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* Unintentional ShoutOut to ''Series/BabylonFive'' when Daniel says: "’Who are you?’ and ‘What do you want?’ are the questions I want to ask you, actually."

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* Unintentional ShoutOut to ''Series/BabylonFive'' when Daniel says: "’Who "'Who are you?’ you?' and ‘What 'What do you want?’ want?' are the questions I want to ask you, actually."



* In chapter 2 there is an unintended reference to ''Series/DoctorWho'': Daniel gives Asuka a pistol whose “magazine is a lot bigger on the inside than on the outside.”
* In chapter 30 Asuka and Ching quote ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him who first cries ‘Hold! enough!’"

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* In chapter 2 there is an unintended reference to ''Series/DoctorWho'': Daniel gives Asuka a pistol whose “magazine "magazine is a lot bigger on the inside than on the outside.
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* In chapter 30 Asuka and Ching quote ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him who first cries ‘Hold! enough!’"'Hold! enough!'"



* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' has plenty, plenty shout-outs. Daniel's operation to free South America is named ''Nobody Dies''. Asuka's father's name is Pieter Langley. Asuka sometimes uses “Flurgen” as a swearword.

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* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' has plenty, plenty shout-outs. Daniel's operation to free South America is named ''Nobody Dies''. Asuka's father's name is Pieter Langley. Asuka sometimes uses “Flurgen” "Flurgen" as a swearword.



* Asuka calls [[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/txt/casanova.txt Shinji the Casanova]] shortly after their kiss.

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* Asuka calls [[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/txt/casanova.txt Shinji the Casanova]] ''Fanfic/ShinjiTheCasanova'' shortly after their kiss.



* In chapter 26 Daniel quotes a line of ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'': “The time has come’, the walrus said, to talk of many things.”

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* In chapter 26 Daniel quotes a line of ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'': “The "The time has come’, come', the walrus said, to talk of many things."



* In chapter 33 Ching compares Asuka with [[TheHighQueen Galadriel]] by quoting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': “’All will love me, and despair’, Asuka?”
* And right after Ching asked Asuka:  “Or are you going for a more blood-soaked-barbarian-queen vibe?” Maybe a shout-out to ''FanFic/ThousandShinji'' or ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', since the author has referenced ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

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* In chapter 33 Ching compares Asuka with [[TheHighQueen Galadriel]] by quoting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': “’All "'All will love me, and despair’, Asuka?”
despair', Asuka?"
* And right after Ching asked Asuka:  “Or "Or are you going for a more blood-soaked-barbarian-queen vibe?” vibe?" Maybe a shout-out to ''FanFic/ThousandShinji'' or ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', since the author has referenced ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.



* In the preface and chapter 43 Shinji quotes Creator/WilliamShakespeare’s Sonnet 67: “O! Him she stores, to show what wealth she had… In days long since, before these last so bad”.

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* In the preface and chapter 43 Shinji quotes Creator/WilliamShakespeare’s Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Sonnet 67: “O! "O! Him she stores, to show what wealth she had… In days long since, before these last so bad”.bad".



* In chapter 47 –and others- we have a deliberate ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' joke: "The Emperor protects, sir."

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* In chapter 47 –and others- we have a deliberate ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' joke: "The Emperor protects, sir."



* [[spoiler:Kensuke]]’s [[HumongousMecha Black Knight]]’s [[ICallItVera name]] is “Yamato”. Since he is a military otaku, it is hard to tell if it is named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato legendary Japanese battleship]] or the ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato legendary Anime spaceship]]'', named after the aforementioned battleship.
** It's equipped with a WaveMotionGun. What do you think?

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* [[spoiler:Kensuke]]’s [[spoiler:Kensuke's]] [[HumongousMecha Black Knight]]’s Knight]]'s [[ICallItVera name]] is “Yamato”."Yamato". Since he is a military otaku, it is hard to tell if it is named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato legendary Japanese battleship]] or the ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato legendary Anime spaceship]]'', spaceship]]'' which is named after the aforementioned battleship.
** It's
battleship. Although it's equipped with a WaveMotionGun. What do you think?WaveMotionGun...



* [[spoiler:Misato’s]] PoweredArmor is named Heinlein Mk 161 infantry combat suit after Creator/RobertAHeinlein who popularized the concept of powered military armour when he wrote ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''.

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* [[spoiler:Misato’s]] [[spoiler:Misato's]] PoweredArmor is named Heinlein Mk 161 infantry combat suit after Creator/RobertAHeinlein who popularized the concept of powered military armour when he wrote ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''.



* Misato telling: ''[[Franchise/StarWars “Look at me, I’m Darth Vader,”]]''.
* Misato calls Jinnai “Katsuhiko”, a nod to ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.

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* Misato telling: ''[[Franchise/StarWars “Look "Look at me, I’m I'm Darth Vader,”]]''.
Vader"]]''.
* Misato calls Jinnai “Katsuhiko”, "Katsuhiko", a nod to ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.
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* In chapter 42 Daniel asks Shinji if he has ever watched ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.

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* In chapter 42 Daniel asks Shinji if he has ever watched ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
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* During the FinalBattle, Shinji and Asuka use two suits of PoweredArmor called "[=MObility SuPport EscApe Defence Armor=]". Or MOSPEADA. As in ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''.
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{{Shout Out}}s found in ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'':
* The title of the first chapter is a line from ''Literature/ParadiseLost'': "Long is the way and hard,"
* Unintentional ShoutOut to ''Series/BabylonFive'' when Daniel says: "’Who are you?’ and ‘What do you want?’ are the questions I want to ask you, actually."
-->I didn't realize I'd accidentally recreated the Questions from B5 until a bit after I had written that part, though I said 'Sure, why not?' and ran with it.
* Avalon's [[RingWorldPlanet Niven rings]] are inspired by ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}''.
* In chapter 2 there is an unintended reference to ''Series/DoctorWho'': Daniel gives Asuka a pistol whose “magazine is a lot bigger on the inside than on the outside.”
* In chapter 30 Asuka and Ching quote ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': "Lay on, Macduff, and damned be him who first cries ‘Hold! enough!’"
* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'' is one of the timelines of TheMultiverse. Rayana mentions a timeline where Rei modeled her behaviour after Asuka's. Many lines are shout-outs to that fanfic.
* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' has plenty, plenty shout-outs. Daniel's operation to free South America is named ''Nobody Dies''. Asuka's father's name is Pieter Langley. Asuka sometimes uses “Flurgen” as a swearword.
* ''Fanfic/WalkingInTheShadowOfDreams'' also has a line.
* Daniel mentions that in timelines where Yui did not die Gendo is an actually scarily overprotective father. Possibly another shout-out to ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'' and ''Fanfic/WalkingInTheShadowOfDreams''.
* Asuka calls [[http://www.studioshinnyo.com/txt/casanova.txt Shinji the Casanova]] shortly after their kiss.
* Daniel describes a timeline where Gendo erased Shinji from existence and Asuka opened a Sea of Dirac to reunite with him. It happened in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20041225112456/http://www.evafics.org/read.php?series_id=109 Unreal]] by Hotwire/T. L. Webb.
* Rayana mentions a timeline where Shinji, Asuka and Rei were in a three-way relationship. It is a reference to the Violence Jack's smut fics.
* Daniel also talks about a reality where Shinji kissed Asuka back. That happened in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/269658/1/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion-Deviance NGE Deviance]]''.
* In chapter 26 Daniel quotes a line of ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass]]'': “The time has come’, the walrus said, to talk of many things.”
* An alternate version of Rayana killed a ''[[Videogame/MassEffect krogan]]''.
* In chapter 33 Ching compares Asuka with [[TheHighQueen Galadriel]] by quoting ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': “’All will love me, and despair’, Asuka?”
* And right after Ching asked Asuka:  “Or are you going for a more blood-soaked-barbarian-queen vibe?” Maybe a shout-out to ''FanFic/ThousandShinji'' or ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', since the author has referenced ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
* In chapter 42 Daniel asks Shinji if he has ever watched ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.
* In the preface and chapter 43 Shinji quotes Creator/WilliamShakespeare’s Sonnet 67: “O! Him she stores, to show what wealth she had… In days long since, before these last so bad”.
* In chapter 44 Daniel quotes ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'': "Greetings, Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada! Are you ready to begin?"
* Chapter 46's title is a line of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Creed Ranger Creed]]: "...Though I Be The Lone Survivor".
* Also in chapter 46: "[[https://youtu.be/cC8PAQQIoCM And a hardboiled egg!]]"
* In chapter 47 –and others- we have a deliberate ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' joke: "The Emperor protects, sir."
* In chapter 47 some random soldier asked for a copy of the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}''.
* In chapter 55 Asuka said [[CurbStompBattle that battle had been too easy]], and Shinji stated that after TemptingFate like that their next battle would be against ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''.
* In chapter 57 ''Music/CarminaBurana'' by Carl Orff has a mention.
* In chapter 57 Asuka, Shinji, Bir and other characters talk about the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi Battle of Saragarhi]]
* [[spoiler:Kensuke]]’s [[HumongousMecha Black Knight]]’s [[ICallItVera name]] is “Yamato”. Since he is a military otaku, it is hard to tell if it is named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato legendary Japanese battleship]] or the ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato legendary Anime spaceship]]'', named after the aforementioned battleship.
* In chapter 63, 64 and 65 many songs of different styles (classic, rock…) are played during a concert.
* [[spoiler:Misato’s]] PoweredArmor is named Heinlein Mk 161 infantry combat suit after Creator/RobertAHeinlein who popularized the concept of powered military armour when he wrote ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''.
* In part 73 after taking down the UN fleet Touji tells it was not exactly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa the Battle of Okinawa]].
* Hikari asks Touji if he would like to be called ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony''.
* Misato telling: ''[[Franchise/StarWars “Look at me, I’m Darth Vader,”]]''.
* Misato calls Jinnai “Katsuhiko”, a nod to ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.
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