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{{trope}}Examples of [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}Continuity Nod]]s in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}Anime]] and [[Manga]] include:
 
* [[Macekre|Carl Macek]] had to ''invent'' several of these when he made the multifarious ''[[Robotech]]''. For example, Yellow Dancer is a singer who emulates Minmei.
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** During the flashbacks that Jin Himuro had of back when he was a pro had a list of names which were actually taken from the manga of [[Fan Nickname|the Season Zero arc]]. In an easier example, the name of Yusei's new inmate roommate before he was due to fight Akutsu is Shugo Aoyama, the name of the [[Mary Sue|Gary Stu]] that the First ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' movie revolved around. ([[No Export for You|You know, the one that was never released outside Japan?]]) And of course, Tetsu Ushio, the first baddie to taste the sadistic Penalty Game in the manga [[Ascended Extra|is now one of the core secondary characters in 5Ds]].
* Several aspects of [[Sailor Moon|Usagi]] and [[Replacement Love Interest|Seiya]]'s meetings in ''Sailor Stars'' mirror Usagi and Mamoru's meetings in the first season of the series, culminating in Usagi confusing Seiya dressed in black and red for Tuxedo Mask, who wears a black and red outfit. (Seiya went as far as to throw a red rose to distract the enemy.)
* Throughout the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga there are scenes where you can recognize certain people traveling about—like the Curtis', Hohenheim, or a minor one, the mustache man in the white suit.
** In Rush Valley, you also see automail stalls with photographs of their previous customers, like the man who hijacked the train in the first volume or the army guy in one of the spin-off games.
** After Father Cornello's assistant [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlives his usefulness]], Lust lets Gluttony eat him. Later in the manga/second anime {{spoiler|Ed and Ling}} end up inside of his stomach and you can see a skeleton wearing some ''familiar'' garments.
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** There is a literal [[Incredibly Lame Pun|walking]] Continuity Nod that appears in ''SDF Macross'', ''Macross 7'' AND ''Macross Frontier'': the [[Humongous Mecha|König Monster Destroid]].
* In ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'', Tai uses a set of cards to open a gate to earth while leaving out Agumon's card. In the followup series ''[[Digimon Adventure 02|Adventure 02]]'', Mr. Owikawa uses the same cards but leaves out the Gomamon card while including the Agumon card, sending him somewhere else entirely.
* All of Misaki's various opponents in ''[[Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer]]'' show up in the audience for the fight in the Grand Finale.
* Quite often do characters in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' make references to events that happened in the past, even if said events happened in another region. For example, when Byron learns that Platinum collected six badges in twenty days, he mentions that he heard of a trainer in Hoenn who collected eight badges in eighty days (ie, Sapphire).
** At the start of the Platinum arc, when Platina meets up with Looker, one of the first things she asks is if he's supposed to get a free bike ride around Sandgem Park and if he's really a comedian, referencing the mix-up that occurred at the start of the Diamond and Pearl arc.
* The fourth season of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime aired in 2008; the ending sequence featured the plane chart noting the hierarchy of the [[Exclusively Evil|five Mazoku lords]], the four Dark Lords, and [[Guardian of the Multiverse|the Lord of Nightmares]] suspended in the background. The two spots on the chart reserved for the Mazoku Lords [[Big Bad|Fibrizo]] and [[The Brute|Gaav]] are destroyed, nodding to the fact that they were both [[Killed Off for Real]] in the second season of the anime...which aired back in 1996...
** Oddly, in a possible case of potential discontinuity, the spot on the chart for Dark Lord Dugradigdu remains intact, despite having been destroyed in the third season (1997). It is considered Hajime Kanzaka's way of protesting the season, as it is the beginning of divergence from his books. Since then, he seems to have accepted the change.
* In chapter 20 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid]]'', Vivio and her friends are given special bracelets designed by the TSAB Research Department that drains a person's physical and magical powers to help in their training. When Nanoha sees it, she makes a comment about how she used to do something like that when she was a kid, except she had to let Raising Heart manually do the draining for her since she didn't have something as convenient as the bracelets. This was a reference to Nanoha's [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] regimen that was described way back in the first chapter of the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha AsA's]]'' [[All There in the Manual|supplementary]] [[Comic Book Adaptation|manga]].
* In Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector, during the fight between Axel Almer and Einst Kyousuke Nanbu/Beowulf in the prologue, Axel fire the Soulgain's fist into Beowulf's mech, but it doesn't finish the job. In the final episode, where {{spoiler|Beowulf suddenly appears in the final battle against the Einst, the fist is still lodged in its chest, and is used by the OG Kyousuke Nanbu to finish the job.}}
* In the background of the earlier [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]] episodes, nods to the original series could be seen in the background. Multiple events that weren't shown in the first season, but occurred in the novels, had their remainders shown in the club room. While most were later filled in on in their second season, unfamiliar fans may wonder why there is a frog costume or a bamboo plant lying around.
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*** {{spoiler|Shadow Naoto}} also fights like she does in the game, by exploiting weaknesses. Yu keeps having to change Personas because she keeps preparing to use attacks that his current Persona is weak to (though thanks to Rise, Yu is one step ahead).
*** During the Shadow Naoto fight, Yu has Mot use Mudoon, which doesn't work. Naoto's Persona, Sukuna-Hikona, resists Dark attacks.
* The ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' manga is incredibly good at this, to the point that it's actually too much of an effort to list all the small background details in it, though special mention goes to the [[Continuity Porn]] that is Natsu's house and the manga's willingness to refrence events from filler episodes of the anime.
 
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