This is a list of references made within the Miniskirt Pirates/Mouretsu Pirates series to other fictional works (and vice versa) and to real life events/people.
References to other fictional works[]
Science-Fiction[]
- Syoko Kobayashimaru's family name comes from the famous Kobayashimaru test from Star Trek.
- The password that Ririka and Misa use [1] is the first line of the opening theme to Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
- The luxury liner Queen Emeraldas is a reference to a character associated with Captain Harlock.
- Jenny's response ("bakame") to the Lightning 11's surrender demand [2] is the same as Captain Okita's response to a surrender demand in the first episode of Uchuu Senkan Yamato.
- Lynn Lambretta's personal computer shares a name with the rogue computer HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- The Locutus-class, an electronic battleship class appearing in the novels, is likely named after Locutus of Borg from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- The full name of Marika's great-grandfather (Chirusonian Bunzaemon Kato) is based off the name of a character in Prefectural Earth Defense Force (Kisoya Chilthonian Bunzaemon Jr.).
Other Fiction[]
- The military hospital ship, Ben Casey is named after the protagonist of a medical drama of the same name which aired in the 1960s.
- The Jabberwocky takes its name from the creature and the poem about it in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass.
- The Chimaera of Skylla's name is, aside from a mythological one, also a word play of Camera Obscura which was originally found in Yūichi Sasamoto's long time friend AsariYoshitoo's Manga Science series volume 7, the Fairy of Camera, Camera Of Scylla.
- The Admiral Hornblower is named after the fictional naval officer Horatio Hornblower, protagonist of a series of novels by C.S. Forester.
- The Galactic Empire company Human Torch shares its name with a member of the Fantastic Four.
- The title of the short story included in the Mouretsu Pirates Perfect Guide Book in the Mouretsu Pirates Blu-Ray Box, On Her Majesty's Space Pirates [3](王女殿下の宇宙海賊, Ōjodenka no Uchū Kaizoku, Her Royal Highness The Princess's Space Pirate), is a reference to On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Japanese title: 女王陛下の007, Joōheika no 007, Her Majesty The Queen's 007).
- During Grunhilde's explanation about Flint, she wears a deerstalker hat and mantle, an outfit commonly associated with the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
Mythology[]
- The ship-to-ship missile Jormungand is named after the World Serpent Jörmungandr from Norse mythology.
- The conglomerate known as the Yggdrasil Group is named after the World Tree Yggdrasil from Norse mythology.
- The Chimaera of Skylla takes it's name from two monsters from Greek mythology, the Chimera and Scylla.
- A pirate ship appearing in the novels is named after Sinbad the Sailor from The Arabian Nights.
- A list of names of passenger/cargo ships docked at the relay station include ships named after Japanese divinities and Greek deities (specifically Olympians) respectively [4].
- Luca refers to Nirvana when looking at the unstable subspace route in Abyss of Hyperspace [5].
References to real life people, events and other stuff[]
- The concept of the Original Seven may be a reference to the seven privateers hired by George Washington during the Revolutionary War, the first ships of what would become the US Navy.
- The Harold Lloyd Insurance Union is named after the actor Harold Lloyd, known for his silent comedies.
- A gunner in the Bentenmaru's crew who appears in the novels is named after the animator Tex Avery.
- In the novels, Marika uses the name of the actress Olivia de Havilland as a false name while looking for a replacement crew for the Bentenmaru [6].
- A recruitment poster for the yacht club in Abyss of Hyperspace, featured in the movie manga's first chapter, has Marika imitating the famous Lord Kitchener Wants You poster [5][7].
- The passenger ship Begin The Beguine, which Jenny hires Marika to raid in Abyss of Hyperspace, shares a name with a jazz song written by Cole Porter in the 1930s. It is also close to Begin the Begin, the first song of R.E.M.'s fourth album Life's Rich Pageant, which was named as a pun on Begin the Beguine.
- Two warships docked at the Sea of the Morning Star Relay Station are named after the countries Luxemburg and the Netherlands [4].
- Among the space-related gifts in the gift shop on the Nebula Cup orbital station, are a model of the Apollo Command/Service Module, pictures of the Space Shuttle, books about the planets in Earth's Solar System, and badges from various projects such as Project Viking [8].
References from other fictional works[]
- In Chapter 90 of Genshiken Nidaime, several members of the cast cosplay as characters from the series (Ohno as Chiaki, Angela as Misa, Sue as Gruier, Yoshitake as Coorie, Yajima as Luca and Ogiue as Quartz). In Chapter 91, Hato joins them as Marika.