History ShoutOut / ProvenGuilty

* Darby Crane, [[spoiler:Madrigal Raith's horror movie director-persona, feeds on fear]]. Sounds like a reference to ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''s Scarecrow, Jonathan Crane, who specializes in evoking and manipulating fear in people, or to [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow Ichabod Crane]], whose name inspired the Scarecrow.

* Having to crawl out the ''Blue Beetle'''s window after it's run off the road spurs Harry to reference ''TheDukesOfHazzard'' to Murphy and himself.

* Thomas mocks Madrigal in his best [[DudleyDoRight Snidely Whiplash]] villain voice.

* Asked if he's ever heard about yogis, Rawlins remembers Yogi Berra and YogiBear.

* Lydia Stern wears a {{Queensryche}} T-shirt.

* Discussing the Black Council with Ebenezar, Harry quips that it's a better name for the unseen troublemakers who've been stirring up problems since the series began than the [[{{Superfriends}} Legion of Doom]].

* Harry and Thomas exchange ''TheSixMillionDollarMan'' references.

* Harry creates a whirlwind the same way as ''TheMightyThor''.

* Meeting director Darby Crane inevitably brings up a couple of ''DarbyOGillAndTheLittlePeople'' references.

* Murphy's ex, Rick the FBI agent, wears a tie with [[LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]]'s picture on it.

* Harry avoids mentioning his Little Chicago project because having a scale model of the city in his basement "projects a little too much of that evil, LexLuthor vibe."

* Darby Crane, [[spoiler:Madrigal Raith's horror movie director-persona, feeds on fear]]. Sounds like a reference to ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''s Scarecrow, Jonathan Crane, who specializes in evoking and manipulating fear in people.

* Darby Crane, [[spoiler:Madrigal Raith's horror movie director-persona, feeds on fear]]. Sounds like a reference to ''{{Batman}}'''s Scarecrow, Jonathan Crane, who specializes in evoking and manipulating fear in people.

** The sword she wields would have been at home on the set of ''ConanTheBarbarian''.
** Thomas, once geared up similarly, looks like a high-fashion version of ''TheRoadWarrior''.
* Busting into the fetch-occupied movie theater, Harry announces: [[TheyLive "And I'm all outta bubble gum!"]]

* Arctis Tor is like the Tower of London, the [[{{Superman}} Fortress of Solitude]], Fort Knox and Alcatraz combined.

* Molly cites the [[Literature/TheBible The Parable of the Talents]] to Charity. Harry cites StanLee and ''SpiderMan'' as a more concise way of saying the same thing.

* Detective Greene, according to Harry, is the sort of skeptic who watches ''[[TVDocumentary Nova]]'' and subscribes to ''NationalGeographic''.

* Faced with an awkward social encounter, Harry longs to [[CartoonPhysics conjure a hole, hide inside, and pull it in after himself]], like BugsBunny. He quotes Bugs's "left turn at Albequerque" CatchPhrase.

* The phobophages mostly take on the role of generic horror movie monsters. One, however, is quite obviously the Xenomorph from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''. Others are {{Captain Ersatz}}es of Jason, Chucky, and {{Pumpkinhead}}.

* Discussing the Black Council with Ebenezar, Harry quips that it's a better name for the unseen troublemakers who've been stirring up problems since the series began than the [[{{Superfriends}} Legion of Doom]].

** Finding that [[spoiler: somebody else already attacked the place]], Murphy makes a "Literature/ThreeLittlePigs" reference.

** He also [[Theater/JuliusCeasar cries havoc]] while blasting the Xenomorph-phobophage.

* A pleading phone call from Nelson forces Harry to weigh Literature/TheColdEquations of survival, in choosing whether to go help Molly's boyfriend or remain at the convention.

* Harry's musings over whether to leave the convention to help Nelson or stick around to protect its attendees have him consider Literature/TheColdEquations of survival.

* Harry jokes with Michael that maybe he should [[KingArthur stick ''Fidelacchius'' in a big rock and leave it on the White House lawn]].

* Harry creates a whirlwind in the manner of Marvel comics' ''TheMightyThor'', and it is more than a little reminiscent of Thor himself.

** Combined with a TakeThat to the ''ChildsPlay'' films, in the case of [[NightmareRetardant Bucky the Murder Doll]].