Cait Sith
Portrait
Also known as	N/A
Japanese name	ケット・シー
Romaji	Ketto Shī
Weapon	Megaphones
Ultimate Weapon	HP Shout
Occupation	Toysaurus
Birthplace	Unknown
Date of Birth	Unknown
Age	Unknown
Height	3'2"[1](100 cm)[2] 3'3"[3]
Blood type	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Hideo Ishikawa
English voice actor	Greg Ellis
Final Fantasy VII Character

"Cait Sith rides on the back of a huge stuffed Mog he magically brought to life. Megaphone in hand, he's always shouting orders and creating dopey attacks..."

—Description

Cait Sith is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII. He is a cat riding a giant stuffed toy moogle, working as a fortune-teller in the Gold Saucer. He is really a robotic puppet controlled from far away by Reeve Tuesti, Shinra Electric Power Company's head of Urban Development. Even though Reeve works with the antagonist corporation Shinra, he develops a keen interest in saving the Planet, making Cait Sith useful to the party, as he knows all about the Shinra's plans. Despite his playful and carefree persona in the form of Cait Sith, Reeve is a somber and serious man, who harbors a good heart with a natural worry for others.

Appearance and PersonalityEdit

Cait Sith is an anthropomorphic remote-controlled plush toy cat standing just over three feet in height with short black fur and a white stomach and face. He wears a short red cape and white gloves and a small crown. In Final Fantasy 10th Anniversary Ultimania it is said the crown is an indispensable part of him as part of Reeve's hobby, although the hobby's nature is not specified.^[4] As seen in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Cait Sith does not possess any outward robotic features that would identify him as a robot, although he is still recognized as such.

In Final Fantasy VII, Cait Sith rides a large robotic moogle that, according to the Final Fantasy VII instruction manual, he brought to life. The 10th Anniversary Ultimania states the moogle was manufactured for the purposes of gathering intelligence by the Shinra company's Urban Development Department, the area of the company Reeve is the head of.^[4] In Final Fantasy VII it is never specified if Cait Sith is indeed controlling the moogle robot, or if Reeve is controlling both of them himself, but the 10th Anniversary Ultimania states Reeve controls the moogle through Cait Sith's megaphone.^[4] The moogle is capable of action just like Cait Sith, and is the one who does the fighting even though Cait Sith is the one equipped for battle. According to the instruction manual, Cait Sith uses his megaphone weapons to shout orders to the moogle. In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Cait Sith rides on the back of Red XIII and does not exhibit any fighting capabilities on his own.

"There's plenty of stuffed toys like my body around, but there's only one me!"

—Cait Sith

As he is merely a robot controlled by Reeve Tuesti, Cait Sith's character can be difficult to perceive. Cait Sith does act noticeably different from Reeve, in particular, his speech patterns are looser, and in the English versions of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, he has a Scottish accent while Reeve does not. Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania elaborates that because Reeve is the one operating him, the Cait Sith in the Japanese versions speaks with the unique accent of Reeve's original Kansai dialect.^[4]

Cait Sith often refers to himself in the first person, and, as it would be impractical for Reeve to control Cait Sith directly all the time, he could have some sort of artificial intelligence. In Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- when under the player's control, Cait Sith still speaks on his own. Thus, a rough picture of Cait Sith's persona can be made. When Cait Sith is depicted as being directly controlled by Reeve in Final Fantasy VII, it is not made clear how he controls him, since he is seen at times with a direct link to Cait Sith with no visual means of controlling him. In Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, it is revealed Reeve controls Cait Sith mentally.

Cait Sith is fun-loving and playful, but cowardly and a poor fighter. He can be loud and irritate others. At times, when Reeve makes it more clear it is him and not Cait Sith speaking, he is accusatory of AVALANCHE's actions—at one time, Cait Sith/Reeve implies AVALANCHE is just as destructive and dangerous as Shinra. Although Cait Sith views AVALANCHE negatively at first due to their attacks on Mako Reactors, upon seeing how hard Cloud and his friends fight to save the Planet, he has a change of heart.^[4] Cait Sith makes a hobby of telling people their fortunes, which often turn out to be correct, if a bit vague.

One of the few cases where Cait Sith asserts his seeming sentience is at the Temple of the Ancients where Cait Sith, referring to himself in the first person, tells the party not to forget about him "even if another Cait Sith comes along". Afterwards, a second Cait Sith appears and introduces himself. If Reeve were entirely in control, Cait Sith's mentions of sacrifice, and the second Cait Sith introducing himself, would be redundant, so one could take this scene to assume Cait Sith has a mind of his own.

StoryEdit

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-Edit

A prototype Cait Sith aids the Turks in the search for Support Materia. He meets the player Turk after having trouble being activated, and tells them their fortune. Cait Sith leads the Turk to Tseng, where Reeve reveals he is its controller and has Cait Sith give the Turk a second fortune, which states that one of the Zirconiade Support Materia is in Gongaga.

Cait Sith accompanies the Turk to help them find the Materia. He tells the Turk he knows they are working for Veld, but he (meaning Reeve) knows Veld and does not tell President Shinra. Cait Sith is impressed by the Turk's strength in battle, and wishes he could fight. Cait Sith is damaged, and Reeve becomes frustrated over the robot's limited combat abilities. He devises ways to increase its strength, but such improvements would hamper Cait Sith's agility and movement. Reeve later has an unspecified epiphany regarding the issue, which leads to Cait Sith riding a moogle to enhance his battle capabilities.

The Turk gathers the parts to repair Cait Sith, and rebuilds him. Reeve allows the Turk to use a backup controller to control Cait Sith while he attends a meeting. Rufus Shinra hears of the robot from Tseng and suggests it be used as a reconnaissance robot. The Turk uses Cait Sith to infiltrate the Mako Reactor and retrieve the Materia, using the robot's prediction powers to find the correct doorways into the reactor core.

Final Fantasy VIIEdit

Cloud Strife and his party meet a rebuilt and improved Cait Sith at the Gold Saucer during their world-wide search for Sephiroth. Barret goes wandering around Gold Saucer by himself, and Cait Sith confronts Cloud at Wonder Square. Cait Sith tries to tell his fortune and after several failed attempts, predicts that "What you pursue will be yours. But you will lose something dear". Spooked by the prediction, Cait Sith forces Cloud to take him along, as he wishes to see what the fortune means. In reality, Reeve uses Cait Sith to spy on Cloud and his allies and report back to Shinra. Cloud suspects soon after leaving Gold Saucer the party has a traitor, but does not know it is Cait Sith. Cait Sith continues to travel with the party for some time, taking a minor role.

Later, the party returns to Gold Saucer to find the Keystone to enter the Temple of the Ancients where the Black Materia lies. Once they find the item, Cait Sith steals the Keystone while Cloud is absent from his hotel room, and gives it to Tseng. Caught, Cait Sith reveals he is being controlled by someone from Shinra, but won't reveal his name. He reveals his motivations for spying, and tells he is intrigued by Cloud and his friends' selflessness. Having reluctantly taken Marlene Wallace as a hostage, Cait Sith forces them to allow him to remain with them, pointing them towards the Temple to make up for his betrayal.

The Temple of the Ancients turns out to be a giant puzzle meant to trap anybody who would try to take the Black Materia. The Temple is the Black Materia, but has to be shrunk into a Materia orb from the inside. As he is a robot, Cait Sith offers to sacrifice himself to get the Black Materia, and the party bids him goodbye, Aeris allowing him to tell her fortune one last time. Cait Sith is crushed in the temple, but Reeve already has a second ready for action, and a second Cait Sith, identical to the original, arrives moments later to take the place of the first one.

After Sephiroth summons Meteor, and Shinra has captured Tifa Lockhart and Barret in Junon, Tifa is put in the gas chamber to be executed as a scapegoat. As Shinra Executive Scarlet locks her in, Sapphire Weapon attacks the city. Using this as a diversion, a disguised Cait Sith incapacitates Scarlet with knock-out gas, and frees Barret. The two flee through Junon's streets and reach the airship Highwind, which the rest of the party commandeers. The Weapon's attack saves Tifa, and she is flown out of the city on-board the Highwind.

In a reversal of his original role, Cait Sith serves as a spy for the player party afterward, and lets them listen in on Shinra's meetings. He is the one who announces Shinra's fall following Diamond Weapon's attack, and who tells them about Shinra's search for the Huge Materia. Cait Sith joins the rest of the party in their attack on Sephiroth within the Northern Cave. After Sephiroth has been destroyed and the Meteor is descending down on Midgar, Reeve tells them through Cait Sith he has taken measures to evacuate Midgar and save its people from Meteor.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenEdit

Two years later Cait Sith, riding on Red XIII, joins the remaining members of AVALANCHE to help Cloud defeat Bahamut SIN. When Cloud awakens in the pool of water in Sector 5 Church after having once again defeated Sephiroth, all his friends gather around him, Cait Sith being among the crowd being held by Marlene.

In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, during Marlene's narration of the events of Final Fantasy VII, Cait Sith rides his moogle into battle in the Northern Cave, while in the film's original cut he rode on Red XIII and was not immediately noticeable among Red XIII's fur.

Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-Edit

"That was a close one! Never was good at fighting..."

—Cait Sith in Dirge of Cerberus

Cait Sith is first sighted in Kalm when Deepground attacks, where he poses as Reeve Tuesti when meeting with Vincent, but Deepground soldiers destroy his disguise. In Mako Reactor 0 Cait Sith aids Vincent and after this mission, Nero captures him and later uses by him to enter the Shera.

Another Cait Sith is built by Reeve (Cait Sith #5) with all the memories of the previous four models. He uses the SND after Shelke to show the World Regenesis Organization (WRO) the horrors experienced by the victims of Deepground. Using the data, the WRO realizes Deepground is trying to make a Lifestream pure of Jenova to summon Omega.

In BattleEdit

Final Fantasy VIIEdit

List of Cait Sith's Megaphones.

Cait Sith's stats are lower than those of most characters', although his high magic stat makes him useful for a mage. When he first joins the party his attack stat is similar to most of the party members first acquired as a team mate. His starting level is the average party level.

His weapon is a megaphone, which Cait Sith uses to give orders to his moogle. Cait Sith's megaphones tend to have many Materia slots, again, making him a potentially useful mage. One of his megaphones, the Silver M-Phone, is found in Nibelheim, and is one of the only weapons with eight Materia slots that can be acquired on disc 1.

Limit BreaksEdit

Main article: Limit (Final Fantasy VII)#Cait Sith

Unlike most characters, Cait Sith only has two Limit Breaks: Dice and Slots. Both are similar to moves used by Setzer Gabbiani in Final Fantasy VI. The damage they inflict is random so Cait Sith's Limit Breaks could be strong or weak.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-Edit

See also: Cait Sith#Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

Cait Sith appears as a summon to assist Zack on the Digital Mind Wave. He uses the Limit Break Courage Boost!, which grants several beneficial statuses for Zack. It is obtained from a treasure chest in Zack, the Materia Hunter 8-4-3, Suspicious Mail.

Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-Edit

Cait Sith is often seen directly controlled by Reeve and is temporarily playable in Mako Reactor 0 (where he is, in fact, a terrible fighter making the mission he takes part in require a good deal of stealth).

He can also be used a playable character in several of the Extra Missions.

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Creation and DevelopmentEdit

According to the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega^[5], Cait Sith's role in the final product bears few differences to how he was originally conceived - a robotic spy from Shinra controlled by Reeve. As Cait Sith/Reeve grew closer to the members of AVALANCHE, he would have developed a kinship with them and found his loyalties between them and Shinra torn.

In a scenario cut from the final product, AVALANCHE would have needed to shut down the Mako Reactors around the world to help combat Sephiroth, but would have been unable to strike them all in time. At risk of jeopardizing his position at Shinra, Reeve would have shut the reactors down himself. The scenario developed into Shinra using the Sister Ray powered by Mako Reactors, during which Reeve tries to talk them out of using the cannon and is arrested.

Cait Sith's job class was originally listed as "Toysaurus (Beastmaster)", his age would have been given as 9 years old, and instead of megaphones, he would have fought using whips and cards.

Cait Sith rides on the back of Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Tetsuya Nomura has mentioned in interviews he came up with the idea based on an old game idea he once had, which included a cat riding on a dog.

Musical ThemesEdit

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"Cait Sith's Theme" from Final Fantasy VII
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"Cait Sith's Theme" (ケット・シーのテーマ, Ketto Shī no Tēma^?) plays during Cait's introduction in the Wonder Square, and later before he sacrifices himself in the Temple of the Ancients.

Other AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

Cait Sith appears in the Japan-exclusive Final Fantasy trading card game published by Square Enix.

Trading card of Cait Sith's Nomura artwork.

Trading card of Cait Sith's CG artwork.

GalleryEdit

Alternate coloring of Yoshitaka Amano silkscreen artwork, entitled "Challenge", of Cloud, Aerith, Barret, Red XIII, and Cait Sith.

Concept art of Cait Sith's menu portrait by Tetsuya Nomura.

Concept art of Cait Sith's toys for his Slot Limit Break.

Concept art of Cait Sith's Lucky Girl limit break effect by Tetsuya Nomura.

Promotional CG image.

Battle render from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega.

Battle render from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega.

Battle render from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega.

Battle render from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega.

Field model in Final Fantasy VII.

Cait Sith dressed as a reporter.

Cait Sith in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Cait Sith in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Cait Sith being held by Marlene at the end of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Model from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.

Ultimania Omega Scan.

EtymologyEdit

Main article: Cait Sith#Etymology

Cait Sith is named after a Scottish fairy creature.

TriviaEdit

• Cait Sith shares his Japanese voice actor with Auron from Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, Squall Leonhart from Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, (and by extension, Leon from the Kingdom Hearts series), and Qator Bashtar from Final Fantasy Type-0.
• Along with Vincent, Cait Sith is one of the only two Final Fantasy VII characters to have more than one playable appearance in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. If non-Compilation games are counted, Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Zack, and Sephiroth also have more than one playable appearance.
• Cait Sith makes a cameo appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy as a tutor for the in-game manuals, explaining Arcade Mode alongside Barret. Cait Sith is also the name of a Ghost Card. The Cait Sith ghost is a Level 66 Sephiroth armed with a full set of Crystal Equipment, and has Orange Gem and Shinra Keycard to win via battlegen. The quote on the card, "I'm Cait Sith No. 2! Pleased to meet you" is what Cait Sith says to the party when his second incarnation arrives at the Temple of the Ancients.
• It is unexplained how or why Cait Sith's moogle was removed from his later appearances in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. The only other time the moogle is seen outside of Final Fantasy VII is in the opening of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.

• Early in Final Fantasy VII, during the Wall Market series of quests, if the player enters the Honey Bee Inn and chooses to peek through the keyhole of the Lover's Room, a tiny Cait Sith is visible to the far right of the screen. The room is occupied by an elderly couple who refer to each other as "Grandma" and "Grandpa".
• During the seventh chapter of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Cait Sith makes a reference to the film Short Circuit by saying "Number 5 is alive!" when spoken to on the Shera. This line is said by the film's main character, Number 5, as the film's closing line. The Final Fantasy 10th Anniversary Ultimania hints that this means the Cait Sith seen is the fifth body for Cait Sith, the earlier ones having been destroyed one way or another.^[4]

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