History ShoutOut / TheMagicians

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'': Time turners, Quidditch and Hermione Granger are all name-dropped—the books seem to exist within the universe.

* The great field of grass that is known as "The Sea" is a play on the Dothraki Sea in Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
* One particular scene is explicitly borrowed from ''In Search of Lost Time'', where Marcel stumbles on a [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbian couple having a sadomasochistic affair]].
* A marble nicknamed "Rakshasa" refers to an old ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' character in the Monster Manual. It's also the name of a creature in Myth/HinduMythology.
* Sir Hotspots is actually a reference to Martin Tenbones in ComicBook/TheSandman.
* ''Amelia Popper’s Practical Exercises for Young Magicians'' refers to a similar David Popper's books on the cello.
* "Ricky, the man behind the counter," is named for great magician and magic scholar Ricky Jay.
* The use of the word "coolth" is from a story titled ''Beauty and the Beasts''. Most editors try to take it out.
* Given that Grossman is a fan of [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]], a brief (sailing) reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to the space warships by that name in the ''Literature/TheCulture'' novels.
* Near the end, Emily Greenstreet talks about how magic gives her the [[Literature/InfiniteJest howling fantods]].
* The support group Free Trader Beowulf is a reference to the back cover blurb for ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'', which captures the distress call of a ship breaking up in deep space, desperately seeking assistance from anyone.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both namedropped in book two.
* Quentin's middle name, Makepeace, may be a shoutout to the character Quentin Makepeace from ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy''.
* In the second book, Quentin accusingly reminds Penny that he slept with Quentin's girlfriend. Penny dismisses it claiming [[Series/{{Friends}} they were on a break.]]
* Eliot is an Expy of Sebastian Flyte from ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' and his surname comes from its author, Creator/EvelynWaugh.

* Harry Potter: Time turners, Quidditch and Hermione Granger are all name-dropped—the books seem to exist within the universe.

* The great field of grass that is known as "The Sea" is a play on the Dothraki Sea in George R.R. Martin’s ''Song of Ice and Fire''.
* One particular scene is explicitly borrowed from ''In Search of Lost Time'', where Marcel stumbles on a [[GirlOnGirlIsHot lesbian couple having a sado-masochistic affair]].
* A marble nicknamed "Rakshasa" refers to an old D&D character in the Monster Manual.
** It's also the name of a creature in Hindu mythology.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]], a brief (sailing) reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to the space warships by that name in the [[Literature/TheCulture Culture]] novels.

* The support group Free Trader Beowulf is a reference to the back cover blurb for TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}, which captures the distress call of a ship breaking up in deep space, desperately seeking assistance from anyone.

* Quentin's middle name, Makepeace, may be a shoutout to the character Quentin Makepeace from ''Literature/{{The Bartimaeus Trilogy}}''.

* Eliot is an Expy of Sebastian Flyte from [[Literature/BridesheadRevisited Brideshead Revisited]] and his surname comes from its author, [[Creator/EvelynWaugh Evelyn Waugh]].

* [[CaptainObvious Obviously]], ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]'' is the basis for the ShowWithinAShow that provides the title.

* In the second book, Quentin accusingly reminds Penny that he slept with Quentin's girlfriend. Penny dismisses it claiming [[Series/{{Friends}} they were on a break.]]

* Quentin's middle name, Makepeace, may be a shoutout to the character Quentin Makepeace from ''Literature/{{The Bartimaeus Trilogy}}''.

A list of [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] in ''TheMagicians''.

* Quentin's middle name, Makepeace, may be a shoutout to the character Quentin Makepeace from ''Literature/{{The Bartimaeus Trilogy}}''

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' and ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' are both namedropped in book two.

* ''{{Discworld}}'' and ''{{Ringworld}}'' are both namedropped in book two.

* The support group Free Trader Beowulf is a reference to the back cover blurb for TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}, which captures the distress call of a ship breaking up in deep space, desperately seeking assistance from anyone.

* The support group Free Trader Beowulf is a reference to the back cover blurb for [[TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}]], which captures the distress call of a ship breaking up in deep space, desperately seeking assistance from anyone.

* Near the end, Emily Greenstreet talks about how magic gives her the [[Literature/InfiniteJest howling fantods]].

* Harry Potter: Time turners, Quidditch and Hermione Granger are all name-dropped - the books seem to exist within the universe.

* "Ricky, the man behind the counter", is named for great magician and magic scholar Ricky Jay.
* The use of the word "coolth" a story titled ''Beauty and the Beasts''. Most editors try to take it out.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]], a brief (sailing) reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to the space warships by that name in the [[Literature/TheCulture Culture]] novels.

* [[CaptainObvious Obviously]], ''{{Narnia}}'' is the basis for the ShowWithinAShow that provides the title.
* WordOfGod is that Quentin was named after a character in ''TheSoundAndTheFury''.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of [[Creator/IainBanks Iain M. Banks]], a brief (sailing) reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to the space warships by that name in TheCulture novels.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of IainMBanks, a brief (sailing) reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to the space warships by that name in TheCulture novels.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of IainMBanks, reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to TheCulture novels.

* Given that Grossman is a fan of Iain Banks, reference to a "very fast picket" in ''The Magician King'' is most likely a nod to TheCulture novels.

* The use of the word "coolth" a story titled ''Beauty and the Beasts''. Most editors try to take it out.

* Sir Hotspots is actually a reference to Martin Tenbones in {{Sandman}}.

* The use of the word "coolth" a story titled ''Beauty and the Beasts''. Most editors try to take it out.

* [[CaptainObvious Obviously]], ''{{Narnia}}'' is the basis for the ShowWithinAShow that provides the title.

* [[CaptainObvious Obviously]], ''{{Narnia]]'' is the basis for the ShowWithinAShow that provides the title.

A list of [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] in ''TheMagicians''.