* At least two stories use this quote:
--> "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim I used to be a human like you - then I took an arrow in the knee.]]"
* Also the "good" and "evil" gods of the Lightbringer faith are called the Aedra and Daedra, respectively. Though the individual gods are quite different from ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and seem to be more black and white (save for Nocturna).
* There are also shout-outs to classical mythology too. Such as the spider trickster called Anansi.
* A shoutout to a different Shared Universe Setting that some of the early MK Writers had also worked on called "Tales Of The Blind Pig" is a recurring bit of scenery known to the keeps as a tavern called "The Deaf Mule"
* There is a Knight Ram who is named Dupre VideoGame/{{Ultima}}
* One of the earlier stories by Phil Geusz of Freedom City and David Birkenhead fame has three background characters who are clearly the Three Stooges
* Another Tavern, the "Mugal Tavern" is a shoutout to a Sonic Fan-forum that Seranima/Hawl (Author goes by both) used to post in called "The Moogle Cavern"
* And some stories by Matthias have been known to lift lines from Star Wars.
* In an early story Charles states [[ComicBook/SpiderMan with heightened abilities comes heightened responsibilities]]
* The name of an evil cult leader in Seranima's stories is [[{{Creepypasta}} Zalgo]] rithim
* The story "Where Life Begins Anew" has a scene with a shapeshifter pretending to be the [[WebOriginal/{{Paradise}} Paradise character Gabriel Locke from the Perspectives Mini-Series.]]
* [[{{Literature/Redwall}} There is a village named Cornflower, named for the wife of the warrior mouse in a different setting that also features a rodent warrior named Matthias]]
* There is a scene in the same story with Duke Thomas and Princess Malisa have an exchange that is identical to one had between Link and King Harkinan in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames the Zelda CD-i games]]. Complete with Duke Thomas [[GenderBender calling his daughter "Mah Boi"]]
* In En Lieu, an easily-missed reference to the ''Film/TheCourtJester'' actually ties into the ongoing plot.
* [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Hedgehog bowling with someone named Spiny Norman]].
* Madog is a rich source of shout outs - he could probably get a page of his own.
** In just one story, Madog says:
*** [[VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} "You must construct additional pylons."]]
*** [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} "Greetings friend! Stay awhile and listen!"]]
*** [[Series/{{Blackadder}} "Fear not! I have a cunning plan."]]
*** [[YouTubePoop "I'm going to, toast, SPAGHETTI! For DINNER!"]]
*** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets or a cesspit of hatred and lies?"]]
*** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries "Screw the rules - he has green scales."]]
* One author, Digitalpotato, decided to write a story wherein [[Literature/TheDecameron some characters hoping to escape the bubonic plague pass the time by telling random snippets of Metamor society]].
** One character is a Philippine Eagle named [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Sedgar]]... who loves to give these in his tales.
** Sedgar is interrupted from telling a story [[Literature/TheDecameron where someone weeps into a pot with a herb growing inside, that was cultivated by the head of her lover.]] Then later [[Literature/TheDecameron mentions an anecdote about an Abbess and a nun.]]
** Sedgar's first tale is about an apparent Nun who held a mace for... and sees her using an axe to chop wood. . After the story finishes, Sedgar describes [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening nuns with axes]].
** Sedgar tells another story where [[Series/GreenAcres a man-turned woman bakes cupcakes inside drinking cups.]]