114. The Hummingway's rabbit theme redesign in the 3D version is due to an old Japanese myth about rabbits living on the moon. This redesign has stuck too, since Naimingway, the only Hummingway the party can actually talk to, has carried this redesign in all of his later appearances when he's not just name dropped as an Easter Egg.

115. FFIV is one of only two Final Fantasy games that alludes to taking place in a similar solar system as our own. The other being FFVII.

116. Ever wonder why there is one Frog in the Troia Castle moat that talks? Allegedly, this is a reference to a funny 4koma comic made for Final Fantasy III, where the party all get turned into frogs and instead of continuing the adventure, they discuss how being a frog isn't so bad and just decide to stay that way. In the Japanese version, the line the frog NPC in FFIV is a direct quote from this comic.

117. And because you all knew I had one more, FFIV takes elements from the previous three FF games, so of course it has a lot of references to the game, such as:
  • Cecil's Dark Knight class design is based off FFIII's Magic Swordsman. Though interestingly, they don;t function the same at all, as the Magic Swordman class can use White Magic spells and uses katanas. In the 3D remake of III, the class is retcon as being the Dark Knight class and functions just like Cecil's version of the class.
  • Cecil's Paladin class is based on the merging of the Knight Class and Magic Swordsman class from FFIII. His design and the function of Cover were taken from the Knight class, whereas the ability to use white magic comes from the Magic Swordsman class.
  • Cid's class is based off FFIII's Viking and Scholar class, largely having the stats and equipment pool of the first class, while retaining the Scholars Peek ability.
  • In fact, let's just get this out of the way, almost every class in FFIII gets utilized in FFIV's party in some way. Similar to how FFVI does it with FFV's Job system. The only exceptions are Geomancer, Onion Knight, and Evoker.
  • Like the Onion Knights, Edward is the weakest character in the game stat wise, until you level him past a point at which point he gets the best stat growth in the game.
  • Both Cid's have an airship called Enterprise the party uses.
  • Both games utilize the Fat Chocobo as a storage device.
  • Both games feature a boss that requires a Dragoon to defeat.
  • Both games feature Crystals of Darkness
  • Both games feature multiple airships for the player to ride, with each one having a function needed to traverse the map.
  • Both games have the party defeated by the final boss and revived through the help of their former allies.


118. Enterprise and Falcon are named after famous Sci-Fi spaceships the U.S.S. Enterprise and the Millennium Falcon, respectively.

119. The Lunar Whale is another example of a name change that has just stuck. The Japanese name for it is 魔導船 or Madōsen. Which roughly translates to the very generic Magic Ship.

120. If you didn't think Baron was a military state, well it the setting books would like to set you straight. Baron has the Eight Corps of Baron, which are eight full military divisions within their military force, and even if you think this is non-canon fluff, the main game does reference or show all eight branches. The Corps are as follow:
  • The Royal Guard - Oldest faction and dedicated to protecting the King of Baron. They are headed by Baigan before his betrayal.
  • The Dragoon Corps - Founded by the Highwind clan, they were formerly the elite of the Baron military before the invention of airships. They are a smaller faction now, led by Kain Highwind who still holds onto his family's pride as Dragoons.
  • The Dark Knight Corps - These are the elite soldiers of the main military forces, so think of them as like special forces. Cecil is part of this unit, but it's ambiguous if he's in charge. Only the King of Baron can select soldiers to go over the training and become one. We know Kain was selected to join, but opted to remain a Dragoon.
  • The Airship Corps - The newest and most powerful faction in terms of military power. Cid is the head of this corps and Cecil is Captain of the elite Red Wings unit within it.
  • The Army Corps - Largely made up of the regular non-elite forces. These are the Baron Soldiers the party largely deals with in the game.
  • The Navy Corps - Never shown in Baron, but mentioned by Cecil when they the party tries to take a boat from Fabul to sneak back into Baron. They are mentioned to be the weakest faction.
  • The Black Mage Corp - Never seen in combat, but you can visit their room in Baron Castle.
  • The White Mage Corps - Similar to the Black Mage corps, you can visit their room in Baron. Rosa is a member of this faction and her family has served within for a while.