Final Fantasy XIII/Trivia


 * Fan Nickname:
 * Sazh has been dubbed both "Chocobro" and "Chocofro" by his adoring legion. And thanks to Gadot's expy mention he is now called (by the fans that hate him) "not-Wakka".
 * Snow was nicknamed "Mr. 33cm" as mentioned above due to his rather large... feet.
 * And at 6'5/6'7 (accounts vary), his "feet" are actually small for his size.
 * Galenth Dysley / has recently been dubbed Superpope/SUPAHPOPE!, mainly due to   He's also been dubbed  by some.
 * Snow's Gestalt mode has been dubbed "The Motordyke" by a portion of the fandom.
 * Aster Protoflorian has been given the name Bulbasaur.
 * The chocobo chick, or Let's Player nickname at least: "Frocobo says NO/YES!"
 * The game is full of Mythology Gags (many more can be found here):
 * The town of Palumpolum.
 * And the flying fortress Lindblum.
 * Sanctum Skybase Palamecia.
 * Doesn't Cocoon look an awful lot like Meteor?
 * Sanctum soldiers and citizens use something called "manadrives" to cast magic without the threat of becoming l'Cie. They serve the same function as Odine Brand para-magic machines, just with a different name.
 * The cities of Nautilus (NPCs also make Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger references here) and Eden.
 * The entire fal'Cie civil war and the humans caught in the middle of it mirrors the Archadia/Rozarria conflict in Final Fantasy XII, except a Lensman Arms Race is involved.
 * Cocoon itself is a reference to Doctor Tot's globe.
 * Cocoon is red, Pulse is blue. The game pits theese worlds against each another.
 * The entire battle system is apparently based around Chainspell, although it is expanded to all attacks rather than being a Limit Break. Someone more familiar with XI could confirm/deny this more readily.
 * . This directly parallels Scarlet and Heidegger facing off against Cloud and the others in a mecha by the same name.
 * And there is an enemy called Manasvin Warmech that looks very similar to the Bonus Boss WarMECH from Final Fantasy I.
 * The concept of l'Cie, magic-using humans who mutate into demonic monsters and whose souls solidify into a physical, crystalline form and are forced to fight a war as avatars of Physical Gods are based on Espers, who are...magic-using, mutated humans whose souls solidify into a physical, crystalline form who were forced to fight a war as avatars of Physical Gods.
 * The game starts with the ex-Soldier and the black guy on a train. They then proceed to fight a giant scorpion robot.
 * The entire dynamic between Fang and Vanille is mined from a single boss battle from Final Fantasy III: You fight a boss named Hecatoncheir in order to collect the Fang of Earth, four of which unlock the path to the Crystal Spire and the end of the game.
 * And on a similar note, Orphan and Barthandelus are based on Demonic Spiders from Final Fantasy V.
 * Hey It's That Voice:
 * Snow is Schneizel.
 * Relationship Voice Actor:
 * Snow and Nora are Schneizel and Cornelia.
 * Shout Out: One of the frightened Purge victims can be heard reciting part of the Litany Against Fear.
 * The epic battle scene that kicks off Chapter 12 wouldn't look out of place in the Transformers universe. In fact, mute the background music and put on some ROCK, and the whole thing feels like the Beast Wars all over again.
 * Chapter 13 has you facing off against the Jabberwocky and the Bandersnatch as a duo of mini-bosses.
 * Gilgamesh was intended to appear as a regular character; a fal'Cie with giant swords. Fridge Logic dictates that he was likely supposed to be the ultimate opponent of Titan's Trials as opposed to Attacus, as Attacus uses the exact same progressive battle tactics that Gilgamesh did in Final Fantasy XII, and you are arbitrarily given the store Gilgamesh Inc. as a quest reward for finishing half of the Trials fights. Getting this store as a reward for beating their namesake would have made more sense.
 * What Could Have Been: According to the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega, the development team at one point considered making Vanille the official main character of the game, but dismissed the idea as they had already released a trailer and art featuring Lightning in that role.
 * The fal'Cie Siren wasn't just in the Pompa Sancta, but is Bodhum's fal'Cie. However, since the player never gets visit Bodhum properly, the only time one can see Siren is in cutscenes.
 * The fal'Cie Siren wasn't just in the Pompa Sancta, but is Bodhum's fal'Cie. However, since the player never gets visit Bodhum properly, the only time one can see Siren is in cutscenes.