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* We also have Harry facing off against Vittorio Malvora, [[Franchise/MetalGear a super fast vampire]], specializing in throwing knives.

* Meeting with Marcone at the end, Harry tells the gang boss he'll be visited by [[Literature/AChristmasCarol the Ghosts of Indictments Past, Present and Future]].

* When word that Harry'd passed for gay to avoid being arrested gets around the precinct, SI's cops start up with the ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', track-lighting and Julie Newmar jokes.

* Murphy and Dresden quote a few lines from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' at each other early in the book, much to Harry's [[GeekyTurnon delight and amusement]].

* After Lara reveals that Ramirez is a virgin, Harry calls him [[Myth/KingArthur Galahad]].

* The shockwave from an explosion feels like the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk struck Harry on the chest with a giant pillow.

* Mouse gives Harry a pleading look when he sees that Toto has a carry-case, and Harry points out that he'd have to hire [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] to haul a Mouse-sized pet carrier around.

* Harry refers to how Lash has been stoking his subconscious anger as "feeding my inner [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]".

* A hospital security-guard's manner is compared to Creator/PatrickSwayze's in ''Film/RoadHouse'': nice, until it's time not to be.

* We also have Harry facing off against Vittorio Malvora, [[Franchise/MetalGear a super fast vampire]], specializing in [[KnifeNut throwing knives]].

* If money were words, Mac would make [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge]] look like [[Series/LetsMakeADeal Monty Hall]].

** The ward on her apartment, in Harry's opinion, is a decent warning system, but no more of a defense than the house of straw from "Literature/ThreeLittlePigs".
*** Later, he considers making a Big Bad Wolf entrance to Anna's apartment, perpetuating the "Three Little Pigs" motif.

* Butters asks Molly if Harry transforms her into animals, like in ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone''.

** Seeing Grey Cloak's contact, he muses that [[Literature/LordOfTheRings the Ringwraith look]] is pretty common among dark wizards.
*** Ramirez has made the same connection.

Quite a few Shout Outs pepper this, the ninth novel of ''TheDresdenFiles''. With a serial killer stalking practitioners and unrest in the White Court, trouble and pop culture-savvy snarking are sure to ensue:

* Harry describes the woods around Castle Raith as "Lovely, dark and deep," a clear reference to "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," a poem by American poet Robert Frost. He also compares it to [[RobinHood Sherwood Forest]].
* Priscilla greets Harry with a scowl of [[CharlesDickens Dickensian]] disapproval.

* Elaine uses a spell that causes whirlwinds by twirling something over her head. ''TheMightyThor'' uses the same method, and Jim Butcher has shown himself to be a big Marvel fan.
* Conversing with Lash, Harry reminds himself that every concession to her reasoning brings him closer to signing on with the [[{{Superfriends}} Legion of Doom]].
* Anna's suspicions of the Wardens get Harry making sarcastic ''NineteenEightyFour'' cracks.

* Having just watched Molly react erotically to a dead woman's residual memories, Butters feels a bit [[VladimirNabokov "Nabokovian"]] until Harry confirms she's no longer underage.
* The clothes worn by a captive ghoul in Harry's New Mexico flashback remind him of ''LawrenceOfArabia''.

* Harry calls Mouse "[[KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]]" at one point.

* Learning that one of the victims wasn't an Ordo member, Harry and Murphy paraphrase lines from ''SesameStreet'':

* Beefy, red-headed Hendricks plays ''CliffordTheBigRedDog'' to Murphy's Emily Elizabeth.
* Given Harry's tech-ignorance, him calling Murphy "Mini Mouse" is probably a punning reference to her stature and MickeyMouse's DistaffCounterpart, not her stature and a computer accessory.
* Thomas, fighting ghouls, tears through them like they're {{Mook}}s in an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger movie.
** Harry describes this as Thomas putting on his [[{{Superman}} Supervamp]] cape.

* Harry reflects upon how much fiction Murphy writes in her police reports, and thinks how she should throw in [[ShakespeareInLove a bit with a dog.]]

* The shockwave from an explosion feels like ''TheIncredibleHulk'' struck Harry on the chest with a giant pillow.
* If money were words, Mac would make [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge]] look like [[LetsMakeADeal Monty Hall]].

* Thomas's boat, ''Water Beetle'', looks like Quint's boat from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

* Harry makes UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo analogies while weighing his priorities about tracking Grey Cloak.

* Mouse gives Harry a pleading look when he sees that Toto has a carry-case, and Harry points out that he'd have to hire TheHulk to haul a Mouse-sized pet carrier around.

* In accordance with his facade as [[spoiler: a CampGay hairdresser]], Thomas's apartment is decorated with posters for ''TheWizardOfOz'' and ''ThePiratesOfPenzance''.

* Dresden refers to Mouse's method of warning people of danger as a "{{Lassie}} act".

** After Lara reveals that Ramirez is a virgin, Harry calls him [[KingArthur Galahad]].
* Harry's unexpectedly-effusive welcome to Executive Priority Health catches him so flat-footed, he quips that if the [[TheWizardOfOz Lollipop Guild]] is waiting for them inside, he's leaving.

* Harry refers to how Lash has been stoking his subconscious anger as "feeding my inner [[TheHulk Hulk]]".

* Ramirez calls Vitto and Madrigal ''BeavisAndButthead'' before their duel, but Lara doesn't get the reference. A doubly-funny example for fans of that cartoon, as Vitto is obviously the Butthead and Madrigal, the Beavis.
** Harry does, but he would have gone with [[HeckleAndJeckle Hekyll And Jekyll]] himself. Could be a double ShoutOut, if the spelling is a JekyllAndHyde reference to White Court vamps' dual nature rather than just a misspelling.
* Mae West is paraphrased again, this time by Elaine.
* The description of a super-ghoul reassembling itself from spilled ichor is an obvious {{Homage}} to the T-1000 from ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgement Day''. Harry even describes the ichor moving "like liquid mercury", which is what the filmmakers used to shoot the scene in question.

* At one point, Lasciel helps Harry play extremely well on his guitar, a Shout Out to Robert Johnson (who allegedly got similar help from the Devil to become a great guitar player).

* Harry put a trackable bangle on Mouse's collar for "just such an emergency" as he's faced with, ''a la'' [[LooneyTunes Foghorn Leghorn]].

* Thomas, fighting ghouls, tears through them like they're {{Mook}}s in an ArnoldSchwarzenegger movie.

* A hospital security-guard's manner is compared to Creator/PatrickSwayze's in ''{{Roadhouse}}'': nice, until it's time not to be.

* A hospital security-guard's manner is compared to PatrickSwayze's in ''{{Roadhouse}}'': nice, until it's time not to be.

* [[spoiler: A cross-dressing villainous vamp who goes by Priscilla]] is a clear shout out to ''TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''.

* Butters has Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Bohemian Polka" playing in his morgue examination room, and Harry recognizes it as a rendition of "BohemianRhapsody".
** Practicing his guitar, Harry himself plays "[[ThePolice Every Breath You Take]]" and "[[{{Disco}} I Will Survive]]". Or possibly mangles them, if Mouse's reaction is typical.

** Ramirez feels the same way about TheOffspring, while Molly wears a {{Metallica}} shirt.

* Elaine does a HumphreyBogart impression when Harry teases her for not looking "hardboiled" enough.

---> '''Harry:''' Some of these things are not like the other things.
---> '''Murphy:''' Some of these things are kind of the same.

* Opting to wear his duster despite the heat, Harry reasons that failing to do so after he's just been attacked could qualify him for the ''GuinnessBookOfWorldRecords'' in stupidity, or possibly the Website/DarwinAwards.