History ShoutOut / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/VirginRipper'': There's a [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy, Jealous]], slightly-{{Yandere}} CatBoy in [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} a dark uniform]], [[Manga/BlackLagoon a pair of vicious twins with a tragic past]], and a girl who hopes [[Film/TheIsland to go]] [[Film/{{Clonus}} outside]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 "You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, God damn you! God damn you all to hell!]]"'']]

** In "Beware of Dubious Artwork?!", Coroyuki paints a picture called "[[Art/TheScream Tom Nook's Scream]]", Himepoyo paints a picture called "[[Art/TheMonaLisa Mona Nook]]", and Benben paints a picture called "[[Art/TheBirthOfVenus The Birth of Tom Nook]]".

** Chapter 43 is a parody of several slasher films, including Film/FridayThe13th and Film/{{Halloween}}. On the last page, students who look like Film/{{Hellraiser}}, [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], and a humanoid [[Film/{{Alien}} xenomorph]] appear.

** The names of the three criminals in the beginning of Episode 8 "Waltz for Venus" are [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Louie, Huey, and Dewey.]]

* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'''s current villain, a WellIntentionedExtremist, appears to be a shout-out to [[Manga/DeathNote L]]: he has long, messy hair; wears a white shirt and jeans, [[DoesNotLikeSHoes goes barefoot]], has abnormal sleeping habits (instead of being awake all the time, he sleeps for roughly 22 hours at a stretch), and is willing to do anything for what he perceives to be the right thing.

** In "Beware of Dubious Artwork?!", Coroyuki paints a picture called "[[Art/TheScream Tom Nook's Scream]]", Himepoyo paints a picture called "[[Art/MonaLisa Mona Nook]]", and Benben paints a picture called "[[Art/TheBirthOfVenus The Birth of Tom Nook]]".

* ''ShoutOut/Daimos''

** Not a ''Rave Master'' reference, but bizarrely, if you look closely at the floating letters in Chapter 9, when Daybreak is being rearranged, you can see the line [[TheSixthSense '''I SEE DEAD PEOPLE''']].

* Jan-Puu from ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' uses the {{Catchphrase}} ''[[{{Honorifics}} oneeniisama]]'' from ''Literature/MazeMegaburstSpace'' when addressing Hazumu. Both series are from the same creator.

* Jan-Puu from ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' uses the CatchPhrase ''[[{{Honorifics}} oneeniisama]]'' from ''Anime/MazeMegaburstSpace'' when addressing Hazumu. Both series are from the same creator.

* ''Manga/GirlFriends'':

* The ''Literature/CrusherJoe'' movie has one scene taking place at a drive-in movie theater, where [[ShowWithinAShow what's being shown on the screen]] is something that stars the main characters from ''Literature/DirtyPair''. (In their original LightNovel versions, ''Crusher Joe'' and ''Dirty Pair'' are parts of the same continuity. Also, this was actually the earliest animated appearance of Kei, Yuri, and Mugi, since the ''Dirty Pair'' TV series didn't debut until 2 years later.)

* ''Manga/VirginRipper'': There's a [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy, Jealous]], slightly-{{Yandere}} CatBoy in [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} a dark uniform]], [[Manga/BlackLagoon a pair of vicious twins with a tragic past]], and a girl who hopes [[Film/TheIsland to go]] [[Film/PartsTheClonusHorror outside]].

* ''LightNovel/EvenThoughImAFormerNobleAndSingleMother'':

* ''LightNovel/ExpectingToFallIntoRuinIAimToBecomeABlacksmith'': The MasqueradeBall conversation between Kururi and Eliza is one to ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

* Episode 5 of ''LightNovel/MagiciansAcademy'', aside from being very disturbing, has several ''Evangelion'' shout-outs. Sakuma gives orders while sporting a pair of orange-tinted sunglasses and a pair of gloves, and the entire episode they are trying to hold off an advancing Angel, disable its force-field, and preventing it from reaching the center of the academy. Hapshiel's theme is similar to something out of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' as well, in fact the end credits to that very episode, are in fact a shout-out to ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZpSWya2Kc Look at them both carefully]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHOOhExhEr8 they're almost the exact same]].

* The ''Literature/MyMentalChoicesAre'' anime has episode titles like [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Girls und Panty Shots]], and in episode 8 has choice titles at the beginning which say "[[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} My Freeloader Can't Be This Smart?!]]" and "[[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} My Thing Can't Be This Amazing?!]]". And reference to the Lumberjack sketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

* The ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' LightNovels have a habit of referencing American movies, particularly gangster flicks.

* ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' has various references to the Franchise/{{Gundam}} franchise, evidenced in some of the designs of their PoweredArmor. Some of the examples are:

* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' has A TON! Just listing them all would already be staggering enough. And in only a span of 5 episodes, they've got like 15 different shout outs already.

* Episode 8 of ''LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre'' has choice titles at the beginning which say "[[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} My Freeloader Can't Be This Smart?!]]" and "[[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} My Thing Can't Be This Amazing?!]]"
** Don't forget the reference to the Lumberjack sketch from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

** In ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', Cure Peace plays rock-paper-scissors with the viewers after her henshin each episode, using a different sign each time. This is a nod to ''Manga/SazaeSan'', where Sazae plays rock-paper-scissors at the end of each episode of the series, holding a sign with the respective symbol up.

* In ''LightNovel/ElegantYokaiApartmentLife'' the film that the English language club translates is essentially ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' with a different name. It even contains the line "I shall give you half of the world" which the dragon lord says when you confront him in the game.

* The ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' LightNovels have a habit of referencing American movies, particularly gangster flicks.
* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. Umm... One piece of advice: watch the background. By the time you see ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', you would already be dead from laughter.
* [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] [[http://twitpic.com/8rte7v appears in a sign]] in fellow Creator/StudioShaft series ''[[LightNovel/BakeMonogatari Nisemonogatari]]''.

** Some of the videos Killer T rents include ''[[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions Love, Golgi Apparatus, & Other Delusions]]'', ''[[Manga/MyLittleMonster My Little Nucleosome]]'', and ''[[Manga/DefyingKurosakiKun Defying Synapse-kun]]''.

* The ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex-tan'' omake is itself an imitation of the ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana-tan'' omake and makes clear reference to it several times. The ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'' tiger makes an appearance, too, for the same reason--same publisher/studio (J.C. Staff).

* The ''LightNovel/CrusherJoe'' movie has one scene taking place at a drive-in movie theater, where [[ShowWithinAShow what's being shown on the screen]] is something that stars the main characters from ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''. (In their original LightNovel versions, ''Crusher Joe'' and ''Dirty Pair'' are parts of the same continuity. Also, this was actually the earliest animated appearance of Kei, Yuri, and Mugi, since the ''Dirty Pair'' TV series didn't debut until 2 years later.)

* Episode 12 of ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' (TV version) has a shout out to ''Literature/FlowersForAlgernon''. [[spoiler:The episode involves two mice, named Chichi and [[MeaningfulName Algernon]], having their intelligence increased by the 3WA's R&D section, with the intention that they direct the other mice in the building to act as a security system for the 3WA building. Instead, they attempt to take over the building and drive out the humans. To prevent this, Chichi eventually gets [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome reverted to being a normal mouse]], causing Algernon to [[DrivenToSuicide jump out of a window]].]]
** Note that this isn't a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', despite the similar premise, since ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' was made in 1985.

* ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' is another anime with tons of Shout Outs. In the first episode, for instance, Walker and Erika walk around with a life-sized cutout of [[Literature/SpiceAndWolf Holo]], which the animators stubbornly kept in frame for several minutes. The same company, Brain's Base, worked on both ''Durarara'' and the second season of ''Spice and Wolf''.

** Kyle's first adventure is quite similar to the one that forms the opening of ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer''. In both cases, all but one of the adventurers is killed during a quest to kill goblins, and they are saved by a more experienced adventurer.

### ''LightNovel/KinosJourney''

** Zoey seems to be a ShoutOut to Kei from ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''. Dawn is her Yuri, alas their relationship fumbled part-way through the Sinnoh arc.

** Also, when Mitaka (who is a tennis coach) [[spoiler:gets a dog to help him get rid of his phobia]] later on, he names it "[=McEnroe=]".