History ShoutOut / SkulduggeryPleasant

* The Maleficent Seven references [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Indiana Jones; Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'s top men quiote, with "Top. People."

* Possibly to Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy with the tagline of book three- 'Do Panic' on the cover.

* Ghastly giving relationship advice to [[spoiler: Fletcher]] in the chapter 'The Wisdom of Leonard Cohen'. He quotes [[LeonardCohen I'm Your Man]], saying it's something a friend of his once said.

* Another in The Maleficent Seven, Saracen Rue [[Comicbook/{{X-Factor}} knows stuff]].
* "I watch things now. Shows. {{Gilmore Girls}}. Have you seen it? I watch the reruns on television. They talk so fast on that show. I've never known anyone to talk so fast, except on {{The West Wing}}. {{The Wire}}. I've watched that as well. Harrowing stuff, but I watched it. And {{Series/Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}. Now there was a show. Series/{{Firefly}}, too. Cancelled before its time, that one."

* Cadaverous Gant from ''The Dying of the Light'' is [[{{Seinfeld}} "master of his domain."]]

* There's a PosthumousCharacter named Trope in the third book. [[OneOfUs Coincidence? I think not.]]

* Darquesse' power levels and origin are explained by her being directly compared to [[TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix]].

* To TheBlairWitchProject in book four.

* Scapegrace, as a zombie [[spoiler: head in a jar]], notes that he had heard someone once say [[DoctorWho fezzes were cool.]]

* Darquesse's knowledge of swordplay consists of [[ASongOfIceAndFire "the pointy end goes in the other person".]]
** While less likely, that one could ''also'' be a reference to TerryPratchett's ''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."

* "The Dying of the Light" has one to {{Series/ArrestedDevelopment}} when [[spoiler:Darquesse says to Argeddion]], "Illusions Michael."
* Valkyrie quotes {{Series/StarTrek}} while impersonating Darquesse and names her dog Xena.

* "The Dying of the Light" has one to {{Series/AresstedDevelopment}} when [[spoiler:Darquesse says to Argeddion]], "Illusions Michael.

* "The Dying of the Light" has one to {{Series/Aressteddevelopment}} when [[spoiler:Darquesse says to Argeddion]], "Illusions Michael.

* "The Dying of the Light" has one to [[Series/Aressteddevelopment]] when [[spoiler:Darquesse says to Argeddion]], "Illusions Michael.

* The Maleficent Seven references [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Indiana Jones; Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'s top men quote, with "Top. People."

* Another TV Tropes shout-out comes at the beginning of ''Kingdom of the Wicked'' with a discussion on [[SchrodingersButterfly whether a character is an insane man who thinks he's a butterfly or an insane butterfly who thinks he's a man.]]

* "Like [[SamuelLJackson Jules]], in ''Film/PulpFiction''?"

* The Maleficent Seven references [[Film/IndianaJonesRaidersOfTheLostArk]]'s top men quote, with "Top. People."

* "I watch things now. Shows. {{Gilmore Girls}}. Have you seen it? I watch the reruns on television. They talk so fast on that show. I've never known anyone to talk so fast, except on {{The West Wing}}. {{The Wire}}. I've watched that as well. Harrowing stuff, but I watched it. And {{Series/Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}. Now there was a show. Series/{{Firefly}}, too. Cancelled before its time, that one."

* Another in The Maleficent Seven, Saracen Rue [[Comicbook/X-Factor knows stuff]].