Line #1 ShoutOut/AquaRegia


1	Aqua Regia is full of references and homages as plain AuthorAppeal due the fact that Fluhor is JustForFun/OneOfUs, here's a list:
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4	* Most episodes are named after songs, always rock related, with some exceptions. And to drive the point further they're called [[CallARabbitASmeerp "tracks"]] instead of chapters/episodes:
5	** The first one is "[[Music/JudasPriest Leather Rebel]]", and while it opens with a flashback, subsequently Daniel wakes up with a trippy background, let's say that if Deep Cover played on the background, it wouldn't [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami feel out of place]].
6	** The second episode is called "[[Music/{{Mastodon}} Blood and Thunder]]", also inmediately follows the previous song due the fact these are the lyrics of it:
7	---> "Hero of the night. [[TitleDrop Blood and thunder]] rushing through me."
8	** The third one is called "The girl in a black dress" which is a song by [[UsefulNotes/SynthWave Synthwave icon, Perturbator]].
9	** The fourth one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Hellion]]" and the artwork references the debut album of Music/ThirtySecondsToMars.
10	** The fifth one is called "[[Music/{{INXS}} Suicide Blond]]
11	** The sixth one is called "Unease", but it's not based in any particular song, however it references Music/ThePlasmatics, with a punk rocker being fully nude.
12	** The seventh one is called "[[Music/JudasPriest Out in the cold]]" and the artwork is a reference to Music/LacunaCoil's album "''Karmacode''".
13	** The eight one is called "[[Music/{{Placebo}} Sleeping with ghosts]] and the artwork is drawn in the same [[IncrediblyLamePun spirit]] as the album cover.
14	** The ninth chapter is called "[[Music/CarpenterBrut Le Perv]]"
15	** The tenth one is called "[[Music/AcDc Thunderstruck]]"
16	** The eleventh one is called "[[Music/MyChemicalRomance Demolition Lovers]]"
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19	* A {{Cyberpunk}} with a dictatorship in a ClosedCircle? Manga/{{Akira}} influenced a lot of Cyberpunk works, after all...
20	* One of the stores Daniel passes by is called VideoGame/LaPucelle, which has mannequins posing a la [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's]] characters.
21	* The [[ToBeContinued chained arrow]] that appears at the end of each episode is a HeavyMetal take on the iconic "To be continued" of the Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure franchise.
22	* The [[WordOfGod reasons]] why the characters look and are designed is stated in the [[AllThereInTheManual Bonus Track #1]], for example:
23	** Why does Daniel has a [[RevolversAreJustBetter huge black revolver?]] Well, because of Manga/{{Trigun}}, of course!
24	** Ditto for his X shaped scar,it's explicitly a ShoutOut to Manga/RurouniKenshin
25	* Rouge looks like a [[CompositeCharacter fusion]] between [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki and Ryuko]] with [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Integra Hellsing]] wit.
26	* Anahí's appearance is based on [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Casca]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 Lucía]].
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29	* Daniel's appearance in the flashback, with his spiky blond hair and leather clothing, is based partially in Music/BillyIdol. Fluhor proclaimed himself an unabashed fan.
30	** His more PrettyBoy looks are closer to model, Lucky Blue Smith, on the other hand.
31	* Anahí's surname, is a homage to [[Music/TheCranberries Dolores O'Riordan]].
32	** Her appearance looks an awful lot like a combination between Tina Bell from proto-Grunge band, "Bam Bam", and Fantasy Soul musician, "QUIN".
33	* [[Main/{{Tango}} Julio Sosa]], that's all.
34	* In one of the bonus comics, they mention PunkRock bands such as "Music/BlackFlag", "The Violators", and of course, Music/JudasPriest, which Anahí {{Lampshades}}:
35	---> "If you're gonna flirt with me, using metal as an excuse [[TerriblePickUpLines it's not the best idea]], say you like Black Flag, The Violators, use punk, at least".
36	* Cesar, the cyborg that turns into a monster has an uncanny resemblance to a young [[Music/{{KoRn}} Jonathan Davis]] with the dreads and 90s PermaStubble.
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39	* In the old afterwords, Fluhor stated that his main inspirations were ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
40	* Episode three has a quote based one:
41	---> "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Kept you waiting]], huh?"
42	** Which is parodied in the Bonus Track, having him cosplayed as Solid Snake, except he's called Yarará [[note]] a yarará is the species of a VERY poisonous snake, which is also translated as rattle-SNAKE.[[/note]]
43	* Daniel's katana in the cover have wires and lightning, similar to the High-frequency blades ones from VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance.

Context ShoutOut / AquaRegia