What.

What.

What.

Signed, I guess? 
 
I didn't really catch it either. Mostly because "down" is a really specific way of saying "feather", and is a way not typically used unless you're talking about a type of pillow.

46:35 in this week's Bombcast, they're talking about Phoenix Down in FFXIII and how it's referred to as a "pile of feathers".
 
Phoenix Down. I never made the connection myself either.

My mind is not totally blown.

I had the exact same reaction as Jeff at the exact same time as he did. My mind was just completely broken.

I still don't get it. What else would a phoenix down be than a feather?

As far as I recall, the revive animation of Final Fantasies VIII, IX and X even involves feathers.

I don't know! I thought it was just some weird mistranslated term for like a reraise/resurrect or something before, never really put a whole lot of thought into it.

" I still don't get it. What else would a phoenix down be than a feather? "

Wait, people never realized that the image used for Phoenix Down's was a Feather?
 
I never made the connection with the name though, touché, Square.

I shat bricks

Er, it's not that hard to comprehend

" I still don't get it. What else would a phoenix down be than a feather? "

I'm more confused then blown.

Black Hawk Down.
 
Oh my god.
 
MY MIND HAS NOW BEEN BLOWN TWICE

" I had the exact same reaction as Jeff at the exact same time as he did. My mind was just completely broken. "

"Er, it's not that hard to comprehend "

Being that Final Fantasy VII was the only FF I played before XIII and even then, not all that much of it I can't say I made the connection because I hadn't thought about it that much. But as soon as I heard it I was like of course it is whats the big deal. My mind was hardly blown.

" @Meowayne said:

" I still don't get it. What else would a phoenix down be than a feather? "

Most people (Including me) made an assumption it was referring to the characters state of being downed. "

" Phoenix Down.
 
Holy shit why did I never think of that before the Bombcast? "

" Black Hawk Down.  Oh my god.  MY MIND HAS NOW BEEN BLOWN TWICE "

" Black Hawk Down.  Oh my god.  MY MIND HAS NOW BEEN BLOWN TWICE "

I'm on the same boat. Now it totally makes sense that in the FF "multi"-verse (insert "The One" reference here ) that they use the feathers from the "down" of a phoenix to revive a person. It's a better sounding name than "Phoenix Feather", at least.

I always thought it was a statement! As in, We have a Phoenix DOWN. It is DOWN!
 
Holy shit.

" 46:35 in this week's Bombcast, they're talking about Phoenix Down in FFXIII and how it's referred to as a "pile of feathers".
 
Phoenix Down. I never made the connection myself either. "

" I had the exact same reaction as Jeff at the exact same time as he did. "

Totally blew my mind away too. I always thought of it being a potion, and the name Phoenix Down being kind of an engrish way to elude to the rising/rebirth of a phoenix.

The animation for using Phoenix Down in some of the games is the characters throwing feathers. I thought it was pretty obvious.

Yeah. Feathers. Though, I like to think of it as a command, if you take phoenix as a euphemism for 'get off your ass'. 
"Phoenix, down?"

I always thought this was really obvious. I was way surprised that Jeff and Ryan hadn't realized this.

" I always thought this was really obvious. I was way surprised that Jeff and Ryan hadn't realized this. "

I just thought it was a play on words (e.g. Rising Phoenix).  Never knew that 'down' was another word for feathers... even after Jeff brought it up on the podcast.

" Black Hawk Down.  Oh my god.  MY MIND HAS NOW BEEN BLOWN TWICE "

My eyes have been opened! Makes me wonder what other things I haven't picked up on.

In the beginning I thought it was just another translation oddity.  I forget how I figured that out, exactly, but I guess since I'm a fan of the mythological phoenix, it sorta clicked.

What is going on?

Haha I just thought it was a fancy name for 'Life potion' when I played VII, but I kinda figured when I got to that bit at Mt Corel where you look in that nest and there's loads of phoenix feathers (baby phoenixes? Can't remember...), and you get a load of phoenix downs. I put two and two together then.

 
They mean down as in a down pillow, with feathers in it.
 
Phoenix Down, like Goose Down would be feathers of that animal, meaning a phoenix's feathers.

You know what's truly shocking? Vinny was actually Rich Gallup all along!

" You know what's truly shocking? Vinny was actually Rich Gallup all along! "

" You know what's truly shocking? Vinny was actually Rich Gallup all along! "

" @Drebin_893 said:

" I had the exact same reaction as Jeff at the exact same time as he did. My mind was just completely broken. "

This. Exactly this. "

I'm stupid and I haven't played FFXIII  so I don't get what that means. 

Ha! I can simply blame my own failure to realize this on not being a native english speaker, thus failing to make the connection between "feathers" and "down" before thinking it through.

I never thought of it either, and I've been playing Final Fantasy games for the better part of a decade. I do feel like an idiot now, but nice to see I'm not alone.

" I shat bricks "

My mind was equally as blown.... crazy...