Cait Sith
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cait Sith |
| Occupation: | Fortune Teller, Shin-Ra employee, Spy |
| Relationships: | Cloud Strife (friend), Barret Wallace (friend), Aerith Gainsborough (friend), Red XIII (friend), Tifa Lockhart (friend), Yuffie Kisaragi (friend), Cid Highwind (friend), Vincent Valentine (friend), Sephiroth (enemy), Reeve Tuesti (controller), Heidegger (colleague), Scarlett (colleague), President Shinra (ex boss), Rufus Shinra (boss) |
| Fandom: | Final Fantasy VII |
| Other: | |
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Cait Sith is a playable character in the Square Enix video game Final Fantasy VII.
Canon
A giant, mechanised plush moogle, Cait Sith is certainly one of the more unique creations in Final Fantasy's history, right up there with Quina Quen and Umaro.
Beneath the cuddly exterior is a machine controlled by Shinra's Reeve Tuesti, who uses it to spy on Cloud's gang. Once found out however, Cait Sith is ironically used to instead spy on the Shinra. This 'change of heart' came about in the Temple of the Ancients, where Cait Sith realised that he actually had friends in AVALANCHE, whilst his Shinra 'colleagues' abused him regularly.
Cait Sith turning against the Shinra proved that you can be the good guy by being the bad guy.
Cait Sith dolls appear as weapons in Final Fantasy X. Cait Sith dolls have a chance of inflicting a given status in tandem with dealing damage, i.e. Fatal Cait Sith has the ability 'Deathtouch', which may knock out the target in a single hit.
Fandom
Cait Sith has received mixed reception from the community. As a playable unit, many find his stat scaling, weapons, and limit breaks to be underwhelming or frustrating compared to others. Additionally, some are unwilling to overlook his less moral actions, such as kidnapping a young child and holding her hostage.[1]
In Celtic mythology, a Cat Sìth is a catlike fairy creature, whose name is apparently pronounced similarly to "kett shee".[2] In Japanese, his name is transliterated as Ketto Shī (ケット・シー). In the English-speaking community, his name is commonly pronounced as "Kate Sith" (rhymes with "eight myth"), such as in Team FourStar's Final Fantasy 7: Machinabridged series.[3]
Shipping
Being a stuffed animal with a cat on top, Cait Sith isn't exactly easy to ship. The best fans can generally hope for is a voyeurism fic featuring him, or a human AU.
Cait Sith's controller Reeve is shipped occasionally however, so it could count as Cait Sith being shipped, only by proxy. Reeve is most commonly shipped with his colleagues, Scarlett and/or Heidegger, with varying levels of consent.
Fan Works
Fan Art
- ケット・シーと中の人 by MISAKI
- 中の人 by まるいす
- birthday boy by loshka
- I dislike the goofy animal side characters in games so I redesigned my Cait Sith to be more Reeve. by shia-art
Video
- Final Fantasy 7: Machinabridged (episode 16 onward) by TeamFourStar - machinima abridged series
Meta
- commentary and analyses featuring Cait Sith by cryoftheplanet
Fan Links and Archives
- Works in Cait Sith (Compilation of FFVII) on Archive of Our Own
- Final Fantasy works and crossovers featuring Cait Sith on FanFiction.net
- Cait Sith works on Pixiv
Resources
- Official character page for Cait Sith at Squaresoft.com - Archived 29 May 1998
- The Lifestream: translations from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania: Cait Sith’s profile
- The Lifestream: Early Material File Character Files – p. 519 and part of p. 520 of the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega