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Fat Chocobo

When hunting for Chocographs some treasures transport Choco to the Chocobo's Dream World, a dreamy world where he receives new abilities: to cross reefs, mountains, oceans, and finally, the ability to fly. The Fat Chocobo, flanked by a quartet of chocobos of all colors, seems to grant these abilities. Apparently Choco seeks a home and companionship and the abilities given to him will help him find his home; this seems to be a reference to Chocobo's Paradise, which requires Choco's flight ability to reach.

Fat Chocobo in Chocobos Dream World from FFIX Remastered

Choco meets the fat chocobo in Chocobo's Dream World.

The dream world can only be accessed by riding Choco and finding one of four special Chocographs, which emit a special gas when discovered. Zidane will fall asleep and Choco will be transported to the dream world. The following Chocographs grant access to the dream world: Healing Shore, Dawn Lagoon, Green Plains, and Mist Ocean.

Etymology[]

The name "chocobo" derives from a Japanese brand of chocolate malt ball by Morinaga, ChocoBall (チョコボール, Chokobōru?). The mascot for this product is Kyoro-chan (キョロちゃん?), a bird who says "kweh".

食う / くう / kuu is a rough way to say "eat", whose volitional casual form is 食え / くえ / kue ("let's scoff 'em down!"), leading to Kweh!

Dream world is a commonly used plot device in fictional works, most notably in science fiction and fantasy fiction. The use of a dream world creates a situation whereby a character (or group of characters) is placed in a marvelous and unpredictable environment and must overcome several personal problems to leave it.

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