Bravely Default allusions

This is a list of allusions Bravely Default makes to previous Final Fantasy titles.

Final Fantasy series

 * The party are referred to as 'Warriors of Light', a recurring motif in the series, near the end of the game storyline.

Final Fantasy III

 * Similarly to Final Fantasy III, the first elemental crystal to be encountered is the Crystal of Wind.
 * The death of Water Vestal Olivia by taking a fatal blow meant for her friend is similar to the sacrifice by Aria Benett.

Final Fantasy V

 * The Drunken Pig pub the Grandship could be an allusion to the ones in Final Fantasy V. It has a stage with a performing girl similar to the dancing girls and there is a piano on the side of it.

Final Fantasy VI

 * Just like in Final Fantasy VI, there is a portion of the game where the player needs to defeat one dragon of each element to unlock a hidden power.
 * Qada's action in releasing a poison mist that wiped out enemy forces may be an allusion to Kefka poisoning the water supply of Doma in terms of both acting against orders their respective honor-bound commanding officers and expressing no concern for their own allies getting poisoned in the process.

Games

 * The Party Chat feature is an allusion to the skits of the Tales of series.

Anime

 * Victoria F. Stein is likely an allusion to Victorique de Blois of the light novel and anime Gosick. Both characters are young girls of extraordinary intelligence who speak like old women. Alternatively, her and Victor could both be references to Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist of Mary's Shelly's novel Frankenstein.

Animation

 * Ominas Crowe's obsession with fire, his massacre of his own troops in the Centro Keep with a mass of Fire spells, and the cutscene of him saying Fire, Fire, Fire!!, is very similar to the once controversial pyromanical tendencies and behavior of the character Beavis of the titular duo of Mike Judge's Beavis and Butthead.