Difference between revisions of "Bartmanga! Featuring Robartman!/References"

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References/Trivia

Robartman is a parody of Astro Boy and Professor Frink is a parody of Dr. Tenma from Astro Boy. Astro Boy and Dr. Tenma are also mentioned in dialogue.
Patty and Selma sing "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies.
When the Bumblebee Monster breaks out of the zoo, other characters that break out include:
- Squirtle, two Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Ponyta from Pokémon.
- Agumon and Togemon from Digimon.
- Manfred Mon, a parody of Manfred Mann.
Robartman plays a Mega Man video game.
The Chocobots are a parody of Transformers.
There are several Studio Ghibli references in the comic:
- Lisa is a parody of Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service. Jiji also appears.
- When Robartman is at the bus stop, Homer appears in a similar style to Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro.
- Robartman takes a moving castle back to town, a reference to Howl's Moving Castle.
Gigantor is mentioned by Robartman.
Golly-Gee-Force is a parody of G-Force from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Marge and Maggie are a parody of Ogami Ittō and Ogami Daigorō from Lone Wolf and Cub.
Robartman pours a truck full of Dragon Balls out to trip the Bumbleee Monster up, a reference to the Dragon Ball franchise.
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto and Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece are seen eating the Honey Seaweed Flakes cereal.