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* The cutting edge video game in "Game Slave 2" is a clear homage to ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''.

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* The cutting edge video game in "Game Slave 2" is a clear homage to ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''.''Literature/VampireHunterD''.
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** Tak's design itself looks like Nny from ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'', another one of Jhonen's characters.

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** * Tak's design itself looks like Nny from ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'', another one of Jhonen's characters.

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** GIR shouting "My vision is impaired!" in ''GIR goes crazy and stuff'' is also a reference to the Daleks.



* The "My vision is impaired!" GIR shouts out in ''GIR goes crazy and stuff'' is also a reference to the Daleks.
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* Zim occasionally rides GIR in dog form in an extremely similar manner to the [Franchise/MegaMan Rush Jet]].

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* Zim occasionally rides GIR in dog form in an extremely similar manner to the [Franchise/MegaMan [[Franchise/MegaMan Rush Jet]].
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* Zim occasionally rides GIR in dog form in an extremely similar manner to the [Franchise/MegaMan Rush Jet]].
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"So, Creator/{{Jhonen|Vasquez}}, was that your [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY oh-]][[{{Homage}} mahg]] to... ?"

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"So, Creator/{{Jhonen|Vasquez}}, was that your [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY [[PretentiousPronunciation oh-]][[{{Homage}} mahg]] to... ?"
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** GIR is dressed as a Xenomorph in the Halloween episode's opening.

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** GIR is dressed as a Xenomorph in the Halloween episode's HalloweenEpisode's opening.
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* The black robots floating about the auditorium in "Voting of the Doomed" look eerily like the Death Star torture droid from StarWars.

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* The black robots floating about the auditorium in "Voting of the Doomed" look eerily like the Death Star torture droid from StarWars.Franchise/StarWars.
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* Zim naming one of his robot bodyguards 'Lawrence' in Enter the Florpus, appears to be a reference to ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', in which the Joker also refers to one of his henchman as Lawrence. Zim even uses the exact same inflection when calling the name out.
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* The "[[BrainWashed brainwashing]]" of the robot parents in "Parent Teacher Night" is a blatant reference to ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.

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* The "[[BrainWashed brainwashing]]" programming]]" of the robot parents in "Parent Teacher Night" is a blatant reference to ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
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* The Girly Rangers' color schemes in "The Girl Who Cried Gnome" are reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''; Moofy has a red dress and orange hair (resembling Blossom), while the other three have a blue dress and blonde hair (Bubbles), green dress and black hair (Buttercup) and purple dress and brown hair (Bunny, the fourth girl from the episode "Twisted Sister").
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* In Issue #4, one of the things that Zim has to do to "charge the weapon" is to [[Film/DrStrangelove ride it as it falls through the air while wearing a cowboy hat]].
* Issue #5 of the comic series goes into almost ReferenceOverdosed territory with its shout outs to various video games, starting with the title "The UsefulNotes/HumbleBundle of Horrors" and continuing with:
** An unnamed ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' parody
** ''[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac The Binding of Bleep Bloop]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Soldier of Doody]] [[SequelSnark 25]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Dank Souls]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/MarioKart Bloatyo Kart 9]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Puzhole]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Critter Debt Simulator]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/AngryBirds Angry Turds]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Meat Gear Solid 13]]'' (with Dib as "Big Burger")
* In Issue 8, the space pants hatch from what look like either [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph eggs]] or [[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers body snatcher pods]]. And speaking of the latter, when Dib is first being chased through the skool by the pants-possessed, in one panel a man who looks like Creator/DonaldSutherland's character in the 70s version points at him and screeches, a iconic action of the aliens in that movie.
* When Zim declares himself the new Burrito King in Issue 18, he demands the first of his new "minions" [[Film/TheGodfather kiss his (burrito) ring]].
** When the real Burrito King comes back to reclaim his restaurant, he now has the power to control beans, with his followers calling him "[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the last beanbender]]" ([[LampshadeHanging though he specifically says]] [[SerialNumbersFiledOff that they're not copying that]]). And then the last page of the comic shows a poster for a [[Film/TheLastAirbender movie adaptation]] of his adventures directed by [[Creator/MNightShyamalan M. Nob Shoobadoo]], whose lead [[TakeThat looks nothing like the original character]].
* The title of Issue 21's story is "Merciless Monday", which is a clear reference to ''Literature/FreakyFriday'', which the issue's story is based on.
** At one point in the same issue, Dib hallucinates a group of mini-[=GIRs=] asking him to "[[Film/TheShining come play with us forever]]".
** The mind-swapping device is called the "Bizmarkian Mind Swapper," an obvious reference to Biz Markie.
* [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny]] appears in the background of a panel in Issue 36.
* Zim's plan is Issue 37 is clearly based on ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* If you look in "Halloween Spectacular of Doom", one of the people in town can be seen dressed as [[ComicBook/CaptainUnderpants Captain Underpants.]]

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* If you look in "Halloween Spectacular of Doom", one of the people in town can be seen dressed as [[ComicBook/CaptainUnderpants [[Literature/CaptainUnderpants Captain Underpants.]]



** The mind-swapping device is called the "Bizmarkian Mind Swapper," an obvious reference to Music/BizMarkie.

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** The mind-swapping device is called the "Bizmarkian Mind Swapper," an obvious reference to Music/BizMarkie.Biz Markie.
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* You can see [[SamAndMax Max's]] head on one of Zim's walls.

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* You can see [[SamAndMax [[Franchise/SamAndMax Max's]] head on one of Zim's walls.
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** The mind-swapping device is called the "Bizmarkian Mind Swapper," an obvious reference to Music/BizMarkie.
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* In "Dark Harvest," Mrs. Bitters tells Zim he can't leave class without his hall pass, which turns out to be an electronic collar. She warns him it will [[Literature/BattleRoyale explode if he leaves school grounds]].
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* [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny]] appears in the background of a panel in Issue 36.
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* Zim's plan is Issue 37 is clearly based on ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* The title of Issue 21's story is "Merciless Monday", which is a clear reference to ''Film/FreakyFriday'', which the issue's story is based on.

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* The title of Issue 21's story is "Merciless Monday", which is a clear reference to ''Film/FreakyFriday'', ''Literature/FreakyFriday'', which the issue's story is based on.
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Further information about Terminator reference in episode Bad Bad Rubber Piggy.

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** In addition, the fact that the temporal field rejects the battle robot (inorganic) from being teleported through time but accepts the rubber pig (organic) is also a reference to Terminator; in which the T-800 which are sent through time have organic tissue grown over their metal exoskeleton (and also humans) are able to pass through the temporal field but weapons like the Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle can't be sent through time.
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* In his human disguise, Zim wears a wig and contact lenses that cover his eyes completely, just as Music/DavidBowie's character in ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'' does. Although, Bowie's Thomas Jerome Newton is able to conceal his identity because his disguise is actually good, rather than Zim's working due to the sheer stupidity of the human race.

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* In his human disguise, Zim wears a wig and contact lenses that cover his eyes completely, just as Music/DavidBowie's character in ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'' ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' does. Although, Bowie's Thomas Jerome Newton is able to conceal his identity because his disguise is actually good, rather than Zim's working due to the sheer stupidity of the human race.
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* Gaz seems to be wearing an outfit extremely similiar to that of [[Squee! Pepito the Antichrist.]] The fact that they both have demonic powers makes it even more true.

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* Gaz seems to be wearing an outfit extremely similiar to that of [[Squee! Pepito the Antichrist.]] Antichrist, another character of Jhonen's. The fact that they both have freaky demonic powers makes it even more true.
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* Gaz seems to be wearing an outfit extremely similiar to that of [[ComicBook/Squee! Pepito the Antichrist.]] The fact that they both have demonic powers makes it even more true.

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* Gaz seems to be wearing an outfit extremely similiar to that of [[ComicBook/Squee! [[Squee! Pepito the Antichrist.]] The fact that they both have demonic powers makes it even more true.
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* Gaz seems to bare a resemblance to Pepito the Antichrist, given she seems to be wearing the same outfit. The fact that they both have demonic powers makes it even more true.

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* Gaz seems to bare a resemblance to Pepito the Antichrist, given she seems to be wearing an outfit extremely similiar to that of [[ComicBook/Squee! Pepito the same outfit. Antichrist.]] The fact that they both have demonic powers makes it even more true.

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