ScotchMonkey: I only just found out that the Phoenix Down item in Final Fantasy is actually a Down ( feather) of a Phoenix.
Just thought it was some bullshit name Square came up with.
At least you didn't have to figure out "FenixDown"s. (Yes, in SNES FF3, the item name was spelt with an "F" instead of a "Pho".)
SNES FF2 called the item a "[potion symbol] Life".
NES FF1 didn't have the item at all, but in Final Fantasy Legend, the item was called "REVIVE" (not to confuse it with the skill with that name, which is completely different, and, confusingly, is used by the PHOENIX monster.)