History ShoutOut / SailorMoon

* Sailor Moon's "Moon Tiara Action" or "Moon Tiara Boomerang" attack has her throwing her tiara at her enemy. This is a tribute to the superheroine Characters/WonderWomanTheCharacter, who could also throw her tiara as a weapon.

* Sailor Moon's "Moon Tiara Action" or "Moon Tiara Boomerang" attack has her throwing her tiara at her enemy. This is a tribute to the superheroine Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TitleCharacter}}, who could also throw her tiara as a weapon.

* The members of the [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Amazoness Quartet]] are named after the goddesses of Roman mythology.

* The [[{{Woolseyism}} Viz English dub]] is a more recent dub but recent as in "2014" recent. They thusly made references pertinent to early to late [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2010s pop culture]].

** As brought up by the ''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic'', some of the visual flourishes found in ''DIC Sailor Moon's'' unique intro were taken straight out of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', particularly the video clip parts that look like they're from a 90's trapper keeper binder collage.

* Sailor Moon's "Moon Tiara Action" or "Moon Tiara Boomerang" attack has her throwing her tiara at her enemy. This is a tribute to the superheroine Characters/WonderWoman, who could also throw her tiara as a weapon.

* Creator/SayakaOhara getting cast as Sailor Neptune might be a shout-out to her previous work as Stella Amanogawa (Kirara's mother) from ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' and the upper-class young lady Irisviel von Einzbern from ''Literature/FateZero'' and ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya''

** The film naturally has several outright references to the classic Japanese folktale ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'', particularly with the antagonist naming herself Kaguya (or [[RecycledWithAGimmick "Princess Snow Kaguya"]]) after the main character.

* The film's plot is loosely based on, you guessed it, ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'' mixed with Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheSnowQueen''.

* The film's plot is loosely based on, you guessed it, Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' mixed with ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter''.

* This movie was specifically based on ''[[https://sailormoon.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lover_of_Princess_Kaguya The Lover of Princess Kaguya]]'', a Sailor Moon side story written by Naoko Takeuchi, and was the only 1990s Sailor Moon movie to be based on the manga (prior to the ''Crystal'' reboot).

* The ''[[EliteFour "Shitennou"]]'' or "TheFourGods" of Queen Beryl (actually, Endymion's protectors) is a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Heavenly_Kings "Four Heavenly Kings"]], "Four Buddhist Gods", or "Four Chinese Gods" of mythology.

* The ''Crystal'' version of Usagi fumbling with a laptop, saying she doesn't know how to use it is definitely a [[https://twitter.com/jlist/status/1107148307736989697 reference]] to when her 1990s counterpart also fumbled with a diskette, warning that she doesn't know how to use computers as well.

* The ''[[EliteFour "Shitennou"]]'' or "TheFourGods" is a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Heavenly_Kings "Four Heavenly Kings"]], "Four Buddhist Gods", or "Four Chinese Gods" of mythology.

** The "Sailor Says" segments of this iteration of the anime, meanwhile, is a shout-out to the "AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle" [[AnAesop special messages]] and [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs]] infamously found in cartoons of the era[[note]]like ''[[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero G.I. Joe]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]]'', and ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''[[/note]].

* ''Eternal'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqjQKRoLK-Q its]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qQdAz_lJo versions]] of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HZVCpjTH2Q 1990s transformations]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOih_umL7cE attacks]] as well.

* ''Eternal'' also recycles the 1990s sound effects for the Sailor Guardian symbols and attacks like with ''Crystal''.

* Galaxia is Chaos's [[TheStarscream less-than-loyal minion]] rather than puppet in the manga, while Chaos is the primary antagonist in the last story arc.

* Galaxia is Chaos's [[TheStarscream less-than-loyal minion]] rather than puppet in the manga, while Chaos is the [[BiggerBad primary antagonist]] in the last story arc.

* Creator/MitsukoHorie singing the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ene3e1Kp3Pg second version]] of the third season ''Crystal'' opening, "In Love With the New Moon", is a shout-out to her previously singing the ''Sailor Stars'' opening and being the previous voice actress for Sailor Galaxia.

* Creator/ShizukaIto getting cast as Sailor Venus might be a shout-out to her previous work as the lovely Hinagiku Katsura from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' and the charismatic Momoka Kurumi (Erika's older sister) from 'Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure''.

* Since Sailor Venus or Sailor V is the prototype for Sailor Moon, then Sailor Moon can be considered a shout-out to the original MagicalGirlWarrior with a HenshinHero or [[{{Toku}} toku]] flourish to her style.

* Since Sailor Venus or Sailor V is the prototype for Sailor Moon, then Sailor Moon can be considered a shout-out to the original MagicalGirlWarrior with a [[Franchise/SuperSentai sentai]] or [[{{Toku}} toku]] flourish to her style.

* Even Creator/{{Netflix}} is calling Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10qQdAz_lJo "Four Guardians of the Outer Planets"]], which is a [[FandomNod reference]] to their fandom group name of [[FanNickname Outer Senshi]].