Full Motion Video
Full Motion Video, shortened to FMV in some scenarios, refers to the fully animated cut-scenes present in the PlayStation release of Chrono Trigger, as part of the Final Fantasy Chronicles. Void of any voice-overs, the FMVs include the most dramatic and substantial themes in the game, ranging from Ayla and Crono flying to the Tyranno Lair on Dactyls, to Frog opening the Magic Cave with the newly repaired Masamune, to the wedding of Crono and Marle, and many more. Nine FMVs are present in the release, playing once the in-game event has been triggered. These videos appear in Chrono Trigger (DS), as part of an unlockable bonus feature.
Videos
Opening
The first FMV opens with the song, "Crono & Marle - A Distant Promise", with the sound of gulls squawking as they soar over a blue ocean presumed to be outside of Crono's bedroom in Truce village. The camera shifts to a picture of Crono and his many friends. The title Chrono Trigger appears over Crono's face, before fading to an image of Lavos and the Earth. The main theme plays, as a clock scrolls through the years, staring with Ayla in Prehistory, moving to the floating islands of Zeal in Antiquity, then to Frog looking up at Fiendlord's Keep, followed by Lucca and Crono overlooking Guardia Castle during the Middle Ages, ending with Robo overlooking one of the many domes in the Future. The next scene shows the Epoch flying toward the screen, fading into a scene of Crono, battling Masa & Mune with a Katana. An unknown Fiend jumps at Crono, but Marle shoots it down with her Crossbow. Ayla running through a forest appears in the following scene. The remaining scenes show Lucca being enclosed by Robots, firing her pistol uselessly, until Robo saves her; Frog appears in Hero's Grave, morning Cyrus' death; Lucca builds the Telepods while her father, Taban, sleeps in the backdrop; Marle, dressed as Queen Leene, evaporates in flare of green fire, due to a grandfather paradox, her Pendant dropping; Magus, standing on a cliff, smiles shows his fangy smile; Black Tyranno and Azala attack Crono, Ayla, and Robo, on a narrow bridge at the Tyranno Lair. Crono, Lucca, and Frog battle Zombor, on what appears to be the bridges that connect the Prison Towers; Frog and Crono using X-Strike on Zombor; Marle and Lucca cast Antipode Bomb on Heckran, while Crono splits it in two; Crono and the others fly off into the horizon as the game title appears on a white background.