Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-68.13.203.44-20150925014952/@comment-25555436-20150927231154

It's rather different. The characters have specific inspirations, but that translates into "a few references, completely different character otherwise".

The show, like any work, was inspired by multiple works. That translates into "takes some tropes from them, sometimes uses them in the same or similar ways".

It's different Monty being inspired by multiple shows when making RWBY, and the characters being inspired by an specific character of a previous work. Or more precisely, "based" on them.