History ShoutOut / WeissReacts

** He fires off a [[Manga/DragonBall Kamehameha]] and a [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Hadoken.]]

** Her personality is a mix of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki and Mikuru's.]] Her appearance takes more from Mikuru, though.

* Blake: "If you think you can hurt my friends, [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex I'm going to have to destroy that screwed illusion of yours!]]"

** [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya God Knows]] is the song sung in the climax. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering what]] [[LoveConfession happened]] [[TheBigDamnKiss after...]]

** His phone case is a ShoutOut and a MythologyGag to ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''.

** The second segment is all reminiscent of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya the sequence where Yuki helplessly points a mouse at the computer]] in an attempt to make it move, only replacing Yuki with Elsa and the mouse with an ''actual mouse''.

* Norn's [[WingPull Silver Crow Protocol]] is, of course, based off of Haruyuki's Duel Avatar from ''Literature/AccelWorld''.

** In one Weiss Reacts recap chapter, Nora also name-drops Pinkie pie and that [=ElfCollaborator=] won't be accepting ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' requests as he knows little about the series.

* Norn's [[WingPull Silver Crow Protocol]] is, of course, based off of Haruyuki's Duel Avatar from ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''.

* If one looks closely during the Curtain Fics chapter, [[VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo Misha]] is shouting "Hicchan!" during the segment when Yang turns out the lights and [[Anime/{{Chobits}} Chi]] cries out her own name.

** Blake's oath involves lyrics from Music/{{Manowar}}, Music/{{Nightwish}}, Music/{{Stratovarius}}, Music/BlindGuardian, Music/DragonForce and Altaria.

*** Made funnier when one recalls that Peter Port, the Grimm-capturing professor they're talking about, is voiced by none other than Ryan Haywood. Elf confirmed this reverse reference was intentional in a PM with KhaosOmega, a big Achievement Hunter fan who caught the reference almost immediately.

A list of [[{{ShoutOut}} Shout Outs]] in Weiss Reacts and its sister fics.

** [=GreatMoonGuardian=] ([[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Minato]]): His HeroicSacrifice and current role as [[BarrierMaiden the Great Seal.]]

* Weiss likes 'executing' people. The comparison to a certain [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Flawless Executioner]] has not gone unnoticed.
* Siegfried Schnee is one long love letter to the Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}} and Manga/{{Berserk}}.

** Her personality and appearance are based off of [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Chie]] and [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Rhyme.]]

** Alexander Arc, Jaune's uncle, is a mixture of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat and his Anime/FateZero incarnation.

** Earlier, when trying to find the perfect quotes, she references Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, VideoGame/BlazBlue, Film/GalaxyQuest and Anime/SailorMoon.
--> '''Pyrrha''': [[VideoGame/BlazBlue "I am the red void. I am hot iron. I am the just spear. With spear in hand shall I reap the fools who take my Jaune and cleanse them in the fires of destruction! I am Pyrrha! Your end has come!"]]

--> '''Penny''': [[VideoGame/BlazBlue "From beyond the realms of time and space, I call upon the myriad swords to bring ruin upon my enemies. Perish.]]
--> '''Velvet''': "[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight I am the stalker of my crush.]]
-->[[{{Yandere}} Set is my mind]], and [[SingleTargetSexuality taken is my heart]].
-->[[AbductionIsLove I have created a thousand traps]].
-->[[DoggedNiceGuy Unknown to my love]], nor [[UnknownRival known to my rivals]]
-->Have withstood pain to [[StalkerWithACrush love a distant heiress]].
-->Yet these [[TearJerker hands will never hug Weiss-sempai]].
-->So as I pray...
-->'''[[RealityWarper UNLIMITED YANDERE WORKS]].'''"

** Blake's Giga Drill Mirror Force is taken from the AbridgedSeries of Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann, WebVideo/GurrenLagannTheSatire.

* Kyubey mentions [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} having visited Inaba]] before. [[NoodleIncident It didn't go well, apparently]].

** His phone case is a ShoutOut and a MythologyGag to LightNovel/{{Durarara}}.

** His very name is a ShoutOut to Manga/OnePiece.
** His introduction proper is based on how Kamina introduced himself to the first Gunmen in Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann.

* Yang's speech during the Yangilocks chapter is reminiscent of Tycho's [[UnstoppableRage rant about tabletop games]] in ''WebComic/PennyArcade''. It also makes shout outs to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', as usual.

** Siegmund is meant to resemble [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]] and [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Heihachi Mishima]], among other people. He also resembles [[Anime/CodeGeass Charles zi Britannia]] in attitude.

** In one Weiss Reacts recap chapter, Nora also name-drops Pinkie pie and that [=ElfCollaborator=] won't be accepting MyLittlePony requests as he knows little about the series.

** The three people the group meets are clearly [[Anime/RinneNoLagrange Lan]], [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Nagisa and Tomoya]]. Nora even attempts to execute an ImTakingHerHomeWithMe on the latter.

* If one reads closely, [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Risette]] and [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Pentakill]] posters are apparently plastered on Yang's walls next to Achieve Men posters.

* [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Reimu]] dolls are mentioned by Cardin during Weiss Reacts.

** Yang and Weiss dress as [[{{VideoGame/Persona3}} Aigis and Mitsuru]], respectively.

** The songs seen are [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Magia]], [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Libera Me from Hell]], [[Music/FooFighters The Pretender]], [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Bad Apple]], [[Music/CoheedAndCambria Sentry the Defiant]] and [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]].

** Also, the arc ends with [[WebComic/{{Hiimdaisy}} "And nobody ate dinner that night."]]

** Her name is based off Queen Elsa from {{Disney/Frozen}}.

** The exchange students are clearly [[Anime/FruitsBasket Kyo, Yuki]], [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] and [[Anime/AiYoriAoshi Aoi]].

** Her name is based off of [[CaptainObvious Queen Elsa]] from {{Disney/Frozen}}.

** [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya God Knows]] is the song sung in the climax. [[FridgeBrilliance Considering what]] [[LoveConfession happened]] [[BigDamnKiss after...]]

** Ludwig Amadeus is named for Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven and Creator/WolfgangAmadeusMozart.

** Ozpin is dressed as [[Manga/InuYasha Inuyasha]] and Glynda as [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz her inspiration, Glinda the Good Witch of the West]].

** Aspasia, Aristomache, Artemisia and Amaranthe are based off of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hercules, Perseus, Diomedes]] and [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers D'Artagnan]] respectively, while Maeve is [[Myth/CelticMythology Scathach]]. Bonus points for MeaningfulName: Aspasia means [[CuddleBug 'embrace']], Aristomache means [[BadAss 'best in battle']], and Artemisia is a famed queen and a tactician- basically, the DistaffCounterpart of Diomedes. Maeve is also the Anglicized form of [[Myth/CelticMythology Medb]], who herself was a DarkActionGirl.

* Nearly every single BadAss Reactsverse character, at some point, WILL don TriangleShades and a BadassCape and shout [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann "Just WHO the hell do you think I am?!"]]. Blake is especially known for this, although Vivi and Minako have also done it.

** [=AftermansSpearmaiden=] (Pyrrha): CoheedAndCambria

** Blake prays to Kamina, obviously, but also to Creator/RonnieJamesDio (although it isn't obvious) of Music/BlackSabbath fame and Domon Kasshu of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' fame.

* Nearly every single BadAss Reactsverse character, at some point, WILL don TriangleShades and a BadassCape and shout [[Anime/GurrenLagann "Just WHO the hell do you think I am?!"]]. Blake is especially known for this, although Vivi and Minako have also done it.

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