#yeetha

Yes! I love, love love love Moombas. I headcanon that they do, actually, come from “ascended” Shumi (I base this on the fact we never see any Moomba kittens). I like the fact they can recognize someone by smelling or tasting their blood, and headcanon they have a sort of natural DNA recognition sense as part of their olfactory sense. 

They seem to be overly eager to please, and so are frequently abused as servants or slaves by Galbadia and, under Adel, Esthar. Laguna liberated them all when he became president, so he’s kind of their collective hero--that’s the other thing. Moombas are all telepathically linked. Moombas in D-district are aware of the condition of Moombas in Esthar or Trabia. 

I headcanon that the Moombas in D-district are eventually all released, and wind up...congregating, at Balamb Garden. Since they all seem quite eager to help, they are put to work doing various tasks--as paid employees. Maybe not paid that much, but they don’t seem to know what to do with the money they’re given, anyway, haha. And the longer they stay, the more evident it is that they’re more intelligent than they’re often given credit for. 

As stated in a previous answer, Zell befriends the Moomba that he was kind to in D-district, and names him Yeetha. Yeetha ends up pretty much following Zell everywhere, his little sidekick, haha. Zell even manages to teach Yeetha a decent level of proficiency in martial arts that take advantage of those giant paws.