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* In "Stage Fright," Jenny and the other Tremorton High students being mesmerized by the deceptively beautiful appearance of the flame aliens that then proceed to attack them, and Jenny only being able to defeat them by not looking at them, references the Ark of the Covenant scene from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

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* In "Stage Fright," Jenny and the other Tremorton High students being mesmerized by the deceptively beautiful appearance of the flame aliens that then proceed to attack them, and Jenny only being able to defeat them by not looking at them, references the Ark of the Covenant TheArkOfTheCovenant scene from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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** Also in "Toying with Jenny," the scene of Tuck's Jenny figure crawling out of the trash and coming to life prematurely, leading Tuck to find it under one of the sofas and realize that it does not have any batteries installed as its ExorcistHead abruptly spins around 180 degrees to look at him, is an homage to [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chucky]] in both ''Film/ChildsPlay1988'' and ''Film/ChildsPlay3''.
* In "Stage Fright," Jenny and the other Tremorton High students being mesmerized by the deceptively beautiful appearance of the flame aliens that then proceed to attack them, and Jenny only being able to defeat them by not looking at them, references the Ark of the Covenant scene from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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* Why does Vladimir/Mr. Scruffles and his fellow lab rats want revenge of Mrs. Wakeman? Because she altered their bodies to resemble MickeyMouse. And at the end of their debut, Wakeman holds up a ''familiar'' pair of pants for Vladimir to wear...

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* Why does Vladimir/Mr. Scruffles and his fellow lab rats want revenge of Mrs. Wakeman? Because she altered their bodies to resemble MickeyMouse.WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. And at the end of their debut, Wakeman holds up a ''familiar'' pair of pants for Vladimir to wear...
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* One episode has Jenny say that she needs to [[Series/DoctorWho “reverse the polarity”]].

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* One episode has Jenny say that she needs to [[Series/DoctorWho “reverse the polarity”]].polarity”]].
* The title card for "No Harmony With Melody" is done in the style of the ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' logo.
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* One of the episodes from the first season was titled "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]". Additionally, when Jenny ends up getting stuck in a nightmare mid-way through the episode, her surroundings look very Creator/DrSeuss-esque.

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* One of the episodes from the first season was titled "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]". Additionally, when Jenny ends up getting stuck in a nightmare mid-way through the episode, her surroundings look very Creator/DrSeuss-esque.Creator/DrSeuss-esque.
* One episode has Jenny say that she needs to [[Series/DoctorWho “reverse the polarity”]].
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* One of the episodes from the first episode was titled "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]". Additionally, when Jenny ends up getting stuck in a nightmare mid-way through the episode, her surroundings look very Creator/DrSeuss-esque.

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* One of the episodes from the first episode season was titled "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]". Additionally, when Jenny ends up getting stuck in a nightmare mid-way through the episode, her surroundings look very Creator/DrSeuss-esque.

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* In one episode, after Jenny is powered on, she says "Happy Birthday!" à la ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.

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* In one episode, after Jenny is powered on, she says "Happy Birthday!" à la ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.
* One of the episodes from the first episode was titled "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]". Additionally, when Jenny ends up getting stuck in a nightmare mid-way through the episode, her surroundings look very Creator/DrSeuss-esque.
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* Lancer - upon seeing Jenny's ridiculously big ears - quotes ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.

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* Lancer - upon seeing Jenny's ridiculously big ears - quotes ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
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* Vexus says [[Series/ThePrisoner "be seeing you"]] to Jenny in her first appearance, complete with the same hand gesture.

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* Vexus says [[Series/ThePrisoner [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 "be seeing you"]] to Jenny in her first appearance, complete with the same hand gesture.
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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis' father is actually ''Main/TheTramp'' from ''Film/ModernTimes''

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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis' father is actually ''Main/TheTramp'' from ''Film/ModernTimes''''Film/ModernTimes''
* In one episode, after Jenny is powered on, she says "Happy Birthday!" à la ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.
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* In "Around the World in 80 Pieces", there's a giant {{kaiju}} monster attacking a Japanese city. The monster has the same roar as Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.
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* When Jenny lands on Cluster Prime for the first time, she escapes a group of hostile junk-bots by hiding under [[Series/LostInSpace Robby the Robot]].

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* When Jenny lands on Cluster Prime for the first time, she escapes a group of hostile junk-bots by hiding under [[Series/LostInSpace [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robby the Robot]].
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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis's father is actually ''Main/TheTramp'' from ''Film/ModernTimes''

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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis's Travis' father is actually ''Main/TheTramp'' from ''Film/ModernTimes''
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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis's father is actually ''Main/TheTramp''from ''Film/ModernTimes''

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* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis's father is actually ''Main/TheTramp''from ''Main/TheTramp'' from ''Film/ModernTimes''
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* Brad proclaims to be [[Film/WhiteHeat "On top of the squirrel, ma!"]] in "Teen Team Time"

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* Brad proclaims to be [[Film/WhiteHeat "On top of the squirrel, ma!"]] in "Teen Team Time"Time"
* In "Weapons of Mass Distraction", Travis's father is actually ''Main/TheTramp''from ''Film/ModernTimes''
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* Brad proclaims to be [[Film/WhiteHeat "On top of the squirrel, ma!"]] "in Teen Team Time"

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* Brad proclaims to be [[Film/WhiteHeat "On top of the squirrel, ma!"]] "in Teen in "Teen Team Time"
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* After a robot takes control of Tuck's body he forces Brad to build him a snow fort after telling him [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle "You are not the boss of me now"]]

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* After a robot takes control of Tuck's body he forces Brad to build him a snow fort after telling him [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle "You are not the boss of me now"]]now"]]
* Brad proclaims to be [[Film/WhiteHeat "On top of the squirrel, ma!"]] "in Teen Team Time"
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* ''SweeneyTodd'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' in "A Robot For All Seasons" (with Jenny-Santa basically being a non-Egyptian Manga/GiantRobo).

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* ''SweeneyTodd'', ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' in "A Robot For All Seasons" (with Jenny-Santa basically being a non-Egyptian Manga/GiantRobo).



* In "The Puppet Bride", the boy that eventually finds Little Acorn looks identical to Lucas from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''.

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* In "The Puppet Bride", the boy that eventually finds Little Acorn looks identical to Lucas from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''.''VideoGame/Mother3''.
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* The show's ArtDeco aesthetics and spray-painted backgrounds drip with homage to ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', especially its posters.
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** That episode was also an allegory of the Soviet revolution; the leader's name is [[VladimirLenin Vladimir]], he speaks in a Russian accent, calls his fellow rats his "comrades", there's a Russian-style music score throughout the episode, and there's even a hammer and sickle in the episode's title card.

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** That episode was also an allegory of the Soviet revolution; the leader's name is [[VladimirLenin [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]], he speaks in a Russian accent, calls his fellow rats his "comrades", there's a Russian-style music score throughout the episode, and there's even a hammer and sickle in the episode's title card.
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* In "Historionics", Sheldon refers to Caesar as a [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure "salad dressing dude"]].

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* In "Historionics", Sheldon refers to Caesar as a [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure "salad dressing dude"]].

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** Lancer's design is inspired by [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/07/db/6d/07db6ddd7f652d7ebe738f404ceeb4eb.jpg the symbol]] of Creator/WalterLantz Studios, which depicts WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker dressed as a knight on a horse, as seen in the opening of many of their cartoons.



* Shout-outs to ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' in "Histrionics", and to ''SweeneyTodd'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' in "A Robot For All Seasons" (with Jenny-Santa basically being a non-Egyptian Manga/GiantRobo). "Escape From Cluster Prime" references the cat bus from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.

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* Shout-outs to ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' in "Histrionics", and to "Histrionics" with the plot being essentially Jurassic Park with historical figures instead of dinosaurs.
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''SweeneyTodd'', ''Film/RedDawn1984'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' in "A Robot For All Seasons" (with Jenny-Santa basically being a non-Egyptian Manga/GiantRobo). Manga/GiantRobo).
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"Escape From Cluster Prime" references the cat bus from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.
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* The bad guys in the first part of "Speak No Evil" are a reference to Zedd's putties (remember the giant frickin target on their chests?) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

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* The bad guys in the first part of "Speak No Evil" are a reference to Zedd's putties (remember the giant frickin target Z-Putties in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', in that they're both easily defeatable via obvious targets somewhere on their chests?) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.bodies.

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