History ShoutOut / DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl

[[Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl Okayado]], [[JustForFun/OneOfUs how much of a geek]] [[ShoutOut are you?]]
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!!Manga
* Regular guy lives with a non-human girl who calls him "Darling" in GratuitousEnglish, loves him dearly but also can hurt him pretty badly, cooks stuff that is inedible for humans and wants to be engaged with him while he resists. Is this ''[=MonMusu=]'' or ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''?
* Ms. Smith may very well be referencing both the ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' franchise (Agent Smith) and the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' franchise (she dresses like the female MIB agents).
* In the second chapter, Kimihito and Miia (who's a lamia, don't forget) take shelter in a love hotel called 'Hotel Loveless'. [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars A lamia. Loveless.]] [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it?]]
* Miia cosplays as [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater FOX-era Big Boss]], with an EyepatchOfPower and all, in Chapter 10. Doubles as a StealthPun considering the ecchi nature of the series and the fact that Big Boss' old codename was ''Naked Snake''.
** Miia also considers wearing a box as a disguise in Chapter 18, [[http://a.mpcdn.net/manga/p/19150/455447/5.jpg complete with a fantasy of sneaking around an armed guard.]] Later, she actually has Suu turn into the box and even uses a codec. Rachnera even gets in on the act and wears [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The Boss']] [[AbsoluteCleavage costume]].
*** Oddly enough, the episode that animates these references aired on the exact same day [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain MGS5]] was released.
* In chapter 11, the character "Sweetie Witch Mako-chan" the orcs are such big fans of is actually an Okayado self-reference. She comes from [[http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=55161 MAMAMA]], his very first non-doujin published work.
* Due to the internal conflict of the other girls' personalities she's mimicking, Suu channels [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2 Nicole Brennan]] at one point during chapter 13 while taking care of Kimihito. It's terrifying.
* The sword Cerea wields during chapter 16 is an [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Anduril]] replica.
* Centorea is confronted by her mother about why she hasn't found a suitable mate since she sent her away, to which Centorea says she already told her she would do no such thing, and instead wanted to find a master. Her mother says that is no excuse, "though I may have excused such pretentiousness if thy master were winsome." This winsome master she's picturing is a silhouette with the famous hair, armor, and cape of Griffith from the Golden Age in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* In chapter 18, an extended shout out to Franchise/TouhouProject, with Reimu, Marisa, Meiling, Keine, Kasen, Yuugi, Ran, Utsuho, a mini-Sin Sack, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Suu and Papi as another Utsuho]]. As expected, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments things get funny really quickly]] and turn into [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything doujin-lite]]. Also note that this series is the practical example of an overload of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s so this also comes as a DoingItForTheArt.
** Chapter 25 sees Lala doing her best Yukkuri impersonation after eating Miia's cooking, complete with "Take it easy in the afterlife!" (although the catchphrase was dropped in the official English release).
** In Chapter 32, Ils' human assistants wear Sin Sack masks for the show.
* In chapter 19, Kimihito is wearing a ''Manga/TwelveBeast'' t-shirt the whole time.
* Kii's giant wooden form in chapter 20 looks suspiciously like it belongs to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} a certain trio of golems]].
* Chapter 22 shows MON's ImagineSpot of capturing "D". The criminal is depicted there as a shadowy figure similar to the generic criminals as seen in Manga/DetectiveConan's explanations.
* Chapter 24 is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/FinalDestination'' [[spoiler:with a twist]], including an ImagineSpot of the explosion of an airliner.
** Chapter 24 also has Kimihito trying to prove that he is NOT in fact on the verge of death by firing off FamousLastWords in rapid succession, sampling them from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' to ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
** The ending also references ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' with Kimihito saying that Lala is acting like a delusional 8th grader, and being reminded of his own embarrassing past. He's seen dressed like the Dark Flame Master persona from that series (but with Rikka's eyepatch) and saying "[[VisualNovel/SteinsGate El Psy Congroo]]" among other things.
* Miia strikes Lelouch's close-up from the end of Anime/CodeGeass' [[http://img.desmotivaciones.es/201302/FeellikeLelouch.jpg season 1 closing credits]] in [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/monster_musume_no_iru_nichijou/c026/9.html chapter 26]].
* In the bonus of Volume 6 featuring Lala, she is reenacting the finale of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' with her body in the headless Gundam "Last Shooting" pose and her head as the Zeong's head. This is doubly appropriate since the original pilots Amuro and Char were in a LoveTriangle with a girl named Lalah.
* Chapter 26.5 has a reference to the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kimoi-girls Kimoi Girls]] as Centorea [[ImagineSpot imagines]] Rachnera and Miia's reaction to her accidentally breaking the sofa with her butt.
* Possibly accidental, but in chapter 27 Papi uses her wings like a [[{{TabletopGame/YuGiOh}} Harpie's Feather]] [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Harpie%27s_Feather_Duster Duster]].
* On the cover page of Chapter 27, Manako is holding the Heckler and Koch [=PSG1=], which is the Sniper Rifle Solid Snake used in VideoGame/MetalGearSolid.
* Chapter 30 has Miia having her tail entangled around the ladder Darling is climbing up on. Who here plays the board game Snakes And Ladders, anybody?
* In Chapter 31, the group brainstormed on how to help the onsen's business, Mero suggested a stage production starring Yukio, the Yuki-Onna owner of the resort, as the main character who freezes things with her powers, referencing ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. Miia [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall worries about the copyright issue.]]
* On the television, the credits for Pretty Witch Mako-chan have Okayado's real name listed under "Character Design"
* In Chapter 34, a tired Smith does her best [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]] impersonation. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kimihito.
* Mero turns out to be [[spoiler:a mermaid princess who has fallen in love with a human, only to have her parent oppose said relationship. She then absconds with a sorcerous octopus mermaid.]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Sound familiar?]] Oh, and she even has a pair of butlers named Sebasstian and Flounnder, though they're anthropomorphic fish instead of a Jamaican crab and a regular fish. Later on, Mero's servants confess that they hoped to take advantage of Octo's "magic" to turn into attractive mermen; in his fantasy, Sebasstian sees himself as [[Manga/BlackButler another butler named Sebastian]].
** Octo's information page includes a less-than-subtle hint about what one of her hobbies is...
--> '''Octo Game'''
--> Plays exclusively with [[{{VideoGame/Splatoon}} Rollers]]
--> '''Octo:''' ''(After getting splatted)'' AAHHH! Burst bombs ain't fair!
* Chapter 39's antagonist is a ChineseVampire that channels two {{Anime Chinese Girl}}s made by Creator/{{Capcom}}: [[VideoGame/DarkStalkers Hsien-Ko]] (she's a Jiang-Shi with giant metal claws) and [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] (she does the Spinning Bird Kick at one point).
** Her defeat at the hands of Zombina and Kimihito is similar to what happened in a chapter of ''Manga/FrankenFran'' (incidentally starring another reanimated corpse): basically they use Zombina's severed lower half to trick her into thinking Zombina was elsewhere, much like Fran did with her murderous sister Gavrill.
* In Chapter 40, after the Orc witnesses [[spoiler:Doppel's true form]], the next page cuts to Liz and Kinu playing a game of ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''.
* Chapter 42: the two agents afraid that Manako can read their minds with her eye (because they like her) are caricatures of Okayado's fellow mangaka Shake-O (the one with the glasses and eyelashes) and 221. The additional gag is that both are making manga about a one-eyed girl, ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'' and ''[[http://mangag.com/comics/makohachi/ Mako-san to Hachisuka-kun]]'' respectively.
* In Chapter 44, Kimihito wonders if he's being chased by a villain like in some [[Manga/DragonBall battle manga]]. He even dresses up like Goku.
* Killa the Killer Bee's name sound familiar with a certain [[Manga/{{Naruto}} fictional rapper]] a certain [[Music/WuTangClan real rapper]].
* Kino is a Film/{{Matango}}.
* In Chapter 48, an elf and a dwarf who strongly resemble [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas and Gimli]] can be seen getting their weapons checked. The same chapter also has a heater apparently [[http://i.imgur.com/XTIBevo.png shaped like]] [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey the Flower]] (second panel, on the far left). Papi thinks it's cute...
* Chapter 49 [[https://i.imgur.com/DHI4B8G.jpg features]] a mosquito ''gyaru'' dressed like [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection Shimakaze]].
* Chapter 59 Has a [[https://i.imgur.com/ziTjiwV.png clear reference]] to ''Film/TheShining''.
* In chapter 65 when Kimihito sics Papi on a couple about to get too personal at Yukio's bathhouse, his pose and words, "Go! Papi!" is reminiscent of {{Franchise/Pokemon}} trainers releasing their mon.
* In one of the omakes, Miia get annoyed by Papi refusing to wear panties due to her hypothetical tail feathers, saying that "Even the Manga/StrikeWitches have more shame than you!".
* Volume 16 has an omake were the slime girls working at the onsen spot and start chasing [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-040-jp 040-JP]].

!!Anime
* In the anime opening, you can see all the girls raising their hands in the air [[Anime/DragonBallZ creating a huge heart that lands in front of Kimihito in the exact same fashion as a spirit bomb]].
* In Episode 3 of the anime, when Kimihito notices the "spirits of Centorea's kind" behind her, he asks if they're [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "Stands or what"]].
* In Episode 4 of the Anime, the sub has Centorea indignantly state that she normally uses a brush with a long handle to clean her haunches, but in the dub she states "I use an [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Augbesian]], of course!" Calling back to a Christopher Walken sketch where a centaur at a job interview is asked nothing about his qualifications, but rather only centaur questions.
* In Episode 6's [=MonMusu=] Collection, the Long Legs subspecies' appearance and nickname of "Sergeant" is a reference to [[ImageBoards 2chan]], which refer to huntsman spiders as "Sergeant Ashidaka" due to a particular thread discussing "anti-cockroach forces".
* In Episode 7's [=MonMusu=] Collection, the monoeye subspecies Backbeards are one big shout out to ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' character [[http://gegegenokitaro.wikia.com/wiki/Backbeard Backbeard]] and his fan-created daughter [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/beako Beako]], including their mutual catchphrase "You damn lolicon!".
* The Early Zombie subspecies from Episode 8's [=MonMusu=] Collection appears to be wearing Michael Jackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' red jacket.
* In Episode 9, the cosplay girls on [[BetterOnDVD BD/DVD]] are dressed like Aero and Jawea from ''Manga/TwelveBeast''.
* In Episode 9 Draco offers Miia a can of coffee similar to the ones from real brand [[http://www.suntory.com/brands/boss/ Boss Coffee]], but with [[MustHaveCaffeine Ms. Smith]] replacing the man with the pipe in the logo. Well, she ''is'' a boss...
** This one could also be reference to a ''different'' [[Film/MenInBlack MIB]], Creator/TommyLeeJones, who was a spokesman for Boss Coffee in the past.
* In Episode 10, when [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Giant-Suu]] appears, she's sporting Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s iconic dorsal spines and even unleashes her own version of [[BreathWeapon "Atomic Breath"]] while the screen adopts an [[PostProcessingVideoEffects old style film grain.]]
** Giant Suu also resembles the evolved form of [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Zeruel]].
* In Episode 10's [=MonMusu=] Collection, the creature being created by Doppel behind her seems to be based on [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002A3J4WK/ref=cm_sw_su_dp this rendition]] of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]].
* In Episode 12, when Kimihito smacks his head while floating down the river, a silhouette of [[Manga/MuromiSan Muromi]] can be seen for [[FreezeFrameBonus a split second]].
** Centorea's orgasmic reaction after tasting the carrots wouldn't be out of place in a series like ''Manga/FoodWars''.
** The "Final Destination" reference is preserved in the anime, with the addition of the scene of Kimihito blowing up, reminiscent of Kittan's demise in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Kimihito's cooking rampage at the end is also very TTGL-esque.
** The infamous "[[OffModel QUALITY cabbage]]"[[note]]a head of cabbage that looks more like a green, perfectly spherical ball[[/note]] from ''VideoGame/YoakeMaeYoriRuriiroNa'' appears during Kimihito's cooking spree near the end of the episode.
** When spouting numerous [[DeathFlag Death Flags]] to prove he is not about to die, Kimihito quotes [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]].
-->'''Kimihito:''' You don't mind if I kill that thing, do you?
** Though it was translated differently, [[VisualNovel/{{Air}} Misuzu]]'s heart wrenching last words were spoken as well, as anyone who hears the Japanese pronunciation of ''Goal'' will attest.
** While Kimihito is drowning in Suu's MarshmallowHell, he falls out of frame while holding a [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay thumbs up.]]
* The goofy fish-shaped hat that Miia wears while at the aquarium with Kimihito is identical to the NiceHat worn by Japanese ichtyologist (fish expert) and TV personality [[http://cosmosenglishwritingblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/sakana-kun-mr-fish.html Sakana-kun]].
* In the first OAD, the pool where the MON girls end up sunbathing is modelled after [[http://kotaku.com/the-most-infamous-swimming-pool-in-japanese-pornography-1520473085 "The most infamous swimming pool in Japanese pornography"]]. [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/that-pool Yes, that's a thing.]]
* The second OAD has ([[CulturalCrossReference if you can believe it]]) a short reference to one of ''Film/TheGraduate'''s most iconic scenes, with Kimihito as Benjamin and Rachnera as Mrs. Robinson who's putting on stockings and trying to seduce him. Doubly funny since Kimihito has a thing for legs and that was the first part he noticed in her.
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* In chapter 18, an extended shout out to VideoGame/{{Touhou}}, with Reimu, Marisa, Meiling, Keine, Kasen, Yuugi, Ran, Utsuho, a mini-Sin Sack, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Suu and Papi as another Utsuho]]. As expected, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments things get funny really quickly]] and turn into [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything doujin-lite]]. Also note that this series is the practical example of an overload of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s so this also comes as a DoingItForTheArt.

* In Chapter 31, the group brainstormed on how to help the onsen's business, Mero suggested a stage production starring Yukio, the Yuki-Onna owner of the resort, as the main character who freezes things with her powers, referencing ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Miia [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall worries about the copyright issue.]]

* Mero turns out to be [[spoiler:a mermaid princess who has fallen in love with a human, only to have her parent oppose said relationship. She then absconds with a sorcerous octopus mermaid.]] [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sound familiar?]] Oh, and she even has a pair of butlers named Sebasstian and Flounnder, though they're anthropomorphic fish instead of a Jamaican crab and a regular fish. Later on, Mero's servants confess that they hoped to take advantage of Octo's "magic" to turn into attractive mermen; in his fantasy, Sebasstian sees himself as [[Manga/BlackButler another butler named Sebastian]].

* In Episode 12, when Kimihito smacks his head while floating down the river, a silhouette of [[Manga/NamiuchigiwaNoMuromisan Muromi]] can be seen for [[FreezeFrameBonus a split second]].

** Centorea's orgasmic reaction after tasting the carrots wouldn't be out of place in a series like ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma''.

* Chapter 42: the two agents afraid that Manako can read their minds with her eye (because they like her) are caricatures of Okayado's fellow mangaka Shake-O (the one with the glasses and eyelashes) and 221. The additional gag is that both are making manga about a one-eyed girl, ''[[http://www.gomanga.com/books/nurse-hitomis-monster-infirmary/517 Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary]]'' and ''[[http://mangag.com/comics/makohachi/ Mako-san to Hachisuka-kun]]'' respectively.

[[Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl Okayado]], [[OneOfUs how much of a geek]] [[ShoutOut are you?]]

* In the first OAD, the pool where the MON girls end up sunbathing is modelled after [[http://kotaku.com/the-most-infamous-swimming-pool-in-japanese-pornography-1520473085 "The most infamous swimming pool in Japanese pornography"]]. Yes, that's a thing.

* In chapter 18, an extended shout out to VideoGame/{{Touhou}}, with Reimu, Marisa, Meiling, Keine, Kasen, Yuugi, Ran, Utsuho, a mini-Sin Sack, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Suu and Papi as another Utsuho]]. As expected, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny things get funny really quickly]] and turn into [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything doujin-lite]]. Also note that this series is the practical example of an overload of {{Cute Monster Girl}}s so this also comes as a DoingItForTheArt.

*** Though it was translated differently, [[VisualNovel/Air Misuzu]]'s heart wrenching last words were spoken as well, as anyone who hears the Japanese pronunciation of ''Goal'' will attest.