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* Leonard invents a mecha to attack his neighbor. It's obviously based on ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' which was a massive hit in francophone countries.

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* Yorick the skull is directly taken from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
* The red-and-white-checkered moon rocket from the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' albums ''Recap/TintinDestinationMoon'' and ''Recap/TintinExplorersOnTheMoon'' shows up in a few stories, one of which is titled ''Genius to the Moon'' (and appears in the album with the same name).
* Leonard invents a belt so he and Basile can travel fairy tale stories. They meet Literature/PussInBoots, the main characters from Literature/LittleRedRidingHood and the witch from Literature/HanselAndGretel. They also find the Literature/SleepingBeauty's castle.
* Leonard and Basile travel on a boat where the captain is WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}.
* One strip has Leonard inventing ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', which offends a pixelated alien.
* The second part of "Genius Wars" is called "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack The Genius Strikes Back]]".
* In the strip where Leonard invents fashion, he makes Basile wear costumes of [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Obelix]], ComicBook/{{Tintin}} and ComicBook/DonaldDuck.
* ComicBook/DonaldDuck makes a background cameo when Leonard and Basile ponder ideas for a cartoon.
* During a "Game where you are the hero", Basile comes across three doors whose labels are the opposite of ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' Movie titles: "[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Sedentaries of the found ark]]", "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom The blessed temple]]" (the French title of ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' translates to ''The Cursed Temple'') and "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade The first crusade]]".
* The first attempt at plastic surgery gives Basile [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Droopy]]'s head.
* Leonard builds a puppet that looks like Literature/{{Pinocchio}}.
* After two days of intense physical training, Basile looks like Franchise/{{Rambo}}. He also says that he would have liked to look like a [[Film/{{Rocky}} boxer]], referencing another Creator/SylvesterStallone role.
* When Basile howls like a wolf at the sight of a sexy Mathurine, Leonard asks him to stop because they might have problems with [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Tex Avery]].
* When Raoul's tail is lengthened, Yorick calls him the ComicBook/{{Marsupilami}}.
* Leonard calls Basile "The man who sleeps faster than his shadow" in reference to ComicBook/LuckyLuke's title of "The man who shoots faster than his shadow". Raoul even dons a cowboy outfit.
* When Raoul meets an alien, he asks "[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T. phone home?]]".
* When Leonard invents the newspaper, Basile imagines himself as Franchise/{{Tintin}}.
* Basile meets Literature/{{Pinocchio}} after being swallowed by a whale.
* The French title of the 34th comic "Docteur Génie et Mister Aïe" sounds like "[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde]]".
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