'''> Document references to other media.'''

[[ReferenceOverdosed So many sweet references.]] [[WebcomicTime You'd almost think it was simultaneously your birthday, AND Christmas or something.]]
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Unintentionally at first, but later invoked on purpose: Dave's Bro [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann wears "dumb pointy anime shades" and wields a katana]].
* Dirk, what does the scanner say about the Condesce's [[Manga/DragonBall power level?]]
-->'''TT:''' I even heard, and don't quote me on this, that she may have been over 9000.\\
'''GT:''' Heavens to betsy.\\
GT: That figure is just absurd.
** Seen again with Jake and AR:
-->TT: Over 9000.
-->GT: Augh not that fuckin meme again!!!!!!!!!
** Later {{lampshaded}}:
-->Exactly how many panels do you want this to go on for? Over 9000? Nobody wants that. Nobody even wants to hear ''the phrase'' "over 9000."
** One of Jane's features in her Crockerdark form is an eye color scheme that bears resemblance to that of Super Buu and Kid Buu. She even imitates Super Buu's hand taunts and fighting style from the battle with Gohan.
** Dave jokes about training in a (non-existent) "hyper gravity chamber" on the meteor.
* Among Meulin's and Kurloz' gifs are clips from [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon]] and ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
** Speaking of ''Sailor Moon'', at one point we see letters from the adult versions of [[TheDitz Usagi/Bunny/Serena]] and [[DarkActionGirl Meenah Peixes]] who grow up to rule billions of people for at least a thousand years but still [[ImmortalImmaturity write like they're children]] (adult Usagi at least acts mature because she's always had friends who would call her out on her bad behavior; [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen adult Meenah]] had no such "problem").
* In [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5427 [S] [A6I3] MINISTRIFE!!!]], Damara and Rufioh are [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxmknna871qk7wyq.png cosplaying]] as Franchise/SailorMoon and Tuxedo Mask.
* At the end of [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3438 "[S] Equius: Seek the highb100d"]], Gamzee demands that Equius kneels, then promptly shoots an arrow. One couldn't help but remember the scene in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' where Balalaika pretty much does the same to a psycho-child.
-->'''Balalaika''':[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ116EVYVP4I I SAID KNEEL!]] ''[note that this line is also delivered in English in the VO]''
* Jake, an angsty, sad teen lacking in self-confidence, has his potential fully unlocked in a sequence involving MindRape, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion a cataclysmic explosion of light, the acquisition of a nigh-impenetrable field of energy, and the creation of angels]].
** Of course, the dialogue in that scene is very reminiscent of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' in an AffectionateParody sort of way. There's the obvious allusion that Jake's power [[OffTheScale exceeds]] [[MemeticMutation a certain level]], and the scene itself resembles Goku turning Super Saiyan 3 for the first time. It's even complete with a BeamOWar.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* AR: [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Be the law.]]
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2042 Terezi's interrogation scene]] is a massive shoutout to ComicBook/TwoFace, with the coin that has a mutilated side (to reflect her blindness) and the fact she's playing a lawyer...
** This is lampshaded by Dave, though Terezi was unaware of the character, and is put off by the fact someone else came up with it first.
* One of [[DarkActionGirl Ro]][[{{Determinator}} se's]] outfits is [[ComicBook/{{Punisher}} all-black with a grim, white skull]]-like Squiddle on the front.
** Also, Jade's [[ComicBook/IronMan Iron Lass]] outfit.
* John's glasses on [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1604 this page]] appear to be a ShoutOut to the Corinthian of ComicBook/TheSandman.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2486 This page]] is pretty clearly a reference to a classic ComicBook/XMen [[http://i52.tinypic.com/15s2b7o.jpg panel]].
* Abraxas, [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5015 Jake English's denizen]], is usually thought to be, like Yaldabaoth, a reference to Gnosticism, but alternatively, it's the name of a [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] villain with several parallels to Lord English.
* Jake's exclamation upon being impaled with Jane's fork is [[ComicBook/XMen "Oh my stars and garters."]]
* At one point, John says that "[[ComicBook/SpiderMan with great power comes great responsibility]]" in regard to his time/space-altering powers.
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[[folder:Film (includes Actors)]]
* ''Film/ConAir'' has such an extended shout out that it's a fundamental part of the '''plot'''. Later this extends to Creator/NicolasCage in general.
** Nicholas Cage has reached God Tier in the Canon. His title is the [[IncrediblyLamePun Nick of Time]].
* John has a bunch of movie posters. So do Karkat and Jake.
** The ''Film/DeepImpact'' [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/21 poster]] is [[CallBack called back to]] ''much'' later when the Auto-Responder [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4492 talks about how he'd confess to Jake]]:
--->'''Poster:''' OCEANS RISE. CITIES FALL. HOPE SURVIVES.
--->'''TT:''' Oceans will rise. Cities will fall. Volcanoes will erupt.
** John's admiration for Creator/MatthewMcConaughey displayed in these posters is [[CallBack called back]] when one of the potential outcomes of the roll of the final die in the Pop-a-Matic Vrillyhoo Hammer against Bec Noir is "MCCONAUGHEY".
* The Past and Future trails in the Midnight Crew intermission [[WordOfGod are]] a reference to [[Film/DonnieDarko Donnie's]] visions.
* Really, would you trust a game made by [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} SkaiaNet]]?
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2487 This attic is spooky]]. I wish those bullies would just leave me alone. [[Film/TheNeverEndingStory Later I am going to ride a long magic dog through the sky and fuck their shit up.]]
** Considering he does [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3070 exactly that]], doubly so.
** Later, a John/Jade fraymotif is named "Fantasia's Inhale". Fantasia being the name of the world inside the book (In the movie version)
** When the cherubs' jujus combine into the Spiral Sucker, an image of AURYN (which could be said to be a möbius double reacharound Ouroboros) briefly appears.
*** When each of them is alchemized, an image of half of AURYN flashes on them too.
*** Cherubs turn into giant serpents when they mate and [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5972 form an AURYN shape]] when one of them dominates.
** Caliborn complains to Hussie that the "ATROCIOUS GARBAGE" that is Act 6 Act 5 is "NEVERENDING ENOUGH."
* John tricks Vriska into making a ShoutOut to a certain movie by giving her a fake name.
-->AG: Ok. Til next time, [[Film/TheMatrix Mr. Anderson]].
* This [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3520 three-way standoff]] is a Shout-Out to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awskKWzjlhk the final showdown]] from Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.
** aka The Bad, The Worse, and The SHITHIVE MAGGOTS, [[http://konpeito-ko.deviantart.com/art/x3-SHOWDOWN-COMBO-197652603?q=favby%3Aferalphoenix&qo=1 as one of the artists put it]].
* In Jade's introduction sequence, when testing out her TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}} Modus for her [[AwesomeButImpractical Eclectic Bass]], she accidentally creates a ghost image of [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]]. Later, during her Alchemize-o-rama, she creates a Johnnytop from her lunchtop and the image, and also attempts to make a massive weapon from a Transformer ghost image, a powerful gun and [[ComicBook/IronMan her own personal Iron Lass suit]]. She makes...Johnny 5.
-->You make...
-->Johnny 5.
-->God damnit.
-->Motherfucker thinks he's alive.
-->HE IS A TIN CAN, ROBOTS DON'T HAVE FEELINGS.
** And then a robot [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness admits to feeling fear]].
-->TT: I am scared to not exist.
-->TT: Aren't you?
* In [S] Cascade, when Jade becomes the God-Tier Witch of Space, she gets [[Film/TheWizardOfOz ruby slippers and striped socks]]
** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4293 Sayonara, Kansas]]
** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4298 Follow the yellow brick road!]]
** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4690 God Tier Feferi]] also has striped socks.
** Jade [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/6651 finally gets]] the death she had coming...with SBAHJ captioning to make sure you ''know'' how blatant this reference is.
*** A more subtle and less funny example is when Aranea manipulates Doc Scratch's clock to make Jade's death "Just". The clock makes a loud "DING DONG" afterward.
-->''"Ding dong the witch is dead..."''
** After dying, Jade somehow appears in Calliope's bubble and turns the spiral path from white to the hue of the yellow brick road. Her reaction?
--->CALLIOPE: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE GIRL BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!
** Terezi asks John to think of a phrase he can remember for something she wants to try. John comes up with it while looking at Terezi's ruby slippers, which she took from a witch who got crushed under a house:
-->'''John:''' there's no place like home.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4135 OBEY.]] [[Film/TheyLive STAY ASLEEP.]]
* Jane becomes [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4159 Inspector]] [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Clouseau]].
* [[Film/{{Avatar}} Jake loves Neytiri]] (and [[Film/TheFifthElement Diva Pavalaguna]] and [[Film/XMenFilmSeries (adult) Mystique]] and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe washed-out]] [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Lara Croft]] [[{{Fetish}} and...]])
* At one point, Karkat, who is obsessed with romantic comedies and [[ClusterFBomb extremely foul-mouthed]], orders Equius not to 'GET OFF ON PHRASES LIKE [[Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral FUCK FUCK FUCKETY FUCK]]'.
* John is a huge fan of ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. Later this extends to almost ''everyone''.
* The heading of the first chapter of [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3610 Karkat's ~ATH handbook]] can be seen to be: [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} ~ATH: A HANDBOOK FOR THE IMMINENTLY DECEASED]]
* Hussie, [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5128 YOU]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5130 MANIAC]]. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5130 YOU]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5131 BLEW]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5132 IT]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5134 UP]]. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5135 AUGH, DAMN YOU.]] [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 GOG DAMN YOU RIGHT TO HELL.]]
* Dirk's AR renames himself [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Hal"]], even taking it so far as to display the namesake in his lenses, ominously refer to him as the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]], and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking make a horrible pun on]] [[Manga/DragonBall a certain]] [[MemeticMutation meme]].
* In Act 6 Act 4, Jake is [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The Man With the]] [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 Golden Gun]][[Film/JamesBond (s)]].
** In light of [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5514 Jake's iPhone wallpaper]], it actually seems that the golden guns are more directly inspired by Nic Cage's pistols in Film/FaceOff.
* Also in A6.4, Dirk's utility belt is ripped straight from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
* The way Tavros [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2105 plays Fiduspawn]] is highly reminiscent of the famous chestburster scene in ''Film/{{Alien}}.''
* Many of Caliborn's mannerisms are references to ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''. Such as ripping his leg off to get out of his shackle. And then "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Hello Zepp]]" plays over [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7448 [S] MSPA Reader: Mental Breakdown]].
* The acronym of Jake's land, LOMAX, matches the last name of the titular character of ''Film/WeekendAtBernies''.
* ''Film/{{Hook}}'' is referenced as well. [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3389 This scene]] heralded a [[http://rufiozuko.tumblr.com/post/26132011680/what-the-hell-just-happened-hussie-are-you nice comment]] from the [[Creator/DanteBasco actor]] of Rufio.
* The newly real Brain Ghost Dirk channels [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]]:
-->DIRK: [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Brain Ghost Dirk]].
-->DIRK: You kissed my boyfriend.
-->DIRK: [[PrepareToDie Prepare to die]].
* Karkat's freakout during his conversation with [[spoiler:Gamzee]] is a shoutout to ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/896 This page]] is a clear ShoutOut to ''Literature/ThePostman''. ([[https://www.homestuck.com/story/893 The letter in question is addressed to]] "Dr. David Brinner", and ''Literature/ThePostman'' was written by Creator/DavidBrin, who does in fact have a doctorate.)
* When Rose fells the [[GiantMook Lime Ogre]] and surfs it into the ocean:
-->TG: i dont know beach the thing first i guess\\
TG: unless you were planning on sailing that ogre [[Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn down the mississippi with a runaway slave]]
* There's a pretty clear reference to ''Literature/MobyDick'' upon Meenah's third meeting with John:
--->MEENAH: (you are my obsession lil bluefish)\\
MEENAH: (my shrimpiest of whales)\\
MEENAH: (my mobiest of dicks)\\
MEENAH: (call me)\\
MEENAH: (fishmael)\\
MEENAH: 3B|
* Some of the trolls embark on a quest to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings destroy a ring of great power in a volcano]]. After a '''long''' series of events, the Wayward Vagabond heads off to do this.
** Not to mention someone named Strider who wields a broken sword.
** And the best broken sword in the game being the Royal Deringer.
** The way Jack uses said sword to slay the Black Queen -- specifically the way she explodes after her ring finger is cut off -- is also in direct reference to Sauron's initial destruction.
** And of course, [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5378 John finds a ring in the sand]], and an ornery member of a species he hardly (visually) recognizes [[Literature/TheHobbit demands it back]]. When John makes off with the ring and Tavros can't find it, he outright starts calling it his Precious.
** Aranea steals this same ring, and her aspirations of [[AGodAmI godhood]] compare well to those of Galadriel.
* Franchise/CthulhuMythos references can be found in the form of Jade's island (matches one of Lovecraft's descriptions) and in the beasties from Rose's grimoire. The word "dreamself" also seems to be derived from his works.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3108 Vriska writing]] [[Literature/{{Discworld}} I 8n't dead]] is an intentional reference to Granny Weatherwax, as confirmed on Andrew's Formspring.
** With that in mind, WV?'s actions are probably a shout out to Vimes's idea of the pawns establishing their own democracy in ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld''.
** And a troll who can't use a bow because he keeps breaking them. Someone should have told Equius that [[Literature/MenAtArms bows aren't troll weapons.]]
** And Sopor Slime fits neatly into the likes of Slab, Scrape, Slice and Slunkie, being a psychoactive troll drug that starts with 'S'
* When Colonol Sassacre is killed, it says "People would think reports of the man's death were greatly exaggerated. But they weren't." This is based on a famous Creator/MarkTwain quote, whom Sassacre is very loosely modeled after.
* Not only does Cronus' backstory reveal that he's a failed Franchise/HarryPotter imitation (with magical scars, no less) who eventually rejects magic altogether, but presumably, Lord English is his version of Voldemort, and the Jujus are his [[SoulJar horcruxes]].
* Vriska and Tavros's tumultuous relationship involves frequent references to ''Literature/PeterPan'', with Tavros as Peter and Vriska using tropes from both Tinkerbell and Hook. The shoutouts cover the entire expanded universe, including the [[Theatre/PeterPan1954 filmed theatre adaptation]] and ''Film/{{Hook}}'', but also use references that go back to the ''original'' [[Theatre/PeterPan1904 stage play]], such as Vriska's weapon being a collection of eight stone dice called the Fluorite Octet (a pun on Captain Hook's last words in the play, "floreat etona").
** As of the end of the Midnight Crew intermission, Vriska, Spades Slick, and the harlequin doll all bear the same set of injuries: An injured eye and a missing arm. These are the same as the injuries borne by Hook.
* Jane becomes [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4160 Hercule]] [[Literature/HerculePoirot Poirot]].
* The resemblance of Crockerdark Jane's costume design to that of Literature/LittleRedRidingHood would be coincidental due to the Crocker colors... were it not for the fact that the one that makes her transform is Grimbark Jade, who has been turned by the Condesce into Jane Riding Hood's Big, Bad, Badass Wolf. Not to mention that both have alternate incarnations that were surrogate grandmothers...
* Given how she wears red and is a slave with no way out (except someone else killing her and taking over her job) to Lord English, the Handmaid's name might be a shoutout to Literature/TheHandmaidsTale. If it is so, it paints an even more squicky picture of her situation with Doc Scratch and Lord English.
* The song "Three in the Morning", which plays during [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1267 Snowman's introduction]], is taken from the quote, "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at ''three in the morning''." This is the opening line to the very first ''Franchise/JamesBond'' novel, ''Literature/CasinoRoyale''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* "Rose: [[ScarfOfAssKicking Wear the scarf.]] [[Franchise/KamenRider Be the Rider.]]"
* "TT: Why have you activated dear, sweet [[Series/StarskyAndHutch Huggy Bear]]?"
* WV names his Series/{{firefly}} Film/{{Serenity}}.
* GT: what does your time machine look like? [[Series/DoctorWho a phone booth?]] [[Franchise/BillAndTed phone booths are a popular thing for some reason.]]
** And, in that vein...
-->TG: "...and i want to know exactly when i got to clear some space in my calendar for when some fuckwit blunders out of a magical phone booth..."\\
GT: ... i'm just the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink timey]]-[[TimeyWimeyBall wimey]] messenger
** In the same vein, ''[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arisen-anew Arisen Anew]]'' has [[TimeyWimeyBall just that page]]'s title quote.
** During a discussion with Calliope, Dirk questions whether [[AliensOfLondon aliens are British or not.]]
** One of Kurloz' gifs in his signing conversation with Meulin is the famous "Tenth Doctor in the rain" clip from the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]]. Given Kurloz' service to an entirely different kind of Lord of Time, Meulin could be considered a companion.
** A mention for Caliborn's suspiciously similar sounding godtier "Lord of Time". Also just like his adult self and the Eleventh Doctor, Caliborn rocks a bowtie and suspenders.
** The stripes on Lord English's Cairo Overcoat resemble a flashy version of the Fourth Doctor's scarf.
** In later strips, Roxy discovers a magical crack in her bedroom.
** Later inverted in a TakeThat, where John describes the show as being "lame" and lamenting the fact that Harry Anderson never got to play the character.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4202 Sometimes you tell dad you really want poppop in the attic]]. [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment He says the mere fact you call it that tells him you're not ready]].
** Not to mention that Jane has a poster of Tobias Funke from his "I just blue myself" scene hanging on her wall.
* Jane's Swanson poster is one thing, but now she's named the bunny she got from Strider [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Li'l Sebastian]].
** In Dirk's... "creative" re-write of a Pony Pals Book he re-names one of the characters [[Series/ParksAndRecreation The City of Pawnee, Indiana]].
* Blatant ''Series/RedDwarf'' reference in [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5245 this]] pesterlog between Jake and AR, of the "everybody's dead, [name]" variety. The reference [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7024 gets repeated again]] by Terezi. (It is to be noted that, in a possible subtle joke, in neither instance is the character actually ''named'' Dave the one being addressed.)
** In Caliborn's session, ''he plays pool with planets''.
* Dave tries to recuse himself from advising Terezi on her blackrom with Gamzee by claiming:
-->DAVE: this is like some ex alien boyfriend [[Franchise/StarTrek prime directive shit]]\\
DAVE: [[AlienNonInterferenceClause i cant intervene cause i dont know what im talking about]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* John's dad has a picture of Music/BingCrosby in his room at the beginning of the game. It pops up in random places as the game progresses. [[RunningGag Nobody ever recognizes him]].
* The Midnight Crew are actually named after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLPT5rKjWo a song by Eddie Morton]]. It's actually sampled at the very beginning of Jack: Ascend.
** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4944 And now one of the flashes is set to a cover of that same old song.]]
* Gamzee gets pretty excited by [[Music/InsaneClownPosse CLOWNS OF A GRIM PERSUASION WHICH MAY NOT BE IN FULL POSSESSION OF THEIR MENTAL FACULTIES]], and loves his [[Music/InsaneClownPosse MoThErFuCkInG MiRaClEs]].
** This gets {{Lampshaded}} and turned to horrific when Gamzee actually learns about Music/InsaneClownPosse and decides [[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS! BLASPHEMY!]]
* Roxy's MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE fetch modus may be a reference to Music/ThePolice, since that song and "Roxanne" are two of their most famous numbers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]
* While Mituna's introduction in Openbound included at least one misspelling of the word "helmet" as [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "H4ML37"]], it is only in [S] [[=A6I3=]] Ministrife!!! that Kurloz plays on the reference by showing up to the Meenah-Vriska battle/costume party dressed as a prince at the same time Mituna shows up asking for his helmet.
* The name "Caliborn" is similar to [[Theatre/TheTempest "Caliban"]], and Caliborn hates people similar way.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* TRICKSTER MODE has an unexpected ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
** Later, John's costume resembles Link's outfit in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and he comments on it.
** Meenah finds one of the empty bottles Rose has been using for alchemy... and promptly throws it away, because it's just an empty bottle. [[note]]In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', bottles are rare and valuable items.[[/note]]
* Trollish is inverted [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Daedric]].
* "''[[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden In a fit of enthusiasm you SHUT UP AND JAM the bunny back in the box, executing a textbook CHAOS DUNK. Millions would have perished, if everything in the ocean weren't dead already, that is.]]''"
** In addition, one of the songs on the "Dave, Rose: Shut Up And Jam" (which is itself a reference) is called "Octoroon Rangoon". In ''Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden'', one of the party members is Balthios, who is referred to as "the octoroon [[note]]or 1/8 black[[/note]] great-grandson of [=LeBron=] James".
* Terezi's [[{{Leitmotif}} theme]] is called "[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lemonsnout-turnabout The Lemonsnout]] [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Turnabout]]."
** ''[[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3717 Objection!]]''
** The fan album includes the distinct Terezi tracks Vigilante, and it's variation: Vigilante - Cornered.
* Nepeta's theme, the delightful [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood "Walls Covered In Blood"]] was made with ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''!
* [S] Past Karkat: Wake Up and the resulting style it introduced is essentially a huge homage to ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', but other specific ones within the aforementioned flash:
** The ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' time portal gets used.
** The portrait sprites were explicitly based on ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''.
** Vriska's quick battle sprite is [[http://abortedslunk.deviantart.com/art/Pixelart-for-Homestuck-Trolls-183950739 a shout out]] to Creator/PaulRobertson, of ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'' fame.
** Gamzee's constantly dances, similar to shop keepers in the ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''.
*** Not to mention he's jokingly acting like an innkeeper and charging people to rest in his pile of horns.
** Entering Trickster Mode plays (most) of Totaka's Song.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims'' (with the house-building and item-placing) and ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' (with all the SpaceCompression planetary hijinks) are also cited inspirations. Particularly in naming "Sburb", by WordOfGod a "deliberately ugly word reminiscent of the name of [[VideoGame/TheUrbz a Sim game]]".
** Further, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOSnen64a7M "Sburban Jungle"]], which plays during Sburb's loading screen, [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong bears some similarities]] to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HW5agFwUY "Epicenter"]] track from [[VideoGame/SimCity [=SimCity=] 4]].
* Wayward Vagabond's DreamSequence features a shout out to how [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3288 spells are displayed]] in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, as does [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3867 Dave and Jade using Adagio Redshift]], and [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4109 Jack's use of Red Miles]].
** The shop from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' makes a cameo appearance in [=AlterniaBound=]'s Trickster Mode screen, and ends up in the story itself later on, as part of Gamzee's trap for Terezi at the end of Year 2/Disc 1.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3164 Proton]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Cannon!]]
* The 1/22/11 flash has a reference to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII M. Bison]] when Eridan throws his cape before his battle against Sollux.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3437 A page]] has Terezi posing very similarly to how [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Miles Edgeworth]] [[http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/aceatt/Gyakutenprosecutor/ does]].
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3466 Your guardians are...]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros in another castle]].
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3744 [S] Seer: Ascend]] has the appearance of one Troll [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Guybrush Threepwood]].
* Roxy's use of travel with [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4511 FENESTRATED PLANES]] is quite reminiscent of VideoGame/{{Portal}}, as well as being a MythologyGag to ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''.
** The Portal reference is made more explicit when Roxy alchemizes a sniper rifle that makes fenestrated planes appear.
** [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4435 now u are believin w petrol]]
** Dirk's footwear at one point in [S] ACT 6 ACT 4 strongly resembles Long Fall Boots. Corroborated by the fact that he's wearing them while dropping off a building.
* The flashes at the start of Act 6 Act 3 are a shout out to Myst, according to Hussie.
* [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]], for obvious reasons, influenced Jake's LOMAX outfit in Act 6 Act 4.
* Though Lord English's name was [[AscendedFanon at first]] unintentionally similar to that of Lord British from ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'', it seems that his servant Gamzee, given the discovery in [=A6I4=] that he's [[{{Determinator}} nigh immortal in all timelines]], is somewhat reminiscent of Chuckles, Lord British's jester.
* Bro's collection of "incredibly shitty swords" include iconic swords from late 90s/early 00s ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games - the Gunblade from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' and the Buster Sword from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. At one point, Dave uses them to create a hideous, garish ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''-themed weapon called "SORD........" which is supposed to be so shitty he can't even hold it - and looks a lot like the Caladbolg from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''.
* When asked to name a video game he likes to play, John [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1930 mentions]] ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2108 HORSARONI]], [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon I CHOOSE YOU!!!!!!]]
* The vocals on the Warhammer of Zillyhoo song seem to be very clearly inspired by the iconic Gregorian chant heard throughout the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series.
* The [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7368 "Egbert Punch"]] is most likely a nod to [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros the Falcon Punch]].
* In [S] Collide, the battle between Davepeta and Lord English eventually turns into an ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' battlescreen.
** The spinoff comic, ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'', also has a comic where Vriska offers Equius a cup of spiders.
* Roxy hits The Condesce with a [[Franchise/{{StreetFighter}} Tatsumaki Senpukyaku followed up by a Shoryuken]] before beginning her Perfectly Generic Object assault. Given Roxy's status as a gamer, it's very likely she was [[IKnowMaddenKombat imitating these moves.]]
* Becquerel's prototyping in the flash [S] Jade: Enter goes along with traditional Japanese music akin to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.
* The [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1172 map]] of Felt Manor is a slightly edited and poorly-drawn version of Spencer Manor from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake''.

!!''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''
The entire series is more or less an extended shout out to the ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' trilogy, most especially ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''.
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* The title "Homestuck" can be construed as a synonym of ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''. The first published volume of ''Homestuck'' confirms that John's pesterchum initials, "EB", are also an '''[=EarthBound=]'' reference.
* "Rambunctious Crow" is reminiscent of "Spiteful Crow", an early-game [[TheGoomba Goomba]] with a penchant for stealing players' items (or Sburb beta).
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4696 This panel]] has an [[http://wikibound.info/wiki/Instant_Revitalizing_Device Instant Revitalizing Device]] in the corner; oddly, while it's clearly the ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' variant in that it's not stamped with a Pigmask logo, it otherwise has the color scheme of their ''VideoGame/Mother3'' incarnation.
** And it's used as a MundaneUtility by Dave to make coffee. And there's this piece of dialog:
--->DAVE: two hot '''revitalizing''' cups of shitty coffee
* WordOfGod instance: Hussie has stated that, of her extensive gaming repertoire, Roxy's favorites are ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', two titles he himself particularly enjoyed.
* The interactive games, starting with [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2792/1 AlterniaBound]] are meant to resemble... you guessed it.
* The song "Plumbthroat Gives Chase" from the "Squiddles!" album begins with Skipper Plumbthroat saying "This might not fit my... rude outer ego, but I really love drinking tea and eating broccoli," which is a reference to a line one of The Sharks says in Onett's arcade. "To tell you the truth, I like drinking tea and eating fresh vegetables, but that doesn't fit my super cool image."
* Lord English happens to be an {{Expy}} of Giygas, being an "almighty idiot" who is completely undefeatable by conventional means. [[spoiler:Those means also make him an Expy of Porky Minch, namely trapping him in an inescapable prison of his own making wherein he contentedly toils in irrelevance]]
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[[folder:Other]]
* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics':
** In [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/757 [S] WV: Ascend]], the ptersoaurs from the website's background appears momentarily in the shot of Jade's island during prehistory. Ryan North thinks it signifies something more.[[note]]''"Believe you me: this is no mere shout-out to good, sensible web design elements. I believe this to be an acknowledgement of what Andrew and I have long known in our individual and respective heart of hearts: that Dinosaur Comics and MS Paint Adventures take place in the [[SharedUniverse same universe]], that one will segue into the other after only a few million years have passed, and that just as [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel and Carl Winslow]] could in theory go for a walk and bump into [[Series/PerfectStrangers Balki and cousin Larry]], so too will this pterosaur from my site one day happen to fly over the events which set up the adventures now being chronicled on his site, these adventures that take us through time and space, these adventures that have let us take control of the bodies of at least three children so far, these -- these [[TitleDrop MS Paint Adventures]]."''[[/note]]
** One of the possible outcomes for John's roll of the final die in the Pop-a-Matic Vrillyhoo Hammer against Bec Noir is "T-REX".
* [[invoked]] Gamzee: [[MemeticMutation A DoUbLe mEtApHoR]] [[AscendedMeme AlL ThE WaY, AcRoSs sKaIa :o)]]
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/3538 Kanaya kindly requests that you]] [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deal-with-it Deal With It]]
* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons "Drow"]] and "Troll" were originally both names for little fairy-goblin things, derived from "Trow". Homestuck trolls, like Drow, all have grey skin and dislike bright light (especially sunlight).
* Quoth Dirk's Auto-Responder: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant It seems you think I am a fucking douche.]]" At the very least, it feels like it carries that Office Assistant type vibe.
* The Green Sun and troll society's [[EveryoneIsBi sexual standards]] both seem to be a reference to ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.
* [[invoked]] The end of Act 6 [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/DOTA animation's URL]] ends in the letters "DOTA" which presumably stand for Death of the Author, since, well, Hussie has just been killed by Lord English. DeathOfTheAuthor is also a famous 1967 essay by Roland Barthe. In it, Barthe suggests that the '''author''' has no '''authority''' over the text, the true meaning of which is created uniquely in each reader's mind according to their own impressions as opposed to the intentions of the author. Kinda appropriate considering MSPA's reliance on audience participation, fixation on cultural references and exploring the boundaries of fiction and reality. And of course, Hussie's self-inserted character's inability to control events at this point in the story.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4858 A reference to]] Website/ThisVeryWiki.
-->TT: Ok, well it's not like it's that important. [[FridgeBrilliance Just a super obvious thing that'll probably occur to you later when you're looking in the fridge you don't have]], at which point you'll feel like an idiot.
** Doc Scratch also makes an allusion when talking to Rose, referring to his preference for white text.
-->[[spoiler:I don't particularly enjoy spoiling things for people when unnecessary. I find speaking in a discreet color helps avoid this.]]
* Near the end of the first page of Act 6 Intermission 3, Meenah encounters Aranea sitting in [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} a wooden booth with a sign reading "The Sylph is In."]] [[ArtShift The art style even changes]] to make the reference more obvious.
** In the same intermission, we have "[[https://twitter.com/dave_ebubbles Dave's "ebubbles"]], which spout out seemingly random sentence fragments from Dave's previous pesterlogs. Both the name and the result are reminiscent of the infamous spam Twitter account [[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks Horse_ebooks]].
** The entire flash segment with Meenah is very much an extended parody of Website/{{Tumblr}} and the kinds of people who frequent it.
*** Said parody is taken as far as it can with Meulin. In addition, Mituna is a parody of {{Imageboards}}, Website/FourChan in particular.
* Dirk's gas mask in the Act 6 Act 4 flash bears similarity in both design and color to the mask of Tahu from Toys/{{Bionicle}}.
** It also resembles that of a TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 SpaceMarine.
* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1329 It sounds suspiciously like Cans is about to plow through the wall Kool-Aid man style]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1330 All of a sudden, Cans plows through the wall Kool-Aid man style]] [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1331 Resist urge to shout "Oh Yeah!"]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The beginning of the [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002733 Midnight Crew's introduction]] resembles the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}''' opening credits.
* It's implied that Bro makes/is into [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} saucy puppet shows]].
** Terezi: Deploy [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} smelloscope]].
* From [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/2724 here:]]
-->EB: it is bill cosby.
-->EB: he's back.
-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_UR201plc8 EB: in laptop form.]]
* A few [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] pictures can be seen in [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4468 Dirk Strider's room]]. While he [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4527 purports]] to have a "strictly academic" interest in cartoon ponies, he soon admits that his affection for Rainbow Dash, at least, is totally unironic.
** One of Meulin's gifs from her signing features Apple Bloom pressing an "Unsee" button.
** In the Tricksterlog accompanying Dirk's "Engage" flash, Jake drunkenly misspells "everybody." No, the result is not "EVERYPONY," as you might expect; it's "EVERYBRONY."
* Sollux's lusus is a [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Bicyclops]], further cemented by his yellow blood color.
* One of Meenah's hashtags in [=A6I3=] is "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons #the goggles do nothing]]".
** The Wayward Vagabond, while trying to switch monitors on his computer, he presses Tab. [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002607 But he actually gets Tab.]]
** Jane's mouth, in its [=A6A6=] closeups, is disturbingly Simpsonesque.
* Some of the gifs used to represent Meulin's sign language include clips of WesternAnimation/AdventureTime.
* After ascension to his full potential, Jake bellows this when he hears Jane, rather than Jade, speaking to him:
-->[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: [[Western Animation/Animaniacs HELLO NURSE ]]
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* Jasprosesprite^2 is basically one giant shoutout to WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland's Cheshire Cat, from her purple and pink striped color scheme to her fading out leaving nothing but an alarming smile.
* During [S] Collide, when a bunch of Troll Ghosts are stampeding over Lord English, Franchise/{{Shrek}} (for [[MemeticMutation some reason]]) appears among them.
* Terezi uses a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} smelloscope]] and starts the memo immediately afterwards with "B4D N3WS 3V3RYON3!", and one of Dave's comics has the line "time to fly up to the sun you [[RougeAnglesOfSatin fucknig piece of gargbage]]".
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[[folder:Music Shout Outs (Limited to songs not featured in comic)]]
* [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger The future refused to]] [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-summoning change.]]
* There is a [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-land-story song]] on volume five of the soundtrack titled [[Franchise/TouhouProject Lotus Land Story]].
* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tangled-waltz "Tangled Waltz"]] sounds like Franchise/TheMuppets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvhRhWWE44&feature=related "Rainbow Connection"]] at times.
* [[WordOfGod Word of Composer]] has said that "Scratch" from the Felt album references the final battle music of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heir-conditioning "Heir Conditioning"]], John's theme from the "Strife!" album, samples "[[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Cirno Beloved]] [[Franchise/TouhouProject Tomboyish Girl]]". A pun on air conditioning. Cirno's an ice fairy. Get it?
** Specifically, Cirno's the fairy of freezing ''winds''. What was John's aspect again?
%% Though Heir Conditioning does appear in comic, it's only a bonus so it's pretty much non-canonical
** There's also some Complete Darkness in there.
* From the [[Music/{{Homestuck}} Alterniabound Album]], we have shoutouts such as [[TimeyWimeyBall quotes]] from Series/DoctorWho and [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign phrases spoken from]] Music/{{Vocaloid}} (Arisen Anew), and several audio shoutouts by way of SuspiciouslySimilarSong to VisualNovel/AceAttorney ([[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bl1nd-just1c3-1nv3st1g4t1on BL1ND JUST1C3: 1NV3ST1G4T1ON]]!!), ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' ([[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-sp8der She's a Sp8der]]), and the first two generations of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' ([[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fiduspawn-go FIDUSPAWN, GO!]]), among many others.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arisen-anew Arisen Anew]] also uses the teleporting sound effect from ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.
* The Wanderers album has at least a couple:
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gilded-sands Gilded Sands]] prominently features a small part of the melody of the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Stone Tower Temple]] theme.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/mayor-maynot Mayor Maynot]] is made of edited clips of the Mail Song from ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-rising Ruins Rising]] has piano elements from ''Series/{{Bones}}''' intro music.
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aimless-morning-gold Aimless Morning Gold,]] AR's theme, does not have any direct shout-outs in its song... but the composition of the song and its use of certain instruments are similar to the songs composed by Music/EnnioMorricone, particularly from his work on films like ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' and the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'' (setting this mood is its use of gunfire sounds within the song).
* A concrete ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' shout-out in the music: [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-forager Frog Forager]] sounds a whole lot like the series' BootstrappedTheme, "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)".
** It also sounds suspiciously similar to Final Fantasy II's Town theme.
* The name of the song [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-against-an-unfathomable-enemy Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy]] is likely a reference to similarly named themes in the ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series and one of Undyne's themes in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
* [=ColoUrs=] and Mayhem, Universe A has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-knight Iron Knight]], which is a direct homage of [[Music/{{Dragonforce}} Through The Fire And Flames]]
** [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orange-hat Orange Hat]], on Universe B, has the uppercut charging and falling sounds from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-suffering ETERNAL SUFFERING]], a song from the Tomb of the Ancestors album, has voice clip "Through Fire, Justice is Served!" from the game Mischief Makers
* Volume 8 has a song titled "[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/afraid-of-the-darko-2 Afraid of the]] [[Film/DonnieDarko Darko]]".
* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/courser-2 Courser]], the basis for [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum-2 Umbral Ultimatum]], sounds like it's straight out of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (and in fact samples some riffs from the game). This refers to the similarities between Becquerel and Amaterasu.
* "[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/entrance-of-the-salamanders-2 Entrance of the Salamanders]]" includes a motif lifted from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'''s "His Highness' Theme."
* Similarly, "[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-cravings-2 Pumpkin Cravings]]" appears to use elements of Porky/Pokey's theme.
* [[https://youtu.be/k_-LPPdHEyA?t=1m7s These lines]] from Gamebro are actually very similar from the lines from the [[https://youtu.be/giTsY31gH4Q?t=1m23s extended intro]] of ''[[VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper Parappa The Rapper 2]]''
* The intro of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8mLKTY5TWM Do You Remem8er Me]] is a slowed-down version of ''Never Gonna Give You Up'''s intro.
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