Here are the shout-outs for Choudenshi Bioman.
Anime & Manga
- Pink Five's "Laser Sword"note is renamed something else in the Philippine English dub of Bioman—the "Voltron Sword". Seriously.
- Like with the Combattler V finale and a pivotal Voltes V event, Dr. Man also has a planet-annihilating Anti-Bio Bomb that was supposed to destroy the whole Earth and every living being on it like what happened to Planet Bio.
- In this instance, the Deus ex Machina that saved the Biomen from certain defeat was Doctor Man's own biological son, Shuichi Kageyama.
- Bioman is also reminiscent of Combattler with the appearance of Prince, the Mecha Clone version of Dr. Man's son, Shuichi. It harkens back to the reveal that General Garuda is actually one of many replaceable robot clones made by Oreana.
Film — Live-Action
- Blue Three's Punny Namenote is spelled the same way in Japanese as "Bruce Lee"note . Their only real difference is the spacing of the syllables or the middle dot's placementnote .
- Aquaiger seems inspired by the Gill Man from Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- Whenever the Biomen's Bio Swords light up in a dark or low-light setting, they're reminiscent of lightsabers from Star Wars or Flash Gordon.
- Design-wise, Peebo looks like C-3PO mixed with a Kamen Rider.
Music
- Peebo might be named after Peabo Bryson, singer of the famous 1983 hit song, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack.
Mythology & Folklore
- Psygorn's face and powers are inspired by the multi-faced Asura and Alcala.
- In episode 17, one of Dr. Man's evil plots involve abducting one of the descendants of Urashima Taro.
- Having Dr. Man and his Neo Empire run after the descendant of Urashima is also a shout-out to an unused concept of Biomannote .
- The remnants of the unused concept of having the protagonists be derived from Japanese fairy tales can be seen with the Bio Robot beaming Bio Particles into the Biomen's ancestors who look like they came from the same era.
Real-Life Inspirations
- Doctor Man's name and his evil organization's slogan, "For the Man!" references the ubiquitous United States slang
"The Man", which may refer to the government or to some other intimidating authority figure in a position of power.
Series — Live-Action
- Blue Three might also be a shout-out to Seiji Kurogawa. Seiji is another Blue Ranger that served as a walking Bruce Lee referencenote as well. He comes from the Toho sentai series Megaloman from 1979.
- As noted by Yutaka Izubuchinote , Mettzler's appearance bears a striking resemblance to both Mr. Titan (for being one-eyed) and General Shadow (for his glass helmet and fencer theme) from Kamen Rider Stronger.
- Bio Hunter Silva is based on Kikaider's nemesis Hakaider. Like Hakaider, Silva is also a gun-toting Killer Robot bent on hunting, fighting, and killing his target, which in this case is the Biomen or any being infused with Bio Particles.
- Mason's name might be a reference to Perry Mason (either the first series that ran from 1957 to 1966 or the revival series that ran for a season in 1973 but had many TV movies onwards from 1985 to 1994).
- The names of Farrah and Farrah Cat are both shout-outs to Farrah Fawcett of Charlie's Angels fame.
- The bionic part of the Biomen themselves is a huge shout-out to the popular concept of bionic enhancements that was all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s as seen in shows of the era like The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman as well as Bionic Six later on.
- In Episode 40, Juo sings part of the theme to The Beverly Hillbillies.
- The Bioman Plus 2 Live Event features the Biomen crossing over with Shaider and Machine Man to take on their enemies. All shows came out roughly the same year (1984).
