Let's try and list the themes that keep appearing in Final Fantasy games! Say which ones you love, which ones you wish died and what new cliches would you put in the series!

I'll start with a simple one - the rule of three. Ever notice that in every FF since Final Fantasy IV, regardless of the total amount of party members, there is always three female cast members? Be it VI with it's 14 characters, 11 of which are male, or X-2, where you only have three party members, so guess what - they're ALL female! Their character types are similar in every entry as well - see the three faces of Eve article on TVTropes.

Though personally I always loved the (non-)humanoid animal characters. Umaro, Mog, Red XIII, and pretty much the entire cast of IX are awesome

Thoughts?