To Be a (Miraculous) Master
- Before Marinette left for her journey after saying her farewells to her parents, her father encourages her with a familiar Catchphrase from a certain Cyborg.Tom: Show them all what you're made of! Marinette Dupain-Cheng style! Boo-yah!
- After Marinette's Ralts was defeated during the tag team battle, Adrien tried to get Litleo to attack with Ember. Unfortunately he was affected by Mylène's Flabébé's Attract and started making kissy faces in the air and is immobilized by love. Adrien only had this to say:
- Alya convinces Marinette to try out the Battle Chateau with her on the grounds that Alya stops pressuring her over Adrien's phone number. This exchange follows:Alya: "Oh, you have the courage, cowardly Litleo. You have courage."
Marinette: "C'mon and have a heart, tin woman." - In the beginning of Chapter 19, to pass the time while riding on their rented Rhyhorn, Adrien and Nino argue on which video game is the true ender of friendships: Mario Party or Mario Kart.
- The stance that Jalil's Sawk and Marinette's Kirlia took and the exchanging blows between Sawk's Bide and Kirlia's Thunderbolt is reminiscent of Kamehameha.
- When Alya sees Marinette as Lady Ledian for the first time in Chapter 24, she immediately asks what is her superhero origin, listing off bitten by a radioactive Ledian, came from an island of exclusively female warriors or traumatized by a swarm of Ledian before witnessing the murder of her parents.
- After Lila made it clear to Marinette that she will steal Adrien from her, Marinette responded to her threat with this gem:Marinette: I love Adrien more than I fear you.
- In Chapter 28, a Pokémon Performer makes her appeal in the Theme Performance with “Scrooge McDucklett.” Sadly, she didn’t qualify for the Freestyle Performance.
- While waiting for Marinette in Chapter 29, Adrien is secretly playing Fire Emblem Heroes on his phone.
- Chapter 30: Were you expecting the Kalosian Inquisition? “Nobody expects the Kalosian Inquisition!”
- Plagg calls his beloved Moo Moo Farm cheese "His precious" in Chapter 32.
- In the same chapter Liepard Noir rode his recently evolved Pyroar in an attempt to impress Lady Ledian.
- Mr. Pidgeot is an obvious shout-out to Mr. Ramier's Akumatized form in the show.
- Adrien assures Nino that the head injury he got as Liepard Noir against Mr. Pidgeot in Chapter 33 is "but a scratch."
- After Lady Ledian parted ways with Liepard Noir and Alya and slipping away without either of them noticing, Liepard wonders if she grew up in a ninja village.
- In Chapter 35, the Fennekin pulling pranks on Marinette and Alya to garner attention from them due to being dismissed by other Trainers for the more popular Pokémons bears resemblance to the same titular ninja.
- It's a subtle one, but in Chapter 35 when agreeing to help Marinette babysit Manon the next day, Nino says, "I'll do my best," alluding to a character of the same name from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
- In Chapter 37 during Marinette's Gym battle against Nadja, Adrien calls Tikki "One Punch Ledian".
- In the same chapter, Liepard Noir comes to Alya's aid by making a grand entrance with this opening line:Liepard Noir: Can't let you do that, Delphox!note
- In Chapter 40 following Team Akuma's defeat in Lumiose City, Liepard Noir begins to show off with his Gallade and Meowstic by performing Ginyu Force-esque poses. He even sings a verse of his own rendition of the Ginyu Tokusentai song.Liepard Noir: Yes, we are~! Suu-pa fii-ghting~, coo-ool posing, elite-oh senshi! We're the Kalos de-fending Ledian Special Squah-ah-ah-ahd~!
- During the battle Tom promised to have with Marinette before she leaves Lumiose City in Chapter 43, Tom briefly reminisces about his time as a Pokémon Trainer, remarking about former mechanics used to evolve Feebas into Milotic in the days of Ruby & Sapphire to randomly saying how he met Marinette's mother upon traveling to Hoenn years after he started out.Tom: And that, dear Marinette, is how I met your mother.
- Chapter 44 makes a few shout-outs to a few horror references due to being Halloween Episode-related.
- Marinette makes a reference to It about the abandoned playground on the way to the scary house about how there is a sinister creature hiding in the shadows preying on children. On that note, Alya, when temporarily separated from Marinette due to chasing after the butler during a black-out, runs into her horror experience in the form of Ella and Etta suddenly showing up at the end of a hallway, chanting that Alya "will float too".
- She makes a reference to Monster House upon first sight of the scary house.
- Marinette makes one more horror reference to The Orphanage when the lights in the scary house go out and she and Alya are lost inside.
- Chapter 45 formally introduces Jagged Stone, who's already a clear Shout-Out to The Rolling Stones. He offhandedly mentions some of his works being some of the Rolling Stones's songs, but with Pokémon names, such as "Gogoat Head Soup" and "Gimme Shelgon".
- During the Laverre Gym battle in Chapter 46, Alya remarks with incredulity on how Clefable can "fly". Two Furisode Girls make these comments on the matter.First Furisode Girl: No, Clefable can jump good.
Second Furisode Girl: I thought it was more like "falling with style". - In amidst the brainwashing of Lila in Chapter 48 to become his next Bond Hybrid, Poison Moth decides to channel a bit of Emperor Palpatine by convincing her to give in to her hate.
- A couple of names that Liepard Noir humorously calls Delphox Rouge in Chapter 52 are Ms. Delphox and Rouge the Swoobat.
- In the same chapter, Delphox Rouge pulls off the "Rosie the Riveter" pose.
- During Marinette's romantic Imagine Spot in Chapter 53, she and Adrien are quoting lyrics from the English end credits song of Pokémon: I Choose You!, notably sung by Haven Paschall.
- Spinda's introduction in the same chapter is meant to reference Spinda's Café from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
- During the Flashback in Chapter 57, an Infernape under the Bond Phenomenon was described to have sparkling blue flames and effortlessly dodging attacks as though "his instincts were on ultra-level".
- In Chapter 58 while lost in thought, Marinette expresses her disdain over having eternal life as the hero wielding Xerneas's power, not wanting to outlive Adrien and everyone she loves. She shares this quote before Tikki checks up on her.
- In Chapter 60, Kagami's attempted Pre-Mortem One-Liner before defeating Marinette is "You will be slapped down!" Also serves as a meta joke as both Kagami and Petra share Faye Mata as their English VA.
- During the tag battle in Chapter 61, Kim's Chimchar's use of Swagger against Alya's Electabuzz invokes the memetic confrontation Jojo style.
