In the future, does anyone recognize the Chorno Trigger reference?

[keyz05]

When I played Chrono Trigger, there was a doomed future. Is this a reference to the Goku Black arc or what?

[Doctor.]

Obviously it wouldn't be a reference to the Black arc, since Chrono Trigger came first.

And the Black arc isn't referencing Chrono Trigger either, because besides the apocalyptic future, there are no similarities. A dystopian, ruined future is a common theme in many series.

[YonedgeHP]

An post-apocalyptic environment does not mean that there is a reference. There are many series with that theme.

[dragonballhero]

True. Apocalyptic futures have been done from time to time. That being said, there's nothing that TRULY references Chrono Trigger in the Black arc.

Though, bringing it up now, I wouldn't mind seeing a little "blink-and-you''ll-miss it" cameo from some of the CT cast. Maybe one from Chrono and/or Marle?

[ChronoTwigger]

Believe me, no reference at all.

In Chrono Trigger, time travel is a plot element.
Zamasu is really different from Magnus, that have a sad background and wasn't the main enemy ( there's nothing like Lavos in the arc).

You don't have alternative timelines, one of the worst element in all DB franchise, but only one timeline.

So, while having multiple time windows happen at the same "time", there's no clear reference.

[Marco Polo]

Akira Toriyama had nothing to do with the story of Chrono Trigger, so he is as likely to reference it as he is to reference Broly or GT.

[Gig]

Akira Toriyama had nothing to do with the story of Chrono Trigger, so he is as likely to reference it as he is to reference Broly or GT.

I do not know Chrono trigger at all...

However DB Super anime is not made by Toriyama alone... and references to GT have already been made there (surely to Baby-Vegeta... and maybe also baby Pan looking at the stars may be a reference to the galaxy tour)...
In the manga I don't know.

[LuckyCat]

A few years before Chrono Trigger was developed, Toriyama had completed the Android Saga. It's a pretty safe bet that Square was fond of how Toriyama depicted time travel artistically, which landed him his design role in Chrono Trigger.

The Goku Black Arc seems to be a spiritual successor to Toriyama's Android saga, which predates Chrono Trigger.

[ChronoTwigger]

Nah, Chrono Trigger future is an high tech, post nuclear punk one, with robots, mutants and radiations, set in a FAR future.
This Future Trunks ...future is not a post-apocalypse one, more like a war scenery nowadays. No mutants, hitech, secret technology and cyborgs.
They are two different settings.

[LuckyCat]

Nah, Chrono Trigger future is an high tech, post nuclear punk one, with robots, mutants and radiations, set in a FAR future.
This Future Trunks ...future is not a post-apocalypse one, more like a war scenery nowadays. No mutants, hitech, secret technology and cyborgs.
They are two different settings.

That's true, and no one is saying Chrono Trigger and Android saga were supposed to be the same storywise, but you can see similar artistic elements like sword-wielding heroes fighting robots and the flying time machine. Also note there are two future time periods in the game if you count the "Day of Lavos".