Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140729050544

So we've been able to identify a few of them without much aid from the RT crew.

We know of the direct allusions:

Ruby (LRRH), Weiss (Snow), Blake/Adam (B&B), Yang (Gold), Junior (Baby Bear), Roman (Candlewick), Glynda (of the North), Ozpin(head), Jaune (d'Arc), Nora (Thor), Pyrrha (Achilles), Ren (Mulan), Team CRDL (birds), *taking a deep breath*... Velvet (Velvetine), Penny (Pinocchio), Sun (Goku), Cinder(ella), Emerald (Aladdin), Mercury (messenger god)... The rest of teams SSSN and CFVY are still a bit of a mystery. Neptune is most likely based on the god of seas given that his symbol is a trident.*

.*See last paragraph.

Then there are the shoutouts:

Roman's Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange. Adam feels like he a definite shoutout to someone from Gundam if mostly because he was the first masked character introduced. Of course, Sun's team are a visual shoutout to K-POP band Big Bang. Yatsuhashi is a confirmed shoutout to the blind musician of the same name (why the hell else would Monty have tweeted that picture?).

I don't really know what I mean by "alternate allusions", but:

Cardin is also an allusion to Henry Beaufort. I think Russel may be based on Robin Hood (the Russell Crowe version) and also that Sky is based on someone named Schuyler. Also, presumably Sage is based on the monk Sanzang from Journey to the West, Neptune is based on Sandy, and Scarlet is based on the Red Boy... presumably. *Of course, I suppose it's possible he's influenced by Sir Djorgo from Starzinger (Sir Djorgo wields a trident and is himself based on Sha Wujing). If the latter is true, it's possible "Scarlet" is based on the same show's Prince Gaima. Coincidentally, the Starzinger versions of JttW cast were cyborgs whose weapons fired lasers. Jan Kugo (Sun Wukong) had a staff that fired lasers from either end.

Anybody else want to chime in? 