I backed my chocobo into a magitek armor the other day
Roulette queued up sometimes life’s okay
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I backed my chocobo into a magitek armor the other day
Roulette queued up sometimes life’s okay
Just in case you didn't know, the quest Sudul Eht Nioj is a Simpson reference, and Fray's speech is an Unforgiven reference.
A little bit old maybe, but i only find curious gorge so far (warrior NPC), referencing curious george perhaps ?
I just did a FATE today I think was called "Careless Whiskers"
Obviously a reference to George Michael
More like ‘packed to the Gil’
Doing Bozja recently and seeing the fate "can carnivorous plants bloom even on a battlefield?" brings a smile to my face.
a metal gear solid reference to love blooming on the battlefield !
The Fate – "It's not Lupus…" With Cancer as the boss of it. I freakin lost it because I knew that was a House reference.
I was just in Urqopacha and there was a side quest among the Yok Huy titled "The Might Be Giant."
The Achievements tied to leveling up Blue Mage are titled “Da Ba Dee” a reference to the song: “I’m Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
Mine is when you find the dwarves during the nier quest lines he says I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids and ummm however old you are.
There is a fate called “it’s not lupus” where you fight a boss cancer crap in it, this is a direct reference to House M.D
On the French version, references are literally everywhere X'D
there's a location in the azim steppe called "the bridge of high rule warriors" or smth along those lines
also don't forget the absurd amount of hamilton references in stormblood, even one back with the alexander savages
In the french version of the game there's a reference to reviewbrah's "my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined" in the early section of endwalker
I'm still a fan of the FATE "It's not lupus."
It’s gotta be the fact that one of the Squadron NPCs is named “Careless Whisper”
probably one of my favorite ones are the hamilton references in stormblood! from quests ("The Room Where It Happened", "The World Turned Upside Down"), to lines ("raise a glass to freedom", "dying is easy, living is harder", "my friend, my enemy"). idk, i just loved recognizing these little bits xD
If you do the custom delivery quest line for Adkiragh, there is a quest called "He ain't piggy, he's my brother." The whole quest is a reference to the song "He ain't heavy, he's my brother." They even quote the opening lines from the song.
Personally for me my favorite cultural reference to this day in the game. Are the two non-interactable NPCs at the fountain in front of the Alchemist guild, having a conversation about bringing the dead back with alchemy. This is of course one of a handful of homages to FullMetal Alchemist.
My favorite 2 are probably the red mage quest dialog “does a girl have a name” to Arya in the red mage quests which is a GoT reference back when the show was good and “So long and thanks for all the fish” being the lvl 50 fisher quest name and a hitchhiker slow guide to the galaxy reference before we drowned in them come EW
In Dawntrail, there's a sidequest involving the Yok Huy called "The Might Be Giant" which is a reference to They Might Be Giants, there's also a FATE in Western Thanalan called "There Might Be Giants"
A personal favorite of mine is the ARR DRG quest, “Double Dragoon.” I have some found memories of watching my dad and brother play Double Dragon on the NES, so that one immediately stuck out to me when I got to it!
There's a summer event achievement called "Hielo Goodbye", referencing "Hello, Goodbye". Also, there's a quest called "A day in the life", both songs from The Beatles.
Unlocking Titan Extreme: Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro
The crafting level achievement "Riddle of steel" only conan knows
My favorite is the House reference in the Fate "It's Not Lupus" where you fight a giant crab called Cancer
One of the Dawntrail role quests is named “Taste of a Toxin Paradise,” which is a riff off of Britney Spears’ “Toxic”
‘Duty in the Sky with Diamond’ quest to unlock the diamond weapon trial is my favorite, reference to The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
The Blue Mage leveling achievements are all Da ba dee (insert number)
Referencing the chorus of "I'm Blue" by Eiffel 65.
In Stormblood there are several quests that share names with songs from Hamilton: "The Room where it Happens" and "The World Turned Upside-Down". These might not have been intentional but both Stormblood and Hamilton (the first half at least) are about a revolutionary war, so I think it's intentional.
in endwalker, during the last zone there’s an aether current quest where an NPC asks what the meaning of life is, and one of the answers is “42” a niche hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference!
At the bathouse in Kugane: Stupid sexy Roegadyn
One Moogle Tribe quest: HOW CAN SHE SLAP MOOGLE?!?