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*The Manta may have been inspired by the ending of the horror novel ''{{wp|The Shining (novel)|The Shining}}'', after the Overlook Hotel is destroyed: "For a moment it assumed the shape of a huge, obscene manta, and then the wind seemed to catch it, to tear it and shred it like old dark paper. It fragmented, was caught in a whirling eddy of smoke, and a moment later it was gone as if it had never been." | *The Manta may have been inspired by the ending of the horror novel ''{{wp|The Shining (novel)|The Shining}}'', after the Overlook Hotel is destroyed: "For a moment it assumed the shape of a huge, obscene manta, and then the wind seemed to catch it, to tear it and shred it like old dark paper. It fragmented, was caught in a whirling eddy of smoke, and a moment later it was gone as if it had never been." | ||
*In ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 3|Splatoon 3]]'', [[inkipedia:Big Man|Big Man]]'s boss fight pays homage to Phantamanta, with the ink color even being identical to the goop Phantamanta uses. His boss title, "The Hype Manta Storm," also references The Manta Storm, the name of the mission in which Phantamanta is fought. | *In ''[[inkipedia:Splatoon 3|Splatoon 3]]'', [[inkipedia:Big Man|Big Man]]'s boss fight pays homage to Phantamanta, with the ink color even being identical to the goop Phantamanta uses. His boss title, "The Hype Manta Storm," also references The Manta Storm, the name of the mission in which Phantamanta is fought. | ||
*Phantamanta is fought in a very similar way to [[Marching Milde]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''; both bosses | *Phantamanta is fought in a very similar way to [[Marching Milde]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''; both bosses split into smaller and smaller versions of themselves until they are defeated. | ||
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