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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged And before you ask, yes! This IS a Jojo reference!]]]] |
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| 4 | Being ReferenceOverdosed, ''Honkai Impact 3rd'' has a plethora of pop culture references to various anime and video games. |
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| 9 | [[folder:Character-Related Designs and Gameplay]] |
| 10 | * The game's character-related concepts feature a number of nods to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': |
| 11 | ** The FutureSpandex look of many of the MECH-type battlesuits that are available early in the game, especially Kiana's White Comet, is visually evocative of the Eva pilots' plug suits. |
| 12 | ** The Honkai beasts' color scheme is reminiscent of the look of the Mass-Produced Evas from ''The End of Evangelion''. |
| 13 | ** The [[ReiAyanamiExpy figure of Rei Ayanami]] is split between three characters. Bronya has her [[TheStoic stoic]] personality and troubles with expressing emotion. Theresa, like Rei, is a clone of the BigBad's dead lover, made by him. Raven takes some design cues from Rei (gray hair in a shaggy bob haircut, red eyes, generously endowed) and also has a cold, stoic personality. |
| 14 | * An [[https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/interview/68023/the-making-of-mihoyos-honkai-impact-3rd/ interview]] with Creator/MiHoYo's president, Forrest Wei Liu, [[WordOfGod confirmed]] that ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' were two classic action games that served as gameplay {{inspiration|ForTheWork}}s for ''[=HI3=]''... And it shows in this game's movesets. There are even compilation videos on the Internet that highlight the similar animations and moves ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXsYyKNglwk such]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-8beKoZOI as]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRIFYcqE4Y these]]). |
| 15 | ** From ''Bayonetta'': |
| 16 | *** Kiana's White Comet and Divine Prayer battlesuits have a few of the titular Bayonetta's attacks and techniques, including the Wicked Weaves and Witch Time. The dodge-activated BulletTime effect inspired by Witch Time has since turned into a common mechanic (officially labeled here as "Time Fracture") by more playable Valkyrie battlesuits. |
| 17 | *** Mei's "long blade extensions" are a homage to 修羅刃 -Shuraba- (Bayonetta's katana)'s unique "Wicked Blades". |
| 18 | ** From ''Devil May Cry'', some of them include the following few: |
| 19 | *** A good number of Mei and Sakura's techniques are lifted from Vergil's. For example, the switch attack of Mei's Valkyrie Bladestrike suit is a stationary [[BladeSpam flurry of slashes]] similar to the end of Yamato's C combo and the ChargedAttack of Sakura's Goushinnso Memento battlesuit is almost an exact replica of Vergil's iconic {{Iaijutsu|Practitioner}} move from the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]]'' of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''. |
| 20 | *** The "protagonist" of Post-Honkai Odyssey has his sword movements resembling [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 Nero]], but with his right hand instead of Nero's left. His joint attack even has a JustFrameBonus which enhances his swings when the attack button is pressed at the right moment, similar to Nero's Exceed mechanic. His sword also resembles Red Queen. |
| 21 | *** Kiana and Durandal share several attacks from Dante's moveset. Among them are Kiana's [[spoiler:Herrscher of Flamescion]] battlesuit which comes with a LauncherMove / MeteorMove combo that works like Dante's High Time / Helm Breaker, while Durandal's Palatinus Equinox battlesuit has a DefendCommand with a counter-mechanic in vein of Dante's Royalguard Style and both suits also have their own spin on the "throw your weapon like it's a boomerang" move similar to Dante's Round Trip with Kiana using her guns, and Durandal using her shield. |
| 22 | * Some of the Valkyries' skill names are references to other media: |
| 23 | ** Lightning Empress - "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dragon May Cry]]" |
| 24 | ** Dimension Breaker - "VideoGame/MetalGear" |
| 25 | ** Fallen Rosemary - "VideoGame/GodEater" |
| 26 | * Himeko's sword motions resemble that of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''[='s=] greatsword attacks. Luna Kindred (Theresa)'s ChargedAttack also evokes the Charge Blade. |
| 27 | * The ultimates of Kiana and Bronya's [[spoiler:Herrscher forms]] are reminiscent of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight two certain "Archers"]]: |
| 28 | ** [[spoiler:Herrscher of the Void]] summons a bunch of portals and rains down a barrage of energy, not unlike the Gate of Babylon. Before her, the "Dark Bronya" boss can also perform a similar move. |
| 29 | ** [[spoiler:Herrscher of Reason]] transforms Project Bunny into its bike form before creating a bunch of floating laser cannons in a similar manner to [[StormOfBlades Unlimited Blade Works]]. |
| 30 | * Kiana's Knight Moonbeam battlesuit has the lyrics of the ''Anime/MyHime'' opening written on various parts of it. While too blurry to be read in-game, they're a lot clearer in the [[https://youtu.be/ppDfdCnOF1o?t=119 "Reburn"]] animation and in the [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/617367/9 "AE Invasion"]] manga. The English version of the manga chapter where the Moonbeam battlesuit appears also makes the reference more apparent, with the chapter being localized with the title "Fairytale They Believe" and including the song lyrics themselves on the [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/617367/16 last page]]. |
| 31 | * The design of Violet Executer (Theresa) is similar to that of Iron Maiden Jeanne from ''Manga/ShamanKing'', with blade-like extensions based on actual iron maidens. |
| 32 | * Sakura's "Goushinnso Memento" outfit has writing on it, and it is in fact high-res enough to be legible in-game. The words? [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} "The bird of the Hermes is my the name/Eating my wings to make me tame"]]. It's harder to see on most phones, but it's a lot clearer in the PC version. |
| 33 | * Chapter 3 introduces a girl named [[Manga/FairyTail Wendy, who has the power to control wind]]. |
| 34 | * One of the zombie {{Elite Mook}}s (the one in a jacket with an animal-eared hood and armed with WolverineClaws) is a reference to ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'', specifically Holo's nickname "Wise Wolf of Yoitsu". Along with its appearance and fighting style, the zombie's name is "Joiz[[note]]what you get if you write "Yoitsu" in German[[/note]] Mad Wolf". |
| 35 | * The design of the zombies in general evokes ''VideoGame/KanColle''[='s=] "Abyssal Fleet". |
| 36 | * The boss MHT 3-PAX looks similar to the Shagohod from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' series. |
| 37 | * Rita's looks may be inspired by Kirumi Toujou from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''. |
| 38 | * Seele is very likely an {{Expy}} of Sailor Saturn from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', with a similar appearance, purple color-scheme, association with death[[note]]Seele has the stigmata of the Herrscher of Death, while Saturn has the powers of death and rebirth[[/note]], and background of being experimented on by their parental figures and being the host of a SuperPoweredEvilSide. |
| 39 | * The older Mei from the "A Post-Honkai Odyssey" Open World mode has a similar look to [[VideoGame/SenranKagura Ikaruga]], down to wielding her katana the similar way. One of her Ultimate Skills its also a lightning version of one of Ikaruga's ninja arts: a blue bird-shaped SwordBeam that flies to hit enemies multiple times. |
| 40 | * Valkyrie Gloria (Durandal)'s Ultimate Skill seems to be a mix of [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Ereshkigal's Kur Kigal Irkalla]] (its initial strike and after-effects) and [[VideoGame/FateExtra Karna's Brahmastra Kundala]] (its second attack). |
| 41 | * One of the bosses from "A Post-Honkai Odyssey", codenamed "Code XIII: Death" is an {{Expy}} to one of ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''[='=]s bosses, Simone. |
| 42 | * "Honkai Weekly Trivia" tends to include these character-specific shout-outs in the choices given to the player. |
| 43 | ** "How should Stygian Nymph consume Ego/Id to deal the highest damage?" includes the choice "Using Honkai [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hyakuretsu Ken]]" |
| 44 | ** "The Ultimate of Stygian Nymph is her main DMG source. Which of the following statements is wrong?" includes the choice "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stopping all enemies on the battlefield from thinking]]". Naturally, this was the correct answer. |
| 45 | ** "Multi-hit shadow attack: Kei: Six-Sided Shock deals massive AOE DMG. How do you perform it?" includes the choice "[[KonamiCode Up, Up, Down, Down, B, A, B, A]]" |
| 46 | ** The question "Which of the following statements about [[ThisIsADrill HoR]] is true?" includes the choice "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann HoR's drill will pierce the heavens]]" |
| 47 | * The Herrscher Files [=10F=] stage opens with the warning text: "[[Anime/DragonBallZ Enemy power level over 9000]] detected, prepare for battle" just before you fight Herrscher of the Void. |
| 48 | * Griseo's Cosmic Expression battlesuit trades her paint splattering and Mr. Knight attacks for a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]], including a double-ended one much like Darth Maul's. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Dorms]] |
| 52 | * Rapidly tapping any chibi will cause her to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HWVJD0GMn4 do the Macarena]]. |
| 53 | * Himeko's chibis will find a copy of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Are_from_Mars,_Women_Are_from_Venus Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus]]'' in a bookcase, remark that it's an interesting book, and wonder if it will help them find a partner. |
| 54 | * If you put the chibi of Mei as [[spoiler:Herrscher of Thunder]] with that of Kiana as [[spoiler:Herrscher of the Void]], they will have a talk where Mei claims that her "newfound power" is for [[spoiler:taking back Kiana from the HOV's hands]]. Kiana then eventually says "[[Manga/StardustCrusaders Oh, instead of fleeing, you come closer.]]" |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Story Elements and Plot-Related Dialogue]] |
| 58 | * The ''Evangelion'' references also show up in story-related elements. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMcIv6IO98A This interview video]] preceding the ''Honkai Impact 3rd x Evangelion'' [[{{Crossover}} collab event]] has also confirmed that ''Eva'' was a huge {{inspiration|ForTheWork}} for this game, overall, confirming that a lot of the references are intentional. |
| 59 | ** The most immediately obvious is in the game's English title--''Honkai''' '''''Impact 3rd''''', referencing Third Impact[[note]]the feared scenario where an Angel makes contact with Adam and annihilates all life on the planet, and which eventually does happen in ''The End of Evangelion'' but under different circumstances[[/note]] |
| 60 | ** The very first game that Creator/MiHoYo made was called "Fly Me 2 The Moon", a reference to ''Evangelion''[='s=] ending theme. |
| 61 | ** On the PC especially, it's very easy to see that two of the control pods on the bridge are labeled [[TheThreeWiseMen "Balthasar" and "Melchior"]]. Your bridge Valkyrie is often standing in front of the third pod, but someone small and easy to look past like Bronya does reveal the third is indeed named "Caspar" (or rather, Casper). These are the names given to the three cores of the MAGI supercomputer in the heart of NERV headquarters. |
| 62 | ** The menu screen listing for the "Honkai Kingdoms" event featured [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/menuscreen.png Fu Hua in the "Gendo pose"]]. |
| 63 | ** [[https://youtu.be/Pv4vymRky2I Older, untranslated versions]] of the ''Reburn'' animation feature a brief scene of Kiana recreating Misato's {{Beergasm}} [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_6w7fpsmxtk341.png after she guzzles down the soft drink]]. |
| 64 | ** In Chapter 17, the PillarOfLight that shoots up to the sky as part of the 2nd Divine Key's activation is shaped like a cross, akin to the cross-shaped explosions in Eva. |
| 65 | ** In the "Reawakening" short animation tied to Chapter 20, [[spoiler:Dark Fu Hua]] tries to break through Project Bunny's barrier with her bare hands, mimicking Sahaquiel's attack against Shinji in ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild 2.0]]''. |
| 66 | ** In the "Shattered Samsara" animation (in the middle of Chapter 22), [[spoiler:Kiana pulls Fu Hua out from the Fenghuang Down feather that she sealed herself and Herrscher of Sentience within]]; the shots used are almost similar to the scene in ''Rebuild'' where Shinji saves Rei from being absorbed by an Angel. |
| 67 | ** The Main Protagonist's Honkai Corruption rose to 400% during the final battle stage of "A Post-Honkai Odyssey". It's not just any number, [[https://youtu.be/hMcIv6IO98A?t=1494 it's a reference]] to the 400% Synchronization Ratio of the berserk Unit-01 in the fight against Zeruel. |
| 68 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ercongrats.png One scene]] in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbjBu85AUSA "Elysian Realm in a Nutshell"]] animation recreates the "Congratulations!" scene from episode 26. |
| 69 | * Some of the settings and primary concepts are similar to ''Manga/{{Freezing}}''. Both feature female warriors called "Valkyries", they employ a technology called "Stigmata" (super-empowering implants, similar to this game), and the catastrophic events called "Nth Nova Crash" is similar to the "Nth Collapse/Honkai Impact" used in this game. |
| 70 | * Sakura has a sister called Rin, who has her hair tied in a "two side up" style, and she's living an unhappy life where she's pressured by her circumstances. She then met a "hero" who she looks up to, but said "hero" is the kind of person who strives to save everyone and seemingly cares more about people at large than Sakura herself. This, along with her resentment of her life, caused Sakura to get corrupted with a dark force and threaten the populace, forcing the "hero" to abandon their ideals to try to save her. These are all allusions to [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight a Sakura from another game]]. Going on from this, said "corrupting dark force" used to be a harmless individual from a distant past who faced imprisonment as people accused them for being evil, and then got unjustly killed, allowing them to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil "become" said evil]], turning into a dark force of vengeance. This person, [[spoiler:the Previous Era's Rin, aka Higokumaru]], is basically Angra Mainyu. |
| 71 | * In the updated Chapter 2, Fu Hua quizzes Kiana on various game elements, and when she asks you to repeat the game's [[TacticalRockPaperScissors type advantage triangle]], you can either give her the correct answer or respond with the weapon triangle from ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''. |
| 72 | * At one point in Chapter 7, there's a scene where Himeko walks on top of the Helios fighter craft, preparing to fight invading Honkai Beasts. The scene is framed like the infamous [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure "DIO walk"]]. |
| 73 | * In the side story "Gemina Tales", the girls are making a film where [[SelfParody they re-enact scenes from the story mode]]. Among them is one scene between Kiana and Fu Hua in Chapter 6, but it's played by Rozaliya and Rita, respectively. Then before the "fight", Rita - as Argent Knight - suddenly [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure pulls a "Jojo" pose and summons her Crescent Harvest behind her, complete with the "menacing" effects]]. |
| 74 | * In Chapter 13, Rita is weakened by an anti-Honkai gas bomb and cornered by multiple cyborg zombies, while her enemy [[spoiler:Raven of the World Serpent]] in a transmission screen gloats that her squadmates are in the same predicament. She then notices Rita smiling, saying that she has a "heart of stone". Rita then says that "I'm thinking of how we could repay you after you fall to our hands". It's almost a mirror to the scene in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' when Jotaro was under Steely Dan's mercy. |
| 75 | * At the start of Chapter 14, when Fu Hua describes [[spoiler:Kevin]] to Kiana, she says that he could be [[Film/TheDarkKnight "humanity's best protector, if he died in [the final battle in Previous Era]" ]]. He would then live on to do outrageously questionable deeds, even if it is to try to improve humanity and fight the Honkai. |
| 76 | * Like how ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' tends to allude to classic literature (''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' and Creator/WilliamBlake's poems), "A Post-Honkai Odyssey" has a shout-out to ''Duino Elegies'', a series of poetry by Creator/RainerMariaRilke. One of the files you can collect is a few excerpt of the poems, while "Otto" quotes one of the poems in one of the audio recordings. |
| 77 | * The main villain of "A Post-Honkai Odyssey", [[spoiler:Void Archives]], claims that he's a man-made machine that has kept humanity company for its short lifespan. He claims that he wants to save humanity, but in a way they wouldn't appreciate, as he has a rather flawed understanding of humanity. He used to accompany someone who "ruled" a vast "empire", until that someone died and he took on the latter's body, making everyone think said "ruler" has come back to life. He also had a low opinion of this "ruler". This guy is basically channeling [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Goetia]]. |
| 78 | * In Chapter 16, Kiana claims that she can beat all the dangers coming to her and Mei easy. She then says "[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger I can do this all day]], everyday." |
| 79 | * In Chapter 17, when Mei laments over how she's too attached to her peaceful past life with Kiana, she ends up saying this: |
| 80 | -->'''Mei:''' [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica I've always been such a naive fool...]] |
| 81 | * The climax of Chapter 17 where [[spoiler:Mei, the secondary protagonist with lightning powers, after gaining a major power-up, decides to join the group of someone who's associated with snakes, with TheHero (her friend) not approving of it and them fighting each other because of it; the battle ends with a close-range struggle where Mei ultimately wins and leaves for good]], is reminiscent of Manga/{{Naruto}} and Sasuke's fight near the end of the pre-TimeSkip era. In the "Lament of the Fallen" video, [[spoiler:Mei]] can even use Sasuke's Chidori technique, specifically a lightning-filled hand strike. |
| 82 | * In the "Reawakening" short animation, [[spoiler:Dark Fu Hua]] initially attacks Bronya while riding a ''missile'' that's erratically flying. Because the former is clad in shadows and the missile features red TronLines, it's easy to guess the scene took inspiration from ''Literature/FateZero''[='=]s Berserker. |
| 83 | * In Chapter 25, when Kiana's consciousness meets the "lingering image" of Himeko in the Gem of Haste, the former states that she'd like to see Himeko witnessing her when she finally becomes an S-rank Valkyrie... which is now impossible as Himeko is now dead. This is also a ''Naruto'' reference, when he laments that his mentor Jiraiya, who was murdered by Pain, can't be there when he would achieve his dream of becoming Hokage. |
| 84 | * In Chapter 25, a certain character gains a NextTierPowerUp by fusing with the remnants of her "role model", the newfound power allows her to freely summon a special {{BFS}} in her hands (while also still wielding guns), she gains access to a LauncherMove and aerial attacks, one of her attacks in her new form creates an exploding black hole, and she has a "rival" character who wields a Japanese sword. Oh, and she has white hair too. This describes both Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' and [[spoiler:Kiana as Herrscher of Flamescion]]. |
| 85 | * In the Kolosten Arc, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjQy6OeS54 "Thus Spoke Apocalypse"]] animated video clip primarily takes its title from ''[[Literature/AlsoSprachZarathustra Thus Spoke Zarathustra]]'' by Creator/FriedrichNietzsche, albeit with Otto Apocalypse's surname. Version 5.8 later reuses "Thus Spoke Apocalypse" as the title of the StoryArc taking place in Kolosten. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Achievements]] |
| 89 | * "Achieve a X-Hit Combo" achievements are named after [[LimitBreak super moves]] of characters from other franchises: |
| 90 | ** "Oh, Let's Break it Down!" is Lucio's battlecry whenever he uses his Ultimate in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. |
| 91 | ** "Consecutive Normal Punches" is a named special attack of Saitama from ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''. |
| 92 | ** "100-Type Guanyin" by Isaac Netero of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. |
| 93 | ** "Starburst Stream" is Kirito's unique Dual Blades ability from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. |
| 94 | ** "Flash of the Heavenly Soaring Dragon" is the ultimate secret technique of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū (Flying Heavenly Sword Style) from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. |
| 95 | ** "Scatter! Senbonzakura!" is the {{Invocation}} said by Byakuya to activate Senbonzakura's Shikai from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. |
| 96 | * The "Complete X Missions" are references to the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' franchise.[[note]]Start the Bonfire, Firelink Journey, Lord of Cinder, Nameless King, Cainhurst Summons[[/note]] |
| 97 | * Each of the "Increase X character's Affection to 3 hearts" achievements are named after ''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]'' anime episodes.[[note]]And Thus Their Mistaken Youth Begins, One Day They Will All Know The Truth[[/note]] |
| 98 | ** Plus there's also a related achievement named "[[Literature/{{Oreimo}} My Valkyries Must be This Cute]]". |
| 99 | ** The "Nice Boat!" achievement is a reference to the last anime episode of ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. |
| 100 | * "Collect X weapons" are references to the ''Franchise/FateSeries''.[[note]]God Force, Knight of Honor, Unlimited Blade Works, Gate of Babylon, Gradation Air[[/note]] |
| 101 | * "Collect X Stigma" are also references to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''[[note]]Novice Trainer, Gym Leader, Victory Road Challenger, League Champion[[/note]] and other anime series: |
| 102 | ** "Knight of The Twin Moons" from ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero''. |
| 103 | ** "Come Forth, Shenlong!" from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. |
| 104 | ** "Aionion Hetairoi" and "Aestus Domus Aurea" from ''Fate''. |
| 105 | ** "Santoryu Three Thousand Worlds" from ''Manga/OnePiece''. |
| 106 | * From the "Reach Captain Level" achievements, there is "[[Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesMyConquestIsTheSeaOfStars My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars]]" and "To Denounce the Power of Justice and Love", a reference to the "To denounce the power of truth and love" catchphrase of Team Rocket from the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. |
| 107 | * "Clear Samsaras of Sakura Samsara" achievements have references to ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' and its anime adaptation.[[note]]Missing Link Necrosis, The Choice of Steins's Gate[[/note]] |
| 108 | * "Collect X Characters" achievements has "[[Literature/RokkaBravesOfTheSixFlowers Rokka no Yuusha]]". |
| 109 | * "Receive X Friendship Points" achievements has "[[Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions Friends, Chunibyo & Other Delusions Lite]]". |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Events]] |
| 113 | * "Anniversary Memories Festival": |
| 114 | ** One scene has Fu Hua challenge Yae Sakura on a fighting game. She defeats Sakura's Flame Sakitama using her Phoenix's secret combo [[KonamiCode "Up up down down left right left right B A"]]. |
| 115 | ** The game that Fu Hua and Yae Sakura played? [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Honkai III]], "the most hardcore fighting title in the history of gaming". |
| 116 | * "Valkyries' Spring Feast" contains a garbled Creator/HPLovecraft [=/=] Franchise/CthulhuMythos reference. The stargazy pie that Kallen makes is so badly burnt that it actually knocks the Captain unconscious when he tries it. When he comes to, he says that he "gained audience with Azatoth (sic)...[t]he Deev Sultan who watches over that...darkness beyond..." |
| 117 | * "Winter Rhapsody": |
| 118 | ** In the event, there is a nod of how players joke about Fu Hua's RapidfireFisticuffs. |
| 119 | --->'''Fu Hua''': [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure OraOraOraOraOraOra!!]] |
| 120 | ** When the captain wakes up in the game world, the first thing he sees is Bronya sitting in front of a bonfire that has the Cleaver of Shamash stuck in the middle of it, mimicking the bonfire save points of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' |
| 121 | * "Honkai Kingdoms": |
| 122 | ** In the Schicksal side's story, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fuhuagendoing.png one cutscene]] has Fu Hua clearly imitating [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]]'s [[FingerTenting usual desk pose]], complete with ScaryShinyGlasses and being flanked by a second-in-command (in this case, Kiana in her Knight Moonbeam battlesuit). |
| 123 | ** At one point, Rozaliya and Liliya make [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twinsposing.png poses]] taken straight from [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Josuke and Kakyoin]]. |
| 124 | * "Seele's Summer Suite Event": |
| 125 | ** The "Vodka Non-Alcohol" refrigerator is designed like a giant [[BlandNameProduct Coca Cola can]], with the same font and red/white color scheme and all. In addition, the fridge also contains a [[CreatorCameo caricature of Brother Wei]] doing his best impression of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Vault Boy]]. |
| 126 | ** Among the [[https://www.facebook.com/HonkaiImpact3rd/posts/seeles-summer-suite-stickers-more-and-more-friends-are-showing-up-at-seeles-summ/421109081833045/ pictures]] that may accompany the random daily events include one of [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay someone nearly completely submerged, save for one arm doing a thumbs-up]]. |
| 127 | * In the "Odd Drifter" event's second half, in the Pavilion, Nuwa gives a remark regarding the nameless dead guy that he may have been [[Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime reincarnated as a slime]]. |
| 128 | * "St. Freya Fiesta": |
| 129 | ** The start of the event has the Captain bumping into Theresa and remarking on her outfit. |
| 130 | ---> '''Captain''': Ahem, Theresa... Why are you looking like the evil principal from ''Film/{{Matilda}}''? |
| 131 | ** When you go into the lobby to share Red Envelopes and open chests, the "Dance" interaction command makes your chibi do the Macarena; Dawei also does the dance from time to time. |
| 132 | ** When you meet Cocolia during the event and bring her to see Seele in a play, she'll see dark Seele menacing the play's villain with a familiar line from ''Film/TheShining'' |
| 133 | --->'''Dark Seele:''' Come play with me forever and ever and ever, devil! Hahahahaha! |
| 134 | * In the 2019 Thanksgiving event, when the girls are scolding the Captain for falling asleep and delaying the Thanksgiving meal, Kiana says "Hmph! So that's what happened! As punishment, [[VideoGame/ZeroWing all your fried chicky is belongs to me]]!" |
| 135 | * "Cooking with Kiana": |
| 136 | ** One of the things you can make in the event is a Fruity Dango, with a description that references the viral "Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen" song. |
| 137 | --->I have a fruit, and I have a dango. Ah, fruity dango it is! |
| 138 | ** The Invigorating HOMU Cookies are described as [[Music/DaftPunk "Harder better faster stronger!"]] |
| 139 | * "Sanka Saga": Both Mei and her father are heavily involved with experiments in cybernetic replacement of human body parts, to the point of people's souls being bonded into mecha bodies through magical runes. This process and the resulting existential concerns reflect a central theme of the ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' franchise, where technology is so advanced that humans can have their bodies almost completely replaced by cybernetics. |
| 140 | -->'''Ferryman''': If all the human body parts can be replaced by artificial components, is the soul transferred to the robotic shell? |
| 141 | * "Empyrean Legends": |
| 142 | ** Book of Fuxi once notes that people with long-winded entrances tend to end up unlucky, like [[Series/GameOfThrones the Mother of Dragons]]. |
| 143 | ** Rita gets to quote Music/{{Adele}}'s song "Someone Like You". |
| 144 | ** When Book of Fuxi convinces Himeko to buy her weapon: |
| 145 | --->'''Himeko''': Here's 200 silver coins. [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Shut up and take my money.]] |
| 146 | ** The boss fights are BulletHell {{Shoot Em Up}}s reminiscent of games like ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. |
| 147 | * "Cybernet Havens": |
| 148 | ** One of Himeko's characters is named [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hawty Potter]]. |
| 149 | ** The [[MemeticMutation memetic line]] from ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' gets a couple of nods: |
| 150 | --->'''Alloy Bronn''': All your gloves are belong to us. Stop bullying other units of your batch. |
| 151 | --->'''Lil' Berry''': Negotiation is easy. All your toys are belong to us. Register at the slave pens and start working. |
| 152 | ** The final confrontation with Otto features several: |
| 153 | *** Otto improves the durability of his mech by inputting the cheat codes [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} "IDDQD"]] and [[VideoGame/StarCraft "Power Overwhelming"]]. Later on, he yells "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE]]". |
| 154 | *** As Durandal prepares to fight, she yells "Nu-uh. Never! Watch me! [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!]]" |
| 155 | *** When Otto's mech Delivery Knight is defeated, its explosion is rendered as [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones *KABA-DABA-YABA-DOOOOOOM*]]. |
| 156 | ** During the setup for the DancePartyEnding, NEXUS Terminus receives the directive "[[Music/{{Prince}} Party like it's 2199!]]". |
| 157 | ** As Durandal is looking through Sirin Voidkopf's books, she mentions [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey 50 Shades of Mei]], [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Twibright: Kinky]], [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Game of Honkai XVI: Fyre and Sword]], and [[VisualNovel/MuvLuv Wuv Wuv ELFs]]. |
| 158 | * In "The Secrets of the Lost Recipe" Facebook Messenger chatbot event, the option to redo your cooking says "[[Creator/GordonRamsay This is raw]]! Back to the kitchen counter!" |
| 159 | * "Honkai Kingdoms: Zero": |
| 160 | ** In Rita's faction's story, Zhuge Kongming's WantedPoster has her being shown doing a double VSign near her eyes, a reference to ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder'''s Sei Shounagon. |
| 161 | ** Kiana's costume for this event has her hairstyle being styled after [[Manga/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]]. |
| 162 | * "Emberyan Chronicle": [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Kongming's]] solution for the appearance of wild locusts is to distribute Purple Gold boxes to the populace for them to use for catching them. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Said boxes are used by throwing them at the locusts, whereupon they open up to trap the locusts, shake a bit to indicate the locust trying to escape, before staying still with a familiar starry visual effect to indicate a successful capture. Rita then mentions that while the locust swarm was stopped, the populace had gotten absorbed in battling each other with their pocket locust monsters]]. |
| 163 | -->'''Villager:''' A wild locust appeared! |
| 164 | * "The Day You Vanished with the Stars": |
| 165 | ** The major part of the plot involves the Captain using a device to repeatedly try to prevent Kongming's death, only for her to die in various other means. The resolution would involve his "future" self leaving a clue for his current self to solve the problem. It's basically ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''. |
| 166 | ** The plot is eventually revealed to take cues from ''Franchise/TheMatrix''. Golem's "backup programming" considers Zhuge Kongming to be an "anomaly" that it is determined to erase from the timeline, very similar to [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded how the Architect saw humans]] who rejected the Matrix as a "systemic anomaly" in the Matrix's programming. Golem's assassins (represented by Gray Serpent) are also very reminiscent of the Agents. |
| 167 | ** The event ends with the Captain giving a title to his personal accounts of his journey. After a bit of thought, he gives it a name based on a story he used to love reading. |
| 168 | --->'''Captain''': Hmm... it's decided. I'm gonna call it... [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Cap's Bizarre Adventure]]. |
| 169 | * "Apocalypse Scandal": This web event is a reference to the Literature/SherlockHolmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia", which features Irene Adler. In the event's story, "Conan Doyle" (i.e you) is the "Holmes" figure, Fu Hua (in her Hawk of the Fog suit) is the "Watson" figure, Otto is the "King of Bohemia" figure (the scandal is different in his case, even though it also features a photograph as a blackmail material), and Rita (as Fallen Rosemary) acts as "Irene Adler". |
| 170 | * "Rosemary's Floriograph": One of the side materials in the case files is based on ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''. Joffrey wakes one morning to find that he's turned into a huge beetle, although no one seems to really notice the change. |
| 171 | * "Stellar Mythos": One of the cited InUniverse theories about Durandal's true origins is that [[VideoGame/GenshinImpact she's a traveler from a distant land looking for her twin brother]]. |
| 172 | * The English name of the event in Version 4.6 where the cast visits a mysterious island in Shenzhou, the game's FantasyCounterpartCulture of China? "[[Film/OnceUponATimeInChina Once Upon a Time in Shenzhou]]". |
| 173 | * "Arc: Light Bound": |
| 174 | ** As Bronie and Theresa are reminiscing on their time in the Taixuan gang as kids, Theresa mentions someone from a rival gang named [[Film/TheGodfather Moe Greene]], [[MoeGreeneSpecial who had an eyepatch and an artificial eye]]. |
| 175 | ** As Bronie and Theresa are pondering Kasumi's motives, Bronie mentions that she think's it's exciting that they'll likely meet someone from outside the Light Curtain. |
| 176 | --->'''Theresa:''' I suppose... it'll be like [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind the Close Encounters of the Third Kind]].\ |
| 177 | '''Bronie:''' Uh-uh, that's aliens... |
| 178 | * "Summer Survival: Rhapsody Side A": |
| 179 | ** One of the Dice blessings is named [[Franchise/FateSeries "Unlimited Dice Works"]]. |
| 180 | ** A checkpoint floor in the Endless Maelstorm is named "[[Series/MasterChef Master Chef of the Deep]]". |
| 181 | * "Summer Survival: Rhapsody Side B": |
| 182 | ** The minigame for the event is basically ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' with the Flame-Chasers acting as the plants. For example: Fu Hua is Peashooter, Pardofelis is Sunflower, Kalpas is Cherry Bomb, etc. |
| 183 | ** The animated sequence that shows the Flame-Chasers as they're about to escape the sinking cruise ship starts off with Hua and Pardofelis recreating the "Rose T-poses" scene from ''Film/Titanic1997'', with Hua as Jack and Pardo as Rose. |
| 184 | * "Midnight Chronicle": The event's associated minigame, as well as the arcade game that Li Sushang plays in one of the early story stages, is a very faithful remake of ''VideoGame/FallGuys'', with character chibis in place of that game's bean characters. |
| 185 | * "Honkai Salvation Log": |
| 186 | ** When you rescue the Designer from being stuck in the beach, your mech accidentally {{Megaton Punch}}es her off the screen, and a [[Franchise/MortalKombat FATALITY]] banner pops up. |
| 187 | ** Ai Hyperion Λ[='s=] design greatly resembles Franchise/SailorMoon. Later in the event, after her form is severely damaged, she shows up as [[Franchise/{{Halo}} a blue-toned holographic version of herself]]. |
| 188 | * "Meow Town Escapade": At one point, Susannah starts to wonder if Theresa trying to head two separate organizations at the same time could lead to her becoming another Otto, down to an ImagineSpot of her dressed like Otto and sitting in a chair with a glass of wine. |
| 189 | -->Theresa is pretty easy-going. She's not that pretentious. But... won't leading two organizations at once be too much pressure for her? Or worse... all the power goes to her head, and she tries to take over the world? [[Film/TheDarkKnight Die a hero or live long enough to become the villain!]] |
| 190 | * "Captain's Ranch Tale": One of the achievements is based on a round of combat in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. It involves finding a child named Pip who tries to capture the Captain to become his companion using a ball made of twigs, only for Luna to use her own "Grass Ball" (a ball made of actual grass) first. Pip concedes and leaves; the Captain remarks that they should leave, but Luna forbids this and instead asks for the Captain to use "Hold Hands" with her, since he's already been captured by her Grass Ball. The Captain agrees, noting that it's super effective. |
| 191 | * The main event for 7.1, "Starry Voyage: Strike Back!" makes a lot of ''Franchise/StarWars'' references, such as the supporting characters being named [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker Lucca]], [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Leya]], and [[Characters/StarWarsYoda Master Yada]], along with Griseo quipping lines such as "May the Wish be with you." However, the actual plot of the event doesn't resemble any of the mainline ''Star Wars'' movies, just borrowing certain plot devices. |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:Comics and Manga]] |
| 195 | * In ''Gemini - Origin''[='=]s second chapter, Rozaliya skips several steps in the narration (something Liliya lampshades) and feels the urge to tell tales about "classic works" such as ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Vodka's Creed: Sisterhood]]'', ''[[VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice Sekigo: Sakura Dies Twice]]'' and ''Dreams of Gemina: 2nd OVA''. Liliya then receives a mission call from Cocolia and drags Roza away, with the latter screaming [[BreakingTheFourthWall she doesn't want to return to]] ''Honkai Impact 3rd''. |
| 196 | * ''Escape From Nagazora's'' fourth chapter has the [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/616886/16 Chamber of Seers scene]], which is reminiscent of a SEELE meeting from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' |
| 197 | * ''[[https://mangadex.org/chapter/616908/1 Himouto BRONYA Chan]]'' is based on ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''. The manga also has Alloy_Bronya's avatar, which is a LawyerFriendlyCameo of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Naked Snake]] |
| 198 | * In ''St. Freya High'''s eighth chapter, Bronya puts a Homu-Homu virtual reality comm link on Kiana's head and says "Link start!", causing Kiana to pass out and dive into VR. Looks like the author read a little too much ''Literature/SwordArtOnline''. |
| 199 | * In the comic that focuses on Sakura's past, the ending has Sakura appearing in front of Kiana. The former is slumping down while the latter is standing, saying "I ask of you, are you my enemy?" akin to the famous early scene of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (albeit with modified words). |
| 200 | * Chapter 0 of the ''London Holiday'' comic has [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/734969/11 Durandal imitating the title character]] of ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' to take out an Emperor-class Honkai beast. |
| 201 | * In one epsiode of ''Cooking with Valkyries'' season 2, Roza and Lili are eating cherries. Roza gets to play with her cherry, including [[Manga/StardustCrusaders doing the "rerorerorero"]]. |
| 202 | * ''Gemina Invasions'' |
| 203 | ** In Chapter 4, after [[spoiler:Rozaliya is finally imprisoned]], the narration notes that she "[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure gave up thinking and accepted her fate]]". |
| 204 | ** [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/767614 Chapter 5]] begins with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' OpeningScroll. Later in the chapter, the twins do a series of performances, including the dance from the end credits of ''Manga/KillMeBaby'' and the [[FusionDance symmetrical docking]] from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. |
| 205 | ** Chapter 7: |
| 206 | *** The chapter begins with a shout out ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' as it shows Otto wearing Raoh's helmet and cape over Kenshiro's jacket. When he leaves Nagazora, he's shown walking through the desert in front of the sun while wearing a cloak, similar to Kenshiro in the anime's first opening. |
| 207 | *** The Mama-jong group is a shout out to ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', with Himeko and Theresa wearing Kiyosumi High School uniforms while they rule over their zone with mahjong. Himeko even has Saki's signature flower bloom background in their intro. |
| 208 | *** When Mei defeats Empyrean Chefs, she does so by replicating the "Rainbow with Flowers" dessert from ''Film/GodOfCookery'', [[https://youtu.be/u0tY1YS6aaI?t=296 Stephen Chow chef outfit and hand wipe and all]]. |
| 209 | *** Bronya accidentally takes out Kiana with a [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Kick]]. |
| 210 | ** Chapter 8: |
| 211 | *** The first page has Bronya doing the infamous Gendo pose from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 212 | *** During the race, Rozaliya gets a mushroom and blue shell from ''VideoGame/MarioKart''. |
| 213 | *** The chapter ends with Veliona doing Light's "All according to plan/Keikaku doori" face from ''Manga/DeathNote'' . |
| 214 | ** Chapter 9: |
| 215 | *** When Bronya comes to the rescue, she does it while doing All Might's "I am here" CatchPhrase from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. |
| 216 | *** Seele's VillainousBreakdown is accompanied by the rest of the cast doing her the "Congratulations" scene from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 217 | * ''[[WebComic/HonkaiImpact3rdSecondEruption Second Eruption]]'' |
| 218 | ** When Patricia Highsmith (an A-rank Valkyrie) confronts Sirin, the former pulls out two Honkai-powered chainguns while saying this: |
| 219 | ---> [[Film/Scarface1983 ...But I actually brought 2 little friends with me. Wanna say "hello" to them?]] |
| 220 | ** At the end of Chapter 06, Salome, still pissed that Einstein's auto-drones are [[JobStealingRobot taking away her job]] of defending the Babylon Tower, can be seen in the background grumbling "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Derk err jerbz]]". |
| 221 | ** In Chapter 48, Siegfried, having had his dormant Kaslana genes activated [[spoiler:by "Kevin"]] ten chapters earlier, partially becomes monstrous. He's seen having a monstrous arm while clenching his BFS on the other, akin to [[VideoGame/SoulSeries another Siegfried]]. |
| 222 | * ''Alien Space'' |
| 223 | ** When Tesla and Raiden Ryoma get notified by Welt that Himeko is coming to New Mexico to investigate alien sightings (in actuality, it's the Arhat whose photos have been leaked online), Tesla reassures Welt that she's going to [[Franchise/MenInBlack wipe her memory and send her back home]]. In a bit of a funny subversion, Ryoma notes that the memory wiper isn't perfect, as it causes people to fall into a coma wherein they'll keep trembling and talking in their sleep for five to ten days. |
| 224 | ** When Welt and Ryusuke get served some really spicy curry by Himeko, they feign appreciating her cooking to keep her happy, and when she's gone, Peppermint, none the wiser, eats some of the curry, resulting in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''[='=]s infamous "[[GameOver YOU DIED]]" caption. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 228 | * At the bottom of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210518115556/https://walkthrough.honkaiimpact3.com/article/show/48/11896 a web page detailing what's coming up in patch 4.7]], there's an animation of Theresa in her new outfit running up to and drop kicking the fourth wall. This is also how Gold Ship from ''VideoGame/UmaMusume'' [[https://youtu.be/7XKMLBbxT_8?t=7 celebrates if she gets first place]]. |
| 229 | * The Crimson Queen sword is analogous to Nero's Red Queen sword from ''Devil May Cry 4''. They have nearly-identical shapes, while Crimson Queen's name plays on the color crimson being a shade of red. |
| 230 | * One of the [=NPCs=] in the Anteres Building, Oxia, helps run a cat cafe. She also happens to be wearing a ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' badge. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
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