Kimi no Na Iowa/Shout-Out


 * "The other wants the world in every generation, and we shall fell every last one of them."
 * The constructionmen in Chapter One share surnames with Quentin Tarantino characters: Winnfeld, Driver, Kiddo, Candie, Schultz and White.
 * Constructionman Schultz reenacts the Roll Safe "X can't happen if Y doesn't" gesture.
 * "Being a big, stupid amadan like Bro."
 * Uileag is said to have a helping people thing.
 * "It's full of stars..."
 * ESTABLISHING BATTLEFIELD CONTROL UPLINK SUCCESSFUL WELCOME BACK
 * BOILERS ONLINE SENSORS ONLINE WEAPONS ONLINE ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL
 * Uileag once saved a guy named Peter from a bully named Flash.
 * Uileag prayed for one more time, one more chance to make things right.
 * Chapter Four also alludes to a letter swept away by the wind.
 * "We don't get to rest just yet..."
 * “I am you and you are me.”
 * "Today's a big day."
 * {Look to the sky. Therein lies your answer.}
 * “Time to wake up. ... Shake your head. ... Nod your head. ... It’s time to go. Pull yourself together."
 * ...it fucked you up inside...
 * {Hello, little star.}
 * {...the long way down the road to the chemist is just peanuts to space.}
 * {Truly there were more things than dreamed of in our philosophy...}
 * {...I wasn't in Kansas anymore.}
 * {...infinite in distance, unbound by death.}
 * {...for it is in passing that we achieve immortality.}
 * {...I am here.}
 * “It’s hot drop o’clock!”
 * "I've got you in my sights."
 * The transport plane with callsign Cloudy Sky is a play on Big Sky.
 * CLOSE RANGE (allcaps necessary)
 * Two of the researchers are a Dr Shen(g) and a Dr Halen who calls for exercising restraint.
 * The XV-23 EnOsprey has the In-Series Nickname of "Skyranger".
 * Artillery Spotting is also called Siege Mode.
 * The Is did their best. ... Their best was not good enough.
 * In Chapter Five, Atlanta and O'Bannon are told to check for a pulse following the experiences of a CDR R Becket.
 * "Don't hesitate to wake me when you need me.”
 * Any second now. Any second...
 * When talking about O'Bannon's past in Chapter Six, Albacore does a jig based on Pikotaro's PPAP.
 * "Forget it, Iowa. It's Quincy."
 * "Ayayayayayaaaa.exe is not responding."
 * In Chapter Eight, Dubai and something involving "CAPT Walkure and his Delta boys" are mentioned.
 * "Death toll... too many."
 * "Begone, thought."
 * The canonical Iowa is likened to Liberty Prime.
 * Stingray from Down Periscope appears in Chapter Nine.
 * In Chapter Nine, Quincy hijacks the base PA to sing "Love of QuincyQuincyQuin!".
 * Ayaka has an Imagine Spot of her grandmother doing the No Country for Old Men Implied Facepalm.
 * The basic lunge rote has a Japanese term starting with "ga" and involves drawing the left arm and leg back while sliding the right hand's fingers over the weapon.
 * The basic lunge rote also results in the generation of blue lightning like with the Flash in the DC Extended Universe.
 * The Chaldea Enlightened Science and Security Organisation is the pan-European equivalent of BERND. "Saberface" gets mentioned in the same scene.
 * Having failed to make the canonical Your Name, Keit-Ai was instead Shinkai's big break in this universe.
 * "You're a big girl."
 * It is time to go.
 * They will have order..."
 * "A rule of nature, then, Ma'am?"
 * Two of BERND's assistant directors are surnamed Faden and Joyce.
 * "What do we have after 500 million?"
 * "Blood and gold? A broken throne?"
 * "There will not be generations because of the abyssals."
 * He was angry. He should be. It wasn't fair.