History Fridge / BlazBlueCrossTagBattle

* ''RWBY'' is very much emblamatic of TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers in that it's primarily a Western web show whereas ''[=BlazBlue=]'', ''Persona'', ''Under Night'', ''Arcana Heart'', ''Senran Kagura'' and ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'' are all Japanese game series. Only reading through how it and ''[=BlazBlue=]'' (and probably by extension ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'') are similar in that they lean more towards fantasy worlds whereas the other four are more grounded in modern-day Japan led to one other realization as to why ''RWBY'' is still the odd series out beyond its medium: it's the only one here that doesn't take place in our real world, as at the very least the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, albeit being too far ahead into the future where it bears little to no resemblance to what we recognize as Earth to begin with.

* Despite fan expectation, Yang [[AvertedTrope doesn't]] [[PungeonMaster deliver any puns in this game]]. This is actually consistent with her characterisation in her home series, where she's only made one pun in the show, despite [[CommonKnowledge fan interpretation]] of her character [[{{Flanderization}} often making it one of her only traits]]. It also makes sense when considering that this game is made in Japan, where that interpretation of her being a PungeonMaster would be less prominent, as it primarily comes from the fact that Yang's English VA, Barbara Dunkelman is a notorious PungeonMaster (though again, this doesn't extend to how Yang is characterised in the show, and in fact the one pun she's made was actually a FandomNod to Barbara's reputation).

* Jin surprisingly getting along with Orie in their pre-fight interactions (only in the English version, however) makes sense considering that Orie works for the Licht Kreis, an organization that serves to protect people from the Hollow Night through enacting justice and order, and Jin possesses the Power of Order. They share similar virtues, so naturally they can cooperate with each other. This doesn't even get into the fact that Orie's personality is similar to Tsubaki Yayoi, arguably the one person in the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' universe he respects the most to the point where he'd likely treat Orie similarly. Similarities like that can also be found with Mitsuru, another character he seems to respect enough in his intros.

* Merkava and Mai have interactions together, which fits on the basis they both used to be "men" in some way before outside forces twisted their bodies into what they are now; Merkava in the [[WasOnceAMan figurative sense]] (he used to be a human before he became a Void), and Mai in the [[GenderBender literal sense]] (she used to be male before she became female).

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* Speaking of Carmine, Hazama finds him to be quite a bit similar to [[{{Jerkass}} Yuuki Terumi]] in the story mode. This goes beyond their shared blood-lust, crass attitudes, and maniacal laughs: [[spoiler: ''Central Fiction'' ultimately reveals that Terumi, really Susanoo, is at heart just Amaterasu's younger brother who REALLY resents having to serve her. His evil plan pretty much boils down to destroying all of her creations just to piss her off.]] The reason they're so similar is because they're both basically bullies who have nothing better to do with their powers.

** Chie has a palette based on Makoto Niijima. Both Makoto and Chie specializes in [[InvertedTrope close-quarters]] [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot combat]], have an avid love for action films, gets scared witless by "spooky" stuff, and have a female best friend who's a [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Girly Girl to her "Tomboy"]] while possessing some amount of LesYay with each other. Similarly the Social Links for both characters [[spoiler:end with them resolving to become police officers.]]
** Yukiko has a palette based on Ann Takamaki. Both of those girls have a similar moveset in their orginial {{RPG}} games as they are both specialized in [[TheMedic healing]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] skills.

** Mitsuru has a palette based on Haru Okumara. Haru was intentionally destined as a {{Foil}} thanks to both of them having the same arcana, similar backgrounds, different personalities, and [[spoiler:different reactions to the death of their fathers]].

** Teddie has a palette swap based on Morgana, who is the cute animal mascot of their series. Both of them also wishes to become human to understand the world outside of their respective realities and [[spoiler:became so at some point. Unlike Morgana, Teddie's human form is permanent]].

* The reason why the ''Persona 4 Arena'' characters can use their Personas in the Phantom Field: it's stated a few times that the Phantom Field was created [[spoiler:from the dreams of System]], very similar to how the dungeons in ''Persona 4'' work being built out of the person's repressed desires and emotions.

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* As noted in the Shout Outs page, Weiss has a palette swap based on Pyrrha Nikos. [[spoiler:Now recall what Cinder Fall [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice did to both of these girls]] on two separate occasions as of RWBY's 5th season.... (But at least Weiss managed to survive her impalement.)]]

* As explained under her character entry, one of Vatista's win quotes provides an explanation for what an Autonomic Nerve is, as her home game does not: effectively an Autonomic Nerve is a kind of haemonculus created by implanting a human soul into the body of an artificially created doll. However she isn't specific as to whether or not these souls are newly-made and tailored for the dolls or, more horrifically, ''that these souls were taken from already living people''. Worse, in her home game it is suggested that '''ten thousand''' Autonomic Nerves were created originally. If the former case it's just a matter of a lot of creepy living dolls; if the latter case, well, the creation of the Autonomic Nerves was an act of human experimentation and transmogrification that flies well over the GodzillaThreshold and well into MoralEventHorizon territory.

* Merkava and Mai have an intro together, which fits on the basis they both used to be "men" in some way before outside forces twisted their bodies into what they are now; Merkava in the [[WasOnceAMan figurative sense]] (he used to be a human before he became a Void), and Mai in the [[GenderBender literal sense]] (she used to be male before she became female).

* The unlikely duo of Blake and Ragna brings attention to the PowerCreepPowerSeep issue most MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fighting games ignore[[note]]For context, it's the explanation why a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros can beat up]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] or why [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 doesn't mind fighting]] [[Characters/DoctorStrange Shuma-Gorath]][[/note]], if for a while. After all, ItMakesSenseInContext when you look at both of their characters:

* Blake's interactions with [[EldritchAbomination Merkava]] are in line with the [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast fairy tale]] she is based off of, especially the [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney version]] where she and Belle are book loving girls who see the noble and kinder side of the titular Beast and are willing to protect him.

** One might wonder though why he seems to get along well with Hakumen and Tsubaki, two characters who have a very strong association with Justice. Well remember who is the Justice Arcana in his home world? It's someone precious to him that you shouldn't touch.

** Interestingly, in the story mode she pronounces Hazama with stress on the second syllable instead of the first as it is usually pronounced in the dub. She actually seems to be pronouncing the names the same way the default announcer does, rather than how the dub typically pronounces them.
* When the game was first announced, the logos that represented ''[=BlazBlue=]'' and ''Under Night In-Birth'' were as of their most recent titles (''Central Fiction'' and ''Exe:Late[St]''), while ''Persona 4 Arena'' was curiously represented by the first game's logo and not that of ''Ultimax''. With Es' reveal as the first ''CF'' character from the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' side, Mika's reveal as the first ''Exe:Late[St]'' character from the ''Under Night In-Birth'' side, and the current ''Persona'' roster being limited to veterans solely from the first game, this could make sense. This also extends to representation from ''Arcana Heart'' for ''AH3 - Love Max: Six Stars!!!!!!'', ''Senran Kagura'' for ''Estival Versus'' and ''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'' for the arcade version's subtitle ''Ausf Achse''.

* When a match is entirely comprised of ''Persona'' combatants, either "Shadow World" or "Pursuing My True Self" plays, and both of those songs are the most peaceful on the soundtrack and aren't exactly first picks to put in a fighting game created by Arc System Works of all people. However, remember that as of the pre-EVO roster, the ''Persona'' cast are all close friends with one another, and the relaxing nature of their universe's VS themes reflects that.
** Related to this, the Persona 4 story has Yu exclusively fight with Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko (barring the team up with Ragna near the end) while the other 3 protagonists have a more diverse partner selection because the P4 roster are TrueCompanions while the [=BlazBlue=] and UNIEL cast have more EnemyMine or TeethclenchedTeamwork moments due to the various factions and agendas and RWBY more or less split up to either accommodate the Tag Battle rules and/or to cover more ground.

* Jin surprisingly getting along with Orie in their pre-fight interactions makes sense considering that Orie works for the Licht Kreis, an organization that serves to protect people from the Hollow Night through enacting justice and order, and Jin possesses the Power of Order. They share similar virtues, so naturally they can cooperate with each other. This doesn't even get into the fact that Orie's personality is similar to Tsubaki Yayoi, arguably the one person in the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' universe he respects the most to the point where he'd likely treat Orie similarly. Similarities like that can also be found with Mitsuru, another character he seems to respect enough in his intros.

* The reason why the Persona 4 characters can use their Personas in the Phantom Field: it's stated a few times that the Phantom Field was created [[spoiler:from the dreams of System]], very similar to how the dungeons in Persona 4 work being built out of the person's repressed desires and emotions.

* While many people are upset that Teddie and Rise didn't make it to the original rooster of 40 characters, it can make some sense given how they never were supposed to participate in the original P-1 Grand Prix tournament in the first place (With Teddie technically only joining the tournament after he fought the [=P3=] characters in his story mode). While you can make the same case for the Shadow Operatives, it should be noted that none of them appear in Episode [=P4A=] (With Aegis be the only Shadow Operative to actually appear in story mode at all). However, this has since been reflected that Teddie has been added to BBTAG since version 1.5 and that he'll have some sort of interaction in the "Episode Extra" scenario in version 2.0.

* When the game was first announced, the logos that represented ''[=BlazBlue=]'' and ''Under Night In-Birth'' were as of their most recent titles (''Central Fiction'' and ''Exe:Late[St]''), while ''Persona 4 Arena'' was curiously represented by the first game's logo and not that of ''Ultimax''. With Es' reveal as the first ''CF'' character from the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' side, Mika's reveal as the first ''Exe:Late[St]'' character from the ''Under Night In-Birth'' side, and the current ''Persona'' roster being limited to veterans solely from the first game, this could make sense.

* While many people are upset that Teddie and Rise didn't make it to the original rooster of 40 characters, it can make some sense given how they never were supposed to participate in the original P-1 Grand Prix tournament in the first place (With Teddie technically only joining the tournament after he fought the [=P3=] characters in his story mode). While you can make the same case for the Shadow Operatives, it should be noted that none of them appear in Episode [=P4A=] (With Aegis be the only Shadow Operative to actually appear in story mode at all).
* ''RWBY'' is very much emblamatic of TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers in that it's primarily a Western web show whereas ''[=BlazBlue=]'', ''Persona'' and ''Under Night'' are all Japanese game series. Only reading through how it and ''[=BlazBlue=]'' are similar in that they lean more towards fantasy worlds whereas the other two are more grounded in modern-day Japan led to one other realization as to why ''RWBY'' is still the odd series out beyond its medium: it's the only one here that doesn't take place in our real world, as at the very least the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, albeit being too far ahead into the future where it bears little to no resemblance to what we recognize as Earth to begin with.

* The coolness factor of a crossover of four different franchises is undercut by the fact that many of the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' characters are [[PowerCreepPowerSeep far and away the most powerful in the crossover]], that they very often use ''lethal force'' when they're fighting (especially for [[OneHitKill Astral Heats]]) and that the ''Persona 4'', ''RWBY'' and some of the ''Under Night In-Birth'' casts [[WouldHurtAChild is comprised of high-schoolers and first year college students]][[note]]The ''RWBY'' cast attend Beacon, which in their show is more akin to a prestigious university than it is a high school - as students begin attendance at age 17/18 and finish their education at 21/22. Ruby herself is definitely high school age, but got pushed ahead two years on the recommendation of Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin[[/note]]. This is ''especially'' true for the likes of [[AxCrazy Hazama, Nu-13 and Azrael]].

* Yang says that a bucket (trash can) suits Yosuke, and says he should try posing it. While that might seem like an insult, Yosuke does pose with said trash can in the opening animation for ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden''.

** Ragna and Hyde teaming up makes sense when you consider that out of all the four series represented thus far, ''[=BlazBlue=]'' and ''Under Night In-Birth'' are the only two to have started out as fighting games from the beginning, whereas ''Persona'' initially started out as a JRPG while ''RWBY'' is an anime-eqsue web show.

* Jin surprisingly getting along with Orie in their pre-fight interactions makes sense considering that Orie works for the Licht Kreis, an organization that serves to protect people from the Hollow Night through enacting justice and order, and Jin possesses the Power of Order. They share similar virtues, so naturally they can cooperate with each other. This doesn't even get into the fact that Orie's personality is similar to Tsubaki Yayoi, arguably the one person in the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' universe he respects the most to the point where he'd likely treat Orie similarly.

* ''RWBY'' is very much emblamatic of TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers in that it's primarily a Western web show whereas ''[=BlazBlue=]'', ''Persona'' and ''Under Night'' are all Japanese game series. Only reading through how it and ''[=BlazBlue=]'' are similar in that they lean more towards fantasy worlds whereas the other two are more grounded in modern-day Japan led to one other realization as to why ''RWBY'' is still the odd series out beyond its medium: it's the only one here that doesn't take place in our real world, as at the very least the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' is set TwentyYearsIntoTheFuture, albeit being too far ahead into the future where it bears little to no resemblance to what we recognize as Earth to begin with.

* While many people are upset that Teddie and Rise didn't make it to the original rooster of 40 characters, it can make some sense given how they never supposed to participate in the original P-1 Grand Prix tournament in the first place (With Teddie technically only joining the tournament after he fought the [=P3=] characters in his story mode). While you can make the same case for the Shadow Operatives, it should be noted that none of them appear in Episode [=P4A=] (With Aegis be the only Shadow Operative to actually appear in story mode at all).

* When the game was first announced, the logos that represented ''[=BlazBlue=]'' and ''Under Night In-Birth'' were as of their most recent titles (''Central Fiction'' and ''Exe:Late[St]''), while ''Persona 4 Arena'' was curiously represented by the first game's logo and not that of ''Ultimax''. With Es' reveal as the first ''CF'' character from the ''[=BlazBlue=]'' side and the current ''Persona'' roster being limited to veterans solely from the first game, this could make sense.

** The ''Under Night'' cast have also kept their selection of characters, so far, strictly from the first iteration of their series. However, this could play true if the leaks regarding Mika's presence as the sole ''Exe:Late[St]'' representative with DLC turn out correct.

** Akihiko has a palette based on Futaba Sakura. This is more of an {{Irony}} than anything as since Akihiko was the resident BloodKnight of the Shadow Operatives while Futaba is the only member of the Phantom Thieves that does not participate in battle. That being said, they both secluded themselves for their own interests, Akihiko spent time away from the Shadow Operatives to train and Futaba shut herself in her room.

%%*** Relating to this, Labyrs also has a palette based on the Velvet Room twins. This makes sense since Justine and Caroline are "sisters" much like Labrys and Aegis.
%%** Mitsuru has a palette based on Haru Okumara. Haru was intentionally destined as a {{Foil}} thanks to both of them having the same arcana, similar backgrounds, different personalities, and [[spoiler:different reactions to the death of their fathers]].
%%** Akihiko has a palette based on Futaba Sakura. This is more of an {{Irony}} than anything as since Akihiko was the resident BloodKnight of the Shadow Operatives while Futaba is the only member of the Phantom Thieves that does not participate in battle.