History ShoutOut / TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndmandy

* Billy is [[Literature/It a red haired preteen with a fear of clowns]].

* In "Dracula Must Die!", Irwin's father mentions that he thought his own father [[Film/ANewHope was a navigator on a spice freighter]].

* Grim's scythe 2.0 (from [[CaptainObvious "Scythe 2.0"]]) is an homage to Kitt from ''Series/KnightRider'', complete with the scrolling red light and the voice of Creator/WilliamDaniels.

** During the WhereAreTheyNowMontage, Boogey is peering through a door in fear, referencing the movie poster to the 2005 film ''Boogeyman''.

* One gag is a shot of a seemingly innocent butterfly, followed by said butterfly suddenly appearing scary and performing a JumpScare. [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS2E25WormyPattyHype Sound familiar?]]
* The Boogeyman goes into a pipe, complete with the Warp Pipe sound from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''

* The episode "Druid, Where's My Car" (the title itself a [[Film/DudeWheresMyCar shout out]] too) has a bit where Grim searches for his spirit animal, which happens to be [[Film/FightClub a penguin. "Slide!"]]

** The Monster Island sequence features cameos from [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Gigan]], and Film/{{Gamera}}.

** The Monster Island sequence features cameos from [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla, Anguirus, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Gigan]], [[Franchise/{{Gamera}} and Gamera]].

** Also in the same episode, they gave Franchise/{{Gamera}}, Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, and Series/{{Ultraman}} a run for their money [[MundaneMadeAwesome AT THE SAME FREAKING TIME!]]

* The episode "Druid, Where's My Car" (itself a [[Film/DudeWheresMyCar shout out]]) has a bit where Grim searches for his spirit animal, which happens to be [[Film/FightClub a penguin. "Slide!"]]

* The episode "Druid, Where's My Car" has a bit where Grim searches for his spirit animal, which happens to be [[Film/FightClub a penguin. "Slide!"]]

* [[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..."]]

* 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 episode "Druid, Where's My Car" has a bit where Grim searches for his spirit animal, which happens to be [[FightClub a penguin. "Slide!"]]

* In the episode where Irwin's grandfather is revealed to be a pharaoh, he shows Irwin a Spacedoor, but almost calls it a Film/{{Stargate}}.

** [[Film/RobotMonster Ro-Man]] appears as one of the judges!

** There’s one where she simply points at the viewer and lets out [[HellIsThatNoisr an unholy shriek]], much like the ending of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''.

* Mandy's line, "We accept you. We accept you. One of us." is a shout-out to the lyrics of "Pinhead" by Music/TheRamones, itself a shout-out to the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
** A lot of the random lines that Mandy says after the opening titles qualify as these. Another example is when she says, "The call is coming from inside the house." This is a shout out to the famous WhamLine from ''Film/WhenAStrangerCalls''.

* In the episode where Irwin's grandfather is revealed to be a Pharaoh he shows Irwin a Spacedoor but almost calls it a [[''Film/Stargate'']]

* At the end of "The Really Odd Couple", Mandy seals Billy in his closet behind a brick wall a la "Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado". While she's doing so, Billy mumbles something similar to Fortunado's line "For the love of God, Montresor!" behind his gag.

* When Mandy goes to Grimm for his services in the Secret Snake Clubs debut episode, Grim has been regulated to the doghouse, which he says is too hot, has no running water, [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} and the stupid Red Baron keeps flying by and shooting at him.]]

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* It is eventually revealed that the reason why Nigel Planter is such a bad wizard is because [[spoiler:He's not a wizard at all. He's the only surviving heir to a massive conglomerate. Lord Moldybutt wasn't trying to kill him, he was trying to finalize Nigel's inheritance of the conglomerate (and the "scar" he gave Nigel was a pen mark. So...hmm. A ''peanut'' company owned by a fellow named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planters Planter]] huh?]]

* [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness "This... is my DOOMSTICK!"]]

** One episode was a straight-up parody of ''Literature/GodEmperorOfDune'', with Mandy in the Leto II role, Billy in the Duncan Idaho role, and Grim still as Mandy's servant. Spice is replaced with cinnamon, which spice is said to similar to in smell and texture.

** Later in another episode, Skarr's mutation makes him resemble the eponymous alien minions from ''{{VideoGame/Pikmin}}''.

* A possible shout out to the [[https://youtu.be/vVTyJ3Yecx0/ original short]] in "Skarred For Life" when Billy finds Skarrs "Stabbin-Flabber" he wants it to stab him in the forehead.

* In Prank Call Of Cthulhu, while working for the title monster, Billy prank calls his father. What is the name Billy chooses? ''Music/KellyClarkson''.

* The Father's Day episode includes an appearance by [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Country Bears]] lookalikes.