sense?

Thief in Zozo: Zozo? Never heard of it.

Thief in Zozo: Great people, here!

Ultima Buster: I am the one known as Ultima... Forged an eternity ago and left here... Forgotten in the mists of time... Long have I pondered what I should do... Long, long have I pondered... But now it seems I have an answer...

Ultima Weapon: My name is Ultima... I am power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form... Feeble creatures of flesh, your time is nigh!

Ziegfried: Aha! The ox bellows! Allow me to introduce my blade!

Ziegfried: Ha, ha, ha. Give up?

Dialogue

Arvis: Took you long enough! Busy with all that robbing and plundering, I presume?

Locke: I prefer the term "treasure hunting"!

Arvis: Ha! Semantic nonsense!

Locke: There's a huge difference! Anyway, is there something you need me to do?

Arvis: There is indeed. ...I met the girl.

Locke: ...!? You don't mean...?

Arvis: The city guard is pursuing her as we speak. This city has the strength to stand up to the Empire, but it won't use it. The people are just too stubbornly independent to join an underground resistance group like the Returners. I tried to explain that the Empire was controlling the girl, but they wouldn't even listen...

Locke: All right... So, you want me to get her out of Narshe?

Arvis: That would be the idea. Make your way to Figaro for the time being...

Cyan: This is the Phantom Train. It carries the departed to the other side.

Sabin: Wait! I don't want to go THERE!

[dining aboard the Phantom Train...]

Sabin: [pounding the table] Food! Food! Bring me everything you've got!

[Sabin is served by the ghost of a waiter]

Cyan: It this train's food tr-truly safe to eat?

Sabin: What are you worried about? Can't wage war on an empty stomach!

Cyan: ... Do what thou wilt, sir. I'm sure there is no stopping

Sabin: Whew! I'm stuffed! Shall we get moving?

Gau: Gau's treasure...shiny, shiny! Shiny, shiny, shiny!!!

Sabin: ...Can anything be THAT shiny?

Terra: When Locke and I escaped he fiddled with something right around here.

Edgar: Knowing him there's probably some hidden switch around here.

[aboard the Blackjack]

Locke: I can't believe this clunky old thing can fly... You sure it'll stay in the air?

Setzer: When things fall, they fall... Life's a game of chance. You play your cards, and Fate plays hers...

Relm: What's wrong, lover boy?

Edgar: ...How old are you?

Relm: Ten... Why? Weirdo. I'm going on ahead, okay?

Edgar: Not even a lady yet... Here's hoping you're still around in eight years, kid.

Ultros: Looks like I lose again! But today I brought along a buddy of mine! Mr. Typhon! Come on down!

[Typhon appears]

Typhon: Fungahhh!

Ultros: He's not so great with words, but his strength'll blow you away! Heh-heh...I'd try not to make him mad... He gets hungry when he's irritated.

Edgar: Several years and the little shrimp's grown into a whopping lobster!

Sabin: And you're a king crab!

Locke: Edgar, what's the matter? You look positively spooked!

Edgar: Dddddddid you see what I just saw?

Locke: Yeah, this kid seems loaded for bear.

Edgar: She's amazing! That was Magic! M-A-G-I-C!

Locke: M M M M M M M M M M M M M MAGIC?!

Both: Pswswpswswpswswpsw.

Strago: Go to your room!

Relm: I will not! What a fussy old man!

Strago: Alright, if you insist.

Relm: That's better!

[On the Blackjack, after the banquet]

Cid: Wow, what a ship!

Setzer: That landing really messed up the engine. It'll take a while to fix...

Cid: I'll help. No machine can stump me!

Setzer: Don't touch anything!

Cid: Go kill time in the casino! I can speed this crate up!

[In the Japanese version, Cid claims that he can speed the ship up by removing the casino, which is what angered Setzer]

Setzer: ...... You little...!! Get outta my sight!

Cid: But I could really make this thing hum...!

[Cid leaves]

Terra: You love this ship, more than anything, huh?

Setzer: Actually, when I was young there was something I was mad about...

Terra: ...huh?

Setzer: In my youth I dreamed of having the world's fastest airship.

Terra: You mean......

Setzer: At that time there was a young girl who piloted the Falcon, the fastest vessel ever made. Sometimes we were the worst of rivals...but other times we were the best of friends. We always egged each other on to go faster and higher. When she disappeared along with her ship...I felt like I lost my spirit.

Setzer: ...Poor Daryl...

Strago: Relm! Is that you, my dear? You're alive!

Relm: Idiot! Of course I'm alive!

Strago: Oh, I'm so happy...

Relm: Did you think I was gonna check out before you, old man?

Strago: You're as foul mouthed as ever, bless your heart!

Leo: Having trouble sleeping? I hear your emotions have returned...

Terra: ...It's strange, isn't it? The Empire used me, controlled my very thoughts...and now here I am, cooperating with the same people.

Leo: People are people. Not everyone in the Empire is like Kefka.

Terra: So...what about you?

Leo: I knew that you were half esper and being made to suffer through horrible experiments... Yet I did nothing. I'm no better than Kefka.

Terra: If a human and an esper can love one another... Do you think a human and I could love each other?

Leo: Of course!

Terra: But... I don't even know what it feels like to love someone.

Leo: You're still young. ...Someday you'll know. I'm sure of it.