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About
Tidus’ Laugh/Tidus Laugh Remixes are songs that are composed with a forced laugh uttered by main protagonist Tidus in Final Fantasy X. Online, the scene is (in)famous within and outside the Final Fantasy fandom, and is primarily utilized as a tool of ironic humor, and is considered an example of poor English.
Origin
The laugh originates from the 2001 PS2 video game Final Fantasy X. When character Yuna asks to hear his laugh, Tidus performs the forced fit of laughter, with Yuna joining in on the laugh later on. As Final Fantasy X was the first in the series to feature full voice acting, the scene appears in both the Japanese and English releases.
Spread
Almost as soon as the release of Final Fantasy X the laughing scene has often been ridiculed, questioned about, and misunderstood about the true meaning behind the moment online. Throughout the years, the scene remained fairly exclusive within the Final Fantasy community, with only few edits appearing around in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s.
A resurgence of popularity regarding the Tidus laugh began around 2015, with various successful remixes of Tidus’ laugh appearing in YTPMV’s.
Following the slow resurgence of Tidus’ laugh, on March 23, 2016, James Arnold Tyler, the English voice actor of Tidus, explains how the laugh came to be.The video currently has over 100,000 views.
Tidus Fantasy X
With a sudden influx of Tidus Laugh remixes, on September 8, 2016, modder Johnny Mac released Tidus Fantasy X, a mod which replaces the entire Final Fantasy X soundtrack and Tidus’ dialogue with his English laugh, to the appraisal of the community.