Boomerang (weapon type)

Boomerangs are a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually associated with the Thief and Ninja job classes.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy IV===
Edge is the only playable character that can equip thrown weapons. The actual Boomerang is the weakest thrown weapon that Edge can equip.
*Boomerang
*Full Moon
*Rising Sun (GBA/PSP)
====Final Fantasy IV: The After Years====
Boomerangs are equippable by Edge and Tsukinowa.
List of boomerangs:
*Boomerang
*Metal Boomerang
*Chakram
*Wing Edge
*Moonring Blade
*Rising Sun
===Final Fantasy V===
Boomerangs can be equipped by Freelancers, Thieves, Ninjas and Mimes. Boomerangs deal damage based on Strength and Agility, but due to a bug, this only adds 0 or 1 to the damage modifier. Boomerangs only take 50% of the target's Evade into calculations. 
List of boomerangs:
*Moonring Blade
*Rising Sun
*Twin Lance
===Final Fantasy VI===
Locke is the only character that can equip boomerangs, chakrams, and hybrid throwing/bladed weapons, despite lacking the Throw ability.
List of boomerangs:
*Moonring Blade
*Boomerang
*Rising Sun
*Wing Edge
===Final Fantasy VII===
All of Yuffie's shuriken act like boomerangs.
List of boomerangs:
*4-point Shuriken
*Boomerang
*Pinwheel
*Razor Ring
*Hawkeye
*Crystal Cross
*Wind Slash	
*Twin Viper
*Spiral Shuriken
*Superball
*Magic Shuriken
*Rising Sun
*Oritsuru
*Conformer
===Final Fantasy XI===
Boomerangs are a type of throwing weapon, which are reusable and require no ammunition, but are only available to Warriors, Thieves, and Rangers.
===Final Fantasy XIII===
Hope Estheim uses a folding boomerang as his primary weapon of choice. Most of his weapons are named after mythical birds.
List of boomerangs:
*Airwing
*Skycutter
*Hawkeye
*Eagletalon
*Otshirvani
*Urubutsin
*Ninurta
*Jatayu
*Vidofnir	
*Hresvelgr
*Simurgh
*Tezcatlipoca
*Malphas
*Naberius
*Alicanto
*Caladrius
*Nue
*Rising Sun (dummied)
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
Found within the weapons' graphical in-battle sprites within the game's data, there is a unused boomerang sprite located with the various weapon and shield sprites. There is no weapon data for the boomerang weapon type. The reason for why it does not appear within the final product is unknown, but it could be assumed that the developers could not make the weapon return to the owner's hand after being thrown at a target much like how boomerangs behave.
===Final Fantasy Legend III===
Boomerangs can be equipped by all four main characters.
List of boomerangs:
*Boomrng
*Ninja
==Etymology==
 
Category:Weapon types