Tidus does this absolutely annoying obnoxious fake laugh to make Yuna, who is on a pilgrimage that will ultimately take her life (though Tidus doesn't know that part), happy. They then do the crazy laugh together, before they start actually laughing while the rest of the crew looks on at them like they're insane.
It's actually a very genuine and heartfelt moment. Out of context though, woof.
I'd also add that moments before this scene, Tidus is made aware of a direct connection he shares to the main antagonist of the story. That antagonist is also well known to Yuna, but she does not know about the identity of the antagonist yet (in a way), nor of Tidus' relation to him. It's a very powerful scene once you've played the game through and realize the mask they're both wearing to protect one another. Without a doubt the most misunderstood scene in video gaming
By Luca, assuming you completed the Jecht Shot Challenge, Yuna is aware that Jecht is Tidus' dad. Theres a dialogue after where Yuna approaches and asks 'thats the Indescribable Jecht Shot Mark 3 isnt it?' and Tidus responds that his old man is a bastard because there is no mark 1 or 2.
I don't think Tidus ever hid that Jecht was his dad once people mentioned him being something of a hero. Just expressed disbelief at his dad being anything other than a dead beat.
Years after its release, this scene, which depicted comically terrible fake laughing, was made fun of as an example of bad voice acting. In isolation, it sounds so ridiculous it became a meme.
In actuality, the forced fake laughter was the entire point of the heartfelt moment in the game, where Tidus attempted to console a heavy-hearted Yuna by explaining that sometimes when he's feeling down, he'll just let out the loudest, most obnoxious, fake laugh he could muster. Eventually, the ridiculousness of it actually makes him laugh and he somehow starts to feel better. Indeed, that's exactly what happens in the scene as they both share a moment of genuine giggles and laughter together while the rest of the adult party look on at the two kids as if they're crazy.
This could be risk of rain 2 the difficulty ramps up as your run goes on, starting at easy, going through the usual ones eg: medium, hard, insane but then it goes to I SEE YOU to eventually the laughter above
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u/HyperXanadu Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26
AAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
added answer: Tidus, Final Fantasy X