Flan (enemy family)

Flan (プリン, Purin?, lit. Pudding) is an enemy species from the Final Fantasy series, first appearing by the name "Flan" in Final Fantasy II. Flan are true to their name, as they are gelatinous, cylindrical creatures, generally possessing large eyes and a mouth that takes up the majority of the front of their body. In many games, they have stubby arms that spurt from the sides of their body.

In most games, their names are synonymous with "Jellies", "Puddings", "Oozes", or similar, while in other games, Flan is its own type of creature.

In many games, Flan are weaker creatures, encountered fairly early on. In some games, there are some Flan with elemental affinities, such as an Ice Flan or Dark Flan. Flan are usually resistant against physical damage but weak to magic. Fittingly, they are also likely to be formidable casters.

AppearancesEdit

Final FantasyEdit

The four types of ooze monsters were inspired by classic Dungeons & Dragons monsters: Green Slime, Gray Ooze, Ochre Jelly and Black Flan (originally "Black Puddin). The Red Flan, a Final Fantasy original monster, has been added to this list in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary remakes, and can be found in the bonus dungeons.

Final Fantasy IIEdit

Flans acquired their own identity for the franchise; now looking more like desserts than ooze monsters, and were given new original shapes and names. There are four varieties of flan: the Green Slime, the Yellow Jelly, the Red Mousse and the Black Flan. The Flan Princess is added to the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary versions, and can be found in the Unknown Cave.

Final Fantasy IIIEdit

The Black Flan is an enemy and is found in the sewers of Amur and has the highest strength of all of the monsters in the area. There are also two other Flan types, the Slime and the Red Marshmallow.

Final Fantasy IVEdit

Flan enemies possess a near-impervious defense against physical attacks.

There are several other breeds: Flan Princess, Red Mousse, Black Flan , Purple Bavarois, Yellow Jelly, and White Mousse, Golden Flan, and Dust Mousse appear only in the Advance and The Complete Collection. In the 3D versions, physical attacks deal considerably higher damage than they did in previous versions.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-Edit

There are three types of flan:

• Black Flan
• Purple Bavarois
• White Mousse

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

There are eight types of flan:

• Green Cell
• Flan Princess (rare)
• Red Mousse
• Black Flan
• Dust Mousse
• Purple Bavarois
• Yellow Jelly
• White Mousse

Final Fantasy VEdit

There are no Flan, but there are a few creatures that are similar to them, such as the Gel Fish, Blood Slime, and Dark Aspic.

Final Fantasy VIEdit

Flan have no Defense and are immune to most elements. Flan can use Sticky Goo to Slow one party member. There are known two variants of Flan; the Flan and the Mousse. Flan Princesses appear as bosses in the Advance release.

Final Fantasy VIIIEdit

Blobra have varied elemental affinities. All physical attacks deal minimal damage to the Blobra. This monster holds most of the defensive status spells, likely a homage to its defensive nature.

Final Fantasy IXEdit

The Flan is an enemy that can be found in the Ice Cavern. There is only one variation of Flan.

Final Fantasy XEdit

Several types of Flan appear throughout Spira and each have different elemental properties depending on their location. While Flan-type enemies are strong against physical attacks, using Armor Break will cause them to take full damage from physical attacks.

• Water Flan
• Thunder Flan
• Snow Flan
• Ice Flan
• Flame Flan
• Aqua Flan
• Dark Flan
• Jumbo Flan

Final Fantasy X-2Edit

Flan live in the various locales of Spira. They are generally similar to the Flan encountered in Final Fantasy X, but, possibly due to Flan being a dessert of Spanish origin, they are given Spanish names, usually the Spanish word for the color they happen to be. It takes 20 kills to Oversoul a Flan.

• Flan Amarillo (yellow)
• Flan Azabache (jet black)
• Flan Azul (blue)
• Flan Blanco (white)
• Flan Palido (pale)
• Flan Rojo (red)

Sphere BreakEdit

Flan Coin
Coin No.	4	Coin Value	2
Trait	Item
Location	Find: Bikanel Desert (Western or Southern Expanses). Win: Practice Core Sphere or Easy Core Sphere players in Luca Stadium. Gift: x5 when first learning Sphere Break.

Final Fantasy X-2: Last MissionEdit

Final Fantasy XIEdit

Though there are formless slime enemies found throughout Vana'diel, Flan (usually called "puddings") are a specific type of Amorph found in the Near East, particularly around Halvung. These flan regularly cast black magic spells, unlike slimes and clots.

Due to the fact they take increased damage from spells, they are very popular EXP targets for black mages, red mages, and scholars.

Final Fantasy XIIEdit

Of the class of flan-type enemies, some have the ability to duplicate or divide to overwhelm an opponent with numbers. This type of flan bears an even greater resemblance to the dessert, as it is covered in syrup, or as the game puts it, caramel. Flan resist damage from guns and measures.

There are twelve variants:

• Flan
• Tallow
• Jelly
• Hecteyes
• Oiling
• Foobar
• Slime
• Etherian (Rare)
• Melt (Rare)
• Cubus (Rare)
• White Mousse (Mark)
• Orthros (Elite Mark)

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant WingsEdit

The Flan is an enemy type with four variants:

• Blue Flan
• Red Flan
• Yellow Flan
• Green Flan

Final Fantasy XIIIEdit

There exists an entire class of Flan-type enemies. Flan designed for military use in Cocoon have metallic components attached to them, while the wild flan are fully organic. Many of the wild Flan have the ability to merge with others of their kind in order to form larger Flan.

• Flan
• Dire Flan
• Monstrous Flan
• Flandragora
• Hybrid Flora
• Phosphoric Ooze
• Alchemic Ooze
• Flanitor
• Flanborg
• Rust Pudding
• Ferruginous Pudding
• Corrosive Custard
• Ectopudding (Mark)
• Gelatitan (Mark)
• Rotten Tomato (Dummied)

Final Fantasy XIII-2Edit

A child form of flan called Miniflan is introduced. Furthermore, the wild flans' ability to merge with others of their kind is taken to an extreme in the form of Royal Ripeness. Flandragora has been renamed to Flanbanero in reference to the Habanero pepper.

Flan play a role in the storyline at Sunleth Waterscape where a giant flan has appeared due to a paradox and is eroding the crystal pillar. Noel temporarily surrenders his trade as monster hunter for a bit of monster rescuing in 400 AF, rounding up lost miniflans with Serah, only to find that mischievous lesser Flan again threaten the Pillar.

It is mentioned in the Brain Blast quiz in Academia that during the annual Gran Pulse festival, La Prettina, an event that celebrates the coming of spring, people throw flan at one another. Furthermore, the Brain Blast quiz also mentions that Flan are terribly spicy in flavor. Flan are a regular food source of hunters, whose livelihood is threatened by the appearance of the Faeryl that sucks away the flan from the Archylte Steppe into the Sunleth Waterscape. Defeating the Faeryl removes Miniflan and Flanbanero from the Waterscape and adds them (returning them, as the story would have it) to the Steppe.

In a paradox ending in the Sunleth Waterscape, a giant flan takes over Cocoon and Serah, Noel and Mog sneak into the Waterscape with Noel disguised as a Microchu and Serah as a Miniflan in an attempt to defeat it by serving it a poisoned flan.

All Flan use one of two Feral Links, both doing physical damage: Twin Fists and Hundred Fists. Of the cyborg versions of the Flan, the Militarized Unit Flanborg, also does Twin Fists, but Flanitor has a unique Feral Link, Hyper Rescue; this ability to heal the entire party instantly is one of the reasons for its popularity.

• Miniflan
• Flanbanero
• Flanitor
• Flanborg
• Phosphoric Ooze (Dummied)
• Royal Ripeness
  • Mutantomato

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIIEdit

There are three types of Flan that appear and their Last One versions (except for Flanitor):

• Flanitor
• Miniflan
• Miniflan Ω
• Ectopudding
• Ectopudding Ω

Final Fantasy XIVEdit

Puddings are commonly found inside of caves or places with some kind of disruption of the aether flow. They can change their elemental alignment at will, often starting with Ice or Water. They are one of the few creatures in Eorzea able to absorb elemental attacks.

The player can obtain Bite-Sized Pudding and Slime Puddle as minions.

Final Fantasy XVEdit

Flan are daemons that spawn in dungeons and are fought in hunts. They halve physical damage, but take full damage from royal arms.

• Flan
• Jumbo Flan
• Crème Brûlée
• Gelatin
• Bavarois
• Marshmallow
• Dolce
• Custard
• Matcha Mousse
• Black Flan
• Lakhmu Flan

The Sweet Jamming-style fishing lures are fashioned after different species of flan.

A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XVEdit

Flan resist physical attacks and are impervious to magic that is the same color as them. Blue flans are immune to ice, red flans are immune to fire, and yellow flans are immune to lightning. If a flan is defeated with magic, it will instantly die, but if it is defeated with physical attacks, it will split into two weaker flans.

Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceEdit

The Flan is a type of enemy with three variants:

• Jelly
• Cream
• Flan

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the RiftEdit

Flan is again a category rather than a species. There are five strains of Flan that appear: the Red Marshmallow, Yellow Jelly, Ice Flan, White Pudding, and Orthros. They do not possess a high defense.

Final Fantasy Tactics SEdit

Crystal DefendersEdit

Four types of Flan appear as enemies:

• Ice Flan
• White Pudding
• Red Marshmallow
• Yellow Jelly

Vagrant StoryEdit

There is no Flan, but the Slime enemy is quite similar in appearance.

There are two different types of slimes:

• Slime
• Poison Slime

Final Fantasy Type-0Edit

There are four varieties of Flan, which make up four different enemy families and are based on an element:

• Flame Flan
• Ice Flan
• Electric Flan
• Aqua Flan

Final Fantasy AgitoEdit

Flans appeared in the trailer.

Final Fantasy Crystal ChroniclesEdit

There are three types of Flan that appear:

• Flan
• Dark Flan
• Water Flan

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of FatesEdit

The Flan is an enemy with four variants:

• Flan
• Ice Flan
• Fire Flan
• Dika Flan

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a KingEdit

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of TimeEdit

The Flan is an enemy that appearing as a gelatinous blobs. They are stern, and fond of head-butting and casting spells. All Flan act and respond identically, only their element changes between species.

Three elemental types of Flan are found:

• Flan
• Fire Flan
• Ice Flan

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal BearersEdit

There are five different types of Flan:

• Flan
• Armor Flan
• Princess Flan
• Tallow
• Lil' Flan

Final Fantasy Mystic QuestEdit

Jellies, Oozes and Slimes appear in various regions around the world. These variations resist magic, as they possess a permanent Reflect status.

Final Fantasy Legend IIEdit

There are five types of Flan appear:

• Jelly
• Pudding
• Slime
• SlimeGod
• Tororo

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of LightEdit

Flan can merge with others of their kind to raise their overall stats.

Three types of Flan appear:

• Slime
• Metal Flan
• Red Jelly

Final Fantasy DimensionsEdit

Flan appear as an enemy family.

There are two dummied sprites. One is a purple flan with red eyes, resembling the Purple Bavarois from Final Fantasy IV. The second is red with green eyes, resembling the Red Mousse from Final Fantasy II.

• Red Mousse
• Yellow Jelly
• White Mousse
• Ice Flan
• Aqua Flan
• Black Flan
• Flan Princess

Final Fantasy Dimensions IIEdit

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera OmniaEdit

Flan appears as an enemy. The Flan resembles the Water Flan from Final Fantasy X.

Theatrhythm Final FantasyEdit

Flans appear as enemies during Battle Music Sequences.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain CallEdit

Jumbo Flan and different-colored smaller Flan appear as an enemies during Battle Music Sequences (BMS).

Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit

Flan from the series appear as enemies.

Final Fantasy Airborne BrigadeEdit

Flans are enemies found in the Mist Cave. They are instantly defeated when encountered.

Final Fantasy All the BravestEdit

The Final Fantasy VI version of the Flan appears as an enemy on the Bridge of Moore. It uses Slap and drops the Rapier.

In addition, the Flan from Final Fantasy XIII appears as a premium enemy on the Archylte Steppe.

Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit

Flan appear as enemies.

Final Fantasy ExplorersEdit

Final Fantasy World Wide WordsEdit

Final Fantasy Brave ExviusEdit

World of Final FantasyEdit

Flan have 3 variations: Mini Flan, Flan, and Flan Princess. A fourth variation, Kaguya Flan, appears in the Coliseum through DLC or in the Maxima version.

Chocobo no Fushigi na DungeonEdit

Dice de ChocoboEdit

Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

Flan from Theatrhythm Final Fantasy appears with an ice-elemental card.

Triple TriadEdit

Flan from Final Fantasy VI, Blobra from Final Fantasy VIII and Pudding from Final Fantasy XIV have Triple Triad cards in the version available via Final Fantasy Portal App.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearancesEdit

Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!Edit

Final Jelly (ファイナルゼリ－, Fainaru Zerī?) appears as an Egg Monster. The sprite is a modified version of the Flan-type monsters from Final Fantasy IV.

Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street PortableEdit

Flan is a chance card, the card's ability: Give 50G to target player.

GalleryEdit

EtymologyEdit

[view · edit · purge]Flan is an open pastry or sponge cake containing a sweet or savory filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry, usually coated with sweet syrup. It is similar to a custard tart or a South African melktert.