History ShoutOut / InCryptid

* Sarah likes watching mathematical television shows like ''Series/Numb3rs'' and ''Series/SquareOne''.

* 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]].

* In ''My Last Name'', Verity compares her mom's appearance to [[Series/TheBradyBunch Carol Brady]].

* 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]].

* Annie likens the show floor opening up to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Wonka's chocolate factory]].

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

* In ''Waking Up in Vegas'', Dominic pulls apart the lyrics of "[[Music/JohnnyCash Folsom Prison Blues]]":
-->'''Dominic:''' Why would you shoot a man just to watch him die? If you shoot a man, it should be because you want that man dead. Shooting him simply to see what happens is a waste of both bullets and a good opponent. It makes no sense.
* In ''Waking Up in Vegas'', the Aeslin mice watch the [=VH1=] Video Countdown and try to match Music/TaylorSwift's dance moves. Later on, they watch a ''Series/LawAndOrder'' marathon.

** In ''Calculated Risks'', Sarah mentions that "[[Franchise/StarWars Many Bothans died to bring us these plans.]]"
* Sarah mentions that the landscape in the "giant bug dimension" at night feels like {{Mordor}}.
** Timpani mentions the Stalk from ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' after meeting a [[TsuchigumoAndJorogumo cryptid]] who looks an awful lot like the character.

* The Covenant uses Film/MenInBlack as a reference point and a method of making their goals accessible to modern day recruits.

* In ''Calculated Risks'', Antimony mentions that the dimension they're trapped in "plays by ''Series/DoctorWho'' rules", with normal gravity and a [[NoBiochemicalBarriers/AllAtmospheresAreEqual breathable atmosphere]].

* The intro for one of the chapters in ''Calculated Risks'' gives the setting as "the classroom where this [[Literature/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay terrible, awful, no-good, seemingly endless day]] began".

* This conversation in ''Calculated Risks'':

* At the climax of ''Calculated Risks'', Sarah tells James she's feeling like the geophysicists in ''Film/TheCore'', and then has to explain to him what the movie's about.

* The novella ''Singing the Comic-Con Blues'' has ''so'' many, as you'd expect:
** "I am what happens when nerds are allowed to marry nerds and thus produce even ''more'' nerds, like nerdiness squared, like what happens when Seymour from ''[[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors Little Shop]]'' is allowed to hook up with Jordan from ''Film/RealGenius''. And if you got both those references, odds are good that [[JustForFun/OneOfUs you're a nerd, too]]."
** Artie jokingly suggests ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' as a solution to the siren problem.
** Antimony talks about Alex's membership in the UsefulNotes/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism in the exposition.
** "As if reading comics were anything unusual in a world where ''Film/IronMan'' is still breaking merchandising and box office records."
** "[[Series/{{Leverage}} Age of the geek, baby.]]"
** The Aeslin mice completely clear any leftover food from plates, described as one of their more Film/{{Cinderella}}-esque attributes.
** Once they get to Seattle, Sarah points out a cosplayer dressed as [[ComicBook/XMen Marvel Girl]], another telepath.
** Antimony cosplays as [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] (or at least a generic tomb-raiding female AdventurerArchaeologist). Sarah cosplays as a Jedi, appropriate for someone using {{Jedi Mind Trick}}s to get into the convention.
** Annie likens the show floor opening up to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Wonka's chocolate factory]].
* The field guide mentions that the Angler Tortoise may have inspired the Graboids of ''Film/{{Tremors}}''.

** Annie likens the show floor opening up to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Wonka's chocolate factory]].

* An obscure reference to another filker: "Emerald Green" is a Pegasus-winning song. The writer of "Emerald Green" also has a song about a Siren making a living as a singer.

** Antimony cosplays as [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] (or at least a generic tomb-raiding female AdventurerArchaeologist). Sarah cosplays as a Jedi, appropriate for someone using {{Jedi Mind Trick}}s to get into the convention.

* The two cuckoos in the family are Angela Baker and Sarah Zellaby, referencing Angela Zellaby from ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos''. This, like their psi-etiquette, chosen from ''Series/BabylonFive'', is an in-universe character choice.

** "[[Series/{{Leverage}} Age of the geek, baby.]]"

* When Mark is explaining to the Johrlac children that Greg the GiantSpider is friendly and Sarah rides him, one of them asks, "Like [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower She-ra and Swift Wind]]?"

* "In this case, the zombies really ''did'' want to eat brains, they just wanted to eat them on a psychic level rather than a physical one, which would be no more pleasant for their targets than the [[Film/LivingDeadSeries Romero method]]."

* "It's not a horrible, life-threatening situation if we don't have to [[ScoobyDoobyDoors run back and forth across an easily drawn space]] like we're characters on ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''."

** Antimony describes herself as not wanting to Creator/DrewBarrymore herself in a reference to Film/NeverBeenKissed.

* "Maybe we accidentally pulled a [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Dorothy]] and [[ItMakesSenseInContext dropped a university campus on somebody's sister]]."

* The Bat Boy from National Enquirer fame is an actual cryptid in this 'verse.

* In ''Calculated Risks'', Antimony mentions that the dimension they're trapped in "plays by ''Series/DoctorWho'' rules", with normal gravity and a [[NoBiochemicalBarriers/AllAtmospheresAreEqual breathable atmosphere]].

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

** [[spoiler:Timpani mentions]] the Stalk from ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' after meeting a [[TsuchigumoAndJorogumo cryptid]] who looks an awful lot like the character.

* Antimony ends up hitchhiking on a lonely stretch of road, like the end scene of every episode of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''.