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* [[Shout-Out]]:

** [[Macross|Super Dimension]] Gear [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jzrqfQ-wI&feature=related Yggdrasil IV]. Also, [[Giant Robo]]'s basic design and piloting method are used by Seibzehn.

** Seibzehn and Achtzehn, being the fusion of man and machine, are also a nod to [[Dragonball Z|Number 17 and Number 18.]] It's also a [[Bilingual Bonus]].

** The ancestors of Bartholomew Fatima {{spoiler|and Sigurd Harcourt}} are Roni Fatima and Rene Fatima. This is a Shout Out to royal ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' brothers Edgar '''Roni''' Figaro and Sabin '''Rene''' Figaro. As another Shout Out to ''FFVI'', Sigurd's surname Harcourt is shared by Duncan Harcourt, who was Sabin's martial arts mentor.

** One of Billy's special attacks is clearly a Shout-Out to [[Doom (series)|Doom]]

** A "Ticketmiester" vendor in Solaris.

** [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Amuro]] called. He wants Magnetic Coating back.

*** [[G Gundam|Domon]] would also like to have a word regarding Weltall Mk. II and its System Id, as would [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Ramba Ral]] regarding Brigandier/Andvari's weapons. And Aerods? More like [[Zeta Gundam|funnels]]. They're even housed in the skirt armor when not in use.

** At one point we have main hero and his rival use theit [[Humongous Mecha|Gears]] to push away a massive falling object. [[Chars Counterattack|Seems slightly familiar, no?]]

*** Perhaps they would've [[Catch and Return|fared better]] had the Doc been there with [[Xabungle|Heimdall]] to assist them.

** The creature in the sewer is named [[The Shining|Redrum]].

** There's a poster of [[Final Fantasy VII|Tifa]] on the wall in one of the second class district residences in Etrenank. And while we're on the topic, Solaris' foodstuffs are processed by a facility referred to as the [[Soylent Green|Soylent System]]. [[It Was His Sled|No prizes for guessing what the secret ingredient is...]]

** Andvari's origins and introduction: see Panzer World Galient.

** Name any super robot show that features no less than three robots performing a GATTAI sequence and you'll find your reference in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsFvVuChueA&feature=related G-Elements].

** Kahran Ramsus [[Zeta Gundam|has an obsessive grudge against the protagonist and challenges him to battle at every opportunity, only to have his clock cleaned every time]].

** OR-Weltall's posture is remarkably similar to the [[G Gundam|Master Gundam]]. Unsurprising, considering who pilots it. In battle, it also sports a few rather notable aesthetic similarities to [[Gundam Wing|Deathscythe Hell Custom]].

** The meager efforts of you land dwellers are insignificant to the true and only power.

** That's bound to get us into trouble with the makers of Star Trech!

** Shevat contains a few references to [[Chrono Trigger|Zeal]]. A floating city where one can find a Sage's hidden room, strange talking creatures (Chu-chus to ''Chrono Trigger'''s Nus), and Queen '''Z'''ephyr (though she doesn't gain immortality by her own choice, and she's not quite as [[Laughing Mad|batshit]] [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|insane]]). And speaking of ''Chrono Trigger'', be sure to say "hi" to Lucca before you head out from [[Doomed Hometown|Lahan]]...

** Fei gets frozen in [[Star Wars|carbonite]]. He gets better.

** The Gazel Ministry's personality data is housed in a supercomputer called [[2001: A Space Odyssey|SOL-9000]].

*** The Zohar is also a reference to the Monolith from ''2001''. Its technical name in ''Perfect Works'' (Magnetic Abnormal Matter - MAM) also mirrors the Monolith's technical name from the ''2001'' novels (Tycho Magnetic Anomaly - TMA).

** Gaspar, Balthasar, and Melchior are in the game as shout-outs to both [[The Bible|biblical]] [[Fanon]] and [[Chrono Trigger]].

** The planet orbiting floating city/space station Solaris is a shout out to the novel ''[[Solaris]]'' by Stanislav Lem.