Grat
Grats are large, mobile, carnivorous vegetation that can be encountered within the confines of Balamb Garden's training center (and elsewhere) in Squaresoft's 1999 Final Fantasy VIII Playstation video game. They appear to be a monstrous hybrid of pitcher and venus flytrap plants. Grats feed by depositing prey, which they catch with their long vines, inside their stomach sacks where the various acids and digestive juices contained within slowly break down the meal. They can also spray these digestive juices when threatened, which, beyond resulting in burning/corrosion upon contact, may also poison the target. If an enemy or potential meal successfully damages a Grat, the creature may counter by producing a cloud of gas that contains sedatives--this will often cause the attackee to fall asleep. If a Grat becomes seriously injured, it is not unknown for them to grasp another organism and leech life and nutrients out of the victim, in a vampire-like fashion, to restore their own failing health.
Being plants, Grats are highly susceptible to temperature changes - both fire and ice-based attacks work well against them. These monsters aren't particularly dangerous or powerful, but the status-altering attacks they produce can tip the scales in their favor during battle if you're careless or unprepared.
Materials:
Cardboard, white paper, white/hot glue, wire twist ties, bottle rocket sticks, and acrylic/oil/watercolor paints.
Dimensions:
30.5 cm/12.0 in. x 27.4 cm/10.8 in. (highest point x widest point)
Articulation:
The jaws can open and close. Additionally, because of their spindly shape and the materials used, the vines have a little bit of give to them; I don't consider that true articulation though.
Time:
Unknown; this figure's creation occured before I started keeping thorough records of my work (which means it was made sometime prior to May 30, 2004).
(In no particular order of importance.)
- Final Fantasy VIII Playstation video game and instruction manual.
- Various GameFAQs Final Fantasy VIII game guides.
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