History ShoutOut / HonorHarrington

* In "A Whiff of Grapeshot," (the title itself a historical ShoutOut to UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte) to Citizen Admiral Esther [=McQueen=] finds herself trapped in a crashed vehicle dangling over a lethal drop. She calmly states "Here's my plan" then laughs and explains that it is a [[Film/TheItalianJob1969 classical reference]].

* In ''Honor Among Enemies'', Manticore System Command briefly considers the possibility of assigning the cruiser ''[[''LightNovel/StarshipOperators'' Amaterasu]]'' for escort duty. (It's not available soon enough, though, so another ship is sent instead.)

* In ''Honor Among Enemies'', Manticore System Command briefly considers the possibility of assigning the cruiser ''[[Anime/StarshipOperators Amaterasu]]'' for escort duty. (It's not available soon enough, though, so another ship is sent instead.)

* Officers named [[ComicBook/XWingSeries Horn]] and [[Creator/MichaelStackpole Stackpole]] were serving aboard HMS ''Ajax'' at the Battle of Solon.

* At one point in ''Honor Among Enemies'', Honor enjoys a [[{{Literature/Hornblower}} Horatio Hornblower]] novel, and the narration points out that [[LampshadeHanging she likes his initials.]]

* Lois is the only habitable planet in the [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clarke]] system.

** In "A Short Victorious War", HMS ''Hotspur'' (named for Hornblower's ship in ''Hornblower and the Hotspur'') is destroyed in combat with a Havenite crusier squadron. The same book had a group of Havenite revolutionaries gathering in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath a tennis court]], back when the series was thick with historical references.

* Haven is also the name of a planet in the CoDominium universe with an oppressive secret police.

* Grayson's "classical" music is based on country and western, and ''Ashes of Victory'' features a couple of snatches of [[WaylonJennings "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Spacers"]].

* In "A Whiff of Grapeshot," (the title itself a historical ShoutOut to NapoleonBonaparte) to Citizen Admiral Esther [=McQueen=] finds herself trapped in a crashed vehicle dangling over a lethal drop. She calmly states "Here's my plan" then laughs and explains that it is a [[TheItalianJob classical reference]].

* In ''War of Honor,'' Zahn's husband [[Creator/TimothyZahn Tim]] is said to be highly regarded by a Manticoran officer named Commodore [[TheThrawnTrilogy Tharwan]].
* Officers named [[XWingSeries Horn]] and [[Creator/MichaelStackpole Stackpole]] were serving aboard HMS ''Ajax'' at the Battle of Solon.

* Kevin Usher is a real fountain of knowledge where classical cinema is concerned, and gave the same taste to his student, Victor Cachat. Their favorite movie is ''{{Casablanca}}''.

* Lois is the only habitable planet in the [[SuperMan Clarke]] system.

* The first Havenite revolution is led by a man named "Rob S. Pierre", heading the "Committee of Public Safety". In the UsefulNotes/FrenchRevolution a committee of the same name was for some time led by...[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robespierre Robespierre.]]

* When the revolution in Haven happens its led by a man named Rob S. Pierre whose is the chairman of the Committee of Public Safety. In the French Revolution a committee of the same name was a led by Robespierre.

* A former politician and political commentator in the novella ''I Will Build My House of Steel'' is named [[HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary]] [[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin Palin]].

* The planet Erewhon has the same name as a Samuel Butler novel, Haven is also the name of a planet in the CoDominium universe with an oppressive secret police.

* Four members of the Mesan Alignment are named after famous directors: [[AlfredHitchcock President Roman Hitchcock]], [[Creator/StanleyKubrick Board Chairman Joan Kubrick]], [[Creator/RomanPolanski System President Anton Polanski]], and [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Chancellor Robert Tarantino]].

* Four members of the Mesan Alignment are named after famous directors: [[AlfredHitchcock President Roman Hitchcock]], [[StanleyKubrick Board Chairman Joan Kubrick]], [[Creator/RomanPolanski System President Anton Polanski]], and [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Chancellor Robert Tarantino]].

* Grayson based much of their pre-technological society and warfare on AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai''.

* Four members of the Mesan Alignment are named after famous directors: [[AlfredHitchcock President Roman Hitchcock]], [[StanleyKubrick Board Chairman Joan Kubrick]], [[RomanPolanski System President Anton Polanski]], and [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Chancellor Robert Tarantino]].

* Four members of the Mesan Alignment are named after famous directors: [[AlfredHitchcock President Roman Hitchcock]], [[StanleyKubrick Board Chairman Joan Kubrick]], [[RomanPolanski System President Anton Polanski]], and [[QuentinTarantino Chancellor Robert Tarantino]].

* The phrase [[Literature/StarshipTroopers "On the bounce"]] is used in the first novel. Similarly, a Marine captain on board ''Fearless'' is addressed as "Major" because only one person on the ship can be TheCaptain.

* The phrase [[Literature/StarshipTroopers "On the bounce"]] is used in the first novel.

* At one point in ''Honor Among Enemies'', Honor enjoys a [[Literature/Hornblower Horatio Hornblower]] novel, and the narration points out that [[LampshadeHanging she likes his initials.]]

* At one point in ''Honor Among Enemies'', Honor enjoys a Horatio Hornblower novel.

* In "A Whiff of Grapeshot," Citizen Admiral Esther [=McQueen=] finds herself trapped in a crashed vehicle dangling over a lethal drop. She calmly states "Here's my plan" then laughs and explains that it is a [[TheItalianJob classical reference]].

* Honor's personal physician is [[Series/StargateSG1 Dr. Janet Frazier]].

* A minor character in ''Fire Season'' is a cook named Eric Flint, which happens to be the name of an author who Weber has co-written four novels with (two in the Harrington universe, and two in the ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'' universe).