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* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: Golbez. So. Very. Much.
** Both of Cecil's forms and Rosa have spikes on their shoulder pads.
* [[Shout-Out]]: A lot. See [[
** First, look and Rubicante [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060323013547/finalfantasy/images/b/b5/Rubicant_battle_sprite.gif\]{{Dead link}}. Then, look at this bad guy from ''[[Neo-Human Casshern]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG2W05xJ76o&t=0m47s\]. They have the same [[Yoshitaka Amano|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 [[Divine Comedy|"the frozen winds of hell's 9th circle"]] couldn't penetrate his cloak.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150321152831/http://spoonybard.org/fanlisting/dawn/barbariccia.jpg Barbariccia's] appearance seems like an intentional shout out to [http://catherinebray.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/barbarella2.jpg Barbarella].
** DS-version Scarmiglione's quote to the party before attempting to murder them for the last time is [[Lord of the Rings|"I'll smite your ruin upon the mountainside!"]]
** [[The Hobbit (novel)|Lali-Ho]]
*** Or, depending on which town you're in, [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|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 [[The Dragon|a giant in black armor]] turned to the Dark Side by the robed [[Big Bad]]. He [[Luke, I Am Your Father|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]] [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|doesn't get to do much]].
*** They didn't name the [[Star Trek|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 [[Updated Rerelease|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]]''!" [[Sarcasm Mode|Probably accidental.]]
** The "Pig" spell is a reference to Circe in ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.
*** Possibly also ''[[Willow]]''.
** Barnabas-Z. ''[[Mazinger Z|Its name sounds awfully similar]]'' to another [[Humongous Mecha]] built by a [[Mad Scientist]] and whose cockpit is located on the head.
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: Odin, when summoned.
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: CPU.
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