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* While channel surfing in "Doug Grows Up", Doug comes across {{expies}} of Hoyt and Andy from Jim Jinkins' previous show, ''Hoyt n' Andy's Sportsbender''.

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* While channel surfing in "Doug Grows Up", Doug comes across {{expies}} of Hoyt and Andy from another Jim Jinkins' previous Jinkins show, the unreleased-at-the-time ([[ShortRunInPeru in the United States]]) ''Hoyt n' Andy's Sportsbender''.Sportsbender'', meaning it also doubles as an EarlyBirdCameo.
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* While channel surfing in "Doug Grows Up", Doug comes across {{expies}} of Hoyt and Andy from Jim Jinkins' previous show, ''Hoyt n' Andy's Sportsbender''.

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* While channel surfing in "Doug Grows Up", Doug comes across {{expies}} of Hoyt and Andy from Jim Jinkins' previous show, ''Hoyt n' Andy's Sportsbender''.Sportsbender''.
* In "Doug's Chubby Buddy", Patti declares to her friends, [[Film/GoneWithTheWind "as y'all are my witness, I'll never be heavy again!"]]
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* The scene in which the Fuzz are spontaneously joined by the Beets to jam together may be a reference to that famous Music/MuddyWaters gig that had Music/TheRollingStones first in the audience and then joining Muddy, one of their role-models, on stage for a jam session. The Psychedelic Fuzz happen to be role-models to the Beets, too.

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* The scene in which the Fuzz are spontaneously joined by the Beets to jam together may be a reference to that famous Music/MuddyWaters gig that had Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} first in the audience and then joining Muddy, one of their role-models, on stage for a jam session. The Psychedelic Fuzz happen to be role-models to the Beets, too.
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* Mr. Bone's voice and SmallNameBigEgo mannerisms are based on [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife.]]

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* Mr. Bone's voice and SmallNameBigEgo mannerisms are based on [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife.]]]]
* While channel surfing in "Doug Grows Up", Doug comes across {{expies}} of Hoyt and Andy from Jim Jinkins' previous show, ''Hoyt n' Andy's Sportsbender''.
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* A rather blatant one to ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' appears in the first episode of ''Disney's Doug''. (It was actually written by Joe Fallon, one of the writers from the show.)

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* A rather [[https://outofcontextarthur.tumblr.com/post/44651402459/disneys-doug-had-the-same-writing-team-as blatant one one]] to ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' appears in the first episode of ''Disney's Doug''. (It was actually written by Joe Fallon, one of the writers from the show.)
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* In the first episode of the Disney series, Doug's barber, insisting that Doug get another style suited to his age, shows him several potential hairstyles. One of which is Charlie Brown's famous curl. A ''Linus and Lucy'' soundalike tune is heard and Doug says "Good grief!"
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* "Doug's Great Beet War" contains a ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' parody.

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* "Doug's Great Beet War" contains a ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' parody.parody.
* Mr. Bone's voice and SmallNameBigEgo mannerisms are based on [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife.]]
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* One of Doug's imagine spots is a near duplicate scene from the movie of The Who's "Music/{{Tommy}}", specifically, Music/EltonJohn's character getting out of the limo at the start of "Pinball Wizard". Similar styled music is even used for the scene.

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* One of Doug's imagine spots in "Doug's Got No Gift" is a near duplicate near-duplicate scene from the movie adaptation of The Who's Music/TheWho's "Music/{{Tommy}}", specifically, Music/EltonJohn's character Music/EltonJohn as the Local Lad getting out of the limo at the start of "Pinball Wizard". Similar styled music is even used for the scene.
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* It really goes to show that [[AuthorAppeal Jim Jinkins is a fan of]] Music/{{Madonna}}: The superheroine based on Beebe Bluff in the ''Quailman'' universe is named Material Girl. Also, Beebe is seen in a Madonna-esque outfit in the "Bangin' on a Trashcan/Think Big" music video.

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* It really goes to show that [[AuthorAppeal Jim Jinkins is a fan of]] Music/{{Madonna}}: The superheroine based on Beebe Bluff in the ''Quailman'' universe is named Material Girl. Also, Beebe is seen in a Madonna-esque outfit in the "Bangin' on a Trashcan/Think Big" music video.video.
* "Doug's Great Beet War" contains a ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' parody.
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* The "Bangin' on a Trash Can/Think Big" music video has a few. Doug dreams he, Skeeter and Beebe perform in a concert wearing [[Music/TalkingHeads a really big suit]]. A few Music/MichaelJackson homages are present, including Doug performing wearing one glove and a shout-out to the "Black or White" video in the segment in which Beebe morphs into Doug who morphs into Porkchop who morphs into Skeeter. And just before the "big suits" performance, Beebe's wearing a very Madonna-like outfit for her solo bit (see AuthorAppeal above).

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* The "Bangin' on a Trash Can/Think Big" music video has a few. Doug dreams he, Skeeter and Beebe perform in a concert wearing [[Music/TalkingHeads a really big suit]]. A few Music/MichaelJackson homages are present, including Doug performing wearing one glove and a shout-out to the "Black or White" video in the segment in which Beebe morphs into Doug who morphs into Porkchop who morphs into Skeeter. And just before the "big suits" performance, Beebe's wearing a very Madonna-like outfit for her solo bit (see AuthorAppeal above).bit.
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* "Silver Skeeter" (see SuperpowerLottery below) is a tribute to the ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer''.

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* "Silver Skeeter" (see SuperpowerLottery below) is a tribute to the ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer''.
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* The "Spacemonks" game that Doug plays is a small tribute to ''VideoGame/WingCommander'', using several similar scenes from the game, including the infamous space funeral.
* "Silver Skeeter" (see SuperpowerLottery below) is a tribute to the ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer''.
* A rather blatant one to ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' appears in the first episode of ''Disney's Doug''. (It was actually written by Joe Fallon, one of the writers from the show.)
* The "Bangin' on a Trash Can/Think Big" music video has a few. Doug dreams he, Skeeter and Beebe perform in a concert wearing [[Music/TalkingHeads a really big suit]]. A few Music/MichaelJackson homages are present, including Doug performing wearing one glove and a shout-out to the "Black or White" video in the segment in which Beebe morphs into Doug who morphs into Porkchop who morphs into Skeeter. And just before the "big suits" performance, Beebe's wearing a very Madonna-like outfit for her solo bit (see AuthorAppeal above).
* Similarly, the Disney episode "Doug's Dougapalooza" features several that should be instantly recognizable to music aficionados. One of the bands participating in the song contest is a fairly blatant homage to ''Music/{{Devo}}'', with a song reminiscent of "Whip It." And Connie comes up with an off-the-cuff song called "Retainer Blues," with a vocal sounding eerily like Music/JanisJoplin. Connie's rock star ambitions themselves may have been an homage to the massive popularity at the time (late 1990s) of female alternative rockers like Music/AlanisMorissette.
* Doug lives on 21 Jumbo Street, a shout to the then-popular cop show ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet''. And to the show's production company, Jumbo Pictures.
* Dr. Klotzenstein's game show in "Doug vs. the Klotzoid Zombies" is called ''Wheel of Snack Food'', a takeoff on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', right down to having the audience yell out the name of the show in unison.
** In one episode, Doug goes to see a Smash Adams movie that opens with an evil dentist about to torture the titular character with a dental drill while shouting [[Film/MarathonMan "Is it safe? Is it safe?!"]]
* "Doug's Derby Dilemma" has Doug imagining the prize for winning the derby being a night on the town for two, complete with himself and Patti re-enacting the famous spaghetti-eating scene from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''. Not a case of ProductPlacement, as this was in the Nickelodeon series.
* In the episode where Doug has to get used to a new barber in his new hometown, his old barber's name was [[Theatre/SweeneyToddtheDemonBarberofFleetStreet Mr. Sweeney]]. Maybe Doug should be glad to have a new barber...
* When Doug, Skeeter and Roger visit Bloodstone Manor, notices can be seen that says [[Literature/TheDivineComedy "Abandon all beverages, ye who enter."]] The same episode features an obvious ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' parody, complete with a sound-alike of the film series' theme.
* Doug wants a Smash-O skateboard in "Doug Inc." Smash-O is likely a takeoff on Wham-O, inventors of such childhood favorites as Hula Hoops, Frisbees, Silly String, and the Slip 'n' Slide. The TV commercial jingle also is reminiscent of 1960s surfer pop music like Music/TheBeachBoys and Music/JanAndDean.
* Judy does a Creator/MaeWest imitation ("Come on up and see me sometime, big boy") to try to trick babysitter Mrs. Stinson's bird Sunflower in "Doug's Babysitter."
* One of Doug's imagine spots is a near duplicate scene from the movie of The Who's "Music/{{Tommy}}", specifically, Music/EltonJohn's character getting out of the limo at the start of "Pinball Wizard". Similar styled music is even used for the scene.
* The local theme park, Funkytown, is accompanied by a piece of background music somewhat reminiscent of the classic disco hit of the same title by Lipps Inc.
* In an episode where Doug's home alone for the first time, what's the first thing he does? [[Film/RiskyBusiness Slides across the floor in his underwear, jamming to rock music.]]
* "Family Court" in the episode "Doug's Servitude" is a fairly obvious homage to ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt''.
* The "Doug's Cookin'" episode has several. Mr. Dink's new "cooking machine" is named "Julia" and talks with a [[Creator/JuliaChild high-pitched East-Coast accent]]. In a later scene Mrs. Wingo rushes over to help two classmates named "Jimmy" and "Vanessa" who are having trouble with their recipe; it's possible this could be an homage to Jim Jinkins himself and Nickelodeon producer Vanessa Coffey.
** A classmate named Vanessa (assumedly the same girl) also appears in "Doug's Secret Admirer."
* The VJ on the music-video TV channel seems to be an homage to '90s MTV icon "Downtown" Julie Brown.
* In a fantasy sequence in "Doug Rocks the House," Boomer yells, "The whole world is watching!" before Patti throws the rock that destroys Doug's old house in Bloatsburg. This phrase entered the popular lexicon in 1968 when it became a mantra for antiwar protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
* In "Doug's New Teacher," he imagines himself profiled on a true-crime TV show called ''[[Series/AmericasMostWanted Bluffington's Most Troublesome]]'', with Mr. Bone in the John Walsh role.
* When Doug tries to sneak into Moody School, the security guard is seen passing the time by playing ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''.
* In "Doug's Nightmare on Jumbo Street", Doug's second nightmare has the monster disguised as his dog, he comes toward Doug saying "[[Film/TheShining Here's Porkchop!]]".
* "Doug's Bum Rap": Doug, in comparing himself to Chalky, imagines himself being eliminated in his third-grade spelling bee for misspelling "baloney" while Chalky won for correctly spelling "antidisestablishmentarianism." The latter word was the one that won a 12-year-old girl named Gloria Lockerman the grand prize on the infamous TV game show ''Series/The64000Question'' (despite the show's reputation, she denied having received any behind-the-scenes coaching).
* "Doug Goes Hollywood" has Doug imagining that his success will lead him to become a wildly popular action film star who's very tall and strong, wears a ponytail and has a soft-spoken voice. [[Creator/StevenSeagal Sounds familiar?]]
* The Beets are a shout-out to Music/TheBeatles by more than just name: There's even an ugly split (actually, more than one), and there's one of the band members' new project; see below.
** Flounder's name may be inspired by the former Music/{{Marillion}} singer Derek "Fish" Dick. It's highly unlikely that "Flounder" is his real name, let alone his full name.
** Monroe Yoder, singer and guitarist, is [[Music/TheWho Roger Daltrey]], down to his singing, [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Music/JohnLennon.
*** Wendy Nespah, the bald female keyboardist, seems to be inspired by Sinéad O'Connor who had [[OneHitWonder her only big hit]] with "Nothing Compares 2 U" the year before the show started.
* Post-split, Flounder starts a new project with his then-girlfriend Judy Funnie named [[Music/JohnLennonPlasticOnoBand Plastic Judy Band]]. Interestingly, Judy is only about 16 at that point whereas Music/YokoOno is seven years older than Music/JohnLennon, and Flounder isn't even the actual Music/JohnLennon {{Expy}} in the band.
* The Psychedelic Fuzz for which Phil Funnie played the drums are named after the Psychedelic Furs.
* The scene in which the Fuzz are spontaneously joined by the Beets to jam together may be a reference to that famous Music/MuddyWaters gig that had Music/TheRollingStones first in the audience and then joining Muddy, one of their role-models, on stage for a jam session. The Psychedelic Fuzz happen to be role-models to the Beets, too.
* Flounder and Connie Benge make a deal: Flounder helps Connie become a rock musician, and she teaches the analphabetic face of the Beets to read and write. [[Film/TheProfessional Sounds familiar?]]
* Speaking of Connie as a rock musician: Her guitar which alternates between four and five necks within the same episode could be a nod to Rick Neilsen of Music/CheapTrick who is famous for wielding unwieldy but fully functional quintuple-neck Hamer guitars.
* It really goes to show that [[AuthorAppeal Jim Jinkins is a fan of]] Music/{{Madonna}}: The superheroine based on Beebe Bluff in the ''Quailman'' universe is named Material Girl. Also, Beebe is seen in a Madonna-esque outfit in the "Bangin' on a Trashcan/Think Big" music video.

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