History ShoutOut / MyHeroAcademia

* When Present Mic is going over the rules of the Mock City entrance exam, he uses silhouettes of characters from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' as an example, as seen in the page image. Again, the anime throws this out the window due to copyright, but it replaces it with its own rendition of Present Mic in an {{RPG}} complete with [[UsefulNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures sprites]]. However, that didn't stop [[Creator/KoheiHorikoshi Horikoshi]] from introducing Mirio, whose name is a phonetic homage to "Mario", and whose face resembles Mario's beady-eyed toon appearance from ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.

* [[WordOfGod The author]] has admitted that Franchise/{{Naruto}} was a huge influence for the series' foundations. Much of the premise of My Hero Academia shows similarities to Naruto's. Some examples are listed below.

* In general, Aizawa scarf works similiar to web shooters which Franchise/SpiderMan uses, and sometimes he makes poses similiar to Web Crawler, particurly [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ea1NKazX0AAlPAa.jpg in the fight against Todoroki and Yaoyorozu]] or [[https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/63/5f/1d/635f1d09e4e9b83a6ed4664feb745a20.jpg the fight against High-end Nomus]].

* In the first chapter, silhouettes of Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, along with Franchise/KamenRider, [[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]], and Franchise/{{Devilman}} can be seen. Of course, this doesn't translate to the anime adaptation due to copyright restrictions.

* Tsuyu Asui is said to do "whatever a frog can". Franchise/SpiderMan has a theme song saying he "does whatever a spider can". Her powers are also the same as [[Franchise/XMen Toad's]].

* One of the heroes watching the tournament in chapter 34 looks like a beefed-up [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]].

* Upon seeing Class 1-A's dormitories in Chapter 98, Mina calls U.A. a "[[Franchise/XMen School for Gifted Youngsters]]."

** ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' expands on this. Historically, the system of granting licenses for legalized heroism first originated in Rhode Island, with seven vigilantes being made licensed heroes. This mirrors the origins of the ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', which started with seven members and were based in Rhode Island.

* In Chapter 187, Todoroki Rei has a flower from her abusive husband in her hospital room that is implied to be proof of his love, alluding to the ending of the Franchise/{{Batman}} comic Mad Love.
* The robot assistants of Recovery Girl bear a striking resemblance to Kelex, Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Kryptonian assistant in the Fortress of Solitude.

* In Chapter 317, the sequence of hero Death Arms retiring after cracking to extreme pressure ends with a panel of him walking away in civilian clothes, strongly reminding the most iconic panel of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in the classic ''[[https://spiderman.fandom.com/wiki/Spider-Man:_No_More!_(Earth-616_storyline) Spider-Man: No More!]]'' storyline.

* The Chapter 120 reveal of the second popularity contest results includes full illustrations of two characters who aren't even from Jump - those being VideoGame/MegaManX and [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]]. Because two readers voted for them for some reason.

* Shoji's Ultimate Move is named "Octo-Spansion", which has a similar name to the "Octo Expansion" DLC from ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''.

* During the car crash during Chapter 160, Spinner yells out "'''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto!'''" (At least in the English version).

* Another Spider-Man refrence appears at the end of Chapter 340, when Shinso makes iconic pose hanging from above upside down using his scarf.

* All Might's latest appearance in chapter 396 is a shout out to ''Film/IronMan2'', given his appearance and TransformationSequence. That the suit is made by Melissa [[Characters/MCUSHIELD Shield]] doesn't hurt either.

* When Present Mic is going over the rules of the Mock City entrance exam, he uses silhouettes of characters from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' as an example, as seen in the page image. Again, the anime throws this out the window due to copyright, but it replaces it with its own rendition of Present Mic in an {{RPG}} complete with [[UsefulNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures sprites]]. However, that didn't stop [[Creator/KoheiHorikoshi Horikoshi]] from introducing Mirio, whose name is a phonetic homage to "Mario", and whose face resembles Mario's beady-eyed toon appearance from ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.

* After the Paranormal Liberation War arc, the hospital where everyone stays at has staff that are clearly meant to be references to characters from Franchise/SuperMarioBros One of them looks similar to Yoshi, another has a mushroom head like a Toad, and yet another has a similar face to Mario himself.

* Right before she passes out at the end of the entrance exam, Uraraka [[LightNovel/{{Konosuba}} vomits rainbows]].

* The way the Detnerat CEO callously kills his secretary, but evidently both mourns and regrets it is disturbingly similar to when [[spoiler: Thanos kills Gamora to obtain the Soul Stone in ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'']]

* In the ''Vigilante'' spin-off, two of mutated criminals have appearence of [[WesternAnimation/Thomas&Friends famous characters from]] [[WesternAnimation/Chuggington train related cartoons.]]

* In Chapter 371, Shigaraki mentions that he plays ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.