History MythologyGag / WesternAnimation

** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]", when Stan asks for a refund over the phone, he says that he'll get his money back like he did for ''Film/BASEketball'', a movie that Matt Stone and Trey Parker both starred in. Also counts as SelfDeprecation, as almost immediately afterwards, he and Kenny both agree that is was a terrible movie.

* ''MythologyGag/TransformersEarthspark''

* On the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Patrick! The Game", Patrick makes a game called "Tic-Tac", a shorter version of Tic-Tac-Toe. An issue of Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine featured this game long before the episode that featured it. With the ''exact same character,'' nonetheless!
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E19StormOverRyloth "Storm Over Ryloth"]], the strategy Ahsoka comes up with for the second attempt at breaking the blockade involves angling the ''Resolute'' so its bottom is facing at the Separatist ships to protect the bridge and hangars — in other words, the Marg Sabl maneuver from ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'', famously used by [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]].[[note]]When this episode was first made, this was a CallForward. Comes to a head in ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'', where this event is recounted to Thrawn, name included.[[/note]]

** The Evil Princess What's-Her-Name is a BrainlessBeauty whose personality is more in line with the princess from the video games.
** The EveryEpisodeEnding of a cow falling on something/someone references the ending of the first game where [[BrickJoke a cow falls on the princess]].

* In the promo for the new ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' animated series, Jim mentions how he's been in television before and how he was a bit nuts. The original show was very surreal and Jim would often cackle madly while shooting his targets. He also mentions he was in rehab for a short while [[UnreliableExpositor (but the screen freezes with "25 Years" overlayed)]]. The original TV show ended in 1996, while the promo was released in 2021, 25 years after.

--->'''Stan''': Tweek, when that has that ever happened, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxeSadruMI except for that one time]]?

** In "Das Bus" (aired in early 1998), Bart tries to entertain his classmates by singing "Do the Bartman" (a novelty hit single his character had in the early 1990s). Ralph's reaction: "That is so 1991."

** The Bat-Bot resembles the Bat-Knights from ''Comicbook/KingdomCome''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'', the H.E.A.T. team went to investigate a string of disappearances in Japan. Naturally, [[Film/{{Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]] [[LegacyCharacter Jr.]] followed them there. After swimming across the Pacific Ocean, a Japanese girl in a passenger plane spotted him arriving at Japan.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' episode "Black Vortex Part 1", Drax find himself in a world where he is a Spider-Man style hero called Draxman. Draxman's origin is exactly that of the comic book Drax (estate agent and saxophonist Arthur Douglas is nearly killed by Thanos, but is given a new, superpowered body by Kronos), and his costume is comic book Drax's original look.

* In the ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' animated short made for [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld the film adaptation]] by Creator/{{Adult Swim}}, the story follows an adaptation of Scott's high school memory from the original comic, done in the creator's style to boot. However, Simon Lee's voice actor is the same as the actor for Gideon Graves, Creator/{{Jason Schwartzman}}, a reference to how said memory was [[spoiler: fabricated by him]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', while not as mythos-heavy as the DCAU (being separate from it), has its share of Mythology Gags as well.

** In the Film/{{Transformers}} film series:

* In their early days, Creator/HannaBarbera would make outright stars of characters either referenced earlier or appearing earlier. WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw's name was first seen on a note on a door in a 1957 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' (the studio's first series), Snagglepuss was an antagonist on the Quick Draw show, Ricochet Rabbit (from ''The Magilla Gorilla Show'') first appeared as an antagonist on ''Touchè Turtle'', and the [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Ant Hill Mob]] was first seen as a gang on insect bikers in an episode of Atom Ant.

** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'', the movie starts with the original opening [-[[RecycledInSpace ON A CRUISE SHIP]]-], complete with a random flock of bats using the exact same sound effect as that original opening.

* ''MythologyGag/LoboWebseries''

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad'', the disguise selector contains many dresses and outfits from previous Barbie films, including Alexa's colorful dress, Nori's fairy dress, Corrinne and Kara's dresses and superhero outfits, and Clara's Nutcracker dress.

*** [[spoiler:Ezra's]] lightsaber sounds similar to Kylo Ren's from the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' teaser.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'' episode "The Venom Within", which crosses over with ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', A-Bomb speculates that Venom is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan an alien creature]] which [[Film/SpiderMan3 came to Earth on a meteorite]]. In this continuity, he's completely wrong.
* In the original ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' episode "Focus on Gadget", Gadget gets his nose caught in an airlock door, which is a nod to the closing sequence of Creator/DonAdams' prior series ''Series/GetSmart'', where the last CONTROL HQ door closes on Maxwell Smart's nose when he attempts to shut it manually.

** When the opening sequence changes to showcase Robin, he appears bursting through a circular screen. This is a reference to the cover and title page of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsNumber38'', the 1940 issue he debuted in.

*** Even better, Beast Boy was dressed up as Robin at the time. The composition of the shot (Beast-Boy-as-Robin bursting through a screen held by Starfire/Batman) is an homage to the cover of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsNumber38'', Robin's debut. Only ''he'' was the new sensation of 1940.

** When the opening sequence changes to showcase Robin, he appears bursting through a circular a screen. As mentioned in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' section, this is a reference to the cover and title page of Detective Comics #38, the 1940 issue he debuted in.

*** Even better, Beast Boy was dressed up as Robin at the time. The composition of the shot (Beast-Boy-as-Robin bursting through a screen held by Starfire/Batman) is an homage to the cover of Detective Comics #38, Robin's debut. Only ''he'' was the new sensation of 1940.
*** The big fight scene for the episode takes place around a large neon sign, toppling an A and a Y, until the final wide angle shows what's left to read 'W_ _NE Enterprises'.

*** This could alsi be the reason Starfire from Teen Titans Go! is obsessed with cats.

* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', one episode features the theme song from the original ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated show remixed as a sort of tropical poolside jazz piece.