History ShoutOut / AriaTheScarletAmmo

* The series is a WholePlotReference to ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'', which features a savvy Japanese main character finding himself teaming with a petite, long-haired foreign detective girl with some supernatural secrets and who is trying to clean the name of her mother.

* Aria herself has elements of [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Shana]] and every [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero other]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her long hair, flat chest, katana, ZettaiRyouiki, and [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].
** In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous shows from the ''Shana'' wave. Kinji then claims to be [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.

* Famous light novel series ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' inspired several references in the series.

* Aria herself has elements of [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Shana]] and every [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero other]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her long hair, her ZettaiRyouiki, and her [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].
** In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous shows. Kinji then claims to be [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.

* Aria herself has elements of [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero every]] [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana flat chested]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her long hair, her ZettaiRyouiki, and her [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].

* The series is a WholePlotReference to ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'', another major ShanaClone series with Holmesian influences, which features a savvy Japanese main character finding himself teaming with a petite, long-haired foreign detective girl with some supernatural secrets and who is trying to clean the name of her mother.

* Aria herself is effectively a ShanaClone, having elements [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero every]] [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana flat chested]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her long hair, her ZettaiRyouiki, and her [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].
** In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous ShanaClone shows. Kinji then claims to be [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.

* Aria herself is effectively a ShanaClone, having elements [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero every]] [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana flat chested]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her RapunzelHair, her ZettaiRyouiki, and her [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].

* Aria is effectively a ShanaClone, having elements of [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero every]] [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana flat chested]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler loli-]][[LightNovel/ToraDora Tsundere]] role Creator/RieKugimiya has voiced, due to her RapunzelHair, her ZettaiRyouiki, and her [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]].

* The character concept of Riko Mine Lupin IV is basically a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer-friendly]] appropriation of ''Manga/LupinIII'', as her surnames imply she is the daughter of Lupin III and Fujiko Mine of said work. Indeed, she is said to have been taught seduction by her mother, on account of Fujiko being a famous vamp.
* The rest of Riko, though, comes almost entirely from Kuiaran II from ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'', another major ShanaClone series with Holmesian influences. Just like Kuiaran, Riko is a blond-haired, female thief from an infamous lineage who poses as a classmate to the main male character in order to manipulate him. She is also a CompositeCharacter with the authentic classmate Kuiaran was impersonating, Avril Bradley, a slightly ditzy, hyper girl who becomes part of the main character's circle.

** Jeanne also resembles Jeans Slasher from ''Magical Index''.

* The very title of the series, "Scarlet Ammo", is a clear reference to the fist Literature/SherlockHolmes novel, ''Study in Scarley''.

!!Characters

** Her surname probably comes from Kaori Kanzaki from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', which inspired other references in the series.

* Riko Mine Lupin IV is basically a [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer-friendly]] appropriation of ''Manga/LupinIII'', as her surnames imply she is the daughter of Lupin III and Fujiko Mine of said work. Indeed, she is said to have been taught seduction by her mother, on account of Fujiko being a famous vamp.
** The rest of her character, though, comes almost entirely from Kuiaran II from ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'', another major ShanaClone series. Just like Kuiaran, Riko is a blond-haired, female thief from an infamous lineage who poses as a classmate to the main male character in order to manipulate him. She is also a CompositeCharacter with the authentic classmate Kuiaran was impersonating, Avril Bradley, a slightly ditzy, hyper girl who becomes part of the main character's circle.
** Her hairdo, ribbons, cat smile and seductive personality are also a reference to Kuroko Shirai from ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''.

** Again, she also resembles Jeans Slasher from ''Magical Index''.

!!Light novels
* The very title of the series, "Scarlet Ammo", is a clear reference to the fist Literature/SherlockHolmes novel, ''Study in Scarley''.
* In Volume 7 Kinji's official team is named Team Baskerville which is a reference to a ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' novel ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''.
* One of the LightNovel chapter titles is [[Music/{{IOSYS}} "You Stole The Precious Thing"]].
* As in ''Film/{{Speed}}'', a bus has a bomb that explodes if it slows down.
* Aria gets mistaken for [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku]] at one point in the light novels.
* When Reki swears to stay by Kinji's side per The Wind's orders, he raises a leg, in reference to a scene from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' where John orders the bot to raise his left leg.

!!Anime

* In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous ShanaClone shows. Kinji then claims to be [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.
* The whole OVA episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/TheGrudge''.

** Her surname probably comes from Kaori Kanzaki from ''Manga/ACertainMagicalIndex'', which inspired other references in the series.

* Being a quiet, mostly EmotionlessGirl with short, cold colored hair and uncanny abilities, Reki Yada is an obvious ReiAyanamiExpy, down to her very name ('''Rei''' -> '''Re'''k'''i''') and pseudonym surname (A'''yana'''mi -> '''Ya'''d'''a''').

* Jeanne d'Arc the 30th the could be easily mistaken for a younger, French version [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber Lily]], with longer silver hair, shorter skirt, and a near-identical sword -- with [[Creator/AyakoKawasumi the same seiyuu]] to boot, to near-CastingGag levels.

!!Meta and events

* In Volume 7 Kinji's official team is named Team Baskerville which is a reference to a ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' novel ''The Hound Of Baskerville''.

* The whole OVA episode is a ShoutOut to ''Film/TheGrudge''.
* Film/{{Speed}} The bus has a bomb that explodes if it slows down.
* Aria gets mistaken for [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku]] at one point in the light novels.
* When Reki swears to stay by Kinji's side per The Wind's orders, he raises a leg, in reference to a scene from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' where John orders the bot to raise his left leg

* Being a quiet, mostly EmotionlessGirl with short, cold colored hair and uncanny abilities, Reki Yada is an obvious ReiAyanamiExpy, down to her very name ('''Rei''' -> '''Rei'''k'''i''') and pseudonym surname (A'''yana'''mi -> '''Ya'''d'''a''').

* Being a quiet, mostly EmotionlessGirl with short, cold colored hair and uncanny abilities, Reki Yada is an obvious ReAyanamiExpy, down to her very name ('''Rei''' -> '''Rei'''k'''i''') and pseudonym surname (A'''yana'''mi -> '''Ya'''d'''a''').

* Being a quiet, mostly EmotionlessGirl with short, cold colored hair and uncanny abilities, Reki Yada is an obvious ReyAyanamiExpy, down to her very name ('''Rei''' -> '''Rei'''k'''i''') and pseudonym surname (A'''yana'''mi -> '''Ya'''d'''a''').

!!Meta

!!Events