Eat (command)

Eat, also known as Devour, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. The user swallows a weakened opponent whole, treating them as being removed from the battle, and sometimes granting the eater some sort of benefit.

Final Fantasy VIII
Devour is a command ability in which the party member attempts to eat an enemy. The ability can be learned from the Guardian Force Eden and taught to any GF via the Hungry Cookpot item.

Mechanics
Depending on the particular enemy and its level, the character may gain stats, recover/lose HP, or be inflicted with negative status effects. A successful Devour can be rare, especially in regards to stat-raising effects. It is recommended an enemy be weakened before attempting Devour. With Devour, it is possible to max nearly all stats to 255, albeit this could take months to do. If successful, Devour will earn the player only AP and no EXP. Human enemies, robotic enemies, and bosses (with the exception of Rinoa during the Adel battle) cannot be Devoured.

In a comical fashion, when a Devour attempt is made, the vision is censored and the screen will change to pictures of daffodils, an ocean, or a green field. The background music will also stop temporarily. If the Devour attempt is successful, the player will hear the sound effect of something being eaten. If it fails, the player will hear a buzzer.

Afterward, comments will be made on screen displaying the effect of the Devour ability. If the target's HP is greater than the user's HP Devour will fail and the target takes 8 damage.

Otherwise, Devour follows the following formula:
 * $$Devour \% = 100 * ((AttackerHP - TargetHP) / AttackerHP)$$

Enemies That Grant Stat Boosts
The list of enemies that grant stat boosts when eaten. All enemies must be above Level 30.


 * HP: Rinoa during Adel battle (ends in a Game Over) or Ruby Dragon
 * Strength: T-Rexaur
 * Magic: Behemoth
 * Vitality: Adamantoise
 * Spirit: Malboro
 * Speed: PuPu

Final Fantasy IX
Eat is Quina Quen's ability, and the method by which s/he learns Blue Magic. Eat removes an enemy from battle if their health is 12.5% or less of its maximum, and if it is an enemy Quina can learn a Blue Magic spell from, s/he will learn it. Eating subsequent enemies will not affect Quina's magic. In Trance Quina's ability changes to Cook, which has the same effect but works on enemies at 25% HP or lower.

A different Eat ability is used by the enemy Mimic, which only inflicts minor damage.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Quina's card has Eat as its special ability, usable for two Water CP and discarding another Quina card. The player can select an opponent's Forward that has received damage, and Breaks it if it has an ability or special ability.