Cait Sith

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Cait Sith (ケット・シー, Ketto-Shī?) is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series. It is a feline beast whose exact traits vary—sometimes it is an enemy, sometimes a summoned monster and sometimes an ally. It most commonly appears as an anthropomorphic black cat with a white stomach wearing red boots, a small red cape or scarf, and a golden crown. When appearing as an enemy, though, it is often a palette swap of the Coeurl. Cait Sith's most prominent appearance is in the Final Fantasy VII universe, where he has appeared as a playable character.

AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy IIEdit

Cait Sith is a new enemy added to the Game Boy Advance and later remakes, appearing in the Soul of Rebirth bonus quest as opponent in the Unknown Palace. As with its counterpart, the Coeurl, Cait Sith uses Blaster.

Final Fantasy IVEdit

Cait Sith (also called Panther) is an enemy encountered in the Lodestone Cavern, and forests near Troia and Mythril. It uses Blaster to paralyze or instantly kill a party member.

In the 3D versions, Cait Sith poses the same threat, and it is often better to run from them until Cecil can equip Holy weapons.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-Edit

Cait Sith can be summoned by Marionetteers.

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

Cait Sith acts similarly to the original game, and is encountered in various locations around the world.

Final Fantasy VEdit

In various foreign language versions, the Gaelicat is named "Cait Sith". In the Advance version when Metamorph transforms into the Gaelicat its name is "Cait Sith". This is appropriate as Cait Sith is a cat of Gaelic origin.

Final Fantasy VIEdit

In its first appearance as a summon, Cait Sith (also called Stray), is an esper, and one of the first four magicite pieces the player acquires in Zozo. It costs 28 MP to summon and uses Cat Rain to Confuse all opponents with a hit rate of 128. It also increases Magic by 1 at level up, and teaches Confuse (x7), Imp (x5) and Float (x2).

Compilation of Final Fantasy VIIEdit

Cait Sith is a party member and continues to appear in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII along with the rest of the party with various roles. In Final Fantasy VII he rides a giant stuffed moogle, and in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children he helps the party battle Bahamut SIN riding on Red XIII.

In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, additional scenes show him briefly atop his moogle in the Northern Cave when recounting the fight with Sephiroth. In his other appearances in the Compilation, he appears alone. Cait Sith is temporarily playable in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, and is a minor NPC in Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- that assists the player character in a mission.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-Edit

Cait Sith is a summon for Zack, appearing on the Digital Mind Wave once Zack acquires "Cait Sith's Megaphone" in a treasure chest in Mission 8-4-3. Cait Sith uses Courage Boost to cure Zack of Poison, Stun, Silence and Stop, and grants various status buffs, the duration of which varies depending on the level of the summon.

Boosts	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5
Endure, Barrier, MBarrier	30 seconds	40 seconds	50 seconds	100 seconds	Rest of battle
MP Cost 0, AP Cost 0	20 seconds	30 seconds	60 seconds	120 seconds	Rest of battle
Physical Null, Magic Null	5 seconds	8 seconds	10 seconds	15 seconds	30 seconds

Final Fantasy XEdit

Several of Lulu's dolls take on the appearance of Cait Sith.

Final Fantasy X-2Edit

Rikku dresses up like Cait Sith while wearing the Mascot dressphere. With it, she can use status-inducing elemental spells and debuffing abilities.

Final Fantasy XIEdit

Cait Sith is a summonable Avatar and a race of avatars in the Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess expansion, referred to as "Regal Felines". Several Cait Siths work together to travel through time and ensure the events of the Crystal War continue as they are intended. If an adventurer shows the ability to travel through time, the Cait Siths will enlist their help to relieve the suffering left in the wake of the Crystal War.

Cait Sith was also the name of a server.

Final Fantasy XIII-2Edit

Cait Sith is a Paradigm Pack monster who can fight along Serah and Noel in Medic role. It can use Kitty Clock (Cat Punch in Japan) as its Feral Link. It is a brown cat with long ears similar to those of a fennec fox and travels in a brown, hovering cone-shaped urn with ear-like handles.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIIEdit

A garb design of Cait Sith was made, but not used.

Final Fantasy XIVEdit

Cait Sith made his first appearance in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward in patch 3.1 as a key figure in the Void Ark sidequest.

Cait Sith Doll is a minion for players who pre-ordered Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The minion's guide quote, "What may be a few to you was everything to those who died...", is a quote of the Cait Sith of Final Fantasy VII who said it in response to Barret's remark on AVALANCHE's collateral damage.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of TimeEdit

When wearing the Mythic Beast Sallet and Mythic Beast Plate a male Lilty resembles Cait Sith.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of LightEdit

Cait Sith is an enemy encountered in the Quicksand Castle and the Holy Tree Tower. Cait Sith's signature ability is Earth Blast.

Bravely DefaultEdit

Cait Sith is an enemy found in the Ruins of Centro Keep. They hassle opponents with their use of Blind. Cait Sith appears as a random enemy in the desert near Ancheim, it resembles the one in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. In addition, Panther shows as a different enemy in the same area with a similar appearance to the one in Final Fantasy IV. A different version of Cait Sith called Greater Cait appears in the Harena Ruins.

Bravely ArchiveEdit

Final Fantasy DimensionsEdit

The Cait Sith is an enemy encountered in the World of Light and the Cave to Deist.

Final Fantasy Dimensions IIEdit

Cait Sith is a dark-elemental summon. There are three versions of Cait Sith available; Morrow's versions, which teach him Ruin and Ruinra abilities respectively, and Wrieg's version of the summon, which teaches him Slow abilities.

Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit

Final Fantasy Airborne BrigadeEdit

Ability Cards

Legend Cards

Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit

Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII appears as a playable character.

The Final Fantasy VI version of Cait Sith was also set to appear as a Summoning ability, but doesn't appear in the final product. Its summon ability has no original attack name, but the animation used is based on Cait Sith's Cat Rain ability from Final Fantasy VI.^[1]

Mobius Final FantasyEdit

Cait Sith appears as a life-element ability card. Her ability is Cure which restores HP. She produces two life orbs in battle. She possesses the extra skills Enhanced Life, Esuna and Quick Cast. Her auto-ability is HP Up+3%. She can be obtained from the Ability Card Shop or through Summoning.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo TalesEdit

Cait Sith appears in the storybook Unicorn and the Town Musicians as the trumpet player. It is he who is part of a band along with Chip the Hamster and Unicorn. He also has several cards bearing his likeness.

CardsEdit

Cait Sith
#085	★	Yellow
None	None	Defend	Attack
Megaphone
Deal 3 damage and adds protect.

Cait Sith
#086	★	Yellow
None	None	Defend	Attack
Battle Trumpet
Deal 3 damage and causes Numb.

Cait Sith
#087	★★★	Yellow
None	None	Defend	Attack
Battle Trumpet+
Deal 4 damage. Color Boost Strength is doubled if opponent's card is gray.

Cait Sith
#088	★★	Yellow
None	None	Defend	Defend
Cat Rain
Deal 3 damage. CP Crush Destroy all crystals of the most abundant color in opponent's CP gauge.

Cait Sith
#089	★★	Yellow
None	None	Defend	Attack
Marvelous Cheer
Crystal Ability (***) Deal 1 damage for each *,*,* in opponent's CP gauge.

Cait Sith
#090	★★★	Yellow
None	None	None	Attack
Marvelous Cheer+
Crystal Ability (****) Deal 2 damage for each *,*,*,* in opponent's CP gauge.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearancesEdit

Itadaki StreetEdit

In Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable, Cait Sith is a chance card. The card's ability: Luck, will obtain some gils from your opponents.

Kingdom HeartsEdit

In Kingdom Hearts II, a special Gummi Ship blueprint called Cait Sith can be obtained by receiving an S-Rank in the Sunlight Storm (Mission 2). It costs 1180 munny and requires 179x Material-G, 6x Firaga-G blocks to make.

EtymologyEdit

[view · edit · purge]Cat sìth (meaning "faerie cat", pronounced "Kat Shee") is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its breast. Legend has it that the spectral cat haunts the Scottish Highlands.

The legends surrounding this creature are more common in Scottish folklore, but a few occur in Irish. Some common folklore suggested that the Cat Sìth was not a fairy, but a witch that could transform into a cat nine times.

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