Anime and Manga
- The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You: In Chapter 67, Hakari calls Rentarou a "fullmoral alchemist".
- Bakemonogatari: In the first episode of Bakemonogatari, Senjougahara has a line referencing transmutation and Equivalent Exchange. Then in the third episode of Nekomonogatari (Shiro), we see that she's drawn doodles of Edward, Alphonse, and Roy in her notes.
- Several of the yaoi doujinshi seen on the table in Genshiken have FMA characters on the front.
- Lucky Star:
- In episode 12 of the anime, which takes place at Comiket, one of the background cosplayers is dressed as Alphonse.
- In episode 19, Hiyori spots two people who are cosplaying as Ed and Roy and starts taking pictures of them.
Fan Works
- The climax of Chapter 3 of Danganronpa: Paradise Lost contains a sequence almost identical to Ed's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of Shou Tucker after finding out that he had fused his own daughter with her dog and nearly killing him before Al stops him, with Shun delivering a similar beatdown to Akihiro after finding out that the latter had fused his own sister with a lab rat before being prevented from killing him by Ringo.
Video Games
- Overwatch: One of Ashe's sprays is called "Exchange" and depicts her standing behind the larger Bob's back while she has her fist against her palm, similar to an official art of Edward and Al.
Web Animation
- RWBY:
- In the first episode, we first meet Ruby standing in front of a poster depicting the Truth.
- General Ironwood's uniform and trenchcoat in the Atlas arc appears to be inspired by the Amestris military's uniform and trenchcoat, specifically Roy Mustang's.
- Rhodes's Semblance can turn his body into indestructible metal, similar to Greed.
- The show has a few notable anime voice actors and references some of their roles.
- Due to initially appearing to be a Femme Fatale and their similar appearances, Cinder is commonly compared to Lust by fans. Cinder's predecessor as Fall Maiden, Amber, was voiced by Laura Bailey, Lust's English voice actress. In the Japanese dub, Cinder's master Salem is voiced by Lust's Japanese voice actress Kikuko Inoue.
- Qrow, initially voiced by Vic Mignogna for the first six seasons, is derisively called "little brother" by Raven. This is a stealthy nod to the Elric brothers and how Edward doesn't like being called short or little. Qrow also calls Oscar a "squirt" when they first met, Oscar being voiced by Alphonse Elric's original English voice Aaron Dismuke.
Web Original
- In The Nostalgia Critic's review of Balto, the Critic thinks that one of the wooden coffins being made for the sick children is for chimera Nina Tucker. "Don't act like it can't happen! There are dogs in this world!"
- In Season 2, Episode 1 of Anime Crimes Division, the murder in the opening imitates Maes Hughes's death in the phone booth.
- SCP Foundation: SCP-3922
is a cylindrical object that can alter other media so crimes are met with the justice they deserve. However, when the Foundation tried to use it to alter Nina's fate the instances of SCP-3922-A are instead taken to the Gates of Truth, where Truth tells them that, due to Equivalent Exchange, there is no way to alter Nina's fate without causing an equivalent tragedy somewhere else.
- Voltron: Legendary Defender:
- The briefly younger Coran flexing his muscles for way too long may remind some folks of Major Armstrong. It's the mustache that sells it. The Bishie Sparkles also helps.
- Hunk's Space Pirate outfit with mask and spiked shoulder pads along with his size gives him Alphonse Elric vibes.
- Tumblr has noticed that the Altean Scientist in Hole in the Sky has a distinct resemblance to Shou Tucker.
- The Owl House:
- The series antagonist Belos is similar to Father in manipulating the masses to be sacrificed on the day of an eclipse, with elements of Dante from the 2003 anime in using bodies to prolong his failing immortal life.
