History Fridge / SaturdayNightLive

* Angel (Heidi Gardner) gets blindsided by the appearance of Adonis Film/{{Creed}} (host Creator/MichaelBJordan) on ''Weekend Update'', revealing that one of her children was his. An early appearance by Angel to review recent movies led to her having a lot of grief over the actual ''Creed'' movie - likely the reason she left him in the first place.

* The Christmas sketch with Creator/EddieMurphy as a ChristmasElf leads up to TheReveal that he has an UnfortunateName, [[PaedoHunt "Kiddle Diddle"]] - he's visibly the oldest elf there, meaning that he was definitely named during a more innocent time. And these are elves so that's going to be ''centuries ago''.

* The Creator/KristenStewart monologue leads to Kate Mckinnon joining her on stage, saying "I just wanna be like you, sleep all day, party all night". That last part is from the tagline of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} another]] vampire movie famous for pandering to the young adult demographic, ''Film/TheLostBoys''. If that's not enough, Kate's gratuitously ButchLesbian outfit and hair mimic Keifer Sutherland in that movie.

* The most famous installment of "The Chris Farley Show" sketch was perhaps the one where Creator/ChrisFarley interviewed Music/PaulMcCartney. How did the two get along so well? [[CommonalityCommonBond They both had a mother named Mary whom they were very close with]] (Paul's mother Mary was the inspiration for "Let It Be").

* As host of Weekend Update, Creator/JimmyFallon once reported on the son of the writer of ''Film/TheBirds'' being attacked by birds himself, following up with asking the son of "whoever wrote ''Film/{{The Blob|1958}}''" if he was scared now. It seems a little lazy of him to not refer to the writer by name, but not a lot of people would know that information right off the bat. If Fallon had referred to the author of ''The Blob'' by name, only people who recognized the name would get the joke.

* As host of Weekend Update, Creator/JimmyFallon once reported on the son of the writer of ''Film/TheBirds'' being attacked by birds himself, following up with asking the son of "whoever wrote ''Film/TheBlob''" if he was scared now. It seems a little lazy of him to not refer to the writer by name, but not a lot of people would know that information right off the bat. If Fallon had referred to the author of ''The Blob'' by name, only people who recognized the name would get the joke.

* The "Car Heist" digital short from the Creator/KieranCulkin/Music/EdSheeran episode has Creator/ChrisRedd as a burglar whose attempt to steal a vintage Lamborghini is stymied by his inability to work (or recognize) a manual transmission. His Russian handler has to walk him through working the transmission. This makes more sense if you remember that being able to use a manual transmission is one of the requirements to get a Russian driver's license.

* Timothee Calamet and Pete Davidson play a pair of soundcloud rappers. When asked who their musical influences are one mentions that they like "Fall Out Boys". Fall Out Boy worked collaborated with a lot of rappers on their music, including even an opening from Jay-Z.

* A deliberately offensive joke Michael Che wrote for Colin Jost is about the role of Creator/SammyDavisJr going to Colin's significant other Creator/ScarlettJohansson. It crosses back over the line when you realise that they're both Jewish. Not to mention OlderThanTheyThink, as Sammy was once played by Creator/BillyCrystal!

* A deliberately offensive joke Michael Che wrote for Colin Jost is about the role of Creator/SammyDavisJr going to Colin's significant other Creator/ScarlettJohansson. It crosses back over the line when you realise that they're both Jewish.

* Another protracted ActorAllusion in the 2020 season, when five of the cast members, Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson and the StraightGay Bowen Yang play a streamlined version of Music/TheVillagePeople - only two of the original Village People lineup were actually gay.

* At the end of his ''Weekend Update'' segment in the David Harbour/Camila Cabello episode, Pete Davidson calls out Colin for making a joke at his expense the previous week while Pete was out, then remarks, "by the way Colin, I don't know if you've seen ''[[Film/Joker2019 Joker]]'', but I think you should start being ''way'' nicer to me." On the surface it's a reference to Pete's well-publicized mental health and self esteem issues. However, it gains a potential second meaning when you remember Pete was out for the first two weeks of season 45 because he was filming for an upcoming DC movie, James Gunn's ''The Suicide Squad.'' As such, Pete's joke can also be interpreted as, "You're gonna wish you were nicer to me when you learn I'm in a huge DC movie myself."

* Speaking of DC, a sketch that parodies Franchise/{{Batman}} has host Chance the Rapper and several other residents of TheNarrows pointing out how Batman has been cracking down on them for petty crimes by hanging them from wires by their underwear. It's most certainly a reference to the Remote Claw from the Arkham games, meaning that this is less a case of AdaptationalJerkass and more of Batman's anonymity bringing out the VideoGameCruetlyPotential in him.