History ShoutOut / Naruto

** Kiba is themed after canines (dogs in this case).

** Orochimaru has white skin and a reptile/snake motif?
** Let's the BigBad (Nagato) is using multiple bodies (six or seven specifically), with one of them (Ashura Path) having mechanical parts? Who is he, Meta-Cooler?

* The Four Tailed Beast is one big reference to Manga/DragonBall. Its design is partially based off of the Oozaru, the host's name is Roshi and its number of tails is the same as Goku's favorite Dragonball. Its horns are also apparently modelled after the diadem worn by Sun Wukong from ''JourneyToTheWest'', who is himself one of the original inspirations for Goku. And the four tailed beast's proper name is [[NamesTheSame SON GOKU]]!!!!!!

* The 10-Tails' crossing of the BishounenLine, its massive form being sucked inward into itself to take the size & shape of a human, brings to mind Janemba's transformation in Anime/DragonBallZ Movie 12.

* Sasuke's plan for world peace is [[spoiler:[[CodeGeass the Zero Requiem.]]]]

* Three panels from the end of the series, a statue of Naruto has the [[Manga/OnePiece Straw Hats' flag]] painted on it as a prank.

* Three panels from the end of the series, a statue of Naruto has the [[OnePiece Straw Hats' flag]] painted on it as a prank.

* The real names of the Kyuubi and the Four Tails: [[spoiler:[[Manga/YuYuHakusho Kurama]]]] and [[spoiler:[[JourneyToTheWest Son]][[Manga/DragonBall Goku]]]].

** And speaking of star wars, after receiving the powers of the Six paths, Naruto and Sasuke confront Madara, who starts his attack on them with a jutsu almost identical to Force Lightning.

* The Infinite Tsukuyomi is actually a big freaking [[TheMatrix Matrix]]

* The Infinite Tsukuyomi turns out to be Naruto's own freaking [[TheMatrix Matrix]]

Plenty.

* The 10-Tails' crossing of the BishounenLine, its massive form being sucked inward into itself to take the size & shape of a human, brings to mind Janemba's transformation in DragonBallZ Movie 12.

* The 10-Tails' crossing of the BishounenLine, its massive form being sucked inward into itself to take the size & shape of a human, brings to mind Janemba's transformation in DragonBalZ Movie 12.

* Kisame, a ninja associated with sharks, summons a giant ninja shark thing. [[{{Jaws}} Guy defeats it by essentially setting off a pressurized air explosion in the mouth]].

** The Hokage Mountain evokes Mt. Rushmore, with faces of the four Hokages carved on it. Tsunade's face is added during the TimeSkip.
** The Third Hokage summoning Monkey King Enma and wieding a magic staff refer to JourneyToTheWest.
** "Ino Shika Cho" is a reference to a high-ranking hand in the card game ''Hanafuda''.
** The Valley of the End is similar to [[Film/LordOfTheRings the Argonath]].
** The anime has used StarWars stock sounds, such as the lightsaber humming and TIE Fighter laser sounds.
** In the HighSchoolAU OVA, Naruto uses "attack yo-yos" to beat up on a gangster. A technique used by [[Anime/YuGiOh "mutts..."]] Sakura even says "Haven't I seen this before?" It's worth noting that in all the urban fantasy and slice of life Jump series [[CelebrityParadox Shonen Jump itself exists.]] Therefore, it's quite reasonable that she would have read Yu-Gi-Oh in said AU.
** [[FanNickname Kabutomaru]] wears a black hood with white eye-like markings similar to fellow snake-themed baddie [[Manga/SoulEater Medusa]].
** The arrival at and the look of the island where Killer Bee and Naruto meet is reminiscent of the island from ''Film/KingKong''. The giant gorilla that the team meets is called "King-chan", it doesn't get more obvious than that.
** Kushina's red hair and grey eyes may be a homage to Anne Shirley of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' fame who also has the same eye and hair color. The books are part of the school curiculum and quite popular in Japan.
** Kisame, a ninja associated with sharks, summons a giant ninja shark thing. [[{{Jaws}} Guy defeats it by essentially setting off a pressurized air explosion in the mouth]].
** The Sage of six paths and the form Naruto Takes after absorbing all of the Kyuubi's chakra is definitely similar looking to the oni warriors of {{Onimusha}} fame, Soki in particular
** When Naruto [[spoiler:fails at turning into the Kyuubi after taming it]], he actually transforms into the chibi-kyuubi design from the pilot, which was originally supposed to be his true form.
** The real names of the Kyuubi and the Four Tails: [[spoiler:[[Manga/YuYuHakusho Kurama]]]] and [[spoiler:[[JourneyToTheWest Son]][[Manga/DragonBall Goku]]]].
** The Four Tailed Beast is one big reference to Manga/DragonBall. Its design is partially based off of the Oozaru, the host's name is Roshi and its number of tails is the same as Goku's favorite Dragonball. Its horns are also apparently modelled after the diadem worn by Sun Wukong from ''JourneyToTheWest'', who is himself one of the original inspirations for Goku. And the four tailed beast's proper name is [[NamesTheSame SON GOKU]]!!!!!!
** According to Kakashi, the Kyuubi's [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority red chakra]] makes his techniques [[MobileSuitGundam three times as powerful.]]
** when we finally see the flashback fight between Madara and Hashirama, Hasirama summons something that might seem a bit...[[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Familiar]].