Line #49 ReferencedBy/Macross


1	Depending on which side of the Pacific Ocean you are on, references to ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' (or its American "[[{{Frankenslation}} adaptation]]" ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'') are towards its CoolPlane TransformingMecha or, especially if in Japan (due to cultural differences and not being ScrewedByTheLawyers of a certain Harmony Gold), its plethora of IdolSinger[=s=].
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5	[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
6	* ''Anime/SixteenBitSensationAnotherLayer'': In the alternate 2023 Akihabara Konoha gets stuck in, mention is made of ''Womankind Final Mission''. This is a nod to the aptly named ''Walkure Last Mission'' concert tour for the GirlGroup Walküre from ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' which occurred earlier that same year as the group's final concert tour.
7	* ''Anime/AnimeGataris'' features multiple references and LawyerFriendlyCameo[=s=] to the ''Macross'' franchise, going all the way from [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the original]] to [[Anime/MacrossDelta the most recent]] at the time. See [[LawyerFriendlyCameo/AnimeGataris its page]] for more details.
8	* ''Manga/TheCafeTerraceAndItsGoddesses'' has a scene where Ami Tsuruga utters the series catchphrase "Deculture" while {{Facepalm}}[=ing=].
9	* The ''[[Anime/DaiconIIIAndIV Daicon IV]]'' anime by Creator/StudioGainax features a segment where the SDF-1 Macross fires off a MacrossMissileMassacre…[[UnfriendlyFire at the]] VF-1 Valkyrie. In addition, near the end is a cameo from [[Manga/ObakeNoQTaro Q-Taro]] dressed up as the Zentraedi commander Breetai.
10	* ''Manga/LuckyStar'':
11	** The OVA has Konata Izumi refer to Miyuki Tatara as the “Galactic Fairy”, the moniker of Sheryl Nome from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. This doubles as an ActorAllusion, as Miyuki and Sheryl (her NonSingingVoice that is) are both voiced by Creator/AyaEndo.
12	** There is an official set of figures of the ''Lucky Star'' girls cosplaying the cast of ''Frontier'' with Konata as Alto, Tsukasa as Ranka, Kagami as Klan, and of course Miyuki as Sheryl.
13	* ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'':
14	** Kirino Kousaka does Ranka Lee’s Kira Pose twice while singing along to the opening of ''Stardust Witch Meruru''. This is possibly a nod to Kirino’s big brother Kyousuke being voiced by Creator/YuuichiNakamura, who voiced TheHero Alto Saotome in the same anime. This carries over into Kirino's appearance in ''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax'', where she does the Kira Pose for some her animations.
15	** The novels also feature a character who calls himself “Skull Leader” and who ties his hair back in a matter emulating Ranka’s adoptive big brother Ozma Lee.
16	* ''Anime/OtakuNoVideo'' features multiple references to ''Macross'' as part of its ReferenceOverdosed nature, but a few of those references stand out among the rest.
17	** The end of the first OVA has the cast waiting in line for the premiere of ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' complete with them ogling a settei of the main cast. In addition, Kubo takes the opportunity to compare his then-girlfriend Yoshiko to Minmay, coinciding with their group's token female Yuri being compared to Misa.
18	** The park icon for Otakuland as conceived by Kubo and Tanaka is a bizarre mashup of the SDF-1 and Anime/{{Gunbuster}} with the [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Yamato]] and [[Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater Nautilus]] as its carrier arms. In the GainaxEnding of the second OVA, Kubo and Tanaka board the mecha and find their rest of their group in its bridge, itself reminiscent of the SDF-1's complete with Yuri wearing an outfit evocative of Misa's.
19	* Episode 12 of ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' features an eyecatch similar to the original ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', which is followed up by Popuko and Pipimi beating up a bunch of Zentraedi. For bonus points, the male version has Creator/ShowHayami, the voice of Maximilian Jenius, as Popuko.
20	* ''Anime/ProjectAKo'':
21	** The city that the OVA takes place is clearly modeled after Macross Island.
22	** B-Ko's appearance is an obvious nod to Minmay, complete with them sharing the same hairstyle.
23	** One of the major action sequences of the movie homages the climactic battle of ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' complete with the FighterLaunchingSequence. As an instance of ShownTheirWork, the animators even inserted a nod to one of the original scene's FreezeFrameBonus[=es=] in having one of the planes fire off a can of soda amidst a salvo of missiles.
24	* The FinalBattle of ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' features the VF-1 among many other HumongousMecha.
25	* IdolSinger Kanon Nakagawa from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' does Ranka Lee’s Kira pose in the anime. Amusingly, her seiyuu Creator/NaoTouyama would go on to voice Reina Prowler in ''Macross Delta''.
26	* Episode 4 of ''Manga/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'' contains a nod to ''Macross Frontier'' as Hanako says "I'll never be like your beloved Ranka" before promptly storming off. This prompts her boyfriend Tarou to reply "Are you trying to say that you're more like Sheryl?" in response.
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28	[[AC:Films]]
29	* Crimson Typhoon from ''Film/PacificRim'' is a CyberCyclops HumongousMecha whose head bears a partial resemblance to the VF-1’s.
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31	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
32	* A recurring background in ''Series/TheToysThatMadeUs'' feature a VF-1 in robot mode as well as a carded figure of Misa Hayase/Lisa Hayes, albeit the latter is in ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' branding. In addition, the episode on ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' shows a toy commercial and clip from the original ''Macross'' anime to contextualize Jetfire’s origins (see the Toys section below for more information).
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34	[[AC:Music]]
35	* The music video for "[[Franchise/TouhouProject Cirno’s Perfect Math Class]]" by Music/{{IOSYS}} features Cirno doing Ranka Lee’s Kira Pose, shortly before being hit by a bus.
36	* The aptly named MACROSS 82-99, who is one of the progenitors of the FutureFunk genre.
37	* The ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' Megpoid Gumi is a CaptainErsatz of Ranka Lee, down to being voiced by Creator/MegumiNakajima.
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39	[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
40	* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' used several mecha designs from ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' for some of its earliest mecha[[note]]Wasp, Stinger, Phoenix Hawk, Crusader, Ostscout, Ostsol, Marauder, Rifleman, Warhammer, and Longbow[[/note]], but these wound up being ScrewedByTheLawyers following a lawsuit from Harmony Gold, which forced FASA to remove them before reintroducing them decades later. See [[ScrewedByTheLawyers/BattleTech this page]] for more details.
41	* The [[{{Animesque}} T’au]] [=KX139=] Ta’Unar Supremacy Armour from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', with its arsenal of [[ArmCannon Arm]] and ShoulderCannon[=s=], brings to mind a Destroid.
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43	[[AC:Toys]]
44	* One of the main characters of ''Toys/LegoExoForce'' is named Hikaru and specializes in piloting flying mecha much like Hikaru Ichijyo of the original ''Super Dimension Fortress Macross''. In a surprising nod, Creator/ShojiKawamori, the head of the ''Macross'' franchise, would go on to make several [=MOCs=] of ''Exo-Force'' mecha.
45	* The toyline for ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' featured several rebranded ''Macross'' (by way of ''Robotech'') toys such as the Valkyries, Battlepods, and Destroids.
46	* Despite being a rival mecha series, ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' has made several references to ''Macross''.
47	** The character of Jetfire originated as a rebranded VF-1S Valkyrie from Takatoku Toys, which was later bought out by Bandai. Due to the ''Transformers'' franchise being a co-production between Hasbro and Takara, the latter being one of Bandai’s chief rivals, his character model wound up being completely changed as a means of WritingAroundTrademarks and to avoid giving promotion to a rival company. In more recent iterations, it has become popular for new versions of Jetfire to homage his original Valkyrie toy, usually by giving him booster packs, a faceless CoolHelmet, or even the ability to assume a pseudo-Gerwalk mode. As of a 2013 lawsuit (over a non-transforming Jetfire-themed redeco of a ''Franchise/GIJoe'' Skystriker), Harmony Gold can no longer sue Hasbro over the character of Jetfire, which has resulted in more Jetfire toys that bear a closer resemblance to the original toy, culminating in a 2021 Funko Pop that was literally a SuperDeformed Valkyrie. In turn, the character's ties to the franchise would also be referenced in a 2022 ''Robotech'' VF-1S Valkyrie figure that bears Jetfire's color scheme.
48	** In the concept art for Creator/IDWPublishing’s 2006 ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' comics, the Cybertronian mode of the previously ToylineExclusiveCharacter Spittor is a bipedal walker reminiscent of the Zentraedi Regult. This served as a major inspiration for the ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' version of the character (who was ironically regulated to being a ToylessToylineCharacter this time around).
49	** The alternate mode of ''Animated'' Starscream (and by extension the rest of the ''Animated'' Seekers, who are all clones of him) is based on Isamu Dyson’s YF-19 from ''Anime/MacrossPlus''. ''[[AllThereInTheManual The [=AllSpark=] Almanac]][=s=]'' also feature multiple instances of Zentraedi script in the background, as part of its ReferenceOverdosed nature.
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51	[[AC:Video Games]]
52	* The opening of ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' features Avril's hand stretched out into the sky in the middle of a desert, which homages Isamu Dyson's introductory scene in ''Macross Plus''.
53	* The [[{{Animesque}} Empire of the Rising Sun]] in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' has access to the Tengu, a TransformingMecha that can turn from a jet to a Gerwalk-looking mecha that clearly resembles the VF-1 Valkyrie. In addition, the VX designation given to the Striker and Defender brings to mind the VF designation given to the various mecha in the ''Macross'' franchise.
54	** The GameMod ''VideoGame/RedAlert3Paradox'' gives the Empire several more references, such as the ''VF''-23 Fujin Variable Striker (complete with a reference to the MacrossMissileMassacre in its tactical analysis) and the Incredible Mobile Fortress Tatsu, a cross between the SDF-1 of ''Macross'' and the White Base of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
55	* Makoto Kikuchi of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' has covered “Seikan Hikou” from ''Macross Frontier''.
56	* The Battlecruiser captain in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' is patterned after Captain Global.
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58	[[AC:Web Animation]]
59	* Several different VTubers have covered different songs from the franchise:
60	** [[Characters/HololiveGawrGuraCh Gawr Gura]] of [[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Hololive EN]] has sung a mashup between “Rune Ga Pikatto Hikattara” and “September” by Music/EarthWindAndFire twice, as both songs [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sound extremely similar]] to one another.
61	** Several different Hololive members such as [[Characters/HololiveSuiseiChannel Suisei Hoshimachi]], Tokoyami Towa, and [[Characters/HololiveEnglishProjectHope IRYS]] have all covered "Ikenai Borderline".
62	** [[Characters/HololiveOuroKroniiCh Ouro Kronii]], IRYS, and [=AZKi=] have covered "Seikan Hikou".
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64	[[AC:Web Original]]
65	* ''WebOriginal/SecretGalaxy'' has a five-part series covering the history of both ''Macross'' and ''Robotech'' (more so the latter).
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67	[[AC:Western Animation]]
68	* Being a love letter to various mecha anime, ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' has a few references.
69	** In the first season finale, the Glorft Mothership transforms in a matter emulating that of the SDF-1.
70	** In the episode “Universal Remote”, Megas unfurls a quadruple shoulder cannon array much like that of a Destroid.
71	* In the Season 1 finale of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', the engine room where Kanan and the Grand Inquisitor duel in is based of the SDF-1's engine room.
72	* Episode 11 of ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'' features mecha that bear a stark resemblance to Zentraedi Battlepods.
73	* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' features several nods to ''Macross''/''Robotech'', which is fitting as both franchises underwent the {{Frankenslation}} treatment when being exported to the United States in the first place.
74	** A Roy Fokker look alike is seen in the Galaxy Garrison cafeteria. Hikaru/Rick, Milia/Miriya, and Max can also be seen in the group of cadets.
75	** The Galaxy Garrison uniforms resemble those of the UN Spacy.
76	** One of Voltron's attacks in the pilot involves punching through a ship and shooting the mouth beam of the lion in question... in other words, it's the Daedalus Maneuver.
77	** [[spoiler:The war continuing after the main BigBad is killed off]] is a reference to the storyline continuing after [[spoiler:the big fight between the Zentraedi and the humans is over with the Zentraedi becoming accustomed to life on Earth as a result]].
78	** The IGF-Atlas is an overt reference to the SDF-1 Macross, from the name, design of the MissionControl, and the fact that it's actually a TransformingMecha. The name "Atlas" may also be a dual nod to both ''Macross'' and ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', as the latter franchise was the target of a lawsuit by Harmony Gold over perceived copyright infringement regarding the former (one of the mechs in the latter is called the "Atlas").

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