History ShoutOut / PacificRim

* "Chasing The Rabit" brings ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' to mind.

* After one of the Kaiju of the Hong Kong battle, Otachi, reveals that [[spoiler: holy shit she can fucking fly]], she starts making sounds very similar to King Ghidorah and Rodan.

!!''{{Franchise/Godzilla}}''

* [[https://twitter.com/LeyenarOverkill/status/1587024573199175681 One Twitter user expressed her frustration]] over everybody failing to notice Obsidian Fury's ChestBlaster heavily resembling a [[Franchise/IronMan uni-beam]].

* [[spoiler: In Mako's flashback, Pentecost's]] suit looks a lot like either [[{{Franchise/Halo}} UNSC MJOLNIR armour]], or [[{{VideoGame/Crysis}} a helmetless Nanosuit]].

* The Kaiju-Jeager drones look to be a mix of Elites and Hunters from {{Franchise/Halo}}.

* The newborn kaiju looks like one of the aliens in ''Film/{{Evolution}}''.

* Otachi, except for her tail pincer, [[spoiler:retractable wings]] and nose horns, could easily pass for the ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' monster.

* [[https://twitter.com/LeyenarOverkill/status/1587024573199175681 One Twitter user expressed her frustration]] over nobody noticing that Obsidian Fury's ChestBlaster was reminiscent of a [[Franchise/IronMan uni-beam]].

* Hermann Gottlieb is named for the opera manager of the same name in the MarxBrothers' ''ANightAtTheOpera'', and his walking with a cane resembles the walk of CharlieChaplin. All in all, the character is physically constructed to reference classic cinema.

* Leatherback's ape-like appearance and EMP may be alluding to the Toho King Kong, who had an electric grasp.

* Otachi, except for her tail pincer,[[spoiler: retractable wings]] and nose horns, could easily pass for the Cloverfield Monster.

* The Category scale used for the Kaiju is called "Serizawa".

* During their introductory sequence, both Godzilla (in the 1998 American film) and the first Kaiju make landfall on bridges in traffic, both under white skies, both of which being giant CG things obscured mostly from view, and both incoming from right of frame from the sea. And then the [[{{Film.Godzilla2014}} next Godzilla movie]] does it ''again''.

** It even got a nod in Manga/ShinMazingerZero [[spoiler: showing up to help defeat the titular [[BigBad Mazinger Zero]] alongside a veritable pantheon of legendary mecha.]]

** Tendo Choi's dress and mannerism make him seem like a Nagai character.

** The fight against Otachi, particularly in the novelization, has elements from the fight against Sileene in ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.

* The whole plot point of mechas that need to be piloted in pairs to fight creatures coming from beyond the Earth, with the male main character partnering with a female directly related to the high command, evokes the plot of the ''VideoGame/{{Devadasy}}'' video game and {{OVA}} series. The sequel would only expand the similarities with a cadet pilot school and a main female character named Amara of all things.

* Mori's haircut looks like a cross between [[Anime/TheBigO R. Dorothy Wainright]]'s and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]]'s. In the beginning of the film, she has blue highlights, which seem to call to Rei's blue hair.

* The scene where Raiju [[spoiler: bites off Gipsy's arm]] is somewhat similar to what [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Moro did to Eboshi]].

* The mecha program director has a estranged son who lived in his and the blue-haired pilot's shadow. He's called to pilot in desperate times, though he has his own emotional struggle. He also has to necessarily team up with a proud, overzealous female pilot who makes a contrast to his own worn worldview. Shinji or Jake?

* The weaponized coolant is very much straight out of "Magma Diver".

* The image of an aircraft carrier bearing Kaiju remains recalls a similar scene in Asuka's debut episode. The scene is also quite similar to that shown in the 3rd ''Rebuild'' film where [[spoiler: the badly damaged Unit 02 and Unit 08, salvaged by the Wunder, are strapped to its landing pad in a similar fashion. Bonus points for being badly wounded.]]

* Whoever designed the Shao Drone Jaegers must've taken some cues from the Mass Produced Eva Units, as they have rounded features and a shiny white finish, and are mass produced and identical machines compared to the unique mainline piloted models. Their remote pilots even wear white suits with hoods and black lines that make them resemble even more the mechas. [[spoiler:They're also turned into OrganicTechnology [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] due to the remote control technology used in their design and are explicitly meant to cause an extinction level ApocalypseHow, but thankfully they are stopped before it could be fully implemented.]]
* The Drone Jaegers take a lot from Bardiel as well, specifically his portrayal in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', as [[spoiler:they are overriden by an organic substance that makes them glow in an intense blue light and act in a more animal-like manner.]]
* Saber Athena, an acrobatic, slender, red-colored mecha with a female pilot (two in this case) and armed with two short swords stored in its armor, bears more than a passing resemblance to Evangelion Unit 02 from ''Rebuild''.
* November Ajax, a blue mecha with a single eye, looks like Unit 00 (and is about as effective).