Biggs and Wedge Biggs and Wedge are a recurring running gag in the " Final Fantasy " series . They almost always appear as a duo , and are named after ' characters , and , ' s Red Squadron wingmen in ' . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . In the " " and the " 20th Anniversary " remakes , Biggs and Wedge are some of the automatic names the player can choose for the Thief job . " Final Fantasy IV " . It is revealed in " Final Fantasy IV : The After Years " that Biggs and Wedge were the two Red Wings soldiers who questioned Cecil about the King of Baron ' s orders to raid Mysidia and obtain the Water Crystal , as the Mysidians offered no resistance and had done no harm . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Biggs and Wedge ride on the same airship as Cecil and Rosa when they go to Damcyan to celebrate its reconstruction , but they stay behind within the airship and they do not attend the celebration . Biggs and Wedge appear as Red Wings soldiers who die protecting Prince Ceodore from an attack led by the Mysterious Girl . The game reveals that Biggs and Wedge were actually the two soldiers who questioned Cecil about stealing the Water Crystal of Mysidia at the beginning of " Final Fantasy IV " . " Final Fantasy VI " . Biggs ( originally mistranslated as Vicks ) , and Wedge , are two briefly playable characters , who assist Terra Branford on her raid of Narshe . The Vicks mistranslation is referenced in " Dissidia Final Fantasy " in a tutorial where Biggs , using his " Final Fantasy VI " sprite says " Huh ? You wanted to talk to Vicks ? . . . I have no idea who you ' re talking about . There is no Vicks , only Biggs . Ahem . Moving along . . . " " Final Fantasy VII " . Biggs and Wedge , along with a third friend Jessie , are part of the eco - terrorist group , AVALANCHE . They take part in the attacks on Midgar ' s Sector 1 and Sector 5 Mako Reactor s . When Shinra attacks Sector 7 to drop the plate upon the Slums , Biggs and Wedge try to fight to defend the town . They are badly wounded — perhaps even fatally — along with Jessie . They are ultimately killed when the Shinra Company brought down the upper plate on Sector 7 . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Biggs and Wedge make a small appearance as the names of two paired machines Zack can snipe while escaping from Nibelheim . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . Biggs and Wedge get a brief mention . While on the missions in Midgar ' s Train Graveyard , Vincent can talk with a girl from the World Regenesis Organization ( WRO ) . She mentions that her brother had been part of a rebel group which was against Shinra , and that he had died three years earlier during the dropping of the Sector 7 plate , implying her brother to be either Biggs or Wedge . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Major Biggs and Lieutenant Wedge are members of the Galbadia Army . Squall Leonhart , Zell Dincht , Selphie Tilmitt , and Seifer Almasy first meet them in the Dollet Radio Tower , where they are repairing it . Squall , Zell , and Selphie fight them , but the two are blown away by Elvoret . They are next seen in the D - District Prison , where they have been demoted to Lieutenant and Private , respectively . They are sent to deal with Zell , Selphie , and Quistis Trepe , who have escaped from their cell . Their last appearance is in Lunatic Pandora , where they are considering retiring from the G - Army . They also appear as a Triple Triad card . This is the first time Biggs and Wedge manage to survive the story ' s events . They also stopped dying in the later installments . " Final Fantasy X " . Biggs and Wedge guard the blitzball stadium in Luca and can be recruited for the player ' s blitzball team . They are considered upper - tier players . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Biggs and Wedge are part of the Gullwings ' s blitzball team . " Final Fantasy XII " . Making a small cameo under the names of Gibbs and Deweg , they are two Archadia n soldiers guarding the entrance to the Mosphoran Highwaste at Nalbina Fortress . However , the player can gain earlier access to the Mosphoran Highwaste by riding a chocobo up to them . Gibbs will reveal his hatred of chocobo s , and start to back off , claiming he used to work around chocobos when he was younger , and could never get their smell out without the help of expensive cologne . Eventually , he ' ll run away , and Deweg will follow , opening up access to the Highwaste . This is the only time players can see the two . " Final Fantasy XIII " . The shop B & W Outfitters in the Retail Network refers to Biggs and Wedge . The logo , however , spells out " V + W " , likely as a reference to the English mistranslation of Biggs to " Vicks " in " Final Fantasy VI " . Biggs and Wedge appear in Yusnaan and are associated with the death games where Lightning is tasked to slay thirty monsters . Wedge hosts the " Death Safari " in the industrial area . Upon winning , Lightning gets a ticket to participate in the " Death Game " , hosted by Biggs , where Lightning must kill more monsters found within the Chaos infusion in the warehouse district . Completing the quest awards the player with the garb . Afterward , Lightning asks Biggs and Wedge to shut down the death games . Lightning can later run into the pair in the city ' s Aromatic Market , at the bottom of the steps to the Glutton ' s Quarter , now as traveling musicians playing " Terra ' s Theme " . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Biggs and Wedge are engineers with the Garlond Ironworks , first encountered when the player rescues them from Garlean hired mercenaries after the crash of their prototype airship the " Tiny Bronco " . Biggs is a Sea Wolf Roegadyn while Wedge is a Lalafell . " Final Fantasy XV " . Biggs Callux and Wedge Kincaid are Aranea Highwind ' s subordinates . They take Noctis Lucis Caelum and his friends to Gralea , the capitol of Niflheim , aboard a train that departs from Tenebrae . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Biggs appears as an enemy in the introduction battle at Orbonne Monastery , where he is quickly killed by Ramza and Gaffgarion . Wedge can be encountered as a random - encounter battle ally , occurring only after the player has explored / gained control of much of the world map ( story progress : 75 % ±3 % ) . Whether or not this is a coincidence , is debated by fans , however ; the name generator for random enemies encountered in free - walking gameplay does not contain the name Wedge , therefore , his name placement in the random - name generator for random - encounter allies is seemingly deliberate . Wedge ' s name does not appear in the name generator for hired soldiers . The Japanese release features a number of sound novel minigame s that can be played by acquiring certain Artefacts . One of these , Nanai ' s Histories , features appearances from Biggs as a bartender and Wedge as his assistant . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . In the English translation , Biggs is a former business subordinate of Cid Randell . Biggs and Wedge also appear as random names for character units . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Biggs and Wedge guard Castle Lux , and until Sol ' s party is sent by the king to the Crystal Temple , will deny them access . They are incredulous and doubts that Sol ' s party will return safe . " World of Final Fantasy " . Biggs and Wedge write the " Occult Fan " magazine . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Biggs and Wedge from " Final Fantasy VII " appear with Fire - elemental cards . " Triple Triad " . Wedge from " Final Fantasy VIII " and Biggs and Wedge from " Final Fantasy XIV " appear on " Triple Triad " cards in the version available via " Final Fantasy Portal App " . " Chocobo ' s Dungeon 2 " . Biggs and Wedge appear as two Black Mages who may assist the player , alongside Jessie , who appeared alongside Biggs and Wedge in " Final Fantasy VII " . Biggs and Wedge are the names of two of the nine former heroes who died against the Destroyer . Biggs was a Dark Knight and Wedge was a Dragoon . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . A " V - Jump " issue in Japan humorously stated that after Valigarmanda made them disappear in " Final Fantasy VI " , they ended up in the " Chrono Trigger " dimension and were found by Norstein , who gave them their new jobs . Biggs and Wedge are the name of two soldiers found in the Tent of Horrors in the Millennial Fair . They are joined by a third soldier named Piette , whose name is likely a reference to Admiral Firmus Piett from " Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back " and " Episode VI : Return of the Jedi " . Biggs and Wedge along with Piette all have the same generic soldier sprite . Like in " Final Fantasy VI " , Biggs was called Vicks in the SNES and PlayStation versions , but this was corrected in the Nintendo DS version . " Kingdom Hearts II " . Characters named Biggs and Wedge , along with Jessie and Barret from " Final Fantasy VII " make cameos as shopkeepers in " " . Biggs also hosts the Struggle tournament in the Simulated Twilight Town .