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"Bunch of pinheads. Interspace ain't no playground."

—Cid to Sora regardingGummi Ship travel

Cid is a character introduced inKingdom Hearts who originally appeared inFinal Fantasy VII. He is a gifted pilot and engineer, and teaches Sora how to buildGummi Ships.

Development[edit]

Though eachFinal Fantasy game each has had its own Cid sinceFinal Fantasy II (and remakes of the originalFinal Fantasy mention a Cid as well), the Cid of theKingdom Hearts series is that ofFinal Fantasy VII, Cid Highwind. As a Cid, he bears the trademark of his association with machinery and airships, or Gummi ships in this case. Like Cid Highwind, theKingdom Hearts Cid is a pilot and, while somewhat uncouth, has a good heart. However, what is not retained is his smoking habit, thus the lack of the box of cigarettes strapped to his goggles and his trademark cigarette in his mouth, which is replaced by a toothpick to produce a similar image, and more importantly, his signature foul mouth, with many of these foul words replaced by symbols in the English translation. In addition, his attire resembles neither his original design nor his appearance inFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Cid, Aerith, Yuffie, and Leon were originally set to appear inKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. However, in the final release, they were removed from the game because, according to Nomura, there were too many plot lines already, and it would have gotten confusing.^[1]

Story[edit]

BetweenKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep andKingdom Hearts[edit]

WhenMaleficent attackedRadiant Garden with herHeartless, Cid rounded up three lost children,Squall,Aerith, andYuffie, and fled from that world toTraverse Town. Cid then locked away his Navigation gummi that lead back to his homeworld in theSecret Waterway, ensuring the Heartless couldn't use his pathway.

Over the next nine years, Cid opened both an Accessory and Gummi shop, remaining ignorant to theMoogles who were using the second floor of his shop to craft items.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

Cid tells Sora to come to him if he runs into trouble.

Cid is one of the first characters thatSora meets and befriends after arriving inTraverse Town. He runs anaccessoryshop in the center of the town'sFirst District. At one point, Cid sends Sora out to deliver an old, broken book—The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh—toMerlin. When Sora and company return to Traverse Town with unusual gummis, he explains Navigation Gummis to them and offers to install that ones they find on their Gummi Ship. He turns over the accessory shop to someone else, and he begins selling Gummi Ship parts outside the synthesis shop.

LikeLeon, Merlin, and other important characters met in Traverse Town, Cid was originally fromRadiant Garden. When Leon,Yuffie, andAerith depart toHollow Bastion, he remains behind in Traverse Town, and seemingly becomesKairi's only guardian. After Sora sealedKingdom Hearts, he returns to his world, meeting up withCloud on the way.

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories[edit]

A memory-based Cid appears inCastle Oblivion, in the memory-based version of Traverse Town. Like the other characters appearing out of Sora's memory, he doesn't remember Sora, but knows his name.

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Cid is a member of theHollow Bastion Restoration Committee, working out of Merlin's home. He fills Sora and company in on the goings on in town when the drop by. Cid seems to have a rivalry with Merlin, with Cid favoring technology over magic and Merlin favoring magic. He is a computer expert, and manages to create a program which helps Sora andTron defeat theMaster Control Program.

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

Shortly after entering theDatascape's version of Traverse Town,Data-Sora meets Data-Cid outside the accessory shop. Data-Cid asks Data-Sora to help search for Data-Huey, Dewey, and Louie around town. After Data-Sora brings back Data-Huey and Data-Dewey, Data-Cid gives him a piece of the world'sKeyhole.

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

A year after Sora's disappearance, Cid, Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, andRiku all try to uncover the whereabouts of Sora. Cid recreates Sora's battle data andReal Organization XIII's Recreated Data. After the digital Sora defeats the recreated Organization XIII, the data analysis still states that Sora's data hasn't been updated, sending the group's search back to square one.

Design[edit]

According to the official Japanese website for the firstKingdom Hearts, Cid is forty-two years old inKingdom Hearts.^[2]

Unlike his fellowCompilation of Final Fantasy VII characters, Cid's appearance in theKingdom Hearts only vaguely resembles his look in theCompilation media. He retains his goggles and wears a necklace with a rectangular charm that resembles one he wore inFinal Fantasy VII: Advent Children (though it is made of wood and secured by a rope here, whereas inAdvent Children it was metal and secured by a thin chain, rather resembling a military dog tag). Cid's short hair is blond, albeit styled a bit differently and much brighter than his original incarnation's platinum blond hair.

His eyes are blue and he has some stubble on his chin. Cid chews on a toothpick instead of his normal cigarette due to the younger demographic of theKingdom Hearts series. He wears a white T-shirt with two buttons descending from the neck. His baggy pants are blue and have a very wide, orange waistband with thin, vertical stripes on it. Cid's pants are worn rather high, with the waistband coming up to just under his ribcage, similar to the way he wore them in theFinal Fantasy VII games. Cid also wears grey socks and black shoes.

Personality[edit]

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Origin[edit]

Cid Highwind made his debut inFinal Fantasy VII as one of the playable characters, and the last non-optional party member.

Was to be the first man to ever go to the outer space, Cid is forced to abandon his dreams by his very own assistant, Shera. As he is about to take off in the "Shinra No. 26", he decided to abort the launch because Shera was still in the engine room, checking an oxygen tank as it showed some minor anomalies.

Later, the new president of Shinra, Rufus, held a meeting with him. Cid thought he was going to re-initiate the Space Program, but it turns out Rufus planned to take Cid's airplane, the "Tiny Bronco", to chase after Sephiroth. After Cloud and the others defeated Palmer (who was going to steal the airplane under Rufus's order) and accidentally turned on the airplane, both the party and Cid made an escape from Rocket Town and landed on the sea. Cid then decided to join the party to oppose Shinra and defeat Sephiroth.

Notes and references[edit]

• Entelechy
• Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden
• Traverse Town
• Final Fantasy characters
• Kingdom Hearts characters
• Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories characters
• Kingdom Hearts II characters
• Kingdom Hearts coded characters
• Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind characters

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