Line #44 Main/InspirationNod


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3	Sometimes a story isn't a remake, but borrows themes and/or situations from an earlier story. This isn't a WholePlotReference or the SerialNumbersFiledOff, but rather the normal realm of artistic inspiration and literary allusions.
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5	When one work is inspired by another, oftentimes its creators will slip in an affectionate ShoutOut to the original as an EasterEgg. Nothing too overt--just a slight nod acknowledging the older work's influence on the newer one.
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7	This [[TitleDrop Inspiration Nod]] will let people know that "Yes, we have seen the previous work" and "Yes, we do note the similarities between our works". It often appears in a very particular part of the production choices, something that would be outside of the natural course of inspiration but which unambiguously points to another work.
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9	Say, you have the trench run in ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' and its connection to the ''Film/TheDamBusters''. So Creator/GeorgeLucas fills in a small detail, like the background chatter, with something from ''Dam Busters''. It doesn't affect the actual trench run (compared to the targeting computer) but gives a little nod to the original inspiration.
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12	!!Examples:
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16	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' started out taking many elements from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', with its initial protagonist Jonathan Joestar being heavily inspired by Kenshiro in appearance and fighting style. It takes until [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]] for the manga to finally make an explicit nod to ''Fist Of the North Star'' (the characters Kenshiro and Raoh are mentioned to have become real thanks to [[ArtInitiatesLife the effects of a Stand]]), [[DerivativeDifferentiation ironically long after the series had heavily departed from its initial inspiration]].
17	* ''Manga/LoveHina'' has taken some flack for lifting story ideas and plot developments from ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''. It is probably not a coincidence that Keitaro's aunt is named Haruka, the same as [[spoiler: Godai and Kyoko's daughter]] from the end of ''Maison''. This is further suggested by vocal casting Music/MegumiHayashibara as Haruka (casting an A-list star in a support role); Hayashibara actually ''debuted'' in in ''Maison'' (minor characters and background voices).
18	* In ''Anime/RayTheAnimation''... sort of... the story takes a lot of inspiration from ''Manga/BlackJack''. In the manga, a character that is [[LawyerFriendlyCameo suspiciously similar to Black Jack]] shows up. The anime, though, just goes ahead and drops B.J. in there, because the studio that produced had the rights necessary to do so.
19	* The cover illustration for Act. 11 of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' features Ami holding a book with text on it. Though the words and letters ''seem'' random, the phrase "O'z (sic) MAHOU TSUKAI" can be seen clearly. This refers to ''Oz no Mahoutsukai'', known in English-speaking countries as ''[[Literature/LandOfOz The Land of Oz]]'' book series, and may also refer to the [[Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz anime adaptation]] that aired from 1986 to 1987. Both ''Sailor Moon'' and the second Oz book, ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'' feature a quest to find a missing princess (Princess Serenity, Princess Ozma), and also have TheReveal that [[spoiler: the missing princess is the protagonist the reader has been following since the beginning.]]
20	* ''{{Anime/Symphogear}}'' is a series about [[MagicalGirlWarrior Magical Girl Warriors]] using ThePowerOfRock to fight evil. Many of the characters' names (Hibiki, Kanade, Shirabe, etc.) and some of the terms used (nonhuman entities named "Noise") are references to ''[[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Suite Pretty Cure]]'', which was also a show about music-themed Magical Girls.
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24	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'':
25	** Writer Creator/PeterDavid called these his Pink Bunny Slippers after an example of one of his storylines. He realised that there are parallels between his ''The Incredible Hulk'' story line and this other movie, ''Film/RealGenius''. There are similar plot points, so he makes a reference to it that doesn't involve using any more of the pre-existing connection but just throws in this shot of pink bunny slippers (as worn by both the University President and Val Kilmer in the movie) to lampshade it to anyone else who might have also spotted the similarities.
26	** ''The Incredible Hulk vs Fin Fang Foom'' story "The Fin From Outer Space!" is about the titular dragon creature possessing the members of an Antarctic research team and and leaving corpses behind, creating a paranoid atmosphere. The team leader is called Dr [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Campbell]], the first victim is called Dr [[Creator/JohnCarpenter Carpenter]], and one of the other researchers has the first name [[Creator/HowardHawks Howard]]. Another scientist snaps "Literature/WhoGoesThere" at Bruce Banner. There's also a poster for ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'' on the wall of the base in one scene.
27	* It is a bit of a {{Retcon}}, but Franchise/{{Batman}}'s [[SuperHeroOrigin origin]] (seeing his parents killed) traditionally happened on the way back from seeing ''TheMarkOfZorro'' (an obvious inspiration for Batman himself).
28	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' storyline draws many parallels to the movie ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. Likely why "Un-4-Given" is graffitied on the side of the future Fantasticar in the first issue.
29	* Creator/AlanMoore was either unaware of or had forgotten ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode, [[spoiler:"The Architects of Fear"]], when he was writing ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. When someone pointed out the similarity it bore to [[spoiler:Ozymandias's EvilPlan]], Moore and Gibbons had it playing on Sally's TV in one of the penultimate scenes.
30	* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The concept of taking a relatively obscure [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] figure and re-interpreting it with a deeper mythology was ground well-trod by Alan Moore, in his run on the ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' series. In his first couple of arcs, Creator/NeilGaiman throws in a ton of nods to Moore: the inclusion of the Moore-created [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]], the clues that Morpheus' pet Matthew is the reincarnation of the ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' character Matthew Cable, the similar plot of a formerly goofy DC universe villain taking hold of his powers to become a major threat that the Franchise/{{Justice League\|of America}} can't handle, so the eponymous character must talk down (The Floronic Man/Doctor Destiny), and so forth.
31	** Similarly, in ''Comicbook/BlackOrchid'', Gaiman gives the reinvented title character a direct connection to Swamp Thing. (Gaiman later wrote "I was creating an entire plant-based mythology, for reasons that now escape me.")
32	** As part of this mythology, Gaiman was also responsible for the {{retcon}} that made Franchise/{{Batman}} villainess ComicBook/PoisonIvy a former test subject of Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
33	* Creator/PeterDavid again: ''Comicbook/XFactor'' #240 is called "Run, Layla, Run" and features Layla Miller running to save someone, while her alterations to history mean that instead of seeing a single, immutable future, she sees multiple possible futures. Halfway through, she collides with [[Film/RunLolaRun Lola]], who is running in the opposite direction.
34	* The Grant Morrison created character Fantomex is so named as a nod to Literature/{{Fantomas}}, although he's primarily inspired by ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}--unusually, Diabolik was conceived of as an {{expy}} of Fantômas of the original novels/early adaptions, and in turn, inspired a conception of Fantômas in Mexican comic books as a masked Gentleman Thief and adventurer (traits shared with both Diabolik and Fantomex).
35	* The creation of a female Lantern named Arisia is a nod to a planet from E.E. "Doc" Smith's Literature/{{Lensman}} series, which was one of the inspirations behind the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' series.
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39	* FanFic/TheCaptainOfTheVirtualConsole briefly mentions WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster and how it at least had a good premise.
40	* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/385914/cold-wind-blowing Cold Wind Blowing]]'' takes its basic setup--a DysfunctionJunction of colorful characters trapped in an isolated inn during a bad blizzard--from ''Film/TheHatefulEight''. While musing about [[ContrivedCoincidence the improbability of everyone winding up there at the same time]], one character quotes the latter's tagline: "No one comes up here without a damn good reason."
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44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' has a family of four {{superhero}}es (plus a baby) with half of the same powers as the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour''. Naturally, the final villain (right after the [[SuperHeroOrigin origin story]] movie) is a subterranean conqueror, "The Underminer", who is a pretty close match to the Mole Man, the villain in ''FF'' #1.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', one of the drawings in Mei's notebook is of her and her friends as the Sailor Guardians from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Director Domee Shi has mentioned that [[Anime/SailorMoon the 90s anime adaptation's]] soft colour palette was an influence on the overall look of the film.
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49	* ''Film/DemolitionMan'': Influenced by Aldous Huxley's ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', Demolition Man draws its setting of peaceful, tightly controlled San Angeles of 2032 from the novel, and Creator/SandraBullock's character Lenina Huxley is named after the author and one of the book's characters as a reference.
50	* The evil rich mastermind in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' is given the apparently MeaningfulName of Max Schreck (fright/scare). Actually, that was the name of the actor who played Count Orlock in the original ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. A way for director Tim Burton to tip his hat to the very 1920s German Expressionist look of his two Bat movies.
51	* ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' is built around the same let's-trade-murders plot as Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/StrangersOnATrain''. This is directly referenced in the movie, when writing teacher Larry tells his hapless student Owen to watch some Hitchcock for inspiration. Owen watches the first few minutes of ''Strangers'', immediately recognizes the similarity to his current situation, and runs off to kill Larry's wife...
52	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
53	** The Death Star attack in ''Film/ANewHope'' owes a lot to the climactic attack in the movie ''Film/TheDamBusters'', both in the way it was filmed and in the characters setting up a precise run to the target. This is made clear when much of the pilot chatter ("Say about twenty guns..." and so on) is lifted verbatim from the earlier movie.
54	** Many elements are inspired by the works of Creator/AkiraKurosawa, such as the {{wipe}} transitions. In particular, ''A New Hope'' shares some notable similarities with ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' (especially the characters of Princess Leia and the two droids). At one point, Admiral Motti begins to refer to the Rebels' secret base as their "hidden fortress," but can't quite get the second word out before Vader starts Force-choking him.
55	* ''Film/{{Pandorum}}'' does this with ''VideoGame/TwelveThirteen''. Dennis Quaid even compares it to ''Franchise/StarWars''.
56	* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' had the main character and his friends robbing their company by rerouting the fractions of pennies that get rounded down when taxes are deducted. They comment that this is what Richard Pryor did in ''Film/SupermanIII'' - when it goes haywire, they berate themselves for taking ''any'' ideas [[TakeThat from that movie]].
57	* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'' is about a college student who is stuck reliving the same day over and over until she gets her life in order. At one point, she has a conversation with a friend in which she mentions that she's never seen any Creator/BillMurray movies; ''Film/GroundhogDay'' is mentioned by name.
58	* The ''Film/AustinPowers'' movies make several nods to the Film/JamesBond and Derek Flint movies they parody, including a casino named "Casino Royale" and Austin watching ''Film/InLikeFlint'' on TV.
59	* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' references another department store elf, named Crumpet. Crumpet was the elf name of Creator/DavidSedaris when he worked as an elf at Macy's, which is the subject of his memoir ''The Santaland Diaries'' and an inspiration for the film.
60	* In ''Film/YouveGotMail'', Meg Ryan's character's bookstore is named "The Shop Around the Corner", which is also the name of the film of the play that began the "two people hate each other in person but have a romantic relationship through correspondence" trope.
61	* ''Film/FearInc'' has the main character - a man whose friends hired the titular company to give him a ''really'' good scare - explicitly call out how similar it is to the plot of ''Film/TheGame1997''.
62	* ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' actually makes this a plot point, as we see when Zed learned to read, he realized that Zardoz, the eponymous god he worshiped, was actually [[spoiler:''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Wonderful Wi]]'''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Zard]]''' [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz of]] '''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Oz]]''']]''.
63	* ''Film/TradingPlaces'' is influenced by ''Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro'', as both stories are about a worker who's wronged by his wealthy employer before getting revenge by unraveling their former employer's schemes. The overture from ''The Marriage Of Figaro'' serves as [[RealSongThemeTune the theme for the film]], and in one scene in ''Trading Places'', Louis Winthorpe whistles the beginning of the aria "Se vuol ballare", in which the servant reveals his plan.
64	* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', as we pan through Sarah's bedroom, we see she has Maurice Sendak's ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'' and ''Outside Over There'', along with ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass'', Creator/HansChristianAndersen's Classics, Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's Fairy Tales, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', as well as an Creator/MCEscher illustration, which all influence the plot. The end credits feature direct acknowledgements to Sendak and Escher's influences.
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68	* Creator/StephenFry's novel ''Literature/TheStarsTennisBalls'' (aka ''Revenge'') owes a lot to ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''. In acknowledgement of this, the major characters have names that are anagrams of or puns on the names of their equivalents in the earlier novel.
69	* It's fairly obvious that the New Republic in ''Literature/TheEschatonSeries'' is basically 19th century Prussia IN SPACE! Less obvious is that the Republic's military leader's delusion that he is pregnant with an elephant was shared by a real Prussian field marshal (Gebhard von Blucher) during UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
70	* In Mick Herron's spy novel ''Literature/DeadLions'', one of the plot threads involves a skyscraper, a suspected terrorist attack and antagonists who are actually criminals, not political extremists. One [=MI5=] agent caught in the middle of this immediately references ''Film/DieHard'' when she realises what’s going on.
71	* In a few ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' stories, Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's Literature/CAugusteDupin (on whom Holmes is based) is mentioned. In one story Holmes explicitly does a trick that Dupin did in one of his stories: as they're walking along one evening, Holmes/Dupin [[InnerMonologueConversation responds to some unspoken thought that their walking companion had at the time]] (and then explains the train of reasoning behind this apparent mind-reading).
72	* ''Dickens Of The Mounted'' presents itself as the memoirs of Charles Dickens' RemittanceMan son, but it's actually humorous historical fiction, which takes clear inspiration from the ''{{Literature/Flashman}}'' series, as is evident in similarly designed maps and a very similar DirectLineToTheAuthor claim by the actual author. In reference to the inspiration (and as a major "clue" the work is fictional), Flashman actually briefly appears in a TakeThat cameo, wherein he's presented as an UpperClassTwit suffering from various venereal diseases that would be the likely result of all of his womanizing.
73	* Brutha, the protagonist of ''Literature/SmallGods'' is a beefy guy who has a PhotographicMemory and becomes the prophet of a CrystalDragonJesus religion. These are traits shared with Severian, the protagonist of ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun'', and to this end, one character that Brutha encounters is named Severian. Incidentally, ''Literature/SmallGods'' is sort of an unofficial sequel or prequel to Literature/{{Pyramids}}, and in that book, one of the sections is titled "The Book of the New Son".
74	* E.L. Doctorow took inspiration for the storyline for one of the characters in ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'' from ''Literature/MichaelKohlhaas'', and thus named the character Coalhouse.
75	* Italian mystery novelist Andrea Camilleri's sleuth Inspector Montalbano is so named as a reference to his similarity to another detective character, Pepe Carvalho, written by Spanish novelist Manuel Vázquez ''Montalbán''. In particular, both detectives are gourmets, leading to a lot of FoodPorn in their respective novels.
76	* Similarly to the above, the fantasy detective character ''Literature/GarrettPI'' has that name as a nod to author Randall Garrett, who invented the fantasy mystery with his ''Literature/LordDarcy'' series.
77	* In the first chapter of [[Literature/HisDarkMaterials His Dark Materials]], Lyra goes into the retiring room, and overhears her uncle's discussion by hiding in the wardrobe. Most likely this is a reference to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia a certain other fantasy epic that began with a little girl hiding in a wardrobe]].
78	* The Creator/RoaldDahl story "Pig" is clearly written as a homage to Literature/{{Candide}}, including a [[ThePollyanna ridiculously idealistic]] protagonist and a bitingly satirical tone. As a reference to this, the hero's aunt, who raised him, is named Glosspan--a SignificantAnagram for Voltaire's Pangloss.
79	* ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' is to some degree ''Series/DoctorWho'' AscendedFanfic. The author had a crush on the character Jamie, played by actor Creator/FrazerHines, who was an 18th century Scot transported to the future. Hence ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'''s plot wherein the heroine is [[InvertedTrope transported back in time]] to 18th century Scotland and falls in love with a Scot named Jamie ''Fraser''.
80	* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is, [[MemeticMutation of course]], ''Literature/HoratioHornblower InSpace'' Several of the earlier books mention ships named for various of Hornblower's commands, and at one point, Honor is relaxing with a cup of hot cocoa and a Horatio Hornblower book. In a bit of an inversion, Harrington explicitly does ''not'' share Hornblower's love of coffee, unlike seemingly everyone else in the Royal Manticoran Navy.
81	* ''Literature/StarWarsScoundrels'', being a [[TheCaper heist story]], naturally takes inspiration from ''Film/OceansEleven''. There are a few nods to the latter scattered throughout, ranging from the blatant (the {{Caper Crew}}s both have eleven members) to the subtle (the vaults in both hold about one hundred sixty-three million dollars/[[WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture credits]]).
82	* Part of the plot of ''Literature/AScholarOfMagics'' is inspired by the 17th-century masque ''Theatre/{{Comus}}'', written for the 1st Earl of Bridgewater. A fictional contemporary Earl of Bridgewater is a significant character in the novel.
83	* ''Literature/SorcererConjurerWizardWitch'' is a fantasy take on ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'', with the head of England's magical secret service being warned by a possibly-unreliable agent that one of four highly-placed people is a double agent for the Other Side. One of the lieutenant heads of the service is named Tarr, which in ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' is the name of the agent who brings the warning.
84	* In ''Literature/CastleHangnail'', a comic fantasy novel for children, one of the first books Molly looks at in the castle library is by "A. Nesbit", a homage to Creator/ENesbit, one of the pioneers of this style of children's fantasy.
85	* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'': In the last chapter, Laura names several of the books in Baron Vordenburg's vampire library, one of them being ''Phlegon de Mirabilibus''. The book thus referenced, the ''Book of Wonders'' by Phlegon of Tralles (2nd century CE), contains the [[Literature/TheGhostOfPhilinnion story of Philinnion]], about a beautiful young woman who dies young and returns as an undead in order to satisfy her erotic desire for a living target.
86	* In an unusual in-universe example, in ''Literature/MagpieMurders'', the (fictional out of universe) mystery novelist Alan Conway named his [[Literature/{{Poirot}} Captain Hastings]]-inspired [[TheWatson Watson]] character, James Fraser after his boyfriend, James Taylor and Hugh Fraser, who played Hastings on ''Series/{{Poirot}}''.
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90	* Parodied in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': "Pimemento" has Pimento suffering anterograde amnesia and covered in tattoos to help him remember. Jake quickly identifies it as a ''Film/{{Memento}}'' situation, but everyone else calls it a ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' situation -- including Pimento's doctor!
91	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
92	** In 1977, the series was forced to abandon a vampire-themed story by Terrance Dicks because it might undermine an expensive forthcoming BBC adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. Dicks marked the "inspiration" for having to write a new story, the lighthouse-themed [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E1HorrorOfFangRock "Horror of Fang Rock"]], by having one of the characters be named Harker. He also had the Doctor mention the book Dicks mainly used to bone up on lighthouses. (The vampire story eventually made it to the screen two years later as "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay State of Decay]]".)
93	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp "The Unicorn and the Wasp"]], besides being an Creator/AgathaChristie pastiche, also takes a lot of inspiration from the board game ''TabletopGame/{{Cluedo}}''/''Clue''. This is marked by having characters named Professor Peach (Professor Plum), Reverend Golightly (Reverend Green), and Colonel Curbishley (Colonel Mustard). In addition, Robina Redmond, Lady Eddison and Miss Chandrakala are clearly inspired by [[FemmeFatale Miss]] [[TheVamp Scarlet]], [[ProperLady Mrs.]] [[GrandeDame Peacock]] and [[ApronMatron Mrs.]] [[ServileSnarker White]]. To drive it home, the episode includes the line "Professor Peach, in the library, with the lead piping", similar to how players make an accusation in the game.
94	* ''Series/{{Ezel}}'', a SettingUpdate of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', contains a couple shout-outs to the original story:
95	** The name of Cengiz's company that wins the hotel bid? ''Dantes'' Holding.
96	** Dantes is referenced again in season two with Dantes Ateşleyiciler (Igniters), the fireworks company through which Ali and Ezel infiltrate [[spoiler: Kenan and Eyşan's wedding]].
97	* A Season 13 ClipShow episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has the cast re-enact a scene from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. The Gang do not immediately realize this did not happen to them.
98	* A case of internal borrowing: One ''Series/LazyTown'' episode echoes the plot of the play it was based on when Robbie Rotten in disguise takes over illegally as mayor. Although other than the 'taking over from the mayor' aspect the episode is very different, both play and episode briefly have the real mayor in a bunny suit for no good reason. Only hardcore or Icelandic fans would get it, though, as the play is both in Icelandic and very difficult for a non-Icelander to acquire legally. Also, many of the songs used in ''Series/LazyTown'' have the same tune (and general theme) as the songs used in the original plays.
99	* Jessica Fletcher of ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' seems to have been more than slightly [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates inspired by]] Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, especially since series star Creator/AngelaLansbury had previously ''played'' Marple in the movie version of ''The Mirror Crack'd''. The pilot of ''Murder She Wrote'' opens with a scene of the star little old lady ''solving'' the end of a movie mystery interrupted halfway, which is a direct lift from the opening of ''The Mirror Crack'd''. Said scene is not in the book.
100	* Season 5 Episode 17 of ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'' contains a number of references to the Robot series of Isaac Asimov, from which it borrows the plot device "an A.I. that kills a human." The episode's title is "First Law" after the Asimov's First Law of Robotics. The company in which the death takes place is called "Steel Cave Industries" after one novel in the series, ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel''. The name of the A.I. accused of murder is "Bailey" after the protagonist of that novel, Detective Lije Bailey. The scientist who is killed is named Daniel and gives his admin password as "Daniel Olivaw" after Lije Bailey's robot sidekick R. Daneel Olivaw. Presumably this scientist was the one responsible for naming the A.I. and the company created to fund its development, so his familiarity with these books gives an in-story explanation for all these references.
101	* The ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' episode "Pawnee Goddesses" has Leslie engaging in a battle of the sexes between her girlscout group and Ron's boyscout group. At one point, to impress Ron's group, Leslie's friend Ann shows that a large fish she caught, and then admits to the camera that she bought the fish from a grocery store, and got the idea from an ''Series/ILoveLucy'' episode. This alludes to an episode called "Deep Sea Fishing" that also had a battle of the sexes plot, but might also be a nod to Leslie and Ann having a similar dynamic as Lucy and Ethel.
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105	* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' Creator/BigFinish audio ''Master'' is fairly blatantly a take on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''. Apart from direct references to "John Smith"'s copy of the novel, there's a more subtle nod with one of the characters having the maiden name Utterson.
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109	* ''Theatre/TheMatchmaker'' by Creator/ThorntonWilder is inspired by an Austrian farce called ''Einen Jux will er sich machen'', by the Viennese playwright Johann Nestroy. The title character, Mrs. Levy, mentions at one point that her late husband was from Vienna originally.
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113	* ''VideoGame/CoralIsland'': Near the entrance to the mines is an NPC vendor called the Concerned Monkey, a nod to Eric "[=ConcernedApe=]" Barone, creator of fellow farming sim ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' and a major inspiration for the game. One of the items the Monkey sells is a nod to the original farming sim, ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'', a piece of head-wear called the "O.G. Farmer's Hat" that resembles the blue cap and cowlick worn by the protagonist of the early games in the series.
114	* ''VideoGame/{{Slydris}}'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' variant, and as a nod to its predecessor, it has three music tracks you can choose from, labeled A, B, and C.
115	* As the plot of ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'' was written as a salute to the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series, the game contains several nods to the series that inspired it. Among these include Amita and Kyrie using attacks from the games, such as [[SuperSpeed Accelerator]], and Amita paraphrasing one of the lines from the Japanese version of "Wings" (The Ending theme of ''VideoGame/WildArms3'') if she manages to perform her [[LimitBreak Full Drive Burst]] on the last stage of the PlayableEpilogue [[note]]Specifically, she says "I'll put that penetrating belief to the barrel of my gun", while the original lyrics are "I'll still entrust that one penetrating belief to the barrel of my gun"[[/note]].
116	* ''VideoGame/LostHorizon'''s overall feel owes quite a bit to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' (what with the whole "rugged but good-hearted rogue racing against the Nazis to secure an ancient secret that would give them unimaginable power" angle), and a number of things which show up are likely to be nods in its direction. The [[TravelMontage Travel Montages]] are one. Another is the plane crash in the Himalayas, which happens to use the exact same type of plane as Indy was in (a Ford Trimotor).
117	* Being a HeroicBloodshed game with lots of [[GunsAkimbo firing two guns]] [[LeapAndFire whilst flying through the air]], the ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' series takes a lot of inspiration from the films of Creator/JohnWoo. There are plenty of nods to Woo sprinkled throughout the game, such as Max describing leaving a scene as, "I made like Creator/ChowYunFat."
118	* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': The rap battle gameplay was inspired by ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'', which gets a few nods: the first two weeks' mirrored call-and-response vocals are based on the raps performed in the series, and official artwork by [=Evilsk8r=] occasionally depicts Boyfriend wearing sneakers with the same patterns on the sides as [=PaRappa=]'s own.
119	* ''[[VideoGame/LethalLeague Lethal League Blaze]]'' owes its futuristic setting, chunky cel shaded aesthetic, and music to the ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' series, with them even getting composer Hideki Naganuma to contribute a track. The series is given a nod through the character Jet, a grafitti writer and inline skater that would fit right in with the GG's. Unsurprisingly, when Team Reptile did their own spin in the ''JSR'' formula with ''VideoGame/BombRushCyberfunk'', they put in Jet (albeit, under a different name) as DLC.[[/folder]]
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122	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In "The Best Decemberween Ever", Homestar considers several gifts for Strong Bad at Bubs' Concession Stand. One of them is a copy of the NES game ''Tag Team Wrestling'', whose "Strong Bads" inspired Strong Bad's name and design.
123	* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': Several. WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations is the most explicit, appearing just to say “You just wanted an excuse to try drawing my hair, didn’t you?” Other cartoon characters including Franchise/DonkeyKong, Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]], and WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} appear for quick gags to serve this role as well.
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127	* ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' is mostly about Dillon, Amber, and Ruby sharing an apartment, and the ways they make each others' lives difficult. Shortly after she arrives, Ruby, who has a bit of a fondness for old television, is very happy to find ''Series/ThreesCompany'' available on [=DejaView=]. Amber is more alert to the irony than Ruby is. In many ways this is a double nod, as ''Sticky Dilly Buns'' is a spinoff of ''Webcomic/MenageA3''--which is, if anything, even ''more'' like ''Three's Company'' than ''SDB''.
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131	* The climax of ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'' is based on a ProphecyTwist that [[WordOfGod the author states was inspired by]] the one in ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Paul [[InvokedTrope actually uses]] (TheThemeParkVersion of) the story of Macbeth to attempt to persuade the BigBad not to blindly trust in the prophecy in question.
132	* At various points in ''Literature/SailorNothing'', the characters use products made by the "Himemiya Heavy Industry." This is a reference to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', where "Himemiya" is the surname of one of the main characters, Anthy. Like ''Utena'', ''Sailor Nothing'' has a backstory involving a young girl (the title character of ''Utena'', Himei in ''Nothing'') meeting a princely character in an hour of need (Dios in ''Utena'', Magnificent Kamen in ''Nothing''), who she becomes enamored with. And just like ''Utena'', the "prince" in ''Nothing'' [[spoiler: turns out to not be as nice of a guy as he first appeared to be.]]
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135	[[folder:Web Serial Novel]]
136	* ''Literature/ATestOfFayth'' has several references to what are likely inspirations. The series was stated to have an inspiration from ''[[Webcomic/Rain2010 Rain]]'' and main character, Fayth's aunt is named Jora, which means "autumn rain" in Hebrew. Further more, the series likely takes a lot from ''Manga/HighScoreGirl'', as the existence of arcades and the character Jibby seems to imply.
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140	* An episode of the short-lived ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' features a weird plot that devolves into a fight with the animator, who keeps painting Dante and Randall into weirder and weirder situations. The similarity to the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]] short ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'' is shown through this trope by having Randall temporarily turn into the same flower-head creature that Daffy turned into.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Criss Cross Crisis" is all about the characters [[FreakyFridayFlip switching bodies.]] In an early part of the episode, there's a movie theater playing "Freakin' Friday".
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