History ShoutOut / MegaMan

* One sidequest in ''Mega Man Star Force 2'' involves an elderly woman worried by the fact that her long-distance boyfriend, [[Series/{{Jeopardy}} Alec Tribec,]] has stopped writing. Mega naturally wonders if Alec stopped because he's in some sort of jeopardy.

* One sidequest in ''Mega Man Star Force 2'' involves an elderly woman worried by the fact that her long-distance boyfriend, [[Series/Jeopardy Alec Tribec,]] has stopped writing. Mega naturally wonders if Alec stopped because he's in some sort of jeopardy.

* One of Blast Man's Pre battle quotes is "[[Anime/Naruto Explosion... is ART!]]"

** After a certain plot event in ''Mega Man Battle Network 4'', a visit to the haunted house in the real world results in a meeting with a stubble-bearded man with a sun-themed bandanna, who gives the player the code for the Battle Chip "Gun Del Sol EX". The man is actually intended to be Creator/HideoKojima, creator of the ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series (and the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series, hence the impromptu Solid Snake cosplay), where the Gun Del Sol functions as the main character's weapon.

* The comic book features an anti-robot terrorist group named the "Emerald Spears", a reference to the company that produced [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan the cartoon]], Ruby-Spears.

** The Gaea Armor's Giga Attack in ''X5'' is pretty much Chun Li's ''Kikoushou'' Super Art.

** While comforting Rock in issue 3, Dr. Light speaks the chorus of "The Message From Dr. Light", almost entirely word-for-word; bonus points go to the writers for actually managing to work the iconic phrase "robot hair" into the conversation without ruining the moment.

* For his [[FamousLastWords/MegaMan death line]] in ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', Block Man shouts, "You blockhead!", a line that served as [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/Peanuts ''Peanuts'']]' most famous insult line.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', the robot masters have incredibly quirky personalities, kind of like Webcomic/BobAndGeorge.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' features a shout out to the original in Dr. Wily's SwissBankAccount number (19-871-217). December 17, 1987 is the release date of that game.

* Similarly to [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright]], Protectos has an attack that's avoided by standing in his shadow to avoid getting fried.

* Similarly to [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright]], Protectos has an attack that's avoided by standing in his shadow to avoid getting fried.

* A member of the Resistance in the first few [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]] games is an elderly reploid named Andrew, who married a human woman and ended up modifying his body so he could age with her. Sound [[Film/BicentennialMan familiar]]?