Given the large size and young age of the cast, references to popular media are abound.
Music references
- Talking Heads:
- Jerry is introduced whistling along to "Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town".
- The song that plays over the speakers during the empowering event is "Burning Down The House".
- A flashforward to 2028 features Simon in a bar listening to "Once In A Lifetime".
- Hyeon's playlist includes Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog", Seal's "Kiss From A Rose", Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize", Alice Cooper's "School's Out", Rival Sons' "Open My Eyes", Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense And Peppermints", and Brownsville Station's "Smokin' In The Boys Room". On the second day he wears a The White Stripes T-shirt, and on the day of the exams boasts a Ride the Lightning shirt.
- Finn hums Bach's "Air" to himself after he receives his powers.
- Zia's posts make reference to Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage" and "Speak To Me", and Queens of the Stone Age's "Sick, Sick, Sick". Her playlist includes Black Sabbath's "War Pigs", "Paranoid", and "Planet Caravan". During the second day she wears an Electric Wizard shirt. Her ringtone is "Gimme Gimme" from Steven Universe.
- The song that Crispin requests on the radio is "Time Of My Life" from Dirty Dancing.
- One future has Mirielle and Simon listening to David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and "All The Young Dudes".
- A reference to "Yakety Sax" is made when Crispin tries to run from the kids and Zia gives chase.
- A Mythology Gag to the original RP references the song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from Yes.
- A flashforward has Melissa and Daigo dancing to the tune of Steely Dan's "Time Out Of Mind".
- Mirielle's ringtone is "His Theme" from Undertale.
- Hyeon has a dream where a lady sings "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin.
- Josephine, rather fittingly, hums "Paranoia" by Black Sabbath to herself to help calm down.
- The April Fools post for 2019 references an infamous musical meme
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Film and Television references
- In the future, Agent Longhorn is going to see the Big Trouble in Little China remake with his family.
- When attacked by the snakes, Ciro recalls a movie he saw where a character's face was melted off with acid.
- Rose likens Amy's disappearance with the Rapture from Left Behind.
- Zia quips that The Twilight Zone theme should play after they get their superpowers.
- There are multiple references to The X-Files. The Post-Human Division of the future is mockingly referred to as 'the Real X-Files'. Terry hums the X-Files theme to calm Zia down after she gets her powers. Benedict says that he's 'playing Scully' when trying to justify the entire event as a hallucination.
- Benedict refers to Ciro, Hyeon, and Adam as The Three Stooges.
- Luna compares Ivy's power to create machines to the superhero guy with the goatee.
- In the auditorium, Michal asks Ciro if he's afraid of smoke snakes. He responds that he's more afraid of them than he is of the dark.
- The post where Finn offers a handshake to Principal Shooter is headlined with "Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?"
- Benjy's new bug form is compared to the titular monster from The Fly (1986).
- When comparing the kids to an RPG party falls flat, Ivy instead refers to them as the Mystery Gang.
- Luna welcomes our new insect overlords when Jenna follows her through a portal.
- Ivan investigating the empowerment is referred to as "following the white rabbit".
- While playing the role of a pizza delivery body, Hyeon screams at Longhorn that "Domino's never forgets!", not too dissimilar to "Baskin-Robbins always finds out."
- When Finn gives Ivy a ride home, he can't help but tell her to "Get in, loser."
- The headline for the post concerning Zia's mother calling her is Nobody Expects The Mother's Inquisition.
- When justifying the FBI's decision to keep the superheroes off of public record, Longhorn quotes the line from Men in Black about people being panicky and dangerous in a group.
- Hyeon's movie collection includes Prometheus, Dude, Where's My Car?, The Wall, and This is Spın̈al Tap.
- After he gets pierced by Harriet's spear, Daigo lets loose a scream that 'would make Tom proud'.
- The 2019 April Fools post has Ivy make reference to Galaxy Quest when remembering Luna.
- When Melissa manipulates Dark Dragon into attacking the public, Irene is surprised that he'd go along with a spiel that even Sheev would think is a bit much.
Other/Multiple references
- The future depicting the Post-Human Division features a "Wanted!" Poster with all of the superheroes marked in red writing, which is a reference to the infamous◊ Days of Future Past comic-book cover.
- After Terry turns into a sword, Zia asks if he can change back by "thinking 'human' and clicking his heels together".
- Ivy's pact with Luna is referred to as the Oath of the Peach Garden.
- Shooter acts like Rodney Dangerfield when talking to Ciro in his office; one quote specifically references the Genie's Dangerfield impression:"Can't believe it, I'm getting advice from a kid."
- Vivian's room contains a plethora of geek merchandise; an I Love Lucy boxset, a Singin' in the Rain poster, a bedcover featuring the Sims plumbob, Stephen King and Neil Gaiman novels, and a figurine of a blond anime boy with a metal arm.
- After Vanessa flirts with Lenore, Michal suggests to the latter that 'she's in lesbians with you'.
- Dark Dragon finds Emmanuel running around and describes him as a blue blur.
- Daigo's mannerisms after he creates his first monster are inspired by Tim Curry."We have created a new, fantastic species of being that this world has NEVER handled, has never SEEN!"
- Ciro and Ivan's sprint to Eustis Avenue is described both as being 'On the road to Viridian City' and the 'Highway to Hell'.
- Ciro makes reference to a time when he, Zia, and Ivan watched Little Shop of Horrors.
- While waiting for a ride home, Irene reads a passage from The Silmarillion.
- Unable to reveal her actual last name, Harriet instead says that it's Rhongomyniad.
- In the 2019 April Fools post, Ciro accidentally paraphrases Kazuhira Miller:"Why are we here, Ivy? Just to make ourselves feel bad?"
- One of Lenore's teleportation jaunts is accompanied by a distinctive BAMF noise.
