History Recap / VoltronLegendaryDefenderS6E3

** Allura is a mystical [[ArcherArchetype archer]].

** To avoid falling into a spike pit, Hunk casts a spell that summons small chicken-like creatures that the team uses to glide to safety, much like the Cuccos from the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' series.

During a lull in the conflict, the team sits down for an Altean TabletopRPG. HilarityEnsues.

** The first shot of Shiro is framed like Aragorn's introduction in ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'', and his backstory is pretty much that of Ryu from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter''.

* MagicAmpersand: "Monsters & Mana", an obvious D&D clone.

** The Rulebook for Mages and Mana looks like the 3rd Edition TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons rulebook

* CombatMedic: Allura's archer character fires healing arrows in addition to normal combat ones.

%%* MangaMeat: The Health Plate that Pidge orders for hunk is depicted as a brown tube with two cartoony bones poking out the sides.

** The first shot of Shiro is framed like Aragorn's introduction in Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing, and his backstory is pretty much that of Ryu from VideoGame/StreetFighter
** Hunk [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim takes an arrow to the knee]]

** In ''Anime/GoLion'', Takashi Shirogane had an identical twin brother named Ryou who served as a BackupTwin after Takashi died. Here, Shiro creates a BackupTwin named Jiro for his character after he dies in the game.

** The designs for Hunk and Allura were inspired by Etoh and Deedlit from Anime/RecordOfLodossWar

* {{Kitsune}}: One of the types of monster shown living in Carthian's Lair is a dark humanoid fox with multiple tails for hair. One of the monsters the team is shown fighting is a nine-tailed humanoid fox with the ability to cast illusions.

* {{Adorkable}}: Shiro, of all people, shows a surprising amount of this during the game. He gets ''very'' into his character, coming up with an elaborate backstory that Pidge and Hunk find boring, insisting that his class should be a Paladin (even though Coran points out that he's already a Paladin in real life and he could be anything else if he wanted), creates a BackupTwin as soon as his character dies, and gets excited about how the game itself is a great team-building exercise.

** The spell that turns Pidge giant is apparently called [[ComicBook/MissMarvel "Embiggen!"]]

** Lance is a {{Thief}}.

* MagicStaff: Hunk's weapon.

* BackupTwin: Parodied. When Shiro's character died, he immediately created a new character with the exact same backstory, only as his twin brother, Gyro.

* LargeHam: Shiro when he comes back as his [[BackupTwin twin brother]], Gyro.

** In ''Anime/GoLion'', Takashi Shirogane had an identical twin brother named Ryou who served as a BackupTwin after Takashi died. Here, Shiro creates a BackupTwin for his character after he dies in the game named Gyro.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: When Shiro returns as his "twin brother 'Gyro'", Pidge just gives an annoyed AsideGlance and asks "A paladin ''again''?".

* ScaledUp: Coran's character turns into a giant dragon after he is seemingly defeated by a giant Pidge.