History Fanfic / SleepingWithTheGirls

*** Chapter twelve has a quote from [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Master Oogway.]]

* SuperWeight: The SI represents an interesting case. Physically, he's a [[ActionSurvivor Class 0]], with his weapons and armor pushing him into Class 1 at best. Mentally though, he could count as a [[AuthorPowers Class 7]], given his extensive knowledge of the universes he's in, his [[GenreSavvy knowledge of the conventions that govern them]] (something not even [[CosmicEntity Washu and her siblings]] [[ContractualGenreBlindness are able to perceive]]), and his [[OutsideContextProblem ability to ignore or defy those conventions]].

* CoolGun: The Mossberg 500 Tactical the SI borrows from [[Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves Ritsuko.]]

** And, while no one can dispute that [[spoiler: putting down a being of pure evil like Zoicite]] is a ''good'' move, it causes the Dark Kingdom to up their timetable considerably, and serves to provoke his lover, Kunzite. In the second ''Sailor Moon'' Arc, the SI then proceeds to unintentionally goad Kunzite into preparing to fight, not the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi,]] but the far more dangerous and worrisome foe of ''[[StarWars Jedi Knights,]]'' who the SI has built up to SuperSoldier levels in his descriptions. So when Kunzite shows up to fight the Senshi, he isn't ''underestimating'' them[[note]]Which played a significant role in how they managed to kill him in canon[[/note]]; he is heavily ''overestimating'' them, and arrives ready for a serious battle.

** After the SI interferes with the normal plot progression in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' world, the forces of the Dark Kingdom demonstrate that they're capable of causing a lot more damage than they actually did during the show itself (in which they were more concerned with MacGuffin hunting). It didn't help that the SI ''really'' built up the foes that they believed they were going to be fighting, so they stopped underestimating their foes[[note]]The Dark Kingdom thinks that instead of just the Sailor Senshi, they are now also fighting [[StarWars Jedi]], resulting in a significant shift in tactics.[[/note]]

** The reasons he gives for Kunzite to not wear a cape all come from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', specifically from Edna's lecture on why she dislikes capes.

** The [[spoiler: [[RedRightHand Demon Mark]] the SI gets after being recruited by [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Hild]] is a modified version of the [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP Emblem]].]]

* HotScientist: The SI ''knows'' that Washu could be this, if she wanted to.

* WordOfGod: The author occasionally gives out enticing details of future plot points on the Spacebattles discussion thread(s) and in the IRC channel (#SWTG on irc.mibbit.net).

* {{Defictionalization}}: The author, after making the "Mo' Dakka Fo' Life," idea, went and made the real shirt. He's selling them online. He has also made other shirts, such as one explaining the Medium Transfer Principle.

* FanNickname: On the Spacebattles forums, the SI is referred to as "Walker", short for "sleepwalker".

*** Chapter eight has one to ''Machinima/FreemansMind''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Subverted, in that the SI is so used to the appearances of everyone from the ''shows and manga,'' that in the second Sailor Moon arc, he is unable to recognize Ami without her unusually hued hair. Also lampshaded by Luna.
** It plays itself straight in other universes, where people like Washu and Ryoko keep their strange hair. It seems that hair strangeness is dependent on the universe in question, or even the ancestry of the individual. Washu and Ryoko keep their hair, but they're not human. Shampoo, however, retains her trademark purple hair, and she ''is'' human.

* RageAgainstTheHeavens / RageAgainstTheAuthor: If the SI ever manages to get his hands on who or what is responsible for putting him through all of this, it's not going to be pretty.

[[folder:Shout Out]]

** Multiple shout outs to TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}.

** The Magical Sword gathered from Nanoha's universe in the first Nanoha arc, when given to Motoko, acts similar to the Beam Sword from VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.
** When talking about the portal to the pocket dimension Washu gives him in the second Tenshi arc, many references to VideoGame/{{Portal}} are made, including [=GLaDOS=]'s infamous statement, "Speedy Thing Goes In, Speedy Thing Comes Out." Portal is also mentioned when he talks about Washu's computer in the very first story arc.

*** Chapter 22 features a famous quote from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

*** Chapter 26 starts with an WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} quote.
*** Chapter 27 gives us a quote from WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}.

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* RealityEnsues: Turns out extended magical battles in the middle of Tokyo are hazardous to innocent civilians. [[spoiler:Especially when you chase the bad guy onto a busy road.]]
** The entire story. Virtually every single aspect of the story is what happens when real-life humans interact with anime physics.
** Turns out that (Those Who Hunt Elves Arc II) if you eat food or drink water in a society that hasn't discovered how to prepare food properly or pasteurize things, you wind up with massive intestinal distress.

* WeakButSkilled: When it comes to the personal power of any combatants shown, no one in the story is weaker than the SI, who likens himself to the RedShirt, but through intelligent application of what skills he has, he can punch '''far''' above his "weight class." It helps that his GenreSavvy mental processes, due to every native inhabiting each fictional world being [[ContractualGenreBlindness bound by the conventions]] governing said worlds, make him seem like an [[CrazyAwesome utter lunatic]] to the natives.