Maria†Holic is one of those shows that could fill an entire page with its Shout Outs.
Maria Holic
- The entire show, or at the very least the setting, is basically a parody of Maria Watches Over Us, being set at a prestigous Catholic all-girls school.
- Plus Mariya's basically evil Mizuho.
- Father Kanae's speech appears in bubbles just like the salamander-thingy in Pani Poni Dash!, and later has a moment of quadruple-shot bout of despair.
- Kanako also borrows Itoshiki-sensei's despair animation.
- And then proceeds to reflect on how happy she was.
- She also goes into Kenshiro-mode whenever she's... oh, screw it, it's random.
- References to Beatles lyrics on the episode title cards, such as "Love is old, love is new" are not uncommon.
- CSI: Miami at the end of third episode.
- On the 4th episode, the preview shows Honoka on Madoka's uniform while she talks to a creature called Jyubey. In the BDs, this segment was changed to a parody of Snow White.
- Miyama (no e) Kanako was a heroine of a visual novel called Atlach=Nacha. She's the servant of a demon-spider girl.
- Nodame Cantabile in episode 12 with the good 'ol "Gyabo!"
Maria Holic Alive
- In episode 2 of Alive, Kanako imagines a life with Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte and Laura as her personal Meidos (also a bit of Actor Allusion: Matsurika, Mariya's own Meido, shares the same voice, as well as the silver hair, as Laura).
- Also from the same episode, Kanako calls Maria "Marie-mon".
- Come episode 4 of Alive Kanako re-explains that Marie-mon is "Maria" + "demon".
- Episode 4:
- Objection!
- The post-credits scene contains an extended shout-out to Madoka with Honoka and her group playing the main roles, though Mariya inexplicably subs in as Homura. Matsurika plays the Walpurgisnacht, fittingly.
- Episode 5:
- Kanako gathers a bit of study skills from everyone on the planet to create some kind of Combined Energy Attack. Her face even Art Shifts to look like Goku.
- The punishment of watching the entire "Legend of Japanese Heroes" back to back without blinking mentioned by the Dorm Leader is a spoof of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, which in fact, if one includes the side story episodes, really consists of 165 episodes.
- The post-credits scene is a reference to Domo-kun.
- In episode 6 of Alive, discuss about Warring States period and Let's Party!!
