Hayate no Gotoku is broadcast on Saturday mornings. Japanese broadcasting standards restrict objectionable content because children will be watching. Many of the jokes in the show are directed at censorship.

Shiritori

Episodes 1→13

Episodes 14→26

Episodes 27→39

• Izumi, Miki, and Risa do the Vulcan Salute.
• Shiori slams the desk and points — Professor Utonium from Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
• Eight’s launch and pose — Gundam from the first Gundam Seed opening credits
• Himuro is reading 「ハヤテのごとく!—Hayate the combat butler 春休みの白皇学院に、幻の三千院ナギを見た by ハヤテ (文庫)」 (The first Hayate no Gotoku light novel by Toshihiko Tsukiji)
• Shadow 1 — Shobu Kirifuda from Duel Masters with a Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Duel Disk
• Shadow 2 — Yamato Daiwa from Battle B-Daman
• Shadow 3 & 4 — Dash! Yonkuro
• Shadow 5 — Nabeshin from Excel Saga
• Shadow 6 — Yūsha Ō GaoGaiGar. They are holding the Dividing Driver, Goldion Hammer, and Mic Sounders the 13th’s GiraGiran VV and DokaDokan V

• Spinning flowers from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni’s opening credit

• 0:27 — “Shouldn’t the host be Machaaki?”
• 1:03 — “Osechi is good, but eat curry too”
• 1:10 — Background and silhouettes like the Ultraseven’s opening
• 4:09 — “SOMY” TV → Sony
• 4:39 — Hayate no Gotoku manga is published by Shougakukan. SynergySP is also associated with Shogakukan Productions.
• 6:45 — Nerv logo from Neon Genesis Evangelion on the truck
• 6:59 — Diamond Pearl card is an American Express. The name maybe a reference to pokemon. The famous non-limit black card is the Centurion Card.
• 7:05 — “No matter how amazing a card it may be, it’ll only be a convenience store or Don Quijote” A discount store.
• 7:15 — The prestigious department store is Takashimaya
• 8:06 — “Inertial Drift!” from Future GPX Cyber Formula
• 8:34 — “flashing?” from Shutokou Battle
• 8:40 — Kitt the talking car from Knight Rider. Voiced by Nojima Akio, the same seiyuu who dubbed Kitt in Japanese. Michael is played by David Hasselhoff (hence the afro)
• 8:57 — Hayate turning Super Saiyan (Dragonball Z)
• 9:08 — “I can see time…” quote from Mobile Suit Gundam
• 9:13 — The rear mirror is a reference to Takahashi Keisuke from Initial D. He mentioned something about the rear mirror in the first stage. Probably when he first raced with Takumi.
• 9:31 — “Ditch Run!” - Takumi’s signature move from Initial D
• 9:50 — “You hate to admit the mistakes you make due to youth” - quote by Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam
• 13:49 — Nagi is playing Princess Crown on her PSP
• 16:43 — Pika the power plant - reference to Pikachu from Pokemon
• 19:03 — “Is that the waterproof cell phone Kimutaku advertising?” Kimura Takuya from SMAP. CM
• 19:03 — Sakuya’s cellphone is the Fujitsu F703i waterproof cellphone
• 21:43 — “My Gradriel is dead” - Princess Gradriel is the main character in Princess Crown
• 20:42 — Three angels descend like the final scene of The Dog of Flanders.

• Title — Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
• 7:44 — Marilla and Matthew is from Anne of Green Gables. (2008 is the 100th anniversary)
• 15:54 — Doraemon alarm clock
• 15:59 — Saeki Nobuko from Shugo Chara mentioned on TV
• 16:40 — Quick beat up sequence. Miki is wearing a pink plug suit (Evangelion), not sure but Segawa and Nagi may be parodying too
• 18:10 — Pirates of the Caribbean and Spiderman 3
• 18:24 — Tama dressed as Lum from Urusei Yatsura
• 19:05 — The three thugs are Zangief, Dhalsim, and E Honda?

• 1:20 — 「全米が泣いた」 (zenbei ga naita), literally “it brought the whole of America to tears.” A phrase used to market American movies in Japan.
• 1:22 — 「５分に３回笑わせます！」 “We’ll make you laugh 3 times every 5 minutes.”
• 1:24 — 「早くもアカデミー賞絶望！」 “Already Academy Award despair!” Apparently a line used to market “Scary Movie” in Japan.
• 3:04 — Portrait is of Gen-san from Pachinko Daiku no Gen-san.
• 3:12 — “Open the price!” From the show 「開運！ なんでも鑑定団」 (“Better fortune! We appraise anything.”) Youtube clip.
• 5:33 — “Andoro Gundan” or “Andro Army” from “Shinzou Ningen Casshern”
• 5:37 — Reference to A Little Princess Sara?
• 5:43 — She’s reading volume 6 of the Hayate manga.
• 6:38 — “Mice for Doraemon.”
• 6:40 — “Dogs for Obake.” (Obake no Q-tarou)
• 6:41 — “Tails for Goku.” (Dragonball)
• 7:03 — “Same weakness as Robokon.” Robokon of “Ganbare Robokon” hates roaches.
• 7:23 — Seems to be a parody of the show “Hanamaru Market.”
• 7:31 — The frog is wearing a hat similar to Keroro Gunsou’s, who is also a frog.
• 7:44 — “We were foolish to rely on Announcer Saito.” ( The guy in glasses in back of her.)
• 8:35 — Hinagiku in Kuonji Shinra (Kimi ga Aruji de Shituji ga Ore de/They are My Noble Masters) pose? They share the same VA.
• 8:35 — Outfit from the eroge “Ashita no Kimi to Au Tame ni.” Supposedly the illustrator for the game (Kurashima Tomoyasu) did both of these stills.
• 8:39 — 100-ton hammer from City Hunter.
• 8:41 — Kaa-kun, Gome-chan (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken), Genta
• 8:53 — 3 star Dragonball in background.
• 9:30 — “Mada Mada Dane” is a phrase that Ryoma from Prince of Tennis use often.
• 9:58 — Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’s Kyoshinhei. Also, War of the Worlds?
• 11:24 — Mothra.
• 11:47 — “Aho” (idiot) birds. They’ve been showing up in cartoons since Dr. Slump.
• 12:18 — Edogawa Conan’s expression from Detective Conan/Case Closed.
• 18:00 — King Ghidorah.
• 24:25 — Jikai mo Hayate no Gotoku ni jasutoiin! - Toushou Daimos.

• Title — Poseidon Adventure + Pokemon Advance Generation + Generator Gawl + ?
• 1:10 — Yes, it’s the Titanic.
• 1:21 — Skull in from Yatterman. Not sure if the TNT itself is.
• 1:56 — Moeru Otoko no Akai Tractor. (“A Passionate guy’s Red Tractor.”)
• 1:57 — Let’s go Cruiser, white bullet. (Kamen Rider X.)
• 4:43 — “Hoepen-sensei.” Referring to main character of the manga “Hoeru Pen.”
• 4:53 — Evangelion launch hanger.
• 8:25 — Galaxy Express 999 crew?
• 8:59 — “Just according to Keikaku.” (Note: Keikaku means plan in Japanese.)
• 11:02 — Masks from left to right: Schwarz Bruder’s (Mobile Fighter G Gundam), Rau Le Creuset’s (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED), Papillon’s (Buso Renkin).
• 11:16 — “Looks like there are adventure lovers that don’t care about there lives.” Reference to “Adventure Lover MacGyver,” or for Americans just “MacGyver.”
• 12:25 — Die Hard.
• 13:57 — Conan. (Detective Conan/Case Closed.)
• 14:02 — 火曜ペンス劇場?
• 15:23 — Reference to the drama “Taiyou ni Hoero” ?
• 15:45 — Shinichi Watanabe aka Nabeshin.
• 16:43 — Nabeshin, Conan, Kogoro, Ran, and Ginta (from Mar)
• 16:57 — Leonardo DiCaprio.
• 17:07 — Shaorin from Mamotte Shugogetten! (Guardian Angel Getten)
• 17:13 — Ryuk from “Death Note.”
• 18:10 — “Jaws” (or so it appears)
• 20:26 — Hayate dies the same way as Jack. (DiCaprio’s character in Titanic.)
• 24:24 — Jikai mo Hayate no Gotoku ni tekku setto! (Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade.)

• 7:07 — Kinnikuman and Alexandria Meat
• 7:16 — Star Trek Deep Space 9 space station, Star wars’ Death Star, Gundam CE space colony, Space Battleship Yamato
• 8:01 — Animage October 2007 issue
• 8:35 — Nina and Yoko from Gurren Lagon and Fine from Fushigiboshi no Futagohime
• 8:41 — Neko Musume from GeGeGe no Kitaro. Medama Oyaji is sitting on her head.
• 8:46 — Eruru from Utawarerumono, but talks like Aruru
• 8:46 — Nijyu shi means 24 in Japanese. Rikiya Koyama, seiyuu of Hakuoro, also dubbed Jack Bauer in 24
• 8:58 — Mitsuki and Meroko from Full Moon o Sagashite
• 9:04 — Posters on the wall: MAR, Bakkyuu HIT! Crash Bedaman, and Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
• 9:50 — Meer Campbell from Gundam Seed Destiny.
• 9:50 — Meer’s hairpin is the Ultraman’s Science Patrol badge
• 9:50 — Haro (Gundam mascot) on the poster in the back.
• 9:56 — Izumi wants to see Yahagi-san. Yahagi Sayuri is Izumi’s voice actress.
• 10:00 — Haruhi from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• 10:01 — Asahina Mikuru from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Also wearing a SOS dan t-shirt.
• 10:08 — Super Sentai
• 10:22 — Ryuuguu Rena from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
• 11:04 — Yamato from Battle B-Daman and Hitto from Crash B-Daman
• 11:08 — Animators: Houshou Hanon from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, Drop from Croket!, and Kohran Ri from Sakura Taisen/Sakura Wars
• 11:13 — “And like the Luputa‘s climax, make it dramatic” (Luputa: Castle in the sky)
• 11:15 — “And then like the opening of Patlabor the Movie, make it crash down”
• 12:21 — “but the director went to Toys’R’us to buy a limited edition figure”
• 12:48 — “Like Kyoani” Kyoto Animation is the studio behind The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
• 12:55 — Pringles can being used to store pens.
• 12:55 — Magical Emi from Magical Star Magical Emi
• 12:57 — Nabeshin
• 12:59 — Inuyasha
• 13:02 — Nagisa from Clannad
• 13:12 — Himeko from Pani Poni Dash!
• 13:14 — Meru Otonashi from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
• 15:36 — Anisawa Meito or Anime Tenchou from Animate. Also voiced by Seki Tomokazu
• 15:53 — Toranoana and their mascot
• 16:04 — Gamers and their mascot, Digi Charat. Gema is Babbo from MAR
• 16:07 — Toei movie opening logo
• 16:40 — Mukku from Ponkikizu
• 17:52 — Neru Neru Neru Ne candy
• 18:11 — Puyo Puyo game

• 5:18 — Hyatt Regency Tokyo
• 8:05 — “I was hoping Oh Rie or Yoshizumi were coming.” Ishihara Yoshizumi is the son of a Tokyo governor.
• 8:21 — Tokyo Olympics was held in 1964
• 12:52 — Cospa is a Japanese cosplay clothing company
• 16:09 — Yoneda Ikki from Sakura Wars
• 17:11 — The pictures on the cards are from the Hayate no Gotoku backstage blog
• 24:27 — Saikyo Robo Daiohja

• 1:02 — “Otherwise, TEPCO will yell at you.” (The Tokyo Electric Power Company)
• 2:01 — Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
• 2:19 — “or Nurikabe” (GeGeGe no Kitaro)
• 2:48 — “It’s a bit of a shame it wasn’t a Sailor Suit and Machine Gun.” (1981)
• 5:03 — “Duskin today and Duskin tomorrow.”
• 5:11 — “Sir! Ryukendo was mixed in with Power Rangers!”
• 5:18 — Ike! Godman is the videos on the shelf
• 5:54 — Starbucks coffee/Doutor Coffee
• 7:22 — Newtype flash
• 8:09 — “Rider Kick!” (Kamen Rider)
• 9:33 — Zeed from Fist of the North Star
• 9:52 — Asamiya Saki from Sukeban Deka
• 10:08 — “That was the scent of lavender”
• 10:10 — Yoshiyama Kazuko from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Live action 1983 film version)
• 10:15 — “It’s the Harada Tomoyo version” (The Japanese actress who played Kazuko in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• 10:19 — Ayumu imitating Pekoe-chan, mascot of FUJIYA
• 10:24 — “Kiiiinn!” Yelled by Norimaki Arale from Dr. Slump when dashing
• 14:05 — “Shiomi High school Seven mysteries” might be a reference of “Matantei Loki”, chapter 2
• 15:01 — Meisei uniform from Touch. The “sempai” might be one of the Uesugi brothers.
• 15:41 — Asakura Minami from Touch
• 16:41 — “Even my father never-” Quote by Amuro Ray from Gundam
• 17:40 — Saki’s speech comes from the lyrics of the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening theme song, Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze (A Cruel Angel’s Thesis).
• 17:53 — Seele 01 monolith from Neon Genesis Evangelion
• 18:05 — “A man’s duel”, title of episode 19 of Neon Genesis Evangelion
• 19:00 — Star of the Giants (Kyojin no Hoshi) Youtube clip
• 19:36 — Ashita no Joe
• 20:57 — Nabashin
• 21:41 — “She’s right. If not, Tamori couldn’t explain all the stories.” (Yonimo kimyou na monogatari)

• Design of Mecha Butler 13 is influenced by Kikaider
• 2:30 — Nagi is watching the movie “300.”
• 3:51 — Nagi is watching the movie “The Matrix.”
• 4:10 — Nagi is watching a “Columbo” movie (not sure which one, but if someone does know, do tell).
• 10:17 — “In an old episode of Doraemon?…”
• 12:20 — “Rosebud” - Famous line from Citizen Kane.
• 13:42 — Maria is dressed as Lum from a Urusei Yatsura.

• Title — Love Hina
• 7:24 — “Legendary tree-like tree” from Tokimeki Memorial
• 8:53 — Akiba character poll. Koutarou is 28th. Hata’s mother is 27th.
• 11:42 — “You’re such a Nobita-kun” (Doraemon)
• 11:55 — “Zoids Genesis. Murasame Liger!”
• 13:34 — Caramelldansen (ﾟ∀ﾟ)
• 13:46 — Tarutaru monk from Final Fantasy XI
• 14:00 — Kousaka Mayuki from Da Capo II
• 14:00 — Kousaka Tamaki from To Heart 2
• 14:07 — Ginta and Dorothy, dressed as Snow from MAR
• 14:59 — Justice, Sora, and Tsuyuri from Doujin Work
• 14:59 — Sonia from Hayate no Gotoku manga
• 16:17 — Haro from Gundam
• 16:39 — Monaa in the UFO catcher on the left
• 18:07 — Haa-san from Sketchbook ~Full color’S~
• 24:26 — “Combine! Grand Cross!” from Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan

• 0:15 — Playstation Portable
• 0:48 — MINAMI Haruka from “Minami-ke Okawari” (because in “Minami-ke Okawari,” the faces of background characters are blackend like that whereas they were not in “Minami-ke”).
• 0:49 — “Ashford Academy” from Code Geass. The uniform pictured follows the same design, but with an alternate color scheme.
• 3:52 — Hinagiku plays Kuonji Shinra in They Are My Noble Masters. She has an obsession for pandas.
• 4:24 — NicoNico Douga. Like YouTube, but you can type comments that are displayed in the movie frame.
• 4:27 — YouTube
• 7:56 — Cap and mention of “Boomerang Snake” from Prince of Tennis
• 8:05 — Mention of “Devil Bat Dive” from Eyeshield 21
• 9:25 etc. — Jackie Chan movies. NG shots are also known as “outtakes” or “bloopers”.
• 11:43 — Nagi Springfield is Negi-sensei’s father in “Negima!”.
• 12:45 — Keroro Gunsou
• 15:53 — “Dumb dog” is the favorite insult of Louise from Zero no Tsukaima.
• 17:42 — Nobita from Doraemon???
• 19:18 — MAD is a type of anime music video.
• 19:56 — Cathedral Terra gunmen from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
• 20:35 — PEZ candy
• 20:42 — Momotaro

• 0:19 — 8:00 A.M. Nagi is using the time telling of late-night television. Programs that begin after midnight are counted as part of the previous day’s schedule.
• 1:11 — Ultraman appearing sequence
• 5:04 — Abe Maou
• 5:26 — Sakagami Tomoyo holding the “Kuma-san” sign. In Clannad, Tomoyo wears a bear costume during the school festival. The other half of the sign begins with “hi-”, probably “hitode”. Ibuki Fuuko likes starfish.
• 5:50 — Pun alert #1: “Hamster” is shortened to “ham” which leads to “sausage”.
• 8:06 — Animal Planet
• 8:37 — Who Wants to be a Millionaire
• 9:58 — “Nissun” sign → Nissan
• 12:27 — Intellivision (Mattel, 1980) and Odyssey (Magnavox, 1972)¹⁾.
• 14:07 — Signs “Panasoniq” (Panasonic) and “Toyoda” (Toyota)
• 15:08 — “Cogito ergo sum.” - Rene Descartes
• 15:36 — Erwin Schrödinger
• 16:19 — Pun alert #2: “Father doesn’t like papaya” from “Papa iya” (Papa hates).
• 17:55 — Pun alert #3: “Mitara, shh” (If you look, shh) → “Mitarashi dango”.
• 18:09 — School Rumble episode 26.
• 23:29 — The background is Nagi recreating Kyou’s scene from Clannad episode 17.

• 02:35 — Kirika Kuzuha in Gihren Zabi uniform, Shion Kuresato in Char Aznable uniform (Gundam)
• 04:04 — Monster Hunter Second G
• 04:42 — Getter 3 plamo kit (Getter Robo)
• 06:43 — Toro and Keroro look-alike in the UFO catcher machine
• 08:37 — Youtube, video uploaded by Segawa. Parodied in real life
• 11:45 — The Maxim Tomato (often mispronounced “Maximum”) originates from the Kirby series. As Nagi explains, its intent is to recover Kirby to full health.
• 13:49 — 100th Master Grade, Turn A Gundam
• 16:27 — Titanic reference?
• 21:22 — Thomas the Tank Engine reference?

• Title — Chrono Cross
• 01:34 — Yuusha Exkaiser
• 01:45 — Choujinki Metalder
• 01:51 — Tatakae!! Rahmen Man?
• 04:07 — Nagi is watching “Back to the Future”
• 07:26 — Segawa, Miki and Risa are playing the Game of Life

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