Bayonetta/Shout Out

There's quite a few here. They're mostly to Kamiya's previous games and other Sega series, although you'll also see a few pop references here and there. Visual, lines, weapons, moves and trophies/achievements. "Kamiya: In this part, I had just randomly decided to use the word "Eggman". Then I found out it was the name of a character in another famous game. I figured if the fans get a kick out of it, then it is fine to leave it as it is."
 * To give an idea: Antonio Redgrave, Lt. Col. Kilgore, Bayonetta shouting "Dancin' a-go-go baby!", and Luka's facial markings at one point look quite similar to Ammy's.
 * Perhaps an Expy, but consider Vigrid. Well-armed security forces, people openly walk around in holy dress...Vatican City with another name? (And possibly transplanted to France...)
 * Or Gaudi's dream city.
 * Luka's supposed past flings have some... Familiar names: Claire, Trish, Silvia, and...Ammy. "You don't want to piss her off!" (in other words, she's a bitch)
 * Sega has had a long relationship with Evangelion. If they're making a game with angels as the badguys they might as well reference it.
 * The context when the song Fly Me to the Moon is playing...
 * The swarming Affinities strongly resemble the mass production Evas.
 * Naming a song "Angel Attack."
 * This probably means less than the others, but the Evangelion and Bayonetta soundtracks have similar naming schemes for the tracks: [letter]-[number] [title] (i.e. "A-1 Rei I" in the former and "EV 01 Beginning" in the latter).
 * Visiting Rodin in his bar on one occasion will prompt him to ask Bayonetta, "Hey, check this out. Whadya buyin'?", after which he muses to himself, "Heh. Heard that in a game once." Also "If you brings me enough of these Halos maybe I can fly to space. I always wanted to be a bald space marine."
 * He also says that, no matter how much she asks, he's not strapping a chainsaw to Bayonetta's arm.
 * "Welcome to my Fantasy Zone! Get ready!"
 * That chapter's game play is ripped straight from Space Harrier, bosses and all.
 * The music for that chapter is a remixed version of the Space Harrier theme. Also the music for the motorcycle portion of Chapter 8 is a remixed version of the theme from After Burner, another classic Sega game. In both cases you can change the soundtrack to the original retro versions by holding down L1 and L2 (for Play Station 3) or LB and LT (for 360) during the preceding cut scenes.
 * And the font for the display in the motorbike section control instructions? Straight out of Hang-On, Sega's 1985 motorbike-based classic.
 * In one of the early scenes where Bayonetta gets a ride from Enzo, the radio in Enzo's car is playing "Magical Sound Shower", one of the music tracks from the original Outrun.
 * Bayonetta's Panther form resembles a black and gold Amaterasu, even causing black roses to sprout behind her as she runs.
 * At the beginning of the game, Bayonetta and Enzo are conducting the funeral of a guy named "Eggman" and the angel Halos which comprise the game's currency seem awfully familiar.
 * The 'Eggman' line was explained by Kamiya thus:


 * One of the demonic beasts Bayonetta can summon is a reference to Phantom from Devil May Cry. Both happen to be giant demonic spiders filled with lava. Oddly enough, it's portrayed in almost the opposite way; this demon is one of only two demons referred to positively. It is described as curious, rare, and willing to offer treasures or rare knowledge to those who find it, as opposed to the others which are for the most part described as brutal monstrosities.
 * Games Radar notes all these, and more (such as a subtle one to God of War) here.
 * "I've got a fever and the only cure is more dead angels."
 * If you beat the game on its hardest setting, you unlock a weapon called Pillow Talk, which is basically a green, lightsaber-ish sword, and was taken straight out of Okami (including the name), in which it was wielded by Waka during both battles against him.
 * If you want to get really hardcore on this reference, Pillow Talk hosts a charge attack that will extend the blade and power, and hosts a cool but lengthy secret special attack that has Bayonetta perform a clockwise brandish before slicing downwards, unleashing a beam of energy when fully charged. Older fans will realize that these moves and even the weapon itself are brought over from the repertoire of Hayato Kanzaki of Star Gladiator fame. More fun references, Mahavirocana, the demon that inhabits Pillow Talk, is the king of Asura in Hinduism, and Hayato's blade extending move is called Asura, and his downwards energy wave slash is called Engetsu, meaning Full Moon. Even in Okami, Waka unsheathes Pillow Talk in the same fashion as Hayato. Someone down at Platinum must be very proud of Star Gladiator in his resume, and for good reason too, the game was Capcom's first foray into the 3D genre.
 * The Laser blade also originated in usage with Zero from Mega Man X even before Hayato or Waka.
 * The Golem boss in Paradiso is basically an upgraded version of Yami, endboss of Okami.
 * Back in the SMS days, the Sega-sponsored anime Zillion was popular enough to spawn two video games, laser tag merchandise, and more. And so we have the Bazillions.
 * The symbol on Bayonetta's chest, when combined with the crescent-moon shape cut out of her catsuit, forms the symbol of the Oboro clan from the Play Station 2 Shinobi game.
 * One of the Bonus Boss of the games attacks after you get his health halfway down is a Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu, complete with a blank screen and multiple hits shown. It drops your health down by 99% when you have full health, but kills instantly when you have less than 50% health left. Fuck.
 * A rather well hidden one to Chappelle's Show involves Jeanne: "It's a celebration bitches!" (when you get a Pure Platinum trophy with Jeanne)
 * Come on, Enzo?! Shares the same name with a man whose never appeared in the Devil May Cry games.
 * "Flock off, feather face." Bayonetta's delivery is possibly even narmier than Dante's.
 * Also from the first Devil May Cry, In mission 17, when the Frost's were introduced. It almost looked exactly like Grace & Glory's intro cutsecene.
 * And isn't even all of them. To put it lightly, there is a FAQ dedicated to the amount of shout outs in this game, and it STILL didn't cover all of them.