History ShoutOut / Superjail

* In "Special Needs", Alice's montage of flashbacks to her pre-Superjail life includes her brutally beating up an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/Jem Jem]] in a bar.

* In "Special Needs", Alice's montage of flashbacks to her pre-Superjail life includes her brutally beating up an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms Jem]] in a bar.

** One of Paul's personal belongings given back to him for his release (and which he wears throughout the climax of the episode) is a red-and-black vinyl jacket from [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson]]'s music video for ''Music/Thriller''.

* "Sticky Discharge": Paul is seen reading his favorite vampire romance novel, ''[[{{Literature/Twilight}} Moonlight]]''.

* "Cold-Blooded": a number of prisoners are wearing Music/{{Slipknot}} masks and two are painted up like the ''Music/InsaneClownPosse''; the psychopath brought to Superjail by mistake is based on Ed Gein. The episode also features both Andrew Wyeth's oft-parodied painting "Christina's World" as scenery and [[StarWars Wampas]] in Superjail's cellar.

* The Twins wear outfits that are similar to the Sandman uniforms from ''Film/LogansRun''. These were intentional, as Stephen Warbrick liked the look of the uniform and the creators wanted to have the Twins have an obvious sort of '70s glam and sci-fi look to them.

* "Mayhem Donor": There is a part where the Superjail staff and some of the inmates fight the giant spare body part abomination using a giant mecha which has a bunch of drills come out of it, ala TengenToppaGurrenLagann. [[http://guts-n-effort.deviantart.com/art/Superjail-Animation-1-288993583 An animator confirms the reference.]]

* "Hotchick": the premise of the episode, a shape-shifting alien hunter coming to Earth to find and kill a rare but dangerous species, is similar to the one of ''Film/{{Critters}}''.

** A pop-art comic titled "Sir and Miss" that Jailbot and Jacknife travel through is meant to be a parody of Roy Lichtenstein's artwork (and the man in it appears to be ''Jacknife'').

* "Vacation" has a blink-and-you'll-miss reference to Alice Cooper's album cover for "Muscle of Love". If you look at the poses of some of the inmate on the ship, they're mimicking the poses of the band members.

* The Twins wear outfits that are similar to the Sandman uniforms from ''Logan's Run''. These were intentional, as Stephen Warbrick liked the look of the uniform and the creators wanted to have the Twins have an obvious sort of '70s glam and sci-fi look to them.
* The centaur-pegasus thing that the Warden sometimes is riding looks very similar to Mrs. Whatsit from ''AWrinkleInTime''. [[http://dasnewsnetwork.tumblr.com/post/48716026271 Christy Karacas confirms the resemblance.]]

** The [[http://video.adultswim.com/superjail/four-hearts-was-one-too-many.html ending music]] to the episode (at 0:52) references the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw6w0iF94ew "Shenhua"]] from the video game {{Shenmue}}, done in a slightly different key and a few notes left out (and only referencing the first few seconds or so).
** The Doctor forces an inmate to view images in a way almost reminiscent of AClockworkOrange (although with much more torture involved).

* "Cold-Blooded": a number of prisoners are wearing Music/{{Slipknot}} masks and two are painted up like the Music/InsaneClownPosse; the psychopath brought to Superjail by mistake is based on Ed Gein. The episode also features both Andrew Wyeth's oft-parodied painting "Christina's World" as scenery and [[StarWars Wampas]] in Superjail's cellar.
* "Don't Be a Negaton": in the space-dust induced hallucination, the Twins ride in a YellowSubmarine. The weird aesthetics of the MushroomSamba are also reminiscent of the film.

* The Time Police (in the two-part season finale of the same name) were based on Cheap Trick's "Dream Police," with the helmets from BubblegumCrisis.

* The Twins wear outfits that are similar to the sandman uniforms from ''Logan's Run''.

** One "Outer World" [[http://tayliquor.tumblr.com/post/19317825400/superjail-episode-7-jailbot-2-0-this-intro-was]] features Andy Warhol, having painted a bunch of Jailbot faces on a canvas.

** Another frame in the opening shows a parody of [=McDonald's=] called "MagDaggots", with maggots all feasting upon a rotting fox carcass.

** One of the "Outer Worlds" in the opening sequence is the Sphinx's Gate from ''TheNeverEndingStory''.

* Alice and Mistress's sex montage in "Stingstress" references Vince Collins' '82 short film ''"Malice in Wonderland"''.

* The basis for the dream organ was lifted from ''The5000FingersOfDrT''.
* The Time Police were based on Cheap Trick's "Dream Police," with the helmets from BubblegumCrisis.
* The whole [[http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951df2bc7b011e085013de023f legend of War-denn]] is a reference to the legend of El-ahrairah from ''WatershipDown''.
* Compare the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TippleMaster.png cell]] the Master is being held in during his trial in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' MadeForTVMovie to the [[http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951dce8f83011dd52a1e2f01c1 cell]] the Warden is in during ''his'' trial.
* "Cold-Blooded": a number of prisoners are wearing Music/{{Slipknot}} masks and two are painted up like the Music/InsaneClownPosse; the psychopath brought to Superjail by mistake is based on Ed Gein. The episode also features both Andrew Wyeth's oft-parodied painting "Christina's World" as scenery and [[StarWars Wampas]] in Superjail's cellar.
* "Don't Be a Negaton": in the space-dust induced hallucination, the Twins ride in a YellowSubmarine. The weird aesthetics of the MushroomSamba are also reminiscent of the film.
* In the first episode, the Warden seems to sing a particularly off-key parody of "Love Shack" by the B-52's (titled "Party Bar"). It took this troper a few viewings to even recognize it.
** A bumper before the original airing of the episode had stated that the creative team had planned to use the actual song, but could not clear the rights. The animatic reel on the season 1 DVD contains David Wain's original recorded dialogue where he could be heard singing the first few lines.

* "Mayhem Donor": There is a part where the Superjail staff and some of the inmates fight the giant spare body part abomination using a giant mecha which has a bunch of drills come out of it, TengenToppaGurrenLagann perhaps?
** [[http://guts-n-effort.deviantart.com/art/Superjail-Animation-1-288993583 Confirmed!]]

** Although their shape is different, the overall color scheme and robot-like behavior of the Triplets' drone aliens seem to evoke the Metal Men from the film ''Animation/{{Gandahar}}''. The aliens that the Triplets are shown invading resemble some of the mutant aliens shown in the film as well, down to the multiple breasts.

** Although their shape is different, the overall color scheme and robot-like behavior of the Triplets' drone aliens seem to evoke the Metal Men from the film ''Animation/Gandahar''. The aliens that the Triplets are shown invading resemble some of the mutant aliens shown in the film as well, down to the multiple breasts.

** Fantastic Planet is visually referenced yet again in the false world that the Twins create with their illusions, along with taking some influence from the artist Moebius.

*** The ending theme to the episode is also a rearrangement of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOnJCRyCsM4 Deshominisation]], one of the BGM pieces in the film.

* "Vacation" has a blink-and-you'll-miss reference to Alice Cooper's album cover for "Muscle of Love". If you look at the posts of some of the inmate on the ship, they're mimicking the poses of the band members.

* "Planet Radio" begins with "[[Film/GoodMorningVietnam Goooood Mooorning Superjail!]]" and goes on to spoof {{MTV}}, ''{{Cats}}'', talk shows and children's programmes a la ''SesameStreet'' among other things.

* "Sticky Discharge": Paul is seen reading his favorite vampire romance novel, ''[[{{Literature/Twilight}} Moonlit]]''.