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I want to know what in the hell a moogle is. They are really cool and I have nothing against them but what are they....where are they from.....whats there pupose. Post some comments if you have any ideas.

We had a thread with a whole discussion of it's origin and what they are etc, but I believe it was closed or something. (Plus it was on the old board, right?)

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Ya maybe your right but i gotta know. They are in almost all of them but what for?? Ya they are just animals in the series but why?? Do they turn out to be "angels" on earth or something?? I could see them as guardians but i still dont know.....

Yeah, it was closed. If you want to see the whole discussion:
http://www.cavesofnarshe.com/forums/ipb/index.php?showtopic=460

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Merged and reopened pending sensible responses. Remember: if you don't have anything useful to add on the subject, don't reply.

I got one of the hairs from a moogle and ran it throgh a DNA scanner. I came up with some interesting results.

It has genes from hippopotomous, the extinct Dodo bird, an orangutan.

But really I think it's a moogle...end story.

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Merged and reopened pending sensible responses. Remember: if you don't have anything useful to add on the subject, don't reply.

Define "sensible", please.

Uh, yeah. Okay. Content...let's go content!

Actually, I've heard rumors that moogles were first featured in a manga done by whoever does Tenchi Muyo, and they're not a Final Fantasy creation at all. I don't believe it for a minute, but has anyone else heard this, or can anyone substantiate/refute this theory regarding the origin of moogles?

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You guys arent telling me though i want to know wtf it is not what you think it is. I'll ask someone from Square-Enix and see what they have to say but i doubt i'll get a good answer.

Quote (Mog-Knight @ 26th September 2003 13:25)

You guys arent telling me though i want to know wtf it is not what you think it is.

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Moogles are "Mogli" in the Japanese versions, and it is supposed to be a combination of the Japanese words for "mole" and "bat".

That's probably the best answer we're going to come up with.

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Quote (Mog-Knight @ 26th September 2003 12:25)

You guys arent telling me though i want to know wtf it is not what you think it is. I'll ask someone from Square-Enix and see what they have to say but i doubt i'll get a good answer.

Golly, sorry you came here expecting us to have a letter from Squenix explaining what it is. I really think you're getting the best answer from DP on this one, though it's odd that they look nothing like moles.

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Quote (Rangers51 @ 26th September 2003 14:43)

though it's odd that they look nothing like moles.

I think it was an evolutionary thing. (If I remember correctly) As I mentioned, in FFII there were moles in the game. The way they were made was a humanoid-like mole, and with the technology of the time, they looked even less realistic. When making the moogle, it looks like they based it on this off-mole design, and had a low-tech moogle. When 16 bits, and eventually polygons, came, instead of making the moogles like their origin, it seems they based its looks off of the original models (I think that's kind of a good thing, because I don't like it in sequels when you have a species that looks nothing like it did in the original).

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My goodness, this is still going on. To me moogles are just the cute white things in FF, but I will support RoyalKnight's theory that humans are descended from moogles, just to mock all of the people who say "You can't say we come from apes. We could have come from something related to the apes!" Well if you're so apprehensive about having monkey-parents, then how about moogles? Take that!

Maybe we should see if square has a defintion, and if so, we can frolick and rejoice that we know what our beloved little white things are.

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Quote (Ejoty @ 26th September 2003 16:43)

My goodness, this is still going on.  To me moogles are just the cute white things in FF, but I will support RoyalKnight's theory that humans are descended from moogles, just to mock all of the people who say "You can't say we come from apes.  We could have come from something related to the apes!"  Well if you're so apprehensive about having monkey-parents, then how about moogles?  Take that! 

It's because I said it was an "evolutionary thing," isn't it?
I like that theory, too.

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I don't know how this thread got as long as it did, but let's face it... Moogles are merely a fantasy created by the makers of the Final Fantasy series. You find something "cute" or "love-able" that gives the game an attraction not just to people of all ages, but as a trademark to the series, and it becomes "house-hold"..

Oh, and I'm sorry I'll quit... I'd probably let you all strangle me for the "bunny ears"..

Dangit, I'm doin' it again..

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Quote (therandyrhoads @ 22 Jan. 2003, 16:59)

a moogle is a moogle. pure and simple. see mog? thats a moogle. hence mog the moogle.

I agree.

I do too. A moogle is a moogle. Some creature in Final Fantasy who are really cute.

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Okay, everyone and their mother has put their input into this topic.

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