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• Hey, It's That Voice!:
  • Megumi Hayashibara: Voices Haruka and sings the theme song.
  • Wendee Lee (in english dub): Kaolla Su, Amalla Su, and Tama the Turtle
• Shout-Out: As Keitaro's having a Heroic BSOD:

Naru: Hey, who told you to go all Shinji on me?

• • Keitaro also jokes with Motoko about having Su find them an EVA to fight Tsuruko.
  • There are also a lot of Star Wars references, Seta's van has a license plate reading "R2D2", and Naru gets stabbed by a lightsaber at one point.
  • A subversion of sorts: In the final episode of Love Hina Again, Keitaro falls down through the ruins of a haunted building holding the engagement ring he was going to give to Narusegawa. His pose, and the fact that he's holding a ring, are immediately reminiscent of Gollum falling into the Mount Doom crater. However, the Return of the King film hadn't yet been released when Love Hina Again was made! So no matter how strongly it appears to be a Shout-Out, it can't be. Unless the animators had a time machine.
  • The "Mecha Tama 3" from the Love Hina Spring Special looks like a turtle. It also looks like Thunderbird 2.
  • Also, Final Fantasy shows up every once in a while. Such as: some of Mutsumi's costumes being based on Aeri* of Final Fantasy VII fame, a Cactuar on a shelf (next to a starship) while looking for a job; in Volume 3, page 37, frame 6, you can see Squall and Rinoa sweat-drop at Naru and Keitaro crashing into a shelf of plushies; and in Volume 13, Keitaro mentions copying Motoko's Boulder Cutting Blade as being like "Kimahri's Lancet ability."
    • There's also a minor reference to Chrono Cross during Kanako's advertisement parade, where Suu is dressed as Harle.
  • The Pararakelse chapter where Motoko, Shinobu, Sû and co. discover through the latter's radar that they're surrounded by giant turtles, and then are chased by those, with team member rescue sequence and flight with the help of a transporting machine to boot, is a clear Aliens reference.
  • Su's Turtle radar is a reference, to the Dragon Ball series ,as it looks just like the dragon radar. Keitaro even jokes about the possibility of getting sued.
  • Godzilla series reference, In the RPG dream there is two tiny twin Mutsumis who sing to call out a giant Tama,in the same way the twins who sing to call Mothra from the Godzilla and its spinoff films.
    • May also count as a reference to Gamera, who is a genuine flying turtle Kaiju!
  • In Su's room there is a Sega Dreamcast, being a Sega reference.
  • Ma-kun gets a cameo appearence on the cover of chapter 71.
  • During the festival in Chapter 118, Shinobu has a fan with Chiyo's father on it.
  • The manga episode where Naru finally confesses she's in love with Keitaro with a screamed confession and a tasty deep kiss is called Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (the "Kill Me" part strangely omitted, considering this is Love Hina).
  • In the first episode of Love Hina Again Naru is seen sweeping the path in front of the dorm with a wicker broom and apron that are suspiciously similar to those often sported by Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku.
• Web Games: A Flash game called Love Hina Sim Date was created by English-speaking fans. It contained decent gameplay, but also a lot of out-of-character swearing.
• The Wiki Rule: The Love Hina Wiki

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