Tifa Lockhart

Tifa Lockhart, also known as Tifa Lockheart, is one of the main characters from the Final Fantasy VII series.
== Charactah Account ==
Tifa is a member of AVALANCHE and Cloud's childhood friend. She also owns a bar called "7th Heaven" in Sector 7 of Midgar. Though she realizes something is wrong with Cloud's memories she doesn't speak up until it's too late. After helping reform Cloud's true self she tries to support him and encourage him to find his own path that he wants.
Tifa is empathic, motherly, intuitive, and reserved, both out of being observant and for being emotionally shy. Tifa identifies the feelings of others, offering sanctuary and protection for her teammates. While looking out for others, she rarely discusses her own feelings: when asked, she will either express surprise, or quickly change the subject. Tifa considers all options and takes in all information before acting, and encourages others to practice this same restraint and think things through first. Tifa can and does fight to defend herself, often preferring to so as not to get others involved. While normally reserved, Tifa still shows aggression at times, seen when beating up Rakesh, interrogating Don Corneo, standing up to Scarlet after being provoked. Tifa has a stubborn pride that comes from her Nibelheim upbringing, but has low self-confidence and is overly self-critical of her faults, always pushing herself to do better.
Tifa is defined by her grief and loss throughout her life, manifesting in her conflicted nature, low self-esteem, and her reserved tendencies. As a child, she was more outgoing, chipper, and extroverted, but the trauma of losing her mother at eight years old made her withdrawn at the time, and introverted later in life. As a teenager she lost her father and hometown in the Nibelheim incident, and as an adult experienced the fall of the Sector 7 plate. As a result, Tifa feels grief and anger towards both Shinra and Sephiroth, driving her desire for revenge. This, as well as her coping mechanism for pain being to withstand it rather than run from it, leads her to join Avalanche to get back at Shinra. While she acknowledges they have to be bold to make a change, she is ill at ease about the use of methods such as the reactor bombings and feels trapped, expressing guilt at many of their actions. Her conflicted nature allows her to resolve a tense argument between Cait Sith and Barret, able to understand both sides. Ultimately, when alone with Cloud to talk about her feelings of loss, she is overwhelmed and simply bursts into tears, showing her fragile emotional state which she tries to conceal.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
* Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete
* Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
* Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel
=== Light Novels ===
* Final Fantasy VII Remake: Traces of Two Pasts
* Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile
=== Manga ===
* Kingdom Hearts II
=== Video Games ===
* Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
* Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
* Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
* Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
* Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
* Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
* Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
* Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable
* Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special
* Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring
* Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
* Final Fantasy Artniks
* Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
* Final Fantasy Explorers
* Final Fantasy VII
* Final Fantasy VII G-Bike
* Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
* Final Fantasy VII Remake
* Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis
* Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
* Final Fantasy: Record Keeper
* Itadaki Street Portable
* Itadaki Street Mobile
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts Union X
* Kingdom Hearts X
* Mobius Final Fantasy
* Pictlogica Final Fantasy
* Puzzle & Dragons
* Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
* Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
* Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: All-Star Carnival
* Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
* War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
* World of Final Fantasy
* Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble
=== Web-Animation ===
* Dead Fantasy
== Trivia ==
* Tifa's name is pronounced with a long "e" (Tee-fa) rather than a short "i" (Tiff-a). "Tifa" may be a shortened version of the name Tiffany. Tiffany means "manifestation of God" or, in Greek, "Three, The Trinity". "Tifa" may also be derived from the Tifaret. Tiferet, the sixth Sefira in the Tree of Life symbolizing love, beauty and self-sacrifice. This would tie up with the larger theme Final Fantasy VII has with Jewish mysticism.
* Tifa's last name, Lockhart, might be a reference to Tifa's reserved nature and hiding away her feelings for Cloud, "locking" them within her heart, or to her role in unlocking Cloud's psyche later in the game.
* Tifa's surname in the original English localization of Final Fantasy VII is "Lockheart", as seen in the manuals and official strategy guides for the game, though the surname is not found within the game itself. The only exception is the official website, which used "Lockhart". Japanese material always had her surname as "Lockhart". Her surname in English localizations was changed to "Lockhart" just half a year later with Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring, which featured her surname in the Japanese and English versions. The PC version of Final Fantasy VII released later with a manual still using "Lockheart", however since Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, it has been "Lockhart".
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== External Links ==
* Tifa Lockheart at Final Fantasy Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Final Fantasy 7