History ShoutOut / SlyCooper

* In Sly 3, when Bentley uses the Grapple-cam to lure a guard: "[[WelcomeBackKotter Up your nose with a rubber hose]]!

* In ''Time'', if you knock one of Toothpick's coyote mooks off a ledge, he'll [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner briefly flash a "Yipes!" sign before falling]].

* In the first game, the first stage's flashlight gaurds are listed as [[HPLovecraft "H.P. Squidcraft"]]

* In Sly 2, there is a tombstone readin [[VideoGame/RocketRobotOnWheels "R.I.P. Rocket"]]

* One of the shots of the Guru's training of Murray resembles [Franchise/[StarWars Yoda and Luke Skywalker]] training, with the Guru riding Murray's back.

* Collecting 50 Sly Masks will turn Sly's Cane into an [[RatchetAndClank OmniWrench]].

* In the fourth game, one of the treasures found in the Ice Age would remind you of a certain [[{{JakAndDaxter}} ottsel]]. And another one in Medieval England resembles a [[{{RatchetAndClank}} tiny robot]].
* One of the shots of the Guru's training of Murray resembles [[StarWars Yoda and Luke Skywalker]] training, with the Guru riding Murray's back.

* The Mz. Ruby boss fight in the first game seems to be a Shout Out to SpaceChannel5.

* For one, the game's overall design and look is heavily inspired by LooneyTunes. Designer Dave Madan described the visual development stage as "taking a walk through the Warner Bros. animation archives."

* In Sly 2, there is a tombstone readin [[RocketRobotOnWheels "R.I.P. Rocket"]]

* One of the shots of the Guru's training of Murray resembles [[StarWars Yoda and Luke Skywalker]] training, with the Guru riding Murray's back.

* In the fourth game, one of the treasures found in the Ice Age would remind you of a certain [[{{JakAndDaxter}} ottsel]]. And another one in Medieval England resembles a [[{{RatchetAndClank}} tiny robot]].

* Trophy names in Sly 4 reference Final Fantasy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Uncharted, Predator, Evil Dead, Rocky, and Call of Duty.

* If one were to download ''Bentley's Hackpack'', they would notice that the outside of "Bentley's Arcade" would remind you of an arcade run by [[Film/{{Tron}} a cheerful man]] [[Film/TronLegacy who's been missing for 20 years]].

* If one were to download ''Bentley's Hackpack'', they would notice that the outside of "Bentley's Arcade" would remind you of an arcade run by [[{{Tron}} a cheerful man]] [[{{TronLegacy}} who's been missing for 20 years]].

* ShoutOut: One of Sly's ancestors resembles CarmenSandiego. Carmelita wears an outfit reminiscent of Carmen's signature attire in the unlockable Goodbye My Sweet cartoon in Sly 3.
** In Sly 2, there is a tombstone readin [[RocketRobotOnWheels "R.I.P. Rocket"]]
** In Sly 3's Blood Bath Bay episode, there's a pirate who has some kind of serious problem with [[MonkeyIsland monkeys.]] In case that was too subtle, later in that same mission Sly has a battle of insults—though no swords are involved, and it doesn't have [[YouFightLikeACow the same sense of humor]] as the ones it's clearly referencing.
** The Mz. Ruby boss fight in the first game seems to be a Shout Out to SpaceChannel5.
** From a trailer for Thieves In Time, Bentley exclaims [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Holy Hand Grenade!]] when he discovers that the Moat Monster is a robot.
** The first time the Cooper van disappears through time in the game's prologue is like that of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', complete with leaving behind its license plate spinning.
** In the first mission with Bentley in Sly 4, he breaks into a sewer to shut down a museum's security. [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles He then mentions that he hasn't been down there since he was a teenager]].
** In Sly 4 during the side-scrolling shooter version of Bentley's hacking sequences, Bentley's avatar is a buffed-up version of himself wielding guns a la Rambo.
** Trophy names in Sly 4 reference Final Fantasy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Uncharted, Predator, Evil Dead, Rocky, and Call of Duty.
** Murray's training of Bob Cooper in Sly 4 pays a homage to the Rocky movies, and while you're training, Murray shouts quotes from movies like Dodgeball and Star Wars.

** At the end of Chapter 2 in Sly 4, the time-traveling van is seen tumbling through a blue time vortex, then getting struck by lightning, then tumbling faster through a fiery orange vortex — replicating the season 5-7A opening sequence of Doctor Who.
*** The music on the title screen, which also shows the van flying through the time vortex, is pretty much a SuspiciouslySimilarSong of the Doctor Who theme crossed with the Sly series main theme.

** In the first mission with Bentley in Sly 4, he breaks into a sewer to shut down a museum's security. [[{{TMNT}} He then mentions that he hasn't been down there since he was a teenager]].

* If one were to download ''Bentley's Hackpack'', they would notice that the outside of "Bentley's Arcade" would remind you of an arcade run by [[{{Tron}} a cheerful man]] [[{{TronLegacy}} who's been missing for 20 years]].

** Similar to above collecting 60 Sly Masks will give turn the Cane into the [[VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}} Amp]].

** Similar to above collecting 60 Sly Masks will give turn the Cane into the [[InFamous Amp]].

** The first time the Cooper van disappears through time in the game's prologue is like that of BackToTheFuture, complete with leaving behind its license plate spinning.

* Collecting 50 Sly Masks will give Sly a new outfit, and turn is Cane into an [[RatchetAndClank OmniWrench]].

* ShoutOut: One of Sly's ancestors resembles Carmen Sandiego. Carmelita wears an outfit reminiscent of Carmen's signature attire in the unlockable Goodbye My Sweet cartoon in Sly 3.
** In Sly 2, there is a tombstone reading "R.I.P. Rocket"
** In Sly 3's Blood Bath Bay episode, there's a pirate who has some kind of serious problem with monkeys. In case that was too subtle, later in that same mission Sly has a battle of insults—though no swords are involved, and it doesn't have the same sense of humor as the ones it's clearly referencing.
** The Mz. Ruby boss fight in the first game seems to be a Shout Out to Space Channel 5.
** From a trailer for Thieves In Time, Bentley exclaims Holy Hand Grenade! when he discovers that the Moat Monster is a robot.

** At the end of Chapter 2 in Sly 4, the time-traveling van is seen tumbling through a blue time vortex, then getting struck by lightning, then tumbling faster through a fiery orange vortex — replicating the season 5-7A opening sequence of Doctor Who.