Line #165 ShoutOut/SFDebris


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4	!!Shout-outs to anime
5	* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'', the first ghost the team encounter is called Akira, who [[Anime/{{Akira}} hung out in a biker gang in Neo-Tokyo]].
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7	!!Shout-outs to TV
8	* He makes numerous one-off gags to other sci-fi shows, usually ''Series/RedDwarf'' or ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}''.
9	** Seven and the Doctor placing the entire crew in a stasis sleep in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E23One One]]".
10	-->Now it's just our hero and her plucky hologram sidekick. (blares ''Series/RedDwarf'' theme)
11	** On that note, Chuck notes the two colliding planets in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle Ship in a Bottle]]" and muses that [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole Lister's playing pool again]].
12	* Why does "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E1Evolution Evolution]]" begin with Wesley passed out in a lab? He has been up all night making crystal meth, because he's found out that he has an inoperable lung cancer and has turned to life of crime. Wesley is [[Series/BreakingBad breaking bad]]!
13	** In the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' review, he notes that Saul Karath was so crucial to Republic victories that they had previously [[Series/BreakingBad "Better Call Saul"]] if they hoped to clinch victory.
14	** In ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'', Hyzenthlay makes crystal meth for the rabbits.
15	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E9RandomThoughts Random Thoughts]]", he says that Frane is named after a man who cut an employee's throat open with a box cutter.
16	* Ever since doing a review of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon the pilot episode]] he has been making ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' jokes and references.
17	** "Yelling at [[Series/{{Firefly}} Kaylee]]? That's like punching Fluttershy, it's just plain ''wrong''."
18	** Referring to the unicorn in Decker's dreams in ''Film/BladeRunner'' as Rarity.
19	** While mention fanfic in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' review he says he's heard there is a really good crossover one being written. 50 Shades of My Little Pony.
20	** During the "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E2Yesteryear Yesteryear]]" review when discussing kids cartoon dealing with the death of a beloved animal.
21	-->'''SF Debris:''' It's like the time Rainbow Dash broke her leg and had to be put down.\
22	'''Rainbow Dash:''' I can still fly! '''BLAM'''
23	** From the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E1WinterIsComing pilot]]: "By the way, 'Screw you and the horse you rode in on' is only a figure of speech. Don't expect her to literally screw the horse! Though this might have inspired the ''Game Of Thrones''/''My Little Pony'' Slash Fic I'm sure somebody has written somewhere."
24	* From "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E21LivingWitness Living Witness]]":
25	--> '''Holo-Janeway''': "In Starfleet, we say: '[[Series/GameOfThrones a naked man has few secrets, a flayed man none.']]"
26	* In the opening of "The Gift", he overdubs a sketch on ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' (with actual footage playing onscreen), all for the sake of making a joke about... what else?... duct tape.
27	** (From "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E19TiesOfBloodAndWater Ties of Blood and Water]]") "Well, before you can say ''Quando Omni Flunkus Mortati''..."
28	* [[Franchise/LawAndOrder In the Klingon justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups...]] General Chang who prosecutes the offenders, and a bunch of guys who bang pointy sticks. (''Star Trek VI'')
29	** Kira giving a tour of the station to Tom Riker in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E09Defiant Defiant]]". A certain background prop looks familiar...
30	-->"And behind me you'll see [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums David Tennant's hand!]]"
31	** "[[Film/TheWizard I love the Time Gauntlet. Its so bad!]]" ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]")
32	** This heated exchanged between two alternate versions of Janeway:
33	--->"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor I did what I did without choice, in the name of peace and sanity."]]\
34	"Really?"\
35	"Nah! I'm just messin' with ya, dumbass."
36	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E4InTheFlesh In the Flesh]]", Janeway demands that Seven continue to make bigger and deadlier bombs to use against Species 8472. After she demands more of something called "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor the Galaxy Eater]]," Seven says that they're out of nano probes.
37	** Even when beamed over to another ship which is hijacked by Romulans, Picardo has a moral imperative to treat them. "When you call yourself the Doctor, it's like a promise you make!" ("[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E13MessageInABottle Message in a Bottle]]")
38	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E26TheJemHadar The Jem'Hadar]]", he emphasizes the Dominion's position of "Everything on this side of the Wormhole is ours," by showing a clip of [[Series/{{Farscape}} Stark doing the "My side, your side!" joke.]]
39	* The TOS cast appears to be in top form for their [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture first movie]]. Perhaps a little ''too'', actually; Shatner is channeling Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike.
40	-->"Now look my hair. Now look at me. [[Film/StarTrekGenerations I'm on a horse.]]"
41	* Scorpius has decided to go all Creator/TimAllen on us. "What this Aurora Chair needs is [[Series/HomeImprovement a lil' more power!]]" ("Reunion")
42	* From ''Blade Runner'': "[[Series/{{Newhart}} This is my brother Darryl, and my other brother Darryl]]."
43	* Janeway must let the world think that she ''is'' dead, until she can [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within her.]]
44	* Moriarty ordering Riker to "uncouple with a Heisenberg compensator's [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E21ThePTADisbands purple monkey dishwasher.]]"
45	* Remember the [[Series/TheThickOfIt Peter Mannion]] maxim: Never Google your own name.
46	** Likewise, his ''Manga/FullMoon'' recaps see him throwing a "Fuckity bye" into the mouth of Mitsuki's disapproving grandmother.
47	* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife House]] reveals his plan -- and it doesn't involve [[Series/{{House}} grabbing Cuddy's ass]].
48	* He claims that Nero from the 2009 movie is just an [[Series/Warehouse13 emo with a trident]]
49	* Captain Pike is not Jesus [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Christ]].
50	** Or [[Series/DoctorWho Davros]].
51	* So, [[LoopholeAbuse no human]] may go to Talos IV, or will face the death penalty, eh?
52	-->'''Spock:''' I, ''Half-Vulcan'' Mister Spock, as ''green-blooded'' as they come, agree that no ''human'' shall go there again! (P.S.: I'm an alien. [[Series/MorkAndMindy Nanu nanu]].)
53	* In ''Enterprise'''s "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E04StrangeNewWorld Strange New World]]", he calls Archer "one step removed from [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Foul Ole Ron]]".
54	** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', he guesses that because the humans in space don't recycle their waste, they are able to sustain their existence "because of... uh, quantum."
55	* Jokes that the [[Series/DoctorWho Ood]] look like [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Zoidberg]].
56	** He later plays clips of Zoidberg's EstablishingCharacterMoment over Dr. Phlox for "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E05ANightInSickbay A Night in Sickbay]]".
57	** How the alien amazons handle justice in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E13AngelOne Angel One]]"
58	--->'''Beata''': I must sentence you both to death.\
59	'''Chuck:''' [[Recap/FuturamaS3E1AmazonWomenInTheMood Death.... '''by Snu-Snu!]]'''
60	** He also makes another ''Futurama'' reference when the Ice Warriors from ''Doctor Who'' break out "The Clamps!"
61	** Clips from the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E11WhereNoFanHasGoneBefore Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]" are played during the ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' review, while Okana is referred to as "Fry".
62	** In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Fire, he notes that Team Avatar needs a bender. Smash cut to [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] singing Karma Chameleon. When he corrects him self, saying that the need a ''fire'' bender, there's another cut to Bender belching fire.
63	** Another shows up in the OVEG to "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E10Counterpoint Counterpoint]]", Janeway paraphrases [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]]:
64	-->'''Janeway''': This is the worst kind of treachery: The kind against ''me''.
65	** The ''Farscape'' episode "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E09OutOfTheirMinds Out of Their Minds]]", has multiple references to ''Futurama'', partially because they had ''also'' done a similar body-swapping episode (made many years later, but still).
66	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E4TheOutrageousOkona The Outrageous Okona]]", he's annoyed at how for all his posturing, he's a glorified delivery boy.
67	--->Don't quit your delivery job, Fry.
68	* After all the TV he's been watching, Hudson's learned a thing or two from [[Series/HappyDays The Fonz]]. ''([[PercussiveMaintenance smacks console]])''
69	* At the end of the ''{{Series/Andromeda}}'' episode "Dissonant Interval," which was penned as a possible series finale, Dylan goes to meet his destiny...and meets himself. Chuck wonders if this would make Creator/PatrickMcGoohan {{facepalm}}, referencing ''Series/ThePrisoner1967 finale "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE17FallOut Fall Out]]".
70	* In "Wormhole X-Treme!", Marty tells O'Neil that the stuck-up producer's last show was about a dog that solves crimes. Chuck then says that ''Poochinski'' was a real show; they had a pilot made, anyway.
71	* There is a scene in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap Booby Trap]]" where Riker talks about the trap that's draining the shields and exposing the crew to deadly radiation. Chuck!Riker finishes with "The only solution is to give into despair and [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica transform into witches]]."
72	* Kyubey's Google-search on ways to prevent the heat death of the universe turns up a ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' reference/pun "Loli, loli, loli, get your adverbs here!"
73	* In "Astromech Spy", Artoo remarks, [[Series/TheATeam "I love it when a plan comes together."]]
74	* When "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E18AshesToAshes Ashes to Ashes]]" opens with an alien speaking her native tongue, Chuck responds by talking like [[Franchise/TheMuppets Swedish Chef]].
75	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E26S7E1UnimatrixZero Unimatrix Zero]]" , Chuck!Janeway's last interaction with the Borg Queen is almost a direct quote of Harry Stone from ''Series/NightCourt'', specifically the episode ''Top Judge''.
76	* He's fond of referencing ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' and he might use SoundtrackDissonance/YaketySax from time to time:
77	** Review of ''Series/TheXFiles'' [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01 pilot episode]] mentions that a local medical examiner at the AdventureTown is uncomfortable when agents have a grave exhumed. He's either hiding something or they hired The Creator/BennyHill Grave-digger and Gardening Services Company. The latter is likely as the coffin is dropped and rolls down a hill.
78	** Review of "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E3Brothers Brothers]]" from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has a security team chase Data (and fail epically) to Yakety sax music.
79	* Review of "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms Tooms]]" from ''The X-Files'': When Mulder switches on the escalator that crushes and kills Tooms, a cheery theme song of ''Series/TheJeffersons'' starts playing.
80	* In the review of the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E5LandingAtPointRain "Landing at Point Rain"]], Chuck posits that Ki-Adi-Mundi is [[Film/{{Coneheads}} "from France"]].
81	* ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'': the use of the William Tell overture as a tune for ''Star Trek'' backstory is reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and their use of the same tune for the history of the American presidency.
82	* ''Film/Godzilla1954'': "Ogata has to blow off his date with Amiko, to see what happened to the ship, the ''Iko Maru,'' and then they send in the ''Bingo Maru'' to investigate, but it inexplicably vanishes as well, and the ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Kobiyashi Maru]]'' [[Franchise/StarTrek has drifted into the Neutral Zone,]] so it's not going to be any help."
83	** He also claims that one of the people who visits "Odo Island" is Creator/RobertPicardo. He then apologizes for the ''Star Trek'' jokes, but then claims that ''he'' isn't the one that named the place [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Odo Island.]]
84	* In his review to ''{{Series/Thunderbirds}}'', he refers to Thunderbird Five as; [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 The Satelite Of Love]]?
85	* While discussing ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' in his review of TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E13SubRosa Sub Rosa]]", subtitles that read [[Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver "He is NOT my Christian"]] briefly appear.
86	* In ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', his Imperial Agent is named [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Rex-Dart]].
87	* In his review of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Games]]", he mentions the British forces will go over the top in the morning - [[Recap/BlackadderS4E6Goodbyeee except those with their underpants on their head saying "wibble"]].
88	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E7TheInfiniteVulcan The Infinite Vulcan]]", Chuck taunts the plant aliens by daring them to see if their weapons deactivator works on the ship's phasers and calling one of them [[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales Archibald Asparagus]].
89	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E11FairHaven Fair Haven]]", he refers to the Doctor dressed as a Catholic priest as Series/FatherTed.
90	* A very dark one comes in his review of ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' when Oswald Danes is trying to earn his ''[[Creator/JimmySavile Jim'll Fix It]]'' badge.
91	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E27TheAlternativeFactor The Alternative Factor]]", he compares that the futuristic looking car to the one in ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
92	* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]":
93	** When the boss appears on a screen - "[[Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun Incoming message from the Big Giant Head!]]"
94	** At a couple of points, Chuck chants, "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E10MothersMercy Shame, Shame, Shame]]".
95	* After [[Creator/KieferSutherland Schreber]] checks his watch in the ''Film/DarkCity'' review, Chuck notes that the events of the movie "[[Series/TwentyFour will take place between twelve AM and one AM in real time]]".
96	* In the "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E3Drive Drive]]" review, he refers to Ambassador O'Zaal as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 TV's Frank]].
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98	!!Shout outs to literature
99	* The opening to ''The Man From Earth'' showcases art and dialogue from Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''.
100	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E11ShipInABottle Ship in a Bottle]]" Chuck refers to Data and Geordi playing the characters Sherlock Holmes and his trusted friend, [[Creator/MartinFreeman Art]][[Series/{{Sherlock}} hur]] [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 Dent]].
101	** Janeway will bend over backwards to justify her position, no matter how contradictory her current position is to her previous one. [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy For an encore, she goes on to prove that black is white and gets herself killed at the next zebra crossing.]]
102	* "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E11FairHaven Fair Haven]]", as the [[{{Oireland}} corpulent Irish hologram]] flickers out of existence, voice distorting all the while: "[[{{Literature/IT}} We all float down here, Tommy me boy! We alllll float."]]
103	* His ''Film/{{Hogfather}}'' review includes several quotes from other ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books.
104	** Occasionally, in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reviews, a given piece of technobabble either works or fails to work "because quantum", the favourite dismissal by the wizards of Unseen University when something magical, technological or [[{{Magitek}} both]] fails to work properly for reasons they don't or haven't even tried to understand.
105	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]", he first describes the Crystalline Entity as a 'Lovecraftian horror that eats planets', then when Lore reveals he betrayed the colony to it, asks if he got the ability to [[ComicBook/SilverSurfer fly through space on a surfboard]] as a reward.
106	* In his ''KOTOR'' Let's Play, he references ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' when mentioning that a Jedi named Nemo would be perfect for an underwater mission involving a submarine.
107	* In Night 2 of the ''Series/{{Dune}}'' miniseries review, when Princess Irulan summons her bald servant for help, Chuck inserts the bald woman just came back from selling her hair for [[Literature/TheGiftOfTheMagi a gift for her husband.]]
108	* In his mini-view of "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E23TheThaw The Thaw]]", as Harry is put in the guillotine, he says that he's ready to do a [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities far, far better thing than he has ever done before]].
109	* In "The Rise and Fall of the Comics Empire", the series about UsefulNotes/TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996, the events leading to it, and its aftermath, he calls the legal battle between Carl Icahn, former owner Ron Perelman, and Toy Biz (and eventual Marvel) co-owners Isaac Perlmutter and Avi Arad over a post-bankruptcy Creator/MarvelComics to [[Literature/WorldWarZ the Battle of Yonkers]].
110	* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]", he notes that travellers isn't a used term, which means that [[Literature/KinosJourney Kino and Hermes]] had better leave.
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112	!!Shout-outs to film
113	* [[{{Film/Patton}} I want you to remember that no holographic bastard won a war by dyin' for his country!]] ("[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E8NothingHuman Nothing Human]]")
114	* [[Film/TheUntouchables He pulls a pitchfork, you pull a gun! He sends one of yours to the Ocampa, you send one of his to the morgue!]] ''That's'' the Starfleet way! ("[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E1Caretaker Caretaker]]")
115	* [[Franchise/StarWars May the Force be with you]], Picard. It's as good an excuse as any for the Captain's sudden telepathy across space. (''First Contact'')
116	-->"I sensed something.... as if [[{{Redshirt}} a bit part cried out in terror and was suddenly silenced.]]"
117	** The [[DramaticUnmask big reveal]] of the Romulans for the first time in Earth history. (" [[Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror Balance of Terror]]") Everyone on the bridge turns and gives Spock the stink-eye.
118	--->'''Spock:''' N-no! ''That's not true!'' THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
119	*** Also a bit of a reference to the fact that the actor playing the Romulan captain would later play Spock's father Sarek.
120	** In his review of "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E13DearDoctor Dear Doctor]]" Chuck says that the episode will turn Jonathan Archer into [[YouAreWhatYouHate everything he hates]]:
121	--->'''Chuck''': "Darth Dutchess is ''waiting!''" ([[VaderBreath Wooo-paa! Wooo--paa!]])
122	** "Now you will witness the power of this fully-armed and operational bonsai tree!" (''Andromeda'')
123	** Trinity confesses that she loves Neo, and that the Oracle had told her, "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Love the chosen one you will, yes, yes! Frank Oz chuckle]]"
124	** The Klingon half of Torres in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E13Faces Faces]]":
125	--->''(dying)'' "B'Ellana...hurk!...help me take [[RubberForeheadAliens this prosthetic]] off! Let me...look at you... with ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi my own]]'' scalp!"
126	* "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold Threshold]]":
127	** "Tom has [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} just gone plaid]]."
128	** Brannon, [[Film/BillyMadison I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.]]
129	* "When did the mare in the moon [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings exchange reason for madness]]?!"
130	* Likewise, in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell Year of Hell]]" Chakotay wishes Janeway a Happy Birthday. Shortly afterward, Janeway seizes on the chance to blow somebody to smithereens:
131	-->''"Because, preciousss, it's my birthday and I wants it.''"
132	* When Tom is a bit too enthusiastic about blowing up a Krenim ship:
133	-->''"[[Film/MarsAttacks Yes, annihilate! Kill! Kill! Kill!]]"''
134	* [-[[Film/FieldOfDreams If you build it, Mulder will come.]]-]
135	* We've got trouble. Right here in River City. [[Theatre/TheMusicMan With a capital "T" and that rhymes with]] "[[CallBack 3]]" [[Theatre/TheMusicMan and that stands for Ziyal]]. ("[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E05FavorTheBold Favor the Bold]]")
136	** [[Film/DirtyDancing Nobody puts Bajor in a corner!]]
137	* [[Film/BlazingSaddles You'd help us re-take DS9 for]] Creator/RandolphScott! (RANDOOOOLPH SCOOOOOOTT! ♫)
138	** Rassilon briefly channeling Creator/HarveyKorman. ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]")
139	* [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Edith Keeler]] was supposed to die in a traffic accident, but instead would go on to work with FDR to keep America out of the war too long, so that the Axis powers won World War II thanks to [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk the retrieval of the Ark of the Covenant]].
140	* Compared Janeway's self-assimilation to the ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'''s "walk like a zombie" tactic.
141	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]" (TNG), the crew is trapped in a temporal loop that will only end if they avoid the accident or [[Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000 steal fifty cars in one night.]]
142	* Brooklyn has the ''perfect'' name for the Gargoyles' TeamPet: "[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer!]]"
143	* Captain Pike knows how to deal with RubberForeheadAliens: "[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 What're YOU lookin' at, butthead?]]"
144	* [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Middle-earth]] might not be the most fun place, but it could be worse. [[Film/YoungFrankenstein Could be raining.]]
145	* While giving a highly detailed history of the development of atomic weapons in the review of ''Film/TheDayAfter'', Chuck has "[[Film/DrStrangelove When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again]]" playing in the background.
146	* ''Film/TheDayAfter'' - "[[Film/TheGreatEscape We'll need three tunnels,]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 we must confound Gerry at every turn!]]''
147	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered Shattered]]", Chaotica laughs at Chakotay's claim that they are from the Eighth Dimension, saying there are only five dimensions. Obviously, he's never read the papers of [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Buckaroo Banzai]]. Though in this case, Chuck is really just calling attention to the show's own shout-out - Trek crews from TNG onward would frequently sneak in subtle references to Banzai.
148	* In TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame The Game]]", Ensign Robin Lefler's law #1 was [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."]]
149	* Chuck's explanation of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII (seen on its own in the CMOA page) has about ten Shout Outs per second, even if he can't remember [[Film/DasBoot what that U-Boat was up to]].
150	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E17TheKillingGame The Killing Game (Part 1)]]" Chuck describes the situation the Germans were facing: the Soviets were approaching from the East, the Allies were coming from the West, Rome was taken, [[{{Film/Downfall}} Hitler was angrily throwing pencils at maps...]]
151	** "Resistance Leader" Janeway vetos all of Torres's ideas, including [[Film/InglouriousBasterds burning down the movie theater]].
152	* Another one from "Living Witness":
153	-->"I like you, Tedran! [[{{Film/Commando}} I'll kill you second]]."
154	* ''Astromech Spy'', when the ship is about to be boarded by the Empire;
155	-->'''Threepio:''' This is madness!\
156	'''Artoo:''' [[Film/ThreeHundred This is Sparta!]]
157	* During the Doctor's "date" hologram on the surface of Mars, [[{{Film/Doom}} a portal to Hell opens to reveal The Rock.]] ("[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E19Lifesigns Lifesigns]]")
158	* "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E10Parallels Parallels]]" (of TNG): Worf's goodbye to Troi before returning to his reality has a spoof of the final speech from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'':
159	-->'''Worf''': It doesn't take much to see the problems of a strapping Klingon and a Human/Betazoid mongrel don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy galaxy. But if that shuttle gets off the ground and I'm not on it, I'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but when I meet your mother, my God will I regret it.
160	* In his review of ''The X-Files'' [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E01Pilot pilot episode]], when the FBI section chief asks how a case involving the paranormal would be prosecuted, we are pointed to the disastrous case of [[Film/KramerVsKramer Kramer vs. Gelavan-pah-doi!-doi!-bloop-ooh-ueh-fwuh-whoop-whulululululuh]].
161	* "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E03Squeeze Squeeze]]" and "[[Recap/TheXFilesS01E21Tooms Tooms]]", ''The X-Files'': Eugen Victor Tooms's predatory nature is emphasized by "Circle of Life" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
162	* After [[Film/TheThing1982 the Thing]] is revived, it has to defeat [[Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead the scientist]]'s [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Seven Norwegian Boyfriends.]]
163	* When the cavemen of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the Tribe of Gum]] start throwing rocks at Kal, he protests:
164	--> What? All I said was this fire was [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian good enough for Jehovah!]]
165	* Captain Lennox in ''Film/Transformers2007'' is not the same as the guy in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (the officer who goes "Our first catch of the day.").
166	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle The Battle]]", the Enterprise crew are confused when Picard mentions one of his old officers, so he sets them straight.
167	-->''[[Film/GhostbustersII He is Vigo! You are like the buzzing of flies to heem!]]''
168	* From "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E19BloodOath Blood Oath]]", Kang spends eighty years chasing the Albino, wishing to kill him for the death of an immediate family member... and doesn't quite manage it when the moment arrives. The Albino has one thing to say to that;
169	-->''[[Film/ThePrincessBride Have you been chasing me your whole life, only to fail now? I think that's the worst thing I've ever heard. How marvellous.]]''
170	* From "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E23AllOurYesterdays All Our Yesterdays]]," Kirk describes himself as being from "an island...called Earth."
171	-->'''Chuck:''' "[[Film/ThisIslandEarth This island Earth]]." I think I've heard of this. Could you hook me up with an interocitor?
172	* From "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E09TheAscent The Ascent]]," Nog boasts about his muscles. However, Chuck compares Nog's build to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory a guy who rolled a girl that turned into a blueberry while singing]].
173	* From ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' - Blumbert tells Howard that his colleague is bringing the feather. [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} It can make an elephant fly]].
174	* In [[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E22Chrysalis "Chrysalis"]], he mentions Londo [[Film/TheShining passing a frozen Jack Nicholson]] during his meeting in the hedge maze with Mr. Morden.
175	* "[[Film/BlazingSaddles Number One, I need a harumph]]". ("[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks Lower Decks]]")
176	* "[[Film/KingKong1933 'Twas beauty that killed the beast. And this rod]]". ("[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E15ThineOwnSelf Thine Own Self]]")
177	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E9TheVoyagerConspiracy The Voyager Conspiracy]]", he compares Seven's activities to Creator/RussellCrowe [[Film/ABeautifulMind hanging up newspaper clippings in a shed]].
178	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E11Waltz Waltz]]", after Dukat has an outburst, Chuck asks if he can interest him in a [[Film/TheBeaver beaver puppet]].
179	* "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E15Tsunkatse Tsunkatse]]", he notes that Wrestling/TheRock can't fight himself. After all, he isn't Creator/JetLi.
180	** Doubles as an ActorAllusion, as The Rock was originally meant to star in ''Film/TheOne''.
181	* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Love and Monsters]]", one member of LINDA starts singing "The Riddle Song" on her guitar. He plays the appropriate clip from ''Film/AnimalHouse''.
182	* In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E1TheWayBack The Way Back]]", Blake is found [[Film/TheProducers incredibly guilty]].
183	* In his mini-view of "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E23TheThaw The Thaw]]", he laments that Creator/KeanuReeves [[Film/{{Speed}} isn't here to shoot the hostages to take them out of the equation]].
184	* In his review of "Mind Wars", he mentions that the insane telepaths with telekinesis probably [[Film/TheExorcist lie back in bed making things spin around the room and saying "Your mother sucks cocks in Hell!"]]
185	* During the climax of ''Film/PacificRim'', [[Film/DrStrangelove someone has to play Slim Pickens with the bomb]].
186	* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]", he declares that rodents don't grow that big, except for [[Film/ThePrincessBride Rodents of an Unusual Size]], of course.
187	* During Kalara's death in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'':
188	-->[[Film/{{Prometheus}} Well, at least she couldn't have escaped by running slightly to the left or right]].
189	* L ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''' "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E1To3TheLastSonOfKrypton "The Last Son of Krypton]]":
190	** As Jor-El outsmarts security and Brainiac, he says, "Suck it, [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]".
191	** As Angela Chen says that Metropolis may have its greatest sight yet, Chuck adds "[[[Film/{{Metropolis}} a golden robot woman]]".
192	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E2WhoMournsForAdonais Who Mourns for Adonais]]", Chuck hums the ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' theme as our heroes go to fight [[StealthPun Apollo]].
193
194	!!Shout-outs to new media
195	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E023Regeneration Regeneration]]" he mentions "the hero's death battle exemption," a term used by the site ''Jabootu''.
196	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E15BaddaBingBaddaBang Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang]]", he ends a long list of Bashir's genetically engineered feats with "... and now if you'll excuse me, I have to return [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's hat]]".
197	** He never did get that back...
198	** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' review, he refers to Batman as Crazy Steve; referencing Linkara's TakeThat at Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''.
199	* Chuck refers to himself as that guy "who's ''not'' WebVideo/RedLetterMedia."
200	** In his review of "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E10Counterpoint Counterpoint]]", he launches into a tirade that seems to channel Harry S. Plinkett:
201	--->'''Inspector:''' Call me Kashyk, please.\
202	'''WebSite/SFDebris:''' Kashyyyk? Isn't that the planet where Chewbacca's from? That don't make sense. This don't make sense! What's your real name, and why are you wearing a coat made out of carpeting, huh?
203	* Website/TVTropes:
204	** The wiki is referenced in a review, regarding UnfortunateImplications.
205	--->"''Kes comes in to see Tuvok and, after a couple of minutes, Tuvok decides he'll try that plan of Harry's. There's a thing TV Tropes calls UnfortunateImplications, and this seems to apply here: The only thing stopping the black guy and the Asian guy from beating each other up are white women.''"
206	** When he finally awarded the first ever 10 to a ''Voyager'' episode ("Life Line") the video caption noted to "Alert TV Tropes!" in order to update the entry that would be affected by that score (and which, in light of said review, became obsolete and was subsequently deleted).
207	** His review of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon\|1980}}'' references a large number of tropes by name, and the general approach to the review is in line with the feel of this website, all the way up to, and including... '''''Creator/BrianBlessed!'''''
208	** In the ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' review, he implored viewers not to tag him with a Did Not Do the Research entry on his supposition that the constellation system for gate co-ordinates didn't make sense because he had no time to scan through all 10 seasons of the [[Series/StargateSG1 TV series]] for an explanation. In a meta example of not doing research, the Did Not Do the Research trope had been recently [[Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub red linked]] because [[SeriousBusiness TV Tropes is not for pointing out errors]].
209
210	!!Shout-outs to card and tabletop games:
211	* When scoring the Zombies in his ''Film/NightOfTheComet'' review, he uses the scale from the zombie RPG ''TabletopGame/AllFleshMustBeEaten''.
212	* Ghost Janeway attending her own funeral in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E14Coda Coda]]".
213	-->"But -- I ''can't'' be dead! I'm supposed to [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons go into that phylactery]] and come back as an all-powerful lich!"
214	* ''Film/TheThing2011'': [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Ach, Hans, run!]]
215	* In the "[[Recap/StargateSG1S1E11Bloodlines Bloodlines]]" episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', Teal'c is trying to summon [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Ob-Nixilis]].
216
217	!!Shout-outs to video games
218	* Referencing [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Securitrons]] when a newscaster mentions New Vegas from the ''Series/BabylonFive'' review.
219	** He also uses the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' opening for "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E9HideAndQ Hide and Q]]".
220	** Calling [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Soren]] [[VideoGame/Fallout3 President Eden]].
221	** And ANOTHER reference to Three Dog in his review of Avatar: The Last Airbender's "Water". Chuck is a huge fan of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' and it shows.
222	* In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E14ReturnToGrace Return to Grace]]", Ziyal, the would-be prepubescent UsefulNotes/CheGuevra, runs up excitedly to show off a new knife trick she learned ''all by herself''.
223	-->'''Chuck:''' Oh that's just great. You got the phasers, you got your ''one'' move, [[SarcasmMode you're perfectly set]]! We're gonna stick you in [[Franchise/{{Halo}} a green suit, and you can go fight the Flood]]!!
224	* The opening of his review of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' paraphrases Creator/PatrickStewart's speech in the introduction movie of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', and the visuals from both are similar.
225	** The body-snatching [[Film/DarkCity Strangers]] are likened to [[VideoGame/RuneScape Revenaunts]].
226	* The coda video to "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E24Tuvix Tuvix]]" is a montage of Janeway's dastardly nature to the tune of [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} "Still Alive"]].
227	* John Sheridan is known as "Starkiller" because [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed he was trained in secret by Darth Vader]].
228	* To ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' when he notes what if Kirk used the Guardian to go back and change things? Cut to it happening the exact same way, but in a different colour. Also doubles as a StealthInsult to the infamous endings of the game.
229	** Imitates a [[Franchise/MassEffect Salarian]] when in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E08TheSiegeOfAR558 The Siege of AR-558]]", Sisko's team likewise manages to HoldTheLine.
230	** ''Franchise/MassEffect'' earns another reference in "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E06TerraNova Terra Nova]]", with a crack that the asteroid impact on that planet was clearly the fault of the batarians - an asteroid-based attack on a colony named Terra Nova, by batarian terrorists, was the plot of the first game's ''Bring Down the Sky'' DLC, which is integrated into the PC release.
231	*** Earlier in the "Terra Nova" review, he stated that the obvious culprit for who attacked Earth's first long-range deep-space colony was the geth, because that's the sort of thing they do.
232	** "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E15Paradise Paradise]]" gives a fairly vicious TakeThat to the endings, referring to how frustrating it was. "Why don't you just make the ending red, blue, and green if you were just going to make it fucking infuriating?!?"
233	* The attack on the Salarian colony in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E3EnsignRo Ensign Ro]]" clearly was done by the krogan, though the only people who'd would get that joke [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 are busy today.]][[note]](the episode in question was released the day ''Mass Effect 3'' was released.)[[/note]]
234	* The weapons at [[Film/TheDarkKnight Wayne Enterprises]] fire the whole bullet. [[VideoGame/Portal2 That's 65% more bullet per bullet!]].
235	* "Ramsay's people have been hiding out in what I'm guessing is a cave inside the ''[[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Elder Scrolls]]'' universe. That might explain why I have an urge to put a bucket on Tasha's head." ("[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E13AngelOne Angel One]]")
236	** The end of said episode's score is given a 1 and then states that it [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim "took an arrow to the knee."]]
237	* Chula was originally called the Chula Saga [[VideoGame/TheBannerSaga before the makers of Candy Crush Saga threatened to sue the Wadi over the name.]] ("[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E10MoveAlongHome Move Along Home]]").
238	* In his review of ''Film/{{Gattaca}}'': Chuck quotes the quit game message of ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'': "[[GuiltBasedGaming Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.]]"
239	** He also notes that Vincent has one driving, overreaching goal...
240	--->'''[[VideoGame/Portal2 Space Core]]:''' '''SPAAAAAAAACE!'''
241	* Diana's cat gets nicknamed "[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Sir Pounce-a-lot]]."
242	* In his review of the ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode, "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E12Aubrey Aubrey]]", the plot centers around a man that took out his frustrations of being punished for everything his younger sisters did by attacking other women that he envisioned as "little sisters".
243	-->'''Chuck:''' [[VideoGame/BioShock1 And presumably not get the ADAM for plasmids and gene tonics]].
244	* Early in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', while roleplaying as Goggles he recalls doing research on a station with a [[VideoGame/HalfLife Dr. Gordon Freeman]] who would [[HeroicMime never shut up]].
245
246	!!Shout-outs to music
247	* In his review of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' (specifically the episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarDay Avatar Day]]"), he references Music/DavidBowie's "Space Oddity".
248	-->Ground Control to Mayor Tong [...]

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