Line #44 ShoutOut/SymBionicTitan


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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