History ShoutOut / FanFiction

* In ''FanFic/ADarkKnightOverSinCity'', when [[SinCity Dwight]] first sees {{Batman}}, he says, [[AllStarBatmanAndRobin "It's the goddamn Batman."]]

* In ''ADarkKnightOverSinCity'', when [[SinCity Dwight]] first sees {{Batman}}, he says, [[AllStarBatmanAndRobin "It's the goddamn Batman."]]

** Plenty of subtle [[TheBeatles Beatles]] references, of course.

* In ''Fanfic/OhGodNotAgain'', there are several shout outs, including ones to ''StarWars'', ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', and ''ThePictureOfDorianGray''. What's most notable, though, is that at one point, this trope is lampshaded (along with everything else).

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Fanfic/KiraSweetheart'' there's a Shout Out to the [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]] commercial, L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law,"]], [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, L pays for [[spoiler: Light's surgery]] with his [[Film/BatmanForever L-Credit Card]], Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* There are ''tons'' in a ''FanFic/ACureForLove'': [[Manga/DeathNote Matt]] hums the ''StarWars'' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 Imperial March]]" when [[BigBad Kira]] enters [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the meeting room.]] Also when Light gets a scar on one of their misadventures of getting shot at he grumbles in his InternalMonologue that it makes him look like ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Also in the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6866923/1/Last_Night_I_Dreamt_Somebody_Loved_Me deleted scenes]] Mello compares Light to the ByronicHero Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and his FreudianExcuse [[FridgeBrilliance is similar in this ficverse.]] There's a stealth one with the OriginalCharacter V who has a [[VForVendetta vendetta]]. Also "[[ResidentEvil Matt had just been spectacularly killed by a zombie riding a unicycle]]" and Near points out that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "One does not simply walk into Mordor."]] Also when Light confides in L about [[DealWithTheDevil his little problem]] and why he can't just quit: "Think of [[Theatre/DoctorFaustus Faust]], L. It's Faust on a shorter time scale." And [[spoiler: Light's ultimate scheme]] is a shout out to ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''.

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Fanfic/KiraSweetheart'' there's a Shout Out to the [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]] commercial, L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law,"]], [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Fanfic/KiraSweetheart'' there's a Shout Out to the [[NotableCommercialCampaigns "Got Milk?"]] commercial, L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law,"]] [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even BadAss mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]

* In Ringshadow's SliceOfLife StarFox fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2664412/1 Butterfly Photographs]], Slippy programmed an AI into his pickup truck which has the ability to drive it. Its avatar is a face on a video screen, and its name is [[MaxHeadroom Max]]. At one point a character asks if Max is in one of the stages of [[{{Bungie}} rampancy]] in reaction to Max's slightly odd behaviour.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2668287/1/Little-Black-Death-Note Little Black Death Note]]'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Manga/DeathNote'' crossover one of the names that Kira writes in the death note is "[[{{Manga/Naruto}} Uchiha Itachi]]."

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2668287/1/Little-Black-Death-Note Little Black Death Note]]'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Manga/DeathNote'' crossover one of the names that Kira writes in the death note is "[[Manga/Naruto Uchiha Itachi]]."

* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''FanFic/MyStupidReality'' the first books Light read as a child that had any substance to them were ''[[EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', ''{{Matilda}}'', ''EndersGame'', and ''[[{{Literature/BattleRoyale}} Battle Royale]]''-this is what causes the canon divergence because after finishing this reading list young Light Yagami decides it might be more prudent to [[ObfuscatingStupidity hide his genius]]. Later when on the run [[FallenHero from L]], Light sets up a false trail for his pursuers that leads them [[{{Fargo}} through Minnesota to Fargo, North Dakota.]] There are also shout outs to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''SuperMarioBros''.

* In ''FanFic/ClashOfTheElements'' there is one to SuperMarioBrosZ in Chapter 45 of Part 1 [[spoiler: More specifically, the act of having the Star Spirits appear and using their energy to [[SuperMode power-up]] Mario and the other heroes,]] a concept which, while it didn't get to appear in the actual series, at least got shown in the intro. Thankfully, the author gives Alvin-Earthworm full credit for the idea instead of claiming it as his own.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6984913/1/Disgaea_Jewel_of_the_gods Disgaea: Jewel of the gods]] at the very begining has already gave ones to OnePiece, Bleach, Manga/DragonBall, Manga/SoulEater, Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann, ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Beyblade, and MetalGear.

* There are ''tons'' in a ''FanFic/ACureForLove'': [[Manga/DeathNote Matt]] hums the ''StarWars'' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 Imperial March]]" when [[BigBad Kira]] enters [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the meeting room.]] Also when Light gets a scar on one of their misadventures of getting shot at he grumbles in his InternalMonologue that it makes him look like ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Also in the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6866923/1/Last_Night_I_Dreamt_Somebody_Loved_Me deleted scenes]] Mello compares Light to the ByronicHero Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and his FreudianExcuse [[FridgeBrilliance is similar in this ficverse.]] There's a stealth one with the OriginalCharacter V who has a [[VForVendetta vendetta]]. Also "[[ResidentEvil Matt had just been spectacularly killed by a zombie riding a unicycle]]" and Near points out that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "One does not simply walk into Mordor."]] Also when Light confides in L about [[DealWithTheDevil his little problem]] and why he can't just quit: "Think of [[Theatre/DoctorFaustus Faust]], L. It's Faust on a shorter time scale."

* In ''TheButterFlyEffect'' prequel fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3210906/1/The_Butterfly_Effect_0 The Butterfly Effect 0]]'', the head of the Sunnyvale Institution is [[BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Von Braun]].

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6984913/1/Disgaea_Jewel_of_the_gods Disgaea: Jewel of the gods]] at the very begining has already gave ones to OnePiece, Bleach, DragonBall, SoulEater, TengenToppaGurrenLagann, ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Beyblade, and MetalGear.

* In the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2913726/1/Abyss_of_the_Soul Abyss of the Soul]]'', Marine Staff Sergeant [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Jonathan]] Scott [[QuantumLeap Beckett]] had faked his death and was living under the alias "[[QuantumLeap Sam]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Archer]]" when he was arrested.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6565945/14/Mary_Mary_Quite_Contrary Mary Mary? Quite Contrary!]]'', there are many {{shout out}}s made in the "Sparkly Shiny Alchemist" story. For one thing, the protagonist's full name is Christiana Sophia [[TheHungerGames Maysalee]] Thomas[[hottip:*:Maysalee is the name of Madge's aunt, for those who don't know]]. And there's this quote from her "bro" Jeff:

* Fanfiction.net has a humorous {{CSI}} fanfic in which Ray takes 'Morpheus' as an online username, a shout out to his TheMatrix role.

* [[{{ShoutOut/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar}} Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]

* In ''Fanfic/TheOllivanderChildren'', by vifetoile, a certain theory of wandless magic is called Weatherwax magic (a shout-out to {{Discworld}}) and the {{Muggle}} character, Mark, makes frequent references to ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' and ''TheLordOfTheRings''.

* Lord of the Land of Fire is prone to lacing the plots of his stories with references to things like WorldWarTwo or [[TheBible The Book of Revelation]], among other things.

* There are ''tons'' in a ''FanFic/ACureForLove'': [[Manga/DeathNote Matt]] hums the ''StarWars'' "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 Imperial March]]" when [[BigBad Kira]] enters [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the meeting room.]] Also when Light gets a scar on one of their misadventures of getting shot at he grumbles in his InternalMonologue that it makes him look like ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Also in the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6866923/1/Last_Night_I_Dreamt_Somebody_Loved_Me deleted scenes]] Mello compares Light to the ByronicHero Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and his FreudianExcuse [[FridgeBrilliance is similar in this ficverse.]] There's a stealth one with the OriginalCharacter V who has a [[VForVendetta vendetta]]. Also "[[ResidentEvil Matt had just been spectacularly killed by a zombie riding a unicycle]]" and Near points out that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "One does not simply walk into Mordor."]] Also when Light confides in L about [[DealWithTheDevil his little problem]] and why he can't just quit: "Think of [[DoctorFaustus Faust]], L. It's Faust on a shorter time scale."

* ShoutOut/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar

* ShoutOut/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar

* In the ''{{JAG}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2913726/1/Abyss_of_the_Soul Abyss of the Soul]]'', Marine Staff Sergeant [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Jonathan]] Scott [[QuantumLeap Beckett]] had faked his death and was living under the alias "[[QuantumLeap Sam]] [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Archer]]" when he was arrested.

* In the ''{{JAG}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2913726/1/Abyss_of_the_Soul Abyss of the Soul]]'', Marine Staff Sergeant [[StarTrekEnterprise Jonathan]] Scott [[QuantumLeap Beckett]] had faked his death and was living under the alias "[[QuantumLeap Sam]] [[StarTrekEnterprise Archer]]" when he was arrested.