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** Professor Hiyama owns a CD by DoCo, the vocal group made up of voice actresses from ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
** When Kyosuke, Madoka and Hikaru about to teleport somewhere in chapter 9, Kyosuke, laughing, says, [[Star Trek: The Original Series|"Beam us up, Scotty."]]
** Nene's parents apparently know Shinobu and Lum from ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]''; Shinobu was a high school friend of theirs, and they all met Lum when she crashed their high school reunion to challenge Shinobu to a tag race for the fate of the Earth. It doedoes snotnot appear that Ataru Moroboshi exists in the setting, or at least didn't make it to that reunion.
** Nene's father is Kazuya Hasekawa from ''[[Here Is Greenwood]]''; he took his wife's name when they married.
** Ryouko calls herself [[The Princess Bride|"the dread space pirate Ryouko"]] in chapter 11, probably as an [[In-Universe]] reference.
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** When the group questing for the Empyrean Silver Crystal encounters a [[Threshold Guardian]], his questions remind several of the participants of the Old Man From Scene 24 at the Bridge of Death in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.
** As the story gets closer and closer to its conclusions, the number of Biblical allusions and outright quotes grows.
** Early in chapter 17, LinnLinna and Skuld share a joking exchange referencing ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''.
** One of the forms SHIVA takes when initially facing Linna is [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]].
** The poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is referenced in one of the visions of the past offered by SHIVA in the final confrontation.