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* Among the crowds of people cheering [[spoiler:for the Chainsaw Man's victory against the Gun Devil]], someone cosplaying as [[Film/TexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] can be seen. Another one is wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]].
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I cannot for the life of me find the interview where that image came from, but I know that Fujimoto DID least bring up Ajin in an interview.
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* The moment in Chapter 156 in which [[spoiler:Denji is strapped to an operating table and has his body torn to pieces by the government before panning out to Asa showing up outside the facility to save him]] comes across as a deliberate homage to ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'', in which the protagonist is put into an almost identical situation. It helps that Fujimoto has actually [[https://i.imgur.com/sv0xmin.jpeg gone on record]] and said that he is a fan of ''Ajin''.
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* While ''Chainsaw Man'' has always had some visible inspirations from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[spoiler:Nayuta's apparent death]] in Chapter 155 comes across as a deliberate homage to [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Miki's infamous death]] in which she's torn apart at the hands of an anti-demon mob. The fact that Barem accuses Nayuta of being a "witch" in Chapter 147, exactly what happened with Miki, suggests that the similarities were entirely intentional.]]
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* While ''Chainsaw Man'' has always had some visible inspirations from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[spoiler:Nayuta's apparent death]] in Chapter 155 comes across as a deliberate homage to [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Miki's infamous infamously brutal death]] in which she's torn apart at the hands of an anti-demon mob. The fact that Barem accuses Nayuta of being a "witch" in Chapter 147, exactly what happened with Miki, suggests that the similarities were entirely intentional.]]
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* While ''Chainsaw Man'' has always had some visible inspirations from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[spoiler:Nayuta's apparent]] death in Chapter 155 comes across as a deliberate homage to [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Miki's infamous death]] in which she's torn apart at the hands of an anti-demon mob. The fact that Barem accuses Nayuta of being a "witch" in Chapter 147, exactly what happened with Miki, suggests that the similarities were entirely intentional.]]
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* While ''Chainsaw Man'' has always had some visible inspirations from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[spoiler:Nayuta's apparent]] death apparent death]] in Chapter 155 comes across as a deliberate homage to [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Miki's infamous death]] in which she's torn apart at the hands of an anti-demon mob. The fact that Barem accuses Nayuta of being a "witch" in Chapter 147, exactly what happened with Miki, suggests that the similarities were entirely intentional.]]
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* While ''Chainsaw Man'' has always had some visible inspirations from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[spoiler:Nayuta's apparent]] death in Chapter 155 comes across as a deliberate homage to [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Miki's infamous death]] in which she's torn apart at the hands of an anti-demon mob. The fact that Barem accuses Nayuta of being a "witch" in Chapter 147, exactly what happened with Miki, suggests that the similarities were entirely intentional.]]
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* Fujimoto mentioned in an interview that Denji was inspired by Ash Williams from the ''Film/EvilDead'' series, not just because of [[ChainsawGood choice of weapon]] but also in personality, both being brash, lecherous slackers who frequently become victims of their own libido but are ultimately [[SmarterThanYouLook a lot craftier and more resourceful than they might let on.]]
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* Fujimoto mentioned in an interview that Denji was inspired by Ash Williams from the ''Film/EvilDead'' ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series, not just because of [[ChainsawGood choice of weapon]] but also in personality, both being brash, lecherous slackers who frequently become victims of their own libido but are ultimately [[SmarterThanYouLook a lot craftier and more resourceful than they might let on.]]
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** The entire chapter is a shout-out to ''Creator/BlakeSnyder'''s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Snyder#Save_the_Cat! 'save the cat!' rule of screenwriting]], invoking it in-universe, with the media focusing on his cat rescue thereby affording him further love from the public, while at least partially subverting it for the reader - if this was your first experience with Denji, you'd probably be put off by his callous disregard for Cockroach's victims.
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** Continuing with Fujimoto's appreciation for South Park, Denji as a character may have also been inspired by Kenny [=McCormick=]: both of them are blondes who grew up in extreme poverty thanks to dead or irresponsible parents and are willing to do disgusting things for money. Both have unusual powers that they don't fully understand, which often leads to them being [[TheyKilledKennyAgain messily killed]] and revived shortly after. And as one of Kenny's primary traits is being a DirtyKid, Denji is a HormoneAddledTeenager.
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** Continuing with Fujimoto's appreciation for South Park, ''South Park'', Denji as a character may have also been inspired by Kenny [=McCormick=]: both of them are blondes who grew up in extreme poverty thanks to dead or irresponsible parents and are willing to do disgusting things for money. Both have unusual powers that they don't fully understand, which often leads to them being [[TheyKilledKennyAgain messily killed]] and revived shortly after. And as one of Kenny's primary traits is being a DirtyKid, Denji is a HormoneAddledTeenager.HormoneAddledTeenager.
** An omake reveals that Power often has a SelfServingMemory about past events in the manga. Considering her inspiration from Eric Cartman, it's easy to compare this to a RunningGag in the ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]", where Cartman's reminiscence of a past event grows more and more ridiculous and masturbatory with each flashback.
** An omake reveals that Power often has a SelfServingMemory about past events in the manga. Considering her inspiration from Eric Cartman, it's easy to compare this to a RunningGag in the ''South Park'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E5Fishsticks Fishsticks]]", where Cartman's reminiscence of a past event grows more and more ridiculous and masturbatory with each flashback.
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* In Chapter 137, the line of {{Mooks}} forming outside to fight Denji in the karaoke building hallway calls to mind the line forming to beat up the hysterical woman in ''[[Film/AirPlane Airplane!]]''. Their use of baseball bats and ensuing bloody fight of Denji taking them all down also parallels the infamous hallway scene in ''[[Film/Oldboy2003]]''.
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* In Chapter 137, the line of {{Mooks}} forming outside to fight Denji in the karaoke building hallway calls to mind the line forming to beat up the hysterical woman in ''[[Film/AirPlane Airplane!]]''. Their use of baseball bats and ensuing bloody fight of Denji taking them all down also parallels the infamous hallway scene in ''[[Film/Oldboy2003]]''.''[[Film/Oldboy2003 Oldboy]]''.
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* In Chapter 136, a student punches Denji, thinking he was criticizing Chainsaw Man, and even cries out [[Franchise/SailorMoon "In the name of Chainsaw Man, I'll punish you!"]]
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** Continuing with Fujimoto's appreciation for South Park, Denji as a character may have also been inspired by Kenny [=McCormick=]: both of them are blondes who grew up in extreme poverty thanks to dead or irresponsible parents and are willing to do disgusting things for money. Both have unusual powers that they don't fully understand, which often leads to them being [[TheyKilledKennyAgain messily killed]] and revived shortly after. And as one of Kenny's primary traits is being a DirtyKid, Denji is a HormoneAddledTeenager.
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* Chapter 130's title, "Kill Building", is rendered as "切るビル (Kiru Biru)" in Japanese, which is phonetically similar to how one would say ''Film/KillBill'' in Japanese (キル・ビル).
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* Asa using her SemanticSuperpower on a motorcycle Denji steals for her transforms it into a chainsaw-themed motorised vehicle for him to ride and slice with at the same time. This is thematically similar to ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' and his ability to imbue any vehicle he rides with hellfire to turn it into a fire-and-skull themed machine worthy of his power, mainly his old stunt bike becoming a badass Harley Davidson.
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!!Part 1
* Fujimoto mentioned in an interview that Denji was inspired by Ash Williams from the ''Film/EvilDead'' series, not just because of [[ChainsawGood choice of weapon]] but also in personality, both being brash, lecherous slackers who frequently become victims of their own libido but are ultimately [[SmarterThanYouLook a lot craftier and more resourceful than they might let on.]]
* Fujimoto also confirmed that the Public Safety Bureau agents wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit matching black suits]] was an homage to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', and the [[CarnivalOfKillers International Assassins Arc]] was directly inspired by how many Tarantino movies feature many opposing groups of criminals with their own plans and agendas [[GambitPileup crashing headlong into one another.]]
* [[spoiler:Himeno]]'s death is a very close recreation of the ''[[TropeNamer original]]'' ObiWanMoment, with the mentor character facing their pupil one last time before being willingly struck down and vanishing from existence, [[NoBodyLeftBehind leaving only their clothing.]]
* The final movie that Denji and Makima watch on their date is implied to be ''Film/BalladOfASoldier''.
* Chapter 49 is outright called ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', and it ends with Denji riding Beam in his shark form into battle against Reze and the Typhoon Devil.
* Readers drew parallels between [[spoiler:Reze's death and [[Film/TheProfessional Léon Montana]]'s death.]]
* Chapter 15 is titled "[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Endless Eight]]h Floor".
* Quanxi and Yoshida's [[https://i.redd.it/vt2gses6wfo41.png stances]] before they fight are directly lifted from the fight between Rama and the Assassin in ''Film/TheRaid2Berandal''.
* [[spoiler:The Hell Devil's giant hand has been compared to [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/e3/c6/1de3c6b05d7b85bc71b50653baa63036.jpg a poster]] of Creator/LuisBunuel and Creator/SalvadorDali's ''Film/UnChienAndalou''.]]
* Devils that look suspiciously like Abe Sapien and the Angel of Death from the Creator/GuillermoDelToro-directed ''Film/Hellboy2004'' films show up in Hell fighting the Chainsaw Man in Chapter 84.
* Among the crowds of people cheering [[spoiler:for the Chainsaw Man's victory against the Gun Devil]], someone cosplaying as [[Film/TexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] can be seen. Another one is wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]].
* Makima appearing out of a swarm of rats is a reference to Dracula doing the same thing to exit a scene in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
* Fujimoto has mentioned that the relationship between Denji and Power was inspired by those of both [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude & Walter Sobchak]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh & Eric Cartman]], being an unmotivated slacker everyman with a sensitive side accompanied by a friend who is obnoxious, crass, self-centered, and hostile. In the same interview, he also mentioned that the relationship between Denji and Pochita was inspired by, of all things, the friendship between [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn the human and Jake the dog.]]
* Aki has an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome where he kills a Devil that looks suspiciously like a fish from ''Manga/{{Gyo}}''. As does Beam's Shark Devil form.
* Denji and Power are seen reading ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'' when Aki wakes in the hospital.
* In Chapter 70, Cosmo activates her power by emulating the Kamehameha from ''Manga/DragonBall'', only she says "Ha-llo Ha-llo Weeeeeen!"
* Satoru Noda, author of ''Manga/GoldenKamuy'', is listed among the many people killed by the Gun Devil in Chapter 75.
* The author confirmed that Denji is named after Kudo Denji from Creator/TsutomuNihei's ''Abara''. [[spoiler:Pochita's true form as the Chainsaw Man also bears similarities to Kudo's appearance.]]
* In chapter 81, Makima has a large print of the iconic "''Satan's Fall From Heaven''" illustration from the 1866 printing of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' hanging on her wall. Doubles as GeniusBonus and FiveSecondForeshadowing when it dominates the background as Makima leads Denji by the hand to the door.
* Fujimoto has stated that much of [[EldritchLocation Hell]]'s appearance and atmosphere was inspired by [[{{Manga/Berserk}} the Eclipse]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFlDRhvM4L0 The first intro for the anime]] is filled with rotoscoped scenes from various movies with characters from the series acting them out. The movies referenced include ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', ''Film/PulpFiction'', ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', ''Film/SadakoVsKayako'', ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'', ''Film/JacobsLadder'', ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', and ''Film/Constantine2005''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQ3wEIq84Y The credits music]]for the fifth episode of the anime, which focuses on the Devil Hunters being trapped inside of the [[UnnaturallyLoopingLocation eighth floor of the hotel]] by the Eternity Devil, is called "In the [[WebOriginal/TheBackrooms Backroom]]".
!!Part 2
* The Cockroach Devil tries to pull a SadisticChoice on Denji by [[Film/SpiderMan1 dropping two groups of people from a great height simultaneously, an innocent bystander and a car full of old ladies, so he can't save them both]], specifically telling him to "be a superhero". This series being what it is, Denji casually [[BlackComedy lets them both die]] so he can save a cat at risk of falling off a building.
* Asa turning her uniform into a sword and ending up embarrassedly having to fight in her underwear in the middle of her high school recalls ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
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!!Part 1
* Fujimoto mentioned in an interview that Denji was inspired by Ash Williams from the ''Film/EvilDead'' series, not just because of [[ChainsawGood choice of weapon]] but also in personality, both being brash, lecherous slackers who frequently become victims of their own libido but are ultimately [[SmarterThanYouLook a lot craftier and more resourceful than they might let on.]]
* Fujimoto also confirmed that the Public Safety Bureau agents wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit matching black suits]] was an homage to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', and the [[CarnivalOfKillers International Assassins Arc]] was directly inspired by how many Tarantino movies feature many opposing groups of criminals with their own plans and agendas [[GambitPileup crashing headlong into one another.]]
* [[spoiler:Himeno]]'s death is a very close recreation of the ''[[TropeNamer original]]'' ObiWanMoment, with the mentor character facing their pupil one last time before being willingly struck down and vanishing from existence, [[NoBodyLeftBehind leaving only their clothing.]]
* The final movie that Denji and Makima watch on their date is implied to be ''Film/BalladOfASoldier''.
* Chapter 49 is outright called ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', and it ends with Denji riding Beam in his shark form into battle against Reze and the Typhoon Devil.
* Readers drew parallels between [[spoiler:Reze's death and [[Film/TheProfessional Léon Montana]]'s death.]]
* Chapter 15 is titled "[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Endless Eight]]h Floor".
* Quanxi and Yoshida's [[https://i.redd.it/vt2gses6wfo41.png stances]] before they fight are directly lifted from the fight between Rama and the Assassin in ''Film/TheRaid2Berandal''.
* [[spoiler:The Hell Devil's giant hand has been compared to [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/e3/c6/1de3c6b05d7b85bc71b50653baa63036.jpg a poster]] of Creator/LuisBunuel and Creator/SalvadorDali's ''Film/UnChienAndalou''.]]
* Devils that look suspiciously like Abe Sapien and the Angel of Death from the Creator/GuillermoDelToro-directed ''Film/Hellboy2004'' films show up in Hell fighting the Chainsaw Man in Chapter 84.
* Among the crowds of people cheering [[spoiler:for the Chainsaw Man's victory against the Gun Devil]], someone cosplaying as [[Film/TexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] can be seen. Another one is wearing a [[Franchise/FridayThe13th hockey mask]].
* Makima appearing out of a swarm of rats is a reference to Dracula doing the same thing to exit a scene in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
* Fujimoto has mentioned that the relationship between Denji and Power was inspired by those of both [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude & Walter Sobchak]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh & Eric Cartman]], being an unmotivated slacker everyman with a sensitive side accompanied by a friend who is obnoxious, crass, self-centered, and hostile. In the same interview, he also mentioned that the relationship between Denji and Pochita was inspired by, of all things, the friendship between [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn the human and Jake the dog.]]
* Aki has an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome where he kills a Devil that looks suspiciously like a fish from ''Manga/{{Gyo}}''. As does Beam's Shark Devil form.
* Denji and Power are seen reading ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'' when Aki wakes in the hospital.
* In Chapter 70, Cosmo activates her power by emulating the Kamehameha from ''Manga/DragonBall'', only she says "Ha-llo Ha-llo Weeeeeen!"
* Satoru Noda, author of ''Manga/GoldenKamuy'', is listed among the many people killed by the Gun Devil in Chapter 75.
* The author confirmed that Denji is named after Kudo Denji from Creator/TsutomuNihei's ''Abara''. [[spoiler:Pochita's true form as the Chainsaw Man also bears similarities to Kudo's appearance.]]
* In chapter 81, Makima has a large print of the iconic "''Satan's Fall From Heaven''" illustration from the 1866 printing of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' hanging on her wall. Doubles as GeniusBonus and FiveSecondForeshadowing when it dominates the background as Makima leads Denji by the hand to the door.
* Fujimoto has stated that much of [[EldritchLocation Hell]]'s appearance and atmosphere was inspired by [[{{Manga/Berserk}} the Eclipse]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFlDRhvM4L0 The first intro for the anime]] is filled with rotoscoped scenes from various movies with characters from the series acting them out. The movies referenced include ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', ''Film/PulpFiction'', ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', ''Film/SadakoVsKayako'', ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'', ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'', ''Film/JacobsLadder'', ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', and ''Film/Constantine2005''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQ3wEIq84Y The credits music]]for the fifth episode of the anime, which focuses on the Devil Hunters being trapped inside of the [[UnnaturallyLoopingLocation eighth floor of the hotel]] by the Eternity Devil, is called "In the [[WebOriginal/TheBackrooms Backroom]]".
!!Part 2
* The Cockroach Devil tries to pull a SadisticChoice on Denji by [[Film/SpiderMan1 dropping two groups of people from a great height simultaneously, an innocent bystander and a car full of old ladies, so he can't save them both]], specifically telling him to "be a superhero". This series being what it is, Denji casually [[BlackComedy lets them both die]] so he can save a cat at risk of falling off a building.
* Asa turning her uniform into a sword and ending up embarrassedly having to fight in her underwear in the middle of her high school recalls ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
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