History ShoutOut / InCryptid

* Elsie says Annie would be happy if she was "that dude on ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' who [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast lived through the bomb being dropped and then had all the books in the world and no one to tell him to put them down]]". Annie points out that he [[TwilightZoneTwist broke his glasses]].

* The Aeslin mice completely clear any leftover food from plates, described as one of their more Film/{{Cinderella}}-esque attributes.

* Annie picks her fake last name "Thompson" because it's the last name of the protagonist from ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet''.

* ''Series/LandOfTheLost'': Verity refers to an unknown creature as a Sleestak until she finds out what it really is.

* Alex describes Sarah giving the Covenant agents LaserGuidedAmnesia in the previous book as convincing them that the inhabitants of New York [[Film/StarWars were not the droids they were looking for]].

* When Kevin tells her he wants her to "be part of the world", she says he's "coming dangerously close to reciting lyrics from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid''".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Verity [[GenreSavvy specifically calls out the villain]] for [[CaughtMonologuing monologuing]].

* Alice notes that Sally is "[[Literature/{{Dune}} walking without rhythm so she won't attract the worm]]" (actually a giant mole, which may eat giant worms.

* When they're heading to meet Kenneth, Alice says they're "[[[[Film/TheWizardOfOz off to see the wizard]]", and she describes the aftermath of Sarah's teleportation of the university campus as "going full Dorothy".

%%* ''Film/SuperMarioBros'': you'll know the scene when you get to it.

* Sarah calls her occasional PinocchioSyndrome a "Blue Fairy impulse".

* Verity quotes the sages: "[[Music/TheRollingStones you can't always get what you want]]."

* She compares Sally and the other guards' armor to ''Film/MadMax'' costumes.

* Verity is thankful that her grandmother took shots at The Boob Fairy[[note]]a song by Deirdre Flint[[/note]], resulting in the girls of the family being modestly endowed.

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* In ''IM'', Artie compares Johrlac to [[ComicBook/TheBroodSaga the Brood]].

** In ''Calculated Risks'', Sarah mentions how much [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen Stacy]]'s supporting cast must hate her fondness for WallCrawling.

* After waking from sedation, Elsie Harrington acknowledges she's getting her faculties back by [[Film/KillBill wiggling her big toe]].

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* Fran calls Eleanor "[[Literature/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Bitch of the West]]", and compares [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Heloise]] to Literature/SnowWhite.

* Elsie says Annie would be happy if she was "that dude on ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' who [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E8TimeEnoughAtLast lived through the bomb being dropped and then had all the books in the world and no one to tell him to put them down]]". Annie points out that he [[TwilightZoneTwist broke his glasses]].