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** Gant may also be a shout-out to [[VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney another]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass seemingly-harmless old man]] with the same name.

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** Gant may also be a shout-out to [[VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney another]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass seemingly-harmless old man]] with the same name.
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** Gant may also be a shout-out to [[VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney another]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass seemingly-harmless old man]] [[NamesTheSame with the same name]].

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** Gant may also be a shout-out to [[VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney another]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass seemingly-harmless old man]] [[NamesTheSame with the same name]].name.
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** There's an earlier {{Superman}} reference in ''Playing With Fire'', where Valkyrie comments that Dusk ripping off his human skin is similar to how Clark Kent rips off his shirt.

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** There's an earlier {{Superman}} Superman reference in ''Playing With Fire'', where Valkyrie comments that Dusk ripping off his human skin is similar to how Clark Kent rips off his shirt.
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* [[spoiler: Darquesse]] mentions flying like {{Superman}}.

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* [[spoiler: Darquesse]] mentions flying like {{Superman}}.Franchise/{{Superman}}.
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* Valkyrie is worried about [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk "hulking out"]] in book six.

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* Valkyrie is worried about [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk "hulking out"]] in book six.
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* The book "Until the End" is dedicated to Tony Stark and Natasha Romanov for their actions in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The book ends with the message "Skulduggery Pleasant Will Return", similar to the messages that end many Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse solo films.
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* Clarabelle and Thrasher/Gerald hum "that song from Disney/{{Frozen}}."

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* Clarabelle and Thrasher/Gerald hum "that song from Disney/{{Frozen}}.WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}."
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* When Fletcher see Nero wearing a black trench coat, he tells him he looks like he read ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' and raised his parents wardrobe.
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* Valkyrie names her dog Xena after ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''.
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* Aurnia talks about music her family enjoys since coming to Skulduggery's dimension. She mentions ''Music/TheBeatles'', ''Music/TheMonkees'' and ''Music/FrankSinatra''.
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* When Colleen asks Omen for help getting away from Abyssinia, she says "Help us Omen-One Kenobi. You're our only hope". A nod to Princess Leia's in the first ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, ''Film/ANewHope''.
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* In ''Bedlam'' when they meet Cherise, Skulduggery says the Irish Sanctuary hasn't had much luck with administrators and compares them to the drummers from ''Music/SpinalTap''.

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* In ''Bedlam'' when they meet Cherise, Skulduggery says the Irish Sanctuary hasn't had much luck with administrators and compares them to the drummers from ''Music/SpinalTap''.''Film/SpinalTap''.

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* When they see what Cadaverous Gant has done to the Midnight Hotel, Temper compares it to the [=TARDIS=] from ''Franchise/DoctorWho''

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* When they see what Cadaverous Gant has done to the Midnight Hotel, Temper compares it to the [=TARDIS=] from ''Franchise/DoctorWho''''Franchise/DoctorWho''.
* In ''Bedlam'' when they meet Cherise, Skulduggery says the Irish Sanctuary hasn't had much luck with administrators and compares them to the drummers from ''Music/SpinalTap''.
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* In ''Midnight'' when Rosemary offers Valkyrie a cup of tea, her husband Pádraig says "Go on, go on" as a nod to Mrs Doyle from ''Series/FatherTed''.
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* "We're not [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] and Series/{{Angel}}, OK? We're not RomeoAndJuliet. We're not those guys in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. We're not even [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward and Bella]]."

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* "We're not [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] and Series/{{Angel}}, OK? We're not RomeoAndJuliet.Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet. We're not those guys in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. We're not even [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward and Bella]]."
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** The same Necromancer says, [[LordOfTheRings "You shall not pass!"]] when he confronts them.

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** The same Necromancer says, [[LordOfTheRings [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing "You shall not pass!"]] when he confronts them.
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* One of the words used to [[spoiler: open the Crucible]] was "[[LordOfTheRings Mellon]]".

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* One of the words used to [[spoiler: open the Crucible]] was "[[LordOfTheRings "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mellon]]".
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** While less likely, that one could ''also'' be a reference to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'', where a skilled fighter who is nonetheless clueless with swords is told "The blunt end goes in your hand and the sharp end goes in the other person... don't get them mixed up."

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** While less likely, that one could ''also'' be a reference to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'', where a skilled fighter who is nonetheless clueless with swords is told "The blunt end goes in your hand and the sharp end goes in the other person... don't get them mixed up.enemy...remember which end is which."
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* Valkyrie is worried about [[TheIncredibleHulk "hulking out"]] in book six.

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* Valkyrie is worried about [[TheIncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk "hulking out"]] in book six.
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* In the same book, Tanith quotes {{The Untouchables}} and is rather annoyed when nobody else gets the reference.

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* In the same book, Tanith quotes {{The Untouchables}} ''Film/TheUntouchables'' and is rather annoyed when nobody else gets the reference.
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* The CthulhuMythos are discussed several times.

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* The CthulhuMythos are Franchise/CthulhuMythos is discussed several times.
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* Numerous references to all the famous dragons in fiction when Valkyrie and the Monster Hunters think of a name for the dragon living in Gordon's caves, including [[Main/TheHobbit Smaug,]] [[Main/ASongOfIceAndFire Drogon,]] [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Fin Fang Foom,]] and [[WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon Puff.]]

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* Numerous references to all the famous dragons in fiction when Valkyrie and the Monster Hunters think of a name for the dragon living in Gordon's caves, including [[Main/TheHobbit [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug,]] [[Main/ASongOfIceAndFire [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Drogon,]] [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Fin Fang Foom,]] and [[WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon Puff.]]
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* "Not many folks get to pull a gun on me, man. Most who try end up {{deader than disco}}."
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* The following exchange from the first book:
-->'''Valkyrie's mother:''' I love you.
-->'''Valkyrie:''' [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack I know.]]

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* "Not many folks get to pull a gun on me, man. Most who try end up {{deader than disco}}."
* "Oh, I'm not one of the chosen few who are lucky enough to hear the voice of [[Literature/{{TheTellTaleHeart}} the telltale heart]]."

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