Moogle (race)

Moogles are a recurring race in the Final Fantasy series. They have appeared in most games since Final Fantasy III. They are small, cute creatures that are generally helpful. In the same respect, they are very intelligent. They usually have white fur and red, purple, or pink wings, and a colored "pom-pom" sticking out of their head. Many exposed to people can speak their common language; however, most only know how to speak cries of "Kupo!"

The word Kupo is a trademark of the Moogles. When Moogles first appeared in Final Fantasy III, they used the word "nya", which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's "meow". This was changed in the later games to "kupo". In the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy III, "nya" was also changed into "kupo". Some games briefly mention a Moogle language formed out of various permutations of "kupo". This could explain why "kupo" can be added to the end of every sentence, despite the tone and actual context. It could be theorized that it is used as an emphasis of sorts, such as "I have lost my way, kupo..." being "I have lost my way, oh sorrow...", while "Thank you for the gift, kupo!" could be "Thank you for the gift, oh joy!". Square Enix has not revealed the actual meaning of "kupo", if such even exists.

Final Fantasy III
Moogles make their debut in this game as bodyguards for a wizard. A notable Moogle was named Mog. In the DS remake of the game, you can talk to moogles to enter mog-net mode, where you can transfer letters to friends with Final Fantasy III or send a letter to Final Fantasy III Residents.

Final Fantasy V
There was a Moogle Village in the Second World, and Bartz, Lenna, Galuf, and Faris rescue a stray Moogle and follow it there. Krile also owns a Moogle, and can use it to communicate across long distances. Krile's Moogle is the only one that can speak English. This is the first time in the series that characters dress as moogles, as Bartz and the party must wear a moogle disguise to get into the Moogle Village.

Final Fantasy VI
Moogles play a major role in this game. Mog is the first playable Moogle in the series, and there are ten others who join temporarily. Mog and the Moogles live in the mines in Narshe and help Locke rescue Terra. Only Mog can speak English, and Moogles have been known to dance quite a lot. Strago and Relm can dress up as Moogles by equipping the Moogle Suit.

Final Fantasy VII
Moogles are called "Mogs" and appear to be fictional in this game. They appear in the Gold Saucer mini-game Mog House. A Moogle is also visible in the Choco/Mog summon. Cait Sith is also riding a giant fat toy Moogle.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
One of the orphans with Geostigma is a little girl who carries a moogle doll.

Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-
Unimagined Moogle-Figures exist that you can sell for money and in the first stage, Vincent has to rescue a little girl, that also has a moogle doll like in Advent Children.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Moogle appears as a summon on the DWM after obtainingthe Moogle Amulet. Moogle Power casts Regen on Zack for 40 seconds and levels up his Materia based on the level of the DMW.

Final Fantasy VIII
The only Moogle in the game is the MiniMog. MiniMog is a "pseudo-Guardian Force", summoned with the command "MiniMog".

Final Fantasy IX
Moogles play a major role in this game. They are known as Save Moogles, and act as Save Points throughout the world. Each Moogle has a name, and most can speak English. They communicate to each other through a service known as Mognet, and the player can help deliver letters. Moogles also live in the Summoner village of Madain Sari alongside summoner (and playable character) Eiko. Notable Moogles in the game include Stiltzkin, a traveling Moogle who sells merchandise to Zidane; Artemicion, the head of Mognet; and Mog, a female Moogle who hangs out with Eiko. Moogles are also the subject of plays in the theatre district of Lindblum namely the Moogle Wannabee play, starring the famous actor Llowell who dons a moogle suit to escape from his avid fans.

Final Fantasy X
Moogles did not appear in this game as creatures; however, they appeared as dolls which Lulu used as weapons. This is similar to Final Fantasy VII, where moogles also appear as fictional beings.

Final Fantasy X-2
Yuna was dressed in a Moogle suit in Luca while LeBlanc held her concert. She can be played in Chapter 1. A moogle also appears in Chapter 5 in Luca that only Yuna can see. It helps her remember the memories of her, Tidus and the others. Yuna's Mascot dressphere appearance is the very same Moogle suit.

Final Fantasy XI
Moogles serve two purposes in Final Fantasy XI. The most useful of these is that each character has a Mog that sits in his house (AKA: Moghouse) and presumably watches over his things while he is out questing on Vana'diel. He takes care of the gardening as well, if the player has started a garden in his house. Secondly, there are many festivals in Final Fantasy XI that roughly correlate with many real or seasonal holidays that exist in reality (IE: Springfest, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and                           Valentine's Celebration). Moogles tend to administrate over these events.

Final Fantasy XII
Moogles are a very common sight in Final Fantasy XII, since they are one of the major races they appear in every city as background characters. The most infamous encounter being the six Moogle siblings: Montblanc is the head of clan Centurio, Nono serving as Balthier's mechanic, Gurdy running the Chocobo stables while her twin brother Hurdy and the two other brothers (Sorbet and Horne) operate a transportation system in Rabanastre that allows the player's characters to teleport to other parts of the city.

Known for their small bat-like wings, soft hair covering their bodies and the colored pom-pom on their heads, the Moogles are around 80-120 cm tall. In certain regions, Moogles call themselves with the pronoun "mog", but typically they end their sentences with the word "Kupo". Their intelligence and lifestyles are similar to Humes, which makes it easy for Moogles to live amongst the Humes. With their dexterous hands, they are knowledgeable in the field of engineering. It is said that Moogles built the first airship, a masterpiece of technological advancement. There are Moogles that are so advanced that they are able to learn the ultimate technology called Etoria. Most Moogles contribute to society with their great engineering capabilities. Not all Moogles become engineers; there are a few who become knights or mages. Throughout history, Moogle technology have been used in wars amongst the Humes, the different races and against monsters.

Located south of the continent of Ordalia is the city of Goug, a major Moogle city defended by Moogle-operated iron clad Walkers. The Walkers are also used in excavation and mining, and people would mistake them to be robots. Mog Walkers are also used as transportation. Humes, Bangaas and other races would overlook Goug as a normal city, and won't notice a quarter populated by little Moogles, and within are unidentified technology installed that even Moogles do not understand.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Moogles are in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings although the only one of any importance to the story is Nono

Final Fantasy Tactics
Moogles are extinct in Final Fantasy Tactics. They used to live in Sweegy Woods, though. In Final Fantasy Tactics, a Moogle serves as one of the Summon Spells available in the game. It provides healing, but not as much as Fairy.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
In Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Moogles are playable characters, most prominently represented in that game by Montblanc with Nono as a NPC. Their race's Totema is Famfrit.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
In Final Fantasy Tactics A2, the Moogle Hurdy is among the main cast. Moogles are also playable characters and have access to ten jobs, two being new ones not found in Tactics Advance.

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
In Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, Moogles live along with other Tribes and in various dungeons, where they will place stamps on a special card that will enable you to play a Mario Kart-esque minigame called Blazing Caravans. They appear armless, puffy, and are usually flying around. If you are playing a single player game, a moogle named Mog will carry your Crystal Chalice allowing you to move around in the dungeons. The Moogle Paint feature allows players to paint Mog. Moogles also delivers mail to you once you collect a drop of Myrrh. Moogles are not effected by the Miasma which causes the traveling moogle Stiltzkin to worry that moogles are just like monsters. Although his journey eventually leads him to Mag Mell where he finds out that moogle in fact have more connections to the Carbuncles then monsters. The moogles Stiltzkin and Artemicion also appear in the prequel game that takes places many years before the original game which could mean Moogles can live for a long time just like the Carbuncles.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, Moogles appear through out dungeons to help the party out and give them stamps which once again unlocks Blazing Caravans. Stiltzkin from the original game once again appears in this one and leads the group of moogle who are secretly trying to help out the main characters. They place signs where needed and will appear when a new character joins the party to teach the player about their skills and abilities. Artemicion also appears in this game and runs a shop that gives players HP, ATK, DEF, and Magicite/Item Pocket upgrades. The Moogle Paint feature returns once again with a major upgrade from the original.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, Moogles appear in the Kingdom to help out the young King Leo.

Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Later on in the anime, Kaze finds his old partner, a Moogle simply called Moogle Kupo. Moogle has the ability to power up Kaze's Magun, letting him summon more powerful versions of previous summons. Moogles were common in Kaze's homeworld, Windaria.

Non-Final Fantasy Appearances
Moogles have appeared in other Square-Enix games, most notably the Seiken Densetsu ("Mana") series and Kingdom Hearts series.

Chocobo series
In the Chocobo game series, Mog is always out to steal the spotlight from Chocobo. In Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, Mog (left) calls himself Dueler X and Dungeon Hero X, respectively.

Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2)
There is an entire village of Moogles in the Upperland. There is also a status ailment named Moogle.

Kingdom Hearts
In Kingdom Hearts, Moogles can be seen wandering around Traverse Town, and own a synthesis shop there. Another moogle in Cid's accessory shop speaks about the tournaments in Olympus Coliseum, though later on in the game when the tournaments have all been beaten he begins to suspect Sora of being the champion (which is inevitably true).

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
In Chain of Memories, moogles appear in "Moogle Rooms"; a special room generated by a map card of the same name. Inside Sora is able to cash in his unwanted cards for "moogle points" and is able to spend accumulated moogle points on purchasing new card packs. There is also a chance that the moogle will give Sora a free card pack when you first speak to it in an area. The moogle(s) in Chain of Memories are not given a name other than the collective "Moogle".

Kingdom Hearts II
In Kingdom Hearts II, the moogles run synthesis shops. However, unlike Kingdom Hearts, only holograms of moogles run the shops (according to the game's journals, this is because the Moogles are tired of people touching their pom poms and started doing business this way). The only Moogle that does not appear as a hologram is called Mog. All the Moogle shop owners have names that are related to Final Fantasy Moogles(e.g. "Stiltzkin's Synthesis Shop").

Mario Hoops 3-on-3
The Moogle appears as a secret character in the Mario sports game, Mario Hoops 3-on-3. This is mainly because Square-Enix developed the game. Moogle's special shot is Moogle Dance.