Cat

Cat is a recurring animal in the Final Fantasy series. Less common than the dog, common house cats have appeared as pets and background elements in populated areas. Feline beings at times appear as monsters, summons and other magical beings, such as Gimme Cat in Final Fantasy IX and Cait Sith. However, this article focuses on cats as regular animals.

Final Fantasy VII
Cat's House in Wutai Village has an HP Absorb Materia upstairs, but the path to it is blocked by cats until after Yuffie's quest has been completed.

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
Tifa Lockhart owns a white house cat.

Final Fantasy VIII
Cats wander around Timber. There is a girl near the hotel who wants a cat but her mother is allergic. The back alley behind the Aphorora Pub has many cats and the Forest Fox Hideout has a cat living upstairs. The cat sleeps on the kid's bed, who comments that the cat gets bigger and he doesn't dare to move it. The cat model is enlarged if the player visits the house later in the game.

The Winhill pub has a cat that is part of the vase sidequest. After finding the other pieces, the player must speak to the lady upstairs till she mentions the flowers' aroma. The player must examine the flowers downstairs in the bottom right corner of the screen, and Raine's ghost will appear, but is replaced by a cat who has the last vase piece.

Final Fantasy IX
Alley cats are found in Alexandria and Treno. At the beginning of the game the player can find a boy, Tom, down at the docks near the church who asks Vivi to find his missing cat, Mittens. The cat can be found in the very first area of the city, where the statue stands in the middle. Talking to the boy after having found the cat nets the player the Bomb card.

Queen Brahne is depicted holding a cat in a painting in Alexandria Castle. A concept art for her.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Serah's cat in New Bodhum is Snow, named after her fiance Snow Villiers.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
"Stuck in a Gem" is a quest in Luxerion. Gem is a cat in the southeastern part of Luxerion, but in truth, "Gem" is a boy named Ronan whose desire to bring his cat back to life resulted with his soul being transferred into it by a potion he received from Lumina. Gem asks Lightning to restore her owner's soul back into his body. Lightning must speak to Rubrio, who resides in the area called Wall of Joy that can be accessed after midnight, when the gates to the Warren open. The Wall of Joy is north from Old Town, and Rubrio will be wearing a large straw hat. He will ask for two Niblet Hairballs to create Starlit Spice.

Ronan is located in the Market area of the Old Town, east from North Station and south from Wall of Joy. He is a boy surrounded by cats, who will react to the Starlit Spice and take it from Lightning if she comes upon contact with her forced to buy a new bunch. A good idea is to sprint around the cats to get near Ronan and quickly press the corresponding button to talk to him. Curing Ronan ends the quest.

Final Fantasy XV
There is a hungry cat in Galdin Quay Noctis wants to feed. After catching a fish and having it cooked by Coctura Arlund at the restaurant, the cat accepts the food.

The cat appears later in Cape Caem behind the lighthouse, again hungry. The player can either purchase luxury cat food from the shop at the parking lot for 20,000 gil, or have Monica Elshett cook a fish at the hideout's kitchen.

Trivia

 * The "secrets" section of Final Fantasy IX Ultimania explains that the legs of the Armstrong enemy in Final Fantasy IX are cat's legs and that there are four cats holding the Armstrong up. Armstrong has a cat motif on the weather vane on its roof and a shield on its left side.
 * NORA's motif in Final Fantasy XIII is a cat.
 * Miqo'te is a humanoid race with cat ears in Final Fantasy XIV.
 * Cat-Ear Hood is a recurring piece of equipment in the series.