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14	This page lists ShoutOut from {{Web Original}}s.
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16	!!Works with their own subpages:
17	[[index]]
18	* ''ShoutOut/TheDarkId''
19	* ''ShoutOut/DragonCave''
20	* ''ShoutOut/GrindhouseAndWatercolors''
21	* ''ShoutOut/HamstersParadise''
22	* ''ShoutOut/KeitAi''
23	* ''ShoutOut/{{LOLNEIN}}''
24	* ''ShoutOut/{{Neopets}}''
25	* ''ShoutOut/PlatypusComix''
26	* ''ShoutOut/SCPFoundation''
27	* ''ShoutOut/SFDebris''
28	* ''ShoutOut/SolarWind''
29	* ''ShoutOut/TFWikiDotNet''
30	[[/index]]
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33	!!Other Works
34	* ''Literature/AntlersColorado'' slips a couple lines of Hotel California into a section of its first chapter, possibly both a reference to [[Roleplay/NanQuest another work of horror web fiction]] as well as the fact that [[spoiler:the Chapter One BigBad is disguised as a motel worker.]]
35	* [[http://backloggery.com The Backloggery]], a video game-tracking website, has badges for those who meet certain requirements in their collection. Having most of your games marked as beat earns the [[VideoGame/{{Contra}} "Consider Yourself a Hero"]] badge (which resembles one of the power-ups from ''Contra'' as well), while having most of your games marked as [[OneHundredPercentCompletion complete]] earns you the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 "Master of Unlocking"]] badge.
36	* ''WebOriginal/BosunsJournal'':
37	** One of the faces in the background crowd in the post on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/11qjej5/bosuns_journal_artistocrats_the_first_posthumans/ the artistocrats]] is [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Little Ghost]].
38	** The post on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/11yunwh/bosuns_journal_thinking_buildings_the_last/ the thinking buildings]] includes an illustration of a weightless person strongly resembling Franchise/IndianaJones about to explore the ruins/corpse of one such building.
39	** ''Bosun's Return'':
40	*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/1b5gwc5/bosuns_return_bogmoths_lifecycle_with_an/ Bogmoths]], creatures with a drastically transformed, sterile post-adult lifestage intended to protect and care for relatively helpless reproductive adults, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/1b5gwc5/comment/ktkt5bg/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 were inspired by]] the Pak protectors of ''Literature/KnownSpace''.
41	*** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/1bblw2f/bosuns_return_jibunaljin_homage_to_a_legend_entry/ Jibunaljin]], apelike postmammals with symbiotic animals resembling a crown of spiky yellow hair, are based on the Sayans from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Notably, their debut post was uploaded shortly after Creator/AkiraToriyama's passing as a homage.
42	* ''Literature/CanYouSpareAQuarter'':
43	** The Nifty version of the story says that the detective series that Jamie watches at Graham's house is ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', the ASSTR version drops the explicit reference to the name but still refers to a detective with a raincoat.
44	** In the Nifty version, the name Tails for Jason's squirrel is based on ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
45	* [[http://chromagic.blogspot.com Chromagic]] shouts out to a whole bunch of things. Mostly Pokémon.
46	* ''Literature/DecadesOfDarkness'' has {{shout out}}s to, among other things: a group of popular rock bands, ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', and so on and so on.
47	* Website/DeviantArt: This picture does a shout-out to [[Anime/MazingerZ three]] [[Manga/GetterRobo separate]] [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya anime]] [[http://mmtrigger.deviantart.com/art/Hare-Hare-Robo-Z-85335820 at once.]]
48	* Sean [=McIndoe=] named his hockey blog [[http://www.downgoesbrown.com/ Down Goes Brown]] after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiPxTEG2Ax8 an announcer call on the Sylvain Lefevbre-Rob Brown fight]]. For many years a screencap of the fight was also his social media icon.
49	* ''Literature/DreamHighSchool'' lets readers win the chance to add sentences to the story, and one of the readers chose [[MoreDakka "We need more dakka."]]
50	* ''Literature/EntirelyPresentingYou'': A few aliases, and even the chapter titles, reference songs and lyrics.
51	* There are also tons of these (to other literary and artistic works) in the [[WebSerialNovel blog novel]] ''[[http://fartago.blogspot.com Fartago]]''. Just the ones we've caught: ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (the entire premise, that a monolith gives a tribe of cavemen self awareness, and they soon discover a bone can be used as a weapon), ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' and ''Literature/DonQuixote'' (the plot structure of two members of a society being outside their society and commenting on it), the writings of UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud (the fact that the characters are motivated by their realization they will eventually die), ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' (the writing style), ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing'' (Chapter 1: "The Unbearable Lightness of Cat Poop"), Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} (Flying Tago and Furry Night Bird Farta), ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (Chapter 3: The Fellowship of Fartago), "The Treachery of Images" ("Zis Ees Not a Poop"), and those are just the ones I caught ''in the first three chapters''.
52	* ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'':
53	** The blog's avatar is a screenshot of Jack from ''Film/TheShining''.
54	** [[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/147749606/july-25-chopping-block This post]] has a brief aside alluding to ''Film/YouGotServed'':
55	--->"As it turns out, Gary has been dodging the summons for the past couple weeks. Serving someone turns out to be nowhere near as easy as the 2004 street dancing film suggests."
56	* Website/{{Google}}:
57	** If you enter "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Shire]]" and "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mordor]]" and select walking directions, Google Maps will respond with a custom error stating "Use caution – One does not simply walk into Mordor.". See [[https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=The+Shire&daddr=Mordor&hl=en&sll=52.146973,2.27417&sspn=3.890115,9.876709&geocode=FQ5TFAMd28z8_yElBZuqiYsAVylV1Hv63Bd2SDElBZuqiYsAVw%3BFQIZIwMdfIRIACGKWmSWaKkbIylJa9YftVfPRzGKWmSWaKkbIw&dirflg=w&mra=ltm&t=m&z=7 here.]]
58	** Google's Wave service was named such because that's what communications were called in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. The crash message is even Wash's infamous line "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
59	* In ''Literature/GravenHunterFiles'' novel ''Trial and Error'' Sye notes his ancestor Kyrie was sent to and kicked St. Brutus's home for criminal youths, a reference to the school in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' that Harry's Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia force him to claim he is attending to his Aunt Marge.
60	* The parodic zombie comedy ''Literature/HowToSurviveAZombieApocalypse'' employs a huge number of this. Chapter titles include ''Fifty Shades of Collin'' or ''Breaking Duff'' as examples.
61	* The "anti-walkthrough" website Website/ItHeSoftware includes tons of shout-outs in its articles -- to movies, obscure songs, etc. For instance, the chapters in the ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' walkthroughs: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing "The Mines of Moria"]], [[Franchise/TombRaider "Tom Braider"]], [[Music/MCHammer "It's HammerTime"]], [[VideoGame/{{Hexen}} "The Heresiarch's Seminary"]].
62	* ''Literature/LostBoysOfTheCascades'' has several shout outs, among them its title and the name of its main character being references to ''Literature/PeterPan''.
63	* ''Website/NobodyHere'':
64	** "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/superman.here Superman]]" has Jogchem compare himself to the [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} famous superhero]], "helplessly looking for his glasses".
65	** Asking for a hint in "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/think.here Think]]" will propose that "the only way to win the game is not to play it", referencing a famous quote from the film ''Film/WarGames''.
66	* ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'':
67	** Kirk Odd's name is a rearrangement of "Oedkerk", the last name of the creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Steve Oedkerk.
68	** [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1656086060999352322 Gabore]], the Warden of Glutton, takes the form of Splaat, the logo from the 1998 Creator/KlaskyCsupo VanityPlate. He is also named after Gábor Csupó, one of the co-founders of the animation studio.
69	** [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1659580456516329473 Hypsypops]], the Warden of Lies, takes the form of the 2002 Nickelodeon Home Media Fish logo.
70	** A [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1657068737806073867 third, unnamed warden]] takes the form of Face, the first mascot of Creator/NickJr.
71	** The description of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfw07rDrko8&t=4s Nick Jr. Anomaly (2001, Found Footage)]]" references a taco shell filled with organs. This is a direct reference to a poorly-written ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' {{Creepypasta}} titled "GIR[='=]s Rage", where GIR rips out Dib's organs and puts them in a taco shell.
72	** "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T1T5oJRUPM0&list=PLLETAMxb4wBIcBTFnpvy4bRMn361HQos_&index=6&pp=iAQB July 25, 2005]]" is a more straightforward rendition of the creepypasta "[[https://trollpasta.com/wiki/7/25/2005 7/25/2005]]", which involved a glitch during an airing of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Your Shoe's Untied". Within the context of the ARG, however, Kirk purposefully hijacked the episode so he and Gabore could kill [=SpongeBob=] off before the Nickelodeon operators stopped him in time.
73	** Jenica's screams of agony from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h86hPXHywFU Strange Nicktoons Network Anomaly (2007)]]" are sampled from a scene in the British PIF Film ''Film/{{Apaches}}'', specifically the scene where Sharon is screaming after getting her insides destroyed after drinking weed killer.
74	* The ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' stories are a Shout-Out to everything, in theory.
75	* Website/RottenTomatoes indulged in this [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gods_of_egypt/ doing a consensus]]: "Look on ''Film/GodsOfEgypt'', ye filmgoers, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of this colossal wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Apologies to [[Creator/PercyByssheShelley Shelley]].)"
76	* ''ARG/SpectacularOrganic'''s logo is very similar to the logo of Spectacular Optical, from the film ''Film/VideoDrome''.
77	* ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' does this a lot. More so than you might realize. From the final serial being titled [[ProgressiveRock I Pity Inanimate Objects, to a place called The Point of Know Return]]. Serial 2 is said to be planned to be a bunch of shout outs to anime and manga, and over in Serial 11 you have towns named things like [[FilmNoir Noire]] and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oz]], with a society that matches the name in some form. Then you get into the actual music, with bands having names like [[Music/DeepPurple Ultraviolet]] and a musician named [[Music/GunsNRoses Axel Rhoades]], and too much more to list.
78	* [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com The official Tumblr for]] ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' is prone to making these in the tags:
79	** ''Film/TheKarateKid'' [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/tagged/Fear-does-not-exist-in-this-dojo-does-it%3F gets]] ''[[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/tagged/Pain-does-not-exist-in-this-dojo-does-it%3F three]]'' [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/tagged/Defeat-does-not-exist-in-this-dojo-does-it%3F quotes]], all of which are variations of "X does not exist in this dojo does it?"
80	** [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/120196591234/i-cant-believe-its-here-today-is-launch-day-for#notes "#I'm so excited! #And I just can't hide it!"]] is a quote from "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters.
81	** [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/120213746484/ranked-battles-are-objective-based-game-modes-that#notes At one point]], the Lab suggests ''the audience'' make their own ''[[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince]]'' pun.
82	* When one registers for online content on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, one of the password recovery questions asks for the airspeed of an unladen swallow.
83	* Website/TFWikiDotNet often makes Shout Outs to other works. For instance, the captions in [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie the article]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' are all quotes from ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV]]'', and [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries the live-action movies]] go the same way ([[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_(film) Transformers (2007)]] quotes the 80's movie itself, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen_(film) Revenge of the Fallen]] quotes ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon_(film) Dark of the Moon]] quotes ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'', [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction_(film) Age of Extinction]] quotes ''Film/JurassicPark'', [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film) The Last Knight]] quotes ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', and [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(film) Bumblebee]], ''Westernanimation/BeeMovie''); some characters have ActorAllusion for a caption ([[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Wreck-Gar]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_%28Animated%29 is all about]] Music/WeirdAlYankovic lyrics); and the [[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]] [[BigBad Megatron]] page has at least two Shout Outs to WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall.
84	* ''Literature/VoidDomain'' has shout-outs aplenty. Almost all the background teachers have names referencing other works.
85	** Isaac Calvin is Creator/IsaacAsimov and his character Susan Calvin from ''Literature/IRobot''.
86	** Franklin Kines is a combination of Creator/FrankHerbert and his ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' character Liet Kynes.
87	** The school's first dean was a woman with the last name of Halsey, the name of the dean in Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator''.
88	** The necromancer Sawyer one time stays in ''Film/TheBurbs'' and later moves to the hotel from ''Film/TheShining''.
89	** One professor starts to discuss the [[Literature/{{Worm}} Manton Effect]] just before the chapter ends.
90	* ''WebOriginal/WellBeRightBack'':
91	** Two videos reference the infamous {{Creepypasta}} ''Fanfic/SquidwardsSuicide''. The first video, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_94VuNDBP4&list=PLDowS0m7mqDk9LutC07V9xPCY5BD_d1ct&index=17 Red Mist Anomaly (2008)]]", is a more straightforward rendition of the ''Red Mist'' rewrite, but it cuts out the majority of the creepypasta while sticking to ''WBRB''[='=]s canon. In another video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70J_6L6Y1y4&list=PLDowS0m7mqDk9LutC07V9xPCY5BD_d1ct&index=25 Nick Programming Break Error (2005)]]", the ending references the little-known intro to the creepypasta[[note]]The episode that was meant to air in the test screening was "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E1FearOfAKrabbyPattyShellOfAMan Fear of a Krabby Patty]]", only to air the titular LostEpisode instead.[[/note]] by airing the first part of the intro to "Fear of a Krabby Patty" before switching to the "Squidward's Suicide" title card.
92	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlYO9XlAdQ&list=PLDowS0m7mqDk9LutC07V9xPCY5BD_d1ct&index=23 Disney Channel Film Reel ID (RARE, 1988)]]" cuts to the intro to a recreation of ''Fanfic/SuicideMouse'' before the video abruptly ends.
93	** ''Literature/AbandonedByDisney'' is referenced in "Disney Channel Broadcast Anomaly (2004)", with a picture of Mowgli's Palace appearing on screen along with the word "corruptus." A PDF of the Corruptus incident document is an item included in one of the ZIP folders.
94	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ojl7gckNhU THE DAWN IS YOUR ENEMY (2010 Final Broadcast)]]" is a recreation of the creepypasta explaining why the titular bumper isn't shown on Adult Swim anymore.
95	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiN4YzDzmHc Simpsons Anomaly (2009)]]" centers around a disgruntled father sending a complaint to [=MacNeil Tech=] regarding the fact that his son had seen a recreation of ''Fanfic/DeadBart'' on TV. It's even listed in the DVR menu as "Moaning Lisa", the episode that took Dead Bart's place when it was made hidden from the public. The man also says it reminded his son of a ghost story he read online.
96	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5UAm_Atvhg July 25th Anomaly (2005)]]" is a recreation of the creepypasta [[https://trollpasta.com/wiki/7/25/2005 "7/25/2005"]], which is about a strange glitch that occurred on that day on Nickelodeon, during an airing of the [=SpongeBob=] episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E1YourShoesUntiedSquidsDayOff "Your Shoe's Untied"]].
97	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKxvdggASO4 BK Pokemon Recall Anomaly (1999)]]" is centered around the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O33zX3DBg&pp=ygUaYnVyZ2VyIGtpbmcgcG9rZW1vbiByZWNhbGw%3D now-infamous recall PSA]] Burger King aired in 1999 for their Poke Ball kids meal toys, with Val hijacking it and using it to try and get children to kill themselves by swallowing the toy.
98	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-N9vma-wxs Porygon Anomaly (1997)]]" features clips from the banned Anime/{{Pokemon}} episode "Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon" being shown during a documentary being aired on Nick at Nite.
99	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkD7cI9VyQs Rap Rat Anomaly (1994)]]" is based around the 90s board game TabletopGame/RapRat and its accompanying videotape - more specifically, the popular creepypasta based on the game.
100	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
101	** It is really a superhero comic-book universe. So most of the buildings at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] are named for famous writers and inkers of comic books. Schuster Hall, [=McFarlane=] Stadium....
102	** There are tons of shout-outs in "Tales of the [=MCO=], because the entire story is the protagonists watching an anti-mutant television show and [=MSTing=] the heck out of it.
103	** The online [[WelcomeToEvilMart Evil Mart]] is named [[Franchise/TheIncredibles Sin d'Rome Mercenarium]].
104	** The Phase novels are littered with shout outs, because Phase is a DeadpanSnarker with a lit background.
105	** The first Phase novel has shout outs to the Bible, pointing out how Phase starts out as a pompous, spoiled rich boy. The chapter titles are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, and they metaphorically follow what happens to him in his first month or so as a mutant.
106	** The third Phase story has chapter titles based on the twelve labors of Hercules, with references to those labors scattered throughout.
107	** The sixth Phase story is "Ayla and the Grinch" which is an obvious Dr. Seuss reference for a Christmas story.
108	** The seventh Phase story has chapter titles which are all biblical angels, since the A plot involves shoulder angels. Yes, shoulder angels.
109	** The eighth Phase story has chapter titles from Spenser's "The Faerie Queene". Phase is that kind of person.
110	* Wiktionary:
111	** In the entry for ''[[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/keikaku keikaku]]'', the example sentence is... [[Manga/DeathNote well, guess]].
112	** The [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/[=%=]E6[=%=]96[=%=]B0 entry]] for ? (''shin'') also has a rather familiar example sentence.
113	* ''Literature/TheNewNarnia'':
114	** The title is both a reference to ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' and another Creator/{{Personalias}} story ''Literature/TheNewHanselAndGretel''.
115	** When Tommy first arrives in Malacus, he claims that he comes from [[Franchise/MortalKombat Earthrealm]].
116	** The fantasy realm Katlynn arrives in was deliberately based off of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. Apparently, the Nanny likes using this theme and has used it before.

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