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8[[index]]
9* ''MythologyGag/{{Arrow}}''
10* ''Mythologygag/TheBoys2019''
11* ''MythologyGag/CastleRock''
12* ''MythologyGag/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance''
13* ''MythologyGag/{{Elementary}}''
14* ''MythologyGag/TheFlash2014''
15* ''MythologyGag/{{Gotham}}''
16* ''MythologyGag/Halo2022''
17* ''MythologyGag/KamenRider''
18* ''MythologyGag/{{Krypton}}''
19* ''MythologyGag/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
20* ''MythologyGag/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
21** ''MythologyGag/AgentsOfSHIELD''
22** ''MythologyGag/AgentCarter''
23** ''MythologyGag/{{Daredevil|2015}}''
24** ''MythologyGag/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}''
25** ''MythologyGag/{{Luke Cage|2016}}''
26** ''MythologyGag/{{Iron Fist|2017}}''
27** ''MythologyGag/{{The Defenders|2017}}''
28** ''MythologyGag/WandaVision''
29** ''MythologyGag/{{Loki|2021}}''
30* ''MythologyGag/MissSherlock''
31* ''MythologyGag/PowerRangers''
32* ''MythologyGag/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017''
33* ''MythologyGag/{{Sherlock}}''
34* ''MythologyGag/Supergirl2015''
35* ''MythologyGag/SuperSentai''
36* ''MythologyGag/SWAT2017''
37* ''Titansverse''
38** ''MythologyGag/Titans2018''
39** ''MythologyGag/DoomPatrol2019''
40* ''Ultra Series''
41** ''MythologyGag/UltramanGeed''
42** ''MythologyGag/UltramanRB''
43** ''MythologyGag/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga''
44* ''MythologyGag/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019''
45* ''MythologyGag/VoltesVLegacy''
46[[/index]]
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48!!Examples:
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50* ''Series/TwelveMonkeys'': Multiple references to the [[Film/TwelveMonkeys original film]].
51** Familiar lines of dialogue from the movie are repeated in the show, such as time travel not being "an exact science", Jones saying "right on the money" when commenting on the accuracy of the time machine, and Cole's assertion that everyone in the past is "already dead".
52** In both the film and the show, there is a recording made by [[spoiler: Railly]] which provides important information to the scientists in the future and thus drives the plot.
53** In both the film, as well as the pilot episode ''Splinter'', Cole infiltrates a dinner party/event thrown by Leland Goines, though for very different reasons.
54** In the film, Cole is accidentally sent back to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI before being sent to 1996. In 1996, Railly finds a photograph of him from [=WW1=], which convinces her that he's a time-traveler. In ''Mentally Divergent'', Cole is accidentally sent to North Korea in 2006, before being sent to 2015. In 2015, Railly finds photographs of Cole from the 2006 incident, including a picture of a note Cole was carrying which allows her to track him in 2015.
55** In the early part of the film, Cole ends up in a mental institution after being considered insane by local authorities, where he meets fellow inmate, Jeffrey Goines. In ''Mentally Divergent'' too, Cole ends up in a mental institution, albeit this time, he deliberately infiltrates it to find fellow inmate Jennifer Goines.
56** ''Mentally Divergent'' itself references a mental patient explaining he's this, and then asking if Cole is as well.
57* ''Series/AmericanGods'': In [[Literature/AmericanGods the book]] Mad Sweeney died passed out drunk in a ditch, at the start of [[Recap/AmericanGodsS2E7TreasureOfTheSun "Treasure of the Sun"]] Shadow finds Sweeney in such a state, but still alive. [[spoiler: He gets stabbed through the chest with Gungnir at the end of the episode instead.]]
58* The 2000s ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' has several mythology references to its predecessor;
59** The Cylon designs from the original series are portrayed as outdated Cylon technology from the First Cylon War. ''Razor'' even shows original series Cylons in action, complete with monotone synthesized voices and the CatchPhrase "By your command."
60*** Taken to the extreme, in the series finale episode, the old and new centurions engage in hand-to-hand combat on the Cylon Colony.
61*** At the end of the miniseries, as a group of the humanoid models conclude a debate, one gives an order and another responds "by your command."
62** The original series theme song is re-purposed as the Colonial national anthem.
63** Several ships in the civilian fleet, most notably the mining vessels and botanical cruisers, are in fact ships carried over from the original series. The botanical cruiser in the remake of Galactica is not a carryover from the original show which of course used footage from the film "silent Running". However the Colonial Movers (with a great slogan 'We Move Anywhere') are.
64** The design of the Battlestar ''Pegasus'' is reminiscent of the [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 original]] Battlestar ''Galactica''.
65** Early in the mini-series, an original series Viper is seen in a museum. Since the original Viper used lasers, something not present in the new series, this is most likely a Mythology Gag.
66** And of course the ''Peter Pan''-derived slogan "All this has happened before, All this will happen again" sounds very much like a nod to the remake nature of the series.
67** In a recent episode, the opening narration music, from which the Cylon {{Leitmotif}} in the original series is derived, appears as the Second Movement of Numian's 3rd Sonata. In the same episode, the UnusualEuphemism "felgercarb" is the name of a brand of toothpaste. Felgercarb, incidentally, meant "shit/bullshit" in the original series...
68*** Don't forget, it's Tauron toothpaste. Taurus means "bull"...
69** And then there's Tom Zarek, persistent thorn in the sides of Adama and Roslin, who is played by Richard Hatch, the original Apollo.
70** ''Series/{{Caprica}}''
71*** The pilot comes to close only a few minutes after the first cylon ends its combat test by saying "[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 by your command]]." This is both a reference to the NoughtiesDramaSeries it's a {{Prequel}} to as well as to the original ActionAdventure the former was a ContinuityReboot of.
72*** The episode "False Labor" briefly shows a children's book called ''Muffit's Big Adventure'', a reference to the RobotBuddy from ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''.
73* ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'': The 'S' in Pvt. S. Baldrick is a CallBack to Sod-off, the first name of the Regency Baldrick. He also worked on a Turnip Street factory. The Baldricks of series two and three were obsessed with turnips.
74* In an episode of ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'', Buck and a team of older has-been vets including one played by Buster Crabbe (who portrayed Buck Rogers in the early serials) are taking on the enemy space fighters. Buck barks out orders, to which the character played by Crabbe says "I was doing this before you were born." Gil Gerard, the actor playing Buck in the series, answers with a chuckle "You think so, eh?" (After all, in character he was [[HumanPopsicle born over 500 years ago]]) To which Crabbe responds "Young man, I ''know'' so."
75* In a bizarre reverse-nod, in one episode of ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture'', Tank mentions (in an episode written by Creator/JMichaelStraczynski) that he is originally from ''Series/BabylonFive'' — years before [[Series/BabylonFive that show]] aired. (JMS also mentioned B5 in his novel ''Othersyde'', where it is a character's favorite TV show — again, before the show actually aired.)
76* ''Series/CocaineCoast'': Manuel "[[FluffyTheTerrible Manolito]]" Charlín's name is changed to Francisco "Paquito" Charlín in an example of both OneSteveLimit and NoCelebritiesWereHarmed. However, in one scene he [[CompositeCharacter substitutes]] a RealLife cousin of Manuel who was called Francisco.
77* ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'': The 2014 reboot hosted by UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson has several homages to the original, hosted by Creator/CarlSagan.
78** Tyson begins the series on the same rocky outcrop at Big Sur that Sagan did and repeats the MatchCut with the dandelion seed. Near the end of that episode, he repeats Sagan's famous "star stuff" quote.
79** The second episode is titled "Some of the Things that Molecules Do", a phrase Sagan used in his conclusion of the second episode of the original. It also reuses the "evolution in 40 seconds" graphic.
80** In the fourth episode he uses the same analogy of a motorcyclist switching on her headlight to explain lightspeed (and the impossibility of exceeding it).
81** In "Sisters of the Sun" he refers to the Milky Way as the "backbone of night" (which was the title of one of the 1980 episodes) and repeats the heartening speech about a galaxy rise, a morning filled with 400 billion suns.
82* In ''Series/TheDeadZone'', "Zion" is a ItsAWonderfulPlot episode centered on the character of Bruce, who discovers that without him, the show main character Johnny has become a bitter conspiracy theorist who eventually [[spoiler:gets killed during an attempt to murder Greg Stilson, as Johnny is a medium who had visions that Stilson getting elected at US presidency would eventually results in a nuclear apocalypse[[note]]Johnny knowing Stilson would cause the end of the world is from the series' canon[[/note]].]] Bruce is a CanonForeigner and the events of the episode are closely based on the actual ending of the novel the series is based on.
83* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'':
84** Rick's glasses are a reference to Claude from ''Series/DegrassiHigh''.
85** In Season 11, Tori (played by Alex Steele, the sister of Cassie Steele, who played Manny in Seasons 1-9) is subjected to the same "demeaning" mascot job that Manny was by the AlphaBitch.
86** After having [[spoiler:bromine spilled on her pants, Shay wears gym shorts just like Emma did during Season 1 when she had her period in class]].
87** ''Degrassi'' has been a training ground for a generation of young Canadian actors who have gone on to bigger things, but one of the biggest is without a doubt Aubrey Graham, better known as Music/{{Drake}}. So when the show made a ChannelHop to Creator/{{Netflix}} and became ''Degrassi: Next Class'', what do they open the show with? Maya quoting "Started from the Bottom". Doubles as a CelebrityParadox.
88* ''Series/DirkGently'' has a newspaper with a story about a horse in an upstairs room, and Dirk's wall-o'-clues has the words "ELECTRIC MONK" clearly visible before he paints over it. An Electric Monk (a [[ReligiousRobot machine for believing in things]]) and its horse, which at one point ended up in an upstairs room, played a substantial role in the original book.
89** In fact, the wall (at least before he clears it in order to use it for his new case) contains a number of clues relevant to the case in the original book, including the aforementioned bored horse (with an arrow connecting it to a bathroom), salt cellar, greek vase, stuck sofa, Literature/KublaKhan and the fact that Michael Wenton-Weakes has been fired.
90* ''Series/DoctorWho'' and the other ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'' shows make countless references to each other and to the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'', particularly to the novels set in it.
91** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]:
92*** The serial takes place the same day ''Doctor Who'' premiered, and we hear the beginning of an announcement for [[CelebrityParadox it]].
93*** The Dalek Emperor disguise used by Davros is based on the Emperor that appeared in the ''Dalek Chronicles'' comic, rather than the Dalek Emperor that had appeared earlier in the series.
94** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]]:
95*** In the Expanded Universe, Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter and first companion, was given the birth name "Arkytior", Gallifreyan for "rose" — meaning that the first companions of both the classic and new series have the same name.
96*** ConspiracyTheorist Clive shows Rose a picture of the Doctor at the Kennedy assassination. The first episode of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "An Unearthly Child"]] was first broadcast on November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination.
97** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]]:
98*** The episode was based on elements of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio drama [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee "Jubilee"]], and was originally intended to include a pizza box labelled "Jubilee Pizza". This name eventually appeared in a few episodes of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.
99*** During his initial confrontation with the Dalek, the Doctor calls it a "great space dustbin". Dustbins are but one of the many things Daleks have been compared to by fans and non-fans alike.
100** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]]:
101*** If you listen carefully, one of the vendors is selling "kronkburgers", from the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip "The Iron Legion".
102*** The Editor's line to Eva/Suki when she sees "Max" for the first time — "This has always been your boss, since the day you were born." — is very similar to a line spoken in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]], when Ratcliffe sees his Dalek overlord clearly for the first time. It ''also'' doubles as {{foreshadowing}}.
103** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]]:
104*** Lucifer, from the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Lucifer Rising'' by Andy Lane and Jim Mortimore, is namechecked.
105*** The Doctor's BadassBoast at the end ("And THEN, JUST TO FINISH UP, I'M GOING TO WIPE EVERY LAST ''STINKING'' DALEK ''OUT OF THE SKY!''") is reminiscent of EU character Abslom Daak's {{catchphrase}} ("I'm gonna kill every last stinking Dalek in the galaxy!").
106** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]: The TARDIS has a holographic Doctor, first seen in the EU story "Infinite Requiem".
107** The two-part story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]] contained an obscure reference to "Paula Moore", the pseudonymous creator of the story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen "Attack of the Cybermen"]], as the alias used by one of the Preachers.
108** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]]:
109*** The Doctor mentions Arcadia, from the New Adventures novel ''Deceit'' by Peter Darvill-Evans (however, [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]] establishes there's a different Arcadia on Gallifrey).
110*** The term "rel" as a Dalek unit of time was first used in the very out-of-{{Canon}} [[Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks Peter Cushing movies]]. It then appeared on and off in various ExpandedUniverse media before finally becoming "official" in this episode.
111** [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]]: Donna Noble ends up transported into the TARDIS much like ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' companion Lucie Miller was. Also like Lucie, she's not the least bit impressed by the Doctor.
112** Two of the show's original creators were Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]], the Doctor (well, a memory-modified version of him) says his parents' names were Sydney and Verity.
113*** That story's main guest character had an [[IdenticalGrandson identical granddaughter]], who turns up [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime in a later episode]]. She is named Verity Newman.
114** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]]: Martha's line about how "a gun in four parts scattered around the world is ludicrous" nods to Season 16 of the classic series, which comprised the six-serial "Key to Time" arc.
115** The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Reset" had the Doctor's former companion, Martha Jones, adopt the pseudonym Samantha ("Sam") Jones, which referenced the character of the same name from the BBC Books ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures''. How many got ''that'' one?
116** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]]: Although technically referring to three different versions of the ''same'' incarnation of the Doctor, the line "Three Doctors?" evokes the titles of the classic series' various multi-Doctor stories, especially [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors "The Three Doctors"]].
117** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor "The Next Doctor"]]: The Doctor hopes he doesn't regenerate from tripping over a brick, noting "that would be embarrassing". The Sixth Doctor [[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani suffered]] a DeathByFallingOver because the [[Creator/ColinBaker actor]] refused to return to shoot a regeneration scene due to a dispute with the producers after having been fired from the role.
118** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]:
119*** The bus number is 200. Counting "The Trial of a Time Lord" and the three-part series 3 finale as individual stories, this episode was the series' 200[-[[superscript:th]]-] story.
120*** The flying red double-decker bus is meant to resemble the TARDIS owned by parodic EU character Franchise/IrisWildthyme.
121** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]:
122*** The Time Lords' plan to escape the War by ascending to a higher plane is similar to what the Celestis actually did in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', with "destroy the universe" added as a side-effect.
123*** The Doctor's mention of the "Could-Have-Been King with his army of Meanwhiles and Never-Weres" may be a nod to the [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]], and specifically the ''Literature/FactionParadox''.
124*** The author's name is Verity Newman — as in Creator/VerityLambert and Creator/SydneyNewman, creators of ''Series/DoctorWho''. (This is also a ContinuityNod, as "Verity" was the name John Smith gave for his mother in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]].)
125*** The Eleventh Doctor is worried that he regenerated into [[GenderBender a woman]]. The spoof ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' (written by {{showrunner}} Creator/StevenMoffat) and the ''[[WhatIf Unbound]]'' audio drama ''Exile'' both saw female incarnations of the Doctor, regenerated from male ones; the Doctor's claim here is the first time it was brought up within the show.
126** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]]:
127*** The technicolour Dalek Paradigm designs were based on those from the non-canon Creator/PeterCushing movies, especially the bright colouring.
128*** One of the Spitfire pilots has the callsign [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee "Jubilee"]], after the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio play that inspired [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]].
129** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]:
130*** Amy's outfit is almost identical to that of Emma from the Comic Relief spoof ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath The Curse of Fatal Death]]'', also written by Creator/StevenMoffat. Both stories are set in ancient stone structures built by extinct races with plot-relevant weird biology.
131*** In some '80s stories (including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield "Battlefield"]] and the original cut of [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]]), the TARDIS lands with only a chime heard inside. Here, when River lands the TARDIS thanks to taking off the bra– excuse us, ''[[WordOfGod mutes the engines]]'', a very similar sound is heard.
132** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor "Vincent and the Doctor"]]: The Krafayis likes one of the sonic screwdriver's settings, a reference to [[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath another story]] Richard Curtis and Creator/StevenMoffat worked on.
133** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]]: The Eleventh Doctor wears a jersey with the number 11 on it while playing in a football[[labelnote:*]]soccer[[/labelnote]] game.
134** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]: The Doctor solves the trap and escapes the Pandorica in a similar fashion to the way he does it in the Comic Relief parody ''The Curse of Fatal Death''. In the same episode, the Doctor wears a fez while holding an upside-down mop, as the Seventh Doctor did in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis "Silver Nemesis."]]
135** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist "Time Heist"]]: There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot of Dalek hunter Abslom Daak, from the DWM comics.
136** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls "The Doctor Falls"]]: When the Twelfth Doctor reels off a list of various planets where the Cybermen have originated, he mentions Marinus, from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E5TheKeysOfMarinus "The Keys of Marinus"]], referencing the Creator/GrantMorrison DWM story "The World Shapers", which sees the Voord becoming the first Cybermen.
137** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum "The Tsuranga Conundrum"]]: The design of the ambulance ship's bridge, with a central console hanging from the ceiling, is reminiscent of a proposed console room for the Seventh Doctor's TARDIS.
138** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E7Kerblam "Kerblam!"]]: One of the classic series' most notorious instances of SpecialEffectFailure was the monster from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace "The Ark in Space"]] simply being a man covered in green bubble wrap. Here, it's literally bubble wrap that's killing people.
139** [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]]: The last three Dalek stories of the classic series all had TheXOfY titles beginning with a vaguely religious noun starting with "R" ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks "Revelation"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance"]]). This episode would have continued the trend had the Daleks been mentioned in the title.
140** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]]:
141*** The old fan joke about watching ''Doctor Who'' from behind the sofa comes to life when Ryan and Yaz witness Barton's meeting with some of the aliens from behind a sofa.
142*** The Doctor says she spent 123 years in the Outback once and saw a lot of great rocks, which may be a nod to the classic series using [[BBCQuarry abandoned quarries]] for so many alien planets (which got a nod at the time with Tom Baker arriving on a new world and exclaiming enthusiastically, "Oh look, rocks!").
143*** O tells Graham there are "inconsistencies" in his collected information on the Doctor, a nod to the series' perpetually contradictory continuity.
144*** [[spoiler:The Master is forced to take TheSlowPath back to where things are going on after being outwitted by the Doctor, much like in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath The Curse of Fatal Death]]''. He doesn't spend it all in a sewer, though.]]
145** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon "Fugitive of the Judoon"]]: The strong hints that [[spoiler:the new "Ruth" Doctor is actually a distant past incarnation (e.g. the fact that she doesn't recognise a sonic screwdriver, her likely links to the Timeless Child arc), possibly one who came before Hartnell's First Doctor in the timeline,]] references the long-standing theory that [[spoiler:there were more incarnations before him whose adventures we never saw. This stems from the classic serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius "The Brain of Morbius"]] and the novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresLungbarrow Lungbarrow]]'' proposing this very concept with the so-called "Morbius Doctors" and the Other respectively. However, the fact that her TARDIS is in the shape of a police box suggests she comes after the First Doctor, as the chameleon circuit didn't lock it into that shape until after he stole it ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor and we have seen him steal it]]).]]
146* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'':
147** Someplace Else has a few nods to the original ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' set sprinkled about:
148*** Donkey Hodie's windmill has both a fish tank and stoplight like Rogers' had.
149*** Grampy Hodie's house has the same porch swing.
150*** The pathways around Someplace Else are patterned after the Neighborhood of Make Believe's.
151** In "The Lavender Lights", Purple Panda claims he used to be afraid of rocking chairs. This is a reference to a plot in ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' where we learn that Planet Purple, where Purple Panda comes from, has no rocking chairs because rocking in chairs isn't allowed.
152** A flashback in "Spooky Shadow Swamp" shows Donkey and Panda riding a potato-themed rollercoaster. The original Donkey Hodie was a potato farmer.
153** One episode is called "The Cow and Potato Bug Opera". In the original ''Mister Rogers'' series, there was an opera called "Cows and Potato Bugs".
154** In "Walking Stick Blues", Grampy says he and his walking stick trudged across the white sand of North Southwood beach. Southwood was a region on the original show, where Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones lived.
155** In "The Cow and Potato Bug Opera", Stanley is shown to have a friend named Mr. Anybuggy. This is a reference to Mr. Anybody, a highly obscure character from the black-and-white era played by Don Francks.
156** In "Being Bob Dog", Donkey remarks that it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
157** In "Dodie Hodie", Donkey plays part of the original "Mister Rogers" theme song on her xylophone.
158** In "Me, Myself and Donkey", Donkey's goldfish is named Rogers, after Fred Rogers.
159* ''Series/EmeraldCity'':
160** Several to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'':
161*** [[Recap/EmeraldCityS1E1TheBeastForever "The Beast Forever"]]:
162*** There's a rainbow ornament in the Gales kitchen window, referencing Creator/JudyGarland's famous solo "Somewhere over the Rainbow".
163*** The Munja'kin who accompanies Dorothy to the borders of the Tribal Free Lands tells her that the wizard is "great and powerful."
164*** In [[Recap/EmeraldCityS1E5EverybodyLies "Everybody Lies"]], West says Glinda's first line when Dorothy is brought to her.
165---->'''West''': So, are you a good witch or a bad witch?
166** In [[Recap/EmeraldCityS1E9TheVillainThatsBecome "The Villain That's Become"]] West teasingly tells Tip that she was once known as the Wicked Witch of the West.
167* ''Series/FantasyIsland2021'':
168** Just like her predecessor, Elena is almost always dressed in white.
169** Elena explains that Ruby has a mark that belongs to those who aid the Roarks on the island which in her case is...a tattoo.
170* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'':
171** Terra mentions she has a cousin called Flora, referencing the character she's a replacement of [[WesternAnimation/WinxClub in the cartoon]]. And possibly leaving it open for Flora to appear in a future season.
172** Riven nicknames Beatrix 'Trix' at one point as a nod to the Trix characters she's a {{composite|character}} of.
173* Just about every episode of the 1990 series ''Series/{{The Flash|1990}}'' contains at least one Mythology Gag referencing one of the several incarnations of [[Franchise/TheFlash the comic book hero]]. Some include:
174** Mentions of several [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash villains (Professor Zoom, Gorilla Grodd; neither actually appeared in the series, however).
175** A "Garrick Avenue" address (Jay Garrick was the alter ego of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Flash).
176** While the series is ostensibly based on the adventures of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash (Barry Allen), in one episode a villain creates a statue of the Flash which wears a winged helmet and winged boots, which were hallmarks of the uniform of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Flash.
177** A mention of "Police captain Julius Schwartz" (Julius Schwartz was a legendary DC Comics editor and a co-creator of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
178** A reference to "the Hotel Infantino" (Carmine Infantino was another co-creator of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
179** The appearance of a TV reporter named "Linda Park" (in the comics, Linda Park is the girlfriend -- later wife -- of Wally West, the modern Flash, and was originally a TV reporter).
180** A mention of "the intersection of Gardner and Fox" (Gardner Fox was the creator of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
181** In ThePilot, Barry Allen's older brother was named Jay, another reference to Jay Garrick.
182* The 2007 ''Series/{{Flash Gordon|2007}}'' series has a couple:
183** The title character's real first name is "Steven", an homage to Steven Holland, who played Flash in the [[Series/FlashGordon1954 1954 TV series]].
184** The Dactyls, a tribe of bird-worshipping nomads who wear prosthetic claws and glide on air currents with special capes, are jokingly referred to as "Hawkmen" by a skeptical Joe Wiley.
185** Ming, now a preening European-style fascist rather than the YellowPeril despot of the comics, mentions how the people of the Cantons say he's "Merciless". Of course, he proves them right when he strangles a puppeteer with his own marionettes so Aura wouldn't associate with him.
186** The very same episode, which revolves around a Mongo holiday dedicated to ancestor worship, sees Ming eschew his western-style military uniform for an elaborate robe similar to the one he wears in most adaptations.
187** When Terek tries to persuade Flash to help him overthrow his father, he tells Flash he just might "save every one of us" — a lyric from the theme song to the [[Film/FlashGordon1980 1980 film]].
188* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'':
189** ''The Dr. Frasier Crane Show'' debuted on KACL on May 21, 1993, the airdate of the ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' finale.
190** The Season 11 episode "Caught in the Act" has a gag about Kelsey Grammer having played the character of Frasier Crane for 20 years (first in ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', then in ''Frasier''). In the episode Frasier meets his ex-wife, who's had a long career as the children's entertainer "Nanny G":
191-->'''Nanny G:''' Frasier, if you knew how bored I am, being "Nanny Gee." How trapped I feel.\
192'''Frasier:''' You have a wonderful career.\
193'''Nanny G:''' But nothing ever changes! Do you have any idea what it's like to play the same character for twenty years?
194** Frasier's agent, Bebe Glazer, has the same first name as the actress who played Lilith.
195* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
196** When Cersei comes to see Tyrion after he is injured in battle, she says that "they said you had lost your nose, but it's not that bad". In the original ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' book series, Tyrion atually lost his nose in that battle.
197** In "Walk of Punishment", Kayla, one of the prostitutes Tyrion hires for Podrick, is commended for her ability to perform the "Meereenese Knot". This is referring to a difficulty George R. R. Martin had while writing book 5 of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' involving the various characters in or heading to the city of Meereen.
198** One of Queen Selyse's fetuses-in-a-jar is apparently named "Edric", a nod to minor book character Edric Storm. In the show, his plotline was given to Gendry.
199** When Jaime is trying to locate Alton Lannister in the family tree, he asks him if his mother is "the fat one", only to correct himself by saying "No, there is only ''one'' fat Lannister. If she was your mother, you would know it." The book counterpart to Alton, Cleos Frey, is the son of Genna Lannister, an aunt of Jaime's that is notoriously obese.
200** During the Battle of the Wall, a wildling archer attempts to shoot an arrow to the top of the Wall and doesn't even come close. Then a giant steps up and shoots a ballista-sized arrow from a giant-sized bow, sending a ranger atop the Wall and flying. This is a reference to a passage in the books where wildling archers manage a few hits on the brothers 700 feet up, which GRRM has admitted he didn't realize was physically impossible.
201** In "The Children" Brienne bites Sandor's ear off, a reference to Sandor's burned-off ear in the books.
202** After being made king, Jon is called The White Wolf, which is a reference to the inverted colors of House Stark. It is common custom in Westeros for highborn acknowledged illegitimate children to carry the inverted colours of their noble parent's sigil. This was also practiced by another bastard-born king, the Black Dragon Daemon Blackfyre, who unknown to everyone, was distantly related to him. And, of course, Jon's actual pet direwolf is white.
203** The Bastard's Girls' name is likely based on the Bastard's Boys, Ramsay's men-at-arms in the books.
204** In the finale, when she finally comes in contact with the Iron Throne, Daenerys tells Jon that when she was little, she imagined it as "a mountain of swords", which is how GRRM envisioned it in the books.
205* ''Series/GothamKnights2023'':
206** In the first episode, Stephanie mentions Olive Silverlock, the protagonist from ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy''.
207** The access code for Bruce's private elevator is "1939", the year Batman debuted in the comics.
208** Stephanie's father game show host Arthur Brown appears, though he hasn't become a supervillain (yet, at least).
209** Ed Nigma (the Riddler) is mentioned in episode two as being one of the most (in)famous alumni of Gotham Academy.
210** The original character of Duela variously claimed the Joker and Harvey Dent as her father. She only says the Joker here [[spoiler:but then it turns out Harvey Dent is her actual father]].
211* In one episode of the 1966 TV adaptation of ''Series/TheGreenHornet'', a couple of hoodlums pass the time watching an episode of the 1960s ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series on a television in their hideout. William Dozier produced both series.
212* ''Series/{{Haven}}'' is an adaptation of a lesser-known Stephen King story, ''The Colorado Kid.'' It's more of an AdaptationExpansion and borders on InNameOnly, but it very much aware it's based on a King story and fans can find multiple references and homages to his other work sprinkled throughout the show. It's very close to OnceAnEpisode.
213* ''Series/Heathers2018'' is built on this trope. The series quotes lines of dialogue directly from the film, paraphrases others, re-imagines items and concepts (e.g. Big Fun is a band in the film, a snack food company in the series). The biggest nod is likely Shannen Doherty, one of the original Heathers, appearing as JD's mother wearing the iconic red hair band.
214* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': When the small council is debating the issue of Viserys' successor only a few hours after the death of his wife in childbirth in the pilot, he shouts, "My wife and son are dead! I will not sit here and suffer [[Literature/AFeastForCrows crows that come to feast on their corpses!]]"
215* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'':
216** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]" does [[https://www.tumblr.com/vampsstan/726045987546759169/i-couldnt-stop-thinking-about-this-meta-x-and its own version of the scene]] from the ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' film where Lestat de Lioncourt bites and drains Louis de Pointe du Lac's blood without the latter's consent while flying up into the air, and then Lestat drops Louis from the sky, which leaves his victim close to death.
217** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]" also recreates an aerial shot from 1994 movie of the [[https://tossacointoyourhotmess.tumblr.com/post/699543027005407233/interview-with-the-vampire-2022 San Francisco Ferry Building's clock tower.]]
218* In an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' with an ''Series/InPlainSight'' cameo, a line asking if anything good ever happens on Sundays comes up. Both shows at the time came on Sunday nights.
219** An episode of the original ''Series/LawAndOrder'' features a perp from a Season 1 episode becoming a murder victim 15 years later. The current detectives even talk to Captain Cragen, who was Captain during that time and has since moved on to the Special Victims Unit.
220* ''Series/LazyTown'':
221** In "Sportacus Who?", Robbie calls Sportacus "The Blue Elf", a reference to the original play.
222** Robbie's plan in "Dr. Rottenstein" has him put spots everywhere to make everyone think vegetables are poison, a LighterAndSofter version of Glanni Glæpur poisoning all the vegetables in the original plays, which also made people break out in spots.
223** Two separate episodes have Robbie fake his way to being Mayor, a reference to the stage play where Glanni was legally elected Mayor. The second episode also has Mayor Meanswell in an Easter Bunny costume, which was also derived from the play.
224* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': Jennsen first appears in a scene with her goat, who had a more prominent role in the books.
225* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'':
226** Captain Cold scoffs at the idea of him being a hero in the future. In the ''Flashpoint'' timeline, he is a hero going by the alias "Citizen Cold". Additionally, his Earth 2 counterpart is the mayor of Central City.
227** Rip Hunter says he's seen "[[{{Franchise/Superman}} men of steel]] [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman die]] and [[{{Franchise/Batman}} dark knights]] [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} fall]]."
228** Rip Hunter's time ship is called The Waverider, named after a time-traveler from ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'' and ''ComicBook/BoosterGold''.
229** In the very first episode, Rip Hunter lists Per Degaton as a dictator on par with Caesar and Adolf Hitler. In the comics, Per Degaton is a time-traveling tyrant who has clashed with the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]] numerous times.
230** The future version of Green Arrow is missing his left arm as a nod to ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.
231** In "Marooned" Rip secretly initiates protocols over an open comlink to the ''Waverider'' with names referencing DCU characters that would normally be off limits. In particular he mentions Imperiex and Kanjar Ro, enemies of Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/GreenLantern respectively.
232** In "Night of the Hawk", Vandal Savage goes by the name Curtis Knox. This is in reference to the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' character of the same name, who was heavily implied to be Savage using an alias.
233** Team Legends is pretty much the Arrowverse's equivalent to the ''Forgotten Heroes'', of which Rip Hunter was a founding member (and was the one who formed them initially to take down Vandal Savage).
234** Eve Baxter in "Marooned" shares her surname with Bonnie Baxter, the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple female]] Time Master in the comics.
235** Savage describes his becoming aware of time travel as being like a caveman being shown fire, a nod to his origins in the comics.
236** One of P.T. Barnum's men wears a mask that is reminiscent of B'wana Beast's B'wana Helmet.
237** Zari says her amulet used to belong to her brother. In the comics, Adrianna Tomasz had a brother named Amon who shared her powers.
238** In "No Country for Old Dads", Wally took the remains of the Fire Amulet from Damian, and explains to the other Legends that he thought it would make "a sick souvenir". A RunningGag in Season 1 of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' was Wally snagging "souvenirs" from every mission.
239* In ''Series/LostInOz'', Alex finds the remains of Dorothy's house on the ''western'' border, and asks why. In the original Oz books, West and East were switched on the map.
240* In the second season episode of ''Series/TheManFromUncle'' titled "The Bat Cave Affair", Napoleon Solo is escorting the episode's innocent to Europe as they investigate some developments in the plot. A scene on the airliner cuts in just as the inflight movie is ending, revealing a TheEnd card which shows that the inflight movie was ''One Spy Too Many''--which is in fact one of ''Series/TheManFromUncle'' [[CompilationMovie compilation movies]] (basically, ''One Spy Too Many'' was composed of the two parts of the second season opening episode, "Alexander the Greater Affair (Parts I and II)" plus added footage).
241-->'''Clemency [=McGill=]:''' That was a right fine movie. Do you like spy movies, Mr. Solo? Napoleon?\
242'''Napoleon Solo:''' I'll tell you, they're alright if you like light entertainment. I just think they're... pretty far-fetched.
243** And in the third season episode "The Hula Doll Affair", Napoleon Solo receives a message to go to 555 Felton Avenue (which turns out to be the location of THRUSH's New York headquarters). Norman Felton was one of the creators of the series, and credited as executive producer that season.
244* On a 1976 telecast of ''Series/MatchGame'', Bill Cullen was a panelist. Host Gene Rayburn approaches him and asks "This is the face you see on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''?" Bill's response: "Not if you've watched lately!" Bill was the host of the original ''Price'' (1956-65); Gene really meant to direct his question to Janice Pennington, a model on the CBS ''Price'' back then.
245* The live action adaptation of ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' pulls an interesting one of these, when Shibata Kento is at an amusement park with Mei and Mikuru, and points out a live super hero show at the park, but Mikuru isn't interested. Kento is played by Takeru Sato, better known for playing Ryutaro Nogami of ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''. It's also worth noting that the actor playing the male lead is Hiro Mizushima, another ''Kamen Rider'' alum, in his case having played Souji Tendou from Kabuto.
246* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
247** Camelot's court genealogist is Geoffrey of Monmouth. In reality, Monmouth wrote ''History of British Kings'', one of the earliest Arthurian sources.
248** Similarly, at the very end of the musical ''Camelot'' (and the book ''The Once and Future King'' on which is it based), Arthur knights a young page named "Tom" and then charges him to escape the final battle and live to tell the tell the story of Arthur's reign; "Tom" is clearly supposed to be Sir Thomas Malory, who wrote the definitive volume of Arthurian myth, ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur''.
249** The dragon living under the castle is most likely a nod to the story of Vortigern's castle, which couldn't be built because there were two dragons fighting in a cave beneath it.
250** In early episodes Guinevere sarcastically mutters: "Who would want to marry Arthur?" and - when invited by Merlin to play a game of Who Would You Rather: Arthur or Lancelot - she just laughs and tells him that she'll never have to choose.
251* In the Linda Lavin episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Robin makes two references to the story of ''Literature/TheFrogPrince''; he gets a verse on the subject in the opening number "Be a Frog", and he later sings "Frog Kissin'". Robin was originally designed as the title character in ''Film/TalesFromMuppetlandTheFrogPrince''.
252* In ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' episode "Too Hot to Handler" Fozzie is recording promos for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Up Late With Miss Piggy]]'', and is shown doing a whole string of them one after the other, for different regions, with a series of ridiculous props. A series of actual promos for ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' featuring Fozzie were recorded pretty much exactly like this.
253* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
254** In the episode "Soultaker", Joel returns to the SOL, and Mike gets jealous of him after learning Joel manages a hot fish shop. Servo tells him, "Don't compare yourself, Mike, it ain't healthy!" This was a reference to the internet 'Joel vs. Mike' FlameWar, from shortly after Mike took over as host after Joel left.
255** In the final episode, the SOL crash-lands on Earth, and some time later, Crow and Servo are living with Mike at his apartment. The three of them settle down to watch the movie ''The Crawling Eye'' on TV, and Crow remarks, "This movie looks kind of familiar, doesn't it?" ''The Crawling Eye'' was the movie featured in the first episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' after its stint on KTMA-TV in Minnesota.
256** In the ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' Podcast/RiffTrax, Bill Corbett (Crow), upon seeing the title cards, scoffed, "3000? What has the year 3000 ever done for us?"
257** In the Rifftrax for the first ''X-Men'' film Bill wonders why the screen title "The not-too-distant future" sounds so familiar.
258** In one second-season episode, an extremely unconvincing asteroid in the movie-of-the-week led to [[LargeHam Tom Servo]] LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
259--->'''Tom Servo:''' Looks like the opening credits!\
260'''Joel:''' ''[in an undertone]'' You're not supposed to know about that!\
261'''Tom Servo:''' Oh, right. Sorry.
262** In revival series (aka Season 11) at one point Jonah threatens to turn off the movie. The bots remind him he can't, calling back to a long gone lyric from the Joel era explaining why exactly Mike/Jonah can't control when the movies begin or end
263---> '''Crow:''' We're built from those parts.
264** The revival also references a rather infamous mondegreen of the original lyrics of thr theme: But his bosses didn't like him/so they shot him into spaaace
265--->'''Tom:''' ''[To the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' theme]'' But the cowboy didn't like him, so he shot him in the faaaace!\
266'''Crow:''' Meta!
267* At one point in ''Series/{{Nikita}}'', Division actually does some good. Nikita suggests that maybe Michael could take it over and set it straight; Michael suggests Nikita could do it. At the end of the original ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'', Nikita takes over Operation, of which Division is a counterpart.
268* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Season Four introduces a MagicHat clearly inspired by the one from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', which has been guarded for generations by an old man known only as the "Sorcerer's Apprentice". When Rumpelstiltskin tries to steal the hat, he changes the Sorcerer's Apprentice into a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse]].
269* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Joyride", the Mercury astronaut Theodore Harris encountered aliens while aboard the ''Aspire 7'' on September 16, 1963. Cliff Robertson played the older version of Harris. In ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' pilot "The Galaxy Being" which aired on September 16, 1963, an engineer named Alan Maxwell, who was also played by Robertson, accidentally makes contact with an alien from the Andromeda galaxy.
270* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Tommy digs through a box of old possessions, turning up a number of props from ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
271** Also, in episode 19 of ''Dino Thunder'', the main cast spend the entire episode watching a poorly dubbed episode of its source material, ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''! Presented as a Japanese TV show based on the real-life Power Rangers. (It's episode 10 of ''Abaranger,'' for the record.) Best mythology gag ever!
272*** The fact that the show is clearly a {{Frankenslation}}, and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' prided itself on using [[{{Macekre}} Macek's]] [[Anime/{{Robotech}} techniques]], is just the cherry on top.
273** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'': One of the photos on Sky's nightstand is a publicity shot from ''[[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Goranger]]''.
274** In ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', the team's special vehicle is called the "[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]" (it stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Ground Outdoor Operational Network General-purpose Explorational Rover]])
275* ''Series/{{Preacher|2016}}'':
276** In "Mumbai Sky Tower", the Great Ganesh has a poster of Creator/BillHicks on his dressing room wall. Bill Hicks is discussed and makes an appearance in the original [[ComicBook/{{Preacher}} graphic novel]].
277** And in "Sokosha", when Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy are researching the Saint of Killers at the library, Cassidy is reading the actual ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' mini-series depicting his origin story, with close-ups on specific panels.
278* ''Script/{{Powerpuff}}'':
279** Mojo pilots a HumongousMecha, just like his [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 cartoon counterpart]].
280** Bubbles' manager and cameraman is named Ace, like the leader of the Gangreen Gang. It's unclear if he’s intended to be the same character.
281** While promotional images showcased the characters in modern reinterpretations of their costumes (read: civilian clothes with their color schemes), [[https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/powerpuff-girls-live-action-tv-reboot-set-pictures-48258712 set photos]] indicated that there was at least one scene where the girls would be wearing adult-sized versions of their original costumes. In the pilot script, the costumes were the girls' hero uniforms well into their teens, and the scene that introduces them shows that they're uncomfortable with it, but put up with it as part of the brand.
282** When Drake talks about [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]], Bubbles thinks it's the brief time he failed to appeal to the Japanese market, referencing ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ''.
283* Much like ''Series/TinMan'', references to the original in ''Series/ThePrisoner2009'' could make for an incapacitating drinking game. In the first episode alone:
284** 93 wears the same outfit Number 6 wore in the original series. (WordOfGod is the role was originally offered to original ''Prisoner'' series co-creator and star Patrick [=McGoohan=], who died soon after.)
285** 6's house is appointed with furniture of the same {{Zeerust}}-futuristic style used in the original series.
286** The scene transition to the inside of 93's house takes us to an extreme close-up of a lava lamp, which reproduces the original series's visual effect for Rover's launch sequence.
287** A rough sketch of a landmark 93 half-remembered from his life outside the Village is of Big Ben. One of the best-known episodes of the original series was "The Chimes of Big Ben", in which the landmark played a key part in the climax
288** 93 himself bears a striking resemblance to the older version of Number 6 from the graphic novel follow-up "Shattered Village"
289** During his first meeting with 2, 6 pounds on in the desk between them in a way that seems very unnatural for the actor involved. He's recreating an iconic image from the opening sequence of the original series.
290** A pennyfarthing bicycle, which was the icon of the original series, is briefly visible during a nightclub sequence.
291** At the final episode, all of the villagers chant: ''Number Six is [[TheChosenOne the One]]''.
292* In addition to the ReferenceOverdosed nature of the show, ''Series/{{Psych}}'' is also a fan of this trope, with things like Shawn professing his love to Curt Smith (which is actually Creator/JamesRodayRodriguez's love).
293* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "Psirens", the SCS ''Pioneer'' is commanded by Captain Tau, played by Anita Dobson. Tau was also the name of the female captain of the ''Dwarf'' itself in the failed US pilot.
294* A 1991 episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'' revealed Gordon's last name to be Robinson, a nod to Matt Robinson, the first actor to portray Gordon.
295* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'':
296** "This World Inverted":
297*** Alternate-universe Luke says in a SoBadItsGood commercial that Magnus helped him realize the police force wasn't his calling but running an antique bookshop. In [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments the books]], Luke is a bookseller rather than an officer.
298*** Alternate-universe Magnus has two cats named Chairman Meow and Church. In the books, Chairman Meow is Magnus's kitten, whose birthday party gets crashed by the main characters[[note]]Yes, the ''kitten's'' birthday party, not Magnus's[[/note]], and Church is the resident cat at the New York Institute.
299** When looking at profiles of warlocks around the world in "Malec", one of the profiles that can be seen is Theresa Gray. Tessa Gray was the protagonist of ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' spinoff ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''.
300* A very elegant Mythology Gag was done in the BBC's ''Macbeth'' episode of their ''[=ShakespeaReTold=]'' [sic] series. Macbeth (a head chef at a famous restaurant in this version) gives a passionate speech about food, to which one of his underlings remarks, 'That's a bit Gordon Ramsay'. In the hushed silence that follows, another chef tells the poor underling, "We don't mention that name in this kitchen. It's bad luck. Just call him The Scottish Chef." (This, of course, is a reference to the thespian legend that using the title ''Macbeth'' in reference to any actual production is bad luck, and so it is referred to as "[[TheScottishTrope The Scottish Play]]" instead.)
301* But surely the all-time king of the Mythology Gag is ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. [[http://smallville.wikia.com/wiki/Allusions_to_the_Superman_Universe The wiki has an entire page devoted to them]]. Just to name a few:
302** Clark ''almost'' always wears red and blue, the main colors of the Superman costume.
303*** Which may end up not being a gag after all. Clark has been seen rescuing people at super-speed, and because he always wears those colors they see a red-and-blue blur. In one episode Green Arrow dresses in a costume of those colors to hide his identity. In other words, the series implies his Superman costume will be red and blue because he wears those colors in his civilian life.
304*** At this point, it's safe to say they must be his favorite colors. [[SecretIdentity Fortunately]], he's stopped wearing blue and red when he's ClarkKenting.
305** Superman's iconic S-emblem appears to be the fusion of Smallville High's school crest, a Kryptonian symbol meaning "air" (a shield with an 8 inside it), and a crest on a suit of armor worn by Alexander the Great (pointed out by Lex near the start of the series).
306** The first line uttered by (teenage) Lana Lang is her reaction to reading "Beyond Good and Evil" -- she asks Clark whether he considers himself "man or superman".
307** In a nod to ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Brainiac is now a Kryptonian supercomputer.
308** The Phantom Zone is now a land of barren wastes instead of ghostlike limbo, as a nod to the ''Supergirl'' movie. The scene in which Clark enters the Zone uses a spinning, flying square glasslike panel similar to the one in ''Superman'' and ''Superman II''.
309** The Fortress of Solitude in ''Smallville'' is identical to the crystalline design from TheMovie.
310** Before that, Clark's hideout in the barn loft was referred to as his Fortress of Solitude.
311** In one of their more obscure references: "The Torch" was the name of Jerry Siegel's high school newspaper. Siegel, of course, was one of Superman's two creators. (Ironically, Siegel's heirs are currently involved in a long-running lawsuit over the rights to Superboy that encompasses the intellectual properties -- and profits -- from ''Smallville''.)
312** [[Franchise/TheFlash Bart Allen]], in the episode "Run", has fake [=IDs=] in the names of "Barry Allen", "Jay Garrick", and "Wally West", all Flashes in the comics. Similarly in "Odyssey", Ollie Queen uses the name Roy Connor -- Roy Harper was Green Arrow's sidekick in the comics, and Connor Hawke was his son and successor. Bart also wears a red hoodie with the famous Flash emblem on it.
313** Tess "Mercy" Mercer is almost entirely a CanonForeigner, but her name suggests both Mercy Graves from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and Miss Tessmacher from the movie.
314** In the episode where Clark is reprogrammed as "Kal-El", he flies to intercept Lex's plane. The pilots notice him on the radar and one says, "What is that? A Bird? A Plane?"
315** The episode that Pete learns of Clark's superpowers, he comments, "It's not easy to be you." It's pretty safe to assume that this is a direct transfer of the line "And it's not easy to be me," from Five for Fighting's song "Superman."
316*** Which is also likely a reference to the original intent to have that as the show's theme, before they decided it was too soft and went with Remy Zero's Save Me.
317** The episode "Kandor" features two good ones. First, Chloe remarks that Clark's had feelings for Lois "since 1939" (the year Superman debuted in ComicBook/ActionComics). Second, people actually kneel before Zod.
318*** In Season 9, people kneeling before Zod, or variants of the phrase, could be the basis for a DrinkingGame.
319** A subtle one in "Salvation": Chloe is surprised to learn the League has "our own satellite" ... meaning a dedicated communications sat, not the [[SpaceStation satellite headquarters]] from the comics.
320** "Absolute Justice" is basically a cluster bomb of mythology gags for UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, with mentions of [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Inza]], ComicBook/TheSandman, Atom Smasher, [[Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott]], first version of ComicBook/RedTornado, [[Franchise/TheFlash Jay Garrick]], Wildcat, Mr Terrific, ComicBook/TheSpectre, Hourman, etc, etc.
321** In "Harvest", when Lois and Clark are stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat tire, Lois (who knows that Clark is Kryptonian by this point) quips, [[CatchPhrase "This looks like a job for...]][[CatchphraseInterruptus Triple A."]]
322*** Ten years earlier, Season 1 episode "Drone"; when Clark is asked what he stands for, he says, [[CatchPhrase "Truth, justice, and...]][[CatchphraseInterruptus other stuff."]]
323** The Wonder Twins appeared in "Idol", with cellphones that had a [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends familiar]] [[http://images.wikia.com/smallville/images/b/bb/908Smallville0335.jpg image]].
324* Colonel O'Neill of ''Series/StargateSG1'' would like to remind you that his name has two "L"s. There's a Col. Jack O'Neil (one "L") who really has no sense of humor! This is a reference to the change in the spelling of his name and in his personality between the original movie and the series.
325* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
326** In the pilot episode "Caretaker", Janeway mentions how they are going to "seek out new life and new civilisations." [[OpeningNarration Sound]] [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries fami]][[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration liar]]? Yeah, the show thought so too -- you can hear the original series' InstrumentalThemeTune piping away in the background immediately after she says it.
327** "The Killing Game" has a WWII holoprogram which sneaks in some gags about the series:
328*** Katrine (Janeway) says it's been "a hard four years" in reference to the German occupation. Of course it's also the amount of time Voyager has been in the Delta Quadrant.
329*** Mademoiselle de Neuf (Seven of Nine) makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the shooting starts. That's what TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' is singing just before Captain Picard goes 20th Century on the Borg's ass with a submachine gun.
330* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Trials And Tribble-ations" is an entire episode of this trope, as the [=DS9=] travels through time to the events of the TOS episode "The Trouble With Tribbles", lampshading how different TOS was from the subsequent shows, particularly its portrayal of Klingons.
331* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
332** There's MythologyGag in to the original series in the episode "Legacy". In the beginning, Picard mentions ''Enterprise'' is passing the planet Camus II. Camus II was a planet visited by Kirk's ''Enterprise'' in the 79th and final episode of the original series, "The Turnabout Intruder." "Legacy" was episode #80 of ''The Next Generation'', the point at which its run surpassed its predecessor's. Furthermore, the last Federation starship to visit the failed Turkana IV colony was the USS ''Potemkin''. An earlier ''Potemkin'' was mentioned in "The Turnabout Intruder."
333** In the series finale, "All Good Things...", not only do they [[MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness superbly recreate the look of the first season]], right down to the ''TOS''-style miniskirt uniforms worn by some women (although not, as shown in "Encounter at Farpoint", men), but the name of the shuttle used by Picard and Yar on their first approach to ''Enterprise'' in the past? ''Galileo'', which was the most famous of the shuttles on board the original ''Enterprise'', yet never before had been referenced on ''The Next Generation''.
334* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' has admirals named Williams, Leonard and Forrest. The PowerTrio in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' - Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] - were played by ''[[Creator/WilliamShatner William]]'' [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]], ''[[Creator/LeonardNimoy Leonard]]'' [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Nimoy]] and ''[[Creator/DeForestKelley DeForest]]'' [[Creator/DeForestKelley Kelley]]. Among the three admirals, Forrest has the largest role throughout the series, since, at the time, Kelley was the only one of the three TOS stars who'd passed on.
335* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Hollywood Babylon" takes place on a film set, and contains several references to the shows own production, including the execs' skepticism about salt as a way to battle ghosts, the precision of the lore, and the quality of the catering on set (the cast of the film comment how much it's improved). The producer is even named as [=McG=].
336** On a further note, guess which day of the week the real-life Castiel is supposed to represent.
337** In a recent episode, Dean came up with this line after an unpleasant incident: "Must be Thursday."
338** The sixth season episode "The French Mistake" is nothing but this.
339* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'':
340** One episode revolved around a terminator attempting to assassinate the governor of California. In real life, of course, that job is filled by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the original star of the franchise.
341** Another episode reveals that one of the terminators had taken the identity of an actor, and showed clips of him in a low- budget fantasy movie. His costume is clearly that of Conan the Barbarian, one of Arnie's other roles.
342* The 2008 [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Sci Fi Channel]] {{Miniseries}} ''Series/TinMan'' rather beautifully blurred the line between {{Deconstruction}} and Mythology Gag in its reimagining of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', particularly the classic 1939 film version. To name just a ''few'' examples:
343** Numerous line echoes, including "And Toto, too" and "Lions, tigers and bears, oh my".
344** DG's waitress uniform is all but identical to Creator/JudyGarland's costume.
345** Sheriff Elmer Gulch, who wants to arrest DG, references Margaret Hamilton as Elmyra Gulch, who wanted Dorothy arrested and Toto put to sleep.
346** DG's house number is 39, the year in which ''The Wizard of Oz'' was released.
347** When running across the meadow to the entrance to the Realm of the Abandoned, Glitch stumbles in a manner similar to Ray Bolger's rubber-legged Scarecrow.
348** Glitch, the Scarecrow analogue, claiming to have been a great dancer is likely an allusion to the fact that Ray Bolger (the 1939 Scarecrow) was a trained dancer.
349** A dangerous region of the O.Z. in which our heroes find themselves is the "Fields of the Papé", an obvious allusion to the field of ''poppies''.
350** Briefly tricked into believing her adventures were AllJustADream, DG claims to have had a dream "in technicolor", referencing the film's transition to color in Oz.
351** Likewise, when DG goes to "The Gray Gale", and meets an apparition of the original Dorothy Gale, the scene is monochromatic. Just to remind us that the film and the book are two distinct things, Dorothy's slippers are plainly silver.
352*** Using the ruby slippers from the 1939 movie would require paying for a license.
353** And speaking of Dorothy Gale, she's described as "the first slipper", which, in-story, refers to her being the first to "slip" from our world to the Outer Zone, and metafictionally alludes to the Silver (or Ruby) Slippers.
354*** Also the fact that the Queen (and by extension, DG and Az) are descendants of Dorothy Gale. In the ''book'' universe, Dorothy ended up moving to Oz full-time, and was appointed Princess of Oz and Ozma's heir.
355** The Mystic Man's brief appearance as a giant head floating in the air, heralded by gouts of flame, echoes the Wizard's pre-"curtain" appearance.
356** The Queen calling out for DG in Azkedelia's viewing tank echoes the image of Aunt Em in the Wicked Witch's crystal ball, and uses some of the same dialogue.
357** Raw and DG being captured by the Witch while Cain and Glitch are left for dead is a nod to the book. In the original book, Nick and Scarecrow were tossed in a ravine to rot and rust.
358** The strategem Cain and Glitch use to enter Azkedelia's tower to rescue DG and Raw is the same as that used by the Tin Woodsman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion to get into the Witch's castle.
359** Also, a quick way to make this a really fun movie is to play a DrinkingGame where you drink every time someone tells Cain to "Have a heart".
360** There appears to be a reference to Book Oz. The doll DG is playing with appears to look like Princess Ozma.
361** An extremely subtle one: In Baum's books, the only two members of the original party to have first and last names are Dorothy Gale and Nick Chopper (the Tin Woodsman). Much later, Ruth Thompson gave a name to the Scarecrow. The only two to have a first and last name in the remake? DG (Dorothy Gale II) and Wyatt Cain. Later, Glitch's true name (Ambrose) was revealed in flashback.
362* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'':
363** In "Wish Bank", Mr. Brent's superior at the Department of Magical Venues is [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E30AStopAtWilloughby Mr. Willoughby]]. He wants to talk to Brent about the [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E24LongLiveWalterJameson Jameson account]].
364** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]", the time traveler Professor Joseph Fitzgerald prevents the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. Several hours later, the announcement "We will now return to our regular programming" is heard on Creator/{{CBS}}, followed by the theme of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E19NightCall Night Call]]" was originally intended to air on November 22, 1963 but the coverage of the assassination resulted in it being rescheduled. It eventually aired on February 7, 1964.
365** In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson reports that the FlyingSaucer crashed near [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E30AStopAtWilloughby Willoughby]]. There is also a sign in Pop's diner that reads "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E24ToServeMan It's been a pleasure...serving you]]."
366* The ''[[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]'' franchise absolutely loves this trope, particularly when it comes to series from the mid to late 2000s, with the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th-anniversary]] entry ''Series/UltramanMebius'' probably being the biggest example. Almost every time a monster from a previous series appears, you can expect the episode to include at least one Mythology Gag about something that happened in its debut series.
367* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': In "Live Bait", the Governor uses the name Brian as an alias. In ''Literature/TheWalkingDeadRiseOfTheGovernor'', which is canon to the comics but not the TV series, [[spoiler:Brian was the Governor's true name, as he took his brother's identity after his death.]]
368* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'':
369** When Bernard and the security team go to cold storage, there is a globe sculpture that looks similar to one that appears in the film at the entrance of the park. It even has the name 'DELOS' inscribed on it.
370** When discussing the old days of the park, Ford mentions that back then, you could pick out the hosts with a simple handshake. This is also how hosts were identified in the film.
371** In Episode 6, Bernard ventures to level B82 (one above/below the B83 level that had the "DELOS" globe) and enters into a 1970s-style office, straight out of the film. He also [[http://imgur.com/a/H98JH walks by the Gunslinger]].
372** In the same episode, Elsie walks pass some Romanesque statues and Medieval armor in an abandoned theatre, a nod to the "Romanworld" and "Medievalworld" sections in the first movie. In Episode 10, [[spoiler:we also learn that there is a Shogunworld attraction (one of the settings added in the film sequel, along with Future World and Spa World)]].
373** Two guests taking part in a shoot out in Sweetwater are arrested but will have a means of escape smuggled in with their breakfast. The same scenario plays out in the film, with a host smuggling explosives to the incarcerated protagonist.
374** In the film it's mentioned that the robots have been partially designed by computers, so the scientists don't truly understand how they work. [[spoiler:This is true in the series as well, as Ford created Bernard to help design the hosts.]]
375** The finale has [[spoiler: Bernard creates a Host duplicate of Charlotte Hale implanted with Delores' mind who pulls a KillAndReplace, with her doing so a couple of times in Season 3. This was Delos' plan in the sequel film as a bid to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
376* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'':
377** When Egwene is accepted into the Women's Circle, Nynaeve explains the symbolism of their braids. In the books, Nynaeve [[CharacterTic is known]] for tugging her braid in times of stress or irritation.
378-->'''Nyneave:''' This braid will remind you that you are a part of us and we a part of you. To be a woman is to be always alone and never alone. So when the Dark surrounds you and you see no Light, feel this braid and know that we all stood before you. We all stand with you.
379** The later books have several hilarious scenes about how a PsychicLink (primarily, the Aes Sedai Warder bond and Aiel sister bond) combines with intoxication and [[DirtyMindReading arousal]]. Episode 4 has a milder example on the same lines: when Lan drinks, Moiraine becomes [[NotSoStoic noticeably emotional]].
380** In Episode 4 a little girl shows her doll Birgitte, who "protects [her] when everyone's asleep" and "always wanted to see the world". It's a clear reference to Birgitte Silverbow, a reincarnating heroine of Light.
381** In episode 4 Liandrin mispronounces Nynaeve's name, a nod to the fact that fans have often had trouble figuring out how to pronounce it based on its spelling in the text.
382** The way the Aes Sedai strike team describes how they captured Logain (rather than the big battle between armies in the books) mirrors the way the books had Moiraine, Lan and Nynaeve rescue Perrin and Egwaine from the Whitecloaks—them sneaking in, grabbing what they came for and throwing lighting to scare everyone around for the time to depart.
383** The first times Egwene channels, she sets things on fire. In the books she was far better at handling fire than most Aes Sedai.
384** In the books a lot was said about how an archer needs to learn to calm down to concentrate. In Episode 7 a nervous Rand keeps missing the bullseye. Then he sorts out his conflict with Egwene, [[spoiler:accepts his ability to channel]] and starts hitting the bullseye.
385** In the books Uno Nomesta, an old soldier from Fal Dara, is best remembered for his eyebatch and [[SirSwearsALot swearing]]. In season 1 he only says one line, but it's just like in the books:
386--->'''Uno:''' The Horn of bloody Valere, lad.
387* The final intro of ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' in 2005 resembles the 70s intro more than the other intros.

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