Line #57 ShoutOut/BlueArchive


1	''VideoGame/BlueArchive'' is a game about youth, and what kind of youth these days doesn't know about [[ReferenceOverdosed memes and references]]?
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3	* In the story, two students say "We will never be slaves" or something like that. In the Korean version, it is a clear reference to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
4	** In Episode 8 of ''A Revolutionary Ivan Kupala'' event, Minori says this line too.
5	** In Episode 4 of ''The Clumsy Sister and the Magician of the Old Library'' event, Natsu also says this line.
6	* In the last episode of [=V3C2=], upon seeing some rain clouds, Hiyori complains about them because "It's wet and cold and irritating... and it gets everywhere." [[Franchise/StarWars just like sand does]].
7	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
8	** In [=V4C1=] Episode 8, Saki mentions "some legendary agent who would hide under boxes and barrels to pull off impossible infiltration missions.", someone you would see in action in the games.
9	** Yuzu's Maid alternate outfit clearly references the video game series with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX Skill, which also has the interface of the original game, outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.
10	** In [=V4C2=] Episode 22, Otogi greets Yukino with "Kept you waiting, huh?" Pretty fitting, seeing as a spec ops squad taking on spec ops-turned-terrorists to stop a warhead from detonating sounds straight out of ''Metal Gear''.
11	* The end of the Foreclosure Task Force Group Story is a ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' parody.
12	* The Public Safety Bureau's Group Story is titled ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''.
13	* Kaede plays a card game called Mushiqueen, a parody of both ''VideoGame/KouchuuOujaMushiking'' and ''Franchise/YuGiOh''.
14	* In the intro of the ''Get Set, Go!'' event, Hanako suddenly spits obscene words on the podium. Her latest lines came from ''Kamille's Mental Collapse Series'' (''カミーユ精神崩壊シリーズ''), Japanese fan-made ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' videos.
15	* In the ''Operational Plan: Nisir's Summit'' event, you can shout "Go, Infinite Sushi Squad: Kaiten FX Mk.∞!" before Kaitengers' battle against Perorodzilla. But there are two other choices; "Krak! Krak! Kraken!" and "Kela! Kela! Okelampa!" They are references to villains that appear in the ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' and the ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', respectively, and both can [[MakeMyMonsterGrow make other villains grow]].
16	* In ''The Red Winter Tour Log'' Group Story, Makoto [[IRegretNothing boasts she has no regrets]], and Cherino gifts her a statue of Makoto that raises its right arm. It is a reference to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
17	* In the Japanese version, Pina's Exclusive Weapon is named "Gunfight Without Honor and Humanity" (''仁義なき撃ち合い''). This is a reference to a Japanese movie series, ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' (''仁義なき戦い''), which features lots of ''yakuza''.
18	* Shigure's [=MomoTalk=] bio is "Mix a drink and change your life!", a near one-for-one reference to "Time to mix drinks and change lives", Jill's CharacterCatchphrase from ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA''.
19	* When you pick up Michiru in the unit formation screen, Michiru says "Domo, Sensei=dono. My name is Michiru" (''ドーモ、センセイ＝ドノ、ミチルです''). It is a reference to ''Literature/NinjaSlayer''.
20	* In the Café, Hibiki quotes Dr. Nitro of ''Anime/MontanaJones''' and denies that quote.
21	--> '''Hibiki:''' What if I had more time and a bigger budget...? No, that's just an amateur's excuse.
22	* Some of Kirino's relationship story titles are references to police fiction:
23	** "Relaxed Shakedown", a parody of the Japanese police drama ''Series/BaysideShakedown''.
24	** "Gunfire and Zirconia", to Japanese video game ''VideoGame/JuuseiToDiamond'' (''銃声とダイヤモンド'', "Diamond and the Sound of a Gunshot").
25	** In the Korean version, her fourth Relationship Story is titled "Cop at Kindergarten", similar to ''Man at Kindergarten'', the localized title of ''Film/KindergartenCop''.
26	* In Suzumi's third Relationship Story, she subdues some hoodlums and forced them to [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment listen to]] [[Music/JustinBieber Austin Dieber's]] "Baby" on repeat.
27	* Maki's second relationship episode sees her hacking and installing ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} BOOM]]'' on electronics, a video game about a character named BOOM Guy taking on aliens with a shotgun.
28	* Konoe Mina herself is a parody of Main/HeroicBloodshed.
29	** Whenever she uses her EX Skill, she burns a meal ticket the same way Creator/ChowYunFat burns a bill in ''Film/ABetterTomorrow''.
30	** In her first relationship story, she tries to call Sensei by various names. Most of them are already being used in other Main/GachaGames.
31	** In the second relationship story, she mentions a movie in which the protagonist plays the clarinet for his fallen partner. It is a reference to ''Film/HardBoiled''.
32	* ''Franchise/MontyPython'':
33	** Koharu's EX Skill has her throw a Holy Hand Grenade (not "of Antioch"). Fittingly because it is written in the Book of Armaments, it has a cost of 3.
34	** Main Story Volume 4 is titled "Rabbit of Caerbannog", whose deadlier namesake is found in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
35	** In [=V4C2=] Episode 3, Saki mentions a novelist of Trinity, who was sick of canned spam and replaced all food in their work with it to protest. Miyako then refers to a rabbit in the same author's other novel, which is how their seniors named their squad with, telling of a mighty rabbit that fights against knights who search for the Holy Grail until they were killed with a grenade.
36	*** Also in [=V4C2=] the Name of the Warhead and the Project are called Antioch
37	* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'':
38	** [=V2C1=] Episode 7 is titled "Much Too Big to Be Called a Gun", bringing to mind a certain [[{{BFS}} slab of raw iron]]. Fittingly, this is when Aris acquires her [[{{BFG}} Supernova: Sword of Light]], a ''200kg intergalactic battleship [[{{Railgun}} railgun]].''
39	** During Shimiko's first relationship story, she smashes an obnoxious patron's head with the corner of a book.
40	* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
41	** In Volume 1, Black Suit says "[[AnOfferYouCantRefuse I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.]]" He mentions it is a quote from his favorite movie.
42	** In the Final Volume, Mina quotes "[[KeepingTheEnemyClose keep your friends close but your enemies closer.]]" She says this line came from the masterpiece movie "[[BlandNameProduct The Godmother]]."
43	* During Main Story Volume 1, one of Nonomi's ideas to keep Abydos from shutting down is to become school idols to raise interest and increase enrollment, which she saw in anime. This is essentially the plot of ''Anime/LoveLive''.
44	** Also in Volume 1, Hifumi's Main/BrownBagMask identity is "Faust", much like a certain paper-bag-wearing character from [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear a popular series of fighting games.]]
45	* During Main Story Volume 2:
46	** In Chapter 1, many familiar video games with their [[BlandNameProduct names changed by one letter or two]] are mentioned: ''[[VideoGame/DeathCrimson Dead Crimson]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonSlayer The Fable of Heroes]]'', ''[[Franchise/FinalFantasy Final Fantasia]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Chrono Diger]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Legend of Zinda: Lonk's Awakening]]'', ''[[VideoGame/RomancingSaGa Romancing NaGa]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TacticsOgre Strategem Ogre]]'', ''[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Castlemania]]'', ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Crest]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Tails of Destiny]]'', and ''[[Franchise/FireEmblem Pyre Emblem]]''.
47	** In Chapter 2, Episode 3, when the Game Development Department brainstorms for their next game, Aris mentions a retro game about playing as [[VideoGame/ElevatorAction a spy fighting in an elevator]].
48	* In Main Story Volume 4, Chapter 2, Niko, Kurumi, and Otogi deliver inarizushi to Sensei under the cover name of "FOX EATS", which is most certainly a parody of ''Uber Eats'' (minus them blowing up doors).
49	* There are three zones named "Helmet Gangsters' Worst Cruise Ship" in ''Beach Shack Franchise Plan'' event. These zones are labeled Prelude (''序''), Break (''波''), and Quickening (''急'') in the Japanese version. In the English version, these are numbered 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, respectively. They are clearly labeled or numbered after the first three of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.
50	* When Hare uses her EX Skill, she sometimes quotes ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', especially lines that became memes in Korea due to bad voice acting. Creator/{{Nexon}} did this localization, so it can be a sort of CompanyCrossReferences.
51	* Kasumi:
52	** Her Basic Skill is named "It's the message that matters." In South Korea, this is the well-known translation of a line from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', "It's about sending a message."
53	** The name of her Sub Skill is "Has the drill stopped making a noise?" This one is an indirect reference to "Have the lambs stopped screaming?" a line from ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
54	* In Minori's fourth [=MomoTalk=] chat, she discusses the theoretical problem of half of Kivotos being miserable because there's not enough luxuries to go around. She then proposes ''cutting the number of students in half'' to solve the problem--an extreme answer [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar the Mad Titan]] would agree with.
55	* In Chihiro's Memorial Lobby, you can see a Maki-like creature drawn on the vending machine. This is a reference to a Korean ''VideoGame/BraveNine'' meme named Yudori, the mixture of the said game's character Yuri and the Japanese character ''Nagano Kuma''.
56	* Misaki's Unique Equipment, a FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher nicknamed "Saint Predator", is a possible reference to "Saint Javelin", a nickname for the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile launcher that became popular after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
57	* In Chapter 1 of Volume F, Sensei orders Arona to send a message to 'everyone' about the incoming crisis. Arona asks Sensei to clarify what he means by 'everyone,' to which Sensei answers, "[[Film/TheProfessional Everyone!]]"
58	* Megu’s flamethrower is a customized [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammenwerfer_41 Flammenwerfer 41]] that wouldn’t look out of place in the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Imperial Guard]].
59	* The climactic battle in the first episode of the anime handles its Main/BloodlessCarnage in exactly the same way as ''{{Film/Equilibrium}}'', complete with [[Main/BrokenFaceplate the gangsters' helmet visors shattering]] one by one as they're taken down.

Context ShoutOut / BlueArchive