Board Thread:FAQs/@comment-98.253.137.4-20180129102813/@comment-4010415-20180129160825

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

Not that it matters much, though, since their allusions have affected the characters about as much as the color of Miles's hair has affected them.

They're really only there for small plot-unimportant references and design-inspiration, and even the latter isn't always the case (SSSN's design is based on a K-Pop band despite their allusions to Sun Wukong and Neptune, among others). Though Leo's allusion to the Cowardly Lion had a bit of an effect on his personality, leading him to be written as a coward.

Raven and Qrow's allusion to Hugin and Munin lead to them being written as people who were given the power to turn into ravens so they could gather info.

Penny's allusion to Pinocchio connects with her role in the story being that she was a living robot.

So there are a few small exceptions.

But yeah, to answer the OP's question, they are still having characters allude to classic stories.


 * Leonardo Lionheart - the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz


 * Hazel Rainart - Hansel from Hansel and Gretel (the writers even said their idea for him was "Hansel, if Hansel lost Gretel")


 * Jacques Schnee - Jack Frost (according to the writers)


 * Klein Sieben - all seven dwarves from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (his name literally means Small Seven, and his different eye colors seem to be the personalities of the dwarves)


 * Sienna Khan - Shere Khan from The Jungle Book (most likely, anyway. She's a tiger Faunus, Shere Khan is a tiger, her name is even similar)


 * Ghira Belladonna - Baghira from The Jungle Book (most likely. He's a cat-based Faunus of some kind, Baghira is a panther, and his name is similar)


 * Oscar - Dorothy (most likely. Both lived on a farm with their aunt, wanted something more from life than living on the farm forever, got unexpectedly thrown into an adventure. In the sequel, Return to Oz, Princess Ozma speaks to Dorothy through a mirror, and the first time that Ozpin spoke to Oscar was when Oscar was looking into a mirror)