History Trivia / FinalFantasyVI

* BeamMeUpScotty:
** A little known one that persists probably because the reality way too complicated: The name of Terra's theme is "Awakening", while "Terra's Theme" is the name of the game's main theme, a more orchestral arrangement of the same melody.
*** More or less. "Terra's Theme" IS Terra's theme, it plays when she rejoins the party in Mobliz and part of it is mixed with "Omen" the opening theme. Both of these are the times when she could be considered to have joined the party. "Awakening" is the theme that plays when she has an epiphany and even then the melody is like that of "Terra's Theme". So "Terra's Theme" is there in one way or another whenever something Terra-related happens.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Soraya Saga was one of the scenario writers of the game and was responsible for creating Edgar and Sabin. She wrote a doujinshi that detailed the background history of the Figaro family such as the death of King Figaro and [[FreudianExcuse Edgar's mother issues]]. She also wrote that the reason Sabin, Gau and Cyan got along so well was because they found a surrogate family with each other. However, Square has not confirmed or denied how much of that is considered canon and Saga even said it's just a side story.

** Moogles would be this. They first appeared in [=FFIII=] and reappeared in [=FFV=], both of which were only given Western releases long after FFVI. They first appeared in the U.S. in ''FinalFantasyAdventure'' and later reappeared in ''SecretOfMana'', as well.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Soraya Saga was one of the scenario writers of the game and was responsible for creating Edgar and Sabin. She wrote a doujinshi that detailed the background history of the Figaro family such as the death of King Figaro and [[FreudianExcuse Edgar's mother issues]]. She also wrote that the reason Sabin, Gau and Cyan got along so well was because they found a surrogate family with each other. However, none of this is considered canon by Square but nothing is denying that it could.

* WordOfDante: A large reason [[{{Fanon}} a Fanart or cosplay of the exact same character]] will differ so vastly from one interpretation to the next... but then, a world populated by small pixellated figures tends to leave a lot to the imagination. Especially when the same game also occasionally features [[Creator/YoshitakaAmano Amano's]] DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale gothic designs of the same characters.

** "SABIN SUPLEXES A TRAIN!" Technically, it's a piledriver.

** According to some storyline concepts, Celes was originally going to suffer from mental instability similar to Kefka due to the Magitek process, but she would have gotten over it. In addition, she actually was intended to be a spy (albeit a conflicted one), but that ended up removed, although they reused the concept for Cait Sith in the next game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During development, Terra was originally conceived as a 20 year-old, male half-esper who was a partner in crime to Locke.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Lone Wolf from ''[=FFV=]'' appears as a thief being held in Figaro's prison and later takes Mog hostage. Technically, Gogo counts, too.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "SABIN SUPLEXES A TRAIN!" Technically, it's a piledriver.

* WordOfDante: A large reason [[{{Fanon}} a Fanart or cosplay of the exact same character]] will differ so vastly from one interpretation to the next... but then, a world populated by small pixellated figures tends to leave a lot to the imagination. Especially when the same game also occasionally features [[YoshitakaAmano Amano's]] DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale gothic designs of the same characters.

* FanNickname: Kefka is called "the psycho clown" (or synonyms thereof) and "TheJoker".

** Terra was also intended to have [[spoiler:been {{killed off for real}} during the game's ending]].

* WordOfDante: A large reason [[{{Fanon}} a Fanart or cosplay of the exact same character]] will differ so vastly from one interpretation to the next... but then, a world populated by small pixellated figures tends to leave a lot to the imagination. Especially when the same game also occasionally features [[YoshitakaAmano Amano]]'s DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale gothic designs of the same characters.

** Moogles would be this. They first appeared in [=FFIII=] and reappeared in [=FFV=], both of which were only given Western releases long after FFVI.

* WordOfDante: A large reason [[{{Fanon}} a Fanart or cosplay of the exact same character]] will differ so vastly from one interpretation to the next... but then, a world populated by small pixellated figures tends to leave a lot to the imagination. Especially when the same game also occasionally features [[YoshitakaAmano Amano]]'s DarkerAndEdgier fairy-tale gothic designs of the same characters.
** Parodied by an infamous list of "unlockable characters" that starts at General Leo, and ends with Ryu from Street Fighter, with increasingly bizarre and impossible methods for each one.

** Moogles would be this. They first appeared in [=FFIII=] and reappeared in [=FFV=], both of which were released long after FFVI.

** Moogles would be this. They first appeared in [=FFIII=] and reappeared in [=FFV=]. Both never made it to Western shores.

* ThrowItIn: Kefka's introduction cutscene barring Terra's flashback (specifically the part involving his shoes being dusted) was ad-libbed by Yoshinori Kitase in order to give players an early implication that Kefka was missing a screw or two from his head, and also because the scene itself, without it, seemed too boring to make completely normal.

** The persistent rumors that General Leo can join your party, and the existence of the Paladin Ring. And there's the General Leo Revival theory that somehow ties into Shadow having two or three more (depending who you ask) hidden dreams. Sometimes dinosaur fighting is involved as well.