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** Yuzu's Maid alternate outfit would clearly reference the video game series with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX skill, which also has the interface of the original game, outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.
* The end of the Foreclosure Task Force sub-story is a ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' parody.
* The Public Safety Bureau's sub-story is titled ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''.

* In the intro of the ''Get Set, Go!'' event, Hanako suddenly spits obscene words on the podium. Her latest lines came from ''Kamille's Mental Collapse Series''(''カミーユ精神崩壊シリーズ''), Japanese fan-made ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' videos.

* In ''The Red Winter Tour Log'' mini-story, Makoto [[IRegretNothing boasts she has no regrets]], and Cherino gifts her a statue of Makoto that raises its right arm. It is a reference to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.

* In the Café, Hibiki quotes ''Anime/MontanaJones''' Dr. Nitro and denies that quote.
--> '''Hibiki:''' "What if I had more time and a bigger budget...? No, that's just an amateur's excuse."
* Some of Kirino's relationship story titles are references to police fiction.

** "Gunfire and Zirconia", to Japanese video game ''VideoGame/JuuseiToDiamond'' (''銃声とダイヤモンド'', "Diamond and The Sound of a Gunshot").
** In the Korean version, her fourth Relationship Story is titled "Cop at Kindergarten". It reminds some of "Man at Kindergarten," the localized title of ''Film/KindergartenCop''.

** Koharu's EX Skill has her throw a Holy Hand Grenade (not "of Antioch"). Fittingly, it has a cost of 3.
** Volume 4 is titled "Rabbit of Caerbannog", whose deadlier namesake is found in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.

* There are three zones named "Helmet Gangsters' Worst Cruise Ship" in ''Beach Shack Franchise Plan'' event. These zones are labeled Prelude(''序''), Break(''波''), and Quickening(''急'') in the Japanese version. In the English version, these are numbered 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, respectively. They are clearly labeled or numbered after the first three of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.

* In Chapter 1 of Volume F, Sensei orders Arona to send a message to 'everyone' about the incoming crisis. Arona asks Sensei to clarify what he means by 'everyone,' to which Sensei answers, "[[Film/TheProfessional Everyone!]]"

** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference the video game series with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference the game series with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference the game with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

* In [=V4C1=] Episode 8, Saki mentions "some legendary agent who would hide under boxes and barrels to pull off impossible infiltration missions.", someone you would see in action in ''VideoGame/MetalGear''.
** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference this with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card'' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference this with the event ''Alabasters Calling Card'' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

** Yuzu, while dressed up as a maid, would clearly reference this with the event ''Alabaster's Calling Card' and her EX skill outright showing her hiding from Shanhaijing's Genryumon guards with a cardboard box.

* During Main Story Volume 1, one of Nonomi's ideas to keep Abydos from shutting down is to become school idols to raise interest and increase enrollment, which is even lampshaded as being the plot of ''Anime/LoveLive''.

* Kasumi's Basic Skill is named "It's the message that matters." In South Korea, this is the well-known translation of a line from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', "It's about sending a message."
* The name of Kasumi's Sub Skill is "Has the drill stopped making a noise?" This one is an indirect reference to "Have the lambs stopped screaming?" a line from ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.

* The name of Kasumi's Sub Skill is "Has the drill stopped making a noise?" This one is an indirect reference to "Have the sheep stopped screaming?" a line from ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.

** [=V2C1=] Episode 7 is titled "Much Too Big to Be Called a Gun", bringing to mind a certain [[{{BFS}} slab of raw iron]].

** Koharu's EX Skill has her throw a Holy Hand Grenade (not "of Antioch").

* Misaki's Unique Equipment, a FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher nicknamed "Saint Predator", is a possible reference to "Saint Javelin", a nickname for the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile launcher that became popular after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

* During Main Story Volume 1, one of Nonomi's ideas to keep Abydos from shutting down is to become school idols to raise interest and increase enrollment, which is even lampshaded as being the plot of [[Anime/LoveLive]].

* In ''The Red Winter Tour Log'' mini-story, Makoto [[IRegretNothing boasts she has no regrets]], and Cherino gifts her a statue of her that raises its right arm. It is a reference to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.

* In the intro of the ''Get Set, Go!'' event, Hanako suddenly spits obscene things on the podium. Her latest lines came from ''Kamille's Mental Collapse Series''(''カミーユ精神崩壊シリーズ''), Japanese fan-made ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' videos.

* Shigure's [=MomoTalk=] bio is "Mix a drink and change your life!", a near one-for-one reference to "Time to mix drinks and change lives", Jill's {{Catchphrase}} from ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA''.

* In the intro of the ''Get Set, Go!'' event, Hanako suddenly spits obscene things on the podium. Her latest lines came from ''Kamille's Mental Collapse Series''(''カミーユ精神崩壊シリーズ''), the Japanese fan-made ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' video.

* In the intro of the ''Get Set, Go!'' event, Hanako suddenly spits obscene things on the podium. Her latest lines came from ''Kamille's Mental Collapse Series''(''カミーユ精神崩壊シリーズ''), the Japanese fan-made Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam video.

* In the story, two students say "we will never be slaves" or something like that. In the Korean version, it is a clear reference to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.

* In ''The Red Winter Tour Log'' mini-story, Makoto boasts she has no regrets, and Cherino gifts her a statue of her that raises its right arm. It is a reference to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.