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Cid
	Kingdom Hearts
	Owner of an accessory shop in Traverse Town. A highly skilled engineer and a first-rate pilot. When the Heartless invaded his world, he escaped to Traverse Town on a gummi ship he'd built himself. He is an expert on gummi ships.; "Final Fantasy VII"
	Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
	A gifted pilot who saved Leon and the others from the Heartless when they were just children.; Cid lives in Traverse Town now.
	Kingdom Hearts II
	Final Fantasy VII; An engineer, tech wizard and first-rate pilot. He met Sora as a castaway, while he was running a shop away from his hometown.; Now that he's back home, Cid is an active member of the town's Restoration Committee.
	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
	A man with a gift for technology who's as good a pilot as he is an engineer.; Once, Cid called another world home. Just before that world was lost to darkness, he gathered up what children he could save, and together, they fled to Traverse Town.
	Kingdom Hearts Union χ
	KINGDOM HEARTS (2002); An engineer, tech wizard, and first-rate pilot.
	Kingdom Hearts III
	A man who had aided Sora and his friends on their journeys in the past. Both his appearance and speech are rough around the edges, which belie the fact that he is a brilliant engineer. Also good with computers.

Cid
Japanese	シド
Rōmaji	Shido
Voice actors	(Ja:) Kazuhiro Yamaji; (En:) Chris Edgerly;
Homeworld	Radiant Garden; Traverse Town;
Origin	Final Fantasy VII
Games	Kingdom Hearts; Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories; Kingdom Hearts II; Kingdom Hearts coded; Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind

Latest revision as of 13:19, 12 September 2024

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

—Cid to Sora regarding Gummi Ship travel

Cid is a character introduced in Kingdom Hearts who originally appeared in Final Fantasy VII. He is a gifted pilot and engineer, and teaches Sora how to build Gummi Ships.

Development[edit]

Though each Final Fantasy game each has had its own Cid since Final Fantasy II (and remakes of the original Final Fantasy mention 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, 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 in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Cid, Aerith, 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.^[1]

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

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

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—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.

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[edit]

A memory-based 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[edit]

Cid is a member of the Hollow 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 and Tron defeat the Master Control Program.

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

Shortly after entering the Datascape'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's Keyhole.

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

A year after Sora's disappearance, Cid, Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and Riku all try to uncover the whereabouts of Sora. Cid recreates Sora's battle data and Real 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 first Kingdom Hearts, Cid is forty-two years old at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and forty-three during the events of Kingdom Hearts II.

Unlike his fellow 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.

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 the Kingdom 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 the Final Fantasy VII games. Cid also wears grey socks and black shoes.

Personality[edit]

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Origin[edit]

Cid Highwind made his debut in Final 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]

^ Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania, Interviewer: "Zack appears at the Coliseum, but was there a reason why he is the only Final Fantasy character this time around?" / Tetsuya Nomura: "We wanted to have Cid and the gang in Radiant Garden, but that would have made the story go too far off track. The main story of Birth by Sleep is complicated enough as it is, so instead of making a lot of side roads, we concentrated on the main story. Which resulted in having no other Final Fantasy character but Zack make an appearance." Translation via Lissar.

[1] Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania, Interviewer: "Zack appears at the Coliseum, but was there a reason why he is the only Final Fantasy character this time around?" / Tetsuya Nomura: "We wanted to have Cid and the gang in Radiant Garden, but that would have made the story go too far off track. The main story of Birth by Sleep is complicated enough as it is, so instead of making a lot of side roads, we concentrated on the main story. Which resulted in having no other Final Fantasy character but Zack make an appearance." Translation via Lissar.

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+{{Q|Bunch of pinheads. Interspace ain't no playground.|Cid to Sora regarding [[Gummi Ship]] travel}}
+'''Cid''' is a character introduced in ''{{c|Kingdom Hearts|game}}'' who originally appeared in ''{{ff|Final Fantasy VII}}''. He is a gifted pilot and engineer, and teaches Sora how to build [[Gummi Ship]]s.
-==Journal Entries==
+==Development==
+Though each ''Final Fantasy'' game each has had its own Cid since ''Final Fantasy II'' (and remakes of the original ''Final Fantasy'' mention 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, 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 in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children''.
+Cid, Aerith, 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.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Zack appears at the Coliseum, but was there a reason why he is the only ''Final Fantasy'' character this time around?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "We wanted to have Cid and the gang in Radiant Garden, but that would have made the story go too far off track. The main story of ''Birth by Sleep'' is complicated enough as it is, so instead of making a lot of side roads, we concentrated on the main story. Which resulted in having no other ''Final Fantasy'' character but Zack make an appearance." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Full-Nomura-Interview-20-KH-Mysteries-Solved-1366 Translation via Lissar].</ref>
+==Story==
 ===''Kingdom Hearts''===
-''Owner of an accessory shop in Traverse Town. A highly skilled engineer and a first-rate pilot. When the Heartless invaded his world, he escaped to Traverse Town on a gummi ship he'd built himself. He is an expert on gummi ships.''
+[[File:Traverse Town Cid and Sora Textscene 01 KH.png|left|thumb|200px|Cid tells Sora to come to him if he runs into trouble.]]
+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 {{c|First District|trt}}. 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.
-''"Final Fantasy VII"''
+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''===
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]''===
-''A gifted pilot who saved Leon and the others from the Heartless when they were just children.''
+A memory-based 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.
+{{-}}
-''Cid lives in Traverse Town now.''
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===
+Cid is a member of the [[Hollow 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 and [[Tron]] defeat the [[Master Control Program]].
-===''Kingdom Hearts II''===
+===''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''===
-''Final Fantasy VII''
+Shortly after entering the [[Datascape]]'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's [[Keyhole]].
-''An engineer, tech wizard and first-rate pilot. He met Sora as a castaway, while he was running a shop away from his hometown.''
+===''Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''===
+A year after Sora's disappearance, Cid, Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and [[Riku]] all try to uncover the whereabouts of Sora. Cid recreates Sora's battle data and [[Real 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.
-''Now that he's back home, Cid is an active member of the town's Restoration Committee.''
+==Design==
+According to the official Japanese website for the first ''Kingdom Hearts'', Cid is forty-two years old at the beginning of ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories'' and forty-three during the events of ''Kingdom Hearts II''.
-==Story==
+Unlike his fellow ''{{ff|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.
-===''Kingdom Hearts''===
-In the original Kingdom Hearts, Cid is one of the first characters that [[Sora]] befriends in [[Traverse Town]]. He first owns an accessory shop in the center of the town's 1st district. Cid sends Sora out to deliver an old, broken book (The Adventures of [[Winnie the Pooh]]) to [[Merlin]]. Later on he owns a shop which specializes in Gummi Ship parts. 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]].
+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 the ''Kingdom 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 the ''Final Fantasy VII'' games. Cid also wears grey socks and black shoes.
+==Personality==
+{{sec-stub}}
-===''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''===
+==Origin==
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+[[File:Cid FFVII.png|150px|left]]
-|[[Image:Cid-ChOfMem.png]]
+{{ff|Cid Highwind}} made his debut in ''Final Fantasy VII'' as one of the playable characters, and the last non-optional party member.
-|[[Image:Cid2-ChOfMem.png]]
-|}
-A memory-based version of Cid appears in ''Chain of Memories'', in the memory-based version of Traverse Town.
+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.
-===''Kingdom Hearts II''===
+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.
-In Kingdom Hearts II, Cid is a member of the [[Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee]] who resides in Merlin's home with the other Radiant Garden characters. Cid seems to have a rivalry with Merlin because Cid favors technology over magic while Merlin favors the exact opposite. He is a computer expert, and manages to create a program which helps Sora and [[Tron]] defeat the [[Master Control Program]].
+{{-}}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes and references==
-*He is one of five ''Final Fantasy'' characters featured not have a featured weapon, the others being [[Aerith]] and the [[Gullwings]]. He is also the only ''Final Fantasy'' character not seen participating in any battle, whereas Aerith served as healer and the Gullwings managed to defeat an [[Armored Knight]] through a team effort. If he does have a weapon, then it is likely his custom-made spear. (However the Kingdom Hearts manga briefly showed him attacking [[Heartless]] with a flamethrower.)
+{{reflist}}
-*Though each ''Final Fantasy'' game each has had its own Cid since ''Final Fantasy II'', though remakes of the original ''Final Fantasy'' mentions of a Cid, 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 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 or his appearance in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children''.
-*There was no voice actor for Cid in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''. Instead, he is only seen talking in text throughout the whole game. In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', his voice actors in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', Kazuhiro Yamaji and Chris Edgerly, reprise the role.
-*Except for his jacket and gloves, Cid is the only ''Final Fantasy'' character in the series who had no change in appearance from ''Kingdom Hearts''.
-==Gallery==
+{{KH1}}
-<center>
+{{COM}}
-<gallery>
+{{KH2}}
-Image:Kh-cid.jpg|Cid's artwork from the first ''Kingdom Hearts''
+{{Coded}}
-</gallery>
+{{3RM}}
-</center>
+{{FFCharacters}}
-[[Category: Final Fantasy characters]]
-[[Category: Kingdom Hearts characters]]
-[[Category: Kingdom Hearts II characters]]
-[[Category: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories characters]]
-[[Category: Kingdom Hearts coded characters]]
-[[Category: Traverse Town]]
-[[Category: Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden]]
-[[Category: Allies]]

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Development[edit]

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories[edit]

Kingdom Hearts II[edit]

Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]

Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind[edit]

Design[edit]

Personality[edit]

Origin[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

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Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts
Tidus \| Selphie \| Wakka \| Cid \| Squall Leonhart \| Yuffie \| Aerith \| Cloud \| Sephiroth \| Moogles
Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts II
Seifer \| Raijin \| Fujin \| Vivi \| Setzer \| Auron \| Tifa \| Yuna, Rikku, and Paine \| Wantz \| Wallace \| Biggs \| Wedge \| Jessie
Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Zack
Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Dr. Mog \| Elarra \| Exdeath \| Gilgamesh \| Kefka \| Lann \| Lightning \| Reynn \| Tama \| Terra \| Tyro \| Warrior of Light