The Unknown Lore of Tonberries
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Video showcasing the recurring creature "Tonberry" as they appear throughout the Final Fantasy franchise. These diminutive little green monsters have struck terror and cooking knives into the hearts of characters ever since Final Fantasy V. All players know that one does not take a Tonberry lightly. DOINK!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Design influences
1:50 Recurring traits
2:58 Final Fantasy V
3:10 Final Fantasy VI
3:49 Final Fantasy VII
4:57 Final Fantasy VIII
5:42 Final Fantasy IX
6:06 Final Fantasy X
6:49 Final Fantasy XI
7:42 Final Fantasy XII
8:10 Final Fantasy XIII
9:08 Final Fantasy XIV
9:54 Final Fantasy XV
10:38 Spin-offs
12:10 Credits
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Since this video exploded, I'll just mention for those who didn't care for it - I understand. This was one of my early "Lore of Final Fantasy" videos, when I didn't research stuff as thoroughly, had an awful microphone and didn't enunciate well, and was still finding my style as an editor. Later videos are much improved all-around, so give them a watch too and help the algorithm pick them up like it has this one. :)
This was a good video. So many nostalgic "oh crap" moments. One I'd like to see more of is the infamous Marbolo. While dumbed down from 12 onward, that monster still gives me heart attacks sometimes.
This was a great video, which is why it blew up regardless of the algorithm. Keep it up! Love the videos.
Do a remake.
Stonks.
Kappa are the Water Imp or Imp in FF 6 that you can be turned into just bad translation. Great video keep it up.
I fear no monster, but that thing.... it scares me.
I started playing this game around 3 days ago (FF7:R) and I was like “oh it’s a joke battle” and then I was like “wait how is cloud dying all the time” then I realised that little bastard was ruthless
meanwhile players who recognized them were going "0_0 oh crap"
I had a hearty laugh at your comment. Ruthless little bastards, that defines 'em well. There something you don't get in 7:R, it's how it just walks slowly towards your party, doing nothing else while you wail on them. You think they're just stupid but then, they reach a character and.... Good night.
I didn't know they were in the remake, thanks for the heads up. I remember coming across on in the Northern Crater of the original FF7. My friend was playing and we thought it was cute as it slowly walked toward. Then at about 3/4 of the way to the party we thought "My as well drop him", then he tanked 2 9999 hits and knifed a character n we were like "OH, 💩". Then he Grudged and knifed another. We had to Knights of the Round him to get out of that battle alive. Ever since then I've held back and had no mercy in any FF game for these guys.
@@DrakeyC I was in a panic when I saw I had to fight one in the remake. I was so terrified I couldn't think straight. I died at least 2 times before finally beating him. My ex-friend didn't know anything about the Tonberry. He beat it first try. If I remember right he laughed at the instant kill attack. Blissfully ignorant or ignorantly blissful?
When my friend (new FF player) who’s laughing at Tonberry in ff7re, I’m sweating profusely sitting beside her having FF7 original flashback
Sounds about right.
I mean i also laughed on FFX when Tomberry did 76 damage on Kinmahri
While the Yoda Tomberry on FFXV was one of my biggest WTF
And how did they react to the Tonberry revealing its deadly abilities?
@@mdalsted They dropped their jaw and instant died💀
Hahaha Yep, this is the entire point of the Tonberry imo. “What’s this goofy little dude? Its attack is just called KNIFE??? Lma-oh. Oh no. Wtf.”
I started playing ff7:R and saw this demon. I remembered my uncle speaking of a warrior with a kitchen knife and a lantern. that no matter what attack he threw at him. Nothing worked. I knew the ass beating i was going to recive
All who know it well tremble at the sight and back away. All who do not know it will soon learn the price of their ignorance.
I always interpreted the Tonberry as just sort of…a chill monster that’s more intelligent than the rest, and is made to make you feel like “Should the party REALLY be killing these things??”
yep a enemy that's like 'hey I will slowly walk towards you while changing the person I'm focused on then stab the one least expecting it. " lol.
And they are kinda cute, besides being pretty deadly in certain incarnations.
Me: "Hey, a Tonberry."
Tonberry: *takes a step*
Me: "Back tf up, plz."
FF Beginners: 😆 😂 🤣
FF Veterans: 😰 😨 😱
This is my favorite FF enemy, no matter the game, when this guy shows up you know you're in for a hell of a fight
Just put it to sleep
On Facebook there's this post asking the reader who would you choose within Final Fantasy to do a heist. I chose Tonberry for the distraction!!
XD
You don't need distraction if everyone is dead after the heist
It reminds me of the cute rabbit in the holy grail movie. You go in thinking It's a weakling only to flee for your life seconds later.
Ha absolutely.
Hey I don't know anything about Final Fantasy and I don't care about it but I saw the picture of the video with the cute little green guy with a knife so I clicked on it.
You gotta wonder about the inspiration behind Tonberries. I think ghost stories are off the mark, tho.
Since FFXI says they were once Zilart (human analogues) and transformed into fish creatures, it reminds me a lot of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by Lovecraft, where an isolated town slowly turns into creepy but very powerful fishlike creatures.
It may be coincidence. But given how many fantasy games draw inspiration from Lovecraft, it's an interesting similarity!
The only person to ever acknowledge ff11
It seems like Tonberries started off just being a creepy little knife guy, but ended up having a pretty interesting lore.
It's why I do these videos. It's amazing how the series expands on what came before and comes up with their own mythos over time.
As a joke whenever someone is watching me play the game even if they already know the joke I shout "ITS GOT A KNIFE" whenever I see one
Only 2 enemies in FF series i've always wanted to see and fight, Tonberry and Malboro, each time they always successfully gave me goosebumps.
Add one more monster to that to make it a Triple Threat Match:
Tonberry vs. Malboro vs. Hellhouse
These little guys are about the scariest thing to run into lol especially when they walk so slow to you because they know they are that bad ass
I don't know why I'm obsessed with these little guys and I'm upset that SE doesn't sell their plushies outside US and UK for some dumb reason
in FF7 I noticed the damage of 'everyone's grudge' was different. If it hit cloud, it did his level x100. and if it hit anyone else it did their level x10.
this was consistent no matter how many I killed.
Really late to the party here. But "Everyone's Grudge" in FF7 original does more damage based on how many total enemies that character has killed. That's why Cloud gets hit hardest.
FFXIV Tonberry lore is pretty good, especially with the Scholar job quests attached to it.
Just think of the Tonberry as a tiny little yandere monster.
It even uses it's favorite knife to try and kill you for all the attention you give to other monsters.
the very thing can kill sephiroth asap.....be very afraid of this green michel myers
These little bastards gave me a lot of migraines in the past still I’ve always found them pretty cute
Great watch. Thanks for the vid !
You're very welcome :) Hope you stick around the channel and check some others out.
You're a bit mistaken as to the tonberry not being related to water, it's tail almost exclusively ends in a fin like tip.
Funny playing the new Stranger's paradise I see a ton berry in the first mission and I started sweating I got PTSD from previous gamew
Today i played Ff7 Remake. And Tonberry suprised me. He is a UNIT
I love tonberries. Such majestic creatures.
This *cute little reaper* will give you the chills when he walks towards you slowly with his lantern and a knife on his hand
Remember running into Tonberry king in ff8 and completely having no clue how much pain i was in for 😅
great video
Thank you! :)
Wow. Someone actually did a video of this dominionative hellish nightmare. Good job sir, you've brought back one of my oldest gaming ptsd.
*bows*
This was super informative and super calming! Great stuff
Thank you! :D
Throughout the years and variations, this the only dude that when I first run into him makes me go, oh fuck.
FFのモンスターの中でトンベリが一番好きだわ。
Awesome video! Please do more of the FF creatures man
Thank you. I've done several, the latest was published just last week actually.
@@DrakeyC Watching the rest now. Hope you cover more of the bestiary. Final Fantasy has the best creatures imo with so many depictions and lore
@@craigerz2875 Agreed. I've a long list of recurring creatures to cover.
Just stumbled across your vids with this one! Watched a few other lore vids and I really enjoy your content :)
Thanks very much, glad you liked them! Hope you stick around, Alexander is coming next month and in the meantime I'm doing a lot of content on Dissidia for the PSP.
@@DrakeyC oh sweet! I saw the community post and while I don't know much about modern FF beyond cursory knowledge, I'll probably start learning with your content haha
Tonberry scales to boundless
Bravo! Well made, mate.
The first time I ever encountered one of any kind was the Master Tonberry in the final dungeon of FF7, and yeeeeeah, it left a lasting impression for sure...toughest regular enemy in that game bar-none, not even a 4x Cut that does 9999 per hit can take it out in one go, so I either use the Dazers item to freeze it (so it can't counter with "Everyone's Grudge") or go nuclear on it with a Knights of the Round summon. (And of course, the first time I ever encountered a Master Tonberry - I had neither 4x Cut or Knights of the Round...it was ugly and disastrous to say the least.)
Since morphing Master Tonberry in the North Cave was the only way to get more Ribbon accessories to equip everyone in the party I eventually came up with a few ways that made taking them on a little easier without needing to rely on super powerful materia like KOTR or burning thoru a bunch of MP casting multiple spells. Initially, I would have 1 character with Ribbon (I forgot where, but I know you get/find at least 1 before the North Cave) and paired materia Added Effect + Odin/Destruct on their armor and a 2nd character with Safety Bit and paired materia Added Effect + Hades on their armor. This would protect at least 2 characters from the annoying status effects and instant death until I could grind enough to get more Ribbons and more materia.
To beat Master Tonberry all you need is the Death Force (Admantoise) Enemy Skill and Hades/Poison Materia (or Cauldron items) --- Cast Death Force on each character and they will be immune to the instant death of Tonberry's knife attack for the rest of the battle (as long as they aren't KO'd by Everyone's Grudge) follow with casting either Hades/Poison (or throw a Cauldron) at Tonberry to poison him then WAIT AND MAKE NO FURTHER INPUTS just let Tonberry take his turns. With Death Force you don't have to worry about his knife attack and the poison will damage him each round without triggering Everyone's Grudge and eventually kill him. I counted how many turns of poison damage it took to kill him and hit him with Morph (and transform him into a Ribbon) before the last turn of poison could do damage. After, getting Ribbons for all 8 characters I would just let the poison finish off Tonberry in every fight afterwards.
@@PGIFilms That's brilliant, I never really thought of using Death Force (even though I actually have all 4 Enemy Skill materia with all abilities filled) along with Hades/Poison. When it comes to Ribbons, I remember 2 off the top of my head that you can find (one is at Temple of the Ancients, and another is through a hidden wall at Gaea's Cliff), I don't recall if I ever tried morphing Master Tonberries for more though...I should dig out my game and memory card and check hahaha.
@@ahenn84 Final Fantasy 7 (along with FF8, FF9, and FF Tactics) are the main reason I still have a PS1, a PS2 and a backup PS2 so I can pull them out and replay them. Every time I see a Final Fantasy 7/7-remake/8/9/10/12/Tactics video (or similar games) pop up on the home page or recommended list I have to fight the urge to dig out those PS1 and PS2 Final Fantasy games, because that's time I should be spending on other things. I deliberately put all my gaming system stuff in storage until I get through some major projects around the house done, but definitely going to get in some classic Final Fantasy play time after all of it.
I did find a pattern when fighting Tonberries in FF7. It was a very long time ago, so I'm not sure if I remember clearly, but I think they walked up to you after every attack you launched, and if you skip the last attack before his last walk towards you, he will not attack and just walk back to his original position. I think it was something like that.
@@Absolute585 If I remember correctly, Tonnberry had only 3 actions he would do on his turn: (1) Walk forward (right) towards party member, (2) Walk left/right (up/down) to line up with a different character, but not get closer, and (3) Attack with instant-kill knife stab (if directly in front of character) and jump/teleport back to starting point after striking.
The knife attack was always the slow and deliberate walk to wards the party. I can't remember if his changing targets (walking up/down without advancing closer) was random or determined by which character hit him last with a magical spell/summon. He would almost always counter with "Everyone's Grudge" when physically struck. I think countering with "Everyone's Grudge" was maybe 80% of the time. I know it wasn't 100% because there were a few times I was surprise to see Cloud get in a hit and NOT see Tonberry wave his lantern to instantly hit Cloud back with 9999 damage.
Kefka, Sephiroth, and their petty ambitions, I laugh in their faces. But the Tonberry, the Tonberry scares me.
Damn the tonberry in ff15 be fighting like yoda crazy
The Tonberry Knights are some of the scariest I've ever had the displeasure of meeting
little dudes made me run through 30 Hi Potions in like 5 minutes, which was nothing considering the easy AF item farming but god I hated that hunting quest so much...
Well you aren't wrong, but one correction, 7 and 10, Everyone's Grudge/Karma does 10 damage per monster killed.
The moment i see that thing im like OH HELL NAH!!!!
Let me see what you have.
A knife!
NOOO!!!
Owners of the Thief's Knife have personal relationships with Tonberries.
Tonberry, that name brings back memories I'm having PTSD rn
Stwike him centewion, vewy woughly....
Lol!!!
Lol! Bwilliant.
@@dannyjoe3343 so jewish wapscallion..you dare to waid us? Lol
12:00 Final Fantasy Unlimited Tonberry he T pose
The OG Crazed Buttsabber before getting introduced to BSDM and death metal.
Moogles, or Sheeva, or Ifrit I suppose come to mind. Maybe even the Ultima Spell though I don't know how much lore you can actually get out of a spell that just does massive damage.
I'll have a poll up for the next one as normal, but I've a side project to do first :)
Ultima's creation would be good to know since it originally killed everyone but the caster. Seems to be cursed.
@@DrakeyC Where do you put these polls up? I've never seen them.
@@GWFanSoftcoreBrony The Community tab on my channel
@@DrakeyC I've never noticed that tab before. I don't even have one on mine. Perhaps a RUclips partner perk? I got pushed out of the partner program when they increased the requirements a few years ago.
I still have mental scarring from the tonberries in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
You forgot to mention that in Final Fantasy 6's SNES release they were called Pug.
You learn real quick how scary that mf can be
Tombery is one of the earliest monsters to break the damage cap with karma.
They are not even registered boss, just mobs.
Square knows exactly what they were doing with these lil killing machines.
I love ya voice lol keep it up
tonberry! so cute and cuddly and boy do i hate these guys
I saw one once in the Upper Peninsula.
So final fantasy 7 remake was my first final fantasy game, and when I first fought him for the first time I was like aww so cute. But then, when he strikes me and died, I was like wtf. Cute but deadly
The lore for Tonberries in FF14 is just sad as hell
i'm currrently playing ff13 and I laught hard when the Tonberry killed the undying.
The FF14 game has its own lore for the tonberry when you play the scholar job quest line.
He was a nightmare first time encauntering him in ffx2 via infinito.
Your voice is so calming. I love it!
Thank you! :D
They were scariest in FFT games imho.
Fuckin tonberry. I started sweatin bullets when I seen them on strangers of paradise
Nightmare fuel!!!!
They're cute.
Final Fantasy prior to XVI: Cute stabby guys.
Final Fantasy XVI: Cultish and extremely sadist humanoids that inflict curses of incurable pain on humans which strengths them and something they find joy in. Oh. And the King has a giant knife that is practically a sword.
The face of misery he is the destroyer of life
If I had a nickel for every fandom I'm in that has the most feared monster be linked to the Umibozu I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice
I understood that reference.
a mob that its ability depends of players actions in-game :D
very cool and best designed enemy
i played FF8 on PS ---but tis enemy (i did a lot of experiments because there's no guides T^T) and that cactus! always give me headache
Was good
thank you
Nightmerry
you can have a tonberry in your party in x-2
If you haven’t, can you do a lore video in the iron giant’s, please?
I haven't yet, sorry. I may someday, they're on the shortlist of candidates.
@@DrakeyC Ah, it’s fine.
And the reason I ask for it(not demanding for it) is because I’m confused on if they are ancient sentinels, like the Sentinels from the Halo franchise, or their own set of robotic death machines.
@@DwarvenCenturion615 Oh, that's a simple one to answer - while some games don't provide any lore on them, those that do consistently say they're creations of a lost civilization, and even when that isn't specified, they're usually found in ancient worlds and trans-dimensional locations. It's plausible one of the games I've not played mentions they're modern creations, but all the ones I have say otherwise.
@@DrakeyC Ah, okay, very interesting.
Ff15 has the best tonberrys.
Their annoying ever since FF6 but in that game Odin/Break can kill them instantly FF7 for BOTH types I won't ever fight without KoTR and in FF6 On the SNES/PS1 version you can just Vanish and Doom them but in FF6 they only use physical hits Pearl or Step mine.
Someone called?
In FFVI they weren’t tonberry they were pugs lol
I recently started playing ff8 on PS4 and I wish they didn't add the modes you can toggle on bc now I just can't stop using them. The 3x speed isn't so game breaking tho
the FFXI Tonberry creeps me out.
You totally ignored FF Mobius and its Tonberry suit... not cool
All veterans players to final fantasy franchise know the tombery causes players flash backs and ptsd lol 😆 I had a easyer time beating ozma and the ps2 version of yiazmat from final fantasy 12 then dealing with a surten tombery in ff7 for the ps1😂
Not bad but what about ff10-2 tonberry
1 hit KO,
Tonbewwie
FFXV Tonberry
2spooky
Bro got that Fortnite accent fr
Actually I've never played Fortnite.
Lalafell in their worst form ~
Its Yoda.
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to Chef's Knife."
"Don't you mean suffering?"
"Same difference."
my like was No.# 666!
Can’t pronunciation of r or s?
Billy!!!!!
Billy?
@@DrakeyC The voice of the Narrator :)
@@fuzz203 Is this a reference I'm missing?
@@DrakeyC Lol sorry, Adventure Time!
ruclips.net/video/1qMLb0JBj6s/видео.html
cannon or not *equips and uses Remorse/empathic materia* ' *falls to a knee* ...I'm sorry, it was war, we all did horrible things to survive. can't we finally stop the killing...is there even a point anymore?'