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General[]

  • Numerous zombie movies are referenced, including Night of the Living Dead (1968), Zombi: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Zombi 2 (1979), City of the Living Dead (1980), Zombie Holocaust (1980), Day of the Dead (1985), Return of the Living Dead (1985), Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988), and Zombi 3D (1988).
  • The outfits worn by Cure wa' and Cure cha' resemble those worn by a Suite Cure and Cure Black, respectively.
  • The henshin phrase used by the Cures, "Pretty Cure! It's party time!", references a song from Return of the Living Dead that appears in the trailers for said film.

OVA[]

  • The plot of this pilot parodies the first several scenes of Zombi 3D.
  • The dialogue in the elevator indicates that the song playing is "The Girl from Ipanema.
  • The vulgar comedy routine known as "The Aristocrats" is mentioned as the criminal kills an unsuspecting maid.

Episode 1[]

  • The scene where Professor Hamasaki infects Haruhi is a reference to the eyeball gag scene from Zombi 2.
  • Archive recordings of Allan Trautman as the voice of Tarman are used whenever a zombie yells "Brains!", "Live brains!", or "More! Brains!"
  • The older and younger teacher leading their students out of the school resemble James Karen and Thom Mathews, respectively; as such, they're called "Not-James Karen" and "Not-Thom Mathews", respectively, in the closing credits. They even say a few lines spoken by Karen and Mathews in the first two Return of the Living Dead films (e.g. "Watch your tongue, boy, if you like this job!"/"Like this job!?", "How do you kill something that's already dead?", "The brains! Right!", and "Look alive.").
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