Final Fantasy IV/Trivia

Hey It's That Voice: In the DS version, your team includes Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto, Kallen Stadtfeld from Code Geass, Gaara from Naruto, Viral from Gurren Lagann, Hunter Mackenzie Austin AKA Michelle from Read Or Die the TV, Byakuya Kuchiki from Bleach, Taliesin Jaffe AKA Blanka and Adon from Street Fighter IV, and John Snyder AKA Gohda from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, among others.
- Interestingly, Megan Harvey (Palom) also played one of a set of Half-Identical Twins in Gun X Sword, though in that, she was the female half.
- In Japanese, when hearing Golbez's voice, you're listening to none other than Takeshi "Chairman" Kaga himself!
  - The Japanese version also includes Rie Kugimiya as Palom and Porum and Koichi Yamadera as Kain.
Shout Out: See Meaningful Name.
- First, look and Rubicante [1]. Then, look at this bad guy from Neo Human Casshern [2]. They have the same designer, after all.
- Kain's father's name is Richard, which is similar to Ricard Highwind from Final Fantasy II (and in fact, his name is Richard in Japan - his name is shortened overseas due to space limitations). And in remakes, FFII returns the favor, by having Ricard adopt a boy named Kain.
- Plenty of other Highwinds occur throughout the Final Fantasy series, the most famous being Cid of Final Fantasy VII.
- During the party's first fight with Rubicante, the fiend of fire states that "the frozen winds of hell's 9th circle" couldn't penetrate his cloak.
- Barbariccia's appearance seems like an intentional shout out to Barbarella.
- DS-version Scarmiglione's quote to the party before attempting to murder them for the last time is "I'll smite your ruin upon the mountainside!"
- Lali-Ho
  - Or, depending on which town you're in, Hi-Ho!
- Long before the Biggs and Wedge cameos, this was the beginning of Square's love affair with Star Wars.
  - The beginning was actually II, but here is where it starts being more noticeable.
  - Cecil must overcome his dark side and become a Paladin if he hopes to defeat Golbez.
  - Golbez is a giant in black armor turned to the Dark Side by the robed Big Bad. He turns out to be family to the hero, and at one point suffers a severed hand. Golbez also gets the Emperor's Force Lightning routine since the game's Big Bad doesn't get to do much.
  - They didn't name the Enterprise's companion airship the Falcon for nothing.
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen came out in Japan two years before the game, titled simply "Baron." If you can't tell where they got the name for the starting kingdom, consider the trip to the moon, the volcanic underworld, and getting attacked by a giant sea monster.
  - The film may have also influenced the graphics for the death spells. They become grim reapers from this installment onwards.
- The GBA-Version-Cid give's us this line: "So how are my airships? I'll bet you and your goons wrecked them up something awful!" Probably accidental.
- The "Pig" spell is a reference to Circe in The Odyssey.
  - Possibly also Willow.
- Barnabas-Z. Its name sounds awfully similar to another Humongous Mecha built by a Mad Scientist and whose cockpit is located on the head.
What Could Have Been: As was mentioned, the SNES version had roughly 25% of the intended script. The remakes (Especially the DS in 2008) went on to expand the script.