Shout Out / Final Fantasy In A Nutshell

• II
  • Hilda's rebellion has Sonic the Hedgehog, Link, Marcus Fenix, Heather Mason, James Sunderland, Chris Redfield, Crash Bandicoot, Mario, Nico Bellic, Booker DeWitt, and Altair, who all appeared in previous RABToons parodies.
  • When Guy reveals he speaks beaver, The Angry Beavers appear in the background.
• V
  • When a wind drake is introduced, it has the face of, well, Drake.
  • When the wind drake throws Bartz over the mountain, he lets off a Goofy scream.
• VI
  • After Kefka forces a soldier to wipe sand off his butt, he makes the face Spongebob did after discovering Squidward likes Krabby Patties.
  • Relm painting Ultros is an obvious parody of Jack painting Rose in Titanic (1997).
  • The Air Force boss laughs like Muttley after Terra, Edgar, and Celes suffer death by Surprisingly Realistic Outcome.
• VII
  • The sequence of Cloud running from the Shinra troopers is like that of Paper Mario. He later pulls out his notes for his escape plan, which indicate that he's supposed to end up at Hyrule at some point.
  • Sephiroth actually seems pretty mellow when he's introduced. Until he reads A Game of Thrones and burns down Nibelheim when his favorite characters die.
    Sephiroth: Fuck you Lannisters! I really liked those characters George!
  • "The Outcasts" subplot starting from the VII parody ends with "The Outcasts Will Return", parodying the Marvel Cinematic Universe. X even ends with "Gilgamesh Will Return".
• VIII
  • When Quistis fires the machine gun, she yells, in a male voice, "Hasta la vista, baby!"
  • Gerogero was asked to audition for Resident Evil 8.
  • Edea makes a "Make Galbadia Great Again" speech, complete with a red cap.
  • Adel is singing "Hello" by Adele because why not.
  • The VIII parody features a full-blown Back to the Future gag... The Warrior of Light (resembling Doc Brown without his helmet) uses a DeLorean to go to Squall's time, telling him they have to do something about the future of the series because Final Fantasy XIII gets two sequels.
    Squall: Great Scott!
  • Cid was called Robin Williams by Selphie.
• IX
  • Dagger tries pulling the infamous "Say what again" line from Pulp Fiction on Steiner, daring him to call her princess while she's armed with a gun. He doesn't get it and she has to explain the reference to him.
  • Regent Cid's frog transformation gives him the appearance and voice of Kermit the Frog.
  • The one nobleman not impressed by Zidane and Blank's performance says they insist on themselves, which is what Peter Griffin says about The Godfather.
• X
  • Before the X parody aired, a parody of the "Steamed Hams" short from The Simpsons aired, featuring Seymour, Grand Maester Mika, and Vaan. Later in the actual episode, he pulls the "My planet needs me" stunt. Yuna points out what they're ripping off. Later, the "Steamed Hams" parody returns, but Yuna quickly puts a stop to it.
  • When Wakka introduces himself, Tidus asks him if he's Jake the Dog from Adventure Time. Wakka retorts by asking him if he's Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank.
  • The infamous hair gag from There's Something About Mary is used to explain Wakka's hairstyle. As well as Seymour's.
  • When Thief tells Edge about the world they're in and they have to save the doctor, Edge responds with "Doctor Who"?
• XII
  • The prologue shows a clip of Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.
  • The many similarities to Star Wars is a Running Gag.
  • Vaan calls Fran and Balthier "Bunny and Clyde".
• XIII
  • When one of the scenes cuts to Vayne's office in the XII Nutshell, a narrator is heard saying, "Meanwhile, in the Legion of Doom." It's heard again in the XIII Nutshell.
  • At some point in the XIII Nutshell, Sazh is depicted as Samuel L. Jackson as he appears in Pulp Fiction. Hope is depicted right afterwards as Phineas.
  • When Vanille is moaning while summoning Hecatoncheir, a woman nearby says "I'll have what she's having."
  • At the end of XIII, Squall and Warrior arrive, though now Warrior's more like Rick Sanchez in being a drunken mess.
• XIII-2
  • After meeting Serah, Noel tries to do the double guitar riff from Bill & Ted with her.
  • When asking Serah about what happened at the end of FF XIII In a Nutshell, Noel misnames the Delorean as The Mandalorian.
  • When told by the protagonists that his plan doesn't make sense, Caius claims that you have to watch Rick and Morty to even understand how good his plan is.
• XIV Part 1
  • In Lalafelon's Behind the Light while doing an Escort FATE, he has to shout at the goblin T-T-Today, junior!
  • After the party kills Titan, Lahabrea teleports before Nero tol Scaeva. Nero asks him if he shouldn't be pestering Sora, Donald, and Goofy.
• XIV Part 2
  • When the party, Cid and Alphinaud take a moment of Gaius's Bond Villain Stupidity to get out before he can vaporize them with the Ultima Weapon, he shouts this at them.
    Gaius: Curse you, Gadget!
  • Nero says Ultima Weapon will be released into the atmosphere ensuring Complete. Global. Saturation.
• XIV Part 3
  • One of the people who walked into the Ascian meeting by mistake is Ezio Auditore. Other shady mysterious people who are at the Ascian meeting by mistake includes Axel, two Stonecutters, Marik Ishtar and a Nazgûl.
• Crisis Core
  • In Crisis Core, Hojo pulls off a poster of a fat Bayonetta and finds a hole in the wall, and that Zack and Cloud crawled through sewage into a rainy night.
    Zack: Worth it for the pop culture references.
  • Zack and Cloud also did the Bill & Ted Air Guitar, complete with the riff sound effect.
• Tactics
  • Wiegraf's transformation into Velias/Belius is presented like a digivolution leading Ramza to scream for someone to hit the B Button in panic.
  • the Bill & Ted Air Guitar return once again, this time with Ramza and Orran.
• Chrono Trigger
  • When confronting Mother Brain, Chrono asks if her name is a Metroid reference. It actually sent her in a rage and she point out that not everything is a shout-out to pop culture.
  • Queen Zeal herald her boss transformation by shouting "It's morphing time!.
  • Chrono mistakes Lavos's second form as Cell.