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* The fight between Superman and the other Kryptonians near the end looks like it's straight out of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Zack Snyder has flat out admitted he was inspire by anime for the fight scenes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE particularly]] ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjbNhLODKU Many people have noted]] that the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscent of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of season 2 of ''Birdy the Mighty: Decode''.]]
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* The fight between Superman and the other Kryptonians near the end looks like it's straight out of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Zack Snyder has flat out admitted he was inspire by anime for the fight scenes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE particularly]] ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjbNhLODKU Many people have noted]] that the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscent of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of season 2 of ''Birdy the Mighty: Decode''.]]
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**''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Zack Snyder has flat out admitted he was inspire by anime for the fight scenes, particularly ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE particularly]] ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjbNhLODKU Many people have noted]] that the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscent of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of season 2 of ''Birdy the Mighty: Decode''.]]
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* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Wegthor-Moon.jpg Wegthor]], Krypton's moon, being shattered in the Kryptonian sky is an allusion to the incident which had [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jax-Ur_(Earth-One) Jax-Ur]] be the first person eternally banished to the Phantom Zone.
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* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Blaze-Comics-Easter-Egg-in-Man-of-Steel.jpg Blaze Comics]]
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* Zod saying "Release the World Engine" could be a reference to "Release the Kraken" from ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans''.
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* Typical of the ''Superman'' mythos, there are some plot points reminiscent of the story of Moses:
** A baby is born in a culture that considers his very existence illegal and sent away to escape death.
** The boy discovers his heritage and spends his adult years travelling, falls in love and gets in contact with an immaterial entity who encourages him to use his superhuman abilities for the greater good.
** The hero tries peacefully reasoning with an authority figure, who shows no compromise, which only seals the fate of his own people.
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** A baby is born in a culture that considers his very existence illegal and sent away to escape death.
** The boy discovers his heritage and spends his adult years travelling, falls in love and gets in contact with an immaterial entity who encourages him to use his superhuman abilities for the greater good.
** The hero tries peacefully reasoning with an authority figure, who shows no compromise, which only seals the fate of his own people.
** As a punishment to the established order, the hero brings them destruction and allows a culling of the younger generation.
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* Snyder [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE has stated]] that ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' was an influence. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjbNhLODKU Many people noted have noted]] that the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscence reminiscent of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of season 2 of ''Birdy the Mighty: Decode''.]]
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* Snyder [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE has stated]] that ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' was an influence. Many people noted the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscence of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of Season season 2 of ''Decode''.''Birdy the Mighty: Decode''.]]
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* The fight between Superman and the other Kryptonians near the end looks like it's straight out of DragonBallZ.
* When Superman first flies with confidence the sound effect is very close to the flying sound from the 1950s TV series TheAdventuresOfSuperman.
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* When Superman first flies with confidence the sound effect is very close to the flying sound from the 1950s TV seriesTheAdventuresOfSuperman.''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman''.
* Snyder [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE has stated]] that ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' was an influence. Many people noted the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscence of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of Season 2 of ''Decode''.]]
* When Superman first flies with confidence the sound effect is very close to the flying sound from the 1950s TV series
* Snyder [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiBaKiYcdE has stated]] that ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' was an influence. Many people noted the fight between Superman and Zod at the end is reminiscence of [[spoiler: the Birdy/Nataru fight at the end of Season 2 of ''Decode''.]]
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* Jor-El's holographic displays being silver in colour and semi-abstract in design are a nod to the SilverAge, which utilised similar art styles.
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** It's also a paraphrase of the famous "They are a great people, Kal-El, and they wish to be..." from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''. Many fans seeing the trailer hoped the speech would be used as-is.
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* Johnathan Kent mentions Kansas State University.
** Superman's color scheme, crimson and blue with a splash of yellow, evokes the colors of K-State's in-state rival, the University of Kansas Jayhawks.
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* It's not the first time that Russel Crowe's character [[{{Film/Gladiator}} gets stabbed by a dictatorial megalomaniac]].
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* Compare [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quitelyshot.jpg this]] scence from to this panel from [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/070427comics1.jpg All-Star Superman]]
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* [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/all-star-dialogue.jpg "You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders."]] evokes ''{{ComicBook/AllStarSuperman}}''.
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* There is also a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen Watchmen]] [[http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.site/PHtPZ1ZaqjC6wC_1_m.jpg smile]].
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* There is also a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen Watchmen]] ''{{ComicBook/Watchmen}}'' [[http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.site/PHtPZ1ZaqjC6wC_1_m.jpg smile]].
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* Given the apparent similarities of the fight scenes to a live-action Dragonball Z, you have to wonder if naming one of the Kryptonian adversaries "Nam-Ek" is an intentional ShoutOut. However, this may be an inversion: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Nam-Ek_(Earth-One) Nam-ek]] is the name of an Earth-One Phantom Zone prisoner also known as Antibiotic Man first introduced in Superman Vol 1 #282 (which was released in December of 1974). Considering the first Dragonball Manga release wasn't until December 3, 1984 it's much more likely that the name Nam-Ek might be another instance of the Dragon Ball franchise drawing inspiration from the Superman Mythos.
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* A scene in the trailers of a shirtless, bearded Clark dramatically screaming and posing evokes ''[[Film/ThreeHundred 300]]'', one of Zack Snyder's previous movies.
* In another nod to ''300'', the Smallville High football team is called the Smallville ''Spartans'' (instead of Crows like in the ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' show).
* And another nod to ''300'', with Jor-El uttering the phrase "This is madness!" during Zod's attempted military coup on Krypton. One of the tracks on the soundtrack album is also title "This is Madness".
* The shot of Zod's gunships advancing on Jor-El's citadel to retrieve the Kryptonian codex, with Krypton's sun Rao behind them, is very evocative of a similar shot in ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
* Superman's baseball team of choice is the Kansas City Royals.
* All of the Kryptonians are named after various counterparts from the comics, some of whom are of little renown.
* When [[spoiler:the Jor-El program]] is explaining Krypton's history to Clark on [[spoiler:the crashed Kryptonian ship]], he shows a picture of Zod with troops marching behind him that's very reminiscent of a poster of Mao Zedong.
* The explanation of the history of Krypton (having a centralized government with a few leaders, the government creating and controlling the caste system, artificial design and breeding of all children, and the method of exile from the planet) is remarkably similar to ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''.
* The Kryptonian World Engine shares a similar design and function with the Creation Engine used by the Kherubim, who are Kryptonian expies in the now defunct Wildstorm Universe, which is a DC property. Mr. Majestic is one of the Superman expies in the Wildstorm Universe.
* Clark reading Plato, when the society of Krypton is based on Plato's "the Republic".
* Given the apparent similarities of the fight scenes to a live-action Dragonball Z, you have to wonder if naming one of the Kryptonian adversaries "Nam-Ek" is an intentional ShoutOut. However, this may be an inversion: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Nam-Ek_(Earth-One) Nam-ek]] is the name of an Earth-One Phantom Zone prisoner also known as Antibiotic Man first introduced in Superman Vol 1 #282 (which was released in December of 1974). Considering the first Dragonball Manga release wasn't until December 3, 1984 it's much more likely that the name Nam-Ek might be another instance of the Dragon Ball franchise drawing inspiration from the Superman Mythos.
* Jor-El's holographic displays being silver in colour and semi-abstract in design are a nod to the SilverAge, which utilised similar art styles.
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Wegthor-Moon.jpg Wegthor]], Krypton's moon, being shattered in the Kryptonian sky is an allusion to the incident which had [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jax-Ur_(Earth-One) Jax-Ur]] be the first person eternally banished to the Phantom Zone.
* The [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Ferris-Star-Sapphire-Easter-Egg.jpg Captain Ferris]] is most likely Carol Ferris, otherwise known as [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Carol_Ferris_(New_Earth) Star Sapphire]].
* Jor-El's suit incorporates a [[http://www.thereplicapropforum.com/gallery/data/912/Man-of-Steel-Jor-El-Costume-42.jpg Batman]] homage.
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Keep-Calm-Call-Batman.jpg Keep Calm And Call Batman]]
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Blaze-Comics-Easter-Egg-in-Man-of-Steel.jpg Blaze Comics]]
* [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140322234204/dcmovies/images/6/6b/UtopiaCasino-MOS.png Utopia Casino]] also makes an appearance. Which is owned by [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Gallo_(New_Earth) Anthony Gallo]] (the man who brought Kryptonite into contact with Superman and thereby exposed his weakness to it)
* There is also a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen Watchmen]] [[http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.site/PHtPZ1ZaqjC6wC_1_m.jpg smile]].
* A very quick blink and you'll miss it one goes to [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/600_wide/wysiwyg_imageupload/1/man-steel-wgbs.jpg WGBS]] News of [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Morgan_Edge Morgan Edge]]'s [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/WGBS Galaxy Communications]].
* The elementary school Clark goes to is named after Superman editor [[http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/man-of-steel-Weisinger-Primary-School.jpg Mort Weisinger]].
* [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/all-star-dialogue.jpg "You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders."]] evokes [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/AllStarSuperman All-Star Superman]].
* Compare [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quitelyshot.jpg this]] scence from to this panel from [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/070427comics1.jpg All-Star Superman]]
* [[spoiler: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kelex_(New_Earth) Kelex]] has a bit of history.]]
* [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/alexross-like.jpg Consider]] [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/alexross.jpg Alex Ross]]
* The scene with [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Zebra-Birthright.jpg Superman flying over a heard of Zebra]] is straight from Superman: Birthright.
* Those [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk Polar Bears]] are an in joke.
* While the ship that carried the neonatal Kal-El to Earth was redesigned, Richard Donner's [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Superman-Spaceship-Easter-Egg.jpg ship]] is honored in the film.
* The [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/giantkey.jpg Fortress]] [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fortresskey.jpg Key]].
* [[http://i.imgur.com/hB5K18C.jpg Wayne Enterprises]].
* [[http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/man-of-steel-easter-egg-analysis-how-do-they-fit-in-the-dccu-5919d38c-024d-4ad0-a2f5-bf44dccf6322.jpeg?width=1280&height=536 Star Labs]].
* 52 is also a reccurent number in the film, which is a homage to [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/The_New_52 The New 52]].
* It's not the first time that Russel Crowe's character [[{{Film/Gladiator}} gets stabbed by a dictatorial megalomaniac]].
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* In another nod to ''300'', the Smallville High football team is called the Smallville ''Spartans'' (instead of Crows like in the ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' show).
* And another nod to ''300'', with Jor-El uttering the phrase "This is madness!" during Zod's attempted military coup on Krypton. One of the tracks on the soundtrack album is also title "This is Madness".
* The shot of Zod's gunships advancing on Jor-El's citadel to retrieve the Kryptonian codex, with Krypton's sun Rao behind them, is very evocative of a similar shot in ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
* Superman's baseball team of choice is the Kansas City Royals.
* All of the Kryptonians are named after various counterparts from the comics, some of whom are of little renown.
* When [[spoiler:the Jor-El program]] is explaining Krypton's history to Clark on [[spoiler:the crashed Kryptonian ship]], he shows a picture of Zod with troops marching behind him that's very reminiscent of a poster of Mao Zedong.
* The explanation of the history of Krypton (having a centralized government with a few leaders, the government creating and controlling the caste system, artificial design and breeding of all children, and the method of exile from the planet) is remarkably similar to ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''.
* The Kryptonian World Engine shares a similar design and function with the Creation Engine used by the Kherubim, who are Kryptonian expies in the now defunct Wildstorm Universe, which is a DC property. Mr. Majestic is one of the Superman expies in the Wildstorm Universe.
* Clark reading Plato, when the society of Krypton is based on Plato's "the Republic".
* Given the apparent similarities of the fight scenes to a live-action Dragonball Z, you have to wonder if naming one of the Kryptonian adversaries "Nam-Ek" is an intentional ShoutOut. However, this may be an inversion: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Nam-Ek_(Earth-One) Nam-ek]] is the name of an Earth-One Phantom Zone prisoner also known as Antibiotic Man first introduced in Superman Vol 1 #282 (which was released in December of 1974). Considering the first Dragonball Manga release wasn't until December 3, 1984 it's much more likely that the name Nam-Ek might be another instance of the Dragon Ball franchise drawing inspiration from the Superman Mythos.
* Jor-El's holographic displays being silver in colour and semi-abstract in design are a nod to the SilverAge, which utilised similar art styles.
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Wegthor-Moon.jpg Wegthor]], Krypton's moon, being shattered in the Kryptonian sky is an allusion to the incident which had [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jax-Ur_(Earth-One) Jax-Ur]] be the first person eternally banished to the Phantom Zone.
* The [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Ferris-Star-Sapphire-Easter-Egg.jpg Captain Ferris]] is most likely Carol Ferris, otherwise known as [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Carol_Ferris_(New_Earth) Star Sapphire]].
* Jor-El's suit incorporates a [[http://www.thereplicapropforum.com/gallery/data/912/Man-of-Steel-Jor-El-Costume-42.jpg Batman]] homage.
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Keep-Calm-Call-Batman.jpg Keep Calm And Call Batman]]
* [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Blaze-Comics-Easter-Egg-in-Man-of-Steel.jpg Blaze Comics]]
* [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140322234204/dcmovies/images/6/6b/UtopiaCasino-MOS.png Utopia Casino]] also makes an appearance. Which is owned by [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Gallo_(New_Earth) Anthony Gallo]] (the man who brought Kryptonite into contact with Superman and thereby exposed his weakness to it)
* There is also a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen Watchmen]] [[http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/80556E/img.site/PHtPZ1ZaqjC6wC_1_m.jpg smile]].
* A very quick blink and you'll miss it one goes to [[http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/600_wide/wysiwyg_imageupload/1/man-steel-wgbs.jpg WGBS]] News of [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Morgan_Edge Morgan Edge]]'s [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/WGBS Galaxy Communications]].
* The elementary school Clark goes to is named after Superman editor [[http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/man-of-steel-Weisinger-Primary-School.jpg Mort Weisinger]].
* [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/all-star-dialogue.jpg "You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders."]] evokes [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/AllStarSuperman All-Star Superman]].
* Compare [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quitelyshot.jpg this]] scence from to this panel from [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/070427comics1.jpg All-Star Superman]]
* [[spoiler: [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kelex_(New_Earth) Kelex]] has a bit of history.]]
* [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/alexross-like.jpg Consider]] [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/alexross.jpg Alex Ross]]
* The scene with [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Easter-Egg-Zebra-Birthright.jpg Superman flying over a heard of Zebra]] is straight from Superman: Birthright.
* Those [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk Polar Bears]] are an in joke.
* While the ship that carried the neonatal Kal-El to Earth was redesigned, Richard Donner's [[http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Man-of-Steel-Superman-Spaceship-Easter-Egg.jpg ship]] is honored in the film.
* The [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/giantkey.jpg Fortress]] [[http://www.sixokay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fortresskey.jpg Key]].
* [[http://i.imgur.com/hB5K18C.jpg Wayne Enterprises]].
* [[http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/man-of-steel-easter-egg-analysis-how-do-they-fit-in-the-dccu-5919d38c-024d-4ad0-a2f5-bf44dccf6322.jpeg?width=1280&height=536 Star Labs]].
* 52 is also a reccurent number in the film, which is a homage to [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/The_New_52 The New 52]].
* It's not the first time that Russel Crowe's character [[{{Film/Gladiator}} gets stabbed by a dictatorial megalomaniac]].
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