History ShoutOut / SSSSGridman

* In a move which has surprised fans on both sides of the Pacific, ''SSSS.GRIDMAN'' is '''''FULL''''' of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Go-Bots]]'' references. Many of the people working at Studio Trigger are long time ''Transformers'' fans who have contributed to the franchise both officially and unoffically, and references have popped up in a number of Gainax and Studio Trigger series. But those were blink and you'll miss it affairs (e.g. a Gunman in a ''Gurren Lagann'' crowd scene is shaped like a Decepticon symbol). In ''Gridman'' if you're a character with any kind of distinct visual style, you're probably a Transformers reference. Not only that but the references are dominated by call-outs to ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'', an obscure piece of long-running convention fiction which created a mirror universe of good Decepticons and evil Autobots. Other references include the aforementioned Go-Bots, the Movieverse, and even the toy production companies. These references make a bit more sense when one considers that the original ''Series/GridmanTheHyperAgent'' as actually a collaboration between Tsuburaya and Takara Tomy, the primary holder of the ''Transformers'' brand in Japan, and that the original God Zenon toy was designed as an homage to Optimus Prime.

* One of the late scenes in the opening, where Alexis Kherib opens his hand to fire on Gridman (who flips to evade the blast) is either a Tekkaman Blade reference or one for the Gaiking LOD second opening (comparison video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgFW9abdp88 here]]).

* In a move which has surprised fans on both sides of the Pacific, ''SSSS.GRIDMAN'' is '''''FULL''''' of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Go-Bots]]'' references. Many of the people working at Studio Trigger are long time ''Transformers'' fans who have contributed to the franchise both officially and unoffically, and references have popped up in a number of Gainax and Studio Trigger series. But those were blink and you'll miss it affairs (e.g. a Gunman in a ''Gurren Lagann'' crowd scene is shaped like a Decepticon symbol). In ''Gridman'' if you're a character with any kind of distinct visual style, you're probably a Transformers reference. Not only that but the references are dominated by call-outs to ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'', an obscure piece of long-running convention fiction which created a mirror universe of good Decepticons and evil Autobots. Other references include the aforementioned Go-Bots, the Movieverse, and even the toy production companies.

** Though primarily based on [[spoiler:her predecessor, Anosillus]], the young girl from Episode 6 has a green-and-brown color scheme not dissimilar to Shattered Glass Primus himself.

* In the opening, [[https://imgur.com/hCjYWMr one of the girls in the classroom]] is a dead ringer for Akko, from Trigger's own ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia''.

* Gridman and Sky Vitter's combined form looks and fights remarkably similar to ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner, having a similar paint job, a fighter jet canopy for a head and lower legs filled with thrusters and missile launchers.

* ''SSSS'' is short for ''Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad'', the localized title for the original ''Gridman''.

* In the opening, [[https://imgur.com/hCjYWMr one of the girls in the classroom]] is a dead ringer for Akko, from Trigger's own [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia Little Witch Academia.]]

* An item in the junk shop shelves is [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia Akko's stuffed Alcor bird]].

''Series/Ultraman80'', ''[[Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero Ultraman Powered]]'' and ''Series/UltraZeroFight''.

* Battle Tracto Max had its color scheme themed after the titular exploration vehicle of ''Dinosaur Exploration Team Bone Free'', an anime/tokusatsu hybrid in 1976-77 that was under Creator/TsuburayaProductions.

* The profile picture of Akane's phone is [[Series/UltramanTiga Alien Reguran]].

* Utsumi and Akane talk about [[Franchise/UltraSeries Red King]] and references the monster's appearances in ''[[Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero Ultraman Powered]]'' and ''Series/UltraZeroFight''.

* The scene of [[spoiler:Rikka, Sho and Yuta convincing Akane to give the real world a chance]] is framed as an homage to a scene from the finale of ''Series/UltraSeven''.

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* The green, blocky pattern on the [[spoiler: sky-ceiling]] is the same design as the ceiling design in the original Gridman/Syber-Squad's digital world.

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