Various of his traits such as his thoughts and actions are references to Final Fantasy X.
After the game's release, the development staff went on to develop Vagrant Story, which featured several subtle references to Final Fantasy Tactics.
Other spin-offs of the main Final Fantasy series include Final Fantasy Adventure (1991), a spin-off game later also considered as the first game in the Mana series, which had references to Final Fantasy removed in its remake, Sword of Mana.
His quip was a reference to the final seconds of Texas's victory against Miami on Sunday when the sophomore D.J. Augustin's airballed a free throw.
Mr. Arafat and King Abdullah also called on Israel "to pull out its forces to lines determined by previous agreements" -- a reference to the final Israeli troop redeployments envisioned by earlier provisional peace pacts.
He is prompted to wonder why "Lymantria disper" is popularly known as a "moth" in reference to its final & harmless stage instead of a "caterpillar" or a "larva" in recognition of its rapacious incarnation.
It was a reference to the final score of the 1998 Presidents Cup, when the Americans were "smoked," as the United States captain Fred Couples, a player on that team, put it.
The actors in the production have already made waves by appearing at their red carpet premiere wearing T-shirts bearing the slogan "I CAN'T BREATHE" – a reference to the final words of Eric Garner, who had the life choked out of him by a police officer whom a Staten Island grand jury later refused to indict.
This is a barely-veiled reference to his final episode of Fighting Talk, on 1 June this year, when the panel show was accused of "homophobic bullying" after a contestant was invited to advance reasons why if given "20 minutes with her, I'm pretty sure I could turn around Clare Balding".
