Line #37 ShoutOut/Wakfu


1	''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' is a series [[http://www.wakfu.com/fr/forum/20-discussions-generales/41683-clins-oeil?page=1 rich in shout-outs]].
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4	* In the first season opening, Yugo hits a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld ? block with wings]] from beneath to reveal Az.
5	* Zaaps are a reference to [[http://www.lilletourism.com/se_deplacer_dans_lille-1-0-5-fr.html ZAP Tickets]], half-price subway tickets. (Ankama's offices and studios are located less than a block from a subway station, and many of the employees take the subway to and from work.)
6	* Yugo has the ability to create VideoGame/{{portal}}s, and what is the most powerful item in the world? The [[CompanionCube Eliacube]], duh... Not to mention the fact that his clothes are orange and blue.
7	* Season 1 episode 1:
8	** The episode begins with a man in a cloak and large hat pushing a baby carriage across a bridge when he is accosted by bandits. This should [[Manga/{{LoneWolfAndCub}} sound familiar]] to fans of Japanese media.
9	** The villager in the loo reading a "''[[Magazine/{{Playboy}} Plébowl]]''" magazine (also seen in episode 12).
10	* Season 1 episode 2: A giant tree grows up instantly, evoking Anime/MyNeighborTotoro
11	* Season 1 episode 3:
12	** One of the items mentioned in the store is [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain Amakna's Shield]].
13	** The Black Raven's "Raven Rounds" recall [[VideoGame/AngryBirds certain other avian projectiles]].
14	* Season 1 episode 4:
15	** The ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'' FairyTale, of course, with princess Ydalipe.
16	** Several characters from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' can be seen in the flashback.
17	* Season 1 episode 6:
18	** See SistineSteal on S-U tropes page.
19	** Vampyro watching Eva with a magic mirror references [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] watching the heroes on a TV.
20	* Season 1 Episode 8: WordOfGod is that MiniatureSeniorCitizens Ratafouine and Chouquette were inspired by Happōsai and Cologne from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''.
21	* Season 1 Episode 9: Part of the lock on Ruel's house is a ''Videogame/DanceDanceRevolution'' clone and uses the theme song as a passkey.
22	* Season 1 Episode 10:
23	** The statue in the museum is similar to a statue of [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky]].
24	** A FreezeFrameBonus reveals [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Fry and Bender]] among the Gobbowl spectators.
25	** [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Grendizer]] also shows up again in the crowd.
26	** Also, Webcomic/{{Maliki}} appears in [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725104122017087578/820404954594410558/Capture_decran_2021-03-13_a_22.15.09.png the audience]]. Doubles as a CreatorCameo, since Maliki (the author) was working with Ankama at the time.
27	* Season 1 episode 11: Ruel's PastelChalkedFreezeFrame is inspired from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', where this trope is frequent. The 3-episode Gobbowl arc is in fact similar to the 4-episode "Rug Ball" arc from this same anime.
28	* Season 1 episode 12:
29	** "[[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Those Bontarians are crazy!]]"
30	** This episode also features an incident similar to one from ''Asterix in Britain'', where the ball from a sport match flies far away over the sea to hit someone on the head.
31	* Season 1 episode 13: There is [[Franchise/{{Alien}} an eighth passenger aboard]]...
32	* Season 1 episode 14:
33	** Sadlygrove attacks an [[Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner Albatrocious for stealing his dinner off the boat, which brings the group bad luck]].
34	** [[Film/KingKong A woman is offered in sacrifice to an ape who lives behind a humongous door]].
35	** Willow uses a line from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' in the original French, only using a hammer instead of a sword.
36	* Season 1 episode 16:
37	** When Grougaloragran casts his aural-stun spell at the group, the incantation he recites is, word for word, the [[Literature/{{Slayers}} Dragon Slave]]'s.
38	** Enutrof speaking to Ruel through a ray of light is reminiscent of a very well-known series of French ads, themselves spoofing the ''Literature/DonCamillo'' movies.
39	** Sadlygrove is unable to pronounce "Grougaloragran" correctly; he even call him... "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]"!
40	* Season 1 episode 18:
41	** The female captain uses a HurricaneOfEuphemisms similar to those of [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Captain Haddock]], and says something quite close to his CatchPhrase: "''Tonnerre d'Ogrest''" (for "''Tonnerre de Brest''").
42	** While searching a name for their adventuring party...
43	--->'''Evangelyne:''' And what about "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Fellowship of the Ring]]"?\
44	'''Ruel:''' Too obvious. It's surely taken already...
45	* Season 1 episode 21: Adamaï in mentor mode starts speaking like [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]]. Yugo promptly lampshades it.
46	* Season 1 episode 22: The Iop greeting dance has some moves very similar to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s FusionDance.
47	* Season 1 episode 25:
48	** "[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann GIGA DRILL!]]", anyone?
49	** Razortime's eyepiece and "voice" are [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 by Nox's command]].
50	* Season 2 Episode 3: In the end credits, the ghouls are dancing like the zombies in "Music/{{Thriller}}".
51	* Season 2 episode 8:
52	** This one is full of shout-outs to the American Superheroes Genre, notably with "[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Mister Fabulous]]", the "[[ComicBook/SpiderMan Laughing Buffoon]]" (the Green Goblin) and the "[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice Clique]]".
53	** The Justice Knight also does the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo]] [[FingerTenting Pose]] at one point.
54	* Season 2 episode 10:
55	** The two snow squirrels at the start of the episode are an obvious homage to Scrat and Scratette from the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies.
56	** The hooded man's gesture in the bar is rather [[Franchise/StarWars reminiscent]] of [[Film/ANewHope Obi-Wan's]] JediMindTrick. The waitress even calls him "Obi".
57	** The prosecutor does some [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger poses]] very similar to characters in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series.
58	** Also, this one introduces a character named [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] [[spoiler:(actually a [[GenderBender gender-bending]] Eva)]].
59	* Season 2 episode 11: A few with the Brak'n'Black players:
60	** Leolbrake the Ecaflip looks like ComicBook/TheJoker.
61	** Albarus the Osamodas has a bowler hat and overall allure evocative of the droogs from ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
62	** Aktator the Pandawa has fallen in a barrel of bamboo milk when young and gotten extraordinary strength out of the deal -- similarly to Obelix of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.
63	* Season 2 episode 12:
64	** The KamehameHadoken taught by [[spoiler:Maude, a.k.a. the Masked Gobbowler]] to Kriss Krass is an obvious ''Manga/DragonBall'' parody.
65	** Another SistineSteal, lampshaded by Ruel.
66	** The lone chair before the prison cell of The Mmmmmmmmmporpg can't help but make one thinks about ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
67	** The Mmmmmmmmmporpg himself is named after a real-life [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/meuporg-or-mmmporpg French meme.]]
68	** Ruel shouts out, "YouShallNotPass!", another reference to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
69	* Season 2 episode 13:
70	** Amalia's complaint about the noise and smell of the Pandawas is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_bruit_et_l%27odeur a famous speech by Jacques Chirac]]
71	** Ruel's remark about 20 centuries of Pandawa culture alludes to a famous quote of Napoléon Bonaparte.
72	** A Pandawa named [[Franchise/{{Zorro}} Pandiego de la Vega]].
73	* Season 2 episode 14: About all the "Bard Academy" contestants are a parody of some kind:
74	** [[Music/{{Metallica}} Pandallica]]
75	** [[Music/LadyGaga Lady Glagla]]
76	** "Grand Corps Petit" is spoofing French slam poet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Corps_Malade Grand Corps Malade]].
77	** [[PunnyName Shanon Stone]] gets [[Film/BasicInstinct interrogated and changes the position of her legs to which we only see the shocked reaction]] of Ruel, Sadlygrove and Yugo.
78	** Ruel says the song he wrote is called [[Music/CultureClub Kama Chameleon]]
79	** During Pandallica's performance, [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Mei Kusakabe]] and a younger version of [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]] can be seen in the crowd.
80	* Season 2 episode 15:
81	** The "Mini-Wakfu" SuddenVideogameMoment using different styles:
82	*** ''Franchise/{{Super Mario\|Bros}}''
83	*** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
84	*** ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''
85	*** ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''
86	*** ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''
87	*** ''VideoGame/PacMan''
88	*** ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
89	** Rubilax makes a reference to [[KamehameHadoken Kame]][[Manga/DragonBall hameha]], but he obscures it by replacing some of the letters with Ws (a running gag throughout the episode).
90	* Season 2 episode 16: The statue on top of the fountain of a toddler peeing is clearly inspired by the [[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manneken_Pis Manneken-Pis]].
91	* Season 2 episode 18:
92	** Yoda and Megaman balloons can be seen at the fair.
93	** [[Manga/OnePiece Luffy]] appears in the crowd at the fair.
94	** The wrestling organizer at the Trool Fair is named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Zitrone Leonzi Trool]].
95	* Season 2 episode 19: "[[Film/AFistfulOfDollars For a Fistful of Kamas]]"
96	* Season 2 episode 20: A scene very reminiscent of ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'''s "King of the world" one. Complete with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to "My Heart Will Go On".
97	* Season 2 episode 21: And another, this time to the prologue of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', with a monkeyfied Ruel throwing a bone in the air in slow motion, along with [[Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra the appropriate music]].
98	* Season 2 episode 22:
99	** The episode is called "[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs The Silence of the Rings]]" (Note that "rings" ["''anneaux''"] and "lambs" ["''agneaux''"] are one letter apart in French.)
100	** The rings look a lot like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The One Ring]].
101	** During the fight against Cassis' mooks, Amalia's moves and the way she directs her vines are inspired by Andromeda Shun of ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
102	* The MMO itself has plenty of references itself, most notably the Dragoturkeys (the primary source of transport in the game) which are quite obviously modeled after the [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Chocobo]].
103	* In Season 3, Toxine's costume appears to be a homage to ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} -- fitting, given her psychopathic personality.

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