History Characters / FinalFantasyRecurringMonsters

[[folder:Flan]]
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Slime monsters that come in a wide variety of colors, they have strong physical defenses but fall easily to elemental magic.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''

* BlobMonster: They're rarely little more than globs of colored slime.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: One can often figure out their weakness based on their color.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Flans have variable weaknesses to elemental magic.
* StoneWall: They are often highly resistant to physical attacks, but weak to magic.
* ThemeNaming: Flan-type monsters tend to be named after desserts; Pudding, Jelly, Mousse, Bavarois, and so on.
* UndergroundMonkey: Comes in ''many'' variations.

[[folder:Goblin]]
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Basic enemies armed with daggers.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''

[[folder:Red Dragon]]

Powerful dragons often denoted by their red coloration.

* BreathWeapon: Their most notable attacks usually involve breathing fire on you.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mostly a stock western style dragon, though a couple have been asian themed.
* PlayingWithFire: Usually associated with fire, and can often cast fire elemental magic, breathe fire and be healed by fire attacks.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In games without a ''red'' dragon, there have been similarly named or a similarly looking dragon. Such as ''VIII''s Ruby Dragon or ''X''s Nidhogg.

[[folder:Sahagin]]
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Aquatic enemies that act as basic water-elemental {{Mook}}s.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''

* DefendCommand: In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', they can withdraw into their shells to block your attacks.
%%* FishPeople
* MakingASplash: They use water-elemental magics.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They're fish people who used tridents in some games.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sahagin or Water Bug.
* UndergroundMonkey: Desert Sahagins, which are fought in the desert. They also come in [[KingMook Chief and Prince]] varieties.
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[[folder:Shinryu]]
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Along with Omega, one of the infamous {{Optional Boss}}es of the series.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''
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* ColonyDrop: Behemoths frequently have access to Meteor, one of the most powerful spells in the series.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The typical Behemoth looks like a [[PantheraAwesome a big cat]] or [[BearsAreBadNews bear]] with bull horns and a finned tail, and rarely wings. Some variants may be bipedal and even intelligent enough to carry weapons.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The typical Final Fantasy Behemoth looks like a cross between [[PantheraAwesome a big cat]] or [[BearsAreBadNews bear]] and a bull or ram, and can be down on all fours or upright. Their arms are sometimes more human and muscular than bestial, and, rarely, they may have wings.
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100705165455/finalfantasy/images/thumb/1/15/Amano_Behemoth_vs._Light_Warrior.jpg/830px-Amano_Behemoth_vs._Light_Warrior.jpg Concept art]] was made for it to appear in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', notably with wings, but it didn't move beyond concept until it debuted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', now missing its wings. The original "winged behemoth" concept would not appear until ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', nearly 30 years later, and only as the Behemoth King and Dread Behemoth, the most powerful members of its family.

[[folder:Sahagin]]
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Aquatic enemies that act as basic water-elemental {{Mook}}s.

* DefendCommand: In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', they can withdraw into their shells to block your attacks.
%%* FishPeople
* MakingASplash: They use water-elemental magics.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: They're fish people who used tridents in some games.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sahagin or Water Bug.
* UndergroundMonkey: Desert Sahagins, which are fought in the desert. They also come in [[KingMook Chief and Prince]] varieties.

[[folder:Shinryu]]
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Along with Omega, one of the infamous {{Optional Boss}}es of the series.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''

* StatusEffects: The biggest danger with these creatures is their attack "Bad Breath" which tends to inflict characters with a whole plethora of annoying status ailments.

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''XIII'', the ''baby'' Adamanchelid can deal a TotalPartyKill if you challenge it the first time you encounter one, and the adult Adamantortoise can do the same even to a party with maxed out Crystarium. The even stronger Long Gui and Shaolong Gui are effectively {{Bonus Boss}}es.

* {{BFS}}: Always seen with one, except in ''IV'', where they traded it for an ArmCannon. Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', where the party comment on how [[BonusBoss the Iron Giant]] that originated from ''Final Fantasy II'' (where they had swords, and so does this one) is different from the variants they're more familiar with.
* BonusBoss: As even more of a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere than [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII the Cloud of Darkness]].

* PutOnABus: Quite common in early games, they've become more rare as the series has gone on.

* {{Expy}}: Is in his ''FFVII'' appearance ''blatantly'' based on the Horned King from ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.

* BonusBoss: In some of the games, such as ''VIII'' and ''X'', Ultima Weapon is a bonus boss encountered in that game's bonus dungeon.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being an inherently destructive being, the Cloud of Darkness is driven more by instinct than any malice, and has been described in-universe as more force of nature than villain. [[DarkIsEvil Notably averted]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', where the Cloud is a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent voidsent demon]] rather than an eldritch immune response.

* BonusBoss: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' is the only entry to feature a fight with Omega as a main storyline encounter. In every other appearance it is purely optional.

Along with Omega, one of the infamous optional bosses of the series.

* BonusBoss: Debuted as one in ''V'', and has become a recurring one in a number of game remakes.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a serpent like entity with wings and arms. He also abnormally powerful, the tidbits on his backstory in ''V'' state that he and Omega were so powerful than even the Legendary Weapons couldn't defeat them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100705165455/finalfantasy/images/thumb/1/15/Amano_Behemoth_vs._Light_Warrior.jpg/830px-Amano_Behemoth_vs._Light_Warrior.jpg Concept art]] was made for it to appear in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', notably with wings, but it was not added into the game. Thus, it debuted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', now missing its wings. The original "winged behemoth" concept would not appear until ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', nearly ''30 years'' later.

* BadassBaritone: In ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'', where the voiced Tonberry has more or less the deepest voice in the game.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was also translated as Atma Weapon.

* NamesTheSame: Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' or ''ComicBook/IronMan''.

* BonusBoss: Usually it's not obligated to fight it.

* TurtlePower: Usually slow, but very sturdy and strong.

* TurtlePower: In some games, they're more like turtle-men.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Bombs are usually recurring monsters in various games from ''Final Fantasy II'' onwards, but their story appearance in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', consisting of Cecil and Kain using them to blow up Mist, which is Rydia's hometown, [[note]] Among the casulities is her mother [[/note]] causes the last straw that broke the camel's back for Cecil's service to Baron, and starts his HeelFaceTurn, and thus, his fight against Golbez [[note]] Who's his [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather brother]]]] [[/note]] and [[spoiler: Zemus]].

* GuestFighter: Shows up in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', as part of a collaboration event.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Bombs are usually recurring monsters in various games from ''Final Fantasy II'' onwards, but their appearance in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', consiting of Cecil and Kain using them to blow up Mist, which is Rydia's hometown, [[note]] Among the casulities is her mother [[/note]] causes the last straw that broke the camel's back for Cecil's service to Baron, and starts his HeelFaceTurn, and thus, his fight against Golbez [[note]] Who's his [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather brother]]]] [[/note]] and [[spoiler: Zemus]].

* SignatureMove: 1000 Needles is often all they use, and though it predates their appearance, it's now associated primarily with them.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Bombs are usually recurring monsters in various games from ''Final Fantasy II'' onwards, but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil and Kain using them to blow up Mist, which is Rydia's hometown, [[note]] Among the casulities is her mother [[/note]] causes the last straw that broke the camel's back for Cecil's service to Baron, and starts his HeelFaceTurn, and thus, his fight against Golbez [[note]] Who's his [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather brother]]]] [[/note]] and [[spoiler: Zemus]]]].

* FinalBoss: Of ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Final Fantasy XI: Heroes of Abyssea]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy2015 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT''.

* CastingAShadow: Owing to the common overlap between darkness and the void, its powers frequently appear as dark in nature, not to mention its name is the Cloud of ''Darkness''. This is more explicit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', where the void it rules over is specifically world that was flooded with dark energy.

* FightingAShadow: In all appearances, the Cloud of Darkness cannot truly be destroyed so long as the void personifies represents exists.

[[folder:Coeurl]]
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Feline enemies with long tentacles in place of whiskers, they often attack in packs.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''

* CatsAreMean: ''Very'' mean with their nasty Blaster attack.
* CatsAreMagic: some of the more common enemies to use magic attacks without being outright mages.
* CombatTentacles: Their whiskers/tentacles are often used to attack.
* PantheraAwesome: Large felines that can be hunted for pelts in some games, and are very beautiful but very dangerous.
* ShoutOut: Based off the feline monster from ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheSpaceBeagle''.
* SignatureMove: Blaster, which either paralyzes you or inflicts a OneHitKO.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Coeurl, Black Cat, Cuahl, or Torama.

[[folder:Death Claw]]
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Insectoid creatures that look like walking, clawed hands.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII''

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Essentially the anthropomorphized form of this trope.
* BearsAreBadNews: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'''s version resembles a bear with four claws in place of its forelimbs.
* BossInMookClothing: Literally in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. During the escape from Karnak Castle, the party is harassed in RandomEncounters by a generic looking Sergeant and [[AttackAnimal attack dogs]], with the Sergeant always fleeing when the dogs are slain. Once they exit the castle a scripted encounter occurs that looks identical to these prior encounters, except this time instead of fleeing the Sergeant will transform into the boss Iron Claw, a Death Claw PaletteSwap.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: Their traditional appearance looks like a clawed hand with legs at the base and a face in the palm. Their ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' appearance does away with the legs, playing this up even further.
* MechaMooks: The common ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' version is a magitek construct employed by the Allagan and Garlean empires.
* SignatureMove: Also called Death Claw, it can inflict HPToOne, [[TheParalyzer paralysis]], or even OneHitKill depending on the game.
* SlayingMantis: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' forgoes their traditional appearance in favor of a giant mantis, which also appears in ''XIV'' alongside the GiantHandsOfDoom appearance. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''s version has elements of both the mantis and hand forms.

[[folder:Flan]]
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FF_Flan_6687.png]]
Slime monsters that come in a wide variety of colors, they have strong physical defenses but fall easily to elemental magic.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''

* BlobMonster: They're rarely little more than globs of colored slime.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: One can often figure out their weakness based on their color.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Flans have variable weaknesses to elemental magic.
* StoneWall: They are often highly resistant to physical attacks, but weak to magic.
* ThemeNaming: Flan-type monsters tend to be named after desserts; Pudding, Jelly, Mousse, Bavarois, and so on.
* UndergroundMonkey: Comes in ''many'' variations.

[[folder:Goblin]]
[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Goblin_7987.png]]
Basic enemies armed with daggers.

Debut: ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''