Doctor Tot



Doctor Tot (トット先生, Totto-sensei) is Princess Garnet's childhood tutor from the Alexandrian castle in Final Fantasy IX. He is the archetypal scatter-brained academic, with thick glasses and a constantly-wandering train of thought, but remains one of the princess's most loyal friends and comes to the aid of the party multiple times, such as when he reveals the location of Gargan Roo. Doctor Tot was born in 1740, some sixty years before the start of the game. Doctor Tot keeps his residence in Treno, close to the Card Stadium. He has long been a fan of the card game Tetra Master and assists Zidane in the card tournament by giving him more cards should he run low.

Doctor Tot helps diagnose Garnet once she had lost her voice and says she needs calm before she would return to normal. He also attempts to cure Regent Cid who was trapped in the form of an Oglop, though he is unsuccessful.

Tot was Garnet's tutor before the beginning of the game and says she was once similar to Eiko, after Eiko wishes to be more like Garnet. Eiko requests Tot's help with a letter for Zidane, and he helps her write a sonnet for him. After their first meeting the Doctor is stunned by Eiko's casual revelation that she is from Madain Sari and his musings on summoners, the four jewels and the summoners' village reveal much of the Garnet's backstory, explaining how she came to be in Alexandria as well as the connection between jewels and Eidolons.

Etymology
Thoth is the Egyptian god of magic and knowledge.

Trivia

 * In the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary remakes of the original Final Fantasy, Tot is one of the automatic names the player can choose for the Red Mage job.

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