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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Noisy Boy is pretty popular among fans.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Seemingly invoked with the Japanese release, due to the popularity of [[Humongous Mecha]] in Japan, with what the fact that the first trailer premiered in Japan.
* [[Growing the Beard]]: The director behind the ''[[Night Atat the Museum]]'' films made this. And it's awesome!
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] / [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary]], but consider the film's ending. {{spoiler|Atom puts up a good fight, but Zeus wins by vote and retains his title.}} Now think about the recent Pacquiao/Marquez fight. Of course, ''[[Rocky (Filmfilm)|Rocky]]'' is another obvious parallel.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** Ricky already established himself as a [[Jerkass]] by threatening to beat the shit out of Charlie if he doesn't pay up on his bet, but he only truly damned himself when he brings two or three other thugs to jump Charlie and Max and, upon learning that Charlie is now able to pay him back, beats the shit out of him anyway, not even giving one fuck about the money. And then he and his boys steal all the money. This establishes him as the most evil character in the entire film, so much that {{spoiler|he thoroughly deserved to lose on that huge bet he made at the titular tournament.}}
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** The premise of humans being replaced in fighting sports was previously done on screen in 1989 with ''Arena'', with aliens replacing humans instead of robots. ''[[Robot Jox]]'' also definitely has a hand in the proceedings too.
* [[Spiritual Licensee]]: See the internet's pet name for the film: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: [[The Movie]]. Alternatively...
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Rocky (Filmfilm)|Rocky]]'' meets ''[[Astro Boy]]''.<ref>Atom has a gift separating him from other robots, and with that in mind, the name Atom elevates this to a [[Shout -Out]].</ref>
** Separates him from MOST other robots. His advantages are rare, but far from unique. People are surprised to seem them on such an old robot, but know of their existence in general.
** Alternatively, ''[[Rocky (Filmfilm)|Rocky]]'' meets ''[[Medabots]]''.<ref> Both of the main robots are obsolete models, but are able to outmatch their opponents due to rare advantages.</ref>
** ''[[Moviebob]]'' describes it as having influences of Pokemon and Megaman.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Oh hey, I'm on a cliff? Yeah, I'm just going to stand here RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE DURING THE RAIN and act coo-WHOOOOAAA!
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