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* [[Hey,
** In the dub, [[Yuri Lowenthal|Simon is Keigo]], [[Michelle Ruff|Yoko is Rukia]], and [[Kyle Hebert|Kamina is Aizen]]. All from ''[[
*** However Aizen doesn't sound much like Kamina. A better comparison would be Simon is Teen Ben from ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
*** [[.hack|OVAAAAAAAAAN!]] LET'S SEE YA ''GRIT THOSE TEETH!!!''
*** Dub!Simon is also [[Legion of Super
** [[Steven Blum|Leeron is]] [[Naruto|Orochimaru]]. Now go watch episode 2 and remember that Simon's VA is also Sasuke.
*** Or [[Megas XLR|Jamie]].
*** Speaking of ''[[
*** In the Japanese, [[Masaya Onosaka|he is]] [[Trigun|Vash]].
*** In English [[Johnny Yong Bosch|Rossiu is Vash, too]] (as well as [[Code Geass
** [[Katsuyuki Konishi|Japanese seiyuu of Kamina]] is also [[Bleach|Shuhei Hisagi]] , background character [[Ensemble Darkhorse|developed by fanbase demand]]
*** And Lloyd Irving in Tales of Symphonia
*** And America and Canada from [[Axis Powers Hetalia]]...just putting it out here...
*** Also Volfogg from [[
*** Within the series, Kamina's voice actor also voices Makken (Leyte's husband and the pilot of the Mo-Shogun). He's credited as "Reo Kaminaga", which is an anagram of the Japanese words for "[[Significant Anagram|I am Kamina.]]"
** Viral's Japanese actor is [[Nobuyuki Hiyama|the man who provided the voice of]] adult Link in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Ocarina of Time''. Listen to Viral's shouts and grunts in fight scenes, he sounds hilariously like Link.
** Not to mention, he also does Siegfried in the [[Soul Series]]. And said Link of ''Ocarina of Time''. And Hiei of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''. And Demitri from the [[
** And [[
*** Technically, he destroyed a sun and ''several'' moons. Not just one moon.
*** How on earth did we not mention that Japanese Viral also voices '''''[[Tales of Rebirth
*** [[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
** As stated above, the dub has Rossiu being played by [[Code Geass|Lelouch]], I mean, [[Johnny Yong Bosch]], and Simon being played by [[Code Geass|Suzaku]] (err, [[Yuri Lowenthal]]), since <s> Bandai</s> Bang Zoom! is handling the dubbing for both shows.
*** While we're at that, [[Karen Strassman|Kiyoh]] (the eldest of Kittan's sisters) is [[Code Geass|Kallen]]. It's like they walked from one room to the next when it came to auditions. In fact, they've always been voiced by the same actors, they just don't get into the familiar voices until the timeskip.
*** Don't forget that it also has Yoko being played by [[Code Geass|Euphemia]]! Um, I mean, [[Michelle Ruff]].
** Dub!Nia is voiced by [[Hynden Walch]] (Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (
*** She's also Yutaka from ''[[Lucky Star]]''. Adult Nia is [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Ryoko Asakura]] and [[Digimon Tamers|Jeri Katou]], the latter of which seems very appropriate after the D-Reaper fiasco.
*** Nia's also the protagonist Nono of [[Diebuster]]. Considering the relations between the series, its probably not a coincidence. Oh, both are also [[Artificial Human|artificial humans]].
** [[Doug Stone|Dub!Guame]] is a less raspy sounding [[Metal Gear|Psycho Mantis]] (as is Dayakka, but that's less noticeable).
*** Dub!Thymilph is [[Digimon Adventure|Leomon]] (THE IRONY). Dub!Cytomander is a less grumpy, more arrogant, at times higher-pitched [[Digimon Frontier|Koji Minamoto]] (or [[Digimon Tamers|Ryo Akiyama]]).
** Simon's Japanese VA, [[Tetsuya Kakihara]], is also the voice of a number of Armed Devices in season 2 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. {{spoiler|The ''German'' voice}}. "Kick reason to the curb" indeed. {{spoiler|He ''was'' born in Germany.}} And much later, he ends up in the role of [[
** [[Jamieson Price|Dub!Lordgenome]] sounds a lot like [[Eureka Seven|Norb]], albeit in a rather bad mood. He played [[Bleach|Chad]] too.
*** And he's also [[Digimon Adventure|Yukio Oikawa]], another former good guy turned evil by the real [[Big Bad]], then turns good and sacrifices himself for the greater good.
** Dub!Anti-Spiral sounds much like [[Digimon Adventure|a nihilistic Angemon]].
** Tetsuya Kakihara (Simon) and Marina Inoue (Yoko) also play the leads, Shing Meteoryte and Kohak Hearts, in [[
** Least we not forget Johnny Yong Bosch (Rossiu) was also [[Eureka Seven|Renton Thurston]]. That guy loves his giant mecha with a hint of love story.
** Dub!Simon sounds kinda similar to [[Wild
** Speaking of Simon, he's also [[Trauma Center|Dr. Stiles.]]
** In her spare time, [[Rina Satou|Kiyoh]] is [[Mahou Sensei Negima|the English teacher at an all-girls school]] and [[
*** Here's the rundown of the French dub: Leeron is [[Sonic X|Sonic]]; Kamina is [[Gargoyles|Lexington]], Nia is [[Kiki's Delivery Service|Kiki]], and Viral is [[South Park|Kyle]].
** Kinon happens to be a mix between [[Naruto|Hinata]] and a forceful [[Bleach|Orihime]].
** Adinae's voice will remind a few viewers of [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Mai Valentine]].
** [[What Could Have Been]] Example: in the [[ADV Films]] dub, Yoko would have been played by the [[Tiffany Grant|same voice actress]] as [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|a certain other feisty redheaded Gainax heroine.]]
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** Nia's awakening scene was a homage to [[Outlaw Star]]'s scene when Melfina was found.
** Yu-Gi-Oh! made a card who must be a tribute/homage to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, I present you the [http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Drill_Warrior Drill Warrior]
** In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'', there's a weapon called the Drill Arm. It looks exactly like an arm sized Core Drill.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Both Gurren and Lagann. "Guren" means "Crimson" (or "Crimson Lotus") and "Ragan" (Lagann's romanized form) means "Rock Face".
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*** This could also be how Kamina came up with the name in the first place...
* [[Shout
** The show starts right off on an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuxgU2RMGiU homage to Arcadia of My Youth.]
** When {{spoiler|Yoko}} becomes a teacher during the [[Time Skip]], she takes the name (Yomako) and outfit of [[Read or Die
** Lordgenome's Lazengann is supposed to look and fight like Gainax's earlier [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Unit 01]]. [[Epileptic Trees|You don't think that]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|means anything, do you?]]
*** This is lampshaded in the Satire:
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'''Simon:''' You just said that so I didn't have to point it out, didn't you? }}
*** The fact that the Lazengann massacred anything standing in its way in Parallel Works 8 without wielding any weapons (except for the obligatory drills) only helps to confirm this.
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*** Also, the {{spoiler|hidden teeth on Lazengann's abdomen}} may be referencing the Eva units {{spoiler|being organic under their armor}}...
*** Lordgenome himself being this blended with [[G Gundam|Master Asia]]. Originally {{spoiler|humanity's greatest champion, he [[Fallen Hero|became its worst enemy]] upon realizing their impact on the world.}} While never a mentor to [[The Hero]], he was his predecessor and pilots the [http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5999/lazengundam.jpg dark, scary counterpart to his robot], and is just as powerful with or without it in combat. They also [[Lampshade Hanging|hung some lampshades]] on the [http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1535/mastergenome.jpg source] [http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5684/simonkasshu.jpg material].
** Nia does not just have decorative eyes and [[Hey,
** [[
** In episode 11 of ''[[
*** Even more noteworthy about that particular robot is that he's voiced by [[Katsuyuki Konishi]], the voice of Kamina!
*** Arc Gurren Lagann's power up sequence and head design are drawn from [[
** Similarily to Arc GL above, Great Galaxy/Chouginga Gurren Lagann's visual design is based off <s>Mazinger</s> [[Mazinkaiser]] mixed with [[Diebuster]]. It does the [[
** Yoko {{spoiler|flies around on a yellow scooter}} and fights [[Humongous Mecha]] with ridiculously undersized weapons. She hangs with a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] who has the power to combine with a robot with a face on it's stomach, in order to be preposterously awesome. They {{spoiler|protect the world from an alien race bent on destruction}}. [[FLCL|Sounds vaguely familiar.]]
** Does nobody seem to note the references to ''[[Star Wars]]''? Especially in the [[Time Skip]].
*** One such reference is Lordgenome speaking to Simon not long before they get ready to fight.
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** And then an internal reference, in Lagann-hen, where {{spoiler|the Anti-Spiral's Gran Zamboa literally beats the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann to death on the ground, ripping and maiming the suit in a method very reminiscent of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion Unit 01's horrific destruction of Unit 03.]]}} This show loves shouting out at its parent company.
** [[
*** It's Gainax. Of course it's not coincidental.
** Continuing with the Evangelion-references, the planes that drop bombs during the fight against the Dai-Gun Doten Kaizan look very similar to the plane used by NERV to carry the EVA-02 to Japan, and by SEELE to deploy the MP EVAs.
*** Coincidentally enough, the one that Simon equips to Gurren-Lagann to let it fly bears a certain similarity to [[Stealth Gao]] I from [[
** The team behind the show cited ''[[Getter Robo]]'' as their main source of inspiration.
*** If you're familiar with both, the parallels are easy to see in a lot of core concepts. Getter Rays and Spiral Energy, save for Spiral Energy being self generated and following the will of the user and Getter Rays coming from space and having their own will, though you can increase your Getter Ray output through will power, are exactly the same down to the color. Both of them.
*** There's also the motives of the villains through the series. The Beastmen army follow exactly like the Dinosaur Empire and 100 Demon Empire, "Kill all humans because the planet belongs to us." Then when the plot decides to be a bit more serious, though no less insane, humans are using an energy source that will cause them to consume the universe and the villains are the last stand for the survival of existence. There's even a timeskip separating the two types. The big difference is that Lordgenome was privy to the second part villains and Emperor Gore just hated humans and the Getter, at least at first.
*** Then there are small bits here and there. Horrible creatures from beyond space doing something to the moon, combining with a celestial body to form an even bigger robot, drills in general as well as flying into enemies really fast drill first, absorbing other machinery because that's what the robot does, growing to the point that a planet hitting it just crumbles like a dirt clod, growing to universal proportions so you can punch a god in the face, robots that contain or can generate the necessary energy to start a big bang, and probably a dozen other things I haven't even thought of.
*** Rising up in space with crossed arms to look awesome is Gunbuster, though that itself is a Getter G reference. Rising up out of the ocean with crossed arms to look awesome is straight Getter G.
*** Take the first scene from Neo vs Shin getter where the Dinosaur Empire does their speech against Musashi. The similarity to the situation that humanity is in with Gurren Lagann is amusing.
*** This actually goes all the way to parts of the art style. That "hot blooded yelling and the art getting all pencil scratchy while something insane happens/is about to happen/just happened" is just like [[Ken Ishikawa]]'s art style for the same kind of events. Compare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztAWwvfRao&feature=related Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann powering up after Lordgenome gives them energy] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To34rvyClH4&feature=related Shin Getter Robo powering up and firing the first Stoner Sunshine.]
*** Not to mention the most obvious parallel to fans of both works, namely that the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is essentially a friendlier version of [[The Assimilator|The Getter Emperor]].
** Didn't anyone else think that Kamina's dad looked like Captain Harlock (or just about every single one of Leiji Matsumoto's lead character heroes)? Heck the entire series is probably a shoutout to Leiji Matsumoto's take on manliness.
** Simon manages to block {{spoiler|Viral's}} attacks in episode 15 exactly like {{spoiler|[
** The way in which Yoko equips herself in episode 21 is similar to Ash in [[Evil Dead|Evil Dead 2]].
** Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann bears an uncanny resemblance to [[Super Robot Wars|Persoenlichkeit]] and the Anti-Spirals' motivation is similar to that of the [[Cosmic Horror|Einsts]]. Even the area where the final battle takes place looks similar to the Einst pocket universe.
** Speaking of [[Super Robot Wars]] shoutouts, a large part of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBG3CCew7Q Parallel Works 8] (which isn't really "parallel" at all and serves as Lordgenome's [[Start of Darkness]]) seems to shout out to the concept of SRW, as a lot of the Spiral Army mechs look like GL-ized versions of various famous mecha - a ''[[
*** Nevermind other Shout Outs, You can even see the Alternate Gurren Lagann from Parallel Works 6 beside Lazengan right at the beginning of the pan.
** In ''Parallel Works'' 2-5, Kiyal and Darry are best friends as schoolgirls but enemies in their [[Magical Girl]] alter egos, essentially the same plot as ''[[Pretty Sammy]]''.
** Does Leyte remind anyone else of [[Code Geass|Rakshata]]?
*** More like [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Dr. Ritsuko Akagi]]
** The bombs that Cytomander's minions drop on the Dai-Gurren in episode 13 are [[Super Mario Bros.|Bullet Bills.]]
** The plot as a whole appears to be partly based on [[The Epic of Gilgamesh]] (Viral's mech is even called ''Enkidu''!), and possibly [[The Bible]].
*** Viral's name is even romanized as "Biraru", which can also be read as "Bilal", the name of a person who controled Enki. The Epic of Gilgamesh is also known as the Nikopol Trilogy, thus being the namesake of Viral's theme.
*** More like a reference to [
** Each Arc in Gurren Lagann is a Shout Out to the various eras of Mecha. The first arc is the original exploration, villain of the day, and heroic sacrifice tropes of the original 70s Super Mecha genre. The Second Arc is a shout out to the late 70s and 80s style of Real-Type Mecha where War and character development is the more prevalent trope, along with the conflicting ideas of realistic fighting and hotblooded one-man army actions like the earlier arc. The third arc is a take on the 90s psychological and more political trope-filled mecha anime, that doesn't actually involve that much fighting externally in giant robots, but internally as characters. The last arc, however, is Gainax's attempt to define the current style of Mecha in the new millennium, with some of the previous tropes put together, added in with "[[The Power of Love]]", as well as over the top characters saying anything is possible, no matter the odds, if you're willing to fight for it in big Mechas.
** Episode 14 features a three-fer: Gurren Lagann's [[Macross Missile Massacre|drill missile attack]] isn't strictly drawn from Macross, but it's virtually identical to one of the signature attacks of [[Space Runaway Ideon|Ideon]]. After that, we get a more traditional [[Roboteching|Itano Circus]] when Rossiu dodges the missiles, and after ''that'' the giant hologram Nia is possibly a parody of ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross: Do You Remember Love?]]''
** [[Hot Springs Episode|Episode 6]] features appearances by several very [[The Cameo|familar-looking]] [http://wiki.evageeks.org/images/thumb/2/28/Gurren_Lagann_ep6.jpg/800px-Gurren_Lagann_ep6.jpg Bunny Girls] <ref> from left to right: [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei]], [[Mahoromatic|Mahoro]], [[Diebuster|Nono]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]], [[Diebuster|Lal'C]].</ref>
** The attack of the giant missiles in episode 25 is a reference to the battle in Sector Z in [[Star Fox (
** The pilot suits used by Gimmy and Darry bear striking resemblance to the ones from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
** What's that, Attenborough? A [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|giant naked woman in space?]]
** Note the overall theme of spirals, humanity's tendency to break its boundaries, and the [[Arc Words]] relating to a "drill that will pierce the heavens". Now go look at any classical picture of the [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_laM6CKNFxyw/TOkKLO9CPjI/AAAAAAAAA0w/ezGBX82oquI/s1600/tower-of-babel-19-jun-091.jpg Tower of Babel]. Hmm...
*** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBG3CCew7Q&feature=related Parallel Works Video 8] clearly shows this as being the main architectural design of the Spirals during the war against the Anti-Spirals.
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** The Ark-Gurren-Lagann's design seems to be based on several mecha, including Gunbuster, EVA-01 and Linebarrel.
** In Episode 2, there's a "Blink And You'll Miss It" reference to Dragonball Z. When the two green Gunmen are stretching out before combat, it looks very similar to the Fusion-dance from DBZ. Especially with the powerful flash of light when they hold their hands together. In Dragonball, they'd fuse and thus create a flash of light to save animation-money. Here, the light is created by the Gunzan crashing to the ground behind them.
** Judging by the length of Kamina's katana in episode 3, during his on-foot fight with Viral, one can argue that the sword may be a homage to Sephiroth from ''[[
*** Kamina's katana constantly changing size may also be a [[Shout
*** The overly long Katana Drawing scene is pretty simmilar with the drawing of Final Kaiser Blade of [[Mazinkaiser]]
** Lordgenome after the Time-Skip is a blatant reference to Zordon from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers.
*** Possibly Mimir of Norse mythology, as well. To elaborate, Mimir was a defeated god in the Aesir-Vanir War, who had his head cut off and preserved by the winning side and made into a slave-adviser.
** The design of the Grapearl looks like a mix between the [[Full Metal Panic!|Arbalest]], the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|GM]] and the [[Mobile Suit Gundam
** Continuing with the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] references, there's a Pre-[[Time Skip]] episode that features the explosion of a Ganmen that looks very similar to the cross-shaped explosions that are prevalent in Eva.
** So, Gurren Lagann has a V crest shaped Sunglasses and a detachable wings that it gains as a sort of [[Mid
*** The Lagann itself bears striking resemblance to the Pilder from Mazinsaga, being a sort of small detachable pilotted object that controls the object it latched into(in Mazinsaga's case the titular Machine).
*** The "shield" Viral uses that just unfolds on Enki's arm may be intended to be an upgraded ''Genesic Protect Shade'', or maybe just an upgraded, physical version of the ''Protect Wall'', both from [[
** Probably coincidental or due to [[Woolseyism]], but in [[Sengoku Rance]], Rance does say that his [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"|hyper weapon]] will pierce the heavens!
* Giga Drill Break's has tons of shout outs to [[Great Mazinger]]'s [[Shock and Awe|Thunder Break]]. Both are [[Finishing Move]](in the latter's case, most of the time making it the first proper Finisher in Super Robot shows), and a kind of signature move of a big brother figure{invented by Kamina, and Tetsuya is Koji's adpotive older brother) have practically same line and simmilar name(compare : Hissatsu ! Giga Drill Break for Giga Drill Break and Hissatsu Power ! Thunder Break for Thunder Break) and same pose(raise hand/point to the sky, and direct it to the target).
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Tengen Toppa Lagann's name is never mentioned, not even in text. Fans just stuck the name because it is the most plausible.
* Small, but the outfacing part of Yoko's scope has a three scope combination that look just like the eyes of [[Armor Trooper Votoms|the Scopedogs.]]
* The Arc-Gurren is essentially the mecha equivalent of [[The Bible|biblical]] Ark Noah used to gather two of every animal with his loved ones and escape the floods God rained down upon the world for 40 days & nights. Here, Rossiu does the same, gathering animals and attempting to rescue the entire planet's population on a space colony ark before {{spoiler|the moon plummets into the Earth}}.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' production staff drew inspiration from ''Gurren Lagann'' for plot material. There are two noteworthy references to Lagann- a villian named the Headmaster who pilots a [[Mini
* Nia ending up naked in the finale is a [[Stealth Pun|stark]] equivalent of Rei's lengthy state of undress throughout the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End Of Evangelion]]''- even down to the [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|hair color]].
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
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