What's That!? (Final Fantasy IX)

What's That!? is a Skill in Final Fantasy IX used by Zidane, which attempts to turn the enemies around for a cost of 2 MP, resetting their turns and allowing for a back attack.
==Obtained==
What's That!? is learned for 40 AP from the Butterfly Sword, which is synthesized from a Dagger and a Mage Masher for 300 gil in Lindblum and Treno (before going to the Outer Continent) and in the Black Mage Village. The earliest the player can get the Butterfly Sword is during the first visit to Lindblum.
==Mechanics== 
What's That!? attempts to turn the enemy party around, resetting their ATB gauges and setting them up for a back attack. Physical attacks from behind deal 150% of normal damage. The enemy turns around after being hit, or after they get their turn. It never works on bosses. If used in an ambush battle, What's That!? resets the party's reversed rows.
When Zidane has What's That!? available, he can use Scoop Art while in Trance.
==Use==
What's That!? potentially allows for back attacks outside the initial pre-emptive attack set-up. However, Freya's Initiative passive ability is likely more useful, allowing for the back attack to occur at the start of battle more frequently without using up a turn.
The benefit of What's That!? is that it stalls the enemy's turn, and they take increased damage from physical attacks; it would be a good place to use it when the party has Steiner in Trance, for example. However, another way to reach essentially the same outcome would be to put the enemy to sleep; this is easy with Zidane's Soul Blade and Ultima Weapon, albeit only available very late into the game. However, Quina's Night works for this, as long as the player party is protected with Insomniac. Zidane's Soul Blade also has other enemy-crippling statuses that would be better than What's That!? with Sargatanas (Petrify), Masamune (Doom), and the Tower (Mini).
Zidane needing to use up his turn for What's That!? is a major downside of an ability whose one purpose is to allow for greater physical damage, as Zidane himself is a good physical attacker, and could have used his turn for attacking, rather than for allowing a fellow party member to deal ~150% damage with their hit. There is also the risk that the enemies turn around before the player has hit all of them, or for the ability to miss, wasting Zidane's turn. Slowed enemies take a little longer to turn around.
What's That!? could be useful to reverse the tide in an ambushed encounter, but the player could just equip Alert instead. All in all, the biggest boon of learning What's That!? is that Zidane can then use Scoop Art while in Trance.
Category:Skills in Final Fantasy IX