Superstitious people who see this black cat crossing their path panic with fear.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation esper section
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.
Appearances
Final Fantasy II
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Cait Sith is a new enemy added to the Game Boy Advance and later remakes of the game, 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 IV
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Originally translated as the Panther prior to the Game Boy Advance release, Cait Sith 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.
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
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Cait Sith returns and can be summoned by Marionetteers.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
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Final Fantasy V
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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 VI
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In its first appearance as a summon, Cait Sith, originally translated as 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 VII
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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-
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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 |
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| 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 X
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Several of Lulu's dolls take on the appearance of Cait Sith.
Final Fantasy X-2
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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 XI
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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-2
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Cait Sith appears as a Paradigm Pack enemy who can fight along Serah and Noel in Medic role. It can use Kitty Clock (known as 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 XIII
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A rejected garb.
A garb design of Cait Sith was made for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, but was not used.
Final Fantasy XIV
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The clockwork rendition of an enigmatic cat spirit from the pages of Midlander mythology, Goldsmiths' Guild guildmaster Serendipity crafted this life-like figuring to bring joy to those children who were orphaned in the Calamity.
Minion Guide Description
Cait Sith made his first appearance in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavenward 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 Time
Template:Sideicon When wearing the Mythic Beast Sallet and Mythic Beast Plate a male Lilty resembles Cait Sith.
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
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Cait Sith is an enemy encountered in the Quicksand Castle and the Holy Tree Tower. Unlike other appearances, Cait Sith's signature ability in this game is Earth Blast.
Bravely Default
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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 Archive: D's Report
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Final Fantasy Dimensions
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The Cait Sith appears as an enemy in Final Fantasy Dimensions. It is encountered in the World of Light and the Cave to Deist.
Final Fantasy Legends II
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Pictlogica Final Fantasy
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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
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Template:Sideicon 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 Fantasy
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A feline spirit and lady of the Fey court. Gossipmonger.
Ability Card Description
Cait Sith appears as a life-element ability card in Mobius Final Fantasy. 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 Tales
Template:Sideicon 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.
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Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances
Itadaki Street
In Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable, Cait Sith is a chance card in the game. The card's ability: Luck, will obtain some gils from your opponents.
Kingdom Hearts
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.
Etymology
The cat-sìth (plural cait-shìth), meaning "fairy cat" in Scottish Gaelic and pronounced "caught 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 Irish word cat sí literally translates to "mound cat", referencing the fairy forts commonly held to house fairies of all kinds. English speakers may be familiar with its usage in the term "banshee", from Irish bean sí.
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 who could transform into a cat and back up to nine times. After the ninth transformation, they would be unable to return to human form. This is speculated to be the origin of the proverb "a cat has nine lives", as opposed to some other number.
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