The biggest mystery that FFVII asks us to ponder

...How exactly does Bugenhagen float? What IS he?

Final Fantasy VII is easily my favourite game in the entire series, and possibly of all time. And though it has a host of excellent characters, including the all time legend that is known as Sailor Suit Barret, Bugenhagen has always stood out to me as just being made of sheer, untainted AWESOME. But he floats. And he is the grandfather of a doggy. Try as I might, I have never been quite able to figure out what the hell Bugenhagen is supposed to be. Has his immense knowledge of Planet and everything around it elevated him to a level beyond mere mortals? Is he secretly hiding a jet pack up his shirt just to look cool? Has he simply smoked far too much of Aeris' weed? I don't know. And that is why I put the question to you, good fellows of EoFF.

all i know is that he is the adoptive grandfather of nanaki
god knows how he floats

This must mean FFVI is made of shear awesomeness because anyone in VI can float!! (as long as someone knows the spell)

A can of pinto beans and anything's possible.

He sits on a magic green floating ball, obviously.

I always thought he was an animated version of one of those inflatable bopping clowns. Or a giant Weeble.

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Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke

This must mean FFVI is made of shear awesomeness because anyone in VI can float!! (as long as someone knows the spell)

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Nah, everyone in FFVII can float but Bugenhagens ridiculous weight of Awesomeness just forces them onto the floor. He is that good.

Bugenhagen floats, but the Chocobo Sage floats, is purple, AND wears an awesome hat. The Sage gets no love.









And bringing up Six in a Seven thread when there was absolutely no reason for it whatsoever? Why, that's almost as rare as bringing "Seven sucks" into Six discussions for no reason whatsoever!

Durp hurr hurr.

I'm assuming he uses a kind of gravity materia, or something based on it. Good substitute for a wheelchair, especially in the ladder-obsessed town of Cosmo Canyon.

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Originally Posted by Azar

He sits on a magic green floating ball, obviously.

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This is it. The game's graphics just didn't do the best job of making it clear, so it looks like his body just tapers off to a stump.

Maybe he wears invisible pants and rocks back and forth on the balls of his feet all the time?

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

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Originally Posted by Azar

He sits on a magic green floating ball, obviously.

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This is it. The game's graphics just didn't do the best job of making it clear, so it looks like his body just tapers off to a stump.

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Ah. He's actually sitting on that thing? I previously assumed he'd either lost his legs, or that they were inside the... object. Do you have any of his concept art? It'd be neat to see how he was originally envisaged.

He's a sage, like the Chocobo Sage. Sages float. Dur.

He doesn't float. He farts eternally, the force of the gas continually giving the illusion the he is 'floating'.

its weird nobody here saw the ropes hanging from the ceiling..