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** Shinji means [[The Chosen One|"Divine Child"]]

** In the English dub of episode 1, Ritsuko referred to Unit 01 as the "Oni system" for two reasons: the chance of it activating for a random person (0.000000001%, that's nine zeroes over there) and it's appearance (the Oni is a demon in Japanese mythology). [[Don't Explain the Joke|She took her time to explain it in detail]].

* Saito Hiraga From ''[[~~Zero~~ no ~~Tsukaima~~]]'' is named after Gennai Hiraga (Scientist from Edo period) and his name is written as "ability man." Quite fitting considering that {{spoiler|his power is to use any weapon in existence.}}

* Saito Hiraga From ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' is named after Gennai Hiraga (Scientist from Edo period) and his name is written as "ability man." Quite fitting considering that {{spoiler|his power is to use any weapon in existence.}}

* Michel in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' is named for the angel Michael. The alteration in the name, other than playing up his connection to Michal, is the first clue that there's something a bit off with his supposed [[Mission from God]].

* In ''[[Haibane Renmei]]'', every Haibane is given a [[Meaningful Name]] based on their dreams ({{spoiler|which may or may not represent how they died}}) when they first appear.