A child from Monster Squad in a Robotech shirt.
Through the years since the show first hit the air and since the original shows hit the air, there have been many references in pop culture to the various shows and franchises. This is an attempt to archive them.
Robotech[]
Film[]
- In the film Monster Squad, one of the children wears a Robotech pajama top when his father comes to look inside his closet.
- In Besos en la Frente, a 1996 Argentinian movie, one of the main characters is seen reading Robotech: The Macross Saga 13: Blue Wind.
Television[]
From King of the Hill, "After the Mold Rush."
A man resembling Roy Fokker in Voltron: Legendary Defender.
- Many shows, such as the Late Show With David Letterman and Futurama, have used Robotech music in various segments.
- In the King of the Hill episode "After the Mold Rush," Bobby Hill is seen carrying many Toysout of his room as he is evacuated, including what appears to be a toy version of Miriya Sterling'S VF-1 Valkyrie.
- In the season 6 episode of Futurama "Reincarnation", the alien armada is a parody of the Zentraedi armada on attack on earth (complete with the Alien Attack theme from the show).
The alien armada attacks earth in the "Futurama" episode "Reincarnation"
- The 2015 episode of Adventure Time, entitled "Orgalorg," featured a sequence that very nearly mimicked the sequence of the Invid moving from Optera to Earth from the episode The Invid Invasion.
- In Voltron: Legendary Defender there are several references to Robotech. In one episode, a man resembling Roy Fokker in the background. In another, characters resembling Rick Hunter, Max Sterling and Miriya Sterling are seen.
Rick and Miriya cameo in Voltron Legendary Defender episode 1
Other[]
- In the Yugioh card game was made a series of cards based around Megazone 23 and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA in terms of card artwork and playstyle, the Metalfoes