Bravely Second: End Layer allusions

This article lists all allusions in Bravely Second: End Layer.

Final Fantasy series

 * In an asterisk episode Ominas Crowe is trying to teach his pet d'gon, Bahamut, the "ultimate" monster magic, Femto Flare. This references how various iterations of Bahamut use varying upper levels of the spell Flare.

Books

 * The concept of the Three Cavaliers is based on ' historical novel .
 * An asterisk episode features two characters inspired by 's stories of, featuring a murder case which are solved by Sholmes and Whitson.

Folklore

 * One of the seven scary stories of Al-Khampis is the image of a giant eel in the bathroom mirror whose called "Bloody Moray", a reference to, a folklore legend consisting of a ghost conjured to reveal the future, who appears in a mirror when her name is called three times.

Games

 * An elaborate reference to is included in the form of an entry in U's Journal where a plumber with the love for mushrooms created the sewage system in Eisenberg and saved princesses on many occasions.
 * After the Adventurer and Comrade are defeated, the famous line from Street Fighter II, "Here Comes a New Challenger!", appears before fighting the Adventurer once again, but with her face revealed.

Movies

 * During their escape from Eternian Central Command, Tiz imitates the famous scene from  where in his thoughts says: "These aren't the intruders you're looking for..." twice. Like in the movie, the move succeeds.
 * When Revenant Grace overtakes Magnolia, he references the famous line of Inigo Montoya from  where he tells Edea that "You killed my daddy. Prepare to die!"

Music

 * When Yew steps on an invisible platform in Old Sagitta, he is scared that he'll fall to his death. The party advises him to step back by feeling his environment with his feet and hands. Tiz calls Yew's way of walking the, which is considered a trademark move of.