Disgaea/Shout Out: Difference between revisions

* Kurtis's design is clearly based on Cyborg 002 from ''[[Cyborg 009 (Manga)|Cyborg 009]]'', as is the item "Accelerator," a set of teeth that makes you move faster (009's ability to shift into [[Bullet Time]] was activated by a switch in his mouth).

* The next episode "spoiler" for Chapter 11 is one huge shoutout to ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes (Anime)|Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''. ''"Another page in the Netherworld's history..."''

* ''[[E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]'' gets a nod in things that appear in the Galactic Graveyard.

* Captain Gordon [[Overly Long Gag|DEFENDER OF EARTH]] is essentially [[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]] and [[Buck Rogers (Comic Strip)|Buck Rogers]].

* That plant girl [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|who's actually a guy?]] His name is [[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Bridget.]]

* Adell himself is a big ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|King of Fighters]]'' shoutout. He has the garb and personality (honor before reason, massive love of battle, etc) of Adelheid Berstein, the color scheme of Iori, and some of Rock Howard's moves (Vulcan Blaze derived from Neo-Deadly Rave, King of Beasts derived from Rising Tackle, Crimson Flame similar to one of Rock's charging punches).

** [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/disgaea/en/images/8/82/Dis2-adell1.jpg Adell]{{Dead link}} looks [https://web.archive.org/web/20140603081043/http://girlsofwar.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kof11-vanessa.jpg uncannily] like Vanessa from ''KOF''.

* {{spoiler|Zenon Rozalin's}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ePK3LwUtgQ "Dark Liberation"] looks exactly like [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|the second impact.]]

** The Gun skill "Totenkreuz" also brings to mind the strange, tall skinny crosses that always appear in Evangelion explosions...

** The "Holy Flare" holy dragon skill also uses the Evangelion cross explosion, and some of their abilities also have a [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Triforce]] in their imagery.

* Tink's Sonic Roll is [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic's spin dash]]. The original [[PSPlayStation 2]] version takes it further by adding the Spin Dash's revving up sound effect.

* Sapphire's "S Splash" channels [[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Noriaki Kakyoin.]]

* Entei's Kienzan attack has it form a disc of fire, then sling it at its foes, not unlike [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Z Krillin's]] move of the same name.

* Charred Newt: [[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail (Film)|It didn't get better]].

* [[Inuyasha (Manga)|Sesshoumaru:]] [[Gotta Catch Em All|Hurry up and find the damn jewel shards!]]

* Accelerator: ("Why teeth?") is a reference to ''[[Cyborg 009 (Manga)|Cyborg 009]]''--the—the title cyborg entered "Acceleration Mode" by pressing a button on one of his back teeth.

** This [[Ascended Meme]] makes a comeback as the Wizard Hat in ''[[Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku (Video Game)|Z.H.P.]]''

* Cosmos Muscle: [[Katamari Damacy (Video Game)|We are moved to tears by the size of it]].

* Cosmo Gun: [[Katamari Damacy (Video Game)|A gift from a faraway Cosmic King.]]

* Bagh Nakh: [[Rocky (Filmfilm)|Beware the eye of this tiger...]]

* Macho Fist: [[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail (Film)|’Tis but a scratch. I’ve had worse.]]

* Elven Bow: [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|A famous elf used it to return a lost ring.]]

* Exorcist Bow: [[The Exorcist (Film)|Use this if someone’s head starts spinning.]]

* Sledgehammer: [[Sledge Hammer!|Trust me, I know what I’m doing.]]

* Godfather: [[The Godfather (Film)|It’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse.]]

* Primitive Axe: [[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|Inspired by a giant monolith.]]

* Rune Staff: [[The Tick (Animationanimation)|Some crazy moon language is carved in it.]]

* Spikey Shell: [[Super Mario Bros (Franchise).|Jumping on this one is a bad idea.]]

* Devil Matrix: [[The Matrix (Film)|You can’t be told what the Devil Matrix is.]]

* Greed: [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Don't stop till you get enough.]]

* Fortune: [[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|I am a leaf caught in the winds of fate.]]

* Frog Sweat: [[Frogger (Video Game)|Collected from pro Froggers.]]

* Chloroform: [[LL Cool J (Music)|"Mama said knock you out!"]]

* Cha-Ching: [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Hit by a smooth criminal.]]

* Oh, come on! The [[Doom (Video Gameseries)|Rifle Demons]] aren't obvious? They have [[Arm Cannon|a cannon for a hand]], [[Improbable Aiming Skills|never miss]], and come from an [[After the End|alternate Earth where they have destroyed the planet]] and [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|have used the technology to enhance themselves.]]

* Then, there's the [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Z-Pirates]]. Just one blonde guy with a [[Power Glows|glowing golden aura]] (A Violator, to be precise) who comes riding a yellow cloud. It's freaking obvious who he's a shout out to.

* The new Spear skill, Brunhilda, gloriously rips off [[Busou Renkin (Manga)|Valkyrie Skirt]]. It appears again in ''[[Disgaea 4: a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 aA Promise Unforgotten]]''.

* [[Katamari Damacy (Video Game)|Cosmos Muscle: We are moved to tears by the size of it.]]

* [[Mazinger Z|Superalloy]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Seed]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Destiny]], anyone?

* [[300 (Film)|Spartan Shield]]: [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|Because...This.is.not.Sparta.]]

* Each tier's name of the Male Brawler class makes a reference to a [[Fighting Game]], in order: [[Fatal Fury (Video Game)|Fury Fatalist]], [[Art of Fighting|Fight Artist]], [[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|Champ of Fighters]], [[Fighting Vipers|Viper Fighter]], [[Mortal Kombat (Franchise)|Lethal Combatant]] and [[Street Fighter (Franchise)|Boulevard Fighter]].

* Gold Knuckle's personality is a homage to [[Dwayne Johnson (Wrestling)|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]]. He even uses the same slang.

* Mr. Champloo's [["On the Next..."]] segment places Mao as the lead character of a cooking anime similar to ''[[Chuuka Ichiban (Manga)|Chuuka Ichiban]]''. As an added bonus, the main character of ''[[Chuuka Ichiban (Manga)|Chuuka Ichiban]]'' is also named [[Name's the Same|Mao]].

** Pauline, an orphan girl parodying ''[[Little Orphan Annie (Comic Strip)|Little Orphan Annie]]'' and Nello from ''A Dog Of Flanders''.

** Se-To-Oh, a cocky duelist who [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|summons a bunch of monsters in one turn]] and sacrifices them for his Black-Eyes Blue Prinny. {{spoiler|[[Power-Up Letdown|It's a normal Prinny.]]}} [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Franchise)|...Do I really need to say it?]]

** Beyond X is sometimes a {{spoiler|school nurse}} and sometimes {{spoiler|Miss Machiko}} [[Cutey Honey (Anime)|but her true identity is...]]

** The sixth sword skill, Mach+ Slash:<ref>Essentially this game's version of the [[Signature Move|infamous Dimension Slash]]</ref>: [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Zankantou Hoshinagi no Tachi]]

** Gun-type special, [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mega Gun Launcher]]: [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|The Hyaku Shiki's Mega Bazooka Launcher]], with the [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|red-blue positron beam]].

** Mao's Blast Finger: [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Domon's Shining/God Finger]]

** Mao's Shine Beam: Leo Aiolia's, the Gold Saint, Lightning Plasma from ''[[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]''. He even wears a golden crown akin to Aiolia's during the ''[[Disgaea 4: a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 aA Promise Unforgotten]]'' iteration of the attack.

** Almaz' Spinning Swordance has him wield three katanas: [[One Piece (Manga)|two in each hand and the third in his mouth]].

** Aramis' Zombie Armor: [[Everything's Deader Withwith Zombies|Zombie]] [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]!

** Marjoly's Omega Drain: [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Spirit Bomb]].

** Cyborg Kurtis' Solidus Punch: [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Android 16's Hell's Flash]]

** Mid-Boss' Spinning Attack: [[Combattler V (Anime)|Combattler V's Choudenji Spin]]

** Prinny Kurtis' Power of the Red Moon is reminiscent of [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Vegeta using the fake moon to transform into his Great Ape form]]

** Thursday's Surprise Robo has him [[Yatterman (Anime)|creating some miniature versions of him that descend from a ladder, attack the target and then explode in a skull-shaped mushroom cloud.]]

** The Dragon Class' Dragon Flash: [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon]], complete with user holding the target ala Goku.

** The Nekomata Class' Cat Paw: [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Domon and Rain's Rabu-Rabu Tenkyoken]]

** The Succubus' Magichange attack Summon Vampire: [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|G.F. Diablos' Dark Messenger]]

** Sapphire's Shunpu Moondance. [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Wishing Star,]] anyone?

** The Infinite Graves sword skill: [[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Unlimited Blade Works]].

* In one of the [["On the Next..."|next episode previews]], Salvatore offers Almaz a number of ways he can deal with his [[Your Days Are Numbered|dwindling time limit]]. One of these is to [[Superman (Filmfilm)|fly around the Netherworld fast enough to turn back time]].

* Sapphire mentions having read about [[Doom (Video Gameseries)|using chainsaws on demons]]

* When {{spoiler|Almaz returns to life}} there is a burst of feathers on the screen, which resembles the effect of a [[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Phoenix Down]].

* One of the in-between chapter cutscenes was entitled [[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the Nether Star]].

* From Raspberyl Mode: "There, there, alien! [[E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|Stick out your index finger and let's confirm our friendship]]!"

** Exorcist: [[The Exorcist (Film)|Makes you wanna spiderwalk... for exercise]]

** Blood Shark [[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Duh duh, duh duh... Hear the music?]]

** Spartan Shield [[300 (Film)|No! Hold it up higher! Ugh, no dining in hell for you!]]

* Quite a few [["On the Next..."]] segments in the series contain thinly veiled references to the title of an actual anime or manga series. However, one of the segments decides to throw those shreds of subtlety out the window, and calls the show being previewed ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei (Manga)-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]''.

* In the opening, Flonne unleashes a barrage of meteors upon the Earth and when they crash, [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|numerous familiar tall skinny crosses sprout in their wake]]. [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Made even funnier]] by the fact that they were caused by an angel.

* Emizel's Grim Specter is a reference to [[Bleach (Manga)|Ichigo's Hollow Form]].

* The Alraune's Thorny Blaster screams [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Giga Thorn Breaker]].

** Valvatorez' [http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/405/405532/img.html Space Battleship Iwashi]{{Dead link}} is clearly referencing [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren]], right down to Valvatorez using a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqAkEvzuomo&t=0m7s Giga Core Drill on the moon to activate it.]

** Her Final Boss Arises and True Godly Weapon are [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (Video Game)|Overlord Zenon's Dark Revenge]] and [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (Video Game)|Super Hero Aurum's Demon Slayer]]. Appropriate since she's a final boss in-training using the attacks of previous final bosses.

* The Catsaber's Hairball Incident magichange skill has it steamroll the targets with a giant ball of yarn that grows bigger as more and more objects get stuck to it, ''[[Katamari Damacy (Video Game)|Katamari Damacy]]'' style.

* The Ghost's Pac-ghost Chaser throws enemy into a maze filled with dots and is chased by the ghost who has now taken on the appearance of [[PacmanPac-Man]]. The fact that it's done by a Ghost is [[Hilarious in Hindsight|even funnier]].

* The Nekomata's Boxer Kitty is a dead ringer for the [[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken]], complete with a similar battle cry, the name of the attack flashing onto the screen, and the target exploding. She also uses it when you create her on those voting for the Succubus.

** Their Flaring Kitty Shot magichange skill is Gouenji Shuuya's Fire Tornado from ''[[Inazuma Eleven (Video Game)|Inazuma Eleven]]'', complete with the shot scoring a goal.

* Upon creating a Dragon, several characters will place one ballot in seven ballot boxes, each one marked with a certain number of stars. When all seven are filled, [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|a dragon is summoned]].

* The Dragon gets a double reference with it's Dragon Assassinator, first releasing a dragon of fire it uses to batter its enemy before absorbing it for a power boost like [[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Hiei]], then proceeds to punch a hole through the victim in a fashion very reminiscent of [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Goku's]] finishing strike against King Piccolo.

* When you create an Undead Dragon, it makes a literal [[Combined Energy Attack|Spirit Bomb]] with votes, and the senators say that he must be [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|the legendary Super Dragon]].

* In the new Omega Comet, an arrow is fired that travels through all the planets in the solar system, finishing with the sun, a direct rip on "Supernova" from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]''.

* One of the zombies' attacks? [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Thrill Steps]].

** Additional reference in the zombie intro sequence: [[Resident Evil: Afterlife (Film)|People are walking along a zebra crossing during an otherwise normal day, when someone turns into a zombie and takes a nibble from a passerby, infecting him. Soon after, the whole world is infected and zombified.]]

* Both the Alarune's magichange skills, Flower Wave and Twin Heart Attack, finishing moves from ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure (Anime)|Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]''.

* If {{spoiler|[[Humongous Mecha|the Great Flonzor X, Laharl Kaiser V, and Getter Mao]]}} are anything to go by, Flonne, Laharl, and Mao are [[Getter Robo (Manga)|apparently]] [[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Go]] [[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Nagai]] [[Mazinkaiser (Anime)|fans]], though {{spoiler|Laharl Kaiser V}} looks more like a [[Gundam (Anime)|Gundam]].

* Pram's Ice Mirror is [[Naruto (Manga)|Haku's]] Demonic Ice Mirrors.

* If you get the Fuka epilogue, you receive trophy. The title of the trophy? [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|The Melancholy of Fuka Kazamatsuri.]]

* The Succubus' Raging Dromi is clearly [[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Andromeda Shun's Nebula Chain attack]].

* ''Disgaea 4'''s iteration of the 'Rising Dragon' Fist Skill is a nod to [[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Shiryu's Rozan Shoryu Ha]], more exactly, the scene where Shiryu first masters the technique, complete with a Prinny wearing the Old Master's hat at the top of the waterfall.

* Prism Red's Rainbow Legend which gathers "former" Prism Rangers to face their enemy is a reference to the [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Legendary War]].

** Even more. The Durundal is a high-mid rank sword, which is also the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] of Karin, with her ultimate skill, Sonnestark becoming the ultimate skill of the Cockatrice. Also, the {{spoiler|true final chapter deals with a mythological area filled with Malice, being used by someone close to the cast. Much like the final part of From The New World.}}

* When Fuka talks about the work she was forced to do as a prinny, she mentions [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero (Video Game)?|being forced to look for some kind of "Ultra Dessert"...]]

* The Space Detective Gun is a miniature version of [[Daitarn 3 (Anime)|Daitarn 3]]'s Leg Cannon.

** [[Death Note (Manga)|Keeping a Death Notebook]]

** [[Diagnosis: Murder|Diagnosing Murder]]

** [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (Video Game)|Voted for Fubuki... Twice...]] (A reference to the DLC character contest)

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