Dancer (job)


 * For the Overdrive mode from Final Fantasy X, see: Overdrive Mode

The Dancer (踊り子 Odoriko lit. Dancer) is a job that appears in various games in the series. Dancers are often characterized as female, and wearing overly revealing attire. Other times, they just happen to be Moogles. Dancers are often present as non-player characters in Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, and Final Fantasy VII (Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy VII feature brothels as well). However, in some games, the Dancer is playable as a job class. Dancers usually equip daggers, and one dagger of note is called the Dancing Dagger, which is usually associated with the Dancer class. Their ability, Dance, performs one of several actions chosen at random, and their stats are some of the lowest of all classes.

It should be noted, that even though Final Fantasy X-2 doesn't have a Dancer Dressphere, the Songstress has the ability to dance.

Prominent Dancers are Mog, the Moogle from Final Fantasy VI, Lilisette from Final Fantasy XI, and Penelo from Final Fantasy XII as she appears in Revenant Wings and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.

Final Fantasy V
The Dancer is a class obtained from an Earth Crystal shard. The Dancer uses its various dancing skills to affect the enemy party in different ways.

Final Fantasy X-2
The Songstress Dressphere possesses a skillset which uses dancing to affect the enemy party.

Final Fantasy Tactics
The Dancer job can only be used by female units. It uses its different dances to inflict status effects and affect an enemy's stats.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Penelo is the only character able to use the Dancer job.