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9* The comic takes a lot of inspiration by part of English folk musician Kate Rusby. Tom is a fan of her.
10** Sir Eglamore, ("Sir Eglamore") the Annan Waters ("Annan Waters") and Janet Llanwellyn, ("The Maid of Llanwellyn") all take their inspiration from several of her songs. Tom also Title Drops Awkward Annie in The Rant on one of his pages, which is the name of one of Rusby's songs/albums.
11** "Playing of Ball" was also [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=939 quoted]] in the comic.
12* There are also a few references to Anne Briggs.
13** Reynardine's name (and his initial encounter with Annie) are inspired by the traditional song "Reynardine", which Anne covered.
14** Winsbury is from the traditional song "Willie O' Winsbury" (interestingly, Kate Rusby also recorded a variant of this song, titled "John Barbury"). In the song, Willie is in a relationship with the king's daughter, Janet, much to the king's displeasure. Replace "king" with "headmaster" and ... yeah.
15* Lindsey & Bud's names, and the fact that they're engineers in an underwater habitat, to ''Film/TheAbyss''.
16* Reynardine and Ysengrin are heavily influnenced by Reynard and Ysegrim from ''Literature/ReynardTheFox''.
17* Tom called Lily "[[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]]" when he named her in a tweet. She also shares his color scheme and seemingly has toned-down mannerisms and speech patters of Cookie Monster.
18* There's [[http://tea-san.deviantart.com/art/Gunnerkrigg-Ico-68650626 an official artwork]] in Tom's Website/DeviantArt page of Kat and Annie dressed as [[VideoGame/{{ICO}} Ico and Yorda]].
19* Another piece of artwork has Kat and Annie dressed as [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Raz and Lili]].
20* From ''Chapter 1: The Shadow and the Robot'':
21** The opening lines about the "strange events that took place" at Gunnerkrigg Court are the same as the opening lines of {{Manga/Uzumaki}}, and Tom has mentioned Kirie Goshima as an inspiration for Annie.
22** Shadow 2's appearance as a "horned boy" shadow is a reference to ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}''.
23* From ''Chapter 2: Schoolyard Myths'':
24** Basil is talking about the whole affaire with Theseus. After he ends his tale, he sprouts "[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow No sir]], [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=30 I didn't like it.]]"
25* From ''Chapter 4: Not Very Scary'':
26** The bonus page has a quote from ''Theatre/TimonOfAthens'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
27--> '''Janet''' "[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=68 Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!]]"
28* From ''Chapter 9: Questions And Answers'':
29** Take note of [[VideoGame/MetalGear the boxes]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=152 Mort is laying on]].
30* From ''Chapter 10: Doctor Disaster Versus The Creepy Space Aliens From Outer Space'':
31** The [[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons evil Enigmarons]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=170 and their Moon base on the Moon]] .
32** In the bonus page, Antimony is shown reading a book titled ''TannhauserGate'', a SpeculativeFiction meme that dates back to ''Film/BladeRunner''.
33* From ''Chapter 13: A Week For Kat'':
34** Logos from [[VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper Tom's favorite]] [[VideoGame/UmJammerLammy video games]] appear on Alistair's clothing.
35** Alistair was making a model of [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet 1428 Elm Street]].
36* From ''Chapter 15: Red Returns'':
37** The Model-H war horse robot's story is taken from the sixth book of ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
38* From ''Chapter 16: The Medium Beginning'':
39** Annie makes a mention that they will be late for their [[Manga/BattleAngelAlita Karmatron Dynamics]] class. Tom is an admitted fan of the series.
40* From ''Chapter 18: S1'':
41** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=439 Metal Gear Theater]], a two-page tribute to [[VideoGame/MetalGear Kat's favorite videogame]].
42* From ''Chapter 19: Power Station'':
43** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=442 Here's]] a [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Lobster Johnson]] action figure on Kat's shelf.
44** Gamma's plushies in Zeta's BlackBugRoom town [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=466 here]] include [[Webcomic/{{Achewood}} Ray and Roast Beef]], [[Webcomic/{{Girly}} a marshmallow kitten]] and [[Webcomic/StarslipCrisis Mr.Jinx]].
45* From ''Chapter 24: Residential'':
46** These comments from Tom:
47--> [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=629 You are welcome,]] [[Manga/DragonBall Vegeta]].
48--> [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=601 Eglamore subscribes to the]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] [[http://tomopop.com/ul/12745-550x-jojo02.jpg School of Posture]].
49* From ''Chapter 29: A Bad Start'':
50** In the commentary of [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=749 this page]], Tom says the train is nicknamed "[[Franchise/TheDarkTower Blaine]]".
51* From ''Chapter 30: The Coward Heart'':
52** The crow and spiky-haired guy with triangular eye shadowing in the center of [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=774 this page]] sure seems like a shout-out to [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Bro Strider and "Seppucrow"]].
53* From ''Chapter 32: From The Forest She Came'':
54** While Annie is [[spoiler:attacking the "possessed" Robot]], she suggests that Kat [[Series/{{DoctorWho}} reverse the polarity]].
55** After Kat and Annie [[spoiler:make amends]], Kat confesses her like of Annie's forest dresses.
56--> "Also, I '''love''' the Anime/PrincessMononoke look [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=865 you've got going on]]!" (Annie, of course, does not know what that is so they watch the film later.)
57* From ''Chapter 33: Give and Take'':
58** As Kat prepares to switch off the robot she brought back to life, it says "[[Literature/TheBicentennialMan Thank you, Little Miss.]]"
59* From ''Chapter 34: Faraway Morning (And Three Short Tales)'':
60** [[spoiler:Janet And Winsbury finally reveal their SecretRelationship]], only to engage in an ImagineSpot. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=938 One of these imaginations]] is a reference to a ComicBook/LexLuthor meme, where he steals forty cakes (see AndThatsTerrible).
61** Strips [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=936 936]] and [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=938 938]] reference ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''.
62** Strip #[[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=937 937]] combines references to ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=burd9upXC_U this song]].
63* [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1011 Strip 1011]] has Donald (Kat's dad) reading what appears to be ComicBook/TheBeano (specifically a ComicStrip/DennistheMenaceUK comic.)
64* ''Chapter 50, "Totem"'':
65** Kat and Annie's new dorm room is modeled after the girls' apartment in ''Series/{{Friends}}''. [[spoiler:Reynardine is now roommates with robotic versions of Joey and Chandler. The boys' dorms have robotic versions of Monica and Rachel.]]
66* ''Chapter 56, "New Data"'': Robot's [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1599 "description"]] of his new OrganicTechnology had a lot of commenters saying ''[[Manga/{{Akira}} TETSUOOOOOOO!]]''.
67** The random patch of skin and hair (Robot's arm seems to have neither) could be a reference to ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', wherein Data the android gets a "skin graft" that starts out as a square inch of skin and hair.
68** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1595 A "sketch" of Robot with a muscular arm]] is similar to a picture in ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' describing problems with ArtificialLimbs: Robot's power source is too strong and causes the "organic" arm to explode while a robot arm on a human body is too heavy.
69* TheRant for [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1687 strip 1687]] declares prune juice to be "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration a warrior's drink]]".
70* Chapter 59, "Jeanne": [[spoiler: Annie's plan to free Jeanne is basically to do an ''Film/{{Inception}}'': Ayilu is the "architect" creating an imaginary Court for Jeanne to live in and populating it with literally FacelessMasses while helping Parley, the "forger", play the part of Jeanne's dear friend. Annie and Smitty are both "extractors" -- Annie, with Kat's help, is going after the mysterious green arrow that killed Jeanne's boyfriend and locked Jeanne's spirit in the gorge while Smitty's powers combined with Parley's ensures that everyone can *bip* in and out safely. Red is there for... moral support]].
71* [[spoiler: Robot's new body]] shown at [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1840 the start of Chapter 63]] is kept in its tank in the same pose as [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]].
72* The end of Chapter 65, "Katurday!", has Kat entering her dorm to find that [[spoiler:[[Recap/FriendsS6E25TheOneWithTheProposalPartTwo Paz had turned off the lights and lit a bunch of candles in the apartment.]]]]
73* The break comics at the end of Volume 7 had a Q&A with the characters, which revealed that [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2054 Kat and Paz cosplay]] as ''Franchise/DragonBall'' characters, and that [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2058 Annie's favourite song]] is "Stand and Deliver" by Music/AdamAnt, although she doesn't know the title or his name.
74* Chapter 77, "The Thousand Eyes": [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2342 Upon meeting]] [[Myth/NorseMythology the]] [[TheWeirdSisters Norns]], Kat identifies Verdandi as [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]]. Verdandi chuckles and says that that's her favourite comic.
75* On the [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2577 chapter 83 bonus page]], Shell's dialogue in the last panel is a quote from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', said by the character Violet.

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