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* The main trio play an RPG called [[Monster Hunter]].
* [[Bland-Name Product|Tokimeite Memorial Days]] is an allusion to the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series. In that game, there's a background character who seems like an [[Expy]] of [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Ryoko Asakura]], a heroine named [[To Heart|Akari]] [[Clannad (visual novel)||Fujibayashi]], and another heroine, [[Shrinking Violet|Yukiko Nagata]] -- an obvious expy of [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Yuki Nagato]].
* The fights between the chibified Sena and Yozora in the pilot and Chapter 11 are blatant shout-outs to [[The Powerpuff Girls]].
* The [[Eroge]] Sena was playing is an obvious adaptation of [[The Sacred Blacksmith]].
* The Pari-den manga Kodaka reads in Chapter 13 features a character with a ripoff of [[Gosick|Grevil de Blois]]' hairdo.
* In Chapter 14 Sena's playing [[Love Plus]], apparently romancing fellow [[Ojou]] Manaka Takane. Rika's also a fan of [[Gundam|Gundan]], [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|OVA]], and mentions the series' appearances in [[Super Robot Wars|Ultra Mecha Wars Alpha 2]].
* The recently released Drama CD involves the club members as voice actors for an RPG whose characters were based on their likeness. Then we get this one-liner from Sena:
{{quote|'''Sena:''' "Once I become an overnight star in the voice acting world, I'll become great friends with [[Minori Chihara|Minori Chiharu-san]] who voices Yuko<ref>obvious [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Yuki Nagato]] reference</ref>, and [[Kana Hanazawa|Kusasawa Kanako-san]] who voices Dark Cat<ref>obvious reference to [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kuroneko]]</ref>."}}
** Turns out the game they were to have voice roles in -- ''[[Eden of the East|Heaven of the East]]''<ref>"Higashi no Heaven" is an obvious pun of "Higashi no Eden"</ref> -- is actually an eroge, and everyone is not happy that Rika didn't tell them. Cue Rika's reaction:
{{quote|'''Rika:''' "[[Death Note|Just as planned.]]"}}
** There's also the obvious ''[[Squid Girl]]'', ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' and ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]].
* In Chapter 15 of the manga, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111016105958/http://www.mangafox.com/manga/boku_wa_tomodachi_ga_sukunai/v01/c015/15.html Sena laughs off at Kodaka introducing Kobato to the Club], [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|assuming the iconic Kirino-with-Kyousuke-from-behind pose (with Rika in Kyousuke's position) and claiming "There's no way your little sister can be this cute!"]] (May also count as a bit of [[Actor Allusion]], with Kobato sharing [[Kana Hanazawa|the same voice actress]] as another [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] from said show.)
* Kobato also claims to be a [[Tsukihime|True Ancestor]].
** In an extended reference to [[Kana Hanazawa|Kobato's voice actress's]] most famous role as [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kuroneko]], "Kurogane no Necromancer", the goth-loli anime Kobato watches, closely resembles "Maschera", Kuroneko's own favorite show.
* When Yukimura bumps into Kodaka (who deliberately did so in order to catch his "stalker"), the former gives him his wallet with a decoration of six coins arranged in two rows of three, alluding to his namesake, the famous samurai [[Sanada Yukimura]], who used it as his family crest.
* In the virtual game in episode 5:
** Rika's virtual avatar is dressed like [[Final Fantasy X|Rikku]]
** Maria's looks like [[A Certain Magical Index|Index]], which Kodaka lampshades.
** Sena's blacksmith outfit is quite close to the one from [[Ragnarok Online]]. Unfortunately, she was thinking of [[The Sacred Blacksmith]] when she selected this class, as her description of the role reveals.
** The game itself: it's called [[Romancing SaGa]] [[Final Fantasy XIV|XIV]], runs on [[Bland-Name Product|LargeHard]]'s hardware, [[Take That|is missing lots of features]] [[Final Fantasy XIV|and abuses re-uses of models]].
** A popular meme on Japanese [[Message Board|Message Boards]] is that an [[Otaku]] becomes a wizard if he stays a virgin until age 30. Guess what Kodaka's mage outfit is... (see also [[Take That]])
* On Episode 11, during Rika's reminisces on the Comiket, one scene clearly shows what looks like [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!|Kyousuke, Kirino, Kuroneko and Saori]].
** At the festival in the same episode, some of the masks from the stalls are from [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|Goseiger]].
* The BD edition of Episode 4 recolors Rika's imaginary spacesuit to resemble [[Rebuild of Evangelion|Asuka's experimental EVA-02 plug suit]].

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