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** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1042.html when Boba Fett says "To my destiny"]], Admiral Piett repeats the line and then explains "I'm sorry. I thought you were proposing a toast." This is the same reaction Ford Prefect has to the line "To business" during the discussion with the mice.

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** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1042.html when When Boba Fett says "To my destiny"]], Admiral Piett repeats the line and then explains "I'm sorry. I thought you were proposing a toast." This is the same reaction Ford Prefect has to the line "To business" during the discussion with the mice.

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** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1042.html when Boba Fett says "To my destiny"]], Admiral Piett repeats the line and then explains "I'm sorry. I thought you were proposing a toast." This is the same reaction Ford Prefect has to the line "To business" during the discussion with the mice.



* In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1042.html strip 1042]], when Boba Fett says "To my destiny", Admiral Piett repeats the line and then explains "I'm sorry, I thought you were proposing a toast". This is the same reaction Ford Prefect has to the line "To business" in ''Franchise/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
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* In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1042.html strip 1042]], when Boba Fett says "To my destiny", Admiral Piett repeats the line and then explains "I'm sorry, I thought you were proposing a toast". This is the same reaction Ford Prefect has to the line "To business" in ''Franchise/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
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Sally is the one who named Chewbacca, long before Ben started playing him: http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0574.html


** In the same strip, it's revealed that Ben named his character Chewbacca after the dog...

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** In the same strip, it's revealed that Ben Sally named his character Chewbacca after the her dog...
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* [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0695.html Strip #695]] gives us an ''{{Aliens}}'' shout-out:

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* [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0695.html Strip #695]] gives us an ''{{Aliens}}'' ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' shout-out:
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* [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0695.html Strip #695]] gives us an ''{{Aliens}}'' shout-out:
-->'''GM:''' "Your dreadnought's homer is about nine meters away. Seven, six..."
-->'''R2-D2:''' "That can't be. That's inside the room!"
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* ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'', [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0397.html you damn dirty Sith]].
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** Being the [[ActorAllusion Bad]] [[SamuelLJackson Mother]][[Film/PulpFiction frakker]] that he is, he first said that as far back as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0204.html Episode I]].

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** Being the [[ActorAllusion Bad]] [[SamuelLJackson [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Mother]][[Film/PulpFiction frakker]] that he is, he first said that as far back as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0204.html Episode I]].

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* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0822.html #822]] is titled [[Film/Goldeneye "I Am Inwincible!"]].

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* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0822.html #822]] is titled [[Film/Goldeneye [[Film/GoldenEye "I Am Inwincible!"]].


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* While in IndianaJones, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/arks/faq.html the FAQ for Arks and Archeologists]] says of 'their idea" of ''Temple Of Doom'':
-->We're planning to do that whole movie as a giant dream sequence that ends with [[{{Dallas}} Indy stepping out of the shower in the opening scene of the next film.]]
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* [[{{Shrek}} "Not my]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0438.html gumdrop buttons!"]]

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* [[{{Shrek}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} "Not my]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0438.html gumdrop buttons!"]]
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** They're lines in the last panel are a mangling of the first two lines of a different song from Les Miserables. "Can you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men." The GM doesn't get the reference.

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** They're Their lines in the last panel are a mangling of the first two lines of a different song from Les Miserables. "Can you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men." The GM doesn't get the reference.
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* The title of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0971.html #971]] is a reference to IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade. "Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass..."
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** They're lines in the last panel are a mangling of the first two lines of a different song from Les Miserables. "Can you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men." The GM doesn't get the reference.
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* In Dooku's and Obi-Wan's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0393.html laser-sword duel]], their entire [[YouFightLikeACow exchange]] is a play on words reference to the best sword fights from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' again.

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* In Dooku's and Obi-Wan's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0393.html laser-sword duel]], their entire [[YouFightLikeACow exchange]] is a play on words reference to the best sword fights from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' again.
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** Being the [[ActorAllusion Bad]] [[SamuelLJackson Mother]][[PulpFiction frakker]] that he is, he first said that as far back as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0204.html Episode I]].

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** Being the [[ActorAllusion Bad]] [[SamuelLJackson Mother]][[PulpFiction Mother]][[Film/PulpFiction frakker]] that he is, he first said that as far back as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0204.html Episode I]].
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* Strip [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0915.html #915]] hints that Jim ran a campaign based around ''{{Airplane}}''.
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* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0822.html #822]] is titled [[Film/Goldeneye "I Am Inwincible!"]].
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** Also, [[PardonMyKlingon "gorram"]] pops up as a swear word used by the players out of character. Though one wonders, [[FridgeLogic if the ''Star Wars'' films were never made, would ''Firelfy'', which owes a fair bit to it, (as does much of the science fiction to come out of the 80s, 90s and 2000s) still exist?]]

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** Also, [[PardonMyKlingon "gorram"]] pops up as a swear word used by the players out of character. Though one wonders, [[FridgeLogic if the ''Star Wars'' films were never made, would ''Firelfy'', ''Firefly'', which owes a fair bit to it, them, (as does much of the science fiction to come out of the 80s, 90s and 2000s) since) still exist?]]
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** Also, [[PardonMyKlingon "gorram"]] pops up as a swear word used by the players out of character. Though one wonders, [[FridgeLogic if the ''Star Wars'' films were never made, would ''Firelfy'', which owes a fair bit to it, (as does much of the science fiction to come out of the 80s, 90s and 2000s) still exist?]]
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* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0892.html Whoosh!]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaam! The enemy has become a flaming star!]]
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* In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0884.html Episode 884]], Annie breaks out into [[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again]]
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* ''ToKillAMockingbird'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html here]].

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* ''ToKillAMockingbird'' ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html here]].
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** "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0868.html Looks like a moon, moves like a moon, steers like a cow]]."
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* '''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':

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* '''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':'''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':
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* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0847.html Episode 847]] reveals that Han [[Series/TheATeam loves it when a plan comes together]].
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* [[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0386.html here]] "Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in."
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* The ''VanHelsing'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0552.html movie]] and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0572.html movie]], complete with TakeThat in both cases.

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* The ''VanHelsing'' ''Film/VanHelsing'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0552.html movie]] and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0572.html movie]], complete with TakeThat in both cases.
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* [[{{Lensman}} Allotropic Iron]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html torpedoes]].

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* [[{{Lensman}} [[Literature/{{Lensman}} Allotropic Iron]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html torpedoes]].
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* ''MadMax'', ''Franchise/StarTrek,'' and ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
* Directly naming ''TombOfHorrors'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0005.html here]], when gas fills up the room suddenly.
* Annie's dialog occasionally is made up of lines and lyrics from theater productions. She recites part of "At the End of the Day" from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' line for line as part of Anakin's lines.
** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0358.html In the same strip]], Jim is reciting [[PeterGabriel Don't Give Up]], with some alterations.
* [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Fly, my pretties!"]]
* '''[[AFewGoodMen "You can't handle my statement!"]]'''
* Count Dookû (who in ''D&D'' is French): [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Your mother was a romp rat and your father smells of sweesonberries!"]]
* ''Film/BladeRunner'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0299.html here]].
* [[ColossalCave "With your bare hands?" "Yes!"]]
* ''DMOfTheRings'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0260.html here]].
* '''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':
** "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0422.html How depressingly stupid.]]'''
** "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0072.html Here I am, brain the size of a planet(...)]]"
** "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0721.html My name... is not important.]]"
** In the [[{{Omake}} non-canon extra]] strip where Qui-Gon actually ''does'' Summon a Bigger Fish (and crushes Padmé with it), a bowl of petunias lands a moment after the fish.
* A strip featuring Cockney-esque salesmen droids insistently selling services the players neither want nor need is titled [[Literature/{{Discworld}} "Cuttin' Me Own Throat"]].
* [[{{Shrek}} "Not my]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0438.html gumdrop buttons!"]]
* [[{{Lensman}} Allotropic Iron]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html torpedoes]].
* ''ToKillAMockingbird'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0356.html here]].
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0160.html One of Jims malapropisms]] for the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria is the "[[{{Tintin}} Lost Emerald of Castafiore]]".
* [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0470.html This strip]], which contains WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes shout-outs.
* [[Film/{{Serenity}} "Screw that.]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0477.html I'm going to live."]]
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0484.html Mace Windu uses the expression]] [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic "mother-frakking".]]
** Being the [[ActorAllusion Bad]] [[SamuelLJackson Mother]][[PulpFiction frakker]] that he is, he first said that as far back as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0204.html Episode I]].
** Also, Pete must be invoking ''{{Casablanca}}'' in the 4th panel.
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0207.html This strip]] is a reference to ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0361.html This strip's title]] is a ''MagicTheGathering'' reference (A [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205321 Cerodon]], a [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=207897 Sliver]], and an [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31834 Atog]], plus [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=109739 Arena]]).
** Also, the three creatures look very similar to those creature types, in order, [[CaptainObvious hence the title.]]
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0521.html This strip]] references ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', and ''[[HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences Half-Life: Full Life Consequences]]''.
* A clever re-wording of a Creator/WilliamShakespeare line makes the title of [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0523.html strip #523]]. The previous comic was titled "[[{{Hamlet}} To Sleep,]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0522.html Perchance to Dream]]."
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0524.html This strip]] references [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight]], where shaving with the lightsaber is one of Kyle's idle animations.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'', [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0548.html again]], and Film/CitizenKane.
* The ''VanHelsing'' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0552.html movie]] and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0572.html movie]], complete with TakeThat in both cases.
* In Dooku's and Obi-Wan's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0393.html laser-sword duel]], their entire [[YouFightLikeACow exchange]] is a play on words reference to the best sword fights from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' again.
* ''[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0623.html You talkin']] [[TaxiDriver to me]]?''
* "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0628.html You're going to let the]] [[DMOfTheRings entire fate of the galaxy]] [[http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1297 rest on a single die roll]]?"
* TheRant for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0676.html this comic]], discussing ObviouslyEvil, mentions Xykon from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''.
* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'': The medical droid says "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0639.html Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit XL oil]]."
* [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0659.html Anything is possible]] [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike when your man looks like a cyborg and not a lady.]]
* Obi-Wan giving Adam RedPillBluePill choice in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0726.html episode 726]] is a shout-out to ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* In [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0729.html episode 729]]: "My name is Luke Amidala? You ''killed'' my father?"
** Followed immediately by "I was prepared to die..."
* ''SoylentGreen'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0742.html here]].
* [[Film/LethalWeapon An obvious one]] in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0680.html Strip 680]]:
--> '''Captain Antilles''': Diplomatic immunity! (I can't believe I didn't think of that one before.)
--> '''Darth Vader''': Revoked. *chokes him*
* ''{{Blackadder}}'s Christmas Carol'': "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0072.html ...wouldn't recognise a coherent plot if it painted itself purple and tapdanced on top of a harpsichord singing 'Coherent Plots Are Here Again']]".
* Bilbo should have listened to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0763.html this rant]] before hosting a [[Literature/TheHobbit dinner]] [[Film/TheHobbit party]].
* The good ol' KonamiCode in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0769.html #769]].
* The title of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0787.html #787]] is [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "Raiders of the Lost Orb"]].
* "[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Bluff! Bluff! Bluff]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0803.html the stupid clones!]]"
* [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0806.html Officer Party]] [[{{THX1138}} 1138]].
* Strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0812.html #812]] is called [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents "A Series of Unfortunate Vents"]].
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