The Flan Princess (プリンプリンセス, Purinpurinsesu?, lit. Pudding Princess), also known as the Princess Flan, PinkPuff, or Pudding Princess, is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in Final Fantasy IV. It is generally the most powerful flan in the games it appears in, and can inflict mental status effects such as Berserk and Confuse.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
The Flan Princess appears as an enemy exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary releases, encountered in Raqia. It is not the most powerful flan despite being in the bonus dungeon, falling short to the Black Flan. Unlike other flans, it does not absorb the Poison element, instead being weak to it and absorbing all other elements.
Final Fantasy IV[]
The Flan Princess, also known as the PinkPuff, appears as an enemy encountered in the Lunar Subterrane, as well as in the Lunar Ruins exclusive to the Advance and Complete Collection releases. It is notorious for being an extremely rare enemy with only a 1/64 chance of appearing. It addition to its own rarity, it has a 1/64 chance of dropping the Pink Tail, which can be traded for the Adamant Armor, the best armor in the game.
The Flan Princess will always attack in a group of five in the Lunar Subterrane, and in a group of of eight in the Lunar Ruins. It constantly inflicts Berserk in addition to attacking with a very powerful physical attack and inflicting Confuse with Entice. Unlike other flans, it takes normal damage from all elements and does not have high Defense.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
The Flan Princess returns as an enemy encountered in the Subterrane, fighting identically to its previous incarnation with the exception of Samba de Flan now affecting only one party member at a time with a high chance of missing and will not use it all at once at the beginning of battle.
Final Fantasy VI[]
The Flan Princess appears as an optional boss exclusive to the Final Fantasy VI Advance and Matrix Software releases, encountered in the Dragons' Den as a monster-in-a-box. It is fought in a group of five, and has access to the abilities Imp Song, Lullaby, Mega Berserk, and Mystery Waltz. It counters all attacks with Entice. It is weak to Fire-elemental spells, but is immune to all other elements except Ice and Lightning.
Defeating the Flan Princesses relinquishes Shadow's ultimate weapon, the Oborozuki, and 55,555 gil. The later may be a joke by the developers, as the number 5 is pronounced "Ha" in the Thai language, and "555" is commonly used in Thai social media to mean "laughter".
Final Fantasy XI[]
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The Princess Pudding appears as a flan notorious monster encountered in the Arrapago Remnants. It is spawned using a Bhaflau Card, and drops the Hoshikazu Gi. A separate flan NM, the Flan Princess, is encountered during the "Peach Power" battlefield in the Ashu Talif. The Flan Princess has a chance of dropping the Guimauve Meat, which can be traded for the Adamantite Armor in reference to the Pink Tail-Adamant Armor trade from Final Fantasy IV.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The Princess Pudding appeared as a boss encountered the levequest "Wanted: Princess Pudding" in Mistbeard Cove in the original release, as part of the Black Mage A Relic Reborn quest. It has not reappeared since the A Realm Reborn reboot.
Final Fantasy XVI[]
While the Flan Princess doesn't appear, the similarly named Flan Prince (プリンプリンス, Purinpurinsu?, lit. Pudding Prince) appears as an A-rank notorious mark unlocked after completing the "Bolts from the Blue" main scenario quest. It is encountered in the Hawk's Cry Cliff Region of Rosaria.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers[]
The Princess Flan appears as a boss encountered in the Cherry Checkpoint. It begins the battle as the Armor Flan, wearing a giant pudding cup as its armor. Once the Armor Flan's HP is depleted, it sheds the cup and reveals itself as the Princess Flan.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
The Flan Princess from Final Fantasy VI appears as a boss.
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]
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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]
The Flan Princess from Final Fantasy VI appears as a boss.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
The Flan Princess from Final Fantasy IV appears as an enemy.
Final Fantasy Explorers[]
The Flan Princess appears as an amorphid-class Flan monster. It can only be found by summoning it at Mount Chaminil using the Crystal Surge ability, triggered after defeating a couple of flans in the area. It may drop the Pink Tail material.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Flan Princess from Final Fantasy IV appears as an enemy during the "Fabul Castle Guard" event.
World of Final Fantasy[]
The Flan Princess appears as a Mirage encountered as an optional boss alongside the Malboro Menace in the Windswept Mire. It can be imprismed with a Mini Flan Prism if facing it with only a single party member, while defeating it rewards the Flan Princess Memento, allowing it to be transfigured with the Flan and Kaguya Flan.
A women at the desert Caravan has a side quest where she tasks the player to show her a Flan Princess.
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
The Flan Princess from Final Fantasy IV appears as a life-elemental Support ability card that grants the "Let's dance!" ability.
Etymology[]
The word Flan refers to a custard dessert with a layer of clear caramel sauce. A typical flan is round with a gelatinous and creamy texture. Also known as crème caramel, caramel pudding or caramel custard.
The Japanese name of this enemy is a play on words. In Japan the common name for Flan enemies is プリン (purin?), a Japanese word for pudding. Written in Japanese, the English word princess is プリンセス (purinsesu?), sharing the pronunciation of its first three mora with the Japanese word for pudding.
Pudding is a kind of food that can be either a dessert or a savory dish. The word pudding is believed to come from the French boudin, originally from the Latin botellus, meaning "small sausage", referring to encased meats used in medieval European puddings.
Puff pastry, also known as pâte feuilletée, is a flaky light pastry made from a laminated dough composed of dough (détrempe) and butter or other solid fat (beurrage). The butter is put inside the dough (or vice versa), making a paton which is repeatedly folded and rolled out before baking.