History MythologyGag / NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku

* [[spoiler:Death of the Endless]] remarks that Bakugou's priorities are weird for a little kid, reminding her of [[Characters/{{Aquaman}} David Hyde]], the Black Manta.

* [[spoiler:The Ultra-Humanite]] sarcastically asks if Izuku thought he was [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 Kite Man]] when they first meet.

* The narration name drops Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter again along with [[Characters/JusticeSocietyOfAmericaGoldenAge Starman]] and the [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkpeople]].

* Oa, home of the [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corp]], is mentioned as Izuku is busy [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] while speaking to All Might.
* Rather than the "guy sucking in his gut at the pool" analogy, All Might compares his condition to the [[Comicbook/{{Shazam}} Shazam Family's]] powers in this story.

* Lightning Lad mentions [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler during Earth's First World War, which was done during [[Creator/GarthEnnis Garth Ennis']] run in the character's solo series.

* Izuku questions Alexis' reason for attending U.A. when there are equally prestigious schools in the United States like Gotham Academy and the Lex Luthor Institution of Accelerated Humanity. Gotham Academy is the setting of ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'' as a prestigious high school with a storied past and connections to the paranormal. In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Dick Grayson, Artemis Crock, and Barbara Gordon attend high school there in the first season.

* The day after he meets Alexis, Izuku helps himself to some of [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Green Arrow's]] [[https://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Arrow%27s_Chili blazing hot chili]] to warm himself up that winter morning.

* The full roster of the original Justice Society of America is said to have included the original ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/WonderWoman, the original [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]], ComicBook/GreenLantern, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aquaman]], [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Doctor Fate]], and [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Martian Manhunter]].

** The identities of the first three [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Robins]], Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake, are the mentioned in the first revealed question. Tim is referred to as an advocate for equal rights for Quirk users and Dick is referenced as the mastermind behind the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Clause of the Hero Registration Act, which allows for Heroes who were active before the establishment of the centralized Hero system to maintain their [[SecretIdentity Secret Identities]].

* The art of Izuku in his costume (as depicted on the main page and on his character sheet) is an obvious send off to [[https://i0.wp.com/www.geekcrusade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Action-Comics-1.png?resize=696%2C930&ssl=1 the cover]] of ''[[Comicbook/ActionComics Action Comics #1]]'', the first comic book to feature Superman.

** Earth 2014.03, the EvilCounterpart Earth, much like it's canon counterpart.

* [[Characters/Earth2GreenLantern Alan Scott]], the original Green Lantern, is currently stated to reside in his Green Palace, where he shoots down anything that remotely resembles an alien spacecraft that enters his crosshairs to defend the Earth after the Lantern War. This extremist portrayal of him was taken from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.

* [[spoiler:Death of the Endless]] remarks that Bakugou's priorities are weird for a little kid, reminding her of [[Characters/PreFlashpointAquaman David Hyde]], the Black Manta.

* A Xenophobic Earth due to numerous alien invasions and a distinct lack of purely positive showing of an alien hero like Superman (or in this story's case, in ''spite'' of the presence of heroes like ComicBook/MartianManhunter and ComicBook/{{Starfire}}) is a general reference to ‘’ComicBook/TheNail’’, whose entire plot revolves around Superman not becoming a hero while the rest of the DC world continues to operate.

** Earth 2014.46 is a world where an evil version of [[ComicBook/{{Planetary}} the Planetary organization]] distributes the wonders of the world to the masses at a snail’s pace that they either stole or ripped from the dying hands of their former owners. This world is based on the one presented in [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary/JLA:_Terra_Occulta Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta]].

* ComicBook/WonderWoman and Franchise/{{Batman}} get namedropped while Izuku is busy talking about Hero Rankings and Endeavor.

* Lightning Lad mentions [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Midnighter]] attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler during Earth’s First World War, which was done during [[Creator/GarthEnnis Garth Ennis’]] run in the character’s solo series.

** Casey Brinke, a member of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol from Gerard Way’s run, is mentioned as being instrumental in helping to make it possible for women to engage in HomosexualReproduction.

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* Really, the entire story is ReferenceOverloaded with Flash references such as villains, core concepts, and in-jokes

* When Aizawa introduces Yamashiro/Katana, he describes her like Rick Flag did in Film/SuicideSquad:

** Earth 2014.28 is a world where Kal-El was raised on Apokolipse, which is the premise of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_The_Dark_Side Superman: The Dark Side]].