History ShoutOut / House

'''Thirteen:''' And you're currently getting mixed reviews in ''Theatre/SpeedThePlow'' on Broadway? (blank stares) Google it.
* In the same episode, the internets huddle up and collect theories to what's wrong with Jeremy. The first and most popular theory is that he has been possessed by the demon Legion, which with high probability is a ShoutOut (or TakeThat?) to Anonymous of 4Chan.
** I'm guessing it's going to be a reference to the book of Mark, chapter 5 in Literature/TheBible before it's a reference to 4Chan.

* Looks like another Series/DoctorWho reference cropped up, possibly confirming the former mention. In the episode "Bombshells", Taub tells Foreman that he stayed up until 3:00 in the morning watching classic Doctor Who.

** Another partial reference to this is in Series 1 episode 16 when House fakes a British accent (Hugh Laurie's actual accent, so he's an British man, pretending to be American pretending to be British...), followed closely by a scene where Chase references 'The Madness of King George', referencing Laurie's role as Mad King George's son the prince regent in Blackadder.

* TOW has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_House#Parallels_to_Sherlock_Holmes a paragraph]] about this.

* In the third season episode special guest starring DaveMatthews, House is busy [[spoiler:faking a brain tumor]] so he can get a certain procedure done. His patient name for the purpose is Luke N. Laura, from Series/GeneralHospital.
** Early in season one House also complains that he's missing an episode of Series/GeneralHospital to be there.

* 4x2 "The Right Stuff" opens with a shout out to Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey, with a pilot suffering synesthesia that looks like the whacky multi-color mind-trip from the end of the movie.

* Season 7's "Unwritten" has a little ShoutOut to Literature/{{Misery}} (maybe). A cynical writer is in the hospital bed, and House tells her he wants her to write more books. She says she's "done," after attempting suicide, and doesn't want to write any more books with the character who made her fortune. He says "Don't you say that, you dirty birdy," a la Annie Wilkes.

* In "House Divided", House puts on [[Music/PublicEnemy Public Enemy's]] song ''Fight The Power'' on a giant boombox. In Film/DoTheRightThing, one of the characters constantly plays the song on his boombox.
* In "Blowing the Whistle", House asks a teenaged patient to hop on one leg and sing the theme song to Series/ICarly.

* Season 7, "Fall from Grace" brings us a ShoutOut to the first ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie. A patient is refusing to give his name or medical history, which either makes him a criminal or a superhero. When the patient says "I'm not a criminal." House replies "Awesome! What colour is my underwear?"

* "[[Series/CSIMiami Did you deduce that by removing your sunglasses to the strains of a Who song?]]" (Season 5, "Simple Explanation"; when House becomes an amateur detective after [[spoiler:Kutner's death]].)

** And Meat Loaf's character is named [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Eddie]]

** When House needs a drug dealer to give him the drugs he had been dealing in "The Down Low", he shouts "I NEED THE DRUGS!" Cue a {{Beat}}, followed by "Huh... works for Jack Bauer".

* In season 3, episode 19, Cameron and Foreman had stayed up all night with tests, finding nothing. Suddenly Chase arrives with one test-result he just left on overnight and picked up after a night's sleep. House nods and says that this is good. The two other stare at him. "But he didn't do anything!" House's reply? [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} "Work smarter, not harder."]] All the while, Chase is holding [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} a cup of coffee.]]

* A ShoutOut to ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' in "House's Head." "The shortest distance to your memory is through your pre-frontal cortex. All we have to do is access it." "Great idea. I'll build a giant submarine. You get the miniaturization gizmo."

* Season 7, "Fall from Grace" brings us a ShoutOut to the first ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movie. A patient is refusing to give his name or medical history, which either makes him a criminal or a superhero. When the patient says "I'm not a criminal," House replies "Awesome! What colour is my underwear?"

* In "Last Temptation", the patient is mentioned to be slowly turning blue, prompting House to say, "At least we can rule out the [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory blue gum.]]"

* From "Perils of Paranoia", we have House mentioning [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Arceus]] as having created the world with three types of matter. When Taub asks "Arceus?", House casually says "[[LampshadedTheObscureReference Look it up]]," and continues on with the conversation.

-->'''Chase''': Alien DNA.
-->'''House''': Anybody watch any [[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]] that inspired an explanation?

* The season 7 episode "Two Stories", begins after the introduction with an extended homage to ''Film/PulpFiction'', specifically the scene at the beginning, when Jules and Vincent kill Brett.

* To various zombie movies, trippy musicals a la ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'', and fifties family dom-coms.

* The same episode (and conversation with Cameron) has House mention "If he's gonna do this, he's gonna do this for love", referencing the Music/MeatLoaf song, what with him being the guest star.

* In the episode "Massage Therapy" the patient and her boyfriend are named [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Jenny]] and [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Billy]] respectively, would be a coincidence if not for the fact that Jen's actor plays Jenny.

* In "House Divided", House puts on [[Music/PublicEnemy Public Enemy's]] song ''Fight The Power'' on a giant boombox. In [[Film/DoTheRightThing]], one of the characters constantly plays the song on his boombox.

** I'm guessing it's going to be a reference to the book of Mark, chapter 5 in TheBible before it's a reference to 4Chan.

* The same episode (and conversation with Cameron) has House mention "If he's gonna do this, he's gonna do this for love", referencing the MeatLoaf song, what with him being the guest star.

* In "Two Stories", House [[UnreliableNarrator fills his story]] to the fifth grade class with obvious film references, including ''Film/PulpFiction'', ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968'' and ''Film/ThunderboltAndLightfoot'', and also quotes from ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''. Each time the same kid calls him on it.

* In "The Jerk", a patient mocks Australian doctor Robert Chase by repeatedly calling him "SkippyTheBushKangaroo" or simply "Skippy".
* To ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid in Season 7, Episode 15 with Cuddy's Bolivian Army dream sequence.
* To various zombie movies, trippy musicals a la ''MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', ''TwoAndAHalfMen'', and fifties family dom-coms.

* The Season 6 premiere episode, "Broken", is a freaking ''Scream Out At The Top of Your Lungs'' to ''OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.

* In "Two Stories", House [[UnreliableNarrator fills his story]] to the fifth grade class with obvious film references, including ''Film/PulpFiction'', ''TheThomasCrownAffair'' and ''ThunderboltAndLightfoot'', and also quotes from ''AFewGoodMen'' and ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''. Each time the same kid calls him on it.