It would be hard to keep up with the number of references or nods to Star Wars in the story, although special mention goes to describing the area where Steven fights Crocodile in the same way Anakin describes sand and for when Steven is literally reading aloud the Marvel comic adaptation ofReturn of the Jedi to an unconscious Luffy, with the dialogue coming from the real comic itself.
Along similar lines, the narration from Amethyst's perspective in the beginning and end of "The Internalization Of Amethyst" were written to emulate how Matthew Stover would take pauses from the narrative of the Revenge of the Sith to tell how it "felt to be Anakin Skywalker in that moment."
Steven plays Frederick and the Pirate King. After Zoro declines to join in on the fun, Steven suggests they play Peter Pan instead. Zoro is still not amused.
While trapped in the aforementioned cage, Damian asks Crocodile if he expected them to reveal their plan to take him down since they defected from Baroque Works. Steven counters that Crocodile expects them to die, pointing out the obvious villain tropes Crocodile follows.
During the discussion about whether Steven needs to return to Beach City after Alabasta, Steven makes a passionate speech comparing his journey to a carnival, just like the ending of Tenchi Universe.
The three questions Garnet asks Robin when she is discovered aboard the Merry is reminiscent of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
When Connie tries to convince Nami that she knows about her backstory, she can't remember Genzo's name. Instead, she calls him Gonzo, although she instantly knows that she was wrong.
The three go-to detectives Steven and Connie think of are Dogcopter, Batman and Sherlock Holmes.
The description of Amethyst's fight with Pearl and Garnet includes lyrics from "Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf".
When Greg hears that the seahorse who stole the crew's memories had the name Tatsu, his thoughts immediately turn to Shredder's right hand man from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
Steven warns the crew not to touch anything in the cave that the crew searches for the Golden Crown in just in case it turns out to act like the Cave of Wonders.
While searching for clues about the location of the Golden Crown, Greg compares the Straw Hats to Mystery Inc.
Steven, Apollo, and Nero sing A Musician's Life For Me, which foreshadows the former characters' similar natures to the characters of Honest John and Gideon.
Steven believes that Nero and Apollo are secret agents like Dick Grayson, Black Widow, Nick Fury and James Bond. Neither one of them know who he is talking about, but roll with it.
The description for Takafumi Liu (the chocolatier and confectioner that Damian and Genevieve meet on Backslide Island) is almost word-for-word how Roald Dahl describes Willy Wonka's appearance in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which serves as foreshadowing that he is a literal candy-man who has eaten the Candy-Candy Fruit.
Genevieve's "Color Trap: Musical Deep Blue" forces Hina, Jango, Fullbody, Psycho P, and herself to perform "I'm The Music Meister."
Greg sings "Rocket Man" when the train of the same name crashes through the Aqua Laguna wave.
Damian believes that if Casey Ryback could stop terrorists on a boat and on a train, the Straw Hats would have no issue stopping CP9 on a sea train. It is revealed that Damian and Mayor Dewey have watched the Under Siege movies several times together in the month he had lived there.
Steven sings a modified version of "I'm All Alone in the World" to Robin while she is at her lowest, changing the song from a lament about how Ebenezer Scrooge felt alone as both a child and an adult to Steven reminding Robin that she is never alone.
