Editing Cid

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'''Cid''' is a character introduced in ''Kingdom Hearts'' who originally appeared in ''{{wiki|finalfantasy|Final Fantasy VII}}''. He is a gifted pilot and engineer, and teaches Sora how to build Gummi Ships. Cid is forty-two years old at the beginning of ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' and forty-three during the events of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''.

Though each ''Final Fantasy'' game each has had its own Cid since ''Final Fantasy II'' (and remakes of the original ''Final Fantasy'' mentions a Cid as well), the Cid of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series is that of ''Final 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, the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Cid is a pilot and is rather uncouth behavior with 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 in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children''.

Cid, along with Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, and Leon were originally set to appear in ''Kingdom 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.{{fact}}

Cid is one of the first characters that [[Sora]] meets and befriends after arriving in [[Traverse Town]]. He runs an accessory shop in the center of the town's [[First District]]. At one point, Cid sends Sora out to deliver an old, broken book—''[[100 Acre Wood|The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''—to [[Merlin]]. 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. This is true to his ''Final Fantasy VII'' counterpart, as he is an expert on air travel. In fact, most incarnations of Cid in the ''Final Fantasy'' series have been associated with airships and mechanics.

Like [[Leon]], Merlin, and other important characters met in Traverse Town, Cid was originally from [[Radiant Garden]]. When Leon, [[Yuffie]] and [[Aerith]] depart to Hollow Bastion, he remains behind in Traverse Town, and seemingly becomes Kairi's only guardian. After Sora sealed Kingdom Hearts, he returns to his world, meeting up with [[Cloud]] on the way.

===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===

Cid appears in [[Castle 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''===

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

==Appearance==

Unlike his fellow ''[[finalfantasy:Compilation of Final Fantasy VII|Compilation of Final Fantasy VII]]'' characters, Cid's appearance in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' only vaguely resembles his look in the ''Compilation'' media. He retains his goggles and wears a necklace with a rectangular charm that resembles one he wore in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' (though it is made of wood and secured by a rope here, whereas in ''Advent 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.

{{wiki|finalfantasy|Cid Highwind}} made his debut in ''Final Fantasy VII'' as one of the playable characters, and the last non-optional party member.

==Trivia==

*The ''Kingdom Hearts'' manga briefly showed him attacking [[Heartless]] with a flamethrower. The backpack he wears during this scene is a cameo of the main weapon of the Cid from ''{{wiki|finalfantasy|Final Fantasy Unlimited}}''.