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There are a lot of shout outs in ''[[
* This game is full of good one liners.
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'''Recette''': (Reading a quest posting) "Drive away the God of Destruction. [[Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman|Beware pickaxes.]]"
'''Recette''': (Reading a quest posting) [[Dragon Quest I
'''Recette''': (Reading a quest posting) [[Persona 4|"My inner mind has become a reality-cracking Overgod. He torments me! Please help!"]]
'''Recette''': (Upon being surprised by Griff) [[Dwarf Fortress|"Oh Carp!"]]
'''Tear''': "We automatically refuse to place [[The Godfather
'''Euria''': [[Final Fantasy VI
* When Tear is explaining Recette's [[Disappeared Dad|father's disappearance]], she shows a photo of man ontop of a volcano fighting a dragon, a reference to Ortega from ''[[
* Tear notes that meeting someone was [[Trigun|not unlike meeting a hurricane in human form]]
* Some back to other tropes - the description of a cloth newsboy-style cap describes it as being popular with young runaway boys and [[Sweet Polly Oliver|girls who want to look like runaway boys]].
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* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|TH Shield: Uses a Total Horror Field to use the wielder's own psyche to protect him.]]
** [[Show Within a Show|Eldon's]] final two books are titled Eldon: Doom/Reborn and End of Eldon, likely references to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion's]] ''Death and Rebirth'' and ''End of Evangelion'' movies (especially since their descriptions imply a [[Gainax Ending]]).
* [[
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Silver Watch: An old watch that still works perfectly. The inner cover seems to have an inscription, but you can't read it.]]
* Louie thought eating a mushroom will [[Super Mario Bros.|make him bigger]].
* Recette meets Alouette for the first time when the other girl infiltrates her store by [[Metal Gear Solid|hiding in a cardboard box]] whose insignia suggests that it came from Amazon.com.
* Description for a Tail: "The long, flexible tail of a giant mouse. Useful as an ingredient. [[Final Fantasy I
* Recette comments that despite staying out of the sun, dark-skinned Griff has a [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7715016.stm great tan].
* Elan's Fist Flurry ability is fundamentally [[Street Fighter|Akuma's Shun Goku Satsu]] without the screen going black. The icon for it even looks like Akuma!
* Some monsters looks very much like ones in other games. Example, [[Final Fantasy|Bombs, Ahrimans/Evil Eyes]] and [[Tales
** The fire-shooting teleporter wizards are quite reminiscent of those in [[The Legend of Zelda (
** Ropers were originally from [[The Tower of Druaga]] but most Americans have probably never heard of that series.
* One man that Recette (and Griff) meets stargazing comments on the constellations. [[Blade Runner|One of them being]] "[[Tannhauser Gate]]".
* The Survival Knife: "Cuts rope, food, [[Crocodile Dundee|crocodiles]], and throats with ease."
* Power Glove: "A glove which enhances the user's strength, though [[The Legend of Zelda:
* The Picnic Basket tells you to you "[[Yogi Bear
** Relatedly, an ingredient called the Jellystone.
* Shortcake: "[[Strawberry Shortcake|Does not transform into a little girl.]]"
* The Plaid Muffler is "[[Harry Potter|oddly popular with wizards.]]"
* Candy: "[[Charlie and
* The icon for Nagi's Hundred Thrusts attack resembles [[Vocaloid|Miku Hatsune]]
* Brave Heart: Medicines made from this increase a person's courage tremendously. [[Braveheart|Not actually taken from from Blue-faced men.]]
* Louie plays almost identically to the 2D incarnations of [[The Legend of Zelda (
* {{spoiler|Arma's one and only special skill, Vector Cannon, is a direct copy of its original from [[Zone of the Enders]] 2, with the activation time and firing delay as well}}
* Caillou's Teleport ability shows [[Street Fighter II
** His Gemini Force spell has [[Touhou Project|Youmu Konpaku]] as its icon.
* [[Street Fighter III
* Star Glove: [[Fist of the North Star|"The foes of he who wears this glove are already defeated."]]
* Melon: [[The Pirates of Penzance|The very paragon]] of a [[Major
* Recette refers to the act of leaving a dungeon as "going home." Tear [[Disney Owns This Trope|really wishes]] [[Persona 4|she wouldn't.]]
* The icon for Griff's Dark Claw ability is [[Darkstalkers
* Near the beginning of the game when Recette is aware of the bill, she doesn't know how to pay it back. She considers selling a internal organ, thinking that if she eats enough spinach it could replace her blood, but is worried because [[Popeye (comic strip)|she doesn't want to become a sailor]].
* The knight-type enemies all have rare drops in the form of crystals. Admittedly, there are crystals for [[Final Fantasy I
* The Guildmaster is occasionally ordered to buy and sell stuff from [[Rumpole of the Bailey|"She Who Must Be Obeyed"]].
* One of the quest listings in the pub reads [[World of Warcraft|"Please kill 10 crows around the garbage dump. Green item offered"]].
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* Upon your first trip into a dungeon, Tear opens up with, "'[[Guns N' Roses|Welcome to the jungle]]', as they say."
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