Gintama is a delightfully strange and hilarious anime about a samurai-turned-errand boy named Gintoki going through life after the Amanto, aliens from outer space, invade Earth and take over feudal Japan. Following Gintoki on his misadventures are his two pals, Shinpachi Shimura, a boy with glasses and a strong heart, and Kagura, a girl with an umbrella and a seemingly unending appetite. The series is packed with hilarious parodies and references, but there's so many that it's easy to miss a few of them. So, let's take a look at some parodies you may have missed. Here's 10 parodies and references you missed in Gintama!

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10 Yatterman

First up is a reference to Yatterman, a comdey/sci-fi anime that aired in the 70s that was part of the Time Bokan series. The reference occurs in episode 28, 'Good things never occur in succession but bad things do', after Sarutobi Ayame, Matsudaira Katakuriko, and Kondou Isao, aka Gorilla, crash their car into a power pole on their way to Tendoshu's Battleship.

A trio in ill-fitting spandex ride past on a tandem bicycle with their faces blurred. Even though we can't see their faces, this small scene is a reference to Doronjo, a trio of villians from Yatterman. Unfortunately for Doronjo, Kondou, Ayame, and Katakuriko later commandeered their tandem bicycle.

9 Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star was an anime about a deadly martial artist named Kenshiro travelling through a post-apocalyptic landscape to protect the weak and innocent from gangs, bandits, and warlords. Episode 183 of Gintama hilariously parodies Fist of the North Star's opening in its own opening.

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The parodied opening features Shinpachi as Kenshiro in a near shot-for-shot remake of Fist of the North Star's opening, and even includes a moment of Shinpachi ripping off his shirt, something Kenshiro was wont to do. Fist of the North Star, however, isn't something a lot of people know, so this parody is often mistaken for a Jojo's reference.

8 Slumdog Millionaire

Anime isn't the only thing that Gintama likes to parody; films are also fair game. The entirety of of episode 248, 'Madaodog Madaonaire", is a reference to Danny Boyle's 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire. Taizou Hasegawa, a totally hopeless old guy, or MADAO, inexplicably finds himself on a gameshow with a chance to win ten million yen.

Like in Slumdog Millionaire, Taizou draws on the memories of his life to answer the questions on the gameshow. But let's not forget, this is Gintama, so things are bound to go hilariously wrong. In one of his flashbacks, Taizou realizes that he is not the young boy in his memory as he thought, but the creepy man who was trying to stretch himself.

7 Berserk

The plot of episode 335, 'The Super Sadist and the Super Sadist', revolves around an alien in the form of sentient sword named Kusanagi from the planet Excalibur trying to rescue his love, Scabberina, in a very obvious metaphor for distinguishing male and female. Kusanagi has been broken to pieces and needs to be reforged in time for the duel between Gintoki and Okita.

Kusanagi does get reforged in time, but Gintoki comes to the duel wielding a massive, impractical sword, and tries to pass it off as Kusanagi. Gintoki's lie is immediately called out which prompts him to start a Berserk-style narration. He even named the massive sword 'Alienslayer', a reference to 'dragonslayer', the sword used by the protagonist in Berserk.

6 Final Fantasy

This Final Fantasy reference occurs in the same episode as the Berserk reference. In fact, this reference happens immediately after the Berserk reference. Specifically, the show makes reference to Final Fantasy VII, arguably the most popular entry in the Final Fantasy series.

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Realizing that Gintoki's reason for carrying the massive blade are failing, Kagura and Tetsuko quickly dress Gintoki up as Cloud Strife, the protagonist of FFVII. Problem is, this plan works just as well as Gintoki's failed attempts. GIntoki even makes a brief mention about enjoying the third and fourth installment of Final Fantasy more than the modern entries.

5 Hajime No Ippo

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Hajime No Ippo is a popular boxing anime that follows Makunouchi Ippo, a young boxer. Episode 163 of Gintama, 'The Black Ships Even Make A Scene When They Sink', bears a striking resemblance to the boxing anime in more ways than one.

The reference occurs during the Otsu Arc, where Shinpachi is in a bitter rivalry with Hijikata Toushirou over whose fanclub dedicated to Otsu, a rising pop star, is the official fan club. Their rivalry eventually results in a boxing match that uses similar choreography and animation as Hajime No Ippo.

4 Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a widely popular series about a group of teens that pilot giant mecha to defeat monsters bent on destroying the Earth. It's a heavy, psychological series rife with religious imagery and symbolism. Sounds like the perfect thing to parody.

In Episode 43 of Gintama, 'Make Characters So Anybody Can Tell Who They Are by Just Their Silhouettes', when Taizou discusses the type of style a heroine should have, he takes on a fingers laced, glasses glared pose that Evangelion's Gendo often takes. Fun fact, both Gendo and Taizou are voiced by the same person.

3 Will Smith

Like we said earlier, anime isn't the only thing that Gintama likes to parody. Gintama will parody literally anything, like the Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith. This strange but hilarious reference occurs in episode 165, 'If It Works Once, It'll Work Over And Over Again'.

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After Gintoki catches a cold in the middle of summer, Shinpachi reminisces about when all his friends came down with an influenza. As he's taking care of his friends, Katsura arrives but has somehow transformed into Will Smith because of the virus. Immune to the effects of the virus, Katsura cures everyone, but turns them all into "Ill Smith".

2 The Rose of Versailles

This reference is a bit of an obscure one, so it's one that's quite easy to miss. The Rose of Versailles is a historical drama taking place in France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It follows Oscar François de Jarjayes, a noblewoman raised as a boy, tasked with protecting and chaperoning Marie Antoinette.

In episode 50 of Gintama, 'Pending Means Pending, It's Not Final', the cast thinks the series is going to be cancelled because it didn't perform as well as they thought in their first year, so they argue over new ideas for the series. One of those ideas is making an opera called 'The Pork Back Rib (Rose) of Versailles", with Gintoki playing the role of Oscar and Katsura playing Marie Antoinette.

1 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Basically the entirety of the Ghost Ryokan Arc is one long parody of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. When Gintoki and the gang go to a mountain inn to unwind, they find that the inn is possibly haunted by spirits. What follows is basically just an episode of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. There's also a quick reference to Hirohiko Araki, the creator of Jojo's, being an immortal fairy.

The most overt reference to Jojo's is a lookalike of Star Platinum called Star Silver, but there's also a battle rush between Gintoki and Okami that's similar to fight scenes in Jojo's. Another fun fact, Gintoki's voice actor also voiced Joseph Joestar in Part 2 of Jojo'sBattle Tendency.

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