Mog ( Final Fantasy XIII - 2 ) Mog is a supporting character in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " accompanying Serah Farron and Noel Kreiss on their journey through time , teaching them about the game ' s mechanics , and acting as Serah ' s weapon in battle . In " " , Mog leads the Moogle Village in the Wildlands of Nova Chrysalia . Although officially called " Mog " some official material calls him The Moogle or just Moogle , for example in the . In the Japanese version of " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Mog is referred to as " Moogle " and rarely called " Mog " . His entry in the Datalog of " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " suggests his real name is not Mog and that he doesn ' t know his real name . Datalog . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . " Mog is a small , mysterious creature covered in white fur . He has bat - like wings that he often beats as he flits around , but his power of flight does not appear to rely on them . " " Mog has a crystal bobble that reacts to the presence of anomalies , and he is proficient at finding lost objects , but his most astounding feature is his ability to transform into a weapon . With the right components available , Mog is capable of evolving into even more powerful weaponry . " " Lightning came across Mog in Valhalla , and asked the strange little being to act as Serah ' s protector and good luck charm . " " Although he closely resembles the fictitious moogles described in Cocoon ' s fairy tales , the connection is uncertain . " " When Lightning first found herself stumbling through the unfamiliar world of Valhalla , Mog was the first friend she made . Late , Lightning asked Mog to go help Serah and Noel on their adventure . " " After the adventure , it was unclear what had happened to Mog , but it appears that he was reunited with his fellow moogles and named chief of their village . " " He quickly picked up the name " Mog " , short for " moogle " . This is because , at the time when he was first called by this name , no one knew that there might be other moogles in existence — including Mog himself . " " Once , long ago , in the warrior ' s realm of Valhalla , Mog challenged Lightning , but in the pitched battle that ensued , he was defeated by three scissors in a row and quickly surrendered . He is always looking for shortcuts to an easy life . " Profile . Appearance . Mog is a white moogle with a human - sized head that is big compared to his body . He has oblique eyes , a big round nose , puffy pink cheeks , small ears , short arms and legs , purple bat wings , and a pink crystal bobble instead of a traditional fluffy pom - pom on a black antenna . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " he carries a clock staff composed of a blue rod , a bronze clock with a white clock face adorned with the same kind of crystal that is on Mog ' s antenna . In the " Time ' s Shell " fragment entry in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " Mog says his body is just a puppet , and that he actually exists inside the clock . This is contradicted by another fragment where Mog insists he is not a puppet and is offended when Arbiter of Time calls him such . In other fragment entries Mog elaborates it is his crystal bobble rather than his wings that enable him to fly . Downloadable content lets the player choose a new look for Mog . The sixteen different designs contain a pirate look and a panda look , among others . Some of the outfits are reused in " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " as moogles from the Moogle Village . Mog ' s overall appearance remains the same but he now wears a small gold - and - red crown with a green jewel on top . Personality . Mog is shy and reluctant to talk at first , but as time passes he shows to be a caring and lively being with a spunky and sarcastic side . Whenever he feels a strong emotion he expresses himself in an over - the - top manner . He hides behind Serah whenever scared and doesn ' t like people holding or poking him . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 Fragments After " details Mog ' s friendship with Lightning , revealing he challenged her despite being at a disadvantage . Mog is depressed and lonely without friends , and is indebted to Lightning for her compassion towards him and swears to " follow her until the day he dies " . Despite initially keeping his distance , Mog bonds with Serah , hovering around her when she is knocked out in battle and fretting until she is revived . As Serah and Noel help Mog recall things from his past in Oerba from 300 to 400 AF , he chooses not to take what might be his only chance at returning home , and claims his new home is at Serah ' s side . Despite his initial distaste Mog warms up to Snow , occasionally commenting on him . Mog has a greedy side , displayed in Bresha Ruins at 100 and 300 AF where he schemes to solve the area ' s monster infestation and secure a bounty of gil from the government as compensation . His voice becomes sinister , a change from his usual easy - going personality , as he dreams of earning " all the gil my little heart could desire , kupo " . Mog has a sense of humor as seen in the paradox ending , " Mischievous Mog ' s Marvelous Plan with Flan " , and various Live Trigger conversations . For example , in the Yaschas Massif 10 AF Mog plays along with Serah ' s joke about Fenrir ' s appearance if the player chooses the " Moogle Conspiracy " answer to the Live Trigger regarding the fal ' Cie ' s appearance . In the paradox ending , Mog shows a diabolical nature as he describes feeding the poison flan to the giant flan noting it would " keel over and die on the spot " . Mog has a temper , his eyes changing shape to show his angry face , and Mog will blow a raspberry at the person angering him and / or repeatedly flail his wand at them . Mog attracts the attention of others with his appearance and the use of his talents . When using his Moogle Hunt or Throw abilities in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , NPCs will run over to watch , or chase him as he flies toward his target . As shown with the Miniflan in the Sunleth Waterscape at 400 AF , Mog understands the languages of monsters . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Mog is full of regret for failing to save Serah but remains the same moogle Lightning knew centuries before . Mog has reunited with his brethren and displays a new leadership skill in heading the moogles ' village deep in the Jagd Woods of the Wildlands . Story . Mog originates from the Ocean of Time , a place abundant with moogles . While playing hide - and - seek with his friends Mog was sucked into a paradox , losing his memories of his home , friends , and family . Mog drifted into the Void Beyond and during his travel encountered a chocobo chick and many other various creatures in many humorous encounters , including those with five flan , a Centaurion Blade , an Imp and his Ahriman friend , and the Proto fal ' Cie Adam . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 Fragments After " . Mog ends up in Valhalla , battling the Eidolon Odin and the knight Valfodr upon learning the realm ' s rule is that the weak serve the strong . Neither wanted anything to do with the moogle due to his weakness , and Mog was found by Lightning . He tells off Lightning for mistaking him for a stuffed toy and pushes away her attempts to help him . To live up to his title as the " Weakest Monster of the Void " Mog challenges Lightning to a duel and loses , but instead of abandoning him Lightning takes him under her wing . Mog pledges to serve her forever and tells Lightning about Valhalla , the Void Beyond , and the goddess Etro . He accompanies Lightning and Odin to the Temple of the Goddess , but stays outside with Odin as they are denied entry . While Lightning battles the throne guardian Bahamut she loses her weapon . Sensing Lightning in danger , Mog breaks the rules and comes to her aid . Transforming into a bow , Lightning takes Mog and defeats Bahamut . Lightning goes before Etro ' s throne and is made the goddess ' s champion . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . During her battle with Caius Ballad Lightning summons Mog and gives him to Noel Kreiss so he would pass Mog on to Serah as a gift and good - luck - charm . Noel travels to the Gran Pulse village of New Bodhum in 3 AF where he meets Serah , who is surprised to hear Lightning now lives in Valhalla . Mog follows Serah and Noel to the site of a meteor crash , which turns out to be a Time Gate . The next morning , Mog uses his item detecting ability to help Noel and Serah find an artefact to activate the Time Gate and the trio enters the Historia Crux . They emerge in the Bresha Ruins 5 AF in Cocoon where they are attacked by Atlas and an Academy researcher Alyssa Zaidelle enlists their help in defeating it . When Serah and Noel witness a defeated monster turn into a crystal , Mog speaks for the first time , explaining the monster is now under their control . As Serah and Noel approach the device capable of weakening Atlas they are dragged into a paradox . Mog follows them into the Temporal Rift and explains they need to solve the puzzle to get out . After defeating Atlas , the trio travels to the Yaschas Massif in 10 AF where they meet Academy leader Hope Estheim and his assistant Alyssa . They talk about the Farseer s and the seeress Yeul , who was able to glimpse the future . To resolve the paradox affecting the area , the trio ventures to Oerba in 200 AF where they encounter this era ' s Caius and Yeul . After solving the paradox they return to the Yaschas Massif in 1X AF , an alternate reality where the eclipse never happened . After meeting with Hope and Alyssa again Mog senses a new gate in the area , which Serah and Noel use to emerge in the Void Beyond , a place Mog says is the area between Time Gates . They travel to the Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF and find Serah ' s fiancé Snow . Noel , Serah , and Mog travel to the Coliseum and the Archylte Steppe in ? ? ? AF and retrieve the White and Black Hole fragments before returning to the Sunleth Waterscape to resolve the paradox manifesting the Royal Ripeness . Leaving Sunleth Waterscape , Serah , Mog , and Noel emerge in the Void Beyond and travel to the highly - advanced Pulsian city of Academia in 400 AF whose citizens are transformed into Cie ' th . They encounter Caius and as they chase him through the Cie ' th infested city they find Yeul whom they save from a Zenobia but she dies , leaving behind an artefact . In the Augusta Tower in 200 AF the party learns Hope created the Proto fal ' Cie Adam to re - levitate Cocoon . The party talks with the Yeul they previously met in Oerba and battles Adam , and Serah uses Mog to intercept the Proto fal ' Cie ' s attack before Noel uses Mog to fire at the fal ' Cie ' s core . Receiving a shock from the ordeal , Mog says , " You guys play rough , kupo " , while Serah and Noel call him a hero for saving the day . When the Proto fal ' Cie revives itself through a paradox Serah yells at Hope for creating it and it vanishes as Hope received Serah ' s message through the Oracle Drive . Arriving in Academia 4XX AF , Serah , Noel , and Mog are greeted by Hope and Alyssa . Unsure if they are the real deal , Mog inspects Hope before the latter puts their minds at ease . After helping out Hope ' s " New Cocoon Project " Alyssa gives the trio an artefact . Before leaving through a new Time Gate , Mog , Noel , and Serah say their goodbyes , but Mog notices Alyssa smirking before he heads into the gate after Serah and Noel . Mog gets knocked out by a dislodged piece of the Historia Crux and Serah saves him , but the two get separated from Noel and emerge in Valhalla ' s shadow in the Void Beyond . Mog ' s soul is separated from his body and he is unable to interact with Serah . After Serah ' s confrontation with Caius , Mog continues to follow her throughout her dream in the Void where she encounters Vanille and Fang who help her find Noel in his own dream world to save him . In the Dying World in 700 AF , after Noel and Serah activate the Oracle Drive at the Farseers ' Relic , Mog ' s soul is freed from the Void Beyond by Lightning and returns to his body . Mog brings Serah and Noel new information from Lightning about Caius , explaining he is the one creating the paradoxes around the timeline . In New Bodhum 700 AF they meet with Lightning who tells them how she came to Valhalla and became Etro ' s protector and how Caius plans to kill the goddess . Mog reveals a Time Gate to take him , Noel and Serah to the year 500 AF , the time of the prophecy , when Caius attempts to destroy both the old Cocoon and Hope ' s New Cocoon . In Academia 500 AF Serah and Noel fight Caius in his Chaos Bahamut and human forms until a wormhole opens in the sky . Mog , Noel , and Serah follow after Caius into the hole and emerge in Valhalla . After Caius impales himself with Noel ' s sword and fades away , numerous Time Gates appear throughout Valhalla . Mog says the final paradox has been solved and that he does not sense Lightning in Valhalla . They return to Gran Pulse at 500 AF though a Time Gate where the new Cocoon , Bhunivelze , has risen into the sky , and the gate to Valhalla closes . Serah dies after having a vision of the future through her Eyes of Etro , and Hope joins Mog and Noel as they mourn for her . The world darkens , Mog grows weak and faints in Hope ' s embrace , saying Etro is gone . When Caius died the Heart of Chaos stopped beating , killing Etro , and without her the unrestrained chaos consumes Gran Pulse along with Bhunivelze and the world merges with Valhalla . In the paradox ending , " Mischievous Mog ' s Marvelous Plan with Flan " , the Sunleth Waterscape at ? ? ? AF is taken over by monsters under the rule of a new giant flan , which plans to eliminate humans and make monsters the dominant species . Noel and Serah use magic to disguise themselves as a Microchu and Miniflan to move about unnoticed . With Mog ' s help , they plan to confect a poisonous flan to kill the giant flan with . After Noel tells Mog to find the rest of the ingredients for the poison flan , Mog gets annoyed with having to do all the work and says that Noel will be the first to taste the poisonous flan before laughing maniacally . After the birth of Nova Chrysalia , a new world formed in the wake of Gran Pulse and Valhalla ' s merge where no one ages , Mog was pulled into a vortex of chaos and wandered through the Void Beyond for centuries before being reunited with his moogle companions . In Nova Chrysalia they built a village in the Jagd Woods of the Wildlands with Mog as their leader . The village is under attack from monsters when Lightning helps them and meets Mog . Mog tries to run , but Lightning greets him with a smile . Mog regrets having been unable to save Serah , but Lightning takes the blame and tells Mog Serah will be revived in a new world that will come into existence after Nova Chrysalia ' s destruction , and asks Mog to be there to welcome her in case she will be unable to . An overjoyed Mog tries to hug Lightning , but she is uncomfortable with such displays of affection and flicks him off , angering him . When Lightning has healed her white chocobo , the Angel of Valhalla , Mog comments on having a feeling of familiarity with him . After Lightning has completed her quest in the Temple of the Goddess Mog recognizes the Angel of Valhalla as Odin , and tells Lightning he battled Odin in Valhalla before he met her . Lightning hopes Mog and Odin will be friends , and a reluctant Mog promises to try . On the world ' s Mog appears in the Ark after Hope disappears to assume the boy ' s role in selling Lightning items in exchange for EP . After the Soulsong has been stopped and Lightning ' s friends have been captured by Bhunivelze , Mog appears in God ' s Sanctum of the Luxerion Cathedral and rallies Lightning on before her final battle . After Lightning battles Bhunivelze Mog finds the revived Serah along with Sazh and Dajh , and joins Lightning to help finish off Bhunivelze for good . As the Eidolons depart Mog joins them , giving Serah a parting hug as she tells him they will meet again . " " . While Serah and their friends start their lives anew in the new world , Mog ends in the new middle realm between the living world and the unseen realm where souls pass through to either be reborn or to fade into the Chaos . Mog appears to Aoede during her near - death experience to guide her back to the land of the living once she learns she is merely unconscious . He is described as a " soft and fluffy whiteness , carrying a rose colored lantern " . Before leaving , he tells Aoede " It ' s alright . You can go home now , kupo ! " Gameplay . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Mog can not only transform into Serah ' s weapon , but can execute the Mog Clock pre - battle system and detect hidden treasures on the field with Moogle Hunt . Mog can be thrown by Noel or Serah toward out - of - reach areas through the Moogle Throw command . The Moogle Hunt command is used to find hidden or " phased out " items . Usually , if there are hidden items in the area Mog ' s pom - pom will flash , and he will approach the area where the item is hidden . Upon a press of / a disc of light expands from Mog , and treasure , fragments or even phased out people within its radius become visible . The / button can then be used to attain said item as normal . As the player gains Mog ' s trust the Moogle Throw command will become available allowing the player to throw Mog to a location where he can attain out - of - reach treasures , although Mog will protest . This can be utilized via the / button . There are two fragment skills that augment Mog ' s abilities ; " Mog ' s Manifestation " unlocks Advanced Moogle Throw allowing Mog to always bring back items after thrown ; this is obtained upon speaking to the mystic in Serendipity for the first time ; and " Mobile Mog " , which reduces the cooldown time of the Moogle Throw and is acquired after obtaining all fragments from Oerba in all time periods , including Oerba ? ? ? AF . Shop . Near the end of " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Mog sells items in Luxerion Cathedral ' s God ' s Sanctum . His shop is called Moogle Supply Depot . Creation and development . In " Final Fantasy XIII " , moogles only appear on the sign for the Moogleworks shop . Motomu Toriyama , director of " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , said that having a moogle as a mascot type character in the sequel is fan service and that the team intends to show moogles as a symbol for the " Final Fantasy " series and to make it easier for players to get involved in the game ' s rather serious main story . Mog was designed by Toshitaka Matsuda , who was the lead art designer of " Final Fantasy XIII " . His design was chosen over other possible designs made by various members of the development team . It was based on the idea of a " baby moogle " with exaggerated features . Voice . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Mog ' s Japanese voice actor is Sumire Morohoshi , while his English voice actress is Ariel Winter . Both English and Japanese voice actors also voiced Marlene Wallace in " " , Moglin in " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " and " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call " , and in the " Kingdom Hearts " series . For currently unknown reasons , Mog ' s English voice actress for " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " changed to Bailey Gambertoglio . The sound designers struggled with Mog ' s voice , especially ad - lib or responsive sounds and answers . " Kupo " is Mog ' s main means of communication , but with each scene the emotion is different , and so the sound designers divided the " kupo " into categories such as " angry " , " sad " , and " happy " , and recorded it many times in different ways . Afterward , the team chose which " kupo " was applicable to the situation . There are times Mog speaks quite a bit , but at first , during the beginning stages of development , the team had made him talk too much to the point of Mog talking nonstop while navigating the map . Through trial and error the designers changed the occurrence patterns and the script to balance things out . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Mog has numerous ice - elemental cards . Merchandise . Ultimate Prize winners of the Word to Your Moogle tour received a pink and white PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 featuring Mog . A tag featuring Mog was also available in the Japanese Square Enix shop . Glico , the snack company , has been working with Square Enix to promote " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " in Japan . Friend Bakery has Mog and Chocobo Chick on its wrapper .