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Generally in _Final Fantasy_ the appearance of the final bosses have some sort
of relevance to one another and/or the plot ie.

_Final Fantasy VIII_

> 1st - Ultimecia Fights  
>  2nd - Ultimecia Summons Griever  
>  3rd - Ultimecia junctions Griever (similar to what Adel does with Rinoa)  
>  4th - Ultimecia begins absorbing all of reality (time, space, existence,
> stars and planets from across the space/time continuum)

_Final Fantasy XIII_

> 1st - Barthandelus fights the l'Cie to try and force their hand  
>  2nd - Menrva enter into Orphan's Pool and gives birth to it, Menrva and
> Barthandelus are assimilated forming Orphan's protective outer shell  
>  3rd - Orphan emerges exposed from the protective outershell

But with _Final Fantasy VII_ i'm not quite sure of the connection between the
Sephiroth who the party sees floating (after defeating JENOVA:SYNTHESIS), the
2 non-human forms the party fights then the human form Cloud fights in the
end.

[![Sephiroth](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7FdETt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7FdET.png)
=>
[![Bizarro∙Sephiroth](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T5A64t.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T5A64.png)
=>
[![Safer∙Sephiroth](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBWKDt.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBWKD.png)
=> [![Sephiroth
Again](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vWcr6t.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vWcr6.png)

Above is the order they appear in. the first one (human, wearing his black
coat) is what he looked like before the battle against the 2nd final boss
start. the second image is Bizarro∙Sephiroth who is the second final boss. the
third image is Safer∙Sephiroth who is the third final boss and the forth image
is what Sephiroth looked like in the cinematic battle (where while it shows a
battle it's rigged for him to lose with Cloud gaining Omnislash and if he
fails to use it and Sephiroth attacks Cloud counters killing him)

My question is how does Sephiroth go from looking human at first to looking
like Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth before going back to human? is Bizarro and
Safer Sephiroth just more Sephiroth Clones and only the last topless Sephiroth
is the real Sephiroth?


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What is the logic behind Sephiroth's forms?


As you can remember (or according to [this Wikia
article](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Sephiroth_\(Final_Fantasy_VII\))),
Sephiroth's goal is to become god-like being, gathering a lot of energy.

According to [this
article](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Bizarro%E2%88%99Sephiroth), actual
name of Bizzaro Sephiroth is "Rebirth Sephiroth", and this is more like
intermediate form in his transformation to something more powerful, than he
was before. Initial stage of transformation can be seen, when Cloud's party
visits Northern Crater for first time: [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bm2yt.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bm2yt.jpg)
Safer Sephiroth is more like final form of his transformation (judging from
[this article](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Safer%E2%88%99Sephiroth), it
is more correct to call it something like "Seraph Sephiroth"). It is unknown,
if it is his desired form, but for sure it is closer to "god-like being", than
Bizzaro Sephiroth, as it looks more like majestic angelic being.

As last resort in battle, Sephiroth tries to manipulate Cloud, and final,
human form is embodiment of Sephiroth's impact on Cloud's mind, existing only
in Cloud's head. And by defeating this image of Sephiroth, Cloud frees himself
from this impact.


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Adding on to lentinant's answer:

It might be likely Seraph Sephiroth is not his desired form, thus only being a
"One Winged Angel," indicating that his metamorphosis into a God was
incomplete due to Cloud and company.


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