History ShoutOut / FinalFantasyIX

* Nova Dragon is a {{Woolseyism}} of Shinryu, a BonusBoss from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''. "Shin" can mean both "holy" and "new" (Latin: Nova), and "Ryuu" means dragon.

* In the French version, the BonusBoss Tantarian is named "[[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]]", referring to the famous author.

* Lady Hilda breaking the spell and returning her [[BalefulPolymorph frog]] husband to his true form with a kiss... [[Literature/TheFrogPrince What does that remind you of?]]

* "[[{{Music/Foreigner}} A veritable emergency of terrible urgency!]]" Also counts as WaxingLyrical.

* This little gem courtesy of Zidane: "No [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII cloud]], no [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII squall]] shall hinder us." Could also double as a StealthPun. (This particular reference is [[Woolseyism not present in the Japanese version]].

* The first full party you have is Zidane, Steiner, Vivi and Garnet[=/=]Dagger - in other words, Thief, Fighter, Black Mage and White Mage, the same as the default party in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI''.

* Not only is ''I Want to Be Your Canary'' an obvious parallel to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', but the play is credited to a Lord Avon -- as in Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. Also, one of the minor characters in the game is named [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Puck]]. Additionally, in the original Japanese, the king, played by Baku, was named Theatre/KingLear.

* In the Steam remake, you can net an achievement called ''Kain's Legacy'' when you obtain Kain's Lance, a nod to the Square-published game VideoGame/LegacyOfKain

* If you examine the grandfather clock in Quan's Dwelling, you are told that there is nothing inside. This is in reference to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', where there would be an Elixir in every grandfather clock in the game. This is the only place in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' where there is a grandfather clock you can examine, so it was likely an intentional reference.

* This little gem courtesy of Zidane: "No [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII cloud]], no [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII squall]] shall hinder us." Could also double as a StealthPun.

* In Lindblum, examining a fountain has Zidane respond with "It looks like something fits in here". The fountain is otherwise completely useless, but it's a reference to Resident Evil 2, in which there is a fountain that leads to pretty much the same response, and the player needs to insert a medal to access a new area.

* ShoutOut/ToShakespeare: Not only is 'I Want to Be Your Canary' an obvious parallel to RomeoAndJuliet, but the play is credited to a Lord Avon -- as in Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. Also, one of the minor characters in the game is named [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Puck]]. Additionally, in the original Japanese, the king, played by Baku, was named Theatre/KingLear.

* Some of the names of locations are references. The town of Dali is named after Creator/SalvadorDali. The library of Daguerreo derives it's name from the Daguerreotype, a very early form of photograph.

* Examining the fountain in Lindblum Castle gives the message "Looks like there's no place to put the medal here." Since there is no medal, this is a very clear ShoutOut to a puzzle in VideoGame/ResidentEvil2.
* Talking to a certain NPC in Lindblum will make him remark "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!", referencing Bones [=McCoy=]'s {{Catchphrase}} from ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}''.
** Prior to the battle with Black Waltz No. 2 he will say "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Resistance is futile]]."
* Necron quotes [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] before the fight with it. ("Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.")
* After fighting Steiner for the first time, he collapses, remarking "Bah! Only a flesh wound!", a reference to the Black Knight scene from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* There are a few references to Creator/WilliamShakespeare, namely that the prince of Burmecia is named Puck (the name of a character in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'') and the author of "I Want to Be Your Canary" is Lord Avon, a reference to Shakespeare himself who was often called the Bard of Avon.

* Sir Fratley could be a reference to Michael Flatley, the Irish dancer renowned for the ''Theatre/{{Riverdance}}''.
** Which is also referenced to the dancing Freya and the others do in one scene, which looks very Riverdance-esque.

* The Festival of the Hunt in Lindblum draws many parallels to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_of_the_Bulls Running of the Bulls]]. Some of the locals' attitude towards it even suggests some TestosteronePoisoning has taken place.
* Lady Hilda breaking the spell and returning her [[BalefulPolymorph frog]] husband to his true form with a kiss... [[Literature/TheFrogPrince What does that remind you of?]]
* ShoutOut/ToShakespeare: Not only is 'I Want to Be Your Canary' an obvious parallel to RomeoAndJuliet, but the play is credited to a Lord Avon -- as in Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. Also, one of the minor characters in the game is named [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Puck]]. Additionally, in the original Japanese, the king, played by Baku, was named Theatre/KingLear.

* "I'm kupo for kupo nuts!", a reference to the slogan for [[AdvertisingCampaigns Coco-Puffs]].
* Steiner: "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Bah! Only a flesh wound!]]"
* "[[{{Music/Foreigner}} A veritable emergency of terrible urgency!]]" Also counts as WaxingLyrical.
* Zidane is an alien who was sent to the planet in order to wreak havoc, but lost his memory of his origin and ended up turning out to be a pretty nice guy. He then meets his more-or-less brother, who is also an alien and who is decidedly more willing to slaughter everyone on the planet. Oh, and Zidane has a monkey-like tail. [[Manga/DragonBall Now where have I heard this story before?]][[note]]It is however a well known fact that Sakaguchi and Uematsu are close friends of Toriyama, having worked together on Chrono Trigger. The trio would later rejoin for their first game published outside of Square, VideoGame/BlueDragon[[/note]].
* The sandstorm ritual in Cleyra is basically ''Riverdance''. Sir Fratley's name is a reference to/mistranslation of Michael Flatley, a famous step dancer who is known for performing in ''Riverdance''.
* Before the encounter with FinalBoss [[spoiler:Necron]], it says "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda's famous line from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Additionally, Kuja uses the line "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen," which was Emperor Palpatine's line in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* When you talk to one of the [=NPCs=] in Lindblum, he remarks "Dammit, Jim! [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!]]", which is a reference to Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=]'s catchphrase from ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' ([[BeamMeUpScotty although Bones never actually said "Dammit, Jim" in the show, just "I'm a doctor, not a _____."]])
* In Lindblum, examining a fountain has Zidane respond with "It looks like something fits in here". The fountain is otherwise completely useless, but it's a reference to Resident Evil 2, in which there is a fountain that leads to pretty much the same response, and the player needs to insert a medal to access a new area.
* In the French version, the BonusBoss Tantarian is named "[[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]]", referring to the famous author.
* ''[[Anime/TheCastleofCagliostro Castle of Cagliostro]]'' featured a [[AnimalMotif monkey-like thief]] who attempts to rob a corrupt kingdom, only to run into and help the princess as she tries to flee her own country. The princess carries an heirloom that triggers a giant mechanism within the castle. It also had a [[ButtMonkey comically ineffective]] authority figure constantly failing to thwart the thief, [[FireForgedFriends but in time takes his side]] to fight the greater villains.
** Zidane's name is [[LampshadeHanging identical]] in [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization Japanese]] to Lupin's choice of cigarettes, Gitanes, with signs pointing to this being the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS intended original spelling]]. He also refers to Steiner by a nickname similar to Lupin's for Zenigata, at least in the untranslated original.
** Steiner goes beyond inheriting Zenigata's personality and role to [[{{Expy}} having the same face]] down to the eyelashes.
** Freya's hair, flaring coat, and perpetually held weapon give her the same silhouette as Goemon.
** Amarant has Jigen's face and hardboiled attitude.
* Mount Gulug is a mistranslation of Gurgu Volcano from the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', and uses a remix of the original's theme music.
* Castle Pandemonium is a reference to the final dungeon of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', also named Pandemonium, and it even has the same theme music (albeit with pipe organs and at half the tempo of the original)
* The Eidolon Madeen is a mistranslation of Maduin, a reference to an Esper of the same name from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. Its attack was supposed to be Terraforming, but was mistranslated as Terra Homing.
* Every passenger car in Lindblum is numbered [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII #08.]]
* The cry of the dwarves, "Rally-ho!", is a mistranslation of Lali-ho, the cry of the dwarves in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''.
* If you examine a sword that looks remarkably similar to the Buster Sword in the weapon shop in Lindblum, Zidane will remark "I remember a guy with spiky hair who carried something like this...", referencing Cloud from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* One of Zidane's lines towards the end of the game is "No [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII cloud]], nor [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII squall]] shall hinder us!"

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