It's a great Hail Mary play and I appreciate how well it works. I remember an LPer or reviewer (much the same honestly) was able to use L Mag-RF and Triple Triad to get Raise at that point, and that worked out pretty much the same. I do remember the first time I ever played it; I was honestly a little freaked out by that, "YounG LADY!?" line. For all the criticisms people level at FF8, there were several very well-scripted moments throughout the game that really got their intended mood across even in text.

Secrets of Mana, and Chronos Trigger, are my favourites.

As well as Shinning Force, Breath of Fire, Phantasy Star, and Illusion of Gaia.

Yep. The game had a “Wall” effect which would bounce any spell you cast on them back on yourself.

But, what if both the players and the monsters both had Wall active? That situation would have an infinite recursion problem. The solution for the game was to say that a spell could only bounce once. That solution led naturally to monsters that always had Wall up and would cast a lot of spells so that you could defeat them by using Wall on yourself.

For clarification to slightly younger readers who may not immediately think of it, unless this same boss style is repeated (which I don't believe is the case), you're talking about North America's original FF2 / Japan and modern release FF4 on the SNES starring Cecil & Co. with the first big appearance of the ATB gauge, not Japan & Modern NES FF2 starring Firion & Co. with the per-weapon experience and code-word system, correct?

Mystic Quest came to mind for me too, but I was thinking one of the final bosses takes 9999 damage if you use a heal spell on him. You have to do it a few times to kill him.

Final Fantasy VI/III was a SNES game. The other 2 SNES Final Fantasy games were Final Fantasy IV (Final Fantasy II in the US) and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.