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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:323:All the blue fictional people that could have been in Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.[[note]]'''On the top from left to right, going up:''' Franchise/TheSmurfs, [[WesternAnimation/{{Rio}} Blu]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Squirtle]], [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Bloo]], a [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guardian of the Universe]], a blue Franchise/{{Care Bear|s}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]], [[VideoGame/PacMan Inky]], [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]], Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Rosie the Robot]], [[WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder The Blue Falcon]], WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}, ComicBook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord), [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]], WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]], [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner The Roadrunner]], WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}, [[Franchise/StarWars Aayla Secura]], [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]. '''Center row:''' [[http://static.cineclick.com.br/uploads/imagens/365x260/129816.jpg two]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blu_(comic_strip_character)&pe=1& characters]] [[MythologyGag from the regular comic]], [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Flik]], WesternAnimation/TheBlueRacer, [[Franchise/StarWars Max Rebo]]. '''Third row:''' [[Franchise/TheMuppets Gonzo]], the [[WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark Aardvark]], a blue Franchise/{{Power Ranger|s}}, the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Genie]], [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Gleek]], a [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanie]], and WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}.[[/note]]]] |
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| 9 | ->''"Urk! Too many pop-culture references to be made! Brain '''overloading'''..."'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''[[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]]''', "WebAnimation/SuperShowdownBowl" |
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| 12 | Any work where the {{Homage}}s and [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] are too numerous to count. Basically, if there are enough references to make a ShoutOut sub-page, the work is overdosed. |
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| 14 | Often these are fan works or comedies (goes triple if the series is a {{Long Runner|s}}), since it would be distracting to have so many of these in more serious works, save for comic relief moments. |
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| 16 | But even in the appropriate works, how well this is done depends on most of the references being done well. If a work overestimates the audience's knowledge this might overlap to ViewersAreGeniuses. This sometimes works: those who are familiar with the references will enjoy it. The references can even turn into multiple {{Genius Bonus}}es. |
| 17 | And those who are unfamiliar with it might be encouraged to look up more information about the reference in order to understand it. That way they feel challenged and rewarded for their effort and grow along with the creator. But in instances where too much stuff just flies over the audience's heads the general public could feel alienated and lose interest. |
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| 19 | If a work mostly consists of stuff referencing other stuff the dangerous border to blatant UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} and/or sheer uninspiredness might be crossed. The audience might even feel as if it's just watching/listening/reading a scene by scene rehash of other, more original works. |
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| 21 | A SuperTrope to SpeaksInShoutOuts, which is where a single character within a work has this as a characteristic. |
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| 23 | Compare CastOfExpies, JustForFun/TropeOverdosed, {{Pastiche}}, FountainOfMemes, ContinuityCavalcade. This can easily turn the work into an UnintentionalPeriodPiece if most of the references are to contemporary, ephemeral topics. |
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| 26 | !!Examples: |
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| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 31 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhV0sT_6id0 The ad for Pepsi Minis]].[[note]]In order: ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Film/Titanic1997'', ''{{Film/Airplane}}'', ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', ''{{Film/Caddyshack}}'', ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'', ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', ''Film/DirtyDancing'', ''Film/Apollo13'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/OldSchool'', ''Film/JerryMaguire'', ''Film/Scarface1983''.[[/note]] |
| 32 | * A {{Dualvertisement}} for Pepsi and Regal Cinemas that plays in Regal theaters has everybody speaking exclusively in quotes from various movies, with the tagline "Great movie quotes live here." |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 36 | * A list of {{Shout Out}}s in ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' can be found [[ShoutOut/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou here]]. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/AnimeGataris'': Being a show about an anime club, anime references were bound to be plenty. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/AoiHouse'': The comic parodies or references dozens of anime and manga, and in the later chapters even ''Cthulhu'' shows up. |
| 39 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': While the actual series keeps musical references to a minimum, every chapter title since the series began is either the title of a song, the name of a band, or a line of lyrics, usually slightly modified. Bear in mind that as a {{Long Runner|s}}, ''Bleach'' is well over 500 chapters long, meaning it has at ''least'' that many musical references. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' has so many Japanese pop-cultural references that trying to find and explain every single one will make your head spin. A large portion of the instantly recognizable ones are references and spoofs of either ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' or ''Manga/DragonBall''. |
| 41 | %%* The anime for ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'' |
| 42 | * Creator/StudioGainax's ''Anime/DaiconIIIAndIV'' opening animations are loaded with references to different media, both Western and Japanese. |
| 43 | ** ''III'' references ''Film/{{Atragon}}'', ''Daimajin'', ''Film/{{Gamera}}'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'', ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', and ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''. |
| 44 | ** ''IV'' references ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth]]'', ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', to the point it needs [[ShoutOut/DigimonFusion a separate page for its examples.]] |
| 46 | * Anything with a name in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' is a reference to something, usually music-related (with American cinema being the next most frequent source). This includes episode titles, which, except for one, are all song titles... |
| 47 | * ''Anime/ExcelSaga'': Each episode in the anime makes tons of references in their effort to parody whatever genre they are mocking. |
| 48 | %%* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' |
| 49 | * ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'': Not surprisingly, given the focus on otaku, they're quite fond of dropping quotes or references to various series in a heartbeat. The ability to do this is even prized - Sasahara quotes Amuro's response to the original BrightSlap after Kasukabe nearly knocks the wind out of him in the first chapter, and the rest of Genshiken applauds that he had the presence of mind to do it despite the pain. The appearance of Sue, who SpeaksInShoutOuts, later in the manga only puts this in overdrive. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' makes references ''constantly'', and has devoted entire chapters and even story arcs to them at times. [[https://twitter.com/Cure_Rider/status/1219607974525558784 Here are some examples.]] |
| 51 | * ''Anime/GreenVsRed'' was made to celebrate Lupin III's 40th anniversary, and it shows: there are countless references to other films, episodes and everything related to the character, including the original manga and even a nod to Taito who made the very first Lupin video game in 1980. |
| 52 | * ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'' and its sequel ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' show just how much Creator/TooruFujisawa loves shout-outs. |
| 53 | * While it's always been a tradition for some HumongousMecha designs in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' shows to riff on ones from previous series, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' cranks it to the max. The best example is probably the colossal Destroy Gundam, a [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Psyco Gundam]] knockoff that turns into a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Big Zam]]. |
| 54 | ** Not to be outdone, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' is also this, with multitudes of {{ShoutOut}}s to previous animated series inside, and sometimes outside, of the franchise. |
| 55 | *** ''AGE'' even gets a bit {{Meta}} with its references, as mobile suits will often have specs borrowed directly from their closest Universal Century counterpart. For example, the Gundam AGE-1 has the same height and weight figures as the original Gundam, the AGE-2 is comparable to the Zeta Gundam, etc. |
| 56 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' episode 4 had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=lNyyVE1F6bU#t=2m55s enormous variety of older mobile suits]] fighting alongside modern designs. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by a Londo Bell soldier, who calls the battlefield a "walking war museum". |
| 57 | * The first season of the ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' anime. The manga too, but not as much. The second season still has tons of references, albeit a bit more subtle about it. |
| 58 | * ''[[Anime/{{Heybot}} Heybot!]]'' is filled with so many references that some of them are obscure even for the modern Japanese viewing audience. |
| 59 | * Being a series about a woman married to an {{otaku}}, ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'' references all the things you'd expect: {{Manga}}, {{Anime}}, VideoGames, and [[MemeticMutation Internet Memes]]. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 61 | ** Creator/HirohikoAraki's love of American and British rock music makes the series '''packed''' with references to band, album, and song names, to the point that translation attempts are blocked by trademark issues. His favorite bands can be identified by the prevalence to their works in the story, including Music/TheBeatles, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{Queen}}, Music/{{Prince}}, and Music/{{Yes}} (whose song "Roundabout" was chosen for the anime edition's first ending theme). Although this was originally limited to character names in the first three parts of the story, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]] sees them used as the names for the characters' supernatural powers known as Stands. From Part 5 and onwards, Araki has expanded music namesakes to all English-language music up to the time it was written. Part 8, for instance has one Stand named after Music/NatKingCole and another named after a Music/LadyGaga song.[[note]]There may be a Stand named after a classical piece, which would predate all other Stand names by centuries, but the name is changed so much as to be unclear.[[/note]] |
| 62 | ** Araki's love for Italy is shown in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]], which is set in Italy, and features characters named after food names in Italian. |
| 63 | ** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]] shows off Araki's love for fashion designers, where everyone ''but'' [[TheHero Jolyne]] is named after a fashion label. |
| 64 | ** And then there's the Part 6 Stand Bohemian Rhapsody, which enables its user Ungalo to bring to life fictional characters from ''any'' story, be it a cartoon, a comic book, or even artwork. If they encounter someone who liked or even vaguely remembers the story, the victim is then forced to live through the story and are killed as a result. Even WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse is hinted at being brought to life by Bohemian Rhapsody. The only apparent weakness is if someone has no emotional attachment to any work of fiction. [[spoiler:Like, say, [[AmnesiacHero Weather Report]].]] |
| 65 | ** From [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Part 7]] onward, both the Stands ''and'' their users have names that reference Western music. Often - for the minor villains, at least - the names are linked; for instance, the early Part 7 antagonist Pork Pie Hat Kid has a Stand named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(Jeff_Beck_album) Wired]]. |
| 66 | %%* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' |
| 67 | * ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': There are [[WholePlotReference whole episode references]] to movies like ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', ''Film/{{Mothra}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/TheBirds'', and ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}''. Furthermore, in episode 71, most of the main cast go on a boat trip and get [[Literature/TheBible swallowed by a whale]]. There's even an episode where Mabel gathers a cult following and ''[[Literature/TheBible parts the sea.]]'' A more complete list of [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] can be seen [[http://www.kirbysrainbowresort.net/info/anime/episode/satire.html here.]] |
| 68 | * ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2013'' and ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' toss in references to everything under the sun at one point or another. |
| 69 | * ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Being that the series revolves around an otaku, there's a lot of pop culture references to be expected, referencing everything from old commercials to [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya an anime by the same studio]]. Many of these references [[AdaptationExpansion are exclusive to the anime adaptation]]. |
| 70 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' to several series under the HumongousMecha genre such as ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', and ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', as well as a few others outside of that genre such as ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''. |
| 71 | %%* ''Manga/MariaHolic'' |
| 72 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Horikoshi is a big movie buff who enjoys Western super heroes and science fiction, as a result, his manga is laden with shout outs to these movies he likes, as well as some video games. One that has become basically a RunningGag is the fact that several places in the manga are named after planets and areas of ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 73 | ** During the School Festival Arc, Class 1-B puts on an "original" play called ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo and Juliet]] [[Literature/HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'' which is exactly what you expect from the title (plus a bit of the aformentioned ''Star Wars''). |
| 74 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is stuffed with tons of references ranging from other anime and manga series, western culture (like Kentucky Fried Chicken), and ''especially'' video games such as ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' and ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. It also frequently references Creator/KenAkamatsu's previous works like ''Manga/LoveHina'' and ''Manga/AILoveYou'' to the point where his series are accepted to all be part of TheVerse. At one point late in the series, there's even a reference ''to a famous doujinshi line'' based on ''Negima''. |
| 75 | * ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has, besides its Cthulhu {{Mythology Gag}}s, lots and lots and '''lots''' of references; the most-used gags relate to ''Franchise/KamenRider'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', but they also shout out to ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', ''Film/MenInBlack'', ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', obscure [[EasternRPG JRPGs]], Japanese ads...let's just say that turning this show into a DrinkingGame would be ''very'' ill-advised. This even works internally, with the alien characters being devotees of [[AliensStealCable Earth's popular culture]] and referencing their favorite shows and games in everyday conversation, such as Nyarko performing ''Franchise/KamenRider'' poses apropos of nothing. |
| 76 | ** There are so many that [[http://nyaruref.blogspot.it/ a blog]] was created for the sole purpose of listing them all! |
| 77 | ** The Chinese translation of the novels actually includes an appendix at the end of each volume detailing all the references made. Each one is at least several pages long. |
| 78 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': Pretty much every second or third character in the series is clearly inspired by another work, whether it be their namesake, design, or even role in the plot. This also extends to islands being very multi-cultural in inspiration. Like Dressrosa being based off of Spain and Rome, Wano Country being based off of Ancient Japan, and Shandia being based on the Aztec Empire. |
| 79 | * ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' literally has well over 500 over the course of a 26 episode series and 1 OVA. |
| 80 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' combines this with CulturalCrossReference. |
| 81 | * In one episode from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', Jessie tries to show off how she's a multi-talented actress and the audience is treated to a shot of her in many different outfits, all of which are from characters her voice actress has voiced. (Of course, the connection is lost in the West, but it's still a shout-out.) |
| 82 | %%* ''Manga/PrincessResurrection'' |
| 83 | * ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' makes [[WholePlotReference Whole Episode References]] to tons of ballets, plus some other operas, fairy tales, and classical music. GeniusBonus abounds. |
| 84 | * ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', aside from its reference to several other shows, has countless split-second shout-outs written on the classroom's blackboards which change every other second. |
| 85 | %%* ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' |
| 86 | * ''Manga/SgtFrog'' is littered with this (such the main character being obssessed with Franchise/{{Gundam}} models). The Creator/{{Funimation}} dub cranks up the references more with references to several celebrities and other films and tv shows. |
| 87 | * ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' has its own [[ShoutOut/SpaceDandy Shout-Out page]], with each episode having its own list. Most of the references caught are for other anime series set in space, though there is the odd reference to American pop culture too. |
| 88 | %%* Practically every other [[Creator/StudioSHAFT Shaft]] show counts too. |
| 89 | %%* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' |
| 90 | * ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' makes references to as many characters, mangas, movies, and videogames as it can. ''Especially'' videogames. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 94 | * ''ComicBook/Agent327'': Many references, shout-outs and name drops, mostly to Dutch culture and society. Especially in later albums the author went berserk with this. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' references a lot of history, culture and other stuff from the Ancient Roman Empire. This includes untranslated Latin phrases as well! Apart from that several references to later time periods can be found as well. Some of them only comprehensible to a French audience, others too old to be recognized by modern audiences, like winks to Corsican singer Tino Rossi, the 1930s movie "Marius" and politicians of the 1970s. |
| 96 | * The Spanish parody comic ''Cabezones'' basically work like this: make a spoof of a single film and then fill it with as many reference jokes as possible to anything else, even if it doesn't make sense at all. Sometimes it works, other times it borders on ShallowParody. |
| 97 | * ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'' is the French equivalent of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' in terms of number of {{Shout Out}}s ''per panel'', starting with the title. |
| 98 | * ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'': Also contains several references, most of them to artists and comedians the author enjoys. |
| 99 | * ''ComicBook/KillShakespeare'' is set in a world where every story Shakespeare wrote is real and the characters from multiple plays are around at the same time and interacting with each other. (For example, Hamlet's attempt at avenging his father is going on at the same time that [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] and Theatre/{{Othello}} are leading peasant rebellions against [[Theatre/RichardIII Richard III]] and Theatre/{{Macbeth}}), while shaking their heads at the antics of their follower [[Theatre/HenryIV Falstaff]].) As you can imagine, there are a '''''lot''''' of both obvious and subtle references to Shakespeare. |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. Especially in the latest graphic novels. Seriously, you will be surprised how many British '60s sitcom characters can appear in a number of pages. It wasn't until the third series that there was an original speaking character not absconded from an earlier work (even background characters running from a battle were Fagin, Dodger, and company), and that original character was Campion Bond of her majesty's secret service. |
| 101 | * As you can see in the picture above, the ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' comic can get so blatant and ridiculous in it's shout outs, it can be called RefugeInAudacity (and that ''Avatar'' parody manages to put more blue characters - which include a real person, [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Zinedine Zidane]], decked in France colors[[note]]It works because "Les Bleus" - French for "The Blues", and part of his battlecry in the referref panel -- is the nickname of the French team, thus helping him blend in with the other blue characters[[/note]] -- in another [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ccMz8fz5pbM/Tap8vBlxZbI/AAAAAAAACmw/bfmDx9HqhOQ/s640/o2o2.jpg panel]]). This also applies to other Brazilian comics, such as ''ComicBook/HolyAvenger''. |
| 102 | ** A RunningGag on a satirical Website/{{Tumblr}} about ''Monica's Gang'' is saying "Mauricio's lawyers, get ready…" every time the comic uses NoCelebritiesWereHarmed. (the caption of the page image was "that panel alone is probably worth two billion in lawsuits, dammit!") |
| 103 | ** [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8rcryOcAY1qbnzf6o1_1280.jpg This]], taken from their ''Film/TronLegacy'' parody -- the series has an UniversalAdaptorCast and writers who love a WholePlotReference - even lampshades that "This place is a ''[[ElmuhFuddSyndwome newd pawadise]]''!" |
| 104 | ** Also [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f1JdVKPSKRY/Udt66JGpD9I/AAAAAAAAA7c/zEtPr-JXmQ0/s1600/_Vingadoidos%20%282%29.JPG this ensemble of archers]] from their ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' parody. Notably, [[MythologyGag classic Hawkeye is in the crowd]] (they actually wanted ''their'' Hawkeye, who was being played by Smudge). |
| 105 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Any story drawn by Andy Price usually includes overwhelming amounts of pop-culture references in the background. |
| 106 | * ''ComicBook/{{Phonogram}}'' contains so many allusions to real bands and songs that each serialised issue contains a glossary explaining them all. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}}'' is an unusual serious example; it probably manages to stay serious because its {{Homage}}s and {{Shout Out}}s are usually to myths or the classics instead of pop culture. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', particularly in relation to video games and music. |
| 109 | * Alan Moore's ''ComicBook/TopTen'', which came out at the same time as the early installments of ''[=LoEG=]''. Practically every background character, business name, vehicle or grafitto is a shout out to someone or something. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}'': Several references to other comics, TV shows, films and Dutch and Flemish pop culture stuff. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' has a whole load, especially musical references, but also to works of literature and to modern (1980s) pop-culture. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 115 | * The September 16, 2001 ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' shows Zoe and Hammie going through their VHS collection deciding what to watch. Not only are popular Disney films like ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' mentioned, but also more obscure animated movies like ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'', which pretty much never gets referenced in media. |
| 116 | * The author of ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' wrote that: |
| 117 | -->''Bloom County'' was awash with pop culture references and celebrity mockery... largely because those beguiling assets were virtually absent from the comedic media at the time. But just look at us now. No, it's not my &@%# fault. |
| 118 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}'': Since this was a newspaper comic it contains thousands of references to stuff that was current when the comics were published in the papers. Famous politicians and media celebrities from the second half of the 20th century will have a cameo or have jokes based on them. The author also threw in several references to his personal life, including colleagues and exotic animals he encountered during his safaris. Unfortunately this is also the reason why reprints have included some necessary background explanations to put stuff into context. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 122 | * '''''Any''''' [[TheAbridgedSeries Abridged Series]]. ''Especially'' [[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries the one that started them all]]. |
| 123 | ** Special mention goes to ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', which, as a DeconstructiveParody of TheAbridgedSeries genre, makes practically ''everything'' into a reference of some kind. |
| 124 | ** ''WebVideo/NullmetalAlchemist'' is also worth mentioning in that it parodies the very idea of having references. Ed specializes in Contextually Insensitive Magic, and frequently deliberately cuts from the show to an out-of-context clip of another video to distract and/or annoy his enemies. |
| 125 | --->'''Rose:''' I don't understand, how did you defeat him using karaoke?\ |
| 126 | '''Ed:''' The guy had a rational hatred for references; a vocal cover was too much for his elitist brain to handle. |
| 127 | ** ''WebVideo/SonicTheOtherMovie'' and ''WebVideo/XonicS'' are obviously loaded with Sonic references, but the series also go the extra mile by making just as many obscure references to things well outside the purview of the fandom. |
| 128 | ** This is actually a plot point in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''. Guild leader Heathcliff loves to make movie references, which for the most part [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure go over the heads]] of the other players since they're too young to have seen stuff like ''Film/DrStrangelove''. Kirito, being the only one who gets them, eventually realizes [[spoiler:[[BigBad Akihiko Kayaba]] ''also'' likes to make some of the same movie references, [[SpottingTheThread allowing him to work out]] that Kayaba and Heathcliff are one and the same]]. |
| 129 | * ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Of course there's references to the books, but between that you've got things like Creator/ZacEfron. Furthermore, entire parts of the dialog are just homages to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. |
| 130 | %%* This can actually be quite a problem in fan works, especially since (a) the authors are generally pretty geeky by default, (b) there's often an unusually large amount of interaction between writer and audience, and (c) they're derived from pre-established settings anyway. Eventually, the sheer quantity of {{Shout Out}}s to other shows can reach critical mass, causing a hitherto coherent story to collapse into a formless heap of references. |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/AccidentMonthOne'' has references by the gallon load to ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', [[Creator/MNightShyamalan Night M Shyamalan]], Literature/TheTwilightSaga, Mystery Diagnosis, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''[[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age Comics]]'', and a lot more. All PlayedForLaughs, while there are a few that are more on the lines of a TakeThat. |
| 132 | * This is part of Creator/NimbusLlewelyn's SignatureStyle, to the point where both ''Fanfic/TheWizardInTheShadows'' and ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' have their own ShoutOut pages. Since he a) also had a classical education, b), is also an InsufferableGenius, he's not shy of throwing in historical, political, and occasionally theological references, either. This partly due to the latter being a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, partly due to the LemonyNarrator, and most of the cast being [[PopCulturedBadass pop-cultured badasses]], including acknowledged author favourite, Harry Dresden a.k.a. ''the'' FirstPersonSmartass, and the presence of Doctor Strange, who's not ''quite'' an AuthorAvatar, but close enough that he's prone to LeaningOnTheFourthWall. |
| 133 | * ''Fanfic/CodePrime'', full-stop. While ''Anime/CodeGeass'' does get some of its works referenced, the longer history of the ''Transformers'' franchise means a lot of slews from all parts of its own works. The range of the works referenced go from the popular ones such as the Aligned Continuity to even the infamous ''Kiss Players'' and its ''Diaclone'' origins. Some of them are either intentional or unintentional though. |
| 134 | * ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' has reached this territory, partly due to its side-stories. Just take a look at the [[ShoutOut/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum shoutout page...]]4 |
| 135 | * The ''Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}}'', a series of very AU ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fics, [[ShoutOut/{{Dangerverse}} has arguably reached this point.]] |
| 136 | * In keeping with its [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries source material]], ''Fanfic/DecksFallEveryoneDies'' has a lot of references. |
| 137 | * One of the common criticisms of ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'' is that it eschewed it's initial OriginalFlavor premise in favor of lots of fandom and animation {{Shout Out}}s. |
| 138 | %%* ''Fanfic/TheDysFUNctionalPirates'' |
| 139 | * ''Fanfic/ErikaTheRadical'' contains an overwhelming amount of film, anime, video game references and recent memes in which most of the side humor is derived from. The author is also evidently a avid subscriber of [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/]][[Memes/StarWars prequelmemes]]. |
| 140 | * The ''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''Franchise/MassEffect'' crossover ''Fanfic/FracturedSovereignGFC'' has a ton of shout-outs and some [[WholePlotReference Partial-Plot References]] to boot. It and its sequel, ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', both have [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to canon material that wasn't even ''released'' at the time of writing (''Fractured'') or is nonexistent in its fanon (''Origins''), mainly ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut'', despite its short length, is ''loaded'' with crossovers and pop culture references, enough to [[ShoutOut/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut get its own page for them!]] |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/TheGunslingerHeroFlintlock'': This work contains a wide variety and high number of references to several other franchises, among the list being Franchise/StarWars and {{VideoGame/Destiny}}. |
| 143 | * A dark humor Harry Potter fanfiction by Virginia Riddle-Malfoy on fanfiction.net ''Ginevra In Darkness'' uses a lot of characters from other series - particularly the renamed ''Integra'' from ''Hellsing'' and has cameos of other characters such as ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' and John Watson from the BBC Sherlock, Sarah Williams from ''Labyrinth'', Adam Young from ''Good Omens'', Darian Shields from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''Daria''. Also uses quotes from ''Buffy'', ''Batman'', and ''Theatre.AVeryPotterMusical''. She manages to keep to the plot, but seems to amuse herself by seeing how much she can slip past the readers without getting caught. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418173729/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3854663/1/Ginevra_In_Darkness]] |
| 144 | ** Another fanfiction by the same author Harry Potter and the Turn of the Tides uses the ''Halloween'' hijinx trope and crosses over for a single chapter ''Harry Potter'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Franchise/JamesBond'', ''Ranma'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Monty Python'' and the Holy Grail. The fic unfortunately was done by the author in high school, and she rightly abandoned it as the tropes written about became far too overdone and dull. Still worth a plug for excellent characterization. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120418173707/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2060745/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_turn_of_the_tides]] |
| 145 | * You should just see how Luna Lovegood is treated in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction. If she's not running her mouth off or a Seer she's referencing pop culture that [[PresentDayPast won't be relevant for around a decade or so.]] |
| 146 | * Listing the references in ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' has taken up quite a bit of space on its page. By the same author, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5389450/1/The_Finale_of_the_Ultimate_Meta_Mega_Crossover The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]]'' manages to reference practically everything in the TV Tropes Wiki. |
| 147 | * ''[[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=191&chapno=1 Harry Potter and the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus]]'' is rife with references to (Muggle, obviously) culture. It contributes to the story's lighthearted, campy feel (Draco Malfoy reading Creator/ErnestHemingway? Who would ever guess, [[FantasticRacism due to him seeing muggles as always inferior]]?) |
| 148 | * ''Fanfic/TheIronHorseEverythingsBetterWithRobots'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story with loads of references to science fiction, particularly works involving robots. |
| 149 | * ''Fanfic/ItsASmallWorldAfterAll'', a ''Webcomic/{{Hetalia|AxisPowers}}'' fanfic, has tons of references, ranging from ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' to ''Film/ThreeHundred''. |
| 150 | * ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', being advertised as a ''{{Literature/Haruhi|Suzumiya}}'' [[JustForFun/TropeOverdosed Suzumiya]][=/=]Website/TVTropes crossover (whatever that means), [[ShoutOut/KyonBigDamnHero has a lot of references]] to other works and ''tropes'', with many not being LampshadeHanging. |
| 151 | * Here's a fun DrinkingGame: Take a shot every time you spot an allusion or reference in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/65940/my-little-mission-sneaking-is-magic My Little Mission: Sneaking is Magic]]'' to something from the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series. You'll be hammered by the fifth chapter. The author manages to pack dozens upon dozens of references to the series into the fic, often going out of their way to do so. |
| 152 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' [[Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40k fan fiction]] [[Fanfic/NobodyDies tends to include]] [[Fanfic/AeonNatumEngel many references]]. |
| 153 | ** The ''Fanfic/IDontWantToForget'' was expressly stated by the author to be an {{homage}} to the extensive content about the [[{{Shipping}} relationship]] between [[Characters/NeonGenesisEvangelionShinjiIkari Shinji]] and [[Characters/NeonGenesisEvangelionAsukaLangleySoryu Asuka]], presented in canon and in fan works, that were created in those 25 years of existence of the [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion franchise]]. The author notes lists more than a hundred [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to those works, all of them hidden as easter eggs presented in the text. |
| 154 | * The perfect example of this is a picture known as "[[http://www.thepictureofeverything.com/ The Picture Of Everything"]] created by Howard Hallis. |
| 155 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'' has shout-outs in every chapter, ranging from both the source materials to other media, mostly to ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. The main story's subtitle is a reference to the famous jazz song. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonWhatCameAfter'' has not only a plethora of nods to other media (both [[ShoutOut/PokemonMysteryDungeonWhatCameAfter other series]] and [[MythologyGag/PokemonMysteryDungeonWhatCameAfter that which the story is based on]]), but ''[[CharlieAndTheChocolateParody an entire chapter]]'' re-enacting ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/ProfessorRiddlesChronicles'' has a shout-out practically in every passage. To anything, from Harry Potter canon to Soviet political jokes to ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. |
| 158 | * A conservative estimate of ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SeventyTwoHours''' reference count would be 500. This is not an exaggeration, considering that each of the eponymous hours has its own chapter, and it's roughly equivalent to a 1300 page book in length. It is, however, testament to the obsession with shoutouts held by the author. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless'' includes plenty of {{Shout Out}}s to mostly the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog car]][[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM toons]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic comic]] [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics books]], but also to the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW comic books]] and {{fan works}} (including the infamous ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes|SergeantSprinkles}}''). [[ShoutOut/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless Take a look at this page and see for yourself.]] |
| 160 | * ''Fanfic/SonicWorldAdventureRush'' is considered by some to be a bit ''too'' [[ShoutOut/SonicWorldAdventureRush overdosed]] in its fan service. And it's still going! |
| 161 | * ''Fanfic/SonicXDarkChaos'' could probably rival a Creator/QuentinTarantino movie with the sheer number of shout outs (both blatant and obscure) to other media, especially video games and movies. [[LampshadeHanging Hilariously]], one of them is an extended reference to Quentin Tarantino's ''Film/PulpFiction''. |
| 162 | * ''Fanfic/StevenUniverseAlternateFuture'' and all associated stories [[ShoutOut/StevenUniverseAlternateFuture are filled with this]], given that WordOfGod states this is because he grew up watching shows like ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' that also thrived on these. |
| 163 | * In ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'', there are numerous name-drops, in-jokes and references to all kinds of media, some more subtle than others. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/ThingsIAmNotAllowedToDoAtThePPC'': Since the ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' are a group that writes RecursiveFanfiction about most forms of media in existence, their equivalent of ''Literature/SkippysList'' is likewise packed full of pop-culture references. |
| 165 | * ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'' has references ranging from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' to the llama song to ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' to Celine Dion to ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''. |
| 166 | * ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' has so many references that it has its own ShoutOut subpage, and has pages on its wiki dedicated to listing every reference made. |
| 167 | * ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'' and ''Fanfic/TheArchmagesLastBow'' have [[ShoutOut/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan their own page]] with several but not all of their references chronicled. The author is self-aware, as in the original sequel, Discord broke the fourth wall to complain about using references to write the author out of a hole. These references can range from works such as famous poems, the works of ancient philosophers, or even well-known chess matches to ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' and [[Memes/StarWars prequel memes]]. |
| 168 | * Allsworthy from the seventh ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'' is a living version of this, naming his plans after various pieces of pop culture and spouting off quotes with practically every other sentence. Stan and Ford end up calling him out on it. |
| 169 | * Abridged series ''WebVideo/XonicS'' provides a constant barrage of references to the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise, among many other things. |
| 170 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': The series as a whole has lots of art and culture references, {{Easter Egg}}s, {{Tuckerization}}s, and ParodyNames, ranging from the obvious to the obscure -- enough to warrant its own ShoutOut page [[ShoutOut/TheBoltChronicles here]]. Several individual stories have better than a dozen such occurrences. |
| 171 | * ''Fanfic/TarkinsFist'': In addition to numerous references to the wider Star Wars Expanded Universe (both Legends and Canon) the story contains multiple references to Earth's popular culture and music. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the film with Creator/RobinWilliams as Genie [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson makes this especially the case]]. Many of his scenes and lines were done on the fly, and when he's in full flow it becomes a 'how many references can you spot' game. In the space of just over a minute, for example, he becomes a Scotsman, a dog, [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger a Germanic bodybuilder]], [[Film/SupermanII a cube]], a ventriloquist (and his dummy), several clones of himself, [[Series/TheEdSullivanShow Ed Sullivan]], a cash register, three Mexican dwarves, and [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]. |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' is overstuffed with references, including a few seconds of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' in the opening segment alone. |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is a family-friendly pastiche of dozens of monster movies. |
| 178 | * The American version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout2005'', renamed "''Doogal''" has dozens of pop culture references that jarringly don't flow with the story. |
| 179 | * ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', not counting the {{Fairy Tale}}s which are actually part of that universe. Compared to the first movie it's mostly the sequels that pour over with all kinds of pop culture references. |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'': Has its own [[ShoutOut/{{Rango}} Shout-Out page]]. |
| 181 | * ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Has its own [[ShoutOut/TurningRed Shout-Out page]]. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 185 | * [[MilestoneCelebration To celebrate the franchise's 40th anniversary]], ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' referenced every single Film/JamesBond film before it. ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' would do the same thing for the franchise's 50th anniversary. |
| 186 | * Most films directed by Creator/JoeDante, including ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', ''Film/TheHowling1981'', and ''Film/{{Piranha}}''. Creator/HarlanEllison, writing about ''Gremlins,'' mentioned that the picture was crammed with references to dozens of other films from which he doubtless meant as ''homages'' but which came off as distracting and intrusive. |
| 187 | %%* Many Creator/KevinSmith films. |
| 188 | * Any Creator/QuentinTarantino film. Website/{{Cracked}} calls him less of a director and more of a movie DJ, treating shots, characters, and plots like music samples. ''Film/PulpFiction'', his first truly mainstream film, is often considered to have been [[TropeCodifier the launching point]] for the Gen-X "sampling" trend in popular culture that continues to this day, although earlier precedents existed. |
| 189 | * ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' was this way, due to a desire for {{Shout Out}}s to the original film. |
| 190 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', much like the comic upon which it's based, revels thoroughly in this trope. |
| 191 | * Both ''Film/Scream1996'' and ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'' are {{deconstruction}}s of the [[SlasherMovie slasher]] SubGenre of horror that make numerous references to other horror movies. |
| 192 | * Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg do this a lot in their films. The "_____ Movie" parody series in particular (Epic Movie, Date Movie, Disaster Movie...), are almost nothing but pop culture references and shout outs. They do at least manage to integrate the references into the movie's action, however, [[DropTheCow if only for a cheap slapstick gag]]. |
| 193 | * ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'' was an early example of this. ''Howdy Doody'', ''Captain Video'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', ''Riot in Cell Block 11''...and, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if it hadn't been cut from the film]], a spot-on parody of 1930s gangster movies. |
| 194 | * ''Film/Ted2'' references ''Film/FortySecondStreet'', ''Film/AlienVsPredator'', ''Film/AnchorsAweigh'', and many more films. |
| 195 | * Creator/WoodyAllen: His films have many references that only intellectuals will recognize like shout-outs to philosophy, art, literature and arthouse films. |
| 196 | * ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'' are loaded with shout-outs, most from Wade, including multiple references to the other X-Men films, ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' and ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.'' In the sequel Deadpool drops a particularly blatant and out-of-place reference to Pinkie Pie of ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', and winks at the audience. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 200 | * The science fiction novel ''Literature/EscapistDream'' is about a virtual reality world where geeks can role-play and live the life of a real comic book, film, video game, anime, TV, literature (and everything else that is geek-related) character. What made this book special is how its pop culture references are more modern than its contemporaries (it literally referenced ''LetsPlay/PewDiePie'' at one point). It gained popularity for its pop culture references so much, that literary critic Dustin Kidd actually described it as "''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' of pop culture fiction." |
| 201 | ** The sequel ''Literature/OtakuGirl'' cranks up the level of overdose by adding references to internet {{meme}}s. Like seriously, where else do you get to read about geeks fighting against [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRor3ox50I Ultra-Instinct Shaggy]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXlzKDjL8E Big Chungus]]. |
| 202 | * ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneMoviesYouMustSeeBeforeYouDie'' contains a list of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 1001 movies the author considers must-see movies]], with each entry accompanied by a short essay explaining why. The essays, written by over 50 different film critics, often make heavy use of references and parallels to other films, directors, scriptwriters, et cetera to make their point. |
| 203 | * ''Literature/AmongOthers'' by Creator/JoWalton is full of references to the science fiction and fantasy of the 1970s and 1980s. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfTheImaginariumGeographica'' is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover about a MagicalLand said to have inspired almost all of fiction in some way or another, with Creator/JRRTolkien, Creator/CSLewis and Creator/CharlesWilliams as the main characters. So naturally the books have references coming out of their figurative ears. |
| 205 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The fandom collected a list of Shout-Outs into [[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html The Annotated Pratchett File]]. The APF annotations list appears to have been discontinued after about two-thirds of the books; the torch has been carried on by the [[http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Annotations Terry Pratchett Wiki]], which faithfully annotates the later books as well as adding extra detail to the earlier ones. |
| 206 | * ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': Dante's visit to Hell, Purgatory and Heaven is peppered with countless references to historical, cultural, religious, political and scientific people from both his time and earlier centuries. |
| 207 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', since everyone is GenreSavvy and the [[FirstPersonSmartass narrator]] is a PopCulturedBadass. |
| 208 | * Creator/BretEastonEllis likes to do this with his characters to highlight how shallow they are. Many pages in ''Literature/{{Glamorama}}'' are just long lists of Victor and his friends name dropping celebrities, and in ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', Patrick has to describe in excruciating detail what ''everyone'' is wearing. |
| 209 | * The works of Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer are sometimes Reference Overdosed, particularly those set in the Wold Newton universe. A single work may be a Homage to one writer while encoding allusions to the work of many, many others. For example, no name is innocent until all anagrams, obscure linguistic derivations and so forth have been exhausted. |
| 210 | %%* ''Literature/FinnegansWake'' features thousands of references to everything imaginable. |
| 211 | * ''Literature/InCryptid'' is full of shout-outs, which is to be expected given that Creator/SeananMcGuire is JustForFun/OneOfUs. About half of them come from [[PopCulturedBadass Antimony]]. Even the short stories set in the 30s manage to sneak in a few contemporary ones. |
| 212 | * Many of Creator/MLLanzillotta's books count. ''Literature/IfIGoItWillBeDouble'' is a prime example. There's even a robot called the nonHAL-asimov-42 (his friends call him [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robby]]). |
| 213 | * Nicola Jonesy, writer of ''Literature/LoLoApolloImAfraidOfAmericans'', is a child of the internet of the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] and [[TheNewTens 2010s]], and it shows in the book. There are various references to things like ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', various works that gained a massive following like ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' and ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the various memes that spawned during those two periods, political figures and events, and ProfessionalWrestling. And this is without listing ''every'' reference that appears in the book. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/MagicExLibris'' is about people who can pull items out of books. This, combined with a {{Geek}} protagonist, leads to references being tossed around like candy. To help some bewildered readers, there's a list of referenced books in the back. |
| 215 | * Creator/KazumaKamachi's ''Literature/MagistellusBadTrip'' is filled with references to other works by the same author. The main heroine's name, Tselika, has previously been used for two other demons (in ''Literature/TheZashikiWarashiOfIntellectualVillage'' and ''Literature/TheWeaknessOfBeatriceTheLevelCapHolySwordswoman''). The corporation names are all references as well: [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Fiamma Securities]], [[Literature/HeavyObject Megalodiver Shipping]], [[Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign Toy Dream]] etc.). |
| 216 | %%* Most stories by Creator/KimNewman (including those written under his Jack Yeovil pseudonym), especially the ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' series. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/TheNightMayor'' is set in a virtual reality realm based on FilmNoir movies, and is packed with references to classic and not-so-classic movies of the late 1930s through early 1950s (including all the obvious candidates as well as some less obvious ones like ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''). |
| 218 | * ''Literature/ANightInTheLonesomeOctober'' abounds with references, being a wide-ranging gothic horror {{pastiche}} with references to other genres. It contains many {{Homage}}s and {{Shout Out}}s beyond its crossover characters. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' has this as part of its plot, but mostly narrows it to 1980s video games and pop culture in an effort to solve the puzzle left behind by a rich eccentric as part of his will. [[Film/ReadyPlayerOne The movie]] is even worse, adding in characters from later periods, such as the ''T. rex'' from ''Film/JurassicPark'' and the Spartans from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': If you made a list of every time Snicket makes a ShoutOut to literature and history in one of the later books (especially through Sunny's dialogue), it would be as long as the book itself. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/TheShadowRealm'' series by Lucas Thorn embodies this trope particularly well. Almost every chapter in the book ends in a one-liner, many of which reference outside material, as well as references being made in countless other ways, including the numerous references found in the names of Nysta's knife collection. These references range from simple to complex and comedic to serious, with no rhyme or reason present beyond author preference. A deep sea undead monster might be referred to as a draug after the Scandinavian monster, or two characters might act out the entire conclusion to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. |
| 222 | * ''[[Literature/SmallWorldDavidLodgeNovel Small World]]'' is full of references to [[Myth/KingArthurAndTheHolyGrail the Grail legend]]. Many of them are [[GeniusBonus very subtle indeed]]. They are mainly drawn from Jessie Weston's book ''From Ritual to Romance'', which also influences Creator/TSEliot in ''Literature/TheWasteLand''. At time it comes close to recursive referencing. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' by Creator/CTPhipps is a nonstop barrage of ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and other pop culture references from its supervillain protagonist Gary Karkofsky a.k.a. Merciless: The Supervillainy Without Mercy. Ironically, he makes no superhero references because comic books aren't a big thing in his world. It's a common thing with the author as his ''Literature/TheBrightFallsMysteries'' and ''Literature/StraightOuttaFangton'' books have similar treatment of supernatural-themed pop culture. |
| 224 | * The amount of Science Fiction and Extreme Metal references in Ari Bach's novel ''{{Literature/Valhalla}}'' is incalculable. Nearly every character name is taken from a metal band. Nearly every piece of hardware is named for the author of the sci-fi novel or show it was invented in. References even include old sitcoms, obscure occult literature and more. |
| 225 | * The author of the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} novels collectively known as "The Vampire Wars" acknowledges his books contain at least a hundred references to classic vampire stories like ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. One of his fans sent him a list of references in his novels, but the author didn't have the heart to say he'd missed about another fifty. |
| 226 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Literature/CiaphasCain books are absolutely ''loaded'' with references to both science fiction and turn-of-the-century juvenile adventures. |
| 227 | * Creator/TSEliot's works, especially ''Literature/TheWasteLand''. The poem is full of references to popular songs, classical literature, operas and ancient religious scriptures, and quotes them in their native language. |
| 228 | * The first page of ''[[Literature/WheresWally Where's Waldo?]]'' The Wonder Book. It puts all the other examples to shame. |
| 229 | * Zadie Smith's ''Literature/WhiteTeeth'' contains tons of references to various minutiae from literature, history, science, and pop culture (both British and American). Some of them serve no purpose, such as a LongList of all of Millat Iqbal's favorite books, records and tapes, and movies on videocassette. |
| 230 | %%* The works of Creator/RobertAntonWilson. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 234 | * ''Series/{{Community}}''. Abed is stated to be incapable of communicating through any other medium than movies. |
| 235 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' has been running since 1963, so it's accumulated a lot over that time. Also, its hero is a quasi-immortal time traveller, which gives them a pretty large reference pool. Some of the older episodes reference things like Beatles lyrics, while New-Who has referenced things like ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' and way, ''way'' more. |
| 236 | * We don't even try to list the {{shout out}}s in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. Crichton is a fountain of late-20th-centrury cultural references, which only makes him a CloudCuckoolander in the eyes of all the aliens around him. |
| 237 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' is famous for its abundance of references. Each DVD even has a little booklet explaining [[ViewersAreGeniuses the more obscure ones.]] |
| 238 | * ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' is this towards the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series. |
| 239 | * ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' is so reference overdosed that its {{shout out}}s had to be moved to [[ShoutOut/{{Leverage}} their own page]]. |
| 240 | * ''Series/TheMiddleman'', usually with a different theme each episode (one episode is full of ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' references, another ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' references, another ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' references, and so on...) |
| 241 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': many encyclopedic references to historical and cultural figures, exotic animals and places. Most of these jokes could make sense to intellectuals, but then there are also many references to British culture, especially politicians, TV hosts, soccer players, cricketers and programs that were famous during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They are usually completely incomprehensible and obscure to international audiences and even to the English, especially while TimeMarchesOn. |
| 242 | * ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Being a show built around providing audio commentary to CultClassic genre movies, it couldn't help being stuffed full of references, but some them were so obscure only the members of the show's own cast understood them. |
| 243 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Tony, an avid [[TheMovieBuff movie buff]], makes references to films at least OncePerEpisode, and [=McGee=] is a gamer, among other justifications for this. |
| 244 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'' [[OncePerEpisode CONSTANTLY]] references obscure 80s and 90s pop culture. |
| 245 | ** You could argue that it's justified on this show, since so many cult figures from those decades show up as guest stars - but then that would just bring up the CelebrityParadox. |
| 246 | ** The high school reunion episode, "Murder ... Anyone ... Anyone ... Bueller?", has tons of references to 80s pop culture ([[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff including the title]]), which is quite puzzling, [[FridgeLogic considering Shawn and Gus would have gone to high school in the 90s.]] |
| 247 | *** This is lampshaded at one point; Shawn says he deliberately chooses to make an overabundance of references from that era, making it an InvokedTrope. |
| 248 | ** "This Episode Sucks" references a bunch of vampire-themed works and featured {{Casting Gag}}s: Creator/KristySwanson of the original ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' film and Creator/CoreyFeldman from ''Film/TheLostBoys'' appear. |
| 249 | ** "Mr. Yin Presents ..." has ''many'' references to Creator/AlfredHitchcock films, including [[Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents the episode's title]] (for a complete list go [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yin_Presents...#Hitchcock_references here]]). It featured a ThemeSerialKiller who modeled his murders after Hitchcock's films such as ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and ''Film/{{Marnie}}'', had a few {{Homage Shot}}s, and even used [[PropRecycling some of the original props from the films.]] There's also a reference to Hitchcock's {{creator cameo}}s, with a look-alike appearing in the background of one scene. |
| 250 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'' often makes reference to films such as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', and ''Film/BladeRunner''. For instance, the episode Back To Earth is considered by most to only be enjoyable if you know the ''Blade Runner'' references, to most other fans it is a horrible episode. |
| 251 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'' was created and is written by pop culture fan and former Creator/{{MTV}} VJ Creator/DanielLevy who weaves his love of music, fashion and popular culture into his writing in every episode. |
| 252 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}''. There's even a bonus subtitle track on the DVD that notes all the references. |
| 253 | * ''Series/SpittingImage'': Where to start? Several references to 1980s and 1990s society in general, yet also to everything that was in the media in the week of broadcast. From news reports over TV commercials. If you wanted to understand every reference you really had to read, listen and watch to every report. And most of it references British culture in particular. This also explains why the show was so difficult to export to other countries. The stuff dated rapidly and a lot of it was incomprehensible to foreign viewers. When broadcasted on Dutch TV the translators even added some extra subtitles on top of the screen to give some explanations about certain politicians or TV stars that only the English would immediately recognize. |
| 254 | * The Tau'ri (Earth-born humans) in the ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' have GenreSavvy as their [[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. They're well aware that their daily lives resemble science fiction and are all too happy to show it. |
| 255 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', particularly when it comes to music. [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Every episode]] from the first 5 seasons is named after a classic rock song, while the newer episodes reference other. |
| 256 | ** Most shout-outs come PopCulturedBadass[=/=][[TheMovieBuff Movie Buff]] Dean, who does this more than OncePerEpisode. |
| 257 | ** There's also Charlie who references ''tons'' of works [[GeekReferencePool associated with nerd culture]] in the episodes she appears in (and so do [[ThemeNaming the titles]]). |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 261 | * ''We Didn't Start the Fire'' by Music/BillyJoel is a list of cultural icons and events, mostly in chronological order. |
| 262 | * Music/BlackCountryNewRoad certainly count, as Isaac Wood's lyrics constantly shout out other artists, songs, and other forms of media. |
| 263 | * Destroyer. [[Music/TheNewPornographers Dan Bejar's]] main band has its own [[http://www.deftone.com/destroyer/ wiki]] and [[http://tracksfromthestack.blogspot.com/2012/12/lets-remember-destroyer-drinking-game-c.html drinking game.]] |
| 264 | * Music/FrankZappa: His music was deeply personal and references several aspects of the society of his time, including music, commercials, politics, TV and even inside jokes in his own band and anecdotes from his own life. Zappa once claimed that he doubted if his lyrics could make sense to anyone but himself. |
| 265 | * Half Man Half Biscuit. Their website has a section dedicated to explaining some of the references. |
| 266 | * Wrestling/JohnCena and Tha Trademarc do a lot of this on ''You Can't See Me''; ironically, most of the references are ''not'' to ProfessionalWrestling. This was spoofed in their video for "Bad, Bad Man", which had as its plot a homicidal maniac kidnapping midgets dressed as Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/MichaelJackson, and certain other [[TheEighties 1980s]] cult figures - not to mention that said homicidal maniac was played by Gary Coleman. And Cena, Trademarc, and Bumpy Knuckles dress up like (respectively) Hannibal Smith, Murdock, and Mr. T from ''Series/TheATeam''! |
| 267 | * No More Kings. When describing them most places refer to them and funk/pop mixed with 80s references. Though there are more references, the 80s are just the most prominent. |
| 268 | * Music/{{REM}}'s music would frequently make references to ancient mythology in order to conceal the true meanings of the songs (namely Michael Stipe's bisexuality or political events). This had the side effect of making people think he spoke gibberish. To clarify, the first time he admitted to writing a song with straightforward lyrics was in 1992 when the band recorded "Everybody Hurts" - 12 years after they started. |
| 269 | * SageFrancis, a rapper from Providence, RI, makes tons of references to "classic" hip hop songs. He'll often re-use classic lines, substituting a word here or there or reversing the word order as a kind of wordplay homage; he'll also re-use the ''cadence'' of certain iconic lines in a subtle nod. |
| 270 | * The entirety of ''Music/UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny'' is ShoutOut after ShoutOut from beginning to end. |
| 271 | * The Music/WuTangClan: cursory examination of the first two tracks on ''Enter the Wu-Tang/36 Chambers'' turns up, in addition to the samples and references to [[{{Wuxia}} old Kung-fu movies]] for which they're famous, overt references to Creator/StevenSeagal and his film ''Film/OutForJustice'', ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', and ''Film/TheWarriors''. |
| 272 | ** Also, Music/GhostfaceKillah had a song from the 1996 album ''Iron Man'' (which was when he started using the alias Tony Stark) entitled "[[UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} Daytona 500]]" (named mostly for its fast pace) which used clips from the original ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' to make one of the first Anime Music Videos which is still considered a favorite by many. |
| 273 | *** The song itself contained samples from Bob James' "Nautilus" and "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad while the chorus from "Turn The Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson sped up and reworded for the hook. And even featured two samples from previous Wu singles, "Mystery of Chessboxin" and Raekwon's "Incarcerated Film/{{Scarface|1983}}s" which also had an obvious ShoutOut in title as well as the lyrics. |
| 274 | ** The mileage varies, but this [[FollowTheLeader opened the AMV flood gates]], being one of the first AMV's showed on TV and predating Website/YouTube and self-made AMV's. |
| 275 | * Music/PDQBach has plenty of moments, but the pieces on the albums which are really overdosed tend to be the one Peter Schickele published under his own name. These are usually a type of medley called a quodlibet, and it's rare for them to quote a single piece at a time[[note]], once quoting ''ten'' selections -- all the Beethoven symphonies plus Brahms's first[[/note]], except as a setup to lampshade the juxtaposition of, for instance, "Camptown Races" against "Ode to Joy". |
| 276 | * Music/TheStupendium's song based on ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', "A Little Heart", references a Disney song in nearly every line. |
| 277 | * The AnimatedMusicVideo for CRUISR's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKemSP-Ei58 All Over]]" constantly shifts between literally dozens of famous fictional couples, usually but not always romantic, from [[Film/PulpFiction Vincent and Mia]] to [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle and the Beast]] to [[Film/WhenHarryMetSally Harry and Sally]] to [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody and the shark]]. |
| 278 | * The lyrics to Music/{{Sabaton}}'s song "Metal Crue" are mostly the names of metal bands. And they have another song, "Metal Machine", where the lyrics are mainly the titles of other metal songs. |
| 279 | * Jinx's "Cartoons and Vodka". |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 283 | * Podcast/CapesOnTheCouch: Every episode features numerous shout-outs to anything from Broadway to schlocky horror films to 80s cartoons, and even TV Tropes itself. The show notes for each episode contain links to explain stuff that Anthony & Doc reference for listeners who don't get it. |
| 284 | * Podcast/{{Radiodrome}}: Countless references to exploitation movies and other films, even mentioning old TV series in the process. |
| 285 | * Podcast/TheFirstPodcast: Contains ''thousands'' of references to various shows, video games, bands, other podcasts, and content creators, some of which are listed [[https://thefirstpodcast.fandom.com/wiki/Hidden_references here]]. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 289 | * Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} has titled events after Music/TalkingHeads albums, [[Music/BenFolds Ben Folds Five]] songs, Music/JoniMitchell lyrics (''Through Savage Progress Cuts the Jungle Line''), ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' episodes, phrases from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, episodes of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', episodes of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', books from Creator/RLStine's ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series, and the list just goes on and on from there. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 293 | * Any Creator/DennisMiller rant. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 297 | * ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': Due to being a collaborative work between the board's members, it qualifies. While there have been {{Shout Out}}s to previous versions and [[Literature/BattleRoyale the original canon]], a few others are to... less expected works, such as a character suddenly talking like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]], and a few characters being an {{Expy}} of characters from other works. Honestly, if one were to list every single reference in SOTF, it would take a while. It has been a minor issue on the board, however, in how many {{Shout Out}}s are okay. |
| 298 | * ''Roleplay/GetThatPizza'': The tropers will frequently use weapons or items from various works of fiction, or enlist various fictional characters to help them get the pizza. |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 302 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsTheDragoning'', which mashes together the rules of several pen-and-paper systems, uses the setting of others, and gives shout-outs to everything else. |
| 303 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is full of these, particularly where harlequin is involved. In one book in particular he refers to the Music/DeadKennedys and Music/CypressHill and quotes a line from a Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine song. All this in the year 2074, by the way. |
| 304 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' are packed with shout-outs, and it's not just the historical or literary origins of practically every faction and variant army (''especially'' Space Marines and Imperial Guard). The flavor quotes, maps and locations, character names, most of the fiction, and the universe backstories are plundered from all over, ranging from the Bible to minor quotes from travel writers. |
| 305 | * ''TabletopGame/InterstitialOurHeartsIntertwined'' has this as it's core mission statement. Every playbook is clearly inspired by major character tropes from media, and nearly all their moves are named after lines or concepts from other works - usually ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', but plenty from others. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 309 | * ''Theatre/TheMusicalOfMusicalsTheMusical'', as its title implies, is stuffed with {{Shout Out}}s to famous and not-so-famous musicals by famous authors. |
| 310 | * Eric Overmyer's ''Theatre/OnTheVerge''. Between the [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] and [[AntiquatedLinguistics uncommon vocabulary]], it's a dramaturg's delight. Or nightmare! |
| 311 | * The Colonel's PatterSong from ''Theatre/{{Patience}}'', "If you want a receipt for that popular mystery," "probably requires more annotation than any other in the entire Creator/GilbertAndSullivan repertoire," according to ''The Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan'' by Ian Bradley. |
| 312 | * ''Theatre/TitleOfShow'' is full of references to other musicals, which is lampshaded in the show. |
| 313 | * Any given Creator/TomStoppard play, dipping into GeniusBonus levels. |
| 314 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' references everything from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' to ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' to ''[[Music/TheNotoriousBig Ten Crack Commandments]]'' to ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe''. And then you start realizing that lines like "I'm just sayin', if you really loved me, you would share him", "Will you relish being a poor man's wife?", and "Hamilton's a host unto himself" are ''paraphrasing the character's real-life letters'', and you just give up because the only possible way you could know all this is to go full "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E25TheInnerLight The Inner Light]]" on Lin-Manuel Miranda. |
| 315 | * In ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'' the Genie has barely a single word of dialogue that isn't a quote from a movie. Most characters somehow find this funny, but [[OnlySaneMan Jafar]] points out he [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure has no idea what these apparent references are about]] and demands the Genie talk to him like a normal person, without success. |
| 316 | --> '''Jafar:''' Are you referencing something, are you trying to make me laugh, like some kind of work of fiction that I'm unaware of? I was not charmed by the song that you sang when you came out of the lamp, and I am not charmed by your crazy bullshit now. I need you to either back me the ''fuck'' up, or shut the fuck up. Got it? |
| 317 | --> '''Genie:''' [[Film/JerryMaguire You had me at hello.]] |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 321 | * ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's Hollywood Studios]] is loaded with references and homages to other movies, most of which weren't even made by Disney. Though it's justified in that it's a ride about the greatest moments in film history. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 325 | * Due to ''Toys/WackyPackages'' and its nature of being a parody line, combined with its long life, is loaded with parodies of a variety of things. From parodies of household products to toylines to media franchises, there are a variety of things referenced. |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/AbobosBigAdventure'' has far too many references to list them all here. Being a BloodyHilarious love letter to the 8-bit days, the bulk of them are {{Shout Out}}s to classic NES games, but there's also a couple references to SNES-era games, as well as movies and advertising slogans of the time. |
| 330 | * The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series is [[ShoutOut/AceAttorney filled to the brim]] with {{Shout Out}}s, ranging from television to Internet memes. |
| 331 | * ''VideoGame/AdventureCapitalist'' references various media and properties, like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''VideoGame/AntiIdleTheGame'', and many ''many'' more. There are far too many references to list here in full without considerably lengthening this page. |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfMassmouth'' series is filled to the brim with references; entire lines are quoted verbatim, names of locations and characters in pop culture feature heavily, not to mention that all the enemies are basically ripped from other games and given different names. For example, the Worm's employees have names like [[VideoGame/HalfLife Freeman]] and [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]], the Worm himself is represented by the Pit Worm from ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'', the ''Massmouth 2'' intro has the characters act out the ''VideoGame/ZeroWing'' intro, etc. |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/AquaRhapsody'', The developer notes that a lot of small things are "shoutouts" to video game, anime, etc. These are as obscure as the level transitions that fade out in a similar manner to Space Harrier. |
| 334 | * Absolutely ''everything'' by Artix Entertainment Games. ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', ''VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}'', ''VideoGame/MechQuest''... ''everything''. |
| 335 | * The Platform/PlayStation5 pack-in title ''VideoGame/AstrosPlayroom'' has countless nods to [=PlayStation=] history, from the collectible artifacts being highly detailed models of previous [=PlayStation=] hardware to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dH_Pk32PD4 easter eggs found in the levels themselves]] of bots acting out scenarios from both first-party [=PlayStation=] titles and third-party titles that have a significant history with the brand. Even lesser-known titles like ''VideoGame/GravityRush'', ''VideoGame/JumpingFlash'', ''VideoGame/Puppeteer2013'', and even ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' are acknowledged. The game's final boss even references an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtZIlolG6w old PS1 tech demo featuring a detailed (for the time) model of a t-rex]]. |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has tons of visual ShoutOut's to a lot of anime as well as other video games. [[ShoutOut/AsurasWrath See them here.]] |
| 337 | * ''Baseball Stars Professional'' has a greatly amusing amount of disregard for copyright, as evidenced by the members of the Fabulous Superstars: Franchise/{{Rocky}}, Franchise/{{Rambo}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, [[Film/JamesBond Bond]], Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ripley]], [[Film/{{Shane}} Shane]], [[Creator/BruceLee Dragon]], [[Franchise/IndianaJones Indy]], [[Film/MadMax Madmax]], [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/StarWars Vader]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Axel]], and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. |
| 338 | * ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats'' is loaded with references, to {{Franchise/Batman}}, to Creator/ClintEastwood, to Creator/JKRowling and the books Literature/PrideAndPrejudice and Literature/LesMiserables. And that's not even getting to the more obscure references. |
| 339 | * ''VideoGame/BillyVsSNAKEMAN'' Nearly every NPC is ''at least'' one CaptainErsatz, the pre-CerebusSyndrome plot is mostly {{Whole Plot Reference}}s strung together, and countless incidental references are found everywhere you look. |
| 340 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series. There's a whole page to gather all the shout outs for the series, [[ShoutOut/{{Borderlands}} here]]: |
| 341 | ** The first game, ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'', has [[ShoutOut/Borderlands1 this page]]. |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has [[ShoutOut/Borderlands2 this page]]. |
| 343 | ** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' has [[ShoutOut/BorderlandsThePreSequel this page]]. |
| 344 | ** ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' has [[ShoutOut/Borderlands3 this page]]. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'': |
| 346 | ** ''Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind'' references ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', ''Film/ABridgeTooFar'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', "Rock Around the Clock", "Eye of the Tiger", ''Film/LethalWeapon'', and ''Literature/AFarewellToArms''. |
| 347 | ** ''Bubsy II'' references ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/PoliceAcademy'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'', ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', Richard the Lionhearted, ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', Music/TwoLiveCrew, and ''Mars Needs Women''. |
| 348 | ** ''Fractured Furry Tales'' references ''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Fractured Fairy Tales]]''. |
| 349 | ** ''Bubsy 3D'' references ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', ''Wooly Bully'' by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, ''Film/DasBoot'', ''Film/CrimsonTide'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''Film/DaysOfThunder'', ''[[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 The Amityville Horror]]'', ''Bright Lights, Big City'', and ''Film/EscapeFromLA''. |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist'': It's a game where famous late-modern writers and poets are playable characters, so naturally literary references abound. |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'': Look at 5's achievements and see how many {{Shout Out}}s you can find. |
| 352 | * Despite the limited content, the browser game ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'' has a surprising number of references and {{Shout Out}}s to various works, including ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' |
| 353 | * ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' increases the number of {{Shout Out}}s with every game. As of the fourth installment, nearly every spell, special attack and item description is ''some'' sort of reference to anything from Creator/HPLovecraft to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' to ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''. [[Manga/LuckyStar Anime Tenchou]] is even a {{summon|Magic}}... No, not a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Anime Tenchou -- the actual one. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesRocketSlime'' has loads of references to other Creator/SquareEnix games. |
| 355 | * The ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' series went this way starting from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''. |
| 356 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' is so brimming with {{Shout Out}}s, from the item descriptions to the monster taunts to the achievement names, that [[ShoutOut/DungeonsOfDredmor it has its own Shout Out page.]] |
| 357 | * Every single thing in ''VideoGame/EatLeadTheReturnOfMattHazard'' is a reference to another video game or video game tropes in general. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/ElectionYearKnockout'': If you know the RealLife versions of each character, you will notice just how many references there are to various aspects of them. Just one example is how Ted Bruz uses attacks from the Zodiac signs, which is a reference to the internet conspiracy/meme that Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer. |
| 359 | * ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' references and draws inspiration from pretty much every single work under the sun. The list ranges from wielding a [[Film/{{Commando}} Quad-barrel rocket launcher]] to the flavor text on the nanomachines being [[Memes/MetalGear "son,"]] to boss fights against giant gun-toting [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Beholders and Mind Flayers]]. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' is packed with tons of {{Shout Out}}s to anime, manga, and other games. |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'' has loads of {{Mythology Gag}}s on the various Creator/{{Disney}} products. One area has old Platform/{{N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES and Platform/{{S|uperNintendoEntertainmentSystem}}NES cartridges of Disney {{Licensed Game}}s strewn about. |
| 362 | * Indie game ''VideoGame/{{Evoland}}'' makes a lot of references, mostly owing to the fact it's both an homage and AffectionateParody of the ActionAdventure and {{R|olePlayingGame}}PG genres. In particular there are many references to Nintendo (most obvious being ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''), and the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series (most of which towards the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII seventh entry]], due to it being the one most people are familiar with). There's a bit of a BrokenBase on if the reference overdosing was such a good thing, though, as one half of the people who played the game find the spoofing and references charming, while others feel the spoofing is [[ShallowParody too shallow]] and/or too frequent and gets in the way. |
| 363 | %%* The entire ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, especially ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' and New Reno. |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has its fair share of references in the base game, however the ''Old World Blues'' DLC takes the cake. Even the plot if it is a gigantic cross reference between 50s B sci-fi B movies, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and cut content from previous ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games. Many of the names of people and places are also various references and it gets much more aggressive if you have the Wild Wasteland trait, to the point that the DLC on its own could almost have its own shout-outs page. |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', given it is a parody of various movies and videogames from the '80s. |
| 366 | * ''VideoGame/FlightRising'' is filled with {{Shout Out}}s to the point where about a third of the item descriptions are references to something or other--''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'', ''Film/JurassicPark'', |
| 367 | * It's not uncommon for a ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' GameMod to feature an entire background full of {{Crossover Cameo}}s from other mods, given how many there are. |
| 368 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Gex}}'' series which are about the title character TrappedInTVLand who's already a couch potato. He's voiced by comedian Dana Gould, who is himself a huge fan of pop culture. Many of Gex's wisecracks were based on his own standup. |
| 369 | * Creator/DaisukeIshiwatari, the creator of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', is a Heavy Metal and Rock fan and the series in turn has lots of Heavy Metal and Rock references (and even influences) to count. Ranging from Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/IronMaiden, Music/TheBlackCrowes, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/{{Queen}}, Music/{{Prince}}, Music/{{Helloween}} just to name a few out of the many ''many'' bands. And when it's not, it's very likely to be a reference to something from both Western and Eastern pop cultures alike. |
| 370 | * The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has a '''HUGE''' chunk of references, enough for it to even have [[ShoutOut/HenryStickminSeries its own page]] |
| 371 | * ''VideoGame/{{Highborn}}'' is an iOS game that includes references to anything from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and Mountain Dew to Music/JamesBrown and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. There are even missions with {{Whole Plot Reference}}s to ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. |
| 372 | -->'''Floyd:''' [[LampshadeHanging I'd like to make a Jimmy Hoffa joke]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall but I think most of the people playing this game]] are kids who are getting tired of running to [[ShoutOut Google]] every other line to figure out what we're talking about. |
| 373 | * The web-based MMORPG ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is simply brimming with references to other works, particularly They Might Be Giants songs and music in general. This is one of its main draws. |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kuukiyomi}}'' is famously known for referencing lots of animes, games, quiz shows, fairytales, music and Western works in some game levels/situations throughout the series (both original and remade versions). These are: ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', ''Manga/SazaeSan'', ''[[Music/VillagePeople YMCA]]'', ''Choo Choo Train'' by the Japanese boyband EXILE, ''Trans-America Ultra Quiz'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', ''Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare'', UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, ''Knyacki'', ''[[https://twitter.com/hashtag/仕事猫?src=hashtag_click Working Cats]]'' work safety mascot, ''Quiz Hexagon II'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', Aesop's HonestAxe story, ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', ''The Spider's Thread'' short story, ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'', ''Literature/SnowWhite'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Japanese theatre contest show series ''[[https://youtube.com/masquerade Masquerade]]'', the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', ''VideoGame/BrainAge'', ''Issun Boshi'', ''Urashima Taro'', ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'', ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', Music/MichaelJackson, ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' and Music/{{Queen}}. A number of references are in form of {{Captain Ersatz}}es, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer-friendly cameos]], {{bland name product}}s and {{fractured fairy tale}}s. |
| 375 | * MobilePhoneGame ''Leaping Legend'' references ''VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda|I}}'', ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Star Fox|64}}''. The announcer SpeaksInShoutOuts. |
| 376 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' does this to the LogicalExtreme: as a {{Prequel}}, everything is a direct reference to some other game in the series. You have to be a ''Zelda'' fan to fully appreciate the game. |
| 377 | * VideoGame/LEGOUniverse seems to love referencing Internet memes. |
| 378 | * The ''{{VideoGame/Marathon}}'' trilogy [[{{ShoutOut/Marathon}} contains references to everything]] from mathematics and quantum physics to Shakespeare to ancient mythology to Creator/HPLovecraft to ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''. So many, that research has been going at [[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/ this fansite]] for nearly ''two decades'' decoding every bit of them in every possible place in the game, and even the code. |
| 379 | * ''VideoGame/MeatBoy'' games. From chapter intros to level titles. |
| 380 | * ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': The game is laden with pop culture references and loves to use them as jokes. |
| 381 | * Entirely too many ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'' achievements are references to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. |
| 382 | * ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'': |
| 383 | ** The game features an absolutely staggering number of PlayerMooks whose names reference everything from films and TV to sex jokes to NFL trivia, and that's not even getting into the tremendous amount of references that come from of the very mouthy commentators. For some reason there's a particular affinity for classic rock; there's even an entire team of players based on rock musicians, primarily from the 80s. |
| 384 | ** For more specific football references, there are numerous Star Players who are parodies of modern NFL athletes (Slay Wrathspew = Clay Matthews, Bomb Shady = Tom Brady), and almost all the teams are based on the NFL's present lineup, some far more oblique than others (Killadelphia Evils = Philadelphia Eagles, Midway Mutants = Chicago Bears). |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/NetHack'' is quite possibly the most reference overdosed game to ever be created. It boasts hundreds of literary quotes regarding topics as mundane as doorways and a wide reference pool that encompasses a large variety of topics: ancient mythology, fantasy, geek culture, mathematics, physics and other games. |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' and the sequel ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII''. The first game alone has copious references to works like ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/KillBill'', ''Manga/{{Miyuki}}'', fellow Suda 51 game ''VideoGame/Killer7'', ''Film/PlanetTerror'', ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', and ''Film/ElTopo'', only to name a few. |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' has dozens of references. Most of them are to the kinds of [[Film/{{Heat}} heist]] [[Film/TheItalianJob movies]] that inspired the game, but there's also plenty of references to non-heist movies, TV shows, and video game culture. |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/Persona5'' lets you watch CaptainErsatz versions several dozen tv shows and movies, the main characters all use historical and literary characters as a GuardianEntity, the story and characters reference numerous {{Picaresque}} works, and the enemies are made up of several hundred mythological, historical and fictional figures. And [[ShoutOut/Persona5 that's not even half of the references]]. |
| 389 | %%* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': The game is absolutely ''filled'' with references to films and video games, and the occasional book (such as ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' or the ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' series). How they work varies a lot: sometimes they're subtle enough to work, sometimes they're so obvious that they seem shoehorned. And then, a few puzzles require you to be familiar with the work in question unless you want to spend a long time having random guesses at dialogue options, [[spoiler:such as Hal's ''Franchise/StarWars'' test or the [[BattleRapping rap battle]] against the Jay cosplayer]]. |
| 391 | * One of the appeals of ''VideoGame/RedAlert3Paradox'' other than, you know, combat and a 1969 world are the impossible amounts of {{Shout Out}}s. |
| 392 | * Check out the trophies/achievements of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake Resident Evil Resistance]]. |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'' features tons of {{Shout Out}}s to not just old-school games, but movies and TV shows as well. The introductory mission of story mode features references to ''Batman'', ''Ducktales'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''The A-Team'', and ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure'' in rapid succession. |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'' has a lot of pop culture characters as bosses. In the re-release, some of them had to be censored or changed. Here's a dialogue in a Website/YouTube comment section: |
| 395 | -->'''sandwichoftruthiness''': So you're a ninja and so far you've fought Rambo clones, Terminator-Hulk, Spider-Man, Batman and Godzilla. Did Sega's CEO just write some fan-fiction and tell them to make it into a game?\ |
| 396 | '''LetsPlay/{{slowbeef}}''': Does the "Tropes vs. Ninjas" title make sense now? |
| 397 | * At least half the new content in ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'' are {{Shout Out}}s. |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', being a long-running MMORPG, has them everywhere from WholePlotReference to small texts when examining things. |
| 399 | * The ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games have references and homages coming out of its ass. ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', ''{{Series/Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'', ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', [[Film/PrettyInPink Ducky]], ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'', ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'', ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'', ''Series/HappyDays'', ''Manga/InuYasha'', ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''… |
| 400 | * Tons in the ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' games, ranging from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' to ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' to Music/TheBeatles to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos... |
| 401 | * ''VideoGame/SaturdayMorningRPG'', as the title implies, is a love letter to Saturday morning cartoons, but there are countless references and nods to films, serials, video games, toys, comics, foods and novelty items from the 80s (and a few to the 90s and the present day). The developers are kids of the 80s and 90s and basically put in the game whatever element of pop culture they could remember from their youth. |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'' is practically built on this trope. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' is loaded with references both to the show (beyond the usual stuff in a LicensedGame) and other works. |
| 404 | * Part of the fun in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' is trying to find references within the game. Sources can range from ancient historical figures to 1960s television to modern-day memes. |
| 405 | ** Peacock in particular makes up so many of the {{Shout Out}}s that she could be considered to qualify in her own right. |
| 406 | --> '''Peacock:''' ''*pulls out a gun*'' [[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2 GARBAGE DAY!]] |
| 407 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' has more than a few. |
| 408 | * ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' is loaded with shout-outs to science fiction works and tropes, both classic and modern. This is in addition to the fact that the highly customization empire creator will allow you to roleplay any fictional star empire to your heart's content. |
| 409 | * ''VideoGame/SuperDarylDeluxe'' is full of references to historical figures, high school literature, comics, anime, videogames, and more. And much of it is integrated smoothly enough into the experience that you would literally miss it if you blinked (e.g. Daryl will be wielding a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]] for a few frames). |
| 410 | * Later updates of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' add more and more references, be they from the items ({{Series/Doctor Who}}a, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Magical Mercenary]]) or from the achievements[[note]]especially the [=MvM=] achievements[[/note]] ([[WesternAnimation/WallE Balls-E]], [[Myth/RobinHood Robbin' Hood]])[[note]]Believe it or not, the "Friendship is Golden" achievement is ''not'' a reference to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic what you think it is]], as it actually predates the show by several years.[[/note]] |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': Nearly half of all the alternate fighter palettes, bot names, and Pixel Lobby cosmetics are a [[ShoutOut/ThemsFightinHerds shoutout to something already existing]]. |
| 412 | %%* ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' |
| 413 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. Even the attack names can be references to Japanese mythology, and obscure ones at that. One game had a plot that referenced three separate Japanese myths...[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and UFOs]]. It also had references to older games in the series and ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''. |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon References: The Game. |
| 415 | * The ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' visual novels are packed to the brim with references- from mystery novels and scientific concepts, to {{Shout Out}}s to various anime and video games. |
| 416 | * Spanish ActionRPG ''VideoGame/UnEpic'' is an ode to geekery, with protagonist Daniel (who is JustForFun/OneOfUs) spouting dozens of references to sci-fi movies and serials, comic books, fantasy literature and so on. The game itself is the lovechild of pen-and-paper [=RPGs=] and the adventure games of the past such as ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious'', and of course the shout-outs are abundant. |
| 417 | ** Even the translators are at it: for example, the Italian version substitutes in one line a simple "Go, go, go!" with "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Row Row Fight the Power!]]". |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' originally used to have a handful of {{Shout Out}}s in the form of traditional Easter Eggs, but since Burning Crusade, every character, quest name, and area is a reference to something, probably blatantly. |
| 419 | * The indie ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/ZeroRanger'' has an absolutely staggering amount of references packed into its relatively short run-time, mostly focused on other Shoot Em Ups and various anime. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 423 | * ''WebAnimation/FoxysFamily'' has many references to many shows and franchises. |
| 424 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', mainly to '80s and '90s pop culture. |
| 425 | %%* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'', and it's little brother show, ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary''. |
| 426 | * YouTubePoop is chock full of random references to pop culture. |
| 427 | * ''WebAnimation/BrawlUniverse'' has the characters in many episodes often talking about real life movies they've seen, such as ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''VideoGame/XMenOriginsWolverine''. |
| 428 | * Dan & Dav are a duo of Italian animators who opened a channel where they feature some of their comedic works, particularly mash-ups of various properties and "The year in review"-style videos, recapping most things that happened with abundance of visual references to movies, comics, cartoons, art pieces and more. The most fitting example of this trope is their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ITiR_MgxgM Pac-Man Fev3r Pac-Demic]] video, a huge homage to more than 30 years of arcade games with their typical "anything goes" attitude, such as a ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' stage seguing into the opening from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', or [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Sir Arthur]] being drawn in the style of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. |
| 429 | [[/folder]] |
| 430 | |
| 431 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 432 | * ''Webcomic/TwentyFirstCenturyFox'', especially in its early years, packs in references to everything from ''Music/SpikeJones'' songs to specific ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strips to obscure philosophers. |
| 433 | * ''Webcomic/CatAndGirl'': Many of the references are to philosophical notions unknown to the average reader, in a particular appeal to the SesquipedalianLoquaciousness crowd. |
| 434 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': When you have characters that train in Anime Style Martial Arts (no, that's really what the style/school is called), other characters that work at a comic and card store, and you have an entire arc dedicated to a tournament for a BlandNameProduct version of Magic the Gathering... well, suffice to say [[ShoutOut/ElGoonishShive there's a LOT of pop culture references in EGS.]] |
| 435 | * Nearly every single thing in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' is some sort of a ShoutOut or [[{{Pun}} horrible pun]]. |
| 436 | * ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' has plenty of Shout-Outs ranging from ''Series/TopGear'' to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and plenty of ProductPlacement to boot. |
| 437 | * ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': For the most part the numerous references to a wide range of concepts are worked into the storyline of this webcomic {{longrunner|s}} well enough that they're not jarring, though occasional references to 20th/21st century pop culture phenomena roughly five centuries later (as per WordOfGod on the forums) can sometimes seem a little odd to some readers. |
| 438 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' makes [[ShoutOut/{{Homestuck}} quite a few of these]]. Due to [[InteractiveComic its nature]], many of these references are inserted after the fact - for example, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Bro's shades]] and [[VideoGame/{{Ultima}} Lord English]] were only established as references after the fandom noted that they were references. |
| 439 | ** Also, it's quite easy to become a walking Reference Overdose just reading [[FountainOfMemes Homestuck]]. It's entirely possible to hold complete conversations consisting only of Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} and Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff memes. |
| 440 | %%* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' |
| 441 | * ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'': The AuthorAvatar main characters are an anime geek and a nutty video-gaming addict, respectively, so this shouldn't be surprising. Some references are subtle, but many are more blatant things like several pages of [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/623 Largo and Erika playing]] [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive "Dead Or Alive Ultimate Fear"]], or [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1310 Piro wearing]] a huge [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] mask. |
| 442 | * ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}''. The Director's Cut makes this a lot more clear, so that the obscure references to Shakespeare and modern comics are revealed. |
| 443 | %%* The last comic of the ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' run of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick.'' |
| 444 | %%* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''. |
| 445 | %%* ''Webcomic/RipHaywire'' |
| 446 | * ''Webcomic/SarahZero'' references everything from Music/{{Metallica}} to UsefulNotes/SarahPalin to ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''. |
| 447 | * Webcomic/SecondEmpire has {{Shout Out}}s of everything from ''Series/DoctorWho'' comics and ''Doctor Who'' TV series, to ''Franchise/StarWars'', Franchise/JamesBond, ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', and all sort of things. |
| 448 | * ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' references ''over 200 different works'' so far in its (currently) 5,336-strip run. |
| 449 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', having an author with diverse and eclectic knowledge, is naturally chock full of this. Many, but not all, are explained in the AltText with each comic. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 453 | %%* ''Website/SFDebris'' |
| 454 | %%* ''Literature/SkippysList'' |
| 455 | %%* ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'' |
| 456 | * The ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': |
| 457 | ** Especially the story "Tales of the [=MCO=]", about the titular PoliceProcedural which was essentially propaganda for the [[SuperRegistrationAct Mutant Commission Office]], the [[NGOSuperpower quasi-governmental]] (and thoroughly corrupt and [[FantasticRacism bigoted]]) agency which 'protects' baselines from superhumans. In the story, some of the {{Mutant|s}} kids at SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy watch a television show and give it the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' treatment. |
| 458 | ** Everything about it, since it's a superhero universe which has Marvel and DC as superhero comic publishers within it. People constantly refer to this, talking about a girl who leaps in front of teammates to protect them as having 'superman syndrome' or arguing about what is needed for Marvel to make an Iron Man movie or even talking about why 'real' supers can't swipe copyrighted/trademarked superhero names. |
| 459 | ** The Phase novels are chock full of literary references, which even touch the chapter titles and Phase's obscure jokes that no one else gets. Generator is more likely to make references to anime and cartoons. |
| 460 | * ''Blog/HamstersParadise'' is a SpeculativeBiology worldbuilding project chronicling the evolution of hamsters introduced to an alien planet. Despite the semi-scientific tone of the project, there are plenty of pop-culture references thrown in with the scientific names and creature designs, such as the scabber, a rat-like rodent with [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban a worm-like tail]], the dark mauler, a red-and-black sabertooth analogue that unlike its relatives has [[Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace two sabers instead of one]], the mountain ghoat and its main predator [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} the ghoatbuster]], and hopping kangaroo analougues called boingos and their smaller wallaby-like relatives [[Music/OingoBoingo the oingos]], among other things. |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 464 | * LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}'s Let's Plays are usually chock full of references. The thing is, most of them are ''unintentional''.[[note]][[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Except for]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 when they are.]][[/note]] One example counts as a mandatory reference: when introducing the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Super Fly]] enemy, he references Music/WeirdAlYankovic because "how often do you hear the words Super Fly anymore?" |
| 465 | * ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' references tons of obscure [[ExploitationFilm exploitation movies]], B-grade actors, cult directors, and occasionally more mainstream stuff such as ''Manga/DeathNote'' in every episode. Host Creator/BradJones mostly does this verbally, by making a quick joke about it, but sometimes he shows a small movie clip or still picture to give the audience a bit more explanation what he is actually talking about. Together with The Nostalgia Critic he may be the most reference overdosed reviewer on ''Website/ChannelAwesome'', though with one huge difference. While Doug mostly references mainstream stuff that a general audience may be familiar with Brad's references tend to be so underground that he even throws in little winks to his other video series and friends who appear in these. Usually you can only understand those by checking out all the other stuff he posts on his site! |
| 466 | * Creator/EmilyYoucis makes abundant references to her favorite media, all of which adds to the element of DerangedAnimation. The majority are either references to Creator/AdultSwim programming such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'', and a hardy TakeThat to accused ripoff ''WesternAnimation/MrPickles'', and to classic children's programming, including ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', ''Literature/TheLittles'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. |
| 467 | * ''Website/ChannelAwesome'': |
| 468 | ** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic also enjoys doing this, sometimes making his shout-outs part of the entire plot of his episode, like his review of "The Shining mini-series", which he filled with shot-by-shot parodies of Kubrick's film version. He also uses actual clips and soundbites from movies and TV series to underline his jokes and ads the references in the end titles of each episode. Whether his references are actually clever or just lazy and redundant WatchItForTheMeme moments differs from episode to episode. |
| 469 | %% ** ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' |
| 470 | %% ** ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' |
| 471 | * ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Due to being a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server -- many players have skins of existing fictional characters, many builds are based on other works, and of course, many conversional references will be dropped. |
| 472 | * ''WebVideo/TheyMadeMeWatchThis'' not only has a lot of references, once scene in the review of ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheThreeMusketeers'' turned into a reference cluster bomb. |
| 473 | %%* ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'' |
| 474 | * Jim Sterling of the ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'' is really irritated whenever companies rely on all their references and memes to sell their games, usually expressing his annoyance with the phrase "Is this memes?" |
| 475 | * ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' does this at least three times in an episode. Sometimes, the host [[Main/LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that he doesn't know how he knows these references. |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 479 | * Every work of Creator/SethMacFarlane: |
| 480 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', although it has gotten out of hand for a lot of fans, and nowadays the show frequently includes references that are nothing but {{padding}}, without a joke to justify their inclusion. In fact, a stock "gag" post-revival is to just take a scene from a well-known film, recast it with the show's characters, and ''that's the whole joke''. It's gotten to the point where you could type practically ''any'' pop-cultural phenomenon into the [=YouTube=] search engine and find a ''Family Guy'' clip spoofing it. Especially if it's from the 1980s! |
| 481 | *** Lampshaded by Lois in the "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball Star Wars parodies]]": "He (Seth [=MacFarlane=]) watched TV in the '80s. We get it." |
| 482 | ** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' tends to throw them in through dialogue or character actions. |
| 483 | * Watch an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' and count the ludicrous amount of 70s-80s-90s early 2000s and recently 2010s references shout-outs and homages. |
| 484 | * Just like ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' and ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' before it, ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is chopped to the brim with different references, such as Video Games and Anime. Just to name a few: ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium The Lord of the Rings]]'', the list goes on. |
| 485 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' |
| 486 | * The short-lived Nicktoon ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' was impressively Reference Overdosed, considering its two-season run. Every episode had quite a few references to SOMETHING. No property was too obscure or unlikely to parody. It went from small and subtle references to ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'', ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' to NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Geraldo Rivera, Donald "The line of 'Make America great again,' the phrase, that was mine" Trump, and the Beatles. It even had some whole plot references to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Classic ''Star Trek'' episode "Amok Time"]], ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', and ''Film/Batman1989'' in there. |
| 487 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' rarely had a episode where there wasn't some reference to a little-known or forgotten bit of DC Comics lore. It accumulates in the finale, where the episode ends with [[CurtainCall nearly every character that appeared in the series attending a farewell party]] in the Bat-Cave after [[EndOfSeriesAwareness becoming aware of the fourth wall and learning of the show's cancellation.]] |
| 488 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' manages to fit [[ShoutOut/ChipNDaleRescueRangers a lot]] into only 65 episodes. |
| 489 | * Nothing is off-limits for ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', ranging from popular stuff like ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Film/MadMax'' to stuff likely to fly over the heads of even dedicated fans, like ''Music/{{GWAR}}'' and ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (particularly notable because the show parodied ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' ahead of Viz's translation, meaning someone on the writing team was reading the scanlations). |
| 490 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' as a whole is meant to be one giant love-letter to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'', so expect plenty of references and cameos from those shows, but that’s not all. It continues the trend of Creator/{{Disney}} cartoons being chock full of references, with this show in particular referencing things like ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', etc. |
| 491 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' is a pretty extreme example of this trope due to how the references are deliberately niche and obscure, even for adults. The episode naming is based on those of ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'', while the episodes themselves would have references to topics like Seeing-Eye Deer, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_Saroyan Aram Saroyan]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp) Duchamp's Fountain]], and stat-boosting moves in Franchise/{{Pokemon}}. |
| 492 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Hundreds of pop culture references, just like ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. However, there's a lot more emphasis on references to science fiction, astronomy, math, physics, quantum physics, space, computer programming, etc. |
| 493 | * ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'': With its nature as a video game inspired series, Glitch Techs is FILLED with references to all sorts of video games, to the point where a [[ShoutOut/GlitchTechs Shout Out page]] is being prepared for it! |
| 494 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', like the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' example below, has numerous pop cultural shout-outs and references. Most of them will fly over the heads of the target demographic. |
| 495 | * [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Kim. Freaking. Possible.]] Her targets include Film/JamesBond, ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'', ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'', ''Franchise/TombRaider'', and that's just the obvious stuff. |
| 496 | * Many ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons'' shorts, but as TimeMarchesOn [[ParodyDisplacement fewer and fewer people get the references]]. This is especially caused by references to film actors, radio shows, songs, and commercials that were very popular in the United States during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, but are nowadays completely obscure for modern audiences, left alone audiences outside the USA. There currently exists [[ShoutOut/LooneyTunes an entire page]] dedicated to all the references the series has made over time. There are a LOT of them. |
| 497 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' has an extremely large amount of references to other shows, and not just of the HumongousMecha genre (WaveMotionGun, anyone?). |
| 498 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' doesn't allow the references to overwhelm the story, but just about every episode includes shout outs and references to topics like ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', ''Franchise/XMen'', and ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. See the show's [[ShoutOut/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Shout-Outs page]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic episode guide]] for a complete list. |
| 499 | ** Season 4 and beyond are notably more blatant about references, especially when Discord is involved. |
| 500 | * ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat'' has a [[ShoutOut/NatureCat metric ton]] of references to celebrities, movies, shows, and musicians that would go over the heads of the target audience. Just a few of their references include ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'', Music/MichaelBuble, Music/TheBeatles, ''Film/FieldOfDreams'', ''Film/DirtyDancing'', Creator/CameronDiaz. |
| 501 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. Though aren't they a little young to know about all those older references? |
| 502 | --> '''Phineas:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwGlL3hxaCY Yes. Yes we *puts on shades* ... ARE]]. \ |
| 503 | '''Background Music''': [[Series/CSIMiami YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH]]! |
| 504 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' is proud to be a series produced by Creator/CartoonNetwork, and has absolutely no qualms with referencing and taking advantage of all that history. The season two episode "Crossover Nexus" is one of the biggest examples of this in the series, with many series that were produced or aired by the network getting at least a passing mention, including obscure ones like ''WesternAnimation/TheMoxyShow''. Even ignoring that, there are the numerous fighting game and anime shout-outs that result from those things being the inspiration for the main characters in the first place. |
| 505 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' makes references in every episode ranging from the obvious [[TruthInTelevision computer technology]] to [[Music/VillagePeople 70s pop music]] and beyond. |
| 506 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''Series/HogansHeroes'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'', ''Film/DirtyHarry'', ''Music/TheWall'', ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'', ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', the list goes on. Some also double as {{Parental Bonus}}es. |
| 507 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' is based on referencing works. |
| 508 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' is ''loaded'' with references to Creator/DCComics as well to pop-culture in general. There's even an episode called "Video Game References" that is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. |
| 509 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Hundreds of references to politics, films, TV shows, musicians, art, literature, comics, animated cartoons, philosophy, video games, economy, math, geography, history, biology, religion, society in general, commercials, ... A lot of them you can only catch by freeze-framing the background. |
| 510 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgYY7dhTyE intro for Treehouse of Horror XXIV]], directed by Creator/GuillermoDelToro, pays homage to dozens of cinematic and literary horror, sci-fi and fantasy icons, from the obvious to the obscure (as well as Del Toro's own films), in just about 3 minutes. |
| 511 | ** ''Film/CitizenKane'' has been referenced and parodied so many times that the showrunners have joked that they could recreate the entire film from them. |
| 512 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has tons of these, enough that the [[ShoutOut/SouthPark Shout Out]] page had to be split thrice. The "Imaginationland" episodes feature virtually HUNDREDS of fictional characters. Especially in the later seasons virtually every episode is [[RippedFromTheHeadlines one big shout-out to stuff that was in the news that week/month]], with more and more pop culture references to things that are sometimes only well known in the United States themselves and thus lost on other audiences. |
| 513 | * The short-lived ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' series was nothing but {{Whole Plot Reference}}s. No original storylines or jokes to be found anywhere. Probably explains why it was short-lived. Yes, the very concept is a WholePlotReference to ''Franchise/StarWars'', but you'd think the writers could come up with at least a few new plots and gags in the 15+ years it took to get the cartoon made. |
| 514 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' continued the tradition of their instructors. |
| 515 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated.'' Without interfering with the plot or making it so that you can't follow it if you don't know what's being referenced, it manages to fit in a zillion little easter eggs into every episode. Its "Allspark Almanac" guidebook is this taken to its logical extreme. Every single thing references something, no matter how deeply the reference is buried [[note]]Some of the symbols on some pages are actually from the Cybertronian language as seen waaay back in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', and are references to movies, songs, etc. Ironically, the references written in Cybertronix primarily reference everything ''but'' TF itself.[[/note]] or how obscure the things being referenced are [[note]]For example, a minor character from a Japanese radio program, the ''letters page'' of a comic book from 20 years ago, or a not-official TF comic serial printed in a magazine might be name-dropped, and items whose composition isn't mentioned in-show will be given as materials that one side or the other tried to obtain in a G1 episode or comic. Basically, if it's a number or a proper name, it references something. No exceptions. Period.[[/note]] Oh, and ''a second volume'' is on the way. |
| 516 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' started out as a spoof of ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''. Even after it [[GrowingTheBeard mostly shed its main influence]], the show regularly references ''[[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Quest]]'' and similar ''Creator/HannaBarbera'' cartoons, as well as other [[The60s 60's]] media such as spy fiction and the Silver Age of comic books. Even beyond those, the show liberally references music, history, art, literature, politics, pop culture, pulp fiction, film, television, philosophy, religion, etc from across the 20th and 21st centuries. |
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