1 | * The series is set in [[Creator/JohnHughes Sherman, Illinois]]. |
2 | * The Galatic Guardians are one big one to 70's anime superheroes and tokusatsu like ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'' (albeit more as the bad guy organizations than anything). |
3 | * The opening of the Rift Gate looks strangely like one of the later openings for Creator/{{Toonami}}. |
4 | ** [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter Rift Gate]], you say? |
5 | * There's a shop in the mall called "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerk Store]]". (Three of them, if you look closely. Must be a chain.) |
6 | * And another one called "Floor Mart". |
7 | * And another called "Ugly Baby". |
8 | * ''Confrontation'', a political debate show in the vein of ''Crossfire'' and ''Hardball''. |
9 | * Ilana's clothes at the end of Episode 4 look a lot like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley's]] usual outfit. |
10 | * The first fight scene. The army's firepower does nothing to the monster, and then its first attack knocks the Titan flat on its arse against a building. Shades of Shinji's first fight in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
11 | * When Xeexi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]]. |
12 | * Lance fights [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber]] in a bank in episode 4. |
13 | * The White Dragon bears an uncanny resemblance to [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]]. |
14 | * The episode itself episode seems to have been one huge reference to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious: Tokyo Drift''. |
15 | * The White Dragon's crew all drive popular LawyerFriendlyCameo versions of popular tuner cars such as the Nissan 350z, Nissan Skyline, Toyota Supra, Subaru Impreza WRX STI, and a Ford Focus. |
16 | * The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And [[Creator/WillFriedle Ron Stoppable]] voicing their mascot helps. |
17 | * Episode 8 bares a number of similarities to ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Orphaned youth with chip on his shoulders; check. Blonde-haired perfectionist with two hench-friends who antagonize the boy; check. |
18 | * Baron's aristocratic name, long nose, and hairstyle marks him as a younger counterpart to Creator/OsamuTezuka's character Duke Red. |
19 | * Episode 8 also had short plump young boy with red hair and big eyeglasses. [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Hmmm]]... |
20 | * The farm in "Tashy 497" is the exact same one from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. All that was missing was an old lady yelling at her grumpy husband because of the house blowing up and the man blaming it on a pink poodle. |
21 | ** Eerily, the farm house and its surroundings seem to be completely abandoned and decaying. |
22 | * The Titan resembles a semitransparent version of Anime/{{Gigantor}}. |
23 | * Galaluna and the Mutraddi beasts recall similar concepts from ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. As do Lance and the Princess. |
24 | * Overall, there's some overlap with ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''. |
25 | * General Steel recalls General Ross from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''. |
26 | * A popular death-metal band, Alien Death Hammer, in the tenth episode, looks [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} very familiar]]. |
27 | ** Hell, the lead singer sounds like Nathan, and looked like [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend Eddie Riggs]]. |
28 | * Solomon shares the exact same fashion sense as [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]]. |
29 | * Solomon's full name is [[spoiler: Literature/SolomonKane.]] |
30 | * The organization designed to protect Earth from alien invasion is called [[Anime/GaoGaiGar GGG]]. |
31 | * G3's standard soldiers' outfits look a lot like those worn by [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Red Impulse]], although the helmets are reminiscent of [[Series/ChoudenshiBioman Bioman's]]. |
32 | ** On the subject of ''Gatchaman'', Lance can be considered an expy of Joe Asakura, and his father is a dead ringer for Dr. Nambu. |
33 | * Right before he stretches out his nose, Octus' shifting disguise in episode 11 looks suspiciously like Music/NickCave. |
34 | * Those G3 bipedal mechs that appeared near the end of episode 11 bear a striking resemblance to [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Zentraedi battlepods]]. |
35 | * Scary Mary's last name is Cavanaugh, a reference to Christine Cavanaugh, the original voice of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], who retired from voice-acting in the early 2000s and became very reclusive ever since. Scary Mary's appearance seems a visual shout out to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley]]. |
36 | ** Her first name might also be a reference to Mary Kay Bergman, a voice actress who passed away in 1999, and played [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]] for a while. |
37 | * The Ballad of Scary Mary ended by showing Mary being picked up by [[Series/HappyDays a dude with stylish hair in a leather jacket riding a motorcycle]] |
38 | * ComicBook/TheSpirit appears on a subway train in "I am Octus". |
39 | * The sequence with a town of mysteriously paralyzed people in "I Am Octus" resembles one from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960''. |
40 | * Also in "I Am Octus", you can see the (original) Robot from ''Series/LostInSpace'' in a store window. |
41 | ** And if you look closer, there's a [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross jet with legs]] as well. |
42 | * The soldier General Steel sends in to spy on the trio looks like an older [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] -- albeit after spending a few years trapped in a gym. |
43 | * In "Disenfranchised", anyone else notice how Lance looks a bit like [[Series/{{Kikaider}} Jiro]] carrying that guitar case on his back? |
44 | * [[Advertising/{{Wazzup}} "WHAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!?"]] |
45 | * Hobbes from "Escape from Galaluna" looks quite a bit like [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Race Bannon]], don'tcha think? |
46 | * The Mutradi invasion fleet seems to be made out of [[Franchise/DeadSpace Planet Crackers]] |
47 | * Kristin looks like an older version of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory The Big-Eyed Girl.]] |
48 | * Newton holding the boombox over his head was obviously inspired by the romantic gesture from ''Film/SayAnything'', although he seems to be ComicallyMissingThePoint, given that he's playing commercials instead of a love song. |
49 | * In the episode "A Family Crisis", the G3 space station looks like it was built to [[Film/{{Sunshine}} reactivate a dying sun]]. |
50 | * In the episode "A New Beginning", General Steel drives what he calls "THE HAMMER!" and proceeds to beat up a monster while saying "[[Music/MCHammer Can't touch this]]". |
51 | * In "The Demon Within", Ilana mentions that the only one of her arranged dates on Galaluna she was actually interested in was "Prince Simon of Duran," a reference to [[Music/DuranDuran Simon LeBon]]. |
52 | * During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''[[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]] |
53 | * The monster in "Roar of the White Dragon" looks an awful lot like Clover from ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''. |
54 | * The G3 interrogator looks an awful lot like Bask Ohm from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''. |
55 | * Speaking of Zeta Gundam, young Lance in greatly resembles Kamille Bidan |
56 | * The concept of TransformationTrinket's as watches seems to be directly based on the Omnitrix from WesternAnimation/BenTen. |
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