"Cait Sith" is a spelling variation of Cat Sidhe, a cat-like demon appearing in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic mythology. This figure has inspired many characters in Japanese games, most notably the Final Fantasy series of RPGs, wherein "Cait Sith" (rather than "Cait Sidhe") is used as the official Romanization. Cait Sidhe (pronounced caught shee) is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its breast. ... St. ... The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ... Final Fantasy (Japanese: Fainaru Fantajī) is a series of role playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally use gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... In linguistics, romanization (or Latinization, also spelled romanisation or Latinisation) is the representation of a word or language with the Roman (Latin) alphabet, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system. ...

Cait Sith's video game appearances include the following:

• An enemy "Cait Sith", in Final Fantasy IV Advance on the Gameboy Advance.
• A genjuu, or Esper, in Final Fantasy VI. (The English localization changed the name to "Stray".)
• A remote-controlled toy cat who rides a stuffed robotic moogle, and playable character, in Final Fantasy VII.
• A weapon for the character Lulu in Final Fantasy X.
• A costume, Rikku's "Mascot" Dressphere, in Final Fantasy X-2.
• A mischievous cat-like demon in Princess Maker, but whether or not this is really a reference to the Cait Sidhe of legend is debatable.
• A pair of Siamese cat-like opponents in the puzzle game Puyo Puyo Tsu.
• A recruitable demon in Atlus's Megami Tensei games. Cait Sith commonly resembles Puss-in-Boots in these games.

Cait Sith also appears as the cat of a woman owning a candy store in the game Kingdom Hearts II. This brief cameo takes place near the beginning of the game, in Twilight Town. Final Fantasy IV (ファイナルファンタジーIV Fainaru Fantajī IV), often abbreviated to FF4, is a console role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Final Fantasy magic. ... Final Fantasy VI (ファイナルファンタジーVI Fainaru Fantajī VI) is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. ... This article or section should be merged with Player character A playable character is a character in a video game that can be used as the players avatar within the game world. ... Cait Sith (pronounced Cayt-Shee) is a playable character in the Squaresoft role playing game Final Fantasy VII. He was voiced by Hideo Ishikawa for the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and Greg Ellis in the English version of the CGI film, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. ... Final Fantasy X (ファイナルファンタジーX Fainaru Fantajī X) is the tenth installment in the Final Fantasy role-playing game series and the first game of the series to be released on the PlayStation 2. ... Rikku (リュック Ryukku in Japan; not to be confused with Riku of Kingdom Hearts) is a playable character in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. ... Final Fantasy X-2 (ファイナルファンタジーX-2 Fainaru Fantajī X-2, read: ten-two) is a role-playing video game in the Final Fantasy series, and the first direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game, the best-selling Final Fantasy X released in 2001. ... Princess Maker is a series of Japanese life simulation bishōjo games by the computer game and anime production company Gainax. ... The Siamese is one of the first distinctly recognised breeds of Oriental cat. ... Puyo Puyo Tsu (Also known as Puyo Puyo 2, or Puyo Puyo Tsuu) is the sequel to Puyo Puyo, made in 1994 by Compile. ... Gustave Dorés 19th century engraving of le chat botté Puss in Boots is a European folktale, collected by Charles Perrault in 1697 his Contes de ma mère lOye (Mother Goose Tales) as The Master Cat, and earlier in 1634, by Giambattista Basile as Gagliuso. ... Kingdom Hearts II is an RPG video game sequel, the followup to the 2002 Disney Interactive/Square Enix RPG Kingdom Hearts, and its 2004 Game Boy Advance sequel, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. ... Spoiler warning: Twilight Town Twilight Town (トワイライトタウン Towairaito Taun) is a world in the games Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II. The description of Twilight Town in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories states that it is a curious town between light and dark. ...

Cait Sith's animation appearances include the following:

• A cat who rides the character Red XIII, voiced with a heavy Scottish accent in the English audio and dissimilar Scottish phrasing on English subtitle tracks, in Final_Fantasy_VII:_Advent_Children. (The robotic moogle was omitted in consideration of the effort required for its animation.)

It has also made appearances in other video games, such as Culdcept and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. Red XIII (レッドXIII Reddo JyÅ«san) is a playable character in the RPG Final Fantasy VII. Spoiler warning: // Biography Born with the name Nanaki (ナナキ) he believes himself to be the last of a race sworn to protect their home of Cosmo Canyon with their very lives. ... Final Fantasy: Advent Children is a CGI movie, based on the successful game Final Fantasy VII, to be released on DVD and on a UMD disc for the PSP handheld console. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Culdcept is a videogame that shares features with Monopoly and Magic: The Gathering. ... Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (魔界戦記 ディスガイア; Makai Senki Disgaea, lit. ...

The name "Cait Sith" is represented in katakana as ケット・シー (ketto shī). This indicates an intended pronunciation, while perhaps not entirely accurate, of [kɛt ʃi]. With Sith being Sidhe (In Gaelic), Sidhe is pronounced 'Shee', in the same fashon as Shī (In Japanese). Pronunciation here is only lost through the Romanization. Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Katakana (片仮名) are a Japanese syllabary, one of the four Japanese writing systems. ...