[quote=@Sir Screwloose]
eh... to be honest, I've never been a big fan of the whole 'characters in a crossover recognize each other as fictional' thing, though that might just be because I saw it done spectacularly badly once.
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oh, I've seen it done spectacularly badly a few times XD but good a few other times :D For me it depends on how believable it is. considering that Boss has several people on his personal team, in just about every mission, who tend to go on and on about things like that, it's fairly more likely.

Personally, I see him recognizing Donkey kong for sure, he's from that general era, I think? >3> I might be wrong there. He'll probably also recognize the 'animal style' of some of the others, but given the time-period, not the individuals.

Of course, I can just 'not'. Afterall, It's just an 'idea' :D He's also 'big boss', he might just not give enough of a shit to think that hard about what Huey might have said about animes at one point or another >3>