History ShoutOut / Chowder

* Back before Chowder first aired, C.H. Greenblatt expressly stated how much ''KatamariDamacy'' inspired him in the creation of this show. The King of All Clouds (Sky?) is intentionally based off The King of All Cosmos, as well as the entire Grubble Gum episode.

* Oh so much video games especially ''KatamariDamacy'' and ''SuperMarioBros''. (twice. Two [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatzes]] of Mario and Luigi show up in one episode and an oversized Bowser shows up in another) being two obvious examples.

* When Chowder is possessed by the Poultrygeist, he starts insulting Mung, telling him that [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Your mother was a polar bear! Your father was a figure skater!" and telling him that he smells of flour and cheese.]]

* By far, the greatest collection of {{Shout Out}}s in one episode is the episode "Tofu Town Showdown", which is pretty much the writers challenging each other to cram as many references to kung-fu films and shonen anime within the span of 11 minutes. For example, Shnitzel's samurai outfit is the yellow-black striped outfit from BruceLee's ''Game of Death'' (which is more popular as what Uma Thurman's The Bride character wore in the ''Kill Bill'' movies), Chowder sings a pastiche of [[RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]], Shnitzel wins the final battle by going ''[[DragonBall SUPER SAIYAN]]'', and finally, '''''[[StreetFighter "RAHDOKEN!!"]]'''''

* In one episode, after Chowder unearths a sugar sapphire, Mung tastes it. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar He has a seizure, shaking his head about, before it spontaneously pops to]] [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles' head]] saying [[NightmareFuel "Aww, that's sweeet!"]] [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand as part of the theme song is played.]]

* In "The Hot Date," one of the character is waiting at a fancy restaurant for the titular hot blind date, who is very late. At one point, Ms. Bellum from ThePowerpuffGirls shows up looking for ''her'' blind date (complete with the Powerpuff Girls theme playing in the background), having been delayed due to a monster attack, only for her date to be someone else.

* By far, the greatest collection of {{Shout Out}}s in one episode is the episode "Tofu Town Showdown", which is pretty much the writers challenging each other to cram as many references to kung-fu films and anime. For example, Shnitzel's samurai outfit is the yellow-black striped outfit from BruceLee's ''Game of Death'' (which is more popular as what Uma Thurman's The Bride character wore in the ''Kill Bill'' movies), Chowder sings a pastiche of [[RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]], Shnitzel wins the final battle by going ''[[DragonBall SUPER SAIYAN]]'', and finally, '''''[[StreetFighter "RAHDOKEN!!"]]'''''

* In Sing Beans, the on-edge customer waiting for his order strikes a very clear resemblance to the Lion from TheWizardOfOz, especially in voice.

* One of the Halloween episodes was a parody of ''Film/TheExorcist'', and the other contained a shout out to ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' at the end.

* Or in an episode, where Chowder made the least subtle but most awesome reference to VideoGame/{{Portal}} ever, by saying "The cake was a lie!"

* In "The Arborians" there is a brief shot of Shnitzel playing a synthesizer, wearing a [[{{Devo}} yellow raincoat and an Energy Dome]].

* By far, the greatest collection of {{Shout Out}}s in one episode is the episode "Tofu Town Showdown". For example, Shnitzel's samurai outfit is the yellow-black striped outfit from [[strike: ''Film/KillBill'']] BruceLee's ''Game of Death'', Chowder sings a pastiche of [[RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]], Shnitzel wins the final battle by going ''[[DragonBall SUPER SAIYAN]]'', and finally, '''''[[StreetFighter "RAHDOKEN!!"]]'''''

** In "Sniffleball" we get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2JDI8ZNvc a whole scene based on the original SuperMarioBros game with Gorgonzola in an obvious parody of Bowser.]]

* By far, the greatest collection of {{Shout Out}}s in one episode is the episode "Tofu Town Showdown". For example, Shnitzel's samurai outfit is the yellow-black striped outfit from [[strike: ''KillBill'']] BruceLee's ''Game of Death'', Chowder sings a pastiche of [[RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]], Shnitzel wins the final battle by going ''[[DragonBall SUPER SAIYAN]]'', and finally, '''''[[StreetFighter "RAHDOKEN!!"]]'''''

* In one episode, after Chowder unearths a sugar sapphire, Mung tastes it. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar He has a seizure, shaking his head about, before it spontaneously pops to]] [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles' head]] [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand saying "Aww, that's sweeet!" as part of the theme song is played.]]

* The Dancing Diablo peppers resemble the Jalapeno is [[PlantsVsZombies Plants Vs Zombies]].

* Or in a recent episode, where Chowder made the least subtle but most awesome reference to VideoGame/{{Portal}} ever, by saying "The cake was a lie!"

* Mount Fon''doom'', "YOU SHALL NOT PASS"... they really like taking on ''[[TheLordOfTheRings LOTR]]''. And Dwight Schultz does a terrifyingly good Gandalf.

* The Dancing Diablo peppers resemble the Jalapeno is [[PlantsVsZombies]].

* In one episode, after Chowder unearths a sugar sapphire, Mung tastes it. He has a seizure, shaking his head about, before it spontaneously pops to [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles' head]] [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand saying "Aww, that's sweeet!" as part of the theme song is played.]]

** The referee shouts "'''''GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL!!!'''''"

* By far, the greatest collection of {{ShoutOut}}s in one episode is the episode "Tofu Town Showdown". For example, Shnitzel's samurai outfit is the yellow-black striped outfit from [[strike: ''KillBill'']] BruceLee's ''Game of Death'', Chowder sings a pastiche of [[RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]], Shnitzel wins the final battle by going ''[[DragonBall SUPER SAIYAN]]'', and finally, '''''[[StreetFighter "RAHDOKEN!!"]]'''''

* In one episode, after Chowder unearths a sugar sapphire, Mung tastes it. He has a seizure, shaking his head about, before it spontaneously pops to [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles' head]] saying "Aww, that's sweeet!"

* "I can only count as high as [[HitchhikersGuide 42]]. How high can you count?"