History ShoutOut / EurekaSeven

* Several characters are named after real people or other fictional characters:

** Similar to above, Tresor Laboratories is named after the Tresor nightclub in Berlin, which also founded its own record label Tresor Records. American DJ Jeff Mills was signed with the label, and his song "Changes of Life" was used as the title of episode 30 where Tresor Laboratories is visited for the first time.

** Similar to above, Tresor Laboratories is named after the Tresor nightclub in Berlin, which also founded its own record label Tresor Records. American DJ Jeff Mills was signed with the label, and his song "Change of Life" was used as the title of episode 30 where Tresor Laboratories is visited for the first time.

** Similar to above, Tresor Laboratories is named after the Tresor nightclub in Berlin. It possibly doubles as reference to Maurice Maeterlinck's essay ''Le Trésor des Humbles''.

** Gidget and Moondoggie are named after characters from the ''Film/{{Gidget}}'' series who have the same relationship. Moondoggie's real name, as stated on his pilot license, is James Darren Emerson -- a composite reference to the actor playing the original Moondoggie role, James Darren, and Darren Emerson, a noted electronic musician.

** Eureka is named after the European Space Agency satellite EURECA which was launched with space shuttle Atlantis in 1992. InUniverse, she is similarly named after the satellite EURE''K''A [[spoiler:that the Scub Coral collided and first arrived on Earth with when it fell.]]

** Brittany, the excavator at FAC-51, is named after Music/BritneySpears and seemed to be female at first due to the number of old men that were guest characters.

** Eureka is named after the European Space Agency satellite EURECA which was launched with space shuttle Atlantis in 1992. She is similarly named after the InUniverse satellite EURE''K''A [[spoiler:that the Scub Coral collided and first arrived on Earth with when it fell.]]

** Eureka is named after the European Space Agency satellite EURECA which was launched with space shuttle Atlantis in 1992. InUniverse she is similarly named after the fallen satellite EUREKA with which the Scub Coral collided and first arrived on Earth.
** Anemone is named after a character from the Ryu Murakami novel ''Coin Locker Babies'', who also had a pet crocodile named Gulliver.

* ''The Golden Bough'' by Sir James George Frazer are in the possession of Dewey and Holland as the subjects that the book studies play a huge part in the Novak family background.

* There are many shout outs to surfer culture.

** Hap is named after Hap Jacobs, a surfer and shaper who helped create the 1960s surf culture in California.

** The Gekko's gunner and owner, Ken-Goh, is a reference to Kengo Watanabe also known as KEN=GOH, an old buddy of the series chief scriptwriter, Dai Sato, with whom he also manages an indie electronic label Frogman Records.

** Hap is named after Hap Jacobs, a surfer and shaper who is recognized for helping create the 1960s surf culture in California.

*** Dr. Bear and Norb's interview is likely a reference to Adam Yauch's interview with the Dalai Lama in 1995.

*** Norb's interview for ''ray=out'' was based on Adam Yauch's interview with the Dalai Lama in 1995.

** The abandoned mine FAC-51 refers to The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester that was co-owned by the band Music/NewOrder and is associated with rise of acid house and rave music. "[=FAC51=]" was its official designation by Creator/FactoryRecords, the other co-owners of the club.

** The Gekko's gunner and owner, Ken-Goh, is a reference to Kengo Watanabe, an old buddy of the series chief scriptwriter, Dai Sato, with whom he also manages an indie electronic label Frogman Records.

** Anemone is named after a character from the Ryu Murakami novel ''Coin Locker Babies'', who also had a pet crocodile named Gulliver.

** Complete and utter disregard of physics.

** Dai Sato learned from interviewing surfers that they want to protect nature because it's fun to surf. Holland delivers this GreenAesop in episode 33 (again), when he swears that he loves lifting and the planet that allows him to lift, and he can't forgive those who want to destroy it.

** The abandoned mine FAC-51 refers to The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester that was co-owned by the band Music/NewOrder and is associated with rise of acid house and rave music. "[=FAC51=]" was its official designation by Factory Records, the other co-owners of the club.

** The abandoned mine FAC-51 refers to The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester that was co-owned by New Order and is associated with rise of acid house and rave music. "[=FAC51=]" was its official designation by Factory Records, the other co-owners of the club.

** Dai Sato learned from interviewing surfers that they want to protect nature because it's fun to surf. Holland delivers this {{Aesop}}, also in episode 33, when he swears that he loves lifting and the planet that allows him to lift, and he can't forgive those who want to destroy it.

** Every single episode of the series shares the name of a real life song.

** Gekko-go's gunner and owner, Ken-Goh, is a reference to Kengo Watanabe, an old buddy of the series chief scriptwriter, Dai Sato, with whom he also manages an indie electronic label Frogman Records.

* Several members of the cast are named after real people or other fictional characters:

* The series contains many references to music – primarily HouseMusic – throughout the series.

** Many of the [=LFOs=] and [=KLFs=] are named after Roland and Korg synthesizers. The names [=LFO=] and [=KLF=] themselves are taken from two influential British techno groups.

** FAC-51, the abandoned mine, refers to The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester that was co-owned by New Order and is associated with rise of acid house and rave music.

-->The key comparison is how the lead characters, notably Renton Thurston and Ikari Shinji (boys, both 14 years old) in the first episodes both end in a cliffhanger where the leads are in mortal danger: Evangelion’s end while Shinji is in the thick of the battle while Eureka Seven's end with Renton joining the fray.

* Warsaw is also known as "The Joy Division". Warsaw is the name the band Joy Division previously went by.

* Various HumongousMecha designations in the series are mostly taken from the synthesizers' (mostly Roland) model numbers. The Devilfish is a famous mod for the Roland TB-303 that vastly expands the tonal capabilities of the synthesizer

* The Second Summer of Love is an event in the series that could potentially destroy all life. It's named after a time in '88 when European music attitude and composition was fused with the budding American techno and electronic, opening up new music and ideas for the 90's and beyond.