History ReferencedBy / TomorrowsJoe

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* In ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' there is a cat named Welterweight Cat who, in his Normal Form and True Form, Ectoweight Cat, looks a lot like Joe Yabuki, mainly due to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/battle-cats/images/4/4c/Welterweight_Cat.png/revision/latest?cb=20170402100639 his hair (no, not its fur).]] His True Form even mentions that he had a near death experience while losing weight for the next bout.

* ''Film/CreedIII'' does quite a number of anime and manga homages, including the famous CrossCounter [[https://imgur.com/a/qRldjp6 exchange]] between two rivals that originated from ''Ashita no Joe''.
* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Sakura Ogami is found in the famous dead slumped over Joe pose [[spoiler:after poisoning herself]].

** And yet [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6382/ef3dae3424676ec046f1a06e3e783bd0d5b8c284_hq.jpg again]] in Anime/DragonBallSuper, during the fight between Goku and [[EvilDoppelganger Goku Black]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': When Kuroto dies from overworking himself attempting to recreate Hyper Muteki, he makes the same pose as [[spoiler:the position on the final page of ''Tomorrow's Joe'', complete with faded colors]].

* ''Anime/MegaloBox'' is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Tomorrow's Joe'' and is as such crawling with references to the original, from several of the characters being outright [[{{expy}} expies]] of ''Joe'''s character gallery (for one, the nameless main character takes the name "Joe" when he decides to become a pro boxer under a fake name) to several of the scenes; the CrossCounter in particular shows up during Joe's match against Yuri (the expy of Riikichi) in the final episode. [[spoiler:Unlike in the original, Joe wins his battle with Yuri, and furthermore neither of them die.]]
* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': During episode 3, ""Blue Coral Reef", Nyarko makes a direct reference to Daitarn 3, then after Mahiro bluntly tells her he doesn't like her, she goes totally pale, then the following Eye Catch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the way [[spoiler:Joe sits after his fight with Jose Mendoza at the end.]]

* In ''Literature/RunWithTheWind'' (both the novel and the anime adaptation), Prince compares Nico-chan's wired-up cigarette box (as part of his efforts to quit smoking) to Rikiishi refusing to drink water.

* In Chapter 20 of ''Manga/YuugaiShiteiDoukyuusei'', after going on ADateWithRosiePalms all night with her vibrator, Miyakonojou sits in the same pose as Joe at the end of ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', and says she'd become... [[IncrediblyLamePun Miyako no Joe]].

* ''Manga/FoodWars'': When Soma Yukihira and Megumi Tadakoro meet Kanachi Konishi for the first time, he is shown pale and slumped on a chair in a recreation of the much-parodied [[spoiler: Joe's pose.]]

** In another arc, after Onizuka is manipulated into taking Urumi to Sea Gaia in Kyushu, he mimicks [[spoiler: Joe's pose at the moment of his death, complete with a boxing ring.]]

* ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'': During episode 121 both Kenshiro and Falco, exhausted for the prolonged fight, simultaneously throw a last punch to decide the match. After showing each individual fist connecting to the other person's face, we see blood flying and then the "camera" moves to show a replica of the Joe/Rikishi original cross counter. [[spoiler: It's not over: a manly faceoff ensues. ]]

* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': When Kuroto dies from overworking himself attempting to recreate Hyper Muteki, he makes the same pose as [[spoiler: the position on the final page of ''Tomorrow's Joe'', complete with faded colors]].

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': During episode 3, ""Blue Coral Reef", Nyarko makes a direct reference to Daitarn 3, then after Mahiro bluntly tells her he doesn't like her, she goes totally pale, then the following Eye Catch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the way [[spoiler: Joe sits after his fight with Jose Mendoza at the end.]]

** [[spoiler: Kamina's death itself]] was visually inspired by [[spoiler:the ending]] of the second anime adaptation, having the same pose, smile, and bluescale color palette.

* On episode 5 of ''[[Literature/FullDive Kyuu Shinka Full Dive RPG Ga Genjitsu Yorimo Kusoge Dattara]]'': Ginji sits down on a chair after fighting Hiro and does [[spoiler: Joe's death pose with the same blue hue]].
* On the episode 1-2 special of the first season of Gintama, on the 22:31 mark Kagura starts jabbing and says "Cross Namida Bridge Carefully" while having Danpei's face.
* On episode 18 of Gintama, after Gintoki says "wow just thinking about it" on the 5:33 mark, he makes Joe's grin face while doing his "heh heh" laugh.
* On episode 19 of Gintama, at the 14:45 mark, Shimura starts acting like Rikiishi when he was trying to lose weight in order to fight Joe Yabuki in his weightclass. The water in the barrel is covered in wire like the water faucets in Rikiishi's training gym. Gintama then says "Why are you talking like a boxer who's begging for water but needs to make his weight?" which directly reference Rikiishi's weight loss.

* ''Film/CreedIII'' does quite a number of anime and manga homages, including the famous CrossCounter [[https://imgur.com/a/qRldjp6 exchange]] between two rivals that originated from ''Ashita no Joe''.

** Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and the likes of Jason Ozuma, Ryuichi Hayami, Takeshi Sendo, or Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.

** Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and the likes of Jason Ozuma or Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.

** Makunouchi Ippo's first fight with Takeshi Sendo ends with Sendo retiring in his seat a la Joe Yabuki's last stand against Jose Mendoza. Unlike Joe and his [[PeacefulInDeath beatific smile]] as though he were sleeping, Sendo went unconscious while still [[DiesWideOpen glaring]] at Ippo.

** Sendo is basically an {{Expy}} of Joe while Martinez is an {{Expy}} of Jose. There's also Wally, which borrows a lot of motifs from Harimau.

** Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and Jason Ozuma or Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.

** Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.

* On episode 5 of ''Anime/KyuuShinkaFullDiveRPGGaGenjitsuYorimoKusogeDattara'': Ginji sits down on a chair after fighting Hiro and does [[spoiler: Joe's death pose with the same blue hue]].

->'''Takagi:''' [[{{shonen}} Masculine manga, eh?]] For example, what? What's your favorite manga?\\

Being a pretty influential anime and manga, ''Ashita no Joe'' has been referenced many times through fiction, expecially on its homeland. Expect a lot of references to the CrossCounter or the last scene.

'''Expect spoilers, not only of Ashita no Joe, but other series as well.'''

* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': When Kuroto dies from overworking himself attempting to recreate Hyper Muteki, he makes the same pose as [[spoiler: the position on the final page of Ashita no Joe, complete with faded colors]].

** Episode 1: Ryuko's first scene where she walks across a bridge into town, gets harassed by neighborhood gangs, and beats them up thereby earning respect, is inspired by the first episodes of Ashita no Joe.
** Episode 24: The episode's title comes from Ichirō Araki's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl0kL7NixLY "Hateshinaki yami no kanata ni"]] , the ending theme of the second Ashita no Joe TV series.

* Any of the episodes of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' dealing with boxing would undoubtedly make a reference to ''Ashita no Joe'', such as episode 43 "Fear of Meow" in which even the animation style is reminiscent of the show.
** Particularly many of the fights between Ryuunosuke and her Father mirror fights that took place in Ashita no Joe (for example the famous cross-counter punch between Joe and Rikishi).

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': When Okuyasu, at Tonio's restaurant, eat the mozzarella and tomato appetizer he finds delicious, he compares the dish to a Music/SimonAndGarfunkel duet, a sketch of Ucchan and Nanchan (a japanese comedy duo) and to Creator/AsaoTakamori's original manga with the art direction of Tetsuya Chiba.

** And again, but in a GenerationZerox version, during the tournament fight between Goku Jr vs. Vegeta Jr.

** And again, but in the NextGeneration during the tournament fight between [[ https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/87/fb/cf87fb57f28c8bab5adec7e19b87b119.jpg Goku Jr vs. Vegeta Jr]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' there is a cat named Welterweight Cat who, in his Normal Form and True Form, Ectoweight Cat, looks a lot like Joe Yabuki, mainly due to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/battle-cats/images/4/4c/Welterweight_Cat.png/revision/latest?cb=20170402100639 his appearance.]] His True Form even mentions that he had a near death experience while losing weight for the next bout.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.

* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'': Loads of times, particularly the dual exchanges of fisticuffs between Makunouchi Ippo and Iwao Shimabukuro as well as the cross-counter contest between Ichiro Miyata and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment cross-counter counter-specialist]] Arnie Gregory.