Lollipop Chainsaw/Trivia

Actor Allusion:
- Hey, does the color scheme of Juliet's skirt seem the least bit familiar to anyone? That, and it sounds like she's basically using her Twilight Sparkle voice with a Valley Girl vocabulary.
  - Juliet also looks like a grown up version of Bubbles.
- Zed is a punk-rocker whose attacks include weaponized obscenity.
Hey, It's That Voice!:
- So far, the list of confirmed voice actors includes Tara Strong (Juliet), Michael Rosenbaum (Nick), and James Euringer (Zed), who's also composer of the boss themes.
- Also, in Japan, it looks like Accelerator just raised an army of undead and it is up to Uni/Mio to avenge Shinn.
Shout-Out: Loads.
- Let's see... a blonde high school cheerleader who's the latest in a line of generational slayers of the undead? Nah, doesn't sound familiar.
  - Not to mention the main way of upgrading her is to engage in Sparkle Hunting. One wonders if that term was deliberately chosen to evoke images of Buffy going up against the new heartthrob version of vampires.
  - From the Valentine's Day Trailer: "You know how some girls have vampires for boyfriends?". While there would usually just be one true candidate, the scene have gotten rather crowded lately...
  - She slices a zombie in half from the groin up. This was one of You Know Who's more brutal...well, slayings.
  - Nick on the other hand, makes one think of Xander in looks and personality.
- Possibly also Evil Dead via the chainsaw and enemies of choice, but the chainsaw has become such a prevalent tool for zombie killing that it's hard to nail a source down if it's even intended.
  - In fact, one of the pre-order bonuses is an Ash Williams skin.
- "San Romero High School"
- The Premium Japanese version is getting many (supposedly DLC for Japan and other countries) clothes taken directly from Anime & Manga, some are in theme with monster/zombie hunting from the game itself.
  - Juliet with purple hair in a Sailor Fuku, and as a brunette with the same style—Saeko Busujima and Rei Miyamoto respectively, from High School of the Dead.
  - Juliet with white hair in a spandex suit—Shiro from Deadman Wonderland.
  - Juliet with blue hair in skimpy Ninja clothes, with a scarf—Chifusa Manyu from Manyu Hikencho.
  - Juliet with brown hair in a pink Magical Girl dress—Haruna from Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?.