Quina Quen

Quina Quen is a playable character in Final Fantasy IX. S/he is apparently a genderless Qu who specializes in blue magic, and loves eating frogs. Quina serves as comic relief, often failing in his/her eternal quest to consume new cuisine. S/he speaks in broken English, as all Qu do, and will often eat anything s/he sees. Quina's eating habits are one of his/her greatest skills, as Quina learns Blu Mag by consuming an enemy.

Recruiting Quina on the first chance (when the party leaves Lindblum on foot) is optional. S/he will join the party the first time the player visits a Qu's Marsh.

Although the pronoun "s/he" is mostly attributed to Quina, only masculine possessive and demonstrative pronouns like "his" and "him" are used, while the feminine pronouns "her" and "hers" are not. Many languages use the masculine pronouns if the gender is unknown. In the game's Spanish version, Quina is referred to as "she", and it is same for Quale (renamed Quera), while Quan is "he". In the German version Quina is always referred to as "he". In the French version Quina is "she" whereas both Quale and Quan are "he". In the Italian version, Quina is said to be female, like Quale (renamed "Quera"), and has rearranged with Roman dialect.