History ShoutOut / EurekaSeven

** The tricks, such as the Cut Back Drop Turn, were inspired by snowboarding moves after Kyoda, Sato, and Shoji Kawamori (main mechancial designer) saw an extreme sports event in Tokyo.

** The tricks, such as the Cut Back Drop Turn, were inspired by snowboarding moves after Kyoda, Sato, and Shoji Kawamori (main mechancial designer) saw an event in Tokyo.

** The tricks, such as the Cut Back Drop Turn, were inspired by snowboarding moves after the directors and writers saw an event in Tokyo.

** Holland's hometown is named North Shore, which is a coastal area of Oahu that is famous spot for big wave surfing.

* There are many shout outs to surfer culture:
** Holland's birthplace is named North Shore, which is a coastal area of Oahu that is famous for having huge waves.

** The shape of Holland's and Renton's liftboards are actually based on 1980s skateboards.

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

** The Gekko's doctor Mischa is named after Misha, the Russian bear mascot of the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 1980 Moscow Olympic Games]], which is also alluded by Mischa's former marriage to Dr. Bear who calls her "my little cub".

** Eureka is named after the UsefulNotes/ESA satellite EURECA which was launched with space shuttle Atlantis in 1992. InUniverse, she is similarly named after the satellite EUREKA [[spoiler:which the Scub Coral collided with 10,000 years ago, causing it to crash down into the Pacific Ocean where the Scub Coral began to fuse with the marine life.]]

*** The name are all [[https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7zt3tv/my_name_is_tomoki_kyoda_the_director_of_eureka/duqvs7t/ based on synthesizers Tomoki Kyoda owns]]. He [[https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7zt3tv/my_name_is_tomoki_kyoda_the_director_of_eureka/duqlue9/ bought the TB-303]] from a member of Denki Groove (the Japanese electronic duo who produced the finale insert song "Niji") and got signed by Hardfloor (the German electronic duo who produced the "Acperience" songs the episodes are named after).

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

*** His wife and Renton and Diane's grandmother was named Rose.
** 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 EUREKA [[spoiler:that the Scub Coral collided and first arrived on Earth with when it fell.]]

*** Tomoki Kyoda [[https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7zt3tv/my_name_is_tomoki_kyoda_the_director_of_eureka/duqlue9/ owns a TB-303 synthesizer]] which he bought from a member of Denki Groove (the Japanese electronic duo who produced the finale insert song "Niji") and got signed by Hardfloor (the German electronic duo who produced the "Acperience" songs the episodes are named after).

*** Hardfloor later produced the insert song "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARXhxgwcn6A Acperience 7]" for the ''Hi-Evolution 1'' film.

*** Talho's joking line "You were thinking about doing lewd things to her while she was asleep, right?" to Renton about a comatose Eureka is a reference to an infamous ''End of Evangelion'' scene.

** The name of Dewey's ship is taken from the 1983 mecha series ''Anime/GingaHyouryuuVifam''.
*** Eureka's design was also based on the character Katue Pearson from the same series.

* Dr. Bear has a replica of the golden records that were launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, containing containing photos and sounds as a message to any extraterrestrial life forms--or as a time capsule for future humans--that recover them.

* Dr. Bear has a replica of the golden records that were launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, containing containing photos and sounds as a message to any extraterrestrial life form or future humans that recover them.

* Dr. Bear has a replica of the golden records that were launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, containing containing photos and sounds as message to any extraterrestrial life forms or future humans that recovers it.

* The color motif and name of the Beams' Swan airship is based on the Hakucho, a JR East limited express train service that used 485-3000 series trains painted purple and white. Its code name, SL-1200 MKI, comes from the Technics SL-1200 turntables.

** 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 when Tresor Laboratories is visited for the first time.

** Several elements of the plot & characters resemble elements from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]'', though this may be coincidence.

** Talho Yuki is named after the ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' heroine Kei Yuki. The kanji for Kei is 蛍, meaning "firefly" which is read as "hotaru" (ホタル) and is an anagram of Talho (タルホ).

** Talho's last name Yuki is taken from the ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' heroine Kei Yuki. Her first name is an anagram of the Japanese word for firefly, "hotaru" = "taruho" (Talho).

** Holland's birthplace is named North Shore, which is a coastal area of Oahu famous for having huge waves.

** Renton, Eureka and Anemone could be easily seen as [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'''s Shinji, Rei and Asuka, both visually and in terms of personality. Beyond this, the second episode of the series [[WholePlotReference very clearly draws parallels]] with ''Evangelion'''s second episode, as examined by a blogger [[https://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/22s/ here]].

*** Talho's joking line "You were thinking about doing lewd things to her while she was asleep, right?" to Renton about a comatose Eureka might be referring to an infamous ''End of Evangelion'' scene.

** Renton, Eureka and Anemone could be easily seen as [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji, Rei and Asuka]], both visually and in terms of personality. Beyond this, the second episode of the series [[WholePlotReference very clearly draws parallels]] with [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva's]] second episode, as examined by a blogger [[https://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/22s/ here]].

** Eureka and Renton's using Holland to jump (I'll let you work the physics of that), meet in mid-air and performe a Twin Shoot.

** The MindScrew "Acperience" episodes are fittingly named after the series of acid trance tracks by the German duo Hardfloor; Acperience being a portmanteau of "acid experience".