The "correct" jobs for all main characters presented!

[Ashley Schovitz]

What about your peeps on FFVII? their jobs.

[Crossblades]

Well, that's kind of hard but here goes

Cloud - Warrior
Tifa - monk
Barret - Sniper?
Cid - Dragoon
Aeris - White mage?
Yuffie - Ninja
Cait Sith - Gambler
Vincent - Shapeshifter?
Red XIII - Fire Beast?

[rubah]

I would say that Rinoa would be a black mage, considering her Angel Wing limit break.

FF7 would be

Cloud: knight/fighter
Aeris: white mage
Tifa: marital artist/monk
Vincent: gunner
Yuffie: Ninja/Thief
Barret: no clue xD I never used him much. Distance attacks?
Cait Sith: Gambler (setzer )
Cid: Dragoon
Nanaki: dunno. blue mage? xD

I wouldn't count kimarhi as a dragoon as it only shows up in one of his overdrives and the fact that he uses a lance. Wakka would be a distance fighter

[Crossblades]

I wouldn't count kimarhi as a dragoon as it only shows up in one of his overdrives and the fact that he uses a lance.

So? Those are the reasons I consider him a Dragoon

[Ashley Schovitz]

What are firebeasts and gamblers? and shapeshifters as I never played FFVII due to the ban I've heard, but I can borrow it from someone since at the place we went to says they can't sell them anymore.

[Crossblades]

What are firebeasts and gamblers? and shapeshifters as I never played FFVII due to the ban I've heard, but I can borrow it from someone since at the place we went to says they can't sell them anymore.

Firebeast and Shapeshifters are classes I made up

Gamblers use slots as attack.

And the FF VII ban is a false rumor

[Hinky the Pickle]

Edit - Damnit, nick! We posted at the same time!

Yes we did, but my name isn't Nick. :P

[Crossblades]

Edit - Damnit, nick! We posted at the same time!

Yes we did, but my name isn't Nick. :P

My fault. I was looking at Nick's username and then your post

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Okay, I guess this is a General Final Fantasy thread now.

[DJZen]

*le sigh*

You know, jobs aren't really that difficult to determine, you just make stuff up randomly, it's not like Square is above that... For example, let's examine the jobs in FFVI:

Terra: Mage Warrior (completely made up, I think they meant "we have no idea either)
Locke: Adventurer (what? thief? no! don't be silly!)
Edgar: Mechanic?
Sabin: Monk (natch)
Shadow: Assassin (no, NOT a ninja)
Cyan: Samurai (who didn't see that one coming? I mean really)
Gau: Wild Boy (basically just a description of his character)
Celes: Rune Knight (describes her ability to seal magic, although it's entirely invented just for this game)
Mog: Moogle (nope, not a dancer, just a Moogle)
Setzer: Gambler
Strago: Blue Mage
Relm: Pictomancer (never used before or since, made up for this game)
Gogo: Mimic
Umaro: Snow Man (not berserker)
Bannon: Priest (his "heal" command is supposed to be "pray", which Rosa and Yuna had)
Leo: Great General (they're GRRRRRRRReat! Also just made up, it's not like Celes wasn't a general after all... Shouldn't he be a dark knight or something?)
Biggs & Wedge: Imperial Soldier (or maybe it was the kanji for "meat shield", I'm not sure)

As you can see, Square is perfectly happy inventing names to describe classes when they can't think of any prior standard. Because of that...

Cloud: Soldier, it only fits since he's convinced that that's his identity
Barret: Gunner, he has a gun, what else could he be?
Aeris: Priestess? She can heal you for free like Bannon, only not as often, but more potently.
Tifa: Monk, duh
Red XIII: Lion? Wolf? Wion? Is there even a name for his race? If there were, you can be sure that would be his job.
Cait Sith: Gambler, obviously, even though he uses a bard's weapon
Cid: Lancer, since he's not a dragon knight (there's no king, who would knight him?)
Yuffie: Ninja, again, duh
Vincent: the only point of contention, I say he's an Experiment, but everyone has their own interpretation. It's like electroclash.

Or, if you want to be finnicky, just go with what Square lists their jobs as:

Cloud: Mercenary
Aeris: Flower Merchant
Tifa: Bar Hostess O_o
Barret: Leader of Avalanche
Red XIII: Beast
Cid: Pilot
Yuffie: Materia Hunter/Ninja
Cait Sith: Toysaurus
Vincent: Unemployed

FFVIII's character's are another story. You could construe it this way:

Squall - SeeD
Rinoa - Sorceress
Zell - SeeD
Quistis - SeeD
Selphie - SeeD
Irvine - SeeD

This would certainly describe their jobs insofaras they're stated in the game. However, if you were to match it up to other FFs, it would probably be something like:

Squall: Soldier
Rinoa: Mage? Something? I still say Sorceress
Zell: Monk
Quistis: Blue Mage (sorta)
Selphie: Gambler? Red Mage? Magical Gambler?
Irvine: Sniper

And that's not even getting into the others...

Edea: Sorceress again, probably
Laguna: Ummm.... Adventurer? Soldier?
Ward: Soldier? Lancer?
Kiros: Uhhh.... Knife... Guy? Soldier? Something else entirely?

But all of this theory goes to the wind the minute you apply materia or junctioning. Or espers and relics for that matter.

FFIX is another can of worms.

Zidane: Thief, right? But he has Soldier like abilities as well! Tholdier? Soldief? Bah... He's probably just a "Genome".
Steiner: Knight... With other abilities... Magic Knight? Oh not wait, that's something else...
Garnet: Summoner! With white magic... And... racquets?
Vivi: Black Mage (yay! one that makes sense!)
Freya: Dragon Knight (another one! we're on a roll!)
Amarant: Ninja Monk? (drat...)
Eiko: Summoner... with a white magic oriented trace... errrrm....
Quina: Gourmand. ANYONE WHO SAYS BLUE MAGE GETS EATEN!

It really doesn't help that they don't list jobs at all, especially with all the hybrid classes that could go one way or the other. Not to mention the fact that EVERYONE uses MP in this game. X_X

Next we have FFX. FFX gives everyone classes, right? WRONG!

Tidus: He's not a warrior, warriors never had time magic, and he does very low damage for the most part, unless you decide you want him to do more damage, in which case he can.

Auron: I'd want to say samurai, but he doesn't have any samurai abilities period. I also want to say warrior, but... but... Since when do warriors have enfeebs?

Yuna: Oh great, more of this white mage + summoner nonsense, and now she gets that "pray" ability that I thought they only gave to priests! I really wish they'd stop making all these hybrid classes, it gets rather silly.

Wakka: Aha! Here's an easy one! He has one of the only long range attacks, so he must be the equivalent of an archer! Not so fast, Sparky! His attack/status/element/whatever reels are NOT an archer ability, and archers enfeeb through weapons, not through abilities. So he's basically a whole unique class, which isn't so bad. We can just call him a "blitzballer".

Lulu: Black mage. Right. No further discussion there... Wait... Focus? Where did... OH NOES!!!

Kimahri: Ow! You got your blue mage in my dragoon! Oh yeah? Well you got your dragoon in my blue mage! And why the heck can I cast Ultima?!

Rikku: She can steal, so obviously she's the thief. Oh wait, she uses knuckles like a monk. Well that's ok, because she doesn't have any monk abilities, so clearly she's a thief still. Only she can use unique items and mix them together for different results. Okay, so she's a chemist/thief/monk. Oh and she can enfeeb. WELL THAT'S JUST DANDY!!!!

So you see, there's really no definitive answer. After all, in a game like FFVII, any character could easily wind up being a Knight/Red Mage/Monk/Summoner/Thief/Blue Mage/Mime/Beastmaster hybrid class anyway, AND DON'T TRY TO TELL ME YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE! XD

But for FFII, there's no real correct jobs. Even Amano's art work isn't consistent from one drawing to the next, and the character drawigns on the cover of FFII show Frioniel and Lionheart with swords, Guy with a rifle, and Maria with a bow. Examine the into movie in Origins, and Lionheart still has a sword, but Frioniel uses a sword AND a knife. In the artwork for DoS, Frioniel and Lionheart have swords, Guy has a HUGE sword, and Maria still has a bow. Buggery...

[Hinky the Pickle]

Lulu: Black mage. Right. No further discussion there... Wait... Focus? Where did... OH NOES!!!

Um... you do realise that Vivi, a Black Mage in it's purist form, had the exact same technique? Since Focus hasn't been used by any other job class other than a Black Mage in the past I think it's fair to say that Lulu is a pure Black Mage. At least at the beginning, but anyone can evolve beyond that.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Since Focus hasn't been used by any other job class other than a Black Mage in the past

It was originally a Monk technique, even if it didn't work exactly the same way.

[Crossblades]

*le sigh*

Shadow: Assassin (no, NOT a ninja)
Mog: Moogle (nope, not a dancer, just a Moogle)

I disagree. Shadow is indeed a Ninja. You can't throw weapons and use ninja techniques and NOT be called a Ninja. Even the strategy guide said so

As for Mog, he is indeed a Dancer. How you gonna Dance and NOT be called a Dancer?

Garnet: Summoner! With white magic... And... racquets?
Eiko: Summoner... with a white magic oriented trace... errrrm....

They're also white mages. If you recall, at one point in the game you get a White Robe and it's description says "Robes made for White Mages." Who are the only White Mages in the game? Obviously, Eiko and Garnet.

Quina: Gourmand. ANYONE WHO SAYS BLUE MAGE GETS EATEN!

Say what you will. Anyone who uses Blue Magic is obviously a Blue Mage

Auron: I'd want to say samurai, but he doesn't have any samurai abilities period.

*cough*Bushido*cough*

Yuna: Oh great, more of this white mage + summoner nonsense, and now she gets that "pray" ability that I thought they only gave to priests! I really wish they'd stop making all these hybrid classes, it gets rather silly.

But Hybrid classes are cool

Kimahri: Ow! You got your blue mage in my dragoon! Oh yeah? Well you got your dragoon in my blue mage! And why the heck can I cast Ultima?!

You don't have to teach him Ultima ya know. Besides, by the time you get a lv. 4 sphere, the player would probably be to lazy to go back to the beginning of the grid just to learn one ability

[Mirage]

Kiros: Uhhh.... Knife... Guy? Soldier? Something else entirely?

They are some sort of katars. As for job, I have no idea.

[Yuffie514]

Yuffie: Ninja/Thief

Yuffie: Materia Hunter/Ninja

...i am not meant to be understood...