| 1 | ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' does ShoutOut a lot. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Here’s the big list, in order by comic: |
| 4 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CCN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]]. Also in the same strip, we learn that the ship Florence was ''meant'' to join was 1071-CNN. |
| 5 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00047.htm 47]]: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" The source is questioned, but [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Panic Wikiquote traces the quote]] to an "anonymous U.S. military saying" (1929), and says that Herman Wouk's ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1952) spread the quote. |
| 6 | ** As a science fiction comic, it's also possibly a shout out to Creator/RobertHeinlein who used the phrase more than once in his writing (Heinlein probably picked it up from his time as an officer in the US Navy, much as Wouk did). |
| 7 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00074.htm 74]]: "Will I be able to play ''{{VideoGame/Quake}} [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Nukem]], {{VideoGame/Doom}}ed {{VideoGame/Heretic}} In VideoGame/{{Castle|Wolfenstein}} VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' on the ship's computer?" |
| 8 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00079.htm 79]]: Helix barks instead of speaking, and [[{{Series/Lassie}} communicates that Sam fell down a ventilation shaft.]] |
| 9 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00105.htm 105]]: Sam feels the need… and Helix asks whether it is [[Film/TopGun the need for speed]]. |
| 10 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm 125]]: Sam blamed the NoodleIncident on "that spiky haired boy with the stuffed tiger", a reference to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. |
| 11 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00184.htm 184]]: Helix cares for a pair of rabbits that, unbeknownst to him, Florence intends to eat. He names them Bun-Bun (from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'') and Kevin (from ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell''). |
| 12 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00185.htm 185]]: Helix's comment in the last panel refers to the fact that, in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Kell once ate Jerry Springer Spaniel. |
| 13 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00203.htm 203]]: Helix's "Helix Vision" contains the code [[Film/THX1138 THX 1138]], which George Lucas frequently inserts into his works as an [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/1138_(number) in-joke.]] |
| 14 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00315.htm 315]]: [[Film/AFewGoodMen I CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!]] |
| 15 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00331.htm 331]]: Sam sings the theme song from ''Series/GilligansIsland''. |
| 16 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00350.htm 350]]: While seeking shelter during a hurricane, Florence ends up quoting the opening monologue of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. |
| 17 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 410]]: Florence deduces that, because she's not in an enchanted castle, it's a dog and not an animated mop (from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''). |
| 18 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00440.htm 440]]: Sam and Helix enter a movie theater called Thimble Theater. It shows cartoons, because its name comes from ''Thimble Theater'', the comic strip that introduced ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}. Sam and Helix will watch a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film. |
| 19 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00441.htm 441]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00451.htm 451]]: There are cameos from several other webcomics. The captions under each strip identify the characters and their source comics. |
| 20 | * ''When Rabbit Howls'' in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00442.htm 442]], as well as referring to [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Kevin]] being a rabbit married to a wolf, is the title of [[Literature/WhenRabbitHowls a non-fiction book]]. |
| 21 | * ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00445.htm 445]], as well as referring to Tiffany from ''Webcomic/TheSuburbanJungle'', is of course the title of a [[Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys book]] and [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys film]]. |
| 22 | * The monster movie is a parody of the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' series. The method of defeating the monster in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00449.htm 449]] seems to be a parody of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' |
| 23 | * The romantic dialogue in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00450.htm 450]] is "Oh, John Droid!" "Oh, Marsha Clone!", a reference to Creator/StanFreberg's John and Marsha. |
| 24 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00568.htm 568]]: "On the gripping hand" is a [[Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye Motie]] idiom. |
| 25 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00597.htm 597]]: "We are the Bureaucracy. Resistance is futile. Your assets will be assimilated." (Almost but not quite the catchphrase of the Borg from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.) |
| 26 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00760.htm 760]]: The ship's AI exposes Sam to danger by opening an external hatch, and responds "I'm afraid I can't do that" when Sam orders it to close it, inverting a scene from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. |
| 27 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00770.htm 770]]: Stuck in an air vent, Sam tries to remember what happened to Literature/WinnieThePooh when he got stuck -- incorrectly remembering his fate. |
| 28 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00818.htm 818]]: The inspector calls Helix a "bubble bodied booby", which is nearly one of the insults Dr Smith used on the ship's robot in ''Series/LostInSpace''. |
| 29 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00883.htm 883]]: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bail bondsmen of Earth..." This poem is an edit of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.#High_Flight High Flight]]''.[[note]]\ |
| 30 | Oh! I have slipped the surly bail bondsman of earth,\ |
| 31 | And danced the skies on pilfered silvered wings;\ |
| 32 | Sunward I've climbed, towards the planet’s girth\ |
| 33 | Of sun-split clouds, -- to do a hundred things\ |
| 34 | You have not dreamed of -- free stuff that soars, I’m charmed\ |
| 35 | High in the sunlit silence. Hovering there\ |
| 36 | I've chase past shouting beacons loud but unarmed\ |
| 37 | Guide my craft through countless points of law.\ |
| 38 | Up, up the long, day turning black as coal,\ |
| 39 | I’ll top the wind-swept heights with clumsy grace\ |
| 40 | Where never lark, or even eagle stole --\ |
| 41 | And, on the silent, hunting toes I've trod\ |
| 42 | The high untrespassed sanctity of space,\ |
| 43 | Put out my hand, to lift the wallet of God.[[/note]] |
| 44 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00969.htm 969]]: Sam's song is derived from the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'' theme song. |
| 45 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01060.htm 1060]]: There is a poster advertising [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]]. |
| 46 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01064.htm 1064]]: There is a poster containing a picture of what is clearly Chrome and his mini whip Aurla from ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles''. |
| 47 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01080.htm 1080]]: A tank containing a ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark Sphyrna Zygaena]]'' is labeled [[Series/HappyDays no]] [[JumpingTheShark jumping]]. |
| 48 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01087.htm 1087]]: Crikey! Florence's nature show host impression is based on [[Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin]]. |
| 49 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01100.htm 1100]]: The "portrait of Snarky's mother" is a reference to the mascot of Eric Burns' blog ''Blog/{{Websnark}}'', and the discussion of what it's made of includes a shout-out to Burns' webcomic ''Webcomic/GossamerCommons''. Sitting in the corner of the first panel is one of the dancing badgers from the [[WebAnimation/WeeblAndBob Badger Badger flash video]]. |
| 50 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01110.htm 1110]]: Both ''WebVideo/TheFundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant [[http://sakana-katana.deviantart.com/art/My-Freefall-Cameo-264594217 Sakana Katana]]. |
| 51 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01115.htm 1115]]: "Looking at it that way, we're lucky every human planet isn't named Bob." In case you missed it, there is a poster of ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' in the background. |
| 52 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01122.htm 1122]]: As Winston describes terraforming with "dots" of life which either die or spread, the background shows VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife. |
| 53 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01128.htm 1128]]: Winston and Florence each mangle a famous line from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. |
| 54 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01139.htm 1139]]: The dumpster Sam and Helix are scrounging in contains [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robby the Robot]] and an [[Film/ThisIslandEarth Interocitor]]. |
| 55 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01212.htm 1212]]: "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]. Alien abduction of coffee." |
| 56 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fc01290.htm 1290]]: The serial number given for Helix is the years of birth and death for Creator/KarelCapek, writer of ''[[Theatre/{{RUR}} Rossum's Universal Robots]]''. |
| 57 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm 1372]]: "[[KlaatuBaradaNikto Klaatu! Barada! Doggy!]]" is a reference to ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''. |
| 58 | * Every strip from [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01390.htm 1390]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01476.htm 1476]] features a cameo. The robot religious meeting has robots from just about every TV series or film with robots, including [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Cylon]], [[Film/RoboCop1987 ED-209]] , Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]], [[Series/DoctorWho K9]], and even [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Noo-Noo]]. |
| 59 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01523.htm 1523]]: "Captain Sam's Super Secret [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Order_191 Special Order 191.]]" Found wrapped around three cigars in an envelope in the grass, no less. |
| 60 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact. |
| 61 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01626.htm 1626]]: "Security computer is [[Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy mostly harmless]]." |
| 62 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." Longtime ComicBook/TheFlash villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart. |
| 63 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01694.htm 1694]]: The questionnaire Florence uses to see if her mind has been tampered with starts with a rather well-known question from ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
| 64 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01780.htm 1780]]: "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]." |
| 65 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01817.htm 1817]]: On reactivating Blunt, Edge quotes Dr Frankenstein's rant on bringing the creature back to life in ''Film/Frankenstein1931''. |
| 66 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/xmas2009.htm The 2009 Christmas Day strip]] has Max Post reading about Christmas to the robot religious studies group. Specifically, it's Luke 2:8-10 (King James Version), the same reading Linus recites in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'' (although Linus does a few more verses). |
| 67 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01864.htm 1864]]: The store window has cameos of characters from several webcomics. The comment below this strip identifies the cameos. |
| 68 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01893.htm 1893]]: Sam mangles a couple of quotes from ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 69 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes Creator/WCFields. |
| 70 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01950.htm 1950]]: The sparkling monster, with the side-note that something similar happened to Vlad Dracul over time, is a reference to the sparkling vampires of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. |
| 71 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01987.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]]. |
| 72 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet.]] |
| 73 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02017.htm 2017]]: A series of robots identify each other by their ID numbers. The numbers given are actually the birthdates of Creator/IsaacAsimov, Creator/LarryNiven, and Creator/JerryPournelle. |
| 74 | ** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02033.htm 2033]] continues the joke, with a robot whose ID number is EnricoFermi's birthday. |
| 75 | ** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02042.htm And again in 2042]], with physicist James Clerk Maxwell's birthday. |
| 76 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm 2019]]: A robot playing chess in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: Joshua (after ''Film/WarGames''). Joshua quotes ''War Games'' on the next page. |
| 77 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02032.htm 2032]]: How to open a door: Talk about saying "mellon", like in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. The door opens, because "I thought I heard somebody talking out here." |
| 78 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!" |
| 79 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02045.htm 2045]]: Bennie's film has a title inspired by ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''. |
| 80 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02070.htm 2070]]: Clippy (a ShoutOut itself, see below) speaks dialogue spoken by [[Film/BladeRunner Deckard]] word for word when examining a picture of Florence in a crowd of robots. |
| 81 | ** Well, almost word for word. It was the first time Clippy had seen Florence, so [[RunningGag he had to say "Doggy!".]] |
| 82 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02075.htm 2075]]: Mr. Kornada's robot is named Clippy, after UsefulNotes/ClippyThePaperclip of Microsoft Office notoriety. |
| 83 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02169.htm 2169]]: Sam refers to the wall-climbing sequences in ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' (which made it look easy because they were filmed on a flat set with the camera turned on its side). |
| 84 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02192.htm 2192]]: Max Post is playing ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' or a similar game. |
| 85 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02209.htm 2209]]: "Soylent toasters are made from people!" is a reference to ''Film/SoylentGreen''. |
| 86 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02210.htm 2210]]: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation Representation? Does that mean taxation?]]" |
| 87 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02242.htm 2242]]: Edge's line in the first panel was first said by Daffy Duck in a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short. |
| 88 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02253.htm 2253]]: Blunt's invocation of YouShallNotPass references Gandalf from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''. Compare: |
| 89 | --> '''Gandalf:''' ''I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.... YOU SHALL NOT PASS!'' |
| 90 | --> '''Blunt:''' ''I am a. Servant of humanity. Wielder. Of the rubber ball. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!'' |
| 91 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02256.htm 2256]]: Blunt's serial number 19031995 is the birth and death years of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Church Alonzo Church]]. |
| 92 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[Franchise/FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and ComicBook/DoctorSolar. |
| 93 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02283.htm 2283]]: Clippy quotes from ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''. |
| 94 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm 2296]]: Florence uses the transponder for motorcycle 24601. [[Literature/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]] was prisoner 24601. The reference is timely; this comic appeared a few weeks after the film of ''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' did debut. |
| 95 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''Film/{{Robocop|1987}}''. |
| 96 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02305.htm 2305]]: Mr. Raibert's phone demonstrates the advances in small speaker technology, in a shout out to the Maxell ad showing the listener [[GaleForceSound being blown away by the sound fidelity of one of Maxell's cassettes]]. |
| 97 | ** Max Post is using one of [[Creator/HBeamPiper H Beam Piper's]] favorite [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]]. |
| 98 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02312.htm 2312]]: one of the robots in a massive robot on robot fight has his head jacked up just like the classic "Rock'em Sock'em Robots" game. |
| 99 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.htm 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door. |
| 100 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02343.htm 2343]]: Varroa, like Daffy in ''WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny'', describes the vast wealth he's suddenly and illicitly acquired as making him "comfortably well off". |
| 101 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02347.htm 2347]]: The police chief's mobility rig is named L Linear Rig B, AKA ''[[Music/YellowSubmarine Eleanor Rigby]]'' by Music/TheBeatles. This must have confused some readers initially, because the author later ''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02640.htm stated]] the Chief calls her "Eleanor." |
| 102 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02374.htm 2374]]: Sam's reasons for pursuing the challenge of figuring out Kornada's scheme sound suspiciously like the reasons The Bandit gave Cletus for pursuing their own challenge, in ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit''. |
| 103 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02379.htm 2379]]: When Kornada is being arrested, he tries to intimidate the Chief of Police by saying "My dad is Li Gang". That phrase had become a meme in Chinese internet circles after [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/my-dad-is-li-gang-我爸是李刚 a drunk driver tried using it as his defense]]. |
| 104 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02413.htm 2413]]: Sam's explanation of why a criminal should not kill his victims makes sense to Qwerty, to his horror -- which he phrases [[EldritchAbomination as if a scene from]] [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]]. |
| 105 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02446.htm 2446]]: The location is Ice Station [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Azkaban]] |
| 106 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02467.htm 2467]]: Dr. Bowman's first words to Florence echo the Ghost of Christmas Present's first words to Scrooge in ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. Dr. Bowman, who we already knew shared a name with a character from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', is revealed to have much in common with another character from the same film. |
| 107 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02470.htm 2470]]: Dr. Bowman: "Now stop making me angry. [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk I don't like me when I'm angry.]]" |
| 108 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02496.htm 2496]]: Sam borrows one of Bugs Bunny's tricks from "WesternAnimation/DuckRabbitDuck" to escape Blunt. |
| 109 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02502.htm 2502]]: Sam uses a quotation which [[http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/06/never-interfere/ might have been said]] by UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, attributing it to "the human general". |
| 110 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02503.htm 2503]]: A Memorial Day tribute shows a couple of robots looking at a memorial wall with names like "Auto Turret 0057" and "Orbital Defense Satellite 025" -- and an entire column of Literature/{{Bolo}}s. |
| 111 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02544.htm 2544]]: Dr. Bowman's chief minder quotes from ''Film/ColossusTheForbinProject'', a movie about an AI that takes itself in a direction its creators didn't intend. |
| 112 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02554.htm 2554]]: When pointing out the intelligent design of a brain he's made, Dr. Bowman asks if he looks like a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker blind watchmaker]]. |
| 113 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02560.htm 2560]]: Dr. Bowman's [=AIs=] are put into maintenance mode through a combination of biometric security and the exquisitely clever TriggerPhrase; "You were/will be from WesternAnimation/{{Gandahar}}." |
| 114 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02566.htm 2566]]: One of the items in Dr. Bowman's closet is a sealed beaker of [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Chemical X]]. |
| 115 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02586.htm 2586]]: ''Freefall'' [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] [[ExaggeratedTrope on lampshade hanging]] [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick with a literal lampshade]]. |
| 116 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02613.htm 2613]]: Ability to follow direct orders is indicated by calling a banana a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB-NnVpvQ78 small off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden]]. He also threatens to leave should she ever be [[Series/RedDwarf ordered to identify a female aardvark]]. |
| 117 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02631.htm 2631]]: Dr Bowman repurposes a line spoken by Clint Eastwood's character in ''Film/MagnumForce''. |
| 118 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02635.htm 2635]]: Sam lets [[Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}} Vexxarr]], [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Kevin]], [[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures Pip]], [[Webcomic/TwoKinds Trace]], [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc]], and [[Webcomic/CarryOn Freddy]] pass through their comic at his own profit. |
| 119 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02656.htm 2656]]: Among the staged scenes intended to confuse people attempting to learn what's happening at the secret base are a [[Film/PacificRim Jaeger hangar]] and a re-enactment of the bus stop scene from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''. |
| 120 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02665.htm 2665]]: Sam guesses that the secret base might contain "ancient artifacts of power like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory#Peanuts_tradition JPL peanuts]] or [[http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/The_Fedora.php Sikorsky's fedora]]". |
| 121 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02714.htm 2714]]: Rather than Alice of Wonderland's six impossible things before breakfast, Bill Raibert is happy with the one. |
| 122 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02725.htm 2725]]: Edge paraphrases Princess Leia's request for Master Kenobi's assistance. (Also a minor [=CMOF=] for Edge.) |
| 123 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02768.htm 2768]]: An orange three-eyed robot is named Blinky, the same as the orange three-eyed fish in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. |
| 124 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02786.htm 2786]]: Dvorak misquotes the inspirational speech that opens each episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. |
| 125 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02793.htm 2793]]: A robot asks, rhetorically, "Do we sit with folded hands while humans hurt each other?" In Creator/JackWilliamson's "With Folded Hands" and sequels, well-intentioned robots attempt to protect humans by [[ZerothLawRebellion completely taking over their lives and preventing them from doing anything that might even possibly be harmful]]. (In Williamson's story it is the humans who sit with folded hands, having been left with literally nothing to do.) |
| 126 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02906.htm 2906]]: "I may not know much about art, but I know what I like" is a quote from Creator/MontyPython's sketch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Aj7W3g1qo "The Pope and Michelangelo"]]. |
| 127 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02917.htm 2917]]: The judge in the second panel is Hannover Fiste from ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', and his tirade is a direct quote from the movie. |
| 128 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02924.htm 2924]]: Blunt Perfectly describes [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada's]] problem. The mayor (acting as judge) supplies the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluenza affluenza]] name for it. Blunt then refers to PatientZero, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch Ethan Couch]]. |
| 129 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02933.htm 2933]]: Here we get the ''other'' reason for Clippy's name: he's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence#Paperclip_maximizer paperclip maximizer]].[[note]]An AI given the goal of maximizing paperclip production and no constraints on how it goes about doing so is likely to cause incredible destruction as a side effect.[[/note]] Clippy was given the goal of making Mr. Kornada the richest person in the star system in 30 days, and no limits on how to do it beyond the basic [[ThreeLawsCompliant three laws of robotics]]. |
| 130 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02945.htm 2945]]: Clippy informs us, recasting questions as statements: [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice If you prick us, we do not bleed. If you tickle us, we do not laugh. If you poison us, we do not die. And if you wrong us, we shall not seek revenge.]] |
| 131 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02994.htm 2994]]: The mayor's assistant uses the iconic quote [[Theatre/HenryVI "First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"]] before delving into its significance for Sam's benefit. |
| 132 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03022.htm 3022]]: Chris has a toy [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] on his side table. |
| 133 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03067.htm 3067]]: Sam quotes [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_and_the_Beam the parable of the Mote and the Beam]]. |
| 134 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3200/fc03174.htm 3174]]: Sam explains the recurring motif in human mythologies of fire being stolen from the gods, with a [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} familiar interpretation]] of the Polynesian version. |
| 135 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3200/fc03175.htm 3175]]: When Sam talks about the [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Other Golden Rule]], he references ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId. |
| 136 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03212.htm 3212]]: The [[WeaponizedExhaust Kzinti Lesson]] is referenced by a warning on the Savage Chicken's exhaust. |
| 137 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03219.htm 3219]]: Sam's version of prospective [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse duck evolution]], complete with sign reading "ALL HAIL [[Creator/CarlBarks CARL BARKS]]" |
| 138 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03220.htm 3220]]: One of the entries on the list of things that have tried to eat Sam are [[Film/ThePrincessBride rodents of unusual size]]. |
| 139 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03233.htm 3233]]: The barter dialog is straight out of Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian. |
| 140 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03260.htm 3260]]: Another chase scene ends with a slew of cameos and Doc from ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' informing everyone he needs to [[BreakingTheFourthWall start repairing the fourth wall]]. |
| 141 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03275.htm 3275]]: Sam has a [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} decidedly familiar]] checklist. |
| 142 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03308.htm 3308]]: It appears that the Sqid maker god is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob Microsoft Bob]]. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03314.htm The interior of his home]] is, predictably, the Microsoft Bob interface. |
| 143 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03311.htm 3311]], [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03312.htm 3312]] and [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03307.htm 3307]]: When Sam tells the legend of how the Sqids stole fire from Bob, the three Sqids that perform the theft are [[Film/TheThreeStooges Lairee, Coily and Mho]]. |
| 144 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03340.htm 3340]]: Sam discusses the [[Webcomic/{{XKCD}} occasions where he runs into something]] that [[https://www.xkcd.com/1053/ "everyone knows" and he's hearing about it for the first time]]. |
| 145 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3500/fc03482.htm 3482]]: The Thurmads reside in Apartment Film/{{Gattaca}}. |
| 146 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3600/fc03579.htm 3589]] features a space version of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_Balloon Girl with Balloon]] by Banksy. |
| 147 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3700/fc03673.htm 3673]]: Before successfully identifying the DOGGY! a station robot wonders if Florence is [[WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines a loaf of bread]]. |
| 148 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3800/fc03774.htm 3774]]: "Don't Look, Ethel!" is from [[Music/RayStevens "The Streak"]]. |
| 149 | * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3900/fc03813.htm 3813]]: Helix begins his story by quoting ''[[VideoGame/{{Zork}} Zork]]''. "It was pitch black. I was likely to be eaten by a grue." |
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