Billy vs. SNAKEMAN/Shout Out

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Billy vs. SNAKEMAN, a Web Browser game featuring parodies of Naruto, Bleach and other shonen series, is full of references and Shout Outs to anime, but it doesn't stop there.

General Missions

Quests

  • "Karate Yes": Replicates the basic training given to Daniel in The Karate Kid. Basically, MC Stripeypants (Urahara) wants you to Wax Off and wash his car.
  • "2 B A Master": Named for the first English-language Pokémon theme song. The quest text even reads "You want to be the very best...LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS".
  • "Wish Around the World": A reference to the ending them to the Spice and Wolf anime's first season.

Characters

  • The Tatsuki and Chizuru lookalikes are named Sporty and Scary, named after two of the Spice Girls.
  • Venus' (Zetsu) picture looks like that of a Piranha Plant.
  • The Paper (Konan) looks like and is named for the codename used by Yomiko Readman of Read or Die.
  • When you complete the steps required to get Anonymous (L) to join your party, he cries "We cannot forgive! We cannot forget!", the motto of the internet collective (or not) of the same name.

Jutsus

Most of the jutsus taught by the characters are named directly after the ones that are used by their Naruto counterparts. Of those that aren't:

Items

BillyCon Events

  • One of the items you can pick up is a Baka Badge, whose item description reads: "It just says '⑨'. Huh?" [2]
  • At the "Billy Idol" event, a group known as MikuMiku Douga comes on stage to sing for the crowd, and the lead singer - a skinny girl with long green hair - is modeled directly after Miku Hatsune.

Kaiju

The following anime- and video game-inspired beasts can cause frustration and major damage to your village if you don't defeat them quickly enough:

WorldKaiju

Zombjas

  • If you and your village are able to survive on a Zombja map for 28 days, or defeat all of the Zettas and seal off the gate, you will receive a trophy called "28 Dayrolls Later".
  • Those who have "Survived the Impossible" get the option to "Be a Hero", giving you a single action protected against the cruelty of the Random Number God for that map. In doing so, you get a message that says "Rule 17 Broken", a nod to Zombieland[3].

Other Game Elements

  • The three different Reaper Blood states one can attain are called Shikai, Bankai, and Cobra Kai.
  • At the "Juice" Bar, there are a bunch of different drinks named after BvS characters and elements. One of the listed drinks is Rum, but the input box is disabled, and the flavor text next to it reads: "Where has the rum gone?"
  1. ↑ Amusingly, BvS actually has a Domon-like character in "Doughman", and you can learn "This Hand of Mine" from him, but it has a different effect than Pinky's "This Fist..."
  2. ↑ It's a nod to the Touhou project's resident baka-fairy Cirno.
  3. ↑ Columbus' Rule #17: Don't Be a Hero.
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