Franchise: Castlevania

In the 2018 episode "For Love" of Castlevania's Netflix animated series, there is an Easter egg referencing the infamous "wall chicken" that the games are known for as health replenishment. It can be seen inside a wall that was appropriately broken by Dracula and Alucard during a duel.

Alongside all of the cinema and television references that fans of the cartoon would expect, Animaniacs for Genesis also contains a small handful of references to other Konami games. Vic Viper from Gradius appears as a platform in the space level, and the Dracula boss uses Dracula's flame attack from the Castlevania games.

According to The History of Castlevania: Book of the Crescent Moon, the Belmont family was originally planned to be called the Dante family, with Simon Belmont originally being "Peter Dante, Vampire Killer and grandson of Christopher Dante".

In an interview with series producer Koji Igarashi, found within the Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow's official Japanese strategy guide, he was asked about the character's name Soma Cruz. He said that he wanted a name which would translate well for international players, and that "Cruz" was chosen as Penelope Cruz had just visited Japan, while the name also had associations with the word "Cross". Soma was taken from the name of the Indian ritual drink "soma", while it is also the name of director Murakami's son.

Aria of Sorrow direct Junishi Murakami said this was just a coincidence however, as the kanji of both names differs. When he first saw the name, he disagreed with the idea, but Igarashi simply couldn't think of anything else.

There is a Yu-Gi-Oh! card called Vampire Hunter which is likely based off the Belmont family.
The Castlevania castle can be seen in the art's background and the card's name translated from Japanese is Vampire Killer, the name of a whip passed down through the Belmont family.

The Entrance Hall area has almost exactly the same layout in most of the games in the series.

In Japan, the Belmonts are known as the Belmondos. Also, Trevor Belmont's name in Japan is Ralph C. Belmondo.

In the High Valryian language, from Game of Thrones, the word "Chain" is "Belmon". This is meant to be a reference to Simon Belmont from Castlevania, since he can get a chain whip.