Line #13 ShoutOut/MariaHolic


1	''Manga/MariaHolic'' is one of those shows that could fill an entire page with its {{Shout Out}}s.
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3	!!Maria Holic
4	* The entire show, or at the very least the setting, is basically a parody of ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'', being set at a prestigous Catholic all-girls school.
5	** Plus Mariya's basically [[VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe evil Mizuho]].
6	* Father Kanae's speech appears in bubbles just like the salamander-thingy in ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', and later has a moment of [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei quadruple-shot bout of despair]].
7	* Kanako also borrows [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Itoshiki-sensei's]] despair animation.
8	** And then proceeds to reflect on how happy she was.
9	** She also goes into [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro-mode]] whenever she's... oh, screw it, it's random.
10	* References to [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] lyrics on the episode title cards, such as "Love is old, love is new" are not uncommon.
11	* ''Series/CSIMiami'' at the end of third episode.
12	* On the 4th episode, the preview shows Honoka on [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka's uniform while she talks to a creature called]] [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Jyubey]]. In the [=BDs=], this segment was changed to a parody of ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White\|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}''.
13	* Miyama (no ''e'') Kanako was a heroine of a visual novel called ''VisualNovel/AtlachNacha''. She's the servant of a demon-spider girl.
14	* ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' in episode 12 with the good 'ol "Gyabo!"
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16	!!Maria Holic Alive
17	* In episode 2 of ''Alive'', Kanako imagines a life with [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Houki, Cecilia, Rin, Charlotte and Laura]] as her personal {{Meido}}s (also a bit of ActorAllusion: Matsurika, Mariya's own {{Meido}}, shares the [[Creator/MarinaInoue same voice]], as well as the silver hair, as Laura).
18	** Also from the same episode, Kanako calls Maria "[[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Marie-mon]]".
19	** Come episode 4 of ''Alive'' Kanako re-explains that Marie-mon is "Maria" + "demon".
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21	* Episode 4:
22	** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Objection!]]
23	** The post-credits scene contains an extended shout-out to ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]]'' with Honoka and her group playing the main roles, though Mariya inexplicably subs in as Homura. Matsurika plays the Walpurgisnacht, fittingly.
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25	* Episode 5:
26	** Kanako gathers a bit of study skills from everyone on the planet to create [[Anime/DragonBallZ some kind of]] CombinedEnergyAttack. Her face even {{Art Shift}}s to look like Goku.
27	** The punishment of watching the entire "Legend of Japanese Heroes" back to back without blinking mentioned by the Dorm Leader is a spoof of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'', which in fact, if one includes the side story episodes, really consists of 165 episodes.
28	** The post-credits scene is a reference to ''Domo-kun''.
29	* In episode 6 of ''Alive'', discuss about Warring States period and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Let's Party!!]]

Context ShoutOut / MariaHolic