"Ridess zee Shoopuf?"

—Hypello

The Shoopufs (シパーフ, Shipāfu^?) are a species of large elephantine animals in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. They are used as pack animals by the Hypello to transport customers across the Moonflow. An incident involving a Shoopuf convinced Jecht to quit drinking. He was drunk and mistook a Shoopuf for a Fiend and attacked it. Jecht, out of embarrassment for Braska, used all of his travel money to pay for the damage and fearing over his family being ashamed of him, swore never to drink anything stronger than Shoopuf milk again.

While heading to Besaid, ten years before the game's storyline, Yuna and Kimahri rode a Shoopuf; Yuna fell off into the water, and was saved by the Shoopuf. Preceding this, Yuna jumped off of the Shoopuf three more times just for fun, though not without incurring the concern of Kimahri.

GalleryEdit

Shoopuf artwork.

Shoopuf station on the bank of the Moonflow.

Shoopuf crossing the Moonflow.

TriviaEdit

• According to Maechen's statement, Shoopufs never eat, at least not visibly. He also mentions that some believe they feed on tiny organisms in the water, likely the Spira equivalent of plankton or algae.
• Although Shoopufs are normally seen around the Moonflow, they are considered to be native near water. A Shoopuf can sometimes be seen wandering through the Bikanel Desert in Final Fantasy X-2 during a dig.
• In World of Warcraft, an elephant-like creature called an "Elekk" is used has a mount by the Draenei. Players commonly referred to it as a "Shoopuf".
• Two expressions in Spira involve Shoopufs: the insult "son of a Shoopuf" and "my Shoopuf", the Spiran equivalent of "my ass".