Why Tifa Lockhart is an Amazing Character

When I first got into the Final Fantasy 7 games, Tifa became an instant favorite. In this video I go over all the reasons as to why Tifa Lockhart is one the of most well written video game characters, and FF7’s best girl. I hope you enjoy this character analysis.

Music Used:
- Tifa's Theme (FF7R)
- Ahead on Our Way (FF7)
- On That Day Five Years Ago (FF7)
- Who Am I (FF7)

Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Realism & Relatability: 1:02
Plot Relevance: 5:39
Conclusion: 11:42

All cutscenes and music used are not my own and are owned by Square Enix.

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[sergiophenix]

She is the perfect woman, cute face, sexy body and a caring attitude. Her only flaw is that she is not real.

[devak]

In Rebirth she’s almost single handedly keeping Cloud from falling completely apart mentally by her constant support. She’s a superb character and probably the best possible friend you could ask for

[Rogun]

"Her flaws and strifes she faces..."

I see what you did there

[BLa-lqbs]

Definitely not shallow🙋🏽‍♀️. I’m a straight woman, so her looks never mattered to me. Tifa has always been my favorite since I was a kid. I just always related to her. She’s a great character, definitely one of the best.

[LordMaliced]

Cloud would still have been a catatonic mess stuck in a wheelchair without Tifa's support.

[cloudspigtails]

Man, i love Tifa so much.

Whenever i tell people she's my favorite video game character of all time they tell me its cause of her looks right? Then i show them her OG Polygon design and say this is the Tifa i fell in love with. lol. Its her looks sure, naturally that's what most people gravitate too at first, but then you get to know her personlity, and her significance to the overall story. She's amazing.

[OldManSakaki]

I hate when people reduce her popularity to her sex appeal... she has far more depth and relevance than any FF character in the series.

[CyborgNinja]

What I always loved about Tifa was while her friends use all kinds of weapons to fight, Tifa just uses her fists. She will never hesitate to rush a 40 foot tall monster and punch it in the face repeatedly and I always thought that was one of the coolest things about her

[JasonGuitarHand]

I always found Tifa to be one of the most beautiful characters in all of fiction. Not only did i have a massive crush on her as a kid... She was beautiful written, femine, friendly, polite, caring and knew how to kick ass. I found her bond with Cloud to be very much organic and well written, although i wouldn't say they have an active romantic relationship like Squall & Rinoa, or Tidus & Yuna as romance really wasn't st the heart of the original FF7. I still found it to be a beautiful bond that was well thought out and something beautifully crafted. I'll always love Tifa, and she'll always be one of my favourite characters in all of fiction. Her only flaw is that she's not real, but she's too good for reality.

[tankeyuan]

adorable, motherly, perfect balance of cute and mature. and that voice and those eyes oh mah gawd

[DutchDread]

Tifa is amazing, I've always loved Garnet and Zidane, but honestly, Tifa and Cloud are probably the best FF couple. Their story and what they mean to each other is just *cheffs kiss.

[MEWMEWDENSETSU]

I love Tifa because she can be a mother, a sister, a friend, a lover.

[RealHyperHedgehog]

Saying Tifa fans only like her because of looks (basically calling them simps) is like saying people only like Princess Leia or Black Widow because of looks. Tifa is my favorite Final Fantasy character too.

[Agev_Cris]

Very good description of her character. Just a thing, when it is say that aerith support her with positivity and tifa take care of her, she also support her with positivity. The thing is that in that long train graveyard section tifa faces what it could possible be the same tragic again, to loose everything, every people she knew and made friends with, her house, marlene, her new "hometown". This affects her in a more personal level than aerith so is natural that she will be sometimes filled with troublesome thoughts, but even there when aerith get lost in a bad memory and start to cry, it is tifa who gives her words of encouragement and extend a had to her with a smile and it is the same when the party ends up in aeriths old bedroom in shinras facility, when aerith start to feel sad and talk about loosing parts of her, surrounded by whispers is tifa who pull her out and again with a smile and the words that they will find out another way.
It bothers me a little that the attribute of being positive only belongs to aerith, this because, I see tifa as the only 100% human being in the story and if this story has to teach us something I'd like to be that you dont need a weapon in your arm, nor mako enhancement neither cetra blood to make it through, and even if things were, are, will be difficult you can still keep a good heart and go forward as human being. Tifa's positivity shines as much as aeriths.

[roninjoey]

She is legit the hero of the game. You can trace all the plot motivations to her.

[Digital_David]

I truly feel that Tifa is not only my favorite Final Fantasy character, but my favorite video game character of all time.
All of the reasons provided in this video were spot-on for me.
Tifa is beautiful, sexy, caring, selfless, kind and full of heart.
***Spoiler Warning. Stop now if you haven't played

The paramount reason why I love Tifa is because she is such a good friend to Cloud. It's obvious that Tifa loves Cloud - I think that she is fully in love with him and it shows more as the game progresses, at least in the Ps1 FF7. The way that she doesn't correct Cloud when he talks about his memories of he and Tifa, especially their childhood memories...it speaks volumes to her sweet and selfless disposition. She sees that her friend is not well physically, emotionally and mentally, but she doesn't point out when he is wrong or give him grief. She is simply there to check on him and to ask if he is okay.

Yes, she relies a lot on Cloud, at first, but we later come to find out that she asked Cloud to work with Avalanche in order to keep a close watch on him.
She keeps all of her questions and concerns to herself - likely because there is already enough around her to cause both of them enough emotional turmoil. I feel she doesn't correct Cloud's memory of the past both because she doesn't want to hurt him further and also because she is afraid that those conversations are too devastating to her psyche to allow herself to consider them. It's a bit of vulnerability through strength and courage.

Wow, that was a diary of a comment. I sure love an underdog story and I love this game!!! <3

[coxfire]

Great piece! I've seen many people criticize Tifa for lying to Cloud (or not telling him he wasn't there in Nibelheim), but i always thought she doubted herself. One, Sephiroth stabbed her and she was in a coma after that, so, murky memories. Two: Cloud recounts the incident 100% how it happened (because he was actually there but hid from her). If someone recounted to me events to a T while ibm though they weren't there, then I would doubt my own memories too. In OG FFVII, Tifa learns to finallly speak up and express herself. She finally tells Cloud he "wasn't there", but mostly she finally shares her feelings. Great character as you say.
In truth, all characters are superbly written in FFVII, but I would say Remake made Barrett my MVP. Aerith is also super loveable, but her "Choses One" status makes her less relatable (although tifa/aerith friendship is one of my favorite aspect of the Remake)

[karlas]

Tifa reminds me of my mom ❤ She’s such a great, real and complex character ❤ i like aerith too but she doesn’t feel real to me, she feels like a fantasy (no pun intended) or a manic pixie girl

[rayvaul]

That was really well explained! This is the main reason why Tifa is one of my favorite characters, not just because that she is pretty which is the least important, it's just the way she was written and how well-thought out she was, not some lazily written Mary Sue like Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous Ladybug. Also the chemistry between her and Cloud is just perfect, which is a reason why I ship them together, they're perfect for each other. It's a crap shame that a lot of people shamelessly only look at her body and only care about it alone, than her actual character, and the connection that she has with real people. She truly feels like she is one of us even though she is only a fictional character.

Also, I noticed this video is incredibly underrated, this DESERVES more views! Let's share this with as many people as we can!
And you just earned yourself another subscriber Spyro! 😄

[yaninaayalaherrera]

She has been my favorite since I originally played OG over 20 years ago. She is relatable, strong, sensitive yet also flawed. In a world of supersoldiers, ancient mages, augmented powerful beings, she is the human one <3