History Main / OpeningShoutOut

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': In "Perfect Day", Molly, after stepping in a puddle, asks, "Is there a way to hit restart?" and prepares to hit the rewind button on a video player, only for Scratch to tell her, "Nope." This is a reversal of the theme song, where it's Scratch who asks the question and Molly who tells him no.

** In "Persona Assistant" Stan berates Roger for ruining his "good morning song",
and midway through the episode, Stan gets out of bed to sing his "good morning song" when he realizes that the city has descended into anarchy because he failed to appear as one of Roger's personas. He is on the verge of tears as he tries singing "Good morning, USA."

* In "Persona Assistant" Stan berates Roger for ruining his "good morning song",

* One episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' has Beckett tell Castle "You still kinda remind me a little of Hooch", a call back to a line of dialogue from an early episode, used in the season two opening sequence montage.

** Similarly to the “Cape Feare” and Hurricane Neddy” examples, “At Long Last Leave” had a special “The Outlands” version of the opening which plays after the Simpsons are banished to the outlands, complete with CouchGag.

* Actually a serious example: ''Anime/WolfsRain'' visually references the opening credits in the final scene of the anime -- as if that one moment is what the show built up to/was about all along. The opening song starts playing near the end as well.

--->'''Lisa:''' Doc, I keep having the same nightmare. Everyone in my family keeps trying to get to this couch...
--->'''Bart:''' And every night I'm punished. I wake up covered in chalk dust.
--->'''Homer:''' I'm being poisoned by a radioactive dowel, and then my son tries to behead me.
** A crossover with the ''ComicBook/{{Futurama}}'' comic did one to ''that'' show's intro, in which Lisa remarks on a billboard in New New York and Fry comments that Leela crashes into it "every week."

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''

** Ash's final season, ''[[Anime/PokemonToBeAPokemonMaster To Be a Pokémon Master]]'', is called ''Mezase Pokémon Master'' in Japanese after the series' first opening theme. An ending theme variant is done in one of the last scenes, referencing the fifth ending, "Type: Wild": Ash sets off on a new adventure in new shoes while a shot shows his old worn-out pair waiting for him at home, matching up with lyrics in the ending that talk about the singer recalling their favorite pair of shoes that they've walked everywhere in.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has an ending shout out for Serena's Master Class showdown with Aria -- the start of it mimics the start of the third XY ending song, "[=DreamDream=]", only now Fennekin has evolved and Sylveon has joined the ranks. To top it off, the BGM during the performance is the same song (slightly remixed) and [[ImageSong sung by Serena's seiyuu]].
** In the 20th movie ''I Choose You!'', [[spoiler:during a dream Ash has after losing his first battle,]] one of the characters [[spoiler:answers his question of what's out there]] by saying that there's grass, water, forests, clouds and ground, a reference to the film's theme song "Mezase Pokémon Master". Surprisingly, this was kept in the dubbed version of the film despite said version using [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong a different song.]]

** In "The Sacred Non-Repeating Number," Terry and Korvo meet another Shlorpian crew on Earth who behave in a much mre competent and traditional manner. The give their backstory in a similar manner to the sequence that Korvo narrates at the start of every episode, but without the sardonic tone.

* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'': While [[RightOnQueue standing in a long line]] at the start of "Pupa's Big Day," Korvo tells Terry they have to get back to the ship so he can show Terry the video of their homeworld exploding that they watch every day. Terry says he just has it on his phone, and plays the entire expository theme sequence on his phone while he and Korvo just watch and comment.

** In the "Treehouse Of Horror III" segment "Dial 'Z' For Zombie", [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S04E05/M0OTTdE-8Wy4-0OutjU2yluvGVU=.gif the introductory shot of the Springfield Pet Cemetary]] is similar to [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S02E03/y2S6XU48c5cBcX3vFwe2dScHSjo=.gif the opening titles shot of the Springfield Cemetary used in the first 5 "Treehouse Of Horror" specials]].

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' actually turns this into a RunningGag, where the first episode of each series will have Nyarko quote a line from the previous series' theme song; for the first anime season, she quotes the theme from the Flash-animated web series ''Nyaruani''. The final OVA does this with ''both'' the first and the second season's openings in the same sentence.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Jake's plan in the final two episodes was to end the heist at the Brooklyn Bridge, claiming that it has great sentimental value for the team. When Amy asks when they were ever at the Bridge, the camera cuts to the PowerWalk shot from the title sequence, with the bridge in the background.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': In "The Fremergency Fronfract", Lord Hater (who is loopy from a dental procedure) has a GoodTimesMontage with Wander and Sylvia, including a re-make of the intro that includes Hater. This includes Hater staring up in shock and dismay when he sees the Skullship.

* Upon defeating Galactica Knight and clearing Meta Knightmare Ultra in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Ultra'', you'll unlock a hidden video, "Fly! Meta Knight." It is, in its entirety, the KSSU opening video - except that, instead of Kirby, ''Meta Knight'' flies through Dream Land.

* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': While trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Wakko's donuts, Yakko suggests that they go back the beginning. Smash cut to the beginning of the opening theme, which makes Yakko confused and stops the theme song.