Editing Tifa Lockhart (section)

==Appearances==
===''Final Fantasy VII''===
Tifa is introduced in ''Final Fantasy VII'' as the childhood friend of [[Cloud Strife]] and owner of the 7th Heaven bar in the slums of [[Midgar]], a technologically advanced metropolis owned by the [[Shinra Electric Power Company]]. She is also a member of the eco-terrorist organization AVALANCHE, who opposes Shinra's extraction and use of [[Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)#Mako|mako]], the planet's spiritual energy, as a power source. When they reunite in Midgar, she convinces Cloud to join the group and follows him in pursuit of the game's antagonist, [[Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)|Sephiroth]]. While she is unable to keep him from being manipulated by Sephiroth, she helps him recover after his mind becomes fractured and they realize their mutual feelings for one another, working together to defeat Sephiroth.<ref name="42-47"/>

When they were children, Tifa and Cloud followed a path up the mountain near their hometown of Nibelheim. However, they were both injured and Tifa fell into a [[coma]] for a week, with her father holding Cloud responsible for the incident.<ref name="egm"/> Cloud eventually left to join Shinra's [[Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)#Departments|SOLDIER]] program to become stronger, but it is later revealed that he did it primarily to attract her attention.<ref name="cloud">{{cite video game |publisher=Sony |developer=Square |platform=PlayStation |date=1997-09-07 |title=Final Fantasy VII |quote='''Tifa:''' 'Now that you mention it, why did you want to join SOLDIER in the first place.' ... / '''Cloud:''' '......I was devastated. ......I wanted to be noticed. I thought if I got stronger, I could get someone to notice.........' / '''Tifa:''' 'Someone has to notice you...? ......who?' / '''Cloud:''' 'Who.........? ......You know who! ......You, that's who.' ... / '''Cloud:''' 'Tifa missed her step.  I ran to her... but didn't make it in time. Both of us fell off the cliff. Back then, I only scarred my knees, but......' ... / '''Cloud:''' 'Tifa was in a coma for seven days. We all thought she wouldn't make it. If only I could've saved her... I was so angry... Angry at myself for my weakness. Ever since then, I felt Tifa blamed me... I got out of control... I'd get into fights not even caring who it was. That was the first time I heard about Sephiroth. If I got strong like Sephiroth, then everyone might... If I could just get stronger...... Then even Tifa would have to notice me......'}}</ref> In response, she requested if she were ever in danger, he would return to save her.<ref name="promise">{{cite video game |publisher=Sony |developer=Square |platform=PlayStation |date=1997-09-07 |title=Final Fantasy VII |quote='''Tifa:''' 'Hey, why don't we make a promise? Umm, if you get really famous and I'm ever in a bind..... You come save me, all right?' / '''Cloud:''' 'What?' / '''Tifa:''' 'Whenever I"m in trouble, my hero will come and rescue me. I want to at least experience that once.' / '''Cloud:''' 'What?' / '''Tifa:''' 'Come on--! Promise me----!' / '''Cloud:''' 'All right.... I promise.'}}</ref> Years later, during Sephiroth's rampage in Nibelheim, Cloud rescued Tifa after she was wounded by Sephiroth. Tifa was taken to safety by her martial arts instructor and eventually arrived in [[Midgar]], meeting AVALANCHE's leader, [[Barret Wallace]]. She joined AVALANCHE to get revenge for the destruction of her home. Shortly before the beginning of ''Final Fantasy VII'', she encountered an incoherent Cloud at the city's train station and convinced him to work for Barret, to keep him close and watch over him.<ref>{{cite video game |publisher=Sony |developer=Square |platform=PlayStation |date=1997-09-07 |title=Final Fantasy VII |quote='''Tifa:''' '...it's really been a long time. Actually, it's been seven years. You got your wish and joined SOLDIER, quit after the Sephiroth incident, and now you're a mercenary... You told me a lot about what happened after you left Nibelheim... But... Something's wrong. I felt there was something strange about the things you talked about. All the things you didn't know that you should. And other things you shouldn't know that you did... I wanted to make sure... But then I heard... you were going far away... And I didn't want that... ...I didn't know what to do. So, I thought I needed more time. And that's why I told you about the AVALANCHE job.  I wanted to be with you, watch you.'}}</ref>

Her character changed significantly during development, with an early relationship chart depicting her as Sephiroth's sibling.<ref>{{cite book |title=Final Fantasy 25th Memorial Ultimania Vol. 2 |publisher=[[Square Enix|SE-Mooks]] |editor=[[Studio BentStuff]] |pages=12, 22 |date=January 2012 |isbn=9784757537705 |language=Japanese}}</ref> In preliminary drafts of ''Final Fantasy VII'', Tifa was a background character with a particular fondness for Cloud whose role in AVALANCHE was to provide support behind the scenes and to cheer everyone up after missions. She was supposed to have a large scar on her back caused by Cloud and partial amnesia from the incident when she had received it.<ref name="early">{{Cite book | year=2005 | editor=Studio BentStuff | title=Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Ω | language=ja | publisher=[[Square Enix]] | isbn=978-4-7575-1520-8 | page=518}}</ref> [[Masato Kato]], one of the event planners, proposed a scene in which she and Cloud had sex but it was replaced with a toned-down version by Kitase wherein a suggestive line is followed by a [[Fade (lighting)|fade to black]]. In an interview, Nojima stated that none of the staff thought the scene would become an issue at the time.<ref name="8-13"/> When developing the international edition of ''Final Fantasy VII'', an additional cutscene was added to showcase an enemy in the game, Ultima Weapon, and featured Tifa in it due to how popular her character had become.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Weekly Famitsu]] |issue=461 |title=Final Fantasy VII |pages=105–111 |date=1997-10-17}}</ref>

===''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''===
[[File:Cosplay of Tifa Lockhart by Miduki Hoshina at Tokyo Game Show 20140918.jpg|thumb|upright|The ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Advent Children]]'' version of Tifa, as portrayed by [[gravure idol]] Mizuki Hoshina promoting [[Sony Xperia]] at [[Tokyo Game Show|TGS]] 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yukan-news.ameba.jp/20140919-21159/ |script-title=ja:東京ゲームショウ2014：最新スマホ＆タブレット「Xperia Z3」シリーズで「PS4 リモートプレイ」が体験できる！Xperia Z3シリーズやSmartWatch3などの最新機種が展示【レポート】- 夕刊アメーバニュース |language=ja |website=Yukan-news.ameba.jp |date=1994-12-01 |access-date=2015-07-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103155207/http://yukan-news.ameba.jp/20140919-21159/ |archive-date=2015-01-03}}</ref>]]

Tifa appears in the 2005 film ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'', which is set two years after the events of the game. She tries to give emotional support to Cloud, urging him to come to terms with the unwarranted guilt he places upon himself. She also takes care of Barret's adopted daughter [[Marlene Wallace|Marlene]] and an orphan, [[Denzel (Final Fantasy VII)|Denzel]]. During the film, she duels against [[Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo|Loz]] and battles the summoned creature Bahamut SIN alongside the team. Script writer [[Kazushige Nojima]] described her role in the film as "very much like any woman who's been left behind by a man", stating that while they did not want her to appear clingy, they wanted to portray that she was emotionally hurt by Cloud's departure.<ref name="reunion 19-20"/> In the film's initial draft, she was intended to have a more central role in the then-[[short film]], which only included herself, Cloud and several children, with the story revolving around a note being delivered to him.<ref name="dvd">{{cite video |date=2007-02-20|title = Final Fantasy VII — Advent Children (Limited Edition Collector's Set) |medium = DVD |publisher = [[Square Enix]] |location = Japan}}</ref>

Tifa is featured in the prequel games ''[[Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII|Before Crisis]]'' and ''[[Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII|Crisis Core]]'', as well as the [[original video animation|OVA]] ''[[Last Order: Final Fantasy VII|Last Order]]'', which each provide different perspectives on the destruction of Nibelheim.<ref name="42-47"/> The [[novella]] "Case of Tifa", written as part of the ''[[On the Way to a Smile]]'' series, is a story set between the original game and ''Advent Children'' that is told from her [[Narrative mode|point of view]]. The story details how she creates a new 7th Heaven bar in the city of Edge and attempts to hold onto the concept of a normal family with herself and Cloud, despite him beginning to isolate himself from others.<ref name="dvd"/> Tifa also appears in the game ''[[Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII|Dirge of Cerberus]]'', which is set one year after the events of ''Advent Children'', in which she helps the protagonist [[Vincent Valentine]] defend the planet against the monster Omega WEAPON; in the game's epilogue, she discusses Vincent's disappearance.<ref name="42-47"/>

Tifa is a prominent playable character in ''[[Final Fantasy VII Remake]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Final Fantasy VII Rebirth]]''. By focusing solely on the Midgar portion of the original game in ''Remake'', the development team was able to include additional scenes that developed the relationship between Tifa and Aerith.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tolentino |first=Josh |date=2022-08-23 |title=FFVII Remake Tifa and Aerith Pumping Scenes Were Key to Their Bond |url=https://www.siliconera.com/ffvii-remake-tifa-and-aerith-pumping-scenes-were-key-to-their-bond/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Siliconera |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019205419/https://www.siliconera.com/ffvii-remake-tifa-and-aerith-pumping-scenes-were-key-to-their-bond/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Traces of Two Pasts'', a tie-in novel to the remake, depicts the childhoods of Tifa and Aerith.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lada |first=Jenni |date=2022-03-04 |title=FFVII Remake Books Will Appear in 2022 |url=https://www.siliconera.com/ffvii-remake-books-will-appear-in-2022/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Siliconera |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405232855/https://www.siliconera.com/ffvii-remake-books-will-appear-in-2022/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Tifa's section details her upbringing in Nibelheim, her meeting and tutelage under her martial arts master, and her life in the slums of Midgar following her near-death experience during the Nibelheim incident.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-20 |title=『FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Traces of Two Pasts』野島一成スペシャルインタビュー！ |trans-title="FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Traces of Two Pasts" Kazushige Nojima special interview! |url=https://jp.finalfantasy.com/topics/299 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Final Fantasy Portal Site |language=Japanese |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406045610/https://jp.finalfantasy.com/topics/299 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other appearances===
Outside of the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Tifa is an unlockable character and optional boss in the fighting game ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ehrgeiz: Official Fighter's Guide |publisher=[[BradyGames]] |year=1999 |last=Cassaday |first=David |isbn=978-1-56686-876-1}}</ref> She is a playable character in the electronic board games ''[[Itadaki Street#Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special|Itadaki Street Special]]'' and ''[[Itadaki Street#Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable|Itadaki Street Portable]]''.<ref>{{cite video game |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |developer=Paon |title=[[Itadaki Street#Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special|Itadaki Street Special]] |platform=PlayStation 2 |date=2004-12-22 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game |title=[[Itadaki Street#Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable|Itadaki Street Portable]] |developer=[[Paon]] |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |date=2006-05-26 |platform=PlayStation Portable}}</ref> In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', she appears in her ''Advent Children'' attire, searching for Cloud and later fighting various [[Universe of Kingdom Hearts#Heartless|Heartless]].<ref>{{cite video game |title=[[Kingdom Hearts II]] |publisher=[[Square Enix]]/Buena Vista Games |platform=PlayStation 2 |date=2006-03-28 |developer=Square Enix}}</ref> She was originally planned to appear in the ''Final Mix'' version of the original ''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', but due to time constraints the staff members chose to incorporate Sephiroth instead.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kingdom Hearts II Ultimania |url=http://www.kh2.co.uk/?page=NI/KH2U |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110001322/http://www.kh2.co.uk/?page=NI%2FKH2U |archive-date=2006-11-10 |isbn=978-4-7575-1621-2 |year=2005 |publisher=[[Square Enix]] |editor=Studio BentStuff |access-date=2006-11-06 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Whereas in the game, Cloud goes missing after a battle with Sephiroth, in the [[manga]] adaptation, Tifa finds him in Hollow Bastion.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kingdom Hearts II|volume=4|year=2017|first=Shiro |last=Amano|publisher=Yen Press|isbn=978-0316382724}}</ref> In 2015, she was added to the mobile game ''[[Final Fantasy: Record Keeper]]'' as a playable character.<ref>{{cite web |title='Final Fantasy: Record Keeper' - How to Unlock Tifa and More |url=http://toucharcade.com/2015/04/03/final-fantasy-record-keeper-how-to-unlock-tifa-tips-cheats/ |website=Touch Arcade|last=Ford |first=Eric |date=3 April 2015 |access-date=27 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407200805/http://toucharcade.com/2015/04/03/final-fantasy-record-keeper-how-to-unlock-tifa-tips-cheats/ |archive-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Tifa is one of the playable characters in the [[fighting game]] ''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', which features characters from various ''Final Fantasy'' games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Closed Theater Trailer Available |url=http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/01/dissidia_site_live/ |date=1 October 2010 |website=Andriasang.com |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |access-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004164151/http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/01/dissidia_site_live/ |archive-date=4 October 2010}}</ref> She initially wears her original outfit, but the player has access to her ''Advent Children'' outfit and a third outfit based on her appearance in the Nibelheim flashback.<ref>{{cite web |title=Check Out Tifa in Dissidia Final Fantasy |url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/113/1130545p1.html |date=26 October 2010 |website=[[IGN]] |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |access-date=14 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317225407/http://psp.ign.com/articles/113/1130545p1.html |archive-date=17 March 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First Look: Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy's Dungeon Play |url=http://andriasang.com/comttx/dissidia_012_dungeon_play/ |date=10 February 2011 |website=Andriasang.com |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |access-date=14 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002315/http://andriasang.com/comttx/dissidia_012_dungeon_play/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first print run of the game features another form based on artwork by [[Yoshitaka Amano]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yuna and Many Third Forms at the Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy Official Site |url=http://andriasang.com/comtid/yuna_and_third_forms_dissidia_site/ |date=21 January 2001 |website=Andriasang.com |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |access-date=14 June 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024161609/http://andriasang.com/comtid/yuna_and_third_forms_dissidia_site/ |archive-date=24 October 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]'', Tifa appears as a [[Downloadable content|downloadable]] character model, and as a [[Mii]] costume and Spirit in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/13/ffvii_lbp2_pack/ |title=Final Fantasy VII LittleBigPlanet 2 Costume Pack Hits Tomorrow |website=Andriasang.com |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=July 13, 2011 |first=Anoop |last=Gantayat |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714232425/http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/13/ffvii_lbp2_pack/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Ian |title=Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Barret, Tifa, Aerith, And Geno Mii Fighter Costumes |url=https://kotaku.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate-is-getting-barrett-tifa-ae-1845907481 |website=Kotaku |date=17 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223174349/https://kotaku.com/super-smash-bros-ultimate-is-getting-barrett-tifa-ae-1845907481 |url-status=live}}</ref>