If you are lost on the references and Shout Outs that Lucky Star makes, look no further than this compilation guide by us tropers!
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Episode 1
In the opening itself, Konata does an Ultraman pose.
Also in the opening, the girls dance and walk around in some recognizable real-life scenery:
Konata dances in a rice field north of her house in Satte.
Kagami walks in front of the entrance of the Washinomiya shrine.
Tsukasa dances in front of Kasukabe station.
And lastly, Miyuki dances in front of the high school in Kasukabe.
The story of Konata saving Tsukasa was retold with a parody of Street Fighter, featuring Guile. Konata has a Shotoclone moveset featuring the Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku. The Versus screen is taken straight from Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
Episode 2
The gang were trying to pick Keroro Gunsou toys at the UFO catcher.
Tsukasa's mention about the dentist's drills reminded Konata about Getter Robo. "Change Getter!"
"DINOSAUR EMPIRE!!"
Konata was also reminded about Gunbuster when they talked about the entire dentist experience, complete with a cute nurse doing Noriko's little dance in front of a spaceship.
Earlier, Konata seeing a discount for QUO cards caused the Gunbuster march to appear as concentration music.
Internal reference: the drama CD/anime seiyuu discussion was basically referring to this series.
In Kagami's Imagine Spot about Konata working in the bookstore, Konata stole bookmarks put next to a SHUFFLE! float.
When Konata mentioned an anime where bright and stupid students were in the same class, she referred to Sakigake Cromartie Koukou.
When Kagami mentioned an anime where the teacher is younger than the student, she was referring to Pani Poni Dash! — also lampshading Studio Shaft's blackboard trick.
We see a poster of Mayumi Thyme in Konata's room, and Someday in the Rain airs. She comments that the flame wars are going to start after it aired — Konata's absolutely right.
Konata reads an issue of Comptiq with the Rune Angel Wing on the back cover.
The Background Music to the game Konata is playing sounds an awful lot like Perfect World...
Also, while playing, Konata sings Bouken Desho Desho, with different lyrics, the 1st season of Suzumiya Haruhi's OP.
When Kagami attempts to do the fish scoop, she says "Getto da ze!" That is the Japanese motto for the Pokémon series. In English, it was translated to "Gotta Catch Them All!".
When Konata was talking about compfest, she was holding up a magazine with Archer and Saber on it.
Episode 6
The gang plus Kuroi and Yui are going to the beach in Episode 6 when Yui goes all * bleep* D, complete with a song by "m.o.e.v".
In the ending, Konata said the song Miyuki chose fits her as the song was from the singer/lyricist Miyuki Nakajima.
When Akira mentions wanting to have a twin drill hairstyle, Minoru has a brief imagining of himself with that style, thinking "Never underestimate the speed of the Getter!"
Konata mentions to Kagami that she, as a lady, must be elegant as she wins.
Episode 9
The TV drama Tsukasa mentioned when she studied with Kagami was The 14-year-old Mother.
The girls discussed a lot about sports in the latter half of this episode:
The figure skater who won the (2006) Winter Olympics was Shizuka Arakawa.
The High School baseball tournament that went into extra innings, as Bandai's notes said, went on for two days. Prince Handkerchief refers to a player of the winning team.
Kagami mentioned Daisuke Matsuzaka, who went to Red Sox after the 2006 season.
The 2006 Japan Series was between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Chunichi Dragons, so Konata mentioned "blocks of ham."
In the Animate store, Anime Tenchou et al wanted to sell Konata a Suzumiya Haruhi DVD, but Konata left since she wanted to have an Aquarian Age souvenir.
The girls discuss how 2ch speak has cropped up in tv a lot and Konata says that if someone understands, they have lost. (The Game).
Akira asks if Minoru still has a job at Co Co-Ichcibanya or not.
Episode 11
Masutatsu Oyama is referenced by Konata concerning karate.
Yui walks on Konata watching a Kousuke Kindaichi movie and a Odoru Daisaisusasen drama.
Konata's dad shouts "STRONGER!!" as he plays with static electricity, which is a reference to Kamen Rider Stronger's henshin sequence.
Konata mentions seeing a girl in a sailor uniform holding a machine gun on the train platform. A reference to Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a 1980s TV drama that was remade in 2006, which OP was sung by Kagami at the end of episode 4.
Episode 12
The entire episode is a trip to Comiket or Comic Market, the world's largest Doujinshi fair.
Huge Haruhi poster on a moving truck, not quite sure if it's a Gekisou advertisement.
Konata's shopping list at this Comiket is apparently REAL and is the actual Comiket held on December 31, 2006. Apparently, Konata was buying Hentai Haruhi doujins. See here.
This is borne out as Kagami buys a Haruhi doujin, "Nurunuru Danchou-san" ("Wet+Wild Brigade Leader") and a Full Metal Panic doujin, "Ikenai Kanchou-san" ("The Naughty Captain" (i.e. Tessa)).
The Miyakawa sisters, Hinata and Hikage, appear briefly in the background shortly before Konata's "reloading" scene. They were originally characters in the drama CDs and video games.
Hiyori makes a split-second Early-Bird Cameo in the scene where two Animate clerks try to sell Konata their doujinshi. No wonder she stood out in the Faceless Masses.
When Meito Anisawa and Clerk Sugita chastise one customer for arriving late, behind Clerk Sugita is a poster of Rena Ryuuguu from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
The poster on the wall where Clerk Sugita is punched into by Meito Anisawa is a SHUFFLE! poster, but only Lisianthus is visible due to the dust. (I tried pausing it to see the others, but no cigar)
When Clerk Sugita hits the wall after being hit by Anisawa, he mutters "Asia" — this may be a reference to Master Asia from G-Gundam
Confirmed a few scenes later, because Asa Shigure is clearly visible on the poster.
In the Animate scene, when Mieto's assistant yells "Boss, we got her!" he is inside Giroro's tent from Keroro Gunsou.
Lots of references to Keroro Gunsou in this scene. For one, each assistant seems to parody one of the central characters: the male with the walkie-talkie is Giroro, the brunette is Tamama, and the blonde is Keroro.
When blocking Konata's path, the brunette and the blonde laugh like Tamama and Keroro, respectively. Tamama's tail can be seen on the back of the brunette as well.
When Konata is at the register, the store employees' facial expressions reference the characters of Keroro Gunsou.
At one point, Meito Anisawa tries to use Geass to get Konata to buy something, complete with an Ash Ketchumhat turn.
When Kagami scolds Konata, Konata carries wings behind her back and says "Uguuu!".
Episode 14
The Hiiragi family is watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The fact that Hiromi Konno voiced the contestant is pointed out in the start of Lucky Channel.
Konata uses her DS with Shaberu! DS Oryōri Navi as a cooking guide.
Da Capo is referenced twice in this episode, with Konata parodying Nemu coughing up sakura petals, and the opening itself is parodied, with Konata playing the roles of Nemu, Sakura, Kotori, Moe, and Junichi, complete with the Da Capo opening music.
As Konata says that, there's a figure of Haruhi in her bunny girl outfit on her bookshelf. Later on, we see a poster of the Haruhi girls in bunny girl outfits.◊
Yutaka's class introduction directly references that of Chiyo's in Azumanga Daioh, something that she lampshaded.
Near the end of the episode, Die Lorelei is playing when Yutaka enters Konata's room. Since it's Konata, she was probably playing Fate/stay night.
Minoru tries to sing "Koi no Minoru Densetsu". It's basically "Koi no Mikuru Densetsu" from Haruhi, with a few alterations. He fails, because the editing team cuts him off.
Konata's speech about an anime where dead pets are resurrected refers to the 2001 series Angel Tales... in which Aya Hirano played Momo the Monkey, one of her earliest roles.
Konata has a poster on her wall for the Kiddy Grade Ignition movie, which had been in cinemas in April of the same year (the episode was set in April). Kiddy Grade, of couse, was Aya Hirano's first lead role and she was herself present at the premiere.
Episode 16
Konata's new handphone, unsurprisingly, has a Haruhi wallpaper. Her ringtone is also Koi no Mikuru Densetsu, which Minoru tried to sing in the credits in the last episode.
Everybody who works at the cafe cosplays, and acts in character. Examples include:
After Konata bosses them around to get their orders, Kagami says, "Yare yare," just like Kyon.
The seiyuus for both Yuki and Kyon reprise their roles. Sort of.
Konata performs "Hare Hare Yukai" on stage with Patricia Martin, who's cosplaying as Mikuru.
When Kagami asks what the juice has in it, Patricia replies with, "禁則事項です", or "Classified Information".
In the English dub, Crispin Freeman and Michelle Ruff voice two characters that are suspiciously similar to (they look, talk, and act the same as) Kyon and Yuki. Then Kyon and Yuki announce the next episode.
Kagami is instructed by Konata to buy a Code Geass manga.
Otaku mistake Tsukasa for Akari Kamigishi, prompting her to say "Hiroyuki-chan," which is what Akari calls male protagonist Hiroyuki Fujita, and one of the photographers is the director of the first season of Suzumiya Haruhi (the guy with the large glasses and camera).
Anime Tenchou tries to sell Konata the Season 1 Image Songs for Haruhi, only for her to walk out because Kagami wants to meet her.
While Akira sings Misoji Misaki, Minoru wonders for a moment whether he should sing Kentai Life Returns, one of Kyon's image songs. In the credits, Akira's seiyuu sings Misoji Misaki in real life.
Episode 17
The split screen when the Izumi-Kobakawas prepare for Konata's birthday is taken from 24.
Konata said she wanted to be a Brigade leader, Nanto Shinken master, and an anime storyboard artist. When Kagami asked about her special talents, she said she can name all Pok_mon.
Outside of the bookstore Kagami was holding a Rental Magica light novel.
In the classroom Konata was reading the July 2007 issue of Comptiq, with LS on the cover and Haruhi on the back.
When Kagami borrows Konata's history book, the drawings represent Noein characters, complete with someone shouting HARUKAAA !
When talking about the Hiiragi sisters, Konata first referenced Little Women, then to Cat's Eye.
In Lucky Channel, Anime Tenchou lists off a few of Hiromi Konno's previous roles — two of them are Rouran and Potato.
Hiyori puts Suzaku as her name when they went to bowl, and odds are it's Kururugi they're referring to here. Also, the adjacent bowler's lane has the names of the SOS Brigade members on the scoreboard.
Hiyori parodies the nullification of Ryoko's Data Link.
When Misao's being asked by a few people to get stuff for them, one of them wants a Playboy. She immediately notices that there's something wrong before snapping.
OVA
The episode's name is JK, which observant Tropers will know as the abbreviation for Joshikousei.
When Konata briefly mentions the "Lodoss Tabletalk Game", she's talking about Dungeons & Dragons, specifically the campaign replays published in Japan that would eventually become the basis for the anime of that name. Naturally, most pen and paper RPGs are classified as Tabletalk RPGs in Japan.
The promo food items that look out of place in the fantasy-based MMORPG are a poke at The Tower of Druaga MMO, which did much the same thing.
The song that plays briefly during the volleyball game is the theme of Attack Number 1.
Konata orders Tsukasa and Misao to form up for the Jet Stream Attack.
When Patty discovers Cherry's paw pads don't go puni-puni, she lets out a loud cry of "ZETSUBOU SHITA!".
The victory pose that Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, and Kuroi make in the game is the ending pose of Hare Hare Yukai, with a random guy filling in Itsuki's spot and then walking away.
When the gang gets lost in the mountains, Konata yells out "THE HEAVENS HAVE ABANDONED US!!!", a line taken from the film Hakkouda Mountain.
In the volleball game, Konata calls out her serve similar to how a certain Bleach character fires his attack
Other
The name of Konata's MMORPG is never given, but the BGM for it is "Filna Fatansy"
A strip in the last bonus section of manga volume 7 points out the Vocaloid resemblances (Kagami - Miku, Tsukasa - Rin, Miyuki - Luka*
stated as "Third character not yet revealed"
).
Also in manga volume 7: when Kagami complained about Konata's huge (and growing) Dating Sim backlog, Konata wished she had the ability of Keima Katsuragi.
Keima was again referenced in Volume 8: over an online chat Kuroi mentioned there's been an increasing number of openly otaku students. When Konata asked for details, Kuroi said "there's this one who was playing on his portable game machine during class. It seemed like a dating sim, and the guy was really into it."
