City Hunter: The Cupid's Perfume homages several animes that first aired on French TV in the 1990s morning kids show Club Dorothée (which many French millenials born in The '80s have fond memories of) in various instances. Usually through puns with their French title and their characters' French names.
- The kitsch painting Ryo tries to hang in his flat's bathroom is titled Le Chevalier du Zodiac ("Knight in the Zodiac")note . It's a Visual Pun that sounds a lot like Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, the French title of Saint Seiya.
- In a flashback, a marrying couple are named Jeanne and Serge, which are a Dub Name Change for characters from Attacker You!
- Early in the movie, in the strip club flashback, the callgirl Ryo asks a beer to is named Ranma. There's a pun in French as he asks her for a half pint ("un demi").
- Poncho asks their name to two children playing soccer; their name: Olivier and Tom, or Genzo and Tsubasa as they're known in Japan.
- Mr. Skippy's name is from a comedy skit by the famous 1990s comedy trio Les Inconnus, which has a sect's guru named Skippy as a pun with Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Speaking of Les Inconnus, one of them, Didier Bourdon, has a role in the film, that of Dominique Lettelier.
- The apartment number the Skippy family lives in is Apart. N°17.
- Skippy's wife calls Umibozu a "Golgoth", which is the French name for the Robeasts in Goldorak (a.k.a. UFO Robo Grendizer).
- Dorothée's Cameo includes her character (affected by the perfume) commenting that she likes Mr. Skippy's "polka-dotted yellow and red socks". This is the title of one of her many songs in Club Dorothée, "Et mes chaussettes rouge et jaune à p'tit pois".
- After beating up the gala's bouncers, Ryo's Bond One-Liner is "Salut les Musclés." ("Bye, Musclebounds.") Salut les Musclés was another sitcom from the Club Dorothée.
- The "fashion police detective" at the gala is a dead ringer for Inspector Gadget. He even introduces himself with the first words of the French theme song for the show.
- When Mr. Skippy's embarrassing position, while Jessica Fox is broadcast to the world, Master Roshi is seen watching the stream from his island.
- At the end, Saeko (here named Hélène) tells her name to the Big Bad: "Hélène... je m'appelle Hélène." This is a reference to the opening song of Hélène et les Garçons (Hélène and the Boys), a 1990s soap opera/sitcom by the producers of the Club Dorothée that was featured in the show.
