History ShoutOut / BlazBlue

** [[Musical/{{Oliver}} Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?]]

* Kokonoe does her own spin on [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard's Buster Wolf]] with her Assault: Broken Bunker Version 2.21 special move--complete with exploding [[PowerFist mechanized gauntlets]]. While Unlimited Kokonoe has Geese Howard's Thunder Break and [[MeltyBlood Sion Eltnam Atlasia's Barrel Replica]] for a good measure.

* The Hunter’s Eye lets him see a person’s remaining life force as a number just like [[DeathNote the Shinigami Eyes]].

* Her defeated pose where she's prone to the ground not giving a damn is one across Arcsys-made games, dating back to [[GuiltyGear Slayer's]] own pose. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVjBVYpU4AAm4fT.jpg See here.]]

* The demon she summons, Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, looks like a fusion of Asterius from Persona4Arena and [[spoiler:[[NamesTheSame Hinokagutsuchi]]]] from Persona4ArenaUltimax.

* Kagura: [[TheLastBlade Moriya Minakata]], Kliff Undersn, Eikichi Mishina, Terumi

* Her move names have ShoutOutThemeNaming to various MagicalGirl anime. Including, but not limited to [[SallyTheWitch Dream Sally]], [[Anime/MagicalAngelCreamyMami Mami Circular]] and [[Franchise/PrettyCure Cure Dot Typhoon]].

** Not to mention that his Japanese VA also voiced Walter C. Dornez

* His Astral Finish is basically Strider Hiryu's Ragnarok

---> "[[Film/ANewHope I sense something; a presence I've not felt since...]]"

* In her CT gag reel she's forced to dress as [[GuiltyGear both a Jellyfish Pirate and later Valentine's outfit.]]

* In ''Central Fiction'' he becomes an expy of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/XBlaze Es]]. Specifically Es from the ending of ''Code Embryo''. Both have to remove themselves from the world because their existence distorts the world. They also erase everyone's memories of them but a LoveInterest is [[WistfulAmnesia somehow able to vaguely recall them]] and vows to reunite with them.]]

** There's a throwaway plot comparison to ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' by Noel and Rachel. Sena even {{lampshades}} it.

** WordOfGod also says that he was inspired by Heine from the manga ''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'', with additional inspiration from [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]].

* Jin: Touya Kagari, Ky Kiske (again), [[ToukenRanbu Uguisumaru]][[note]][[ActorAllusion Both are voiced by]] TetsuyaKakihara[[/note]], Ragna

* Litchi: Soichiro Unomaru, Venom, [[KonoSubarashiiSekaiNiShukufukuO Aqua]], Taokaka

* Nu: Es, Elphelt Valentine (In her original look), [[MobileSuitGundamZZ Qubeley Mk-II Unit 2]], Mu
* Lambda: Es-N, Elphelt Valentine (Sign version), [[MobileSuitGundamZZ Qubeley Mk-II Unit 1]], Kokonoe
* Tsubaki: Kuon Glamred Stroheim, Millia Rage (Xrd version), [[FateGrandOrder Oda Nobunaga]], Makoto
* Hazama: Ripper, Axl Low, [[OsomatsuSan Matsuno Osomatsu]], Relius
* Mu: Es, Ramlethal Valentine, [[MobileSuitZetaGundam Qubeley]], Nu

* Terumi: Kiri, Zato-1, [[SeventhDragon Psychic]], Valkenhayn

* Celica: Imouto (with Minerva as Watashi), Ramlethal Valentine, [[ValkyrieDriveMermaid Mamori Tokonome (with Minerva as Mirei Shikishima)]], Nine

* Naoto: Sechs, Sin Kiske, [[BloodBlockadeBattlefront Zapp Renfro]], Es

* Susano'o: Brain Cat, Kum Haehyun, [[MyHeroAcademia All Might]], Hakumen

** Arakune's backstory brings Zato-1 to mind. Gameplay-wise, he takes a lot of inspiration from Zappa.

*** In the case of Gin, Hazama even shares his haircut, closed-eyes and eventually the same [[Creator/DougErholtz English voice actor]].
* The [[EyesAlwaysShut obvious]] [[CheshireCatGrin similarities]] to [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gin Ichimaru]]. Right down to the same [[Creator/DougErholtz English voice actor]].

* Unlimited Celica in ''CPEX'' has new [=DDs=] borrowed from ''MarvelVsCapcom3'': Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave and Spider-Man's Maximum Spider.

** Judging by his stance and playstyle, he references [[TheKingOfFighters Kyo Kusanagi]]'s multiple "Rekka" specials, with a bit of [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard and Rock Howard]]'s attacks. He also has [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]]'s [[{{Shoryuken}} Volcanic Viper]], and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil]]'s double anti-air rising roundhouse kicks. Even his stance is similar to Rock's.

* Platinum's ''Chronophantasma Extend'' Gag Reel has Noel, Lambda and Nu as thief sisters in an obvious parody of ''Manga/CatsEye'', which is even more obvious with the name Blue Eye, which is LostInTranslation when the localization decided to make the name plural.[[note]]The Cat's Eye trio are believed by the police and public to be a single thief.[[/note]] Noel is Hitomi the second daughter, Lambda is Rui the first daughter, and Nu is Ai the third daughter. And guess who the policeman and Noel/Hitomi's boyfriend is. It's Ragna/Toshio. And like the Kisugi run a café, the Murakumo Unit sisters run a restaurant.

* Platinum's Gag Reel (a parody of the MagicalGirl genre) has the following references:

---> "[[StarWars I sense something; a presence I've not felt since...]]"

* Another StarWars reference: in Noel's CS story mode, he orders her to "StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred!"

* A StarWars shout-out occurs later in the second game during Rachel's joke ending. Kokonoe's description of Bang's reaction to [[spoiler: Litchi declaring her love for Ragna]] is "as if millions of voices cried out in anguish, and were suddenly silenced."

* Unlimited Bullet receives Pressure Buster, a Distortion Drive that combines Rugal's Gigantic Pressure and Terry's Buster Wolf, both from ''KingOfFighters''. As well as Matchlock Dive, a reference to C. Viper's Burning Dance in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.

** Personality-wise, Ragna is very much like Sol. Ironically, TomokazuSugita voices That Man, Sol's ArchEnemy.

* Ragna: Sechs[[note]][[ActorAllusion Both are voiced by]] TomokazuSugita[[/note]], Sol Badguy (again), [[{{Anime/K}} Reisi Munakata]], Jin

* Kagura: Akira Kamewari, Johnny, [[FullmetalAlchemist Maes Hughes]], Hibiki

* Konoe and Celica's last names continue the Creator/ArcSystemWorks [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear tradition]] of naming characters after [[{{Queen}} Freddy Mercury]].

* During Ragna's story mode, Platinum accuses him of being a paedophile, before calling him 'Aqualung' in reference to the well known Jethro Tull song.