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** Nyarko [[spoiler:(in Mahiro's body)]] sports a CatSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] akin to the infamous [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]].
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** Nyarko [[spoiler:(in Mahiro's body)]] sports a CatSmile cat smile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] akin to the infamous [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]].
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*** Before starting the fight, Nyarko quotes the taglines for ''Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderAgito Agito]]'', and ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'' in succession ("Racing instinct! Awaken that soul! Those who don't fight don't survive!")
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*** Before starting the fight, Nyarko quotes the taglines for ''Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz [[Series/KamenRider555 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderAgito Agito]]'', and ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'' in succession ("Racing instinct! Awaken that soul! Those who don't fight don't survive!")
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** When Yoichi shows the status of each girl, those statuses are lines from JPop songs: Nyarko's status was ''[[Anime/{{Macross7}} Advancing Love Heart]]''; Hasta's is [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion For twelve thousand years, has wanted to combine with you]]; Tamao's is Seriously fell in love [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]] seconds ago.
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** When Yoichi shows the status of each girl, those statuses are lines from JPop songs: Nyarko's status was ''[[Anime/{{Macross7}} Advancing Love Heart]]''; Hasta's is [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion For twelve thousand years, has wanted to combine with you]]; Tamao's is Seriously fell in love [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz [[Series/KamenRider555 555]] seconds ago.
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** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]] and quotes "Atashi te honto baka!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
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** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]] and quotes "Atashi te honto baka!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
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** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]]. Mahiro, in the meantime, says "I was stupid, so stupid!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
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** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]]. Mahiro, in the meantime, says "I was stupid, so stupid!", Stratos]] and quotes "Atashi te honto baka!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
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** One poster from the memorabilia store is for ''LightNovel/NoRin''
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara, {{Manga/Doraemon}}" (from the sixth volume)
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara, {{Manga/Doraemon}}" (from the sixth volume)
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** One poster from the memorabilia store is for ''LightNovel/NoRin''
''Literature/NoRin''
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara,{{Manga/Doraemon}}" Manga/{{Doraemon}}" (from the sixth volume)
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara,
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* Episode 9 of the first ''Nyaruani'' has Nyarko say that in space kindergarten, she went around looking for kids playing make-believe and beat them up, with the CatchPhrase "I'll shatter that pretend game of yours!" This earned her the nickname "Slacker Breaker"[[note]]In Japanese, ''Himagin Breaker''[[/note]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke In case you missed the reference]], they just go ahead and throw up a title card that reads "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Slacker-Breaking Nyarko]]", with a silhouette of Touma behind it.
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* Episode 9 of the first ''Nyaruani'' has Nyarko say that in space kindergarten, she went around looking for kids playing make-believe and beat them up, with the CatchPhrase "I'll shatter that pretend game of yours!" This earned her the nickname "Slacker Breaker"[[note]]In Japanese, ''Himagin Breaker''[[/note]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke In case you missed the reference]], they just go ahead and throw up a title card that reads "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex "[[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Slacker-Breaking Nyarko]]", with a silhouette of Touma behind it.
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** Also in episode 6, Cuuko [[LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl falls from the sky while wrapped in a futon.]]
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** This episode gives us [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Celaeno Library]]... as well as the [[LightNovel/LibraryWar library's task force]].
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** Kuune's recording starts with "Testing, testing. [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Baka test.]]" Mahiro even seems to {{lampshade}} it.
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** Kuune's recording starts with "Testing, testing. [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts [[Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Baka test.]]" Mahiro even seems to {{lampshade}} it.
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** A jealous Kuune [[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions take off an eyepatch revealing a golden eye underneath while saying "Synapse, Break!"]]
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex their illusions]] while thrusting her right hand out.
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex their illusions]] while thrusting her right hand out.
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** A jealous Kuune [[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions [[Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions take off an eyepatch revealing a golden eye underneath while saying "Synapse, Break!"]]
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex their illusions]] while thrusting her right hand out.
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to
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** The narrations done by Creator/SatomiArai (Shantak-kun's seiyuu) sound [[LightNovel/OkamiSan rather familiar to one of her roles]].
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* Episode 11: "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Camp's Haunted House]]"
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* During the intro, one of the posters seen in the store is the cover for ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' Volume 1.
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* During the intro, one of the posters seen in the store is the cover for ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' Volume 1.
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* In the seventh novel/episode 8 of season 2, Shantak-kun turns into a little girl with help from Cuuko. Nyarko's reaction is to claim that [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} There's no way my pet can be this young a girl.]]
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* In the seventh novel/episode 8 of season 2, Shantak-kun turns into a little girl with help from Cuuko. Nyarko's reaction is to claim that [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} [[Literature/{{Oreimo}} There's no way my pet can be this young a girl.]]
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** Mahiro's mom breaks out her [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Musou attacks]] in episode 6. She also quotes [[NamesTheSame two different Kamen Riders named "Ryu"]]: [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O Gun Form]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Accel]].
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** Mahiro's mom breaks out her [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Musou attacks]] in episode 6. She also quotes [[NamesTheSame two different Kamen Riders named "Ryu"]]: "Ryu": [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O Gun Form]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Accel]].
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** There are numerous references to ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
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** There are numerous references to ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
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** The episode has all kinds of references, including ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Film/MenInBlack'' and the whole MagicalGirl genre.
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** The episode has all kinds of references, including ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Literature/AccelWorld'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Film/MenInBlack'' and the whole MagicalGirl genre.
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* Episode 2: "[[LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
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* Episode 2: "[[LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai "[[Literature/SasamisanAtGanbaranai Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
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** Mahiro and Cuuko's first encounter is from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' (except here, it's ''Azathoth'' watching over them).
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** Mahiro and Cuuko's first encounter is from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' (except here, it's ''Azathoth'' watching over them).
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** After giving a panty shot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MissMachiko''.
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** After giving a panty shot {{panty shot}} to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MissMachiko''.
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** After giving a PantyShot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MissMachiko''.
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** After giving a PantyShot panty shot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MissMachiko''.
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** Cuuko describes her DateCrepe as a [[Manga/SorcererHunters Carrot Marron Glace Gateau Mocha Chocolate Tiramisu]] crepe.
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** The restaurant scene is taken straight from ''Manga/{{WORKING}}'', complete with [[ActorAllusion Nyarko in a Poplar-esque ponytail]].
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** The restaurant scene is taken straight from ''Manga/{{WORKING}}'', ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'', complete with [[ActorAllusion Nyarko in a Poplar-esque ponytail]].
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* The main antagonist of LightNovel volume 8 is [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], his full name is Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith and he's working for cracker group call [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Digital Beings]]. He also appears in Episode 9 of the Second Season.
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* The main antagonist of LightNovel volume 8 is [[Film/TheMatrix [[Franchise/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], his full name is Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith and he's working for cracker group call [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Digital Beings]]. He also appears in Episode 9 of the Second Season.
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** "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo AriAriAriArrivederci]]!"
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** "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind AriAriAriArrivederci]]!"
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** Nyarko follows the [[Manga/DetectiveConan Ran Mori]] school of thinking: karate kicks can solve anything!
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** Nyarko follows the [[Manga/DetectiveConan [[Manga/CaseClosed Ran Mori]] school of thinking: karate kicks can solve anything!
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** Nyarko's reaction to the store full of anime gooes is "Earth, what a terrifying child you are!", straight from ''Manga/GlassMask''.
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** Nyarko's reaction to the store full of anime gooes goods is "Earth, what a terrifying child you are!", straight from ''Manga/GlassMask''.
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** One poster from the memorabilia store is for ''LightNovel/NoRin''
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** The narrations done by Creator/SatomiArai (Shantak-kun's seiyuu) sound [[LightNovel/OokamiSan rather familiar to one of her roles]].
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** The narrations done by Creator/SatomiArai (Shantak-kun's seiyuu) sound [[LightNovel/OokamiSan [[LightNovel/OkamiSan rather familiar to one of her roles]].
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** Nyarko makes a direct reference to ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}'', then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
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** Nyarko makes a direct reference to ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}'', then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
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* Episode 10: "[[VideoGame/SaGa3 The Ruler of Super Time-Space]]"
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* Episode 10: "[[VideoGame/SaGa3 "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII The Ruler of Super Time-Space]]"
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** After giving a PantyShot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei''.
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** After giving a PantyShot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei''.''Manga/MissMachiko''.
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** Nyarko introduces herself to the class by paraphrasing the OpeningNarration of ''{{Anime/Braiger}}'' (with music from the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' videogames in the background).
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** Nyarko makes a direct reference to Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}, then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
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** Nyarko makes a direct reference to Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}, ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}'', then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
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** There are numerous references to LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya: Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
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** There are numerous references to LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya: ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
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** Mahiro, while [[FreakyFridayFlip inside Nyarko's body]], commands Kuuko to take Nyarko (who's inside Mahiro's body) and Hasta to the living room so that they wouldn't bother him. He promises her a contract in which Nyarko will give her body and soul to her in exchange. His movement when "commanding" her is similar to Lelouch from Anime/CodeGeass, while Kuuko responds with [[GratuitousEnglish "Yes, your Highness."]]
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** Mahiro, while [[FreakyFridayFlip inside Nyarko's body]], commands Kuuko to take Nyarko (who's inside Mahiro's body) and Hasta to the living room so that they wouldn't bother him. He promises her a contract in which Nyarko will give her body and soul to her in exchange. His movement when "commanding" her is similar to Lelouch from Anime/CodeGeass, ''Anime/CodeGeass'', while Kuuko responds with [[GratuitousEnglish "Yes, your Highness."]]
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** When Mahiro tells Nyarko to kick the villain's ass, she responds with the [[{{Anime/Yatterman}} Dorombo Gang]]'s trademark salute and "Ara, hora, sassa!"
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*** The transformation is followed by the line "[[{{Anime/Dancougar}} Keyword, NYA-RU-RA-TO-HO-TE-PU!]]"
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* Episode 2: "[[{{LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai}} "Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
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* Episode 2: "[[{{LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai}} "Nyarko-san "[[LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
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This anime is like a geek test. Indeed, [[http://nyaruref.blogspot.ca/ a blog was specifically set up to catalogue most of the references found per episode]]. Some of the more ''obvious'' Shout Outs in the series can be seen below. It even makes sense in-canon, since the premise revolves around AliensStealCable.
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!!Nyaruani
* In several episodes, portraits of Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/AugustDerleth can be seen on the living room walls.
* In Episode 1 of ''Nyaruani'', Nyarko channels [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] as she declares "I am...we are...Cthulhu!"
* Episode 9 of the first ''Nyaruani'' has Nyarko say that in space kindergarten, she went around looking for kids playing make-believe and beat them up, with the CatchPhrase "I'll shatter that pretend game of yours!" This earned her the nickname "Slacker Breaker"[[note]]In Japanese, ''Himagin Breaker''[[/note]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke In case you missed the reference]], they just go ahead and throw up a title card that reads "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Slacker-Breaking Nyarko]]", with a silhouette of Touma behind it.
** Cuuko's story about why she fell for Nyarko involves her being forced to play the bad guy in a pretend ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' game; one of the other games Nyarko mentions busting up is "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Federation vs. Principality]]", with censored-out Bright Noah and Garma Zabi (and Nyarko in Sayla Mass's uniform).
* Episode 11 of ''Remember My Love(craft-sensei)'' has Nyarko assure Mahiro that everything would be alright as they would erase everyone's memories once they were done. Then she takes out the [[Franchise/MenInBlack neuralyzer]]. Mahiro responds that something about that object seems familiar and gets a mental image of Creator/TommyLeeJones as Agent K.
** On top of that, Mahiro's mental image of K is saying "There's coffee", referring to Jones appearing in a series of ads for UCC Coffee in Japan (in which, ironically, he plays an alien who's trying to understand human culture).
* In episode 12 of ''Remember My Love(craft-sensei)'', Nyarko's description of Space Comiket includes an image of the Gaijin 4koma Reaction Guys.
* In one episode, Cuuko quotes the line "swans look calm but are actually kicking furiously under the water" while a Fender bass guitar floats on the background, a reference to ''Manga/KOn'''s first season ED song lyrics.
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san'' (Season 1):
* The series loves to reference ''other'' (yes, there are more) "Moe Mythos" series. In Episode 1, a little figurine on the anime store is the version of Nyarlathotep from the manga ''Igyou tachi ni yoru to sekai ha...''. The cover of the "recalled {{eroge}}" is from ''Maumi Shoujo R'lyeh ruru'' light novels. And two girls in Mahiro's class are characters from ''R'lyeh High School'', which shares the same illustrator with this series, Koin. The mech VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} make brief cameo in episode 11.
* "SAN" is an attribute in the classic Tabletop RPG ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' by Creator/{{Chaosium}}. You can even see a glimpse of a character sheet and the trademark percentile dice of the Chaosium RPG systems in the first episode, and a Storyteller screen in the ED. The roll shown is accurate as well, illustrating either a legitimate failed SAN roll (with the amount of lost sanity not shown), or the roll for said amount. Incidentally, a d100 like the one shown would be appropriate for seeing Nyarlathotep in one of its monstrous forms.
** In addition, the title cards in ''Nyarko-San W'' show Nyarko standing on top of a ''Cthulhu Dice'' d12 made by Steve Jackson Games. Also, the lyrics of W's opening theme include the often repeated line "SAN chi pinchi" "SAN level critical"
* You could make a subpage '''just''' to cover this series' references to ''Franchise/KamenRider'', since there's at least [[OnceAnEpisode one per episode]]. In fact, ''Kamen Rider'' is the '''very first''' pop culture reference they make in the 2012 series, with Nyarko performing Takeshi Hongo (Rider #1)'s transformation pose when she introduces herself to Mahiro (and she makes Hayato Ichimonji (Rider #2)'s pose when she surprises him in the bathtub at the end of that episode). A few more:
** Per WordOfGod, Nyarko's "Full Force Form" is a direct homage to Knight Blazer from ''VideoGame/WildArms2''; however, other aspects are nods to ''Kamen Rider'', with the name probably being a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'', which had an insert song named "Full Force". The helmet of the form is also a reference to "Haunter of the Dark", an avatar of Nyarlathotep with bat-like wings and three-lobed burning eye, further cemented when Mahiro summons Nyarko with the Shining Trapezohedron like what happens in the titular story where it first appeared in.
*** Her Full Force Form's stated abilities include [[Series/KamenRiderDecade forced transformation of others (with the phrase "This may tickle a bit. Heck, it'll only hurt for a moment")]], [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Clock Up]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO a dimension-warping mechanical sword]], and an [[Series/KamenRiderFourze orange rocket module that appears over the right arm]]. On top of that, Shanta-kun's CoolBike form is said to have a [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Slider Mode]].
** The individual series with the most Shout outs is ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''; in fact, ''Nyarko-san W'' is specifically named after it. Ironically, that series contains more references to ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'', because ''Nyarko-san W'' aired alongside episodes 30-40 of ''Wizard''.
*** Even Aisora-sensei got into it himself; in the author's notes for the second novel, he remarks that it's getting harder to adapt Franchise/CthulhuMythos elements into the story, and jokes that [[Series/KamenRiderDecade in Volume 10, Nyarko will have to destroy and re-create the universe just so everything makes sense again]].
** One easily missed and subtle reference comes from the design of the school uniforms: the double white stripes down the sleeves are inspired by [[Series/KamenRider Rider #1]]'s costume, and were actually one of the ways fans could distinguish between him and the very similar Rider #2 (whose suit only had one stripe).
* One RunningGag has Nyarko make Shout Outs when she yelps in pain from Mahiro's punches, forks, or whatever:
** In the first episode, she yells the names of ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' mecha; the first episode of ''Nyarko-San W'' repeats this, but specifically uses machines that appear in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
** In the second, she yells the names of [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Buff Clan heavy mecha]].
** The third episode exclamations (Pazuzu, Nalagiri and Tezcatlipoca) are from ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' (Nyarlathotep is a character there, too).
** Fourth episode has only one yelp (Eroba!), this one from ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''
** Fifth episode has another single yelp, this time from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' (Hell Missionaries)
** ''Nyarko-san W'' has an episode where Nyarko's yelps are the names of Series/KamenRiderOOO's alternate forms; the villain of the later episode "High School of the Heat" continues this reference by shouting "Sagohzou!" when defeated.
** Several of the Next Episode previews end with Nyarko trying to call out a famous CombiningMecha's CatchPhrase and getting cut off by Mahiro; this list includes "[[Anime/CombattlerV Let's combine!]]" and "[[Manga/GetterRobo Change Getter!]]". In episode 9, when [[FreakyFridayFlip Nyarko is in Mahiro's body]], she revives the gag by shouting "[[Anime/MazingerZ Pilder On!]]"
* Episode 1: "Like a [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]"
** At the sight of Nyarko giving a brutal beatdown on a Nightgaunt, Mahiro looks away, crouches and covers his ears while repeatedly telling himself "I hear nothing...", in the same way as [[Manga/KOn Mio Akiyama]].
** When Nyarko sends out Shantak-kun's [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokéball]], she copies Ash Ketchum, minus the hat spinning.
** Nyarko's reaction to the store full of anime gooes is "Earth, what a terrifying child you are!", straight from ''Manga/GlassMask''.
** Nyarko introduces herself to the class by paraphrasing the OpeningNarration of ''{{Anime/Braiger}}'' (with music from the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' videogames in the background).
** Nyarko recreates the famous "Beergasm" from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', only with a bowl of miso soup in place of beer.
** The subtitle of the then-current season of ''Iron Striver'' is ''Star Vampire Crusaders'', combining Star Vampires (a type of monster from the Cthulhu Mythos) with ''Stardust Crusaders'' (the third and best-known story arc of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'').
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara, {{Manga/Doraemon}}" (from the sixth volume)
** Nyarko pulls off an [[Anime/{{Scryed}} Exterminating Last Bullet]].
** The sequence where Mahiro and Nyarko sail to R'lyeh is a long set of Shout Outs to ''Manga/OnePiece'', with Nyarko repeatedly referencing the manga's plot (and getting shut down by Mahiro) as well as the sail bearing a version of the Straw Hats' skull-and-crossbones emblem with Nyarko's trademark {{Ahoge}}.
** [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Do you remember our love?]]. Also, a "superdimensional circus" is better known in this wiki as the MacrossMissileMassacre.
** Cuuko says "[[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Grandfather said this:]] 'A Cthugha may love a Nyarlathotep. [[Anime/TheBigO That's what it means to live free.']]" Nyarko responds by asking if the old man was a negotiator in the city of amnesia.
** Nyarko tells Cuko [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "There's only one reason for your defeat. One simple answer. It's because... you pissed me off."]], followed with [[{{Kiai}} "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA"]] and ended with [[CatchPhrase "Yare yare da ze"]]. For those who don't know the first one, that's what Jotaro said when he defeats Dio. Somewhat weird though as she used Jotaro's iconic line and CatchPhrase but MUDAMUDA is ''Dio's'' {{Kiai}} - Jotaro's is ORAORAORAORA which she used earlier in the fight.
*** The [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA"]] is also shared with her brother in the next episode.
*** Crunchyroll's subtitles makes a subtle shout out to one of the earliest localization subtitles to the anime of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''; when Nyarko yells "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA", all is written is single "Useless".
** R'lyeh Land has a "Arkham Haunted House". Arkham House was the publishing company operated by Derleth and Donald Wandrei, founded to print Lovecraft's anthologies.
** A [[Creator/MontyPython blasphemous hand grenade?]].
*** This one is made even more blatant in the light novels, where Nyarko defends the use of the grenade by saying "King Arthur used one in the battle of Antioch" and Mahiro replies "That was Monty Python!"
** The description Nodens gives for the BoysLove show he wanted Mahiro to star in ("It's a sparkly love-hate drama about a pretty boy bought by a young businessman.") sounds a lot like ''Manga/OkaneGaNai''.
** Nodens sends Nyarko and Cuuko to battle in AnotherDimension; this is a nod to the ''Space Sheriff'' sub-series of Series/MetalHeroes (including ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffGavan Gavan]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan Sharivan]]'', and ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffShaider Shaider]]''), where each series' villains had their own dimension that made their monsters stronger and the hero weaker.
** R'lyehland's mascot, Insmouthboy, looks a lot like another fish-boy, Anime/{{Ponyo|on the Cliff By the Sea}}
*** The light novels dip into DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything territory when Nyarko says that the Cthulhu Corporation fought tooth and nail to maintain their trademark on Insmouthboy until they eventually got passed a law specifically to keep him out of the public domain, making him an obvious play on Mickey Mouse.
* Episode 3: "Mahiro Yasaka Wants to Live in Peace", referring to "Yoshikage Kira Wants to Live in Peace" (the 37th volume of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'')
** Cuuko has a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]] cake from the space bakery [[Series/KamenRiderDecade DK-do]], operated by a man named [[PhantomThief D. Endo]]. The cake even looks like the [[TransformationTrinket Decadriver]].
** When Nyarko asks for some of Cuuko's DK-do cake, Cuuko responds by quoting [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the First Law of Equivalent Exchange]].
** After [[Manga/PrincessResurrection killing a bunch of Ghouls and Nightgaunts with a chainsaw]], Nyarko says, [[Franchise/LupinIII "Once again, I have cut a useless object."]]
*** An [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED anti-ship]] chainsaw, no less.
** Nyarko asks Mahiro if he wants her to call him "Nii-nii". That term is frequently used by [[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Miya Tachibana]], who, like Nyarko, is voiced by Creator/KanaAsumi.
** Nyarko goes on to make a [[Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow gununu]] face when confronted with the DK-do cake. Also from ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'', Cuuko's face-plant is a trademark of that series resident twintails, Miu.
** "Trapezohedrons are Unbreakable", the subtitle for the newest ''Iron Striver'' series, is a combined reference to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' ("Diamonds are unbreakable") and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos (the Shining Trapezohedron from Lovecraft's ''The Haunter in the Dark'').
* Episode 4: "[[Film/MarsAttacks Mothers Attack!]]"; the chapter of the novel upon which this episode was based was called "[[Film/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Mother's Counterattack]]"
** The dog chasing Hasta looks like Marron from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'', which, like this series, is produced by XEBEC.
** Luhy makes the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ikari Gendo]] pose right down to the ScaryShinyGlasses.
*** She also drives a [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture flying Delorean]].
** Yoriko's introduction as a Deity Hunter makes multiple references to ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''. The music in the background, Yokiro's hunting outfit and the artwork of the monster in a cover of a book (called "Deity Hunter Frontier") takes clear inspiration from the series.
* Episode 5: "Great Conspiracy X", referring to "Great C", a 1990 short story by Creator/BrianLumley.
** Nyarko follows the [[Manga/DetectiveConan Ran Mori]] school of thinking: karate kicks can solve anything!
** The [[IncrediblyLamePun Nephren-car]] can negotiate even Red Canyon and Fire Field! Good thing if you're playing ''VideoGame/FZero''.
*** It also packs a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''-style MAP attack (specifically, an [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ideon]]-style MacrossMissileMassacre).
** When Mahiro learns that Hasta had to perform CPR on him and thus has stolen his first kiss, he mutters "No count, no count!" in GratuitousEnglish, just like Kaoru did in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}}'' when she accidentally kissed Junichi. That would make it the second Kaoru reference in the series, if you count Nyarko using her belly-exposing stance in episode three.
** When Hasta says he wants to "combine" with Mahiro. At the end of the preview for the next episode, Mahiro asks why Nyarko hasn't made a "combine" robot joke this time: Nyarko answers that "it was a little too adult". Of course, there's a HumongousMecha series where mecha "combining" has a DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything quality, ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''. Hasta also has an unusually sharp sense of smell, just like Aquarion's Apollo, and he makes an absurdly long-reach love promise with Mahiro, too.
*** It should be noted that ''gattai'' [[DoubleEntendre can mean just that.]]
*** In a later episode he goes full circle calling it [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Final Fusion]] instead.
** Hasta's father is president of CCE - ''Carcosa Computer Entertainment''. Carcosa is the city associated with Hastur in ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'', the company full name is ShoutOut to SCE - ''Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment''.
* Episode 6: "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket War in the Market]]"
** After giving a PantyShot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei''.
** Mahiro's mom breaks out her [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Musou attacks]] in episode 6. She also quotes [[NamesTheSame two different Kamen Riders named "Ryu"]]: [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O Gun Form]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Accel]].
** Also in episode 6, Cuuko [[LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl falls from the sky while wrapped in a futon.]]
* Episode 7: "Blue Coral Reef", a play on the Japanese title for ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon''.
** Nyarko makes a direct reference to Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}, then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
** When Yoriko approves of Nyarko making a move on Mahiro, Nyarko jumps in celebration while yelling "Yahoo!". This is a reference to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' as she jumps in the same pose as Mario and even yells like him. You can even see a ? Block and some Brick Blocks in the background.
** Nyarko's evil expressions while plotting to get into Mahiro's bed are straight out of VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry.
* Episode 8: "Nyarko's [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Dokidoki High School]]"
** The [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped in]] DatingSim portion opens with Nyarko running into Mahiro in a manner similar to the dream sequence from episode 26 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
** Mahiro and Cuuko's first encounter is from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' (except here, it's ''Azathoth'' watching over them).
** There are numerous references to LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya: Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
*** They actually had to tone one of these references down; the Next Episode preview for #9 shows Cuuko's uniform is blue, exactly like those in ''Haruhi'', but in the episode itself the uniform is green.
** The restaurant scene is taken straight from ''Manga/{{WORKING}}'', complete with [[ActorAllusion Nyarko in a Poplar-esque ponytail]].
*** In the same scene, Nyarko calls Cuuko flat-chested. Cuuko responds with Poplar's CatchPhrase ("They're not small!"), causing Nyarko to wonder why it feels like [[BorrowedCatchPhrase someone's stealing her lines]].
** In the montage, there's a human cavalry battle where [[Videogame/SengokuBasara Nyaruko wields 6 katanas and Cuuko wields a forked lance.]]
** In the fight scene, Nyarko is dressed as [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Pai Chan]], Cuuko as [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], and Hasta as [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Bridget]]. The stats given are their actual ones from the TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu RPG[[note]]Except for Hasta's, which uses Cuuko's stats apparently due to a mix-up with the staff[[/note]].
*** Before starting the fight, Nyarko quotes the taglines for ''Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderAgito Agito]]'', and ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'' in succession ("Racing instinct! Awaken that soul! Those who don't fight don't survive!")
*** After the fight is over, Nyarko [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar raises her fist to the heavens and proclaims "I have no regrets!" before falling down]].
** The GayOption ending from ''True Love 95'' gets brought up as a possible route by Yoriko, who tells her son that even Yoichi, his BromanticFoil, might confess to having feelings for him, just like how Kazuhiko Miyoshi, the foil in that game, did the same towards the end of the game if the player was unable to choose a girl for Daisuke.
** Nyarko, Hasta and Cuuko strike a pose very similar to Keima from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', complete with glasses.
** Tamao pretty much duplicates the infamous "locked in a sports equipment shed with a girl" scene from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''.
** When Yoichi shows the status of each girl, those statuses are lines from JPop songs: Nyarko's status was ''[[Anime/{{Macross7}} Advancing Love Heart]]''; Hasta's is [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion For twelve thousand years, has wanted to combine with you]]; Tamao's is Seriously fell in love [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]] seconds ago.
* Episode 9: "I am Her and She is Me", a play on a Japanese childrens' story with the same title and similar plot.
** Cuuko's new video game obsession is features [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Dagomon]].
** Tamao [[spoiler:(possessed by Isuka)]] wields a reflex camera like a gun, referencing [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters the Ichigan Buster]].
*** This one is more of a MythologyGag, as Lovecraft describes the [[spoiler:Yith's]] weapons as resembling cameras.
** A particularly obscure reference occurs when Isuka mentions being the captain of her dodgeball team; the associated graphic is a modified VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall court.
** Nyarko [[spoiler:(in Mahiro's body)]] sports a CatSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] akin to the infamous [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]].
** Mahiro, while [[FreakyFridayFlip inside Nyarko's body]], commands Kuuko to take Nyarko (who's inside Mahiro's body) and Hasta to the living room so that they wouldn't bother him. He promises her a contract in which Nyarko will give her body and soul to her in exchange. His movement when "commanding" her is similar to Lelouch from Anime/CodeGeass, while Kuuko responds with [[GratuitousEnglish "Yes, your Highness."]]
*** The image of M-Nyarko commanding looks an awful lot like the famous "[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney OBJECTION!]]" pose.
** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]]. Mahiro, in the meantime, says "I was stupid, so stupid!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
* Episode 10: "[[VideoGame/SaGa3 The Ruler of Super Time-Space]]"
** During Nyarko's love confession in the cold open, she announces that "not even the [[Manga/SaintSeiya 12 Zodiac Temples]] or the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Budokai]] can scare [her]."
** The EyeCatch sound effect from ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' is used for Kurei's [[PowerNullifier power un-nullifier]].
** The Space CQC Jammer and Space CQC Jammer Canceller refer to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' and the Neutron Jammer and NJ-Canceller. However, ''SEED'' never went to far as to have a [[OverlyLongGag Neutron Jammer Canceller Breaker Disruptor etc. etc.]]
*** On top of that, the pose Yithka and Isurugi make when firing off their guns is the "Last Shooting" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
** [[Manga/SquidGirl Squidn't it a fine time to inkvade?]]
** Isurugi uses the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE AGE Device]] to summon his master.
** When Nyarko finally manages to kiss Mahiro on the lips, how does she celebrate? [[Series/KamenRiderFourze By throwing her arms in the air and shouting "Smooch KITAAAAAAAAAA!" while a space background appears behind her]].
** Nyarko names her finishing move in this episode the [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Rondo Towards Destruction]].
* Episode 11: "Lost Girl from the Stars", a play on "Shambler from the Stars" by Creator/RobertBloch
** The episode starts with the alien trio waking Mahiro by playing ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' (apparently ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart64 64]]'') in his bedroom.
** After defeating the Shoggoths, Nyaruko hums the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' level up fanfare.
** The later part of the episode recalls the second ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' movie, [[spoiler: which sees the main cast trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop in an empty city, just like Mahiro. There are several shots that are direct {{Homage}}s to said movie as well.]]
* Episode 12: "He Waits, Dreaming", a Franchise/CthulhuMythos reference (specifically to the original story "The Call of Cthulhu")
** When Nyarko shows Mahiro the Mirror of Nitocris, she actually quotes ''Kuso Miso Technique'', the manga that originated the "Yaranaika?" meme.
** During the final battle, Nyarko, Cuuko, Hasta, Luhy and Yoriko strike the [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]] group pose.
** Nyarko turns her crowbar into a giant sword and proclaims "Malign God Roar", just like in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}''.
** [[spoiler:Major Fogger]] paraphrases [[{{Manga/Hellsing}} the Major's]] "I love war" speech, only with the war references change to {{Hentai}} games. He even name-drops Creator/KeyVisualArts and Leaf by using the Japanese words for them ("kagi" and "konoha").
*** This is accompanied by images of Nyarko dressed as [[VisualNovel/LittleBusters Noumi Kudoryafuka]] and Amanatsu Purin[[note]]from ''Hoshi no Ouji-kun Le prince de l'Etoile''[[/note]].
** When Mahiro tells Nyarko to kick the villain's ass, she responds with the [[{{Anime/Yatterman}} Dorombo Gang]]'s trademark salute and "Ara, hora, sassa!"
* OVA: "How to Defeat a Kind Enemy", a play on the light novel series "How to Kill a Kind Dragon"
** The episode has all kinds of references, including ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Film/MenInBlack'' and the whole MagicalGirl genre.
*** And ''Film/FullMetalJacket, as Luhy plays [[Creator/RLeeErmey Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann]] as part of Nyarko's training. And orders Nyarko to say "Hanyan" ([[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]]'s CatchPhrase) at the start and end of every sentence.
** In order to train Nyarko, Luhy takes her to [[Manga/DragonBall Kami's Lookout and the Room of Spirit and Time]]. For bonus points, the Room resembles the version seen in ''Budokai 2''.
** The sequence we get to see of ''Iron Striver'' (Nyarko's favorite {{Toku}} show) leans heavily on ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', with the protagonist resembling actor Masahiro Inoue (but dressed kind of like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Philip]]), saying "Bring it on! I'll destroy everything!" and transforming in exactly the same fashion as Tsukasa[=/=]Decade.
** What does Nyarko say the first time she transforms into a MagicalGirl? [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga "I want everybody to smile! So please watch my...HENSHIN!"]], followed by performing Yusuke's transformation pose.
*** The transformation is followed by the line "[[{{Anime/Dancougar}} Keyword, NYA-RU-RA-TO-HO-TE-PU!]]"
** The episode ends with a preview of the second season, ''Haiyore! Nyarko-San W''; when Mahiro asks "Why W?", Nyarko responds "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing That's because five young men will fight for the independence of the colonies...]]".
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san W'' (Season 2):
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zZphnY5v8 official PV]] for ''Nyarko-San W'' has a hurricane of references in the flying text, including the entirety of ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'''s OpeningNarration, "[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Now, let's count up your]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu SAN points!]]", and "[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Now Earth, this is Japan's Cthulhu!]]"
* Episode 1: "[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on Malign God]]"
** The opening sequence is a direct parody of ''{{Television/Bewitched}}''; the OpeningNarration and title ''My Wife is Nyarlathotep'' are references to the Japanese dubbed version (which was retitled ''My Wife is a Witch'').
** The trio changes from pajamas to school uniforms using Series/KamenRiderWizard's magic circle transformation, followed by Nyarko imitating his Connect Ring to summon her school bag. When Mahiro asks what that was, Nyarko says she wanted to try the "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall latest version's]]" transformation before cheering "Isn't it super-great? Isn't it the best?!", referencing the lines said by Wizard's belt when he activates a FinishingMove.
*** Immediately afterwards, she says she'll store their belongings in [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Mirror World]] until they have time to set up individual bedrooms.
** When Mahiro threatens Nyarko and Co. with the fork, they claim they won't forget its power as it was [[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile engraved upon their souls]], wait, no, livers.
** While discussing [[BrandX Yamanso.Com]], they work in two references to ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Cuuko doing Konata's finger point, and Nyarko doing the famous "Darling Darling Please!" pose.
** At one point, Nyarko uses the phrase [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell "My ghost is whispering to me!"]]
** Also during the Rock-paper-scissors contest. Nyarko mention that the winner can become a center in a sub-group and gets interrupted by Mahiro before she can name drop Music/AKB48. Hasta after losing mentions that he want to tell people, [[Anime/AKB0048 You can hate me, but don't hate Mahiro-Kun.]] He too is [[WritingAroundTrademarks stopped by Mahiro.]]
*** On top of that, the way Nyarko tries to reference [=AKB48=] is by showing Mahiro a set of Gaia Memories from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''; ''Double'' pulled this exact same referece in TheMovie, as a nod to the fact that two of its minor characters, Queen and Elizabeth, were played by members of [=AKB48=].
*** During the final showdown of the Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament, Nyarko says "[[Series/KamenRiderWizard The finale!]]" and Cuuko responds "[[Series/KamenRiderFourze Let's do this man-to-man.]]" They then attack each other with the [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Strike Wizard Kick]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Rider Rocket Drill Kick]] respectively.
* Episode 2: "[[{{LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai}} "Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
** Tamao declares to Nyarko "A person's heart being stolen by another person's overwhelming power is without a doubt, love!", playing off of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Akre's]] declaration of "love" to Setsuna F. Seiei and his Gundam Exia.
** This episode gives us [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Celaeno Library]]... as well as the [[LightNovel/LibraryWar library's task force]].
*** The library's forbidden bookshelves are the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Gaia Library]]; additionally, the search engine Mahiro and Hasta use to try and determine the girls' ages requires the use of three keywords, just like Philip's lookups.
** Cuuko at one point remarks "[[Manga/ToLoveRu Our trouble is always darkness]]."
** When travelling to Myanmar, Nyarko says that no one will be able to see them since she put up a Somebody Else's Problem field. This is a reference to [[Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything Life, the Universe, and Everything]], where if you convince someone that something isn't their problem it turns it functionally invisible.
* At the end of the preview for episode 3, Nyarko exclaims "Biku biku bikurin! Jan-ken-pon!", paraphrasing [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Peace's]] InTheNameOfTheMoon speech.
* Episode 3: "Super Malign God Apocalypse", referencing "Super Brave Apocalypse" (episode 7 of ''Anime/KingOfBravesGaogaigar Final'')
** When asked by Mahiro if she was a bit too brutal in handling the episode's villains, Nyarko retorts "Aku Soku Zan" with almost as much solemnness as [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Saitou Hajime]] himself.
** When Nyarko confronts Zhar and Lloiger, she uses her smartphone like an [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger SP License]], then declares "[[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Protecting the Earth is the Plantetary Defense Agency's duty!]]"
** The reveal of the combined Zhar[=/=]Lloiger is a direct copy of Series/KamenRiderDouble's EarlyBirdCameo in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders vs. Daishocker''.
*** The second EyeCatch shows Hasta and [[spoiler:his SuperMode]] doing Shotaro and Philip's transformation pose.
** Episode 3 also features an al[[Manga/{{Dragonball}} oozaru]] who turns {{Gold|enSupermode}}.
*** Said aloozaru has more than a passing resemblance to the [[Videogame/MonsterHunter Rajang]], with Kuuko even pointing out its golden [[TurnsRed rage mode]].
** The EyeCatch gives a ShoutOut to L's line about Misa from Manga/DeathNote right after the scene with the reverse-Death Note.
--> '''Mahiro:''' "This is the first time in my life I've been provoked to hit a woman."
** The Next Episode preview starts with Nyarko saying "[[Series/KamenRiderOOO These three things will happen next time! One!]]" When she doesn't follow this up, Mahiro asks what happened to them and she responds "The other two are just for decoration. The higher-ups...", referring to the dialog in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' when Char receives the Zeong, asks about its lack of legs, and receives a similar response from the technician.
* Episode 4: "Talent for Love", the title of the ending theme for ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki''
** When Nyarko talks to Tamao about her attempts to charm Mahiro, she refers to her plans as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Operation Yashima]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Operation V]], and [[Anime/CodeGeass the Black Rebellion]]; each scene is accompanied by a mental image of Nyarko imitating the anime she's referencing (using a giant sniper rifle, rising from a flatbed, and cackling evilly while dressed as Lelouch[=/=]Zero).
*** The speech Tamao gives Nyarko about going for quantity over quality ("If once doesn't work, do ten! If ten times don't work, do a hundred!") is a paraphrase from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' (specifically, Shroud's speech to Ryu Terui about the Trial Memory). Nyarko responds "[[Anime/MacrossFrontier Until I show Mahiro-san my serious heart and body, I will not rest!]]"
** Also in episode 4, Kuuko wears a t-shirt with the message "You lose if you work", the same message in Anzu Futaba's shirt, the famous NEET from VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Cinderella Girls.
** [[Creator/AyaHisakawa Yoriko]] strikes the pose of [[ActorAllusion Cure]] [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Moonlight]] after saving Shantak and [[AuthorAvatar Aisora]] from a huge monster. There's even a crescent moon in the background [[DontExplainTheJoke for viewers who didn't get it the first time]]. This scene is also another extended ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' reference, with the characters getting a quest from the guild hall and wearing gear straight out of the game.
* Episode 5: "Say It Ain't So, Cuko", referring to "Say It Ain't So, Bernie" (episode 5 of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080'')
** The infamous Daifugo sequence has Nyarko and Cuko playing cards using ''Series/KamenRiderBlade''[='s=] Rouze Cards, with Nyarko remarking that her existence is like an "eternal trump card" (the title of ''Blade'''s final episode); and of course, the repeated shouts of "Cyclone!" "Joker!" refer to Series/KamenRiderDouble's primary form, [=CycloneJoker=].
** Kuune introduces herself with [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar "Omae wa mou shindeiru" and "Welcome to this crazy time."]]
** Kuune's recording starts with "Testing, testing. [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Baka test.]]" Mahiro even seems to {{lampshade}} it.
* Episode 6: "Try to Act", a play on "Try to be Immersed", a mystery novel by Honobu Yonezawa.
** A jealous Kuune [[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions take off an eyepatch revealing a golden eye underneath while saying "Synapse, Break!"]]
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex their illusions]] while thrusting her right hand out.
** A jealous Nyarko then wonders if a Manga/{{Death Note}}-like book exists.
** Kuuko decides to name her and Mahiro's child Kuroko. Now if it's a guy, she gets him to play [[Manga/KurokosBasketball basketball]] and if its a girl she send her to [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Academy City]].
*** For good measure, [[ActorAllusion Shantak-kun starts to flip out as soon as the name is mentioned.]]
** "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo AriAriAriArrivederci]]!"
** Cuuko describes her DateCrepe as a [[Manga/SorcererHunters Carrot Marron Glace Gateau Mocha Chocolate Tiramisu]] crepe.
* Episode 7: "The Poolside, Dyed with Blood", a reference to "The Atlantic Ocean, Dyed with Blood" (episode 28 of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'')
** Kuuko mentions Kuune being lost inside a [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Super Dimension Fortress.]]
** When Mahiro is woken up by Nyarko, [[Film/CastAway Wilson]] can be seen in the foreground.
** In their last fight, Kuuko and Nyarko paraphrase the lyrics for ''Mazinger Z'' and ''Ore wa Great Mazinger''.
** Earlier during said fight, there are two moments where Nyarko and Cuuko paraphrase lines from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', once from the TV series' final battle ("I refuse to acknowledge myself as a supporting character."[[note]]Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft's "I refuse to acknowledge myself as one of the weak!" from the final battle[[/note]]) and once from ''Endless Waltz'' ("How many more times do I have to gut-punch you and your damn mobile turrets?!"[[note]]Heero Yuy's ArmorPiercingQuestion to Zhang Wufei: "How many times do I have to kill that little girl and her dog?"[[/note]])
** When Yoriko shows up to shut down Nyarko and Cuuko's fight, she's wearing forks in bandoliers all over her body like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider Eternal]] and delivers a variation of Series/KamenRiderStronger's InTheNameOfTheMoon speech ("The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! Hiro-kun cries out!")
** At the end of the episode, after [[MamaBear Yoriko]] steps in and shuts the pair down, Nyarko's MadnessMantra is directly quoted from the ending of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', [[spoiler:said by Kamille after Scirocco {{Mind Rape}}d him]]. Cuuko's has her saying [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry "I'm sorry..." over and over]].
* Episode 8: "A Little Love Song", the title of a 2001 song by MONGOL800.
** The narrations done by Creator/SatomiArai (Shantak-kun's seiyuu) sound [[LightNovel/OokamiSan rather familiar to one of her roles]].
** Kuuko uses what appears to be a [[Anime/DragonBallZ power level scouter]] to translate Shantak's speech.
*** As she pulls various items out of her [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Victoria's Secret Compartment]] during this scene, she hums a discordant version of the "Item get" tune from [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda a well-known video game franchise]].
** Nyarko asks Mahiro "Do You Remember Love?", which is another reference to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.
** In the stinger, [[spoiler: Kuune]] crawls out of the place where the character was last seen, in a style not unlike that of ''Literature/TheRing'' - complete with [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smile]] at the end.
* Episode 9: "[[Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead High School of the Heat]]"
** The title of the episode is, naturally, a send-up of Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead.
** Cuuko's descriptions of Cuune's abilities are a mix of the theme song to ''{{Manga/Devilman}}'' and nods to ''VideoGame/WildArms'' and ''{{Series/Ultraman}}''. When she says "The coldness of her Aphoom-Zhah is negative one trillion degrees!", Mahiro responds "You can't just ignore the laws of physics like that!"; American fans might recognize that line better as "[[Manga/GetterRobo So much for the laws of physics!]]"
** Tamao and Takehiko are shown playing a incredibly dramatic card game in a direct spoof of {{Manga/Kaiji}} (complete with someone holding a towel to the side of their head).
** The title card has Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hasta performing [[Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie Gavan Type G]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryu Red]], and Series/KamenRiderWizard's respective poses; together they form a Shout Out to ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ'', which was running in theaters at the same time ''Nyarko-San W'' was airing.
** Kuune shows Cuuko on her [=PSP=] the game "Dagomon World -Re:Digitize-", a reference to the ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' anniversary game that came out January 2013.
*** Double-example: As already mentioned on this page, there's a Digimon called Dagomon. And [[EldritchAbomination guess what?]]
* Episode 10: "[[Film/MarsAttacks Yuggoth Attacks!]]"
** Nyarko defends the silliness of her getting a cold by mentioning how aliens can have all sorts of random weakness (complete with silhouettes in the background): Tomatoes, Moon Stones, [[Film/MarsAttacks Music]]...
** Nyarko's sneezes tend to be Shout Outs, including "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Judecca Gozzo!]]", "[[Film/MobileSuitGundamF91 Buch Concern!]]", and "[[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross VF-1!]]" At one point she says "Foundation!", which may be a reference either to the villain organization from ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'' or the more benevolent Kougami Foundation from ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''.
* Episode 11: "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Camp's Haunted House]]"
** If Nyarko could spend 1000 years with Mahiro, it would make her [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure "Ultra Happy"]].
** Nyarko gets a LovePotion-ed Cuuko off of Mahiro with the [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Rider Rocket Drill Kick and Rider Rocket Punch]]; [[FreezeFrameBonus if you look closely]] you can even see faint purple images of the Drill and Rocket Modules around her foot and arm.
** Probably a stretch but Nyarko says "[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Doki Doki pretty league]]"
* Episode 12: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san W", repeating the {{Manga/Doraemon}} reference from episode 2 of the previous series.
** The Dreamlands defense mecha is called the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn RX-02 Banshin]], and is described as having a Full [[Videogame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Septuagint]] Frame.
** At one point Nyarko asks if the Banshin's brain is short-circuiting, quoting a line from "Moonlight Densetsu", ''Anime/SailorMoon''[='s=] opening theme.
* OAD: "Goodbye to the W[=/=]A Chaotic Love for this Hot Spring", a reference to "Goodbye to the E[=/=]A Bouquet of Justice to This City" (the final episode of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'').
** Nyarko's recap of the finale episode uses a parody of the Manga/AttackOnTitan opening.
** Luhy and Yoriko strike the poses of every lead [[Anime/PrettyCure Precure]] except [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Megumi]]'s when commenting on how effective the [[Creator/KikukoInoue Forever 17]] hot springs are.
*** Which may double as an ActorAllusion, since Kikuko Inoue played Yoriko in the drama [=CDs=].
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'' (OVA)
* The ''F'' in the season's title is short for ''Final Countdown'', doubling as a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''[[note]]Specifically to the series' third movie, which was supposedly the end of its storyline but just ended up being star Takeru Satoh's final appearance [[Film/KamenRiderHeiseiGenerationsFOREVER for ten years]][[/note]] and alluding to the fact that it will conclude the story.
* The official name of the OVA is "Crawling Switch On, Chaos is Here!", a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''[='s=] TagLine "Youth switch on, space is here!".
* The weapons what Nyarko and Mahiro are given to defend themselves against a group of monsters are Series/KamenRiderGaim's Daidaimaru and Musou Saber.
* During the intro, one of the posters seen in the store is the cover for ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' Volume 1.
* When being told her mission after being kidnapped, Nyarko does the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gununu Gununu face]].
* The second part of Nyaruko's "recap" was her, Cuuko, and Hasta saying [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross they'll sing to stop a war]].
* There are multiple spider-themed references in regards to the attraction the crew visit like having the logo of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' on the tickets and having [[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst Spider]] as the guide and [[VisualNovel/FullMetalDaemonMuramasa Muramasa]] (who can turn into a mechanical spider) as a maid on the attraction. [[spoiler:This is to serve as clever {{foreshadowing}} for the fact that Ato-ko is behind the whole thing.]]
!!Light Novels:
* The covers of every light novel (sans the first) shows Nyarko doing a different Rider's transformation pose; these poses are used again in the opening sequence of ''Nyarko-san W''. This gets taken a step further with Volume 8, which had two covers, the standard release where Nyarko imitates Series/KamenRiderBlack and the limited edition where she imitates Series/KamenRiderBlackRX. Combine the two, and you get a nod to ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' which had Black and RX transform side-by-side for the first time.
* The fact that Mahiro is apparently a [[RippleEffectProofMemory Ripple-Effect-Proof Existence]] may make him a [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Singularity Point]].
* In the seventh novel/episode 8 of season 2, Shantak-kun turns into a little girl with help from Cuuko. Nyarko's reaction is to claim that [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} There's no way my pet can be this young a girl.]]
* The main antagonist of LightNovel volume 8 is [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], his full name is Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith and he's working for cracker group call [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Digital Beings]]. He also appears in Episode 9 of the Second Season.
* Later novels mention two alien websites, [[Website/YouTube UchuuTube]] and its rival [[Website/NicoNicoDouga Mi-Go Mi-Go Douga]].
* An illustration from the novels depicts various forms of Nyarlathotep from Japanese media. (Persona, Demonbane, etc.)
!!Miscellaneous:
* The official ''Nyarko-san'' event scheduled for August 2014 is called "Farewell Nyarko-San: The Final Countdown", a play on the subtitle for the third ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' movie.
** The OVA that was announced at said event is named ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'', which is said to be short for "Final Countdown", retaining the reference.
* The "Nyaralbum" [=CDs=] include a medley of the vocal songs from the second season called "Nyaru-Nyaru Service Medley", a nod to ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', which had the "Nyan-Nyan Service Medley" performed over the FinalBattle.
* Nyarko's main battle theme, "Nyarko, Sanjou!", is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to "Ore, Sanjou!", Momotaros' battle theme from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', having not only a similar name but beginning with the exact same riff before heading in a more pop-style direction (though later parts of the song do have saxophone, matching the jazzy feel of "Ore, Sanjou!")
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!!Nyaruani
* In several episodes, portraits of Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/AugustDerleth can be seen on the living room walls.
* In Episode 1 of ''Nyaruani'', Nyarko channels [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]] as she declares "I am...we are...Cthulhu!"
* Episode 9 of the first ''Nyaruani'' has Nyarko say that in space kindergarten, she went around looking for kids playing make-believe and beat them up, with the CatchPhrase "I'll shatter that pretend game of yours!" This earned her the nickname "Slacker Breaker"[[note]]In Japanese, ''Himagin Breaker''[[/note]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke In case you missed the reference]], they just go ahead and throw up a title card that reads "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Slacker-Breaking Nyarko]]", with a silhouette of Touma behind it.
** Cuuko's story about why she fell for Nyarko involves her being forced to play the bad guy in a pretend ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' game; one of the other games Nyarko mentions busting up is "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Federation vs. Principality]]", with censored-out Bright Noah and Garma Zabi (and Nyarko in Sayla Mass's uniform).
* Episode 11 of ''Remember My Love(craft-sensei)'' has Nyarko assure Mahiro that everything would be alright as they would erase everyone's memories once they were done. Then she takes out the [[Franchise/MenInBlack neuralyzer]]. Mahiro responds that something about that object seems familiar and gets a mental image of Creator/TommyLeeJones as Agent K.
** On top of that, Mahiro's mental image of K is saying "There's coffee", referring to Jones appearing in a series of ads for UCC Coffee in Japan (in which, ironically, he plays an alien who's trying to understand human culture).
* In episode 12 of ''Remember My Love(craft-sensei)'', Nyarko's description of Space Comiket includes an image of the Gaijin 4koma Reaction Guys.
* In one episode, Cuuko quotes the line "swans look calm but are actually kicking furiously under the water" while a Fender bass guitar floats on the background, a reference to ''Manga/KOn'''s first season ED song lyrics.
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san'' (Season 1):
* The series loves to reference ''other'' (yes, there are more) "Moe Mythos" series. In Episode 1, a little figurine on the anime store is the version of Nyarlathotep from the manga ''Igyou tachi ni yoru to sekai ha...''. The cover of the "recalled {{eroge}}" is from ''Maumi Shoujo R'lyeh ruru'' light novels. And two girls in Mahiro's class are characters from ''R'lyeh High School'', which shares the same illustrator with this series, Koin. The mech VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} make brief cameo in episode 11.
* "SAN" is an attribute in the classic Tabletop RPG ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' by Creator/{{Chaosium}}. You can even see a glimpse of a character sheet and the trademark percentile dice of the Chaosium RPG systems in the first episode, and a Storyteller screen in the ED. The roll shown is accurate as well, illustrating either a legitimate failed SAN roll (with the amount of lost sanity not shown), or the roll for said amount. Incidentally, a d100 like the one shown would be appropriate for seeing Nyarlathotep in one of its monstrous forms.
** In addition, the title cards in ''Nyarko-San W'' show Nyarko standing on top of a ''Cthulhu Dice'' d12 made by Steve Jackson Games. Also, the lyrics of W's opening theme include the often repeated line "SAN chi pinchi" "SAN level critical"
* You could make a subpage '''just''' to cover this series' references to ''Franchise/KamenRider'', since there's at least [[OnceAnEpisode one per episode]]. In fact, ''Kamen Rider'' is the '''very first''' pop culture reference they make in the 2012 series, with Nyarko performing Takeshi Hongo (Rider #1)'s transformation pose when she introduces herself to Mahiro (and she makes Hayato Ichimonji (Rider #2)'s pose when she surprises him in the bathtub at the end of that episode). A few more:
** Per WordOfGod, Nyarko's "Full Force Form" is a direct homage to Knight Blazer from ''VideoGame/WildArms2''; however, other aspects are nods to ''Kamen Rider'', with the name probably being a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'', which had an insert song named "Full Force". The helmet of the form is also a reference to "Haunter of the Dark", an avatar of Nyarlathotep with bat-like wings and three-lobed burning eye, further cemented when Mahiro summons Nyarko with the Shining Trapezohedron like what happens in the titular story where it first appeared in.
*** Her Full Force Form's stated abilities include [[Series/KamenRiderDecade forced transformation of others (with the phrase "This may tickle a bit. Heck, it'll only hurt for a moment")]], [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Clock Up]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO a dimension-warping mechanical sword]], and an [[Series/KamenRiderFourze orange rocket module that appears over the right arm]]. On top of that, Shanta-kun's CoolBike form is said to have a [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Slider Mode]].
** The individual series with the most Shout outs is ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''; in fact, ''Nyarko-san W'' is specifically named after it. Ironically, that series contains more references to ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'', because ''Nyarko-san W'' aired alongside episodes 30-40 of ''Wizard''.
*** Even Aisora-sensei got into it himself; in the author's notes for the second novel, he remarks that it's getting harder to adapt Franchise/CthulhuMythos elements into the story, and jokes that [[Series/KamenRiderDecade in Volume 10, Nyarko will have to destroy and re-create the universe just so everything makes sense again]].
** One easily missed and subtle reference comes from the design of the school uniforms: the double white stripes down the sleeves are inspired by [[Series/KamenRider Rider #1]]'s costume, and were actually one of the ways fans could distinguish between him and the very similar Rider #2 (whose suit only had one stripe).
* One RunningGag has Nyarko make Shout Outs when she yelps in pain from Mahiro's punches, forks, or whatever:
** In the first episode, she yells the names of ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}'' mecha; the first episode of ''Nyarko-San W'' repeats this, but specifically uses machines that appear in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
** In the second, she yells the names of [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Buff Clan heavy mecha]].
** The third episode exclamations (Pazuzu, Nalagiri and Tezcatlipoca) are from ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' (Nyarlathotep is a character there, too).
** Fourth episode has only one yelp (Eroba!), this one from ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''
** Fifth episode has another single yelp, this time from ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' (Hell Missionaries)
** ''Nyarko-san W'' has an episode where Nyarko's yelps are the names of Series/KamenRiderOOO's alternate forms; the villain of the later episode "High School of the Heat" continues this reference by shouting "Sagohzou!" when defeated.
** Several of the Next Episode previews end with Nyarko trying to call out a famous CombiningMecha's CatchPhrase and getting cut off by Mahiro; this list includes "[[Anime/CombattlerV Let's combine!]]" and "[[Manga/GetterRobo Change Getter!]]". In episode 9, when [[FreakyFridayFlip Nyarko is in Mahiro's body]], she revives the gag by shouting "[[Anime/MazingerZ Pilder On!]]"
* Episode 1: "Like a [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]"
** At the sight of Nyarko giving a brutal beatdown on a Nightgaunt, Mahiro looks away, crouches and covers his ears while repeatedly telling himself "I hear nothing...", in the same way as [[Manga/KOn Mio Akiyama]].
** When Nyarko sends out Shantak-kun's [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokéball]], she copies Ash Ketchum, minus the hat spinning.
** Nyarko's reaction to the store full of anime gooes is "Earth, what a terrifying child you are!", straight from ''Manga/GlassMask''.
** Nyarko introduces herself to the class by paraphrasing the OpeningNarration of ''{{Anime/Braiger}}'' (with music from the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' videogames in the background).
** Nyarko recreates the famous "Beergasm" from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', only with a bowl of miso soup in place of beer.
** The subtitle of the then-current season of ''Iron Striver'' is ''Star Vampire Crusaders'', combining Star Vampires (a type of monster from the Cthulhu Mythos) with ''Stardust Crusaders'' (the third and best-known story arc of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'').
* Episode 2: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san", referencing "Sayonara, {{Manga/Doraemon}}" (from the sixth volume)
** Nyarko pulls off an [[Anime/{{Scryed}} Exterminating Last Bullet]].
** The sequence where Mahiro and Nyarko sail to R'lyeh is a long set of Shout Outs to ''Manga/OnePiece'', with Nyarko repeatedly referencing the manga's plot (and getting shut down by Mahiro) as well as the sail bearing a version of the Straw Hats' skull-and-crossbones emblem with Nyarko's trademark {{Ahoge}}.
** [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Do you remember our love?]]. Also, a "superdimensional circus" is better known in this wiki as the MacrossMissileMassacre.
** Cuuko says "[[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Grandfather said this:]] 'A Cthugha may love a Nyarlathotep. [[Anime/TheBigO That's what it means to live free.']]" Nyarko responds by asking if the old man was a negotiator in the city of amnesia.
** Nyarko tells Cuko [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "There's only one reason for your defeat. One simple answer. It's because... you pissed me off."]], followed with [[{{Kiai}} "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA"]] and ended with [[CatchPhrase "Yare yare da ze"]]. For those who don't know the first one, that's what Jotaro said when he defeats Dio. Somewhat weird though as she used Jotaro's iconic line and CatchPhrase but MUDAMUDA is ''Dio's'' {{Kiai}} - Jotaro's is ORAORAORAORA which she used earlier in the fight.
*** The [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA"]] is also shared with her brother in the next episode.
*** Crunchyroll's subtitles makes a subtle shout out to one of the earliest localization subtitles to the anime of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''; when Nyarko yells "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA", all is written is single "Useless".
** R'lyeh Land has a "Arkham Haunted House". Arkham House was the publishing company operated by Derleth and Donald Wandrei, founded to print Lovecraft's anthologies.
** A [[Creator/MontyPython blasphemous hand grenade?]].
*** This one is made even more blatant in the light novels, where Nyarko defends the use of the grenade by saying "King Arthur used one in the battle of Antioch" and Mahiro replies "That was Monty Python!"
** The description Nodens gives for the BoysLove show he wanted Mahiro to star in ("It's a sparkly love-hate drama about a pretty boy bought by a young businessman.") sounds a lot like ''Manga/OkaneGaNai''.
** Nodens sends Nyarko and Cuuko to battle in AnotherDimension; this is a nod to the ''Space Sheriff'' sub-series of Series/MetalHeroes (including ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffGavan Gavan]]'', ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan Sharivan]]'', and ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffShaider Shaider]]''), where each series' villains had their own dimension that made their monsters stronger and the hero weaker.
** R'lyehland's mascot, Insmouthboy, looks a lot like another fish-boy, Anime/{{Ponyo|on the Cliff By the Sea}}
*** The light novels dip into DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything territory when Nyarko says that the Cthulhu Corporation fought tooth and nail to maintain their trademark on Insmouthboy until they eventually got passed a law specifically to keep him out of the public domain, making him an obvious play on Mickey Mouse.
* Episode 3: "Mahiro Yasaka Wants to Live in Peace", referring to "Yoshikage Kira Wants to Live in Peace" (the 37th volume of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'')
** Cuuko has a [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]] cake from the space bakery [[Series/KamenRiderDecade DK-do]], operated by a man named [[PhantomThief D. Endo]]. The cake even looks like the [[TransformationTrinket Decadriver]].
** When Nyarko asks for some of Cuuko's DK-do cake, Cuuko responds by quoting [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the First Law of Equivalent Exchange]].
** After [[Manga/PrincessResurrection killing a bunch of Ghouls and Nightgaunts with a chainsaw]], Nyarko says, [[Franchise/LupinIII "Once again, I have cut a useless object."]]
*** An [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED anti-ship]] chainsaw, no less.
** Nyarko asks Mahiro if he wants her to call him "Nii-nii". That term is frequently used by [[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Miya Tachibana]], who, like Nyarko, is voiced by Creator/KanaAsumi.
** Nyarko goes on to make a [[Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow gununu]] face when confronted with the DK-do cake. Also from ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'', Cuuko's face-plant is a trademark of that series resident twintails, Miu.
** "Trapezohedrons are Unbreakable", the subtitle for the newest ''Iron Striver'' series, is a combined reference to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' ("Diamonds are unbreakable") and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos (the Shining Trapezohedron from Lovecraft's ''The Haunter in the Dark'').
* Episode 4: "[[Film/MarsAttacks Mothers Attack!]]"; the chapter of the novel upon which this episode was based was called "[[Film/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Mother's Counterattack]]"
** The dog chasing Hasta looks like Marron from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'', which, like this series, is produced by XEBEC.
** Luhy makes the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ikari Gendo]] pose right down to the ScaryShinyGlasses.
*** She also drives a [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture flying Delorean]].
** Yoriko's introduction as a Deity Hunter makes multiple references to ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''. The music in the background, Yokiro's hunting outfit and the artwork of the monster in a cover of a book (called "Deity Hunter Frontier") takes clear inspiration from the series.
* Episode 5: "Great Conspiracy X", referring to "Great C", a 1990 short story by Creator/BrianLumley.
** Nyarko follows the [[Manga/DetectiveConan Ran Mori]] school of thinking: karate kicks can solve anything!
** The [[IncrediblyLamePun Nephren-car]] can negotiate even Red Canyon and Fire Field! Good thing if you're playing ''VideoGame/FZero''.
*** It also packs a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''-style MAP attack (specifically, an [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ideon]]-style MacrossMissileMassacre).
** When Mahiro learns that Hasta had to perform CPR on him and thus has stolen his first kiss, he mutters "No count, no count!" in GratuitousEnglish, just like Kaoru did in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}}'' when she accidentally kissed Junichi. That would make it the second Kaoru reference in the series, if you count Nyarko using her belly-exposing stance in episode three.
** When Hasta says he wants to "combine" with Mahiro. At the end of the preview for the next episode, Mahiro asks why Nyarko hasn't made a "combine" robot joke this time: Nyarko answers that "it was a little too adult". Of course, there's a HumongousMecha series where mecha "combining" has a DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything quality, ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion''. Hasta also has an unusually sharp sense of smell, just like Aquarion's Apollo, and he makes an absurdly long-reach love promise with Mahiro, too.
*** It should be noted that ''gattai'' [[DoubleEntendre can mean just that.]]
*** In a later episode he goes full circle calling it [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Final Fusion]] instead.
** Hasta's father is president of CCE - ''Carcosa Computer Entertainment''. Carcosa is the city associated with Hastur in ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'', the company full name is ShoutOut to SCE - ''Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment''.
* Episode 6: "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket War in the Market]]"
** After giving a PantyShot to Mahiro (and only him) Nyarko turns and does Machiko's catchphrase "how shameless" and pose (but fully clothed) from ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei''.
** Mahiro's mom breaks out her [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Musou attacks]] in episode 6. She also quotes [[NamesTheSame two different Kamen Riders named "Ryu"]]: [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O Gun Form]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Accel]].
** Also in episode 6, Cuuko [[LightNovel/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl falls from the sky while wrapped in a futon.]]
* Episode 7: "Blue Coral Reef", a play on the Japanese title for ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon''.
** Nyarko makes a direct reference to Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}, then after Mahiro [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tells her he doesn't like her]], she goes [[ColorFailure totally pale]], then the following EyeCatch shows her slumped on a stool, mimicking the famous scene in ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' where [[spoiler:the titular Joe Yabuki is slumped on the spot after his final fight]].
** When Yoriko approves of Nyarko making a move on Mahiro, Nyarko jumps in celebration while yelling "Yahoo!". This is a reference to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' as she jumps in the same pose as Mario and even yells like him. You can even see a ? Block and some Brick Blocks in the background.
** Nyarko's evil expressions while plotting to get into Mahiro's bed are straight out of VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry.
* Episode 8: "Nyarko's [[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Dokidoki High School]]"
** The [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped in]] DatingSim portion opens with Nyarko running into Mahiro in a manner similar to the dream sequence from episode 26 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
** Mahiro and Cuuko's first encounter is from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' (except here, it's ''Azathoth'' watching over them).
** There are numerous references to LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya: Cuuko mentions "Endless Eight"; later she impersonates Ryoko Asakura, sans the [[StepfordSmiler cheerful disposition]] and with a {{BFS}} instead of the knife. Immediately after we see Nyarko in a PlayboyBunny getup attempting to play the Lovecraftian version of "God Knows".
*** They actually had to tone one of these references down; the Next Episode preview for #9 shows Cuuko's uniform is blue, exactly like those in ''Haruhi'', but in the episode itself the uniform is green.
** The restaurant scene is taken straight from ''Manga/{{WORKING}}'', complete with [[ActorAllusion Nyarko in a Poplar-esque ponytail]].
*** In the same scene, Nyarko calls Cuuko flat-chested. Cuuko responds with Poplar's CatchPhrase ("They're not small!"), causing Nyarko to wonder why it feels like [[BorrowedCatchPhrase someone's stealing her lines]].
** In the montage, there's a human cavalry battle where [[Videogame/SengokuBasara Nyaruko wields 6 katanas and Cuuko wields a forked lance.]]
** In the fight scene, Nyarko is dressed as [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Pai Chan]], Cuuko as [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], and Hasta as [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Bridget]]. The stats given are their actual ones from the TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu RPG[[note]]Except for Hasta's, which uses Cuuko's stats apparently due to a mix-up with the staff[[/note]].
*** Before starting the fight, Nyarko quotes the taglines for ''Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]]'', ''[[Series/KamenRiderAgito Agito]]'', and ''[[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]]'' in succession ("Racing instinct! Awaken that soul! Those who don't fight don't survive!")
*** After the fight is over, Nyarko [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar raises her fist to the heavens and proclaims "I have no regrets!" before falling down]].
** The GayOption ending from ''True Love 95'' gets brought up as a possible route by Yoriko, who tells her son that even Yoichi, his BromanticFoil, might confess to having feelings for him, just like how Kazuhiko Miyoshi, the foil in that game, did the same towards the end of the game if the player was unable to choose a girl for Daisuke.
** Nyarko, Hasta and Cuuko strike a pose very similar to Keima from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', complete with glasses.
** Tamao pretty much duplicates the infamous "locked in a sports equipment shed with a girl" scene from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''.
** When Yoichi shows the status of each girl, those statuses are lines from JPop songs: Nyarko's status was ''[[Anime/{{Macross7}} Advancing Love Heart]]''; Hasta's is [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion For twelve thousand years, has wanted to combine with you]]; Tamao's is Seriously fell in love [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz 555]] seconds ago.
* Episode 9: "I am Her and She is Me", a play on a Japanese childrens' story with the same title and similar plot.
** Cuuko's new video game obsession is features [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Dagomon]].
** Tamao [[spoiler:(possessed by Isuka)]] wields a reflex camera like a gun, referencing [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters the Ichigan Buster]].
*** This one is more of a MythologyGag, as Lovecraft describes the [[spoiler:Yith's]] weapons as resembling cameras.
** A particularly obscure reference occurs when Isuka mentions being the captain of her dodgeball team; the associated graphic is a modified VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall court.
** Nyarko [[spoiler:(in Mahiro's body)]] sports a CatSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eyes]] akin to the infamous [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]].
** Mahiro, while [[FreakyFridayFlip inside Nyarko's body]], commands Kuuko to take Nyarko (who's inside Mahiro's body) and Hasta to the living room so that they wouldn't bother him. He promises her a contract in which Nyarko will give her body and soul to her in exchange. His movement when "commanding" her is similar to Lelouch from Anime/CodeGeass, while Kuuko responds with [[GratuitousEnglish "Yes, your Highness."]]
*** The image of M-Nyarko commanding looks an awful lot like the famous "[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney OBJECTION!]]" pose.
** The "OnTheNext" preview for Episode 10 has Nyarko using Mahiro's voice to quote [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman Karn, Kamille Bidan]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Lockon Stratos]]. Mahiro, in the meantime, says "I was stupid, so stupid!", a line said by [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], [[ActorAllusion who like Mahiro is played by]] Creator/EriKitamura.
* Episode 10: "[[VideoGame/SaGa3 The Ruler of Super Time-Space]]"
** During Nyarko's love confession in the cold open, she announces that "not even the [[Manga/SaintSeiya 12 Zodiac Temples]] or the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Budokai]] can scare [her]."
** The EyeCatch sound effect from ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' is used for Kurei's [[PowerNullifier power un-nullifier]].
** The Space CQC Jammer and Space CQC Jammer Canceller refer to ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' and the Neutron Jammer and NJ-Canceller. However, ''SEED'' never went to far as to have a [[OverlyLongGag Neutron Jammer Canceller Breaker Disruptor etc. etc.]]
*** On top of that, the pose Yithka and Isurugi make when firing off their guns is the "Last Shooting" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
** [[Manga/SquidGirl Squidn't it a fine time to inkvade?]]
** Isurugi uses the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE AGE Device]] to summon his master.
** When Nyarko finally manages to kiss Mahiro on the lips, how does she celebrate? [[Series/KamenRiderFourze By throwing her arms in the air and shouting "Smooch KITAAAAAAAAAA!" while a space background appears behind her]].
** Nyarko names her finishing move in this episode the [[Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis Rondo Towards Destruction]].
* Episode 11: "Lost Girl from the Stars", a play on "Shambler from the Stars" by Creator/RobertBloch
** The episode starts with the alien trio waking Mahiro by playing ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' (apparently ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart64 64]]'') in his bedroom.
** After defeating the Shoggoths, Nyaruko hums the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' level up fanfare.
** The later part of the episode recalls the second ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' movie, [[spoiler: which sees the main cast trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop in an empty city, just like Mahiro. There are several shots that are direct {{Homage}}s to said movie as well.]]
* Episode 12: "He Waits, Dreaming", a Franchise/CthulhuMythos reference (specifically to the original story "The Call of Cthulhu")
** When Nyarko shows Mahiro the Mirror of Nitocris, she actually quotes ''Kuso Miso Technique'', the manga that originated the "Yaranaika?" meme.
** During the final battle, Nyarko, Cuuko, Hasta, Luhy and Yoriko strike the [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]] group pose.
** Nyarko turns her crowbar into a giant sword and proclaims "Malign God Roar", just like in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}''.
** [[spoiler:Major Fogger]] paraphrases [[{{Manga/Hellsing}} the Major's]] "I love war" speech, only with the war references change to {{Hentai}} games. He even name-drops Creator/KeyVisualArts and Leaf by using the Japanese words for them ("kagi" and "konoha").
*** This is accompanied by images of Nyarko dressed as [[VisualNovel/LittleBusters Noumi Kudoryafuka]] and Amanatsu Purin[[note]]from ''Hoshi no Ouji-kun Le prince de l'Etoile''[[/note]].
** When Mahiro tells Nyarko to kick the villain's ass, she responds with the [[{{Anime/Yatterman}} Dorombo Gang]]'s trademark salute and "Ara, hora, sassa!"
* OVA: "How to Defeat a Kind Enemy", a play on the light novel series "How to Kill a Kind Dragon"
** The episode has all kinds of references, including ''Anime/{{Hyouka}}'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''Film/MenInBlack'' and the whole MagicalGirl genre.
*** And ''Film/FullMetalJacket, as Luhy plays [[Creator/RLeeErmey Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann]] as part of Nyarko's training. And orders Nyarko to say "Hanyan" ([[Manga/CardCaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]]'s CatchPhrase) at the start and end of every sentence.
** In order to train Nyarko, Luhy takes her to [[Manga/DragonBall Kami's Lookout and the Room of Spirit and Time]]. For bonus points, the Room resembles the version seen in ''Budokai 2''.
** The sequence we get to see of ''Iron Striver'' (Nyarko's favorite {{Toku}} show) leans heavily on ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', with the protagonist resembling actor Masahiro Inoue (but dressed kind of like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Philip]]), saying "Bring it on! I'll destroy everything!" and transforming in exactly the same fashion as Tsukasa[=/=]Decade.
** What does Nyarko say the first time she transforms into a MagicalGirl? [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga "I want everybody to smile! So please watch my...HENSHIN!"]], followed by performing Yusuke's transformation pose.
*** The transformation is followed by the line "[[{{Anime/Dancougar}} Keyword, NYA-RU-RA-TO-HO-TE-PU!]]"
** The episode ends with a preview of the second season, ''Haiyore! Nyarko-San W''; when Mahiro asks "Why W?", Nyarko responds "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing That's because five young men will fight for the independence of the colonies...]]".
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san W'' (Season 2):
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zZphnY5v8 official PV]] for ''Nyarko-San W'' has a hurricane of references in the flying text, including the entirety of ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'''s OpeningNarration, "[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Now, let's count up your]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu SAN points!]]", and "[[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Now Earth, this is Japan's Cthulhu!]]"
* Episode 1: "[[Manga/AttackOnTitan Attack on Malign God]]"
** The opening sequence is a direct parody of ''{{Television/Bewitched}}''; the OpeningNarration and title ''My Wife is Nyarlathotep'' are references to the Japanese dubbed version (which was retitled ''My Wife is a Witch'').
** The trio changes from pajamas to school uniforms using Series/KamenRiderWizard's magic circle transformation, followed by Nyarko imitating his Connect Ring to summon her school bag. When Mahiro asks what that was, Nyarko says she wanted to try the "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall latest version's]]" transformation before cheering "Isn't it super-great? Isn't it the best?!", referencing the lines said by Wizard's belt when he activates a FinishingMove.
*** Immediately afterwards, she says she'll store their belongings in [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Mirror World]] until they have time to set up individual bedrooms.
** When Mahiro threatens Nyarko and Co. with the fork, they claim they won't forget its power as it was [[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile engraved upon their souls]], wait, no, livers.
** While discussing [[BrandX Yamanso.Com]], they work in two references to ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Cuuko doing Konata's finger point, and Nyarko doing the famous "Darling Darling Please!" pose.
** At one point, Nyarko uses the phrase [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell "My ghost is whispering to me!"]]
** Also during the Rock-paper-scissors contest. Nyarko mention that the winner can become a center in a sub-group and gets interrupted by Mahiro before she can name drop Music/AKB48. Hasta after losing mentions that he want to tell people, [[Anime/AKB0048 You can hate me, but don't hate Mahiro-Kun.]] He too is [[WritingAroundTrademarks stopped by Mahiro.]]
*** On top of that, the way Nyarko tries to reference [=AKB48=] is by showing Mahiro a set of Gaia Memories from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''; ''Double'' pulled this exact same referece in TheMovie, as a nod to the fact that two of its minor characters, Queen and Elizabeth, were played by members of [=AKB48=].
*** During the final showdown of the Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament, Nyarko says "[[Series/KamenRiderWizard The finale!]]" and Cuuko responds "[[Series/KamenRiderFourze Let's do this man-to-man.]]" They then attack each other with the [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Strike Wizard Kick]] and [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Rider Rocket Drill Kick]] respectively.
* Episode 2: "[[{{LightNovel/SasamisanAtGanbaranai}} "Nyarko-san Ganbaranai]]"
** Tamao declares to Nyarko "A person's heart being stolen by another person's overwhelming power is without a doubt, love!", playing off of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Graham Akre's]] declaration of "love" to Setsuna F. Seiei and his Gundam Exia.
** This episode gives us [[GreatBigLibraryOfEverything Celaeno Library]]... as well as the [[LightNovel/LibraryWar library's task force]].
*** The library's forbidden bookshelves are the [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Gaia Library]]; additionally, the search engine Mahiro and Hasta use to try and determine the girls' ages requires the use of three keywords, just like Philip's lookups.
** Cuuko at one point remarks "[[Manga/ToLoveRu Our trouble is always darkness]]."
** When travelling to Myanmar, Nyarko says that no one will be able to see them since she put up a Somebody Else's Problem field. This is a reference to [[Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything Life, the Universe, and Everything]], where if you convince someone that something isn't their problem it turns it functionally invisible.
* At the end of the preview for episode 3, Nyarko exclaims "Biku biku bikurin! Jan-ken-pon!", paraphrasing [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Peace's]] InTheNameOfTheMoon speech.
* Episode 3: "Super Malign God Apocalypse", referencing "Super Brave Apocalypse" (episode 7 of ''Anime/KingOfBravesGaogaigar Final'')
** When asked by Mahiro if she was a bit too brutal in handling the episode's villains, Nyarko retorts "Aku Soku Zan" with almost as much solemnness as [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Saitou Hajime]] himself.
** When Nyarko confronts Zhar and Lloiger, she uses her smartphone like an [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger SP License]], then declares "[[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Protecting the Earth is the Plantetary Defense Agency's duty!]]"
** The reveal of the combined Zhar[=/=]Lloiger is a direct copy of Series/KamenRiderDouble's EarlyBirdCameo in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders vs. Daishocker''.
*** The second EyeCatch shows Hasta and [[spoiler:his SuperMode]] doing Shotaro and Philip's transformation pose.
** Episode 3 also features an al[[Manga/{{Dragonball}} oozaru]] who turns {{Gold|enSupermode}}.
*** Said aloozaru has more than a passing resemblance to the [[Videogame/MonsterHunter Rajang]], with Kuuko even pointing out its golden [[TurnsRed rage mode]].
** The EyeCatch gives a ShoutOut to L's line about Misa from Manga/DeathNote right after the scene with the reverse-Death Note.
--> '''Mahiro:''' "This is the first time in my life I've been provoked to hit a woman."
** The Next Episode preview starts with Nyarko saying "[[Series/KamenRiderOOO These three things will happen next time! One!]]" When she doesn't follow this up, Mahiro asks what happened to them and she responds "The other two are just for decoration. The higher-ups...", referring to the dialog in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' when Char receives the Zeong, asks about its lack of legs, and receives a similar response from the technician.
* Episode 4: "Talent for Love", the title of the ending theme for ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki''
** When Nyarko talks to Tamao about her attempts to charm Mahiro, she refers to her plans as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Operation Yashima]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Operation V]], and [[Anime/CodeGeass the Black Rebellion]]; each scene is accompanied by a mental image of Nyarko imitating the anime she's referencing (using a giant sniper rifle, rising from a flatbed, and cackling evilly while dressed as Lelouch[=/=]Zero).
*** The speech Tamao gives Nyarko about going for quantity over quality ("If once doesn't work, do ten! If ten times don't work, do a hundred!") is a paraphrase from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' (specifically, Shroud's speech to Ryu Terui about the Trial Memory). Nyarko responds "[[Anime/MacrossFrontier Until I show Mahiro-san my serious heart and body, I will not rest!]]"
** Also in episode 4, Kuuko wears a t-shirt with the message "You lose if you work", the same message in Anzu Futaba's shirt, the famous NEET from VideoGame/TheIdolmaster Cinderella Girls.
** [[Creator/AyaHisakawa Yoriko]] strikes the pose of [[ActorAllusion Cure]] [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Moonlight]] after saving Shantak and [[AuthorAvatar Aisora]] from a huge monster. There's even a crescent moon in the background [[DontExplainTheJoke for viewers who didn't get it the first time]]. This scene is also another extended ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' reference, with the characters getting a quest from the guild hall and wearing gear straight out of the game.
* Episode 5: "Say It Ain't So, Cuko", referring to "Say It Ain't So, Bernie" (episode 5 of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080'')
** The infamous Daifugo sequence has Nyarko and Cuko playing cards using ''Series/KamenRiderBlade''[='s=] Rouze Cards, with Nyarko remarking that her existence is like an "eternal trump card" (the title of ''Blade'''s final episode); and of course, the repeated shouts of "Cyclone!" "Joker!" refer to Series/KamenRiderDouble's primary form, [=CycloneJoker=].
** Kuune introduces herself with [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar "Omae wa mou shindeiru" and "Welcome to this crazy time."]]
** Kuune's recording starts with "Testing, testing. [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Baka test.]]" Mahiro even seems to {{lampshade}} it.
* Episode 6: "Try to Act", a play on "Try to be Immersed", a mystery novel by Honobu Yonezawa.
** A jealous Kuune [[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions take off an eyepatch revealing a golden eye underneath while saying "Synapse, Break!"]]
*** While tailing Kuuko and Mahiro. She mentions that she's going to [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex their illusions]] while thrusting her right hand out.
** A jealous Nyarko then wonders if a Manga/{{Death Note}}-like book exists.
** Kuuko decides to name her and Mahiro's child Kuroko. Now if it's a guy, she gets him to play [[Manga/KurokosBasketball basketball]] and if its a girl she send her to [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Academy City]].
*** For good measure, [[ActorAllusion Shantak-kun starts to flip out as soon as the name is mentioned.]]
** "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo AriAriAriArrivederci]]!"
** Cuuko describes her DateCrepe as a [[Manga/SorcererHunters Carrot Marron Glace Gateau Mocha Chocolate Tiramisu]] crepe.
* Episode 7: "The Poolside, Dyed with Blood", a reference to "The Atlantic Ocean, Dyed with Blood" (episode 28 of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'')
** Kuuko mentions Kuune being lost inside a [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Super Dimension Fortress.]]
** When Mahiro is woken up by Nyarko, [[Film/CastAway Wilson]] can be seen in the foreground.
** In their last fight, Kuuko and Nyarko paraphrase the lyrics for ''Mazinger Z'' and ''Ore wa Great Mazinger''.
** Earlier during said fight, there are two moments where Nyarko and Cuuko paraphrase lines from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', once from the TV series' final battle ("I refuse to acknowledge myself as a supporting character."[[note]]Zechs Merquise/Milliardo Peacecraft's "I refuse to acknowledge myself as one of the weak!" from the final battle[[/note]]) and once from ''Endless Waltz'' ("How many more times do I have to gut-punch you and your damn mobile turrets?!"[[note]]Heero Yuy's ArmorPiercingQuestion to Zhang Wufei: "How many times do I have to kill that little girl and her dog?"[[/note]])
** When Yoriko shows up to shut down Nyarko and Cuuko's fight, she's wearing forks in bandoliers all over her body like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Kamen Rider Eternal]] and delivers a variation of Series/KamenRiderStronger's InTheNameOfTheMoon speech ("The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! Hiro-kun cries out!")
** At the end of the episode, after [[MamaBear Yoriko]] steps in and shuts the pair down, Nyarko's MadnessMantra is directly quoted from the ending of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', [[spoiler:said by Kamille after Scirocco {{Mind Rape}}d him]]. Cuuko's has her saying [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry "I'm sorry..." over and over]].
* Episode 8: "A Little Love Song", the title of a 2001 song by MONGOL800.
** The narrations done by Creator/SatomiArai (Shantak-kun's seiyuu) sound [[LightNovel/OokamiSan rather familiar to one of her roles]].
** Kuuko uses what appears to be a [[Anime/DragonBallZ power level scouter]] to translate Shantak's speech.
*** As she pulls various items out of her [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Victoria's Secret Compartment]] during this scene, she hums a discordant version of the "Item get" tune from [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda a well-known video game franchise]].
** Nyarko asks Mahiro "Do You Remember Love?", which is another reference to ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.
** In the stinger, [[spoiler: Kuune]] crawls out of the place where the character was last seen, in a style not unlike that of ''Literature/TheRing'' - complete with [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smile]] at the end.
* Episode 9: "[[Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead High School of the Heat]]"
** The title of the episode is, naturally, a send-up of Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead.
** Cuuko's descriptions of Cuune's abilities are a mix of the theme song to ''{{Manga/Devilman}}'' and nods to ''VideoGame/WildArms'' and ''{{Series/Ultraman}}''. When she says "The coldness of her Aphoom-Zhah is negative one trillion degrees!", Mahiro responds "You can't just ignore the laws of physics like that!"; American fans might recognize that line better as "[[Manga/GetterRobo So much for the laws of physics!]]"
** Tamao and Takehiko are shown playing a incredibly dramatic card game in a direct spoof of {{Manga/Kaiji}} (complete with someone holding a towel to the side of their head).
** The title card has Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hasta performing [[Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie Gavan Type G]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryu Red]], and Series/KamenRiderWizard's respective poses; together they form a Shout Out to ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ'', which was running in theaters at the same time ''Nyarko-San W'' was airing.
** Kuune shows Cuuko on her [=PSP=] the game "Dagomon World -Re:Digitize-", a reference to the ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' anniversary game that came out January 2013.
*** Double-example: As already mentioned on this page, there's a Digimon called Dagomon. And [[EldritchAbomination guess what?]]
* Episode 10: "[[Film/MarsAttacks Yuggoth Attacks!]]"
** Nyarko defends the silliness of her getting a cold by mentioning how aliens can have all sorts of random weakness (complete with silhouettes in the background): Tomatoes, Moon Stones, [[Film/MarsAttacks Music]]...
** Nyarko's sneezes tend to be Shout Outs, including "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Judecca Gozzo!]]", "[[Film/MobileSuitGundamF91 Buch Concern!]]", and "[[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross VF-1!]]" At one point she says "Foundation!", which may be a reference either to the villain organization from ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'' or the more benevolent Kougami Foundation from ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''.
* Episode 11: "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex A Certain Camp's Haunted House]]"
** If Nyarko could spend 1000 years with Mahiro, it would make her [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure "Ultra Happy"]].
** Nyarko gets a LovePotion-ed Cuuko off of Mahiro with the [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Rider Rocket Drill Kick and Rider Rocket Punch]]; [[FreezeFrameBonus if you look closely]] you can even see faint purple images of the Drill and Rocket Modules around her foot and arm.
** Probably a stretch but Nyarko says "[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Doki Doki pretty league]]"
* Episode 12: "Sayonara, Nyarko-san W", repeating the {{Manga/Doraemon}} reference from episode 2 of the previous series.
** The Dreamlands defense mecha is called the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn RX-02 Banshin]], and is described as having a Full [[Videogame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Septuagint]] Frame.
** At one point Nyarko asks if the Banshin's brain is short-circuiting, quoting a line from "Moonlight Densetsu", ''Anime/SailorMoon''[='s=] opening theme.
* OAD: "Goodbye to the W[=/=]A Chaotic Love for this Hot Spring", a reference to "Goodbye to the E[=/=]A Bouquet of Justice to This City" (the final episode of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'').
** Nyarko's recap of the finale episode uses a parody of the Manga/AttackOnTitan opening.
** Luhy and Yoriko strike the poses of every lead [[Anime/PrettyCure Precure]] except [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Megumi]]'s when commenting on how effective the [[Creator/KikukoInoue Forever 17]] hot springs are.
*** Which may double as an ActorAllusion, since Kikuko Inoue played Yoriko in the drama [=CDs=].
!!''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'' (OVA)
* The ''F'' in the season's title is short for ''Final Countdown'', doubling as a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''[[note]]Specifically to the series' third movie, which was supposedly the end of its storyline but just ended up being star Takeru Satoh's final appearance [[Film/KamenRiderHeiseiGenerationsFOREVER for ten years]][[/note]] and alluding to the fact that it will conclude the story.
* The official name of the OVA is "Crawling Switch On, Chaos is Here!", a reference to ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''[='s=] TagLine "Youth switch on, space is here!".
* The weapons what Nyarko and Mahiro are given to defend themselves against a group of monsters are Series/KamenRiderGaim's Daidaimaru and Musou Saber.
* During the intro, one of the posters seen in the store is the cover for ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' Volume 1.
* When being told her mission after being kidnapped, Nyarko does the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gununu Gununu face]].
* The second part of Nyaruko's "recap" was her, Cuuko, and Hasta saying [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross they'll sing to stop a war]].
* There are multiple spider-themed references in regards to the attraction the crew visit like having the logo of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' on the tickets and having [[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst Spider]] as the guide and [[VisualNovel/FullMetalDaemonMuramasa Muramasa]] (who can turn into a mechanical spider) as a maid on the attraction. [[spoiler:This is to serve as clever {{foreshadowing}} for the fact that Ato-ko is behind the whole thing.]]
!!Light Novels:
* The covers of every light novel (sans the first) shows Nyarko doing a different Rider's transformation pose; these poses are used again in the opening sequence of ''Nyarko-san W''. This gets taken a step further with Volume 8, which had two covers, the standard release where Nyarko imitates Series/KamenRiderBlack and the limited edition where she imitates Series/KamenRiderBlackRX. Combine the two, and you get a nod to ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' which had Black and RX transform side-by-side for the first time.
* The fact that Mahiro is apparently a [[RippleEffectProofMemory Ripple-Effect-Proof Existence]] may make him a [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Singularity Point]].
* In the seventh novel/episode 8 of season 2, Shantak-kun turns into a little girl with help from Cuuko. Nyarko's reaction is to claim that [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} There's no way my pet can be this young a girl.]]
* The main antagonist of LightNovel volume 8 is [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], his full name is Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith and he's working for cracker group call [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Digital Beings]]. He also appears in Episode 9 of the Second Season.
* Later novels mention two alien websites, [[Website/YouTube UchuuTube]] and its rival [[Website/NicoNicoDouga Mi-Go Mi-Go Douga]].
* An illustration from the novels depicts various forms of Nyarlathotep from Japanese media. (Persona, Demonbane, etc.)
!!Miscellaneous:
* The official ''Nyarko-san'' event scheduled for August 2014 is called "Farewell Nyarko-San: The Final Countdown", a play on the subtitle for the third ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' movie.
** The OVA that was announced at said event is named ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'', which is said to be short for "Final Countdown", retaining the reference.
* The "Nyaralbum" [=CDs=] include a medley of the vocal songs from the second season called "Nyaru-Nyaru Service Medley", a nod to ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', which had the "Nyan-Nyan Service Medley" performed over the FinalBattle.
* Nyarko's main battle theme, "Nyarko, Sanjou!", is a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to "Ore, Sanjou!", Momotaros' battle theme from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', having not only a similar name but beginning with the exact same riff before heading in a more pop-style direction (though later parts of the song do have saxophone, matching the jazzy feel of "Ore, Sanjou!")
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