• The "Real" Story About Tidus' Bad Laugh

    Everyone who has ever played Final Fantasy X can tell you about the extremely awkward scene where the main character Tidus gives a really strange laugh. James Arnold Taylor, Tidus' voice actor has released a youtube video explaining how and why it happened the way it did.







    He also commented on the pronunciation of it with Tee-dus and not Tie-dus. It came form the voice actor himself! Share your thoughts on the laugh and the name!
    This article was originally published in forum thread: JAT Talks About The Laugh started by Forsaken Lover View original post
    Comments 17 Comments
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn -
      He looks so nerdy, omg XD
    1. Mr. Carnelian's Avatar
      Mr. Carnelian -
      Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
      He looks so nerdy, omg XD
      I would say adorkable, personally.
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn -
      Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
      He looks so nerdy, omg XD
      I would say adorkable, personally.
      Like those are mutually exclusive
    1. Vermachtnis's Avatar
      Vermachtnis -
      He seems like a pretty chill guy and he loves what he does.
    1. Freya's Avatar
      Freya -
      Oh wow, Just saw this today. Amusing. I like how he makes a point that "it's supposed to be bad!"

      Also he totes said Teedus not Tiedus.
    1. Bubba's Avatar
      Bubba -
      Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
      Also he totes said Teedus not Tiedus.
      Yeah, what does he know.

      Its Tiedus. Teedus is lame... and it doesn't fit with the FFX song parody that I'm writing.
    1. Lone Wolf Leonhart's Avatar
      Lone Wolf Leonhart -
      He closed in the best way possible.

      "Thanks for listening to my story"
    1. Soft paw's Avatar
      Soft paw -
      I have been wondering why he was laughing like that for years, finally the official answer
      I always felt awkward watching this scene when people were around, lowering volume and stuff
    1. Zanmato's Avatar
      Zanmato -
      Give this man a medal! He's really awesome!
      I wish I'd meet him someday.
      Besides... It's Tee-dus! I knew it! I knew that my pronunciation was correct!
      I'm just fabulous!
    1. Elly's Avatar
      Elly -
      i always knew the laugh was purposely forced and fake, after all we hear him laugh normally throughout the rest of the game, he was trying to cheer up Yuna by being goofy...

      that game trailer for FFX where they pronounce Tidus' name can be found on "The Spirits Within" DVD which came out before FFX was released in the U.S., that's when i first heard the correct way to pronounce Tidus long before i got the game on release day... i always wondered how so many people were getting it wrong when we were told how to say it before the game even came out, but considering the hate campaign on TSW i guess not that many people saw the included FFX trailer...
    1. Crop's Avatar
      Crop -
      I get the scene was supposed to be awkward, I just didn't like it in general.

      I got one of those editions of FFX that had the bonus disk with small interviews with him and the woman that played Yuna, when I first clicked on this clip I thought "holy trout he got old fast", then realised it's been a whole 15 years since the game was released!

      Seems like a really nice guy though. I'll definitely check out more of his videos.
    1. Peter1986's Avatar
      Peter1986 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
      Also he totes said Teedus not Tiedus.
      Yeah, what does he know.

      Its Tiedus. Teedus is lame... and it doesn't fit with the FFX song parody that I'm writing.
      Well, kinda depends.
      I assume that the English pronunciation would be "Tie-dus", although "Tee-dus" is closer to the Japanese name, which according to the way it is written in Katakana is supposed to be "Tee-dah".

      I have always pronounced it like "Tee-dus" though, since I am from Sweden.
    1. TidusReborn's Avatar
      TidusReborn -
      I will continue using the right and proper pronunciation,

      "Tye-dus"

      Thank you very much
    1. Vermachtnis's Avatar
      Vermachtnis -
      It's gets better.

    1. Forsaken Lover's Avatar
      Forsaken Lover -
      James Arnold Taylor is a national hero.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      it was always pretty obvious that it was bad on purpose. i mean you can hear a proper laugh just seconds lader
    1. Fox's Avatar
      Fox -
      Yeah clarification really wasn't needed, at least not for me. My problem was not that it was inappropriate but that it was annoying and embarrassing. The fact that it was intentionally like doesn't make it any less so. If a film depicts a gruesome murder that makes me feel sick they may say "Well we wanted you to feel sick, it was a gruesome murder!"

      And that's fine. 10/10 for achieving your artistic goals but my dinner is still ruined.
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