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** In [[spoiler: Mayumi's Somnium]], there is an autograph board from ''Junko Enoshima''. Examining it will trigger the BGM of the series' iconic ''Monokuma Theater''.

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** In [[spoiler: Mayumi's Somnium]], there is an autograph board from ''Junko Enoshima''. Junko Enoshima. Examining it will trigger the BGM opening riff of the series' iconic ''Monokuma Theater''."Mr. Monokuma's Lesson".
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* Inspecting the CRT monitors in the Psync control room on one visit has Aiba excitedly mention her awaiting the start of ''[[Film/{{Videodrome}} Videodrone.]]''

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* Inspecting the CRT monitors in the Psync control room on one visit has Aiba excitedly mention her awaiting the start of ''[[Film/{{Videodrome}} Videodrone.]]'']]''
* When examining a floating panda head in a certain somnium, one of the options is smack down. Choosing this will have Aiba jump up and smack the floating head while saying "I see it, the view from the top". A clear shout-out to Hinata Shouyou from the volleyball anime Haikyu!!
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* When Date asks Iris what she would do if she stops time, she says she would try to catch a sky fish. This is a reference to how you obtain the Sky Fish soul in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesofSorrow''.

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* When Date asks Iris what she would do if she stops time, she says she would try to catch a sky fish. This is a reference to how you obtain the Sky Fish soul in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesofSorrow''.''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow''.
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* Multiple ones to {{Franchise/Danganronpa}}:

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* Multiple ones to {{Franchise/Danganronpa}}:''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':
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-->'''Date:''' [[Film/{{Rocky}} Rocky]]!

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-->'''Date:''' [[Film/{{Rocky}} Rocky]]!Rocky]]!
* During one of the visits to the Kumakura office with Iris, inspecting the black sofa has Iris note how black it is, leading her to ask how much more black could it be. Date's answer? "[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap None. None more black.]]"
* Inspecting the CRT monitors in the Psync control room on one visit has Aiba excitedly mention her awaiting the start of ''[[Film/{{Videodrome}} Videodrone.]]''
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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[Literature/TheBarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".

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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[Literature/TheBarenstainBears "[[Literature/TheBerenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".
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*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderAgito Awaken the soul!]]"''
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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[TheBarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".

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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[TheBarenstainBears "[[Literature/TheBarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".
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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[BarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".

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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[BarenstainBears "[[TheBarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".
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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example.

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* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example. She also mentions "[[BarenstainBears the name of a kid's book with the bears having different spellings]]", since people commonly think that the name is "Barenstein" not "Barenstain".
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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}.

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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}. The glossary even explicitly makes the connection while saying the name was changed for legal reasons.
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** If you read one of the other books, Date will name drop [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd]].

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** If you read one of the other books, Date will name drop [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd]].''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.
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* During [[spoiler:Prisoner #89]]'s sync, while tearing up books, during one of them Date will make a connection to ''Film/GreenBook'', with Aiba saying it's almost certainly not connected.
** If you read one of the other books, Date will name drop [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd]].
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* Oda's light novel pen name is Odoin Kyoma, which he chose an an homage to [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate a popular fictional character]].

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* Oda's Ota's light novel pen name is Odoin Kyoma, which he chose an an homage to [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate a popular fictional character]].
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* A hostess named Reika from a club called ''Tiefblau'' is referenced a few times, a term from [[VisualNovel/Ever17 Ever17: Out of Infinity]] - another game Uchikoshi worked on in the past.

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* A hostess named Reika from a club called ''Tiefblau'' is referenced a few times, a term from [[VisualNovel/Ever17 ''[[VisualNovel/Ever17 Ever17: Out of Infinity]] Infinity]]'' - another game Uchikoshi worked on in the past.
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* In the beginning when Syncing for the first time, Aiba appears in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} kneeling pose with electricity surrounding her.]]

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* In the beginning when Syncing for the first time, Aiba appears in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} kneeling pose with electricity surrounding her.]]]]
* When Aiba and Date discuss who 'Alice' is, one of the dialogue choices is "Adrian?" Pick it and...
-->'''Aiba:''' Adrian!
-->'''Date:''' [[Film/{{Rocky}} Rocky]]!
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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]''.

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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]''.Ultraman]]''.
* In the beginning when Syncing for the first time, Aiba appears in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} kneeling pose with electricity surrounding her.]]
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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like [[''Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman'']].

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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like [[''Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman'']].''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]''.
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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like [[''Franchise/UltraSeries'' Ultraman]].

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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like [[''Franchise/UltraSeries'' Ultraman]].[[''Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman'']].
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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.

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** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.[[''Franchise/UltraSeries'' Ultraman]].

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** Ota quotes from several ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series:

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** Ota Ota's Tokusatsu belt and the theme that plays during his Somnium clearly references ''Series/KamenRiderV3''. He even says quotes from several ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series:



*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderGaim From here on, this is my stage!]]"''

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*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderGaim From here on, this is my stage!]]"''stage!]]"''
** One of Ota's poses has his arms shape in an 90 degree angle, just like ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to [[VideoGame/Minecraft Minecraft]].

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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to [[VideoGame/Minecraft Minecraft]].VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}.
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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to {{Minecraft}}.

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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to {{Minecraft}}.[[VideoGame/Minecraft Minecraft]].
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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to VideoGame/Minecraft.

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* Iris's favorite game is called [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to VideoGame/Minecraft.{{Minecraft}}.
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* Iris's favorite game is called ShovelForge, a clear reference to VideoGame/Minecraft.

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* Iris's favorite game is called ShovelForge, [=ShovelForge=], a clear reference to VideoGame/Minecraft.

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* After [[spoiler:glitching out Iris' [[VideoGame/Minecraft [=ShovelForge=]]] dream]], Date asks if it's August 32nd, a reference to a [[https://youtu.be/wkPuMO4H9QU?t=401 famous glitch]] in the Japan-only game ''Boku no Natsuyasumi''. The art style in this part of the dream also resembles some of the more colorful texture sets in ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.

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* Iris's favorite game is called ShovelForge, a clear reference to VideoGame/Minecraft.
* After [[spoiler:glitching out Iris' [[VideoGame/Minecraft [=ShovelForge=]]] Iris's [=ShovelForge=] dream]], Date asks if it's August 32nd, a reference to a [[https://youtu.be/wkPuMO4H9QU?t=401 famous glitch]] in the Japan-only game ''Boku no Natsuyasumi''. The art style in this part of the dream also resembles some of the more colorful texture sets in ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.
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* After [[spoiler:glitching out Iris' [=ShovelForge=] dream]], Date asks if it's August 32nd, a reference to a [[https://youtu.be/wkPuMO4H9QU?t=401 famous glitch]] in the Japan-only game ''Boku no Natsuyasumi''. The art style in this part of the dream also resembles some of the more colorful texture sets in ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.

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* After [[spoiler:glitching out Iris' [=ShovelForge=] [[VideoGame/Minecraft [=ShovelForge=]]] dream]], Date asks if it's August 32nd, a reference to a [[https://youtu.be/wkPuMO4H9QU?t=401 famous glitch]] in the Japan-only game ''Boku no Natsuyasumi''. The art style in this part of the dream also resembles some of the more colorful texture sets in ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.
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** A running gag is that Date "can't remember" the name of the forensics investigator Kagami. One of the incorrect names Date uses is Kodaka, a reference to Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka.
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* When inspecting the windows in Sunfish Pocket, [[Creator/GordonRamsay a british chef can be heard berating one of the cooks.]]

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* When inspecting the windows in Sunfish Pocket, [[Creator/GordonRamsay a british chef can be heard berating one of the cooks.]]]]
* In Ota's Somnium:
** Right after Ota evades a close shave from the murderer, he mutters, ''"If this was {{Literature/Another}}, I would've died already!"''
** Ota quotes from several ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series:
*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderStronger The heavens call! The earth cries out! The crowd roars! All calling on me to strike back against evil!]]"''
*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Those who don't fight won't survive!]]"''
*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderW Now, count up your sins!]]"''
*** ''"[[Series/KamenRiderGaim From here on, this is my stage!]]"''
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* Every Psync chapter title is a play on ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
* Oda's light novel pen name is Odoin Kyoma, which he chose an an homage to [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate a popular fictional character]].
* A-Set's last name, Sagan, is a tribute to Creator/CarlSagan.
* The game has several references to Uchikoshi and Spike Chunsoft's previous collaboration, the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series.
** The memorable "ca-clunk" that accompanies the initial 360-rotation of each escape room in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' is used during the initial pan over each Mental Lock in a Somnium stage.
** A late-game Somnium contains doors with letters painted on them in a similar style to the numbered doors of ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
** When Date finds [[spoiler: Manaka’s]] frozen corpse, he temporarily refers to her as Alice, short for [[VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors “All-Ice”]].
** Examining one of the autographs in the Matsushita Diner when [[spoiler:within Mayumi's Somnium]] has Aiba observe the name to read "Hongo" and that she can't picture his face. [[spoiler:Gentaro Hongo, aka Ace, the BigBad of ''999'', was face-blind.]]
* A hostess named Reika from a club called ''Tiefblau'' is referenced a few times, a term from [[VisualNovel/Ever17 Ever17: Out of Infinity]] - another game Uchikoshi worked on in the past.
* Multiple ones to {{Franchise/Danganronpa}}:
** If you examine a broken Panda ride at the scene of the crime when you are accompanied by Iris, she will say that she hopes the ''black and white bear doesn't punish her''.
** In [[spoiler: Mayumi's Somnium]], there is an autograph board from ''Junko Enoshima''. Examining it will trigger the BGM of the series' iconic ''Monokuma Theater''.
** Examining the dashboard with Iris in the car at one point will trigger this dialogue:
---->'''Iris''': Dangan...\\
'''Date''': ...Ronpa.
* During Mizuki's route, [[spoiler:she and Date face off in So's garden [[Franchise/TheMatrix in the rain against a horde of identical-looking bodyguards in suits, all wearing sunglasses and earpieces.]]]]
* During Ota's Psync session, Aiba has the option to skate on a patch of ice to destroy it, with Date jokingly calling her [[Anime/YuriOnIce Yuri Katsuki]].
* Also during the Psync with Ota, Aiba can punch a metal plate. While she does so, she asks Date if he's upset, to which he replies that he's not upset, referencing a skit from ''Manga/PopTeamEpic''.
* After [[spoiler:glitching out Iris' [=ShovelForge=] dream]], Date asks if it's August 32nd, a reference to a [[https://youtu.be/wkPuMO4H9QU?t=401 famous glitch]] in the Japan-only game ''Boku no Natsuyasumi''. The art style in this part of the dream also resembles some of the more colorful texture sets in ''VideoGame/LSDDreamEmulator''.
* Examining a dragon statue in the Kumakura Office will prompt Date to ask if it grants wishes. Aiba tells him it is not [[Manga/DragonBall Shenron]].
* Examining the topiary at one point will result in the plant being labeled as [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo a giant green blob that disappears when four connect]].
* Examining an oil drum with Iris in the cold storage will prompt her to say "Hi, I'm ''[[{{Anime/Doraemon}} Drum-aemon]]''!"
* While explaing the Mandela Effect, Iris quotes an "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} electric mouse from that video game]]" and its tail being commonly misremembered to have a ''black tip'' as an example.
* When Date asks Iris what she would do if she stops time, she says she would try to catch a sky fish. This is a reference to how you obtain the Sky Fish soul in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesofSorrow''.
* Examining the island in So's garden at one point has Date mention that "little island" translates to "kojima" in Japanese.
-->'''Aiba:''' [[Creator/HideoKojima Director Kojima]] is here?!
* When inspecting the windows in Sunfish Pocket, [[Creator/GordonRamsay a british chef can be heard berating one of the cooks.]]

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