Bright Lights, Beautiful Stars (Flock'⁴⁴)

## Trivia

**This Section Contains Spoilers, Read At Your Own Risk**

* Various scenes throughout the opening reference shots from various movies, referencing Tatsuki Fujimoto's love of film, whilst also tying into Chapter 39:
	+ The scene of the main cast frozen in the city references *2012 Red Tails*.
	+ Jonah giving his gun as he walking in the battlefield in Normany references *1998* *Saving Private Ryan*.
	+ Tommy Bowie shooting at his gun references *1998 Saving Private Ryan*.
	+ Tied up Mary Cooper and Lukas as calling for help references *1970 Hornets Nes*t.
	+ Luca and Luco hidden in sewers references *2011* *In The Darkness*.
	+ Smoking Kurt Ächenberg references *2009 Inglourious Basterds.*
	+ The Solution Conference members knocking on the table references *1984* *Die Wannsee (The Conference)*.
	+ Theo Weber fighting Soviet soldier references *1998 Saving Private Ryan*.
	+ Mary Cooper
	+ Running Sonja with her rife in the snow battle front lined table reference *2001 Band of the Brothers*.
	+ Gasmasked suit, Ellie Levi playing piano to gasmasked suit, James von W. in a ruined rooms by ghettos references *2002* *The Pianist*.
	+ Hrafn von Mëltz looking at monoculars while at battlefield *1970 Patton.*
	+ Bäumer
		- A diagram of the Tomato Devil can be seen in the background of this shot as well.
	+ Jonah and Haezl looking horrified as Sonja laughs references *1999 Lisaza*.
	+ Angel Devil sitting on stairs references *Jacob's Ladder*.
	+ James Ross with Elijah Patricks flying references *1965 Battle of The Bulge*.
	+ SS officers singing in room references *1965 Battle of The Bulge*.
	+ The font used for Power's name on her pin-up references *Thor: Love and Thunder*.
	+ The scene of Power knocking over a giant gold ball references *Fight Club*
	+ Since of Klaus Becker walking in terrorifed face is holding in gunpoint by Soviets soldiers references *1985 Come and See*.
* The scene with the Special Division 4 members in the cinema notably lacks the Violence Fiend. Behind the scenes footage shows that Violence was originally in the cinema, but was removed in the final version, likely a nod to Hirokazu and Violence being the same person.
* The scene of Power walking away from an explosion likely references *Goodbye, Eri*, a one-shot manga from *Chainsaw Man'*s creator Tatsuki Fujimoto.
* The insect on top of Denji's head appears to be a jade wasp (*Ampulex compressa*), which parasites the cockroaches with its own larvae. In the same scene, the snail Makima is feeding Denji shows symptoms of parasitic disease from *Leucochloridium paradoxum*, a worm that parasites snails. These two animals could be an allegory of Makima as the Control Devil attempting to "parasitize" Denji's mind and control his actions.
* The scene of Denji bursting out of the Eternity Devil is a allusion to Neon Genesis Evangelion, where Unit-01 escapes from Leliel by tearing its way out of its body.
* The song's name, **Kick Back**, may reference a chainsaw accident type of the same name where a chainsaw's blade unexpectedly jolts upwards, sending the spinning teeth upwards into the operator. This may reference Denji's self-destructive habits brought about or worsened indirectly from acquiring the Chainsaw Devil's power.