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** His stage in the first game features [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/guiltygear/gg-1.png pixel-sized background cameos] of [[Fatal Fury (Video Game)|Geese Howard,]] [[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|Athena Asamiya, Kyo Kusanagi,]] [[Fatal Fury (Video Game)|Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, Andy Bogard and Terry Bogard.]]<ref>Moreso because Ishiwatari used to work at [[SNK]]...</ref>
* '''Justice''': One of her Overdrives is called "[[Gamma Ray (Music)|Gamma Ray]]".
** She also possesses two moves: "Michael Sword" and its Overdrive variant, "Michael Blade", a shout out [[
* '''[[Testament (Music)|Testament]]''''s name is a reference to the band of the same name...
** ...with an attack called "[[Metallica (Music)|Master Of Puppets]]"...
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** Resident [[Stringy Haired Ghost Girl]] S-ko is a Captain Ersatz of Sadako from ''[[Film/The Ring|The Ring]]'', a fact referenced by Zappa's Instant Kill.
* '''Jam''''s full name (Jam Kuradoberi) is a subtle [[Music/Cloudberry Jam|Cloudberry Jam]] reference, due to her surname being a Japan-romanized writing of "cloudberry".
* '''Potemkin''' has some moves that constitute references to anime, like his Gigantic Pressure move being like [[
** Also, several of his stuff is inspired by [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]], such as his theme song ("Burly Heart") sounding very "Kashmir"[[The Jimmy Hart Version|-like]] the name of his nation being Zepp.
** His fist attack is called "[[Hammerfall (Music)|Hammerfall]]", both a reference to the [[Queen (Music)|Queen]]'s song "Hammer To Fall" and the [[Power Metal]] band of the same name.
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*** Coincidentally he has blonde hair, wears sunglasses and is quite a flirt much like [[Johnny Bravo (Animation)|Johnny Bravo]]
** Johnny also has some clear parallels with [[Series/Zorro|Zorro]]. The black clothes, the bandit style, the swordsmanship - it's all there. Heck, one of his Overdrives even inflicts a [[Zorro Mark]] on his opponent!
* '''A.B.A.''', a [[Canon Immigrant]] from [[Spin
** Kind of a long shot, but A.B.A.'s key companion, Paracelsus, could have some inspiration from the band [[Laibach (Music)|Laibach]]'s side-project album ''Paracelsus''.
** Also, she uses a key [[Kingdom Hearts (Video Game)|with blade-like properties]].
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* '''[[Music/Leopaldon|Leopaldon]]''' is the name of an electronica/house band.
* '''Fanny''', from the portable ''Guilty Gear Petit'' titles, shares her name with the alias of [[Music/Fraser Runciman|Fraser Runciman]], a proponent of the breakcore genre.
* '''Robo-Ky'''... [[Jo
* The Team Zako of Isuka can be an [[Expy]] of [[Pokémon (Anime)|Team Rocket]].
* Finally, '''Overdrive''', [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp|basically GG-ese for "super move",]] can be seen as a reference to the guitar amplifier effect of the same name. <ref>It's the one that goes CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA. </ref>
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