History MythologyGag / DissidiaFinalFantasy

* The gateway that Cloud confronts Sephiroth in in ''012'' is at Mount Gulg, a circular mountain in a field of snowy peaks -- it's the Northern Crater! ...okay, technically Mount Gulg is in the south, but the point is the same.
* Two cross-company gags, Tifa has an attack called "[[SuperSmashBros Falcon Dive]]", and her Premium Heart gloves have the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' logo on them.

* The speed of the scene changes and the accompanying sound effect during the cutscene fight between Cloud and Sephiroth are similar to scene effects from ''Advent Children'', whenever Sephiroth's influence comes up.

** May also be a reference to their BackToBackBadasses moment in KingdomHeartsII; during the [[TheWarSequence Battle of the Thousand Heartless]], Strife and Leon are surrounded by Armoured Knights, and what do they do? ''They banter''. What does it do? ''Look badass''. That's it.

* In the original Dissidia, when fighting Zidane, she asks if he is a Mithra due to his catlike appearance.

* Two cross-company gags, Tifa has an attack called "[[SuperSmashBros Falcon Dive]]", and her Premium Heart gloves have the KingdomHearts logo on them.

* Sephiroth's "Oblivion" is the attack he begins his VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII boss battle with. Shadow Flare's original graphics in the Japanese release of the first game took their appearance from the KingdomHearts series, too.

* His victory quote "Know your place" is taken from his VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII battle.
* Aerith's pose when casting Cure is the same pose as when casting magic in the original game.

* When Cloud returns to his world at the end of Dissidia, he's seen in a field of flowers. This is the scenery used when he thinks of Aerith in Advent Children.
* The speed of the scene changes and the accompanying sound effect during the cutscene fight between Cloud and Sephiroth are similar to scene effects from Advent Children, whenever Sephiroth's influence comes up.

* Firion has a trademark pose, appearing in the most well-known concept piece of him -- he holds his arm out, sword horizontal and positioned to obscure the lower part of his face. This appears twice in ''Dissidia'' -- in a cutscene, from the same angle, right before he fights The Emperor, and as the very end of his match-start animation, before he sheaths the sword, though this one is harder to notice due to the angle of viewing being different than the art piece.

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* Firion's interactions with Shiva are an impossible to miss reference to his seduction by the Lamia Queen. The guy will NeverLiveItDown.

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* Lightning's HP attacks scatter rose petals when they land. When Odin is summoned or transforms, rose petals are seen scattering as well.

* When preparing to fight Ultimecia, Squall poses with the Revolver in front of his face in the same manner as a promotional image of him.

* Firion's fighting style reflects the entire battle system and the different weapon types -- swords, bows, lances, daggers, axes, staffs, shields, and barehanded.

* Garland's sword has five forms, and aside from the base greatsword each form references one of the Four Fiends and their elemental attack that Chaos is able to use in the final battle of the original game--the whip is used when casting Tsunami (Kraken), the twin swords are used for Blaze (Marilith), the Lance is used for Tornado (Tiamat), and the axe is used for Earthquake (Lich). His Flare attack in ''012'' retains the base greatsword form, reflecting that Flare is NonElemental.

* Firion's fighting style reflects the entire battle system and the different weapon types - swords, bows, lances, daggers, axes, staffs, shields, and barehanded.

* Firion has a trademark pose, appearing in the most well-known concept piece of him--he holds his arm out, sword horizontal and positioned to obscure the lower part of his face. This appears twice in ''Dissidia''--in a cutscene, from the same angle, right before he fights The Emperor, and as the very end of his match-start animation, before he sheaths the sword, though this one is harder to notice due to the angle of viewing being different than the art piece.
* The Emperor's ShockAndAwe spells refer to the fact his only offense when fought in human form in the original game was a Thunder X spell.
* The Emperor's ground Flare is blue, while everyone else's Flare is orange--in his original game, Flare has an animation of blue fire as opposed to the rest of the series where it's orange.
* When defeated in the final storyline, the Emperor mutters "How could I lose, not once, but twice? Who are you?" is what he says when slain in the final battle.
* The Emperor's perfect EX Burst, Entice, is a reference to the Lamia Queen boss, who uses the same skill to...[[NeverLiveItDown seduce]] and [[StandardStatusEffects confuse]] Firion. [[UnfortunateImplications Um...]]

* Open up the other menus during his EX Burst--every other item, spell and weapon you see is something from the original game.

* When using her EX Burst, and in the Onion Knight's EX Burst, the Cloud of Darkness poses in the same way as her original sprite was positions. Particularly notable for her since all other characters just use their "idle" poses when Onion Knight uses his EX Burst on them.

* Cecil's pose when using Soul Eater and his Darkness attack during his EX Burst are based on his sprite's pose when using the attack, that is holding the sword up over his left shoulder.

* Cecil's MirrorMatch quote is the same line he said when facing his EnemyWithout--"This is a fight for me and me alone!"
* Kain's EX Burst quote, "Let me ease your pain" is what he says when preparing to kill Cecil at Fabul. Well, to be specific it's "let me ease your suffering", but same idea.

* The Onion Knight says to Kain "can you catch birds with that jump?", serving as two references--Kain's DS minigame where players had to swat away birds as he leapt into the air, and the Garuda from ''III'', widely considered ThatOneBoss unless you spammed the Dragoon's Jump attack.

* Golbez randomly says "Allow me to give you something" when using Gravity Force, and says "A gift!" when using Gravity System and Float System--when he met Cecil at Fabul, Golbez said "Allow me to give you something - a gift to remember our meeting by."

* Bartz's EX Burst opening is the exact same animation as the Spellblade ability--he raises his arms, his swords fly out in four directions, turn into orbs of energy, and flow back into him.

* His MirrorMatch quote "how about we have a staring contest" refers to the BonusBoss Gogo--in order to beat him and get the Mime job, you had to sit there and do nothing.

* His line in the final storyline, "All shall be returned to nothing, as will I...For eternity!" is a paraphase of Neo Exdeath's BadassBoast introduction.
* Gilgamesh's weapon arsenal is made up of weapons he has or could have collected--the Excalibur, Excalipoor, Masamune and Zantetsuken are his summon attacks, the Chicken Knife was in his original game ([[hottip:and there's more to that:The player can only get the Brave Blade or the Chicken Knife, the other is LostForever. Since apparently Bartz took the Brave Blade, that left the Chicken Knife behind and presumably Gilgamesh got ahold of it somehow]]), the Genji Katana of course refers to his trademark Genji equipment, and the Naginata and Battle Axe are weapons his sprites are holding.

* His taunt when using Jump, "Fell for it!" is a joke on how he likes to pretend the party has beaten him, then casts status buffs on himself and uses a Jump attack.
* The job cards of the Duel Colosseum and Labyrinth are based on the game's JobSystem, the latter having every job class from the game aside from the Game Boy Advance-exclusive jobs. The abilities are based off an ability the job teaches in ''V'', and the images on the cards are based off of the appearance of the job in this game (more noticeable with jobs with inconsistent looks, like the Blue Mage and Chemist)

* Terra's EX Mode bonus description reads that she "embraces the spirit of a magus"--in the original game the Dualcast ability was attached to the Soul of Thamasa accessory.

** When facing the Emperor he says "you're less than worthless!", based on what he says when he kills Gestahl. His Extra-Crispy Firaga quote "you'll be well-done!" is taken from the same scene.

** When preparing to fight Vaan he says "You're about to learn why 'oppose' rhymes with 'dispose'!", the same thing he said to 'encourage' his troops when he attacked Narshe.

* When Kefka begins his EX Burst, three colored circles appear over him, blue at the top, yellow on the left and red on the right. The Warring Triad, the gods he absorbed his power from, are in the same positions atop the Floating Continent--the blue-clothed Goddess was at the top, the red Demon was at the right, and the yellow-winged Fiend was on the left.

* The camera angles in Cloud's confrontation with Sephiroth mirror many of their battles in other games--[[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100924201130/finalfantasy/images/d/d9/CloudSephDissidiaComparisons.JPG see here]] for a comparison.

* The "Allure of Honey" equipment set refers to the infamous Wall Market cross-dressing scene--the Sexy Colonge, Member's Card, Blonde Wig and Silk Dress were the best items you could find for the subquest.
* The gateway that Cloud confronts Sephiroth in in ''012'' is at Mount Gulg, a circular mountain in a field of snowy peaks--it's the Northern Crater!...okay technically Mount Gulg is in the south, but the point is the same.

* Sephiroth's "Oblivion" is the attack he begins his VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII boss battle with. Shadow Flare's original graphics in the Japanesew release of the first game took their appearance from the KingdomHearts series too.
* Hell's Gate is the attack he used to kill Aerith. This was taken to its logical usage in ''012'' where the AI is specifically programmed to use Hell's Gate on Aerith when she's called as an Assist to use Holy.

* When preparing to fight Ultimecia Squall poses with the Revolver in front of his face in the same manner as a promotional image of him.

* His encounter quote to Laguna, "this guy's like a bad dream" refers to how the Laguna flashbacks were perceived as dreams.

* He warns the Emperor when facing him "don't fall for your own traps.", the same warning he gave Kiros and Ward in the Centra Excavation Site, "it'd be idiotic to fall for our own trap."
* Ultimecia's quote "Reality is harsh, is it not?" is a reference to her speech at Deling City while possessing Edea. The reference was LostInTranslation though since the English speech differed greatly from the Japanese.

* Her line when using Hell's Judgement, "absolute denial! End of existence." is taken from her introduction in the final battle, "time shall compress. All existence denied."
* Squall's line before fighting Cloud "Talk is pointless for the both of us" references the fact that both of them are famous for being moody and not very talkative.

* Kuja's dialogue when someone other than Zidane confronts him in Shade Impulse, "I have nothing left to fear! But I refuse to die alone...You will all join me!" is what he says when defeated as Trance Kuja, "I won't have to be afraid anymore...but I'm not gonna die alone. You're all coming with me!"

* Tidus's story is narrated in a HowWeGotHere manner, the same way most of the original game was told as a flashback from the party at Zanarkand
* At one point Tidus claims he ''feels the urge to yell'' and runs past Firion [[CrowningMomentOfFunny screaming like a lunatic.]] He pulls much the same stunt outside Kilika Temple. Without the running, though.

* When she gets lost without Jecht, Yuna whistles to see if Tidus will come find her, just like her told her to do.
* Jecht's ThemeNaming with his attacks is the same theme the Final Aeon used for its attacks. Jecht Beam, Triumphant Grasp and Ultimate Jecht Shot are all attacks the Final Aeon used.

* The GrindBoots system in Dissidia could be a reference to the sceen in X when Tidus and the other Guardians grind along cables from the airship to crash Seymour's wedding.

* All of Shantotto's HP attacks are "Ancient Magic", a special set of powerful spells that give the target an elemental weakness. The order Shantotto's spells chain--Fire -> Water -> Thunder -> Earth -> Wind -> Ice--is the order you'd cast them in in an ideal scenario, because the next spell in the chain is effective against against the last.
* When Shantotto loses she turns into a doll, referring to a event battle where the player can duel Shantotto, but it turns out to be a doll she brought to life to fight in her place.

* Prishe's quotes when using Nullifying Dropkick and EX Revenge are shortened quotes from when she uses Nullifying Dropkick and Auroral Uppercut in the original game--"you can't stop the tide of mortal existence!" to "you can't stop it!" and "time for a taste of knuckle sandwich a la Prishe!" to "knuckle sandwich a la Prishe!"
* In the original Dissidia when fighting Zidane, she asks if he is a Mithra. Due to his catlike appearance.

* Each of Vaan's weapons appears identical to how it looked in the original game--his base weapons are the weakest equipment types of their classes, and his EX Mode weapons are the strongest.

* Gabranth's line to Shantotto "There is no future for the bystander. As there is naught he can defend" is based on what he says to Reddas, "Without power, what future can you claim? What good a kingdom you cannot defend?"

* Lightning's exclusive weapons reflect the weapon upgrade system of the original game--the Blazefire Saber is traded to buy the Flamberge, which is traded for the Omega Weapon;, and td the Axis Blade trades for the Enkindler.

* The GrindRail system in Dissidia could be a reference to the sceen in X when Tidus and the other Guardians grind along cables from the airship to crash Seymour's wedding.

Lightning's HP attacks scatter rose petals when they land. When Odin is summoned or transforms, rose petals are seen scattering as well.

* Lightning's exclusive weapons reflect the weapon upgrade system of the original game--the Blazefire Saber is traded to buy the Flamberge, which is traded for the Omega Weapon;, and td the Axis Blade trades for the Enkindler.

* What happens to Laguna when he runs into [[Fanservice Cloud of Darkness]]? "Leg cramp!"

* The name of Lightning's Manikin refers to her explanation of her choice of name, "Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away."

* Garland's sword has five forms, and aside from the base greatsword each form references one of the Four Fiends and their elemental attack that Chaos is able to use in the final battle of the original game--the whip is used when casting Tsunami (Kraken), the twin swords are used for Blaze (Marilith), the Lance is used for Tornado (Tiamat), and the axe is used for Earthquake (Lich). His Flare attack in ''012'' retains the base greatsword form, reflecting that Flare was not used by any of the Fiends and is NonElemental.

* Sephiroth's "Oblivion" is the attack he begins his KingdomHeartsII boss battle with. Shadow Flare's original graphics in the Japanesew release of the first game took their appearance from the KingdomHearts series too.

* His victory quote "Know your place" is taken from his KingdomHeartsII battle.

* Firion's pose where he holds his sword in front of his face is the same pose he has in his concept portrait.

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