My eyes! They burn! Edit

		LaZodiac - Doink! TALK -
		For the love of all thats good and holy! I knew Amano's art was bad....but for the love of god....my eyes burn as if acid was poured into them. The most ugly picture in exsistence next to poor Vivi's. Who else is glad QQ does not look like that? I'm positive no one would love her/him if s/he looked like that.

		Mymindislost - You made me forget my dreams when I woke up to you sleeping... TALK - 14:09, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
		Trust me, your eyes haven't truly burned until you've seen concept art of a naked Qu. Now THAT is creepy. *shudder*

		LaZodiac - Doink! TALK -
		Huppa WHAT! That....that sounds...so very very wrong. I don't know whats worse, the fact that it exsists, or that someone has seen it. On a side note, all of Amano's good work looks like Locke or Vaan.

		Diablocon - No, the question is; who art thou, ham planks? Shanks! I meant shanks TALK - 15:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
		While I'm not a big fan of Amano's work, he does make some good stuff: Makes him look less goofy Good one That Ruby's probably one of his best female pictures Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery

		Mymindislost - You made me forget my dreams when I woke up to you sleeping... TALK - 15:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
		Maybe I'll scan that naked Qu pic and put it up here just so people will have to see it. Mwahahahaha! >:) That Steiner pic is missing his little floating, cute thing that looks like him. All the Amano character pics have them, though they've been cropped out of a lot of the pics we have here at the wiki. That makes me sad. I like those cute floating things. They add a little whimsy to Amano's somewhat serious pics (like the Steiner pic above).

		AlcaeusTheWizard - is now actually contributing...well, not really TALK - Force shites upon Reason's back. -Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736. {{{time}}}
		How is that art considered "bad?" I think it captures Quina's gluttonous attitude. Add a photo to this galleryAdd a photo to this gallery And Amano's picture of Vivi looks like a black mage to me. As a fan of Amano's work, I have to say that his FF concept art is pretty ugly.

Just because it doesn't have anime eyes and spiky hair doesn't mean it's bad. I'd like to see concept art of Nomura's that's not the entirely same thing with different gender, hair, skin and hair color. Of course, in case of one character (Barret), his cheecks have been fattened. There's nothing that could surpass Amano's art. Only flaw I've ever seen is the artwork for Final Fantasy V. Their faces look weird... And Amano's Vivi looks like a black mage. He's an artist, he can put spores around him if he wants to. ZaFlareStar 20:01, June 14th, 2010 (UTC)

About Quina's Gender Edit

		DrakemasterDrake - "I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity." TALK - DrakemasterDrake 00:03, 5 October 2007 (UTC) The clock on this site is so messed up, why bother?
		Without the forum I posted earlier today in mind, if something is genderless, or it's gender is in question, you call it a "it" not a he/she or a s/he.

		Hecko Xtalk - blog - anime rants 00:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
		Talk:Final Fantasy IX/Walkthrough/BH Part 9

I'd just like to point out that the Spanish translation of Final Fantasy IX always refers to Quina as a "she". I don't know if the people who translated the game to Spanish had any confirmation from Square about Quina's gender and/or permission to specify it in the game.--81.172.111.183 01:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

birthdate Edit

1710? Is that the year or a month and day mistake? Netherith 05:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

It's a year, but I don't understand where it's decided Quina is so old. I don't remember anything in game stating her birthday or age. Why has it been decided that Quina is so much older than every other character we see in the game besides Garland? Mewmew34 (talk) 02:51, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

That's what the official sources(ultimanias and such) say is Quina's birthdate. Yes, it's odd, but what about Quina isn't odd? Espritduo (talk) 03:07, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Like Edward.. Edit

To me,Quina is awesome. Even though if your an idiot and pick "Quina and Vivi get married". Why? 10 good reasons,just like Edward. .-.

1. Forks sometimes do a lot of damage.

2. Bad Breath,Mighty Guard,Frog Drop and some other Blue magic is awesome.

3. Eat will make you learn blue magic,and kill the enemy.

4. Quina is the only reason I laugh so hard.

5. The frog catching minigame is kind of fun.

6. Without Quina,Zidane has to face the Earth Guardian alone.

7. Quina is weird. Weird is ownage.

8. I love Quina's reaction in Terra. "AUGH!!!!!! CAN'T BREATHE!!!!!"

9. For all you Quina-Haters,DON'T GO TO QU'S MARSH IF YOU DON'T WANT QUINA!!!!!! HE/SHE IS OPTIONAL!

10. You need Quina for the secret boss Quale.

Go ahead. Hate me. I don't care. Hitherelol

{Saethori|23:47, September 7, 2009 (UTC)|Not all that optional, you can't get to the Outer Continent without Quina 'showing' you the path in the marsh. (Even if you know where it is, you can't enter it without him/her.) So, Quina is kind of mandatory in Disc 2, and so "don't go there" is not a reasonable statement for being able to continue the story.}}

		Bluesilver - THE blue thats also silver TALK -
		Ok, im going to have a go at tackling this in a nice way because i dont mind Quina. 1. Forks do sometimes do a lot of damage, but they are too unreliable. 2. I concede that there are some amazing blue magic in FF9, but nowhere near as useful as in 5 or even 6. They are also a pain in the arse to learn. 3. Eat does kill the enemy... at a point where they can be killed easily and probably would be accidentally, ruining the chance of getting blue magic. 4. I cannot disagree, s/he is funny. 5. matter of opinion, i personally hate any and all mini-games 6. Zidane probably would be better off alone 7. Good one 8. Same point as number 9. S/he isn't entirely optional, and s/he doesn't say much when s/he is 10. a boss that isn't mandatory and only has benefits for Quina.

Is it just me? Edit

I had a thought; does it seam like Quina may have been tacked on near the end, for no apparent reason? The facts:

She appears on no FMV (as far as I can remember).

He only has 1 major bearing on the plot (getting to the outer continent), other then that, most of the time you forget about him.

You see her in the beginning, so she may have been a crowd character, but to make up full teams later on, they may have dropper him in as a character, and made you grab her as he was the only one that """""""""""""Knew""""""""""""" where the tunnel was.

A lot of the time his comments are ignored by the rest of the team...

Strange, no?

What more can I say? 06:04, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

		Bluesilver - THE blue thats also silver TALK - Bluesilver 11:16, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
		Maybe s/he was put into the party at the last minute, but the reason for it may be because they had no blue mage, as well as all of the reasons you have stated.

I didn't think that the class was really a big thing, as there is no archers, all red mages are NPCs, there are no samurai, gambler, time mage, assassins, and an array of over jobs. But it may be.

What more can I say? 03:54, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Saethori (T / C) — 05:06, November 11, 2009 (UTC) Believe in the future, and persist in the present, that's what I'll do! I think the "blue mage" comment wasn't referring to a job system, but rather was actually in reference to the fact that all the games previously, since V, had Blue Magic in some form, even if not using a strict job sense. And since IX certainly couldn't have taken VII's way of going about it, that means it had to be given to an existing character.

"She appears on no FMV (as far as I can remember)." Quina appears in the ending FMV. 65.202.140.69 04:00, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Appearance in Alexandria Edit

Is it true that s/he's the Qu at Alexandria at the beginning of the game? From what I gathered, when you first meet him/her, s/he hadn't ever left the swamp before, because s/he left because s/he wanted to taste lots of different food - wouldn't s/he be able to do that without joining the party if s/he was a head chef at Alexandria castle? I always assumed it was just a random one. --Sjorn

When you're playing as Steiner and searching for Princess Garnet in Alexandria Castle at the beginning of the game, you'll find Quina in the kitchen, ordering around the "meisters". Quina worked as the head chef at Alexandria Castle. It is not mentioned that Quina has never left the swamp before, only that s/he hasn't travelled the world and hasn't sampled a variety of cuisines; Quale pushes him to join the party so that he can widen his palate and become a better chef. You find Quina in the marsh because s/he thinks the frogs there taste best. --Anam

I'm not seeing the reason for the recent surge in debate over this. It's Quina, I'll dig up a YouTube vid showing that it's the same Qu. The argument that it's just a generic Qu makes no sense because no where else in the game does this occur, clearly Quina's model was used because it was Quina, if it wasn't Quina they would have used a different model. Doreiku Kuroofangu 18:06, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

And there, vid. I don't see how the speech pattern argument holds up either, all Qu talk in the same broken English. Doreiku Kuroofangu 18:12, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

A generic Qu model doesn't exist as far as I know, so if they wanted to have a Qu appearance that was just for that 10 seconds there, they might just use one they already have rather than make a model for such a short appearance. Quina's model looks more like a chef than the other two Qu you see, with his hat and apron. To me it just doesn't add up that they would send Quina to learn about the cuisine of the world when he has already been the head chef of Alexandria castle, suggesting he knows plenty about cooking different food, plus that he has traveled quite far as you need an airship to go here. Lindblum on the other hand is nearby the Qu's marsh and you can go there by foot from there, so it wouldn't be too long a trip for Quina to travel, and the festival might have been to hone his battle skills rather than gourmet skills, anyway. Here take this inexperienced Qu with you to learn more about the food of the world because he is so silly that he still thinks frogs are the yummiest food there is, he's only been the head chef of royalty before, so clearly he will learn much from you...I don't buy it.Keltainentoukokuu 19:15, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Huh, I should have checked before speaking, Quina does specifically say that the local frogs are yummier than the ones in Alexandria. And Quale sends him to eat frogs in other marshes and not just generally eat more world food. This should be worded clearer in the article I guess.Keltainentoukokuu 19:24, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

The other thing is, why not use any number of other NPC models, since the chef being a Qu is otherwise a meaningless detail. It really only makes sense if they used Quina as an early hidden cameo. Doreiku Kuroofangu 19:31, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

This is true, although they could have wanted to show that there are other Qu in the world than just the three we see, and kitchen is an appropriate location if any. Need more Qu in the game. ;)Keltainentoukokuu 20:11, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Considering the entire production of FFIX, I am forced to believe that if they wanted the Head Chef not to be Quina, then they wouldn't grab the render of a major character to be presented as generic. - Henryacores^ 20:07, April 9, 2012 (UTC)

Yes, Quina is in the kitchen of Alexandria Castle at the beginning, cooking for Garnet's birthday. She also participates in the Festival of the Hunt, though you don't see her. I don't remember exactly how she's referred to as I accidentally got knocked out too early my last playthrough to see, but now and then something like "Strange Gourmand is in the lead with ___ points" pops up during the Festival. It is unlikely that the "Gourmand" is anybody but Quina. Mewmew34 (talk) 02:38, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Indulgence Edit

		MadHatter1284 - <option>{{{1}}}</option> TALK - MadHatter1284 08:05, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
		lol. Did anyone else here think of the band Mindless Self Indulgence when seeing Quina's Tagline.

		Likeacupcake - Never are we more free, than when we are confined to the realm of dreams. TALK - 08:07, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
		who?

		Mogtaka - Who are you, an angel of vengeance? Or, perchance, a saint of salvation? TALK - 09:01, April 25, 2010 (UTC)
		I didn't, but I guess it depends on your obsession level with something, like whenever you see the name it instantly reminds you of it. The Final Fantasy series has turned weather forecasts into a name off of FF characters for me.

Lamia's Tiara Edit

I've removed the trivia bit that says "Quina can equip female-only equipment like Lamia's Tiara" because Lamia's Tiara is not female-only. Zidane and Vivi can also equip it, along with Quina. Interestingly, Freya cannot equip this item. Quina cannot equip any of the female-only items, be it armor or add-ons. You can check out lists of items and who can equip them online to confirm this; I already have, and have done so in the game as well. --Anam

Give me five minutes to boot up my emulator and check. Likeacupcake 11:24, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Neither Zidane nor Vivi can equip the Tiara. Quina can, but can not equip various bits of female only armor. The trivia still stands. Likeacupcake 11:31, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

My bad. Someone should update the FFIX equipment list here, it says Zidane and Vivi can equip it and Freya can't.

Also could someone check if Quina can equip the following: Rubber Suit, Minerva’s Plate, Barette, Angel Earrings, Ancient Aroma, Pearl Rouge, Cachusha, Extension, and Maiden Prayer. I think that's all of the female-only equipment. Oh, and can someone use the help option to see if it says "Can only be equipped by females" for Lamia's Tiara? If it doesn't, then does it qualify as "female-only"? I don't think the Anklet is female-only, because Amarant can equip it along with Freya, Eiko and Dagger (but Quina can't). So would that make it worth mentioning if it's not specified as being female-only? P.S. I would check myself but my PSOne is very temperamental. --Anam

He/She --> It?Edit

Shouldn't Quina, being a genderless Qu, be referred to as an 'it' as opposed to S/he. It's not human, it's not either a she or a he. Yes, they refer to it as a s/he but even then 's/he' should be 'he or she' and 'his/her' should be 'his or her.'

Grammar Nazi, I know. Nyves 01:23, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

Quina is referred to as s/he in the actual game script. It is silly, plus how would you even pronounce it in speech...but that's what it says.Keltainentoukokuu 01:26, September 27, 2011 (UTC)

Zidane refers to Quina as 'him' in Madain Sari, and I think every now and then there have been little slip ups like that...but personally I just call Quina 'him.' And then again, out of all the playable characters, only three are human (and one of them is only temporary), but their genders are pretty clear.

But I always questioned Amarant being human...due to his massive hair and ridiculously small head...and his face looks like a V mask... Tia-Lewise 11:03, October 31, 2011 (UTC)

And Aerith is called Aeris in the Final Fantasy VII story section. We call them what they're called in-game. AmbieSushi 15:05, October 31, 2011 (UTC)

I never understood 'Aerith...' since I know her as Aeris it just sounded odd when I played Crisis Core...that's retcons for ya!Tia-Lewise 14:56, November 2, 2011 (UTC)

Aerisu is her Japanese name. "su" in English becomes "th". AmbieSushi 15:18, November 2, 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I know that. Things like that just don't register with me. Since I have Asbergers I stick with what's familiar and get scared of things I'm not used to. Tia-Lewise 15:26, November 2, 2011 (UTC)

That's false. "Su" is ambiguous, just like the japanese for "B" and "R". - Henryacores^ 15:45, November 2, 2011 (UTC)

Was quoting the article. Stuff happens, mistranslations, etc, beacause we're stupid. (That was a Jenova joke) AmbieSushi 20:34, November 2, 2011 (UTC)