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Screenshot of Sabin Suplexing the Phantom Train in Final Fantasy VI. Seeking refuge from the Gestahlian Empire after fleeing Doma Castle, Sabin, Cyan, and potentially Shadow, board the train to look for other survivors of the castle's fall, but discover it is a train that carries the spirits of the dead to the afterlife. They fight their way to the engine to halt the train, but discover the locomotive itself is alive and it attacks them, the battle using a unique background to indicate the party is fleeing down the tracks from the pursuing train as they fight. When then Phantom Train is defeated, it agrees to let the party go and does so at its next stop when it picks up the spirits of the Doma victims.

Sabin is able to use the Blitz Meteor Strike, called Suplex in the Super NES and PSX releases, on the Phantom Train. Most bosses in the game are flagged as being immune to Meteor Strike/Suplex, but the Phantom Train is not. The ability of Sabin to use the attack on the Phantom Train was popularized due in large part to this video, where the Phantom Train inflicts Berserk on Sabin after the player enters the Suplex command; with Berserk amplifying his attack power, Sabin performs Suplex and deals 3,250 damage to the Phantom Train, destroying it in one attack. The scene is infamous in the series and has inspired a meme and associated fanart over Sabin's physical prowess in being able to Suplex an entire train.

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