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1''Skullgirls'' has a ton of shout-outs as most, if not all of the people who worked on it are fans of a lot of things.
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3Each of the folders for the playable cast start with a list of any references found in their {{Palette Swap}}s; if a color is featured in ''Skullgirls Mobile'', its ([[IncrediblyLamePun usually incredibly punny]]) alternative name from there is listed alongside its number from the console version.
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7[[folder:Filia]]
8* {{Palette Swap}}s:
9** 4: [[DevelopmentGag Based on an early concept for]] [[http://oh8.deviantart.com/art/Filia-alternate-outfits-78087205 an alternate costume.]]
10** 7/"Hair Apparent": Past!Filia (before Samson)
11** 8: [[DevelopmentGag Her color map (the flat color palette used to apply her alt colors)]]
12** 9/[[IdolSinger "Idol Threat"]]: [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]]
13** 10: [[Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead Rei Miyamoto]]
14** 12: [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Magneto]]
15** 14: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Millia Rage]]
16** 16: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Zeruel]]/[[Anime/RebuildofEvangelion The Tenth Angel]]
17** 17: [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Scanty]]
18** 18: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]] [[ActorAllusion Kaname]]
19** 20/"Curl Scout": [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Fionna]] (Backer Color)
20** 21/"Djinn Frizz": {{VideoGame/Shantae}} (Backer Color)
21** 23/"Dread Locks": Millia Rage again, this time in her ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd'' outfit
22** 25/"Class Cutter": [[Anime/KillLaKill Ryuko Matoi]]
23** 26: [[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Hitagi Senjougahara]]
24** 28/"Rock Star": WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse
25** 29: [[VideoGame/{{Celeste}} Madeline]][[note]]Fukua has a matching Badeline palette, as noted below[[/note]]
26** 30/"Blue Streak": Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog. When using this variant's blockbuster abilities in ''Mobile'', Filia's hair and outfit turn yellow to reference [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]].
27* Filia's Hairball move is a shout-out to [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] Rolling Buckler, which may in itself be a reference to Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, especially more apparent when combined with the aforementioned "Blue Streak" variant.
28* Phonetically, the name Filia sounds very similar to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Millia]], another [[PrehensileHair hair-based fighter]].
29** Not to mention some similarities to Zato-1/Eddie from the same game (and the character most connected to Millia).
30* The super in which Samson turns them into a flying cockroach is called [[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samson]].
31** Filia also sometimes says "[[HenshinHero HENSHIIIIN!]]" when using the attack.
32* Her aerial heavy punch, Salon Treatment, involves tossing her hair forward in an array of sharp instruments like forks, knives and spikes. One of these sharp instruments is the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Lance of Longinus]].
33* Her Updo special and Fenrir Drive super, in which Samson turns into a giant hair maw, happens to be a shout out to one of the Dustloop forum members, who suggested no game with any hair-fighters would be complete without at least one reference to the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mawile.
34* The win pose where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPpJtVUnmlI Samson stands fierce with arms folded]] is most likely a reference to Ryu's early-yet-iconic win pose in VideoGame/StreetFighterII. He just has [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Filia substitute for Ryu's headband blowing in the wind]].
35* The combination of her [[BigEater eating habits]] and Samson's appearance on her head bears a similarity to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futakuchi-onna futakuchi-onna]], who in Myth/JapaneseMythology is a woman with a mouth on the back of her head that's driven to eat and eat.
36* The bar in the opening of her story mode is a parody of the famous Nighthawks painting, and is named after [[http://www.mmcafe.com/ Madman's Cafe.]]
37* Mike Z has described Filia as the game's [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]]-[[ShotoClone clone]]. She has Hadoken-motion "projectile" (actually a drill that comes out of the ground some distance away from her, as determined by the strength of the button pressed, similar to Street Fighter EX's Kairi in later games), Tatsumaki Senpukyaku-motion spinning extended attack that works in air, and Shoryuken-motion uppercut.
38** One of her attacks involves Samson turning into a donkey and pushing Filia as if he's bucking the opponent, causing a wall bounce in the corner. This may or may not be a reference to Ryu's Jodan Sokuto Geri, commonly known as the Donkey Kick, which also causes a wall bounce in certain situations.
39** A patch gave Filia the ability to fake her Ringlet Spike (with a faster animation than if the projectile actually came out), which is something that Ryu could do with his Hadoukens back in the Street Fighter Alpha series.
40* Samson's name comes from the [[Literature/TheBible story of Samson]], who had superhuman strength so long as he kept certain vows, one of which was to neither cut his hair nor shave his beard.
41** One of his previous hosts referred to was called Delilah, which was the name of the Biblical Samson's (villainous) wife.
42* A lot of her attacks are named after various types of hairstyles, such as the Ringlet Spike special move and her Widow's Peak air throw.
43[[/folder]]
44
45[[folder:Cerebella]]
46* {{Palette Swap}}s:
47** 2/"Brain Freeze": [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha R. Mika]]
48** 3/"Harlequin": [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Harley Quinn]]
49** 4: [[VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams The Journey of Dreams version of NiGHTS]]
50** 5: [[Wrestling/HulkHogan 80's Hulk Hogan]]
51** 6/"Big Top": [[VideoGame/FinalFight Hugo]]
52** 7/"Headstrong": The [[PlayboyBunny bunny suit]] from her Story Mode ending.
53** 8: The Double!Cerebella palette fought in Cerebella's Story Mode.
54** 9/[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior "Toad Warrior"]]: [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Rash]]
55** 11/"Star Spangled": '''''[[{{Eagleland}} AMERICA, FUCK YEAH]]'''''
56** 14: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin]]
57** 17/"Criminal Mind": [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]
58** 18/"Gray Matter": [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] [[ActorAllusion Akemi]]
59** 19: UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}, with [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Soccer ball]] [=MikeZ=] cat (Backer Color)
60** 20: [[HotPaintJob A hot rod with a flame paintjob]] (Backer Color)
61** 21: Annie of the Stars (Backer Color)
62** 22/"Heavy Handed": [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 RED Heavy Weapons Guy]] (Backer Color)
63** 24: [[VideoGame/TheLastBlade Shigen Naoe]]
64** 25: [[Anime/KillLaKill Ira Gamagori]]
65** 26: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} D.Va]]
66** 27: [[VideoGame/KanColle Harbor Princess]]
67** 28/"Blitz and Glamour": [[VideoGame/{{ARMS}} Twintelle]]
68** 29/"Scare Giver": [[Franchise/MonstersInc James P. Sullivan]], with her green dress being Mike Wazowski
69* Cerebella's gameplay is said to be based off of [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Juggernaut]] and [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin]].
70* One of her moves has her shouting "[[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure EXCELLENT!]]" while Vice-Versa throws up the heavy-metal "horns" gesture. During said move, Vice-Versa's eyes briefly turn into [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina's]] [[CoolShades shades]] while Cerebella herself does the "Pierce the Heavens" pose.
71* One of her command throws sometimes has her saying [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 "I'M GONNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE!"]]
72* There's a running attack in which Vice-Versa [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} sprouts ram's horns on its "head" and attacks face-first]]. You even get the standard 2000-point bonus if you manage to kill someone with it.
73* The move Tumbling Run followed by pressing medium kick will result in a cross up identical to a type of Japanese prank known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kancho kancho.]]
74* One move has her shouting [[Film/DiamondsAreForever "Diamonds are FOREVER!"]] or [[Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes "A girl's best friend!"]] while she punches a giant diamond at the enemy.
75* She has a close range move (that also reflects projectiles!) where Vice-Versa performs a FingerGun point. While doing this, the poses of the duo are reminiscent of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo and Star Platinum]].
76* During one of her moves she will use Vice-Versa as a pommel horse and shout [[Film/{{Gymkata}} "Gymkata!"]]
77[[/folder]]
78
79[[folder:Peacock]]
80* {{Palette Swap}}s:
81** 2/"Inkling": The Double!Peacock palette fought in Peacock's Story Mode.
82** 3/"Untouchable": [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]]
83** 6/"Pea Shooter": Lucky, the mascot of Lucky Charms cereal
84** 7/"Dream Catcher": The pajamas from her Story Mode opening
85** 8/[[ThatsAllFolks "That's All Folks!"]]: [[{{Retreaux}} Black-and-white cartoons]]
86** 9/"Freeze Frame": [[Franchise/TouhouProject Cirno]]
87** 11: [[Anime/SuperMilkChan Milk Chan]]
88** 12: [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Cable]]
89** 14: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsien-Ko/Lei-Lei]]
90** 16/"Ultraviolent": [[WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}} The Warden]]
91** 17: WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget
92** 18: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka]] [[ActorAllusion Miki]]
93** 19: [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice Raspberyl]] (Backer Color)
94** 20/"Mean One": TheGrinch
95** 21: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Daisy]] (Backer Color)
96** 22/"Prism Plumage": [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_peafowl Indian Peafowl]] (Backer Color)
97** 23/"Wildcard": ComicBook/TheJoker
98** 24: [[Anime/KillLaKill Nonon]] [[ActorAllusion Jakuzure]]
99** 25: Annie of the Stars
100** 26/"Deal Breaker": VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}
101** 27: [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody]]
102** 28: [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Sir Pentious]]
103** 29/"Primal Prodigy": [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]]
104* Peacock's entire character, from her moveset, animations, and design, is a reference to classic cartoons. As mentioned on the main page, she could have been ripped out of a demented [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon.
105* The little bird in her hat is named [[Creator/TexAvery Avery]]. Her bomb friends are named [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen Lenny and George]] (formerly [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Little Boy and Fat Man]], but you can understand why it was changed).
106* Intro line references:
107-->"[[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} I'll gladly pay ya Tuesday, for a knuckle sammich today!]]"
108-->"[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Of course, you know, this means war.]]"
109-->''(vs. [[HospitalHottie Valentine]])'' "[[{{Vaudeville}} Helloooooooo]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} nurse!]]"
110-->''(vs. [[CatGirl Ms. Fortune]])'' "[[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird A puddy-tat!]]"
111--->'''Ms. Fortune''': "Thufferin' thucotash!"
112-->''(vs. [[PrehensileHair Filia]])'': "Maybe she's born with it!"[[note]]It's the first part of Maybelline's (a line of hair care products') slogan.[[/note]]
113-->''(vs. Big Band)'' "[[Film/DirtyDancing Nobody puts Patty in a corner!]]"
114* Her Argus System is a reference to the Argus of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]]. That Argus had a hundred eyes (some of those eyes in his arms). When that Argus died, Hera placed his eyes in the peacock's tail as tribute.
115* She can shoot swords out of her gun (Roll with it). These swords go from the [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Fireseal]] and [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Blodia Fist]] to the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII the Gunblade]] and a [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Chainsword]].
116* Occasionally, when she fires her gun, she'll shout "'''[[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2 Garbage day!]]'''" With the ''exact same weird enunciation as the film'', just in case you had any doubts about whether it was a reference.
117** One of the projectiles she may fire with the gun is a Bullet Bill.
118** Another of her gun quotes is [[Franchise/ToyStory "Reach for the sky!"]]
119* One of her crouching attacks kicks the opponent with the Kuribo's Shoe from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', complete with the good ol' "HERE-A WE GO!". Its name, Curb Your Shoe, is another part of the allusion.
120* Her block techniques often have her holding up an actual block of something -- from a cinderblock to an [[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} L-block]].
121* Upon gaining the Skull Heart in her story mode, she says "Who needs wishes? I'm already ''the strongest'' there is!" "I'm the strongest!" is one of [[Franchise/TouhouProject Cirno's]] more memetic catchphrases, pairing well with her Cirno-themed color palette, as noted above. Also, said palette is number 9.
122* She can summon random {{piano drop}}s on her opponent, from an actual piano, to [[VideoGame/FinalFight a barrel with a roast turkey inside]]. Other drops include:
123** A Ms. Fortune [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yukkuri]]
124** [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsien-Ko's]] Tenrai-ha super (in both single spike ball and complete super forms)
125*** Speaking of Hsien-ko's Tenrai-Ha, one of the new features added to the game in Squigly's patch is taunts, and to do Peacock's taunt, you have to do the same button input as Tenrai-Ha had in the Darkstalkers games. Successfully pulling one off guarantees that the next level 3 item drop you get is the full Tenrai-ha.
126** A television with the Website/NicoNicoDouga face or with Filia dressed as [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]] coming out of it.
127** A [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure steamroller]], complete with her partner Avery standing on top and shouting ''[[{{Kiai}} WRYYYYYYY!]]'' when it hits. On top of that, if it hits, ''time will stop and everything else will [[ColorCodedTimeStop darken]]'' while Avery pounds the steamroller further into the opponent, chanting "Muda!".
128** A [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} moai head]]
129** The Refrigerator from ''Film/RequiemForADream''.
130* For her standing hard kick, she [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} attempts to kick a football and misses when Avery yanks it away at the last second]]. She yells "[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Good grief!]]" when she trips, and the move is even called "Kick the Football, Peacock!". The alternate line for that technique is "[[Film/AceVentura Laces out!]]"
131* One attack turns her arm-eyes into blades, the classic visual pun on "looking daggers" at someone. The chances of her also shouting '''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit "Like THIIIIIIIIS!"]]''' are about one in five.
132** Keeping with the WFRR theme, one of her win quotes (when defeating Parasoul) is "You're not bad, you're just drawn badly" -- riffing on Parasoul's undeniable resemblance to Jessica Rabbit. Yet more Bonus Points for Parasoul having a color palette that gives her Mrs. Rabbit's outfit.
133** Her jumping Medium Kick, which involves her beartrap mouth, is called "Nice Booby Trap", a line from Eddie Valiant about the bear trap that Jessica Rabbit keeps in a [[VictoriasSecretCompartment very punny place]].
134* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Two of her win quotes]] are "I never forget a face, but for you, I'll make an exception" and "Either you're dead or my watch has stopped," all while smoking a cigar.
135* Groucho's not the only [=Thirties/Forties=] comedy icon Peacock pays homage to, either. She also quotes at least two of [[Film/TheThreeStooges Moe Howard's]] {{catchphrase}}s ("Why, I oughta--" and "Spread out!"). She also references Curley: when selected, her call-out line is "Soitently!"
136* Her time-out animations seems to be a reference to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck being shot by Elmer Fudd.
137* One of Peacock's lines on being KO-ed is "[[NonSequiturThud I smell bread]]" -- a reference to ''Series/{{MASH}}'' by way of ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
138* Before getting pulled away by a VaudevilleHook, she'll mutter [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening "Hello my baby-"]].
139* Her jumping fierce punch, which involves her firing a shotgun and being blown backwards by the force, is called [[Film/HoboWithAShotgun Robo With A Shotgun]].
140* Her Level 3 super is titled "[[{{Film/Goodfellas}} Goodfellows]]".
141* In her Story Mode, she's awoken from bed by Avery saying [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Hey! Listen!"]]
142* [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Unsurprisingly]], she can also say "Ain't I a stinka?" and "What a maroon!" when she wins, and "This ain't UsefulNotes/{{Albuquerque}}!" when tagged in. As noted above, "Of course you know, this means war!" is one of her intro lines.
143* One of her lines when using her c.LP (where she attacks the opponent with a cigar) is "Nyah, see?", imitating classic actor Edward G. Robinson, known primarily for playing gangster roles and was famous for peppering his lines with heavily accented "Yeah!" and "See?".
144* When she uses her "Lonesome Lenny" super, which prompts her to drop a gigantic bomb, one of her lines is "[[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Fall down, go boom!]]"
145* Peacock may also be referencing Website/ThisVeryWiki. Her aerial throw is named "BigBallOfViolence", and she has an attack named "ShadowOfImpendingDoom".
146* Anime Peacock:
147** [[Franchise/SailorMoon "In the name of Lab 8, I will pulverize you!"]]
148** [[Manga/YuGiOh "It's time to DUEL!"]]
149** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "A wild schoolgirl appears!"]], [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} "Blasts off again!"]], and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} "I choose you!"]]
150** [[Manga/{{Naruto}} "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu?", "A medical ninja? BELIEVE IT!",]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} "Art is an explosion!"]]
151** "[[Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatGirlNukuNuku All Purpose Cultural]] or [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} 4-D pocket]]?"
152** [[Literature/IsThisAZombie "Is that a zombie?"]]
153** [[Literature/OreImo "Her little sister can't be this cute!"]]
154** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "MUDAMUDA!", "Withdraw coolly!", "Yare yare",]] and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "But I refuse!"]]
155** [[Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan "Pi-piru-pi~"]]
156** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "Mustn't run..."]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "I feel sick..."]]
157** "NANI SORE?!" is a shout out and ActorAllusion to Nonon in ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
158** [[Manga/InuYasha "Sit boy, sit!"]]
159** [[Anime/CowboyBebop "You're gonna carry that weight."]]
160** [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt "Another Heaven Coin closer to redemption."]]
161** [[Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats "I'll call you when I want some pepperoni."]]
162** [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar "You are already dead!", "Abeshi...",]] and [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar "I regret nothing!"]]
163** [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} "Uguu~"]] and [[VisualNovel/{{Air}} "Gao~"]], both {{verbal tic}}s of Key heroines.
164** [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} "The bird of Hermes is my name!", "Fun's yet to come!",]] and [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} "Hurry, hurry!]]"
165** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam "My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow!", "Get mad! Get mad!", "Ready, GO!", "Burning!",]] and [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam "Shining!"]]
166** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ "High Mega!"]] when shooting from her head. You could argue [[Main/AnimeThemeSong it's not anime. Not anime.]]
167** [[Manga/DeathNote "All according to keikaku!"]]
168** [[Manga/DragonBall "Solar Flare!"]]
169** [[Manga/OnePiece "Gum-Gum!"]]
170** [[Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault "This is my hole!"]]
171** [[VideoGame/RhythmHeaven "Peki peki peki desu ka?"]]
172** [[Manga/{{Akira}} "New Meridian is about to explode!"]]
173** [[Anime/{{FLCL}} "LUNCHTIIIME~", "Kakii~n!",]] and [[Anime/{{FLCL}} "It takes an idiot to do cool things. That's why it's cool!"]]
174** [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} "A catgirl is fine too"]]
175** [[Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs "Gokigenyou"]]
176** [[Manga/CardCaptorSakura "Hoe? Hoe?"]]
177** [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry "EET'S PAAFEKKTO!"]]
178** [[Manga/{{Trigun}} "Begin the killing time!"]]
179** [[Manga/GoldenBoy "Die, die, die, die...UUUUUGGGGHHH!!!!"]]
180** [[Manga/{{Claymore}} "Don't be so quick to throw away your life."]]
181** [[Manga/RurouniKenshin "Composure!", "Kiwami, AAAAAAAH!!", "Zero Style!",]] and [[Manga/RurouniKenshin "Secret Sword!"]] Specifically the dub [[MemeticMutation meme]] that [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff/AnimeAndManga caught on in Japan.]]
182** [[Anime/MusashiGundoh "It's dazzling!"]]
183** [[Manga/YuYuHakusho "Quest Class!"]] in reference to Karasu, the living bomb maker.
184** [[Franchise/TouhouProject "Boundaries!"]]
185** [[Manga/BlackLagoon "Call it good!"]] Possibly with a nod to the [[ChainsawGood trope name]].
186** [[Anime/GaoGaiGar "Become light!"]]
187** [[Manga/RozenMaiden "Desudesudesudesudesu!"]]
188** [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico "Gekigan!"]]
189** [[Manga/{{Blame}} "Blam!"]] while flying through the air from her [[LawOfInverseRecoil gun's recoil]].
190** [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter "Juu'nen hayain dayo!"]]
191** "Where are all the decals?" is a nod to Painwheel's [[BilingualBonus Japanese]] [[FanNickname nickname]] being {{Itasha}}.[[note]]"Pain wheel" in kanji ends up spelled the same as "painful car."[[/note]]
192[[/folder]]
193
194[[folder:Parasoul]]
195* {{Palette Swap}}s:
196** 2: [[Anime/StrikeWitches Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen]]
197** 3: [[Anime/{{Noir}} Mirielle Bouquet]]
198** 7: The fencing outfit from her Story Mode ending.
199** 8/[[VideoGame/HeavyRain "Heavy Reign"]]: The Egret color scheme.
200** 9: [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Kneesocks]]
201** 11: [[VideoGame/Persona3 Mitsuru Kirijo]]
202** 12/[[Film/LegallyBlonde "Regally Blond"]]: [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Olivier Armstrong]]
203** 14: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Kula Diamond]]
204** 15/"Shadow Ops": [[Website/GaiaOnline Alruna]]. Also a case of [[ActorAllusion Artist Allusion]], as Alruna was designed by Alex Ahad.
205** 16: [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Megurine Luka]]
206** 17/"Risky Ginger": [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]
207** 18/[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy "Primed"]]: [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]'s Justin Bailey outfit from the original ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.
208** 19/"Ivy League": [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Poison Ivy]] (Backer Color)
209** 20/"Summer Salt": [[{{WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic}} Fluttershy]] (Backer Color)[[note]]Parasoul's sister Umbrella has the same color scheme, but this palette has Fluttershy's light blue eyes instead of Umbrella's [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow pink]] ones. Also, being a backer request from the Indiegogo campaign, the request itself was for Fluttershy specifically.[[/note]]
210** 21: [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Char]] [[CharClone Aznable]] (Backer Color)
211** 22: [[ComicBook/XMen 90's Jean Grey]] (Backer Color)
212** 23: [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Kyoko Minazuki]]
213** 24: VideoGame/CaptainCommando
214** 25/"Star-Crossed": Annie of the Stars
215** 26: [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Daphne Blake]]
216** 27: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Widowmaker]]
217** 28/"High Ruler": [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]], circa ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''
218** 29/"Bombshell": Franchise/{{Barbie}}
219** 30/"Indomitable": [[Manga/ChainsawMan Makima]]
220* Parasoul has a Level 3 super that's similar to one of [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} BB Hood's]].
221* There's a small chance (1 in 20) that one of her assist soldiers will say "[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Well, ex-CUSE me, Princess!]]" when called. They'll always say it if called after she successfully completes her yawning taunt.
222* In two of her supers she can be heard to say [[ComicBook/TheAvengers "Egrets assemble!"]] and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} "Egrets, roll out!"]] respectively.
223* She can also be heard saying "One Million Troops!", Tak Fuji's infamous line from [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2010, when using her Motor Brigade super move.
224* One of her lines for her sniper super is, "Ready, [[Manga/Golgo13 number thirteen!]]"
225** It's also called VideoGame/SilentScope, which happens to be a Creator/{{Konami}} game.
226* She borrowed [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li's]] mid-air stomp attack as one of her many command normals.
227* Her win quote against Valentine is "[[DrugsAreBad Winners don't use drugs.]]".
228* One of the Black Egrets, Molly, has a talking pose where she salutes, closes her eyes and has an open zigzagged mouth, which may remind some people of [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Wobbuffet]].
229[[/folder]]
230
231[[folder:Ms. Fortune]]
232* {{Palette Swap}}s:
233** 3: [[VideoGame/RumbleRoses Reiko Hinomoto]]
234** 4/"Hellcat": [[DevelopmentGag The color scheme of her original design.]]
235** 6: [[Website/GaiaOnline Shelly]]. Another case of [[ActorAllusion Artist Allusion]], as Shelly is associated with another Gaia Online character Alex Ahad designed.
236** 7: [[Literature/{{Durarara}} Celty Sturluson]]
237** 8: Franchise/BlackRockShooter
238** 9/"Wind Stalker": [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan Aensland]]
239** 10/[[VideoGame/PerfectDark "Purrfect Dark"]]: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Fran]]
240** 11/[[Franchise/LawAndOrder "Claw and Order"]]: Platform/XBox360
241** 12/[[HackAndSlash "Hack n' Splash"]]: Platform/{{PS3}}
242** 13: [[VideoGame/FatalFury Blue Mary]]
243** 14: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Leona]]
244** 15: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IyU02E9bdM Pussycat]]
245** 16/"Rogue Agent": [[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara Moriah the Thief]]
246** 17: [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Etna]]
247** 18: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mami]] [[OffWithHisHead Tomoe]][[note]]A notable break from the running gag of the Madoka-themed palettes being references to their respective Skullgirls voice actor or actress, as Mami is voiced by Creator/CarrieKeranen. However, the opportunity to reference the infamous decaptitation punchline herself evidently proved to be too hard to resist.[[/note]]
248** 19: [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct B. Orchid]] (Backer Color)
249** 21/"Ms. Trial": [[ComicBook/SheHulk She-Hulk]] (Backer Color)
250** 22: [[AscendedFanon Trades (also one of the Casino NPCs)]] (Backer Color)
251** 23/"Furry Fury": [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Makoto Nanaya]]
252** 24: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] black Assist 2 palette from ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 MvC2]]''
253** 25/"Meow and Furever": [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Elena]]
254** 26: [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Shielder]]
255** 27/"Time Thief": [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Tracer]]
256** 28: VideoGame/SlyCooper, with Fortune's tail acting as Sly's cane
257** 30/"Foot Soldier": [[Franchise/StreetFighter Juri Han]], specifically her outfit in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6''
258* Ms. Fortune's original outfit seems to be a reference to [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Makoto]] (the general appearance) and [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] (the color and the pouches she has on her belt). Since then, her color scheme and hairstyle have changed to stand out from the other characters and be more fitting with the 30's era.
259* Her air dash, and a lot of her blood splattering moves resemble [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Jedah's]] moves.
260* Her anti-air special, Fiber Uppercut, is named similarly to an anti-air used by [[Franchise/StreetFighter Sagat]].
261* During her grounded level 1 super, she might end up saying "[[VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom Fur-serker]] [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Purr-age]]!" which is where the move drew its inspiration from. Alternatively, she might say [[Music/TedNugent "Cat Scratch Fever!"]]
262* Her level 3 is named [[ComicBook/VForVendetta "The Fifth of Dismember"]].
263* This isn't the first time a disembodied head has told someone to [[Film/TotalRecall1990 "Get ready for a surprise!"]]
264* [[invoked]] One of her opening quotes against Filia ([[HollywoodPudgy who's a little pudgy]]) is "[[WebOriginal/LOLCats Can I have a cheeseburger?]]" Of course, [[NWordPrivileges she doesn't appreciate having it turned around on her.]]
265--->'''Cerebella''': You can has cheezburger?\
266'''Ms. Fortune''': ''[[FantasticRacism That's RACIST!]]''
267** Her severed head's grab move has her [[ManBitesMan chew on her opponent]], while saying "omnomnomnom!"
268* Her entrance resembles [[Franchise/StreetFighter Cammy's]], aside from the trenchcoat she's wearing, and her head spinning 180 degrees.
269* One of her winning quotes is "[[Film/TheRoom2003 YOU'RE TEARING US APART!]]"
270* Another win quote is "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind A claws encounter]] [[{{VideoGame/Bubsy}} of the furred kind]]."
271* One of her supers involves [[VideoGame/BlazBlue a dash forward filled with scratching the opponent.]] With her head on, she headbutts the opponent backwards.
272** If she uses the super with her head off, however, she turns her hand into a drill and makes a pose like a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann certain mecha.]]
273* Her other super, Feral Edge, has her using her tail as a sword to dive down in similar fashion to [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna's Belial Edge]].
274* One of her special attacks is done with three repetitions of the same button combination (Quarter-circle forward + Punch), similar to characters like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Fei-Long, Karin Kanzuki]] or [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Iron Fist]]. That's not the ShoutOut part, however - these types of characters are known as "Rekka-style" characters. What does Ms. Fortune say if you finish the three-hit special with one of two alternate enders? Either [[StealthPun "Wreck-a your face!" or "Wreck-a your shins!"]]
275* She announces one of her low attacks by saying, "[[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Tail spin!]]"
276* Sometimes when she bowls her head at the opponent, she'll say "[[VideoGame/DaytonaUSA Rolling start!]]"
277** Other times she'll yell out "[[Series/MarriedWithChildren STEEEEE-RIKE!]]"
278* The logo on her collar looks a lot like the Bonne family logo from ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''.
279* One of her intros against Beowulf is her asking "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Let_the_Dogs_Out Who let the dog out?]]"
280* Defeating Marie has Fortune saying "Music/TotalEclipseOfTheHeart"
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Painwheel]]
284* {{Palette Swap}}s:
285** 7/"Neuromancer": Brain Drain
286** 8: Valentine
287** 9: [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider #1]]
288** 11/[[VideoGame/GrimFandango "Grim Fan"]]: Day of the Dead (Mexican holiday) colors
289** 12: [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Sentinel]]
290** 14: [[Franchise/StreetFighter Vega]]
291** 15/"Literature/FreakyFriday": [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]
292** 16/"Raw Nerv": [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA Unit-01]]
293** 17: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Haku]]
294** 18: [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Basara]]
295** 19: [[AscendedMeme Dat Mango]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Sentinel]] (Backer Color)
296** 21: [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Rozalin/True Zenon]]
297** 22/"Web Crawler": ComicBook/SpiderMan
298** 24/"Biting Cold": [[https://www.deviantart.com/astronblackmoon/art/Vile-Nemo-Reference-258192937 "Vile" Nemo]] (Backer Color)
299** 25: [[Anime/KillLaKill Berserk Ryuko]]
300** 26: An albino [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_rat laboratory rat]]
301** 27: [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Hisako]]
302** 28: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Skull Kid]]
303* Painwheel's SuperMode, "Hatred Install", is probably inspired by [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy's]] Dragon Install.
304* Her "Death Crawl" super move may be inspired by ''Film/TheExorcist''.
305** Or, alternately, [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Voldo]].
306* Like Filia, she also has a move that's like [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the classic Spin Dash]]. Painwheel's imitates the input more than the appearance.
307* Some of ValleyGirl Painwheel's lines are based on lyrics from [[Music/ShipArrivingTooLateToSaveADrowningWitch "Valley Girl"]] by Music/FrankZappa.
308** "I'm from a really nice part of Maplecrest, so it's okay."
309** "Chill out! Don't be such a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Zappa moon unit]]!"
310* And, of course, Valley Girl Painwheel tells us to [[Music/SirMixALot look at Squigly's butt.]]
311[[/folder]]
312
313[[folder:Valentine]]
314* {{Palette Swap}}s:
315** 3/"Oh Mai": [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]]
316** 4, 5, 6, 8/"Last Hope": Fellow Last Hope nurses Hallow, Patty, Easter, and Christmas
317** 7/"Graveyard Shift": Skullgirl coloring from Valentine's Story Mode ending
318** 9/[[Franchise/SilentHill "Silent Kill"]]: The nurses from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''.
319** 10/[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed "Assasin's Greed"]]: [[VideoGame/Persona2 Trish, AKA the Healing Spring fairy]]
320** 12: [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Sheena Fujibayashi]]
321** 13: [[VideoGame/RumbleRoses Anesthesia]]
322** 14: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Baiken]]
323** 15: [[Website/GaiaOnline Sam the Mechanic]]
324** 16: [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Yowane Haku]]
325** 17/"Sparring Partner": [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Haruko Haruhara]]
326** 18: [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Kasumi]]
327** 19: [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice Kyoko Needleworker]]
328** 20: [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Shinobu]] (Backer Color)
329** 21: [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Nu-13]] (Backer Color)
330** 22/"Pyro-Technique": [[VideoGame/SoulCalibur Taki]] (Backer Color)
331** 25/"Wetwork": VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu (Backer Color)
332** 26: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Chipp Zanuff]]
333** 27/"Seraph Soldier": [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Mercy]]
334** 28/"Kill Joy": [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Nurse Joy]]
335** 29/"Très Chic": [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Sheik]]
336** 30: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi]]
337** 31/"Final Fang": [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kakashi Hatake]]
338* Valentine's stance is the same as [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui's]] from the later ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' games. Fittingly, her third palette is one for Mai.
339* Her EKG Flatliner special is similar to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki's Yami Shigure special]].
340* One of her supers involves throwing scalpels the same way as [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]]. The name of the move, "Checkmate Incision", makes the reference more explicit, as Dio says "Checkmate" when using that throwing knife attack.
341* One of her special moves is very similar to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Chipp Zanuff's]] Alpha Blade special.
342* She has a command grab patterned after fellow-ninja [[VideoGame/FinalFight Guy's]] SpinningPiledriver.
343* Valentine may or may not be as crazy when in the OP Table as other insane doctors from fighting games, such as [[VideoGame/ThrillKill Dr. Faustus]] or [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Dr. Baldhead]].
344* Heck, she's even got a reference to ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' in the name and description of her achievement, "The Medical Board Will Be Notified".
345* When attacked, she might occasionally say [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "It's just a flesh wound!"]].
346* Valentine's Level 3 Super features the opponent getting seven different kinds of messed up, but said messing up is concealed behind medical screens and red flashes. Very similar to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma's Raging Demon attack]].
347* If she loses by timeout, she explodes into a mass of bones as if hit by a ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' fatality, down to the multiple skulls and ribcages.
348* Sometimes when Valentine tags out to Double, she says, "Prepare for trouble!" It's the first line of the Team Rocket mantra from the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. (The next line of that mantra is "Make it double.")
349[[/folder]]
350
351[[folder:Double]]
352* {{Palette Swap}}s:
353** 2: Squigly[[note]]This is most obvious when she morphs into Squigly during her Level 3 super[[/note]]
354** 3: [[VideoGame/AngryBirds Red]]
355** 4: Based on Double's old design.
356** 5: Umbrella[[note]]Like with her Squigly palette, most obvious when she morphs into Umbrella during her Level 3 super[[/note]]
357** 6: [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]]
358** 7: The "stomach" colors from her story mode ending.
359** 8: Based on Double's character poster.
360** 9/[[Franchise/{{Alien}} "Xenomorph"]]: Oil
361** 10: VisualNovel/SayaNoUta
362** 11/"Sundae School": Neapolitan ice cream
363** 12: Ms. Victoria[[note]]Yet again like her Squigly and Umbrella colors, most obvious when she morphs into her during her Level 3 super[[/note]]
364** 13/"Temple Tyrant"; 14, 15, 16: Water, Silver, Gold, and Blood, respectively
365** 17: [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Envy]]
366** 18/"Doublicious": [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ditto]]
367** 19/"Rainbow Blight": [[{{Pun}} Double]] [[MemeticMutation Rain]][[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows bow]] (Backer Color)[[note]]It's worth noting that, according to the notes for the patch that added this one, the devs felt compelled to go "all the way" with this one. Let that sink in for a bit.
368** 20/"Literature/HeartOfDarkness": The Skull Heart
369** 21/"Evergreen Evil": Christmas Tree (Backer Color)
370** 22/"Jawbreaker": [[Literature/{{Trapeze}} Ichiro Irabu]]
371** 23: [[Franchise/DotHack Cubia]]
372** 24/"Immoral Fiber": [[Anime/KillLaKill Life Fibers]]
373** 25/"Myst-Match": [[ComicBook/XMen Mystique]]
374** 26: [[VideoGame/WiiFit Wii Fit Trainer]]
375** 27/"Creature of Habit": [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Abyss, First Form]]. Alternatively, a can of [[IncrediblyLamePun Monster]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Energy Energy Drink]].
376** 28: [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse A Cluster Gem]]
377** 29/"Altar Ego": [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Father]]
378* Double's "[[SlideAttack Cilia Slide]]" special is explicitly stated to emulate [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sub-Zero's]], right down to the input.
379* Her level 5 super turns her into [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} a Gradius Moai head]]. She even says "Shoot the core!"
380** Its name? [[VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies Megalith Array]].
381* Her Cerebella special has her [[AssKicksYou slam butt-first into the opponent]], much like [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha R. Mika]].
382* Her jump animation is extremely similar to [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune's]].
383* One of her intro quotes has her ask [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight "What is a man?"]] (which [[{{Pun}} doubles]] as a shoutout to [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], who says the same thing), and one of her winquotes answers "A miserable little pile of secrets", which also [[{{Pun}} doubles]] as a Shout Out to [[Music/MichiruYamane the game's composer]].
384** She also will sometimes say "Have at you!" when using her Peacock super.
385** One of her attacks is called Item Crash (i.e. Grand Cross and Hydro Storm).
386* Her Peacock super involves [[WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop Peacock and her bomb mooks]] running over the opponent with a [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces giant cartoony jalopy]].
387* When activating her Level 3 Blockbuster Nightmare Legion, she might tell you to "[[VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun Be Praying]]". At the end of her attack she then might tell you there is "[[VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}} No Refuge]]".
388* Her tag-in quote? "[[VideoGame/{{Sinistar}} Run coward!]]"
389* The name of one part of her tag-in attack is [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Second Impact]]
390** Or alternatively, to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Second Impact: Giant Attack''.
391* The [[GagDub Republican Double]] voice has some.
392** "'''''[[Series/ThePriceIsRight HELP CONTROL THE PET POPULATION! HAVE YOUR PETS SPAYED OR NEUTERED!]]'''''"
393** "'''''[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush FOOL ME TWICE...uh...um...WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!]]'''''"
394** "'''''YOUR LIFE IS [[UsefulNotes/FoxNews FAIR AND BALANCED]]!'''''"
395** "'''''[[UsefulNotes/BillClinton I DID NOT HAVE]] [[AxCrazy PUGILISTIC]] [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN!]]'''''"
396[[/folder]]
397
398[[folder:Squigly]]
399* {{Palette Swap}}s:
400** 3: [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} Lydia]]
401** 5: [[Anime/{{Penguindrum}} The Princess of the Crystal]]
402** 7/"Scared Stiff": How she looked when she was alive.
403** 8: Marie
404** 9/[[VideoGame/LuigisMansion "Poltergust"]]: Either [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Abyss]] or [[Franchise/BlackRockShooter Dead Master]].
405** 12/"Nearly Departed": [[VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess Zozo]]
406** 13: [[WesternAnimation/CorpseBride Emily]]; Leviathan as Maggot
407** 14: [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Litchi]] [[ActorAllusion Faye-Ling]]
408** 15/"Love Crafted": [[PromotedFanboy Zone-tan]]; Leviathan as her pet tentacle monster Lenny
409** 17: [[Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia Sucy]]
410** 18: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyoko]] [[ActorAllusion Sakura]], with Leviathan acting as her spear
411** 19/"Gang Green": [[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Gum]]
412** 20: [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yoshika Miyako]]
413** 21/"Plot Twisted": [[VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice Alice]]; Leviathan as the Cheshire Cat (Backer Color)
414** 23/"Dead Heat": [[VideoGame/AuSable Sable]] (Backer Color)
415** 24/"Bio-Exorcist": WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}
416** 25: [[Anime/KillLaKill Nui Harime]]
417** 26: [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]]
418** 27: Ronald [=McDonald=]; Leviathan as Grimace
419** 28: VideoGame/EarthwormJim (Leviathan as Jim, Squigly with a mostly-transparent head as his suit). An older version of this palette was in a beta release, but was removed becuase Alex didn't like how it looked.
420** 29/"Thrill Shrieker": ''Music/MichaelJackson's [[Music/{{Thriller}} Thriller]]''
421** 30: [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Kagamine Rin]]
422** 31: [[VideoGame/{{Shantae}} Rottytops]]
423** 32/"Demon Artist": [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Nezuko Kamado]]
424* One of Squigly's special moves is a reference to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Millia's]] "Lust Shaker". Charging it up to level 2 causes a slide similar to Millia's "Longinus".
425* Another one of her special moves is the [[Creator/BruceLee One Inch Punch]]. The developers even call it that informally.
426* She also has a move called [[Franchise/StreetFighter Draugen Punch]], a rather literal version of the {{Shoryuken}}. Its level 1 version is a single-hit uppercut that is more similar to Dan's Koryuken than anything else, but its level 2 version is a powerful 3-hit flaming uppercut that is similar to Ken's more powerful Shoryukens.
427* Another one of her moves has her send out Leviathan's tail a long way to bring the opponent to her for a combo setup. [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sound familiar?]] In addition, when using the move, she or Leviathan might say "GET OVER HERE!" or "C'MERE!"
428* [[http://images.wikia.com/skullgirls/images/9/95/SQ2.jpg Old concept art]] of her planned SuperMode make Leviathan's head look like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Unit-01's]].
429* One of the flowers that can bloom over her foe's grave during the Daisy Pusher Blockbuster attack appears to come from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD the Little Planet]].
430* When using Daisy Pusher, Leviathan may say "[[Film/StreetFighter For I beheld Satan as he]] [[Literature/TheBible fell from Heaven, like lightning!]]" or "[[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty A forest of thorns shall be their tomb!]]" He can also say "Time's dead flowers bereft in deadly bloom!" which seems to be a reference to "Creator/BelaLugosi's [[GothRock Dead]]" by Music/{{Bauhaus}}.
431* When using her standing heavy punch, she and Leviathan can yell [[VideoGame/DoubleDragon "Double!" "Dragon!"]]
432* During a fight, Squigly might ask Leviathan "[[VideoGame/BioShock1 Would you kindly?]]"
433* Sometimes when performing a snapback, Leviathan will shout "[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory I said good day!]]" Don't blink though; you can catch Leviathan doing the 'Dat Ass' face.
434* Her singing super "Squigly Battle Opera" is based on "Super Battle Opera", [[MediaNotes/FightingGameCommunity a famous fighting game tournament in Japan]].
435* Her tag-in attack, which involves her coffin shooting up from the ground and her bursting out of it has some similarities to how Rayne enters stages in ''VideoGame/BloodRayneBetrayal'' (Though there the coffin usually lands from above, not bursting out of the ground). Specifically, the second part where she launches the top half of the coffin at the opponent has similarities to how Rayne can kick the top half of her coffin at opponents at the beginning of a level. The fact that Alex worked as a character designer on that game makes it likely this was intentional.
436* One of Leviathan's quotes during their taunt is "Don't Tread On Us!", a corruption of the motto used on the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Gadsden_flag.svg/1280px-Gadsden_flag.svg.png Gadsden flag]] during the American Revolution.
437* They have a super that was previously not on the command list [[spoiler: that is a difficult to pull off, but powerful nod to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma's]] Shun Goku Satsu, perhaps better known outside Japan as the Raging Demon.]]
438* One intro has Leviathan requesting the opponent to [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} stay awhile and listen]].
439[[/folder]]
440
441[[folder:Big Band]]
442* {{Palette Swap}}s:
443** 2/[[MemeticMutation "Epic Sax"]]: Series/KolchakTheNightStalker
444** 3: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Q's]] [[PaletteSwap red Medium Kick palette]]
445** 4: [[Music/MichaelJackson Smooth Criminal]]
446** 5: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers White Ranger]]
447** 6/[[Franchise/GIJoe "G.I. Jazz"]]: [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Big Zam]]
448** 7/"Treble Maker": [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Sepia-tone]]
449** 8/"Private Dick": ComicStrip/DickTracy
450** 9/[[Franchise/ResidentEvil "Resonant Evil"]]: [[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Sturm]]
451** 10: [[Anime/KillLaKill Nonon's Symphony Regalia Grave uniform]]
452** 11/"Vintage Virtuoso": [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]]
453** 12/[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog "Megasonic"]]: [[Platform/MegaDrive Mega Drive]]
454** 13: ComicBook/TheQuestion
455** 14/"Dream Band": [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]][[note]] Note how this color palette makes Big Band's mouthpiece look a lot more like a bill. Oh, and there's also the fact that his last name's Birdland. [[IncrediblyLamePun Get it?]][[/note]]
456** 15: Original, based on military uniforms
457** 16/"Robocopy": Franchise/RoboCop
458** 17: [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Big The Cat]]
459** 18: [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Gato]]
460** 19: Anime/TheBigO‎
461** 21: Big Pimpin'
462** 22: [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Negaduck]][[note]] Note how this color palette makes Big Band's mouthpiece look a lot more like a bill. Oh, and there's also the fact that his last name's Birdland. [[IncrediblyLamePun Get it?]][[/note]]
463** 23: [[VideoGame/DarkChronicle Metal Flotsam]] (Backer Color)
464** 24: Captain Spaceman from ''Spaceman: Unarmed and Ready to Launch'', a comic by Lava Punch (the studio Alex Ahad had previously worked at)
465** 25: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Robo-Ky]]
466** 26/"HeavyMetal": [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]][[note]]Hidden, unlocked by finishing 26 matches with Big Band's [[RapidFireFisticuffs Satchmo Death Blow super]][[/note]]
467** 27: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin]], in his ''Guilty Gear Xrd'' outfit
468** 28: [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem the American SNES]]
469** 29/"Brass Bandit": [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wario]], with Big Band's oxygen mask colored to resemble his nose and mustache and a Waluigi-colored sax
470* Big Band is explicitly stated to play like [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Q]] "but good".
471** His jumping HK is a pretty blatant reference's to Q's jumping HK.
472** He has a charge rush punch move.
473** He can use a PracticalTaunt to power himself up.
474** He can parry by pressing forward while standing or jumping and pressing down while crouching.
475* His last name, "Birdland", is a reference to a famous jazz club in New York City and a famous jazz song by the band Weather Report.
476* Taunting before using his charge super will give it an extra finisher, where he lets loose with RapidFireFisticuffs [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure in a familiar fashion]]. It's even called "TUBA TUBA".
477** Speaking of his taunt, its revised input is Forward, High Punch, Mid Punch, Low Punch, Forward, almost the exact same input as DIO's Space Ripper Stingy Eyes move from the Capcom fighting game.
478** His level 5 super (taking out the trumpet and playing [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage the Skullgirls theme]]) causes [[TimeStandsStill time to stop]] like Dio's famous ZA WARUDO move. Doing so lets him either do a massively amped up version of his RapidFireFisticuffs or play his trumpet in peace for as long as his meter holds out.
479*** The name of this move is [[Music/LouisArmstrong Satchmo]] Solo (and the RapidFireFisticuffs followup is called Satchmo Death Blow).
480* One of his specials is named "Giant Step", a double shout-out to ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' and Music/JohnColtrane.
481* When using Super Sonic Jam, Big Band may say, "Aww... [[VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom HORN]][[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 CRUSH]]!!"
482* He has a chance of saying "Lazy bird." during his airthrow, in another reference to John Coltrane.
483* His reply of "[[ShutUpHannibal So what?]]" to the Skullheart is a reference to a Miles Davis song of the same name.
484* Against Mafia members (i.e. Cerebella), he gets the opening quote "You will be prosecuted to the full extent of the jam" -- which takes an infamous bit of {{Engrish}} from the ''VideoGame/DonPachi'' series and fits it into his jazz theme.
485* Among his added VO clips are "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons I have to go now, my planet needs me]]" and "[[Anime/CowboyBebop See you, space cowboy]]" upon victory (the flight animation).
486** Other quotes include "[[Anime/TheBigO We have come to terms]]", "[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The world is full of obvious things]]" and "[[Manga/CaseClosed One truth prevails]]".
487* One Big Band's losing quotes is "Salt...peanuts". This is a reference to the bebop tune "Salt Peanuts" composed by Dizzy Gillespie.
488* Big Band's "Beat Extend" is likely a pun on "Heat Extend", [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin's]] anti-air grab move.
489** Speaking of Potemkin, the Heavy Kick version of Giant Step is functionally similar to Potemkin's Sliding Head attack.
490** Adding onto the Potemkin connections, his Brass Knuckles and Emergency Stop function basically the same as Potemkin's Hamerfall and Emergency Stop respectively. Brass Knuckles and Hamerfall even share the same charge motion.
491** It's more of a case of AuthorAppeal at this point. Mike Z ''really'' likes Potemkin. Beowulf has a super that functions similarly to Heavenly Potemkin Buster for cripe's sake!
492* While performing a jumping LK, he'll sometimes say "[[VideoGame/MischiefMakers Shake, shake!]]".
493* Take the A Train, his command grab, is a direct shout out to a Music/DukeEllington tune.
494* When using Brass Knuckles, he'll occasionally give a [[Music/JamesBrown James Brown-esque]] "OWW!" Take the A Train takes it a step further.
495-->"Hit me! Two/three times!"
496* Occasionally, when performing a snapback, Big Band may yell out "[[Music/MichaelJackson Beat it!]]"
497* At the end of his story mode, [[spoiler:after listening to his narration, Peacock remarks that they should make his story into a comic book or something, and that they could call it [[Creator/DCComics Defective Comics]].]]
498* He pulls a Music/LouisArmstrong impression sometimes, replacing St. James Infirmary with Last Hope Infirmary. Big Band also does a more direct reference when he beats Cerebella in a round.
499-->"You can't strong-arm this Armstrong!"
500* One of his intro quotes (and, in fact, his backstory) offers a not so subtle nod to [[Franchise/RoboCop another reconstructed police officer]]. Reinforced by his 16th palette, as noted above.
501-->"Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"
502* Early in his story mode when he discusses his past as a police officer, [[spoiler:one of his fellow cops who beat him to near death and left him for dead is a [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Pig Feral]].]]
503** [[spoiler: And another one of the cops looks oddly similar to [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]].]]
504* His alternate voice pack is called the Saxploitation pack, and it is stuffed to the gills with references, mostly {{Blaxploitation}} ones (naturally):
505--> "Girl, I'mma [[Film/PootieTang sine your pitty on the runny kine.]]"
506--> "[[Film/TheLastDragon From the clock's chime to the cock's crow is but an instant. I must go."]]
507--> (''Tagging in'') [[{{Film/Shaft}} "I can dig it!"]]/[[Series/GoodTimes "Dy-no-mite!"]]
508--> "[[Film/CleopatraJones Hair is like a woman, you treat it good, and it treats you good. / Show's over, Cleopatra Bones!]]"
509--> "[[Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka I'm gonna git cha, sucka!]]"
510--> (''when landing a 3-hit A Train'') "Take the Series/SoulTrain!"
511--> "[[Music/JayZ I got 99 problems]] but a lich ain't one."
512--> "[[{{Film/Airplane}} Jive-ass dude ain't got no brains anyhow.]]"
513[[/folder]]
514
515[[folder:Fukua]]
516* {{Palette Swap}}s, most of which reference other "clone" characters:
517** 4: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Decapre]]
518** 5/[[Music/{{Train}} "Souls Sisters"]]: [[Franchise/MortalKombat Ermac]]
519** 6: [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Shadow Lady]]
520** 7/“Dream Demon”: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma]] (Who started out as a buffed headswap of Ryu and Ken)
521** 8: [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter Mecha-Zangief]]
522** 9: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan Aensland]]
523** 10: [[VideoGame/StreetfighterIII Sean Matsuda]]
524** 11/"Rain Shadow": [[Franchise/MortalKombat Rain]]
525** 12/"VideoGame/ChameleonTwist": [[Franchise/MortalKombat Reptile]]
526** 13: [[http://blackbookalpha.tumblr.com/post/51545982318/skullgirls-the-legend-of-maeruto-suezumaeki Maeruto Suezumaeki]] (parody of Manga/{{Naruto}})
527** 14/"Feathered Edges": [[VideoGame/StarFox Falco]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Lombardi]]
528** 15: [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Alpha-152]]
529** 16: [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos Violent Ken]]
530** 17/"Shadow Puppet": [[Franchise/SonicThehedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]]
531** 18: [[VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit Eva Earlong's]] [[VideoGame/OneMustFall HAR units]]
532** 19: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterEX Allen Snider]]
533** 20: [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes Red Venom]]
534** 21/"Splitting Image": [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5 Honoka]]
535** 22: ComicBook/WarMachine
536** 23: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Robo-Ky Mk. II]]
537** 24/"Night Terror": [[Anime/KillLaKill Ryuko Matoi]] [[spoiler:while brainwashed by Ragyo Kiryuin]]
538** 25: [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Orochi Shermie]]
539** 26: [[VideoGame/NierAutomata 2B]]'s palette swap found in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'', nicknamed 2P
540** 27: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Daisy]]
541** 28/"Phantom Threads": [[VideoGame/Persona5 Ann Takamaki]]
542** 29/"Apex Complex": [[VideoGame/{{Celeste}} Badeline]][[note]] Filia has a matching Madeline palette, as noted above[[/note]]
543* Fukua's Forever A Clone special, where she projects one of her two souls to attack, is said to be inspired by [[VideoGame/OneMustFall Shadow's cloning gimmick]]. Its name is a pun on the [[Webcomic/RageComics Forever Alone]] meme.
544* Her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXN5yr4dGIc introductory trailer]] kicks shout outs to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (specifically, Brain Drain asks a dog to leave and says he should come back once he learns to "manipulate sand or something", referencing Iggy, from the manga's third part, ''Stardust Crusaders.''), ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''s reveal of Decapre, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''s ending.
545** The reference to Iggy's sand-controlling Stand, The Fool, is further complemented by Fukua and her trailer being an April Fool's event.
546** The "Filia sleeping" part might also be a reference to the beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct6FU-nsy-I Ultra Street Fighter 4's Edition Select trailer.]]
547*** It is also highly likely a reference to the ending of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' with the only difference being Filia replacing Mario.
548* Fukua herself is both a parody of [[Franchise/MortalKombat Ermac]]: ([[AscendedMeme ascended joke]], fusion of souls, PaletteSwap) and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Decapre]] (the aforementioned introductory trailer). As already noted, she has [[PaletteSwap palette swaps]] based on both characters.
549* The ending of Fukua's story mode (and the {{Stinger}} that follows the credits) references the infamous CliffHanger ending of ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
550* In one of the ''very few'' cases of Fukua recieving unique frames of animation, she will do Shadow the Hedgehog's iconic pose from the box art of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' if she's trapped in one of Umbrella's bubbles.
551[[/folder]]
552
553[[folder:Eliza]]
554* {{Palette Swap}}s:
555** 2: Film/{{Cleopatra}}
556** 3: [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Eliza]]
557** 7/"Bloodbath": Bloody (from Eliza's Story Mode)
558** 8: [[VideoGame/{{Vindictus}} Princess Iset]]
559** 9: [[AttractiveBentGender Midnight-Blissed]] [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Jedah Dohma]]; Albus as Jon Talbain
560** 10/"Scarlet Viper": [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Crimson]] [[ActorAllusion Viper]]; Albus as [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Rufus]] and Horace as [[Manga/DragonBall Goku]], giving three {{Actor Allusion}}s for the price of one.
561** 11: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]]
562** 12: [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Doctor]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Doom]]
563** 13: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear I-No]]
564** 14: [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Queen Odette]]
565** 15/"Stand Out": [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]]; Albus and Horace as The World from the original manga, with Sekhmet as The World from [[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage For The Future]]
566** 16/[[Film/MyBloodyValentine "Bloody Valentine"]]: [[Anime/CowboyBebop Faye]] [[ActorAllusion Valentine]]; Albus as Spike Spiegel and Horace as Jet Black
567** 17/"Red Velvet": [[VideoGame/OdinSphere Velvet]]
568** 18/"Mummy Dearest": [[Anime/KillLaKill Ragyo Kiryuin]]; Sekhmet as Life Fibers, Albus as Rei Hōōmaru and Horace as COVERS
569** 19: [[VideoGame/{{Transistor}} Red]]; Sekhmet as The Process
570** 21: [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures Porrim Maryam]] (Backer Color)
571** 23/"Diva Intervention": [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Urien]]; Sekhmet as Twelve, Albus as Gill and Horace as Necro
572** 24/"Tomb & Gloom": [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Raven]]; Sekhmet as Trigon, Albus and Horace as Beast Boy (Backer Color)
573** 25: [[Franchise/{{Persona}} Elizabeth]]; Sekhmet as Thanatos
574** 26: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Ana]]
575** 27: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora's]] outfit from [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Kingdom Hearts III]]; Sekhmet as a Heartless, Albus as Goofy, and Horace as Donald
576** 28/"Lapis Luxury": [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Lapis Lazuli]]
577** 29/"Inner Pieces": [[VideoGame/{{Indivisible}} Ajna]]
578** 31: [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Kikuri-Hime]]
579** 32: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Astarte]]
580** "Noble Mogul" (''Mobile'' Exclusive): [[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Ningguang]]
581* For starters, damn near every one of her animations doubles as a reference to Myth/EgyptianMythology. Even her ''animations when getting hit'' reference things like mummification.
582* Eliza's win pose (where she changes into a random alternate costume) is based on a similar win pose of [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan's.]]
583* When using Osiris Spiral:
584-->'''Eliza''': What's wrong?
585-->'''[[DemBones Sekhmet]]''': [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/2spooky Too spooky?]]
586* Wait a minute...[[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Egyptian Mummy Vampire? Didn't this happen before?]]
587* When she does her Dive of Horace, her lackey, Horace does a [[DivingKick dive kick]] in a similar pose as Rufus from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
588* One of Eliza's story mode portraits has her smiling in a similar manner as [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Jetstream Sam]].
589* Horace loves to [[VideoGame/DarkSouls engage in jolly cooperation]].
590* One of her winning quotes is the famous "Deal with it" meme.
591* One of the quotes for her hard crouching kick is "[[Music/TheLonelyIsland I'm on a boat]]".
592* Her microphone stand/scythe/staff weapon is called the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Staff of Ra]].
593* One of Sekhmet's quotes is "[[ComicBook/{{Doom}} Rip and Tear!]]".
594* Sekhmet's heart-shaped hole is a reference to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Giorno Giovanna's]] CleavageWindow.
595** While on the subject of [=JoJo=], Sekhmet's line when performing their taunt is [[MemeticMutation "I have no weaknesses!"]]
596* Eliza and Sekhmet's relationship mirrors that of [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Hazama and Yuuki Terumi]]. Eliza and Hazama are the outer human halves who handle the day-to-day affairs. Sekhmet and Terumi are the hidden villains who mastermind many bad things in the plot of their series. [[MentalFusion Both pairs seemingly share the same mind as well]].
597** It should be noted that the human half seems to be "in charge" with Eliza, [[spoiler: because Double hates humans, not parasites]]. There's nothing indicating that Sekhmet is the mastermind.
598[[/folder]]
599
600[[folder:Beowulf]]
601* {{Palette Swap}}s:
602** 3: Sexy Firefighter
603** 4: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Dudley's]] Pink Heavy Punch palette
604** 7: Beowulf's superhero attire from his ending (Backer Color)
605** 8/"Wulfsbane": Grendel (Backer Color)[[note]]Also used for the MirrorMatch in his story mode[[/note]]
606** 9: Wrestling/ElSanto
607** 10/"Hype Man": [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Alex]] (Backer Color)
608** 12/"Wrestler X": ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}
609** 13: [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Jax Briggs]]
610** 14: [[VideoGame/Persona4 Kanji Tatsumi]]
611** 15: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers The Mighty Morphin'-era Green Ranger]]
612** 16/"Dragon Brawler": [[Franchise/DragonBall Yamcha]]
613** 17: [[WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}} Jon Talbain]]
614** 18/"Snake Bite": [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Naked Snake]] (Backer Color)
615** 19: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqLit715EOU Silent Storm]], a custom {{VideoGame/MUGEN}} character (Backer Color)
616** 20/"Number One": [[Franchise/StarTrek William Riker]]
617** 21/"Weekend Warrior": Wrestling/UltimateWarrior
618** 23/"Dark Might": Franchise/{{Batman}}
619** 24: [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay The Baz]]
620** 25/"Freedom Fighter": ComicBook/CaptainAmerica
621** 26: [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Incineroar]]
622** 27: WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet
623** 28/"Beast King": [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], circa ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''. Mainly references Ganon's grabby special moves from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', but in addition, the moon in the Three Wulf Moonsault blockbuster [[https://twitter.com/SHEPLION/status/1390464691605053441 is redrawn to resemble the moon from]] ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.
624** "Fan Favorite" (''Mobile'' Exclusive): Hidden Variable logo
625** "Ogre Achiever" (''Mobile'' Exclusive): Franchise/{{Shrek}}
626* Aside from [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} the obvious]], Lab Zero said they went through the archives of a ton of old ProfessionalWrestling videos when looking for Beowulf inspirations, and it shows.
627** Beowulf's standing light punch has him dramatically holding his hand to his ear, just like Wrestling/HulkHogan. Holding it hypes up the crowd as well. Another reference to the Hulkster is in the name of one of Beowulf's level 3 supers, Wulfamania.
628** Occasionally when doing the aforementioned standing light punch, he'll shout [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "WHAT?!"]]
629** His standing heavy kick is a superkick. Hitting with it causes a music note to appear, revealing it to be a reference to Sweet Chin Music, the finisher of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.
630** His crumple state animation is just like Wrestling/RicFlair's "Flair Flop".
631*** He'll also sometimes shout "WOOOOO!" when doing his knife edge chop move (jumping medium punch).
632** The name of his stage is [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NMO]] Arena.
633** His mic drop is is a shout out to [[Wrestling/CMPunk a wrestler once known as the "Best In The World"]].
634** One of his main gimmicks is the use of a folding metal chair, one of the staple weapons in professional wrestling. His standing heavy punch with the Hurting equipped (where he brings the Hurting down upon his opponent's head) is one of the ways the steel chair is most commonly used during a match.
635** Almost all of his grab finishers are legitimate pro wrestling moves. Hurting might remind one of [[AC:This Is Gonna Hurt]] written on the weapons of Wrestling/{{ECW}}'s chair swinging freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axel Rotten)
636** His strongest grab finisher is the Vertebreaker, a back-to-back double underhook piledriver which happens to be one of the most powerful and dangerous moves in all of professional wrestling. The official name of it is "Da Grendel Killa", a reference to the name Homicide used for the move in Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s LAX: "Da Gringo Killa".
637** If Beowulf kills with a Canis Major Press out of a super with the maximum amount of hype built up, a penguin feral will slide into the arena and count a pin before sliding away. This references how wrestling refs sometimes throw themselves onto their sides while sliding in order to count a pin during especially heated matches.
638*** The slide itself is a reference to Jack Doan's slide across most of the ring during Stone Cold Steve Austin and Scott Hall's match.
639** Beowulf alternating on either saying "YES!" or "NO!" during his [[SpamAttack Naegling Knee Lift]] can be seen as a reference to Wrestling/BryanDanielson.
640* Although not as much as the wrestling references, there are shout outs to [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} the poem]] from his moveset as well.
641** '''Geatish''' Trepak: Beowulf is from Geatland.
642** '''Naegling''' Knee Drop: Naegling refers to the sword Beowulf used in his final battle against the dragon.
643** Heorot Family Roundhouse: Heorot refers to the mead hall that got ambushed by Grendel. They associate "Heorot" with Round'''house'''.
644* Another of his grab finishers is a Cossack dance, which is infrequently used in combat by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII another video game wrestler]].
645* His Outtake animation is based on [[Franchise/StarTrek Lieutenant Riker's]] unique way of sitting. He also has a matching PaletteSwap (which was given the name "Number One" in ''Skullgirls Mobile''), as noted above, and two of his Outtake lines are also references to Riker's role in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]:
646--> "Make it so!"
647--> "I'm number one."
648* His first super is a a shout out to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Slayer's]] Dead On Time overdrive (and also possibly [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Ralf's]] Galactica Phantom).
649** It is not, according to [[WordOfGod Mike Z]], a reference to [[VideoGame/BionicCommando Spencer's]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Bionic Lancer]] super, though the move is called "Gigantic Arm".
650--> '''Mike Z''': "For those of you who said "Bionic Arm", you have to play more older fighting games."
651* Beowulf's Airwulf super is similar to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Potemkin's Heavenly Potemkin Buster]] in execution, named after an '80s [[Series/{{Airwolf}} action show]].
652* One of Beowulf's special moves is [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Jon Talbain's Beast Cannon]] in all but name.
653* One of Beowulf's level 3 supers is the [[MemeticMutation Three Wulf Moon]]sault. The [[WolvesAlwaysHowlAtTheMoon three wolves and moon]] from the [[FunTShirt shirt]] even appear if the move hits.
654** He initiates the maneuver by chugging a gallon of Tuscan Milk, another product that went memetic due to amazon.com customer reviews. Sometimes he shouts "Cry for the Moon!" to reference the infamous [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong alternative foreign theme song]] of the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries '90s X-men cartoon]].
655* Beowulf's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8P6Zuq0VPU voice reel]] also features a ton more wrestling references. Including:
656** [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} "It's time! It's time! It's BEOWULF time!"]]
657** [[Wrestling/RicFlair "To be the man... AWOOO!... I'm gonna beat Big Band!"]]
658** [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner "The Big Bad Wulf is your hookup!"]]
659*** "Howl back if you hear me!"
660** [[Wrestling/TheRock "FINALLY... the Wulf has comeback to Maplecrest!/New Meridian!/Little Innsmouth!/...wait, what?"]]
661*** "It doesn't matter!"
662*** "Laying the Hurting down!"
663*** "[[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Know your role!]]"
664*** "Jabroni!"
665** "[[Wrestling/BookerT CAAAN YOOOU DIG IT?!]]"
666** [[Wrestling/BretHart "I'm the wildest there is, was, and ever will be!"]]
667** [[Wrestling/RandyOrton "I am the Legend Killer!"]]
668** [[Wrestling/MickFoley "Have a nice day."]]
669** [[Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla "SUPER]] [[Website/{{Botchamania}} DRAGON!"]]
670** [[Wrestling/HulkHogan "Say your vitamins and eat your prayers!"]]
671*** "Whatcha gonna do?!"
672*** "Wulfamania runs wild!"
673*** "One twenty inch python!"
674*** "I'm a real Canopian!"
675** [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter "Minus five stars!"]]
676** [[Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} "Who's next?!"]]
677** [[Wrestling/RandySavage "OH yeah!"]]
678** [[Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob "S-screwjob..."]]
679** [[Wrestling/KurtAngle "It's true!"]]
680[[/folder]]
681
682[[folder:Robo-Fortune]]
683* {{Palette Swap}}s, most of which are based on other fictional robots or characters with robotic appearances:
684** 2: Alt color [[VideoGame/VirtualOn Fei-Yen]]
685** 3: [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Colon]]
686** 4/"Overclocked": [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline RAcaseal]]
687** 5/"[=M3OW=]": [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]]
688** 6/“Vector Protector”: VideoGame/{{Vectorman}}
689** 7: The...''unique'' graphical style of the Platform/VirtualBoy
690** 8/"Purrminator": [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The T-800's endoskeleton]]
691** 9: [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Monsoon]]
692** 10/"Persona Assistant": [[VideoGame/Persona3 Aigis]]
693** 11: [[Anime/{{Fireball}} Drossel von Flügel]]
694** 12/"Nyanotech": ComicBook/IronMan
695** 13: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Robo-Ky]]
696** 14: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]]
697** 15: [[Franchise/MegaMan Bass]]
698** 16: [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Motoko Kusanagi]]
699** 17: [[http://atrox-c.deviantart.com/art/Sarah-N-Dippity-091014-481607642 Sarah N. Dippity]] (Backer Color)
700** 18/"Head Hunter": [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] in the Varia suit
701** 19: Samus Aran in the Gravity suit
702** 20: [[VideoGame/XenoSaga KOS-MOS]]
703** 21: [[VideoGame/XenoSaga T-elos]]
704** 23/"Terror Byte": [[VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline Kireek]]
705** 24/"Blue Screen": [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic R-DASH]] [[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov 5000]] (Backer Color)
706** 25: [[Comicbook/XMen Spiral]]
707** 26/"Blue Bomber": [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]
708** 27: [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Pharah]]
709** 28/[[Platform/{{Xbox}} "X-Bot"]]: [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], with her laser attacks colored a vibrant red to resemble the [[{{BFG}} Spartan Laser.]]
710** 29: [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mega Man X]], fully armored
711** 30: [[VideoGame/VirtualOn Fei-Yen]], default colors
712** 31: [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]
713** 32/"Number Cruncher": Hidden Variable logo
714** "Buffering Zone" (''Mobile'' Exclusive): [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom A Zonai Construct]]
715* When using her Heavy Theonite Beam, Robo-Fortune strikes the pose for [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Buster Beam]], and also rips out her own power core as a shout out during one of her supers.
716** Another beam has her firing in a pose similar to Series/{{Ultraman}}.
717** Most of her shouts during beams reference other {{Energy Weapon}}s. "[[Series/{{Ultraman}} Spaceium!]]" "[[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Buster!]]" "[[Anime/MazingerZ Photonic!]]" "[[Anime/TheBigO Chrome!]]" "[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Heart!]]"
718* Her Magnetic Trap super is an amped-up version of [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Iron Tager's]] Atomic Collider.
719* Jumping HP sees her cross her arms and shoot a short-ranged shockwave, similar to [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Magneto's]] Magnetic Blast.
720* Headrone Salvo is similar to [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Doctor Doom's]] Hidden Missiles in execution.
721** If you try to bring in more than 3 Headrones, she will insist "[[Series/MaxHeadroom Max Headrone]]."
722* Her Systemic Circuit Breaker super is similar to [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Robo Ky's]] Gen-Ky Lovers, providing buffs for a short period before violently exploding and damaging herself.
723** The move's start-up animation is very similar to a successful Zandatsu in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', though more likely references the self destruct from ''Manga/GetterRobo'' echoed in ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}''.
724* Some of her lines reference common keyboard shortcuts, such as Alt+Tab when using her Outtake.
725* Her attack named Device Driver is accompanied by "[[Anime/GaoGaiGar Dividing!]]"
726* The throw Shell's Crash is performed like [[Anime/DragonBallZ Android 16]]'s Hell's Flash.
727* Her tag-in is modeled after time travel in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise.
728* Can be heard saying "Robo-Fortune stupid name" when called in for an assist as [[Film/ShortCircuit Number 5]] did of his name.
729* Her moves that involve flailing limbs around are accompanied by "[[Series/LostInSpace Danger!]]"
730* Within the first few minutes of activation, Robo-Fortune runs through three internet memes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ Keyboard Cat]], [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Nyoro~n]], and "[[WebOriginal/{{Lolcats}} Can I having been acquired a cheezburger?]]"
731* When she is first deployed in Story Mode, she is sortied out in an elevator ala the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion units]] (minus hitting her head on the closed elevator bay doors).
732* Robo-Fortune's ending is an homage to the Seven Days of Fire from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', [[spoiler:with the giant Robo-Fortunes in place of the God Warriors]].
733* When she does the Systemic Circuit Breaker while using the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Gravity Suit-inspired]] palette, she flashes rainbow colours like Samus did at the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and the explosion uses a very similar graphical effect to a Power Bomb. Doing the same super with the Varia Suit palette makes her flash yellow as if a Shinespark were being performed, as well as using the Power Bomb explosion graphic.
734* Several references from her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2_sxKyXCA voice reel]]:
735** [[AC:[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros "I fight for my friends."]]]][[note]][[AC:ERROR: I have no friends.]][[/note]]
736** [[AC:[[VideoGame/MegaManX4 "What am I fighting for?!"]]]]
737** [[AC:[[VideoGame/ZeroWing "Both your face are belong to us." "For great justice."]]]]
738** [[AC:[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} "Bite my shiny metal tail."]]]]
739** [[AC:[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} "Still alive." "This was a triumph."]]]]
740** [[AC:[[VideoGame/MetalGear "Fission Mailed"]]]]
741** [[AC:[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Daisy..."]]]]
742** [[AC:[[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep "Do you dream of flesh sheep and why?"]]]]
743** [[AC:[[VideoGame/{{Darius}} "WARNING: A huge villain is approaching early."]]]]
744** [[AC:[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink "I AM ERROR"]]]]
745** [[AC:[[Anime/TheBigO "Your function has come to terms."]]]]
746** [[AC:[[VideoGame/DiveKick "FRAUD DETECTED"]]]]
747** [[AC:[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} "Lab 8 in-fur-ior. Lab 0 su-purr-ior."]]]]
748** [[AC:[[Anime/{{Voltron}} "I'll form the head!"]]]]
749** [[AC:[[VideoGame/StarControl "Priority override. New behavior dictated."]]]]
750** [[AC:[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg "Build up.]] [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Cattai complete."]]]]
751** [[AC:[[Anime/TimeOfEve "Are you enjoying the time to grieve?"]]]]
752** [[AC:[[VideoGame/SystemShock "Pathetic creatures of meat and bone."]]]]
753** [[AC:[[Anime/DigimonAdventure "Purr-digious!"]]]]
754** [[AC:[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Being repressed!"]]]]
755** [[AC:[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam "A new type."]]]]
756** [[AC:[[Platform/SegaGenesis "Blast Processor!"]]]]
757** [[AC:[[VideoGame/SonicGenerations "I will battle you as many times as it is necessary."]]]]
758[[/folder]]
759
760[[folder:Annie]]
761* {{Palette Swap}}s, most of which pair Annie's palette with a Sagan palette referencing a close companion of whomever Annie's referencing:
762** 7: What Annie looked like before her mother's wish on the Skull Heart, as seen in her Story Mode
763** 8/"Solar Flair": [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Sol Badguy]]; Sagan as Sin[[note]]Both Ky Kiske and his son Sin share similar color schemes. Arguments could be made for either one, although it's likely moreso a reference to Sin, who Ky left in Sol's care for a while, given the theme most of Annie's colors have.[[/note]]
764** 9/"Galactic Glamour": [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Gamora]] as she appears in VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite; Sagan as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 "Baby" Groot]]
765** 10/"Ninja Star": [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes Shinobu]]
766** 11/"Triple Threat": [[Franchise/BlazBlue Platinum the Trinity]]
767** 12/"Timeless Hero": [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] as he appears in VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime; Sagan as Navi
768** 13/"Ageless Wonder": ComicBook/WonderWoman
769** 14/[[Music/{{Madonna}} "Materia]] [[Music/LikeAVirgin Girl"]]: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]]; Sagan as a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Moogle]]
770** 15/"Moonstruck": Manga/SailorMoon; Sagan as Luna
771** 16/"Model Leader": [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Nessa]]; Sagan as her [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Milotic]] from [[WebAnimation/PokemonTwilightWings Twilight Wings]]
772** 17/"Fire Branded": [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Byleth]]; Sagan as Sothis
773** 18/"Star Shine": [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Star Butterfly]]; Sagan as Pony Head
774** 19/"Cosmic Rebel": [[Franchise/StarWars Ahsoka Tano]]; Sagan as Morai
775** 20: [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] [[MemeticMutation from the Devil May Cry series]]; Sagan as [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 Nero]][[note]]Like the Sol color scheme, an argument could be made for either Vergil or his son Nero. Given that Vergil is Dante's ''older'' brother and that Nero both takes a decent amount from Dante personality-wise and is his effective successor as of Devil May Cry 5, it's likely Sagan's colors reference Nero as he appears in that game.[[/note]]
776** 21: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]]; Sagan as Kyubey[[note]]Another break from the Madoka-inspired colors referencing their respective Skullgirls voice actor or actress, although in this case it's because Sayaka's signature weapon is a short sword[[/note]]
777** 22: [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessofPower She-]][[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Ra]]; Sagan as Swift Wind[[note]]Based primarily on the ''Princesses of Power'' incarnation, given the gold coloring on her shoulders[[/note]]
778** 23: [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Wednesday Addams]]; Sagan as Cousin Itt
779** 24: [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Cream the Rabbit]]; Sagan as Cheese the Chao
780** 25: [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]]; Sagan as Kirby
781** 26: [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]]; Sagan as Happy
782** 27: [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]]; Sagan as either [[TheCakeIsALie The Cake]] or [[VideoGame/Portal2 PotatOS]][[note]]Also features accents on her sleeves and sword based on the orange and blue portals, respectively[[/note]]
783** 28: [[VideoGame/{{Hades}} Zagreus]]; Sagan as Thanatos
784** 29: [[Anime/{{Promare}} Lio Fotia]]; Sagan as Galo Thymos
785** 30: [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Arle]] [[ActorAllusion Nadja]]; Sagan as Carbuncle[[note]]Areas of Annie's sword are also recolored with each of the five main Puyo colors[[/note]]
786** 31: [[{{Retreaux}} Black-and-white anime/cartoons]]
787** 32/"Starlight Rose": [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]]; Sagan as Lion
788* Sagan, Annie's remote parasite, is named after noted astronomer and astrophysicist Creator/CarlSagan, perhaps better known as the creator of Literature/{{Contact}} and the host of Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage. Annie may also shout "Millions and billions!" whenever she uses her Sagan Beam Blockbuster.
789* Annie's dislike of brown M&Ms references the (rather infamous) riders of [[Music/VanHalen Van Halen's]] concert contracts, which specified that a bowl of the M&M candies was to be placed in their assigned dressing room, with a completely separate section of said contract (which was always deep in the documents) making specific note that brown-colored M&Ms were to be removed from said bowl. If the promoter didn't comply with this, the band could cancel the concert as per the contract's stipulations and the costs would fall squarely on the promoter. According to members of the band and their staff, this specificity was not meant to be overly capricious or an ego trip as popularly believed, but rather as a check to see if the promoters receiving the contract had actually ''read the whole thing''- if there were any brown M&Ms present in the dressing room, it would be a potential tip-off that the promoters had not read at least some of the more important parts[[note]]Since Van Halen's acts were much larger than their contemporaries and therefore had much more that could go wrong (with potentially lethal consequences for the band, crew, or audience), this served as a test to make sure that the venue was prepared and the promoter thorough. Brown M&M's would instantly show the band that they needed to do a full independent line-check, or back out entirely if the venue was too unsafe to proceed with the show[[/note]].
790* Annie originally had a palette referencing [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Annie & Tibbers]] in her initial release in ''Skullgirls Mobile'', but it was removed for potential legal issues and replaced with the palette referencing [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Byleth]].
791* Being a space-themed MagicalGirl, much of Annie's attack names and voice lines reference planets, stars, space travel, and other various bits of stellar phenomena, such as the names of her standing kicks[[note]]from light to heavy: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt Kuiper Belt]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation) Cassopeian]] Gambit, Liftoff[[/note]], her crouching light kick being named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boötes_void Boötes Void]], and her non-Star Power Level 3 Blockbuster being named after a spacecraft maneuver sometimes called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist gravity slingshot]].
792* The initial attack of her North Knuckle special move is lifted near-directly from [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard's Burn Knuckle]], down to borrowing half of the name.
793** Also, since the move is named after the North Star and shows the Ursa constellation during the HP version, it means that this is a slightly more literal Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar
794* She may shout [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 "Spiral arm!"]] when using her Meteor Strike Blockbuster, which functions similarly to both Spencer's Bionic Lancer and fellow showman Beowulf's Gigantic Arm Blockbuster, which also references the move.
795* Her Star Power Blockbuster is based on typical MagicalGirl [[TransformationSequence transformation sequences]], although it generally resembles transformations more akin to ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
796* There's a couple of references in her tag-out lines, too:
797--> '''Tagging out to Peacock:''' Series/AfterschoolSpecial!
798--> '''Tagging out to Valentine:''' [[IsThereADoctorInTheHouse Is there a doc in the house?]]
799--> '''Tagging out to Squigly:''' [[Franchise/EvilDead Evil undead!]]
800--> '''Tagging out to Robo-Fortune:''' [[Franchise/StarWars She-3PO!]]
801* Many of her animations are inspired by ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. In particular, she shares a lot of attacks with [[Characters/GuiltyGearSolBadguy Sol Badguy]], including her standing and walking animations, and most of her sword attacks. Gameplay-wise she has many similar tools like a ground projectile, divekick, advancing punch, and a multi-hit uppercut. As an added shout-out when she uses her ''Solar Flair'' palette on Mobile, the Star Power mechanic is renamed to '''''[[AscendedMeme Dragon Install]]'''''
802[[/folder]]
803
804[[folder:Umbrella]]
805* {{Palette Swap}}s:
806** 7: A palette based on her sister Parasoul, with Hungern's palette referencing ''her'' umbrella, Krieg
807** 8/"Puddle Pirate": [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear May]]; Hungern as Mr. Dolphin
808** 9/"Wild Child": Beowulf; Hungern as Grendel
809** 10: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]
810** 11/"Tidal Traveler": WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}
811** 12: [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]]; Hungern as Ash's Pikachu
812** 13: [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana in her princess attire]]; Hungern as Naveen in his frog form
813** 14: [[VideoGame/AHatInTime Hat Kid]]
814** 16/"Space Case": [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]]; Hungern as GIR in his disguise
815** 17/"Rose-Tinted": [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Amy Rose]]; Hungern as her Piko-Piko Hammer
816** 22: [[Anime/SpiritedAway Chihiro Ogino]]; Hungern as Haku's dragon form
817** 23: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsien-ko]]
818** 25/"Wunderkind": [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lucca]]; Hungern as Robo
819** 26: [[Franchise/MegaMan Roll]]
820** 28/"Raining Champ": [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Iris]]; Hungern as her Axew from the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite anime]]
821** 29/"Eager Deceiver": [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Neopolitan]]
822** 30/"Death Wish": [[WhatIf Umbrella if she turned into the Skullgirl]]. As a special cosmetic bonus, completing the effect by also using the Skullgirl Umbrella voice makes the Skull Heart float behind Umbrella and also causes certain attacks and animations to have added bones and/or skeletons.
823** 31/"Psykid": [[Manga/SpyXFamily Anya Forger]]; Hungern as Bond
824* Umbrella's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/skullgirls/images/0/02/Umbrella_Poster.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210707153511 poster]] is based on the [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Zpcs35AcL._SL1500_.jpg iconic packaging design]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Salt Morton Salt]], a play on the long-running in-joke of Umbrella being salty.
825* When performing her Cutie Ptooie special move, which causes a small butterfly to appear, Umbrella may ponder "Is this a pigeon?", referencing a particularly memetic scene from ''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfSunFighbird''.
826* Her Bobblin' Bubble move, as well as Umbrella's bubbles in general, are an obvious reference to ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'', right down to Hungern imitating Bub and Bob spitting out bubbles when performing the move.
827* Umbrella's Retina Reflector is a dead ringer for [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Urien's]] own Aegis Reflector. Visually, it resembles [[VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive Potemkin's]] Giganter Kai, with four orbiting nodes generating the barrier between them.
828* A few of her entry quotes have references:
829--> [[Film/MaryPoppins Spoonful of sugar...]] and a pint of ''salt''!
830--> [[Series/ChappellesShow Is Hungern gonna have to CHOMP a jerk?!]]
831--> '''When fighting Parasoul:''' [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mom-said-its-my-turn-on-the-xbox Adam said it's MY turn to fight the Skullgirl!]]
832--> '''When fighting Valentine:''' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_apple_a_day_keeps_the_doctor_away A Hungern a day keeps the nurse at bay!]]
833* If she wins against Fukua, she may say "[[VideoGame/AmongUs I think this Filia is]] [[MemeticMutation sus]]."
834* One of her victory animations has her opening up Hungern and flying away in the wind like Film/MaryPoppins.
835[[/folder]]
836
837[[folder:Black Dahlia]]
838* {{Palette Swap}}s:
839** 4: Parasoul
840** 7/"Dame Slayer": VideoGame/{{Doom}}guy, aka The VideoGame/{{Doom|2016}} [[VideoGame/DoomEternal Slayer]], with Buttercup as a Blaster Soldier, Bonnie as a Revenant, Killer as a Marauder, and Bookie as [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]]
841** 8/"Psycommander": [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]], with Buttercup as Juni, Bonnie as Juli, and Killer as Decapre
842** 9/"Unholy Host": [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]], with the Bunny Girls as her daughters. As a further nod, the card for this palette in ''Skullgirls Mobile'' only shows Dahlia from the chest down, hilariously referencing Dimitrescu's StatuesqueStunner height.
843** 10/"Film/LethalWeapon": [[VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}} V1]], with Buttercup, Bonnie, and Killer as Mindflayers and Bookie as V2
844** 11/"Soul Crusher": [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]], with the Bunny Girls' palettes drawing from her alternate outfits
845** 12/"Unfazed": [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Dark Samus]], with Buttercup, Bonnie, and Killer as Metroids
846** 13/"Fur Monger": [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]]
847** 14/"Martial Outlaw": [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Barret Wallace]], with Buttercup as Aerith, Bonnie as Tifa, and Killer as Cloud (in his lady disguise from the Wall Market part of ''FFVII'', no doubt)
848** 15/"Corrosive Agent": [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Queen]], with Buttercup as Ralsei (with his hat on), Bonnie as Susie, Killer as Kris, and Bookie as Lancer
849** 16: [[Anime/CowboyBebop Faye]] [[ActorAllusion Valentine]], with Buttercup as Spike Spiegel, Bonnie as Jet Black, Killer as Ein, and Bookie as "Radical" Ed
850** 17: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd Elphelt Valentine]], with Buttercup as Jack-O', Bonnie as [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture Valentine]], Killer as Ramlethal, and Bookie as Ariels
851** 18: [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Emperor Belos]], with Buttercup as Hunter, Bonnie as Luz, Killer as Amity, and Bookie as Kikimora. Buttercup, Bonnie, and Killer's masks are all also colored gray, giving the impression that they're wearing Coven masks.
852** 19: [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Opal]]
853** 20: [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Jun the Swan]], with Buttercup as Joe, Bonnie as Ken, Killer as Ryu, and Bookie as Jinpei
854** 21 and 22: [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Demoman]]; 21 is him on the BLU team, 22 is the RED team. Bookie's palette, based on Miss Pauling, is identical for both variants.
855** 23: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ramlethal Valentine]]. In keeping with the aforementioned Elphelt palette, Bookie's colors are again based on Ariels.
856** 24: [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Ada Wong]], with Buttercup as Luis, Bonnie as Leon, Killer as Ashley, and Bookie as Hunnigan
857** 25: [[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder Lord Dominator]], with the Bunny Girls as her Dominator-Bots
858** 26/"Red Rider": [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} B.B. Hood]]/[[DubNameChange Bulleta]], with Buttercup, Bonnie, and Killer's palettes being based on John and Arthur and Bookie as Mr. K
859** 27: [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW Surge the Tenrec]], with Buttercup as Mimic, Killer as Rough, Bonnie as Tumble, and Bookie as Kitsunami the Fennec
860** 28: [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Spamton NEO]], with Buttercup, Bonnie, and Killer as Swatchlings and Bookie as regular Spamton
861** 29: [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Venom]], with the Bunny Girls as Robo-Ky units
862** 30: [[VideoGame/MegaManX Vile]], with Buttercup as Axl, Bonnie as Zero, and Killer as X
863** 31: [[Franchise/TouhouProject Utsuho Reiuji]], with Buttercup as Marisa Kirisame, Bonnie as Reimu Hakurei, Killer as Sakuya Izayoi, and Bookie as Rin Kaenbyou
864** "Hex Caliber" (''Mobile'' Exclusive): VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}. Specifically her look in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'', as Dahlia's grenade launcher is purple to match Bayonetta's guns in that game.
865* Dahlia is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia Elizabeth Short]], who was nicknamed "The Black Dahlia" by the press after her gruesomely-mutilated body was found in a Los Angeles park in 1947, a crime that recieved notable nation-wide attention and remains one of the most (in)famous unsolved murder cases in American history.
866* Her counter move is named [[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter, Strike!]] Unrelatedly, if it counters something, she may say [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/teleports-behind-you-nothing-personal-kid "Nothing personnel, kid."]]
867* Upon beating Painwheel, she might say "Sound, fury, and nothing," a truncated version of a line from Act 5 of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
868* Her taunt (in which she throws her "[[FrothyMugsOfWater juice glass]]" [[PracticalTaunt at her opponent]]) has a chance of Dahlia saying "[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Enough talk...Have at you!]]"
869* One of her win quotes from her Good Granny voicepack is [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite "I love the young people!"]].
870[[/folder]]
871
872[[folder:Marie]]
873* {{Palette Swap}}s:
874** 2: [[Franchise/TouhouProject Sakuya Izayoi]]; Hilgard as Remilia Scarlet
875** 7: Peacock, with her vacuum as Avery, the Dust Bunnies as George, and Hilgard as Tommy Ten-Tons
876** 8: [[SuperBoss Marie 300%]][[note]]Currently locked[[/note]]
877** 9/"Moody Magus": [[VideoGame/WarioWare Ashley]], with her vacuum and Dust Bunnies as her doll and Hilgard as Red
878** 10/"Snake Charmer": [[VideoGame/{{Hades}} Dusa]]; Hilgard as Zagreus
879** 11/"Phantom Wrangler": [[VideoGame/SlimeRancher Beatrix [=LeBeau=]]], with the Dust Bunnies as Lucky Slimes, Hilgard as an Angler Slime, and the giant skeleton as a Pink Slime
880** 12/"Dark Horse": [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Luna]]
881** 13/"Gust Buster": [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]], with her vacuum as [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion the Poltergust 5000]], the Dust Bunnies as Gold Ghosts, Hilgard as a Blue Twirler, and the giant skeleton as a Purple Puncher
882** 14/"Maid of Honor": [[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Noelle]]; Hilgard as a Lawachurl
883** 15/"Gravedigger": [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph Beifong]]
884** 16/"Heartless": [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Ansem]], with Hilgard as his Dark Figure and the Dust Bunnies and giant skeleton as Heartless
885** 17/"Octoplasm": [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Marina Ida]]; Hilgard as Pearl. Also, Marie's vacuum for this palette uses the same shades of green and purple worn by the Squid Sisters.
886** 18/"Grin Reaper": [[Series/ElChavoDelOcho La Chilindrina]], with her vacuum as El Chavo and Hilgard as Don Ramón
887** 19: [[VideoGame/{{Omori}} Sweetheart]]
888** 20: [[VideoGame/Dota2 Death Prophet]]
889** 21: [[Franchise/BlazBlue Rachel Alucard]], with her vacuum and Hilgard as her cats and the Dust Bunnies as her frogs
890** 22: [[VideoGame/RagnarokOnline Curly Sue]]
891** 23: [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]] [[ActorAllusion Cujoh]], with her vacuum, the Dust Bunnies, and Hilgard as Stone Free
892** 24: [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} The Doll]]; Hilgard as either The Hunter or Gehrman
893** 25: [[Franchise/DragonBall Son Goku]]; Hilgard as Piccolo. Her vacuum is evenly split between colors based on Goku's Power Pole and Flying Nimbus.
894** 28: [[Franchise/StreetFighter Rose]], with Hilgard and her skeletons as the afterimages produced by her Soul Illusion super/V-Trigger
895** 29: [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice]], with her vacuum as the Cheshire Cat and the Dust Bunnies as the White Rabbit
896** 30/"Megalomaniac": [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]]; Hilgard as Papyrus
897* Marie will occasionally say [[VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988 "Rise from your graves"]] when summoning skeletons from the floor.
898* The skulls she shoots at you move just like [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Medusa Head]]. [[GoddamnedBats And, yes, they're just as annoying.]]
899* When transforming, Marie will occasionally say "I can't control it!" in reference to Phoenix's transformation into Dark Phoenix in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
900** Another shout-out to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' is her battlecry of "I'm in control!", originally uttered by [=MvC1=]'s endboss Onslaught.
901* One of her lines is "[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar You are already dead]]".
902* When performing Carpal Pummel, there's a chance for Marie to say "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E5MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyIVDoingTime There comes a giant fist!]]"
903* When performing Weight of Our Will, which has her throw a giant energy ball, she might say "[[Anime/DragonBallZ Everyone, grant me your power!]]" The reference becomes ''especially'' obvious when paired with the aforementioned Goku palette.
904* One of her lines as Goth Marie is, [[Music/DrowningPool "Let the bodies hit the floor!"]]
905[[/folder]]
906
907[[folder:The Announcer]]
908* [[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium This is]] [[MondegreenGag Tuna with Bacon!]] [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Let's Rock!]]
909* [[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium This is true love we're making!]]
910* [[VideoGame/BlazBlue The Gorilla Fate is Yearning! Action!]]
911** Now that's Real '''Soviet''' Damage! [[note]]Doubles as a ShoutOut to the game's creator, since Mike Z was the one who started the meme in the first place![[/note]]
912* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Impossible to Gauge!]]
913* [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} It's super effective!]]
914* [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Can anybody stop this fighting machine?!]]
915** It all depends on your skill!
916** Beat 'em up, guys!
917** Go for broke!
918** You can't give up now!
919** Nobody blink!
920* [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Now you're playing with power!]]
921* [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI You got a lot to learn!]]
922** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI Try again, Kid!]]
923* [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes That's All]], [[ThatsAllFolks Folks!]]
924* When a character just ''barely'' wins a match (such as landing the killing blow with one pixel's worth of health left), the announcer sometimes yells a disgusted, "[[VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe CUT! CUT! CUT!]]"
925* When the game is paused, the (Real) Soviet Announcer has a chance of saying "[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Toki yo tomare!]]" Similarly, when the game is resumed, he may say "Soshite toki wa ugoki dasu!" Both are references to Dio's time stop-related {{Catch Phrase}}s.
926** With the switch to Gary Schwartz as the Soviet Announcer's voice, the team took the opportunity to add a few lines referencing his most iconic role, the Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
927--->''"Who send these children to fight?"''
928--->''"Good fighting! Now sandvich time."''
929--->''"Next time, use bullet. No one outsmarts bullet."''
930* The Dazed Announcer can go with [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarTwinBlueStarsOfJudgment "Decide..<hic>...the destiny!"]]
931** "I had too much [[FrothyMugsOfWater juice]], [[Anime/SailorMoon Serena]]!"
932** Similar, the Female Announcer says "Decide who's bestiny!"
933* The Female Announcer will also say [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann "Believe in the announcer who believes in you!"]]
934* The Japanese Dazed Announcer says "[[Literature/IsThisAZombie Kore wa zombie desu ka?]]" when selecting Squigly.
935[[/folder]]
936
937[[folder:Combo Names]]
938* A mere 11 hits is a [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct King Combo]], 12 hits is a Killer Combo. 80 hits is an Ultra Combo.
939* [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]] hits is [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents "Unfortunate"]]
940* 34 hits is [[Rule34 "Crass"]]
941* 37 hits is [[Film/{{Clerks}} "In A Row"]]
942* 42 hits is [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Meaningful"]]
943* 53 hits is [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Cromulent"]]
944* 65 hits is [[Film/JurassicPark1993 "Jurassic"]]
945* 69 hits is [[Franchise/BillAndTed "Dude!"]]
946* 121 hits is [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture "Gigawatt"]]
947* 187 hits is [[Music/SnoopDogg "Murderous"]]
948* 300 is [[Film/ThreeHundred "Madness"]]
949* 403 and 404 are references to the internet browser errors for forbidden pages and missing pages respectively.
950* 420 is [[Music/SnoopDogg "Everyday"]]
951* 808 is "Stately" (after the techno band 808 State).
952* 950+ is [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Inconceivable"]]
953[[/folder]]
954
955[[folder:Other]]
956* The stages, too, are packed with cultural in-jokes. One of the main stages, Ms. Fortune's current hangout, is known as [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth Little Innsmouth]].
957** It is also populated mostly by FishPeople called Dagonians.
958* Two of the achievements for the game are [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Real Circus Damage]] and [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Toil and Trouble]], respectively.
959** Another achievement is obtained for [=KOing=] two characters in the same combo. Its name, of course, is [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Happy]] [[MediaNotes/FightingGame Birthday]].
960* The psychic director of Lab Zero is called [[Music/TheRamones Brain Drain]].
961* Early on in Parasoul's story mode, Umbrella had apparently expected to see: "[[Franchise/StreetFighter Sonic boobs]], [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear pool balls]], and [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 KFC Combos]]" when she came along to see her at work. It helps when you know Parasoul plays like a charge character, which is what Guile and Venom are considered to be as well. Parasoul's playstyle is somewhat reminiscent of Venom, as well.
962* One of the background characters is a sleeping man in a [[Franchise/StreetFighter familiar outfit]] leaning against a wall next to a sand bag. Said sandbag looks an awful lot like Bonus-Kun from ''VideoGame/WakuWaku7''.
963* In the downloadable character movelist, each page says [[VideoGame/FZero "SHOW ME]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros YOUR MOVES"]].
964* In Peacock's story mode we meet Hive, a resident of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs, who we can see in the background of the stage as well. Other than her name, her outfit and lavender hair bear a resemblance to [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Q Bee]].
965* In the tutorial screen there is a drawing of Ms. Fortune's head forming the bottom slime in a slime tower from the VideoGame/DragonQuest series.
966* Killing off 2 characters at the same time or dealing a very large amount of damage in one combo will result in legendary [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII 3rd Strike]] commentator [[AscendedFanboy John Dangerous Rockefeller]] doing his signature crazy laugh. This itself is also supposedly a shout out to Dan Forden shouting "Toasty!" in ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
967* The song "Canopy Kingdom News - In Rapid Succession" starts out with a melody similar to [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Hyrule Castle theme]].
968* One of the members of Cirque des Cartes, Hubrecht "Hertz" Adelhardt, has an appearance similar to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alex Louis Armstrong]]. His design is heavily influenced by VideoGame/ArcanaHeart's [[http://www.examu.co.jp/arcanaheart3/chara/chara_data/21/21.html Heart Aino]], with pink hair in a heart shape, a red ribbon tied in a bow around the wrist, red suspenders (in place of a red tie), orange pants (in place of an orange skirt), and blue boots (in place of blue shoes). He's likely also a reference to [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Mr. Heart]].
969** It's worth noting that as far as his color palette relations to Heart go, an in-game image in Cerebella's story shows him with very different colors (as well as different colors for various other troupe members than what is shown in most character art), so it is currently unclear whether or not this will remain as his color palette if he is added into the game. The hair and ribbon remain key to his design.
970* Visible on the right side of the New Meridian stage is [[{{VideoGame/Bastion}} The Kid]]'s hammer, along with a Squirt. They're placed on both sides of a female NPC based on the art director of the very same game, seen [[http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/107/6/6/special_guests_of_new_meridian_by_oh8-d4wgsp2.jpg here]]. (The three-eyed creature next to them is likely one of Alex "o_8" Ahad's {{Author Avatar}}s.)
971* The Medici Tower stage has a billboard for "Wave Motion Emitters" with a picture of a blue fireball above it. The famous [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hadouken]] is sometimes called "Wave Motion Fist" by fans, after its literal translation from Japanese.
972* One of the characters at the card tables in River King Casino is dressed like [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro]], as a nod to the encounter with D'Arby during ''Stardust Crusaders''.
973* If one goes off to the right of Maplecrest they'll find [[Anime/SpaceDandy a certain pompadoured space traveler as a student.]]
974* [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVw3HUpIIAAIsXE.jpg:large Also present]] in the Casino are [[http://kawaiikochan.tumblr.com/image/63107071988 Masaka and Madije]] from the ''Kawaiikochan!! Gaming No Korner'' webcomic and Yuzuriha from ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth''.
975* One of the [=NPCs=] that can appear in the Glass Canopy stage is a young woman in blue and white carrying a purse with a George plushie in it. This character is actually a personification of Sanshee, one of the two companies who are licensed to make Skullgirls merchandise.
976* Several backers from the Indiegogo campaign can also appear in the background of both the Casino and Glass Canopy, including some popular internet personalities such as [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Matt and Woolie]] and Zone-tan. Some of these characters represent prominent people in the competitive Skullgirls community, such as Duckator and Severin; the NPC of the latter in particular later appeared in the Fukua trailer.
977* [[Creator/DanKim Cupcake-tan]] and Deadeye from VideoGame/RPGShooterStarwish can also be seen as background characters.
978* The New Meridian Rooftops stage has two billboards for Eighty Sixed, a clothing store whose Twitch channel hosted Lab Zero's weekly SALTY! stream, and Frootsii, a bakery in California that was the original venue for said stream.
979* The Under the Bridge stage contains a food van that specializes in salty items; the first item written on the truck is "Salty Cupcakes," the original name of Lab Zero's weekly Twitch stream.
980* The 2013 holiday patch introduced a new mode called ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead The Typing of the Skullgirls]]'' where the player gets a chance to do extra damage with supers by typing in words that appear on the screen during super flashes. Two of the phrases that can pop up are "dogs of the ASG"[[note]]A reference to a certain line from the second game[[/note]] and "Suffer like we did!"[[note]]referencing both the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "Suffer like G did!", also from the second game, as well as [[TroubledProduction Lab Zero's tendency to have bad things happen to them]][[/note]]. Several other phrases reference various parts of the game and [[MemeticMutation memes]] created by the community.
981** The entirety of the list can be found [[http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_words_used_in_The_Typing_of_the_Skullgirls here]], and is worth reading.
982** The code to activate the typing mode is [[Anime/SonicX gottatypefast!]]
983* According to [[WordOfGod patch notes]], ''VideoGame/OneMustFall2097'' inspired the Infinite Prevention System.
984* The ManaMeter in Skullgirls measures Dramatic ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Tension]].''
985* The effect that happens during double snaps (the action lines and the Skullgirls main theme in the background) was inspired by Japanese player Poccola, who would always add the effect during a double snap or a Happy Birthday in Skullgirls videos.
986* Finishing a match with a Blockbuster causes the background to change and display a line art portrait of the defeated character with an expression of pain on their face. This is a reference to ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture,'' where similar portraits appeared after a character was defeated by a super move.
987* In Robo-Fortune's story mode, Brain Drain says "Never send an organic to do a machine's job" after she succeeds in acquiring the Skull Heart. This plays off of Agent Smith's "Never send a human to do a machine's job" from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
988* The phrase on Squigly's poster "Dellamore Dellamorte" is a shout-out to the film Cemetery Man. However, the two words are switched.
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