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** Right from the start, there is the title, which references the 1985 film ''[[Desperately Seeking Susan]]''.
** In addition to a highly variant version of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', there are shout-outs to a few other [[Magical Girl]] series among the inhabitants of Minato.
** Nabiki has read ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' and references it in her thoughts during one of her very first exposures to Ranma and Kasumi's magic.▼
** There are more than a few references to ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'':
▲*** Nabiki has read
*** While considering what she's seen so far on her off-world vacation, she thinks of "the things, the people, and the things that are also people" -- which is almost certainly another deliberate reference on her part to ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
*** At least one alien from another universe has enjoyed reading ''
*** When displaying that she has a bathing suit handy, Aiko also notes that she knows where her towel is.
** Britain has a magical government and subculture that draws heavily on ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
** "Yori" mentions to an FBI agent that there are pockets of magic in [[Anne Rice|Louis]][[The Edge (novel)|iana]], [[H.P. Lovecraft|the coast of Massachusetts]], and Arkansas.
** When Akane briefly mentions possibly learning how to use a sword from Shampoo, Nabiki's shudder at the thought of her with a sword in her hands may be a subtle reference to ''[[The Bitter End]]''.
** During their off-Earth "vacation", Ranma and Kasumi take Nabiki to a world which looks a lot like [[Star Wars|Coruscant]], although Nabiki compares it to a sunnier, cleaner version of ''[[Blade Runner]]''.
** There are a few [[In-Universe]] references to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':
*** During the Halleckton affair there is a brief moment of levity when the Canadian soldier accompanying Nabiki (in her "Azumi" persona) waves off a minor injury with "'Tis but a scratch." "Azumi" blinks and replies, "A scratch? Your arm's off!", to his amusement. The exchange is the start of their bonding as friends, and much later, when they meet again at an inquiry into Halleckton, Azumi greets him as "Sir Black Knight'.
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** There is a brief [[The Cameo|cameo]] by several denizens of the [[Discworld]] in the wake of the time machine's destruction.
** [[2001: A Space Odyssey|"Oh my god, it's full of star"]] (sic) as a suggested reaction to one of the after-effects of the time machine's destruction.
▲** At least one alien from another universe has enjoyed reading ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', and regrets the passing of Douglas Adams.
** At one point, an automotive engineer describes Misaki (who at the time is driving an insanely-powerful race car) using the usual format for [[Top Gear|the Stig]]:
{{quote|"Some say she wiped out an entire invading demon army with one shot, and that she has no understanding of the concept of fear. All we know is that she's called Misaki," the man said in a low respectful voice.}}
▲:* Chiyoko and her [[Boom Stick]] may be a parody of [[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]].
:* When the Sisterhood (sans Azumi) show up for the Tendos' party, Yori brightly calls out "Hi, everybody!". To which Nabiki replies, [[The Simpsons (animation)|"Hi, Doctor Nick!"]] to the amusement of some partygoers and the confusion of the rest.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Has a (fairly rudimentary) [https://sisterhood-of-doom.fandom.com/wiki/Sisterhood_of_Doom_Wikia Fandom site], which hasn't been updated since the mid- to late-2010s.
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