Shout-Out/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

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This page lists [[Shout-Out]]s seen in various Anime and Manga series.

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* ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu/Shout Out|Baka to Test To Shoukanjuu]]''

* ''[[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai/Shout Out|Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]]''

* ''[[NEEDLESS/Shout Out|NEEDLESS]]''

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion/Shout Out|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''

* ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt/Shout Out|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''

* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei/Shout Out|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]''

* ''[[Sket Dance/Shout Out|Sket Dance]]''

 

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* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Jean-Luc Pikachu]] from the ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga series, complete with a [http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2425/jeanlucpikachu.jpg Starfleet communicator]! Also, [[Felix the Cat]]erpie.

*** In that same episode, the movie Max saw is a shout out to [[Ultraman]], and the movie being shown in that episode is similar to the basic story of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. The one Ash saw as a little kid is a surprise nod to the ''[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/manga/pocket_monsters.html Pocket Monsters]'' manga!

** Furthermore, not only is [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Slaking_Kong this] episode named after it, but the climax [[Incredibly Lame Pun|apes]] ''[[King Kong]]'', right down to Swellow knocking it off a spire.

*** I'm suprised that no one's done a crossover with either of those two with a character in Pokémon.

*** There already has. Just check [[Fan Fiction]].Net.

** ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'': Onizuka fights a group of punks harassing his students with Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, the series' signature [[Spam Attack]]. He also draws Ken's seven-point scars on his chest with magic marker and screams about a woman named Yuria, Ken's fiancee.

** Mari, the [[Huge Schoolgirl]] from the original ''[[Project A-ko]]'', is pretty much just Kenshiro in drag.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SplSDPwVbzc I just saved] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&src_vid=SplSDPwVbzc&v=RU1zIWaKDFE&annotation_id=annotation_564433 you a lot] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH7tmMVCQRI&feature=related of time].

* There are also quite a few ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]:

** The OVA featured a Yukkuri, of all things.

* A scene in ''[[Popotan]]'' features Mii [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoRXZ4Ynh74 imitating the famous MGM Lion]... and in the process [[Tastes Like Diabetes|giving you diabetes]].

* Jan-Puu from ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'' uses the [[Catch Phrase]] ''[[Honorifics|oneeniisama]]'' from ''[[Maze Megaburst Space]]'' when addressing Hazumu. Both series are from the same creator.

** Don't forget the reference to the Lumberjack sketch from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.

* ''[[FLCL]]'' itself had an episode with a ridiculous number of references to, among other things, ''[[Lupin III]]'', ''[[Trigun]]'', ''[[The Matrix]]'', ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' (an especially clever one in that particular case, recreating the Spike vs. Vicious standoff in the cathedral substituting Haruko with a pair of scissors for Vicious and his katana), and several earlier [[Studio Gainax]] works.

** Though their colors are reversed: Asuka wears blue, Rei wears red. The latter's last name, Saotome, is itself a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Ranma ½]]'', as the character was a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]].

*** All the more [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] when Daitokuji-sensei announces Rei's attendance in her debut, because he was voiced by [[Kappei Yamaguchi]], the voice for Ranma.

** The third season has some serious homages to [[Illusion of Gaia]], including but not limited to: General Freed, who bears a stunning resemblance to Dark Knight Freedan; the Comet in Dark World, which is identical to the promotional art of the Comet of Destruction (both of them have roughly the same effect, too); Juudai as {{spoiler|the Gentle Darkness}} while Will, his game counterpart, is the {{spoiler|"chosen one of Darkness"}}; the character Johan, who closely resembles the character Lilly (and, like Lilly, has odd powers that are more [[Handwaved]] than explained); and you could keep going for quite some time, if you wanted (or just look at the [[Shout-Out]] section on the GX page).

** A one-shot character named Alice appears in the second season who seems to be a walking shout out to ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''.

** Ruby Carbuncle looks a lot like [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Espeon]].

* The anime ''[[Hand Maid Mai]]'' does a shoutout to its predecessor ''[[Hand Maid May]]'' by having the drunken Hideo Ozu stumbling past Kazuya Saotome's place, reverently showing the ladder between apartments that was so much a part of the show. Not so reverently, Hideo then urinates on the landlady's fence.

* ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''; in the manga, Nobue is a high school freshman of 16, while in the anime, she is 20 and in university. In her opening self-description in the anime, while breaking the [[Fourth Wall]], Nobue says she is just a typical 16 year old high school student, then admits that its a lie, and that she is actually 20 and in university. Ana's dog Frusciante and Matsuri's ferret John are named after John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a band Ana likes.

* In ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'', when Yu commanded Chie to sit on his lap he was channelling [[Kuso Miso Technique|a certain memetic manga.]]

* I would list this under Konami, however this is a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' anime reference only. The art of "Illegal Summon" -- a card that doesn't exist in the card game -- is that of Jiraiya summoning a Toad. This is a ''[[Naruto]]'' reference that there was really no need for, but like with ''BoboBo'' they are all from the same manga publication.

** Another anime-only card, "[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Cut_Jewel Cut Jewel]", has art which bears a striking resemblance to Sasuke Uchiha cutting a gemm.

** Likewise reason with the above (being that they're all from [[Shonen Jump]]), [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]] manages to snag a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shout out to the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] franchise: During one of the Omake episodes of ''Haru Haru's Interview Dangerous!'', specifically the one with Basil. Reborn is trying to explain to [[No Social Skills|Basil]] what teens his age do in their free time. In the cross sections of what he's saying, you can see Reborn wearing a green Duel Disk (possibly a transformed Leon).

* ''[[Cosplay Complex]]'' is stuffed to the brim with shout-outs to other series, starting with the previous shows of the producer -- mostly in the form of [[cosplay]] costumes.

* ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'' is not notable for [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], but has at least one: the pre-credits scene from one episode has a cameo by a male prostitute who looks suspiciously similar to one who appeared in an episode of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' (which was produced by the same team).

** Also, the final image of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'s'' closing titles is a flower lying in a puddle. Now look at the final image of the ''Wolf's Rain'' '''opening''' titles. Different puddle, different flower, but even so...

* Like Bo-bobo, the Funimation dub of ''Crayon Shin-chan'' had a lot of dialogue shout outs changed to fit the U.S. (usually concerning popular names in media). There was also a passing [[Calling Your Attacks|attack call]] reference to the [[Dragon Ball|Kamehameha]] in one episode.

* Towards the end of ''Space Knight [[Tekkaman Blade]]'', a random man with a very strange hairstyle saves a child in a crowd as the entire city flees from the oncoming aliens immediately following [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. The extra's distinctive hair is that worn by the hero of the original ''Space Knight Tekkaman'' cartoon.

* The English dub of Alien 9 has a [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] shout-out when a nameless student -- voiced by Veronica Taylor, who also played Ash Ketchum -- while chasing a small alien creature with a gang of his friends, gleefully chortles, "Gotta catch 'em all!"

* The ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga contains a shout out to ''[[The Fly]]''. "But what about the alchemist who was performing a transmutation when a fly flew into the circle and the guy became a ''fly-man''?" "You dummy! That's from a movie we saw the other day!"

** Hohenheim's name alludes to the real-life alchemist Paracelcus, who was born Bombastus von Hohenheim before adopting his pseudonym.

** What about the ''[[Indiana Jones]]''-style Giant Rolling Ball of Doom in the 5th laboratory episode of the first series?

** There's also a shout-out to Spongebob in [[Crayon Shin-chan]]. In the gag dub, {{spoiler|Parappa the Kappa}} is revealed to be a parody of Spongebob, although it isn't as popular in Japan, which is possibly why the Japanese version didn't have it.

** In a [[Flash Back]] episode, Yoko appeared looking rather like Yomiko Readman of ''[[Read or Die]]'', and even used the name "Yomako".

* In one of its many [[School Festival]] episodes, ''[[Code Geass]]'' has C.C. wear robotic antennae on her ears which, combined with her long green hair, make her resemble [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Chachamaru]]. In that same episode, Shirley wears a maid outfit inspired by [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru]] - which is then acknowledged by having Anya Alstreim, voiced by Yuko Goto (Mikuru's voice actress), take notice.

** By coincidence, the joke is preserved in the dub, since [[Stephanie Sheh]], Mikuru's dub VA, also does Anya.

* Not too many people remember it, but the series ''Tetsujin 28-Go'', which became ''[[Gigantor]]'' in the US, featured the first characters with the names [[Akira|"Shotaro Kaneda" and "Shikishima"]]. Naturally, the name "Tetsuo" bit was related to there in a convoluted reference also to the (in?)famous live action cyberpunk film "Tetsuo: The Iron Man".

* Little plastic ducks in the first episode of ''[[Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]''. They are ''not'' just random toys in completely made-up scene. It's awesome [[Shout-Out]]: [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/doomed_ducks_sail_oceans_for_all_eternity/ read their tragic history] (also see several links in comments). There's even ''[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Rubber-Ducks-Eric-Carle/dp/0007202423/ book]'' about them!

** In episode 411 of the anime, a brown-haired [[Gurren Lagann|Yoko]] can be seen briefly glancing over at a nearby commotion.

** During the Thriller Park arc, one of Hogback's underlings is a [[Eyeshield 21|devil-like bat with the number 21]]

* 2nd season ''[[The Tower of Druaga (anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'' anime. An candy is called Babylim Namco, a shout out to [[Namco]], the company that made [[The Tower of Druaga|the game]].

** In addition, a single episode contained ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'', ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[The Great Escape]]'' shout outs.

** Speaking of ''Index'', it doesn't really shy away from referencing. Straight in the first episode/volume is Misaka asking Touma "Geez... what were you doing? Pretending to be a Samaritanian, protecting delinquents... are you a [[Great Teacher Onizuka|certain hot-blooded teacher]]?"

*** In episode 20, Yoshikawa is having doubts that Accelerator can save Last Order in time. His response is to throw the phone away and remark "[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Ore ga dare da to omotte yagaru?!]]"

** Other shououts to Totoro in ''Ponyo'': They have a magnet on the fridge that looks like Totoro's little white friend, and at one point Lisa sings a line from the theme song of that movie.

* In one episode of ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Ah! Megami-sama]]: [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Sorezore no Tsubasa]]'', Skuld sets one of her inventions, controlled by a SNES controller, to reset with a variant of the [[Classic Cheat Code|Konami Code]] (SET SET instead of B A). It could be coincidence, but...

* In the [[Hot Springs Episode]] of ''[[Princess Lover]]!'', the circumstances may be different, but there's a clear [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Kaiji]]'' in the form of [[Butt Monkey|Nezu]] falling down a trapdoor in silence, and Teppei's face drawn using Nobuyuki Fukumoto's distinct style.

*** Before the opening theme of the first episode: Forest.com, Keisato, Kai!, followed by the black butler, Lucky Star, Evolution, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (the second season, too, nonetheless), the costumes, and Lucky Star again. This time way too blunt. WAY TOO BLUNT. This makes 12 blatant shout outs for 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

** How did it shout out to DBE? Was it a [[Take That]]?

* ''[[Kämpfer]]'' has A TON! Just listing them all would already be staggering enough. And in only a span of 5 episodes, they've got like 15 different shout outs already.

* ''[[20th Century Boys]]'' has a chapter named "A Quiet Town in Germany," which is a nod to the place where all the shit hit the fan in Urasawa's previous work, ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''.

* The English dub of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]!'' contains a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' in the second episode preview -- Sato shouts "I mustn't run away!" followed by Hitomi retorting "What are you, stupid?" Those are the catchphrases for Shinji and Asuka, respectively.

** Another Shout out is to ''[[True Tears]]'' the anime the "Moe Game" Sato worked on is based off of. Why would I say this? Well the game was named "True Words" and the main character on the cover looked almost identical to [[True Tears|Noe.]]

* In the ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' manga, after Boss gets his [[Clothing Damage|uniform shredded]] by the Gamia-Qs, he exclaims that this is turning into a Shameless School. ''Shameless School'' is, of course Go Nagai's first work.

* ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]''. Umm... One piece of advice: watch the background. By the time you see Fumoffu, you would already be dead from laughter.

* ''[[Initial D]]'' almost ALWAYS gets a [[Shout-Out]] in a parody series. There's the AE86 appearing in ''[[School Rumble]]'', the parody race in ''[[Lucky Star]]'', the car crashes involving tofu in ''[[Miami Guns]]'', even a badly drawn picture on the chalkboard in ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''...

** Naw, it was a cargo robot..... [[Dragon Ball Abridged|AND THE CARGO WAS PEOPLE!!]]

* In ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' practically every word that comes out of TK's mouth is a Shout Out. References include [[The Terminator]], [[Bob Dylan]], and many other musical references, cementing his status as the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]].

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' features a number of music references:

** Blair has an attack called [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkin]]

* Just about every episode of ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'' features [[Chew Toy|Lancer]] [[They Killed Kenny Again|dying]]. Just about every one of Lancer's deaths is followed by [[South Park|"Oh my God, they killed Lancer!" "You bastards!"]]

 

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