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1* TheOtherDarrin:
2** Catherine/Pink à la Mode. The original actress left during the production of episode 3. This unfortunately happened before they could record the ADR so there is a jarring difference between her out-of-suit and in-suit lines. Starting episode 4, Catherine was played by a new actress who looked nothing like her... complete with a new costume.
3** Because of the stretch of time between episodes, there have been a few other minor cast change-ups. Most notably, Margarine, the team's RobotGirl, and Extasy.
4* PropRecycling: Combined with ActorAllusion in episode 6; the {{BFG}} that [[spoiler:vaporizes Succulard is identical to Caleb's Nuclear Gun from ''Series/FlandersCompany''. Ruddy Pomarede plays both Caleb and Succulard.]]
5* RecycledSoundtrack:
6** The main theme for Episodes 1-2 is a re-dubbing of the theme for ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'', before being traded for original music from Episode 3 onward.
7** The music featured in Episodes 1-2 is pulled extensively from 80s Sentai series like ''Bioman'', ''Liveman'', ''Flashman'', and ''Jetman'', along with cues from then-current Sentai shows ''[=GoGoV=]'' and ''Timeranger''.
8** Episode 2 on its own utilizes several tracks from VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution for the club scenes.
9* ReferencedBy:
10** [[http://whyvernn.free.fr/marque/happylesson(hydre14).jpg The eyecatch illustration from episode 1]] appears in the ''Manga/HappyLesson'' OVA.
11** Some Panous-Panous, along with Pink à la Mode and Black Beaujolais, appear in the opening fight of another French indie production, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fca3UETyp_o DAMNED Next]]''.
12** The whole team (minus Yellow) appears in the opening of another French indie production, ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfw51_bitoman-14-part1_fun#.UWi2Gyt5zjQ Bitoman]]'', where they are dismissed by the local villain because "[their] costumes aren't trendy enough" (they were in civilian clothes). This is a full-circle ShoutOut as a parody prototype of France Five appeared in [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x90fn4_bitoman-12-part-1-2-1998-99-version_fun Episode 12]] of Bitoman which also had involvement from series creator Alex Pilot and [=GoToon=] (singer of the ''France Five'' themes pre-Episode 4 and the actor who played Cancrelax). Part of this design inspired the initial prototype and Mark 1 suits seen in Episode 1.
13** WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}'s ''Hard Corner'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfuOrUIG-9U Les VRAIS Power Rangers]]" satirizes the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' tradition of using footage from various ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' during the action scenes, by way of a sketch spoofing ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' with other youtubers and using footage from ''France Five'' with their voices dubbed over for the action scenes and intro (with the WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier dubbing Pr. Burgonde).
14* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Episode 5 was in post-production for 7 years. This is lampshaded in the credits of the finale.
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