Tonberry! : Inspired by Final Fantasy VII

Sneaky beings that slowly creep through the darkness carrying knives and lanterns. Their incessant, innocent stare stabs through opponents, pushing them over the brink of despair.

—Dissidia Final Fantasy museum description

The Tonberry (トンベリ, Tonberi), sometimes known as Pug, Dinglberry, Tonberries and Meteor Master, is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series. Since its debut in Final Fantasy V, the Tonberry has become a series mainstay and along with the Behemoth and Malboro, it stands as one of the series’s iconic and formidable enemies. It also appears as a summoned monster in several games.

Tonberries are small, usually no taller than three feet, although some games feature giant variants. They have green skin, round heads with small snouts, yellow eyes and a fish tail. They wear dark brown cloaks with hoods and carry an old-fashioned lantern and a small butcher knife. Tonberries usually reside within caves and attack alone, though in a handful of games they appear in small groups.

In battle, Tonberries advance towards the player party and when close use their signature Chef’s Knife attack, which either does massive damage or instantly kills a party member. If attacked, they counter with Karma, doing damage to the attacker based on how many enemies they have slain. Compounding their offensive strength is their high HP.

The Master Tonberry and Tonberry King are common variants, being stronger Tonberries that are sometimes treated as bosses. To denote their higher rank they appear with golden stars or crowns over their heads.

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Malboro! : Inspired by Final Fantasy VII

Grotesque, strange, plant-life beasts with countless tentacles and gaping maws. Despite being plant life, some are able to fly.

—Dissidia Final Fantasy Summon Compendium

The Malboro (モルボル, Moruboru), also known as a Molbol, Morbol or Oscar, is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series ever since its first appearance in Final Fantasy II. In early games they attack in large groups, and in later games tend to attack solo. Malboros are large, green, tentacled plants with an anemone-like head and large mouths. In most games, Malboros are much larger than humans.

Similar to the Tonberry, Malboros have ranked among the more difficult enemies in the series, as their signature move Bad Breath can inflict many status ailments on its targets, crippling unprotected parties. Malboros often have other status attacks as well, and other breath-based attacks. Common variants include the Great Malboro (モルボルグレート, Moruboru Gurēto), and the Malboro Menace (モルボルワースト, Moruboru Wāsutu), among others.

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Gullwings : Inspired by Final Fantasy X-2

Oh, in case you’re wondering, the Gullwings are sphere hunters, and sphere hunters are, well… This! We fly all over Spira. I’m really enjoying myself.

—Yuna

The Gullwings, (written Gull Wings during blitzball), and known as the Seagulls (カモメ団, Kamome Dan) in the Japanese release, is a neutral sphere hunting group that Yuna, Rikku, and Paine belong to in Final Fantasy X-2.

As implied by the term “sphere hunter”, their main purpose is to hunt and obtain spheres in order to assist in the uncovering of Spira’s history. The group ends up providing a variety of additional services throughout the game, mostly because of Yuna’s innate compulsion to help people in need and also by her inability to say “No”. The group travels around Spira by use of their airship, the Celsius.

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Flan! : Inspired by Final Fantasy VII

Freely contorting its amorphous form, the flan will consume the unwary, leaving not even bones behind. They can suspend their sticky bodies from walls and ceilings, waiting patiently for prey to come to them.

—Theatrhythm Final Fantasy CollectaCard description.

Flan (プリン, Purin, lit. Pudding) is an enemy species from the Final Fantasy series, first appearing by the name “Flan” in Final Fantasy II. Flan are true to their name, as they are gelatinous, cylindrical creatures, generally possessing large eyes and a mouth that takes up the majority of the front of their body. In many games, they have stubby arms that spurt from the sides of their body.

In most games, their names are synonymous with “Jellies”, “Puddings”, “Oozes”, or similar, while in other games, Flan is its own type of creature.

In many games, Flan are weaker creatures, encountered fairly early in the game. In some games, there are some Flan with elemental affinities, such as an Ice Flan or Dark Flan. Flan, like other gelatinous creatures, are usually resistant against physical damage but weak to magic. Fittingly, they are also likely to be formidable casters.

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Black Mage! : Inspired by Final Fantasy VI

Not hate, but love.

—Dissidia Final Fantasy, Black Mage Lore

The Black Mage (黒魔道師 or 黒魔道士, Kuromadōshi), also called Black Wizard, is a job class in the Final Fantasy series, and is featured in several installments.

Black Mages wear outfits similar to classic wizards, consisting of blue robes and pointy hats, usually yellow or brown. Their faces are not visible in the shade of their hats, except for their eyes which shine brightly. A Black Mage’s primary ability is to cast Black Magic, which usually consists of attack spells, but also contains some effect spells.

In later installments, Black Mages are given the Focus ability, which allows them to store power for the next turn. Their magic is their main focus and in this, Black Mages are one of the simplest but most effective jobs. Black Mages usually equip magical rods and staves, but also sometimes daggers. Their armor is limited to lightweight vests and mage robes. Black Mages, as with most mages, have high magical stats but low HP and defenses. The Magus job is a more powerful version of the Black Mage.

The Black Mage has become one of the most recognized symbols of the Final Fantasy series, similar to the name “Cid”, chocobos, and moogles.

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Besaid Aurochs Blitzball Team : Inspired by Final Fantasy X

Well, well, well! If it isn’t the Besaid Aurochs! They’re a living, breathing, statistical impossibility! I’ve never seen a team this bad!

—Blitzball announcer

The Besaid Aurochs (ビサイド・オーラカ, Bisaido・Ōraka) are a blitzball team in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 that represent the island of Besaid. They are considered the worst team in Spira, and are mostly concerned with doing their best as opposed to winning.

When Tidus, a champion blitzer, is transported to modern-day Spira, he joins the Aurochs and leads them to the tournament finals against the best team in the league, the Luca Goers. The match outcome depends on the player.

The Aurochs (with the exception of Tidus) wear yellow uniforms with crossed black straps and black pants.

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SeeD : Inspired by Final Fantasy VIII

SeeD… (…A code name, for Balamb Garden’s elite mercenary force… SeeD… Combat specialists…) …Don’t you already know?

—Squall

SeeD (ＳｅｅＤ [シード] is a mercenary force in Final Fantasy VIII whose operatives graduate from Balamb Garden. SeeD is a mercenary force for hire, conducting missions around the world as battle support and undercover operatives. Their services are requested by governments and civilians; their tasks range from providing military support to protecting civilians to slaying monsters.

Only Balamb Garden trains SeeD cadets, but members from the other Gardens can transfer to Balamb for the field exam. All SeeD are stationed at Balamb. The SeeD specialize in high-level para-magic via the use of Guardian Forces.

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Moogle! : Inspired by Final Fantasy VII

These mysterious beings tend to flock around humans, closer to man than beast. They communicate via their network Mognet and their distinctive cry of ‘Kupo!’ and fluffy appearance endear them to all.

—Theatrhythm Final Fantasy CollectaCard description.

Moogle (モーグリ) is a recurring race in the Final Fantasy series. They first appeared in Final Fantasy III and have appeared in some capacity in every main series game since, with the exception of Final Fantasy IV.

The importance of moogles to the plot varies, ranging from playable characters to cameos. Several—such as Mog, Stiltzkin, Artemicion and Montblanc—have made repeated appearances. Moogles occasionally appear as a summoned monster, usually to grant beneficial effects to the party.

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Gold Saucer Chocobo Racing : Inspired by Final Fantasy VII

Wark!

—Chocobo

Chocobos are a form of transportation, entertainment, and a gameplay element in Final Fantasy VII. In addition to appearing as a summon, they can be raised and bred at the Chocobo Farm, used to travel to locations otherwise inaccessible, such as Materia Caves, and can be raced at the Chocobo Square in the Gold Saucer.

When riding a Chocobo, the player encounters no enemies. The player can capture a Chocobo near the farm to cross a swamp due to it being fast enough to evade a giant snake in the area. While they appear throughout the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, the only game where they have any story importance is Final Fantasy VII.

Final Fantasy VII is one of the few games where the term “Chocobo” is capitalized. This has been changed for the other Compilation of Final Fantasy VII titles.

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Cactuar! : Inspired By Final Fantasy VII

Few know that this reclusive desert-dwelling creature lashes together individual needles for its 1000 Needle attack, a fact which suggests that Cactuars are in fact intelligent enough for tool use.

—Theatrhythm Final Fantasy CollectaCard description.

The Cactuar (サボテンダ) is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series as well as appearing as a summon. Cactuars are little cacti, typically depicted having stiff arms and legs, three black holes for their faces, representing two eyes and an oblong mouth, and three reddish quills at the top of their heads. They have their own language, mostly consisting of variations of the word “Ge-ka”, which resemble squeaks and warbles to the ear. Cactuars in Final Fantasy X appear to speak Al Bhed.

They were originally known as Cactrots, and later renamed to cactuar. Other variations of cactuar include Qactuar, Kactuar, Cactuer and Cactoid. Other languages refer to them as “Pampa”, “Kyactus” and “Cactilio”.

The cactuar’s debut appearance was in Final Fantasy VI as an enemy in the desert near Maranda on the World of Ruin.

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