History ShoutOut / UruseiYatsura

* Rumiko Takahashi gives a nod to ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, in Volume 14 of the manga. During the school cosplay event, Lum wore a Vampy costume with signature white lapels and bat insignia on the bikini crotch. The Vampirella outfit made Lum's usual tiger-skin bikini look tame in comparison.

* Toward the end of the 2008 ''It's a Rumic World'' OVA, Kyoko Otonashi and Yusaku Godai from ''Anime/MaisonIkkoku'' appear watching the fireworks display accompanied by a small child, whom one might assume to be their daughter but who looks more like Kentaro Ichinose. In the very next scene, Ataru is shown trying to hit on Kagome from ''Manga/InuYasha'' and Akane Tendo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.

* Episode 122 (the episode that introduces Kitsune) features a CallBack to the previously-mentioned one: Kitsune is looking through the window of a movie theater where the "Kaikan!" scene from ''[[Film/SailorFukuToKikanjuu Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' is playing, and an ImagineSpot follows showing that it reminds him of Shinobu.

* Episode 72 (adapted from manga chapter 78), in which Ataru and his classmates made an amateur film, featured several references, including to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''[[Film/SailorFukuToKikanjuu Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' (with Shinobu acting out the iconic "Kaikan!" scene), ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'', and (maybe) ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.

* Any episodes dealing with boxing would undoubtedly make a reference to ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', such as episode 43 "Fear of Meow" in which even the animation style is reminiscent of the show.
** Particularly many of the fights between Ryuunosuke and her Father mirror fights that took place in Ashita no Joe (for example the famous cross-counter punch between Joe and Rikishi).

The series is renowned for its references to past and present Japanese society and culture. It has storylines influenced by The Tale of Genji, the definitive classic of Japanese literature. And also has a fair share of references to Western and American pop-culture.

The series is renowned for his references to past and present Japanese society and culture. It has storylines influenced by The Tale of Genji, the definitive classic of Japanese literature. And also has a fair share of references to Western and American pop-culture.

* To ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' at least once, ''Film/BladeRunner'' on another occasion, and to ''Film/StarWars'' several times (often in a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

* In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0-c07CXgAEua8P.jpg the head]] of the [[https://blogs-images.forbes.com/olliebarder/files/2017/07/scopedog_review_cover.jpg Scopedog]] from ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' attached to it and even references the beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hwDQJRU7E the show's opening]]. Seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (''Manga/SgtFrog'' being a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

* In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0-c07CXgAEua8P.jpg the head]] of the [[https://blogs-images.forbes.com/olliebarder/files/2017/07/scopedog_review_cover.jpg Scopedog]] from ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' attached to it and even reference the beginning of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8hwDQJRU7E the show's opening]]. Seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (''Manga/SgtFrog'' being a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

* In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has the head of the Scopedog from ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' attached to it, seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (''Manga/SgtFrog'' being a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has the head of the Scopedog from ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' attached to it, seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (''Manga/SgtFrog'' being a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has the head of the Scopedog from [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]] attached to it, seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (Manga/SgtFrog is a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

In the 12th OVA, Ryoko has a space satellite that has the head of the Scopedog from [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]] attached to it, seeing as this OVA was animated by Creator/Sunrise and their tendency to sneak in references to previous projects into their shows (Manga/SgtFrog is a perfect example of this), it's makes perfect sense.

* Toward the end of the 2008 ''It's a Rumic World'' OVA, Kyoko Otonashi and Yusaku Godai from ''Anime/MaisonIkkoku'' appear watching the fireworks display accompanied by a small child, whom one might assume to be their daughter but who looks more like Kentaro Ichinose. In the very next scene, Ataru is shown trying to hit on Kagome from InuYasha and Akane Tendo from RanmaOneHalf.

** More specifically, one episode has Mendou, Megane, Kakugari and Chibi try to keep Lum from sleeping with Ataru[[note]] [[IThoughtItMeant here, due to Lum's electric powers, it literally means sleeping chastely on the same futon]], but the morons don't know that, and spend the entire episode humiliating themselves to protect Lum's purity[[/note]], after Lum bluntly tells Megane that her body belongs to "Darling"[[note]]Ataru[[/note]], the four freak out and enter a lengthy BigLippedAlligatorMoment that is literally nothing but one long hilarious love letter to the then newly-released ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

* Episode 72 (adapted from manga chapter 78), in which Ataru and his classmates made an amateur film, featured several references, including to ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''[[Film/SailorFukuToKikanjuu Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' (with Shinobu acting out the iconic "Kaikan!" scene), ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'', and (maybe) ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.

* Toward the end of the 2008 ''It's a Rumic World'' OVA, Kyoko Otonashi and Yusaku Godai from MaisonIkkoku appear watching the fireworks display accompanied by a small child, whom one might assume to be their daughter but who looks more like Kentaro Ichinose. In the very next scene, Ataru is shown trying to hit on Kagome from InuYasha and Akane Tendo from RanmaOneHalf.

* Episode 72 (adapted from manga chapter 78), in which Ataru and his classmates made an amateur film, featured several references, including to ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''[[SailorFukuToKikanjuu Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' (with Shinobu acting out the iconic "Kaikan!" scene), ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'', and (maybe) ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.

* Episode 122 (the episode that introduces Kitsune) features a CallBack to the previously-mentioned one: Kitsune is looking through the window of a movie theater where the "Kaikan!" scene from ''[[SailorFukuToKikanjuu Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' is playing, and an ImagineSpot follows showing that it reminds him of Shinobu.

* Tobimaro Mizunokoji's entire character is based upon the characters and situations of '' Kyojin no Hoshii''. Tobimaro is often portrayed as a Hoshi Hyuuma-like character treating baseball with a near-religious fervor. The "in" drawing-style of that era made the eyes 'sparkle' to dramatize many characters, although it eventually became so passé that newer non-serious anime/manga made mockery out of it. Thus the outrageous sparkles in Tobimaro's eyes.

* In one episode, while Princess Kurama's minions are searching for a suitable mate using a database of every male in the universe, a [[KnownSpace Pierson's Puppeteer]] briefly appears.

The series is renowned for it’s references to past and present Japanese society and culture. It has storylines influenced by The Tale of Genji, the definitive classic of Japanese literature. And also has a fair share of references to Western and American pop-culture.