Palmer



Palmer is the miserably incompetent head of Shinra Electric Power Company's failed Space Program in Final Fantasy VII.

Appearance and Personality
Palmer is a short, overweight man with thinning grey hair and grey-blue eyes. He wears a white shirt and a double-breasted, tan-colored suit with matching bow-tie.

He is childish and cowardly, being very enthusiastic about everything, but preferring to hide rather than take action himself. He also loves to drink tea with liberal amounts of sugar, honey, and lard.

Story
He is first seen during the executive meeting on Floor 66 of the Shinra Headquarters, where he asks that his Space Program benefit from the Mako rate hike President Shinra wants to enforce. Following Sephiroth's rampage at the Shinra Headquarters, Palmer is the one to confirm Sephiroth's return from where he is found cowering behind a pillar.

Palmer later goes with the new president, Rufus, to Rocket Town to steal Cid's plane. However, the party intercept Palmer, forcing him to abandon the plan in order to battle them. His efforts are in vain, and he is defeated.

Although he is hit by a truck as he tries to escape Cloud and company, he, along with Reeve and Rufus, is one of the few Shinra executives to survive the events of Final Fantasy VII. After Meteor is summoned, Palmer sets the rocket in Rocket Town to auto-pilot to collide with the Meteor, with Cid, Cloud, and the other party members trapped inside. The party manages to use an escape pod to return to the Planet, and Palmer is never seen again afterward. Palmer has yet to make any further appearances in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.

Boss
Palmer is fought as a boss in Rocket Town and can use Mako Gun which casts either Fire2, Ice2, or Bolt2 on the target. It is a rather comical battle due to Palmer's silly act.

Hidden scene in Honey Bee Inn
Dummied content featuring Palmer in an unused version of the Honey Bee Inn lobby exists in the first Japanese release of Final Fantasy VII. By hacking the game, a scene that can never be viewed in the actual game can be played out. The scene's data was removed from all International releases, as well as the Japanese International Version release, which is based on the North American version.

The music unique to this scene is not used anywhere else in the game. The theme was previously unearthed from the game's PC version by hackers, but it was unknown for what scene it was intended. In the scene itself much of the dialogue reads as gibberish, as the game displays the wrong kanji. In the scene, Palmer has been visiting the Honey Bee Inn, claiming to be there for "marketing purposes". This backfires on him as one of the Honey Bee ladies implies Palmer is a regular.

Trivia

 * Shortly after Palmer is defeated, he narrowly manages to evade being chopped to bits by the Tiny Bronco. This is similar to a scene in  in which a German mechanic is chopped to bits by a Luftwaffe Flying Wing's propeller during a fight with Indiana Jones.

Palmer