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Goodness gracious, the game is chock full with plenty of references to game and internet culture. So much so that this page had to be made to fit it all without bloating the main page.

Spells
  • As a game that draws inspiration from Mega Man Battle Network, there's bound to be spells that are adapted from the series:
    • LifeSword (yes, with no spaces) is essentially the iconic Program Advance, even hitting for a colossal 400 damage. The only difference is that it knocks your maximum HP down a bit, which is more akin to the Dark Chip from the 4th and 5th games, Dark Sword (which, rather fittingly, is a corrupted version of LifeSword).
    • Anubis also spreads Poison across all enemies, albeit without needing to create a structure to maintain it.
    • Barrier has a very similar sprite to the namesake Battle Chip in the first two games.
    • Salamander shares a name with a Battle Chip from the third game but behaves like Fountain, from the same game, by firing flames from existing ones on the battlefield rather than out of holes.
    • Northwind removes Shield like how its namesake chip erases Barriers and Auras.
    • Excavate behaves similarly to the Snake chip by attacking using holes in the field.
    • Step Slash functions similarly to StepSword, except that it uses a 2x3 sword instead of a 1x3.
    • Poison Tail works just as Lance did, knocking any opponents in the back row forward a tile but not providing enough hitstun to stop someone eager to get back there from being hit twice.
    • The flavor text of the Forte spell reads "...Gladly. Battle is my forte!" This is a direct quote from Bass.EXE, and the spell's effect invokes his Life Aura by granting a large amount of Shield.
  • There's an archetype of Jam spells that quote "Space Jam" by the Quad City DJs, specifically...
    • Jam: We got a real jam goin' down
    • Jam Slam: C'mon and slam
    • Jam Cannon: And welcome to the jam
  • Blade Bay's flavor text reads "Let it rip!"
  • Bomb Toss reminds the player to not Fuze the hostage.
  • Pekay Fire inflicts continuous fire damage on an opponent once it hits. The diamond-pattern spell image references EarthBound's casting graphic, while the spell's actual effect is very similar to Ness' variant of the attack in Super Smash Bros..
  • The spell, Wobble, has the Tenuously Connected Flavor Text, "why isn't this banned yet?", referencing the technique in Melee and its controversial status amongst competitive players.
  • Also from Smash: the Reflect spell has the hexagonal graphic used by Fox and Falco's reflectors. It also tells you "Don't forget to jump cancel", referencing the oft-used button input from the aforementioned characters.
  • The Tenuously Connected Flavor Text Pandemic states "Let's move to Madagascar", referencing the game the spell is named after, specifically how Madagascar is the hardest country to infect in that game.
  • The tooltip of Solar Charge? "Praise the sun."
  • Solar Charge's usage in taking a moment to charge before letting the player use a powerful Solar Beam is a reference to Pokémon's own Solar Beam move.
  • Venoshock's effect is a similar reference to a move of the same name, dealing extra damage to poisoned foes.
  • Hyper Beam's Tenuously Connected Flavor Text simply reads TM15.
  • The Tenuously Connected Flavor Text of Flurry evokes a peculiar battlecry: "ORA ORA ORA!".
  • Time Stop has a very peculiar picture of a man fleeing from a giant floating clock, identical to Joseph Joestar's pose when he attempts to escape Dio's Time Stop. The Tenuously Connected Flavor Text is what really sells the reference, though. Say it with me, now: ZA WARUDO!
  • Warp Rays has its Tenuously Connected Flavor Text read "Beam em up, Scotty", referencing the trope named from Star Trek, Beam Me Up, Scotty!.
  • Bouncing Blade's Tenuously Connected Flavor Text reads "League of Saffron". It is specifically a reference to the character Draven, who throws bouncing blades, and his quote for being picked, "Welcome to the League of Draven."
  • Caltrops' Tenuously Connected Flavor Text reads "What are plastic bricks going to do?", a reference to the meme regarding LEGO-related Agony of the Feet.
  • Ice Spikes' Tenuously Connected Flavor Text reads "Let it go", a reference to Frozen (2013).
  • Ice Needle fires an icicle which pierces through enemies, then after going off the screen, comes back for another piercing shot. Its Tenuously Connected Flavor Text reads "SHAA!", a reference to Hornet from Hollow Knight, who has an attack where she throws her needle and then pulls it back using a thread.
  • Rest's tooltip reads "For when you're feeling Hollow."
  • Warpath's Tenuously Connected Flavor Text consists of those four famous words often said by Kenshiro in Fist of the North Star: You Are Already Dead.
  • Ragnarok's Tenuously Connected Flavor Text outright namedrops another game: VA-11 HALL-A.
  • And of course, there's EXPLOSION! (yes, with an !), which references KonoSuba, and more specifically Megumin: Long as hell cast time mimicking the incantations? Check. Can only be used once per combat? Check. Stuns you to mimic Megumin collapsing after a single cast? Check. The Tenuously Connected Flavor Text even is "Should've distributed your stat points more evenly...", referencing's Megumin's lopsided stat spread.
  • Last Letter's tooltip reads "A-Z Saber".
  • Magic Claw's Tenuously Connected Flavor Text has a requirement: Min req - lvl 14 Magician. The spell itself was one of the Magician's basic spells from the game before it was removed in a major patch.
  • Swords of Light is basically the Swords of Revealing Light from Yu-Gi-Oh!, which is a card that freezes your opponent's monsters from attacking for three turns. In this game's case, three turns translates into three seconds and it roots your enemies in place.
  • The tooltip of Castle reads as follows: "Did you just summon a bunch of turrets in one turn?", referencing the infamous exchange leading to the creation of the trope, Screw the Rules, I Have Money! from Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.
  • Pull's tooltip reads "Get over here". This is an obvious reference to Scorpion of Mortal Kombat fame. The demo version says: "Get over her! She's not worth it man."
  • The Ring of Fire is not just a literal ring of fire spell, it's also Johnny Cash's hit song according to the tooltip:
    I went down down down the flames went higher
  • The flavor text for Fury is "You won't like me when I'm angry."
  • The spell Counter-Strike is a two-for-one. There's the obvious one in its name, but its tooltip, "It protec but it also attac", also references a popular meme. Similarly, Shield Beam inverts the memetic quote with "It attac but it also protec".
  • Several spells share names with cards from Hearthstone.
    • Pyroblast's tooltip reads "LETHAL", since this spell often is used as a Finishing Move to end a game.
    • Innervate's tooltip reads "If you have max mana, draw a spell", which is the property of "Excess Mana", created when Druids try to gain extra mana crystals when they're already at the limit of 10.
    • Blood Shield's tooltip reads "ALL Minions." It references a nonsensical custom card created by a neural network.
  • Infinity Beam quotes the "IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR" meme verbatim.
  • Diag Beam's tooltip reads "Simple geometry."
  • The Shine spell's origin doesn't change between demo and final game, but the phrasing does:
    • Demo:
      "Shiny" - someone from Firefly probably (Bonus SK)
    • Final Game: Quoting Kaylee, from Firefly.
      Everything's shiny, captain!
  • The demo SoulGun spell, a 2 mana, 60 base damage, "Consume, Execute, Power Up Perm 20", has Tenuously Connected Flavor Text referencing Star Wars:
    Talk about Han Soulo
  • From the demo, "ExplosiveTendons" (sic), which work always, unlike with a chance in the Final Game:
    "Gotta Blast!" - Donkey Kong

Artifacts
  • Speaking of Screw the Rules, I Have Money! from the Castle spell, it's the Duel Disk's tooltip. The quote itself originated in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, which was coined by Kaiba.
  • Unabridged Yu-Gi-Oh! gets referenced too with the Heart of the Cards artifact, whose name comes from an oft-referenced concept in the English dub.
  • The Final Game's Empty Bottle's tooltip reads "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.", the ever-quotable phrase from The Legend of Zelda. The Empty Bottle itself is also a recurring item from the series, being a useful container of various things. In the demo, Saffron's "Second Soul", under its working name / original name, of "Sub Tank" uses that Flavor Text, instead of the Final Game's "Let's do that again." And the demo Empty Bottle flavor is "Wait, that bottle's not empty!
  • On the particularly blatant end, the flavor text of the artifact Rose just reads RWBY, a reference to that series' main character. Although, in the Demo, it's the Ruby that's "RWBY?"
  • The flavor text for the Roller Blades reads "Hold B to run faster". This may sound strange, but then you remember: That's how Lan does it in the Mega Man Battle Network series.
  • The image for the Step Drone is an obvious reference to games such as DanceDanceRevolution.
  • The art for Link Cable depicts the Gamecube-Game Boy Advance Link Cable, most famously used for games like Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and several Pokémon games.
  • The Pet Turtle's tooltip simply reads "I like turtles." It's based off the viral video where a kid gives the aforementioned Non Sequitur response to a newscaster asking about his face paint.
  • The tooltip of the Cool Shoes, the artifact unique to Selicy's alternate loadout, reads "Better nerf Selicy". This is a reference to a series of video game memes including "Better nerf Irelia" and "Better nerf Greninja."
  • The Pocket Watch's tooltip has "Don't forget 3.Oct.10", the same message etched into Edward Elric's pocket watch.
  • The tooltip for Giant Armor? The legend never dies, of course.
  • Uranium's tooltip repeats the catchphrase of every plant manager in denial at Chernobyl, "Not great, not terrible."
  • The tooltip for the Sunglasses, which gives a chance to create a frost explosion when you proc frost damage, is "Cool guys don't look at explosions".
  • Tinder's tooltip tells you to "swipe right", a reference to one of the Tinder app's basic functions.
  • Duct Tape's flavor text is "That's a lotta damage!", a line said by Phil Swift on a commercial for Flex Seal.
  • The Poison Vial advises "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", an excerpt from a speech made in the famous poison scene in The Princess Bride.
  • Several artifacts reference Steven Universe:
    • Amethyst's flavor text is "Made in the prime kindergarten", a reference to the origins of the show's Amethyst.
    • Bismuth's flavor text is "Made of honor", a reference to the episode where the show's Bismuth joins the main team.
    • The picture for the mirror is identical to the one that Lapis was sealed in.
  • The Stimpak's tool tip, "Ahh, that's the stuff!" As well it's effect of reducing your life to increase damage is a reference to the Terran Marines of StarCraft.
  • Tutu's tooltip is "Girl's pretty dress dress ~ do your best now." referencing the first song from Toby Fox's improvised Touhou-style music.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants meme, "I don't need it" references with the "Medkit":
    • Demo: "I don't need it, I don't need it... I NEEEEEEED IIIIIT!"
    • Final Game: "I don't need it..."

Dialogue

Other
  • Costumes:
    • One of Saffron's alternate costumes bears a striking resemblance to Lea, the main character from CrossCode.
    • Terra's alternate costume is the Dreadwyrm Heir from Maiden and Spell, a versus bullet hell that was released prior.
    • As part of a collaboration with Quantum Protocol, a deck-building card game, Hazel gets a costume of Queen.
  • Achievements:
    • The achievement for defeating a Tier 4 Saffron is called "Charlotte", a reference to Castlevania's Charlotte Aulin, a intelligent blonde sorceress.
    • The achievement earned for beating the game without taking additional spells is called Bravely Default.
    • The achievement you get for defeating a tier 4 Gunner is "Nerf This", the ultimate activation quote of D.Va from Overwatch.
  • One of the enemies is identical to the Weather virus enemy from Mega Man Battle Network. Teleports all over the enemy field, then attacks in a conical spread after moving to the front.
  • Weapons:
  • The game shares its name with a particular pin from The World Ends with You and the creator himself even notes how some of the theme and feel of his game was inspired by TWEWY.
  • Hazel's default Wrench Whack is short-range but damages enemies and reinforces structures. Not the first time someone upgrades their turrets by whacking them.
  • The final boss of the Genocide run is called Serif. Her name is a font. All more she'd need to do is tell you that you're going to have a bad time.

Duelists of Eden Colors
Due to the sheer amount of palette swaps, the lists are sorted by character folder.
    Saffron 
    Selicy 
    Hazel 

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