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| 8 | This page lists {{Shout Out}}s seen in {{Literature}}. |
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| 10 | !!Works with their own subpages: |
| 11 | [[index]] |
| 12 | * ''ShoutOut/SixteenThirtyTwo'' |
| 13 | * ''ShoutOut/AmagiBrilliantPark'' |
| 14 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Animorphs}}'' |
| 15 | * ''ShoutOut/ArtemisFowl'' |
| 16 | * ''ShoutOut/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight'' |
| 17 | * ShoutOut/IsaacAsimov |
| 18 | * ''ShoutOut/TheAtomicTimeOfMonsters'' |
| 19 | * ''ShoutOut/ChakonaSpace'' |
| 20 | * ''ShoutOut/ChaosSeeds'' |
| 21 | * ''ShoutOut/CiaphasCain'' |
| 22 | * ''ShoutOut/TheCinderSpires'' |
| 23 | * ''ShoutOut/DarknessVisible'' |
| 24 | * ''ShoutOut/DiogenesClub'' |
| 25 | * ''ShoutOut/TheDogs'' |
| 26 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Domain}}'' |
| 27 | * ''ShoutOut/DoubleStandards'' |
| 28 | * ''ShoutOut/TheDresdenFiles'' |
| 29 | ** ''ShoutOut/StormFront'' |
| 30 | ** ''ShoutOut/FoolMoon'' |
| 31 | ** ''ShoutOut/GravePeril'' |
| 32 | ** ''ShoutOut/SummerKnight'' |
| 33 | ** ''ShoutOut/DeathMasks'' |
| 34 | ** ''ShoutOut/BloodRites'' |
| 35 | ** ''ShoutOut/DeadBeat'' |
| 36 | ** ''ShoutOut/ProvenGuilty'' |
| 37 | ** ''ShoutOut/WhiteNight'' |
| 38 | ** ''ShoutOut/SmallFavor'' |
| 39 | ** ''ShoutOut/TurnCoat'' |
| 40 | ** ''ShoutOut/{{Changes}}'' |
| 41 | ** ''ShoutOut/GhostStory'' |
| 42 | ** ''ShoutOut/ColdDays'' |
| 43 | ** ''ShoutOut/SkinGame'' |
| 44 | ** ''ShoutOut/PeaceTalks'' |
| 45 | ** ''ShoutOut/{{Battle Ground|2020}}'' |
| 46 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Emberverse}}'' |
| 47 | * ''ShoutOut/TheExpanse'' |
| 48 | * ''ShoutOut/FateZero'' |
| 49 | * ''ShoutOut/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy'' |
| 50 | * ''ShoutOut/FullMetalPanic'' |
| 51 | * ''ShoutOut/TheGeneralSeries'' |
| 52 | * ''ShoutOut/GrimmTales'' |
| 53 | * ''ShoutOut/HarryPotter'' |
| 54 | * ''ShoutOut/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' |
| 55 | * ''ShoutOut/HolidayMode'' |
| 56 | * ''ShoutOut/HonorHarrington'' |
| 57 | * ''ShoutOut/InCryptid'' |
| 58 | * ''ShoutOut/JesusOnThyFace'' |
| 59 | * ''ShoutOut/KeitAi'' |
| 60 | * ''ShoutOut/TheLaundryFiles'' |
| 61 | * ''ShoutOut/TheLockedTomb'' |
| 62 | * ''ShoutOut/LordDarcy'' |
| 63 | * ''ShoutOut/TheMagicians'' |
| 64 | * ''ShoutOut/TheManInTheHighCastle'' |
| 65 | * ''ShoutOut/MothAndCobweb'' |
| 66 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Neverwhere}}'' |
| 67 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Pondovadia}}'' |
| 68 | * ''ShoutOut/ReadyPlayerOne'' |
| 69 | * ''ShoutOut/RedRising'' |
| 70 | * ''ShoutOut/RightHandOfGod'' |
| 71 | * ''ShoutOut/TheRiseOfKyoshi'' |
| 72 | * ''ShoutOut/RiversOfLondon'' |
| 73 | * ''ShoutOut/RoTeO'' |
| 74 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Safehold}}'' |
| 75 | * ''ShoutOut/TheSalvationWar'' |
| 76 | * ''ShoutOut/SkulduggeryPleasant'' |
| 77 | * ''ShoutOut/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
| 78 | * ''ShoutOut/TheSopranosWarner'' |
| 79 | * ''ShoutOut/TheSpectralChronicles'' |
| 80 | * ''ShoutOut/SpectralShadows'' |
| 81 | * ''ShoutOut/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' |
| 82 | * ''ShoutOut/{{Stuck}}'' |
| 83 | * ''ShoutOut/TalesOfMU'' |
| 84 | * ''ShoutOut/TheTwilightsLastGleaming'' |
| 85 | * ''ShoutOut/WhateleyUniverse'' |
| 86 | * ''ShoutOut/ZeroSight'' |
| 87 | [[/index]] |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | !!Other Works: |
| 90 | |
| 91 | * OlderThanFeudalism: ''Literature/TheAeneid'' (written by Creator/{{Virgil}} for Caesar Augustus) contained a shout-out to Augustus's recently deceased nephew, where Aeneas is in the underworld and sees a man with a dark cloud around him. His guide goes on with a mournful speech about how Aeneas should weep for the tragic fate of his distant descendant and describes Marcellus's tomb on the Tiber. |
| 92 | * ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': |
| 93 | ** In “Cupcake Wars!”, Spike wants a ComicBook/SpiderMan stall at the fair. |
| 94 | ** In “Pony Party!”, one of the ponies is named Bilbo. |
| 95 | ** In “Matchmaker!”, Maisie says that Mr. Weakly looks like James Bond after she and Angela style his hair with glue. |
| 96 | ** In “The Ugly Sisters!”, the Payne twins tease Angela by calling her Goldilocks. |
| 97 | * ''Literature/AlexRider'': |
| 98 | ** ''[=StormBreaker=]'': In the graphic novel, one of the items Alex is given for his trip is ''VideoGame/MarioKartDS''. |
| 99 | ** ''Point Blanc'': Dr. Grief's ultimate plan is essentially ''Literature/TheBoysFromBrazil'' taken up to eleven. |
| 100 | * The main character of ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' is named Patrick Bateman; a poke at Norman Bates, the antagonist of ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. |
| 101 | * ''Literature/AnimalInn'': In book 2, Teddy's temporary ferret Frank is explicitly named for [[Series/{{MASH}} Major Frank Burns]] (AKA "Ferret-face"). |
| 102 | * The ''Franchise/MassEffect'' novel ''Ascension'' is one ''long'' shout out. Specifically, it involves a [[{{Series/Firefly}} mentally-ill girl with incredible mental powers being rescued from an Academy by a loving family member after being experimented on by a shadowy organization devoted to "improving" mankind, and takes refuge on a ship whose captain's nickname is Mal.]] |
| 103 | * ''Literature/AxisOfTime'': |
| 104 | ** One of the characters is mentioned to hail from [[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo Grantville, West Virginia]]. One of FDR's Secret Service bodyguards is even named Agent Flint. |
| 105 | ** Captain Creator/MikeJudge |
| 106 | ** Turtletaub's named after Creator/HarryTurtledove's former nomme de plume. The first mention of him is followed by a sarcastic remark about [[Literature/WorldWar an invasion of lizard aliens.]] |
| 107 | ** There's one part where the president would no longer be surprised if [[Literature/TheDraka a bunch of African Super Nazis rose to power]] or [[Literature/{{Worldwar}} if dinosaurs from outer space began attacking.]] |
| 108 | ** Stalin to Beria in book 3: [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "No soup for you"]]. |
| 109 | ** Two of the French characters mentioned are called [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Goscinny and Uderzo.]] |
| 110 | ** The 21st century Royal Navy nickname for the [[MoreDakka Metal Storm]] defense pods is "[[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]]". Captain Halabi muses that the nickname never really caught on in the US. |
| 111 | *** TruthInTelevision: The Phalanx, a predecessor to the fictional Metal Storm, is indeed referred to this way by British servicemen. American Navy instead refers to similar systems as [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2s]]. |
| 112 | ** The HMS ''Trident'''s Combat Intelligence is nicknamed "Posh" and, according to Halabi, speaks with a "flawless imitation" of [[Music/SpiceGirls Lady Beckham]]. |
| 113 | ** ''USS Amanda L Garrett'', the ship that get transported near Antartica and sunk minutes after the Transition is named after the [[Literature/USSCunninghamQuintet Amanda Lee Garrett novel series]], the first book taking place in Antartica. |
| 114 | * Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/JanetAsimov's ''Literature/TheNorbyChronicles'': |
| 115 | ** ''Literature/NorbyTheMixedUpRobot'': |
| 116 | *** The Wells family has turned a quote from Scene 1 of ''Theatre/HenryV'', "The game's afoot" into an [[FunWithAcronyms initialism]]; TGAF. |
| 117 | *** Norby, a robot made from [[TinCanRobot a barrel of nails]], is assumed to be an old R2 model, borrowing from ''Franchise/StarWars'' and their R2-series astromech droids. He's actually assembled from scrap and a crashed [[StandardAlienSpaceship alien spaceship]]. |
| 118 | *** The bird-watchers leader, Miss Higgens, cries out "onward Higgins's soldiers, marching for the right!", a cry based on the 19th-century English hymn, "Onward, Christian Soldiers", a song often sung in demonstrations and civil protests. |
| 119 | ** ''Literature/NorbysOtherSecret'': |
| 120 | *** Instead of monitoring the [[AutoKitchen kitchen computer]], Norby is reading and reciting from ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''; "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." |
| 121 | *** When placed inside the MindProbe, Jeff copies Norby's quotation, and goes on to quote several other Creator/WilliamShakespeare speeches to generate [[PsychicStatic a shield against the robot's attempt to read his mind]]. |
| 122 | ** ''Literature/NorbyAndTheQueensNecklace'': |
| 123 | *** Creator/AlexandreDumas is mentioned for his fictional account of Queen Antoinette and the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which also [[LiteraryAllusionTitle names this story]]; ''Literature/TheQueensNecklace''. |
| 124 | *** Norby tries to mention Creator/CharlesDickens in chapter one, but is ignored. He later paraphrases from ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities''; "It was a far, far better thing I did", before getting interrupted again. |
| 125 | *** When Marcel (from 1785) speaks to a 1896 local about TimeTravel, they admit to having read the recent novel by [[Creator/HGWells Herbert George Wells]], ''Literature/TheTimeMachine''. |
| 126 | *** When Marcel is told about space travel, he asks if it is like the book by Creator/CyranoDeBergerac, ''Literature/VoyagesToTheMoonAndTheSun'', but only names the author. |
| 127 | *** While offscreen and entertaining the ladies of the French court, Fargo sang Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's opera, ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''. |
| 128 | *** While entertaining the ladies of the French court, Jeff and Fargo sing several songs, including "Music/YankeeDoodle". |
| 129 | *** While interrogating Jeff and Fargo, Creator/BenjaminFranklin mentions {{Creator/Voltaire}}'s ''Micromégas'', but only names the author. |
| 130 | ** ''Literature/NorbyFindsAVillain'': In chapter eight, while [[PsychicStatic shielding against mind reading]], Jeff quotes from "{{Literature/Jabberwocky}}". |
| 131 | ** ''Literature/NorbyAndTheCourtJester'': |
| 132 | *** Creator/ChristopherMarlowe is mentioned, as Admiral Yobo cites a line from ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' upon seeing Xeena, "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?", drawing a parallel between the two beauties that is persistently referenced through the book. |
| 133 | *** While in charge of entertainment for the planet Izz, Ing has been re-telling many stories from the past, including parts of ''Literature/TheIliad'', such as Helen of Troy. |
| 134 | *** In chapter five, Admiral Yobo and Ing quote from Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's ''Theatre/TheYeomenOfTheGuard'', speaking of the way a jester's role is to satirize other people, including royalty. |
| 135 | * Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/ThePositronicMan'': |
| 136 | ** In chapter three, ''Literature/TheRubaiyatOfOmarKhayyam'' is one of the gifts Miss gets for her birthday. |
| 137 | ** In chapter thirteen, Andrew incorporates a reference to two authors who wrote about robots in the prologue of his FictionalDocument, Creator/ETAHoffmann and Creator/KarelCapek. |
| 138 | ** In chapter sixteen, the Director of Research for US Robots summarizes ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]'' for Andrew, calling it an absurd adventure. |
| 139 | * ''Literature/TheAtomicTimeOfMonsters'': Some of the character names reference those in other media. |
| 140 | ** Henry Robertson's first name is a shout-out to Henry Fairfield Osborne, who coined the name ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. |
| 141 | ** Gwen Valentine's surname is an homage to Jill Valentine from ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''. |
| 142 | * ''Literature/AuntDimity'': |
| 143 | ** In ''Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea'',[[spoiler: Peter Harris, son of Lori's neighbour Derek]] disguises himself as a dark haired young man with glasses named "Harry Peters" to avoid hordes of reporters after his grandfather wrote a letter to ''The Times'' bragging about him. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Hmm, a dark haired young man with glasses plagued by fame...]] |
| 144 | ** In ''Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch'', a man named Brocklehurst who claims to be a pious prophet (hippie-style), yet dishonestly turns a great personal profit evokes [[Literature/JaneEyre the hypocritical clergyman headmaster and larcenous treasurer of Lowood School]]. |
| 145 | * ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' contains a plethora of shout-outs to ''Series/ILoveLucy'', including Stacey's last name. |
| 146 | * The ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' LightNovels have a habit of referencing American movies, particularly gangster flicks. |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/ABadCaseOfStripes'', Camilla's classmates call her "[[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Night of the Living Lollipop]]". |
| 148 | * The first book of ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' has Twoflower from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' make a subtle and brief cameo in a marketplace for magical items containing demons (Twoflower's camera, or "iconograph", is powered by a tiny demon painting pictures ''really'' fast). |
| 149 | ** The second book features two policemen who ask Bartimaeus and his master for their identification. Bartimaeus puts a 'glaze' on the two policemen. They then forget the object of their inquiry and move along. |
| 150 | ** [[ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician His name is "Mandrake" and he's a "magician."]] |
| 151 | * ''Literature/{{Beastly}}'': |
| 152 | ** Lots of stories inspired by the original fairytale, like ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''Literature/JaneEyre'' and ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. There are also several references to other {{fairy tale}}s as Kyle chats with more modern people living them, such as "Literature/TheLittleMermaid", "Literature/TheFrogPrince", and "Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed". |
| 153 | ** To the [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney version]]. Kyle's "servants" [[spoiler:have their own "curses" lifted when Magda's children are given green cards and Will regains his sight]]. |
| 154 | * In ''Literature/TheBellJar'' by Creator/SylviaPlath, Esther Greenwood says that she has to read ''Literature/FinnegansWake'' by James Joyce for one of her classes in her senior year of college. |
| 155 | * In ''Literature/BenHur'', when UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} is being arrested, Judah tries to rescue him; the Roman soldiers push him away, his clothing is torn off, and he is forced to flee naked. This is based on an incident actually recorded in ''Literature/TheBible''. (Mark 14:51-52). |
| 156 | * The short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Creator/DesmondWarzel makes reference to a mineral whose unrefined form is too sharp to handle safely. The mineral is called "costnerite"--because it's [[Film/TheUntouchables untouchable]]. |
| 157 | * A very subtle Shout-Out exists in David Gerrold's ''Blood and Fire''. While one group of characters is preparing to engage on a dangerous mission, the captain tells them "[[CatchPhrase Let's be careful out there.]]" The protagonist mentally notes that it was a watchword on her previous ship, the ''Michael Conrad''. A shout out to ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' and the actor who spoke the line. |
| 158 | * ''Literature/BridgeOfClay'' has a lot of them: |
| 159 | ** Names and phrases from ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' appear on almost every page. Justified, as Penny (short for Penelope) Dunbar used to read them to her sons. |
| 160 | ** Several films, including ''Film/BachelorParty'', ''Film/{{Gallipoli}}'' and ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' all play an important role in the plot. |
| 161 | ** Several chapter titles are direct or indirect shout-outs: [[Literature/APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan Portrait of a killer as a middle-aged man]], Film/BirthdayGirl, [[Creator/ErnestHemingway Death in the afternoon]], Literature/TheBigSleep, [[Literature/LoveInTheTimeOfCholera Love in the time of chaos]], Film/TheBurningBed. |
| 162 | * In ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', Creator/FyodorDostoevsky has several characters quote passages of ''Theatre/TheRobbers'', a play by Friedrich Schiller. There are also a lot of shout outs to the works of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Pushkin, and Voltaire. Naturally, given the book's religious themes, Literature/TheBible is quoted very often. |
| 163 | * In ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', a Chaos cult on a corn-producing planet calls itself [[Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of Khorne]]. An Inquisitor present even lampshades the PunnyName to tip us off. |
| 164 | * Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories not just only drops a reference to ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'', but the outcome of a particular episode involving Ben Cartwright preventing an extrajudicial hanging from taking place is discussed when one of the characters suggests [[PayEvilUntoEvil seeking retribution on some careless joyriders]]. |
| 165 | ** There is also a less obvious reference to a 1973 film in the form of naming a brand of whiskey "[[Film/AmericanGraffiti Old Harper's]]". |
| 166 | ** And then in the twelfth chapter, there is a mention of Franchise/MyLittlePony!... But, sadly my fellow Bronies, it is a subversion as [[HilariousInHindsight it was merely a coincidence]]. |
| 167 | ** In the eighteenth story, Gary at first says that he "felt like ComicBook/{{Superman}}," but later comes to compare himself with [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] when he finds out his attempted "rescue" of a woman and the children in her care from a fire [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast]]. |
| 168 | ** The twentieth story, there are numerous references including: Wrestling/HulkHogan, ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'', ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'', ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'',[[note]] A woman in the story is called "Granny Clampett", though it should be noted the name of the character from the show is Daisy May "Granny" Moses.[[/note]] and an old slogan that had been used by the United States Marine Corps. |
| 169 | * ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Monsters'': In ''My Little Brother is a Monster'', Jason's private nickname for Dum Pling is "Bonzo", specifically identified as a reference to the UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan movie ''Bedtime For Bonzo''. |
| 170 | * In George Zebrowski's 1998 novel ''Brute Orbits'', there's a description of life on an asteroid-borne penal colony: "You were [[Film/AChristmasStory either a bully, a toady, or one of the nameless rabble of victims]]." |
| 171 | * ''Literature/ByTheWatersOfBabylon'': The title is a reference to [[Literature/BookOfPsalms Psalm 137]] in ''Literature/TheBible'', which expresses the longing of the Jews in the Babylonian exile that they can return home, hoping Babylon will fall and its people be destroyed as well. In the story, such destruction is essentially what happened with New York City and the rest of the US due to a war. |
| 172 | * In Creator/TomKratman's ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}'', one of the historical works quoted in the series is a fictitious nonfiction work published by [[Creator/BaenBooks Baen Historical Press]]. |
| 173 | * The ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series of books is set at Jerome Horowitz Elementary School, who was Curly of Film/TheThreeStooges. |
| 174 | * Eric Flint wrote the novella "Carthago Delenda Est" as a sequel to Creator/DavidDrake's ''Literature/RanksOfBronze'', but the space battle scene invokes ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'': |
| 175 | --> Again, there was an exotic combination of old and new technology. The three great turrets of the ancient battleship swiveled, just as if it were still sailing the Pacific. But the guidance mechanisms were state-of-the-art Doge technology. And the incredible laser beams which pulsed out of each turret's three retrofitted barrels were something new to the galaxy.... Only a ship as enormous as the old ''Missouri'' could use these lasers. It took an immense hull capacity to hold the magnetic fusion bottles. |
| 176 | * In John [=DeChancie's=] ''[[Literature/CastlePerilous Castle Murders]]'', one of ThoseTwoGuys, Peter Thaxton, solves a magical murder mystery among the castle nobles. In appreciation, the king of the castle grants him a title, which entitles him to be known as Literature/{{Lord Peter|Wimsey}}. |
| 177 | * The Roman poet Creator/{{Catullus}} used the name "Lesbia" as a pseudonym for the illicit lover much of his {{poetry}} describes, a clear reference to the Isle of Lesbos, home to the Greek poet Creator/{{Sappho}}, who may well have been the {{Trope Maker|s}} or TropeCodifier for many of the Romantic love tropes Catullus (and for that matter, much of the Western World) used in his poetry (When he wasn't being [[SophisticatedAsHell Incredibly Explicit]], that is, and even sometimes when he was). |
| 178 | * In Creator/JohnCWright's ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos Fugitives of Chaos]]'', when Quentin shows Amelia a book, Amelia says, "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings I can not read the faerie letters]]." |
| 179 | * ''Literature/ChameleonMoon'' contains multiple {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. |
| 180 | * ''Literature/TheCityAndTheDungeon'' briefly mentions a ‘Side Dungeon’ full of "relatively intelligent, if senseless, Dwarves" who build [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress Fortresses]]. |
| 181 | * The ''Literature/ConfessionsSaintAugustine'' includes quotations from Creator/{{Cicero}}'s ([[MissingEpisode long-lost]]) work ''Hortensius'', one of the first books to actually change St. Augustine's life for the better. |
| 182 | * The Creator/SMStirling novel ''Conquistador'' features South African villains with the same names as the South African antagonists of the Creator/HarryTurtledove novel ''Guns of the South''. There is also a reference to a landholder named Morrison, like the titular hero of Creator/HBeamPiper's ''Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen''. Morrison's House motto is "Death to Styphon!," a reference to the "Gunpowder God" cult of the Kalvan stories. |
| 183 | * The opening paragraph of ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld''-- "It was date night, and Constance Verity was wrestling an alligator woman in her underwear. How the alligator woman ended up wearing Connie's underwear was a mystery she never solved." -- is very similar to the famed Creator/MarxBrothers joke "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don't know." |
| 184 | * In ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse'', Agent Ellington calls the [[EvilWeapon cursed blade]] Connie has in the first chapter a [[Franchise/StarTrek bat'leth]]. |
| 185 | * ''Literature/{{Countdown}}'': |
| 186 | ** In ''The Liberators'', one chopper pilot is humming Ride of the Valkyries as he prepares to launch. |
| 187 | ** An interrogator uses [[Literature/CarrerasLegions Fernandez]]' playbook when interrogating a journalist, and says he got it out of a book by a [[SelfDeprecation hack science fiction writer]]. |
| 188 | ** In ''H Hour'', a line infantry Captain and a special forces Sergeant have an argument on weapons safety in the mess. "[[Film/BlackHawkDown This is my safety]]," says the Sergeant, waving his trigger finger. |
| 189 | ** From ''H Hour'', in response to the reactions of people at a terrorist camp the M Day people are assaulting: [[Literature/StarshipTroopers "Bugs, Mr. Rico. Zillions of ’em. I’m a burnin’ ’em down."]] |
| 190 | * In P. D. James's ''Death of an Expert Witness'', there are several subtle references to the much earlier detective novels of Creator/DorothyLSayers, the most prominent being a discussion of whether a man struck on the head could have regained consciousness and locked himself into a building before dying, as in ''Busman's Honeymoon'', and a character's saying "I'd rather make love with the public hangman", as in ''Murder Must Advertise''. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/DeathToTheFrench'': In ''Sharpe's Escape'' (2004), one of Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe novels (which were partly inspired by ''Death to the French''), a rifleman named Matthew Dodd is separated from Sharpe's company in a skirmish during the Peninsular Campaign in 1810. WordOfGod is that Cornwell has acknowledged on his Web site that this character is intended to be the same man depicted by Forester in ''Death to the French''. |
| 192 | * ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'': |
| 193 | ** Jaume, bi knight with the title the Prince Of Flowers, bears quite some resemblance to the Knight Of Flowers from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. May be because the author and GRRM seem to be friends in real life. |
| 194 | ** When asked where he'd been, Raguel replies "[[Literature/BookOfJob walking to and fro in the world, and going up and down in it.]]" |
| 195 | * Creator/TerryPratchett loves these. For example, in ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'', Vimes encounters Three Sisters who are straight out of a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov]] play of the same name. One of them want to tear down their Cherry Orchard (another famous Chekhov play). They give him the gloomy and purposeless trousers of ''Theatre/UncleVanya'' (yet a third famous Chekhov play -- and "gloomy and purposeless" tends to be Chekhov's style). |
| 196 | ** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has the Ramtop mountain range, named after the system variable RAMTOP from the Sinclair UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum computer. |
| 197 | ** In ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', the conversation between HEX and [[TalkativeLoon The Bursar]] is very reminiscent of the various 'chat bots' found all over the internet. |
| 198 | *** More specifically, it resembles the mindlessly-chatty "[=ELIZA=]" program, which ''predates'' the internet by a few years. |
| 199 | ** There exist [[http://wiki.affordable-prawns.co.uk/wiki/Annotations a separate wiki]] and a [[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf more organized website]] dedicated to cataloging Pratchett's shout-outs. |
| 200 | ** In ''Lords and Ladies'', there's one to the song "Lucky Ball and Chain" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants when Granny Weatherwax and Mustrum Ridcully are discussing how to get away from the unicorn. |
| 201 | -->"I was young and foolish then." |
| 202 | -->"Well? You're old and foolish now." |
| 203 | ** ''Literature/MovingPictures'' references a vast number of movies...and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. |
| 204 | ** ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'': |
| 205 | *** The book has numerous references to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. (Always applicable to Nanny Ogg: She had red boots, she got a house dropped on her, short people showed up to take the red boots from the witch the house dropped on...) |
| 206 | *** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Tolkien's door]] gets a reference: |
| 207 | ---->''She struck the door and spake thusly: "Open up, you little sods!"'' |
| 208 | ** ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'' provides a very English one, in which Vetinari’s patter as a stage conjurer is obviously based upon the late Tommy Cooper |
| 209 | * Notable examples in ''Literature/{{Distortionverse}}'': |
| 210 | ** In ''Sabbie'', [=RealLifeAnime=] boss compares his upcoming show to both ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/SailorMoon''; |
| 211 | ** In ''Sharoine'', Eliphya compares Count Sebastien to "''a gay version of [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Kamen]]''"; |
| 212 | ** One of the chapter names of ''Chapter 5 - Rumori di Fondo'' is blatantly called [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion ''You can (not) retreat'']]; |
| 213 | ** Wentzel, Kramers, and Brillouin are a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKB_approximation an approximation method used in quantum mechanics]]; |
| 214 | ** Rosenmaester, the BigBad of ''Chapter 2'' is an outmost shout out both to [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]] and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Adrian Veidt]]; |
| 215 | ** Werner Kroemer calls [[spoiler:Veckert]] [[Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles Lady Oscar]] on several occasions. |
| 216 | * Hundreds of historical, religious, and mythological figures appear throughout ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' to help the audience have a better idea of what sin, penance, and glory look like in a person. There's generally one or two of these references per Canto/Chapter, but in the twelfth canto of ''Paradiso'', Dante [[ExaggeratedTrope goes to the extreme]] of having a saint list off all the great monks and scholars that dwell within his sphere of Heaven, ranging from a commentator of Dante's favorite poet to the great theologian, Thomas Aquinas. |
| 217 | * Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures |
| 218 | ** ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresTheAlsoPeople The Also People]]'', in addition to being one long homage to Literature/TheCulture, also references [[Literature/MenAtArms a cocktail called a Double Entendre]], [[Literature/ReaperMan a suspicious yellow dip that always appears at parties]], [[Literature/TheColourOfMagic Time Lords having octagons in their eyes to see into the timestream]], [[Literature/GuardsGuards a market trader named C!Mot]] and the chapter title "[[Literature/{{Pyramids}} A Better Class of Recurring Dream]]". Ben Aaronovitch is clearly a Literature/{{Discworld}} fan. |
| 219 | ** The Literature/SherlockHolmes crossover ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresAllConsumingFire All-Consuming Fire]]'', as well as multiple Holmesian references, features an appearance by ''Literature/{{The Lost World|1912}}'''s Lord John Roxon, and references to Literature/ProfessorChallenger, Literature/FuManchu, and Creator/KimNewman's Literature/DiogenesClub agent Charles Beauregard. It's also one of several New Adventures to have references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. |
| 220 | ** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresDeathAndDiplomacy Death and Diplomacy]]'', the Czan sergeant is a clear pastiche of Sergeant Major Williams in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', to the point that at one point he responds to "[[YouNoTakeCandle Is you soldier boys]]?" by claiming to be a concert party. The villains result in several shout-outs to Saturday morning cartoons, at one point setting up a death-trap disguised as a village of happy [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Smurf]]-like creatures. At the end of the book, when it's revealed the villains are [[spoiler:evolutionary-enhanced Gallifreyan rodents]], one of them asks what they'll do now; another rants "[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain We do what we always do, try to take over the universe!]]" |
| 221 | ** According to ''Godengine'', the standard Adjudicator method for a single person to take over a building occupied by the enemy is known as the [[Franchise/DieHard McClane]] Protocol. |
| 222 | ** In ''Love and War'', Ace accompanies New Age Traveller Jan on a cyberspace-enhanced Vision Quest, in which they meet TheTrickster. Ace starts to identify who she sees him as, but gets interrupted. However his cry of "[[CatchPhrase You wouldn't let it lie!]]" and later comment "That's a Diana and Trickster sword" makes it pretty clear he's [[Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer Vic Reeves]]. |
| 223 | ** A LongList of the aliens and time travellers and others aided by Isaac's organisation in ''Return of the Living Dad'' includes several shout outs, since the guy delivering it is a geek: |
| 224 | --->'''Joel''': We get all kinds. [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ETs]], {{mutants}}, strays, [[TheGreys greys]], [[LittleGreenMen LGMs]], [[Literature/YoungWizards [=BEMs=]]], UNIT deserters, [[AlienAbduction Striebs]], dweebs, [[Literature/TheStepfordWives Stepford Wives]], [[Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos Midwich Cuckoos]], missing persons, [[Creator/JohnBuchan faraway people]], peepers, buzzers, hoppers, [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy hitchers]], [[Series/QuantumLeap Leapers]], Series/{{Sliders}}... |
| 225 | ** Joel also compares his own AscendedFanboy situation to the guy in the second panel of [[http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070909 this]] ''Comicstrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' strip. |
| 226 | ** In ''No Future'', set in the 1970s, the Doctor watches part of an episode of ''Professor X'', the in-universe equivalent of ''Doctor Who''; the actor playing the Professor is not explicitly identified, but is clearly Frankie Howerd in the same comic mode as ''Series/UpPompeii''. |
| 227 | ** ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresFirstFrontier First Frontier]]'', being a 1950s SF movie homage, has numerous shout-outs to those movies, including ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'' (the Doctor squares himself with the American authorities by reminding the CIA of the help he gave them with an "illegal alien" problem in Santa Mira in '56), ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' (including the inevitable KlaatuBaradaNikto), and even ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' (Doctor Von Scott has a cameo as a scientist brought in to examine UFO wreckage). |
| 228 | ** In the 50th New Adventures novel, ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHappyEndings Happy Endings]]'' by Creator/PaulCornell, there are two Earth Reptile musicians called Jacquilian and Sanki who talk entirely in Palare, and are very much a reptilian Julian and Sandy, including one of yer actual ''Radio/RoundTheHorne'' punchlines. |
| 229 | * ''Literature/DonQuixote'': Hundreds upon hundreds of them, although many would be unrecognizable to the modern reader because of ParodyDisplacement. Chapter I part I mentions Creator/{{Aristotle}}, philosopher widely regarded as the greatest abstract thinker of Occidental Civilization. Even he has no chance to make sense of the purple prose that plagued [[ChivalricRomance Chivalry Books]]. Also in the Chapter III part II, Don Quixote's opinion about history and poetry reflects the theory exposed in Aristotle's ''Literature/{{Poetics}}''. |
| 230 | * Literature/DoraWilkSeries is filled up to brim with those: |
| 231 | ** The titles of the book themselves: ''[[Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy Gods Must Be Crazy]]'', ''[[Music/{{ABBA}} Winner Takes it All]]'' and ''[[Film/TheExorcismOfEmilyRose Exorcisms of Dora Wilk]]''. |
| 232 | ** The variety of vampire pop-culture: when on masquerade party, Dora dresses up as [[Film/Underworld2003 Selena]] and Miron and Joshua dress up as ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' characters. In one scene, Dora makes a joke about [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkling vampires]], which [[YourVampiresSuck doesn't go well]] with a vampire king present. |
| 233 | ** The case in book five is described by one character as "straight from ''Series/TheXFiles'', with Dora and Witkacy being the only candidates for Mulder and Scully. |
| 234 | ** Dora compares Baal's trip to Toruń to ''Film/AnAmericanInParis''. |
| 235 | ** She also once states that undertaking a particular action is like applying for Website/DarwinAwards in terms of expected results. |
| 236 | ** Her boss, Anita Black, is very similar, both in name and description, to Literature/AnitaBlake. |
| 237 | ** In one of short stories, Witkacy asks if they've taken down the right [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]]. |
| 238 | * ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': |
| 239 | ** Vlad remarks that "No matter how subtle the wizard, a dagger between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style", a Shout-Out to a much-parodied quote from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger". |
| 240 | ** Once, when Vlad is warned that a sorcerous adversary could [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail turn him into a newt]], he replies, "I'd get better". |
| 241 | ** ''Jhegaala'' has a Shout-Out to Literature/NeroWolfe- Vlad is bedridden and is using his familiar, Loiosh as his "legs". He comments that this could work well as an arrangement, leading Loiosh to comment that Vlad would soon end up several hundred pounds heavier. |
| 242 | ** The Literature/SherlockHolmes shoutout from ''Jhereg'': |
| 243 | ---> "I'm referring to the strange action of the bodyguards at the assassination attempt."\ |
| 244 | "But the bodyguards did nothing at the assassination attempt."\ |
| 245 | "That was the strange action." |
| 246 | * In ''[[Literature/TheDuelOfSorceryTrilogy Changer's Moon]]'': What does this [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern bring to mind]]? |
| 247 | -->When she turned back to the Mirror, there were excited voices coming from it, a great green dragon leaped at them, mouth wide, fire whooshing at them, then the dragon went round the curve of the Mirror and vanished—but not before she saw the dark-clad rider perched between the delicate powerful wings. More of the dragons whipped past, all of them ridden, all of them spouting gouts of fire at something Serroi couldn’t see. They were intensely serious about what they were doing, those riders and the beasts they rode, but Serroi couldn’t make out what it was they fought. |
| 248 | * The chapters of horro novel ''Literature/{{Echo}}'' are titled after famous horror novels and stories. |
| 249 | * The ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}} Trilogy'' (''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'') features a scene where the titular Inquisitor recounts talking with a retired [[HumongousMecha Titan]] Princeps (commander) named Hekate during one of his travels. Princeps Hekate just happens to be the main character of the ''Titan'' series of graphic novels. |
| 250 | * The [[Literature/{{Emberverse}} Novels of the Change]] are full of these, encompassing subjects as diverse as ''Creator/MontyPython'' and ''Film/DirtyHarry''. ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' gets so many shout-outs, even the toilet-humor National Lampoon parody figures heavily into the plot. And even though nobody in the novels has heard of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (as only the first book came out before [[AfterTheEnd everything went to hell]]), the resident Wiccans still manage to get in a good laugh about the Sorting Hat. |
| 251 | * ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'': Naturally, to just about every fairy tale in the public consciousness, but also to some recent literature: |
| 252 | ** As mentioned in ''Dealing with Dragons'', Cimorene's Great-Aunt Rose is basically ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' / ''Briar Rose'', what with the sleeping curse, as said by Cimorene's mother: |
| 253 | ---> Your Great-Aunt Rose was married at sixteen […] One really can’t count all those years she spent asleep under that dreadful fairy’s curse. |
| 254 | ** The Fire-witch whose castle is full of [[TakenForGranite petrified]] passersby is like the White Witch in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''. |
| 255 | ** The idea that witches and wizards [[KillItWithWater melt in soapy water]] clearly comes from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' (as do a pair of ruby slippers and the magic belt that goes with them, both being offered by Gypsy Jack), though in Morwen's case it is subverted. |
| 256 | ** Some of the descriptions of the network of caverns under the Mountains of Morning echo those in ''VideoGame/ColossalCave'', including a maze of twisty little passages. |
| 257 | ** Rumpelstiltskin in ''Searching for Dragons'', where the dwarf who's saddled with the role gets quite burdened after many children are left in his care whose mothers were unable to guess his name (though he loves them genuinely). |
| 258 | * ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on the Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte'' involves a {{Fictional|VideoGame}} RomanceGame. In Creator/JNovelClub[='=]s localization, it was changed to ''Love Me Magically!'' a.k.a. ''Magikoi'', in reference to the DatingSim ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously''. |
| 259 | * ''Literature/TheEnglishDragon'': The opening paragraph of chapter 14 is a pastiche of Orwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour; in this version, Winston Smith's job now involves adding ethnic minorities to old films ("Films without cultural and racial diversity had to be re-cast. It was essential - for harmony and peace - to eradicate truth.") |
| 260 | * ''[[Literature/EveningsEmpires Evening's Empires]]'' by [[Creator/PaulMcAuley Paul McAuley]]: |
| 261 | ** He references ''Film/BladeRunner'' by having TannhauserGate as a major location in the asteroid belt. |
| 262 | ** He references ''Franchise/{{Foundation}}'' by having Trantor as a major location in the asteroid belt. |
| 263 | ** He references ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' by one of the belt's many weird cults; thy leave black monoliths of various sizes dotted around, which send a radio pulse to the galactic core when touched. |
| 264 | ** The book's sections are all titled after classic ScienceFiction stories and novels: "Literature/ChildhoodsEnd", "Literature/MaroonedOffVesta", "Literature/TheCavesOfSteel", "[[Literature/LuckyStarrAndThePiratesOfTheAsteroids Pirates of the Asteroids]]", "[[Creator/RobertSilverberg Downward to the Earth]]", and "Literature/TheColdEquations". |
| 265 | * Creator/StephenKing books: |
| 266 | ** ''Literature/TheEyesOfTheDragon'' has a minor Shout-Out to Creator/HPLovecraft when the narrator mentions how Flagg's spellbook was bound in human skin, written on the Plains of Leng by the Mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, which is the exact description in most Creator/HPLovecraft stories of his famous [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]]. |
| 267 | ** ''Needful Things'' also has some shout outs to Creator/HPLovecraft. The antagonist has cocaine which he claims comes from the Plains of Leng and there's some graffiti in a parking garage that reads "Yog-Sothoth rules." Also, his name is Leland Gaunt; Night-Gaunts are a fictional race in Lovecraft's work. |
| 268 | * ''Literature/FallenAngels'' has a never-ending series of shout-outs to everything from ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' to ''Literature/TheRimeOfTheAncientMariner'' to specific events within science-fiction fandom. |
| 269 | * ''Literature/FamilySkeletonMysteries'': Sid, Georgia and her daughter Madison are fans of various series, which get namedropped throughout the book, including: |
| 270 | ** Georgia is a fan of Marvel Comics, including the ComicBook/XMen. |
| 271 | ** Madison is a fan of various anime and manga, including ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/SoulEater'' and ''Anime/YuGiOh'', to name just a few. She also enjoys ''Series/DoctorWho'', and owns a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ponyta]]'' shirt. |
| 272 | ** Sid's favorite movie is ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', and he owns the entire ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. He also shares Madison's love of ''Soul Eater''. [[spoiler:When he was alive, he enjoyed Creator/MontyPython and the Creator/MarxBrothers.]] |
| 273 | ** [[spoiler: Near the end of books 1 and 2, after a BigDamnHeroes moment, Sid refers to himself as "[[Franchise/TheLoneRanger The Bone Ranger]]".]] |
| 274 | ** In book 3, Sid and Georgia dress up as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo and Velma]] while attending the Halloween Howl at [=McQuaid=] University. Later in the book, Sid refers to himself as "[[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Bones]]" and Georgia as his Dr. Watson. |
| 275 | * ''Literature/FancyApartments'' has a bunch of [[HilariousOuttakes outtakes]] at the back, which briefly reference ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. In the story itself, a reference is made to another one of the author's stories, involving a 'spork of transformation'. |
| 276 | * There's a nice shout out to ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' in the opening chapter of Benedict Jacka's ''[[Literature/AlexVerus Fated]]''. "I've even heard of some guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under 'Wizard', though that's probably an urban legend." |
| 277 | * ''Literature/TheFamousFive'': In ''Five Go Off to Camp'', the brick walls which open to reveal secret tunnels make George think of ''Literature/AliBabaAndTheFortyThieves''. Dick even says "Open Sesame!" when one of them opens. |
| 278 | * ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'': |
| 279 | ** At one point Augustus muses that it would be awesome to fly in a super-fast jet that could follow the sun. John's admitted to being a fan of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' and this was the plot of their first special. |
| 280 | ** "Funky Bones" is located at Indianapolis Museum of Art, where Sarah Urist Green, aka [[WebVideo/VlogBrothers The Yeti]], is Curator of Contemporary Collections. The author's wife had a major hand in bringing the sculpture to Indy. |
| 281 | ** Hazel and Augustus watch ''Film/VForVendetta'' the first time she goes to his house. |
| 282 | * In the novel ''The Fires of Paratime'' by Creator/LEModesittJr (published in 1982), the Immortals can travel nearly instantaneously in space and time, but they have no native technology and are forced to pilfer it from various technologically-advanced cultures throughout galactic history: |
| 283 | -->Frey--Freyda's son by her fourth or fifth contract--was walking around the consoles twirling the [[LaserBlade light saber]]. He'd picked that up from [[Franchise/StarWars some obscure group of galactic-wide do-gooders]] from near the end of back-time limits. |
| 284 | * Creator/LilaGaela: The opening paragraph of ''Literature/{{Cronicas de un gato a medianoche}}'' references Creator/JoseMariaEguren's {{poem}} "(R)eyes (r)ojos" word by word. Gaela uses it as a shortcut metaphor for weary eyes while keeping the original's BilingualBonus. It also makes an allusion to one of Homura Akemi's [[spoiler:witch transformation stages]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' --specifically, when spiderweb-bleeding red moons replace Homura's eyes. |
| 285 | * ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'': One book has a malignant AI tricking Zak Arranda, and when Zak wants its help it says "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey I'm afraid I can't do that, Zak.]]" |
| 286 | * ''The Game'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones makes several shout outs to much of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]], Myth/{{Russian mythology|and Tales}}, "Literature/HanselAndGretel", ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and many other fantasy stories from across the entire genre. She also makes a less obvious reference to the TARDIS from ''Series/DoctorWho'', as the characters use it at one point in the book without naming it. (Nearly every other reference has at least a name you can associate with a book or myth, but the TARDIS shout out has no way to tell unless you know about Series/DoctorWho.) |
| 287 | * ''Literature/GarfieldAndTheTeacherCreature'': In the school gym, Max decides to pass Odie the ball so Odie can hit it into the net with his nose. He says he saw a dog do it in [[Film/AirBud a movie]]. Odie ends up hitting the ball into Garfield's face. |
| 288 | * ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'': |
| 289 | ** Nikita says that she's picked her current name after watching ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' as a kid. |
| 290 | ** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] is a lovely woman who has to be rescued. |
| 291 | ** After witnessing Robin's shooting skills, Nikita jokes that his surname should be Hood. |
| 292 | * Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''. |
| 293 | ** The planet Nevia has "horses" with eight legs, a reference to Odin's steed Sleipnir in Myth/NorseMythology. |
| 294 | ** The mnemonic for a HideousHangoverCure is "Eye of newt and toe of frog..." from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. |
| 295 | ** Star mentions a road made of yellow brick and Oscar says "Just don't make a hobbit of it.", referring to ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit''. |
| 296 | ** The Never-Born creature Oscar fights a duel with has a huge nose, is a superb swordsman, likes to sing poetry while fighting, and claims to have written a book, traveled to the Moon and had a house fall on him. Although he never tells Oscar Gordon his name, he's clearly based on the RealLife person Cyrano de Bergerac. |
| 297 | * In Creator/JohnCWright's ''[[Literature/TheGoldenOecumene The Golden Age]]'', ''The Phoenix Exultant'', and ''The Golden Transcedence'', Heinlein's "An armed society is a polite society" is inverted into "An unarmed society is a rude society", and Harrier Sophotect's appearance is clearly modeled on Literature/SherlockHolmes. Characters pose as figures from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/{{Hamlet}}, CommediaDellArte, and Creator/JohnMilton's ''Comus'' -- though enough explanation is given in story for them to be understood. |
| 298 | ** In Daphne's [[ShowWithinAShow dream universe]], a major character is a prince named Shining. While apparently she didn't intend it as a Shout-Out, her husband, the protagonist, is named Phaethon -- which means "Shining." |
| 299 | * In the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series, most of the place names seen on the map are references to works or TV shows related to the themes of the series, such as Stefano Rey National Park (Stephen King— ''Literature/UnderTheDome''), the Santa Katrina Hills (Creator/KAApplegate —Grant's wife), Grant Street (Creator/MichaelGrant —''Gone''), Golding Street (William Golding— ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''), and even the town name of Perdido Beach (''Series/{{LOST}}''). |
| 300 | ** The illusion Penny uses on Quinn is the monster from ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''. |
| 301 | ** In the first book, Mary reads the kids ''The Buffalo Storm'', which is a book that Creator/KAApplegate, Grant's wife, wrote. |
| 302 | * ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': |
| 303 | ** Jeff is a big fan of horror films, and has seen all the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies. Throughout the story, he's worn a ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' shirt, a Michael Myers shirt, and [[RuleOfThree finally]] a jersey of his favourite slasher, Jason Voorhees, as part of his Halloween costume, with the Jason goalie mask. |
| 304 | ** A senior student warns Jeff of Randy by referring to ''Music/RobZombie'''s take on ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' (since Jeff is wearing the appropriate shirt to suggest that he's seen it), comparing Randy to that of a young Michael Myers from those films. |
| 305 | ---> '''Senior student''': It’s pretty much the same situation. Abusive father, whore mother, unstable home and siblings. Yeah, it’s a cliche but it happens in real life. [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals It's rumored that he kills animals just for the fun of it.]] |
| 306 | ** When Randy catches Jeff wielding a hockey stick to defend himself against him, he mockingly asks if he's "trying to be [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Casey Jones]] or something". |
| 307 | * The prologue to ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' references ''The Man Who Lived Backwards'' by Charles F. Hall (Lewis had forgotten the author and title, though), in which the immutability of the past while [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin living backwards in time]] results in IntangibleTimeTravel. Also, this being C. S. Lewis, there's references to lots of literary and philosophical authors including Creator/WilliamBlake, Prudentius, Jeremy Taylor, [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante]], Creator/JohnMilton, and of course Creator/GeorgeMacDonald. |
| 308 | * In ''Green Smoke'' by Rosemary Manning, Susan suddenly wonders if you need to be formal when talking to a dragon, remembering a book that said you should [[Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats address a cat as "O Cat"]]. (When she addresses the dragon as "O Dragon", he corrects her; he's R. Dragon.) |
| 309 | * ''Literature/GuardiansOfTheFlame'': |
| 310 | ** The game in the books is pretty obviously ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', though the name is never used. In the story it was an invention of Professor Deighton based on the real parallel world they enter. |
| 311 | ** There are a number of amusing ones to other well-known fantasy works--aside from [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Arta Myrdhyn]], Karl's warrior personality has the name [[Literature/TheBelgariad Barak]] (''Pawn of Prophecy'' and ''The Sleeping Dragon'' were [[DuelingMovies published only a year apart]]), the mountain where they are traveling to get home is called Bremon (only one-letter difference from the name of [[Literature/{{Shannara}} Allanon]]'s mentor), and the fact the mountain is a solitary peak in a wasteland within which a dragon sleeps is quite reminiscent of [[Literature/TheHobbit Erebor and Smaug]]. |
| 312 | ** The wasteland the party must travel through is called the Waste of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._N._Elrod Elrood]]. (This is also the name of one of the emperors of [[Literature/{{Dune}} House Corrino]].) |
| 313 | ** The plot of a number of characters from Earth becoming stranded in another, fantasy-themed world and having to find a gateway home would also appear in TheEighties in the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' TV show, albeit involving children rather than college students and taking up the entire run of the show rather than only the first book of the series. |
| 314 | * ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'' has a lot of shout-outs peppered throughout: |
| 315 | ** The title itself references and episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 316 | ** Early on, Julia compares Alistair to a villain in a ''Film/JamesBond'' movie. |
| 317 | ** Several to the Music/JonathanCoulton song "Skullcrusher Mountain'', which inspired the novel in the first place, including a minion named Scarface and half-pony/half-gorilla chimera offered as a gift. |
| 318 | ** Arthur's interface drone displays a generic smiley face (or frowny face, or neutral face) to express emotions, similar to GERTY in ''Film/Moon''. |
| 319 | ** One of the robots responds to a request with "By your command," in a reference to ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''. |
| 320 | * ''Literature/HelenAndTroysEpicRoadQuest'': |
| 321 | ** When Helen tries using magic with her new wand, two of the phrases she uses include "[[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower For the honor of Grayskull]]" and "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" |
| 322 | ** Helen [[GenreSavvy correctly guesses]] what's behind the Three Sister's challenge door -- her having to fight a monster, only to reveal it to look identical to her and that the real obstacle was her all along -- by citing it happening in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. |
| 323 | ** Ranger Grainger mentions one of many reasons why one would poach a dragon is to literally grow invincible soldiers by planting dragon teeth like seeds, a reference to ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' when King Aeëtes used the Hydra's teeth to create his skeleton-warriors. |
| 324 | ** Helen compares herself and Troy to ComicBook/SheHulk and Wyatt Wingfoot respectively; Wyatt is this amazing adventurer and genius who could do and be with anybody, and while he dates She-Hulk on and off again, they will never stay together because "nobody wants to write that story." |
| 325 | * ''Literature/HelpMyStoryHasTheMarySueDisease'': |
| 326 | ** One example has a character called [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry]] replaced by a fan counterpart, Larry, because the fan author didn't like the way Harry handled [[spoiler: Professor Squirrel]]. |
| 327 | ** [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Dani]] the purple eyed, dragon raising princess and her shoddy knockoff Zani also make regular appearances. |
| 328 | ** As do the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Elements of Harmonica]]. |
| 329 | ** There are also references to Franchise/IndianaJones, [[Franchise/StarTrek the borg]], Creator/JulesVerne, Creator/HPLovecraft, Series/SesameStreet, Literature/{{Twilight}}, Literature/SherlockHolmes, [[JustForFun/NotableReferencesToTVTropes This Wiki]], and [[WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum Sue detecting devices blowing up]]. There may be many more. |
| 330 | * Creator/JRRTolkien's unfinished novel ''[[Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth The Notion Club Papers]]'' contains several shout-outs to ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy'' by his friend, Creator/CSLewis. |
| 331 | ** Creator/CSLewis himself used various names which are alike or very similar to some Middle-earth names. The Space Trilogy main character, Ransom, is also a philologist and the Martian languages bear a certain similarity to Elvish. |
| 332 | ** Tolkien made several self-Shout Outs in his work, arguably, quite apart from the myriad in-universe references to 'older' tales: not expecting his 'ancient histories' of Middle Earth (which often genuinely were written much earlier) to ever be published when he was writing ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', he occasionally recycled names from his existing mythology into the latter. These would have remained private S.O.s, but for ''The Silmarillion'' appearing decades later and highlighting them - as well as throwing up odd inconsistencies such as a name migrating from one race to another (e.g. Denethor, Gothmog; some instances were {{retcon}}ned in supplementary works as in-universe {{Shout Out}}s where the later users were said to have taken their names from heroes of old - or of the ''The Silmarillion'' character Glorfindel, whose First Age death was {{retcon}}ned via a [[DeusExMachina one-off offscreen miracle]] to retrospectively make him possibly/probably the same person as the ''[=LotR=]'' character of the same name. |
| 333 | *** All of LOTR's shout outs to ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', all taken from Act IV, Scene i, when the Witches tell Macbeth their prophecies of his death. First of all, the phrase "Crack of Doom" was coined by Creator/WilliamShakespeare in this scene. The Ents' besiegement of Isengard and the Witch-King's defeat by Éowyn are references to two of the three prophecies—namely, that it will not happen until "Great Birnam Wood...shall come against him" and that "[[NoManOfWomanBorn none of woman born]] shall harm" him. Of course, the trees do come to the castle when Macduff's army uses their branches as camouflage, just as the Ents come to Isengard, and Macbeth is killed by a man who was not ''[[ExactWords born]]'', but removed from his mother's womb, just as the Witch-King, who can be killed by "no living man," is killed by a woman. |
| 334 | *** The ents marching to Isengard is more of a TakeThat to Shakespeare than a Shout-Out. Tolkien always hated the fact that the wood which came to Dunsinane was just men in disguise, so he wrote a scene with a real marching wood. |
| 335 | * In Henry Fielding's ''Literature/TheHistoryOfTomJonesAFoundling'', Fielding drops in a shout-out to his sister's novel ''David Simple'', which Sophia Western reads in one scene. |
| 336 | * In ''Literature/TheHollows'' Rachel practices WhiteMagic but is searching for something more powerful that won't bring her to the wrong side of the "force". She amuses herself with the thought, "[[Franchise/StarWars You're not my father Darth and I'll never join you!]]" |
| 337 | * Surprisingly for such a DarkerAndEdgier setting and situation, the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' books are not immune. ''Nemesis'' has a psychotic assassin who seems to feel emotions for guns (other than murderous hatred and contempt, that is, he feels that for everyone). When confronted with a cache of shiny weapons, his only response after taking his pick is "[[Series/{{Firefly}} ...I'll be in my bunk.]]". |
| 338 | * ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' has shout outs mostly to the works of French thinker Creator/JacquesDerrida. The structure of the novel is reminiscent of Creator/VladimirNabokov's ''Pale Fire'', and colored text could be a subtle Shout-Out to Nabokov's synesthesia. There are also an unusual number of similarities between the [[color:blue:house]] and the House of Change from Creator/MichaelEnde's ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory''. Creator/JorgeLuisBorges, Creator/SylviaPlath, and Creator/FranzKafka are also paid tribute in various, small ways throughout the book. |
| 339 | * Creator/AlastairReynolds throws a pair of enormous shout-outs to ''Literature/TheBookOfTheNewSun'' in ''Literature/HouseOfSuns'', though it would be a spoiler to explain exactly what they are. |
| 340 | * ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': |
| 341 | ** Katniss Everdeen's name serves as one to Bathsheba Everdene from Thomas Hardy's ''Literature/FarFromTheMaddingCrowd''. |
| 342 | ** Katniss' squad in ''Literature/{{Mockingjay}}'' is called Squad Four Five One, echoing another dystopian novel, ''Literature/Fahrenheit451''. |
| 343 | ** There are quite a bit of references to Shakespeare's works. The PresidentEvil is named Theatre/{{Coriolanus}} Snow. A past tribute was named [[Theatre/TitusAndronicus Titus]], who ate the flesh of other tributes to survive. A Capitol defector is named [[Theatre/TroilusAndCressida Cressida]]. Annie Cresta is a [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} half-insane woman who came from a coastal district and won her Games by managing to swim the longest]]. |
| 344 | * "Literature/ImogensEpicDay": When Imogen splashes Safira with the Waters of Life, she asks to know how she knew it would kill her. Imogen cites ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' as a reference. While Safira insists that she isn't a witch, nor is water an actual weakness for real witches, she still cries out "What a world! What a world!" as she crumbles into inert shards. |
| 345 | * In the short story "Literature/ImpossibleDreams" by Tim Pratt, Pete has the complete collection of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' on DVD and compares the experience of finding Impossible Dreams Video, a video store from an AlternateUniverse, to a plot from the series. |
| 346 | * ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'': |
| 347 | ** In "Brisingr", Arya doodles something about a lonely god in the sand in reference to "Series/DoctorWho". Paolini mentions this in the afterword. He says he did it because he's a fan of the doctor. "And to those who got the line about the lonely god, all I have to say is that The Doctor can be anywhere at any time, even alternate dimensions. Hey! I'm a fan too!" |
| 348 | ---> Eragon: "What does it mean?" |
| 349 | ---> Arya: "I don't know." |
| 350 | ** In "Inheritance" there's another Doctor Who reference. Angela, the herbalist, is knitting a blue hat with runes around the edge. When asked what the runes say, she responds: "Raxacori—Oh, never mind. It wouldn't mean anything to you anyway." There is a planet in Doctor Who called Raxacoricofallapatorius (it's where the Slitheen come from.) |
| 351 | ** Morn (who is himself a ShoutOut/parody). |
| 352 | ** Some people and places are named after people he knows, for example, Angela (his sister), and Palancar Valley (named after the artist who does the cover art). |
| 353 | ** [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "Barges? We don't want no stinking barges!"]] |
| 354 | ** The name of the first ever bonded dragon, which is [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Muad'Dib]] spelled backwards. |
| 355 | * In Paul Robinson's ''Literature/InstrumentOfGod'', which is a story about an Afterlife run inside a computer system, the dead people who go to orientation are given references to movies about their situation, including ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/VanillaSky'', ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' and ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome''. The Preface to the book mentions other stories including Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/{{Elsewhen}}'' and ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'', as well as ''Film/TheGreenMile''. Also, when Supervisor 246 is explaining to a character it might not be a good idea to mention that he's from an Afterlife in another world, she agrees with him, realizing people would think she's crazy. 246 then thinks about the scene where Avery Brooks in ''Deep Space Nine'' is trying to convince the men of a mental institution that he's actually a Starbase captain. |
| 356 | * ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsGreatScienceFictionStoriesOf1939'': In Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/MartinHGreenberg's introduction, multiple works are mentioned as being first published or becoming hits in 1939: |
| 357 | ** "Literature/TheBrokenAxiom" by Creator/AlfredBester |
| 358 | ** Creator/MelBrooks is singled out as still using the name Melvin Kaminsky. |
| 359 | ** ''Literature/CultureAndFreedom'' by Creator/JohnDewey |
| 360 | ** ''Magazine/FamousFantasticMysteries'' |
| 361 | ** ''Magazine/FantasticAdventures'' |
| 362 | ** ''Magazine/FutureFiction'' |
| 363 | ** ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' by Creator/JohnSteinbeck |
| 364 | ** "[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Grey Lensman]]" by Creator/EEDocSmith |
| 365 | ** "Music/HangOutTheWashingOnTheSiegfeidLine" |
| 366 | ** "Music/TheLastTimeISawParis" |
| 367 | ** "Literature/LestDarknessFall" by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp |
| 368 | ** ''Literature/TheLongWeekend'' by Creator/RobertGraves |
| 369 | ** ''Theatre/TheManWhoCameToDinner'' by Creator/GeorgeKaufman and Creator/MossHart |
| 370 | ** "Literature/MaroonedOffVesta" by Creator/IsaacAsimov |
| 371 | ** ''Literature/TheNewAdam'' by Creator/StanleyWeinbaum |
| 372 | ** "Art/NightFishingAtAntibes" by Creator/Piccasso |
| 373 | ** "Literature/OneAgainstTheLegion" by Creator/JackWilliamson |
| 374 | ** ''Literature/TheOutsiderAndTheOthers'' by Creator/HPLovecraft |
| 375 | ** ''Magazine/PlanetStories'' |
| 376 | ** "Music/RollOutTheBarrel" |
| 377 | ** "Literature/SinisterBarrier" by Creator/EricFrankRussell |
| 378 | ** ''Magazine/StartlingStories'' |
| 379 | ** ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'' by Creator/WilliamSaroyan |
| 380 | ** "Literature/TwoSoughtAdventure" by Creator/FritzLeiber |
| 381 | ** ''{{Magazine/Unknown}}'' |
| 382 | ** ''Music/ViolinConcerto'' by Creator/WilliamWalton |
| 383 | ** ''Literature/WarWithTheNewts'' by [[Creator/KarelCapek Karel Čapek]] |
| 384 | * ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsGreatScienceFictionStoriesOf1940'': In the introduction by Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/MartinHGreenberg, multiple works are mentioned as being first published or becoming hits in 1940: |
| 385 | ** "Literature/EmergencyRefueling" is published by Creator/JamesBlish. |
| 386 | ** "Literature/MartianQuest" is Creator/LeighBrackett's first ScienceFiction ShortStory. |
| 387 | ** Creator/MelBrooks is singled out as still using the name Melvin Kaminsky. |
| 388 | ** ''Magazine/CaptainFuture'' launches for the first time. |
| 389 | ** ''Film/TheGreatDirector'' is made by Creator/CharlieChapman. |
| 390 | ** ''Magazine/CometStories'' enters the world. |
| 391 | ** "Literature/LockedOut" is Creator/HBFyfe's first ScienceFiction. |
| 392 | ** ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' is published by Creator/ErnestHemingway. |
| 393 | ** Creator/AlfredHitchcock does well; |
| 394 | *** ''{{Film/Gaslight}}'' is considered a top film in 1940. |
| 395 | *** ''{{Film/Rebecca|1940}}'' is considered a top film in 1940. |
| 396 | ** Creator/LRonHubbard published two novel-length stories in serial format, meaning they were published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues. |
| 397 | *** ''Literature/TypewriterInTheSky'' |
| 398 | *** ''Literature/FinalBlackout'' |
| 399 | ** "Literature/StepsonsOfMars" is co-authored by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth and Creator/RichardWilson, and published in April 1940. |
| 400 | ** ''{{Music/Medea}}'' is composed by Creator/DariusMilhaud. |
| 401 | ** ''Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoTheNight'' is written by Creator/EugeneONeill, but won't be produced for another sixteen years. |
| 402 | ** Creator/FrederikPhol is name-dropped twice: |
| 403 | *** For launching ''Magazine/AstonishingStories'' and ''Magazine/SuperScienceStories'' |
| 404 | *** For co-authoring "Literature/BeforeTheUniverse". |
| 405 | ** ''Literature/TheRealmOfSpirit'' is published by Creator/GeorgeSantayana. |
| 406 | ** ''Magazine/ScienceFictionQuarterly'' hits the newsstands. |
| 407 | ** ''Music/SymphonyInC'' is composed by Music/IgorStravinsky. |
| 408 | ** "Art/LauraRidley" is painted by Creator/RexWhistler. |
| 409 | ** ''Literature/DarkerThanYouThink'', by Creator/JackWilliamson, is published in serial format, meaning it was published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues. |
| 410 | * ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': InUniverse, Jaine is deliberately named for Creator/JaneAusten. Her mother was an Anglophile; unfortunately, she was also a bad speller. |
| 411 | * ''Literature/JakubWedrowycz'': The stories have quite a lot of references, mainly to pop culture: the protagonist villager has eaten stew from some octopus-like thing named [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Ktulu]], stole a wand from some [[Literature/HarryPotter snotty bespectacled brat with a lightning on his forehead]], and is said to have also eaten some yellow thing that wandered into his yard calling itself [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Pikachu"]]. Another example is when he comes across a zeppelin, made from a metal lighter than air - his friend explains that it's an invention of one "professor Geist", a reference to the classic Polish novel ''Literature/TheDoll''. |
| 412 | * In the book ''Jeremy Fink and the Meaning Of Life'' by Wendy Mass, there seems to be either an accidental Shout-Out or simply a very subtle one, as Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything are mentioned a few times in that exact phrasing. Also, the offices of Folgard and Levine are Suite 42. |
| 413 | * In the denouement of Matthew Stover's ''Jericho Moon'', Kheperu tells Barra several BlatantLies about how he'd gotten himself, the MacGuffin, and her back to the city after she was knocked out. Among these obvious whoppers is one where they're scooped up and carried to safety in the nick of time by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings giant eagles]]. |
| 414 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'' |
| 415 | ** When some chaosists make noise about him walking Annala home from school, Eric pretends that he's escorting [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest the Golden Cicacada on her journey to fetch holy scriptures.]] |
| 416 | ** Eric claims that sailors are a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} suspicious and cowardly lot]]. |
| 417 | ** Eric asks Tasio for DivineIntervention. Tasio replies, "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration What makes you I'm either inclined or capable to terminate this encounter?]]" He even creates a Starfleet uniform for himself. |
| 418 | ** [[spoiler: Eric shanks a reaper and steals one of his abilities. What does he say after that?]] [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/MegaMan Now I've got your power!]] |
| 419 | * The ''Literature/KittyNorville'' series |
| 420 | ** While having a BusmansHoliday experience when trying to relax in a cabin, Kitty notes that "I wanted ''[[Creator/HenryDavidThoreau Walden]]'' and got ''Franchise/EvilDead''." |
| 421 | ** When Kitty asks her audience the identity of a PlayingWithFire creature causing her trouble, one caller suggests UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Human Torch. |
| 422 | ** Some [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairies]] explain they are up to a little classic mischief and Kitty wonders if they meant like ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream.'' |
| 423 | * Creator/MercedesLackey: |
| 424 | ** Lackey pulls off a clever one in her book ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms The Fairy Godmother]].'' Her protagonist Elena goes to a Hiring Faire, and is the second-to-last person hired. The last person in the square, when she leaves? [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Mort.]] |
| 425 | ** In ''Literature/HomeFromTheSea'', characters Nan and Sarah mention that they were helped out in Egypt by a woman who was called Sitt Hakim by the native people. That plus the rest of her description puts her as Literature/AmeliaPeabody. |
| 426 | * ''Literature/TheLastAdventureOfConstanceVerity'': |
| 427 | ** After Hiro saves Connie and Tia from The Countess, Connie thinks "Of all the secret vaults in all the world, he'd have to walk into hers," a reference to the iconic Creator/HumphreyBogart line -- "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" -- from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. |
| 428 | ** Connie's conversation with The Engine in the climax has a lot in common with Neo's conversation with The Architect in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''; The Engine reveals to Connie that her status as TheChosenOne is nothing but a byproduct of the perfect system they designed, and that by returning that byproduct to the system and absorbing it, it can complete its final equation and remake the Multiverse into the "perfect order" it designed. Connie being the one variable it can't predict with 100% accuracy, she manages to outwit all of its attempts at absorbing her. |
| 429 | * Creator/HPLovecraft was ridiculously fond of shouting out to his other works to the point where most of the time it didn't really make any sense. The names just ''happened'' to be the same. Also, he and his circle of author friends absolutely ''loved'' shouting out at each other and shared several eldritch deities. |
| 430 | ** The founder of the Pickman foundation is presumably NOT the Pickman of "Pickman's Model". Lovecraft's stories tend to take place in the same small part of New England, and often concern the same kind of ladies and gentlemen from old, old families (so they can have old, old secrets). Hence, the same surnames turning up again and again is actually fairly realistic: the oldest families have a fair number of members by now, and they are fairly important to local history as well. |
| 431 | * The planet Wunderland, in Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/ManKzinWars'' series, has a number of inimical animals native to it. One of these, the more dangerous for its apparent [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter harmlessness and cuddly-toy aspect]] (until it [[KillerRabbit bites you with venomous fangs and doesn't let go]]), is called a ''Beam's Beast''. The narrator states that the etymology of the name had been lost to history, but it's a dead ringer (modulo the fangs) for Creator/HBeamPiper's Literature/LittleFuzzy. |
| 432 | * Of all things, the children's book ''Lamont the Lonely Monster'' by Dean Walley makes a reference to Dickens: the terrible monster the title character tries to befriend is named [[Literature/DavidCopperfield Uriah the Heap]]. Interestingly this is something of an inversion to the character being referenced, as Uriah Heep started out as [[SmugSnake merely an obsequious, insincere yes-man]] but [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes an antagonist]] later in the novel while Uriah the Heap starts out [[ObviouslyEvil seeming like a scary villain]] but [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood turns out to have a good heart]] and just as lonely and in need of a friend as Lamont. |
| 433 | * ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'': |
| 434 | ** In ''Fire World'', some authors on the books bear resemblance to real life authors. A more obvious Shout-Out is to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', when David finds a book called Alicia in the Land of Wonder. |
| 435 | ** Earlier on in the series there's a reference to (paraphrased from memory) '[[Literature/HarryPotter a popular series of books about a boy wizard going to school]]', and then in ''The Fire Eternal'', Gollygosh conjours up a screwdriver that 'looked very similar to the [[Series/DoctorWho screwdriver used by the time travelling hero of the dragons' favourite television programme]]'. |
| 436 | * ''Literature/LivInTheFuture'': |
| 437 | ** When Liv first arrives in the future, the narration comments that she’s [[Film/TheWizardOfOz “certainly not in Kansas anymore.”]] |
| 438 | ** The pawn shop where Liv pawns off her jewelry from Claire's has a {{Toys/Furby}}, a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] doll, a copy of ''{{Manga/Akira}}'', and a ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' cartridge visible in the background. |
| 439 | * ''Literature/LizardMusic'': |
| 440 | ** Many of the Chicken Man's aliases are artists, including Creator/VincentVanGogh and [[Creator/PieterBruegelTheElder Pieter Brueghel]]. |
| 441 | ** The late-night movies Victor watches include NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'' and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''. |
| 442 | ** Apart from the Lizard Music program, the lizards' TV shows include a quiz show modeled on ''Series/YouBetYourLife''. |
| 443 | * The ''Literature/LordsOfTheUnderworld'' series involves a Greek woman named Haydee, who is obsessed with getting revenge on the killers of her family. [[Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo Hm...]] |
| 444 | * Shaun Tam referenced a few artists in his illustrations for ''Literature/TheLostThing''. |
| 445 | * ''Literature/TheLotterysMoreOrLess'': Chapter 9 of the book is titled "[[Theatre/{{Oliver}} Food, Glorious Food]]". |
| 446 | * ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'': |
| 447 | ** "In those days Mr. Literature/SherlockHolmes was still living in [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Baker Street]] and the [[Literature/TheStoryOfTheTreasureSeekers Bastables]] were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road." The Russian translation for no discernible reason changes the reference to Bastables to reference to Literature/FatherBrown from stories by G. K. Chesterton. |
| 448 | ** The trees of silver and of gold have analogs in the works of Lewis' longtime friend Creator/JRRTolkien. |
| 449 | * ''Literature/{{MARZENA}}'': So many, so many, [[Series/{{BetterCallSaul}} Hey! It's all Good Man]], [[{{Hannibal}} Bill Grannt]], [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Hohlander the Remake]], [[Franchise/TheMatrix The Tetrix Movies]], [[Franchise/SilentHill Househead]], [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Zombies]] repeating Shtobo Mola Jit/ Myorvt Shtobo Jit over and over, [[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Stegano?! WTF!]], [[Series/BreakingBad blue meth is so 2013]], how about eating your own pig for diner (Series/{{Hannibal}}), [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons YEAH! HOLO CHRISTMAS!]] |
| 450 | * In Creator/ScottMeyer's ''Literature/MasterOfFormalities'', Lord Jakabitus once tells a servant girl ([[spoiler:actually, a Master of Formalities in disguise]]) "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Shut up, Migg!]]". |
| 451 | * One of the chapters in ''Literature/{{Max}}'' is called [[Music/TheBeatles We all Live in]] [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a Deadly Submarine]]. |
| 452 | * In the very first chapter of ''[=McClendon's=] Syndrome'' by Robert Frezza, there are bars called [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Prancing Pony]] and [[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Callahan's]]. |
| 453 | * ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'': Many, most of them intentional InUniverse because Mediochre is a bit of a nerd. Of particular note: The university at which Mediochre and Joseph word is St Myth/{{Merlin}}'s ("different [[CrypticBackgroundReference Merlin]]"); the Prime Minister of Mantically Aware Britain is named Kathryn Queen, colloquially called [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Queen MAB]]; one of Mediochre's {{catchphrase}}s is "[[Series/TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together]]"; Joseph responds to the tempomancer's insistence that "Time is relative" with "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Lunchtime doubly so?]]"; and in a particularly impressive one, Mediochre mentions while captured that the chances of escape are roughly equal to the odds of [[ComicBook/XMen Kitty Pride]] being a real person - which seems like he's admitting defeat unless you happen to know that the character of Kitty Pride was named after a (still living) artist from RealLife, thus making her odds of being real 100% certain. |
| 454 | * ''Literature/MonsterOfTheYear'': |
| 455 | ** The various monster characters are, for the most part, inspired by the title characters in the ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' films (with [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gadzinga]] as about the only exception). |
| 456 | ** When Igor's plane arrives, Michael remembers the film ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' and almost expects him to correct their pronunciation of his name to "''Eye''-gore". (He doesn't.) |
| 457 | ** [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] are namedropped as "taking over the business", along with others like them. |
| 458 | ** Michael and Kevver's old school is Creator/BramStoker Elementary, and its principal is [[Creator/MaryShelley Miss Shelley]]. |
| 459 | ** Skip Toomaloo and his daughter Lulu's names are one big reference to the children's song "Skip to My Lou", which also includes the line "Lou, Lou skip to my Lou!" in the lyrics. |
| 460 | * In ''[[Literature/MoreauSeries Forests of the Night]]'' by S. Andrew Swann, the [[PrivateDetective protagonist]] visits a bar owned by a biologically-uplifted rabbit. The name of the bar? ''Literature/WatershipDown''. The bar also contains a framed picture of what are obviously [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd]]. The elderly lion who lives downstairs from Angel in ''Specters of the Dawn'' has a Daffy Duck blanket, and is seen watching ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. |
| 461 | * ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' has far too many shoutouts to name, a few of which are described on its page. |
| 462 | ** The Herondales are a Shadowhunter family with a birthmark of a star. [[spoiler: Jace's]] is on the back of his shoulder. Now, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure where has that been seen before?]] |
| 463 | ** Val and Luis from Holly Black's ''[[Literature/ModernFaerieTales Valiant]]'' are seen at one point. |
| 464 | ** A badge on Clary's bag says 'Still Not King', a reference to Clare's famous ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiaries.'' |
| 465 | ** Best of all, two extra characters have a debate on which fictional gay wizard would win in a fair fight, [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]], or Magnus. |
| 466 | ** A reference to ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is made when Clary thinks about how a church looks like "one of her favorite anime scenes involving a vampire priest". |
| 467 | ** Max is frequently seen reading ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. |
| 468 | ** In ''City of Glass'', Max is also seen reading Angel Sanctuary, a manga about a reincarnated angel who is in a romantic relationship with his sister. It has a case of Does This Remind You of Anything as well as bringing to question why a nine year old with fairly strict parents would be reading it. But then again, his parents have quite a lot of marital issues. So his reading choices likely passed largely unnoticed. Besides, they probably thought that that something called ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' would be clean and proper. |
| 469 | ** Happens often with animanga, given that Simon is characterized as a typical {{Geek}}. At one point Clary asks him if he wants to spend the evening with her watching ''Manga/TriGun''. |
| 470 | ** Simon is described in the fourth book as wearing [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques's "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" shirt]], and Cassandra Clare also mentions his [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe series "Magical Love Gentlemen"]]. |
| 471 | ** Church (the Persian cat from the New York Institute) shares his name with [[Literature/PetSematary another famous cat]]. |
| 472 | * ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse:'' Natalie and an unusually snarky Monk intentionally model the questioning of a suspect after a round of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' to make him sweat (although it turns out he only did some of the stuff they suspect him of). |
| 473 | --> '''Monk:''' Here's another answer. ''To wipe your footprints off the firehouse floor.'' Can you tell me the question? You aren't even trying, Mr. Dumas. |
| 474 | --> '''Dumas:''' I am, [[BlatantLies I just don't know the question.]] The answer makes no sense. |
| 475 | --> '''Natalie:''' I know, I know. |
| 476 | --> '''Monk:''' Yes, Natalie, what's your guess? |
| 477 | --> '''Natalie:''' Why did Mr. Dumas steal the towels? |
| 478 | --> '''Monk:''' Correct ...Natalie is winning this round, Mr. Dumas. Your going to have to guess the right question to this answer to say in the game. Here it it: ''Fifteen years in prison.'' |
| 479 | --> '''Dumas:''' What the hell are you talking about? |
| 480 | --> '''Monk:''' No, I'm sorry, the correct answer is: What's the combined jail term for filing a fraudulent lawsuit and committing an extreme act of animal cruelty. |
| 481 | * "Literature/MrWidemouth": The narrator compares Mr. Widemouth to a Toys/{{Furby}}. |
| 482 | * In Umberto Eco's ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'', [[AmateurSleuth William of Baskerville]] talks about his good friend William of Ockham. Whereas the "of Baskerville" suggests a connection to another [[Literature/SherlockHolmes asexual detective of analytical mind]]. |
| 483 | * ''Literature/NameOfTheWind'' has a brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' when the main character travels to the "Eavesdown Docks". Patrick Rothfuss, the author of NOTW, is an acknowledged fan of Joss Whedon. |
| 484 | ** He included another blink-and-you'll-miss-it ''Firefly'' Reference in ''Literature/TheWiseMansFear'' when a possibly-gay (actually bisexual) character is referred to as "Sly". |
| 485 | * Creator/KimNewman loves them even more than Pratchett. The ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' series is an extended Shout-Out to every work of fiction involving vampires, ever, and any other work of fiction he likes as well. |
| 486 | ** Newman really does love these. His ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' and ''Literature/DarkFuture'' novels are [[ReferenceOverdosed crammed full of them.]]. Who else would make Creator/IainBanks mayor of the Isle of Skye? |
| 487 | * The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Literature/NightLords'' has a fairly subtle shout out, but one that appeared to please the author when told it was noticed. A depleted squad of Chaos Space Marines take note of the missing seats in their transport, causing one to comment "This isn't a squad, [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie this is bad comedy]]". |
| 488 | * In Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/OddThomas'' novels, Odd says of his abilities, "ISeeDeadPeople," in a knowing nod to ''Film/TheSixthSense'', adding, "but then, by God, I do something." |
| 489 | * Creator/TSEliot's ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats'' |
| 490 | ** "Macavity, the Mystery Cat" is an extended Shout-Out to [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Professor Moriarty]]. |
| 491 | --->He sways his head from side to side\ |
| 492 | With movements like a snake\ |
| 493 | And when you think he's half asleep,\ |
| 494 | He's always wide awake. |
| 495 | ** A more blink-and-you-miss it one in "Blustopher Jones, the Cat About Town"; the list of {{Smoky Gentlemens Club}}s where Blustopher takes his meals includes Drones, which he shares with Literature/BertieWooster. |
| 496 | ** "Magical Mr. Mistoffelees" is an extended Shout-Out to Mephistopheles in ''Theatre/Faust''. |
| 497 | * In John Barnes's ''Literature/OneForTheMorningGlory'': |
| 498 | ** Deacon Dick Thunder is a Shout-Out to Myth/RobinHood. Indeed, the prime minister Cedric explicitly says they can draw him into certain plans because he wouldn't miss the chance to play Robin Hood. |
| 499 | ** Also, the Riddling Beast's RiddleOfTheSphinx ends "[[Literature/TheHobbit And what has it got in its pockets]]?" |
| 500 | ** A ballad's main character turns out to be not a woodcutter but a butterfly who couldn't manage to dream of [[Creator/{{Zhuangzi}} a Chinese philosopher]]. |
| 501 | * ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'' contains references to some earlier stories by its author Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez, such as ''Big Mama's Funeral'', and to Julio Cortázar's ''Literature/{{Hopscotch}}'' by mentioning Rocamadour towards the end of the book. |
| 502 | * Creator/TomHolt's ''Only Human'' features something of a Creator/TerryPratchett Shout-Out, in which a man sentenced to IronicHell for complaining to authors that their new stuff wasn't as good as their old stuff...was forced to read the same book over and over again for the rest of eternity. His final line was that he'd just gotten up to the part where "[[Literature/TheColourOfMagic the tourist has just met the wizard]]". |
| 503 | * 6th grader Dwight Tharp of [[Literature/OrigamiYoda the Origami Yoda series]] randomly shouts "Tycho Brahe has a wax nose!" to his peers, a reference to how the late astronomer Tycho Brahe lost part of his nose in a duel and had to get it replaced. Naturally, since his peers are also 6th-graders, they have no idea what he's talking about. [[note]] Although it should be noted that [[ArtisticLicenseHistory Brahe replaced his missing nose with a silver one, not a wax one.]] [[/note]] |
| 504 | %%* ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' has plenty of them. Rob makes them to keep himself amused, and to remind himself of the world he was kidnapped from.%%ZCE |
| 505 | * ''Literature/PaleFire'' by Creator/VladimirNabokov has a Shout-Out for all comers. The eponymous poem's third canto has a Shout-Out to ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''. The commentary to one of the lines mentions how a Hurricane Literature/{{Lolita}} has recently passed over New Wye. Charles Kinbote proposes calling the poem Solus Rex, a reference to one of Nabokov's short stories. There's a minor character named Pnin, which is also the name of one of Nabokov's other novels. Various authors and poets are mentioned, discussed, discarded at length by one of the novel's {{Unreliable Narrator}}s. |
| 506 | * ''Literature/PaperTowns'': |
| 507 | ** Q's English teacher is Dr. [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden]]. |
| 508 | %% ** Most of Margo's bread crumb trail consists of them. |
| 509 | * ''Literature/PenrynAndTheEndOfDays'': |
| 510 | ** Laylah's eyes are describes as “Aryan”. This, combined with [[PlayingWithSyringes what she does]], evokes images of [[ThoseWackyNazis Mengele]]. |
| 511 | ** Obi's spymasters Dee-Dum look, act, and talk in a manner comparable to [[Literature/HarryPotter the Weasley twins]]. Their name is of course a Shout Out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. |
| 512 | * ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Too many shout outs to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] to list. The author really has ShownTheirWork |
| 513 | ** The Empire State Building's guard for Olympus apparently keeps up with Young Adult Literature fads. |
| 514 | *** In ''The Last Olympian'' he's reading [[Literature/{{Twilight}} a big black book with a flower on the cover]].' |
| 515 | *** In ''The Lightning Thief'' he is said to be reading [[Literature/HarryPotter a huge book with a picture of a wizard on the front.]] One guess who this "wizard" might be. |
| 516 | ** Then there is Nico di Angelo's Mythomagic card game, a reference to card games such as Magic: The Gathering. This is now Hilarious In Hindsight; Magic's newest set is based on Greek mythology. |
| 517 | ** Nico references ComicBook/SpiderMan at one point: [[ComesGreatResponsibility "With great power...]][[SubvertedTrope comes great need to take a nap."]] |
| 518 | ** The books also have a character called Will. Will's namesake is a shout out to a certain [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare play write and poet]] who, in universe, was said to also be a son of Apollo. |
| 519 | * In ''Literature/PeterPan'' Captain Hook says he's "the only man whom Barbecue feared, and Flint himself feared Barbecue". Flint and Barbecue (better known as Long John Silver) are the leaders of the pirates in ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. |
| 520 | * Various ponyfication of artists in ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'': [[Music/NineInchNails Nine Inch Tails]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchfoot Switchhoof]], [[Music/JayZ Neigh-Z]], [[Music/ColdPlay Coldhay]], [[Music/TheWho the Whooves]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mayer John Mare]]. |
| 521 | * In ''Literature/PrimaryColors'', the names "Burton" and "Stanton" (and the use of a FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator) are clear allusions to ''Literature/AllTheKingsMen''. |
| 522 | * Zee Rose's ''Literature/ThePrincess99'' makes several shout outs, usually through Skye who is [[spoiler: probably from our world]] though Professeur Sweet does make a reference to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and its FlyingBroomstick accidents: "Unlike in the Non stories, besoms are not for riding. I repeat: do not try to ride a besom. I cannot tell you how many students have wound up with broken legs and arms because of this mistake." |
| 523 | * ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': From the first story, an InUniverse reference to Quidditch from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', explaining how Princess Bianca got her broom locked away: |
| 524 | --> there was an incident a couple of weeks ago involving some silly game with enchanted, weighted balls, and a fellow princess got sent to the infirmary with a concussion, so the broom's currently locked in a closet in the teachers' lounge. |
| 525 | * A recurring character in Robert Rankin's books is the "psychic youth and masturbator" Danbury Collins. This is based on Andy Collins, author of dubious New Age work ''The Knights of Danbury'' and a rival of Robert's. |
| 526 | * A trilogy of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novels are entitled ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'', ''Ravenor Returned'' and ''Ravenor Rogue''; a rather highbrow nod to John Updike's equally {{Alliterative|Title}} "Rabbit" series (''Literature/RabbitRun'', ''Rabbit Redux'', ''Literature/RabbitIsRich'', ''Literature/RabbitAtRest'' and ''Rabbit Remembered''). |
| 527 | * ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'' : |
| 528 | ** In ''Reynard the Fox'', The Quicksilver passes through [[Literature/TheKinginYellow Carcosa, a Demon city on the shores of Lake Hali]]. At a BazaarOfTheBizarre there, members of the crew met a ''thing'' in yellow with [[NotAMask a mask for a face]]. |
| 529 | ** The name of the river that nearly drowns both Reynard and Hirsent in ''The Baron of Maleperduys''? [[Literature/TheRing The Samara.]] |
| 530 | ** In ''Defender of the Crown'', Reynard is introduced to a priestess named Precieuse. He comments: ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "That has a pretty ring to it."]]'' |
| 531 | * In the ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}'' novel ''The Empty Chair'' Gurrhim tr'Siedhri comments that it will be better for the rebellion if he remains LegallyDead for the moment because his heirs will maintain control of his considerable wealth and corporate resources, which can then be used to help the Free Rihannsu. Leonard [=McCoy=] then makes a snide remark about Gurri [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy staying dead for tax purposes]]. |
| 532 | * ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': |
| 533 | ** In one video, the family does a parody of the song “Baby Shark”. They also sing the song upon seeing a young shark in “Respect Your Elders, Roys Bedoys!”. |
| 534 | ** In “Roys Bedoys Loves Video Games” and "Be Patient with Your Little Brother, Roys Bedoys!", Roys plays a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', called ''Blockcraft''. |
| 535 | ** In “Roys Bedoys Goes to the Hospital”, Roys mentions a movie called “Toy Adventure 4”, which references ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4''. This movie is also mentioned by Maker in “Don’t Watch Grown-Up Movies, Roys Bedoys!”. ** In “Behave at the Library, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys and his friends listen to a parody of ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'' called ''The Hat on the Cat'' (which later appears again in “Read a Book, Roys Bedoys!”), and the librarian holds up a book called ''Don’t Let the Penguin Drive the School Bus'', parodying "Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", which is the first book in ''Literature/PigeonSeries''. |
| 536 | ** In “What’s Your Talent, Roys Bedoys?”, Wen dresses up as Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' and sings a parody of “Let it Go”. |
| 537 | ** In “It’s Spirit Week, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys mentions a parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'' called “Starry Wars”. |
| 538 | ** In “Don’t Get Distracted, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys invents a superhero called Superbat which seems like a cross between ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}}}, while Maker invents one called Captain Iron, who seems like a cross between ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan. |
| 539 | ** In “What’s Your New Year’s Resolution, Roys Bedoys?”, Roys tries to resolve to be ComicBook/SpiderMan. |
| 540 | * ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'': |
| 541 | ** The protagonist of the series is a woman whose personality is uploaded in a robotic body named Nimue. When she has to change her body's sex in order to fit into the patriarchal society of Safehold, she takes the name Merlin. Later, Merlin gives Prince Cayleb a sword that is made of advanced materials, which he names "Excalibur". |
| 542 | ** Weber has had fun with the series' extensive use of MyNaymeIs to slip in references to pop culture. Two major secondary characters, for instance, are named Kynt Clareyk, after [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], and Nahrmahn Baytz, after the title character of ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. When introduced, Clareyk's second in command is even named Layn. A member of Charis's nobility is [[Creator/PeterSellers Paityr Sellyrs]]. A member of the Corisandian resistance movement is named Paitryk Hainree, after American historical figure Patrick Henry. |
| 543 | ** Place names have similar shout-outs attached to them, such as the Earldom of Gray Harbor, after earl grey tea, the Barony of White Castle, after the fast food chain, the Barony of Green Mountain, after a brand of coffee, and the Duchy of Halbrook Hollow, after a celebrity from the fifties and sixties, Hal Holbrook. |
| 544 | ** With the exception of the first book, most of the books in the series take their titles from the titles of hymns, such as "A Mighty Fortress" and "How Firm a Foundation", or their lyrics, such as "By Schism Rent Asunder" and "By Heresies Distressed", which come from "The Church's One Foundation". |
| 545 | * In the short story [[http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_11/story_11_h1.html "Same-Day Delivery"]] by Desmond Warzel, the phrase "blue bolts from the heavens" appears twice; this is a direct Shout-Out to first-edition ''Advanced TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''; specifically, the ''Dungeon Master's Guide''. |
| 546 | * ''Literature/SaturnsChildren'' by Creator/CharlesStross, in addition to numerous {{Shout Out}}s to Creator/RobertHeinlein, has a MacGuffin disguised as [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon a statue of a black bird]] and an organisation of robot butlers who are all called [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves]] [[spoiler: one of whom has taken the name "Reginald"; Jeeves's first name in the books]]. Also, there's a colony ship called ''Bark'' for no apparent reason, which ''could'' be a mistransliteration of [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy B-Ark]]. |
| 547 | * ''Literature/SchooledInMagic'': |
| 548 | ** The plot has a strong similarity with ''Literature/HarryPotter'', particularly in the {{wizarding school}} Whitehall. One part even seems like a direct reference to something from ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', where Emily reads about different magical accidents in a book and there's a story of a girl who brewed a potion to look like someone else but accidentally used cat hair instead of the other person's, which turned her into a {{cat girl}} instead. This is exactly what Hermione does, except here it [[DarkerAndEdgier cannot be reversed]] and the girl is stuck that way forever. It could also be a mild TakeThat. |
| 549 | ** Later after learning about the world's {{magically binding contract}}s, Emily wonders whether being entered into a contest like Harry Potter is in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' with no knowledge of it would still bind you. It turns out no, you have to be aware of it. |
| 550 | ** Emily notes that putting "unscrupulous creatures" in charge of your prison isn't a good idea (a reference to the Dementors of Azkaban). Plus the entire plot of ''Study In Slaughter'' is very similar to ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'', though the author stated this was unintentional. Even so, Emily thinks how a basilisk would be easier to kill than what they face in the book. |
| 551 | ** She also uses the blood test for Changelings idea from ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''. |
| 552 | ** Later she wonders about whether dwarves spend their free time courting and trying to tell which one is female, like ''{{Literature/Discworld}}''. |
| 553 | ** At one point she tells Frieda the story of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. |
| 554 | ** There's also a village she visits where a beefy blacksmith doesn't seem impressed with a fishmonger who's shouting "Get your fresh fish here! Fresh fish! It's lovely", a reference to ComicBook/{{Asterix}}. |
| 555 | ** ''Love's Labor's Won'' references an alleged lost Shakespeare play by the same name, possibly a sequel to ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'' (though the plot is more akin to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''-another reference). |
| 556 | ** Alassa, at one point, suggests that Emily might want to marry Baron Silver because they both have [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail huge tracts of land]]. Emily cringes, even though Alassa has no idea that she's dropped a Monty Python meme. |
| 557 | ** When Viscount Hansel says that he doesn't have to play nice with the commoners because he has an army, Emily responds with [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "They have a Hulk."]] |
| 558 | * In Richard Peck's novel ''Literature/SecretsAtSea'', one character mentions an ancestor in passing named Katinka Van Tassel, which is the name of the young woman Ichabod Crane loves in "Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow" by Washington Irving. |
| 559 | * In ''Literature/SeekersOfTheSky'', a shout-out to Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery can be found: a glider pilot that has met an interesting child. |
| 560 | * ''Fyre'', the last ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' book, contains at least contains two: |
| 561 | ** One is to the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series and its Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, with an Ordinary Wizard named Bertie Bott being among the deceased. |
| 562 | ** Another is made by Hotep-Ra, referencing the last words of Captain Oats, one of the men on Scott's Antarctic expedition. |
| 563 | --->''Hotep-Ra got out of his chair and said to his Apprentice, Talmar Ray Bell, "I am just going outside. I may be some time."\ |
| 564 | Talmar looked horrified. "Don't say that!"\ |
| 565 | Hotep-Ra smiled at his Apprentice. "Why ever not?"\ |
| 566 | "It's bad luck," she said. "Someone said it once and never came back."\ |
| 567 | "I'll be back," said Hotep-Ra.\ |
| 568 | "Someone said ''that'' once too."'' |
| 569 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': |
| 570 | ** Numerous allusions to literature, history, and mythology, among other things. |
| 571 | ** Why will no-one call me Ish? |
| 572 | * ''Literature/ShamanBlues'': |
| 573 | ** Upon seeing his old flame standing in the door, looking for help, Witkacy immediately thinks of FilmNoir. |
| 574 | ** The book itself is named after Music/TheDoors song. |
| 575 | ** Witkacy, in his pale coat and with blonde hair, not to mention the ability to see ghosts, is a clear [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] reference. |
| 576 | * ''Literature/ShamanOfTheUndead'': When the main character starts to see ghosts, she says "[[Film/TheSixthSense I see dead people]]". |
| 577 | * In ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'s Tiger'', Sharpe briefly sees (and is warned not to steal) the Moonstone from, well, ''Literature/TheMoonstone''. |
| 578 | * ''Literature/SherlockHolmesAndDoctorWasNot'': Some of the other Holmes and Watson pairings seen in "The Final Prologue" include one where Holmes is {{Dracula}} and Watson is the FrankensteinMonster, and another where Holmes is ComicBook/TheJoker and Watson is ComicBook/ThePenguin. |
| 579 | * ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': The Honored Society, a play on the “Men of Honor” name the Mafia uses for themselves, and they are ''even worse.'' They're “honored” by people because otherwise they'll remove your water and leave you to die of thirst. |
| 580 | * In the ''Literature/SpiderManSinisterSixTrilogy'', the Gentleman visits The Machiavelli Club, a special society for the WickedCultured. His table has on it a welcome back card from an "elegant lady thief of his acquaintance, Franchise/{{Carmen|Sandiego}}." Other members of the Machiavelli Club (setting aside established Creator/MarvelComics villains; they're {{Continuity Nod}}s) include [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric]], [[Franchise/DieHard the Gruber brothers]], ComicBook/{{Lex|Luthor}}, [[Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct Herr Taubmann]], [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul Ra's]], [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Soze]], [[Film/Batman1989 Napier]], [[Film/TradingPlaces Randolph and Mortimer Duke]], [[Film/{{Unbreakable}} Mr Glass]], and [[Film/JamesBond Ernst]]. The Gentleman has also worked with [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 Casper Gutman]]. |
| 581 | * Creator/PeterDavid's ''Literature/SirAproposOfNothing'' contains a shout-out to ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'' by Creator/PeterSBeagle. When Apropos and Princess Entipy encounter a herd of unicorns, Entipy cautions Apropos, "You must never run from anything immortal, it attracts their attention." This is word for word what the Unicorn told Schmendrick to discourage him from running from a harpy. |
| 582 | * ''Literature/TheSisterVerseAndTheTalonsOfRuin'' has a massive amount of obscure references to film, video games, books, anime, and philosophy for the purpose of making the world feel artificial -- which it is. |
| 583 | * Creator/GordonKorman's ''Literature/SonOfTheMob'' and it's sequel, ''Hollywood Hustle'', contain several references to Creator/MontyPython: |
| 584 | ** In the first book, when Vince's date opens the trunk of his car and finds Jimmy the Rat unconscious and bleeding (Vince is, after all, the titular mob prince), the only response the horrified Vince can think of is "a line from that old parrot sketch from Monty Python": "He's not dead, he's resting." |
| 585 | ** In the second book, Vince mentions that a girl named Willow could "turn on a guy in a [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels hovercraft full of eels]] and can recite ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' in its entirety from memory. |
| 586 | * ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' have a Shout-Out to Creator/AnneRice; her books are actually books one can buy and read in TheVerse the series takes place in, and is why vampires are considered somewhat chic. There's also a shout out to Ann Landers. |
| 587 | ** The short story "Bacon" from the anthology ''Strange Brew'' contains one for ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 588 | --->"Actually, a girl can't make a living at full-time sorcery anymore," Kathy [a witch] said with a brave smile. "Not with so many of the supernaturals trying to do things the official, human way. The only sorcerer who's gone public is in Chicago, and I hear he's struggling." |
| 589 | * ''Literature/SpecialCircumstances'': |
| 590 | %% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample ** Quite a few, many of the TakeThat variety, in the sci-fi con story in ''Princess of Wands''. |
| 591 | ** In ''Queen of Wands'', there's mention of "[[Literature/PaladinOfShadows a group of Asatru covering the Caucasus [for Special Circumstances issues]. Led by a demon-possessed former SEAL.]]" |
| 592 | * Dozens in Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''Literature/SpiralArm'' series: |
| 593 | ** To the play, ''Theatre/TheMikado'': a harper begins with a bit of self-mockery, in the "ancient tune", "a wandering minstrel, I" |
| 594 | ** routes through interstellar space include an Electric Avenue, a Yellow Brick Road (''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''), Champs-Elysees, Grand Trunk Road, Route 66, the Palisades, and the Silk Road. |
| 595 | ** Little Hugh being asked "[[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars Will ye no come back again]]?" |
| 596 | ** a quote from Literature/TheBible and Creator/GKChesterton both, |
| 597 | ** a snippet of a Francis Thompson poem, |
| 598 | ** Literature/LittleRedRidingHood |
| 599 | ** The Fudir thinks of treachery as accepting thirty pieces of silver, and tells Hugh not to hide talents under a bushel. |
| 600 | ** A {{pirate}} defends his attack as "[[Creator/{{Thucydides}} The strong take what they can, and the weak suffer what they must]]." Fa Li throws it back at him when he complains of an ambush he suffered, losing his spoils. |
| 601 | ** The Fudir explains a bombing after a pirate attack as "[[Literature/ParadiseLost Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven]]". |
| 602 | ** A plan is explained as someone having to be Br'er Fox |
| 603 | ** "[[UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky You may forget about politics, but politics will not forget about you.]]" |
| 604 | ** and many more. |
| 605 | * ''Literature/SplitHeirs'': |
| 606 | ** The main plot [[{{Parody}} parodies]] ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' using three ([[HalfIdenticalTwins mostly]]) identical triplets who get switched and mixed up. |
| 607 | ** Remulo and Rommis, two boys raised by a wolf in a story from Odo. They're based on Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} pretty clearly. |
| 608 | * ''Literature/StarCarrier: Deep Space'' introduces an Earthlike planet orbiting 40 Eridani A, which InUniverse was dubbed "Vulcan" after the planet in ''Franchise/StarTrek''. For the uninitiated, while no canon ''Franchise/StarTrek'' work has ever flat-out stated that Vulcan orbits 40 Eridani A, that is a Creator/GeneRoddenberry's statement and near-universal (one or two works identify it as Epsilon Eridani instead) in the ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'', and is supported by mentions of Vulcan's distance from Earth in two ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episodes. |
| 609 | * ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse'': |
| 610 | ** In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' AlternateUniverse novella ''Seeds of Dissent'' by James Swallow, the deceased members of the ''Botany Bay'' crew are all named after ''Series/DoctorWho'' companions. |
| 611 | ** In the first four books of Creator/PeterDavid's ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' series, he's able to sneak in the first and/or last names of all the actors who played the main characters of his TV Series ''Series/SpaceCases''. |
| 612 | *** Later, he gives a more thorough one to Jewel Staite by putting a "Catalina City" on a moon of Saturn. |
| 613 | ** In the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' novel ''The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm'', the character of Trip at one point calls himself "Michael Kenmore" which is a Shout-Out to ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', where the actor for Trip, Connor Trineer, played Michael Kenmore, the rogue Wraith turned human. |
| 614 | ** The {{Novelization}} of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' contains an extended in-universe Shout-Out to Creator/LewisCarroll, as two of the scientists on the Genesis Project discuss the discovery of the sub-elementary particles they named [[Literature/TheHuntingOfTheSnark "snarks" and "boojums"]]. Just as quarks come in different "flavours" with odd names like "strange" and "charm", snarks and boojums are sorted by "five unmistakable marks" which the scientists call "taste", "tardiness", "humor", "cleanliness" and "ambition" ... all straight from Fit the Second of the nonsense poem. (The scientists names, incidentally, are [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Madison and March]].) |
| 615 | ** ''Literature/StarTrekDestiny'' has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it example: when Worf reports to Picard on an upcoming shift change, the two officers he mentions are named [[Series/InspectorLynley Lynley and Havers]]. |
| 616 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 617 | ** In one novel, Han Solo points out "It's not the years, it's the parsecs." Not quite an ActorAllusion to Franchise/IndianaJones, because it's a book and Creator/HarrisonFord can't say the line himself, but close. |
| 618 | ** Also in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' novels, Han, and later Corran Horn, have used the fake identity "Jenos Idanian", an anagram of Franchise/IndianaJones. |
| 619 | ** In another Indiana Jones reference, during the climax of ''Literature/StarWarsScoundrels'', Han goes charging down Villachor's lawn [[spoiler:in PoweredArmor, swinging an electrified whip through the air, ahead of Villachor's enormous round rolling safe]]. |
| 620 | ** ''Literature/DeathStar'' has a conman who's managed to sneak on board the Death Star setting up a fake ID under the name of Teh Roxxor. |
| 621 | * In ''Literature/SuperMinion'', Olson is frequently [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap sent on what would normally be considered suicide missions]] because of his ability to [[ResurrectiveImmortality return from death]]. His costume includes a [[Franchise/StarTrek red]] [[RedShirt shirt]] |
| 622 | * ''Literature/TheSwordOfSaintFerdinand'': Reclusive hermit Agatín cites Creator/{{Horace}} (''Pulvis et umbra sumus'', meaning ''We are dust and shadows'', ''Ode'' IV, 7, 16) and Creator/{{Salustius}} (''Vita est brevis'', meaning ''Life is short'', ''Conspiracy of Catiline'' (1,3)) |
| 623 | * In ''Swords of Exodus'', the sequel to ''Literature/DeadSix'', the commanding officer for Mike Valentine when the latter was in the US Air Force, was Colonel Christopher Blair, the PlayerCharacter from the ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' game series. |
| 624 | * The scene in ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' where Tailchaser has an audience with Queen Sunback is a parody of the scene in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' where the hobbits meet Galadriel. |
| 625 | * "Literature/TalmaGordon": |
| 626 | ** Dr. Thornton quotes ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' while giving his thoughts on intermarriage to illustrate that he believes it to be inevitable. |
| 627 | --->We may make laws, but laws are but straws in the hands of Omnipotence.\ |
| 628 | "There's a divinity that shapes our ends,\ |
| 629 | Rough-hew them how we will."\ |
| 630 | And no man may combat fate. |
| 631 | ** A writer watching Talma at the garden party quotes [[Creator/AlfredLordTennyson Tennyson]]'s "Madeline" to express his admiration. |
| 632 | --->"Smiling, frowning, evermore,\ |
| 633 | Thou art perfect in love-lore,\ |
| 634 | Ever varying Madeline,"\ |
| 635 | quoted a celebrated writer as he stood apart with me, gazing upon the scene before us. |
| 636 | * The ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' series is full of these: |
| 637 | ** There is a mention of a bar called [[Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots The Scottish Cactus]]. |
| 638 | ** Ia goes to boot camp with a recruit [[Literature/MythAdventures named Spyder who has multicolored hair and a criminal background ]] |
| 639 | ** A warship named the ''[[Film/ReturnoftheJedi Ackbar]]'' |
| 640 | ** Franchise/StarTrek: Human habitable worlds are called M-Class (with a note that it was so embedded in popular culture at the beginning of space travel that scientists just went along with it), while an apparently unwinnable training scenario is called 'a [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation Kobayashi Maru]]' |
| 641 | ** Repeated mentions of people being BigDamnHeroes. |
| 642 | ** "[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy Space is huge. I mean Really Really huge. You may think it's a long way down to the]]...Okay, all right, that shtick has been done before." |
| 643 | ** The third book introduces a [[Literature/StarshipTroopers Lieutenant Rico]]. The use of corporal punishment in the future military is also a reference. |
| 644 | * ''Literature/TheThirteenthTale'' contains shout-outs to ''Literature/JaneEyre'', ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', and ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''. |
| 645 | * ''Literature/ThisIsWhereItEnds'': Before the school shooter [[spoiler:kills Jordan]], he says "Bang, bang, you're dead.", which is the title of a one-act play about a school shooter who is psychologically tormented by his victims. |
| 646 | * ''Literature/ThisSideOfParadise'': Early on in chapter 2 of Book 1, during a discussion about literature, a freshman mentions that he just finished reading ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'' and lets Amory borrow a copy of it so he can read it himself. |
| 647 | * In the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' book ''Time Trap'', the Shadowed One responds to the notion of cutting off hands as punishment for failure with the line "I think enough hands have been removed this year", a reference to ''Franchise/StarWars'''s fondness of having its characters lose their hands, and specifically to the movie ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', which came out the same year as the book. |
| 648 | * The children's picture book ''The Tobermory Cat'' by Debi Gliori includes a picture of Tobermory bookshop in which all the books in the window are other picture books about cats, including ''Goodbye Mog'' by Judith Kerr and ''[[WesternAnimation/FamousFred Fred]]'' by Posey Simmonds. |
| 649 | * The time-travel novel ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'' by Creator/ConnieWillis is one big shout-out to Jerome K. Jerome's ''[[Literature/ThreeMeninaBoat Three Men in a Boat]]'' (subtitle: ''To say nothing of the dog''). Each of its major dogs is introduced by name several pages before the author makes it clear that the name belongs to a dog--just like Montmorency in the original. In one brief scene, the narrator even meets Jerome K. and his two friends (to say nothing of the dog) and exchanges a few words. |
| 650 | * ''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland'': |
| 651 | ** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "[Cursed rings] must be returned from whence they came, preferably at over a thousand degrees Fahrenheit, and the curse means you won't want to do this."]] |
| 652 | ** Some of the Other Tough Guides include ''The Tough Guide to Transport in the Multiverse (Mostly by Telephone Box)'' (''Series/DoctorWho'' and possibly ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'') and ''The Tough Guide to Flat Worlds'' (''Literature/{{Flatland}}'' or ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', depending what is meant by "flat"). |
| 653 | ** The Invisible College sounds not unlike [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Unseen University]]. Although it could be related to the source of the Unseen University, the actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_College Invisible College]]. |
| 654 | ** The entry on Elves says that they claim to be [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings fading into the West]], then adds a reference to Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[=SERRAted=] Edge'' by explaining that what this ''means'' is that they're heading to California to race motorbikes. |
| 655 | ** The entry on Fanatic Caliphates says that they "do not consider it cheating to cheat outsiders and unbelievers". This is taken almost verbatim from an entry on Baghdad and Iraq in [[Literature/TheTravelsOfMarcoPolo another semi-fictional travel book]]. |
| 656 | * Every book in the ''Literature/ToughMagic'' trilogy has an outtake section in the back where shout-outs abound, including ones to ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/HarryPotter''... |
| 657 | * ''Literature/{{Trollhunters}}'' has one to the infamous ''Film/Troll2''. When asked by Tub if there are any vegetarian trolls in existence, Blinky mentions a tribe called the Nillbogians that tried to subsist entirely on plant matter. Unfortunately this only lasted nineteen days before the entire tribe dissolved into green sludge. |
| 658 | * ''Literature/TheTruthOfRockAndRoll'' has a shout out to ''Film/StreetsOfFire'': "(she) was made for another time and another place..." |
| 659 | * Sophie Bell of ''Literature/TheUltraViolets'' is ''extremely'' fond of these, to the point where many of them actually predate the target audience. (Middle-school students, 9-12, for those curious.) |
| 660 | * ''Literature/UndaVosari'' has a [[Shoutout/UndaVosari short page]] of {{shout out}}s to various other works. |
| 661 | * ''Unforgiven'' by Creator/LaurenKate has song titles as chapter tiles, including: ''[[Music/JoyDivision Love Will Tear Us Apart]]'', ''[[Music/JoyDivision Dead Souls]]'', ''[[Music/{{INXS}} Never Tear Us Apart]]'', ''[[Music/HilaryDuff Sparks]]'', ''[[Music/{{Evanescence}} Going Under]]'', ''[[Music/{{Evanescence}} My Immortal]]'', ''[[Music/{{Evanescence}} End of the Dream]]'', ''[[Music/NickCave The Weeping Song]]'', ''[[Music/{{Coil}} Love's Secret Domain]]'' -- and these are only the most obvious ones. |
| 662 | * The climax of Robert Frezza's novel ''The [=VMR=] Theory'' contains a string of {{Shout Out}}s. Among them: |
| 663 | ** A flock of [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern genetically engineered dragons who enjoy going ''between'']]--though in this case, "between" refers to their delight in gliding between upright objects, slalom-style, and accidentally unseating their riders due to their poor spatial-reasoning skills. |
| 664 | ** A final showdown in [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the interior of a large volcano]], which a signpost has helpfully designated "Franchise/TheDarkTower". |
| 665 | ** Several items that end up being disposed of in said volcano, including [[Film/TheNakedGun a bloody glove]], a [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy "Grassy Knoll"]] diagram, and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon eighteen-and-a-half minutes of audiotape]]. |
| 666 | ** He references Creator/IsaacAsimov with a seemingly-human robot, [[ThreeLawsCompliant programmed to obey and protect humans]], but [[ZerothLawRebellion capable of overriding that programming for the greater good of humanity]]. |
| 667 | ** He references ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' and ''Film/CitizenKane'' by having the dying words of a character be "Forty-two" and "Rosebud" (respectively). |
| 668 | * The entire book, ''Literature/TheVaginaAssOfLuciferNiggerbastard'', is a shout-out to Virgil's ''Literature/TheAeneid''. |
| 669 | * In ''{{Literature/Valhalla}}'', violent personalities are measured by the VVPS (''[[Creator/PaulVerhoeven Verhoeven]]'' Violent Predilection Score). |
| 670 | * ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': |
| 671 | ** It's explained early on that, following the Victory, the majority of Elves departed the known world for a paradise beyond human understanding, with only a few remaining behind. [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sound familiar?]] |
| 672 | ** At one point, Sam attempts to play off his assassin's garb as the costume for a play, ''The Tragedy of Oswald, Prince of Volinar''. Sam describes the plot as [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "The one where the fellow's uncle kills his father and marries his mother."]] He later even mentally quotes "To thine own self be true", ascribed as coming from an "ancient play". |
| 673 | * Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': |
| 674 | ** [[TheSpymaster Simon Illyan]] got his name from [[Series/TheManFromUncle Illya Kuryakin]]. |
| 675 | ** ''Literature/{{Cryoburn}}'' has two: Miles thinks to himself "Imperial Auditor Vorkosigan; Threat or Menace" (in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', J.J.J.'s paper, ''The Daily Bugle'' often ran headlines "Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?"). And Armsman Roic quips to a local "Don't worry, I have a license to stun." The local responds "I thought that has a license to kill?" Both, of course refer to ''Franchise/JamesBond'''s 00 "License to Kill". |
| 676 | * In French children fantasy book ''Literature/LesVoyageursSansSouci'': |
| 677 | ** When Sébastien and Agathe look over Ted's room, they can imagine him reading Comtesse de Ségur's ''Mémoires d'un âne'' (''Memoirs of a Donkey'') and Georges Colomb's ''La famille Fenouillard'' (''The Fenouillard Family'') |
| 678 | ** When Agathe tells her friend Artémise Pimpante about their adventures, the latter scoffs she read a tale like that the last week in ''La Semaine de Suzette'' (''The Week of Suzette'', a French magazine for young girls which was published from 1905 to 1960). |
| 679 | * ''Literature/WanderingDjinn'': Malik's admits he's a fan of both Sherlock Holmes and ComicBook/SpiderMan. |
| 680 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': |
| 681 | ** As Vicky is a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan, ''The New Prophecy'' was originally going to be called ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]''. She still had files on her computer with "TNG" in the name years after the New Prophecy series was done. |
| 682 | ** Fuzzypelt is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Felt Fuzzy Felt]], a toy Vicky remembers playing with when she was little. |
| 683 | ** The magazine ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Fancy_(magazine) Cat Fancy]]'' makes an appearance in the first volume of the [=SkyClan=] manga, on page 82. |
| 684 | ** One of the Adventure Game chapters in ''Battles of the Clans'' is titled "[[Music/TheBeatles Here Comes The Sun]]". |
| 685 | ** A few character name references: |
| 686 | *** Macgyver in ''[=SkyClan's Destiny=]'' is named after the [[Series/MacGyver1985 television show of the same name]], as Vicky is a fan. |
| 687 | *** Nightwhisper's rogue name, Mowgli, is the same name as the main protagonist from Rudyard Kipling's ''Literature/TheJungleBook''. |
| 688 | *** Two cats that show up together in ''Bramblestar's Storm'' are named [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlet and O'Hara]]. |
| 689 | ** Several quotes from movies have been altered and made it into the dialogue: |
| 690 | *** In ''Moonrise'', Talon's answer to how they'll lure Sharptooth to the cave - ''"With blood."'' - is a reference to ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''. |
| 691 | *** In ''Sunset'', after Hawkfrost dies, Brambleclaw hears Hawkfrost's voice in his mind, saying, ''"We will meet again, my brother. This is not over yet."'' This is [[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155202720597454&id=29566467453 a reference]] to the line ''"One day we will meet again, my brother. But not yet, not yet."'' from ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. |
| 692 | *** In ''Ravenpaw's Farewell'', the line ''"There is a secret that I have kept from you without meaning to: I have always been a warrior."'' [[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10155205686247454&id=29566467453 is a reference]] to the line ''"That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry."'' from ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]''. When Vicky got the go-ahead to write a novella about Ravenpaw's final days, the original version of the line in her head was "That's my secret, Barley. I have always been a warrior." (She changed it enough so that it wouldn't be so obvious that the line was lifted from the movie.) From there she got the idea for the rest of the book, that Ravenpaw would be confronted with his warrior loyalties one last time before his death. |
| 693 | *** In ''Tallstar's Revenge'', Talltail says, "[[Film/ThePrincessBride You killed my father. Now I'm going to kill you.]]" [[WordOfGod Vicky confirmed on her Facebook]] that Talltail was paraphrasing Inigo Montoya. |
| 694 | * ''Sideways Arithmetic From Literature/WaysideSchool'', Wayside's think outside the box puzzle book, features in the first chapter a series of prototype algebra problems where numbers are substituted with letters. The first such problem is [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings ELF + TOOK = FOOL]]. |
| 695 | * ''Literature/WelkinWeasels'' runs entirely on Shouting Out to various famous literature, movies, and historical events, often with an Incredibly Lame {{Pun}} or two mixed in. (See the reference to ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' and/or ''Blazing Saddles'' as the TalkingAnimal marmot sheriff faces off with an outlaw: "Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!") |
| 696 | * The ''Literature/WildCards'' series has the Indio-Irish Elephant Girl, whose real name is Rhada O'Reilly (c.f. Radar O'Reilly in ''Series/{{MASH}}''). |
| 697 | * ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Lauren tends to wear shirts referring to villains from famous fantasy and mythological works: |
| 698 | ** When Emily first meets her, Lauren's shirt depicts three singing [[SirensAreMermaids mermaids]] on some rocks by a shipwreck and says, "[[Literature/TheOdyssey Sirens: The Original Rock Idols.]]" |
| 699 | ** When they meet again in the club, Lauren's T-shirt depicts people being trapped on a burning horizontal column and reads, "Vote for [[Literature/FengshenYanyi Daji]]." |
| 700 | ** When they meet while Emily is breaking curfew for the first time, Lauren's shirt features a witch turning a girl into a flying monkey and reads, "[[Literature/TheWizardOfOz Ozian Justice]]." |
| 701 | * ''Literature/AWolfInTheSoul'' has several: |
| 702 | ** Main character and werewolf Greg is named after [[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]]. |
| 703 | ** Two street names mentioned offhandedly are named [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Voorhees]] and ComicBook/LoisLane. |
| 704 | ** Greg's therapist, who really does more mystery unraveling than psychoanalyzing, is named [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes]]. |
| 705 | * In ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', book 5 of Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series, there is a manufacturing plate on a round, flying weapon which reads: "SNEETCH HARRY POTTER MODEL. Serial # 465-11-AA HPJKR. CAUTION EXPLOSIVE" JKR, of course, refers to Creator/JKRowling, author of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series of books; the name "SNEETCH" refers to the Golden Snitch, one of the "balls" required to play Quidditch, which is similarly small, round, flying, and dangerous. "SNEETCH" may also be a reference to the Creator/DrSeuss book ''The Sneetches''. ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' is full of things like this, up to and including [[Film/TheWizardOfOz a green city that can only be entered if you have red shoes]]. |
| 706 | ** Also a Potter reference, in one of the books is a helping robot, called a "house elf", which is named Dobby, IIRC. |
| 707 | ** The city that Blaine is in constantly plays a series of drums which Eddie mentions sounds suspiciously like a Music/ZZTop song. |
| 708 | *** EVERY Steven King book EVER has a long list of obscure to vague shout outs to his sixty other 900-page books. |
| 709 | * In ''Literature/TheWorstThingAboutMySister'', Marty and her dad watch ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. |
| 710 | * As is probably to be expected from a series about a consciousness forming and awaking in the Internet, the Literature/WWWTrilogy is chock full of references to past films and novels that have dealt with the concept of AI, mostly in the form of title-dropping. |
| 711 | * Creator/KimStanleyRobinson's ''Literature/TheYearsOfRiceAndSalt'': The first chapter is written in a style that imitates ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' and the last chapter has a shout out to ''Literature/{{Candide}}''. |
| 712 | * In ''[[Literature/YoungWizards High Wizardry]]'', a man apparently fitting the description of the fifth Series/{{Doctor|Who}} saves Dairine from the servants of the Lone Power chasing her. |
| 713 | * In ''{{Literature/Vampirocracy}}'', Leon mentally quotes ''Film/VictorVictoria'' at one point, and tells a character he has no specific urge to "[[Film/DemolitionMan murder death kill]]." |
| 714 | * Creator/JohnRingo tends to throw tons of {{shout out}}s to various things his works, including but not limited to: |
| 715 | ** In ''When the Devil Dances'' and ''Hell's Faire'', from his ''Literature/LegacyOfTheAldenata'' series, there's not only "Bun-Bun", the name for a massive mobile artillery piece, from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s KillerRabbit, but one of those sent to repair some battle damage is the spitting image of [[MadScientist Riff]], not only in outfits ([[BadassLongcoat long coat]] and CoolShades), but in some of Riff's signature traits, including [[{{Catchphrase}} "Let me check my notes"]]... and getting [[GroinAttack kicked in the crotch]] when saying something stupid to an attractive woman. |
| 716 | ** Bun-Bun also makes an appearance in the ''Literature/CouncilWars'' series, as one of the few remaining [=AIs=] after a long-ago global-scale civil war. |
| 717 | ** ''Literature/TroyRising'' uses a whole lot of them to other ScienceFiction works, many of them intentional on the part of the characters using them. |
| 718 | ** Ringo is a big fan of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', where Jayne and Wash used the line "I'll be in my bunk" as a sexual reference. In the ''Literature/BlackTideRising'' series, Faith (a 13 year old girl who is [[LittleMissBadass a seriously badass zombie killer]]) finally finds a few cases of 12 gauge shotgun shells, grabs them away from the adult Marines who were stacking them, and walks out the door announcing "I'll be in my bunk". The two Marines look at each other and say "You don't think she means...?", at which point Faith sticks her head back in the room and yells "To reload my mags, you perverts!" |
| 719 | * ''Literature/SFTheYearsGreatestScienceFictionAndFantasy'': |
| 720 | ** In the introduction, Creator/OrsonWelles mentions two creators by name: |
| 721 | *** ''Literature/PuppetMasters'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, is described as being a good ScienceFiction novel; incredibly rare. |
| 722 | *** Creator/TheBrothersGrimm are used as an example of the older fairy tales and fables that Mrs Welles is more comfortable with, and that genre is compared directly to modern science fiction, claiming that both suit the ShortStory format better than {{Novel}}-length and both are tales of [[{{Escapism}} fantastical adventures]]. |
| 723 | ** In the preface, Creator/JudithMerril continues from the trend by Mr Welles, and compares the stories of today's ScienceFantasy to {{Creator/Aesop}}. |
| 724 | * Creator/AvramDavidson's "Literature/TheGolem": |
| 725 | ** The android mentions having read ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' by Creator/MaryShelley. |
| 726 | ** The android mentions having read ''{{Theatre/RUR}}'' by Creator/KarelCapek. |
| 727 | ** The android mentions having read Creator/IsaacAsimov in general. |
| 728 | ** The old couple summarize the Jewish legend of the {{Golem}}. |
| 729 | * ''Literature/TheWitchlands'': |
| 730 | ** Early in ''Truthwitch'', Merik uses his Windwitchery to make one of his fellow banqueters spill his drink all over himself --basically, an [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Airbending Sneeze]]. |
| 731 | ** In ''Truthwitch'', Evrane opens her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech to Aeduan with a tense "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Remember who you are]]". |
| 732 | ** Ryber's story in ''Sightwitch'' is rather reminiscent of that of [[Literature/OldKingdom Lirael]]. |
| 733 | ** Ragnor is once referred to as [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire The King]] [[Series/GameOfThrones in the North]]. |
| 734 | ** In ''Bloodwitch'', the Firewitch [[spoiler:Iseult cleaved]] in the previous book often tells her to "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Burn them!]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Burn them all!]]". |
| 735 | ** In ''Bloodwitch'', Aeduan performs his greatest feat of Bloodwitchery yet (immobilizing two armies locked in combat) while a full moon shines over the battlefield. After all, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Bloodbending]] is always stronger under a full moon. |
| 736 | * ''Literature/DungeonEngineer'': The ability to commmit creatures to some sort of "memory" leads the protagonist to reference cataloging quest of the Pokédexes from the ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' games: |
| 737 | --> What’s the point of having a creature in “memory” (My memory, the system’s memory? I’ve no clue!) if I can’t do anything with it? Am I supposed to complete a Pokédex or something? |
| 738 | * ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': There are references to classic fairy tales. One is of a wicked stepmother who had a nymph cast a spell to poison a golden apple she wanted for her stepdaughter (something like ''Literature/SnowWhite'') but it backfired, poisoning an entire apple crop. Wren meets a toad who claims he's a lord turned into this by a witch, with a kiss turning him back (''Literature/TheFrogPrince''). It turns out he's a sprite who wants to trick her though, and if she kissed him ''she'd'' turn into a toad too. There's also mention of a creature called a "[[Literature/Rumpelstiltskin stiltzkin]]" that girls can trade their names for the ability to turn straw into gold. |
| 739 | * ''Literature/UniversalMonsters'': In book 4, Captain Bob references ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' by misquoting the film: |
| 740 | -->'''Captain Bob''': "Brother, just what we need -- a jurist's princess." |
| 741 | * ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Before he learns their real names, Drew Carter mentally nicknames the angel Validus [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Wallace]] and the demon Durgank [[Film/{{Highlander}} Kurgan]]. |
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