Voltes V: Legacy features the following Mythology Gags.
"...I knew something felt amiss whenever the live-action Voltes V finished off those previous Beast Fighters!"
- The literal Mechanical Eagle (the brown eagle or hawk with an obviously cybernetic eye) in the trailer and the ending sequence is definitely a shout-out to the red "Mechanical Eagle" plane flown by General Watson/Dange in the original Voltes V.
- In episode 60, "Mechanical Eagle", the actual titular Mechanical Eagle jet finally arrives to assist Voltes V just like in the original.
- The conversational "Taglish" (Tagalog and English) that the Earth Forces in the Philippines use partially references the Philippine English dub of Voltes V.
- Some parts of the ED sequence are based on the actual anime ED sequence, including the shot where the Voltes Team pose on top of the mech's shoulders.
- In "Voltes V vs. the Boazanian Empire":
- The teal highlights on Jamie's brown hair is a nod to Megumi Oka's teal hair in the original anime.
- The logo of Camp Big Falcon shows the numbers "64" and "77", which is a reference to the premiere date of the original anime (June 4, 1977).
- Big Bert is seen practicing Jōdō while Jamie is seen practicing her ninjitsu techniques. Daijiro and Megumi were also introduced in the same manner in the anime episode "Invaders From Outer Space".
- Big Bert also calls Dokugaga a "Kaiju" (怪獣), which is the original term used to describe Beast Fighters in the original animenote .
- Unlike in the English dub where every time Ken'ichi says "V-Together", Steve instead says "Volt Together", the Legacy version of Steve actually says "V-Together" in reference to the original anime.
- One minor supporting character is named Tadao, who is named after the anime's director, Tadao Nagahama.
- In "Rise, Armstrong Brothers", Steve and Mark recreate their fight
as seen in the original anime's intro, with Steve doing a Tomoe Nage judo throw on Mark. - In "Armstrong Brothers", Zandra is wearing a white dress with large skirt and a veil when facing punishment from Zardos after Vaizanger's defeat by Voltes V. It is a nod to her anime counterpart Katherine Rii's default outfit.
- In "Tagapagligtas" (Savior), Zandra dons the white dress yet again when she shields Zardoz from Emperor Zambojil's attempt at his life, which led to her death unlike in the original anime, wherein Katharine Rii was instead shot to death by a random noble.
- In "Game Plan", Gardo trash-talking Voltes V in untranslated Boazanian directly references the original Gardo somehow talking to the Voltes Team in their native tongue in the anime. So to those curious about what Gardo was saying to the Voltes Team in Legacy, you can refer to the original anime for more details.Gardo: Voltes V! Why don't you use your sword? Let's duel to the death!
- Legacy's Finger/Knuckle Missiles weapon is a shout-out to the original's Gatling Missiles. It's adorable how the production team bothered to change the weapon itself from fingers to knuckles to appease the censors even though it would've been fine to simply call them by their original name in the anime without visually changing anything.
- The turtle kaiju Gamera (originally named "Gamenza") was absent throughout the Namazuka episodes despite serving as foil to Namazungo in the original anime. He was then teased via a holographic blueprint in "Attack Orders" before formally arriving in "Dr. Smith" and fighting the Voltes Team in the titular "Gamera" episode.
- Mark Gordon having a crush on Jamie Robinson is likely a nod to the massive amounts of Ship Tease between Ippei Mine and Megumi Oka in the original anime. In contrast, Megumi and Kenichi were platonic friends. This is confirmed as such in DLC for Super Robot Wars 30.
- According to Word of God, the full name of Dr. Smith is Dr. Richard Hamaguchi Smith.
- The name is officially confirmed in "Move It".
- In "Knight Beast Fighter", the way Voltes V finishes off Zoldier and Geru has him posing with the shining V-mark in the foreground for the first time in the series, just like how his counterpart does it in the anime almost every time (instead of the usual Hollywood-like Unflinching Walk or sentai-like pose against an explosive background).
- In "Secret Codes", when Zoldier and its steed fuse into one being very quickly in front of the surprised Voltes Team, it is a nod to how Voltes V had already transformed quickly from the shocked perspective of Daiand.
- In "The Strongest Metal", Mark Gordon receiving coffee from OCTO-1 is a nod to his anime counterpart Ippei Mine who was given coffee by Tako, although he was sick of it compared to Mark who accepts it.
- While the actual Beast Fighters don't appear, Daiand, Dorion, and Giron are referenced:
- Daiand is referenced as a ring with a jewel resembling the Beast Fighter's eye, which has similar mind-control powers when worn.
- Dorion's ability to release plague germs are instead given to a fleet of flying saucers, as opposed to a Beast Fighter.
- Giron is one of two Beast Fighters that are giant humanoids instead of robots; but here, rather than being made into a robot like Gardo was, is instead replaced by two human-sized hornless Boazanian warriors, Takeo and Arisa.
- In "Conquer", the way Takeo and Arisa are executed for treachery mirrors how Zuhl originally died in the original anime, which was by firing squad to the back as well by the orders of Prince Zardoz (who really hates traitors).
- In "Domination", the tank mode of Voltes V is both a shout-out to comic and game continuities where this mode was introduced and to the wheeled Tranzer/Transer mode of sibling series Daimos.
- It might even be Voltes V's version of the GranDasher special move of its predecessor, Combattler V.
- The tank mode was supposed to also debut in the original anime, but it was ultimately scrapped in the end. Nevertheless, it was made available in toy form regardless.
- In "Never Surrender", the piece of debris that Voltes V used as a shield during its death match against Shugoshin Godor might be an homage to its original design where it also had a shield as part of its accessories. The production team really did their deep-cut research here.
- When Voltes V thrust the Laser Sword at Godor's torso with its remaining arm, it is a nod to the titular Super Robot doing such a pose after cutting down Vaizanger in the Voltes V anime opening.
- When Voltes V thrust the Laser Sword at Godor's torso with its remaining arm, it is a nod to the titular Super Robot doing such a pose
