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* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'' gives a simple one: "An ominous hum rose from the Dreadnought."

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* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'' gives ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'': Lt. Surge quotes a simple one: "An ominous hum rose from few of the Dreadnought."Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries while meeting with Ruby and Weiss.
* ''Internship Deputy'' had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking it



* ''Internship Deputy'' had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking it

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* ''Internship Deputy'' had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'' gives a simple one: "An ominous hum rose from the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking itDreadnought."
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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Civilization 6]]'' used a piece of dialog from [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-01-05 here]] as the quote the narrator, Sean Bean, reads upon discovery of the civic Mercenaries. [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/me-tolkien-and-grrm Howard Tayler's reaction seemed to be that of approval.]]
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* ''[[Fanfic/Internship Deputy]] had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking it

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* ''[[Fanfic/Internship Deputy]] ''Internship Deputy'' had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking it



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* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' uses [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=601 the exact same line and font]] as when Petey's plumbing yelled at everyone to [[AC:GET OUT]].

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* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' uses [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=601 the exact same line and font]] as when Petey's plumbing yelled at everyone to [[AC:GET OUT]].OUT.]]
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* ''[[Fanfic/Internship Deputy]] had Vista comment that "If it's stupid but it works, it's still stupid and you got lucky." This was due to one of the betas liking the comic, throwing it in, and the author liking it
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* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'''s [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/3038/ 3 December 2018 strip]] includes a Schlock cameo on Fracture Station.[[note]]Author Dave B made it a RunningGag to put in as many SF/F cameos as he could think of during this story arc.[[/note]]
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* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Star Munchkin]]'' used Schlock's plasma cannon as a picture for its plasma cannon, complete with Schlock and the ominous hummmmm.
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* Creator/JohnRingo is a big fan of the comic, and has referenced it in several of his works.:

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* Creator/JohnRingo is a big fan of the comic, and has referenced it in several of his works.:works:
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** Linkara also once complained about the sudden appearance of a cryo-kit in a comic, stating that unlike in Schlock Mercenary the tech was not properly established and seemed out of place.



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* [[Literature/TheTalesOfPaulTwister Paul Twister]] is apparently a fan; he's quoted from the Seventy Maxims more than once.

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I swear I\'m not going to continue being a Serial Tweaker with this issue. :P


* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.
** Kevyn, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb218.html Oct 29, 2003]]

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* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': Several characters have made The comic has had assorted references and [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.
** Kevyn, The first frame of [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb358.html this strip]] shows Doc wielding a BH-209, complete with its [[UnsoundEffect Ominous Hummmmm]] as he prepares to fire it at an off-screen paintball game cheater.
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on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb218.html Oct 29, 2003]]
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** Doc as Captain Landon, from the "Delegates and Delegation" storyline, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1901.html Mar 9, 2015]], with a scene in the second panel more or less a modified version of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-08 this strip]] from ''Schlock Mercenary''.

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** Doc as Captain Landon, from the "Delegates and Delegation" storyline, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1901.html Mar 9, 2015]], with a scene in the second panel more or less a modified version of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-08 this strip]] from ''Schlock Mercenary''. The tale is being told by a koala wearing a yellow shirt.
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** A random TWB character dressed as Captain Tagon, on [[Oct 31, 2012 http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1581.html]]

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** A random TWB character dressed as Captain Tagon, on [[Oct 31, 2012 http://www.[[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1581.html]]html Oct 31, 2012]]

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From a list compiled for a SM Facebook thread. Probably not an all-inclusive list, however.


* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'':
** Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.
** In the March 9, 2015 strip, the events of the book ''Delegates and delegation'' are summarized by a player at Red's {{Paintball|Episode}} field, with a scene in the second panel more or less a modified version of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-08 this strip]] from ''Schlock Mercenary''.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}} has [[TheCameo cameoed]] Schlock in the past, in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01864.htm this strip.]]

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* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'':
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''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'': Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.
** In Kevyn, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb218.html Oct 29, 2003]]
** Schlock dressed as Choo-choo Bear from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb538.html Oct 26, 2005]]
** A Tarbot serving as party security, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1435.html Oct 31, 2011]]
** A random TWB character dressed as Captain Tagon, on [[Oct 31, 2012 http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1581.html]]
** Doc as Captain Landon, from
the March 9, 2015 strip, the events of the book ''Delegates "Delegates and delegation'' are summarized by a player at Red's {{Paintball|Episode}} field, Delegation" storyline, on [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1901.html Mar 9, 2015]], with a scene in the second panel more or less a modified version of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-08 this strip]] from ''Schlock Mercenary''.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}} ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[TheCameo cameoed]] Schlock in the past, in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01864.htm this strip.]]

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* Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.

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* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'':
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Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.gift.
** In the March 9, 2015 strip, the events of the book ''Delegates and delegation'' are summarized by a player at Red's {{Paintball|Episode}} field, with a scene in the second panel more or less a modified version of [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-08 this strip]] from ''Schlock Mercenary''.
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** The comic is mentioned by name in the first novel of the ''Literature/BlackTideRising'' ZombieApocalypse series, with Tayler being implied to have succumbed to the plague, and the ''Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries'' get quoted from, particularly the one regarding [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill "overkill"]].

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** The comic is mentioned by name in the first novel of the ''Literature/BlackTideRising'' ZombieApocalypse series, with Tayler being implied to have succumbed to the plague, and the ''Seventy ''The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries'' get quoted from, particularly the one regarding [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill "overkill"]].



* Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]].

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* Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]]. Comic author "Doc" Nickel has even made a model of Sgt. Schlock's BH-209 plasma gun for Mr. Tayler as a gift.

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* ''PrinceRoger'', by Creator/JohnRingo and Creator/DavidWeber, features the Althari, a species of koala-like ProudWarriorRaceGuys.

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* ''PrinceRoger'', by Creator/JohnRingo is a big fan of the comic, and has referenced it in several of his works.:
** ''Literature/PrinceRoger'', by Ringo
and Creator/DavidWeber, features the Althari, a species of koala-like ProudWarriorRaceGuys.ProudWarriorRaceGuys.
** ''Literature/TroyRising'' is entirely predicated on being a prequel to the world of ''Schlock Mercenary'', depicting the first contact between humanity and the rest of the galaxy, even if later events in the series rendered it CanonDiscontinuity for the Schlockverse.
** The comic is mentioned by name in the first novel of the ''Literature/BlackTideRising'' ZombieApocalypse series, with Tayler being implied to have succumbed to the plague, and the ''Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries'' get quoted from, particularly the one regarding [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill "overkill"]].


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* Several characters have made [[TheCameo Cameo]] appearances in ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', during [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween party storylines]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}} has [[TheCameo cameoed]] Schlock in the past, in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01864.htm this strip.]]
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* ''PrinceRoger'', by Creator/JohnRingo and Creator/DavidWeber, features the Althari, a species of koala-like ProudWarriorRaceGuys.
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* Two of them in ''Fanfic/NoGodsOnlyGuns'':
** First, a mention that a slaver captain "had always held by the old mercenary's adage: Pillage first, ''then'' burn."
** And later, a pirate captain is referred to as having "accountants who existed simply to keep track of the accountants who keep track of the bandits who answered to him."

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* ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' at one point refers to a powerful battleship as a battleplate.

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\n* ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' at one point refers to a powerful battleship as a battleplate.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': At one point, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crap golem]] appears which looks like a [[RunningGag certain character from this comic]].
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* ''Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k'' gives a simple one: "An ominous hum rose from the Dreadnought."

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* The web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'' makes an off-hand reference to chupaquesos.

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* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' uses [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=601 the exact same line and font]] as when Petey's plumbing yelled at everyone to [[AC:GET OUT]].

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* ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' at one point refers to a powerful battleship as a battleplate.

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