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* [[Expy]]: Van is designed to look like [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Siegel]], complete with with badass tuxedo and hat. However, he also has a lot of similarities with [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Domon Kasshu]]: A [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] who is hell bent on revenge, thinks his allies are just nuisance, whose main partner (Wendy being the counterpart for Rain Mikamura) is mostly on the passive side (not fighting), and also has a [[Genki Girl|Genki]] [[Action Girl]] who falls for him but eventually they don't hook up (Priscilla being the counterpart of Allenby Beardsley).
** The luck-obsessed guy from the first episode seems to be based on [[Demolition Man|Simon Phoenix.]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Aside from Carmen's Japanese seiyuu (mentioned below),
** The Lundgren brothers are [[Code Geass|Suzaku]] (Ray) and [[Love Hina|Mistune]] (Joshua). Their English dub actors are [[Naruto|Gaara]] and [[Naruto|Sasuke]], respectively.
** Wendy in the English dub is [[Eureka Seven|Eureka]], and her brother is [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] in English. Michael's Japanese voice is [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Kira Yamato]] while Wendy is [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Yurika]].
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** Priscilla is [[Solty Rei|Solty]] with more self-confidence.
* [[Kikuko Inoue]]: Carmen's voice. Could be a case of [[Playing Against Type]].
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** Watch their debut episode. Seriously, the enemy pilot that said that the Robot is outdated ? Voiced by [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]. El Dora V is a [[Gao Gai Gar]] [[Expy]]. Yeah...
** And that's small potatoes compared to the sixth episode, which starts with a tribute to the opening scene of ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', essentially [[Expy|repurposes Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth's characters]] from the film as guest stars for the episode, and features a mob boss who [[The Godfather (Film)|looks like Marlon Brando]] and is named [[Scarface|Tony Montana]].
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** Van's design is basically [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike]] in a tuxedo.
** Let's just say it. Wendy makes you want to go grab a hamburger.
** Michael, with the voice of [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Kira Yamato]], is the only one genetically talented enough to pilot the [[Penultimate Weapon|Saudade of Sunday]] and its [http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/2759/saudadefreedom.jpg multiple blue wings]. There is also him being [[Face Heel Turn|converted]] by a [[Take That|performer]].
** The first episode ("Tuxedo Blowing In the Wind") clearly borrows elements from ''[[The Road Warrior]]''. Compare Lucky's speeches to the speeches of The Humongous, for instance, or note the way a bus is used to block the entrance to the mall.
* [[Word of God]] on this anime has some odd things to say. In an ''Anime Insider'' interview, the director insisted that ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' is actually NOT a western. Apparently, the creators preferred to think of it as a mecha anime rather than a [[Space Western]].
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