History Trivia / LyricalNanoha

* GenerationXerox: Like her mother Quint, Subaru's partner and best friend is a female who is voiced by Creator/MaiNakahara.

** Arf shares [[LaurenLanda the same dub actress]] as young Chrono and they do have some conversations together.

** ShizukaIto voices Shario, Otto and Deed.

** Chrono's [[MikakoTakahashi young]] and [[Creator/TomokazuSugita adult]] voices were [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha and Bullet]] respectively.

** MikakoTakahashi voices the young Chrono and Caro. Completely averted.

** Some people see romantic potential between [[Creator/MaiNakahara Teana]] and [[YuuichiNakamura Vice]] (''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', ''Manga/FairyTail'').

** MarinaInoue voices Erio, Cinque and Wendi.

** MaiNakahara voices Teana, Vice's sister Laguna, and Lutecia's mother Megane. Averted.

** Chrono's [[MikakoTakahashi young]] and [[TomokazuSugita adult]] voices were [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha and Bullet]] respectively.
** [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]] gets to be [[TetsuyaKakihara Strada]] aka [[MarinaInoue Erio's]] weapon.
** Some people see romantic potential between [[MaiNakahara Teana]] and [[YuuichiNakamura Vice]] (''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', ''Manga/FairyTail'').

** MaiNakahara voices Teana and Vice's sister Laguna. Averted.

** Some people see romantic potential between [[MaiNakahara Teana]] and [[YuuichiNakamura Vice]] (VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}, Manga/FairyTail).

** Chrono's young and adult voice were [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha and Bullet]] respectively.
** [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]] gets to be [[TetsuyaKakihara Strada]] aka Erio's weapon.

** Eriko Kigawa voices Ginga, Uno and Tre. The three have dialogue in the same scene in ''StrikersSoundStageX''.

** In the [[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha PSP games]] and accompanying drama [=CDs=] - the Aces and their Material counterparts, obviously; and every character who meets their Dark Piece doppelgangers.
** ''VideoGame/GearsOfDestiny'' also adds Yuuno and Vivio, Lily-Strosek and Amitie.

** Eriko Kigawa voices Ginga, Uno and Tre.

** ChiwaSaitou, jarringly enough, voices Subaru, Nove and Quattro.

*** Her Japanes actor Creator/NatsukoKuwatani voices also Lutecia, Sette and Auris.

** MaiNakahara voices Teana and Vice's little sister.

** MikakoTakahashi voices Chrono and Caro.

** Nozomi Masu voices Dieci and Alto.

** TetsuyaKakihara voices Graf Eisen, Laevatein, Strada, the Saint Cradle... and Randy.

* OneOfUs: Guess what? The creator is a big fan of SuperRobotWars. Considering the general tone of the series, is this really so surprising?

* FanNickname:
** Most notably, the ''White Devil'' for Nanoha, in reference to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]].
** Also, ''[[PunnyName Ma-hou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha]]'' (Demonic Cannon Girl Lyrical Nanoha).
** The movie manga version has garnered the nickname "Emoha" for having her DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife origins exaggerated into flat out {{Wangst}}, and later believing that she failed to get through to Fate, rather than mainly being concerned about what punishment she will receive for her crimes.
** Signum Loveless, because of Signum's very similar personality to Lamia Loveless from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
** GaoGaiGar-tan and [[spoiler:Lezbot]] for Subaru.
** Loli-Rider for Lutecia, because she looks like a younger version of Rider from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
** Spaghetti for Jail Scaglietti, for no reason at all besides the pun.
** Etnagito for Agito, because she looks exactly like [[{{Disgaea}} Etna]].
** Arnage has been called [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heavyarms-tan]] or [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Girl]] in the western fandom, due to the reacted form of her Divider.
** Cardiche - Fate's car in season 3, which has the same color scheme as Bardiche.
** The Ace Trio/The TSAB Aces: The collective term for Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate. Note that among the three, Nanoha and Fate are legitimately recognized as Aces in universe, with their titles reflecting this fact [[RedBaron (Nanoha being the "Ace of Aces" and Fate being "The Ace of the Navy")]]. Hayate on the other hand, has admitted to lack the personal combat skills that would make her an asset on the battlefield, thus relegates herself to command duties. [[RedBaron Her official in universe title is "The Walking Lost Logia"]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction because almost all of her spells have the destructive power of a nuke.]]

*** Her Japanes actor NatsukoKuwatani voices also Lutecia, Sette and Auris.

** Signum Loveless, because of Signum's very similar personality to Lamia Loveless from ''SuperRobotWars''.

** Signum started out sounding like a slightly softer [[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Lamia]]. But as ''[=StrikerS=]'' rolls in... she starts sounding exactly like her.

** Chrono's young and adult voice were [[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha and Bullet]] respectively.

** ShizukaIto voices Cinque, Otto and Deed.

** Arf shares the same dub actress as young Chrono and they do have some conversations together.

** Loli-Rider for Lutecia, because she looks like a loli version of Rider from ''FateStayNight''.

** [[HayateTheCombatButler Wataru Tachibana]] as Erio.

** Most notably, the ''White Devil'' for Nanoha, in reference to [[MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray]].

** Arnage has been called [[MobileSuitGundamWing Heavyarms-tan]] or [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Girl]] in the western fandom, due to the reacted form of her Divider.

** Arnage has been called [[MobileSuitGundamWing Heavyarms-tan]] or [[TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Girl]] in the western fandom, due to the reacted form of her Divider.

* ShoutOut: Amusingly, the show is absolutely ''crammed'' with shout-outs to other series/franchises:
** The producer of the series, Akio Mishima, has come out on record as saying that much of the series was inspired by Nanoha's "''{{Gundam}}''-ish" concept art, particularly the staff and the colours of her uniform (''Nanoha'' tribute fanbook, in Megami Magazine #91).
** He's also apparently a fan of ''SuperRobotWars''.
*** The [[strike:worst]] best offender has got to be the [[{{Expy}} abundant similarities]] between Signum and [[SuperRobotWars Lamia Loveless]] - on top of the similarities in background, personality, and even attacks, they also have the same voice.
*** Fate also gets a major shout-out in the form of her Intelligent Device's sword form - a black sword with a trident-shaped hilt. That extends for MILES.
*** In ''[=StrikerS=]'', Signum is often accompanied by a red-headed nun with [[BlowYouAway wind-based magic]] and a similar fighting style to Axel Almer. Lamia and Axel both debuted in ''SuperRobotWarsAdvance'', where they were rivals. It gets more hilarious that when Axel gets into the spinoff game ''EndlessFrontier'', he fights on foot... with that red-headed nun's weapon - a bladed tonfa, and the ability to create tornadoes.
*** In ''Force'', to add up more Signum-Lamia comparison. [[spoiler:Signum gets curb-stomped and nearly killed off by newcomer Cypha of Huckebein through cheating]]. Comparisons could be drawn between Cypha and [[BigBadWannabe Wilhelm von Juergen]], the "newcomer" in ''SRW'', who debuts by [[spoiler: capturing, humiliating the hell out of Lamia and presumably killed her off (temporarily), through accidental exploitation of Lamia not being in her mech, in other words... accidental cheating]].
*** While this is less of a blatant one than the previous one, maybe you should give Zest Grangeitz a look. Now imagine what happens when you give '''[[{{Badass}} Sanger Zonvolt, The Sword That Smites Evil!]]''' brown hair... see what I mean?
*** SRW has started giving ''Nanoha'' {{Shout Out}}s back - in SRWZ, the Balgora Glory's attacks suspiciously resemble Nanoha's.
--->'''Setsuko:''' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnoxhT32pt0 "The Glory Star, FULL BURST!"]]
** Many of the attacks and techniques in the series are homages to mecha series, notably ''MobileSuitGundam'' and ''GaoGaiGar''. And especially Subaru, who can be considered a moe compact-sized ''[=GaoGaiGar=]''.
** In fact, ''several'' of the characters are schoolgirl-shaped versions of various mecha. Nanoha herself is such an expy of the original [=RX78-2=] that she appropriated its nickname "The White Devil", which is now more associated with her than with the mecha in some circles. Standard powerup curve makes her resemble later gundams of the UC timeline as she levels up. Nanoha uses ''funnels'' during the third series, making the resemblance even more pronounced.
** Subaru's roller blades and "Wing Road" are possibly ShoutOuts to ''AirGear'' or ''CombattlerV'', for that matter.
** Meanwhile, her [[PowerFist Revolver Knuckle]] and her sister's name are references to ''GearFighterDendoh'', while the physical appearance of the sisters, particularly hairstyle and ribbons, recalls Noriko and Kazumi, the pilots of ''{{Gunbuster}}'', which happens to have spiked rollerblades built in.
** The plot arc of the first three series is broadly similar to that of the ''{{Gundam}}'' series ''MobileSuitGundam'' and ''ZetaGundam'', with the blond nemesis doing a HeelFaceTurn and appearing as an ally in the second series, and a long TimeSkip between the penultimate series and the third installment, during which the protagonists grow up (''CharsCounterattack''). The main difference is that Fate, unlike Char, does not undergo a later FaceHeelTurn.
** Reinforce, and her tinier, cuter incarnation, Reinforce Zwei. In ''VictoryGundam'', there's a battleship named Reinforce, which was later remodeled into the Reinforce ''Junior''.
** The second episode features an {{Expy}} of Ein from CowboyBebop being possessed by a Jewel Seed.
** Teana's weapon, Cross Mirage is named after a mech from ''TheFiveStarStories'' & its design appropriately has a slight Mamoru Nagano vibe to it.
** Not an anime shout-out, but the ''A's'' in ''Nanoha A's'' is a phonetic sound-alike of "Ace," and that season also features the first appearance of "Belkan Knights," who utilize a triangle array in their magic. In ''AceCombat'', the Belkan Air Force uses a triangle as its emblem and is rooted in the traditions of the ancient orders of Belkan knights.
** Fate's Bardiche has a whole heck of a lot of ShoutOut metamorphoses. The scythe form being called [[WildArms Ha(r)ken]] comes to mind.
** Thoma makes a "contract" with a mysterious girl being held captive. His left eye starts bleeding, then he transforms into a being called "The Black Knight" and casts a spell called "Divide Zero". ''CodeGeass'' anyone?
** The villains of ''Force'' are the ''[[SuperRobotWars Huckebein]]'' family. And in both ''AceCombat Zero'' and ''AceCombat 5'', there is another AcePilot [=NPC=] who's nicknamed "Huckebein".
** ''[=ViVid=]'' character Einhart has the family name of Stratos. Part VehicularThemeNaming, part ''{{Gundam 00}}'' reference. She also has an attack called "[[{{Dancougar}} Dankuuken]]".
** Jail Scaglietti looks like [[SuperRobotWars Ingram Plisken]]. A technical genius who brainwashed two heroines into fighting for him, created an OppositeSexClone of himself as an assistant, was later cloned further, and eventually betrayed his masters.
** Lutecia's summon, Garyu, is an insect like humanoid monster with a similar design to a ''KamenRider''. To add to this, its arm can form a blade similar to the one [[KamenRiderAgito Gils]] can form, has a ScarfOfAsskicking and, in a fight with Erio, kicks in a very similar way to a Rider Kick.
** Vita's hammer can take on a form that is a reference to ''GaoGaiGar'' and another which references ''GurrenLagann'' with a drill on the front. ''TTGL aired in the same season as ''[=StrikerS=]'' and the hammer is voiced by the same Japanese VA as Simon. Appropriately, that season showed Vita to be a {{Determinator}} like everyone's favorite HotBlooded ''GurrenLagann'' protagonists.
** Sankt Kaiser Olivie from ''[=ViVid=]'', a female legendary hero "king", look a lot like [[FateStayNight Saber]].
** Both Einhart in ''[=ViVid=]'' and Lily in ''Force'' wear outfits similar to Saber's casual clothes.
** Lutecia looks suspiciously like a loli Rider.
** Agito was obviously inspired by [[{{Disgaea}} Etna]].
** Look at [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_senki_lyrical_nanoha_force/v01/c003/29.html this guy]] from the new ''Force'' manga. Now, go play ''FinalFantasy8'' and take a look at Squall Leonhart. No, you aren't hallucinating, they really are a scar and a bottle of hair dye away from having basically the ''exact same character design''.
** The Numbers's outfits suspiciously resemble plugsuits from NeonGenesisEvangelion, right down to the wristcuffs, shoulder armor things, and hair ornaments.
** In the first scene of Caro's appearance, she's wearing a hooded cloak that looks suspiciously like one worn in the first appearance of [[FinalFantasyIX a certain other summoner/white mage staff chick.]] Which was, itself, a MythologyGag in reference to the original White Mage class from the NES [[FinalFantasy Final Fantasies]].
** Nanoha's Starlight Breaker is taken from [[Anime/SoulTaker Lightning Breaker]]. Viewers of ''Anime/SoulTaker'' should also find the glove device Jail used to fight [[SuperMode Sonic Drive]] Fate familiar.
** [[http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/245/245390/img.html One of Material-L's palettes]] gives her greenish-blue in place of her standard sky blue, which may remind one of [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]].
** Sein's IS ability is called Deep Diver - it allows her to swim through solid objects. This bears a striking resemblance to the ability shown by Ms. Deep from ''ReadOrDie''.
** Cinque wears a BadassLongcoat and has the ability to charge throwing weapons with explosive energy, similar to [[{{X-Men}} Gambit]].
** Much like in ''{{Macross}}'', TheMovie of the first season actually is an in-universe movie produced on Midchilda.
** In A's, Hayate Yagami has many similarities in appearance to Lain from ''Serial Experiments Lain'' most obviously in the form of her hair ornament, but with other, subtler examples.
** Vivio's friend Rio in the ''[=ViVid=]'' manga has a pair of spells called Enryu and Rairyu that conjure up twin dragons of lightning and fire. The spells are obviously named after [=EnRyu=] and [=RaiRyu=] of ''{{GaoGaiGar}}'' fame, and when both dragons are used together the resulting attack looks virtually identical to [=GekiRyuJin=]'s Xiang Tou Long attack.
** Some of Fate's abilities/attacks have very familiar-sounding names. [[FinalFantasyVI Riot Blade]]? [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic Drive]]?
** In ''[=StrikerS=]'', certain characters are given "limits" on their power that, with approval, they can release in order to power up. For most of the series, doing so is merely referred to as "releasing your limit", but in one episode, Nanoha specifically talks to Hayate about using her [[FinalFantasy Limit Break]], with "Limit Break" said in GratuitousEnglish more than once.
** Bardiche's Riot Zanber Stinger form bears a striking resemblance to the weapon used by Shelke in ''DirgeOfCerberus''.