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7	!!Series with their own pages:
8	[[index]]
9	* ''MythologyGag/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet''
10	* ''MythologyGag/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
11	* ''MythologyGag/AvengersAssemble''
12	* ''MythologyGag/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
13	* ''MythologyGag/CarmenSandiego''
14	* ''MythologyGag/Castlevania2017''
15	* ''MythologyGag/TheCupheadShow''
16	* ''MythologyGag/DCSuperHeroGirls''
17	* ''MythologyGag/DuckTales2017''
18	* ''MythologyGag/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021''
19	* ''MythologyGag/JusticeLeague''
20	* ''MythologyGag/JusticeLeagueAction''
21	* ''MythologyGag/LegendOfTheThreeCaballeros''
22	* ''MythologyGag/{{Legion of Super Heroes\|2006}}''
23	* ''MythologyGag/TheLooneyTunesShow''
24	* ''MythologyGag/TheLegendOfVoxMachina''
25	* ''MythologyGag/IronManArmoredAdventures''
26	* ''MythologyGag/MickeyMouse2013''
27	* ''MythologyGag/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
28	* ''MythologyGag/Rugrats2021''
29	* ''MythologyGag/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
30	* ''MythologyGag/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho''
31	* ''MythologyGag/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''
32	* ''MythologyGag/SonicBoom''
33	* ''MythologyGag/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
34	* ''MythologyGag/StarTrekLowerDecks''
35	* ''MythologyGag/MarvelsSpiderMan''
36	* ''MythologyGag/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''
37	* ''MythologyGag/TeenTitansGo''
38	* ''MythologyGag/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
39	* ''MythologyGag/TransformersCyberverse''
40	* ''MythologyGag/TransformersEarthSpark''
41	* ''MythologyGag/TransformersPrime''
42	* ''MythologyGag/UltimateSpiderMan2012''
43	* ''MythologyGag/VoltronLegendaryDefender''
44	* ''MythologyGag/WackyRaces2017''
45	* ''MythologyGag/YoungJustice2010''
46	[[/index]]
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48	!!By Creator:
49	* In their early days, Creator/HannaBarbera would make outright stars of characters either referenced earlier or appearing earlier. WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw's name was first seen on a note on a door in a 1957 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'' (the studio's first series), WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}} was an antagonist on the Quick Draw show, [[WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote Ricochet Rabbit]] (from ''The WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla Show'') first appeared as an antagonist on ''WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum'', and the [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Ant Hill Mob]] was first seen as a gang on insect bikers in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''.
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51	!!By Series:
52	* ''WesternAnimation/The7D'': Grim and Hildy Gloom are named after the alternate name for [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]]'s Evil Queen, Grimhilde.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': At one point, Jinx is shown listening to her own ImageSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlJuwO0GDs “Get Jinxed!”]] and answers someone right after the song ends with "That's me!"
54	* ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'':
55	** In the HalloweenEpisode "A Mid-Autumn Night's Scream", Bugs' Halloween costume is adult Yosemite Sam (since he has a baby counterpart in this show), Daffy's Halloween costume is WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers, and Granny's Halloween costume is Witch Hazel.
56	** In the song "Baby Elmer Had a Friend", Elmer pulls the hunter hat from his adult counterpart out of Bugs' hole.
57	** The episode "Duck's Reflucks" is tribute to the classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck'', but with the roles reversed, as [[spoiler:Bugs]] is the victim and Daffy is the animator, in this case a digital animator.
58	*** This episode also contains a character called C.J. (no, [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas not that one]]), which is an obvious cartoon of Creator/ChuckJones, director of ''Duck Amuck''.
59	** In the episode "A Bully for Bugs", the scene where Bugs and Daffy start arguing over whether Elmer should (respectively) eat Bugs' marshmallow rabbit or Daffy's chocolate duck is a reference to the DuckSeasonRabbitSeason scene from classic short ''WesternAnimation/RabbitFire'', and ends up (as you can imagine) with Daffy losing. After that, Daffy says: "[[{{Retcon}} I will remember that just in case we ever try that again someday]]".
60	*** Also, the title of the episode is a reference to another classic short, ''WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs''[[note]][[InNameOnly although there is nothing related to said short in the actual episode apart from the main character]][[/note]].
61	** The song "Born to Sing" contains a reenactment of the short ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'', with Elmer reprinsing his role as Siegfried, but the role of Brünnhilde is taken by Lola rather than Bugs.
62	* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad'', the disguise selector contains many dresses and outfits from previous Franchise/{{Barbie}} films, including Alexa's colorful dress, Nori's fairy dress, Corrinne and Kara's dresses and superhero outfits, and Clara's Nutcracker dress.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' features a bunch of references to classic Batman comics.
64	** The future-based episode "Artifacts" has a scene where an aged Batman steps out of his Batmobile to fight Mr. Freeze. Freeze greets him with the words: "[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight returns]]!"
65	** Alfred also resembles his counterpart from the story, being a lot older and needing to use a cane to walk around.
66	** There's also a tank-like Batmobile ala ''TDKR''.
67	** In the same episode, Robin and Batgirl assume their present-day comic identities of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and Oracle respectively.
68	** [[CanonForeigner Ellen Yin]] seemed to be based off on Ellen Yindel from ''The Dark Knight Returns'', and is hinted in "Artifacts" to have replaced Gordon as Commissioner like Yindel did in ''TDKR''.
69	** In the same episode during some speculation, Robin and Batgirl are referred to respectively as [[ComicBook/KingdomCome Red Robin]] and Batwoman.
70	** Mr. Freeze suffered a similar, though less severe, deterioration as his ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' incarnation and hence has replaced his legs with robotic spider legs.
71	** The Bat-Bot resembles the Bat-Knights from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
72	** The design for Commissioner Gordon is very reminiscent of how Tim Sale drew him in ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''.
73	** The Season 1 finale gives the Joker some very similar lines to those in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
74	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula'' was probably somewhat inspired by ''Batman and Dracula: Red Rain''.
75	** In the episode "Team Penguin", the other members of Cobblepot's LegionOfDoom keep suggesting different names for the group. Ragdoll comes up with "Villains United", the title of the book that introduced the ComicBook/SecretSix.
76	** When the opening sequence changes to showcase Robin, he appears bursting through a circular screen. This is a reference to the cover and title page of ''[[ComicBook/RobinTheBoyWonder Detective Comics #38]]'', the 1940 issue he debuted in.
77	** An example from a different medium: In the episode "JTV", Joker [[DoNotAdjustYourSet takes over Gotham's TV channels]]. The broadcast includes a couple of references to [[Series/Batman1966 the 1960s Batman series]], with Joker delivering the narration "Same Joker crime, same Joker channel!" and displaying the battle between Batman and Joker's henchmen with cartoon "BIFF", "POW", "SPLAT" [[HitFlash overlays]].
78	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanCapedCrusader'':
79	** The [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzM5MjBmZmYtMGVkNS00NzIxLTgzNDgtYjMwZmRkNzdhZGM3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyNzgwMDUw._V1_.jpg teaser poster]] is a throwback to [[https://cafans.b-cdn.net/images/Category_18170/subcat_36679/Duel-to-the-Death_Large.jpg the cover art]] of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' novel, ''Duel to the Death'', which itself is a throwback to issue #31 of ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics''.
80	** Batman's [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTRlNjdjYjUtNTE3ZC00ZGQwLWJhYjctY2U0OTU2NzUwNWQ3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjYwMzM1MjM@._V1_.jpg design]] in the show is based on his [[https://i.redd.it/9miwi1fsa0h91.jpg first design]] from the UsefulNotes/GoldenAgeOfComicBooks, with the design depicting him with short gloves, long ears, and a small bat emblem like his Golden Age counterpart.
81	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
82	** One episode features one huge mythology gag. It's a bunch of kids telling their RashomonStyle stories about the Batman, one being 60s campy, one being Miller's Dark Knight, and at the crowning moment of funny they stumble upon a very feminine boy stroking a feather boa saying, "I love Batman, that rubber costume, the car that can drive up walls," and another kid remarks something along the lines of, "oh please give me a break Joel," an [[TakeThat/WesternAnimation obvious reference]] to Creator/JoelSchumacher and his Batman movies. As a bonus, the sign on the store behind the kid reads "Shoe maker", a literal translation of the German name Schumacher.
83	** And another one was all-but an homage to the 1960s "campy" Batman starring Creator/AdamWest... who, appropriately, voiced himself as "The Gray Ghost" and his actor.
84	** The episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]] has one. First, let's admit that The ClockKing is an AtrociousAlias. So Fugate, who is NotWearingTights, who averts all the tropes under the EvilMakeover supertrope and who [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse looks just like everyone else]] [[ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames never uses that codename]]. However, it's the episode title, so they work this:
85	--->'''Batman:''' [[StockPhrases I'm here to clean your clock]], Fugate.\
86	'''Temple Fugate:''' Don't count on it, Batman. When it comes to ''clocks'', I am ''king.'' [[GratuitousFrench En garde!]]
87	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
88	** In the episode "Out of the Past", Ra's Al Ghul attempts to use the [[FountainOfYouth Lazarus Pit]] to restore Bruce's youth before [[GrandTheftMe putting his mind in his body.]] He mentions that he will take over Bruce' empire by claiming to be the long-lost son of Bruce and Talia, which is a reference to ''Batman: Son of the Demon'' where Bruce and Talia conceive a child (who, since the end of the series, was reintroduced to the comics as Damian Wayne).
89	*** In the Batman musical Bruce and Terry see, the Musical Batman says "Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot." a line from a Golden Age-era comic. Also, the musical version of Catwoman is anthropomorphic a la ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'', which ''did'' happen in this continuity [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE42TygerTyger that one time]]. Finally, Musical Robin is played by a woman and somewhat resembles [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns Carrie Kelley]].
90	** "Heroes" had three superheroes using the name "the Terrific Trio", which was originally used in the campy 60s series, which was the Dynamic Duo, plus Batgirl.
91	** This rather obvious one occurs in "The Call" when Terry is fleeing from Superman using the flying Batmobile:
92	--->'''Terry:''' What's the top speed on this thing?\
93	'''Bruce:''' Mach 3.\
94	'''Batman:''' Is that faster than a speeding bullet?
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'' episode "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" has a framed picture of Franchise/{{Popeye}} on a Greenwich Village coffee house wall while "Tell Me What You See" has an appearance by Popeye's adopted ward Swee' Pea. King Features produced the Beatles' cartoon series and owns the Popeye characters.
96	** Conversely, in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' (also produced by King Features), Old Fred and Ringo pass a hall of displays which has appearances by the Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, two King Features comic strip characters.
97	* Although it exists in its own separate continuity, the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon contains a number of nods to the [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} film]] from which it was spun, such as having both Beetlejuice and Lydia singing "Day-O" in the pilot.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'':
99	** The recurring antagonist Momokaze is a ([[LiteralMetaphor literal]]) LethalChef who fights using sushi knives made out of [[AbsurdlySharpBlade graphene]]. So she's basically a [[GenderFlip female]], [[AdaptationalVillainy villainous]] version of what [[CowardlyLion Wasabi]] was in the comics.
100	** During "[[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS1E14FanFriction Fan Friction]]" Hiro unveils a SuperMode for [[RobotBuddy Baymax]] that makes him resemble a reddish version of his design in the comics. And of course, the idea of Baymax having a SuperMode itself is also a part of the original comics, though he turned into a green dragon there.
101	* The ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAndCousins'' theme tune references the old "Care Bear countdown" from the original 80s Franchise/CareBears series... "Three, two, one, go!"
102	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'', the count is wearing a nightshirt with Danger Mouse's "DM" logo. Duckula first appeared on ''Danger Mouse'' as an antagonist.
103	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': In "Penfold Transformed", Greenback dresses Stiletto in a Penfold costume to counter Dr. Crumhorn's Penfold robot (planted with DM to replace the kidnapped ''real'' Penfold). Stiletto makes a reference to Greenback's ill-fated Penfold duplicator (or magnetic molecular molder) from the earlier episode "Tiptoe Through the Penfolds".
104	* On ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'', Dick Dastardly's ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' car, the Mean Machine, was seen in numerous episodes of the ''Magnificent Muttley'' segments.
105	* ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'':
106	** The Evil Princess What's-Her-Name is a BrainlessBeauty whose personality is more in-line with the princess from the video games.
107	** The EveryEpisodeEnding references the ending of the first game where [[BrickJoke a cow falls on the princess]].
108	** In the promo for the new animated series, Jim mentions how he's been in television before and how he was a bit nuts. The original show was very surreal and Jim would often cackle madly while shooting his targets. He also mentions he was in rehab for a short while [[UnreliableExpositor (but the screen freezes with "25 Years" overlayed)]]. The original TV show ended in 1996, while the promo was released in 2021, 25 years after.
109	* In the Halloween level of the ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' game ''Garfield's Defense Force'', Lanolin's costume resembles her Wicked Witch of the Wool outfit from the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "The Ugly Duckling", minus the ruby slippers.
110	** In the sequel to that game, Wade is wearing Roy's police hat from "Wanted: Wade".
111	* In ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'', the H.E.A.T. team went to investigate a string of disappearances in Japan. Naturally, Film/{{Godzilla\|1998}} [[LegacyCharacter Jr.]] followed them there. After swimming across the Pacific Ocean, a Japanese girl in a passenger plane spotted him arriving at Japan.
112	-->'''Girl''': Mommy look! It's Gojira!\
113	'''Mother''': Don't be ridiculous; what would Gojira be doing in Japan?
114	* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' has several mythology gags.
115	** Peg and Pistol, Pete's wife and daughter, were both named after previous versions of Pete: Peg-Leg Pete (evil pirate) and Pistol Pete (evil cowboy).
116	** "Wrecks, Lies, and Videotape" features [[WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol a parody of A Christmas Carol with Goofy as Jacob Marley.]]
117	** "Hot Air" features a WhoIsDriving joke about Goofy, where he honestly answers he is while obviously not, just like in the famous short, "Mickey's Trailer".
118	** The [[InteractiveNarrator How-To Narrator]] who appears several times when Goofy is in focus, much like in Goofy's classic how-to shorts.
119	** In "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime", Goofy's mime instructor holds up cue cards with pictures. When it comes to "duck", the picture is of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck.
120	** In ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', in addition to Max having a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse phone and Mickey and Donald making brief cameos, when Goofy says he's taking a trip with his "best buddy", Max's first thought is that it's Donald.
121	** ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' features Old Stuffed Bear, who first appeared in the Goofy sketch of ''WesternAnimation/MickeysOnceUponAChristmas''.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': The characterization of Quentin Trembley, "America's Silliest President" from "Irrational Treasure", is based on [[https://youtu.be/_P5mNoSaV3E Teddy Roosevelt: You So Crazy]], a short cartoon Alex Hirsch made back in 2008.
123	* In ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', "Larfleeze" has a scene that (short of having the main character go ''completely'' over the edge) pays tribute to a [[ComicBook/EmeraldTwilight famous comic book cover]] with an "orange lantern" greed-possessed Hal Jordan covering his fingers in power rings with a deranged grin on his face.
124	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2015}}'' episode "Black Vortex Part 1", Drax find himself in a world where he is a Spider-Man style hero called Draxman. Draxman's origin is exactly that of the comic book Drax (estate agent and saxophonist Arthur Douglas is nearly killed by Thanos, but is given a new, superpowered body by Kronos), and his costume is comic book Drax's original look.
125	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode "Love Bug Bungle" has a scene where Hair Bear is trying to fool zookeeper Peevly with a ventriloquist act using Bubi Bear as his dummy. Bubi's voice actor, Paul Winchell, was a ventriloquist of no small renown.
126	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' features a few nods to Craig Bartlett's original ''Arnold'' comics.
127	** For example, the ending of the episode "24 Hours to Live" is based on the strip "[[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090624121327/heyarnold/images/d/db/Arnold_Narrowly_Avoids_a_Thrashing.jpg Arnold Narrowly Avoids a Thrashing]]".
128	** In the episode "Monkey Business" Helga gives away her sousaphone when she thinks she's gonna die from monkeynucleosis. In the original Arnold claymation shorts, she played a sousaphone in Arnold's band.
129	* In the ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'' episode "The Venom Within", which crosses over with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider\|Man2012}}-Man'', A-Bomb speculates that Venom is [[ComicBook/SpiderMan an alien creature]] which [[Film/SpiderMan3 came to Earth on a meteorite]]. In this continuity, he's completely wrong.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015'' has a couple so far observed from the leaked intro and a still image. The new opening contains some scenes from the [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget original cartoon]]'s opening, such as Chief Quimby having the door shut on him before his message explodes and Gadget handcuffing a fake Dr. Claw arm to find a bomb that makes him become the "I" in the show's title when it explodes. One of the leaked images for the show is of Gadget using his Gadget Copter, which bears some resemblance to how it appeared in [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 the live-action Disney films]].
131	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible\|2021}}'', when Nolan takes Mark to Arthur Rosenbaum, Art let's Mark try out a costume that is [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Zandale Randolph's (Bulletproof's) costume]].
132	* ''Tons'' of them in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}''.
133	** The very name of the titular town is named after the park where Yogi Bear and Boo Boo lived.
134	** In "Yogi's Tummy Troubles," when Yogi first wakes up from his surgery, he mentions that he had a weird dream about [[WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace racing space cars across the galaxy]].
135	** In "Boo Boots" Yogi mentioned he ended global warming from a flying boat in the 1970s, referring to the GreenAesop special ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark''.
136	** Quest Lanes, the bowling alley Jonny and Hadji run, has a logo styled like that of the original ''Jonny Quest'' title card; above the pins is a mural depicting the Quest family jet and the Robot Spy. When the crazy bowling obstacle course is revealed, a physical Robot Spy serves as an obstacle, along with the [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Army Surplus Special]].
137	** The grocery store in "Grocery Store" is named "Barbera's".
138	** When the Banana Splits admit they used to be cool near the end of "VIP Baby You Know Me," their original designs can be seen as they reminisce.
139	** Cindy wears her original outfit when holding the car wash in "Must Be Jelly."
140	** The series also made mention to a town by the name of New Bedrock.
141	** The expiration date of the fish sticks is when ''WesternAnimation/TopCatBegins'' initially released.
142	** In "Jelly Wrestle Rumble," Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf are the announcers of the wrestling match, a homage to ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics''.
143	* In ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', the Toon Plane is the same airplane from ''WesternAnimation/PlaneCrazy''.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur\|2023}}'' has plenty of these, being based on a Marvel comic:
145	** In "The Beyonder", the grand prize of the science fair is the opportunity to visit a Wakandan Outreach Center. The concept of the outreach centers was introduced in ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}''. Later, the winners of the trip to the outreach center show respect to Lunella by giving her the Wakandan cross-arms salute introduced in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
146	** In "Skip Ad… olescense", Skipster's shuffle mode takes Lunella to what seems to be a future similar to ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'', complete with an older Lunella standing in front of a wanted poster of various heroes who are either captured or on the run.
147	* ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh''
148	** In "Many Thanks for Christopher Robin", Pooh states that pretending to a be a woozle is rather "confusle-fying." This is a reference to the "Heffalumps and Woozles" song from the classic ''Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' in which it's stated that ''A Heffalump or Woozle is very confusle / A Heffalump or Woozle's very sly''."
149	** In "Doggone Buster", the Super Sleuths are searching for Buster and think that Lumpy might be with him, since Darby left them together that morning. They speculate also that Roo might be with them because Kanga had indicated that he's missing. Tigger comments "He is Lumpster's best friend forever, ya' know. I mean, you heard the song." The comment is apparently apropos of nothing, as the only song in this installment has to do with Buster being missing. However, Tigger is referring to the song "Shoulder to Shoulder" from ''Pooh's Heffalump Movie'', which is sung by Carly Simon but presented from the perspective of both Lumpy and Roo in the lyrics "''I've never had a best friend before / So I can't be sure what it feels like / But I think it feels more like this, I do / I think I feel more like myself when I'm with you.''" Furthermore, Tigger is LeaningOnTheFourthWall here because nobody in the Hundred Acre Wood actually heard that song, as it wasn't performed by the characters, unlike a lot of other songs in the franchise.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'':
151	** A picture at the Maretime Bay Day festivities resembles the original G1 pony designs.
152	** Hitch being able to speak with critters is the same ability Fluttershy had in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
153	** In "Ali-Conned", Sugar Moonlight accidentally calls Misty "Minty", after the G3 pony. An actual pony named Minty then shows up in "Bridlewoodstock", where she's one of the members of the Dreamlands.
154	** Also in "Ali-Conned", Izzy mentions her "Auntie Buttons" (the name of a pony from G1).
155	** In "The Cutie Mark Mix-Up", Seashell mentions that her book has information about a tree that grows Elements, references G4's Tree of Harmony.
156	** In "Bridlewoodstock", the album cover of the Dreamlands has its band members drawn in the style of G1 ponies.
157	* In the ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'' episode "Pac to the Future", Pac's dad wears a fedora just like Pac-Man did in the Creator/HannaBarbera [[WesternAnimation/PacMan cartoon]]. His mom even looks a bit like Ms. Pac-Man in the same show.
158	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E5MovieStarsDrSmartScience Dr. Smart Science]]," Patrick's astrology lecture contains some of the same signs as ''[[WesternAnimation/NickelodeonShortsAndInterstitials Astrology with Squidward]]'', a series of shorts that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2001.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' (an official CrisisCrossover including various Creator/WarnerBros-owned cartoons):
160	** The trailer has a dark one. The scene set in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' recreates that series' opening, with Fred yelling "Yabba dabba doo!" and sliding down a ''Brontosaurus'' to exit work... only an EldritchAbomination awaits at the bottom and quickly assimilates him.
161	** Near the end of the trailer, [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Muriel]] can be seen in a crowd shot wielding her husband's mallet.
162	* The opening scene of one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'' had a guest character lamenting [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere how boring her place of residence was and how much she was hoping for something exciting to happen]]. The speech itself was almost a line-by-line re-creation from an episode of series creator Robert Mandell's previous show, ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' -- and Creator/CorrineOrr voiced the characters both times.
163	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'''s GrandFinale, already filled with a multitude of [[EndOfSeriesAwareness fourth wall moments]], has a sequence where the show's reality falls apart. Part of this sequence has Pops finding himself inside a remade "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsUyio0IKEk The Naive Man from Lolliland]]": one of the two short films that J.G. Quintel made back in college (the other being "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y894QNtX0VA 2 in the AM PM]]") that came to form the foundation of the series.
164	* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles'' {{inverted\|Trope}} Raczak's "Do you wanna live forever?!" catchphrase from the film, having him instead solemnly order his men: "Live forever, Apes."
165	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
166	** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', there's a scene where Fred is going through his clothes while dressing... and comes across a bright orange ascot. "Nah", he decides. Animated versions of Fred haven't touched the ascot since the late 1990s.
167	** The [[Film/ScoobyDoo first live-action movie]] was likewise loaded with them.
168	** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' has a flashback to young Velma's birthday party to explain why she is afraid of clowns. In the flashback, the whole gang is animated in a style very similar to ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.
169	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico'' is completely filled with references to the old show, including much of the soundtrack being redoings of the background music from that show.
170	** The Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' had shout-outs to everything from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'' to ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'', and ends with what's most likely a reference to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost''.
171	--->'''Velma:''' An ancient ghost coming back after a hundred years to get revenge? Yeah right, who'd believe that?
172	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'' has the whole last section as a hurricane of references to the series, such as the outdated clothing, the monsters being fake, and obviously the returning monsters from the original series.
173	** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'', the movie starts with the original opening [-[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace ON A CRUISE SHIP]]-], complete with a random flock of bats using the exact same sound effect as that original opening.
174	** The live-action TV movies (''The Mystery Begins'' and ''Curse of the Lake Monster'') were similarly full of in-jokes for longtime fans.
175	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has a number of these. One episode has a brief appearance from a statue of [[TheScrappy Scrappy-Doo]], followed by Fred stating they had agreed never to discuss him again. Another episode featured appearances by a number of other Hanna-Barbera characters, such as WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels, and the cast of ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy''.
176	*** Beyond that, there have been cameos by other Hanna-Barbera characters. [[WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm]] appear as beach-goers in one episode, while [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan Suzie Chan]] makes several non-speaking cameos as a student at the Mystery Inc. gang's high school. Some of the more significant ones, having more serious plot relevance, include the Blue Falcon and the cast of ''Jonny Quest'' in "Heart of Evil," and the villain of that episode was recurring ''Jonny Quest'' antagonist Dr. Zin.
177	*** The villain Alice May looks almost exactly like Gwen Stacy from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', right down to her clothing and color palette. She's even shown wearing a spider pattern dress during her capture.
178	*** Near the end of "Howl of the Fright Hound", some animal control officers are wheeling away a bear wearing [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear a familiar hat and necktie]].
179	** Velma dresses up as Cleopatra in the 1969 episode "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy Too" as she, Shaggy and Scooby hide from the mummy. She dresses up as Cleopatra again in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInWheresMyMummy'' [[spoiler:as part of the ScoobyDooHoax she helps stage.]]
180	** In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheAlienInvaders'', one of the lyrics in Shaggy's song about his love for Crystal is that they'll fill their house with stuff from 1969, the year the original ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' first aired.
181	** In the ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' episode "Me, Myself, and A.I.", the gang is being chased by a robot through a virtual reality simulator. At one point, the gang becomes their original designs from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', while the robot becomes Charlie from "Foul Play in Funland".
182	* In the original 1965 version of ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'', the title character spoke with a lisp (he was voiced by Mel Blanc, doing a voice very similar to [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the cat]]). In the episode "Goldflipper" of the 90s revival, ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', Morocco Mole starts lisping after losing his gold tooth, and Secret affects a lisp too in order to mock him, making him sound more like his original counterpart.
183	* In the ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' animated short made for [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld the film adaptation]] by Creator/AdultSwim, the story follows an adaptation of Scott's high school memory from the original comic, done in the creator's style to boot. However, Simon Lee's voice actor is the same as the actor for Gideon Graves, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, a reference to how said memory was [[spoiler: fabricated by him]].
184	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Lisa's Sax": "Tracey Ullman was entertaining America with songs, sketches, and crudely drawn filler material." [[SelfDeprecation That filler being the early]] ''[[SelfDeprecation Simpsons]]'' [[SelfDeprecation shorts]].
185	** In "Treehouse of Horror XIII", Homer makes clones of himself. One of them resembles his old design from ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', with the same voice and catchphrase (the 'Frosty Chocolate Milkshakes' line).
186	** Another episode has the family recreating their family photos, including one that says "Happy 1987." Bart, Homer, and Lisa look like their ''[[Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow Tracey Ullman]]'' counterparts before shaking their heads and reverting back to normal.
187	** In "Homer To The Max", the family is watching FOX's latest round of animated programming. Homer comments that animated shows are great for networks "because they don't have to pay the actors squat!" Flanders then walks by the window, stating that "they can replace them and no one can tell the diddly-ifference!" in an obviously-different voice (Karl Weidergott rather than the usual Creator/HarryShearer). At the time, the Simpsons' cast had been engaged in very bitter salary disputes with senior management, which included threats of firing all the active cast and hiring sound-alikes.
188	** As in many animated shows, the characters have frequently made reference to their [[LimitedWardrobe unchanging wardrobes]].
189	** In "Pokey Mom", Homer, after taunting a bull at a rodeo by drawing attention to Lisa and her red dress, turns to Bart for "some calming blue", then exclaiming "where's your blue shirt?", to which Bart responds, "I don't have a blue shirt" -- referencing the blue shirt Bart tended to wear in early merchandise (including [[VideoGame/TheSimpsons the Konami arcade game]]).
190	** In "Itchy and Scratchy the Movie", Lisa tells Bart that the eponymous movie had cameos by Creator/DustinHoffman and Music/MichaelJackson: "They didn't use their real names, but you could tell it was them!" Hoffman and Jackson previously appeared on ''The Simpsons'' (in "Lisa's Substitute" and "Stark Raving Dad", respectively) under pseudonyms.
191	** In "Simpson Tide" (aired in early 1998), Bart tries to entertain his classmates by singing "Do the Bartman" (a novelty hit single his character had in the early 1990s). Ralph's reaction: "That is so 1991."
192	** Another episode "Sweets and Sour Marge" has Chief Wiggum attempting to burn Butterfinger snacks, but as he puts it "Even the fire won't take them". Bart Simpson was the mascot for this brand and made TV commercials to endorse the product.
193	** In "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", during [[NestedStories Lisa's story-within-the-story]], when she and Mr. Burns were trapped at his mansion, Smithers wasn't there to help them because he was getting a spray-on tan, with Mr. Burns adding "He comes back orange and stains the furniture.". This may be a nod to how [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in his first on-screen appearance]] in "Homer's Odyssey", [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S01E03/394487.jpg Smithers had orange skin instead of yellow]], with WordOfGod humorously explaining it away as "an extreme tan".
194	* ''WesternAnimation/SkullIsland2023'':
195	** Annie's name is a reference to Ann Darrow from the 2005 ''[[Film/KingKong2005 King Kong]]'' movie directed by Creator/PeterJackson. Like Ann Darrow, Annie is also lost in the jungle with only a native monster to rely on as her companion, even if said beast isn't Kong himself in this case and the relationship is AGirlAndHerX rather than BeastAndBeauty.
196	** Charlie's early assumption about the PrivateMilitaryContractors that harassed the heroes and have reappeared on Skull Island is that they're monster-poachers. [[WrongAssumption He's wrong in this work]], but several past ''Franchise/KingKong'' works ''did'' have poachers with an interest in Skull Island as their antagonists, including ''WesternAnimation/KongTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/KongKingOfTheApes''.
197	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' references the two "Spirit of Christmas" shorts by Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone.
198	** Until Season 4, the opening theme showed clips of both shorts on screens as the boys ride a school bus.
199	*** When the bus passes city hall and Jimbo's gun shop, a small television set plays the scene in "Jesus Vs. Frosty" where Frosty comes to life and attacks Cartman ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness who is referred to as Kenny in that short]]).
200	*** When the bus drives towards some mountains, a billboard shows Santa throwing Jesus in "Jesus Vs. Santa".
201	** The ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' song "[[WhatWouldXDo What Would Brian Boitano Do?]]" is a reference to "Jesus vs. Santa", where the boys asks this of Jesus and can't think up an answer.
202	** The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E7SimpsonsAlreadyDidIt Simpsons Already Did It]]" had Tweek being afraid to put a carrot on a snowman's face because it might come alive. In a reference to, "Jesus Vs. Frosty"...
203	--->'''Stan''': Tweek, when has that ever happened, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxeSadruMI except for that one time]]?
204	** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E17AVeryCrappyChristmas A Very Crappy Christmas]]", the boys recreate [[WesternAnimation/TheSpiritOfChristmas one of the original pilot shorts]] for ''South Park'', "Jesus vs. Santa."
205	** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew The Passion of the Jew]]", when Stan asks for a refund over the phone, he says that he'll get his money back like he did for ''Film/BASEketball'', a movie that Matt Stone and Trey Parker both starred in. Also counts as SelfDeprecation, as almost immediately afterwards, he and Kenny both agree that it was a terrible movie.
206	** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS13E4EatPrayQueef Eat, Pray, Queef]]", the ShowWithinAShow ''The Queef Sisters'' aired instead of the anticipated conclusion to the ''Terrance and Phillip'' two-parter as an April Fools joke, mirroring that of the Season 2 premiere "[[Recap/SouthParkS2E1TerranceAndPhillipInNotWithoutMyAnus Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus]]" airing instead of [[Recap/SouthParkS2E2CartmansMomIsStillADirtySlut the conclusion]] to the first season finale of ''South Park'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E13CartmansMomIsADirtySlut Cartman’s Mom is a Dirty Slut]]", which also aired on April Fools Day and caused a similar backlash.
207	** "[[Recap/SouthParkS22E5TheScoots The Scoots]]" features several outfits from the ''South Park'' video games. Timmy wears his Mecha Timmy outfit from ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer'', The Goth Kids, Annie, and Bebe wear their outfits from ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' and several background characters wear costumes from ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole.''
208	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "Warren" revolves around Space Ghost having been replicated, with the replicant (named Gary) claiming that ''he's'' the original Space Ghost. Said replicant is voiced by Gary Owens, the original voice of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'', and his lines are taken from an interview with him.
209	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Patrick! The Game", Patrick makes a game called "Tic-Tac", a shorter version of TabletopGame/TicTacToe. An issue of Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine featured this game long before the episode that featured it. With the ''exact same character,'' nonetheless!
210	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E06TheSpyHumongous The Spy Humongous]]":
211	** The Kzinti crew member adopts the posture that the Kzinti Telepath has in the ''TAS'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E14TheSlaverWeapon The Slaver Weapon]]" as an example of bad posture.
212	** Freeman's gambit to trick Rumdar into revealing the Pakled plans is the exact same one pulled by Gowron in ''VideoGame/StarTrekKlingon''. In that game, Gowron convinced a reluctant Pakled to beam aboard his ship by claiming that he had to beam over to explain why he was so reluctant.
213	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E19StormOverRyloth "Storm Over Ryloth"]], the strategy Ahsoka comes up with for the second attempt at breaking the blockade involves angling the ''Resolute'' so its bottom is facing at the Separatist ships to protect the bridge and hangars -- in other words, the Marg Sabl maneuver from ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'', famously used by [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]].[[note]]When this episode was first made, this was a CallForward. Comes to a head in ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'', where this event is recounted to Thrawn, name included.[[/note]]
214	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
215	** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsSparkOfRebellion "Spark of Rebellion"]]:
216	*** As in the original trilogy films, the series starts with an Imperial Star Destroyer gliding ominously across the top of the screen. (This time, it's in a planet's atmosphere.)
217	*** Obi-Wan's holocron message (itself a ContinuityNod to ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'') ends with him saying the remains of the Jedi Order need to stay in hiding, but "Film/ANewHope will emerge."
218	** Kanan's speeder-bike is described in supplementary materials as being a Joben-T85 produced by Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation, referring back to the ending of the first arc of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'' cartoon.
219	** The pilot droid RX-24 from [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress "Droids in Distress"]] was the pilot in the original ''Ride/StarTours'' ride. They're both even voiced by Paul Ruebens.
220	** The Imperial troop transports bear a strong resemblance [[http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2013/09/t_vh_vin_imperial_troop_transport.jpg to this 1979 toy]], down to the prisoner cells mounted on the sides.
221	** The lines that the Grand Inquisitor says to Ezra in "Gathering Forces" are similar to what Emperor Palpatine says to Luke in his throne room in the Death Star in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
222	*** Kanan has a [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic star map]] in the holocron.
223	*** [[spoiler:Ezra's]] lightsaber sounds similar to Kylo Ren's from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' teaser.
224	*** When [[spoiler: Ezra]] first activates his lightsaber, [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/2/21/Star_wars_old.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100708051712 he holds it very similarly to Luke in a poster for Film/ANewHope. ]]
225	** The title of the episode "Idiot's Array". In the old Expanded Universe an "Idiot's Array" is [[InstantWinCondition a winning hand]] in sabbac (and the episode establishes that that's still the case in the new continuity).
226	** The [[spoiler:Kanan vs Vader]] fight in "The Siege of Lothal" is noticeably slower and heavier than fights in the rest of the series, resembling the original Obi-Wan vs Vader fight in ''A New Hope''.
227	** "Shantipole" is the project name for Quarrie's B-Wing development program as well as the planet it takes it name from. In the old EU, Shantipole was the name of the asteroid base where the same B-Wing development program (called the Shantipole Project) was conducted by Admiral Ackbar.
228	** The ''Hammerhead''-class corvettes used by Princess Leia resembles the Endar Spire from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. They even share the same class name, ''Hammerhead'', with the difference being that the former are corvettes while the latter were cruisers.
229	** The Empire's national anthem in "Empire Day" is an upbeat remix of the Imperial March.
230	** Ahsoka states "There is always a bit of truth in legends", referencing the formerly ExiledFromContinuity elements in the ''Legends'' continuity.
231	** The Bendu's name is a reference to Lucas's idea of the Jedi-Bendu, who became the Jedi in the final product.
232	** The Imperial Security droids in "The Wynkahthu Job" bear a strong resemblence to the Phase-II Dark Troopers from Videogame/DarkForces.
233	** Kanan using the Force to launch a missile back into the imperial walker that fired it is a reference to ''[[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed The Force Unleashed II]]''. The fact that he resembles Rahm Kota while doing it is a bonus.
234	** The mid-season trailer for Season 3 has [[spoiler:Maul confronting Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine, like he did in the ''Old Wounds'' comic]].
235	** The code word to shut down the droids Thrawn spars with is "Rukh", the name of his Noghri bodyguard in the ''Legends'' continuity. He'd later appear in Season 4.
236	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}'', while not as mythos-heavy as the DCAU (being separate from it), has its share of Mythology Gags as well.
237	** In "Apprentice", Slade forces Robin to become his apprentice, and then states that he'd eventually become like a father to him. Robin's response? "I already have a father," while the camera pans up to [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} a group of bats]] flying away, complete with music that sounds awfully like the B:TAS opening.
238	*** The big fight scene for the episode takes place around a large neon sign, toppling an A and a Y, until the final wide angle shows what's left to read 'W_ _NE Enterprises'.
239	** One of Beast Boy's imagine spots has him jumping out of an old comic cover while a banner proclaims him the "new sensation of 1963." 1963 being the year Beast Boy first appeared.
240	*** Even better, Beast Boy was dressed up as Robin at the time. The composition of the shot (Beast-Boy-as-Robin bursting through a screen held by Starfire/Batman) is an homage to the cover of ''[[ComicBook/RobinTheBoyWonder Detective Comics #38]]'', Robin's debut. Only ''he'' was the new sensation of 1940.
241	** When a never-revealed mystery person [[TheRealRemingtonSteele takes up Robin's old Red X costume]], Beast Boy speculates on who it could be -- his board-o'-theories includes Jason Todd, an ex-[[LegacyCharacter Robin]] who'd similarly appropriated the identity Red Hood in the comics.
242	*** Another suspect is "Robin's Long-Lost Brother". Robin has an older brother who died along with his parents in ''Film/BatmanForever''. The brother shown on the board also visually resembles Scott Menville, Robin's voice actor.
243	** In one episode they meet a magical kid from another dimension who is a huge fan of Robin. His name is [[SdrawkcabName Nosyarg Kcid]]. They decide to call him Larry instead.
244	*** Larry is an {{Expy}} of Bat-Mite, a similar Batman character now removed from comic book continuity...maybe.
245	** In the episode where Mumbo captures the Titans and turns all but Beast Boy into animals, Starfire is turned into a cat. The original comic established that Starfire's people evolved from cats.
246	*** This could also be the reason why Starfire in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' is obsessed with cats.
247	** In "Lightspeed", one of these pops up as a FreezeFrameBonus -- when Mammoth comes out of a store, the candy bar he's carrying is a Lightspeed Energy Bar, the same brand that Flash shilled for in an episode of ''Justice League''. Fittingly enough, the bar is stolen out of Mammoth's hand by Kid Flash, who's being voiced by the ''DCAU'' Flash's voice actor Michael Rosenbaum.
248	** One DC Nation short has the Titans, thanks to Mad Mod's time machine (Built to resemble a [[Series/DoctorWho British phone booth]]) has them transported to various time periods. When they reach the 80s, they're dressed like their comic counterparts.
249	*** The 90s part also features a few shout-outs to the "New Titans" era (1991-1996): Raven as a red-skinned demon, Cyborg with bulkier armor, Beast Boy with a mullet, and Starfire wearing the armor that Mirage used while impersonating her.
250	** In the BadFuture Starfire finds herself in in "How Long Is Forever?", Robin has left the Teen Titans and adopted his Nightwing identity.
251	** Raven's mother Arella resembles more like her daughter's comic book counterpart prior to being deaged as a teenager.
252	* The 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2003}}'' series likes to do this, particularly in regards to [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 1987 cartoon]]. Among the most prominent:
253	** In the episode "Secret Origins", April O'Neil poses as a TV reporter to infiltrate a building, wearing a [[IconicOutfit very familiar yellow jumpsuit]]; when she tries to "interview" the soldier supervising the blockade around the Utrom building (it's complicated), she explains that she's from "Channel 9 News broken tag on jumpsuit flips down er, Channel ''6'' News". Later, once the smoke clears, Donatello says April would make a good reporter, to which she replied "In another lifetime, maybe." These are all references to the previous ''Ninja Turtles'' cartoon, where April was a reporter for Channel 6 News.
254	** In the same episode, as the alien Utroms escape the under-siege T.C.R.I. building, one makes a complaint, to which the other says "Oh, shut up, Krang."
255	*** Note that both Krang ''and the Utroms'' were based on aliens that originally appeared in [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage the original comic book series by Eastman and Laird]].
256	** The van is kept in a warehouse on "the corner of Eastman and Laird".
257	** A Season 4 episode features anthropomorphic rhino [[ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo Gennosuke]], exploring NYC when he becomes taken with a muscular punk's outfit. One "shopping" trip later, he is seen wearing the outfit: a tight yellow wifebeater, cargo pants, and an ammo belt strapped across his gut -- the outfit anthropomorphic rhino Rocksteady wore in the original TMNT series. To complete the look, Casey Jones slaps a helmet on him as he leads the rhino away.
258	*** In addition, that same episode featured a villain from the same dimension as Gennosuke and his friend Usagi, an enemy who was an anthropomorphic warthog. While said character doesn't look anything like Bebop, it could hardly be a coincidence.
259	** Leatherhead's lair is taken from the turtles' second lair introduced in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the second installment]] of the 90s movie trilogy.
260	** ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever'', full stop! Not only do we have a crossover between the 2003 and 80s series, but a view of TheMultiverse shows pretty much every other continuity ever.
261	* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderbirdsAreGo''
262	** The episode "Rebel" is set on Moonbase Shado-Alpha, which as the name suggests, contains design elements from both [[Series/UFO1970 SHADO Moonbase]] and [[Series/Space1999 Moonbase Alpha]], both from series by ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' creator Creator/GerryAnderson.
263	** The vehicle Jeff Tracy was piloting when he disappeared was called ''TV-21'', which was also the title of an AnthologyComic (originally ''TV Century 21'') which ran from 1965 to 1971 and featured all the Supermarionation series.
264	* Around 40:20 in the special ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas'', a display board is shown in Toot and Puddle's house with a photo tacked to it showing Toot, Puddle and Opal as they appeared on the cover of the picture book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Were-Here-Toot-Puddle/dp/0316366021 Wish You Were Here]]''.
265	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' loves these.
266	** In the "Beast Era" of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' and ''Beast Machines'':
267	*** Rattrap at one point asks "Who died and made you Prime", a reference to the animated movie in which Optimus Prime dies and Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime.
268	*** Rattrap also mentions his "great aunt Arcee", the ''G1'' [[TheSmurfettePrinciple pink chick]].
269	*** The conversation about the ''Ark'' has a sly reference to [[TechnologyMarchesOn changing]] [[MerchandiseDriven toy technology]]:
270	---->'''Rattrap:''' Aw, man! This ship wasn't built, it was poured!\
271	'''Optimus Primal:''' Die-cast construction. It's a lost art.
272	*** The Maximals' mantra "I am transformed" is the same as one occasionally used by the Autobot Headmasters in ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters''.
273	*** When Primal is carrying the original Optimus's spark, there's hardly a line he says that Prime didn't say first in G-1.
274	*** In another episode, when Rattrap is flying on Optimus' back, he complains that if he wanted to fly he'd have chosen a bat as an altmode. Optimus Primal's very first toy transformed into a bat.
275	** ''Anime/TransformersArmada'':
276	*** The Mini-Con ship is buried in a mountain like the Ark in G1.
277	*** Hot Shot initially resembles Bumblebee, but for his MidSeasonUpgrade he gets the paint job of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, who appears as a separate character in the aforementioned ''Energon''.
278	*** Megatron's Mini-Con is named Leader-1, after the leader of the Guardians in Tonka's ''[[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Go-Bots]]'' rival toyline.
279	*** Starscream's Powerlinx redeco sports G1 Thundercracker's colors, and he lampshades this with "I look like...Thundercracker!". He also has a toyline-exclusive retool as Skywarp.
280	*** In the episode "Portent", a dead Autobot resembling G1 Jazz is embedded inside Unicron. Maybe he didn't make it out during [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the movie]] after all.
281	*** In "Cramp", Starscream is disintegrated by Unicron in a manner similar to his G1 counterpart.
282	** In ''Anime/TransformersEnergon''
283	*** The mysterious alien Alpha Q is based on the [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] Quintessons, although he only has three faces (G1 Quintessons had five). In fact, in the comic, his full name is Alpha Quintesson.
284	*** Rodimus' "travelling to the future" in his backstory mirrors his departure with Kup and Blurr to find a new homeworld during ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters''.
285	*** Shockblast dies by being stomped by Unicron, which was implied to happen to his G1 counterpart in the movie, although the scene was cut short.
286	*** Ironhide's mid-season redeco is based on G1 Hound, and his Japanese name is Roadbuster, after another G1 Autobot with a jeep alt-mode.
287	*** Bulkhead resembles G1 Springer, albeit without the car altmode, and is named Sprung in the Japanese version.
288	*** Downshift is designed after G1 Wheeljack, but had to be renamed since that name was already taken by an Autobot-turned-Decepticon in ''Armada''.
289	** Now-defunct Dreamwave Productions' comic run had a heavily damaged or defeated Megatron say "I still function..." at least three times.
290	** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
291	*** The series actually begins with footage from the original 80s show (presented in the episode as history tapes)
292	*** In the first episode, when the Autobots are first attacked, Bumblebee says Rattrap's CatchPhrase "We're all gonna die, aren't we?"
293	*** He later once called Optimus "Big Bot", like Cheetor did for Primal.
294	*** When Bumblebee notes how weird it is that Prowl's vehicle form is a motorcycle without a rider, he suddenly makes a hologram rider like the one from the live-action movie (AKA Mustache Man).
295	*** The new version of Soundwave has eyes that change between the yellow of the original toy to the red of the G1 cartoon, and was first seen in a box resembling his G1 alt mode, ''and'' at one point he develops a shoulder cannon, ''and'' the fragment of him left at the end is based on the [=MP3=] player Soundwave.
296	*** There's a double gag in the second season's "Garbage In, Garbage Out" with "I am Wreck-Gar! I ''dare'' to be stupid!": it referenced not only Wreck-Gar's ''Animated'' voice actor, [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]] (who sang "Dare To Be Stupid"), but also the appearance of the original Wreck-Gar in the 80s animated movie (where the same song was played). In the same episode, Wreck-Gar throws the motorcycle altmode of his G1 namesake at Bumblebee. And, yet again in the same episode, he mistakes one of Lugnut's weapons for "the universal greeting", reaching for it as he says "Bah weep graaagnah wheep ni ni bong", another reference to his introduction in the G1 movie. At this point, it might be fair to just call the entire character a giant mythology gag.
297	*** In the same episode, Ratchet gives a ride to a married couple named Spike and Carly, who greatly resemble the late ''G1''/''Headmasters'' characters of the same names. They originally appeared in the background of the first episode, along with their son Daniel who's made a few recurrences himself.
298	*** Sari has a robot dog named Sparkplug, evidently named after the ''G1'' character (Spike's father). A construction worker who strongly resembles him appears in a few episodes.
299	*** For Halloween, Sari dresses up as G1 Optimus Prime. Well, okay, she dressed up as ''Animated'' Optimus, and ended up looking exactly like G1 Prime.
300	*** When Megatron is trying to create a new body, he says he needs a substance called 'Destronium'; this is probably a reference to the Japanese G1 continuity, in which the Decepticons were called Destrons (and paralleling Cybertronium, as the Autobots were called ''Cybertrons'' in Japanese).
301	*** Meltdown's organic monsters are based on Decepticon Pretenders from ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce''.
302	*** When the Constructicons are brought to life, they appear in the vicinity of a crane that resembles the alt mode of Hook, a ''G1'' Constructicon. This is a whole season after they pulled a fast one by earlier showing a group of automated construction vehicles/mining equipment in G1 Constructicon colors, which are never seen again (Though Mixmaster and Scrapper do eventually get G1-style paint jobs after officially becoming Decepticons).
303	*** In the last episode of the first season, the Autobots' ship is partially buried in a volcano, similar to what happened to the ''Ark'' at the start of ''G1''.
304	*** Swindle mentions in passing that he has had dealings with the Vok. The Vok were incredibly powerful aliens that were the secondary antagonists in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Later, in the Season 3 episode "Decepticon Air", he mentions having dealt with the Quintessons, from the original movie and later seasons of the G1 cartoon.
305	*** And then there's a human villain called Headmaster, with a suit of PoweredArmor that works in a very similar manner to the Headmaster suits from the aborted fourth series of ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1''.
306	*** The [[SendInTheClones Starscream clone]] briefly encountered by Prowl and Lockdown on the moon is brown-coloured in a manner reminiscent of the Starscream seen in ''Anime/TransformersArmada''.
307	*** Starscream's clones (except [[OppositeSexClone the female one]]) all have color schemes copied from the other G1 Seekers -- characters who were essentially {{Palette Swap}}s of Starscream or became similar F-15 jets.
308	---->The Sycophant: Sunstorm\
309	The Coward: Skywarp\
310	The Liar: Ramjet\
311	The Egomaniac: Thundercracker\
312	The Female: Japanese Transformer Overlord (according to WordOfGod); also resembles Generation 2 Ramjet. Officially named Slipstream.
313	*** Susan Blu, voice of the original Arcee, was the voice director for ''Animated'', and got to briefly reprise her role in a flashback.
314	*** The Decepticon team introduced in Season 3 is named "Team Chaar", after the planet the Decepticons moved to after finally being expelled from Cybertron after TheMovie in G1. (Aptly enough, the Autobot team that fights Team Chaar is headed by Rodimus Prime, who [[{{Retcon}} didn't exist]] until after the movie.) It's unknown if ''Animated'' has its own planet Chaar, however.
315	*** The ending of "Predacons Rising" has Blackarachnia encountering [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars a rat, a cheetah, a gorilla and a rhino]]. She responds to this with "gimme a break", which could be yet ''another'' reference: that exact phrase was used in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' repeatedly.
316	*** In the same episode, [[spoiler: Waspinator is seen pulling himself back together while commenting "Waspinator has planzzz...", both trademarks of the oft-exploded original Waspinator in ''Beast Wars''.]] However, while the original did both these things in a cute or humorous manner, ''Animated'' made them seem a lot creepier.
317	*** In "Human Error, Part 2", Scrapper has a Dinobot pet and named him Snarl. When Sari asks, Scrapper answers, "Well, I was going to name him Slag, but I think he took it as an insult." Probably a double callback, as the original character was named Slag, and this was both a curse in Cybertronian and, in the UK, a lesser-known word for "slut," meaning the toy was not sold there much and necessitating a name change.
318	*** As of "Decepticon Air," Ramjet (Liarscream) and Sunstorm (Sycoscream) have shiny new helmets courtesy of Swindle -- helmets that just so happen to match the heads of their G1 predecessors.
319	*** In "Endgame, Part 1", the Omega Clones resemble the Dark Guardians, the giant robots that the Quintessons used in Generation 1 to keep the ancestors of the Cybertronians in line. Fitting, seeing as how G1 Omega Supreme was a surviving Dark Guardian reprogrammed and made sentient as an Autobot.
320	** ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' can get downright labyrinthine. For instance, in ''Shattered Expectations'', Dirge shows up in a body based on ''Games of Deception'' Dirge, in ''Anime/BeastWarsII'' Thrust's colors, in a pose mimicking Ramjet in ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'', bursting from a Pretender Shell based on ''Descent into Evil'' Dirge, in Chromia's colors, in a pose mimicking Octopunch from ''Generation 2.'' And this is ONE CHARACTER ON A SPLASH PAGE.
321	** In ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Rescue Bots]]'':
322	*** Doc Greene's dinosaur butler Trex closely resembles Grimlock in his G1 design.
323	*** Whirl's locker includes [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/a/a1/RBA-Ep20-TwoWhirls.jpg a picture of her]] with [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye a very different Whirl]].
324	* In ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', one episode features the theme song from ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' remixed as a sort of tropical poolside jazz piece.
325	** Also, in the episode "Under Lock and Key", the five members of the original X-Men team from the '60s (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, and Iceman) are sent on a mission together.
326	** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s second costume was the same one he wears in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel continuity.
327	** In one episode, Kitty is shown hugging a purple dragon toy before bed, referring to her friend/pet Lockheed in the comics.

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