History ShoutOut / PlaystationAllstarsBattleRoyale

* '''[[spoiler:Polygon Man]]''''s introductory quotes are taken from the written advertisements he was featured in. He also says YouAreNotReady, which was a slogan used for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

-->"''You might want to think twice about your plans, master thief, these [[VideoGame/TombRaider tombs have already been raided]] plenty enough thank you.''"

** He dresses up as Sofie the Sackgirl from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'' using his PreOrderBonus outfit. He gets his Skeleton skin from the first ''[=LittleBigPlanet=]'' as his alternate costume.

* The Hades stage features the god getting felled by [[VideoGame/Patapon Patapons]] after a certain point.

* '''Dante''''s first stage entrance has him striking the pose from the ''DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' box art.

** In Jak's rival cutscene Clank is quite hurt at being called a "sidekick" as he was when Dr. Nefarious made the same accusation in ''A Crack in Time''.

* '''Dante''''s first stage entrance has him striking the pose from the ''Devil May Cry 3'' box art.

** Many of his quotes are taken word for word from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'', most of them directed at Nero.

* '''Toro''''s three different "stances" are based around ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'', ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.

** The story has the pair searching for Gold Bolts to pay for their [[SpaceX Space]][[{{Creator/Netflix}} flix]] subscription. Ratchet meanwhile would rather go home to watch [[PimpMyRide Trick Out My Dropship]].

** Also in their story mode, Ratchet wants Clank to keep their Spaceflix queue updated, [[TakeThat so that he doesn't have to sit through another episode of]] [[JonAndKatePlusEight Horgspleen Plus Thirteen.]]

* '''Zeus''''s Down+Circle summons a lightning bolt from the top of the screen down to him, hitting all above him. Looks like even the mightiest gods take lessons from the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros smallest]] [[{{Pokemon}} mice]].

** His unlockable outfit is his armor from ''[=GoW=]: Ascension''. His DLC outfit is Young Zeus as seen in '[='GoW2=]''.

** His level 3 has him cut down enemies who are hiding inside cardboard boxes, a reference to the series' primary hero Solid Snake. Boxes that do not contain enemies are filled with watermelons; this is a reference to watermelons being used as dummies for demos of VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance and a tactic Snake used to distract a Gekko in MetalGearSolid4.

** In Jak's rival cutscene Clank is quite hurt at being called a "sidekick" as he was when Dr. Nefarious made the same accusation in A Crack in Time.

** He gets his tetrafiber armor from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'' as a PreOrderBonus. His alternate costume is the Holofiber armor from ''A Crack In Time''.

** He dresses up as Sofie the Sackgirl from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'' using his PreOrderBonus outfit. He gets his Skeleton skin from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' as his alternate costume.

** His PreOrderBonus costume dresses in his archer costume from the Medieval England period seen in upcoming (as of the reveal) ''Thieves in Time''. His alternate outfit is another costume from Sly 4, the Arabian Disguise. His additional DLC costume is his Jailbird costume, also from ''Thieves in Time''.

* In Stowaways, a blimp owned by the Vox Populi is in battle with Songbird, reminiscent of [[spoiler:''Infinite's'' final battle.]]

* '''Heihachi''''s play-style is accurately derived from his moveset in ''{{Tekken}}'', including the Spinning Demon, Electric Wind God Fist, Hell Axle, Flash Punch Combo and Stonehead. They even went so far as to make the Shadowstep (an evasive move popular with good Heihachi-players) into his back-ward dodge.

* '''Isaac''''s Level 3 super appears to take more than a few cues from ''{{Asteroids}}'', and other such games.

* '''[[spoiler:Polygon Man]]''''s introductory quotes are taken from the written advertisements he was featured in. He also says YouAreNotReady, which was a slogan used for the original PlayStation.

* '''Zeus''''s Down+Circle summons a lightning bolt from the top of the screen down to him, hitting all above him. Looks like even the mightiest gods take lessons from the [[SuperSmashBros smallest]] [[{{Pokemon}} mice]].

** One of Zeus's taunts has him [[PowerFloats float in the air]] while doing an EvilLaugh. [[Characters/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] has a very similar looking taunt in SuperSmashBrosBrawl.

** His PreOrderBonus costume is based on his [[http://images.wikia.com/twistedmetal/images/f/f1/SweetToothDisciple.jpg outcast skin]] from ''{{Starhawk}}'', which is itself a PreOrderBonus for pre-ordering ''Twisted Metal'' (2012). His unlockable costume is his attire from ''Twisted Metal 3''.