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** One of the selectable Taunts she can use during fights is called "Ready For This Jelly[?]", which is part of the lyrics to [[DestinysChild Destiny's Child's]] song "Bootylicious". Double points in that the Taunt involved Fat Princess shaking her butt at the opponents.

** His PreOrderBonus costume sees him don his skull suit from ''[[MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]]''. His Alternate is the look he sports at the beginning of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]]''.

** His second victory pose has him twirl around Ebony and Ivory, similar to how the previous Dante would in his MarvelVsCapcom3 victory pose; itself based on the same pose Old Dante would strike in ''Dante's Awakening.''

** His PreOrderBonus outfit is his alternate astronaut outfit from ''Um Jammer Lammy''. His Funky Gi alternate came from an episode of the anime, as did his Prom King DLC outfit.

** His Oni Toro form has a Mochi based [[KamehameHadouken Hadouken]] and [[KingOfFighters Oniyaki]]

** His intro in the E3 trailer is a CallBack to the covers of ''{{Killzone}}''.

* The Power Meter from HotShotsGolf shows up when the golfers are about to take their swing in the Sandover Village/19th Hole stage, also serving to warn the players to dodge the oncoming hail of golf balls.

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

** 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 other DLC costume is the Wrestler, also from [=LittleBigPlanet=] 2.

** Many of [=PaRappa=]'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ETqdrkgLo&feature=relmfu voice clips]] call back to stages from [[PaRappaTheRapper his series.]]

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

* '''Sackboy''''s arcade-mode intro [[CallBack calls back]] to his battle with Negativitron at the end of ''LittleBigPlanet 2''.
** When Sackboy activates his Level 2 or 3, occasionally StephenFry will have something to say.
** He dresses up as Sofie the Sackgirl from ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' using his PreOrderBonus outfit. He gets his Skeleton skin from ''LittleBigPlanet'' as his alternate costume.

** 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 MetalGearRisingRevengeance and a tactic Snake used to distract a Gekko in MetalGearSolid4.

** Her PreOrderBonus costume takes inspiration from the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEbMK6A6pHk Fat Roles]] expansion pack, which adds {{Pirate}}s, {{Ninja}}s and [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]]. The Princess herself apparently likes pirates.

*** It should be noted that [=SuperBot=] lead designer Omar Kendall is a mondo Tekken-fan. [[note]]his main is Ling Xiaoyu[[/note]] The amount of dedication shown to Heihachi's easter eggs shouldn't be surprising.

** His PreOrderBonus casts him as his brother [[http://godofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Deimos Deimos]]. His alternate costume gives him his Morpheus armor from ''God of War III''.

** His PreOrderBonus outfit is his alternate astronaut outfit from ''Um Jammer Lammy''. His Funky Gi alternate came from an episode of the anime.

** His PreOrderBonus costume sees him don his skull suit from ''[[MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Sons of Liberty]]''. His Alternate is the looks he gets at the beginning of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]]''.

** 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 unlockable outfit is his armor from ''GOW: Ascension''. His DLC outfit is Young Zeus.

* '''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.

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

* '''Sir Daniel''' receives his Super Gold Armor from ''VideoGame/MediEvil2'' as a PreOrderBonus. His alternate outfit is the Dragon Costume from MediEvil 1.

** One of his alternate colors causes him to resemble Grey Fox.

-->"''Hello human friends how are you[...] Sorry, but you just don't stand a chance''." (said in ''Ape Escape 2'')

-->"''Hello human friends how are you[...] Sorry, but you just don't stand a chance''." (said in ''Ape Escape 3'')

* '''Sir Daniel''' receives his Super Gold Armor from ''MediEvil2'' as a PreOrderBonus. His alternate outfit is the Dragon Costume from MediEvil 1.

** 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 MetalGearRisingRevengeance and a tactic Sn

ake used to distract a Gekko in MetalGearSolid4.

** When activating Flood, Andrew Ryan spouts a line he had previously said in the first game.

** One of the selectable Taunts she can use during fights is called "Ready For This Jelly[?]", which is part of the lyrics to [[DestinysChild Destiny's Child's]] song "Bootylicious". Double points in that the Taunt involved Fat Princess shaking her butt at the opponents.

** 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 MetalGearRisingRevengeance and a tactic Snake used to distract a Gekko in MetalGearSolid4.

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

** His level 2 super is a homage to the final boss battle of the very first Sly game.

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

-->"''What a punk''" [[note]]referring to to Nero[[/note]]

** One of his kill quotes ("Adios kid!") is taken word for word from DevilMayCry 4.

* '''Kat''''s unlockable outfit is her Military Uniform from ''Gravity Rush'''s DLC. Her DLC outfit is her SpyCatsuit also from 'Gravity Rush'''s DLC.