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[[File:PNC PA BG009.png|thumb|Entropic construct based on Ghroth from the Cthulu Mythos in Project Neural Cloud.]]

*The backstory of [[Codename: Bakery Girl]] written by “Hannibal”, on which the world of Girls' Frontline is also based by way of the [[Confidential Files]], copied several elements from the short story ''A Colder War'' by Charles Stross.

*Girls' Frontline

**[[Singularity]] opens with an extract of John Rawls' ''A Theory of Justice'': “The only thing that permits us to acquiesce in an erroneous theory is the lack of a better one; analogously, an injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice. Being first virtues of human activities, truth and justice are uncompromising”. The quote could be a commentary on {{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}}'s increasingly violent actions during this chapter.

**The [[Longitudinal Strain]] chapter “3-α2 Wind, Sand and Stars” is titled after a novel from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This is relevant to Longitudinal Strain because it is the novel on which Saint-Exupéry's later book ''Le Petit Prince'' was based, and this novel is tied to [[Minor Characters#Pavel|Pavel]]. Pavel also mentions ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' in the same story.

**The title of [[The Summer Garden of Forking Paths]] references the book ''The Garden of Forking Paths'' by Jorge Luis Borges. The “Summer Garden” part is related to the [[Arthur Hume|Hume Dolls]].

*Project Neural Cloud

**[[Magrasea]] is named in reference to Magrathea in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (H2G2). It is no coincidence that Magrasea was created by [[42LAB]] given the importance of the number 42 in H2G2.

**Dupin's name originates from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Auguste_Dupin C. Auguste Dupin], a fictional detective from the book "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Sector Rossum is named after the play ''Rossum's Universal Robots'' by Karel Čapek. Its administrator is also named Turing after Alan Turing, the father of computer science.

**The [[PNC Events|event]] Singularity Immemorial draws heavily from the science-fiction novels of Liu Cixin. This is self-admitted in Part 4 of the event. The Stellar Engines in the event are taken from Cixin's influential short story ''The Wandering Earth''.  

**The Professor's adventures during the [Snowy Encounters] seasonal event in the closet land of Arnina facing the Great Winter, are in reference to ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', specifically its first book ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe''.

==Visual arts==

[[File:BG VA-11Hall-A 5.png|thumb|This CG from the [[Valhalla]] event references a scene from ''Blade Runner 2049''.]]

[[File:Bonneville Ult.mp4|thumb|{{hero name|Bonneville|warrior|3}}'s Ultimate Skill references the “Akira Slide” from ''Akira''.]]

[[File:Cascadia Ult.mp4|thumb|{{hero name|Cascadia|warrior|3}}'s Ultimate Skill references ''Kill la Kill''.]]

***Two chapters are titled after classical French books: ''Artificial Paradises'' by Charles Baudelaire and ''La Fontaine’s Fables''.

**In [[The Summer Garden of Forking Paths]], {{doll name|Stevens M520|SG|5}} becomes nicknamed Reinette and {{doll name|Stevens M620|SG|5}} Mirabelle after French film ''Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle'' ("Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle"), which tells the misadventures of rural artist Reinette, helped by her more worldly friend Mirabelle. M620 mocks M520 by assigning her Reinette's name, especially since she explicitly names the movie in E5.

*Project Neural Cloud

**{{hero name|Croque|guard|3}} makes general references to mecha anime, but a specific parody of the theatre poster for the first ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' movie can be seen in one of her costumes.

**April Fools event Projections are references to ACG or movies, like ''Ashita no Joe'' ({{hero name|Magnhilda|warrior|3}}), ''Kung-Fu Hustle'' ({{hero name|Daiyan|sniper|3}}) and ''Bocchi the Rock'' ({{hero name|Undine|specialist|3}}).

**[[Mysterious Warrior Omega]]'s color scheme is inspired by Rider Build - Genius Form from the Heisei-era ''Kamen Rider Build'' tokusatsu series. His pose is also similar to the main promo shot for an action figure of the same character by S.H.Figuarts.

==Music==

**“3-γ2 Courante”, “5-α6 Chaconne”, “23 Con Espressione”, “35-N3 Minuet” and farming maps “Quartet Rondo” and “Quintet Rondo”, labeled Largo, Andante and Presto in Normal, Hard and Nightmare difficulties, use vocabulary from Renaissance and Baroque music. “5-α8 Stradivarius’ Magic” is named after the famous instruments of the Stradivari family. “35-W3 Tour di Mantova” references the Italian town of Mantua, important in the musical history of Renaissance.

**Other opera references include “3-γ1 Méditation from Thaïs”, titled after the piece “Méditation” from Jules Massenet's ''Thaïs'', and “5-β7 Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni.

*In {{doll name|Gepard M1|RF|3}}'s story for [[Notebook/Gun & Rose]], the Commander describes Gepard by quoting ''The Cherubinic Pilgrim'' by Angelus Silesius: "The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it."

*In {{doll name|AN-94|AR|5}}'s story for [[Notebook/Night of Sweetness and Surprise]], AN-94 recognizes that one of the desserts is named after the poem “Unrivalled Beauty” (绝色) by Yu Kwang-chung: "In-between the colors of Moon and Snow, You would be the third color rivaled by none" (在月色与雪色之间，你是第三种绝色).

*In [[Slow Shock]], {{enemy name|Bramedb|boss}} quotes the poet Hai Zi: “In BC we were too young, in AD we were too old, and nobody saw, that one truly beautiful smile” (公元前我们太小、公元后我们又太老、没有谁见过、那一次真正美丽的微笑).

**Russian poet Alexander Pushkin is also mentioned in Slow Shock by aspiring poet Pan, who criticizes his work as too obscure.

==Myths and legends==

**Several Paradeus units have names referring to Christian lore: the {{enemy name|Pyxis}} is named after the box containing the Eucharist, the {{enemy name|Hymnal Organ}} is a traditional instrument for organized prayer, and the {{enemy name|Quill of Patmos}} is named after John of Patmos, purportedly the author of the Bible's Book of Revelation.

**Paradeus' {{enemy name|Garmr}} is named after a monstrous dog acting as the guardian of the underworld in Norse mythology. Moreover, the Garmr units are associated with the Avernus base, named after a gate to the underworld in Roman tradition.

**Paradeus' {{enemy name|Gebbennu}} appears to be a combination of the Egyptian gods Geb, the Earth god associated with snakes, and Bennu, the Sun and reincarnation deity in the form of a heron.

**According to a now-deleted Weibo post by former [[Sunborn]] writer Jano, {{enemy name|Mercurows|boss}}' name is made of the words “mercury” and “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrow Merrow]”, a type of mermaid.

**In his enhancement quote, {{hero name|Yuwang|specialist|3}} mentions Yuegong (月宫), the legendary lunar palace, home to the immortals.

**Jiutian Sector (九天) means "Ninth Heaven" and its administrator is named [[Xuannu]] (玄女, Xuannü) after the Daoist goddess of the Ninth Heaven.

*Enemy mechs in [[Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery]] are named after slavic deities (most of them of dubious attribution due to lack of primary sources): Svarog, Khors, Simargl, Porevit, Marzanna, Filins, Devana and Jarilo.

**[[Svarog Heavy Industries]] is also named after a slavic deity.

*The chapters of [[Maze Guess]] are named after (some fictionalized) mathematical concepts of statistics and analysis: Initial Inference, Harmonic Simulation, Interpolation Analysis, Analytic Inference, Real Analysis Simulation, Error Analysis, Transcendental Inference, Complex Manifold Simulation, Asymptotic Analysis and Bayesian Decision Theory.

*The Global trailer for [[Deep Dive]] and [[Project Neural Cloud]]'s marketing used images of Conway's Game of Life.

*The tracks in [[Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery Soundtrack]] are titled after various medical terms.

==Others==

[[File:PNC Kuro Event BG001.png|thumb|The titular character from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Game Dinosaur Game] can be seen in this CG of Project Neural Cloud.]]

*Girls' Frontline

**Most map names of [[Operation Cube]] and [[Operation Cube Plus]] are named after concepts surrounding the Rubik's Cube puzzle game, though some references got lost in translation: “Seven-Step Puzzle” (七阶谜题, name of the “V-Cube 7” variant), “Corner Breaker” (角先破解, the “corners first” method), “Layer Reversal” (层先调换, the “layer-by-layer” method), “Cross Base” (十字基底, the “cross” is the first step in the CFOP method), “Directional Algorithm” (定向算法, the algorithms of the CFOP method) and “Reverse Sequence” (逆转序列, a base concept of solving).

**Some basic [[Paradeus]] units are named after historical classes of soldiers from various cultures: Rodelero, Uhlan, Strelet, Doppelsoldner, Maccabee, Gladiator, as well as famous generals Hannibal and Murat.

**Some story parts in [[Mirror Stage]] are named after classical paradoxes and thoughts experiments:

Unsre Heimat ist heute vor G&K. (Today, our home is in front of G&K)

**The title of [[Cartesian Theater]] references the absurd concept of consciousness being the result of observation by another internal consciousness, which is a circular logic.

*Project Neural Cloud

**According to Quenching Operation, {{hero name|Python (PNC)|guard|3}} is canonically named after the character Snake from the ''Metal Gear Solid'' video games series. His designers also considered the names Viper, Mamba and Cobra, as well as Fischer, from the main protagonist of the ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' video games series. The glasses he wears in the Valentine CG are similar to Ray-Ban Aviators, which are associated with the Metal Gear Solid character Kazuhira Miller.

***Python was also nicknamed “Old Ironsides”, a nickname of the warships HMS ''Britannia'' and USS ''Constitution''

**{{hero name|Bonneville|warrior|3}} is likely named after the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle.

*The [[Reverse Collapse Collection]] contain more references.

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