Shout Out / Tokimeki PokéLive! and TwinBee

• Eggman saying "Welcome to your doom" to N in "The Ideal Hero".
  • From the same story arc, Eggman's attempt at a Dr. Weird impression which the heroes and heroines find unfunny, which is also a reference to Robotnik Shorts.
  • Also from "The Ideal Hero" story arc, "No freaking way!" being Sonic's reaction to Black Kyurem.
  • Near the end of part 4 of "The Ideal Hero", Sonic sings a modified version of a part of the lyrics to City Escape.
• The fact that the Side Story spinoff fics have story arcs that are composed of four parts each and in addition, focus on characters who either don't appear in the main stories at all or who don't appear all that often resembles the Sonic Universe comics, which had four part story arcs and focused on characters who weren't as prominent in the regular Sonic comics.
• In the main story "Group Discussion", while the PDP members are thinking of ideas for plays Hilda and Shizuku could perform for the Theatre Club, the video games Pokémon X and Y and Fray in Magical Adventure are referenced and the Fairy Tale Peter Pan is suggested until Shiori suggests Little Red Riding Hood to which everyone agrees.
• Risa's surname is a nod to Kathy Selden, a character from the 1950s movie Singin' in the Rain.
• Honoka references Aikatsu! by name and mentions something about Stands in "Pokémon S.T.A.R.T!!".
• The title of "Otonokizaka, I Choose You!" is a reference to both the debut episode of the main Pokémon anime as well as the 20th Pokémon anime movie.
• On the FANDOM wiki for the AU, a heading used for the page on non-canon characters uses a sprite of a Big Boo from Super Mario World.
• Shizuku mentions the Ys series by name when comparing the music for a nonexistent game she reviews in "Nintendo Dream Guest Reviews!".
• Kasumi says "Let me tell you a story" as part of one of her lines in "Decision, Decision!".
• In "Funyun Schumnyun!", Shizuku tells Shigeru Miyamoto to "Zip it" while pointing at him, just like a scene in Deadpool: No Good Deed, where Deadpool does the same to Stan Lee. It helps that Live Action!Deadpool is played by Ryan Reynolds, who also has two roles in Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
  • Not to mention the short description of Nintendo itself in the story as well.
  • And also, as a meta Development Gag, Miyamoto suggested the dual versions concept to Satoshi Tajiri during Pokémon Red and Blue's development as well.
• The bad future Classic Sonic discovers as well as his promise to help avert said future as well in "Prophecy of Failure!?" is an allusion to the Good Future/Bad Future mechanic of Sonic CD.
• In "A Day in the Life of a High Schooler!", Osako says "How you doin'?" in a manner not unlike Joey.
• "Singin' in the Rain!" has a few shoutouts:
  • The title itself is a reference to ''Singin' in the Rain", and the Nijigasaki High Theatre Club members even quote a few lines from the movie.
  • Sonic asks Hilda if Skynet is the villain in the musical.
    • Likewise, Rock asks Shizuku if there are any Street Fighter references in the musical.
    • Said scene is a homage to a scene from The Simpsons episode "A Streetcar Named Marge", where Bart and Homer ask nonsensical questions about the musical Marge participates in.
  • Near the end of the story, Sonic makes a reference to Shao Kahn's Outworld Tournament as well as the The Second World Warrior Tournament, the former of which was part of Kahn's and Shang Tsung's plan in MKII and the latter of which M. Bison was the host of in Street Fighter lore.
  • Sonic says "Long time, no see!", which was a greeting certain characters have used throughout some of the 3D Sonic games.
• The "Hilda and Setsuna Yuki: Maximum Metal" arc has its share of shoutouts:
  • The subtitle of the arc itself is similar to that of Maximum Carnage.
  • The title of Chapter 1 is called "Rise of the Robot!?"
• "The Origin (Of the Nijigasaki Pokémon Trainer's Club)!" has a couple of shout outs:
  • Shizuku mentions "An anime where some girls compete to become Top Stars and join Starlight", which is a reference to Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight, a Bushiroad franchise.
  • Shizuku also alludes to Giygas, the infamous final boss of EarthBound (1994) (EarthBound a.k.a. Mother being a fellow Nintendo franchise alongside Pokémon.) in the story as well.
• Hilda mentions something about Wide World of Pokémon in "If At First You Don't Succeed... (Or, Hilda's School of Hard PokéKnocks!)".
• "Risa's and Emma's Double Trouble!?" has a couple of shoutouts:
  • Like "Pokémon S.T.A.R.T!!", there is another JoJo's Bizarre Adventure reference, though this time, James says a modified version of DIO's famous "It is I, Dio!" quote.
  • Risa directly quotes Sonic's "Real Superpower of Teamwork!" line from Sonic Heroes when sending her Eevee out.
• In "Zekrom, The Dragon King!", Eggman quotes some of his famous lines from some of the 3D Sonic games when battling the A-RISE and Saint Snow members.
• The title of "How I Met Your Girlfriend!" is a reference to How I Met Your Mother, a show in which Honoka's English VA Marieve Herington had a role in.
• "The Legend of Rainbow-chan!"
  • The title is a reference to The Legend of Zelda.
  • The movie Emma describes as taking place in Austria sounds like she is describing The Sound of Music.
• In "Introducing Anata!", Yuu (The SIF ALL STARS protagonist) gets out a pair of sunglasses, only for Eggman to destroy them with a shot from his laser gun. Her response? "Those were ¥500 sunglasses, asshole!".
• "Way of the Naganadel!"
  • The title is a nod to Way of the Dragon.
  • Infinite calls the Sonic and Gadget from the world he came from "Weak, pathetic fools".
  • Infinite also describes Sonic and Gadget as "meddling teenagers", similar to a famous line that Scooby-Doo villains say when they're caught by the Mystery Inc. gang!
• In "Watch an Anime Movie, but Take Notes, Trainers!", during the scene where Hilda and her friends are watching the Ash's Nightmare scene from Pokémon the Movie:I Choose You!, where he dreams of a world without Pokémon, Hilda says a modified version of Professor Farnsworth's memetic "I don't want to live on this planet anymore." line from Futurama.
• The title of "Big Trouble in Little Odaiba! (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Asshole "Friends!") is a refernce to both the title of Big Trouble in Little China as well as the subtitle of Dr. Strangelove.
• "Mia Taylor's First PP!":
  • The "First PP" portion of the title is similar to that of the first Rambo movie, First Blood.
  • Similar to the Pharaoh Man from Ruby-Spears Mega Man, Mia punches Shizuku in the face after Shizuku defeats Mia's Hydreigon using Hilda's Salamence.
• The title of "The Pokémon Who Saw Tomorrow!" is a reference to the Nostradamus based book/movie The Man Who Saw Tomorrow.
  • In the story, Shizuku also mentions the movies Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face and Sabrina (1954) as well as the novels The Call of the Wild, Old Yeller and Moby-Dick by name.
• Needless to say, not only does this take on Pokémon have the feel of Love Live! proper in it's main stories, the major focus on yuri ships may also remind someone of Strawberry Panic! at times as well.
• Sara's first name was inspired by Sara from the Sonic OVA.
• Charlotte's nickname Anya is a reference to the 1997 Fox (now Disney) animated movie Anastasia.