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6. Vivi's character design is based off the Black Mage character sets of old (see FFI, III, IV, V)
He's pretty much an exact replica of the FF Tactics (and FFV) version, but shorter and with a floppy hat to make him seem more childlike and helpless. He's a bit more useful than the BMs of old, too.

Summoning Ark isn't a reference to anything. It's just an awesome attempt at putting something tokusatsu-esque in there.