The Pipsqueak's Program 55 attack turns its target into an Imp. Finish these off quick and easy with Edgar's Flash attack.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Onion Knight, also known as Pipsqueak, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI fought in the imperial capital of Vector and its Magitek Research Facility.
Stats[]
Battle[]
Like most enemies in the research facility, the Onion Knight has high Defense, and they often attack in large groups. Their special attack, Program 55, can turn party members into Imps, and they have a 33% chance to use it every other turn. If attacked, they have a 33% chance of countering with Explode.
Strategy[]
Their low HP makes the Onion Knights easy to dispatch. Sabin's Rising Phoenix and Edgar's Flash work well, as does Ramuh and Thunder.
Formations[]
| Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
| 120 | General, Onion Knight x2 | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 | ||||
| 121 | Onion Knight x4 | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 | ||||
| 123 | Chaser, Onion Knight x3 | Sides, individual | Battle | 3 | ||||
| 404 | Proto Armor, Onion Knight x2 | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 | ||||
| 405 | Onion Knight x5 | Sides, individual | Battle | 3 | ||||
AI script[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Nothing (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%) or Program 55 (33%)
If attacked by "Attack": Self-Destruct (33%)
Other appearances[]
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
Onion Knight from Final Fantasy VI appears in Final Fantasy Record Keeper as an enemy.
Other media[]
A generic enemy named "Onion Knight" appears in Infinite Undiscovery. They resemble the Final Fantasy VI counterpart and use a skill named "Limit Break", which starts with a yellow aura appearing around them, much like in Final Fantasy VII. They are also named after the Final Fantasy III job class.
Etymology[]
The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.
In a 2020 Famitsu interview with Koichi Ishii and Hiromichi Tanaka about Final Fantasy III, Tanaka stated that he created the term "Onion Knight" after seeing Ishii's character design for the job, likening the shape of its helmet's large, white plume to that of an onion.[1]
Fans had previously speculated that "Onion Knight" refers to the Japanese metaphoric idiom "peeling away one layer at a time and crying all the way" (referring to poverty) or from the slang phrase "to know one's onions" (meaning to be very versatile).
Onion Knight's older name is Pipsqueak. Pipsqueak is a person considered to be insignificant, especially because they are small or young.
Related enemies[]
- ↑ "『FF3』30周年で訊く、開発秘話ミニインタビュー。ジョブデザインや魔剣士、たまねぎ剣士の秘密も" by Famitsu (2020), translated into English in "The Origin of Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight (Translated Interview)" by Lost in Localization (2022)