Hilarious in Hindsight/Anime



"Crow: (as Professor G) But go ahead and tell everyone you are part of Operation Meteor. And here's a little speech to memorize so you can amaze Quatre with how similar your orders are."
 * From One Piece:
 * The 4Kids dub was already a joke for, among other things, cutting out a story arc involving a whale named Laboon, and another involving giants. Two later arcs that came up about 200 to 300 episodes later involved plot points based on those stories. The first one involved a character being friends with the two giants from the missing arc, and, in the second, the author introduced.
 * There's also the cover of Chapter 14, which shows Luffy as Dracula. Much later, this becomes an inadvertent Stealth Pun when you consider that, which is quite accurate as Luffy is indeed.
 * There's no need to make fun of the 4Kids dub to get these moments. CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable has been depicted twice in One Piece: on Luffy in the Arlong arc, and on Usopp in the Skypiea arc. Both times, it's depicted without mouth-to-mouth. Fast forward 5–10 years later real-time, and medical guidelines today recommend chest compressions ONLY in CPR now.
 * Minor early example: when Nami first met Luffy, she called him "Boss" as a way of getting Buggy's goons who were chasing her to go pick on Luffy instead. Three arcs later, she wound up officially joining the Straw Hats as Luffy's navigator.
 * A Seiyuu related one. Brook's VA, Yuichi Nagashima way before being known as Brook, voiced a character in the gag series Sexy Commando Gaiden named Tsuyoshi Tsobe also better known as Kyasharin or "Living Bones".
 * In The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, the moments of Haruhi molesting Mikuru are funnier than the first time round, due to Haruhi's Japanese voice artist (Aya Hirano) voicing Kaoru, a 10 year old Lovable Sex Maniac, in Zettai Karen Children.
 * Speaking of Aya Hirano, there's Konata singing "Cha-la Head-Cha-la" in an ending credits. Cue Hirano landing a role on Dragonball Kai as Dende and Bulma in the Japanese dub of Dragon Ball Evolution.
 * In Kanon (2006), Yuichi is chastised for having a boring introduction to his new class. Yuichi says, "If's there an interesting way to introduce yourself, I'd like to see that." In that same year, his voice actor landed on the role of Kyon.
 * Yuichi is also once called out for talking narration to himself by Kaori, something that Kyon does all the time.
 * Shugo Chara had this weird moment where our resident trap makes a return and apparently, if Kukai, Tadase and Nagahiko were in the same scene, they resemble the trio from Boku no Pico.
 * Mahou Sensei Negima had a scene with Nodoka being attacked by a perverted bounty hunter with tentacles, who starts stripping her clothes off while ranting about "boobies". After Negi saves her in a Big Damn Heroes moment, the group later runs into the same gang of bounty hunters in a Bath house. Turns out  Skinship Grope ensues.
 * Waaaay back in chapter 15, . Roughly 200 chapters later, it turns out.
 * Also in chapter 210, after, several characters are joking with the twins about how the main cast was abducted by aliens. The twins panic, saying "next time we meet Asuna she won't be Asuna anymore.".
 * When Evangeline was still Negi's opponent, during her duel with him, she captured a bunch of his other students and dolled them up as Meidos. Among her victims we have, who end as maids again much later...
 * In Chapter 229, when . Come Chapter 311, and
 * The English dub of spinoff series Negima!? has a point where Shichimi says "Perhaps it is time to dine, nya" a paraphrase of Enma Ai's catchphrase from Hell Girl. Guess who does the voice of both characters. It's even more hilarious when realizing that the joke was simply a Shout-Out in the Japanese version. In the dub it's a Shout-Out and a "same voice actor" joke.
 * One of the episodes of Soul Eater features a throwaway gag about how, Cue episode 47 of the anime. While this might sound like Foreshadowing, the same scene appearing in the manga, which lacked the eventual plot twist.
 * One infamous fansub of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex mistranslated "foreign mafia kidnappings" as "mass naked child events." Funny enough at the time. However, in 2009, along came Eden of the East (from the same director, no less)--which involves something that could accurately be described as a [[media:mass naked NEET event.jpg|"mass naked NEET event."]] Apparently Kenji Kamiyama watches fansubs of his own anime...
 * In Fullmetal Alchemist, Scar is voiced (in Brotherhood) by J Michael Tatum, who also voiced Enel/Eneru in One Piece. Scar attacks state alchemists in the name of God... or, rather, he attacks in the name of himself.
 * In a bonus feature in volume five it shows that one of Ed's boxers' possible designs was Automail. In a volume 7 bonus feature, guess what the Truth takes from him.
 * Kind of a weird example of both Fullmetal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop with the latter's episode Sympathy for the Devil. The Bebop episode features a character, Wen who essentially looks identical to FMA's Selim Bradley. This is funny because of the common twist that . While probably accidental, it means that if you watched Bebop after FMA, you'd probably guess the twist immediately, and vice versa.
 * Rewatch episode 19 knowing that Mustang and Lust are married.
 * In a Dissidia Final Fantasy mod, there is a video with Zidane fighting Cloud of Darkness. Now look at Lust and compare with Cloud of Darkness and realize that Laura Bailey voices both in English. Edward Elric and Zidane have the same seiyuu.
 * In the 2003 anime version, episode 15, Maes Hughes (voiced by Sonny Strait in the dub) says something along the lines of "What do you want me to do, fire my slingshot at him?!". Flash forward to 2007, and his voice actor became the new voice of the One Piece sniper Usopp...
 * Also from the 2003 anime: Selim Bradley is introduced at the last second only to be killed off by the anime's version of Pride, King Bradley. Four years later,
 * A similar case comes even later with 's death in the 2003 anime, where he continues to fight even after having his arms blows off. Come chapter 105 of that manga and not only does do the same thing, it was caused by.
 * In the Naruto Shippuden dub, Chiyo is voiced by Barbara Goodson. Her grandson, Sasori is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. That's right, Rita Repulsa and Adam are doing role reversal.
 * There's also the joke when Choji sees Naruto's Rasenshuriken and assumes, based on the name, that it was a projectile attack (it isn't). Nearly one hundred chapters later,.
 * Back in the first chapter/episode, Naruto is doing graffiti all over the Hokage Monument.
 * Richard Steven Horvitz had a small recurring role in Duel Masters as Fritz the bitter goblin. One of his main running gags was his Berserk Button, where he would yell at anyone who called him a squirrel. Thus, fans of the dub were amused when Horvitz was later cast as the titular animal character in Squirrel Boy.
 * In 2003, mahq.net made an April Fools' Day announcement of a Mobile Suit Gundam SEED sequel. After Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny got released, it only became funnier.
 * SEED Destiny had two characters called Shinn and Lunamaria. Fans were up in arms when they hooked up with no buildup whatsoever after Shinn . Now that Kenichi Suzumura and Maaya Sakamoto (Shinn's and Luna's VAs, respectively) are married in real life...
 * In Bleach a lot of people were joking around that.
 * There's also Urahara's "Who's my favorite pussy?!" said to  when in cat form, in the English dub. Then we get to learn the cat's gender...
 * Fans started referring to the Big Bad's One-Winged Angel forms by a number of unflattering nicknames. One of them, inspired by a speech about the form simply being an intermediary stage to help him evolve into a higher being, was "". Then his next form rolled around and.
 * In Semi Soma 01's Bleach Abridged, Ichigo
 * A running gag on the Pokémon site Pokemopolis is that Togepi is evil. An episode of the anime focuses on "The Worst Togepi Ever!"
 * From their guide to the episode: "Look I don't mean to sound like a broken record here but I TOLD YOU I FUCKING TOLD YOU ALL THESE THINGS ARE EVIL! EVIL! EVVIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!"
 * And anyone who's familiar with "aim for the horn" probably had their laughs back in Gen III of the games, when the Rhyhorn family (including Rhydon, which was the victim of said move) gained the Lightningrod ability. So not only is it immune to electrical attacks, probably to the frustration of those who can't tell between anime plot and game mechanics, but with that ability, as long as it's on the field, you can't aim an Electric attack at any other Pokémon!
 * Related to this, in the episode Tag! We're It...!, the first pair of opponents Ash and Paul face had...a Magmar and Rhydon. And the Rhydon had Lightningrod.
 * Another bit regarding Lightningrod. Even though Ash's Pikachu has Static, he balanced on his tail to dodge a berserk Thunder from Surge's Raichu. As of Gen V, the Pikachu family has Lightningrod as their Dream ability.
 * In 2006, there was an April Fools joke pulled by a Japanese fansite about an anime adapation of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Spin-Off games. Later in the fall of that year when when the games made their American debut, Cartoon Network did air an anime adaptation alongside it.
 * In the third episode of the anime series, "Ash Catches a Pokémon", when Jessie and James both unleash their Pokémon at once, Ash states that using two Pokémon at once is against Pokémon League rules. Come 2002, upon the release of Ruby & Sapphire, Double Battles and Multi Battles (also known as Tag Battles) are introduced.
 * There's also a scene where Ash makes a remark about how Shellder clamping on Psyduck's tail would make it a Psybro due to how Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro. In the same episode, Shellder clamps onto Psyduck's head. Guess how Slowking evolves from Slowpoke.
 * When Cilan's design was revealed, there were Over Nine Thousand jokes comparing him to Tamaki from Ouran High School Host Club. Mamoru Miyano would soon be revealed to be his seiyuu.
 * Ash's Pikachu has the Fan Nickname "Godchu" for being seen as overpowered, including the aforementioned "Aim for the horn" incident. Come Super Smash Bros. 64, Pikachu (although it's obviously not Ash's) was found to be top-tier.
 * Contrast with Mewtwo. "We dreamed of creating the world's strongest Pokémon...and he's bottom tier in Melee and MIA in Brawl."
 * In one episode, Ash inadvertantly interrupts Trip while he battles a Palpitoad, causing the Pokemon to run away before Trip could catch it. In the next episode, Ash ends up catching a Palpitoad for himself.
 * In "The Mystery of the Lighthouse", Bill remarks that there are more Pokémon than one can imagine, and it will take years to find them all. The episode aired in Japan in 1997. Fast-forward 15 years, and Pokémon is one of the longest-running TV shows ever in excess of 800 episodes, 15 movies, and one of the most popular video game series ever with no signs of slowing.
 * And in that time, they've found another two to three hundred species' of Pokémon.
 * In the first games (1996), a woman in a cave area remarks The Pokémon here are so chunky! There should be a pink one with a floral pattern! Fourteen years later, with Pokémon Black and White there is Munna - a pink chunky Pokémon with a floral pattern.
 * It's honestly quite astounding how the writer of Pokémon Special makes up so much for his story yet nearly all of it still manages to fit into future game canon. This is why fans joke that Hidenori Kusaka can see into the future:
 * In the Yellow arc, there's a flashback of Oak's Kangaskhan beating one of Agatha's ghosts with a Dizzy Punch, which should be a total cop out seeing how Normal moves don't affect Ghosts. Now about a decade later in the newer games, Kangaskhan is given the ability Scrappy...which allows Normal (and Fighting) attacks to hit Ghost types.
 * The new "critical captures" feature in Black and White games sound a lot like capture spots.
 * So, you dress up as a Rocket member to infiltrate their base, only to have your cover blown because your disguise was ripped off...Special did it long before the HGSS games were released.
 * is finished off by a Blastoise, Charizard, and Venasaur simultaneously using their strongest attacks. It's the Triple Finish!
 * And then they go ahead and Use the phrase itself. Maybe that's where they got the name?
 * In Pokemon Platinum, you get the chance to purchase an insanely expensive villa and furnish it with insanely expensive furniture. Good thing that the lead character of the corresponding arc was conveniently already established to be insanely rich.
 * A green jewel meant to control Rayquaza...Emerald had one on his forehead before the HGSS games came up with the concept.
 * It took five generations for Game Freak to have the Gym Leaders more involved with the plot, have secondary jobs, and have them directly oppose the evil villainous team. It took only one for Pokespe.
 * Black's Munna clearing his head is a reference to the C-Gear. There is now a Munna C-Gear skin available.
 * In the GSC arc, some Rocket grunts fill a Spider Web with electricity. Gen 5 introduces the move Electroweb.
 * In the Platinum arc, Caitlin's personal Pokemon is a Gallade. As it turns out in the BW games, she is a master of psychic Pokemon.
 * Yokota School in Blood: The Last Vampire is peppered with posters advertising the Halloween dance party and costume contest. One of them features a pretty blonde witch standing next to an ugly green witch.
 * Prowl in Transformers: Robots in Disguise is a strict police car Autobot who lives "by the book". In the English dub a year later, his voice actor was Wayne Lewis, who is a porn actor under the name "Wankus".
 * Remember that yacht that was from the delayed episode for School Days? It turns out that it is the yacht of the director of School Days, Keitaro Motonaga, and that the nature footage was taken during a TNK corporate retreat in 2005. Nice boat, indeed.
 * And when the episode was released later, it turned out to that the final scene actually does take place on a nice boat.
 * This is also applied to Pirates of the Caribbean considering who plays Will Turner.
 * Very early on Dragon Ball, when Goku turns into a giant ape for the first time, Oolong remarks "What's with this dude? Is he an alien?" About 15 volumes later... he is.
 * Similarly, when Goku and Piccolo Daimaô first square off, Piccolo calls Goku "smaller than ant's poop" and Goku replies by calling him "slug's poop". Slug in Japanese is "Namekuji", where the name for the later-introduced Planet Namek comes from. Guess who's from Namek? Piccolo.
 * When Bulma is first introduced in Dragon Ball, she planned on using the Dragon Balls to wish for a Prince Charming boyfriend. She ends up married to a Warrior Prince in Dragon Ball Z. It's even Lampshaded here in Dragon Ball SD.
 * We're all familiar with Dragon Ball Evolution, right? What about Dragon Ball GT Evolution? No? Back when Funimation were doing single disc releases of the series they did a form of Idiosyncratic Volume Naming involving words that end with "ion". "Evolution" was the volume with episodes 48-51.
 * In an early episode on Dragonball Z, Goku meets Princess Snake, who apparently has fallen in love with him. In the FUNimation dub she was played by Colleen Clinkenbeard, who would later play Goku in Dragon Ball: Curse Of The Blood Rubies.
 * Apparently, Mr. Satan invented planking about fifteen years before anyone else was doing it. In attempt to make it look like he had knocked out Majin Buu for a photo he was taking, he told Buu to hold still and lay flat on his stomach. He even commented that it seemed strange, but it was the new trend in picture-taking.
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann does this a few times, but in episode 4, Kamina says that 16 combines at once sounds "Stupid", but in Lagann-Hen, the second movie,.
 * Also counts as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, given that his rejection of his concept was because "True combining should be about truly bonded souls slamming into each other!" Come the end of the anime, it's hard to argue that the Dai-Gurren Brigade is anything but.
 * Everyone will agree that Kamina has the most badass sunglasses ever. What you may not be aware of is that they had appeared on Ash's Squirtle about ten years prior.
 * And Calvin before even that.
 * The Great Saiyaman suddenly becomes absolutely awesome when you realize that Kyle Hebert uses his Kamina voice while doing those scenes.
 * In the first episode of RahXephon, Haruka invites Ayato to come with her, saying she'll explain all the world's secrets. He responds that he's not interested in older women. Although this line is already amusing, it becomes much more so on second viewing because.
 * Andy Richter recorded the voice of Notoru in the English dub of The Cat Returns; in fact, it was his only anime voice work ever. Well, that is, until The Tonight Show took a little trip to Bang Zoom...
 * In Hetalia, Japan's human name is Kiku Honda. When the Japanese soccer team later scored their first goal ever in a World Cup, the scorer's last name was Honda. Even being the most common Japanese surname, it's still funny.
 * It gets better: Kiku's name means chrysanthemum. "Chrysanthemum" is slang for "anus" in East Asian cultures... LOL, yaoi fangirls.
 * And then, even better: In Spain's version of Marukaite Chikyuu, you can hear Soccer/Football sounds, such as a ball being kicked and a referee's whistle being blown. Guess which national team won the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
 * During a chase scene in an early episode of Trigun, Vash starts complaining to his maman, and then wonders aloud why he's speaking in French. Sort of random on its own, but hilarious when you consider who he ends up voicing in Axis Powers Hetalia...
 * The Prince of Tennis is a Shounen sports series, so naturally, many of the events are too far-fetched to be plausible. One match between Tezuka and Atobe leads to a 37-35 points tie-breaker. A later match between Atobe and Ryoma ends with a 116-114 points tiebreaker, implying a duration of several hours for the tiebreaker alone. But surely, no actual living person, let alone two people, have that much stamina, right?
 * Fast forward to Wimbledon 2010, and the marathon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut. The total match time was eleven hours, eight hours for the final set alone, which eventually ended with Isner's victory, 70 games to Mahut's 68. That's games, not points, eclipsing the PoT tiebreakers by at least three times.
 * Remember the whole "We're stuck in an endless recursion of time" thing? Said by Itsuki Koizumi, voiced by Daisuke Ono? Cue Ono later voicing Battler in Umineko no Naku Koro ni, also stuck in a Groundhog Day Loop, albeit this one not noticeable to...part of himself.
 * For more hilarity, guess which character is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (the voice of Kyon)? Ronove the butler, who is also caught (sorta) into said Groundhog Day Loop. Not only everyone is Itsuki for Kyon, but now everyone is Ronove for Battler.
 * Also connecting When They Cry and Haruhi: "Remote Island Syndrome". The episode/chapter contains Haruhi and co. getting trapped on an island during a storm and trying to "solve a murder mystery." Apparently, it was supposed to draw parallels to Umineko's sister series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (with even one of the characters named Keiichi), but in retrospect, the basic plot is almost identical to Umineko's.
 * In the fields of Latin American dubs, Irwin Daayan provides a really good one. His break-out role was male!Seiya Kou in Sailor Moon Stars... flashforward 12 years and have him playing another Seiya as a part of the two Saint Seiya dubs for the Hades Saga. El Oh El.
 * Since the Latin-American dub studios have similar actor pools depending on which country the series are dubbed, the Relationship Voice Actor trope brings up this more than once. One of the best examples is when Victor Ugarte was cast as Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion in both Mexican dubs, and his sister Gaby is cast as Rei Ayanami in the 2nd one. This sounds normal at first, but once you remember that, the deal becomes absolutely hilarious. Even better... considering how that spoiler is in the It Was His Sled vein now, there's no way that such a Relationship Voice Actor bit wasn't intentional.
 * In the Japanese version of Digimon Adventure, Kari's full name is "Yagami Hikari". In Japanese, "Hikari" translates into "light". Let that sink in for a few moments and see if you can keep from envisioning her with a JUST AS PLANNED expression.
 * With the popularity of The Room, Oikawa's appearance just got a whole lot funnier.
 * In an episode of Code Geass, Lelouch goes to Ikebukuro and Jeremiah comes to kill him. Sounds fairly straightforward, until Johnny Yong Bosch and Crispin Freeman got cast as Izaya and Shizuo, and all you can think about is whether Jeremiah is going to throw a vending machine at Lulu when he gets there. (For context, Durarara!! is set in Ikebukuro.)
 * After Euphemia chooses Suzaku as her knight, Cornelia calls her to scold her about it, saying that if she wants to change the system, she can do so . That happens toward the end of Nightmare of Nunnally, with Cornelia's approval.
 * Kallen's claim in episode 19 that Euphemia is a useless puppet princess of Britannia who can't make any decisions of her own.
 * "Zero, you son of a bitch!"
 * In one episode of Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan, Sakura watches the "Binkan Salaryman" with Shizuki and Dokuro, which is a movie about a guy that's pretty... sensitive to everything. This scene becomes slightly better if you've heard "Jizz In My Pants".
 * Death Note. Both of Light Yagami's voice actors have one of these. First is that Swaile voiced a guy named Lan Hikari... Let's see... "Hikari" is the Japanese word for Light...
 * More importantly is Miyano's when voicing Kiba from Wolf's Rain, when confronting Tsume for the first time. Tsume lets Kiba know that he has issues with his killing, but Kiba replies, "What's wrong with killing?" Then, Tsume tried to explain that killing is against the rules for the city, and which word does Kiba use to describe those rules? ROTTEN! In addition, how many letters in Kiba's name have to be changed to get Light's world-wide alias?
 * Brad Swaile voiced Quatre, whose name means "four" in French, and who goes on a rampage in Wing Zero destroying colonies.
 * An early arc in the GetBackers anime had the Recoverery service of Ban and Ginji doing battle against transporter Kuroudo "Doctor Jackal" Akabane, voiced by Shannon McCormick in the dub. In the machinima Red vs. Blue, McCormick does the voice for Agent Washington, who happens to be codenamed Recovery One.
 * Because its creator is a huge comic book Fan Boy, Rurouni Kenshin has several characters modeled after those from Marvel Comics. Amusingly, Hannya is sort of an accidental example, being kind of similar to Deadpool. Both are hideously disfigured Ninja, and Deadpool has been presented as having a common origin with Wolverine, and Hannya uses Wolverine Claws. On the other hand, their personalities are quite different.
 * The second anime series of Grappler Baki, "Maximum Tournament", said on its opening "The lightning only struck me once, but gee...". In the manga series, one character was indeed struck by a lightning. And he just shrugged it off. Once, but gee...
 * At the end of the DVD Commentary for The End of Evangelion, the commentators joke about the (un)likelihood of Eva 2: Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo. A decade later, the oddly-titled Rebuild movies are in full swing, and one of the most popular fan theories about them is that they are actually sequels to the original series.
 * In January 2011, the Adult Swim forums temporarily changed their "Other Anime" section to be themed on Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt. A few months later in April, Funimation licensed P&S. The dub being broadcast on AS in the future almost seems like a shoo-in now...
 * Venus Versus Virus and Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl both have anime adaptations with Gecko Endings and are rife with Adaptation Decay. Their manga endings were written in ways to be the opposite of the anime versions, which causes this to anyone who has seen the anime first.
 * "Town Without Streets" by Junji Ito featured a girl whose privacy is being invaded by her family (they don't trust her after catching a boy in her room - he was trying to implant feelings while she slept. Additionally, the boy's name is Kishimoto). Fed up with her parents and brothers poking holes in her walls, she goes to visit her aunt only to discover a world where there's no privacy (except for masks) and everyone must know what you're doing at all times (I don't know if this story is pre-internet but it's definitely looks pre-Friending Networks).
 * Filipino Tiger and Bunny fans get a kick out of seeing Hero TV. It actually exists as an all-Filipino anime channel since 2005, way before the anime's original broadcast.
 * The Reveal in the Martian Successor Nadesico movie Prince of Darkness is the experiments Akito suffered made his skin sparkle when hit by sunlight. Thanks to Twilight's sparkly vampires it's impossible not to chuckle at the sight of this.
 * The horror manga Corpse Party - Blood Covered is about a Dwindling Party of kids being hunted by at least three murderous (ghost) kids. In the webcomic Homestuck a rapidly shrinking group of human and alien kids are/were being hunted by at least three murderous (living) kids (plus one omnipotent, omniscient, and omicidal god-dog-thing). One of kids mentions having a funeral for their dead friends; one of the very alien aliens defines "funeral" as "corpse party" and everyone's been covered with blood at some point or another.
 * In Ouran High School Host Club, lead female Haruhi has a sort-of Unwanted Harem among the members of the Host Club. Said harem includes a young man named Hikaru Hitachiin (and his brother Kaoru, too). As of August 2011, Haruhi's seiyuu Maaya Sakamoto and Hikaru's seiyuu Kenichi Suzumura have just gotten married., taking their Relationship Voice Actor to a new level. Be happy, Hikaru and Haruhi! (And Shinn and Lunamaria, too. And Aeris and Zack as well.)
 * In episode 5, the Hitachiin twins dye their hair during their fight. Hikaru dyes his pink, making him look a little like a certain Fire Dragon Slayer also played by Todd Haberkorn a few years later.
 * Similar to the Pokémon example above with Dent, one of the first things that Tamaki remarks upon seeing Haruhi's apartment is that it's very clean. Mamoru Miyano would later voice Death the Kid in Soul Eater, who is absolutely OBSESSED with cleanliness and symmetry.
 * A couple of months prior to Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz being released in the US, someone MST'd a fansub of the three-part OVA version. One of the riffs regarding Duo's flashback in part two references a scene from episode 11 of the main series:


 * Ten years later, in the new manga retelling of the series, Endless Waltz: Glory of the Defeated, Professor G gives Duo the orders from episode 11 word for word before he leaves for Earth.
 * Before the actual announcements of the licensing and dubbing of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there had been a joke that 4Kids will license and dub the anime, with all the bowdlerizing and name changing they're famous for. Sayaka's name is changed to Sarah, for instance. Months later, Sayaka's English voice actress is revealed to be... Sarah Williams.
 * Additonally, Kyubey's voice actress (Cassandra Lee) and Mami's voice actress (Carrie Keranen) have indeed been in a couple of 4Kids dubs.
 * Another dub-related HIH: Remember this doujin? Now imagine Casca replacing Mami: they're both voiced by Carrie Keranen.
 * Not dub-related: April 21, 2011: Episode 11 of Madoka Magica airs.  April 21, 2011:
 * And yet another dub-related HIH: Hitomi Shizuki's Fan Nickname is "Green Mugi". And then, we have Mugi's English voice actress, Shelby Lindley, voicing Hitomi.
 * One of the quotes describing Norio Wakamoto is God exists and he is Japanese. Come the anime version of Mirai Nikki, he ends up voicing Deus, God of Time and Space.
 * The whole Brother-Sister Incest between Himari and Kanba Takakura becomes hilarious by episode 21. Why? . Meaning,
 * Late Eureka Seven watchers might be amused when the Federation first calls out to "prepare the Mon-Soonos for launch"—spelled differently, but pronounced the same as an Animesque show that also involves launching. Kirk Thornton and Keith Silverstein are in both shows as well.
 * In The Nineties, one of Takehito Koyasu's first popular rose was Takuto Izumi from Zetsuai 1989, a character heavily inspired by Kojiro Hyuuga from Captain Tsubasa. Flashforward more than 10 years... and guess who voices Hyuga in the Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 TV series?
 * Ever since FUNimation released Soul Eater, fans often compared Johnny Yong Bosch to the newcomer Micah Solusod. Fast forward two to three years later, and it's been announced that Micah Solusod will be replacing Johnny Yong Bosch in the role of Kazuki Makabe in the Fafner in The Azure Dead Aggressor film dub.
 * This is actually surprising to some people since Johnny Yong Bosch had worked with Funimation a few times in the past.
 * In Cardcaptor Sakura the movie, Sakura's brother plays upon her an utterly ludicrous (at the time) prank by telling her she can't board an airplane without taking her shoes off.
 * Not to mention that Tomoyo goes around taking videos of her friend. That's a weird eccentricity that nobody would ever really do...  until smartphones were invented....