Like one of its parent series, A World of Bloody Evolution has plenty of shoutouts.
- In chapter 2, Vadiik says "Rage is one hell of an anesthetic."
- Veteran Sergeant Jorvis is a walking shout-out to Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann during his training of the newly founded 111th Woadian Rangers in chapter 4.Jorvis : "The first and last words out of filthy mouths will be sir, do you understand?"
Jorvis : "Out-fucking-standing!" - The 111th Woadian Rangers Commanding Officer is Colonel Longinus von Israfel.note
- The Lady Inquisitor cites Gideon Ravenor's book in chapter 7.
- One of the gangs in Elodia IX is called the Tunnel Snakes.
- The Chapter Quote from Chapter 10 is the opening line from the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- The Lady Inquisitor is from Tanith Nova.
- The Lady Inquisitor's Aquila Lander pilot is Serviceman Chung.
- To interrogate a guy, the Lady Inquisitor grabs his face, going "Forfeit your mind!" before crushing his skull
- The title of Chapter 32 is "How Disguting", with the epigraph being a refrain from a lament: "I wish that I could turn back time."note
- The entire chapter 41 is one big shout-out to Hotline Miami as a blood-crazed Yang goes through each floor of the cultists' base, massacring them all in horribly violent and gorey ways. The author even recommended to listen to the song M.O.O.N. by Hydrogen (one of Hotline Miami's tracks) while reading the chapter.
- There are also several in the Dramatis Personae posted by the author in the SpaceBattles and SufficientVelocity forum, notably in the tank battalion and their crew:
- The Lady Inquisitor's command tank is called In My Spirit.note
- The above tank's bolter-operator's name is Asca Langus.note
- Another of the tanks is called Full Metal Bitch.
- One of the tanks is the The Wrath of Saint Alfabusa.
- The above's commander has the name Jesús Ramirez.
- The Commanders of Faith-Hammer and Pride of Elodia are named Ricardo Sanchez and Mortius Herrero.note
- The gunner of Our Lady's Heart is named Hana Flores.note
- The Loader for Our Lady's Fist is named Carlos Reegar.