In the Beginning FMV, only 6 of the 8 reactors are operational.

In Midgar, it's always night.

Shinra, Inc must have one strict dress code: All the employees either wear gray suits or blue dresses.

For some reason, the guards at Reactor #1 are inferior to the guards at Reactor #5... and they're Inferior to the guards in the Shinra building, naturally, but then those guards are weaker than the guards in Junon. You'd think that Shinra would have better security at key points in it's empire....

The slums are full of debris, including enough distinguishable parts to make a Gundam-mech! (I've counted a few hands, some joints...)

Ever notice that there's a clean, beautiful waterfall behind Aeris' house? Where the heck is it coming from? And if flowers don't grow beneath the plate, how is she able to grow all those other flowers?!

When Aeris and Cloud are hanging out at the playground, you can see the chocobo behind the gate!

How come Aeris sells flowers for like, 500 gil outside the HoneyBee Inn and you don't get a cent?!

Speaking of the HoneyBee, This is the first time you see Cait Sith! Some people think this may be a sign that these are Reeve's parents... but what would he be doing spying on his 'rents?!

The "Cosplay" the President goes through with his executives @ the HoneyBee parallels the main story of FF7!

The guy who runs the materia store in Wall market... what's up with him, why won't he talk to Aeris?

At the Diner, you can get the "KOREAN BBQ plate".  I'm sorry, but.. where the hell is Korea in the FF7 world?!

Even though the owner of the Wall-Market weapons store apparently goes and grabs all the usable debris from Sector 7, his piles of trash don't seem to get any bigger. Speaking of which, why the hell are there "battery conduits" and why did the batteries fall out?

Don Corneo, based only on a fancy wig and expensive accessories, picks Cloud over Aeris and Tifa.  Weird.

Even if you fight your way into the Shinra building, no one bothers to alert President Shinra or any of the executives.  Furthermore, Scarlet, Heidegger, Reeve and Palmer completely disappear after the meeting.  Where are their offices?!

Did Jenova free itself, or did Sephy free it?  Why was Cloud's cell door open?  Why did Seph choose THAT time to free Jenova?  Damn plot devices.

It takes the Shinra about 10 seconds to get on motorcycles and catch up to you after you escape.  Talk about readyness!

When you split your party up after leaving Midgar, if you choose Aeris and Tifa, Barret just shakes his head and says "Figured you'd do that."  If you choose Barret and Nanaki, Tifa and Aeris go "Very..." "...Interesting." "Well, have fun... boys."  So Cloud is either a man-whore, or gay.  Gee, thanks.

KALM

When you get to Kalm, no one seems to care about the big black dude with a gun for an arm, despite the otherwise total lack of people of color, or those with prosthetic weapons, as well as the huge cat/dog thing that can talk.  Yet, they single out Sephiroth when he walks by (And you just happen to have missed him while you were flashbacking/shopping/etc)

Kalm is the beginner of a disturbing trend: Towns in this world do not have police stations, firehouses, or hospitals; and many houses lack bathrooms.  Yet, they all have BARS.  Yeah, people in this world definitely have their priorities straight.

Also, you can only go into the houses where you can see the doors.  If a house has its back to the camera, then no dice.  However, you can go into any and all houses where you CAN see a door, and take anything that's not bolted down or on fire, and nobody minds.  "Hi, I'm a complete stranger who just walked into your house, told you you're full of crap, and stole the elixer in your closet.  Whatchyou gonna do, huh?!  Mwah ha ha!" 

The only exceptions to the above are in the kitchen in the back of the bar, where a very BIG MEAN cook will bitch you out the second you step past the doorframe, and there's also a "Locked" chest which resides in the background of a house.  It'll never open.

In Kalm, there's a big ol' mideval looking tower that overlooks the whole town.  And there's a shotgun inside.  Scary?  Hells yes.

If some guy told me how to "Save on the world map", I'd be very afraid.  But this is a video game, so it's okay.

CHOCOBO RANCH

You know how you have to get a chocobo to make it across the swamp?  Well, you don't NEED to.  It's very possible to sprint across the swamp without getting caught.  Also, Aeris has this nice little limit called "planet protector" which is possible for you to have by this point which makes your party invulnerable, so that snake ain't so bad-lookin now, is it?

Some people have claimed to have level 50 characters with all their level 1-3 limits by the time they get to the chocobo ranch.  Some people don't have lives.

MYTHRIL MINES & FORT CONDOR

How the hell did Elena get up on that ledge, why was she there, where did she go when she got down... aaaaggh!

Big Bird: The condor on top of fort condor must be at least five stories in height.  They'd be hard to miss... So why don't we see any more?

The guy in the FC shed talks about having sent their wives and children to a "nearby village".  The closest place on the map is Junon.  So unless there's "invisible" villages, they sent their loved one right into the hands of the Shinra.  Smart.

Easiest, cheapest way to win a fort condor battle: let the enemy reach the shed, and fight the commander yourself.  Even if you lose, you're spared and return to the shed with 1 hp left.  Way to penalize bad gameplay.

JUNON

You manage to find TWO of those damn worthless, controversy-worthy 1/35th soldiers lying around.  This makes you wonder what they do, and how many more there are.  Square is very, very evil.

I'm not 100% positive, but I'm under the impression that Rude's little pub is actually a gay bar.

A shopkeep hires prostitutes to bring people into his materia store.  I wonder if that would work in real life?

SHINRA BOAT

The whole thing doesn't even make sense.  Where'd all the dead bodies come from?  Where was the rest of the crew?  (I'd assume it'd take more then 5 people to run a ship...)

250 gil for "rest".  Yeah right, that sailor was probably pushing drugs!

COSTA DEL SOL

In case you don't speak any Spanish, this translates into "Coast of the Sun".  Now, my question is:  Where the hell is Spain?  First Korea, and now this!  What next, a reference to Greece?  (oh, wait, Buggenhaggen says later in Disk 2 "It's all Greek to me!", so I guess that answers that...)

Hojo -trying to tan while in a LAB COAT- is surrounded by beautiful women who want him.  I'm sorry, but... gah, no!!!

You can try to drown the little kid who's swimming, you evil bastard.

People who've played the game a few times will realize that the inn-keeper kinda looks like... nah, couldn't be...

COREL/GOLD SAUCER

Whoever built that railroad should be institutionalized.  Speaking of which, you know how it goes up and down and up and down, is broken in areas, etc?  Well, later in the game, you chase one train while on another (which is on the other track), and yet none of this seems to be a problem.  Way to go, Square.

A black woman talks about having a husband who lost an arm.  Later, she gives you Barret's final limit break.  I mean, okay, Barret SAYS his wife is dead (and was suffering before that), but... I dunno... suspicious...

In the flashback, you see a dog chasing a cat.  Then a boy, in an act of charming Darwinism, chases the dog and cat.  Finally, the two animals join forces and start going after the boy.

By my estimate, The Gold Saucer is almost twice as high as the Shinra tower.  No, nothing scientific went into this, it's just a blind guess =P

The owner of the Gold Saucer, Dio, seems to have an obsession with Square staples Chocobos and Moogles (which otherwise would have no place in this game.  Pitty.)

Traversing the Gold saucer is a guy in a big chocobo suit.  He's occasionally accompanied by a bouncy little companion smaller than Cloud's head o_O

Dio opens an amusement park catered to children.  Dio is big and hairy.  Dio walks around in his underwear.  Somebody arrest this guy!

It bears noting that the entire forest surrounding Corel was burnt down, creating a desert (oookaaayyy..).  Within 4 years, Dio built the Gold Saucer right over the mass grave that was once Corel, and uses what's left of it as a prison.  And yet, the people in North Corel, which looks like it'd be at least a few miles away, look like they're settling in what's left of a disaster area, even though they've had 4 years to rebuild, plus the fact that there's no reason any buildings up there should be destroyed.

..and oh yeah, the Tram is facing North: but the Gold Saucer is to the South.  The people at Square have one fucked up sense of direction.

The three guys in the prison who tell "all lies" manage to slip and let out the truth: They admit the boss is a guy, and it turns out, he is =P  They also say you'll met him, even if they do point you in the exact wrong direction.

There's a lot of race cars in Corel prison.  And some Shin-ra trailers.  Maybe the place used to be a race track?

See the big Shinra sign that has the word "Pyck" on it?  Well, if you look rrreeeaaall close, you'll see that it actually says something else, but some censor added a couple poorly-done marks to obscure the original letters.  (I think this is just the US version...)

When you confront Dyne, he's obviously a smaller guy than Barret is... but when you battle, Dyne suddenly grows like, a foot, and is taller than Barret... o_o

When Dyne tosses his pendant over to Barret, apparently it was just a spare: You still see it on his chest as he throws himself off the cliff =P

Ester never mentions the most important part about choocbo racing: The stamina recharge trick!  In case you didn't know, hold down r1 and r1 to recharge your meter.  Damn bitch is holding out on us...

Cait Sith had mentioned a "Special exception" when talking about how no one had ever been released from the Desert Prison.  Twenty bucks says that "special exception" was Joe, based on his indignant reaction when he hears Cloud had only been down there for one day.

For some reason, even though Dio knows you're innocent, he makes you win the chocobo race before setting you free.  Bastard.

Wait, if DYNE is the one who did the shootings... he had to have gone up into the Gold Saucer some how (Never mind that this would have been impossible without using the elevator, to which only Mr. Coates has access... but he doesn't say anything about having let Dyne up before...).  Then he had to have VOLUNTARILY gone back down after shooting up the battle arena.  I... ow... my head >_<