History ShoutOut / HikariSentaiMaskman

''Maskman'' references mecha anime like ''[[Anime/CombattlerV Choudenji Robo Combattler V]]'', ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' and ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' with its mecha and its key plot elements.[[note]]Ironically, ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' are also [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big hits with Filipinos]] like ''Maskman'' is.[[/note]]

* Princess Iyal getting [[HumanPopsicle encased in ice]] is reminiscent of how Han Solo was also encased in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* The Maskmen's "Turbo Ranger" is seemingly named after the "Bio Turbo" police car of the ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' because it looks like a gigantic flying car the size of an aircraft carrier.

* The Galaxy Robo's visual design is reminiscent of ''Anime/GodMars'' (helmet-like head and boxy body) and, by extension and coincidence, ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots''.

''Maskman'' does homages to mecha anime ''[[Anime/CombattlerV Choudenji Robo Combattler V]]'', ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' and ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' both with its mecha and its key plot elements.[[note]]Ironically, ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' are also [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big hits with Filipinos]] like ''Maskman'' is.[[/note]]

* Takeru being a practitioner of karate and learning the [[LimitBreak God]] [[PowerOfTheGodHand Hand]] move seems like a shout-out to Kazuya Ryūzaki's karate background.

* Takeru being a practitioner of karate and learning the [[LimitBreak God Hand]] move seems like a shout-out to Kazuya Ryuzaki's karate background.

* Titan Boy from the previous series ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' also looks a lot like Galaxy Robo with its football helmet head. They're also both auxiliary robots to the main robots of the sentai team with a truck form.

* Underground Empire Tube is reminiscent of the subterranean society of the [[ServantRace Moloids]] discovered by [[Characters/FantasticFourCentralRoguesGallery Mole Man]] of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' fame.

* Underground Empire Tube is reminiscent of the subterranean society of the Moloids discovered by [[Characters/FantasticFourCentralRoguesGallery Mole Man]] of ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' fame.

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* Oyobu's design is a shout-out to Franchise/TheFlash. He also sort of has Flash's SuperSpeed when running.

* Thief Knight Kiros's own hidden agenda to [[DragonsPreferPrincesses claim Princess Iyal as his own]] is reminiscent of Prince Sincline's obsession with Princess Fala in ''Anime/GoLion''.

* Princess Iyal getting [[HumanPopsicle encased in ice]] is reminiscent of how Han Solo was also [[SuspendedAnimation encased in carbonite]] in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* The Masky Fighter piloted by Red Mask looks a lot like the Volt Cruiser piloted by Ken'ichi Gou.

* Black Mask's Masky Rod, a [[StockWushuWeapons multi-section staff]], looks a lot like Daimos's [[MartialArtsStaff Sanryuu Kon]].
* Blue Mask's [[DualWielding Masky Tonfas]] look a lot like Daimos's Battle Break.

* Princess Iyal getting encased in ice is reminiscent of how Han Solo was also encased in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* Princess Iyal getting encased in ice is reminiscent of how Han Solo was in encased in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* Princess Iyal getting encased in ice or suspended animation is reminiscent of how Han Solo was in encased in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* Princess Iyal getting encased in ice is suspended animation is reminiscent of how Han Solo was in encased in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* Blue Mask's [[DualWielding Masky Tonfas]] look a lot like Daimos's Battle Break.

* Meanwhile, Commander Baraba is similarly named as Barubasu/Balbas from ''Daimos''. They both wear black lipstick and fulfill the same role in the story as TheBrute and TheDragon.

''Maskman'' homages mecha anime ''[[Anime/CombattlerV Choudenji Robo Combattler V]]'', ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' and ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' both with Maskman's mecha and its key plot elements.[[note]]Ironically, ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' are also [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big hits with Filipinos]] like ''Maskman'' is.[[/note]]

* Black Mask's Masky Rod, a [[StockWushuWeapons multi-section staff]], looks a lot like Daimos's Sanryuu Kon.

* Yellow Mask's Masky Rotor acts as both a heavy-projectile top and an entangling yoyo. This naturally references both Combattler's Choudenji Yoyo and Voltes's Choudenji Goma.

** The [[RammingAlwaysWorks Grand Dasher special move]] of ''Combattler V''.

* Outside the ''Robot Romance Trilogy'' shout-outs, Prince Igam [[spoiler:being played by a woman and eventually revealed to be biologically a woman]] is also a borrowed aspect from another 80's mecha anime ''Anime/GodSigma'', in particular the antagonistic noble general Teral who is [[spoiler:a woman posing as a man and voiced by a female actress]].