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* During production, Anno called in Creator/MohiroKitoh to help him design the Third Angel because he loved his designs from ''Manga/Bokurano'' ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' (themselves inspired by ''Evangelion'') and ''Manga/ShadowStar''.
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* During production, Anno called in Creator/MohiroKitoh to help him design the Third Angel because he loved his designs from ''Manga/Bokurano'' (themselves inspired by ''Evangelion'') and ''Manga/ShadowStar''.
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* Misato's car is now modeled after the white Mazda Cosmo Sport 110 used as the MAT-1 in ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', complete with red stripes.
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* Misato's car is now modeled after the white Mazda Cosmo Sport 110 used as the MAT-1 in ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', complete with red stripes. The Third Angel was also inspired by a living fossil monster from the same series.
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* The Golgotha Object's name and design (consisting of 5 crosses on a long rod) are a reference to ''Series/UltramanAce'', where five crosses were planted on the Planet Golgotha (itself named after the hill Jesus was crucified on) in Yapool's plot to crucify and kill the five Ultra Brothers.
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* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".
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* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".Music]]'".
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* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
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* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s. In particular, Ghidorah's roar was also used as a ring tone by the attack team headquarters in ''Series/UltraMan'' and ''Series/UltraSeven''.
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* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
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* [[spoiler: Shinji fighting Gendoh who's piloting his own Evangelion]] was previously done in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]''.
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* [[spoiler: Shinji fighting Gendoh Gendo who's piloting his own Evangelion]] was previously done in stage 52 of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]''.
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* [[spoiler: Shinji fighting Gendoh who's piloting his own Evangleion]] was previously done in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]''.
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* [[spoiler: Shinji fighting Gendoh who's piloting his own Evangleion]] Evangelion]] was previously done in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]''.
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* [[spoiler: Shinji fighting Gendoh who's piloting his own Evangleion]] was previously done in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]]''.
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* After so many inspirations from Creator/GoNagai's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' universe in the original ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the whole ''Rebuild'' franchise makes the definitive one by revealing that [[spoiler:the whole story was in a TimeLoop, with Shinji and Kaworu playing the roles of the ''Devilman'' characters they are based on.]] This time along, as in ''Manga/DevilmanLady'', [[spoiler:the loop has a more fortunate ending.]]
* After so many inspirations from Creator/GoNagai's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' universe in the original ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', the whole ''Rebuild'' franchise makes the definitive one by revealing that [[spoiler:the whole story was in a TimeLoop, with Shinji and Kaworu playing the roles of the ''Devilman'' characters they are based on.]] This time along, as in ''Manga/DevilmanLady'', [[spoiler:the loop has a more fortunate ending.]]
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* In ''2.0'', we're shown the image of [[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/948715/Evangelion/vlcsnap-2010-05-25-06h38m45s143.png a building that looks quite similar to Naota's house]]. It helps that there's a Vespa parked nearby.
* Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
* Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
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* Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
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** Similarly, Ramiel shooting down the inbound missiles in the climax of 1.11 is a direct reference to Gunbuster's legendary use of the Buster Beam to dispatch an entire fleet of space monsters.
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** Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
** Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
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* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".
* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* Here's one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', of all things. When Shinji gets his temporary ID card early in ''1.0'', "NCC-1701A" can clearly be seen on it.
* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* Here's one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', of all things. When Shinji gets his temporary ID card early in ''1.0'', "NCC-1701A" can clearly be seen on it.
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* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* Here's one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', of all things. When Shinji gets his temporary ID card early in ''1.0'', "NCC-1701A" can clearly be seen on it.
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* The scenes at Nerv's moonbase contain several direct references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially in the design of the ships Gendo and Fuyutsuki travel in.
** The trays of food (consisting of neat rectangular bricks of colored mush) that Shinji receives in ''3.0'' look exactly like the food dispensed aboard the ''Discovery''.
* This might be a stretch but the scene where where Shinji's spent cartridges fly and crush stuff around him could be a reference to episode 41 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where the same thing happened in an extremely similar fashion.
** The trays of food (consisting of neat rectangular bricks of colored mush) that Shinji receives in ''3.0'' look exactly like the food dispensed aboard the ''Discovery''.
* This might be a stretch but the scene where where Shinji's spent cartridges fly and crush stuff around him could be a reference to episode 41 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where the same thing happened in an extremely similar fashion.
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* The Wunder taking off is done in a similar manner to the [[spoiler:Nautilus]] taking off in ''Nadia: Secret of Blue Water''. Including a new orchestral rendition of the same theme song.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]
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* The Wunder taking off is done in a similar manner to the [[spoiler:Nautilus]] taking off in ''Nadia: Secret of Blue Water''. Including ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', including even a new orchestral rendition of the same theme song.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]song.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]
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* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]].
* The scenes at Nerv's moonbase contain several direct references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially in the design of the ships Gendo and Fuyutsuki travel in.
** The trays of food (consisting of neat rectangular bricks of colored mush) that Shinji receives in ''3.0'' look exactly like the food dispensed aboard the ''Discovery''.
* The battle between the Wunder and the Erlösung and Erbsünde has a re-orchestrated version of a theme from the climax of ''Film/TheWarInSpace''.
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* The red, Impact-affected area just outside of [[spoiler:Village 3]] heavily calls to mind the Zones from ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'', especially the way that the laws of physics seem to have been completely thrown out of wack. [[spoiler:The Wanderers, headless [=EVA=]s that rise from beneath the ground and aimlessly shamble around the ruins,]] seem to be a nod to the zombies from the story.
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* [[spoiler: The plan for the all-out assault on NERV HQ]] in ''Thrice Upon a Time'' is called "[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Operation Yamato]]."
* The red, Impact-affected area just outside of [[spoiler:Village 3]] heavily calls to mind the Zones from ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'', especially the way that the laws of physics seem to have been completely thrown out of wack. [[spoiler:The Wanderers, headless [=EVA=]s that rise from beneath the ground and aimlessly shamble around the ruins,]] seem to be a nod to the zombies from the story.
* The battle between the Wunder and the Erlösung and Erbsünde has a re-orchestrated version of a theme from the climax of Film/TheWarInSpace.
* The way Shinji [[spoiler:ends all of Evangelion, completely resetting reality so that Angels and the Evangelions never existed, via the usage of 3rd Lance of Longinus, creating a new reality that is boundless and unencumbered by all the problems the Evangelions and Angels created,]] is a full on Homage to the finale of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1.''
* The red, Impact-affected area just outside of [[spoiler:Village 3]] heavily calls to mind the Zones from ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'', especially the way that the laws of physics seem to have been completely thrown out of wack. [[spoiler:The Wanderers, headless [=EVA=]s that rise from beneath the ground and aimlessly shamble around the ruins,]] seem to be a nod to the zombies from the story.
* The battle between the Wunder and the Erlösung and Erbsünde has a re-orchestrated version of a theme from the climax of Film/TheWarInSpace.
* The way Shinji [[spoiler:ends all of Evangelion, completely resetting reality so that Angels and the Evangelions never existed, via the usage of 3rd Lance of Longinus, creating a new reality that is boundless and unencumbered by all the problems the Evangelions and Angels created,]] is a full on Homage to the finale of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1.''
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* This might be a stretch but the scene where where Shinji's spent cartridges fly and crush stuff around him could be a reference to episode 41 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where the same thing happened in an extremely similar fashion.
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* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".
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* The way Shinji [[spoiler:ends all of Evangelion, completely resetting reality so that Angels and the Evangelions never existed, via the usage of 3rd Lance of Longinus, creating a new reality that is boundless and unencumbered by all the problems the Evangelions and Angels created,]] is a full on Homage to the finale of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles.''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1.''
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* After Unit-1 goes berserk in ''1.0'', Shinji can be seen wearing [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Naota's]] 90 Degree shirt.
* In ''2.0'', we're shown the image of [[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/948715/Evangelion/vlcsnap-2010-05-25-06h38m45s143.png a building that looks quite similar to Naota's house]]. It helps that there's a Vespa parked nearby.
* Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
* Eva Unit 02's introduction has ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' written all over it in neon letters. Not only does 02 have its fins replaced with flight packs that look [[http://xover.es/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Evangelion-2.22-You-Can-Not-Avance02-15-00.jpg suspiciously similar]] to the Gunbuster's [[http://shinmaru.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gunbuster.jpg main engines]], but it [[spoiler:defeats the clock Angel with an almost exact recreation of the Inazuma Kick.]]
** Similarly, Ramiel shooting down the inbound missiles in the climax of 1.11 is a direct reference to Gunbuster's legendary use of the Buster Beam to dispatch an entire fleet of space monsters.
* [[spoiler:EVA-02 in [[SuperMode Beast Mode]]]] looks, especially after getting shot to hell and back by Zeruel, like the God Warrior in ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which was animated by [[Creator/HideakiAnno Anno]] himself, long before ''Evangelion'').
* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".
* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* Here's one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', of all things. When Shinji gets his temporary ID card early in ''1.0'', "NCC-1701A" can clearly be seen on it.
* The ending of ''2.0'' was purposefully modeled after that of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* The scenes at Nerv's moonbase contain several direct references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially in the design of the ships Gendo and Fuyutsuki travel in.
** The trays of food (consisting of neat rectangular bricks of colored mush) that Shinji receives in ''3.0'' look exactly like the food dispensed aboard the ''Discovery''.
* This might be a stretch but the scene where where Shinji's spent cartridges fly and crush stuff around him could be a reference to episode 41 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where the same thing happened in an extremely similar fashion.
* In ''3.0'', Misato refers to the Wunder as a "ship of hope". This line, as well as the concept of the ship itself, is an homage to ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''. [[spoiler:So much so that WILLE's final assault against NERV is explicitly called ''Operation Yamato''.]]
* The Wunder taking off is done in a similar manner to the [[spoiler:Nautilus]] taking off in ''Nadia: Secret of Blue Water''. Including a new orchestral rendition of the same theme song.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]
* In 3.33, Sakura's appearance looks more than a little similar to Kinon's post-timeskip appearance from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', albeit with a couple of very minor differences (like Kinon using glasses while Sakura doesn't, as well as their hats).
* ''3.0 + 1.0'''s English title, ''Thrice Upon a Time'', is the same as the novel by James P. Hogan, which is about the ramifications of sending messages into the past and/or receiving messages from the future.
* [[spoiler: The plan for the all-out assault on NERV HQ]] in ''Thrice Upon a Time'' is called "[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Operation Yamato]]."
* The red, Impact-affected area just outside of [[spoiler:Village 3]] heavily calls to mind the Zones from ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'', especially the way that the laws of physics seem to have been completely thrown out of wack. [[spoiler:The Wanderers, headless [=EVA=]s that rise from beneath the ground and aimlessly shamble around the ruins,]] seem to be a nod to the zombies from the story.
* The way Shinji [[spoiler:ends all of Evangelion, completely resetting reality so that Angels and the Evangelions never existed, via the usage of 3rd Lance of Longinus, creating a new reality that is boundless and unencumbered by all the problems the Evangelions and Angels created,]] is a full on Homage to the finale of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles.''
* In ''2.0'', we're shown the image of [[http://dl.dropbox.com/u/948715/Evangelion/vlcsnap-2010-05-25-06h38m45s143.png a building that looks quite similar to Naota's house]]. It helps that there's a Vespa parked nearby.
* Ramiel's high-pitched shrieks are the same as the ones produced by the [[spoiler:space monster]] from ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* The Commander of NERV's 3rd branch is [[Series/{{UFO}} General James Henderson]].
* Eva Unit 02's introduction has ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' written all over it in neon letters. Not only does 02 have its fins replaced with flight packs that look [[http://xover.es/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Evangelion-2.22-You-Can-Not-Avance02-15-00.jpg suspiciously similar]] to the Gunbuster's [[http://shinmaru.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/gunbuster.jpg main engines]], but it [[spoiler:defeats the clock Angel with an almost exact recreation of the Inazuma Kick.]]
** Similarly, Ramiel shooting down the inbound missiles in the climax of 1.11 is a direct reference to Gunbuster's legendary use of the Buster Beam to dispatch an entire fleet of space monsters.
* [[spoiler:EVA-02 in [[SuperMode Beast Mode]]]] looks, especially after getting shot to hell and back by Zeruel, like the God Warrior in ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which was animated by [[Creator/HideakiAnno Anno]] himself, long before ''Evangelion'').
* Alternate mixes of "''Tsubasa o Kudasai''" and "''Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara''" on the ''2.0'' soundtrack are specified as "Tributes to '[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Sound of Music]]'".
* Misato's cell phone ring is one of the early roars/flight noises for the classic Kaiju [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]], and has then been re-used for various aliens through the 60s and 70s.
* Here's one to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', of all things. When Shinji gets his temporary ID card early in ''1.0'', "NCC-1701A" can clearly be seen on it.
* The ending of ''2.0'' was purposefully modeled after that of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* The scenes at Nerv's moonbase contain several direct references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', especially in the design of the ships Gendo and Fuyutsuki travel in.
** The trays of food (consisting of neat rectangular bricks of colored mush) that Shinji receives in ''3.0'' look exactly like the food dispensed aboard the ''Discovery''.
* This might be a stretch but the scene where where Shinji's spent cartridges fly and crush stuff around him could be a reference to episode 41 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' where the same thing happened in an extremely similar fashion.
* In ''3.0'', Misato refers to the Wunder as a "ship of hope". This line, as well as the concept of the ship itself, is an homage to ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''. [[spoiler:So much so that WILLE's final assault against NERV is explicitly called ''Operation Yamato''.]]
* The Wunder taking off is done in a similar manner to the [[spoiler:Nautilus]] taking off in ''Nadia: Secret of Blue Water''. Including a new orchestral rendition of the same theme song.
* The ''3.33'' intro has a live action switch into a homage to old {{kaiju}} films, as [[spoiler:some sort of Evangelion descends into Tokyo-3, made out of hi-quality cardboard cutouts, and proceeds to completely annihilate it with a mouth-laser similar to Godzilla's as more and more descend from the sky]]. Even better, that's not [[spoiler:an Evangelion. It's a God Warrior from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''.]]
* In 3.33, Sakura's appearance looks more than a little similar to Kinon's post-timeskip appearance from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', albeit with a couple of very minor differences (like Kinon using glasses while Sakura doesn't, as well as their hats).
* ''3.0 + 1.0'''s English title, ''Thrice Upon a Time'', is the same as the novel by James P. Hogan, which is about the ramifications of sending messages into the past and/or receiving messages from the future.
* [[spoiler: The plan for the all-out assault on NERV HQ]] in ''Thrice Upon a Time'' is called "[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Operation Yamato]]."
* The red, Impact-affected area just outside of [[spoiler:Village 3]] heavily calls to mind the Zones from ''Literature/RoadsidePicnic'', especially the way that the laws of physics seem to have been completely thrown out of wack. [[spoiler:The Wanderers, headless [=EVA=]s that rise from beneath the ground and aimlessly shamble around the ruins,]] seem to be a nod to the zombies from the story.
* The way Shinji [[spoiler:ends all of Evangelion, completely resetting reality so that Angels and the Evangelions never existed, via the usage of 3rd Lance of Longinus, creating a new reality that is boundless and unencumbered by all the problems the Evangelions and Angels created,]] is a full on Homage to the finale of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles.''
