* ColbertBump: The series' ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' debut in the ''Z'' trilogy was one fans of the show were excited for. Non-fans got quite the introduction as every part of the franchise that had aired up to that point got portrayed one way or the other.
* RealSongThemeTune: The Red Shoulder march is actually a march the obscure Italian comedy ''Due Marines En Generale''[[note]]Literally: ''The Marines and the General''[[/note]] entitled "Arrivano I Marines" [[note]]Literally: The Marines Arrive[[/note]]. The fact that a song was composed for a comedy being used as a PTSD trigger is an odd turn of events in its own right.
* ReferencedBy: Made an appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' - the original series, The Last Red Shoulder, Red Shoulder Document: Roots of Ambition, and Pailsen Files all debuted in ''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2'', and Big Battle, Shining Herasy, Phantom Chapter, and Alone Again all debuted in ''Z3''. Fortunately, it was a debut fans have been clamoring for for a long time, and those that didn't got introduced to the series in a gigantic ColbertBump.
** Two other games would also introduce unique Scopedogs: one for use by [[Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner Eiji Asuka]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDD DD]]'' and one for Chirico himself in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30 30]]'''s 3rd wave of {{DLC}}.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A BGM track named "The Advance of Warhorses" popped up at the beginning of Scenario 29 of ''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Saisei-Hen'', which makes Chirico go nuts. This song was sourced from the original "Arrivano I Marines" march, which Banpresto couldn't license for the games.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Yuri Nashiwa voiced Fyana in her first speaking appearance in Episode 3, but was quickly replaced with Kazuko Yanaga.
** Albert Killy was initially voiced by Kenichi Ogata in the first episode but was voiced by Saburo Kamei in all appearances afterward.