History ShoutOut / TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy

* [[WordOfGod The creators of the show claimed]] that ''Big Boogey Adventure'' special was an indirect shout out to ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', since like Wrath of Kahn, a minor, one-time villain makes a comeback in a movie length special.

The Dinobonoids from "Fiend is Like Friend Without the "R"" and "Toys Will be Toys" are a parody of DINOSAUCERS.

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* Before Billy eats a raw egg, he says "Look! I'm [[Franchise/Rocky Rocky Balboa!]]

* The episode "Hurter Monkey" contains a lot of them; you've got the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Film/TheMatrix, Creator/JohnWoo (with DisturbedDoves and DualWielding), Grim's [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken-esque]] attorney Harvey as mentioned below, ''{{Film/Se7en}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Also Dickie at one point calls Grim [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].

* Mandy's line, "We accept you. We accept you. One of us." is a shout-out to the lyrics of "Pinhead" by the Ramones, itself a shout-out to the 1932 film ''Freaks''.

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* The first time we meet Baron Von Ghoulish in the Christmas Special (voiced by MalcolmMcDowell) he's [[Film/AClockworkOrange humming "Singing in the Rain"]].

* "You kids [[BedknobsAndBroomsticks ruined half of me bedknobs and all of me broomsticks."]]
* "Billy and Mandy Begins" had {{Shout Out}}s to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''{{Film/Airplane}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}''. The title itself might also be a reference to ''Film/BatmanBegins'', since that episode aired around the same time that movie came out.

* The episode "Hurter Monkey" contains a lot of them; you've got the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Film/TheMatrix, Creator/JohnWoo (with DisturbedDoves and DualWielding), Grim's [[ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken-esque]] attorney Harvey as mentioned below, ''{{Film/Se7en}}'', and WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy. Also Dickie at one point calls Grim [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].

* Grim's attorney talks like ChristopherWalken.
* Their version of Pandora looks oddly similar to another certain chara-OH wait Pan''[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer dora]]''. [[IncrediblyLamePun Har har.]]

* [[DragonBallZ Chickenball Z.]].[[http://www.clip4e.com/play_the_grim_adventures_of_billy_and_mandy_chicken_ball_z.htm Here it is.]]

* Part of the initiation into the Secret Snake Club involves [[TheMatrix choosing between a red cupcake and a blue one]], and their oath contains the phrase [[GalaxyQuest "by Grabthar's hammer."]]
* When the main three get into a [[TransformationRay shape-shifting fight]] with Eris's AppleOfDiscord, Grim is turned into the weird-looking creature that [[DaffyDuck Daffy]] became in [[DuckAmuck "Duck Amuck"]], complete with a defeated "[[CatchPhrase You're despicable]]."

* When Billy is asked what weapon he wants for a roleplaying adventure, he shouts "[[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer]]!".
** Nergal and his Nergalings might be a shout-out to [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer]] 40,000's Chaos God of Decay, [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]]. Nergal's words to his son about romance sound suspiciously like Nurgle's attitude toward Isha, whom he imprisoned in his lab. Both beings are the namesakes of the Sumerian deity Nurgal.
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* The episode "Hurter Monkey" contains a lot of them; you've got the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Film/TheMatrix, Creator/JohnWoo (with DisturbedDoves and DualWielding), Grim's [[ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken-esque]] attorney Harvey as mentioned below and ''{{Film/Se7en}}''.

* Also Dickie at one point call Grim [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].

* When Billy is asked what weapon he wants for a roleplaying adventure, he shouts "[[{{TabletopGames/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer]]!".
** Nergal and his Nergalings might be a shout-out to [[{{TabletopGames/Warhammer40000}} Warhammer]] 40,000's Chaos God of Decay, [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]]. Nergal's words to his son about romance sound suspiciously like Nurgle's attitude toward Isha, whom he imprisoned in his lab. Both beings are the namesakes of the Sumerian deity Nurgal.

* When Billy is asked what weapon he wants for a roleplaying adventure, he shouts "[[Warhammer40000 Warhammer]]!".
** Nergal and his Nergalings might be a shout-out to [[Warhammer40000 Warhammer 40,000's]] Chaos God of Decay, [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]]. Nergal's words to his son about romance sound suspiciously like Nurgle's attitude toward Isha, whom he imprisoned in his lab. Both beings are the namesakes of the Sumerian deity Nurgal.

* When Billy is asked what weapon he wants for a roleplaying adventure, he shouts "[[TabletopGames/Warhammer40000 Warhammer]]!".
* Nergal and his Nergalings might be a shout-out to [[TabletopGames/Warhammer40000 Warhammer 40,000's]] Chaos God of Decay, [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]]. Nergal's words to his son about romance sound suspiciously like Nurgle's attitude toward Isha, whom he imprisoned in his lab. Both beings are the namesakes of the Sumerian deity Nurgal.

** Hoss Delgado is a blatant reference to both Ash from the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' series and Snake from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
** Their version of Dracula is not only Film/{{blac|ula}}k, but he's based on [[Series/SanfordAndSon Redd Foxx]].
** One episode was a straight-up parody of ''God-Emperor of Literature/{{Dune}}'', with Mandy in the Leto II role, Billy in the Duncan Idaho role, and Grim still as Mandy's servant.
** The Father's Day episode includes an appearance by [[DisneyThemeParks Country Bears]] lookalikes.
** ''{{Literature/Dune}}'' gets another ShoutOut in the beauty pageant episode, when one of the tests turns out to be ''gom jabbar''.

** And yet another ''Dune'' reference: At the end of the episode "Scary Poppins," Mandy uses the [[CompellingVoice Bene Gesserit Voice]] to command the neighborhood adults to attack the nanny.
** [[Franchise/EvilDead "This... is my DOOMSTICK!"]]
*** From the same episode:

** And there's Vampire Santa quoting [[Franchise/EvilDead the Deadites' catchphrase]]:

** Several examples involving Dungeons and Dragons. "Wand of Magic Missile -- I'm never gonna use that thing..." said offhandedly by Grim as he rummages through his trunk of magic stuff in the basement. Obviously a reference to 2nd Edition D&D as wands of magic missile in that version of the game really were useless.
** [[WordOfGod The creators of the show claimed]] that ''Big Boogey Adventure'' special was an indirect shout out to ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', since like Wrath of Kahn, a minor, one-time villain makes a comeback in a movie length special.
** Pinface is a blatant reference to Pinhead of ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' fame.
** "You kids [[BedknobsAndBroomsticks ruined half of me bedknobs and all of me broomsticks."]]
** "Billy and Mandy Begins" had {{Shout Out}}s to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', ''{{Film/Airplane}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}''. The title itself might also be a reference to ''Film/BatmanBegins'', since that episode aired around the same time that movie came out.
** General Skarr in command of his [[GreenThumb army of plants]]: "[[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Bloom and grow! Bloom and grow FOREVER!]]"
*** Later in another episode, Skarr's mutation makes him resemble the eponymous alien minions from ''{{VideoGame/Pikmin}}''.
** In "Billy and Mandy Vs. the Martians", Grim casts a spell that gets Billy's nose stuck to an alien space ship. When Billy asks him to cast it again to undo it, Grim says he can't because it has a [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRoleplayingGame ten minute cooldown]].
** And in the movie, during the race in River Styx, you can actually hear the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' theme playing, [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong maybe]].
** [[Film/TheWarriors "Dickie! Come out and PLAAAAYY!"]]
** [[Music/TalkingHeads "This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife! Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was...]]
** Skarr gives one in his first CanonImmigrant appearance, getting into a battle mech and shouting [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam "Take my love, my pain, and alllll of my anger!"]] (Not a direct quote to the series in reference, but still a clear ShoutOut).
** In the episode "Wishbones", Pud'n was being chased by a truck that resembled [[{{Franchise/Transformers}} Optimus Prime]].
** An episode revolving around Grim and Dracula driving through the desert entitled "[[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Fear and Loathing in Endsville]]", complete with a title card evoking Ralph Steadman's signature style of illustration.
*** And they [[AffectionateParody parodied]] [[Music/JohnnyCash Johnny Cash's music]] ''like an angry woman''...
** "Son of Nergal" has the kids sent off to "winter camp" - where the axe-wielding counselor is named [[Film/TheShining John Jack Daniel Torrance]].
** Billy is admitted to a prestigious dancing academy, whose headmistress is actually a witch who feeds on her students to retain her immortality. This is a WholePlotReference to Creator/DarioArgento's ''{{Film/Suspiria}}''.
** The name "The Chocolate Sailor" is a nod to the Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw-inspired operetta "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chocolate_Soldier The Chocolate Soldier]]".
** And ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' gets one when Billy asks [[ItMakesSenseInContext the ghost of Lord Byron]] for "a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range" (Lord Byron wisely steers him away).
** The episode "Hurter Monkey" contains a lot of them; you've got the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Film/TheMatrix, Creator/JohnWoo (with DisturbedDoves and DualWielding), Grim's [[ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken-esque]] attorney Harvey as mentioned below and ''{{Film/Se7en}}''.

** Also Dickie at one point call Grim [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]].
** More than one episode shouts out to the famous anime ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', but in particular [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mandykanedabikeakira_3742.jpg Mandy is seen riding Kaneda's]] CoolBike.
** In the episode where they went to Japan, Mandy's clothes and her list made it look like she was gonna {{Film/kill Bill}}y (even the music from [[Film/KillBill Ironside]] played).
*** Also in the same episode, they gave Gamera, Godzilla, and Ultraman a run for their money [[MundaneMadeAwesome AT THE SAME FREAKING TIME!]]
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Nigel Platter and Toadblatt's School of Sorcery?]] And Lord Moldybutt- ''[=* BOOM* =]''
** Grim's attorney talks like ChristopherWalken.
** Their version of Pandora looks oddly similar to another certain chara-OH wait Pan''[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer dora]]''. [[IncrediblyLamePun Har har.]]
** The first time we meet Baron Von Ghoulish in the Christmas Special (voiced by MalcolmMcDowell) he's [[Film/AClockworkOrange humming "Singing in the Rain"]].
** In "The Firebird Sweet", Grim directly references the 1939 movie ''Drums Along the Mohawk'' when the group was about to enter a factory via the sewer... then says that he was referring to the director's cut when Mandy questions the authenticity of his claim.
** Mandy (off-camera) smells smoke after Grim and Billy accidentally torch the carpet. Mandy tells them that if she finds a scorch in the carpet that [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls "I'm opening up a can of Powerpuff on you two."]] Also, in the Kids Next Door crossover, Billy answers the door, sees the Kids and says "You're not the Powerpuff Girls!"
*** It's worth noting that ''The Powerpuff Girls'' was originally intended to target an older audience. And it was going to be called "The Whoopass Girls". Now take what Mandy said, replace "Powerpuff" with "Whoopass", and [[FridgeBrilliance it all makes sense.]]
** "Alas, poor Grim! I knew him Billy!" They get it closer to the real thing than most people, who substitute "I knew him well" for "I knew him Horatio", or some other variant.
** Princess Morbucks was spotted in the background in the beauty pageant episode.
** "Happy Huggy Stuffy Bears" has Billy urging contest-entrant Mandy on with [[PressYourLuck "Big money, no Whammys!"]]
** [[DragonBallZ Chickenball Z.]].[[http://www.clip4e.com/play_the_grim_adventures_of_billy_and_mandy_chicken_ball_z.htm Here it is.]]
** The taboo on saying [[Literature/HarryPotter Moldybutt's]] name references, well, the taboo against saying Voldemort in ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** Sperg tossing Billy's bicycle over a sidewalk cliff, "This is [[Creator/ShelSilverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends]] Baby!" The cliff is also a reference to the book's cover.
** In Big Boogey Adventure, the Boogeyman goes into a pipe, complete with the Warp Pipe sound from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** In one episode, Mandy demands that they leave the beach because she's tired of, among other things, an annoying dog that won't stop biting the back of her swimsuit, a la Coppertone (thankfully, Mandy is wearing a one-piece suit).
** In the episode "Crushed," Mandy receives a makeover a la Sandy from ''{{Film/Grease}}'', with a heel-crushed lollipop in place of a cigarette.
** In "Grim in Love," Grim and his date recreate [[TheImmodestOrgasm that one scene]] from ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'', except Malaria fakes ''her death''.
** In the episode "Smarten Up" Billy’s cat Milkshake eats an intelligence enhancing bookworm that was meant for Billy. After Billy complains about never being able to pass a math test now that the worm is gone Milkshake states “…I'm very well acquainted with matters mathematical. I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical.” These are lyrics from the “Major-General's Song” from the 1879 opera ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.
** From the same episode: Malaria and Grim dance the twist in a scene almost exactly like Mia and Vincent's in ''Film/PulpFiction''.
** Sperg's band Purple Filth is likely named after the real metal band Purple Popcorn.
** At one point, Grim dives through PortalPool and accidentally winds up in a sauna with some Japanese salarymen. He then reassures one of them that [[{{Film/Ikiru}} he's still got a few months left]].
** Part of the initiation into the Secret Snake Club involves [[TheMatrix choosing between a red cupcake and a blue one]], and their oath contains the phrase [[GalaxyQuest "by Grabthar's hammer."]]
** When the main three get into a [[TransformationRay shape-shifting fight]] with Eris's AppleOfDiscord, Grim is turned into the weird-looking creature that [[DaffyDuck Daffy]] became in [[DuckAmuck "Duck Amuck"]], complete with a defeated "[[CatchPhrase You're despicable]]."

** When the main three get into a [[TransformationRay shape-shifting fight with Eris's Apple of Discord]], Grim is turned into the weird-looking creature that [[DaffyDuck Daffy]] became in [[DuckAmuck "Duck Amuck"]], complete with a defeated "[[CatchPhrase You're despicable]]."

** When the main three get into a [[TransformationRay shape-shifting fight with Eris's Apple of Discord]], Grim is turned into the weird-looking creature that [[DaffyDuck Daffy]] became in [[DuckAmuck]], complete with a defeated "[[CatchPhrase You're despicable]]."