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!!Anime with their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure''
* ''MythologyGag/DragonBallSuper''
* ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFighters''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFightersTry''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildDivers''
* ''MythologyGag/MacrossDelta''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundam00''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE''
* ''MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV''
[[/index]]
!!Other examples:
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
** There's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
** Hitch bashes Jean over the head when she first meets him just like she does in the above mentioned parody.
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has a couple:
** Yu's ringtone for when [[ClingyJealousGirl Ai]] calls him is Zigeunerweisen, also known as the GameOver theme from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', and his inner monologue after she calls plays out exactly like one of Vincent's.
** The OP song for the episode when the gang goes to [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Tatsumi Port Island]] is none other than ''Burn my Dread.''
* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'':
** Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
** This show is full of stuff like this. During the episodes featuring Dynamo, it malfunctions and instead of traveling through time, it travels to other dimensions. One of the ones they visit is the original Powerpuff girls.
** One episode featured a remake of the Mojo Jojo battle from the original (unreleased on DVD to this day) Tokyo Anime Fair pilot from 2005. One of the girls even [[LampshadeHanging wonders if Mojo's robot looks familiar]].
* ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had Saki fail an English test, and showed off the test paper; one of the questions referenced Honoka, from ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''. ''[[Anime/YesPrecure5 Yes! Precure 5]]'' referenced Honoka's partner Nagisa in exactly the same way, on ''Nozomi's'' failed English test.
** Another episode of ''Splash Star'' had Saki ''almost'' use Nagisa's CatchPhrase, leaving other characters confused for a moment.
** And ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'''s fifth episode had five girls in colorful outfits, who looked ''a lot'' like the heroines from the previous season, only their color schemes were swapped. In fact, they had done this a couple of times, even putting some of the girls' names on magazine covers in episode 9 and some hairstyles from previous seasons popped up during episode 12.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrecure'' had inspiring mangaka Ban imagine himself wearing Cure Rouge's ''GO!GO!'' outfit.
** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' had one in episode 5. Siren appears in a feathery neon-colored outfit (a ShoutOut to the Brazilian carnival being celebrated in the week the episode aired). What's the MythologyGag? A certain [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 butterfly-like ribbon on her chest]].
** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' has numerous shout outs and gags towards previous series. Amongst those:
*** The entire team reference back to the ''Anime/YesPrecure5'' team.
*** Miyuki's introduction and Akane interrupting it mirrors how Tsubomi was introduced.
*** Miyuki's henshin borrows off pieces of her fellow pink-type Cures' own henshins.
*** When Akane first transforms into Cure Sunny, she notes that she said something ridiculous, mirroring both Nagisa and Saki's tendencies to note that.
*** In episode 19, Chiharu Kise (Yayoi's mother) apparently works for [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Fairy Drop]]. She even mentions "Mrs. Kurumi" (presumably Erika because [[{{Leitmotif}} her theme]] [[ThemeTuneCameo is playing in the background]]).
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' [[MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure has its own page]]
* '' Anime/MaiOtome'' has several of these in regards to predecessor series ''Anime/MaiHime''. A few examples:
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of ''Mai-Otome'' is the kingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
** The name "Windbloom", in fact, is also a reference to [=HiME=] Mashiro's surname, Kazahana, which also means "wind flower". Some other characters, like Akane and Yukino, also have surnames that are "Westernized" versions of those of their ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' counterparts.
** Mikoto, a BigEater GenkiGirl with a fondness for running on all fours like a cat, shows up as two similarly-named characters. One is an actual cat with a tendency to eat anything in sight, and the other as [[spoiler:an ethereal goddess and protector of the Harmonium Organ]] with a shadowy form that looks a lot like [=HiME!Mikoto's=] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy "beast mode"]], complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom. One of Cat!Mikoto's favorite foods is rumored to be "Tokiha mushrooms". [=HiME!Mikoto=] was a big fan of Mai Tokiha's cooking.
*** In Human!Mikoto's first appearance, she has a fireball-shaped tattoo on her arm that directly resembles the [=HiME=] logo.
*** In the manga, [[spoiler:they're sort of merged into a single being]], who happens to be [[spoiler:not as nice as she first seemed]].
** Four of the Meister Otomes (Natsuki, Shizuru, Haruka and Mai) all know each other from their Garderobe academy days, and Natsuki and Mai met Yukino, who was a student at Windbloom University and a friend of Haruka's, around that time. Their [=HiME=] counterparts were all students at Fuuka Academy at around the same time. Haruka even complains about Shizuru "making her do all the work" during their survival test, a similar complaint that [=HiME!Haruka=] made toward [=HiME!Shizuru=] when the latter ran the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil.
** The manga makes a ShoutOut to a gag from the ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' manga: Haruka is eating from a cup of ramen labeled "E-Cup". In the ''Hime'' manga, Mikoto grabs Mai's chest and notes that she's an E-cup. In both cases, the text format is exactly the same.
*** Shizuru also notes that Mai is an E or F cup in the sound drama "Lingerie Rhapsody".
** Arika decides to call her mysterious patron "Sir" because Nao told her that it's what older men like to be called. Guess [[EnjoKosai what]] [=HiME!Nao=] did in her spare time?
** In the sound dramas, Mai, calling Natsuki "Kruger-san" during their early days at Garderobe, notes that her last name is difficult to pronounce, and suggests calling her "Kuga-san" instead, which was her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. Similarly, Haruka's land ship, the Suzushiro, is named after her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' and Nao's EmbarrassingFirstName, Juliet, is based off the name of her Child.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' in the ''Mai-Otome'' picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The ''Best Wishes'' series has one ''in the first episode!''
** Also in the first episode of ''Best Wishes': the plane Ash takes to Unova is flight number 151.
** While the Pokémon Center healing jingle was used many times in the series, starting from ''Best Wishes'' it's ''the exact same'' as the one used in ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.
** In DP094, "Doc Brock", a Zapdos makes a quick cameo. In ''Pokémon Platinum'', Zapdos can be found roaming Sinnoh in the post-Elite Four storyline. Notably, this was the first episode to air in Japan after the release of ''Platinum''.
*** Repeated in DP142, "Where No Togepi Has Gone Before", where the evil Killer Rabbit Togepi knows Extrasensory. In Japan, this was the last episode to air before the release of ''Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver''. In those games, guess which move Togepi can use for the first time?
** In "Ya See we Want an Evolution!", the organization dedicated to showing the strength of Pokémon without evolving them is called the "B-Button League", referring to the actual ''game mechanic'' used for the very same purpose.
** During a fantasy Team Rocket is having over possibly finding treasure in BW135, Meowth references previous games in the series.
** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because his game counterpart is named [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan ("Blue" in translations).
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from ''Red and Blue''.
** The episode "Candid Camerupt!" has a flashback of Ash and Gary watching a movie. The film is of Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
* [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has cameos from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono and Lal'c]], all of whom originated in shows produced by Creator/StudioGainax.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' contains many nods to the game it was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off from]], ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'', and this AlternateUniverse also retains the voice of Midorikawa Hikaru for Kyouya. Other specific examples include mentions of Shiro's old bodyguard job and Miyuki practicing the Mikami-ryuu and Fuwa-ryuu sword styles. Also, in the one time we see Lindy Harlaown using magic in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', we see her sporting a pair of fairy wings. This was a reference to the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame original]] ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' that served as an {{Omake}} to ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''. There, Lindy played the role of Nanoha's FairyCompanion.
** In fact, so many are the nods that several fans take the stance that the only aspects of the original game that were changed are those directly contradicted by ''Nanoha'' (such as [[SparedByTheAdaptation Shiro being alive]]), with everything else, like Shinobu being a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Japanese Vampire]], remaining unchanged.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' in general does this quite frequently. Due to the sheer number of entries in the franchise, it's virtually impossible ''not'' to make a reference, even by mistake. And this isn't even taking ContinuityNod into account for the Universal Century entries.
** The last few episodes of ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' feature cameos from past Gundam series, at least one super robot from a non-Gundam series, and the Wing Gundam from the [[EarlyBirdCameo then-unaired]] (it began after G ended) ''Gundam Wing''.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' has blink-and-you'll-miss-it references in Sandrock's blueprints to "Gundarium Theta" and "ALICE System", the latter an AI from ''Gundam Sentinel''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Peacecraft/Darlian]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] were both born on April 7th - the day ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' debuted on Japanese television in 1979. It holds extra meaning for Relena, since ''Wing'' debuted on April 7, 1995.
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', Lacus draws a ''Anime/TurnAGundam''-style mustache on her dark-blue Haro.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' casts the ever-heroic TouruFuruya, the man behind Amuro Ray himself, as Ribbons Almark, [[spoiler:the main antagonist. Throw in the fact that he also piloted 0 Gundam... which is basically RX-78 with a different shield and a GN Drive. Late in the series the 0 Gundam is upgraded, which includes being painted in the classic Gundam tricolor, and Ribbons appropriates it when his state-of-the-art Reborns Gundam is crippled.]] TheMovie takes it a step further by revealing that Ribbons' genetic template was a man named E.A. Ray (Ensign Amuro Ray).
*** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' also has the [[SuperMode Trans-Am System]], which triples the offense, defense and ''speed'' of a Gundam while causing it to turn red.
*** Graham Aker, in the second season, wears a mask, and his Ahead Sakigake is automatically red. when he later gets the Masurao, it is black with red lines on the frame, and the Trans-Am System to make it all red. Both his Masurao and Susanowo are shown to be 3 times faster than any other MS when they deploy for the first time, except for the 00 Raiser, of course.
** In the first season of ''SD Gundam Force'', the Dark Axis BigBad is a Commander Sazabi. Before he actually makes his appearance, however, he sends his right-hand-man Zako Red (a Char Custom Red Zaku) to serve as his herald. When Sazabi finally arrives, Red goes to meet him, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness only to mysteriously deactivate and get shoved out of the way by his boss]]. The likely explanation is that Red was just a remote control avatar for Sazabi, a reference to the fact that in the Universal Century, both suits were piloted by Char. The Zaku first, and then Sazabi in ''Char's Counterattack''.
** In ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', when the Moonrace comes experiences lightning for the first time, the production staff reused exact dialogue from the original Gundam show, when White Base tried to hide from Ramba Ral inside a thunder cloud.
*** The melody used in "Turn A Turn" is a backmasked version of the original opening's melody, slowed down a bit, yet not at all improved in sound quality.
*** The people of Adeska call the Turn A "the White Devil". This is a reference to the original Gundam as well.
** And then there's Turn-A's whole Dark History thing, which is pretty much nothing BUT this.
*** When the characters learn of the Dark History, they see [[spoiler:footage from all previous Gundam shows, including a scene where the RX-78-2 Gundam impales a Zaku II with a Beam Saber]]. Sochie lampshades this by asking if it isn't the White Doll attacking a Borjarnon (which are Zaku [=IIs=] (or replicas thereof) that were uncovered and renamed). Someone then points out that the Gundam looks a bit different.
*** Among the clips shown in the Dark History part, there a clip from the battle 15 years prior to [[spoiler:''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'']].
** The Core Block System. Seriously. It is a staple in Gundam shows. RX-78 Gundam introduced it, after which every major Gundam show (Counting SEED and SEED Destiny as one) except for Wing, Gundam X and 00 have had at least one Modular Mobile Suit. In order of appearance: Gundam, Guncannon and Guntank, ZZ, V and V2, (Crossbone) X-01, X-02, X-03, Shining Gundam, God Gundam, Turn A, Impulse. And that's just the major series, not including the more than 30 sidestories.
** {{Char Clone}}s. No Gundam without Char Clones. Except for the first show, Z and Char's Counterattack, where there's no Char Clone, as it's the real thing (albeit, in Z, he goes by the name Quattro Bajeena (sometimes mistranslated as Quattro Vagina)).
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'' [[MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE has these in spades]]. The characters in ''AGE'' look suspiciously similar others from other ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' shows, such as Yurin resembling [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Tiffa]] and Woolf resembling [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran.]] Moreover, in episode 13, [[spoiler: Geera Zoi of the UE]] calls the Diva a Trojan Horse [[spoiler: (after seeing it transform into a White Base lookalike).]]
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has a number of these which imply that it takes place in the same universe as ''Manga/LoveHina'': Tama the turtle makes a few cameos, Motoko and Setsuna are part of the same sword school, and the character Mei pretty much owes her existence in Negima to this. There's also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c256/10.html this]] which is a direct shout out to a technique used by Motoko Aoyama in ''Love Hina''. (It also helps that the author has confirmed that Motoko and her sister Tsuroko are the two silhouettes seen in one of Setsuna's memories.)
*** Taken one step further when it's revealed that Tsukuyomi turns out to have the [[EvilWeapon Hina Blade]],
** Then there's the self-contained ones, like the identity of of the perverted bounty hunter that tried to kidnap Nodoka.
** One of the most long-reaching ones so far: in chapter 36, Negi botches some traditional Japanese charms and accidentally makes a [[SelfDuplication bunch of clones of himself]] with names like [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c036/2.html Nugi, Migi, Hogi, and Yagi]]. 217 chapters later, Nugi makes a reappearance as a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/13.html golem that Haruna created for the other girls to practice kissing]]. It goes [[HilarityEnsues about as well as one would expect]].
** In the ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Ala Alba'' {{OAV}}, a scene showing the shirts [[NobleWolf Kotaro]] wears included a {{Chupacabra}} shirt from ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', the ''Negima'' AlternateContinuity whose anime version the studio handling this {{OVA}} previously did.
** The ''Negima'' Summer OAV sneaks a reference to Kotarou by having a picture of his face appear on a fan held by Chizuru, one of the girls that he eventually rooms with once he arrives at Mahora Academy.
** In chapter 175 of the manga, when Haruna makes a dark version of Nodoka, one of the notes she writes about Dark Nodoka is that her voice is done by Mamiko Noto, Nodoka's voice actress in the anime version.
* ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has several references to the previous series of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', such as the Speedwagon Oil Co. as a sponsor of the titular race (Robert E. O. Speedwagon, an ally of the first Joestar, Johnathan, hit it big as an oil baron in Texas after the events of Part 1), and there are brief appearances by AlternateUniverse versions of Stroheim and Avdol as well.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** During the first SchoolFestival episode, a student is shown wearing a suit that looks to be halfway between the Lancelot and a Franchise/SuperSentai costume; this is a nod to ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'', an alternate reality manga, in which the Lancelot is a ''Franchise/KamenRider''-like powersuit rather than a HumongousMecha. The author's notes for one chapter of ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' even point this out.
** In the ''Lost Colors'' VisualNovel, there's a scene where Nunnally fantasizes about being a super-heroine with her own Knightmare Frame; what she describes is the Mark Nemo, the machine she pilots in the AlternateUniverse manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', complete with a picture of it in the background. ''Lost Colors'' also contains a nod to the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS RPG by showing primary villains Castor and Pollux on a computer screen.
** In ''Nightmare of Nunally'', when [[spoiler:Nunally]] has a vision of alternate realities, that character saw the events from canon ''Code Geass'', including [[spoiler:Euphemia massacring the Japanese, Suzaku facing off with Lelouch and Lelouch dying]].
* ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'''s more gentlemanly Franchise/LupinIII reflects back on the wild days of his youth, a time of womanizing, explosions, and not being afraid to use his gun. Y'know, back when he acted like he does everywhere else.
* The new pilots in ''Anime/DancougarNova'' repeatedly use variations on Shinobu's catchphrase "Yatte yaruze!" from the original ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'', and even fight to be the one who gets to say it first. Finally, near the end of the series, a character played by Shinobu's actor arrives to say the real thing.
* Although they are (mostly) unrelated, Creator/StudioGhibli is constantly making references to its other films. For instance:
** A clock face in ''Whisper of the Heart'' says ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
** Howl's [[WingedHumanoid bird-form wings]] in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' have the same patterns as Manga/{{Nausicaa|OfTheValleyOfTheWind}}'s jumpsuit and wings in the tapestry.
** Lin in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' comments in an elevator, "You wanna lose your nose?" This line is repeated as a door is about to slam shut on the protagonist of ''Howl's Moving Castle''.
** The action in ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' takes place in the exact same area as ''Anime/PomPoko''. In fact, the opening shot of ''Whisper'' is the exact same as the last shot of ''Pom Poko'', but urbanized.
** The creatures that are briefly seen on Laputa in ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' are also inspired by ''Nausicaa''.
* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' makes all sorts of references both obvious and subtle to past Gundam series. Lacroa's Knight Gundams are the main suits from Gundam Wing (and the princess is Relena), Ark's characters are all G Gundam characters, Neotopia and Dark Axis characters are from Universal Century, etc.
** Especially notable is Professor Gerbera, who turns out to be a Gundam in disguise. From the future. The Gerbera Tetra from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam 0083]]'' was originally designed in-universe as a Gundam, then modified and sold to Zeon when the Federation opted not to develop it.
** See also: the Minov Boundary Sea, a reference to the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Minovsky Particles]] of the UC series
* ''Anime/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' managed a brilliant one in the final episode via ShoutOut. Ken says he wants to establish his own {{eroge}} VisualNovel company, after which we pan to the logo of Creator/KeyVisualArts, along with him saying that it's based on the first kanji of his name. He then mentions two other companies, one of which is [[Creator/{{Aquaplus}} Leaf]], until we get the clincher to the entire Mythology Gag:
-->'''Ken''': People who like my brand will be called Key-men. When something gets animated, the theme song will get referred to as the national anthem.
** Here, Ken is referring to the anime adaptation of ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', a Creator/KeyVisualArts {{eroge}} that was animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Its OP theme in the AnimeOfTheGame, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOnkOE5Fto "Tori no Uta"]], is affectionately referred to by Creator/KeyVisualArts fans as [[FanNickname "the national anthem."]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh''
** One episode had a duelist that looked virtually identical to Katsuya Jonouchi with the same voice as him. The dub took a visual gag and made it much less subtle by naming him "Jesse Wheeler" and saying he was Joey's cousin -- the original version didn't name the duelist and no mention of Joey was made.
*** Jonouchi''did'' mention having an annoying cousin that walks in every now and then.
** And the same character, given the dub name Hobson, shows up in two, mutually exclusive scenes. In the manga, he runs Death-T2, in an arc that was never part of the anime. In the anime, he serves as the butler to the Kaiba family in a filler episode.
** Towards the end of the Dark Signer arc in ''5D's'', Aki and Misty have their duel in a theme park named 'Monster World', which shares its name with the RPG that Yugi and his friends played with Ryou in the 6th and 7th volumes of the original manga.
** Before the Ceremonial Battle starts, Yugi and the Pharaoh need to separate. The magic that does so first shows Yugi with two shadows, calling back to an iconic moment in the opening credits.
** The plans for Siegfried's blueprints to his Duel Monsters holographic projectors resemble the Battle Boxes that were used in the manga version of the Duelist Kingdom arc.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', due to RevisitingTheRoots, throws this out in full force with a reference to every past series in some form seemingly (or literally) becoming integral to the plot. [[MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV It has its own page.]]
* The openings of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' anime (at least [[OddlyNamedSequel x365]]'s) make reference to scenes in the manga that never make it into the anime, such as Yuno's {{yonkoma}}-robot and camouflage Santa. Even they put in some frames that had just went to press at that time. See also BaitAndSwitchCredits.
* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example in ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'': The third opening for the new anime shows [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley aka Wrath]] right as the word "Pride" is sung in GratuitousEnglish. Take a guess who he was in the first anime.
** More significantly, Episode 58 of Brotherhood features a cameo of an old woman who looks identical to Dante, Izumi's mentor in the first anime [[spoiler:and also the main villain]].
** The outfit and briefcase Ed has at the end of the manga/second anime, [[spoiler: when he's leaving and does his WackyMarriageProposal]]? Almost exactly the same as what he had in the ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' movie.
** ''The Sacred Star of Milos'''s art style resembles [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]] way more than it does the Brotherhood it shares a continuity with. Edward's facial structure is even back to its more slender original series shape, and Winry looks like a mixture of the styles (2003 design but the full colored eyes of Brotherhood and the manga).
* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', Ellis picks up a fork, and says it's a weapon. In Creator/BeeTrain's previous GirlsWithGuns series, ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', [[spoiler:Kirika killed Chloe with a fork.]]
** A more subtle nod would be the red shoes. In ''Noir'', Kirika usually wears a pair of red/pink shoes. In ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' (the second installment of the GWG trilogy), Vanessa buys a pair of red shoes for Margaret, which somehow triggers the latter's [[IdentityAmnesia repressed memories]], kicking off the main plot. In ''El Cazador'', a pair of red shoes appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it camera shot inside Illis Gonzalez' home. Now, the real kicker is that all three of them (Kirika, Margaret, and Illis) are voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima, so there's no way it wasn't on purpose.
* The 2006 ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' series references its past incarnation by bringing back old elements in new forms. The first Renko's tall and short DumbMuscle reappear in the form of robots the new Renko creatres. The aliens from the first series' recap episode reappear as friendly aliens piloting a MobileSuitHuman.
* Franky from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a mythology gag as his {{catch phrase}}. He likes to say "I'm feeling especially super this week!" (though he often replaces 'super' with some other adjective.) New installments of One Piece come out once a week.
** Also, the panel where [[spoiler:Zoro decapitates a dragon]] is almost identical to the one where [[spoiler: Ryuma did the same]] in ''One Piece Wanted.''
** The opening "We Go!" has the lyric "Break of romance dawn". "Romance Dawn" was the title of the one-shot manga that served as the origin of the series.
* The Funimation dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Usopp accidentally call Zoro "Zolo" during the Skypeia arc, referencing his name change in the 4Kids dub and the Viz Media manga translation.
* The ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[TheMovie movies]] have a couple of these, like [[spoiler:Takada specifying Matsuda's death to be suicide by jumping off a building (in the original series, it was a ploy by L to fake Matsuda's death)]], and [[spoiler:L using almost the exact same words Near used to [[ShutUpHannibal counter Light's]] MotiveRant]].
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** There are two in the second arc. A Pikachu is babysitting a Caterpie and feeds it flowers when it gets hungry. Blue has a special microphone that can send messages in bubbles. Both are references to the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' game.
** The ''FLRG'' arc starts off with a Nidorino and a Gengar fighting, just like the intro to the original games, Red and Blue (and their remakes).
** Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni's control.
** Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from ''Adventures'' is based off of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
* ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', not only Sonic has to [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM have rings in order to use his attacks, he's also very afraid of water.]] He does a [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "Sonic Says"]] joke in the first episode too. Those are references to his depictions in the American cartoons from the '90s.
* In the Majin sage of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Goku is explaining Super Saiyan forms to Majin Buu, a confused Buu replies "Super...''Saiya-jin''?" "Saiya-jin" is the original Japanese pronunciation of "Saiyan".
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** In one chapter the titular character's failed attempt to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide results in him turning into a small, shrimpy-looking fox version of himself, a reference to the [[Manga/Naruto1997 series pilot]] where Naruto actually ''is'' a fox whose true form looked very similar.
** In the first chapter, Mizuki tells Naruto that the secret everyone has been keeping from him is that he ''is'' the Nine-Tailed Fox. Mizuki's bending the truth here (that Naruto has the fox sealed within him), but it's also a reference to the pilot, in which after the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked and was killed at the cost of eight of the chief's friends' lives, the chief (who resembles the Third Hokage, who resumed office after the Fourth's death sealing the fox) took in the baby Naruto out of pity. Interestingly enough, Mizuki's plan to trick Naruto into stealing the scroll and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him after he's done]] has some resemblance to the BigBad of the pilot, who frames Naruto for theft and murder and, after he thinks his [[TheDragon accomplice]] has killed Naruto, [[EvilGloating gloats]] that people will think Naruto fled and is the real suspect.
* During the beginning chapters of the first ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novel, Haruhi makes it clear that she would like to meet an alien, esper, time traveler or slider. Turns out the series has at least one of each with the exception of the slider (it even has the ghosts, evil organizations and demons Kyon spoke of in the prologue). During the series the characters constantly wonder why they have yet to meet a slider, and even theorize at some point about Kyon being one (turns out he's not).
** However, [[spoiler:thanks to Yuki's retconning reality in Disappearance,]] Kyon can arguably be considered a slider though he's a perfectly normal high school student.
* The ending of the Nakata arc in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'' has the girl in question wearing a penguin suit with a smaller penguin attached to it. The scene could be considered this if you take into account her ending in the game, where [[spoiler:she gets pregnant]].
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'''s art-style is meant to look like it is done with watercolor. The manga's volume covers are almost always in watercolor.
** In the last episode of the anime, 19 minutes in we see a scene where Kaneda is greeted by a girl waving at him and a green haired boy. These two characters are from a manga released by Shimura Takako prior to ''Wandering Son'', called ''Shikii No Juunin''. The two characters have also noticeably aged since their appearances in the manga.
* In the 2009 TV special of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', Kenichi sees a flock of birds that is very VERY similar to the one in the Japanese opening of the anime.
* ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' - In the [[ShowWithinAShow Mujiin Gattai Kisaragi]], the girls pilot giant robots. The anime Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia used that exact same premise.
* The OVA of ''Anime/VariableGeo'' makes several references to [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo the games]] themselves:
** One of the earliest examples, is when [[TokenMiniMoe Manami]] uses her [[RocketPunch Nekko Rocket Punch]] against Erina's [[PlayboyBunny team of bunnies.]] As in the game, the line snaps taut, [[CastFromHitPoints smacking Manami with her own glove]] as it returned to her.
** [[LipstickLesbian Yuuki]] gets the hots [[{{tomboy}} for Satomi]], [[LoveAtFirstSight the moment she sees her]], and spends half the match coming onto her. In ''Advanced V.G. II's'' normal mode, Satomi is Yuuki's end boss battle, where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhvfmrWWbg Yuuki tries hitting on her before the match.]]
** The ''Advanced V.G.'' saga concluded with [[BigBad Miranda]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jahana]] being killed, [[ShortlivedAerialEscape during her escape attempt]], by the waitresses [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined energy.]] The OVA concludes in similar fashion, when Yuka and Satomi unleash [[KameHameHadoken their combined might]] on [[HauntedTechnology the cyber drive]], taking Miranda's disembodied spirit with it.
* A subtle one from TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime: in one third season episode a one-shot character notes that Minako has the muscle tone necessary to become a track athlete, not knowing that in ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', [[SequelDisplacement the manga of which]] ''[[MorePopularSpinOff Sailor Moon]]'' [[SequelDisplacement is a spin-off of]], Minako won her school's half marathon... Easily outrunning students two years her senior.
* In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'': The {{Transformation Sequence}}s contain iconic elements and choreography from the those of the original anime, and are essentially elaborate, {{CGI}} recreations. The poses during the InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches are also taken from the 1992 anime, but this time with more elaborate backdrops.
* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation of why she's on Earth gets [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded]] and [[AsYouKnow summarized]] by Mahiro. If you slow the audio down, it's a direct quote from the original light novel series where she [[MotorMouth goes on a long-winded, multi-page ramble]] which indirectly reveals that her boss is Azathoth, the god-above-gods in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': This is not the first time Hiro Mashima introduced [[Manga/RaveMaster Etherion]].
** Jellal looking exactly like Sieg Hart is another one of these. Some early chapters have further character callbacks to ''Rave Master'', such as Elie and Julia being visible in a crowd.
** One chapter cover has Natsu and Lucy dressed as Haru and Elie.
** Gray's necklace is the First Rave.
* ''Anime/HisCooolSehaGirls'' features gags for each of the eponymous girls based on the consoles they anthropomorphize:
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is poor (a poke at Sega's financial hardships at the time of the console's release), plays the maracas (''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo''), and can connect to the internet at will, albeit on a dial-up connection (the Dreamcast was the first console with built-in internet connectivity).
** UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn is a ButtMonkey who is perpetually finding herself in misfortune, a poke at the real Sega Saturn's troubled history.
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] is depicted as an unpopular bookworm, a poke at the system doing poorly in Japan.
** Other SegaHardGirls are mentioned in the SchoolFestival episode, including UsefulNotes/GameGear, a truant who leaves school by third period and spends all her time watching TV (the real Game Gear's notoriously short battery lifespan and TV-Tuner add-on); [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]], a musician who previously studied in South America, where she was very popular ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Master System's massive popularity in the South American market]] and the FM Sound Unit), and "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Jennie]]", an American exchange student ([[MarketBasedTitle the Mega Drive was renamed to "Genesis" in North America]]).
* Several throughout the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' frequently has partner Digimon from previous series in cameo roles. Specific ones include Wizardmon and Gatomon attending a fair together, as they were friends in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and the kids stopping to ask Takato and Guilmon's Biomerge form, Gallantmon, for help. The dub gave Gallantmon a single word of dialogue ("Sorry.") just to have Creator/BrianBeacock and Creator/SteveBlum reprise the role.
** In ''Series/DigmonDataSquad'', not only is Marcus' partner Agumon, but when Marcus has to bring him home, he hides him in a box, just like Takato and Guilmon in ''Series/DigimonTamers''. For bonus points, the dub cast Takato's voice actor, Brian Beacock, as Agumon.
** Later on, when Marcus first sees Agumon in his previous form, Koromon immediately latches on and hugs his face, just like Tai and Kari's Koromon did in the first Digimon movie.
** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', Taichi's mom uses the same nickname for Agumon as Masaru's mom. Taichi also has a book titled "One Vision," the Matrix evolution theme song from ''Tamers''.
* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', the cafe run by Umibozu and Miki is named ''Manga/CatsEye''. Later perfected when Kasumi Aso, a Phantom Thief, left home and started living and working at the Cat's Eye (Miki hung a lampshade on this).
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!!Anime with their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure''
* ''MythologyGag/DragonBallSuper''
* ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFighters''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFightersTry''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildDivers''
* ''MythologyGag/MacrossDelta''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundam00''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE''
* ''MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV''
[[/index]]
!!Other examples:
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
** There's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
** Hitch bashes Jean over the head when she first meets him just like she does in the above mentioned parody.
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has a couple:
** Yu's ringtone for when [[ClingyJealousGirl Ai]] calls him is Zigeunerweisen, also known as the GameOver theme from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', and his inner monologue after she calls plays out exactly like one of Vincent's.
** The OP song for the episode when the gang goes to [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Tatsumi Port Island]] is none other than ''Burn my Dread.''
* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'':
** Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
** This show is full of stuff like this. During the episodes featuring Dynamo, it malfunctions and instead of traveling through time, it travels to other dimensions. One of the ones they visit is the original Powerpuff girls.
** One episode featured a remake of the Mojo Jojo battle from the original (unreleased on DVD to this day) Tokyo Anime Fair pilot from 2005. One of the girls even [[LampshadeHanging wonders if Mojo's robot looks familiar]].
* ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had Saki fail an English test, and showed off the test paper; one of the questions referenced Honoka, from ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''. ''[[Anime/YesPrecure5 Yes! Precure 5]]'' referenced Honoka's partner Nagisa in exactly the same way, on ''Nozomi's'' failed English test.
** Another episode of ''Splash Star'' had Saki ''almost'' use Nagisa's CatchPhrase, leaving other characters confused for a moment.
** And ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'''s fifth episode had five girls in colorful outfits, who looked ''a lot'' like the heroines from the previous season, only their color schemes were swapped. In fact, they had done this a couple of times, even putting some of the girls' names on magazine covers in episode 9 and some hairstyles from previous seasons popped up during episode 12.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrecure'' had inspiring mangaka Ban imagine himself wearing Cure Rouge's ''GO!GO!'' outfit.
** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' had one in episode 5. Siren appears in a feathery neon-colored outfit (a ShoutOut to the Brazilian carnival being celebrated in the week the episode aired). What's the MythologyGag? A certain [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 butterfly-like ribbon on her chest]].
** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' has numerous shout outs and gags towards previous series. Amongst those:
*** The entire team reference back to the ''Anime/YesPrecure5'' team.
*** Miyuki's introduction and Akane interrupting it mirrors how Tsubomi was introduced.
*** Miyuki's henshin borrows off pieces of her fellow pink-type Cures' own henshins.
*** When Akane first transforms into Cure Sunny, she notes that she said something ridiculous, mirroring both Nagisa and Saki's tendencies to note that.
*** In episode 19, Chiharu Kise (Yayoi's mother) apparently works for [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Fairy Drop]]. She even mentions "Mrs. Kurumi" (presumably Erika because [[{{Leitmotif}} her theme]] [[ThemeTuneCameo is playing in the background]]).
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' [[MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure has its own page]]
* '' Anime/MaiOtome'' has several of these in regards to predecessor series ''Anime/MaiHime''. A few examples:
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of ''Mai-Otome'' is the kingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
** The name "Windbloom", in fact, is also a reference to [=HiME=] Mashiro's surname, Kazahana, which also means "wind flower". Some other characters, like Akane and Yukino, also have surnames that are "Westernized" versions of those of their ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' counterparts.
** Mikoto, a BigEater GenkiGirl with a fondness for running on all fours like a cat, shows up as two similarly-named characters. One is an actual cat with a tendency to eat anything in sight, and the other as [[spoiler:an ethereal goddess and protector of the Harmonium Organ]] with a shadowy form that looks a lot like [=HiME!Mikoto's=] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy "beast mode"]], complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom. One of Cat!Mikoto's favorite foods is rumored to be "Tokiha mushrooms". [=HiME!Mikoto=] was a big fan of Mai Tokiha's cooking.
*** In Human!Mikoto's first appearance, she has a fireball-shaped tattoo on her arm that directly resembles the [=HiME=] logo.
*** In the manga, [[spoiler:they're sort of merged into a single being]], who happens to be [[spoiler:not as nice as she first seemed]].
** Four of the Meister Otomes (Natsuki, Shizuru, Haruka and Mai) all know each other from their Garderobe academy days, and Natsuki and Mai met Yukino, who was a student at Windbloom University and a friend of Haruka's, around that time. Their [=HiME=] counterparts were all students at Fuuka Academy at around the same time. Haruka even complains about Shizuru "making her do all the work" during their survival test, a similar complaint that [=HiME!Haruka=] made toward [=HiME!Shizuru=] when the latter ran the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil.
** The manga makes a ShoutOut to a gag from the ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' manga: Haruka is eating from a cup of ramen labeled "E-Cup". In the ''Hime'' manga, Mikoto grabs Mai's chest and notes that she's an E-cup. In both cases, the text format is exactly the same.
*** Shizuru also notes that Mai is an E or F cup in the sound drama "Lingerie Rhapsody".
** Arika decides to call her mysterious patron "Sir" because Nao told her that it's what older men like to be called. Guess [[EnjoKosai what]] [=HiME!Nao=] did in her spare time?
** In the sound dramas, Mai, calling Natsuki "Kruger-san" during their early days at Garderobe, notes that her last name is difficult to pronounce, and suggests calling her "Kuga-san" instead, which was her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. Similarly, Haruka's land ship, the Suzushiro, is named after her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' and Nao's EmbarrassingFirstName, Juliet, is based off the name of her Child.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' in the ''Mai-Otome'' picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The ''Best Wishes'' series has one ''in the first episode!''
** Also in the first episode of ''Best Wishes': the plane Ash takes to Unova is flight number 151.
** While the Pokémon Center healing jingle was used many times in the series, starting from ''Best Wishes'' it's ''the exact same'' as the one used in ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.
** In DP094, "Doc Brock", a Zapdos makes a quick cameo. In ''Pokémon Platinum'', Zapdos can be found roaming Sinnoh in the post-Elite Four storyline. Notably, this was the first episode to air in Japan after the release of ''Platinum''.
*** Repeated in DP142, "Where No Togepi Has Gone Before", where the evil Killer Rabbit Togepi knows Extrasensory. In Japan, this was the last episode to air before the release of ''Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver''. In those games, guess which move Togepi can use for the first time?
** In "Ya See we Want an Evolution!", the organization dedicated to showing the strength of Pokémon without evolving them is called the "B-Button League", referring to the actual ''game mechanic'' used for the very same purpose.
** During a fantasy Team Rocket is having over possibly finding treasure in BW135, Meowth references previous games in the series.
** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because his game counterpart is named [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan ("Blue" in translations).
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from ''Red and Blue''.
** The episode "Candid Camerupt!" has a flashback of Ash and Gary watching a movie. The film is of Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
* [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has cameos from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono and Lal'c]], all of whom originated in shows produced by Creator/StudioGainax.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' contains many nods to the game it was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off from]], ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'', and this AlternateUniverse also retains the voice of Midorikawa Hikaru for Kyouya. Other specific examples include mentions of Shiro's old bodyguard job and Miyuki practicing the Mikami-ryuu and Fuwa-ryuu sword styles. Also, in the one time we see Lindy Harlaown using magic in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', we see her sporting a pair of fairy wings. This was a reference to the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame original]] ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' that served as an {{Omake}} to ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''. There, Lindy played the role of Nanoha's FairyCompanion.
** In fact, so many are the nods that several fans take the stance that the only aspects of the original game that were changed are those directly contradicted by ''Nanoha'' (such as [[SparedByTheAdaptation Shiro being alive]]), with everything else, like Shinobu being a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Japanese Vampire]], remaining unchanged.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' in general does this quite frequently. Due to the sheer number of entries in the franchise, it's virtually impossible ''not'' to make a reference, even by mistake. And this isn't even taking ContinuityNod into account for the Universal Century entries.
** The last few episodes of ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' feature cameos from past Gundam series, at least one super robot from a non-Gundam series, and the Wing Gundam from the [[EarlyBirdCameo then-unaired]] (it began after G ended) ''Gundam Wing''.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' has blink-and-you'll-miss-it references in Sandrock's blueprints to "Gundarium Theta" and "ALICE System", the latter an AI from ''Gundam Sentinel''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Peacecraft/Darlian]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] were both born on April 7th - the day ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' debuted on Japanese television in 1979. It holds extra meaning for Relena, since ''Wing'' debuted on April 7, 1995.
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', Lacus draws a ''Anime/TurnAGundam''-style mustache on her dark-blue Haro.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' casts the ever-heroic TouruFuruya, the man behind Amuro Ray himself, as Ribbons Almark, [[spoiler:the main antagonist. Throw in the fact that he also piloted 0 Gundam... which is basically RX-78 with a different shield and a GN Drive. Late in the series the 0 Gundam is upgraded, which includes being painted in the classic Gundam tricolor, and Ribbons appropriates it when his state-of-the-art Reborns Gundam is crippled.]] TheMovie takes it a step further by revealing that Ribbons' genetic template was a man named E.A. Ray (Ensign Amuro Ray).
*** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' also has the [[SuperMode Trans-Am System]], which triples the offense, defense and ''speed'' of a Gundam while causing it to turn red.
*** Graham Aker, in the second season, wears a mask, and his Ahead Sakigake is automatically red. when he later gets the Masurao, it is black with red lines on the frame, and the Trans-Am System to make it all red. Both his Masurao and Susanowo are shown to be 3 times faster than any other MS when they deploy for the first time, except for the 00 Raiser, of course.
** In the first season of ''SD Gundam Force'', the Dark Axis BigBad is a Commander Sazabi. Before he actually makes his appearance, however, he sends his right-hand-man Zako Red (a Char Custom Red Zaku) to serve as his herald. When Sazabi finally arrives, Red goes to meet him, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness only to mysteriously deactivate and get shoved out of the way by his boss]]. The likely explanation is that Red was just a remote control avatar for Sazabi, a reference to the fact that in the Universal Century, both suits were piloted by Char. The Zaku first, and then Sazabi in ''Char's Counterattack''.
** In ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', when the Moonrace comes experiences lightning for the first time, the production staff reused exact dialogue from the original Gundam show, when White Base tried to hide from Ramba Ral inside a thunder cloud.
*** The melody used in "Turn A Turn" is a backmasked version of the original opening's melody, slowed down a bit, yet not at all improved in sound quality.
*** The people of Adeska call the Turn A "the White Devil". This is a reference to the original Gundam as well.
** And then there's Turn-A's whole Dark History thing, which is pretty much nothing BUT this.
*** When the characters learn of the Dark History, they see [[spoiler:footage from all previous Gundam shows, including a scene where the RX-78-2 Gundam impales a Zaku II with a Beam Saber]]. Sochie lampshades this by asking if it isn't the White Doll attacking a Borjarnon (which are Zaku [=IIs=] (or replicas thereof) that were uncovered and renamed). Someone then points out that the Gundam looks a bit different.
*** Among the clips shown in the Dark History part, there a clip from the battle 15 years prior to [[spoiler:''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'']].
** The Core Block System. Seriously. It is a staple in Gundam shows. RX-78 Gundam introduced it, after which every major Gundam show (Counting SEED and SEED Destiny as one) except for Wing, Gundam X and 00 have had at least one Modular Mobile Suit. In order of appearance: Gundam, Guncannon and Guntank, ZZ, V and V2, (Crossbone) X-01, X-02, X-03, Shining Gundam, God Gundam, Turn A, Impulse. And that's just the major series, not including the more than 30 sidestories.
** {{Char Clone}}s. No Gundam without Char Clones. Except for the first show, Z and Char's Counterattack, where there's no Char Clone, as it's the real thing (albeit, in Z, he goes by the name Quattro Bajeena (sometimes mistranslated as Quattro Vagina)).
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'' [[MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE has these in spades]]. The characters in ''AGE'' look suspiciously similar others from other ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' shows, such as Yurin resembling [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Tiffa]] and Woolf resembling [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran.]] Moreover, in episode 13, [[spoiler: Geera Zoi of the UE]] calls the Diva a Trojan Horse [[spoiler: (after seeing it transform into a White Base lookalike).]]
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has a number of these which imply that it takes place in the same universe as ''Manga/LoveHina'': Tama the turtle makes a few cameos, Motoko and Setsuna are part of the same sword school, and the character Mei pretty much owes her existence in Negima to this. There's also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c256/10.html this]] which is a direct shout out to a technique used by Motoko Aoyama in ''Love Hina''. (It also helps that the author has confirmed that Motoko and her sister Tsuroko are the two silhouettes seen in one of Setsuna's memories.)
*** Taken one step further when it's revealed that Tsukuyomi turns out to have the [[EvilWeapon Hina Blade]],
** Then there's the self-contained ones, like the identity of of the perverted bounty hunter that tried to kidnap Nodoka.
** One of the most long-reaching ones so far: in chapter 36, Negi botches some traditional Japanese charms and accidentally makes a [[SelfDuplication bunch of clones of himself]] with names like [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c036/2.html Nugi, Migi, Hogi, and Yagi]]. 217 chapters later, Nugi makes a reappearance as a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/13.html golem that Haruna created for the other girls to practice kissing]]. It goes [[HilarityEnsues about as well as one would expect]].
** In the ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Ala Alba'' {{OAV}}, a scene showing the shirts [[NobleWolf Kotaro]] wears included a {{Chupacabra}} shirt from ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', the ''Negima'' AlternateContinuity whose anime version the studio handling this {{OVA}} previously did.
** The ''Negima'' Summer OAV sneaks a reference to Kotarou by having a picture of his face appear on a fan held by Chizuru, one of the girls that he eventually rooms with once he arrives at Mahora Academy.
** In chapter 175 of the manga, when Haruna makes a dark version of Nodoka, one of the notes she writes about Dark Nodoka is that her voice is done by Mamiko Noto, Nodoka's voice actress in the anime version.
* ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has several references to the previous series of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', such as the Speedwagon Oil Co. as a sponsor of the titular race (Robert E. O. Speedwagon, an ally of the first Joestar, Johnathan, hit it big as an oil baron in Texas after the events of Part 1), and there are brief appearances by AlternateUniverse versions of Stroheim and Avdol as well.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** During the first SchoolFestival episode, a student is shown wearing a suit that looks to be halfway between the Lancelot and a Franchise/SuperSentai costume; this is a nod to ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'', an alternate reality manga, in which the Lancelot is a ''Franchise/KamenRider''-like powersuit rather than a HumongousMecha. The author's notes for one chapter of ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' even point this out.
** In the ''Lost Colors'' VisualNovel, there's a scene where Nunnally fantasizes about being a super-heroine with her own Knightmare Frame; what she describes is the Mark Nemo, the machine she pilots in the AlternateUniverse manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', complete with a picture of it in the background. ''Lost Colors'' also contains a nod to the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS RPG by showing primary villains Castor and Pollux on a computer screen.
** In ''Nightmare of Nunally'', when [[spoiler:Nunally]] has a vision of alternate realities, that character saw the events from canon ''Code Geass'', including [[spoiler:Euphemia massacring the Japanese, Suzaku facing off with Lelouch and Lelouch dying]].
* ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'''s more gentlemanly Franchise/LupinIII reflects back on the wild days of his youth, a time of womanizing, explosions, and not being afraid to use his gun. Y'know, back when he acted like he does everywhere else.
* The new pilots in ''Anime/DancougarNova'' repeatedly use variations on Shinobu's catchphrase "Yatte yaruze!" from the original ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'', and even fight to be the one who gets to say it first. Finally, near the end of the series, a character played by Shinobu's actor arrives to say the real thing.
* Although they are (mostly) unrelated, Creator/StudioGhibli is constantly making references to its other films. For instance:
** A clock face in ''Whisper of the Heart'' says ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
** Howl's [[WingedHumanoid bird-form wings]] in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' have the same patterns as Manga/{{Nausicaa|OfTheValleyOfTheWind}}'s jumpsuit and wings in the tapestry.
** Lin in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' comments in an elevator, "You wanna lose your nose?" This line is repeated as a door is about to slam shut on the protagonist of ''Howl's Moving Castle''.
** The action in ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' takes place in the exact same area as ''Anime/PomPoko''. In fact, the opening shot of ''Whisper'' is the exact same as the last shot of ''Pom Poko'', but urbanized.
** The creatures that are briefly seen on Laputa in ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' are also inspired by ''Nausicaa''.
* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' makes all sorts of references both obvious and subtle to past Gundam series. Lacroa's Knight Gundams are the main suits from Gundam Wing (and the princess is Relena), Ark's characters are all G Gundam characters, Neotopia and Dark Axis characters are from Universal Century, etc.
** Especially notable is Professor Gerbera, who turns out to be a Gundam in disguise. From the future. The Gerbera Tetra from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam 0083]]'' was originally designed in-universe as a Gundam, then modified and sold to Zeon when the Federation opted not to develop it.
** See also: the Minov Boundary Sea, a reference to the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Minovsky Particles]] of the UC series
* ''Anime/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' managed a brilliant one in the final episode via ShoutOut. Ken says he wants to establish his own {{eroge}} VisualNovel company, after which we pan to the logo of Creator/KeyVisualArts, along with him saying that it's based on the first kanji of his name. He then mentions two other companies, one of which is [[Creator/{{Aquaplus}} Leaf]], until we get the clincher to the entire Mythology Gag:
-->'''Ken''': People who like my brand will be called Key-men. When something gets animated, the theme song will get referred to as the national anthem.
** Here, Ken is referring to the anime adaptation of ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', a Creator/KeyVisualArts {{eroge}} that was animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Its OP theme in the AnimeOfTheGame, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOnkOE5Fto "Tori no Uta"]], is affectionately referred to by Creator/KeyVisualArts fans as [[FanNickname "the national anthem."]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh''
** One episode had a duelist that looked virtually identical to Katsuya Jonouchi with the same voice as him. The dub took a visual gag and made it much less subtle by naming him "Jesse Wheeler" and saying he was Joey's cousin -- the original version didn't name the duelist and no mention of Joey was made.
*** Jonouchi''did'' mention having an annoying cousin that walks in every now and then.
** And the same character, given the dub name Hobson, shows up in two, mutually exclusive scenes. In the manga, he runs Death-T2, in an arc that was never part of the anime. In the anime, he serves as the butler to the Kaiba family in a filler episode.
** Towards the end of the Dark Signer arc in ''5D's'', Aki and Misty have their duel in a theme park named 'Monster World', which shares its name with the RPG that Yugi and his friends played with Ryou in the 6th and 7th volumes of the original manga.
** Before the Ceremonial Battle starts, Yugi and the Pharaoh need to separate. The magic that does so first shows Yugi with two shadows, calling back to an iconic moment in the opening credits.
** The plans for Siegfried's blueprints to his Duel Monsters holographic projectors resemble the Battle Boxes that were used in the manga version of the Duelist Kingdom arc.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', due to RevisitingTheRoots, throws this out in full force with a reference to every past series in some form seemingly (or literally) becoming integral to the plot. [[MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV It has its own page.]]
* The openings of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' anime (at least [[OddlyNamedSequel x365]]'s) make reference to scenes in the manga that never make it into the anime, such as Yuno's {{yonkoma}}-robot and camouflage Santa. Even they put in some frames that had just went to press at that time. See also BaitAndSwitchCredits.
* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example in ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'': The third opening for the new anime shows [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley aka Wrath]] right as the word "Pride" is sung in GratuitousEnglish. Take a guess who he was in the first anime.
** More significantly, Episode 58 of Brotherhood features a cameo of an old woman who looks identical to Dante, Izumi's mentor in the first anime [[spoiler:and also the main villain]].
** The outfit and briefcase Ed has at the end of the manga/second anime, [[spoiler: when he's leaving and does his WackyMarriageProposal]]? Almost exactly the same as what he had in the ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' movie.
** ''The Sacred Star of Milos'''s art style resembles [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]] way more than it does the Brotherhood it shares a continuity with. Edward's facial structure is even back to its more slender original series shape, and Winry looks like a mixture of the styles (2003 design but the full colored eyes of Brotherhood and the manga).
* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', Ellis picks up a fork, and says it's a weapon. In Creator/BeeTrain's previous GirlsWithGuns series, ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', [[spoiler:Kirika killed Chloe with a fork.]]
** A more subtle nod would be the red shoes. In ''Noir'', Kirika usually wears a pair of red/pink shoes. In ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' (the second installment of the GWG trilogy), Vanessa buys a pair of red shoes for Margaret, which somehow triggers the latter's [[IdentityAmnesia repressed memories]], kicking off the main plot. In ''El Cazador'', a pair of red shoes appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it camera shot inside Illis Gonzalez' home. Now, the real kicker is that all three of them (Kirika, Margaret, and Illis) are voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima, so there's no way it wasn't on purpose.
* The 2006 ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' series references its past incarnation by bringing back old elements in new forms. The first Renko's tall and short DumbMuscle reappear in the form of robots the new Renko creatres. The aliens from the first series' recap episode reappear as friendly aliens piloting a MobileSuitHuman.
* Franky from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a mythology gag as his {{catch phrase}}. He likes to say "I'm feeling especially super this week!" (though he often replaces 'super' with some other adjective.) New installments of One Piece come out once a week.
** Also, the panel where [[spoiler:Zoro decapitates a dragon]] is almost identical to the one where [[spoiler: Ryuma did the same]] in ''One Piece Wanted.''
** The opening "We Go!" has the lyric "Break of romance dawn". "Romance Dawn" was the title of the one-shot manga that served as the origin of the series.
* The Funimation dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Usopp accidentally call Zoro "Zolo" during the Skypeia arc, referencing his name change in the 4Kids dub and the Viz Media manga translation.
* The ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[TheMovie movies]] have a couple of these, like [[spoiler:Takada specifying Matsuda's death to be suicide by jumping off a building (in the original series, it was a ploy by L to fake Matsuda's death)]], and [[spoiler:L using almost the exact same words Near used to [[ShutUpHannibal counter Light's]] MotiveRant]].
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** There are two in the second arc. A Pikachu is babysitting a Caterpie and feeds it flowers when it gets hungry. Blue has a special microphone that can send messages in bubbles. Both are references to the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' game.
** The ''FLRG'' arc starts off with a Nidorino and a Gengar fighting, just like the intro to the original games, Red and Blue (and their remakes).
** Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni's control.
** Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from ''Adventures'' is based off of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
* ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', not only Sonic has to [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM have rings in order to use his attacks, he's also very afraid of water.]] He does a [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "Sonic Says"]] joke in the first episode too. Those are references to his depictions in the American cartoons from the '90s.
* In the Majin sage of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Goku is explaining Super Saiyan forms to Majin Buu, a confused Buu replies "Super...''Saiya-jin''?" "Saiya-jin" is the original Japanese pronunciation of "Saiyan".
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** In one chapter the titular character's failed attempt to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide results in him turning into a small, shrimpy-looking fox version of himself, a reference to the [[Manga/Naruto1997 series pilot]] where Naruto actually ''is'' a fox whose true form looked very similar.
** In the first chapter, Mizuki tells Naruto that the secret everyone has been keeping from him is that he ''is'' the Nine-Tailed Fox. Mizuki's bending the truth here (that Naruto has the fox sealed within him), but it's also a reference to the pilot, in which after the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked and was killed at the cost of eight of the chief's friends' lives, the chief (who resembles the Third Hokage, who resumed office after the Fourth's death sealing the fox) took in the baby Naruto out of pity. Interestingly enough, Mizuki's plan to trick Naruto into stealing the scroll and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him after he's done]] has some resemblance to the BigBad of the pilot, who frames Naruto for theft and murder and, after he thinks his [[TheDragon accomplice]] has killed Naruto, [[EvilGloating gloats]] that people will think Naruto fled and is the real suspect.
* During the beginning chapters of the first ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novel, Haruhi makes it clear that she would like to meet an alien, esper, time traveler or slider. Turns out the series has at least one of each with the exception of the slider (it even has the ghosts, evil organizations and demons Kyon spoke of in the prologue). During the series the characters constantly wonder why they have yet to meet a slider, and even theorize at some point about Kyon being one (turns out he's not).
** However, [[spoiler:thanks to Yuki's retconning reality in Disappearance,]] Kyon can arguably be considered a slider though he's a perfectly normal high school student.
* The ending of the Nakata arc in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'' has the girl in question wearing a penguin suit with a smaller penguin attached to it. The scene could be considered this if you take into account her ending in the game, where [[spoiler:she gets pregnant]].
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'''s art-style is meant to look like it is done with watercolor. The manga's volume covers are almost always in watercolor.
** In the last episode of the anime, 19 minutes in we see a scene where Kaneda is greeted by a girl waving at him and a green haired boy. These two characters are from a manga released by Shimura Takako prior to ''Wandering Son'', called ''Shikii No Juunin''. The two characters have also noticeably aged since their appearances in the manga.
* In the 2009 TV special of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', Kenichi sees a flock of birds that is very VERY similar to the one in the Japanese opening of the anime.
* ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' - In the [[ShowWithinAShow Mujiin Gattai Kisaragi]], the girls pilot giant robots. The anime Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia used that exact same premise.
* The OVA of ''Anime/VariableGeo'' makes several references to [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo the games]] themselves:
** One of the earliest examples, is when [[TokenMiniMoe Manami]] uses her [[RocketPunch Nekko Rocket Punch]] against Erina's [[PlayboyBunny team of bunnies.]] As in the game, the line snaps taut, [[CastFromHitPoints smacking Manami with her own glove]] as it returned to her.
** [[LipstickLesbian Yuuki]] gets the hots [[{{tomboy}} for Satomi]], [[LoveAtFirstSight the moment she sees her]], and spends half the match coming onto her. In ''Advanced V.G. II's'' normal mode, Satomi is Yuuki's end boss battle, where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhvfmrWWbg Yuuki tries hitting on her before the match.]]
** The ''Advanced V.G.'' saga concluded with [[BigBad Miranda]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jahana]] being killed, [[ShortlivedAerialEscape during her escape attempt]], by the waitresses [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined energy.]] The OVA concludes in similar fashion, when Yuka and Satomi unleash [[KameHameHadoken their combined might]] on [[HauntedTechnology the cyber drive]], taking Miranda's disembodied spirit with it.
* A subtle one from TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime: in one third season episode a one-shot character notes that Minako has the muscle tone necessary to become a track athlete, not knowing that in ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', [[SequelDisplacement the manga of which]] ''[[MorePopularSpinOff Sailor Moon]]'' [[SequelDisplacement is a spin-off of]], Minako won her school's half marathon... Easily outrunning students two years her senior.
* In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'': The {{Transformation Sequence}}s contain iconic elements and choreography from the those of the original anime, and are essentially elaborate, {{CGI}} recreations. The poses during the InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches are also taken from the 1992 anime, but this time with more elaborate backdrops.
* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation of why she's on Earth gets [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded]] and [[AsYouKnow summarized]] by Mahiro. If you slow the audio down, it's a direct quote from the original light novel series where she [[MotorMouth goes on a long-winded, multi-page ramble]] which indirectly reveals that her boss is Azathoth, the god-above-gods in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': This is not the first time Hiro Mashima introduced [[Manga/RaveMaster Etherion]].
** Jellal looking exactly like Sieg Hart is another one of these. Some early chapters have further character callbacks to ''Rave Master'', such as Elie and Julia being visible in a crowd.
** One chapter cover has Natsu and Lucy dressed as Haru and Elie.
** Gray's necklace is the First Rave.
* ''Anime/HisCooolSehaGirls'' features gags for each of the eponymous girls based on the consoles they anthropomorphize:
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is poor (a poke at Sega's financial hardships at the time of the console's release), plays the maracas (''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo''), and can connect to the internet at will, albeit on a dial-up connection (the Dreamcast was the first console with built-in internet connectivity).
** UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn is a ButtMonkey who is perpetually finding herself in misfortune, a poke at the real Sega Saturn's troubled history.
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] is depicted as an unpopular bookworm, a poke at the system doing poorly in Japan.
** Other SegaHardGirls are mentioned in the SchoolFestival episode, including UsefulNotes/GameGear, a truant who leaves school by third period and spends all her time watching TV (the real Game Gear's notoriously short battery lifespan and TV-Tuner add-on); [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]], a musician who previously studied in South America, where she was very popular ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Master System's massive popularity in the South American market]] and the FM Sound Unit), and "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Jennie]]", an American exchange student ([[MarketBasedTitle the Mega Drive was renamed to "Genesis" in North America]]).
* Several throughout the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' frequently has partner Digimon from previous series in cameo roles. Specific ones include Wizardmon and Gatomon attending a fair together, as they were friends in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and the kids stopping to ask Takato and Guilmon's Biomerge form, Gallantmon, for help. The dub gave Gallantmon a single word of dialogue ("Sorry.") just to have Creator/BrianBeacock and Creator/SteveBlum reprise the role.
** In ''Series/DigmonDataSquad'', not only is Marcus' partner Agumon, but when Marcus has to bring him home, he hides him in a box, just like Takato and Guilmon in ''Series/DigimonTamers''. For bonus points, the dub cast Takato's voice actor, Brian Beacock, as Agumon.
** Later on, when Marcus first sees Agumon in his previous form, Koromon immediately latches on and hugs his face, just like Tai and Kari's Koromon did in the first Digimon movie.
** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', Taichi's mom uses the same nickname for Agumon as Masaru's mom. Taichi also has a book titled "One Vision," the Matrix evolution theme song from ''Tamers''.
* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', the cafe run by Umibozu and Miki is named ''Manga/CatsEye''. Later perfected when Kasumi Aso, a Phantom Thief, left home and started living and working at the Cat's Eye (Miki hung a lampshade on this).
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!!Anime with their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure''
* ''MythologyGag/DragonBallSuper''
* ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFighters''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildFightersTry''
** ''MythologyGag/GundamBuildDivers''
* ''MythologyGag/MacrossDelta''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundam00''
* ''MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE''
* ''MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV''
[[/index]]
!!Other examples:
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
** There's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
** Hitch bashes Jean over the head when she first meets him just like she does in the above mentioned parody.
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has a couple:
** Yu's ringtone for when [[ClingyJealousGirl Ai]] calls him is Zigeunerweisen, also known as the GameOver theme from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', and his inner monologue after she calls plays out exactly like one of Vincent's.
** The OP song for the episode when the gang goes to [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Tatsumi Port Island]] is none other than ''Burn my Dread.''
* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'':
** Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
** This show is full of stuff like this. During the episodes featuring Dynamo, it malfunctions and instead of traveling through time, it travels to other dimensions. One of the ones they visit is the original Powerpuff girls.
** One episode featured a remake of the Mojo Jojo battle from the original (unreleased on DVD to this day) Tokyo Anime Fair pilot from 2005. One of the girls even [[LampshadeHanging wonders if Mojo's robot looks familiar]].
* ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' had Saki fail an English test, and showed off the test paper; one of the questions referenced Honoka, from ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure''. ''[[Anime/YesPrecure5 Yes! Precure 5]]'' referenced Honoka's partner Nagisa in exactly the same way, on ''Nozomi's'' failed English test.
** Another episode of ''Splash Star'' had Saki ''almost'' use Nagisa's CatchPhrase, leaving other characters confused for a moment.
** And ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'''s fifth episode had five girls in colorful outfits, who looked ''a lot'' like the heroines from the previous season, only their color schemes were swapped. In fact, they had done this a couple of times, even putting some of the girls' names on magazine covers in episode 9 and some hairstyles from previous seasons popped up during episode 12.
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrecure'' had inspiring mangaka Ban imagine himself wearing Cure Rouge's ''GO!GO!'' outfit.
** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' had one in episode 5. Siren appears in a feathery neon-colored outfit (a ShoutOut to the Brazilian carnival being celebrated in the week the episode aired). What's the MythologyGag? A certain [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 butterfly-like ribbon on her chest]].
** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' has numerous shout outs and gags towards previous series. Amongst those:
*** The entire team reference back to the ''Anime/YesPrecure5'' team.
*** Miyuki's introduction and Akane interrupting it mirrors how Tsubomi was introduced.
*** Miyuki's henshin borrows off pieces of her fellow pink-type Cures' own henshins.
*** When Akane first transforms into Cure Sunny, she notes that she said something ridiculous, mirroring both Nagisa and Saki's tendencies to note that.
*** In episode 19, Chiharu Kise (Yayoi's mother) apparently works for [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Fairy Drop]]. She even mentions "Mrs. Kurumi" (presumably Erika because [[{{Leitmotif}} her theme]] [[ThemeTuneCameo is playing in the background]]).
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' [[MythologyGag/DokiDokiPrecure has its own page]]
* '' Anime/MaiOtome'' has several of these in regards to predecessor series ''Anime/MaiHime''. A few examples:
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of ''Mai-Otome'' is the kingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
** The name "Windbloom", in fact, is also a reference to [=HiME=] Mashiro's surname, Kazahana, which also means "wind flower". Some other characters, like Akane and Yukino, also have surnames that are "Westernized" versions of those of their ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' counterparts.
** Mikoto, a BigEater GenkiGirl with a fondness for running on all fours like a cat, shows up as two similarly-named characters. One is an actual cat with a tendency to eat anything in sight, and the other as [[spoiler:an ethereal goddess and protector of the Harmonium Organ]] with a shadowy form that looks a lot like [=HiME!Mikoto's=] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy "beast mode"]], complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom. One of Cat!Mikoto's favorite foods is rumored to be "Tokiha mushrooms". [=HiME!Mikoto=] was a big fan of Mai Tokiha's cooking.
*** In Human!Mikoto's first appearance, she has a fireball-shaped tattoo on her arm that directly resembles the [=HiME=] logo.
*** In the manga, [[spoiler:they're sort of merged into a single being]], who happens to be [[spoiler:not as nice as she first seemed]].
** Four of the Meister Otomes (Natsuki, Shizuru, Haruka and Mai) all know each other from their Garderobe academy days, and Natsuki and Mai met Yukino, who was a student at Windbloom University and a friend of Haruka's, around that time. Their [=HiME=] counterparts were all students at Fuuka Academy at around the same time. Haruka even complains about Shizuru "making her do all the work" during their survival test, a similar complaint that [=HiME!Haruka=] made toward [=HiME!Shizuru=] when the latter ran the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil.
** The manga makes a ShoutOut to a gag from the ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' manga: Haruka is eating from a cup of ramen labeled "E-Cup". In the ''Hime'' manga, Mikoto grabs Mai's chest and notes that she's an E-cup. In both cases, the text format is exactly the same.
*** Shizuru also notes that Mai is an E or F cup in the sound drama "Lingerie Rhapsody".
** Arika decides to call her mysterious patron "Sir" because Nao told her that it's what older men like to be called. Guess [[EnjoKosai what]] [=HiME!Nao=] did in her spare time?
** In the sound dramas, Mai, calling Natsuki "Kruger-san" during their early days at Garderobe, notes that her last name is difficult to pronounce, and suggests calling her "Kuga-san" instead, which was her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. Similarly, Haruka's land ship, the Suzushiro, is named after her surname in ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' and Nao's EmbarrassingFirstName, Juliet, is based off the name of her Child.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' in the ''Mai-Otome'' picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The ''Best Wishes'' series has one ''in the first episode!''
** Also in the first episode of ''Best Wishes': the plane Ash takes to Unova is flight number 151.
** While the Pokémon Center healing jingle was used many times in the series, starting from ''Best Wishes'' it's ''the exact same'' as the one used in ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.
** In DP094, "Doc Brock", a Zapdos makes a quick cameo. In ''Pokémon Platinum'', Zapdos can be found roaming Sinnoh in the post-Elite Four storyline. Notably, this was the first episode to air in Japan after the release of ''Platinum''.
*** Repeated in DP142, "Where No Togepi Has Gone Before", where the evil Killer Rabbit Togepi knows Extrasensory. In Japan, this was the last episode to air before the release of ''Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver''. In those games, guess which move Togepi can use for the first time?
** In "Ya See we Want an Evolution!", the organization dedicated to showing the strength of Pokémon without evolving them is called the "B-Button League", referring to the actual ''game mechanic'' used for the very same purpose.
** During a fantasy Team Rocket is having over possibly finding treasure in BW135, Meowth references previous games in the series.
** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because his game counterpart is named [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan ("Blue" in translations).
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from ''Red and Blue''.
** The episode "Candid Camerupt!" has a flashback of Ash and Gary watching a movie. The film is of Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
* [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has cameos from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono and Lal'c]], all of whom originated in shows produced by Creator/StudioGainax.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' contains many nods to the game it was [[{{Spinoff}} spun off from]], ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'', and this AlternateUniverse also retains the voice of Midorikawa Hikaru for Kyouya. Other specific examples include mentions of Shiro's old bodyguard job and Miyuki practicing the Mikami-ryuu and Fuwa-ryuu sword styles. Also, in the one time we see Lindy Harlaown using magic in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', we see her sporting a pair of fairy wings. This was a reference to the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame original]] ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' that served as an {{Omake}} to ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever''. There, Lindy played the role of Nanoha's FairyCompanion.
** In fact, so many are the nods that several fans take the stance that the only aspects of the original game that were changed are those directly contradicted by ''Nanoha'' (such as [[SparedByTheAdaptation Shiro being alive]]), with everything else, like Shinobu being a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Japanese Vampire]], remaining unchanged.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' in general does this quite frequently. Due to the sheer number of entries in the franchise, it's virtually impossible ''not'' to make a reference, even by mistake. And this isn't even taking ContinuityNod into account for the Universal Century entries.
** The last few episodes of ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' feature cameos from past Gundam series, at least one super robot from a non-Gundam series, and the Wing Gundam from the [[EarlyBirdCameo then-unaired]] (it began after G ended) ''Gundam Wing''.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' has blink-and-you'll-miss-it references in Sandrock's blueprints to "Gundarium Theta" and "ALICE System", the latter an AI from ''Gundam Sentinel''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Relena Peacecraft/Darlian]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] were both born on April 7th - the day ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' debuted on Japanese television in 1979. It holds extra meaning for Relena, since ''Wing'' debuted on April 7, 1995.
** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'', Lacus draws a ''Anime/TurnAGundam''-style mustache on her dark-blue Haro.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' casts the ever-heroic TouruFuruya, the man behind Amuro Ray himself, as Ribbons Almark, [[spoiler:the main antagonist. Throw in the fact that he also piloted 0 Gundam... which is basically RX-78 with a different shield and a GN Drive. Late in the series the 0 Gundam is upgraded, which includes being painted in the classic Gundam tricolor, and Ribbons appropriates it when his state-of-the-art Reborns Gundam is crippled.]] TheMovie takes it a step further by revealing that Ribbons' genetic template was a man named E.A. Ray (Ensign Amuro Ray).
*** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' also has the [[SuperMode Trans-Am System]], which triples the offense, defense and ''speed'' of a Gundam while causing it to turn red.
*** Graham Aker, in the second season, wears a mask, and his Ahead Sakigake is automatically red. when he later gets the Masurao, it is black with red lines on the frame, and the Trans-Am System to make it all red. Both his Masurao and Susanowo are shown to be 3 times faster than any other MS when they deploy for the first time, except for the 00 Raiser, of course.
** In the first season of ''SD Gundam Force'', the Dark Axis BigBad is a Commander Sazabi. Before he actually makes his appearance, however, he sends his right-hand-man Zako Red (a Char Custom Red Zaku) to serve as his herald. When Sazabi finally arrives, Red goes to meet him, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness only to mysteriously deactivate and get shoved out of the way by his boss]]. The likely explanation is that Red was just a remote control avatar for Sazabi, a reference to the fact that in the Universal Century, both suits were piloted by Char. The Zaku first, and then Sazabi in ''Char's Counterattack''.
** In ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', when the Moonrace comes experiences lightning for the first time, the production staff reused exact dialogue from the original Gundam show, when White Base tried to hide from Ramba Ral inside a thunder cloud.
*** The melody used in "Turn A Turn" is a backmasked version of the original opening's melody, slowed down a bit, yet not at all improved in sound quality.
*** The people of Adeska call the Turn A "the White Devil". This is a reference to the original Gundam as well.
** And then there's Turn-A's whole Dark History thing, which is pretty much nothing BUT this.
*** When the characters learn of the Dark History, they see [[spoiler:footage from all previous Gundam shows, including a scene where the RX-78-2 Gundam impales a Zaku II with a Beam Saber]]. Sochie lampshades this by asking if it isn't the White Doll attacking a Borjarnon (which are Zaku [=IIs=] (or replicas thereof) that were uncovered and renamed). Someone then points out that the Gundam looks a bit different.
*** Among the clips shown in the Dark History part, there a clip from the battle 15 years prior to [[spoiler:''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'']].
** The Core Block System. Seriously. It is a staple in Gundam shows. RX-78 Gundam introduced it, after which every major Gundam show (Counting SEED and SEED Destiny as one) except for Wing, Gundam X and 00 have had at least one Modular Mobile Suit. In order of appearance: Gundam, Guncannon and Guntank, ZZ, V and V2, (Crossbone) X-01, X-02, X-03, Shining Gundam, God Gundam, Turn A, Impulse. And that's just the major series, not including the more than 30 sidestories.
** {{Char Clone}}s. No Gundam without Char Clones. Except for the first show, Z and Char's Counterattack, where there's no Char Clone, as it's the real thing (albeit, in Z, he goes by the name Quattro Bajeena (sometimes mistranslated as Quattro Vagina)).
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Gundam AGE]]'' [[MythologyGag/MobileSuitGundamAGE has these in spades]]. The characters in ''AGE'' look suspiciously similar others from other ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' shows, such as Yurin resembling [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Tiffa]] and Woolf resembling [[Anime/TurnAGundam Loran.]] Moreover, in episode 13, [[spoiler: Geera Zoi of the UE]] calls the Diva a Trojan Horse [[spoiler: (after seeing it transform into a White Base lookalike).]]
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has a number of these which imply that it takes place in the same universe as ''Manga/LoveHina'': Tama the turtle makes a few cameos, Motoko and Setsuna are part of the same sword school, and the character Mei pretty much owes her existence in Negima to this. There's also [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c256/10.html this]] which is a direct shout out to a technique used by Motoko Aoyama in ''Love Hina''. (It also helps that the author has confirmed that Motoko and her sister Tsuroko are the two silhouettes seen in one of Setsuna's memories.)
*** Taken one step further when it's revealed that Tsukuyomi turns out to have the [[EvilWeapon Hina Blade]],
** Then there's the self-contained ones, like the identity of of the perverted bounty hunter that tried to kidnap Nodoka.
** One of the most long-reaching ones so far: in chapter 36, Negi botches some traditional Japanese charms and accidentally makes a [[SelfDuplication bunch of clones of himself]] with names like [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c036/2.html Nugi, Migi, Hogi, and Yagi]]. 217 chapters later, Nugi makes a reappearance as a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/13.html golem that Haruna created for the other girls to practice kissing]]. It goes [[HilarityEnsues about as well as one would expect]].
** In the ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Ala Alba'' {{OAV}}, a scene showing the shirts [[NobleWolf Kotaro]] wears included a {{Chupacabra}} shirt from ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', the ''Negima'' AlternateContinuity whose anime version the studio handling this {{OVA}} previously did.
** The ''Negima'' Summer OAV sneaks a reference to Kotarou by having a picture of his face appear on a fan held by Chizuru, one of the girls that he eventually rooms with once he arrives at Mahora Academy.
** In chapter 175 of the manga, when Haruna makes a dark version of Nodoka, one of the notes she writes about Dark Nodoka is that her voice is done by Mamiko Noto, Nodoka's voice actress in the anime version.
* ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has several references to the previous series of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', such as the Speedwagon Oil Co. as a sponsor of the titular race (Robert E. O. Speedwagon, an ally of the first Joestar, Johnathan, hit it big as an oil baron in Texas after the events of Part 1), and there are brief appearances by AlternateUniverse versions of Stroheim and Avdol as well.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** During the first SchoolFestival episode, a student is shown wearing a suit that looks to be halfway between the Lancelot and a Franchise/SuperSentai costume; this is a nod to ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'', an alternate reality manga, in which the Lancelot is a ''Franchise/KamenRider''-like powersuit rather than a HumongousMecha. The author's notes for one chapter of ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' even point this out.
** In the ''Lost Colors'' VisualNovel, there's a scene where Nunnally fantasizes about being a super-heroine with her own Knightmare Frame; what she describes is the Mark Nemo, the machine she pilots in the AlternateUniverse manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', complete with a picture of it in the background. ''Lost Colors'' also contains a nod to the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS RPG by showing primary villains Castor and Pollux on a computer screen.
** In ''Nightmare of Nunally'', when [[spoiler:Nunally]] has a vision of alternate realities, that character saw the events from canon ''Code Geass'', including [[spoiler:Euphemia massacring the Japanese, Suzaku facing off with Lelouch and Lelouch dying]].
* ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'''s more gentlemanly Franchise/LupinIII reflects back on the wild days of his youth, a time of womanizing, explosions, and not being afraid to use his gun. Y'know, back when he acted like he does everywhere else.
* The new pilots in ''Anime/DancougarNova'' repeatedly use variations on Shinobu's catchphrase "Yatte yaruze!" from the original ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'', and even fight to be the one who gets to say it first. Finally, near the end of the series, a character played by Shinobu's actor arrives to say the real thing.
* Although they are (mostly) unrelated, Creator/StudioGhibli is constantly making references to its other films. For instance:
** A clock face in ''Whisper of the Heart'' says ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
** Howl's [[WingedHumanoid bird-form wings]] in ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' have the same patterns as Manga/{{Nausicaa|OfTheValleyOfTheWind}}'s jumpsuit and wings in the tapestry.
** Lin in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' comments in an elevator, "You wanna lose your nose?" This line is repeated as a door is about to slam shut on the protagonist of ''Howl's Moving Castle''.
** The action in ''Anime/WhisperOfTheHeart'' takes place in the exact same area as ''Anime/PomPoko''. In fact, the opening shot of ''Whisper'' is the exact same as the last shot of ''Pom Poko'', but urbanized.
** The creatures that are briefly seen on Laputa in ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' are also inspired by ''Nausicaa''.
* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'' makes all sorts of references both obvious and subtle to past Gundam series. Lacroa's Knight Gundams are the main suits from Gundam Wing (and the princess is Relena), Ark's characters are all G Gundam characters, Neotopia and Dark Axis characters are from Universal Century, etc.
** Especially notable is Professor Gerbera, who turns out to be a Gundam in disguise. From the future. The Gerbera Tetra from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Gundam 0083]]'' was originally designed in-universe as a Gundam, then modified and sold to Zeon when the Federation opted not to develop it.
** See also: the Minov Boundary Sea, a reference to the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Minovsky Particles]] of the UC series
* ''Anime/SeitokaiNoIchizon'' managed a brilliant one in the final episode via ShoutOut. Ken says he wants to establish his own {{eroge}} VisualNovel company, after which we pan to the logo of Creator/KeyVisualArts, along with him saying that it's based on the first kanji of his name. He then mentions two other companies, one of which is [[Creator/{{Aquaplus}} Leaf]], until we get the clincher to the entire Mythology Gag:
-->'''Ken''': People who like my brand will be called Key-men. When something gets animated, the theme song will get referred to as the national anthem.
** Here, Ken is referring to the anime adaptation of ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'', a Creator/KeyVisualArts {{eroge}} that was animated by Creator/KyotoAnimation. Its OP theme in the AnimeOfTheGame, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOnkOE5Fto "Tori no Uta"]], is affectionately referred to by Creator/KeyVisualArts fans as [[FanNickname "the national anthem."]]
* ''Manga/YuGiOh''
** One episode had a duelist that looked virtually identical to Katsuya Jonouchi with the same voice as him. The dub took a visual gag and made it much less subtle by naming him "Jesse Wheeler" and saying he was Joey's cousin -- the original version didn't name the duelist and no mention of Joey was made.
*** Jonouchi''did'' mention having an annoying cousin that walks in every now and then.
** And the same character, given the dub name Hobson, shows up in two, mutually exclusive scenes. In the manga, he runs Death-T2, in an arc that was never part of the anime. In the anime, he serves as the butler to the Kaiba family in a filler episode.
** Towards the end of the Dark Signer arc in ''5D's'', Aki and Misty have their duel in a theme park named 'Monster World', which shares its name with the RPG that Yugi and his friends played with Ryou in the 6th and 7th volumes of the original manga.
** Before the Ceremonial Battle starts, Yugi and the Pharaoh need to separate. The magic that does so first shows Yugi with two shadows, calling back to an iconic moment in the opening credits.
** The plans for Siegfried's blueprints to his Duel Monsters holographic projectors resemble the Battle Boxes that were used in the manga version of the Duelist Kingdom arc.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', due to RevisitingTheRoots, throws this out in full force with a reference to every past series in some form seemingly (or literally) becoming integral to the plot. [[MythologyGag/YuGiOhArcV It has its own page.]]
* The openings of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' anime (at least [[OddlyNamedSequel x365]]'s) make reference to scenes in the manga that never make it into the anime, such as Yuno's {{yonkoma}}-robot and camouflage Santa. Even they put in some frames that had just went to press at that time. See also BaitAndSwitchCredits.
* A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example in ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'': The third opening for the new anime shows [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley aka Wrath]] right as the word "Pride" is sung in GratuitousEnglish. Take a guess who he was in the first anime.
** More significantly, Episode 58 of Brotherhood features a cameo of an old woman who looks identical to Dante, Izumi's mentor in the first anime [[spoiler:and also the main villain]].
** The outfit and briefcase Ed has at the end of the manga/second anime, [[spoiler: when he's leaving and does his WackyMarriageProposal]]? Almost exactly the same as what he had in the ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' movie.
** ''The Sacred Star of Milos'''s art style resembles [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime]] way more than it does the Brotherhood it shares a continuity with. Edward's facial structure is even back to its more slender original series shape, and Winry looks like a mixture of the styles (2003 design but the full colored eyes of Brotherhood and the manga).
* In ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', Ellis picks up a fork, and says it's a weapon. In Creator/BeeTrain's previous GirlsWithGuns series, ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', [[spoiler:Kirika killed Chloe with a fork.]]
** A more subtle nod would be the red shoes. In ''Noir'', Kirika usually wears a pair of red/pink shoes. In ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' (the second installment of the GWG trilogy), Vanessa buys a pair of red shoes for Margaret, which somehow triggers the latter's [[IdentityAmnesia repressed memories]], kicking off the main plot. In ''El Cazador'', a pair of red shoes appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it camera shot inside Illis Gonzalez' home. Now, the real kicker is that all three of them (Kirika, Margaret, and Illis) are voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima, so there's no way it wasn't on purpose.
* The 2006 ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' series references its past incarnation by bringing back old elements in new forms. The first Renko's tall and short DumbMuscle reappear in the form of robots the new Renko creatres. The aliens from the first series' recap episode reappear as friendly aliens piloting a MobileSuitHuman.
* Franky from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a mythology gag as his {{catch phrase}}. He likes to say "I'm feeling especially super this week!" (though he often replaces 'super' with some other adjective.) New installments of One Piece come out once a week.
** Also, the panel where [[spoiler:Zoro decapitates a dragon]] is almost identical to the one where [[spoiler: Ryuma did the same]] in ''One Piece Wanted.''
** The opening "We Go!" has the lyric "Break of romance dawn". "Romance Dawn" was the title of the one-shot manga that served as the origin of the series.
* The Funimation dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Usopp accidentally call Zoro "Zolo" during the Skypeia arc, referencing his name change in the 4Kids dub and the Viz Media manga translation.
* The ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[TheMovie movies]] have a couple of these, like [[spoiler:Takada specifying Matsuda's death to be suicide by jumping off a building (in the original series, it was a ploy by L to fake Matsuda's death)]], and [[spoiler:L using almost the exact same words Near used to [[ShutUpHannibal counter Light's]] MotiveRant]].
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** There are two in the second arc. A Pikachu is babysitting a Caterpie and feeds it flowers when it gets hungry. Blue has a special microphone that can send messages in bubbles. Both are references to the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' game.
** The ''FLRG'' arc starts off with a Nidorino and a Gengar fighting, just like the intro to the original games, Red and Blue (and their remakes).
** Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni's control.
** Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from ''Adventures'' is based off of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
* ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red.
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', not only Sonic has to [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM have rings in order to use his attacks, he's also very afraid of water.]] He does a [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog "Sonic Says"]] joke in the first episode too. Those are references to his depictions in the American cartoons from the '90s.
* In the Majin sage of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Goku is explaining Super Saiyan forms to Majin Buu, a confused Buu replies "Super...''Saiya-jin''?" "Saiya-jin" is the original Japanese pronunciation of "Saiyan".
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** In one chapter the titular character's failed attempt to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide results in him turning into a small, shrimpy-looking fox version of himself, a reference to the [[Manga/Naruto1997 series pilot]] where Naruto actually ''is'' a fox whose true form looked very similar.
** In the first chapter, Mizuki tells Naruto that the secret everyone has been keeping from him is that he ''is'' the Nine-Tailed Fox. Mizuki's bending the truth here (that Naruto has the fox sealed within him), but it's also a reference to the pilot, in which after the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked and was killed at the cost of eight of the chief's friends' lives, the chief (who resembles the Third Hokage, who resumed office after the Fourth's death sealing the fox) took in the baby Naruto out of pity. Interestingly enough, Mizuki's plan to trick Naruto into stealing the scroll and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing him after he's done]] has some resemblance to the BigBad of the pilot, who frames Naruto for theft and murder and, after he thinks his [[TheDragon accomplice]] has killed Naruto, [[EvilGloating gloats]] that people will think Naruto fled and is the real suspect.
* During the beginning chapters of the first ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novel, Haruhi makes it clear that she would like to meet an alien, esper, time traveler or slider. Turns out the series has at least one of each with the exception of the slider (it even has the ghosts, evil organizations and demons Kyon spoke of in the prologue). During the series the characters constantly wonder why they have yet to meet a slider, and even theorize at some point about Kyon being one (turns out he's not).
** However, [[spoiler:thanks to Yuki's retconning reality in Disappearance,]] Kyon can arguably be considered a slider though he's a perfectly normal high school student.
* The ending of the Nakata arc in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'' has the girl in question wearing a penguin suit with a smaller penguin attached to it. The scene could be considered this if you take into account her ending in the game, where [[spoiler:she gets pregnant]].
* ''Manga/WanderingSon'''s art-style is meant to look like it is done with watercolor. The manga's volume covers are almost always in watercolor.
** In the last episode of the anime, 19 minutes in we see a scene where Kaneda is greeted by a girl waving at him and a green haired boy. These two characters are from a manga released by Shimura Takako prior to ''Wandering Son'', called ''Shikii No Juunin''. The two characters have also noticeably aged since their appearances in the manga.
* In the 2009 TV special of ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', Kenichi sees a flock of birds that is very VERY similar to the one in the Japanese opening of the anime.
* ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' - In the [[ShowWithinAShow Mujiin Gattai Kisaragi]], the girls pilot giant robots. The anime Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia used that exact same premise.
* The OVA of ''Anime/VariableGeo'' makes several references to [[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo the games]] themselves:
** One of the earliest examples, is when [[TokenMiniMoe Manami]] uses her [[RocketPunch Nekko Rocket Punch]] against Erina's [[PlayboyBunny team of bunnies.]] As in the game, the line snaps taut, [[CastFromHitPoints smacking Manami with her own glove]] as it returned to her.
** [[LipstickLesbian Yuuki]] gets the hots [[{{tomboy}} for Satomi]], [[LoveAtFirstSight the moment she sees her]], and spends half the match coming onto her. In ''Advanced V.G. II's'' normal mode, Satomi is Yuuki's end boss battle, where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhvfmrWWbg Yuuki tries hitting on her before the match.]]
** The ''Advanced V.G.'' saga concluded with [[BigBad Miranda]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jahana]] being killed, [[ShortlivedAerialEscape during her escape attempt]], by the waitresses [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined energy.]] The OVA concludes in similar fashion, when Yuka and Satomi unleash [[KameHameHadoken their combined might]] on [[HauntedTechnology the cyber drive]], taking Miranda's disembodied spirit with it.
* A subtle one from TheNineties ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime: in one third season episode a one-shot character notes that Minako has the muscle tone necessary to become a track athlete, not knowing that in ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', [[SequelDisplacement the manga of which]] ''[[MorePopularSpinOff Sailor Moon]]'' [[SequelDisplacement is a spin-off of]], Minako won her school's half marathon... Easily outrunning students two years her senior.
* In ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'': The {{Transformation Sequence}}s contain iconic elements and choreography from the those of the original anime, and are essentially elaborate, {{CGI}} recreations. The poses during the InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches are also taken from the 1992 anime, but this time with more elaborate backdrops.
* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation of why she's on Earth gets [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded]] and [[AsYouKnow summarized]] by Mahiro. If you slow the audio down, it's a direct quote from the original light novel series where she [[MotorMouth goes on a long-winded, multi-page ramble]] which indirectly reveals that her boss is Azathoth, the god-above-gods in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'': This is not the first time Hiro Mashima introduced [[Manga/RaveMaster Etherion]].
** Jellal looking exactly like Sieg Hart is another one of these. Some early chapters have further character callbacks to ''Rave Master'', such as Elie and Julia being visible in a crowd.
** One chapter cover has Natsu and Lucy dressed as Haru and Elie.
** Gray's necklace is the First Rave.
* ''Anime/HisCooolSehaGirls'' features gags for each of the eponymous girls based on the consoles they anthropomorphize:
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] is poor (a poke at Sega's financial hardships at the time of the console's release), plays the maracas (''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo''), and can connect to the internet at will, albeit on a dial-up connection (the Dreamcast was the first console with built-in internet connectivity).
** UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn is a ButtMonkey who is perpetually finding herself in misfortune, a poke at the real Sega Saturn's troubled history.
** [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Mega Drive]] is depicted as an unpopular bookworm, a poke at the system doing poorly in Japan.
** Other SegaHardGirls are mentioned in the SchoolFestival episode, including UsefulNotes/GameGear, a truant who leaves school by third period and spends all her time watching TV (the real Game Gear's notoriously short battery lifespan and TV-Tuner add-on); [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]], a musician who previously studied in South America, where she was very popular ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Master System's massive popularity in the South American market]] and the FM Sound Unit), and "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Jennie]]", an American exchange student ([[MarketBasedTitle the Mega Drive was renamed to "Genesis" in North America]]).
* Several throughout the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' frequently has partner Digimon from previous series in cameo roles. Specific ones include Wizardmon and Gatomon attending a fair together, as they were friends in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and the kids stopping to ask Takato and Guilmon's Biomerge form, Gallantmon, for help. The dub gave Gallantmon a single word of dialogue ("Sorry.") just to have Creator/BrianBeacock and Creator/SteveBlum reprise the role.
** In ''Series/DigmonDataSquad'', not only is Marcus' partner Agumon, but when Marcus has to bring him home, he hides him in a box, just like Takato and Guilmon in ''Series/DigimonTamers''. For bonus points, the dub cast Takato's voice actor, Brian Beacock, as Agumon.
** Later on, when Marcus first sees Agumon in his previous form, Koromon immediately latches on and hugs his face, just like Tai and Kari's Koromon did in the first Digimon movie.
** In ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'', Taichi's mom uses the same nickname for Agumon as Masaru's mom. Taichi also has a book titled "One Vision," the Matrix evolution theme song from ''Tamers''.
* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', the cafe run by Umibozu and Miki is named ''Manga/CatsEye''. Later perfected when Kasumi Aso, a Phantom Thief, left home and started living and working at the Cat's Eye (Miki hung a lampshade on this).
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', there's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
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** There's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
** There's a flashback of Annie mentoring Eren in a manner suggesting she was putting the moves on him. They're violently interrupted by Mikasa who challenges Annie to fight her instead, to which the two exchange {{Death Glare}}s before preparing to square off. The other trainees gather around in excitedment and Eren is asked which one he would "pick" between them. This might have a been a nod to the official HighSchoolAU, where [[BettyAndVeronica Mikasa and Annie]] compete over an oblivious Eren's affections.
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* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'': Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
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** Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
** Him is inspired to turn the girls into five-year-olds after overhearing Mojo muse that the heroines would probably be easier to defeat if they were little girls. ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls R-i-i-i-i-i-ght...]]''
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** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because he was called [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan in the original video games ("Blue" when it was released in the US.)
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** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because he was called his game counterpart is named [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan in the original video games ("Blue" when it was released in translations).
** The first scene in theUS.)anime is actually the same intro from ''Red and Blue''.
** The episode "Candid Camerupt!" has a flashback of Ash and Gary watching a movie. The film is of Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
** The first scene in the
** The episode "Candid Camerupt!" has a flashback of Ash and Gary watching a movie. The film is of Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
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* During ''Anime/CodeGeass'''s first SchoolFestival episode, a student is shown wearing a suit that looks to be halfway between the Lancelot and a Franchise/SuperSentai costume; this is a nod to ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'', an alternate reality manga, in which the Lancelot is a ''Franchise/KamenRider''-like powersuit rather than a HumongousMecha. The author's notes for one chapter of ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' even point this out.
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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** During''Anime/CodeGeass'''s the first SchoolFestival episode, a student is shown wearing a suit that looks to be halfway between the Lancelot and a Franchise/SuperSentai costume; this is a nod to ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'', an alternate reality manga, in which the Lancelot is a ''Franchise/KamenRider''-like powersuit rather than a HumongousMecha. The author's notes for one chapter of ''Suzaku of the Counterattack'' even point this out.
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** In ''Nightmare of Nunally'', when [[spoiler:Nunally]] has a vision of alternate realities, that character saw the events from canon Code Geass, including [[spoiler:Euphemia massacring the Japanese, Suzaku facing off with Lelouch and Lelouch dying]].
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** In ''Nightmare of Nunally'', when [[spoiler:Nunally]] has a vision of alternate realities, that character saw the events from canon Code Geass, ''Code Geass'', including [[spoiler:Euphemia massacring the Japanese, Suzaku facing off with Lelouch and Lelouch dying]].
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* There are two in the second arc of ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''. A Pikachu is babysitting a Caterpie and feeds it flowers when it gets hungry. Blue has a special microphone that can send messages in bubbles. Both are references to the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' game. The FLRG arc starts off with a Nidorino and a Gengar fighting, just like the intro to the original games, Red and Blue (and their remakes). Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni's control. Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from Red and Blue as well. The episode "Candid Camerupt!" had the characters watch movies, one of which features Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from Special was also a gag of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
** ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red.
** Pokémon has [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_cross-canon_references a lot of these]].
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from Red and Blue as well. The episode "Candid Camerupt!" had the characters watch movies, one of which features Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from Special was also a gag of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
** ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red.
** Pokémon has [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_cross-canon_references a lot of these]].
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* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** There are two in the secondarc of ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''.arc. A Pikachu is babysitting a Caterpie and feeds it flowers when it gets hungry. Blue has a special microphone that can send messages in bubbles. Both are references to the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' game. game.
** TheFLRG ''FLRG'' arc starts off with a Nidorino and a Gengar fighting, just like the intro to the original games, Red and Blue (and their remakes). remakes).
** Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni'scontrol. control.
** Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
** The first scene in the anime is actually the same intro from Red and Blue as well. The episode "Candid Camerupt!" had the characters watch movies, one of which features Isamu "Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and Cousin Pikachu from the gag manga ''Manga/PocketMonsters''.
** Blue/[[DubNameChange Green]]'s design from Special was also a gag ''Adventures'' is based off of an unreleased female protagonist that was later revamped for the remakes as "Leaf".
** * ''Manga/HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' has a chapter with a young Giovanni, and how he met his Persian. He mainly just has a Persian in the anime. The last scene in that chapter also resembles Giovanni waiting for Red to battle him, from the ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', downright to the shadowed boy resembling Red. \n** Pokémon has [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_cross-canon_references a lot of these]].
** There are two in the second
** The
** Later, Mewtwo gets trapped in a RestrainingBolt armor reminiscent of the one his anime counterpart wore when under Giovanni's
** Not quite sure if this counts, but Emerald's E-shooter is similar to that of the Pokémon Rangers' Capture Stylers. It's actually hinted in-universe that the E-shooter is based off of the Capture Stylers as well.
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** In one chapter the titular character's failed attempt to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide results in him turning into a small, shrimpy-looking fox version of himself, a reference to the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen series pilot]] where Naruto actually ''is'' a fox whose true form looked very similar.
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** In one chapter the titular character's failed attempt to control his SuperpoweredEvilSide results in him turning into a small, shrimpy-looking fox version of himself, a reference to the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen [[Manga/Naruto1997 series pilot]] where Naruto actually ''is'' a fox whose true form looked very similar.
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** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of ''Mai-Otome'' is TheKingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
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** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of ''Mai-Otome'' is TheKingdom the kingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
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** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because he was called [[GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan in the original video games ("Blue" when it was released in the US.)
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** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because he was called [[GreenIsBlue [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan in the original video games ("Blue" when it was released in the US.)
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* In ''Manga/CityHunter'', the cafe run by Umibozu and Miki is named ''Manga/CatsEye''. Later perfected when Kasumi Aso, a Phantom Thief, left home and started living and working at the Cat's Eye (Miki hung a lampshade on this).
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** The opening "We Go!" has the lyric "Break of romance dawn". "Romance Dawn" was the title of the one-shot manga that served as the origin of the series.
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** In the ''Lost Colors'' VisualNovel, there's a scene where Nunnally fantasizes about being a super-heroine with her own Knightmare Frame; what she describes is the Mark Nemo, the machine she pilots in the AlternateUniverse manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', complete with a picture of it in the background. ''Lost Colors'' also contains a nod to the NintendoDS RPG by showing primary villains Castor and Pollux on a computer screen.
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** In the ''Lost Colors'' VisualNovel, there's a scene where Nunnally fantasizes about being a super-heroine with her own Knightmare Frame; what she describes is the Mark Nemo, the machine she pilots in the AlternateUniverse manga ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', complete with a picture of it in the background. ''Lost Colors'' also contains a nod to the NintendoDS UsefulNotes/NintendoDS RPG by showing primary villains Castor and Pollux on a computer screen.
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** Other SegaHardGirls are mentioned in the SchoolFestival episode, including GameGear, a truant who leaves school by third period and spends all her time watching TV (the real Game Gear's notoriously short battery lifespan and TV-Tuner add-on); [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]], a musician who previously studied in South America, where she was very popular ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Master System's massive popularity in the South American market]] and the FM Sound Unit), and "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Jennie]]", an American exchange student ([[MarketBasedTitle the Mega Drive was renamed to "Genesis" in North America]]).
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** Other SegaHardGirls are mentioned in the SchoolFestival episode, including GameGear, UsefulNotes/GameGear, a truant who leaves school by third period and spends all her time watching TV (the real Game Gear's notoriously short battery lifespan and TV-Tuner add-on); [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]], a musician who previously studied in South America, where she was very popular ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the Master System's massive popularity in the South American market]] and the FM Sound Unit), and "[[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Jennie]]", an American exchange student ([[MarketBasedTitle the Mega Drive was renamed to "Genesis" in North America]]).
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* ''Steel Ball Run'' has several references to the previous series of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', such as the Speedwagon Oil Co. as a sponsor of the titular race (Robert E. O. Speedwagon, an ally of the first Joestar, Johnathan, hit it big as an oil baron in Texas after the events of Part 1), and there are brief appearances by AlternateUniverse versions of Stroheim and Avdol as well.
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* ''Steel Ball Run'' ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' has several references to the previous series of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', such as the Speedwagon Oil Co. as a sponsor of the titular race (Robert E. O. Speedwagon, an ally of the first Joestar, Johnathan, hit it big as an oil baron in Texas after the events of Part 1), and there are brief appearances by AlternateUniverse versions of Stroheim and Avdol as well.
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* [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has cameos from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono and Lal'c]], all of whom originated in shows produced by Creator/{{Gainax}}.
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* [[HotSpringsEpisode Episode 6]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has cameos from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/{{Diebuster}} Nono and Lal'c]], all of whom originated in shows produced by Creator/{{Gainax}}.Creator/StudioGainax.
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** Jellal looking exactly like Sieg Hart is another one of these. Some early chapters have further character callbacks to ''Rave Master'', such as Elie and Julia being visible in a crowd.
** One chapter cover has Natsu and Lucy dressed as Haru and Elie.
** Gray's necklace is the First Rave.
** One chapter cover has Natsu and Lucy dressed as Haru and Elie.
** Gray's necklace is the First Rave.
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* In the Majin sage of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Goku is explaining Super Saiyan forms to Majin Buu, a confused Buu replies "Super...''Saiya-jin''?" "Saiya-jin" is the original Japanese pronunciation of "Saiyan".
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* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation of why she's on Earth gets [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded]] and [[AsYouKnow summarized]] by Mahiro. If you slow the audio down, it's a direct quote from the original light novel series where she [[MotorMouth goes on a long-winded, multi-page ramble]] which indirectly reveals that her boss is Azathoth, the god-above-gods in the CthulhuMythos.
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* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation of why she's on Earth gets [[FastForwardGag fast-forwarded]] and [[AsYouKnow summarized]] by Mahiro. If you slow the audio down, it's a direct quote from the original light novel series where she [[MotorMouth goes on a long-winded, multi-page ramble]] which indirectly reveals that her boss is Azathoth, the god-above-gods in the CthulhuMythos.Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
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** Gary's eyes are green up close. This is because he was called [[GreenIsBlue "Green"]] in Japan in the original video games ("Blue" when it was released in the US.)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Why, yes, that is [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu, Rei Ayanami]], [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} Mahoro]], [[Anime/DieBuster Nono, Lal'c]] and [[Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi "Ms." Aki]] as [[LittleBitBeastly literal]] [[PlayboyBunny bunny girls]] in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.]]
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* The ending of the Nakata arc in {{Amagami}} SS has the girl in question wearing a penguin suit with a smaller penguin attached to it. The scene could be considered this if you take into account her ending in the game, where [[spoiler:she gets pregnant]].
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* The ending of the Nakata arc in {{Amagami}} SS ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'' has the girl in question wearing a penguin suit with a smaller penguin attached to it. The scene could be considered this if you take into account her ending in the game, where [[spoiler:she gets pregnant]].
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* ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - In the [[ShowWithinAShow Mujiin Gattai Kisaragi]], the girls pilot giant robots. The anime Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia used that exact same premise.
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* ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'' ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' - In the [[ShowWithinAShow Mujiin Gattai Kisaragi]], the girls pilot giant robots. The anime Anime/IdolmasterXenoglossia used that exact same premise.
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* '' Anime/MaiOtome'' has several of these in regards to predecessor series '' Anime/MaiHime''. A few examples:
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''Anime/MaiHime'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of '' Anime/MaiOtome'' is TheKingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In ''Anime/MaiHime'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of '' Anime/MaiOtome'' is TheKingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
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* '' Anime/MaiOtome'' has several of these in regards to predecessor series '' Anime/MaiHime''.''Anime/MaiHime''. A few examples:
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In''Anime/MaiHime'', ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', Mashiro was the acting headmaster of Fuuka Academy, the main setting for that show. Additionally, the central setting for the first half of '' Anime/MaiOtome'' ''Mai-Otome'' is TheKingdom of Windbloom, while "fuuka" is written in Japanese with the characters for "wind" and "flower".
** Princess/Queen Mashiro lives in a place called "Fuuka Palace". In
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** In the sound dramas, Mai, calling Natsuki "Kruger-san" during their early days at Garderobe, notes that her last name is difficult to pronounce, and suggests calling her "Kuga-san" instead, which was her surname in ''Anime/MaiHime''. Similarly, Haruka's land ship, the Suzushiro, is named after her surname in ''Anime/MaiHime'' and Nao's EmbarrassingFirstName, Juliet, is based off the name of her Child.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from ''Anime/MaiHime'' in the MaiOtome picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from ''Anime/MaiHime'' in the MaiOtome picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
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** In the sound dramas, Mai, calling Natsuki "Kruger-san" during their early days at Garderobe, notes that her last name is difficult to pronounce, and suggests calling her "Kuga-san" instead, which was her surname in ''Anime/MaiHime''. ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. Similarly, Haruka's land ship, the Suzushiro, is named after her surname in ''Anime/MaiHime'' ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' and Nao's EmbarrassingFirstName, Juliet, is based off the name of her Child.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from''Anime/MaiHime'' ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' in the MaiOtome ''Mai-Otome'' picture drama, appears midway through Episode 1.
** In ''Anime/MaiOtome0Sifr'', Lena adopts the alias "Lena Yumemiya" while traveling, [[spoiler:which is appropriate considering that she's Arika's mother]]. A cat called "Nina", whom Arika and Erstin found and returned to the Nina lookalike from
