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[[File:BG Fixed Point tower nyto.png|thumb|The statue seen in [[Fixed Point]] bears a strong resemblance to the [[wikipedia:Winged Victory of Samothrace|Winged Victory of Samothrace]].]]
[[File:BG Fixed Point tower nyto.png|thumb|The statue seen in [[Fixed Point]] bears a strong resemblance to the [[wikipedia:Winged Victory of Samothrace|Winged Victory of Samothrace]].]]
Taking place in a world similar to ours, the [[Girls' Frontline]] franchise contains references to many medias and cultures. The most notable and interesting ones are listed here.
Taking place in a world similar to ours, the [[Girls' Frontline]] franchise contains references to many medias and cultures. The most notable and interesting ones are listed here.
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==Literature==
==Literature==
[[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.
*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.
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**[[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.
**[[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.
**Hubble is holding the book ''Stardust'' by Neil Gaiman in her base artwork.
**Hubble is holding the book ''Stardust'' by Neil Gaiman in her base artwork.
**In her second Neural Expansion artwork, Hatsuchiri is reading the book ''At the Mountains of Madness'' by H. P. Lovecraft. Her Ultimate Skill, "Forgotten Wgah'nagl", references the ritual call from Lovecraft's ''The Call of Chtulu''.
**In her second Neural Expansion artwork, Hatsuchiri is reading the book ''At the Mountains of Madness'' by H. P. Lovecraft. Her Ultimate Skill, "Forgotten Wgah'nagl", references the ritual call from Lovecraft's ''The Call of Cthulu''.
***In Irradiant Awakening, an Entropic structure takes the form of Ghroth, a sentient planet from Ramsey Campbell's ''The Tugging'' in the expanded Cthulu Mythos.
**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.
**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.
**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.
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==Others==
==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.]]
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*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).
**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).
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