I made a PART 2 with even *MORE* Kingdom Hearts references after you’re done with this one ❤️: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYScj9modLO8aMo.html

@vieravrem6810

7 ай бұрын

I feel like this is some kind of Mendela effect but your reference of kingdom hearts being around since 2002 is a little bit off, because I remember being able to play kingdom hearts 2 when I was 15 and I recall renting it from a blockbuster at that time. So of course I was 15 in 2002. When did one come out then?

@haileeraestout5567

3 ай бұрын

7 : 24 OK Now I Wanna See A Saints Row World In KH4 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@roxaskinghearts

Ай бұрын

Down with all disgusting premium brands like disney

Fun fact: one of the artists for Archer named Shannon is a huge Kingdom Hearts fan and has a KH podcast(Kingdom Smarts) and even themed her whole wedding around the game so that keyblade in Archer was something she snuck in

@holleighgram

Жыл бұрын

I never put that together! She's great 👍

@JacobsonCinema

Жыл бұрын

That must have been an awesome wedding.

@eddysegafan6655

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome 🎉

@gimmeyourrights8292

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if the wedding priest said something like "May your hearts form a light strong enough to Pierce through the door to darkness."

@FredMaverik

Жыл бұрын

@@gimmeyourrights8292 then everyone would DIE of CRINGE

The funny thing about the SORA hair in the Chip and Dale movie is it was ripped from a Fan Art, the artist was upset about not getting credit

@miciso666

Жыл бұрын

yeah i saw that to... atleast give the damn artist a credit shoutout or something.

@wherearemysocks4287

2 ай бұрын

ironic...

My favorite part about Sora in Smash Ultinate is that he was confirmed the most requested character in the franchise but KH in Robot Chicken was so hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Nexus-Flare

Жыл бұрын

He was supposed to be in 4 but they put bayonetta in for some unexplained reason

@Styxiami

Жыл бұрын

@@Nexus-Flare Apparently she was considered to be the “most negotiable” at the time so there were most likely some issues regarding Sora’s inclusion, especially for Tetsuya Nomura’s case.

@Nexus-Flare

Жыл бұрын

@@Styxiami Yeah I remember hearing nomura didn’t want to put him in cause he didn’t want people thinking this was canon or he wasn’t sure Sakurai would do him justice

@Nexus-Flare

Жыл бұрын

@@Styxiami also she thick so that’s another reason 😂

@appleandaria6947

Жыл бұрын

Of course it was spoofed by _Robot Chicken_. Was the skit dirty or clean?

Most people don't know this, but Disney has made several movies as references for every world in Kingdom Hearts. Walt was himself, in fact, a huge Kingdom Hearts fan.

@TheOneAndOnly2000K

9 ай бұрын

I'm not gonna lie you really got me with this one lmao

@Xhaix-

8 ай бұрын

@@TheOneAndOnly2000K lmfao Fr until he mentioned walt

@Owl325

7 ай бұрын

Walt was in fact a huge flaming racist 😂

@user-jb6kn3id7r

6 ай бұрын

Walt was himself, I’m fact, dead like 30 years before kingdom hearts came out.

@hamzaayaz7482

5 ай бұрын

@@user-jb6kn3id7r He time travelled to get all info about KH and made movies from its world, truly a Great KH fan.

I think the best part about all these references is that since Kingdom Hearts is a series based on crossovers, you can consider almost all of these canon.

@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419

Жыл бұрын

Every Star in the Sky is a World after all

@ka1ne669

Жыл бұрын

Not how that works lmao

@heartlessjay490

Жыл бұрын

@@ka1ne669 how does it work then Mr genius

@NONE.Dragon

Жыл бұрын

@@ka1ne669 That's exactly how it works. Sora could enter to ANY type of world. So yes, is canon.

@telltaleheart839

Жыл бұрын

We still never received a kingdom hearts game where sora met lightning mcqueen

Don't forget about the key Buzz gets in Toy Story 4. It looks EXACTLY like the Kingdom Key, and it upsets me greatly that no one talks about it!

@ChrisSuperDude

Жыл бұрын

To be fair nobody remembers Toy Story 4. It's the Rise of Skywalker of Pixar.

@024Arceus

Жыл бұрын

​@@ChrisSuperDude it's the only thing I remember about it lol

There is a slight Kingdom Hearts reference in the Masked Singer, a singing competition show about masked celebrities who give clues to their identities throughout. One of them was Jesse McCartney (VA for Roxas/Ventus) who included a subtle KH reference in one of his sections.

@Blubbpaule

10 ай бұрын

What was the section?

@Katriella.

7 ай бұрын

I've known he was the VA for a while now but always forget 😅 It takes me out every time I'm reminded about it, haha

@user-ut9pf2qu1k

7 ай бұрын

@@Blubbpaule I can't remember the exact section, but he said something along the lines of "I've got the keys to this kingdom and the heart to win it all" or something fluffy and vague like that. I remember figuring out right then though who it was.

A little bit after the reveal for KH4, there was a ad for Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza with a rap, and one of the lines is "Key to my Heart like Sora." It ain't much, but I thought it was super cool.

@EddieCorduroy

8 ай бұрын

I love that

I completely missed the DuckTales 2017 one It is honestly my favorite Disney show of all time but that reference just makes me love it even more

In Dissidia NT you can also get cloud, leon and Sephiroths KH outfits, and you can get profile pic avatars that are the KH versions of the FF7 cast that are in KH1

@varimarthas5

Жыл бұрын

The costumes are DLC which is the reason I never got them. That and the fact that NT is not as good as the classic dissidia games on PSP where there were also costumes for Cloud and Sephiroth as DLC.

@Thesuperduperbooster

Жыл бұрын

@@Easy_Greasey my first experience with him was KH I’m calling him that dammit :p

@LoiValdes

Жыл бұрын

@@Thesuperduperbooster My first experience with Squall was Final Fantasy VIII and I call him Leon as well

here's one for you; In final fantasy record keeper (another final fantasy mobile game), there was another kingdom hearts colab that saw not only the main character Tyro get an organisation XIII cloak outfit, but also gave you the chance to get sora, Riku, Axel and Roxas, and various keyblades from the series. they even did an additional event where sora got his KH3 costume and Riku got his KH2 costume.

@jackycheung2781

11 ай бұрын

Actually both Riku and Sora received their KH3 outfits as their Wardrobe Records. However, Riku's KH2 outfit was his Awakening Arcane Soul Break relic.

@britical-hit9126

11 ай бұрын

@@jackycheung2781 sora did get his KH3 outfit, but when the kingdom hearts colab happened Riku got his KH2 skin. Go ahead and double check if you need to.

@shiibe1238

10 ай бұрын

​@@britical-hit9126na bro I had all the kh characters and done all the quests when it was available. Sora and Riku (first KH appearance) got KH3 skins, Cloud got KH skins, Squall became Leon, and the mc got the cloak, while Axel and Roxas didn't get any skins. It wasn't KH2 Riku skin bc they only did KH and KH3 collab. Roxas and Axel just joined when KH3 Collab happen.

You missed Disney Emoji Blitz! The game features Sora, Aqua, and the KH versions of Donald, and Goofy. There have even been KH events in the game pitting you against Maleficent in an effort to stop the darkness from spreading. And the emoji’s powers are direct references to the series as well. Sora’s referencing his faith in the power of friendship, Aqua using Bubble, and Donald and Goofy using their team attacks from KH3. Donald’s rounds also always end with him casting Zettaflare. It’s a very cool, cute reference. I hope we get more characters when KH4 comes out.

3:44 If people still clown this line by the way, let me remind them that « eating ice cream is something friends do ». So, « who else will I eat ice cream with » in that context really means « who else will be my friend » as Roxas loses his last true friend (save for Axel but they were angry at each other at that point).

The music used in the actual Olympics totally surprised me the most. I would ask myself how I missed that, but it's fine since I am new to this whole fandom

The fighting game Skullgirls has a ton of pop-culture references, especially in the alternate color palettes. Eliza's 27th palette makes her resemble Sora's KHIII appearance, with her parasite Sekhmet as a Shadow Heartless, and her allies Horus and Albus as Donald and Goofy.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Has a archetype that references KH. It’s the MagiKey archetype. And the card “Clavkiys, the Magikey Skyblaster” is the Yu-Gi-Oh! version of Sora; especially if you read the flavor text: “Everyone is full of possibilities. Everything you do, moving forwards, stopping, closing, opening, is all in your hands. There are many doors in this world. To open them requires the Magic Key... 2 keys and 1 door... 2 wills and 1 body. Once the doors are opened, the worlds will be connected and the great power revealed.” In Disney Emoji they’re was an event where you can unlock Sora and Aqua emoji’s for the game and your keyboard. The “Big Bang Theory” as a reference in the episode “Justice League Recombination” when Penny’s boyfriend picks up a comic that has an ad for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. In the masked Singer Season 3, Jesse McCarnney makes several hints toward KH as Turtle through out the season. There was an episode of American Housewife that had a person dressed up as a soldier heartless at a convention.

The wreck it Ralph one isn’t a reference. The person you think is sora is actually a cowboy with a red vest and brown cowboy hat. This cowboy is in the original tapper arcade game.

Still love how much of a reach Kingdom Hearts is having in pop culture. I’m all here for it and can’t wait to see what they come out with next.

@Azureblue25

9 ай бұрын

Ikr, and I feel like it’s only a matter of time until Disney releases a Kingdom Hearts movie, and maybe even a trilogy, which would be pretty cool.

5:25 Santa's little helper, not only makes reference to Kingdom Hearts, but also Amaterasu from Okami

@miciso666

Жыл бұрын

how.... dont u mean sif from dark souls.

@thelairofthedemongod

11 ай бұрын

@@miciso666 it's the playstation 2, so no, It's Okami

@retokazene5085

11 ай бұрын

And the marking on the statue is clearly ammy's divine marking

About Herbie. Herbie has been around longer than fully loaded.

CrossCode has a few more KH references as well. The names of stat boosts such as Lucky Lucky and Once More reminded me of KH, and an optional boss fight has a gimmick that is directly inspired by the Grim Reaper from the Pirates world in Kingdom Hearts II. Also small correction at 5:48, CrossCode was actually developed by an indie company called RadicalFishGames, and Deck13 were actually the publishers of the game.

@orangeslash1667

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ayonixanimations

11 ай бұрын

There's also the Star Fruit item which has the description "Star-shaped fruit. Its origin dates back to a small island in the ocean" being a reference to Paupu. The devs of Crosscode love KH, there's so many references xD

In the Big Hero 6 series, there's a character named Karmi who writes fanfiction and loves Captain Cutie (an alias of Hiro). She has a username called "KHeartsQT". The context is "Karmi Loves Captain Cutie", but lots of people are confident that it was intentionally a subtle Kingdom Hearts reference.

@courage1363

Жыл бұрын

Well of course since Hiro's world was in the 3rd HK installment anyways

That chip and dale movie reference is the closest to seeing actual movie

@Azureblue25

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully all these references that have appeared in pop culture in general will imply that we could get a Kingdom Hearts movie someday from Disney or even a trilogy or even a series, but a trilogy of movies would be more exciting because it’ll have a bigger impression on general audiences and maybe even boost its popularity, especially if it’s classified as an official Walt Disney Animated Feature and especially if it’s featured on ads while not revealing too much about the movie even if us fans already have an idea about what would happen in the movie, if it’s featured on ads it’s one of the best ways to spread the word, the Mario movie was featured on ads quite a bit and look at how much it’s grossed at the box office as a result. It’s about time Mickey, Donald, and Goofy get to feature in an official Walt Disney Animated Feature, and not have them feature in just a short section of classic Fantasia & Fantasia 2000, shorts, offshoot Disney movies like the 3 musketeers and so on, they’re practically the icons of Disney for crying out loud, and just to have Sora and the many other KH original characters like Riku & Kairi and many other classic Disney characters from the official animated features from Snow White to Zootopia and possibly Pixar from Toy Story to Inside Out maybe in a sequel, and hopefully having Cloud & Sephiroth appear would make it worthwhile as well. If you have any Final Fantasy characters in a Kingdom Hearts movie, Cloud & Sephiroth are absolute must haves. At least for me anyway Kingdom Hearts just wouldn’t feel the same even though Sephiroth is an optional boss in the games, could you imagine how cool it would be if he was given a bigger role as a villain in one of the movies for a trilogy? (With of course Xehanort having a big role as well) Not to mention Sephiroth is the 4th most iconic video game villain of all time, with Ganondorf being 3rd, Dr. Eggman being 2nd, and Bowser being 1st. Also giving Cloud a bigger role in the story as one of the people who more regularly accompanies Sora. Donald & Goofy would still almost regularly accompany Sora, Mickey would accompany Sora every now and then as well. That way the movies can be a little more distinct compared to the games, at that point you could just say they’re not canon to the games and are just movie adaptations but still faithful adaptations to the games and just show slightly different ways to portray the story and as a result it won’t be quite as predictable to the fans of the games if it deviates a bit from the games to make it fit a movie format. Now that Pokémon, Sonic, and Mario have their movies and upcoming movies for them, which were definitely among the most deserving to have movies based around them, the only others left that don’t have movies of them yet that are most deserving to have movies based around them would be Legend of Zelda and Kingdom Hearts.

I’m a huge Kingdom Hearts fan ever since the first game came out in 2002. Im also a huge fan of Final Fantasy XIV, the MMO. There are a few KH references in there too :) subtle, but noticeable to any KH fan. Like the black mage staff you get from the Gold Saucer is called Heartless and is in the shape of the KH logo.

@K_vonn

Жыл бұрын

I've been playing FFXIV for a years and mained BLM for a vast majority of it and never knew about this staff lmao. Then again, i never do Gold Saucer stuff. welp, time to go buy it with some of the free GP i got

@Caterfree10

Жыл бұрын

Oh snap, I never knew about the BLM weapon a the Gold Saucer (my fashion report wins go to minions and mounts lol). I’ll have to snag that for my glam!

@stefanlovric1345

Жыл бұрын

Yeah another super subtle hint that I remember in ff xiv is one of the side quests in amh araeng being called "Pranksters Paradise" after the world in DDD.

14:57 Hmm this might come back to bite us in KH4 Specifically since this is the game that is supposed to be similar to Yozora’s game.

Last year when the Mexican Pizza came back to Taco Bell there was a rap commercial for it where one of the lines he dropped was “key to my heart like Sora” and people freaked OUT (& ofc made fanart of it).

In the Stargirl show in season 3 there's an extra wearing a Sora backpack on an episode

There was also a KH crossover with Final Fantasy Record Keeper. Another mobile game Sora, Riku, Roxas and Axel were added into the game, Cloud and Squall got their KH outfits and sprites of enemies and locations from the series were made

One you didn’t mention was in one of the Overwatch maps has a bunch of KH logos over carts of food

I love that KH is getting more and more references. The only one I can think of that was missed was the game Disney Emoji Blitz game. Sora and Aqua are unlockable emoji characters.

Rumbleverse! Sadly, the game has been shut down, but in one of the updates, they added a bunch of weapons, including one called the Keybat. It's insanely rare, but very powerful (but will eventually break). Not only that, but it gives you the same attacks Sora has, like his standard 3-hit combo, his air combos, Strike Raid, and even his Glide. It works so well in Rumbleverse. I wish I could play the game again.

As being both a Kingdom Hearts fan and a Ratchet and Clank fan i loved the key skin in Rift Apart. When i first saw that i was thinking to myself on how that makes sense and then i remembered both of their first games were released in 2002

Disney's Amphibia was pretty frequent with KH references. Heck even promo poster for series had them - for example final promo poster for final episode of Season 2 - "True colors" - had exactly the same design with background and character placement as the KH2 Box art (For regular version, not Final Mix one).

I've been a fan of the series for so long and I never knew some of these existed! Really glad you went over this sky!

Fun fact: The Hero's Duty armor Ralph steals to enter Hero's Duty gives him a little warning with a slightly altered pitch of the Kingdom Hearts Damage Warning.

Something fun to mention as a tsum tsum fan is Kairi is top tier in terms of her ability to help grind out coins and she was released recently. Even funnier is she cries when her ability is used so you are converting her tears into raw cash xD

1:58 Rip Way To The Dawn (KH1 - KH3) You where the coolest keyblade ever made, the main reason I loved playing as Riku in Dream Drop Distance.... ill never forget you my precious.

Okay, first off, I am SO mad at myself for not noticing Rad's coat - I binged that series last year, and I caught it when there's a photograph of K.O., Rad, and Enid all eating square blue ice cream pops and I'm like "I KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, EVERYONE IN A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC KNOWS WHAT THOSE ARE" but I somehow missed the coat! I wish I remembered what ep that photo was in, though, or I'd point you to it... But also, the episode that cameos Hero from Ian's other project RPGworld! I'm pretty sure Hero is based at least in part on Sora - the design comes from Cloud, but the personality is very Sora and there's a "keychain" on his weapon. A perfect JRPG amalgamation! But anyway - there are some I've been mulling over/wondering about, especially in other Disney crossover properties where there's something strikingly similar. So in Dreamlight Valley, one of the earliest allies you can recruit is Remy, and Remy's plot is intertwined with partnering his restaurant with Scrooge McDuck's clothing and furniture store. And we all know where we've seen those two be business partners before! Then over in Mirrorverse, Scar's Mirror version is a dark shadow lion, and I'm pretty sure this is a reference to "the ghost of Scar" in KH2. Can't confirm this, but the animation looks QUITE like KH Darkness (as does the Darkness in Dreamlight, now that I think about it) Then in one of the early seasons of Red vs. Blue, there's a running joke about one of the Halo swords being a key and at one point I think it's Church who says something to the effect of "The sword isn't a key, that would be stupid" and again, I'm sorry I don't have an exact episode title for you, but I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be a friendly jab at KH Over in the fighting game Skullgirls, there are a lot of color palette swaps for the fighters based on different pop-culture characters that the game devs liked, and I know there's more KH rep than just this, but the one I know about is that my favorite fighter, Eliza, actually has a Sora color palette! Which...is kind of a weird choice since she's a sadistic, bloodthirsty villain :-D Then this is, like, barely a piece of media at all, but I use the HeroForge website a lot to design original characters, and one of the gear items you can put in a character's hand is a giant key (unfortunately, they do not hold it like a Keyblade). And I'm pretty sure there's a very specific reason your figure can be holding a giant key (that reason being "the KH fans want to put their KH OCs in D&D" and I don't blame them one bit). Now, I know what one I'm WAITING to see - I've recently gotten done watching playthroughs of the No More Heroes series, which has spoofed just about every video game genre there is, and the most recent game did have a parody battle of Final Fantasy in which you actually win by attacking the command menus themselves (and Bahamut is briefly namedropped). If ever there is another entry, I know they're going to be absolutely ruthless making fun of KH but still and all, I would like to see it. Show me an assassin who just flings a giant house key around and have Travis make fun of what a stupid weapon it is before it beans him in the face. It hasn't happened yet, but my goodness, it is way way overdue and I need to see it

12:00 Remember Sky, Mickey is now rockin’ the Star Cluster, his new keyblade.

Sky, amazing video, hands down. There was actually a few in this video that I had no idea that are CLEARLY kh references. Thank you so much for making this video and please please pleeeeease keep up the great work! Love ya

I don't know if this count but in the show family guy mayor Adam west is fighting a another mayor with a key to the city as it were a keyblade

@anonluxor470

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I remember that it was a valentine day episode

There are some references in the Disney game Twisted Wonderland based on the villains. With hidden mickeys in the background and in some of the map layouts in events (such as Endless Halloween) and so much more!!

Ratchet and Clank rift apart just proved that ratchet might possibly be the next keyblade wielder

All these references just feel so damn good. Cultural W

I love the little detail from the Simpson Doggo that he also references to Amaterasu from Ōkami

Here’s an obscure one! In the phone game: Defender of Texel (also know. As D.O.T.) has a character named Verdoffer that is holding the Ultima weapon from KH II. I still have a picture of it since back when I saw the character sprite, I had to show my friends how this unpopular phone game had no issue giving a rando one of the most powerful keyblade.

In Final Fantasy Record Keeper, there was an event where you can get Sora and Riku as playable party members.

One day man we'll get a KH x FFXIV event and it will be awesome

10:18 "...Rad?" "Rad? Heh, think you got the wrong guy. It's Drax."

@TheErikalovey

3 ай бұрын

“Why does everybody keep calling me Drax?” “Because, Rad, Drax is your Nobody.”

Wow, I'm surprised how many of these I didn't already know about. Super cool!

Not a reference but it's fun mentioning it. There's a Digimon called clavisangemon who protects a big door connected to the digital and real world with a Big key (key who's said to be able to Open and señal everything) that can only be used by that Digimon Also he's a defensor of light so yeah he's pretty similar to kh as a whole lol

5:27 In the Xbox 360 version (which was the one I played), I remember that it had the detail that Mickey's keychain was exchanged for one of Itchy

Ok knowing that now about Rachet and Clank Rift Apart makes me want the game even more now !! I love both franchises!! Also that love that joke about "sealing keyholes" from Robot Chicken 😂. When I started getting into Kingdom Hearts last year I had a hard time hearing that and not thinking dirty things about that lol

In the trove game , you can get unlock n load and the master key, which both look like the kingdom key

Shocked you didn't bring up record keeper in the FF section

There's a Disney mobile game called Disney Emoji Blitz and they had a KH event where you could get Sora, Aqua, Donald and Goofy. I don't remember when this was, but I can record some footage of some of those characters for you if you want

don't forget in OK KO Let's Be Heroes, in some episodes, photos of Enid Rad and K.O. show them hanging out, eating a light blue popsicle, possibly referencing the Sea Salt Ice Cream another trio of Kingdom Hearts, Roxas, Axel, and Xion, share when hanging out as well

One reference I picked up on is Jusis Albarea from the Trails of Cold Steel series holds his Knight's sword similarly to Aqua. As well as Rean Schwarzer being voiced by Kouki Uchiyama, who voices Roxas and Ventus. Another character who shares a Kingdom Hearts voice is Sara Valestein, Class VII's teacher being voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi, who voices Aqua.

I got a video idea for you 10 best non Disney worlds that would be great for kingdom hearts

@Skyward

Жыл бұрын

👀

I was 10 when the first game came out and I loved it. I still play these games every now and then. I'm 30 now. Time flies

There was once a german "science" show that did an episode on near-death experiences and they played "Dearly Beloved" during the "heaven" scenes

@BunjiKugashira1990

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't a very crediböe or accurate show but it was entertaining at times

In rumbleverse there was a legendary item you could find called the key bat. It let you glide and pull off moves from kh which was crazy to see in a wrestling battle Royale game.

I was surprised how accurate the Robot Chicken parody was when they said how old Sora was. They were a year off but its to be expected given how long it takes to animate

God I love Kingdom Hearts

love your videos, man! can't wait for your kh4 videos (when it comes out in a few years or more LOL)

A game called "Haiku" made by mister morris games has a reference in a secret area where there are a lot of graves where you can read whats left behind by those who died on them,on one of the graves read something like the lines Xehanort say "everything born from darkness and returns to darkness" something like that? Sadly i can't really remember but iam pretty sure it was something like that

WAIT A SEC. I knew about the FFXV reference but forgot about it time after, thing is that they talk about KH as if it also was a videogame game in their world, and what is Verum Rex? A videogame in Sora's world that is a "knock off" of FFXV (or Versus XIII if you will) while it also exist in a parallele universe. Could it be more than a coincidence that was there in plain sight before we knew about it in KH3? Could it be linked somehow with the future of the saga or Verum Rex being more than a reference?

@kuroneko6213

Жыл бұрын

The ffxv key thing is actually a Dragon Quest reference, with the Ultimate Key recurring item

@Dario-uj6qo

Жыл бұрын

@@kuroneko6213 are you sure? I mean, I think it would make more sense to be a kh reference

There was also a scene in the Slam Dunk movie on Disney+ where a kid is playing KH3

In Amphibia there was an official art for the True Colors episode which was like Kingdom Hearts II Boxart

I remember playing another mobile game that's unfortunately discontinued called Final Fantasy Record Keeper where they had two KH events. The first added Sora and Riku as playable Characters with their weapons as well as gave Cloud and Sephiroth their costumes from KH. The second event added Roxas and Axel as well as giving Sora and Riku their KHIII outfit

@Archmimic

Жыл бұрын

Record Keeper was discontinued?! Im sad now.

The Simpsons one also had a homage to the early 2000s game Okami, the dog kinda looks like Amaterasu don't ya think?

What a great video! haha ddnt know it had all these references! I did catch the proud family one tho!

Don't know if this would count but Jesse McCartney (the voice of Roxas) was on The masked Singer and he put a reference to Kingdom hearts and his clue package that's exactly why I figured out it was Jesse McCartney

Not sure if it’s technically a reference, but in Nathan Fielder’s new series The Rehearsal, a man has a full sized Kingdom Key in his bedroom.

nice videoooooo. good content we needed.

Had Disney Infinity continued (I distinctly remember several months before it’s cancellation, there were TONS of plans, from Rogue One getting a toy set, etc) I think that 4.0 would have introduced Kingdom Hearts. When 1.0 came out, it was Disney and Pixar, 2.0 introduced marvel characters, and 3.0 had Star Wars: 1.0 and 2.0 had the Lightsaber and Speeder from Star Wars as their ultimate Unlocks, so the Keyblade in 3.0 could have meant some cool shit was coming. Shame it couldn’t continue, but if any fans of it still have their toys, once that Sora Amiibo drops, you can have it link your Disney Infinity figures with your Smash amiibo

One more cross over for ya, in the mobile game Final Fantasy Record Keeper (which ended service in 2022) there were 3 KH events. Key to Another World: Rewards: KH1 Sora and Rika / outfits for Cloud, Leon, and Tyro(The game's protagonist who got an Organization coat) Enemies: include a bunch of Heartless and Leon, Cloud, and Yuffie as bosses. In Trembling Twilight: Rewards: Roxas and Axel Enemies: Nobodies and Sephiroth boss. Spun from Light: Rewards: KH3 outfits for Sora and Riku Enemies: repeat Heartless from the first event and Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort as bosses. there was also a bunch of equipment that i can't be bothered remember or lookup.

Not sure if intentionally a reference but... There's a Roller coaster called Dragons Fury in Chessington World of Adventures which uses the Mulan world theme as it's soundtrack. I lost my mind when I realised! Great video 😁👍

references have always been habits whether it is a reference in the world of gaming or of a particular film or series. and sometimes it is wanted.☝️

More than just regular references, i love when theres clear love behind them and its obvious someone on whichever team either did their homework or was a flat out fan This goes beyond KH naturally. Great example is the Animal Crossing Robot Chicken skit. Either they did a LOT of research or someone on the team was a turbo fan ♡ just that little extra always goes miles with fans. Shows love in the humor of it all

In evoland 2 at a certain point you can see sora waiting in line to talk with someone, and when you speak to him, he sings let it go and say how he is sick of having it in mind

I just platinumed Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and I played that whole game with the Key mod

The reference in some blizzard games! In the Overwatch map, Dorado, you can see the iconic KH heart on one of the stands. In WoW, you can see Sora, Riku, and Kairi sitting ontop of a roof staring at the ocean in Stormsong Valley.

GOSHH, I love references!! Great vid so cool how much KH has been in stuff ❤❤ many I remember seeing and id be like :00000!

I didn't know Rick&Morty parodied Kingdom Hearts!

In My Adventures of Superman there’s a scene where Lois is looking at versions of herself from other dimensions and there’s a dimension where she’s a Keyblade warrior and wears a KH inspired outfit.

I haven’t seen most of these! Cool, thanks😊

In skullgirls Eliza has a pallete that references Sora. With sehkmet referencing the heartless, Horus referencing Donald and Albus referencing goofy

the fact, the FACT that I watched ducktales and thought it was a kh reference when Mrs. Beakley mentioned sea salt ice cream! Glad I wasn't the only one who caught tha

Thank you for this video! ❤

Digimon Data Squad is a guilty pleasure of mine, it brings me a hell lot of joy to know they made a kh reference with Quinton Flynn of all people

Amazing video, SkywardWing! While I knew about a number of these, there were actually a ton of them that I didn't. And learning about them made me so happy! I'm so glad that Kingdom Hearts is seeming to become more and more beloved in people's hearts (no pun intended). And I'm sure you're aware of this, but I think there was recently another Kingdom Hearts reference on Disney channel (I believe KH13 talks about it on their site). I also think the Five Nights at Freddy's Game "One Nights at Flumpty's" (the first one) has the Kingdom Key on a table during one of its gameplay sections. It doesn't have the keychain or Mickey head, so maybe it's just supposed to be a regular key... but there are a lot of references in that game, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if it's supposed to be the Keyblade:) And I don't know if this one was an intentional reference or not, but the heart on Polka's dress in the game "Eternal Sonata" looks exactly like the heart in the logo for Kingdom Hearts.

Kingdom Hearts is the only game where its possible to hear plots like Mickey Mouse and Aladdin rescue Snow White and still have it feel normal

Getting the respect it deserves!

On the topic of Dissidia, friendly reminder that it was originally gonna be a KH fighting game, not a FF fighting game, Disney just got mad about it so they had to change it lol

Towards the end of the video game Rumbleverse's life, a weapon was added called the "Key Bat" that you could throw at enemies and it would return to you like Sora does in his Strike Raid move. You could use the weapon's basic attack to pull off some pretty strong combos. You could also use it to open locked crates. And apparently, you could glide with it as well. A lovely homage to Kingdom Hearts in a game that was gone too soon. A scattered dream that's like a far-off memory, if you will.

15:00 With all the connections KH3 and Re:Mind have made with FF Versus13, and by extension, FF15, I would not be surprised if we ran into Prompto in a future title, and he says, "Wait, isn't that the guy from the video games I was telling you about?"

Rick and Xehanort were both played by Christopher Lloyd at some point. So make that another connection between Rick and Morty and Kingdom Hearts

I now see a ton of references that I never saw before and I have to replay the santa rosa game for that