Aside from referencing its own [=IPs=], sometimes it'll reference other, unrelated properties:
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* Strong Bad will ask Max if he's one of those [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Poke-mons"]], because he'd love to see "some spikey-haired pre-pubescent kid come in here and try to cram you inside a baseball."
* He also calls Max "[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]]".
* Tycho asks Heavy if he likes ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''. After Heavy states his dislike of it, Tycho then tries to convince him to play [[VideoGame/PanelDePon Tetris Attack]], which he loves, by making it [[MundaneMadeAwesome sound much more violent than it is]].
* [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Nobody expects the lagomorphic inquisition!"]]
* "I'd ask you if you [[Film/DirtyHarry feel lucky]], but [[LampshadeHanging I've been trying to cut down on clichés for a few months now.]]"
* Strong Bad mentions that Tycho's hair looks like a "Greasy Hedgehog", and quickly proclaims that it's not related to any [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog video game licenses]].
* Heavy is a fan of "the first 20 minutes of ''Film/RockyIV''", for... [[HuskyRusskie obvious]] [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong reasons]].
* Sometimes, when Tycho is eliminated, he'll say "This is why Gabe and I play ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/04/ on easy]]."
* Tycho calls Strong Bad a "[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/10/ chuwero]]" after he insults [[http://prime.paxsite.com/index.php PAX]].
* Sometimes when the flop cards do absolutely nothing to help his hand, Tycho says, "This is just like [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering drawing nine mana in a fucking row]]. ...Anyone?"
* The King in the standard Inventory card deck is holding an Platform/{{Atari 2600}} controller and wearing [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem a Power Glove]] and an Platform/{{Xbox 360}} headset.
* Max tells the stories of Flint Paper's violent encounters with Artie Flopshark, an unseen character in ''Telltale Texas Hold 'Em'', only referred to by Harry Weinhead, one of the players, who sometimes mentions Artie as his poker teacher.
* A number of Tycho's win quotes, such as "I'm not playing [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon cards]] here." or "I'll just turn on my [[Platform/NintendoDS DS]] while you keep giving me money if that's all right." He can also compare your loss to a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' situation, where you try to pick on a level 5 beginner to find him backed up by level 80 stealth ninjas.
* Also, "Raise. [[Film/ANewHope That's no moon,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch motherfucker!]]" and "It's on like... [[StealthPun there has to be]] [[Franchise/DonkeyKong some gaming reference I can use]]." The latter is actually a hidden TakeThat, since [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope Nintendo had trademarked the phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong!"]] earlier.
* Possibly one to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''[[note]]Referencing the legendary Poker match between [[GeniusBruiser Jotaro Kujo]] and [[TheGambler Daniel J. D'Arby]] nonetheless![[/note]]:
-->'''Max:''' What if each of those chips represented a human soul? It would be HORRIBLE!
* When the Heavy expresses desire for a [[Memes/TeamFortress2 Sandvich]], Tycho urges him to order one, saying that his stomach sounds like a [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Sarlacc]].
* When raising, Strong Bad occasionally quips "[[Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun Raisin' in the sun.]]"
* Heavy has [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]] as [[Film/AmericanPsycho his music that gets him in a killing mood]].
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