History ShoutOut / BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai

* The main trio play an RPG called ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''.
* [[BlandNameProduct Tokimeite Memorial Days]] is an allusion to the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series. In that game, there's a background character who seems like an {{expy}} of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko Asakura]], a heroine named [[VisualNovel/ToHeart Akari]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Fujibayashi]], and another heroine, [[ShrinkingViolet Yukiko Nagata]] -- an obvious expy of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]].
** To further expound upon this; said Akari is also voiced by Creator/AyakoKawasumi.
* The fights between the chibified Sena and Yozora in the pilot and Chapter 11 are blatant shout-outs to ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
* The {{eroge}} Sena was playing is an obvious adaptation of ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith''.
** Pay attention to the voice screaming; it's the same actress who played Cecily the first time around.
* In Episode 7 Sena mentions that she decided to stay awake a little later to see the ending of the game she had just finished, the ending went on for another four hours and she mentions how touched she was and how she couldn't stop crying when the character Mikane said ''Goal'' at the end, fans of ''{{VisualNovel/Air}}'' know exactly how she felt.
* The Pari-den manga Kodaka reads in Chapter 13 features a character with a ripoff of [[LightNovel/{{Gosick}} Grevil de Blois]]' hairdo.
* In Chapter 14 Sena's playing ''VideoGame/LovePlus'', apparently romancing fellow {{Ojou}} Manaka Takane. Rika's also a fan of [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundan]], [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion OVA]], and mentions the series' appearances in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Ultra Mecha Wars Alpha 2]].
* The recently released Drama CD involves the club members as voice actors for an RPG whose characters were based on their likeness. Then we get this one-liner from Sena:
-->'''Sena:''' Once I become an overnight star in the voice acting world, I'll become great friends with [[Creator/MinoriChihara Minori Chiharu-san]] who voices Yukiko[[note]]obvious [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]] reference[[/note]], and [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kusasawa Kanako-san]] who voices Dark Cat[[note]]obvious reference to [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} Kuroneko]][[/note]].
** Turns out the game they were to have voice roles in -- ''[[Anime/EdenOfTheEast Heaven of the East]]''[[note]]"Higashi no Heaven" is an obvious pun of "Higashi no Eden"[[/note]] -- is actually an eroge, and everyone is not happy that Rika didn't tell them. Cue Rika's reaction:
--->'''Rika:''' [[Manga/DeathNote Just as planned.]]
** There's also the obvious ''Manga/SquidGirl'', ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Anime/AngelBeats'' {{Shout Out}}s.
* In Chapter 15 of the manga (and Episode 5 of the anime), [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/boku_wa_tomodachi_ga_sukunai/v01/c015/15.html Sena laughs off at Kodaka introducing Kobato to the Club]], [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} assuming the iconic Kirino-with-Kyousuke-from-behind pose (with Rika in Kyousuke's position) and claiming "There's no way your little sister can be this cute!"]] (May also count as a bit of ActorAllusion, with Kobato sharing [[Creator/KanaHanazawa the same voice actress]] as another ElegantGothicLolita from said show.)
* Kobato also claims to be a [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} True Ancestor]].
** In an extended reference to [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kobato's voice actress's]] well-known role as [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} Kuroneko]], "Kurogane no Necromancer", the goth-loli anime Kobato watches, closely resembles "Maschera", Kuroneko's own favorite show.
*** Sena, who is a brother away from ''being'' an older Kirino, mentions that her favorite character from that show was "Mer". Kobato instantly tells her that the correct nickname is Meruru. ''Stardust Witch Meruru'' was Kirino's favorite show.
* When Yukimura bumps into Kodaka (who deliberately did so in order to catch his "stalker"), the former gives him his wallet with a decoration of six coins arranged in two rows of three, alluding to his namesake, the famous samurai UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura, who used it as his family crest.
* In the virtual game in Episode 5:
** Rika's virtual avatar is dressed like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Rikku]].
** Maria's looks like [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]], which Kodaka lampshades.
** Sena's blacksmith outfit is quite close to the one from ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline''. Unfortunately, she was thinking of ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'' when she selected this class, as her description of the role reveals.
** The game itself: it's called ''VideoGame/RomancingSaga [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV XIV]]'', runs on [[BlandNameProduct LargeHard]]'s hardware, [[TakeThat is missing lots of features]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV and abuses re-uses of models]].
** A popular meme on Japanese {{Message Board}}s is that an {{otaku}} becomes a wizard if he stays a virgin until age 30. Guess what Kodaka's mage outfit is... (see also TakeThat)
* On Episode 11, during Rika's reminisces on the Comiket, one scene clearly shows what looks like [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} Kyousuke, Kirino, Kuroneko and Saori]].
** At the festival in the same episode, some of the masks from the stalls are from [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Goseiger]].
* The BD edition of Episode 4 recolors Rika's imaginary spacesuit to resemble [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Asuka's experimental EVA-02 plug suit]].
* Yukimura and [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Hideyoshi]] are both brown haired boys who resemble girls and share names with famous samurai. [[spoiler:Unlike Hideyoshi, however, Yukimura [[RecursiveCrossdressing really is a girl]].]]
* Episode 10, when Rika wraps up her scary story, she mentions [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny the Freedom and the Destiny]]. [[CargoShip As a ship in a doujin.]]
* The OVA is filled with shout outs, most of them coming from [[CosplayOtakuGirl Rika]] and most of them being from HumongousMecha anime, particularly ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', but also including ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. And finally, after she gets herself [[LoveableSexManiac all hot and bothered]], she claims she needs to [[ADateWithRosiePalms "freshen up"]] using [[Anime/CodeGeass the table in the science room]].
* In the second episode of Haganai NEXT, Rika names among her yaoi anime [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} I Can't Believe My D*** Is This Cute]] and [[LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan Rub! Nyarlo-san]] (complete with tentacles). Sena's eroge sounds suspiciously like something Kirino would play... and then the third episode is called "My Little Sisters Are This Cute".
** Episode 2 has Sena watch a film inspired by ''Kuso Miso Technique''.
* Also in episode 2, when Yozora's quoting lines from a film one of them is "Ain't no one gonna break my stride, and ain't no one gonna slow me down! I've got to keep on moving!"
* In Episode 5 of Season 2, Sena talks about ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'', and the show even includes bland ripoffs of scenes from it, such as when Jiro finds out that Subaru is a woman.
* In Episode 7 of Season 2, Rika make a pretty obvious reference to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
-->'''Rika:''' [[Anime/DragonballZ Her power level is 5. Trash.]]\\
'''Kodaka:''' [[StatOVision A scouter?!]]
* In Episode 6 of Season 2, when serving Kodaka his coffee, Sena uses the spell [[Manga/KOn 'Moe Moe Kyun']].
* Episode 9 of ''NEXT'' has Sena's father jumping into the air in the signature style of Konno Makoto from ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime''.
* The OnTheNext of ''NEXT'' episode 11 is full of musical references, including Kodaka saying he and Rika need to [[Music/VanillaIce Stop, collaborate and listen]].
* The entire second season uses episode titles that are references to other light novel series (see the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming entry on the work page).
* In the second episode of the dub, you can hear a pair of extras have a familiar exchange... [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "What do you want to do today?" "Same thing we do every day -- try and take over the world!"]]
* Funimation translated the name of Kobato's favorite show to "[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal]] Necromancer". Coincidentally, [[Creator/JerryJewell Kodaka's actor]] played Barry the Chopper.
* In Episode 12, Rika fawns over Yozora's newly cut very short hair, then notices her purple eyes and has an instant realization, runs out of the club room and comes back with a white golden-trimmed ensemble. Yozora, having to wear it, thus totally looks like Lelouch from ''Anime/CodeGeass''.
* In Season 2, Sena plays another Galge over several episodes, and while the school uniforms are white, the characters seen are totally [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Rise and Yukiko]].
* When was the last time you saw a group of highschool students do a movie, led by a self-absorbed overly-perfect director, helped by a DeadpanSnarker and about a witch and a girl strangely often seen in a maid dress fighting a bunch? [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Oh, right.]]
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** There's also the obvious ''Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume'', ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Anime/AngelBeats'' {{Shout Out}}s.

* Episode two of the anime has two girls talking saying: "What should we do today?" "The same thing we do every day, [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain try to take over the world!]]

** Sena's blacksmith outfit is quite close to the one from ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline''. Unfortunately, she was thinking of ''Anime/TheSacredBlacksmith'' when she selected this class, as her description of the role reveals.

* The {{eroge}} Sena was playing is an obvious adaptation of ''Anime/TheSacredBlacksmith''.

-->'''Sena:''' Once I become an overnight star in the voice acting world, I'll become great friends with [[Creator/MinoriChihara Minori Chiharu-san]] who voices Yukiko[[note]]obvious [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]] reference[[/note]], and [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kusasawa Kanako-san]] who voices Dark Cat[[note]]obvious reference to [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kuroneko]][[/note]].

* In Chapter 15 of the manga (and Episode 5 of the anime), [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/boku_wa_tomodachi_ga_sukunai/v01/c015/15.html Sena laughs off at Kodaka introducing Kobato to the Club]], [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai assuming the iconic Kirino-with-Kyousuke-from-behind pose (with Rika in Kyousuke's position) and claiming "There's no way your little sister can be this cute!"]] (May also count as a bit of ActorAllusion, with Kobato sharing [[Creator/KanaHanazawa the same voice actress]] as another ElegantGothicLolita from said show.)

** In an extended reference to [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kobato's voice actress's]] well-known role as [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kuroneko]], "Kurogane no Necromancer", the goth-loli anime Kobato watches, closely resembles "Maschera", Kuroneko's own favorite show.

* On Episode 11, during Rika's reminisces on the Comiket, one scene clearly shows what looks like [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kyousuke, Kirino, Kuroneko and Saori]].

* In the second episode of Haganai NEXT, Rika names among her yaoi anime [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai I Can't Believe My D*** Is This Cute]] and [[LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan Rub! Nyarlo-san]] (complete with tentacles). Sena's eroge sounds suspiciously like something Kirino would play... and then the third episode is called "My Little Sisters Are This Cute".

* In the second episode of Haganai NEXT, Rika names among her yaoi anime [[OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai I Can't Believe My D*** Is This Cute]] and [[LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan Rub! Nyarlo-san]] (complete with tentacles). Sena's eroge sounds suspiciously like something Kirino would play... and then the third episode is called "My Little Sisters Are This Cute".

* Yukimura and [[LightNovel/BakaToTestSummonTheBeasts Hideyoshi]] are both brown haired boys who resemble girls and share names with famous samurai.

* [[BlandNameProduct Tokimeite Memorial Days]] is an allusion to the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series. In that game, there's a background character who seems like an {{expy}} of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko Asakura]], a heroine named [[ToHeart Akari]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Fujibayashi]], and another heroine, [[ShrinkingViolet Yukiko Nagata]] -- an obvious expy of [[LightNovel/SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]].
** To further expound upon this; said Akari is also voiced by AyakoKawasumi.

* The {{eroge}} Sena was playing is an obvious adaptation of ''TheSacredBlacksmith''.

* In episode 7 Sena mentions that she decided to stay awake a little later to see the ending of the game she had just finished, the ending went on for another four hours and she mentions how touched she was and how she couldn't stop crying when the character Mikane said ''Goal'' at the end, fans of ''{{VisualNovel/Air}}'' know exactly how she felt.

* In Chapter 14 Sena's playing ''LovePlus'', apparently romancing fellow {{Ojou}} Manaka Takane. Rika's also a fan of [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundan]], [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion OVA]], and mentions the series' appearances in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Ultra Mecha Wars Alpha 2]].

--->'''Sena:''' "Once I become an overnight star in the voice acting world, I'll become great friends with [[Creator/MinoriChihara Minori Chiharu-san]] who voices Yukiko[[note]]obvious [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]] reference[[/note]], and [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kusasawa Kanako-san]] who voices Dark Cat[[note]]obvious reference to [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kuroneko]][[/note]]."
** Turns out the game they were to have voice roles in -- ''[[ANime/EdenOfTheEast Heaven of the East]]''[[note]]"Higashi no Heaven" is an obvious pun of "Higashi no Eden"[[/note]] -- is actually an eroge, and everyone is not happy that Rika didn't tell them. Cue Rika's reaction:
---->'''Rika:''' "[[Manga/DeathNote Just as planned.]]"

* In Chapter 15 of the manga (and episode 5 of the anime), [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/boku_wa_tomodachi_ga_sukunai/v01/c015/15.html Sena laughs off at Kodaka introducing Kobato to the Club]], [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai assuming the iconic Kirino-with-Kyousuke-from-behind pose (with Rika in Kyousuke's position) and claiming "There's no way your little sister can be this cute!"]] (May also count as a bit of ActorAllusion, with Kobato sharing [[Creator/KanaHanazawa the same voice actress]] as another ElegantGothicLolita from said show.)

* In the virtual game in episode 5:
** Rika's virtual avatar is dressed like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Rikku]]
** Maria's looks like [[ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Index]], which Kodaka lampshades.
** Sena's blacksmith outfit is quite close to the one from RagnarokOnline. Unfortunately, she was thinking of TheSacredBlacksmith when she selected this class, as her description of the role reveals.
** The game itself: it's called RomancingSaga [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV XIV]], runs on [[BlandNameProduct LargeHard]]'s hardware, [[TakeThat is missing lots of features]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV and abuses re-uses of models]].

* Yukimura and [[LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu Hideyoshi]] are both brown haired boys who resemble girls and share names with famous samurai.

** Episode 2 has Sena watch a film inspired by ''Kuso Miso Technique''
* In episode 5 of Season 2, Sena talks about ''LightNovel/MayoChiki'', and the show even includes bland ripoffs of scenes from it, such as when Jiro finds out that Subaru is a woman.
* In episode 7 of Season 2, Rika make a pretty obvious reference to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
---->'''Rika:''' "[[Anime/DragonballZ Her power level is 5. Trash.]]"
---->'''Kodaka:''' "[[Main/StatOVision A scouter?!]]"
* In episode 6 of Season 2, when serving Kodaka his coffee, Sena uses the spell [[Manga/KOn 'Moe Moe Kyun']].

* In S1 E12, Rika fawns over Yozora's newly cut very short hair, then notices her purple eyes and has an instant realization, runs out of the club room and comes back with a white golden-trimmed ensemble. Yozora, having to wear it, thus totally looks like Lelouch from ''CodeGeass''.

* The main trio play an RPG called VideoGame/MonsterHunter.
* [[BlandNameProduct Tokimeite Memorial Days]] is an allusion to the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series. In that game, there's a background character who seems like an {{expy}} of [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Ryoko Asakura]], a heroine named [[ToHeart Akari]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Fujibayashi]], and another heroine, [[ShrinkingViolet Yukiko Nagata]] -- an obvious expy of [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]].

* The fights between the chibified Sena and Yozora in the pilot and Chapter 11 are blatant shout-outs to ThePowerpuffGirls.
* The {{eroge}} Sena was playing is an obvious adaptation of TheSacredBlacksmith.

* In episode 7 Sena mentions that she decided to stay awake a little later to see the ending of the game she had just finished, the ending went on for another four hours and she mentions how touched she was and how she couldn't stop crying when the character Mikane said ''Goal'' at the end, fans of [[{{VisualNovel/Air}} Air]] know exactly how she felt.

* In Chapter 14 Sena's playing LovePlus, apparently romancing fellow {{Ojou}} Manaka Takane. Rika's also a fan of [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundan]], [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion OVA]], and mentions the series' appearances in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Ultra Mecha Wars Alpha 2]].

** Turns out the game they were to have voice roles in -- ''[[EdenOfTheEast Heaven of the East]]''[[note]]"Higashi no Heaven" is an obvious pun of "Higashi no Eden"[[/note]] -- is actually an eroge, and everyone is not happy that Rika didn't tell them. Cue Rika's reaction:

** There's also the obvious ''ShinryakuIkaMusume'', ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Anime/AngelBeats'' {{Shout Out}}s.

* When was the last time you saw a group of highschool students do a movie, led by a self-absorbed overly-perfect director, helped by a DeadpanSnarker and about a witch and a girl strangely often seen in a maid dress fighting a bunch? [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Oh, right.]]

** Rika's virtual avatar is dressed like [[FinalFantasyX Rikku]]

--->'''Sena:''' "Once I become an overnight star in the voice acting world, I'll become great friends with [[Creator/MinoriChihara Minori Chiharu-san]] who voices Yuko[[note]]obvious [[SuzumiyaHaruhi Yuki Nagato]] reference[[/note]], and [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Kusasawa Kanako-san]] who voices Dark Cat[[note]]obvious reference to [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kuroneko]][[/note]]."

* In S1 E12, Rika fawns over Yozora's newly cut very short hair, then notices her purple eyes and has an instant realization, runs out of the club room and comes back with a white golden-trimmed ensemble. Yozora, having to wear it, thus totally looks like Lelouch from ''CodeGeass''.

* Funimation translated the name of Kobato's favorite show to "[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal]] Necromancer". Coincidentally, [[Creator/JerryJewell Kodaka's actor]] played Barry the Chopper.