Zidane Tribal

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Zidane Tribal
Alias(es)	Gaia's Protector Chivalry Revivalist Dispeller of Self-Doubt Rallier of Allies
Origin	Final Fantasy IX
Occupation	Thief
Powers / Skills	Swordsmanship Stealing Trance Dyne
Hobby	Stealing.
Goals	Defeat Kuja. Save Gaia. Be with Garnet (all succeeded).
Family	Baku (surrogate father) Garland (creator/birth-father) Kuja (brother) Mikoto (sister)
Friends / Allies	Garnet Til Alexandros XVII (love interest) Vivi Ornitier Adelbert Steiner Freya Crescent Quina Quen Eiko Carol Amarant Coral Beatrix Blank Cinna Marcus Baku Garland Warrior of Light Firion Onion Knight Cecil Harvey Kain Highwind Bartz Klauser Terra Branford Locke Cole Cloud Strife Tifa Lockhart Squall Leonhart Rinoa Heartilly Laguna Loire Tidus Yuna Jecht Vaan Lightning Y'shtola Rhul Noctis Lucis Caelum Ramza Beoulve Ace
Enemies	Kuja (formerly) Lani (formerly) Amarant Coral (briefly) Adelbert Steiner (briefly) Necron Zorn Thorn Queen Brahne (possibly formerly) Beatrix (formerly) Garland (formerly) The Emperor (regularly) Exdeath (regularly) Kefka Palazzo (regularly) Sephiroth (regularly) Ultimecia Gabranth Vayne Carudas Solidor Snow Villiers Zenos yae Galvus Ardyn Izunia
Type of Hero	Adventurous Thief

“	You don't need a reason to help people.	„
	~ Zidane Tribal

“	The sly eagle doesn't kill at whim.	„
	~ Zidane Tribal

Zidane Tribal is the main protagonist of the 2000 role-playing video game Final Fantasy IX.

He is a thief who works for the Tantalus Theater Troupe set to kidnap the princess of Alexandria, an event that eventually escalates to a quest to protect the planet of Gaia. Zidane possesses little of the sullenness associated with previous Final Fantasy protagonists Cloud Strife and Squall Leonhart; he enjoys making new friends and is always on a lookout to help those in need.

He is voiced by Romi Park in Japanese and Bryce Papenbrook in English.

Overview

Zidane is a member of the Tantalus Theater Group, a group of entertainer-thieves. At the beginning of the game, Tantalus was sent to Alexandria by Lindblum's Regent Cid Fabool IX on a mission to kidnap the princess, only to get entangled in the coming war. Zidane is aware of the fact that he's an orphan, and only remembers one thing about his past: a blue light. He's always wanted to find out where he came from, though it's not his all-consuming life goal. In contrast to his previous Final Fantasy heroes, he's quite carefree and cheerful, with very little angst or existential doubt.

Appearance

Zidane has layered blond hair that frames his face and is tied back into a short ponytail. He has Teal blue eyes and a prehensile monkey-like tail — a trademark of Genomes. He wears a white sleeveless shirt under a short teal vest, topped with brown leather accents at the shoulders and back; in the front, there is a lacy white jabot topped with a light green ribbon tied in a bow. He wears blue jodhpur pants, a tan belt, light green gloves with large blue cuffs, and a pair of light green and white cuffed ankle boots with a low heel. He sports a brown sheath on his left hip for his dagger.

Personality

Zidane is shown to be a bit of a skirt-chaser, constantly flirting with Princess Garnet as well as other female. Despite accusations that all he ever thinks about is girls, Zidane is capable of being serious when the situation calls for it. He gives advice to the party members at multiple times on several aspects of life and is overall laid-back and casual in his actions and speech patterns. Though he is highly confident in his abilities, Zidane harbors some insecurities about his past and concealed loneliness, though he does not often express them. While usually cheerful, Zidane easily gets depressed, feels loneliness, and begins to question why he should exist. Though he values friendship, he tries to keep his problems to himself and tries to fight them alone. Usually, Zidane is laid-back but can lose his cool, as shown when after learning about his past, he becomes enraged and therefore is hostile to his friends, refusing to accept help from his team. Throughout the game, Zidane starts developing feelings for Garnet and acts like an older brother to Vivi. Towards other party members, even Steiner and Amarant who dislike him, Zidane is generally friendly.

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Trivia

• The only time Zidane uses his prehensile tail is when he evades Steiner on the cargo ship.
• The Tantalus logo seems to symbolize Zidane—it is blue and bears a heart, a dagger, and a pair of angel wings.
• Zidane's birthday is in September, the ninth month of the year, appropriate for the protagonist of the ninth installment of the Final Fantasy main series.
• Despite being officially listed as 1.73 m tall - the same height as Cloud, and a little shorter than Squall - in Dissidia, Zidane is much shorter than the other two, and is in fact one of the shortest fighters in the game.
• His Japanese voice actress, Romi Park, is best known for voicing Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Tōshirō Hitsugaya from Bleach, Hange Zoe from Attack on Titan, Temari from Naruto anime and Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4.
• His English voice actor, Bryce Papenbrook, is best known for voicing Guan Ping from the Dynasty Warriors series, Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan, Staz Charlie Blood from Blood Lad, Rin Okumura from Blue Exorcist, Kirito from Sword Art Online, Shirou Emiya from Fate/stay, Meliodas from The Seven Deadly Sins, Cat Noir from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Rokuro Enmado from Twin Star Exorcists, Henry from Fire Emblem Awakening and Lance from Doki Doki Pretty Cure!.