Tiny Bronco

The Tiny Bronco is a vehicle in Final Fantasy VII. It is a Tiny Bronco is a dual-propeller airplane built by the Shinra Electric Power Company owned by Cid Highwind, able to land and take off vertically.
The Tiny Bronco is one of the means of transportation on the world map. It can be used to cross shallow waters, and as such, provides the greatest range of transport before the Highwind is obtained.
==History==
The Tiny Bronco was developed by Shinra during wartime, and intended for combat oer open water.
In Final Fantasy VII, during "A Sleeping Village Dreaming of Outer Space", Rufus Shinra arrived to Rocket Town to ask to borrow the Tiny Bronco from Cid, to cross the ocean to chase Sephiroth. Cid profusely refused, leading to an argument, while Palmer attempted to steal it behind Cid's back. Shera let Cloud Strife and his party back through the house to take it before Shinra could, and they stopped Palmer from leaving it. While leaving, the Tiny Bronco was shot down by Shinra soldiers, losing its ability to flight, but remaining a means of marine transportation.
==Characteristics==
The Tiny Bronco aircraft is built around combat over open water. The aircraft's propellers are attached to wings extending from the fuselage.
The Tiny Bronco was Cid's most prized possession.
==Gameplay==
The Tiny Bronco is first seen in the battle with Palmer in "A Sleeping Village Dreaming of Outer Space".
After "A Sleeping Village Dreaming of Outer Space", the Tiny Bronco can be used around the world map to travel over shallow water. The aircraft is pointed toward Wutai Area, leading to the sidequest "Homecoming of a Miserable Daughter". It can also be used to reach the previously unreachable island on the southern continent where "Within the Temple of the Ancients" takes place.
After "That Which Waits in the Northernmost Reaches", the Tiny Bronco (and the buggy) disappear from the world map.
Plane-palmer-ffvii.png|Model in battle with Palmer.
Tiny bronco.png|Tiny Bronco in Cid's backyard.
==Other appearances==
The Tiny Bronco appears in Pictlogica Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
PFF Cid Illust.png|Pictlogica Final Fantasy.
Tiny_Bronco_Brigade.png|Tiny Bronco in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
FFAB Tiny Bronco (XMas Version).png|Christmas version of Tiny Bronco.
Tiny_Bronco2_Brigade.png|Tiny Bronco's airship model in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
===Other media===
During the quests "The Company You Keep (Immortal Flames)", "The Company You Keep (Maelstrom)" and "The Company You Keep (Twin Adder)" in Final Fantasy XIV, both magitek engineers, Biggs and Wedge, are found at the crash site of an airship called the Tiny Bronco.
==Behind the scenes==
In the early concept artwork of the plane, it is named "Sister Ray". Sister Ray was the name assigned to Shinra's Mako cannon.
On Square's old North American website squaresoft.com, a page about vehicles contained an image referring to the vehicle as "tiny broncho". The vehicle was referred to correctly in the page's text.
Tiny Bronco Side FFVII Artwork.jpg|Artwork.
Tiny Bronco Escape FFVII Storyboard.jpg|Storyboard of the take-off scene.
==Gallery==
Wall VII 08.jpg|Cid on the Tiny Bronco.
TinyBronco-ffvii-fmv-fly.png|Tiny Bronco flying through sky in an FMV.
TinyBronco-ffvii-sky.png|Tiny Bronco in the sky.
TinyBronco-ffvii-fmv-fall.png|Tiny Bronco hitting the sea in an FMV.
TinyBronco-ffvii-sea.png|Tiny Bronco in the sea.
BCLittleBronco1.jpg|Tiny Bronco in Before Crisis.
BCLittleBronco2.jpg|Tiny Bronco in Before Crisis.
==Etymology==
Bronco means "untrained horse". The term comes from the Spanish language word bronco, meaning "rough", which in Mexican usage also describes a horse.
The Tiny Bronco is most likely named in reference to the real-life OV-10 Bronco, an American twin prop reconnaissance aircraft with a similar twin-boom design.
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