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**Uncle Spud, as introduced in ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'', has an appearance derived from the Mr. Potato Head toys.

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** The ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'' supplement itself is named as a reference to the tram tours at the Ride/UniversalStudios theme parks.



** The ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'' supplement itself is a reference to the tram tours at the Ride/UniversalStudios theme parks.

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* AcmeProducts: The ''Toon Ace Catalog'' is devoted to this trope. The setting's equivalent to Acme, as implied by said book's title, is "Ace Manufacturing", and their products (along with anything else characters might buy) are just as unreliable as Acme's are.



* AcmeProducts: The ''Toon Ace Catalog'' is devoted to this trope. The setting's equivalent to Acme, as implied by said book's title, is "Ace Manufacturing", and their products (along with anything else characters might buy) are just as unreliable as Acme's are.



* IronicName: A frequent source of cheap laughs, such as "The Anvil of Joy and Peace" (which falls on an unsuspecting victim's head).



* NonNaturalNumberGag: The Toon parody of Cyberpunk 2020 (in the Tooniversal Tour Guide) is set in the year 2020 1/2. The parody of Transhuman Space (in Pyramid vol 2) is set in the year 2100 3/4.

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* NonNaturalNumberGag: The Toon parody of Cyberpunk 2020 (in the Tooniversal Tour Guide) is set in the year 2020 1/2.2020½. The parody of Transhuman Space (in Pyramid vol 2) is set in the year 2100 3/4.



* ParodyNames: All over the place.

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* ParodyNames: All ParodyNames / PunnyName: '''All over the place.''' Especially prevalent in shout-outs to popular games, movies, books, or television shows.



* [[ShoutOut/TabletopGames Shout Out]]: Multiple examples

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* [[ShoutOut/TabletopGames Shout Out]]: Multiple examplesexamples, often via ParodyNames, all with the subtlety of a falling anvil.
** The sample campaign "Car Blazers!" is one for ''Anime/StarBlazers''
** "[=WitchDusters=]" is a whole-premise parody of ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''
** ''Star Toons'' is one for ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** The "Toony Tyke Adventures" setting is named after ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
** Many of the other ''Tooniversal'' settings are named after other tabletop [=RPGs=]:
*** "[=CarToon=] Wars" = ''TabletopGame/CarWars''
*** "Crawl of Catchooloo" = ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu''
*** "Dungeons & Toons" = ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
*** "Mektoon" = ''TabletopGame/{{Mekton}}''
*** "Toonpunk 2020½" = ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'' (specifically, ''Cyberpunk 2020'')
** The ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'' supplement itself is a reference to the tram tours at the Ride/UniversalStudios theme parks.
** One of the Cleric's spells from the ''Toon Munchkin'' supplement is [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail the Holy Hand Grenade]].



* {{Tuckerization}}: The [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} "Toonpunk 2020 1/2"]] setting features a Toonified version of RealLife hacker and ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Cyberpunk'' author Loyd Blankenship, called Floyd Blinkingchip.
* VehicularCombat: "Car-Toon Wars" from the ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'' is a parody of ''TabletopGame/CarWars''.

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* {{Tuckerization}}: The [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} "Toonpunk 2020 1/2"]] 2020½"]] setting features a Toonified version of RealLife hacker and ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Cyberpunk'' author Loyd Blankenship, called Floyd Blinkingchip.
* VehicularCombat: "Car-Toon "[=CarToon=] Wars" from the ''Tooniversal Tour Guide'' is a parody of ''TabletopGame/CarWars''.
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* NegativeContinuity: Mentioned as a feature when running Cartoon Series.

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* NegativeContinuity: Mentioned as a feature when running Cartoon Series. The heroes can win an ultimate victory or have the world be destroyed at the end of an adventure, and you can still continue the series in the next session with everything back to status quo.
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