The Ugly Chocoling is a story from Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales. The story is about a young chocobo who seems to be cursed with fiery feathers on top of looking rather awkward in comparison to the rest of his peers. In two of the epilogues, it is revealed that he is in fact a young Phoenix and not a chocobo. The story is based on The Ugly Duckling, a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen, along with some references to the Parable of the Prodigal Son.