1 | It bears mentioning Derek Landy is a self-professed comic reader, gamer, movie geek, etc. Which is probably why there are so many of these. |
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3 | [[AC: Phase One Books]] |
4 | * The following exchange from the first book: |
5 | -->'''Valkyrie's mother:''' I love you. |
6 | -->'''Valkyrie:''' [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack I know.]] |
7 | * To ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} in the second book. |
8 | * Possibly to Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy with the tagline of book three's cover -- 'Do Panic'. |
9 | * The Franchise/CthulhuMythos is discussed several times. |
10 | * To ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' in book four. |
11 | * [[ShoutOutToShakespeare To Hamlet]] on the Book Four cover. |
12 | * Part of a chapter towards the end of the fifth book seems to be lifted straight out of a certain swordfight scene from ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. |
13 | * There is a moment in the fifth book which references the "spanish inquisition" sketch from Monty Python. |
14 | * It was... [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus an ex- rabbit.]] |
15 | * One of the words used to [[spoiler: open the Crucible]] was "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mellon]]". |
16 | * Look out for the Empire Strikes Back reference in Book Five: "Not a scratch, Ghastly" |
17 | * Valkyrie is worried about [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk "hulking out"]] in book six. |
18 | * [[Franchise/{{Alien}} "Help, Sigourney Weaver! Help!"]] |
19 | * "Like [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Jules]], in ''Film/PulpFiction''?" |
20 | * "We're not [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] and Series/{{Angel}}, OK? We're not Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet. We're not those guys in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. We're not even [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward and Bella]]." |
21 | ** Speaking of which, there's no way the Valkyrie and Caelan subplot wasn't meant to be a mocking {{Deconstruction}} of Literature/{{Twilight}} |
22 | * In book 6, when Carol and Crystal ask Valkyrie to teach them some "tricks", she tells them they're not called tricks, and the twins correct themselves to saying [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment "illusions"]] instead. |
23 | * [[spoiler: Darquesse]] mentions flying like Franchise/{{Superman}}. |
24 | ** There's an earlier Superman reference in ''Playing With Fire'', where Valkyrie comments that Dusk ripping off his human skin is similar to how Clark Kent rips off his shirt. |
25 | * Tesseract might just be a ShoutOut to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bane.]] |
26 | * [[spoiler: Beryl]] is apparently a [[Franchise/StarTrek Trekkie.]] |
27 | ** Valkyrie [[spoiler: while pretending to be Darquesse]] references the Borg in ''The Dying of the Light'' when explaining to Alternate Mevolent why she's so good at adapting to new weaponry. She claims they taught her. |
28 | * Darquesse's knowledge of swordplay consists of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire "the pointy end goes in the other person".]] |
29 | ** While less likely, that one could ''also'' be a reference to Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'', where a skilled fighter who is nonetheless clueless with swords is told "The blunt end goes in your hand and the sharp end goes in the enemy...remember which end is which." |
30 | ** Or "The Mask of Zorro", where Murrieta says "The pointy end goes into the other man." |
31 | * Scapegrace, as a zombie [[spoiler: head in a jar]], notes that he had heard someone once say [[Series/DoctorWho fezzes were cool.]] |
32 | ** From The Dying Of The Light: "She abandons the wheel, comes back over. "What a place, eh? Bigger on the inside. Like the TARDIS."" |
33 | * Ghastly giving relationship advice to [[spoiler: Fletcher]] in the chapter 'The Wisdom of Leonard Cohen'. He quotes [[Music/LeonardCohen I'm Your Man]], saying it's something a friend of his once said. |
34 | * In The Maleficent Seven, Tanith and Sanguine mention that they are both Harry Potter fans while ridiculing a Necromancer who uses an actual wand for magic. They're worried it might become a stereotype. |
35 | ** The same Necromancer says, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing "You shall not pass!"]] when he confronts them. |
36 | * In the same book, Tanith quotes ''Film/TheUntouchables'' and is rather annoyed when nobody else gets the reference. |
37 | * Another in The Maleficent Seven, Saracen Rue [[Comicbook/XFactor knows stuff]]. |
38 | * "I watch things now. Shows. ''Series/GilmoreGirls''. Have you seen it? I watch the reruns on television. They talk so fast on that show. I've never known anyone to talk so fast, except on ''Series/TheWestWing''. ''Series/TheWire''. I've watched that as well. Harrowing stuff, but I watched it. And ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Now there was a show. ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', too. Cancelled before its time, that one." |
39 | * Darquesse references Spiderman's WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. She denies it immediately. |
40 | * The Maleficent Seven references [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Indiana Jones; Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'s top men quote, with "Top. People." |
41 | * At the beginning of ''Kingdom of the Wicked'' with a discussion on [[SchrodingersButterfly whether a character is an insane man who thinks he's a butterfly or an insane butterfly who thinks he's a man.]] |
42 | * Cadaverous Gant from ''The Dying of the Light'' is [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "master of his domain."]] |
43 | ** Gant may also be a shout-out to [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney another]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass seemingly-harmless old man]] with the same name. |
44 | * Numerous references to all the famous dragons in fiction when Valkyrie and the Monster Hunters think of a name for the dragon living in Gordon's caves, including [[Literature/TheHobbit Smaug,]] [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Drogon,]] [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Fin Fang Foom,]] and [[WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon Puff.]] |
45 | * Darquesse' power levels and origin are explained by her being directly compared to [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix]]. |
46 | * "The Dying of the Light" has one to Series/ArrestedDevelopment when [[spoiler:Darquesse says to Argeddion]], "Illusions Michael." |
47 | * Valkyrie names her dog Xena after ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''. |
48 | * Valkyrie quotes Series/TheOriginalSeries while impersonating Darquesse and names her dog Xena. |
49 | * Clarabelle and Thrasher/Gerald hum "that song from WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}." |
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51 | [[AC: Phase Two Books]] |
52 | * "Oh, I'm not one of the chosen few who are lucky enough to hear the voice of [[Literature/{{TheTellTaleHeart}} the telltale heart]]." |
53 | * Valkyrie keeps calling the Leibniz Universe "Dimension X". Presumably as a nod to where Krang from ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' comes from. |
54 | * In ''Midnight'' when Rosemary offers Valkyrie a cup of tea, her husband Pádraig says "Go on, go on" as a nod to Mrs Doyle from ''Series/FatherTed''. |
55 | * When they see what Cadaverous Gant has done to the Midnight Hotel, Temper compares it to the [=TARDIS=] from ''Franchise/DoctorWho''. |
56 | * In ''Bedlam'' when they meet Cherise, Skulduggery says the Irish Sanctuary hasn't had much luck with administrators and compares them to the drummers from ''Film/SpinalTap''. |
57 | * Aurnia talks about music her family enjoys since coming to Skulduggery's dimension. She mentions ''Music/TheBeatles'', ''Music/TheMonkees'' and ''Music/FrankSinatra''. |
58 | * When Colleen asks Omen for help getting away from Abyssinia, she says "Help us Omen-One Kenobi. You're our only hope". A nod to Princess Leia's in the first ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, ''Film/ANewHope''. |
59 | * When Fletcher see Nero wearing a black trench coat, he tells him he looks like he read ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'' and raised his parents wardrobe. |
60 | * When Valkyrie looks after Alice, they both sing ''Crazy World'' by ''Music/{{Aslan}}''. |
61 | * When Valkyrie let's herself be captured by actors who are sacrificing young girls, she asks one of them if he played a dead cop alongside [[Creator/JeffBridges the guy]] from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. Jason Randal points out that the movie was ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and she's mixing him up with Creator/RyanReynolds. |
62 | * The shunter who bring Skulduggery and co. to the Leibniz Universe is a guy who chose the name Luke Skywalker after the ''Franchise/StarWars'' character. Tannith initially refuses to call him this and suggests [[Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] instead. |
63 | * The book "Until the End" is dedicated to Tony Stark and Natasha Romanov for their actions in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The book ends with the message "Skulduggery Pleasant Will Return", similar to the messages that end many Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse solo films. |
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