Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep/Trivia


 * Casting Gag: The voice actress for young Kairi in both Japanese and English (Sumire Morohoshi and Ariel Winter, respectively) shares the voice for characters in other Square Enix works: Marlene Wallace and Mog, who are also cute, small characters.
 * Mark Hamill and Leonard Nimoy on opposing sides. Sound slightly familiar to a certain debate between sci-fi fans?
 * Fan Nickname:
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 * Before names were released, Master Xehanort was referred to as OBM (Old Bald Man; in the vein of BHK/Blond-Haired Kid for Roxas). When his name was released, we got affectionate nicknames such as Baldinort, Baldsem, Geezernort, Oldynort, and Grampinort.
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 * A less common one for Vanitas:
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 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Like his Japanese counterpart, Jesse McCartney voices Ven for the English-language version. This is significant.
 * Leonard freaking Nimoy is Master Xehanort in the English version. Not plot significant. But awesome!
 * Mark Hamill is Master Eraqus, which makes his status as The Obi-Wan Hilarious in Hindsight.
 * Who knew The Firelord was so handy with a keyblade?
 * The Joker evidently got bored of his crime spree and decided to try his hand at teaching future keyblade masters.
 * Try and say you weren't surprised by voicing Vanitas. Playing Against Type, much? The same applies for  in Japanese.
 * Oh no, Even is Takaya! Oh, and Naoki Konishi.
 * And Uryu Ishida. Note: Uryu's grandpa was killed by a evil scientist. Hmm...
 * Terra's Japanese voice actor is Zero, while Master Xehanort's seiyuu played Dr. Weil. Coincidence?
 * Master Xehanort's seiyuu is also Dr. Eggman.
 * Terra is Human Eddie McDowd
 * Aqua was in a couple of episodes of The OC.
 * As far as seiyuu go, Aqua is both Winry Rockbell and the current first in the bloodline of a certain princess.
 * I Knew It!:
 * February 2009, a troper speculates on the possible connection between the armor Xemnas wears in Kingdom Hearts II and the armor the protagonists wear. Two years later we got Final Mix, aaaaand...
 * Mythology Gag: Zack asks Aqua on a date, like he did when he first met Aerith in Final Fantasy VII.
 * Also, whenever Zack gets excited or pumped up about something, he starts doing squats, a reference to his habit of doing so in Crisis Core which was in itself a reference to his characterization in Final Fantasy VII, as seen in the Nibelheim flashback.
 * Zack appearing in a prequel is one in and of itself, as he was dead by the time of FFVII and had a starring role in the prequel Crisis Core.
 * speech when he first appears is the same speech Ansem gives at the end of the first game.
 * Shout-Out: Upon accessing the Trinity Archives after unlocking the Dairy Devotee trophy, the game proudly proclaims "You are a WINNER!"
 * Terra's first Shotlock command is called "Sonic Shadow".
 * Aqua's first Command Style is called two different names in America and Japan: "Spell Weaver" and "Magic Wish".
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Nomura considered showing Leon and Cloud's past in the game, but decided against it because the Radiant Garden would have been overloaded with characters. And because, in his words, this game is complicated enough as it is.
 * Also, a Jungle Book world was going to be featured, but was pulled out. As one of the cut rooms was Louie's throne room, it may have been axed because of Disney's Louie embargo (See the Screwed By the Lawyers page's entry on Tale Spin.)
 * Laguna from Final Fantasy VIII was also meant to appear as the head of the Mirage Arena, but was kept out due to his appearance in Dissidia 012.
 * Pleakley would've made an appearance in Deep Space.
 * Nomura considered showing Leon and Cloud's past in the game, but decided against it because the Radiant Garden would have been overloaded with characters. And because, in his words, this game is complicated enough as it is.
 * Also, a Jungle Book world was going to be featured, but was pulled out. As one of the cut rooms was Louie's throne room, it may have been axed because of Disney's Louie embargo (See the Screwed By the Lawyers page's entry on Tale Spin.)
 * Laguna from Final Fantasy VIII was also meant to appear as the head of the Mirage Arena, but was kept out due to his appearance in Dissidia 012.
 * Pleakley would've made an appearance in Deep Space.