History ShoutOut / HayateTheCombatButler

* One of the doll in Izumi's house is [[Persona4 Teddy]]

* [[NeonGenesisEvangelion "I must run away, I must run away, I must run away, I must run away."]].

* Nagi's grandfather, Mikado Sanzenin, shares a name with an obnoxious HandsomeLech of a combat figure skater in {{Rumiko Takahashi}}'s ''[=~Ranma ½~=]''. Whether or not this is deliberate is unknown.

** In the same episode, while Miki, Izumi and Risa are having a NoFourthWall moment, looking and waving at the camera, Risa does the [[StarTrek Vulcan salute]].

* Chapter 336 has someone in the background that looks suspiciously like [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Chihaya]] at one point, and two certain [[Anime/MawaruPenguindrum blue and pink-haired train information girls]].

* In episode 4 of the 1st season, there's a scene of Hayate trying to use stealth to enter Nagi's school, by [[MetalGearSolid sneaking inside a box of oranges, and wearing a bandana and beard]].

* Looks like [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia]] was [[HesJustHiding just hiding.]] [[http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/7/7f/Vlcsnap-2010-04-22-18h19m31s19.png See?]]

* Chapter 336 has someone in the background that looks suspiciously like [[TheIdolmaster Chihaya]] at one point, and two certain [[Anime/MawaruPenguindrum blue and pink-haired train information girls]].

* Looks like [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia]] was [[He'sJustHiding just hiding.]] [[http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/7/7f/Vlcsnap-2010-04-22-18h19m31s19.png See?]]

* Season 1, episode 8: Cat Ear Mode Sends You To Hell. [[TokyoMewMew I'll serve the Earth's future ~nyan.]]

* The infamous original BrightSlap gets referenced countless times, one of the moment even has LampshadeHanging on it

** Later on, the entirety of chapter 108 is one big shout-out to DetectiveConan. Conan himself appears several times and the main characters are somehow transported to his world to solve a case. It's even named after Conan creator Aoyama Gosho.

* When the criminals who blew up the ship confess their entire plan due to a single piece of evidence, Sakuya scolds them:

* Then there's Sakuya's massive cruise ship, [[TemptingFate daringly]] named {{Titanic}}, which eventually sinks just like its namesake. Sakuya comments that [[LeonardoDiCaprio DiCaprio]] ended up as fish food in that situation.

* In chapter 51, Sakuya scolds a criminal for confessing due to just one piece of evidence:

* ''SpiceAndWolf'' around chapter 180, though the name is changed slightly instead of being bleeped like usual. The LuckyStar cast also has a cameo as posters at a shrine during a quiz game.

* Episode two of season one. While Hayate is at the docks with the Very Nice People, He imagines what's going to happen to him. Along those Imagine Spots are : The crew of the ''BlackLagoon'' showing up and a weird shout out to ''OnePiece''

* The infamous original [[BrightSlap]] gets referenced countless times, one of the moment even has LampshadeHanging on it

* The infamous original [[BrightSlap {{Get A Hold Of Yourself,Man!}}]] gets referenced countless times, one of the moment even has LampshadeHanging on it

* The infamous original [[Bright Slap GetAHoldOfYourself,Man!]] gets referenced countless times, one of the moment even has LampshadeHanging on it

* The infamous original [[Bright Slap GetAHoldOfYourself,Man! gets referenced countless times, one of the moment even has LampshadeHanging on it

* The manga (volume eight, chapter six) has Nagi playing a game and noting "this game is divine." A close examination reveals [[Okami Divine Retribution]] on the screen. Her companion seems uncertain about the "doggie" being the hero.

* In the same episode, Hayate shouts, "Financial Drift!" This is a reference to the Internal Drift technique in ''FutureGPXCyberFormula''.

* In chapter 342, Nagi goes to a store in Akihabara that one of the doujinshi with a pair of girls on the cover that look a lot like [[TheWorldGodOnlyKnows Tenri and Diana]] and a poster in the background featuring [[MadokaMagica Mami and Kyubey]].

* In chapter 342, Nagi goes to a store in Akihabara that one of the doujinshi with a pair of girls on the cover that look a lot like [[TheWorldGodOnlyKnows Tenri and Diana]] and a poster in the background featuring [[MadokaMagica Mami and Kyubey]]

* ''HayateTheCombatButler'' gleefully makes not-so-oblique references to other anime regularly. If the actual (trademarked) name of the series comes up, they {{Brand X}}-ify it by covering part of it with SoundEffectBleep ("* BLEEP* dam" for MobileSuitGundam, etc.)
** Not sure if it was there in the original work or just a joke by the translator, but there's [[ZeroWing the quote at the bottom of]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/203-13482-10/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-4.html this page]].
** This is included in the first opening where Hayate is protecting Nagi from the silhouettes of three robots, they are from right to left [[{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin-28]] [[MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]] and [[{{Transformers}} Opitmus Prime.]]!
** This troper's favourite was [[DeathNote Birth Note]], which showed, of all things, an apple on the poster.
** Challenged to a kendo duel, Hayate begins to intone, [[RurouniKenshin "Hiten Mitsuru--"]] and is cut off by his opponent shouting, "Stop right there or you'll violate a major copyright!"
** And of course, one can't forget the "evil combat butlers" attempting to defeat Hayate throughout the second season, nearly all of whom were blatant [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to popular {{Shonen}} series. "Duel Butler" was a dead ringer for [[DuelMasters Shoubu Kirifuda]], "Butler B-Da", who looked like the main character from ''[=B-DaMan=]'', "Race Butler", who looked like the main character from ''Crush Gear Turbo'', "Butler [[ExcelSaga Nabeshin]]", "Puppet Butler", who took over people's minds using his [[CodeGeass Evil Eye]] (and was voiced by JunFukuyama), and "Cyborg Butler", who looked like a cross between [[GaoGaiGar Gai Shishiou]] and [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], was voiced by NobuyukiHiyama, and used nearly all of ''GaoGaiGar'''s SuperRobot attacks under BrandX names.
** Nagi claimed to be a superior director to Haruhi... this is clearly [[RealityWarper why]] Nagi's popularity fell in some of the later polls.
** There's also [[StreetFighter Zangief and Dhalsim]] appearing as [[http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/SharmHedgehog/zangiefanddhalsiminhayatethecombatb.png thugs who are stopped by Hayate.]] The fact that they're at an arcade definitely adds to this.
*** Not only do the thugs look like Zangief and Dhalsim, but Hayate gives Zangief a taste of Shoryuken in case someone somehow failed to notice.
** Don't forget the new class register, formatted in the style of [[{{Negima}} some manga or another]] filled with weird students (such as a ghost) and filled with little notes scrawled in the margins. Oh, and apparently some fellow calls himself a 'Mahou Sensei' just to make sure you get it.
*** Adding more shout out to that scene: Hayate's class number in the picture is the same one as Kaede's, who, like Hayate, is [[ActorAllusion voiced by Ryoko Shiraishi]].
** Hayate's boss at his delivery company in episode 1 of the anime bears a strong resemblance to Gendo Ikari from ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', complete with ''ScaryShinyGlasses'' and the typical "Gendo Pose".
** ''SpiceAndWolf'' around chapter 180, though the name is changed slightly instead of being bleeped like usual. The LuckyStar cast also has a cameo as posters at a shrine during a quiz game.
** When two members of the cast go to Las Vegas, there's a [[http://www.mangareader.net/203-31437-8/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-206.html few]][[http://www.mangareader.net/203-31438-17/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-207.html panels]] showing the four guys from the [[http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Gaijin_4koma Gaijin 4koma]].
*** They appear [[http://www.mangareader.net/203-58434-5/hayate-the-combat-butler/chapter-295.html again]] in chapter 295.
** Not only anime and manga. In episode 40 Hayate manages to beat a talking car called CHITT in a race... a six-wheeled [[KnightRider KITT]].
** In the same episode, Hayate shouts, "Financial Drift!" This is a reference to the Internal Drift technique in ''FutureGPXCyberFormula''.
** Episode 33 of the first season had a massive shout out to [[ExcelSaga Nabeshin]] of all people, where he was one of the obligatory {{Battle Butler}}s, though he himself just wanted to draw {{Moe}}.
** Episode two of season one. While Hayate is at the docks with the Very Nice People, He imagines what's going to happen to him. Among those Imagine Spots are : The crew of the ''BlackLagoon'' showing up and a weird shout out to ''OnePiece''
** Pay attention to the statue busts in the mansion. Quite a few are shout outs to various main characters.
* In a recent trailer, one can see a character who resembles ''[[GundamF91 Iron Mask Ronah.]]''