History ShoutOut / HayateTheCombatButler

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

*** [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline You were expecting maybe a fishing rod and a rapier?]]

* In Chapter 192, ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' is '''combined''' with ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' to produce "Fool and Test and Spice" -- with a wolf-eared girl in a school uniform on the cover. Chiharu is a fan of the heroine's speech pattern, but Nagi thinks the best part is the crossdressing boy.

* On the cover of Chapter 490, Hinagiku is seen wearing [[LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon Hestia's outfit inside a dungeon.]]

* In Chapter 192, ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' is '''combined''' with ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' to produce "Fool and Test and Spice" -- with a wolf-eared girl in a school uniform on the cover. Chiharu is a fan of the heroine's speech pattern, but Nagi thinks the best part is the crossdressing boy.

* Hinagiku is a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink-haired]] swordfighter and the president of an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil. Already sounds [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena pretty familiar]], even before her costume and intro sequence in the TournamentArc.

-->'''Sakuya:''' That's not how they do it in ''[[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]]'', is it?
** Later on, the entirety of chapter 108 is one big shout-out to ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. Conan himself appears several times and the main characters dream they are transported to his world to solve a case. It's even named after Conan creator Aoyama Gosho.

* The opening has Eight copying the pose from the opening of Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED

** At the next episode, the Butler of the challenger kicked said challenger for being a wimp(he ordered the Butler to fight Hayate). Nagi's reaction? [[StreetFighter Down, DownLeft, Left, kick.]]

-->'''Sakuya:''' That's not how they do it in [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan]], is it?
** Later on, the entirety of chapter 108 is one big shout-out to Manga/DetectiveConan. Conan himself appears several times and the main characters dream they are transported to his world to solve a case. It's even named after Conan creator Aoyama Gosho.

* In episode 35, Maria is briefly seen dressed up as Suigintou from Manga/RozenMaiden.
* In episode 29, when Isumi is [[NoSenseOfDirection lost in Paris looking for the tournament]], you can see one of the mooks from Manga/GiantRobo in the background, as well as Jigen from ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
* 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.

* Chapter 148 has an entire page's shout out to Manga/20thCenturyBoys with the whole class being made to wear Masks similar to that of Friend in order to have their photos taken.

* Chapter 336 has [[VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Chihaya, Hibiki, Azusa and maybe the Producer]] in the background at one point, and two certain [[Anime/MawaruPenguindrum blue and pink-haired train information girls]].

* One of the episode in the second season, Nagi played a card game, and uses a card which allows her to continuously attack so long as the card she picked up from the top of her deck is a character card, complete with [[MemeticMutation Doro !]] [[Franchise/YuGiOh Character]] [[EngRish Caado !]]
* One of the doll in Izumi's house is [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddy]]
* One of the chapter has a spirit of a dead priest, entering a penguin costume. [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Sounds familiar?]].

* In Chapter 370, Isumi drinks from a cup with the Penguin logo of ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum''.
* In episode 1 of the 4th season Hayate gets into a highway race(on a bike) with an [[Series/KnightRider car named CHITT]]. [[spoiler: yeah, he wins]]

* In [[http://www.goodmanga.net/hayate_the_combat_butler/chapter/128/6 chapter 128]], the student council trio each speaks to Nagi using a childish nickname, except for Risa, who calls her [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Nagi Springfield]].

* Don't forget the new class register, formatted in the style of [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima 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.

* In episode two of ''Cuties'', Nagi is watching an anime about three girls with ESP who love curry, called ''[[Manga/ZettaiKarenChildren Zettai Curry, Chilled Even?]]''

* In episode 18, when most of the group has been eaten by a whale, Taiga is shown holding a combination broom/axe, and thinks that their predicament was [[Manga/{{MAR}} was Diana's doing.]]
** Also in episode 18, Hayate goes Super Saiyan when protecting Nagi.

* In episode 9 of Cuties, Nagi very briefly adopts [[Manga/ShinryakuIkaMusume Squid Girl's]] VerbalTic when Chiharu is discussing the idea of holding a get-together.
--> '''Nagi''': "I ink not."

* Due to her love for money, Katsura-sensei gets lured away from Hayate while in the Tiger's Pit and sells her body to an evil spirit for 1 million Yen (which she never receives). While possessed, she has the [[DragonBall Majin symbol]] on her forehead.

* In Chapter 411, Kayura tells Nagi that when someone is truly cornered, they unleash their latent powers to make it through, which she calls the [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan Theory.]]

* The first season makes plenty of ''{{Manga/MAR}}'' references (usually involving Dorothy in some way, shape or form). And considering that both shows at the time were made by the same company[[note]][=SynergySP=], whom '''''also''''' get referenced in an episode[[/note]], this isn't too unexpected.

* 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 [[Anime/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 [[Anime/ExcelSaga Nabeshin]]", "Puppet Butler", who took over people's minds using his [[Franchise/CodeGeass Evil Eye]] (and was voiced by Creator/JunFukuyama), and "Cyborg Butler", who looked like a cross between [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai Shishiou]] and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], was voiced by NobuyukiHiyama, and used nearly all of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s SuperRobot attacks under BrandX names.