Selphie Tilmitt Selphie Tilmitt is a playable character in " Final Fantasy VIII " . She is an active , outspoken and energetic girl who participates in many extracurricular activities , such as planning the Garden Festival and running a school website . She is clumsy , but despite this wields an oversized nunchaku in battle and pilots the " Ragnarok " airship . Profile . Appearance . Selphie most often wears a yellow mini - dress that is a miniskirt / overall hybrid with clasps over shoulders , clip at the front , a frontal zipper that travels the full length of the dress and two large back pockets . She wears a silver pendant , a blue strap on her left wrist and brown boots that reach mid - calf . As a cadet and later a SeeD , Selphie wears the standard Balamb Garden and SeeD uniforms . During the FMV in which Selphie falls down the rocks while greeting the party during the field exam she is wearing knee - high socks and regular shoes , but her overworld battle sprite wears knee - high boots instead . In " Kingdom Hearts " , Selphie ' s appearance remains the same with her brown boots is replaced with sandals . Personality . Selphie is childish , upbeat , and hyperactive , always looking to have fun . She is a fan of combining words to form new ones . Selphie uses the expression " Booyaka ! " on her website as a greeting . She wants to spread the lingo , but fails . In Japanese it is " Mamimumemo ! " — which is the " M " row in the Japanese alphabet . Selphie is talented with computers and vehicles , and has many hobbies , ranging from running a website in the Balamb Garden intranet to heading the Garden Festival Committee to being obsessed with trains . Selphie has a dark sense of humor , sometimes displaying it in a way others are not comfortable with . It may be that her cheerfulness is born of desperation , out of a fear of acknowledging unhappiness , a trait caused by being an orphan , as when the party visits Trabia Garden , she tries to be cheerful while talking to her friends ' graves despite being emotionally shattered . Her comrades welcome Selphie ' s presence as she is a loyal friend and enjoyable company , so long as she is not trying to get them to join the Garden Festival Committee . Selphie tries to make it her mission to bring Squall out of his shell . She carries out orders in her characteristically friendly manner and never backs down from a challenge , even if she does not always think it all the way through . Seemingly blissfully ignorant to the gravity of a situation , she often lifts her companions ' spirits , distracting them from the seriousness of their problems . Story . Selphie grew up in Edea ' s Orphanage where she befriended Irvine Kinneas , another orphan . When the orphanage was closed upon the owner couple ' s creation of SeeD and Garden , the orphans were separated as some were adopted , some went with Edea on the White SeeD Ship , and others enrolled into Garden . Selphie moved to Trabia and became a student at Trabia Garden , and while it does not promote the use of Guardian Force s , Selphie ' s first junction with one occurred during an outdoor training session when she found one inside a monster . Selphie junctioned her GF for a period of time before losing it , and during this time forgot her childhood memories , the price for relying on the power of a Guardian Force . Upon completing her training at the age of 17 , Selphie transfers to Balamb Garden to partake in the SeeD field exam and becomes involved with the Garden Festival . On the morning of the field exam she is late for class and runs into an unsuspecting Squall , asking him to give her a tour around the Garden so she will not get lost again . If Squall agrees , he takes her to the directory and explains each of Garden ' s facilities and faculty members . Selphie thanks him and heads off to prepare for the field exam they are both taking that day . During the SeeD field exam at the Siege of Dollet , Selphie is assigned to Squad A , the intelligence team , whose first mission is to disrupt the Galbadia n HD cable . Later she is to deliver a withdrawal order to Squad B and seeks out Squall and Zell , but their squad leader , Seifer , is nowhere to be seen . After spontaneously jumping off a cliff and locating Seifer , Selphie delivers their new order . Seifer abandons his squad and Selphie remains with Squall and Zell for the remainder of the exam , narrowly escaping to the shore by the allotted time . Selphie is among the four to pass the exam and become a SeeD , along with Squall , Zell , and another student named Nida . During the inauguration party Selphie attempts to recruit people into the Garden Festival Committee . Selphie is assigned to a mission along with Squall and Zell to assist a resistance faction in Timber known as the Forest Owls . Selphie is elated to discover they are to go by train but falls asleep in the SeeD cabin , dreaming of a Galbadian soldier called Laguna Loire in what appears to be the invasion of Timber many years in the past . Upon awakening she tells of her dream to the others , recounting how much she admires Laguna , and is startled to find Squall and Zell shared the same dream . Upon meeting the Forest Owls they are tasked with capturing the president of Galbadia , Vinzer Deling , by hijacking his private train . The mission fails due to false intelligence , and their next mission is to intercept the first live televised broadcast in over seventeen years , being delivered by the president himself . Seifer takes the president hostage over the air and Quistis Trepe , Squall ' s former teacher , arrives in hot pursuit and calls the Timber team to the TV station where they meet the president ' s new ally , a sorceress , who teleports Seifer away and saves the president . As G - Forces storm the town the group is forced to go into hiding , a member of the Forest Owls , Rinoa Heartilly , securing them a hiding place in another resistance faction ' s house . As returning to Balamb Garden is made impossible when the rail services stop , the group flees to Galbadia Garden . On the way there , they fall asleep in a forest and enter another dream world with Laguna . In G - Garden they learn of Seifer ' s supposed execution , leading Selphie and Rinoa into a discussion about love , as Rinoa dated Seifer over the previous summer . The group is called to the front gate by Master Martine where they are tasked with assassinating the sorceress , Edea , before she can take control of Galbadia and become a threat to the world at large . Galbadia Garden ' s best sharpshooter , Irvine Kinneas , joins the party to help carry out the assassination , and immediately begins flirting with Selphie , choosing her in his team if Squall let ' s Irvine decide the parties . The group travels to Deling City where they split into two teams , Selphie becoming a part of the " gateway team " along with Quistis and Zell to trap the sorceress inside an archway as her float passes through . While the " gateway team " accomplishes their part of the mission , the assassination fails and the SeeD are captured and incarcerated in the D - District Prison . While in prison Selphie tries to cast curative spells despite the anti - magic field in place , and befriends a Moomba worker . They escape , but discover Galbadia has ordered attacks on Balamb and Trabia Gardens . They spot missiles launch overhead in the direction of Trabia Garden , with Selphie silently apologizing to Trabia for not being able to save them . She convinces Squall to split the group with the other infiltrating Galbadia ' s missile silo , while the other warns Balamb Garden of the impending attack . She leads the Missile Base team to avenge Trabia Garden , and along with two other team members heads off in a stolen Galbadian vehicle where they find G - soldier ' s uniforms to use as disguise . The three infiltrate the Missile Base and reprogram the base to self - destruct . The alarms flash and the three are discovered . Galbadia launches the missiles and outside they are ambushed by a Galbadian war machine that they disable , but the machine ' s remains block the exit . While the others mourn their fate and having been unable to stop the launch , Selphie remains hopeful that Squall chose the team for a reason . She urges the party to take shelter within the dysfunctional war machine as the base self - destructs . Surviving , the three remain inside the machine and pilot it when it becomes part of an invasion force against Fishermans Horizon where Squall ' s team is forced to fight it until Selphie and the others can get out . Reunited , the team learns Balamb Garden was saved from the missiles by activating its mobile capabilities and that it has crashed into Fishermans Horizon . The FH technicians promise to repair the Garden ' s steering mechanism by morning , but Selphie becomes temporarily depressed upon discovering the Garden Festival stage was destroyed . To cheer her up , Irvine helps Selphie organize a party to honor Squall ' s promotion to commander of the Garden . Each party member ( excluding Squall ) learns to play an instrument and the group performs for him and Rinoa at the FH sun panel . After the Garden leaves Fishermans Horizon Selphie is exhausted from all that has happened , and is unavailable to be recruited in the party for the time being . Selphie creates the Sir Laguna ' s Page to the Balamb Garden intranet , her fansite to her dream hero , upon discovering Laguna is a real person who , after quitting the G - army , posted articles to the Timber Maniacs magazine during the Sorceress War . The more magazines the party finds , the more entries Selphie adds to her page . She also writes a blog about their adventures , and asks her friends to contribute . If Squall takes Selphie in his team to free Balamb from Galbadian occupation , Selphie will visit Zell ' s room where Zell complains of her being too much at home . She says he should be happy a pretty girl like her is sitting on his bed and if Squall sides with Zell , his SeeD Rank is deducted . After liberating Balamb Selphie requests for Balamb Garden to be sent to Trabia . Squall agrees , and upon arriving to the Trabia Garden ruins , Selphie reunites with some of her old friends and pays respect to the grave site . Selphie and the others ( excluding Rinoa ) discover their past together at Edea ' s Orphanage thanks to Irvine ' s memory preservation , a result of him never junctioning a Guardian Force until recently . Selphie confesses using a GF before she came to Balamb Garden , though recalls nothing of it . They are forced to accept that their beloved Matron has become the evil Sorceress Edea . The team decides to travel to Centra to visit the old orphanage to find clues why Edea has turned evil . Balamb Garden intercepts the similarly mobile Galbadia Garden and the Battle of the Gardens ensues . Selphie participates in infiltrating the enemy Garden and they battle Edea and her " sorceress knight , " Seifer . Edea is defeated , Rinoa begins acting strange and revives Seifer who departs . Rinoa falls into a coma , and Edea is released from the control of an evil sorceress from the future named Ultimecia . Ultimecia ' s ultimate goal is time compression , something only she would survive , allowing her to recreate the world as she sees fit . Everyone becomes concerned over Rinoa ' s condition and Squall decides to search for her long lost sister Ellone whose mysterious powers over time he hopes could cure her , as he has learned she is the one sending them back in time to inhabit Laguna in a dream world . When the White SeeD tell them Ellone is in Esthar , Squall docks the Garden against the Horizon Bridge and ventures alone with Rinoa on his back . Selphie and the others catch up with him and berate Squall for not trusting his friends . Edea accompanies them , concerned Ultimecia may possess her again , and thus wants to see Dr . Odine of Esthar . The reunited group locates Esthar City , and discovers Ellone to be in the Estharian space station , Lunar Base , which orbits the planet in the same scope as the moon to watch over Sorceress Adel ' s spacebound tomb . Squall takes Rinoa to the space station to be cured while the others stay behind to watch over Edea , who learns she has lost her sorceress power s . A colossal structure known the Lunatic Pandora operated by Seifer and the remaining G - Forces crosses Esthar City , docks at Tears ' Point and triggers Lunar Cry , bringing Sorceress Adel down to the planet from space . When Squall returns with a ured Rinoa , he brings with him the " Ragnarok " airship , but Rinoa is seized by Esthar as she has inherited Edea ' s sorceress power and become a sorceress . Selphie declares herself " Ragnarok ' s " pilot and takes Squall to Sorceress Memorial where he rescues Rinoa from being entombed like Adel had been . The party returns to the old orphanage where each team member expresses their elation over Squall and Rinoa having become a couple , Selphie being glad Rinoa ' s " straight - forward " worked to knock down Squall ' s defenses , and states she just enjoys being surrounded by her friends . The team is soon called back by the president of Esthar , whom Selphie is excited to discover is Laguna Loire who had looked after Ellone before she was sent to the orphanage . One reason Ellone had used Squall and the others from the orphanage to send back in time to inhabit Laguna in a dream world , had been to learn more about their past . Laguna and Dr . Odine task the SeeDs with vanquishing Ultimecia once and for all . They use the " Ragnarok " to invade the Lunatic Pandora where Selphie aids in defeating Sorceress Adel who is now possessed by Ultimecia . Ultimecia casts time compression when Ellone sends her consciousness even further back in time , but Selphie and the others survive by believing strongly in each others ' existence . They travel to the future where Ultimecia awaits and destroy her before the time compression is complete . Upon Ultimecia ' s demise the timeline begins to revert , but Selphie has faith in her friends and her own existence and is able to return to her own time . Balamb Garden celebrates Ultimecia ' s defeat and Selphie video tapes the festivities and saves Zell from choking on hot dogs . Irvine seizes the camera from her , Selphie wears his cowboy hat and gets jealous when he flirts with other girls . She directs Irvine to film the balcony where Squall and Rinoa are about to share a kiss , but the battery dies before it is caught on tape . Gameplay . Selphie wields nunchaku and her Limit Break is Slots . Her Slots allows her to cast spells from a random spell pool , with four more powerful spells also as options which have no equivalent in normal magic , and an ability to indefinitely " Do over " to reset the possible slots . Her ultimate weapon is the Strange Vision , which is the only weapon to have 255 % accuracy outside of gunblades . As with other player characters , Selphie ' s Triple Triad card can be obtained . She can also be challenged to a game of Triple Triad after Balamb Garden becomes mobile . Selphie ' s " sidequest " in the game is collecting the different entries to her website by finding Timber Maniacs magazines . Creation and development . Selphie was the second character , after Squall , Tetsuya Nomura drew for " Final Fantasy VIII " . He intentionally gave her an impractical hairstyle . When he first designed Selphie , Nomura drew her in overalls , but realized none of the other girls would be wearing a skirt . He gave Selphie a mini - skirt / overall hybrid and let Quistis have a long skirt over pants . It is perhaps due to reasons of decency involving the skirt that , if one is to Scan Selphie , her avatar cannot be rotated to view from below despite all other scan avatars being able to . Originally there were two other spells slated to be in Selphie ' s Limit Break , but they were never programmed in , although they can be accessed with a Gameshark . When used , the animation is of the Fire spell . Musical themes . " Final Fantasy VIII " doesn ' t have designated character themes , but Selphie is often associated with " Ami , " appropriate to Selphie ' s friendly and bubbly nature as the name means " friend . " A notable time the song plays is when Irvine is cheering her up before they start planning the Garden Festival together . There is another version of the song called " Where I Belong , " which plays within Trabia Garden , the place which Selphie studied . The name " Ami " name comes from the Spanish word " amigo / a " for " friend , " as friendship is an important part of the game ' s story . The song ' s naming was also inspired by 1986 novel by Chilean writer Enrique Barrios , entitled " Ami , el niño de las estrellas " . Arranged versions of " Ami " are included on the " " and " Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII / VIII / IX " albums . Other appearances . Selphie has made appearances in the following games outside the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Selphie has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games :