Allusion Master List

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''Unconfirmed Allusion? (uncertain, implied, or foreshadowed but lacking concrete evidence)''

Ruby Rose

 * Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hood)
 * Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
 * Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)
 * Leia Organa (Star Wars)
 * Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Avatar Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Flower Witch (The Snow Queen)
 * Usagi Tsukino? (Sailor Moon)
 * Athena? (Greek Mythology)
 * Katara? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Lumiere? (Beauty and the Beast)

Weiss Schnee

 * Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
 * Gerda (The Snow Queen)
 * Scarecrow (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Samwise Gamgee? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Salacia? (Roman(?) Mythology)
 * Anna? (Frozen)
 * Zuko? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Asami Sato? (The Legend of Korra)
 * Cogsworth? (Beauty and the Beast)

Blake Belladonna

 * Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Xuanzang (Journey to the West)
 * Cowardly Lion (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Toph Beifong? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Pat Garret? (The Left Handed Gun; American Old West)
 * Peregrin Took? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Ariadne? (Theseus and the Minotaur, Greek Mythology)
 * Grey Brother? (The Jungle Book)
 * Padme Amidala? (Star Wars)
 * Ahsoka Tano? (Star Wars)
 * Beast (Prince Adam)? (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Zuko? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Yang Xiao Long

 * Goldilocks (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
 * Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Tin Woodman (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Luke Skywalker? (Star Wars)
 * Katara? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Sokka? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Avatar Korra? (The Legend of Korra)
 * Aphrodite? (Greek Mythology)
 * Beast (Prince Adam)? (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Belle? (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Billy the Kid? (The Left Handed Gun; American Old West, 1859-1881)
 * Meriadoc Brandybuck? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Theseus? (Theseus and the Minotaur, Greek Mythology)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi? (Star Wars)
 * Samson? (Book of Judges, Hebrew Bible)

Jaune Arc

 * Saint Joan of Arc (France, 1412-1431)
 * Andromache (The Iliad)
 * Patroclus* (The Iliad)
 * Odysseus (The Iliad, The Odyssey)
 * Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
 * Aragorn (Lord of the Rings)
 * The Prince (Cinderella)
 * Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Nora Valkyrie

 * Thor (Norse Mythology)
 * Saint Margaret of Antioch (Antioch, 289-304)
 * Gimli (Lord of the Rings)
 * Han Solo? (Star Wars)

Pyrrha Nikos

 * Achilles (The Iliad)
 * Hector (The Iliad)
 * Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Cinderella (Cinderella)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
 * Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Alexandria, Roman Egypt, 287-305)
 * Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
 * Princess Yue (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Suki (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Gandalf? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Aerith? (Final Fantasy VII)
 * Iroh? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Lie Ren

 * Mulan (Chinese Legend)
 * Loki* (Norse Mythology)
 * Saint Michael
 * Legolas (Lord of the Rings)
 * Chewbacca? (Star Wars)

Summer Rose

 * The Moon (The Dead Moon)
 * Radical Edward? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Julia? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Trisha Elric? (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Taiyang Xiao Long

 * Bruce Lee? (Bruce Lee Movies, 1940-1973)
 * Jet Black? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Van Hohenheim? (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)

Raven Branwen

 * Munin (Norse Mythology)
 * General Hyoe Tadokoro (The Hidden Fortress)
 * Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
 * Princess Yuki (The Hidden Fortress)
 * Julia? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Vicious? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Faye Valentine? (Cowboy Bebop)
 * Balrog? (Lord of the Rings)

Qrow Branwen

 * Scarecrow (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Hugin (Norse Mythology)
 * Spike? (Cowboy Bebop)

Ozpin

 * Oz the Great and Powerful (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Vash? (Trigun)
 * Avatar Roku? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Gandalf the Grey? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Albus Dumbledore? (Harry Potter)
 * Aslan? (The Chronicles of Narnia)
 * Hohenheim of Light? (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Oscar Pine

 * Avatar Aang? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Princess Ozma? (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Gandalf the White? (Lord of the Rings)

Glynda Goodwitch

 * Glinda the Good Witch (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Minerva McGonagall? (Harry Potter)

James Ironwood

 * Tin Woodsman (The Wizard of Oz)

Leonardo Lionheart

 * Cowardly Lion (The Wizard of Oz)

Shade Headmaster

 * Scarecrow? (The Wizard of Oz)

Salem

 * Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
 * Evil Stepmother (Cinderella)
 * Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
 * Dwarf in the Flask (Father)? (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)
 * Dante (Fullmetal Alchemist)?
 * Maleficent? (Sleeping Beauty)

Cinder Fall

 * Cinderella (Cinderella)
 * Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Achilles (The Iliad)
 * Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
 * Gandalf? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Balrog? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Lust? (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Azula? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Zuko? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Emerald Sustrai

 * Aladdin (Disney; 1,001 Nights/Arabian Nights)
 * Scarecrow (The Wizard of Oz)
 * The Cat (Pinnochio)
 * Patroclus? (The Iliad)

Mercury Black

 * Hermes (Greek Mythology)
 * Tin Woodsman (The Wizard of Oz)
 * The Fox (Pinnochio)
 * Hephaestus? (Greek Mythology)

Arthur Watts

 * John Watson? (Sherlock Holmes)
 * Nikola Tesla? (Croatia/USA, 1856-1943)
 * Pride? (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Tyrian Callows

 * Gollum (Lord of the Rings)
 * Flying Monkey (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Gluttony? (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Hazel Rainart

 * Hansel (Hansel and Gretel)
 * Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)?

Adam Taurus

 * Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
 * The Minotaur (Theseus and the Minotaur, Greek Mythology)
 * Bull Demon King (Journey to the West)
 * Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)
 * Beast/Prince Adam (Beauty and the Beast)
 * Mowgli (The Jungle Book)

Ilia Amitola

 * Mowgli? (The Jungle Book)

Ghira Belladonna

 * Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
 * Rama/Father Wolf (The Jungle Book)

Kali Belladonna

 * Raksha the Demon/Mother Wolf (The Jungle Book)
 * Kali? (Hindu Mythology)

Corsac Albain

 * Golden Horned Demon King (Journey to the West)

Fennec Albain

 * Silver Horned Demon King (Journey to the West)

Sienna Khan

 * Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)

Nicholas Schnee

 * Santa Claus (Nordic Folklore)

Jacques Schnee (né Gelè )

 * Jack Frost (Nordic/European Folklore)
 * Ozai? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Artemis Fowl I? (Artemis Fowl)

Willow Schnee

 * The Snow Queen? (The Snow Queen)
 * Ursa? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Angeline Fowl? (Artemis Fowl)

Winter Schnee

 * Jadis/The White Witch (The Chronicles of Narnia)
 * The Snow Queen? (The Snow Queen)
 * Elsa? (Frozen)
 * Olivier Mira Armstrong? (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)
 * Azula? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Whitley Schnee

 * Kai (The Snow Queen)
 * Azula? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Artemis Fowl II? (Artemis Fowl)

Klein Sieben

 * The Seven Dwarfs (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
 * Iroh? (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
 * Butler? (Artemis Fowl)

Penny Polendina

 * Pinocchio (Pinocchio)
 * Patroclus* (The Iliad)
 * R2-D2 (Star Wars)
 * C-3P0 (Star Wars)
 * Eowyn? (Lord of the Rings)
 * Faramir? (Lord of the Rings)

Ciel Soleil

 * Blue Fairy (Pinocchio)
 * R2-D2 (Star Wars)

Sun Wukong

 * Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
 * Son Goku? (Dragon Ball)
 * Meriadoc Brandybuck? (Lord of the Rings)

Scarlet David

 * Peter Pan? (Peter Pan)

Neptune Vasilias

 * Neptune/Poseidon? (Greek Mythology)
 * Peregrin Took? (Lord of the Rings)

Coco Adel

 * Coco Chanel (France, 1883-1971)

Velvet Scarlatina

 * Velveteen Rabbit (The Velveteen Rabbit)

Peter Port

 * Peter (Peter and the Wolf)

Bartholomew Oobleck

 * Bartholomew (Bartholomew and the Oobleck)
 * Sam-I-Am (Green Eggs and Ham)

Roman Torchwick

 * Romeo Candlewick/Lampwick (Pinocchio)
 * Alexander DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)

Neopolitan

 * (Neopolitan Ice Cream)
 * Boba Fett? (Star Wars)
 * Envy? (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Sloth? (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Hei Xiong (Junior)

 * Baby Bear (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)

Miltia Malachite

 * Miltiades?

Merlot

 * Doctor Moreau (The Island of Doctor Moreau)

Beowolf

 * Werewolf

Beringel

 * Gorilla

Boarbatusk

 * Boar

Bug

 * Beetle

Creep

 * Dinosaur?
 * Lizard?

Death Stalker

 * Scorpion

Wyvern

 * Wyvern

Geist

 * Ghost

Griffon

 * Griffon (Ancient Afro-Eurasian Mythology)

Goliath

 * Elephant

King Taijitu

 * Snake
 * Amphisbaena (Greek Mythology)

Lancer

 * Hornet

Nevermore

 * Raven

Nuckelavee

 * Nuckelavee (Orcadian Mythology, 19th Century)
 * Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? (Book of Revelation, New Testament of the Bible)

Sea Feilong

 * Sea Serpent
 * Dragon

Seer

 * Jellyfish
 * Palantír (Lord of the Rings)

Tentacle

 * Yamata no Orochi (Japanese Mythology)

Ursa

 * Bear

Vernal

 * Little Robber Girl? (The Snow Queen)

Brawnz Ni

 * Bronze Kneecap (Fairly Oddparents)

Roy Stallion

 * Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Cardin Winchester

 * Henry Beaufort (France, 1375-1447)

Zwei

 * Toto (The Wizard of Oz)
 * Ein (Cowboy Bebop)

An Ren

 * Kya (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Li Ren

 * Hanzo (Overwatch)

Flynt Coal

 * Lando Calrissian? (Star Wars)

Neon Katt

 * Nyan Cat (Internet Meme)

Gretchen Rainart

 * Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Marcus Black

 * Vulcan/Hephaestus? (Greek Mythology)

Penny's "Father"

 * Geppetto (Pinocchio)