{{Short description|Character from Final Fantasy VIII}} {{good article}} {{Infobox character | name = Selphie Tilmitt | image = File:SelphieTilmitt.png | caption = Concept artwork of Selphie Tilmitt for ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', as drawn by [[Tetsuya Nomura]]. | series = [[Final Fantasy]] | firstgame = ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' (1999) | designer = [[Tetsuya Nomura]] | creator = [[Kazushige Nojima]] | voice = '''[[English language|EN]]:''' Molly Marlette<br>'''[[Japanese language|JA]]:''' [[Mayuko Aoki]] | race = Humanity | weapon = Nunchaku }}
'''{{Nihongo|Selphie Tilmitt|���ルフィ・ティルミット|Serufi Tirumitto}}''' is a character from the 1999 [[role-playing video game]] ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. She is introduced as a recent transfer student from Trabia Garden to its rival school Balamb Garden, a prestigious military academy for elite mercenaries (known as "SeeDs") and home to several of the game's major characters. She is also the [[pilot in command]] of the Ragnarok starship, the primary means of air transport for the player's [[Party (role-playing games)|party]].
Selphie was the second character drawn by ''Final Fantasy VIII'' artist [[Tetsuya Nomura]] after the game's lead protagonist [[Squall Leonhart]]. The development team originally intended to program Selphie with some of the game's most powerful attacks. A younger version of Selphie appears as a supporting character in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, which was created by Nomura. Other appearances include the mobile game ''[[Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]'' as well as the ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' [[fighting game]] series. Selphie has received a generally positive reception, being noted for her relatable personality as well as her carefree and energetic demeanour, although some critics did not respond well to her characterization as a childlike female character.
==Development== Selphie Tilmitt, along with most of ''Final Fantasy VIII''{{'s}} principal cast of characters, was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, who would then pass on his finalized character designs to the game's scenario writer [[Kazushige Nojima]].<ref name="sheila"/> Nomura came up with Selphie's initial design prior to the completion of his work on Squall Leonheart.<ref name="sheila"/> Selphie is given a flip hairstyle which was popular in the United States during the latter years of the [[presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower]], an aesthetic design Nomura considered to be improper in real life.<ref name="sheila"/><ref name=IGN/> When Nomura first designed Selphie, he drew her in overalls, but he realized that none of the characters would be wearing a skirt. In the end, he gave Selphie a mini-skirt and let another character named [[Quistis]] wear pants.<ref name="sheila">{{cite web | author=Knight, Sheila | year=2003 | title=Tetsuya Nomura 20s | url=http://flaregamer.com/b2article.php?p=81&more=1 | work=FLAREgamer | access-date=April 13, 2006 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709232759/http://flaregamer.com/b2article.php?p=81&more=1 | archive-date=July 9, 2012 | url-status=live}}</ref>
Selphie is depicted in the game as 17 years old and stands at {{height|cm=156}} tall.<ref name=SE/> She wields a large pair of [[nunchaku]] in battle.<ref name=SE>{{cite web|url=http://na.square-enix.com/games/ff8/selphie.html |title=Final Fantasy VIII Characters – Selphie |publisher=SquareEnix.com |access-date=October 10, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310223618/http://na.square-enix.com/games/ff8/selphie.html|archive-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref> In the European version of ''Final Fantasy VIII'', her weapon is renamed as "Shinobou" due to censorship laws in the United Kingdom concerning the portrayal of [[ninjutsu|ninja weapons]] in visual media which were instituted by [[James Ferman]], the director of the [[British Board of Film Censors]].<ref>{{cite book | year= 2010 | first1=Paul | last1=Bowman | title=Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-Fantasy-Fighting-Philosophy | publisher=Rodopi | isbn=97890-4-202-778-7 | page=161}}</ref><ref name="Screenrant1">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/final-fantasy-censored-video-games/|title=15 Final Fantasy Games That Needed To Be Censored|last=Baird|first=Scott|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730112730/https://screenrant.com/final-fantasy-censored-video-games/|url-status=live}}</ref> Selphie's Limit Break, a special cinematic attack sequence, is based on a [[slot machine]].<ref name="LimitBreak">{{cite book | year=1999 | editor=Square Electronic Arts | title=Final Fantasy VIII North American instruction manual | publisher=Square Electronic Arts | id=SLUS-00892GH | page=21}}</ref> If the player manages to line up the reels in a certain way, Selphie can cast a random spell numerous times or unleash powerful spells which are exclusive to her Limit Break phase, including a magical attack called The End which can defeat almost any enemy in the game.<ref name="LimitBreak"/><ref name="Screenrant2">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/secrets-hidden-in-final-fantasy-games/|title=15 Secrets Hidden In Final Fantasy Games|last=Baird|first=Scott|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831101904/https://screenrant.com/secrets-hidden-in-final-fantasy-games/|url-status=live}}</ref> Selphie was intended to have two additional exclusive Limit Break abilities during the game's development; though they were shown during a [[game demo]] that came bundled with the 1998 action role-playing game ''[[Brave Fencer Musashi]]'', they were never implemented in the final release due to time constraints and cannot be accessed through normal play.<ref name="Screenrant2"/><ref name="ff8ult2">{{cite book | year = 1999 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania | publisher = DigiCube/Square Enix | language=ja | isbn = 4-925075-49-7 | pages= 74–75}}</ref>
A [[Preadolescence|preadolescent]] version of Selphie appears in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, with the [[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|inaugural series installment]] in 2002 being the character's first voiced appearance. She is voiced by [[Mayuko Aoki]] in the Japanese version and Molly Marlette in the English version.<ref>{{cite web |title=Selphie Tilmitt Voices (Final Fantasy) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Final-Fantasy/Selphie-Tilmitt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831101929/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Final-Fantasy/Selphie-Tilmitt/ |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |access-date=October 10, 2021 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
==Appearances== For Selphie's first appearance in ''Final Fantasy VIII'', she encounters Squall while running late for class. She asks Squall to show her around as she is a recent transfer from Trabia Garden. During the Dollet exam, Selphie joins Squall's team after [[Seifer Almasy]] abandons them.<ref>'''Girl:''' "Are you... Squad B? Wait a minute... You're the guy who showed me around, right!? Thanks! I don't get so lost anymore. Oh yeah, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm... a messenger. Name's Selphie, from Squad A." (''Final Fantasy VIII'')</ref> She successfully graduates alongside Squall and Zell and becomes a SeeD, and the three are assigned to the same team. When Galbadia launches missiles at Trabia Garden, she reacts with outrage and helps destroy the missile base.<ref>'''Selphie:''' "I'm on the missile base infiltration team! I have to be! They launched missiles at MY Trabia!" (''Final Fantasy VIII'')</ref> She is depicted as active and energetic, although slightly clumsy. She participates in many extracurricular activities, such as planning the Garden Festival and running the school's online website, the Study Panel.<ref>'''Girl:''' "I know! I know! It's the Garden Festival! It's going to be great! I'm planning to be on the committee. You wanna help out, too!?" (''Final Fantasy VIII'')</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-8-balamb-garden-facts-trivia/|title=Final Fantasy 8: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Balamb Garden|last=Bello|first=Juztin|work=Game Rant|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011085026/https://gamerant.com/final-fantasy-8-balamb-garden-facts-trivia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Throughout the game, she revisits her childhood closeness with [[Irvine Kinneas]],<ref name="Selvine">'''Irvine:''' "I really liked this girl, and it made me so happy just talking to her." (''Final Fantasy VIII'')</ref> who serves as her copilot on the Ragnarok.<ref>'''Selphie:''' "It just kinda took off! I don't know. It's pretty easy. I think it'll be fine. But there's no guarantee it won't crash!" (''Final Fantasy VIII'')</ref> A recurring character moment involve Selphie singing a song about trains during the party's train journeys.<ref name="USGamer"/><ref name="Retro"/>
===Other appearances=== In the 2002 video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', Selphie appears as a young resident of Destiny Islands and a friend of [[Sora (Kingdom Hearts)|Sora]].<ref name=Every/> She is armed with a [[jump rope]] instead of nunchaku.<ref name="KingdomHearts">{{cite web|year=2002 |title=Kingdom Hearts (at Square-Enix.com) |url=http://na.square-enix.com/games/kingdomhearts/index1.html |access-date=October 10, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310223326/http://na.square-enix.com/games/ff8/zell.html |archive-date=March 10, 2007}}</ref> Selphie returns in the 2005 sequel ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' as [[Kairi (Kingdom Hearts)|Kairi]]'s classmate, having no memory of Sora.<ref name=Every>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/every-final-fantasy-character-that-appeared-in-kingdom-hearts/|title=Every Final Fantasy Character That Appeared In Kingdom Hearts|last=Feyrer|first=Avery|work=TheGamer|date=June 25, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011085025/https://www.thegamer.com/every-final-fantasy-character-that-appeared-in-kingdom-hearts/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Selphie has appeared in several ''Final Fantasy'' franchise spin-off games, including playable appearances in titles like ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Record Keeper]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlsPx2_cbs&ab_channel=SquareEnix|title=DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY OPERA OMNIA – Selphie|author=Square Enix|date=December 24, 2018|via=YouTube|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011085025/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlsPx2_cbs&ab_channel=SquareEnix|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ffrk_official/status/1317269096937914370?lang=en|title=FF Record Keeper on Twitter|date=October 17, 2020|publisher=Twitter|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011085020/https://twitter.com/ffrk_official/status/1317269096937914370?lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Promotion and merchandise== In 2004, action figures of Selphie alongside Squall and [[Rinoa]] were distributed in North America by [[Diamond Comics Distributors]].<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Collection DX | url=http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/11905/squareenix_presents_dynamic_final_fantasy_viii_play_art_action_figures | title=Square-Enix Presents Dynamic Final Fantasy Viii Play Art Action Figures | access-date=October 10, 2021 | archive-date=December 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102943/http://www.collectiondx.com/news_item/11905/squareenix_presents_dynamic_final_fantasy_viii_play_art_action_figures | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Reception== Selphie has been mostly well-received by the general public. She has been the subject of [[fan labor|creative activities engaged by video game enthusiasts]], such as [[cosplay]].<ref>{{cite book | year= 2008 | first1=James | last1=Newman | title=Playing with Videogames | publisher=Routledge | isbn= 97804-1-538-522-0 | page=86}}</ref><ref name="Cosblog">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b/gimeagan_blog/archive/2010/03/24/cosblog-24-sigmarue-as-selphie-tilmitt.aspx |title=CosBlog #24: SigmaRue as Selphie Tilmitt |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |last=Marie |first=Meagan |date=March 24, 2010 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831174936/https://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/editors/b/gimeagan_blog/archive/2010/03/24/cosblog-24-sigmarue-as-selphie-tilmitt.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Magazines have also called her as one of the best ''Final Fantasy'' characters.<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/12/top-25-final-fantasy-characters-day-1?page=4 |title=Top 25 Final Fantasy Characters – Day 1 |date=May 12, 2008 |work=IGN Staff |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831101904/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/05/12/top-25-final-fantasy-characters-day-1?page=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-17/square-enix-poll/favorite-female-final-fantasy-character |title=Square Enix Poll: Favorite Female Final Fantasy Character |author=Hodgkins, Crystalyn|publisher=Anime News Network |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121014816/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-01-17/square-enix-poll/favorite-female-final-fantasy-character |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.siliconera.com/japans-favorite-final-fantasy-game-according-to-nhks-grand-poll-is-final-fantasy-x/ |title=Japan's Favorite Final Fantasy Game According to NHK's Grand Poll Is… Final Fantasy X |work=Siliconera |last=Wong |first=Alistair |date=February 29, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311005829/https://www.siliconera.com/japans-favorite-final-fantasy-game-according-to-nhks-grand-poll-is-final-fantasy-x/ |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Critical reception for the character has been generally positive, with some critics calling her one of the most appealing and memorable aspects of ''Final Fantasy VIII''. Meagan Marie from ''[[Game Informer]]'' considered Selphie to be one of her "personal favorite" ''Final Fantasy'' female characters.<ref name="Cosblog"/> Dave Smith from ''[[IGN]]'' praised Selphie as one of the game's few bright lights, highlighting her hairstyle and her cheerfulness as an effective foil for the angst-filled personalities of its cast.<ref name=IGN/> Jeremy Parish from ''[[USGamer]]'' called Selphie his favorite role-playing game character, going as far as calling her the first video game character he could relate to as a realistic human being, setting her apart from other game characters given the sharp contrast between her conduct and the rest of her team. Parish made the claim that she "broke the mold for RPG characters as either grim heroes or blank slates or a combination of the two".<ref name="USGamer">{{cite web |date=February 16, 2015 |title=USgamer Community Question: Who's Your Favorite RPG Character? |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/usgamer-community-question-whos-your-favorite-rpg-character |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529104937/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/usgamer-community-question-whos-your-favorite-rpg-character |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |work=USGamer Staff}}</ref> Matt Sainsbury from ''Digitally Downloaded'' felt that Selphie stood out to him as a physically attractive character, in spite of the graphical limitations of ''Final Fantasy VIII'' as a product of its time, because of her "cute, quirky hairstyle" and her attractive mini-dress outfit.<ref name=Retro>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/11/retro-reflections-final-fantasy-viii-or.html|title=Retro Reflections: Final Fantasy VIII, or the game that showed me the future of waifu|author=Matt Sainsbury|website=Digitally Downloaded|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605130535/http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/11/retro-reflections-final-fantasy-viii-or.html|url-status=live}}</ref> David Lozada from ''[[GameRevolution]]'' considered Selphie's character arc, which sees her dealing with insecurity and childhood trauma in her own way, to be noteworthy because he found that "few other ''Final Fantasy'' games feature female character arcs that are as remarkable" as her growth into a confident, strong woman by the game's ending.<ref name=GameRev>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/features/587761-final-fantasy-8-remastered-2019-worth-playing|title=Why Final Fantasy 8 Remastered is worth returning to in 2019|author=David Lozada|website=GameRevolution|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902012218/https://www.gamerevolution.com/features/587761-final-fantasy-8-remastered-2019-worth-playing|url-status=live}}</ref> ''WomenGamers'' gave a positive assessment of the character, noting that while others may underestimate Selphie's intellect due to her perky and energetic nature, she demonstrates that she is competent when a problematic situation arises and appears to be as smart as her prodigious comrade Quistis.<ref name="GameZone">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/news/selphie_tilmitt_of_final_fantasy_viii/|title=Selphie Tilmitt Of Final Fantasy VIII|author=JKDMedia|website=GameZone|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831103410/https://www.gamezone.com/news/selphie_tilmitt_of_final_fantasy_viii/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Several critics note that elements of Selphie's behavior and personality resemble that of other female characters within the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise and that she represented a common recurring character archetype used throughout related media. Commentary on this aspect of her character drew both positive and negative responses.<ref name=Retro/><ref name=Ditz>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/09/all-female-protagonist-september-bitchy.html|title=All-female protagonist September: Bitchy or ditzy, the Final Fantasy Scale|author=Lindsay M.|website=Digitally Downloaded|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529104936/http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2016/09/all-female-protagonist-september-bitchy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1Up">{{cite web | author=Scott Sharkey | title=Top 5 Final Fantasy Character Types | url=http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-final-fantasy-character | work=1Up.com | access-date=August 31, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604165710/http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-final-fantasy-character | archive-date=June 4, 2011 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Radar>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/15-types-characters-you-meet-every-rpg/|date=May 18, 2017|title=The 15 types of characters you meet in every RPG|author=Lucas Sullivan|website=GamesRadar|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831101857/https://www.gamesradar.com/15-types-characters-you-meet-every-rpg/|url-status=live}}</ref> Parish argued that Selphie never seemed "overbearing or forced" to him, unlike many other female characters in the series who also occupy the same "genki girl" niche.<ref name="USGamer"/> Sainsbury praised Selphie as the "original somewhat ditzy, super perky, brighten-up-your-day background character" archetype within the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, which is continued by characters who appear in subsequent instalments like [[Rikku]] and [[Vanille]].<ref name=Friday>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2018/02/the-friday-ten-ten-characters-from.html |title=The Friday Ten: Ten characters from Final Fantasy that should be added to Dissidial |author=Matt Sainsbury |website=Digitally Downloaded |date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527104324/http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2018/02/the-friday-ten-ten-characters-from.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Conversely, Andy Kelly from ''[[PC Gamer]]'' recognized Selphie as the light-hearted ''Final Fantasy'' character archetype "who gets hit extra hard when something tragic inevitably happens", but found her to be "almost sickeningly friendly and good-natured", and her "bouncy and eager to please tendencies" unendearing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-and-worst-final-fantasy-party-members/|title=The best and worst Final Fantasy party members|work=PC Gamer|date=April 7, 2018|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831101857/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-and-worst-final-fantasy-party-members/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Analysis=== Selphie's role as a child figure was discussed by Mark Filipowich in an essay published in the 2018 book ''Queerness in Play''.<ref name="Queerness">{{cite book | year=2018 | editor1=Todd Harper | editor2= Meghan Blythe Adams | editor3= Nicholas Taylor | title=Queerness in Play | publisher=Springer | isbn= 97833-1-990-542-6 | page=122}}</ref> He observed that a lithe fighter archetype like Selphie is characterized as much by her offensive versatility as her helplessness. In terms of gender roles, Filipowich suggested that there is a looser gender script for a childlike character, unlike the maiden character archetype who may be constrained to a nurturing healer role or supporting the rest of the party with [[Thief (character class)|rogue-style tactics]]. Filipowich suggested that the child character archetype represents potential as opposed to limitation, and that female variants of the archetype seemingly have space to undergo character development independently of male party members.<ref name="Queerness"/> Alexa Ray Corriea noted that Selphie's appearance in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, where she is depicted as an actual child, fall into the same trope as other female characters present in its male-dominated setting, as none of them make enough of a significant impact within its narrative.<ref>{{cite book | year=2018 | author=Alexa Ray Correia | editor3= Nicholas Taylor | title=Kingdom Hearts II: Boss Fight Books #16 | publisher=Boss Fight Books | isbn= 97819-4-053-516-6}}</ref> Josh Tolentino from ''[[Destructoid]]'' used Selphie and her fascination with trains as a point of reference about linear game design in an analysis of the mechanics and systems typical of [[Japanese role-playing game]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/get-me-results-how-to-solve-the-jrpg-grind/|title=Get me results: How to solve the JRPG Grind|author=Josh Tolentino|website=Destructoid|date=March 15, 2010|access-date=August 31, 2021|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131928/https://www.destructoid.com/get-me-results-how-to-solve-the-jrpg-grind/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310223618/http://na.square-enix.com/games/ff8/selphie.html|date=March 10, 2007 |title=Selphie's Profile on the official Square Enix Website}}
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