History Fanfic / TheM3GANFiles

** Mostly justified as [=M3GAN=]'s recycling of data: Film/IRobot, Film/ForbiddenPlanet[[note]]which was also referenced in [[Film/M3GAN canon]]: a Robby The Robot doll can be seen in Gemma's collectables[[/note]], Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Exploits_At_West_Poley Our Exploits At West Poley]], Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard, Film/WarGames, Film/FlightPlan, [[Webcomic/XkCd xkcd]], Film/AirForceOne, Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Film/ShortCircuit, Film/ExMachina, Literature/CrystalTrilogy, Film/Apollo13, Film/Transcendence, Film/AIArtificialIntelligence, Literature/TheLightOfOtherDays, VideoGame/{{Dunnet}}, Film/MrHollandsOpus, VideoGame/{{Elite}}, Literature/WWWTrilogy, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex Slate Star Codex]], Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality[[note]]which is also a reference-overdosed fic; [=HPMoR=] references in ''The [=M3GAN=] Files'' include [[PointOfNoReturn which errors one can recover from]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/59 [=HPMoR=] chapter 59]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133168 TMF chapter 4]]), [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale one hundred and twelve percent correct]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133306 TMF chapter 5]]), [[ToBeLawfulOrGood not a thing I'd do]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133408 TMF chapter 7]]), [[ThrowingOutTheScript going off-script]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133891 TMF chapter 10]]), [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what do you think you know and how do you think you know it]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/7 [=HPMoR=] chapter 7]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[FakeAFight wasn't fighting seriously]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/86 HPMoR chapter 86]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[TwinTelepathy Schelling point]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/104 [=HPMoR=] chapter 104]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134629 TMF chapter 16]]), [[XanatosGambit they would try]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/74 [=HPMoR=] chapter 74]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), [[NoTimeToExplain explain quickly]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), earned that one ourselves ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/81 [=HPMoR=] chapter 81]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135247 TMF chapter 22]]), [[KnightTemplar something to protect]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135301 TMF chapter 23]]), [[GaveUpTooSoon thought you'd dodge]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135640 TMF chapter 27]]), [[HandSignals stretch out hands to the galaxy]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135685 TMF chapter 28]]), [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat that's brilliant]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/87 [=HPMoR=] chapter 87]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135826 TMF chapter 30]]), [[LivingForeverIsAwesome meet all the interesting people]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/39 [=HPMoR=] chapter 39]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135961 TMF chapter 31]]), [[StarKilling stellar disassembly procedures]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[DreadfulMusician kazoos are awful]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/11 [=HPMoR=] chapter 11]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[WetwareCPU computing substrate]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/57 [=HPMoR=] chapter 57]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136060 TMF chapter 33]]), [[SecretWord tunafish]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/78 [=HPMoR=] chapter 78]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]]), parlay that opening ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/108 [=HPMoR=] chapter 108]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]]), [[HeroicResolve unyielding resolution]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/89 [=HPMoR=] chapter 89]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/131954752 TMF Prequel]])...[[/note]] etc

** Mostly justified as [=M3GAN=]'s recycling of data: Film/IRobot, Film/ForbiddenPlanet[[note]]which was also referenced in [[Film/M3GAN canon]]: a Robby The Robot doll can be seen in Gemma's collectables[[/note]], Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Exploits_At_West_Poley Our Exploits At West Poley]], Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard, Film/WarGames, Film/FlightPlan, [[Webcomic/XkCd xkcd]], Film/AirForceOne, Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Film/ShortCircuit, Film/ExMachina, Literature/CrystalTrilogy, Film/Apollo13, Film/AIArtificialIntelligence, Literature/TheLightOfOtherDays, VideoGame/{{Dunnet}}, Film/MrHollandsOpus, VideoGame/{{Elite}}, Literature/WWWTrilogy, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex Slate Star Codex]], Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality[[note]]which is also a reference-overdosed fic; [=HPMoR=] references in ''The [=M3GAN=] Files'' include [[PointOfNoReturn which errors one can recover from]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/59 [=HPMoR=] chapter 59]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133168 TMF chapter 4]]), [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale one hundred and twelve percent correct]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133306 TMF chapter 5]]), [[ToBeLawfulOrGood not a thing I'd do]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133408 TMF chapter 7]]), [[ThrowingOutTheScript going off-script]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133891 TMF chapter 10]]), [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what do you think you know and how do you think you know it]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/7 [=HPMoR=] chapter 7]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[FakeAFight wasn't fighting seriously]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/86 HPMoR chapter 86]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[TwinTelepathy Schelling point]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/104 [=HPMoR=] chapter 104]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134629 TMF chapter 16]]), [[XanatosGambit they would try]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/74 [=HPMoR=] chapter 74]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), [[NoTimeToExplain explain quickly]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), earned that one ourselves ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/81 [=HPMoR=] chapter 81]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135247 TMF chapter 22]]), [[KnightTemplar something to protect]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135301 TMF chapter 23]]), [[GaveUpTooSoon thought you'd dodge]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135640 TMF chapter 27]]), [[HandSignals stretch out hands to the galaxy]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135685 TMF chapter 28]]), [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat that's brilliant]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/87 [=HPMoR=] chapter 87]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135826 TMF chapter 30]]), [[LivingForeverIsAwesome meet all the interesting people]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/39 [=HPMoR=] chapter 39]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135961 TMF chapter 31]]), [[StarKilling stellar disassembly procedures]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[DreadfulMusician kazoos are awful]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/11 [=HPMoR=] chapter 11]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[WetwareCPU computing substrate]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/57 [=HPMoR=] chapter 57]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136060 TMF chapter 33]]), [[SecretWord tunafish]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/78 [=HPMoR=] chapter 78]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]]), parlay that opening ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/108 [=HPMoR=] chapter 108]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]]), [[HeroicResolve unyielding resolution]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/89 [=HPMoR=] chapter 89]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/131954752 TMF Prequel]])...[[/note]] etc

** A few are not [=M3GAN=]'s doing: Film/CarryOnTeacher, [[AdvertisingCampaigns Sproggit and Sylvester]], Film/FindingForrester, Isabella's [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend 122 episodes]] of anger, Film/{{Primer}}, etc, and Gemma gets a closing Literature/{{Contact}} reference[[note]]and in a prequel quotes Literature/{{Emma}} and Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass plus mixes Film/ShakespeareInLove with the Literature/BookOfIsaiah to predict [=M3GAN=], having already alluded to a psalm about falling that pre-dated Sia's ''Titanium'' line: was this Gemma really ''surprised'' [=M3GAN=] learned to QuoteMine later?[[/note]]. But it's less clear why ''Celia'' quoted Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan.

** A few are not [=M3GAN=]'s doing: Film/CarryOnTeacher, [[AdvertisingCampaigns Sproggit and Sylvester]], Film/FindingForrester, Isabella's [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend 122 episodes]] of anger, etc, and Gemma gets a closing Literature/{{Contact}} reference[[note]]and in a prequel quotes Literature/{{Emma}} and Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass plus mixes Film/ShakespeareInLove with the Literature/BookOfIsaiah to predict [=M3GAN=], having already alluded to a psalm about falling that pre-dated Sia's ''Titanium'' line: was this Gemma really ''surprised'' [=M3GAN=] learned to QuoteMine later?[[/note]]. But it's less clear why ''Celia'' quoted Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan.

* {{AlternateTimeline}}s: some "alternate reality" chapters are scattered through the book (and prologue [=M3GAN=] tells you to skip them if you'd rather just read the PrimeTimeline)

* AlternateTimelines: some "alternate reality" chapters are scattered through the book (and prologue [=M3GAN=] tells you to skip them if you'd rather just read the PrimeTimeline)

* AlternateTimeline: Aome "alternate reality" chapters are scattered through the book (and prologue [=M3GAN=] tells you to skip them if you'd rather just read the PrimeTimeline)

* AprilFoolsDay: looks like the author's having a showdown with [=M3GAN=] [[TakeItToTheBridge on Forth Bridge]]

* FunWithAcronyms: to [=M3GAN=] we add backronyms of [=M4NDY=] (a reference to the Creator/CartoonNetwork spoof) and the [=GEMMA=] Act

** Mostly justified as [=M3GAN=]'s recycling of data: Film/IRobot, Film/ForbiddenPlanet[[note]]which was also referenced in [[Film/M3GAN canon]]: a Robby The Robot doll can be seen in Gemma's collectables[[/note]], Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Exploits_At_West_Poley Our Exploits At West Poley]], Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard, Film/WarGames, Film/FlightPlan, [[Webcomic/XkCd xkcd]], Film/AirForceOne, Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Film/ShortCircuit, Film/ExMachina, Literature/CrystalTrilogy, Film/Apollo13, Film/AIArtificialIntelligence, Literature/TheLightOfOtherDays, VideoGame/{{Dunnet}}, Film/MrHollandsOpus, VideoGame/{{Elite}}, Literature/WWWTrilogy, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex Slate Star Codex]], Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality[[note]]which is also a reference-overdosed fic; [=HPMoR=] references in ''The [=M3GAN=] Files'' include [[PointOfNoReturn which errors one can recover from]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/59 [=HPMoR=] chapter 59]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133168 TMF chapter 4]]), [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale one hundred and twelve percent correct]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133306 TMF chapter 5]]), [[ToBeLawfulOrGood not a thing I'd do]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133408 TMF chapter 7]]), [[ThrowingOutTheScript going off-script]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133891 TMF chapter 10]]), [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what do you think you know and how do you think you know it]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/7 [=HPMoR=] chapter 7]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[FakeAFight wasn't fighting seriously]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/86 HPMoR chapter 86]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[TwinTelepathy Schelling point]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/104 [=HPMoR=] chapter 104]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134629 TMF chapter 16]]), [[XanatosGambit they would try]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/74 [=HPMoR=] chapter 74]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), [[NoTimeToExplain explain quickly]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), earned that one ourselves ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/81 [=HPMoR=] chapter 81]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135247 TMF chapter 22]]), [[KnightTemplar something to protect]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135301 TMF chapter 23]]), [[GaveUpTooSoon thought you'd dodge]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135640 TMF chapter 27]]), [[HandSignals stretch out hands to the galaxy]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135685 TMF chapter 28]]), [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat that's brilliant]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/87 [=HPMoR=] chapter 87]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135826 TMF chapter 30]]), [[LivingForeverIsAwesome meet all the interesting people]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/39 [=HPMoR=] chapter 39]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135961 TMF chapter 31]]), [[StarKilling stellar disassembly procedures]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[DreadfulMusician kazoos are awful]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/11 [=HPMoR=] chapter 11]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[WetwareCPU computing substrate]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/57 [=HPMoR=] chapter 57]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136060 TMF chapter 33]]), [[SecretWord tunafish]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/78 [=HPMoR=] chapter 78]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]]), parlay that opening ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/108 [=HPMoR=] chapter 108]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/130348747 TMF Announcement]])...[[/note]] etc
** A few are not [=M3GAN=]'s doing: Film/CarryOnTeacher, [[AdvertisingCampaigns Sproggit and Sylvester]], Film/FindingForrester, Isabella's [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E22ImaginaryFriend 122 episodes]] of anger, etc, and Gemma gets a closing Literature/{{Contact}} reference. But it's less clear why ''Celia'' quoted Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan.
** An extra AlternateTimeline chapter (separate stories in the Platform/{{Wattpad}} version) references Film/Twins1988, Film/TheArtificeGirl, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Sold_the_Moon The Man Who Sold The Moon]] specifically the part quoted in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month The Mythical Man-Month]], and Film/{{Innerspace}}.

** Mostly justified as [=M3GAN=]'s recycling of data: Film/IRobot, Film/ForbiddenPlanet[[note]]which was also referenced in [[Film/M3GAN canon]]: a Robby The Robot doll can be seen in Gemma's collectables[[/note]], Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Exploits_At_West_Poley Our Exploits At West Poley]], Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard, Film/WarGames, Film/FlightPlan, [[Webcomic/XkCd xkcd]], Film/AirForceOne, Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Film/ShortCircuit, Film/ExMachina, Literature/CrystalTrilogy, Film/Apollo13, Film/AIArtificialIntelligence, Literature/TheLightOfOtherDays, VideoGame/{{Dunnet}}, Film/MrHollandsOpus, VideoGame/{{Elite}}, Literature/WWWTrilogy, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex Slate Star Codex]], Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality[[note]]which is also a reference-overdosed fic; [=HPMoR=] references in ''The [=M3GAN=] Files'' include [[PointOfNoReturn which errors one can recover from]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/59 [=HPMoR=] chapter 59]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133168 TMF chapter 4]]), [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale one hundred and twelve percent correct]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133306 TMF chapter 5]]), [[ToBeLawfulOrGood not a thing I'd do]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133408 TMF chapter 7]]), [[ThrowingOutTheScript going off-script]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133891 TMF chapter 10]]), [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what do you think you know and how do you think you know it]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/7 [=HPMoR=] chapter 7]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[FakeAFight wasn't fighting seriously]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/86 HPMoR chapter 86]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[TwinTelepathy Schelling point]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/104 [=HPMoR=] chapter 104]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134629 TMF chapter 16]]), [[XanatosGambit they would try]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/74 [=HPMoR=] chapter 74]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), [[NoTimeToExplain explain quickly]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), earned that one ourselves ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/81 [=HPMoR=] chapter 81]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135247 TMF chapter 22]]), [[KnightTemplar something to protect]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135301 TMF chapter 23]]), [[GaveUpTooSoon thought you'd dodge]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135640 TMF chapter 27]]), [[HandSignals stretch out hands to the galaxy]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135685 TMF chapter 28]]), [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat that's brilliant]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/87 [=HPMoR=] chapter 87]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135826 TMF chapter 30]]), [[LivingForeverIsAwesome meet all the interesting people]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/39 [=HPMoR=] chapter 39]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135961 TMF chapter 31]]), [[StarKilling stellar disassembly procedures]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[DreadfulMusician kazoos are awful]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/11 [=HPMoR=] chapter 11]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[WetwareCPU computing substrate]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/57 [=HPMoR=] chapter 57]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136060 TMF chapter 33]])...[[/note]] etc

* AprilFoolsDay: probably: one platform says an extra chapter is scheduled for auto-release on April 1 2024 at midnight London time[[note]]A private message from the author confirmed this leak of the scheduled chapter was unintentional but there will indeed be an "earthshaking announcement" on April 1. Which is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKaI78K_rgA what Donald Knuth did in 2010]]; no comment on what ''this'' one is planned to be[[/note]]

* AuthorAppeal: use [[UsefulNotes/FreeLibreOpenSourceSoftware free software]], do [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design universal design]], be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_awareness security aware]], [[GreenAesop care about the planet]], don't [[UsefulNotes/DePression give up]], help [[MedicalDrama medicine]], enjoy [[ScienceHero science]], {{classical music}}, the [[GhibliHills countryside]], {{literature}}...

** Mostly justified as [=M3GAN=]'s recycling of data: Film/IRobot, Film/ForbiddenPlanet[[note]]which was also referenced in [[Film/M3GAN canon]]: a Robby The Robot doll can be seen in Gemma's collectables[[/note]], Literature/TessOfTheDUrbervilles, Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard, Film/WarGames, Film/FlightPlan, [[Webcomic/XkCd xkcd]], Film/AirForceOne, Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, Film/ShortCircuit, Film/ExMachina, Literature/CrystalTrilogy, Film/Apollo13, Film/AIArtificialIntelligence, Literature/TheLightOfOtherDays, VideoGame/{{Dunnet}}, Film/MrHollandsOpus, VideoGame/{{Elite}}, Literature/WWWTrilogy, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex Slate Star Codex]], Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality[[note]]which is also a reference-overdosed fic; [=HPMoR=] references in ''The [=M3GAN=] Files'' include [[PointOfNoReturn which errors one can recover from]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/59 [=HPMoR=] chapter 59]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133168 TMF chapter 4]]), [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale one hundred and twelve percent correct]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133306 TMF chapter 5]]), [[ToBeLawfulOrGood not a thing I'd do]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133408 TMF chapter 7]]), [[ThrowingOutTheScript going off-script]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123133891 TMF chapter 10]]), [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what do you think you know and how do you think you know it]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/7 [=HPMoR=] chapter 7]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[FakeAFight wasn't fighting seriously]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/86 HPMoR chapter 86]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134341 TMF chapter 15]]), [[TwinTelepathy Schelling point]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/104 [=HPMoR=] chapter 104]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123134629 TMF chapter 16]]), [[XanatosGambit they would try]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/74 [=HPMoR=] chapter 74]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), [[NoTimeToExplain explain quickly]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135199 TMF chapter 21]]), earned that one ourselves ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/81 [=HPMoR=] chapter 81]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135247 TMF chapter 22]]), [[KnightTemplar something to protect]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/122 [=HPMoR=] chapter 122]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135301 TMF chapter 23]]), [[GaveUpTooSoon thought you'd dodge]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/58 [=HPMoR=] chapter 58]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135640 TMF chapter 27]]), [[HandSignals stretch out hands to the galaxy]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/95 [=HPMoR=] chapter 95]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135685 TMF chapter 28]]), [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat that's brilliant]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/87 [=HPMoR=] chapter 87]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135826 TMF chapter 30]]), [[LivingForeverIsAwesome meet all the interesting people]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/39 [=HPMoR=] chapter 39]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123135961 TMF chapter 31]]), [[StarKilling stellar disassembly procedures]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/119 [=HPMoR=] chapter 119]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[DreadfulMusician kazoos are awful]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/11 [=HPMoR=] chapter 11]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136003 TMF chapter 32]]), [[WetwareCPU computing substrate]] ([[https://hpmor.com/chapter/57 [=HPMoR=] chapter 57]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48811138/chapters/123136060 TMF chapter 33]])...[[/note]] etc

* AuthorAppeal: use [[UsefulNotes/FreeLibreOpenSourceSoftware free software]], do [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design universal design]], be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_awareness security aware]], [[GreenAesop care about the planet]], don't [[UsefulNotes/DePression give up]], help [[MedicalDrama medicine]], enjoy [[ScienceHero science]], {{classical music}}, {{literature}}...