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Phantom Blood

References in Phantom Blood

• Dio's name partially comes from the heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, founder of the band Dio.
• Danny's name is possibly a reference to the Loggins and Messina song, Danny's Song.
• Erina Pendleton's name is possibly based on the Japanese pronunciation of The Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby.
• Chapter 8's original title in Weekly Shonen Jump, "The Battle on Ogre Street", is a possible reference to the Queen song, Ogre Battle.
• Robert E. O. Speedwagon's name likely comes from American rock band REO Speedwagon.
• Wang Chan's name is inspired by the English new wave group Wang Chung.
• The Zeppeli surname is named after the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
• Poco's name likely comes from the American country rock band Poco.
• Tarkus is named after the song and album, Tarkus, by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
• Bruford is named after musician Bill Bruford, former drummer of Yes and King Crimson.
• Tonpetty is named after American musician Tom Petty.
• Dire and Straizo are named after the British rock band Dire Straits.
• Doobie's name is a reference to The Doobie Brothers.
• Page, Jones, Plant, and Bornnam are likely named after Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, and John Bonham, the four members of Led Zeppelin.
• The farmer testifying about the presence of Jonathan and party (though he does not know their names) is named Jeff Back, presumably after English guitarist Jeff Beck.
• A fisherman who reported his boat stolen is named Dan Hamar, presumably named after Czech-American musician, Jan Hammer.
• Father Styx is possibly named after the American rock band Styx.

• Dio's surname is possibly named after the actor Marlon Brando.^{[citation needed]}
• Will Anthonio Zeppeli's first name is possibly a reference to the English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, who Zeppeli himself quoted in his dying moments.
• The university where Jonathan and Dio studied is named Hugh Hudson Academy. This is likely named after Hugh Hudson, a film director.
• The concept designs of Jonathan and Dio came from Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose films were popular at the time.



Dio drinking Cronenberg

• In Chapter 9, Dio is unsure of Jonathan's survival and seen drinking on the street. The label on the bottle reads both "Cronenberg," a reference to the film director, David Cronenberg, as well as "Dead Zone", referencing the movie adaptation Cronenberg had directed of Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone.
• Chapter 14's original title in Weekly Shonen Jump was "Attack of the Living Dead", possibly referencing the George A. Romero film Night of the Living Dead.

• Jonathan is vaguely influenced by Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star.^{[citation needed]}

• The interactions between George Joestar I and Dario Brando parallel that of various interactions in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. George mistakes Dario, who was trying to loot him, as his savior, just as Marius' father mistakes Thenadiers as his savior. George also claims that he gave Dario the ring that Dario himself stole, similar to how the bishop Myriel claims that he had given Jean Valjean the silverware.
• The premise of Phantom Blood parallels Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, in that both take place in the closing years of the 19th Century and involve a young adult protagonist named Jonathan interacting with and defeating a charismatic vampire.
• Chapter 21's original title in Weekly Shonen Jump was "Salem's Lot", named after the Stephen King novel 'Salem's Lot. The novel also shares similarities to Windknight's Lot.
• The very first page of Volume 1 features the quote "Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and the other stars." from Frederick Langridge's book "A Cluster of Quiet Thoughts".