Final Fantasy began as a Japanese role-playing game series from Square, first released in 1987, and grew into one of the most recognisable franchises in gaming. Its music, characters and worlds have been revisited across many sequels, remakes and spin-offs, keeping familiar themes alive for new generations of players. Online, short clips from the series are widely shared in gaming videos, reaction edits and streams, where they work as instant shorthand for achievement, adventure and nostalgia.