History ShoutOut / PokemonAdventures

"SV arc"

* The device that Team Magma uses to communicate resembles UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* Dia has a UsefulNotes/NintendoWii and all its different controllers in his room, similar to how in the games the player character always has the current Nintendo console in their room.

* Two of Cheren's male students that appear throughout the arc appear to be [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness and Porky]]. In addition, 2 girls are seen discussing lunch, who resemble Mirei Minami and Sophie Hojo from VideoGame/PriPara in their middle school outfit. Lastly, a black-haired girl with twin tails is seen here and there, who resembles Nico Yazawa from ''Franchise/LoveLive''.

* The arc itself takes place in July, where Tanabata (the inspiration for Jirachi) usually happens on July 7th.

* A Biker (who turns out to be the former boss of Black Empoleon) wears a jacket that says GOD SPEED YOU, referring to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Speed_You!_Black_Emperor 1976 Japanese documentary]].

* Lack-Two's character seems to take a lot of cues from characters like [[[[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman The Character]] Batman]], [[Manga/CaseClosed Conan Edogawa]], and [[Series/Dexter Dexter Morgan]].

* Ghetsis' appearance in this arc is said to take cues from Creator/MadsMikkelsen in Series/Hannibal.

* Drake smoking a pipe is inspired by Colonel Douglas Mortimer Film/ForAFewDollarsMore.

* Moon is modeled after Doona Bae's character Namjoo Park from ''Film/TheHost''. Her pose on the first SM volume is directly based off an official movie poster.

* Piers has essentially been made a love letter to 70s and 80s era UK rock, with Yamamoto cramming as many references to him as possible. For drawing models, Yamamoto used Blixa Bargeld, Peter Murphy, and Nick Cave, while the in-universe songs are titles based off of the works of The Clash, The Exploited, The Killing Joke, G.B.H, The Cure, The Pogues, and The Smiths.

* After Kyogre awakens, the emergency broacast issues an alert, which is another nod to the original Godzilla.

* Ruby's Pokemon are written in alphabet, which require [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem Ruby characters for Japanese to read]], small annotations that are rendered alongside base text for mostly Japanese people to read.

* In his battle against Blaise, Brawly pulls out a nunchaku which his pose is a homage to Bruce Lee in Film/EnterTheDragon. Not to mention his stance when initiating Bruno is based off of Film/FistOfFury.

* Ruby's Pokemon are written in alphabet, which is known as Ruby characters, small annotations that are rendered alongside base text for mostly Japanese people to read.

* Platinum's family name comes from the [[http://www.berlitz.com/ Berlitz Corporation]],
a Japanese-owned worldwide company meant to train people in language and global leadership skills.

* How Diamond and Lax chew their food early in the arc is based on how the critters does it in Animation/TheLittleMole

''SWSH arc''

* Guzma and Plumeria’s pose on the back of minivolume 3 is reference to the pose from Indonesian band named ‘Marjinal’ in their tour on Japan in 2015.

* The cover of 29th chapter in the magazine scans references Film/TheBirds, which makes sense as the professor is attacked by a group of Hawlucha.

* Moon is modeled after Doona Bae's character Namjoo Park from ''Film/TheHost''. Her pose on the first SM volume is directly based off an official movie poster.

* When explaining the meteor to Ruby, Zinnia's imagination of the aftermath is based on one scene in Film/Gorath, when showing a slideshow of a large space object crash.

* Ever since Yamamoto started the series, he's inserted a ''lot'' of subtle references to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and old school ''{{Toku}}''.

* In his reappearance, Blaine states

* A few of the named, kidnapped residents from Vaniville Town are straight out of the mast cast of ''Series/CriminalMinds''.