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* General Steel recalls General Ross from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''.

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* General Steel recalls General Ross from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''.''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008''.
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* Solomon's full name is [[spoiler: SolomonKane.]]

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* Solomon's full name is [[spoiler: SolomonKane.Literature/SolomonKane.]]
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* The concept of TransformationTrinket's as watches seems to be directly based on Series/BenTen.

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* The concept of TransformationTrinket's as watches seems to be directly based on Series/BenTen.the Omnitrix from WesternAnimation/BenTen.
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* [[Film/ScaryMovie "WHAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!?"]]

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* [[Film/ScaryMovie [[Advertising/{{Wazzup}} "WHAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!?"]]
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* The soldier General Steel sends in to spy on the trio looks like an older [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] -- albeit after spending a few years trapped in a gym.

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* The soldier General Steel sends in to spy on the trio looks like an older [[Franchise/ArchieComics [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] -- albeit after spending a few years trapped in a gym.
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* The White Dragon's crew all drive popular LawyerFriendlyCameo versions of popular tuner cars such as the Nissan 350z, Nissan Skyline, Toyota Supra, Subaru Impreza WRX STI, and a Ford Focus.
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* Speaking of Zeta Gundam, young Lance in both the academy and before looked an awful lot like Kamille Bidan

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* Speaking of Zeta Gundam, young Lance in both the academy and before looked an awful lot like greatly resembles Kamille Bidan

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* Speaking of Gundam, young Lance in both the academy and before greatly resembles another mecha protagonist with a massive chip on his shoulder


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* During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. [[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]]

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* During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. [[spoiler:He's ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''[[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]]]]
*Speaking of Gundam, young Lance in both the academy and before greatly resembles another mecha protagonist with a massive chip on his shoulder
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* When Xishi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]].

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* When Xishi Xeexi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]].



** Eerily, the farm house and it's surroundings seem to be completely abandoned and decaying.

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** Eerily, the farm house and it's its surroundings seem to be completely abandoned and decaying.



* Galaluna and the Mutraddi beasts recalls similar concepts from ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. As does Lance and the Princess.

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* Galaluna and the Mutraddi beasts recalls recall similar concepts from ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. As does do Lance and the Princess.
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* The Galatic Guardians are one big one to 70's anime superheroes and tokusatsu like ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and KamenRider (albeit more as the bad guy organizations than anything).

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* The Galatic Guardians are one big one to 70's anime superheroes and tokusatsu like ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and KamenRider ''Franchise/KamenRider'' (albeit more as the bad guy organizations than anything).
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* The opening of the Rift Gate looks strangely like one of the later openings for {{Toonami}}.

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* The opening of the Rift Gate looks strangely like one of the later openings for {{Toonami}}.Creator/{{Toonami}}.
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* In "The Demon Within", Ilana mentions that the only one of her arranged dates on Galaluna she was actually interested in was "Prince Simon of Duran," a reference to [[DuranDuran Simon LeBon]].

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* In "The Demon Within", Ilana mentions that the only one of her arranged dates on Galaluna she was actually interested in was "Prince Simon of Duran," a reference to [[DuranDuran [[Music/DuranDuran Simon LeBon]].
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* The sequence with a town of mysteriously paralyzed people in "I Am Octus" resembles one from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned''.

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* The sequence with a town of mysteriously paralyzed people in "I Am Octus" resembles one from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned''.''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960''.
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* Baron's aristocratic name, long nose, and hairstyle marks him as a younger counterpart to OsamuTezuka's character Duke Red.

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* Baron's aristocratic name, long nose, and hairstyle marks him as a younger counterpart to OsamuTezuka's Creator/OsamuTezuka's character Duke Red.
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** On the subject of ''{{Gatchaman}}'', Lance can be considered an expy of Joe Asakura, and his father is a dead ringer for Dr. Nambu.

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** On the subject of ''{{Gatchaman}}'', ''Gatchaman'', Lance can be considered an expy of Joe Asakura, and his father is a dead ringer for Dr. Nambu.
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** And if you look closer, there's a [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross jet with legs]] as well.

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** And if you look closer, there's a [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross jet with legs]] as well.
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** On the subject of ''{{Gatchaman}}'', Lance can be considered an expy of Joe Asakura, and his father is a dead ringer for Dr. Nambu.

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* Scary Mary's last name is Cavanaugh, a reference to Christine Cavanaugh, the original voice of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], who retired from voice-acting in the early 2000s and became very reclusive ever since. Scary Mary's appearance seems a visual shout out to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley]].

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* Scary Mary's last name is Cavanaugh, a reference to Christine Cavanaugh, the original voice of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], who retired from voice-acting in the early 2000s and became very reclusive ever since. Scary Mary's appearance seems a visual shout out to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley]]. Dinkley]].
** Her first name might also be a reference to Mary Kay Bergman, a voice actress who passed away in 1999, and played [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]] for a while.
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* TheSpirit appears on a subway train in "I am Octus".

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* TheSpirit ComicBook/TheSpirit appears on a subway train in "I am Octus".
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* G3's standard soldiers' outfits look a lot like those worn by [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Red Impulse]], although the helmets are reminiscent of [[ChouDenshiBioman Bioman's]].

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* G3's standard soldiers' outfits look a lot like those worn by [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Red Impulse]], although the helmets are reminiscent of [[ChouDenshiBioman [[Series/ChoudenshiBioman Bioman's]].
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** Eerily, the farm house and it's surroundings seem to be completely abandoned and decaying.
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* During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in MobileSuitGundam. [[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]]

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* During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in MobileSuitGundam.''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. [[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]]



* The G3 interrogator looks an awful lot like Bask Ohm from MobileSuitZetaGundam.

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* The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And [[WillFriedle Ron Stoppable]] voicing their mascot helps.

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* The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And [[WillFriedle [[Creator/WillFriedle Ron Stoppable]] voicing their mascot helps.
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* Newton holding the boombox over his head (albeit playing ads) is a shout out to the romantic gesture from ''Film/SayAnything''.

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* Newton holding the boombox over his head (albeit playing ads) is a shout out to was obviously inspired by the romantic gesture from ''Film/SayAnything''.''Film/SayAnything'', although he seems to be ComicallyMissingThePoint, given that he's playing commercials instead of a love song.

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* When Xishi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]].

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* The first fight scene. The army's firepower does nothing to the monster, and then its first attack knocks the Titan flat on its arse against a building. Shades of Shinji's first fight in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* When Xishi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[NeonGenesisEvangelion [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]].



* The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And WillFriedle voicing their mascot helps.

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* The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And WillFriedle [[WillFriedle Ron Stoppable]] voicing their mascot helps.


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* The monster in "Roar of the White Dragon" looks an awful lot like Clover from ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
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* The series is set in [[Creator/JohnHughes Sherman, Illinois]].
* The Galatic Guardians are one big one to 70's anime superheroes and tokusatsu like ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and KamenRider (albeit more as the bad guy organizations than anything).
* The opening of the Rift Gate looks strangely like one of the later openings for {{Toonami}}.
** [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter Rift Gate]], you say?
* There's a shop in the mall called "[[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Jerk Store]]". (Three of them, if you look closely. Must be a chain.)
* And another one called "Floor Mart".
* And another called "Ugly Baby".
* ''Confrontation'', a political debate show in the vein of ''Crossfire'' and ''Hardball''.
* Ilana's clothes at the end of Episode 4 look a lot like [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley's]] usual outfit.
* When Xishi {{Mind Rape}}s someone, their bodies become more vascular, much like what happened to [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Ayanami Rei]].
* Lance fights [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber]] in a bank in episode 4.
* The White Dragon bears an uncanny resemblance to [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]].
* The episode itself episode seems to have been one huge reference to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious: Tokyo Drift''.
* The AlphaBitch of the cheerleading squad is named [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kimmy]] and some of her fellow cheerleaders look like [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory DeeDee and her friends]]. And WillFriedle voicing their mascot helps.
* Episode 8 bares a number of similarities to ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Orphaned youth with chip on his shoulders; check. Blonde-haired perfectionist with two hench-friends who antagonize the boy; check.
* Baron's aristocratic name, long nose, and hairstyle marks him as a younger counterpart to OsamuTezuka's character Duke Red.
* Episode 8 also had short plump young boy with red hair and big eyeglasses. [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Hmmm]]...
* The farm in "Tashy 497" is the exact same one from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. All that was missing was an old lady yelling at her grumpy husband because of the house blowing up and the man blaming it on a pink poodle.
* The Titan resembles a semitransparent version of Anime/{{Gigantor}}.
* Galaluna and the Mutraddi beasts recalls similar concepts from ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''. As does Lance and the Princess.
* Overall, there's some overlap with ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''.
* General Steel recalls General Ross from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''.
* A popular death-metal band, Alien Death Hammer, in the tenth episode, looks [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} very familiar]].
** Hell, the lead singer sounds like Nathan, and looked like [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend Eddie Riggs]].
* Solomon shares the exact same fashion sense as [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]].
* Solomon's full name is [[spoiler: SolomonKane.]]
* The organization designed to protect Earth from alien invasion is called [[Anime/GaoGaiGar GGG]].
* G3's standard soldiers' outfits look a lot like those worn by [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Red Impulse]], although the helmets are reminiscent of [[ChouDenshiBioman Bioman's]].
* Right before he stretches out his nose, Octus' shifting disguise in episode 11 looks suspiciously like Music/NickCave.
* Those G3 bipedal mechs that appeared near the end of episode 11 bear a striking resemblance to [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Zentraedi battlepods]].
* Scary Mary's last name is Cavanaugh, a reference to Christine Cavanaugh, the original voice of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]], who retired from voice-acting in the early 2000s and became very reclusive ever since. Scary Mary's appearance seems a visual shout out to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley]].
* The Ballad of Scary Mary ended by showing Mary being picked up by [[Series/HappyDays a dude with stylish hair in a leather jacket riding a motorcycle]]
* TheSpirit appears on a subway train in "I am Octus".
* The sequence with a town of mysteriously paralyzed people in "I Am Octus" resembles one from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned''.
* Also in "I Am Octus", you can see the (original) Robot from ''Series/LostInSpace'' in a store window.
** And if you look closer, there's a [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross jet with legs]] as well.
* The soldier General Steel sends in to spy on the trio looks like an older [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] -- albeit after spending a few years trapped in a gym.
* In "Disenfranchised", anyone else notice how Lance looks a bit like [[Series/{{Kikaider}} Jiro]] carrying that guitar case on his back?
* [[Film/ScaryMovie "WHAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!?"]]
* Hobbes from "Escape from Galaluna" looks quite a bit like [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Race Bannon]], don'tcha think?
* The Mutradi invasion fleet seems to be made out of [[Franchise/DeadSpace Planet Crackers]]
* Kristin looks like an older version of [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory The Big-Eyed Girl.]]
* Newton holding the boombox over his head (albeit playing ads) is a shout out to the romantic gesture from ''Film/SayAnything''.
* In the episode "A Family Crisis", the G3 space station looks like it was built to [[Film/{{Sunshine}} reactivate a dying sun]].
* In the episode "A New Beginning", General Steel drives what he calls "THE HAMMER!" and proceeds to beat up a monster while saying "[[Music/MCHammer Can't touch this]]".
* In "The Demon Within", Ilana mentions that the only one of her arranged dates on Galaluna she was actually interested in was "Prince Simon of Duran," a reference to [[DuranDuran Simon LeBon]].
* During the series finale, [[spoiler:after the HMER gets wrecked,]] Steel blasts away at the enemy with an assault rifle in a manner very reminiscent of Dozle Zabi in MobileSuitGundam. [[spoiler:He's lucky enough to not meet quite the same fate, though.]]
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