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->'''Pinkie Pie:''' What are we gonna do, Twilight?!\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' The same thing we do every time, Pinkie. Try to save the world!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End – Part 2]]" (shouting-out to ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'')

This page lists [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] seen in WesternAnimation works.
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[[index]]
* ''ShoutOut/ThreeTwoOnePenguins''
* ''ShoutOut/AdventureTime''
* ''ShoutOut/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''
* ''ShoutOut/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''
* ''ShoutOut/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''
* ''ShoutOut/AmericanDad''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Amphibia}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Animaniacs}}''
** ''ShoutOut/PinkyAndTheBrain''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Archer}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Arthur}}''
* ''ShoutOut/AsToldByGinger''
* ''ShoutOut/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Barbie}}''
* ''ShoutOut/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''ShoutOut/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Beetlejuice}}''
* ''ShoutOut/Ben10Omniverse''
* ''ShoutOut/BigCityGreens''
* ''ShoutOut/BikerMiceFromMars''
* ''ShoutOut/BlackDynamite''
* ''ShoutOut/BlinkyBill''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Bluey}}''
* ''ShoutOut/BobsBurgers''
* ''ShoutOut/BojackHorseman''
* ''ShoutOut/TheBoondocks''
* ''ShoutOut/CarmenSandiego''
* ''ShoutOut/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Chowder}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Clarence}}''
* ''ShoutOut/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
* ''ShoutOut/CraigOfTheCreek''
* ''ShoutOut/TheCritic''
* ''ShoutOut/TheCupheadShow''
* ''ShoutOut/DanVs''
* ''ShoutOut/DarkwingDuck''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Disenchantment}}''
* ''ShoutOut/DofusKerubsBazaar''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Doug}}''
* ''ShoutOut/TheDragonPrince''
* ''ShoutOut/DuckDodgers''
* ''ShoutOut/DuckTales1987''
** ''ShoutOut/DuckTales2017''
* ''ShoutOut/EdEddNEddy''
* ''ShoutOut/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants''
* ''ShoutOut/TheFairlyOddParents''
** ''ShoutOut/ChannelChasers''
* ''ShoutOut/FamilyGuy''
* ''ShoutOut/FanboyAndChumChum''
* ''ShoutOut/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Futurama}}''
* ''ShoutOut/GarfieldAndFriends''
* ''ShoutOut/GlitchTechs''
* ''ShoutOut/GravityFalls''
* ''ShoutOut/GreenEggsAndHam2019''
* ''ShoutOut/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''
** ''ShoutOut/EvilConCarne''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Grojband}}''
* ''ShoutOut/HazbinHotel''
* ''ShoutOut/HeyArnold''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Hoodwinked}}''
* ''ShoutOut/InfinityTrain''
* ''ShoutOut/InsideJob2021''
* ''ShoutOut/InvaderZim''
* ''ShoutOut/JackieChanAdventures''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Jem}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Kaeloo}}''
* ''ShoutOut/KimPossible''
* ''ShoutOut/TheLegendOfKorra''
* ''ShoutOut/LittlestPetShop2012''
* ''ShoutOut/LooneyTunes''
* ''ShoutOut/TheLoudHouse''
* ''ShoutOut/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart''
* ''ShoutOut/MegasXLR''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Metalocalypse}}''
* ''ShoutOut/MightyMouse''
* ''ShoutOut/MikeLuAndOg''
* ''ShoutOut/MiraculousLadybug''
* ''ShoutOut/MollyOfDenali''
* ''ShoutOut/MonkieKid''
* ''ShoutOut/MonsterHigh''
* ''ShoutOut/MrBogus''
* ''ShoutOut/TheMrMenShow''
* ''ShoutOut/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''
* ''ShoutOut/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
* ''ShoutOut/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** ''ShoutOut/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''
* ''ShoutOut/NatureCat''
* ''ShoutOut/NedsNewt''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Ninjago}}''
* ''ShoutOut/OffTheAirGlore''
* ''ShoutOut/OggyAndTheCockroaches''
* ''ShoutOut/OKKOLetsBeHeroes''
* ''ShoutOut/TheOwlHouse''
* ''ShoutOut/ParadisePD''
* ''ShoutOut/ParaNorman''
* ''ShoutOut/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
* ''ShoutOut/PennZeroPartTimeHero''
* ''ShoutOut/PhineasAndFerb''
** ''ShoutOut/MiloMurphysLaw''
* ''ShoutOut/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
** ''ShoutOut/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
* ''ShoutOut/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville''
* ''ShoutOut/RabbidsInvasion''
* ''ShoutOut/TheRaccoons''
* ''ShoutOut/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
* ''ShoutOut/ReadyJetGo''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Recess}}''
* ''ShoutOut/RegularShow''
* ''ShoutOut/RickAndMorty''
* ''ShoutOut/RubyGloom''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Rugrats}}''
* ''ShoutOut/SamuraiJack''
* ''ShoutOut/SanjayAndCraig''
* ''ShoutOut/SausageParty''
* ''ShoutOut/ScoobyDoo''
** ''ShoutOut/APupNamedScoobyDoo''
** ''ShoutOut/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
** ''ShoutOut/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''
** ''ShoutOut/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho''
** ''ShoutOut/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo''
** ''ShoutOut/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries''
* ''ShoutOut/TheSimpsons''
* ''ShoutOut/SmilingFriends''
* ''ShoutOut/TheSmurfs''
** ''ShoutOut/TheSmurfsAChristmasCarol''
** ''ShoutOut/TheSmurfsTheLegendOfSleepyHollow''
* ''ShoutOut/SouthPark''
* ''ShoutOut/SpaceGoofs''
* ''ShoutOut/TheSpectacularSpiderman''
* ''ShoutOut/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''
* ''ShoutOut/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** ''ShoutOut/ThePatrickStarShow''
* ''ShoutOut/SquirrelBoy''
* ''ShoutOut/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''
* ''ShoutOut/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
* ''ShoutOut/StevenUniverse''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Superjail}}''
* ''ShoutOut/SymBionicTitan''
* ''ShoutOut/TalkingTomAndFriends''
* ''ShoutOut/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
* ''ShoutOut/TeenTitans2003''
** ''ShoutOut/TeenTitansGo''
* ''ShoutOut/TimeSquad''
* ''ShoutOut/TomAndJerryKids''
* ''ShoutOut/TotalDrama''
** ''ShoutOut/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace''
* ''ShoutOut/TotallySpies''
* ''ShoutOut/TransformersAnimated''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Trollhunters}}''
* ''ShoutOut/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn''
* ''ShoutOut/VeggieTales''
* ''ShoutOut/TheVentureBros''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Voltron}}''
** ''ShoutOut/VoltronTheThirdDimension''
** ''ShoutOut/VoltronForce''
** ''ShoutOut/VoltronLegendaryDefender''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Wakfu}}''
* ''ShoutOut/WanderOverYonder''
* ''ShoutOut/WeBareBears''
* ''ShoutOut/XiaolinShowdown''
** ''ShoutOut/XiaolinChronicles''
* ''ShoutOut/YellowSubmarine''
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* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'':
** In "Mall Pups," Lt. Pug is knocked into a basket of toys which includes a [[Franchise/ToyStory Woody doll]].
** While she doesn't refer to it, by name, Cadpig refers to seeing ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' when she suggests that the Pups should make a dress for Amber, Roger & Anita's Niece?
** The mermaid on Captain Ahab's ship is [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]].
** [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pumbaa]] makes a cameo in "Good Neighbor Cruella".
** Rolly has a doll of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse in "Roll Out the Pork Barrel".
** The episode "The Making of..." has several shout-outs to other shows, movies and cartoons, like [[Series/TheBradyBunch The Dearly Bunch]], [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII First Bloodhound: Part Two]], [[Series/DoogieHowserMD Doggie Houser, M.D. (Medical Dog)]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001 Dalmatians]], a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]-styled [[CouchGag couch gag]], a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner]] mockup and [[Creator/DavidLetterman The Cruella Show]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective'': In "The Night of the Gorilla", the BigBad of the episode is [[Film/TheShining Dr. Redrum]], and the gorilla he framed (which is dyslexic) keeps signing and writing "murder" to say it was him (Ace finally figures it out when he sees the writing in a mirror).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': The two-shot antagonist Flaps the Elephant is an EvilCounterpart of WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}.
* The cavemen from ''Adventures in Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom'' cameoed in 2 episodes of ''Disney's WesternAnimation/{{Marsupilami}}. The episodes are ''Hole in Mars'', and ''The Wizard of Mars''. Their voices are based on ''Music/TheBeatles''. Similarly, the voices and personalities of the Polite Coyotes on the ''Tex Tinstar'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheShnookumsAndMeatFunnyCartoonShow'' were based on the Beatles.
* On ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'', Rhonda and Wanda have two hamsters named Venus and Serena, referential of the famous tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'':
** The series makes a shout out to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' in one episode:
--->'''Cheerleading Instructor:''' This formation will make you stronger than a Geodude using its Harden attack!
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Spinelli]] even appears in one episode as a background student with WesternAnimation/KimPossible (Which is pretty funny for both of them, as Kim is in high school, not middle school, and had the ''Recess'' cast age in real time, Spinelli would've also been in high school by then)
** It's slower than in the original ''Film/TheCourtJester'', but in "Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Brakes", Folsom and Fillmore reprise the "Get it?" "Got it." "Good." RunningGag.
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'':
** As Pete brings Mickey to the dungeon, he remarks [[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub "Hey there, hi there, ho there, you're as welcome as can be."]]
** As he departs for the AtTheOperaTonight finale, he remarks, "It's a little production called "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 I just can't wait to be king!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'':
** In the episode "It's Eeyore's Birthday" the gang present Eeyore with [[ParentalBonus red balloons]] of which Tigger claims there are 99.
** In "Roo's Kite-Tastrophy," Pooh reaches into a hole in a tree and says that the others will never guess what he found. Tigger asks "Is it bigger than a bread box?" which was a well-known question for comparison on the panel show ''Series/WhatsMyLine''
** In "Lumpy Joins In," Lumpy says that he isn't sure where to start when it comes to learning how to sing. Tigger tells him that perhaps he should start at the beginning. "It's a very good place to start, ya' know." In ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', the song "Do Re Mi" begins with the lyrics "''Let's start at the beginning / It's a very good place to start...''"
* On ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'', Ootsie and Bootsie Snootie's "P-O-O-D-L-E" dance song in "Gotta Dance" is rather reminiscent, especially musically, of the Music/VillagePeople's "Y.M.C.A." Doubles as a ParentalBonus, since older viewers are much more likely to recognize this, especially as the show continues to age.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', the teachers at Third Street School [[BigDamnHeroes burst through the ceiling of the auditorium to help the kid's stop the ex-teacher from getting rid of summer vacation]]. They are led by Ms. Finster the playground monitor (a major antagonist throughout the series), who upon making her grand entrance shouts [[Music/PinkFloyd "Hey! Teacher!]] [[Music/TheWall Leave them kids alone!"]].
** In "My Fair Gretchen", right before Miss Finster gives everyone their tests, she says, "[[Film/DirtyHarry Do you feel lucky? Well, DO YOU PUNKS?"]] This is followed up by T.J. saying, "The old lady's been watching too many Creator/ClintEastwood films!"
** The episode "Schoolworld" was a parody of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''
** In "Kurst the Not So Bad", Mikey and Kurst almost have a SpaghettiKiss.
** Season two (1998) had "The Game", where [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} a new card game called Ajimbo comes out, sweeping the kids into a frenzy]]. Another reference was "Monstickers" in the episode "Economics of Recess", and Jamacamon in "Me No Know".
** Ashley A. has Franchise/HelloKitty on her lunchbox.
%%* The episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' where everybody starts mimicking Riley has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zcduHKSSac this]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': During the song "Blue Ribbon Bunny", Clover briefly does the Horse Dance from [[Music/{{PSY}} "Gangnam Style"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpecialAgentOso'' has many, ''many'' ''Film/JamesBond'' references, all the way up to [[{{Pun}} hilariously bad]] titles (ex: ''[[Film/LiveAndLetDie Live and Let Dry]]'', ''[[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Carousel Royale]]'', ''[[Film/GoldenEye Goldenfly]]'', ''[[Film/AViewToAKill A View to a Kitten00]],'' etc.) complete with {{Homage}}s to the original Bond movies' {{Title Theme Tune}}s...
** There was a bonus one at the end of the double-episode ''For Your Nice Bunny'' and ''For Pancakes With Love''. [[MemeticMutation "That's not a bunny, it's a stack of pancakes!"]]
** In "License to Clean," one of the books that Oso puts back on the kid's shelf when helping to clean his room has a cover design that looks distinctly like that which was used for the ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' books.
** In "License to Dress," Oso gets to wear a tuxedo and drinks water that is "fizzy, not flat."
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Stanley}}'':
** There are several related to horses. In "Horsepower," both when Stanley first looks up horses in ''The Great Big Book of Everything'' and when one comes out of it, a bit of the theme from ''Series/GreenAcres'' is played. Additionally, Harry and Elsie reference the lyrics from the theme of ''Series/MisterEd'' when they perform the "Great Big Book of Everything" song. And in ''Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up," when Stanley asks what kind of animals are at the dude ranch, Mr. Griff states "they have horses, of courses."
** When Dennis performs the "Good as Gold" song because he fears he's being replaced with another pet, the shades that he wears and general stylings are definitely reminiscent of Music/EltonJohn. This seems to be have been confirmed officially in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rv-NhUfzLU comment]] by one of the show's storyboard artists.
* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In the first episode, Baloo is seen dancing while dressed as a lady at Louie's place, just like in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''.
* In the short ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'', Horace Horsecollar shows up wearing a ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' t-shirt. Besides advertising a then-upcoming movie, it also fits the 1920s animation vs modern-day [=CGI=] theme of the short, as Cap also finds himself a "Man Out of Time."
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[[folder:Warner Bros.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnyBuilders'':
** The house that Taz lives next to in the episode 'Smash House' is very obviously the famous house of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb another set of cartoon builders.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' contained several nods to previous WB cartoons:
** Big Fat Baby's jingle (the one where Father Time's chasing him in the desert) is based on the theme song from ''The Road Runner Show''.
** Froggo's room is decorated with merchandise for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** A song introducing a sketch about Alexander the Great is sung to the tune of the ''Animaniacs'' theme, and the sketch about Florence Nightingale as a Hospital Hottie ends with the boys shouting "Hello Nurse!" In a song about the Gold Rush, Father Time can be seen watching a TV with Yakko Warner on it. Also, the World's Oldest Woman's jingle is sung to the tune of Slappy Squirrel's theme, and Froggo's regular outfit is much like that of Wakko Warner (except that he actually wears pants).
** The ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' theme music can be heard when Chit Chatterson mentions brain removal in a sketch about mummification, as well as part of the background music for the introduction to Nikola Tesla's later life.
** Superman made three cameos himself, including one as William Clark.
** Fetch bares a bit of resemblance to Hunter from ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' episode "The Chip" has a couple of shout outs to one of the voice actors, Ricardo Montalban. The first is when he threatens to put "ooey gooey worms, that make you go all crazy" in the ears of Dexter and Roddy [=McStew=]. The second comes when he uses the phrase "Kirk, old friend..." before apparently realizing he was in [[SayMyName the wrong character]]. Both gags come from ''Film/{{Star Trek II|The Wrath of Khan}}''.
** In his second appearance, Guttierez gains powers like Freakazoid's, and is quite obviously Khan-inspired, with long white hair and rock-hard abs. Additionally, a Chekov-character appears in a TWOK era spacesuit.
** In one episode, Brain and Wakko appear, after Freakazoid is called "wacko" for mowing someone's lawn. They are seen arguing over which show is Steven Speilberg's favorite. Wakko sings "Wakko's America" right after he appears!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'':
** The portion of "Yogi's Tummy Troubles" has Yogi chasing the residents of Jellystone in a ''VideoGame/PacMan'' sequence.
** The title of "Cats Do Dance" is one to ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' (which was created by Turner Feature Animation, a semi-spinoff of Hanna-Barbera).
** Another one from "Cats Do Dance"; When Top Cat and his gang see Peter Potamus' collection of anime memorabilia, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing K.K. Slider]] can be heard in the background.
** Peter Potamus practices [[Manga/{{Naruto}} "ninjutsu" in an orange gi with blue accents]]. He even does the series' infamous NinjaRun.
** One of the ''Clue Club'' cameos has their dog stating that the culprit was "Old Man Jenkins"; a name frequently used on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' (which CH Greenblatt had previously worked on).
** Speaking of ''[=SpongeBob=]'', "Yogi's Tummy Troubles" has Top Cat trying to con the townspeople by drawing a circle around himself as protection from Yogi, similar to the Anti-Seabear Circle from "The Camping Episode".
** "Gorilla in Our Midst" has a ''very'' obscure one: at one point Cindy gets in a spaceship and grabs a pinch of the sun, the plot of "The Golden Apples of the Sun" by Creator/RayBradbury.
** Augie Doggie refusing to move from her position at her father's insistence even after he gets swept up in the chaos and disappears may be an oblique reference to the famous poem ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casabianca_(poem) Casabianca]]" ("The boy stood on the burning deck...") about a similar real-life incident.
** After waking up from his food coma, Grape Ape [[Film/Godzilla2014 simply walks away from the ruined town and into the sea while everyone cheers]].
** "DNA, A-OK!" starts with a video of Captain Caveman [[UsefulNotes/SteveJobs offering a hi-tech service while dressed in a black turtleneck and putting his hands together a lot]].
** In "DNA, A-OK!", Yogi moves in with Top Cat and his gang after a DNA test says he is a cat, and, among other things, Yogi asks them if being a cat means [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} eating lasagna and hating Mondays]], which Top Cat brushes off as just cat stereotypes.
** "Catanooga Cheese Explosion" has Yogi doing the boombox scene from ''Film/SayAnything''.
** In a FreezeFrameBonus in "A Fish Sticky Situation", Brain's laptop has a tab featuring a stylized yellow lampshade - possibly Website/TVTropes itself ([[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife among many other tabs]]).
*** Additionally, when the denizens of Jellystone turn into fish after eating the expired fish sticks, they bellow "meep" over and over, much like the anchovies in [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E1HelpWantedReefBlowerTeaAtTheTreedome the very first episode of SpongeBob.]]
*** Another nod to [=SpongeBob=] in "A Fish Sticky Situation": in one scene, Top Cat is flattened like a pancake and lies on the ground in a similar fashion to Squidward in [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E20SquidOnStrikeSandySpongeBobAndTheWorm Squid on Strike.]]
** A joke in "My Doggie Dave" has Doggie Daddy do a [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan very Wrath of Khan style scream]].
** A video game-themed episode is titled [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Gotta Kiss Them All"]].
** For that matter, the goal of the game (allegedly) is to [[VideoGame/{{Chulip}} go around town and kiss everyone]].
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
** In the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII episode, Superman flies directly through a German plane and emerges from the inevitable explosion covered head to toe in flames - which makes him a dead ringer for the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's original, Nazi-fighting Human Torch. An unidentified Allied solider later in the episode is shown injured and clutching his eye in reference to ComicBook/NickFury.
** In the same episode, the Flash heckles the Nazis by yelling "Over here, [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Klink!]]"
** The Joker once remarked that "[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo they would have gotten away with it, too, were it not for me meddling with the kids!]]"
** The Joker once also remarked to Batman in "Injustice For All" after Batman beat him up one more time "[[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck YOU'RE despicable!]]"
** In the episode "Legends", part one, the giant robot at the beginning looks like it was commissioned by [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo]]. The Justice Guild's sidekick "Ray Thompson" is an expy of Golden Age fanboy supreme Creator/RoyThomas.
** The exterior of Luthor's mansion, as seen in "The Return" looks [[Film/CitizenKane quite familiar...]]
** The JLU finale has Captain Steel channeling ComicBook/CaptainAmerica by flinging a Parademon's shield.
** The Thanagarians' ultimate goal in "Starcrossed" was [[spoiler: to [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy blow up the Earth to make a hyperspace bypass]]]]
** In "Eclipsed" Godfrey reads an anti-superhero diatribe from a book titled "Innocents Seduced." by "Dr. Fredrick" This is a riff on "The Seduction of the Innocent" by Dr. Fredrick Wertham, an infamous book about the negative effects of superhero comics on children.
** In "Wild Cards", the Joker buys airtime under the name of '[[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs Gwynplaine Entertainment]]'. Batman gets the reference.
** The ending of "Panic in the Sky". An orbital laser weapon fails to do its job, then a few hours later a [[SmugSnake cocky git]] painfully transforms into a superpowered tentacle-monster. [[Manga/{{Akira}} Why does this sound familiar?]]
** In "This Little Piggy", when Characters/{{Zatanna}} is trying to [[PullARabbitOutOfMyHat grab a rabbit in her hat]], she calls out for "WesternAnimation/{{Bugs|Bunny}}."
** Later in the episode, Circe is crushed by a flung piano. [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Her feet, which are sticking out from under the piano, go flat and roll up under the piano.]]
** "This Little Piggy" has numerous references to ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.
** Young John Stewart in "Kid's Stuff" makes constructs that look like the work of Kyle Rayner.
** The final two episodes of JLU, "Alive" and "Destroyer" are deliberate references to Music/{{KISS}} albums. Darkseid's outfit is also a direct reference to Gene Simmon's on the cover of Destroyer.
** When Skeets gets spit out of a black hole, he proclaims [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "My God, it's full of stars..."]]
** In "Epilogue," the second Royal Flush Gang features [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack a Jack that is also a samurai]]. His normal human form [[ActorAllusion looks suspiciously like]] Creator/{{Phil LaMarr}}. Also, Ten looked like Creator/BoDerek's character in the movie ''Film/Ten1979''. The Queen turned out to be a ''[[DragQueen male]]'' in normal form, and his both forms resemble the deceased actor/performer/drag Harris Glenn Milstead, a.k.a. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_(performer) Divine]]
** In "The Return" Luthor mentions [[Franchise/StarTrek Heisenberg]] [[{{Technobabble}} Compensators]].
** When the Flash [[spoiler:runs so fast he nearly enters the Speed Force]] in "Divided We Fall", the rapid montage of the world as he runs around it is reminiscent of Mike Jittlov's ''The Wizard of Speed and Time'', another story about a speedster.
** The giant, flying, turtle that attacks Japan in "Chaos at the Earth's Core" is both a MythologyGag and a shout out to Film/{{Gamera}}.
** So a man named [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Carter went to Mars, eh?]]
** In "Dead Reckoning", Superman, [[ItMakesSenseInContext currently possessed by Deadman]], says when he, Batman and Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} are transported to Africa, "You know, [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries when they beam down on that TV show, they never miss.]]"
--->'''Booster Gold:''' ''[to teleporter technician]'' [[Franchise/StarTrek Energize!]]\\
'''Technician:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Doofus.]]
** "Patriot Act" features Vigilante and Shining Knight discussing ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
** In "Twilight", an incredibly powerful AI living in a space base has stumbled into the problem of having developed as far as computers allow, and must now merge with a humanoid alien in order to continue. In other words, same as the climax of [[spoiler:''Literature/FoundationAndEarth'']].
** The two-part episode "The Terror Beyond" is an extended homage to the Creator/MarvelComics team ComicBook/TheDefenders. ComicBook/DoctorFate stands in for ComicBook/DoctorStrange, Solomon Grundy for [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], Hawkgirl for Nighthawk, and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} for [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]. Grundy even refers to Hawkgirl as "Bird Nose", Hulk's nickname for Nighthawk.
*** The villain this team fights? [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos An octopus-headed god known as "Ichulthu"]].
*** The same team returns in the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Wake the Dead", with Amazo now added to the group as a stand-in for the Characters/SilverSurfer.
** In "Task Force X", when Deadshot meets Plastique, he says he's 'seen the pictures' to which she flirtatiously responds 'and that's as close as you're gonna get' - possibly reffing her naked humiliation at the hands of ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}} in her first appearance.
** In the episode "Divided we Fall," ComicBook/GreenArrow dissuades Superman from disbanding the Justice League, and gets ready to ride off into the sunset. Just before he does, Batman stops him, saying "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" To which, GA translates as "Who guards the guardians?" Most comic fans know [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} what they're really talking about, though]].
** Another [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Watchmen reference]] appears in the episode "Paradise Lost," where we see Bernie's newsstand.
* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'':
** The most significant planets in the show's cosmology are Freleng (after Looney Tunes director Friz Freleng) and Blanc (after virtuoso voice artist Creator/MelBlanc).
** The exact words that Optimatus uses to describe what to do with their new powers of exploration are, word for word, "[[Franchise/StarTrek Explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations...]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'': Two shots in the trailer have backgrounds resembling WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants' house and the city from ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. Notably, these are the only references to cartoons that Warner Bros. does not own.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' (1973) episode "Dr. Pelagian's War". Dr. Pelagian's submarine the Sprite looks very similar to the submarine U.S.S. Seaview in the film and TV series ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'', there's a scene of Superman ([[spoiler:actually his clone]]) fighting Toyman's giant mechanical spider. This was a shot at how movie producer Jon Peters wanted a giant spider in ''[[DevelopmentHell Superman Lives]]'', written by Creator/KevinSmith. Smith even voices a citizen in ''Doomsday'' that remarks, "Like we needed him to take care of a giant spider."
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** In the third episode, Martha Kent tells Clark, "I don't want anyone thinking you're like [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries that nut in Gotham City]]."
** In "My Girl," Lex Luthor is overheard explaining to his henchman that he wants him in [[ComicBook/TheFlash Central City]] by that night.
** In the episode "Mxyzpxlated", the ''Daily Planet'' [[http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab85/dariaRTthread/Pan02.jpg comics page]] has a couple of {{Shout Out}}s. One strip is "Dini the Meany", which sounds similar to ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'', but with an art style similar to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''. It's attributed to "Bill Wemissu[[note]]Bill Watterson having retired from making ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes[[/note]]". Also on the page is "Gleen", with an art style directly lifted from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. "Dini" of course is a reference to Creator/PaulDini.
** In an example mixed with a TakeThat, another episode has Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} reading a comic book about a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan spider-themed superhero]] before disgustedly stating that the character is gross.
* Although lots of shows poked fun at older video games of their respective eras, ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' brought out the hilariously direct ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Super Plucky-o Bros]]'', featuring a side-scrolling landscape that all but matched the original game's colors and patterns, and sounds lifted straight from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 2]]''.
** Another video game reference was seen in the episode "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian". For some reason, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Montana Max]] is the pilot of an airplane. The terminal used for piloting the plane is an arcade cabinet with the game "Plane Man", where a plane is [[VideoGame/PacMan moving around a maze while eating dots]]. In reality, [[AnimateInanimateObject the actual plane]] is eating clouds]].
** The ParodyEpisode ''A Quack in the Quarks'' is one big shout out to ''Franchise/StarWars.'' "Duck Vader" is the BigBad, and Buster ends up dressed like Han Solo, while Babs has her ears curled like Leia, and Plucky is dressed like Luke. It's not just ''Franchise/StarWars,'' though -- if you look closely at the loading bay, you can see the [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** One episode had Blob watching a cartoon with characters that suspiciously looked like WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}.
** "Survival of the Fittest", which introduced Juggernaut, also introduced us to the Danger Room program ''Film/LogansRun''.
** "On Angel's Wings" gives us a brief glimpse of Warren reading a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Daily Bugle]] newspaper, as well as a [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark Industries]] building. Might be a MythologyGag due to the fact that pretty much 90% of the major Franchise/MarvelUniverse players are based in New York City.
** A scene of "Impact" has Toad knocking on the head of the petrified Mystique shouting "[[Franchise/BacktoTheFuture Hello? McFly?]]"
** The Season 2 episode "Retreat" has a Bigfoot Watcher showing off his Bigfoot Caller to a buddy. He says what store you can get them in, and tells his friend to ask for [[Series/TheXFiles Mulder]]. To cement the reference, a clip of ''The X-Files'' theme is played before the scene transition.
** In "Cruise Control," on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, Bobby is goofing off using his ice powers. His trump card is to make an iceberg [[TooDumbToLive in front of the ship]], jumps right on the stern, and shouts [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} "I'm king of the..."]]
** In the episode "Uprising" when Spyke makes his return, Xavier uses Cerebro to find him. He says he's on the corner of "Lithia" and what sounds to be "Ashland" streets, a possible reference to the town of Ashland, Oregon: the town has lithium oxide (or "lithia") in a stream found in the center of town which is pumped into certain water fountains.
** Scott and Kurt make a very dorky and completely out of place reference to Star Trek in an early episode. Justified though, as Kurt is a fan of fantasy in the comics and the Ultimate version of Scott is a Sci-Fi fan.
** Jean is a soccer star, and during an awards ceremony for the team we get to see their logo, [[MythologyGag a phoenix that lights up in flames.]]
** In "Walk on the Wild Side", the Bayville Sirens (X-Girls + Boom-Boom) do the "super-jiggle-sexy-slo-mo" walk down the hall a la ''Film/TheCraft'', [[https://i.redd.it/9g1myoqhr9a21.gif complete with Kitty blowing a kiss just like Nancy]].
** In "Spyke Cam" the dance that Spyke gets Rogue and Kitty to do is [[https://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2015/11/buffy-inspired-x-men-evolution-dance.html?m=1 a clear reference to]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy and Faith's]] dancing in "Bad Girls", complete with SuspiciouslyAproposMusic.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** To [[Creator/MarvelComics that other comics franchise:]]
*** Kid Flash taunts the villain in the pilot by calling him an "[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk incredible bulk]]."
*** Doctor Fate is called "[[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Earth's Sorcerer Supreme]]."
*** The villain Black Spider was retooled to resemble ComicBook/SpiderMan, and is voiced by Josh Keaton who played Spider-Man in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'' cartoon, which was also created by Greg Weisman.
--->'''Black Spider:''' I don't suppose you'll let me finish off Jones and let me go on my web-slinging way?
*** Not only does T.O. Morrow resemble [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], but Red Volcano resembles [[WholeCostumeReference Iron Man]].
*** Possibly why the latest group of superpowered teens is called the "[[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} runaways]]", including an episode title. They were more properly alien abductees and only ran away from League supervision.
*** Possibly unintentional, but the season finale of a two season super hero show involves the HeroesUnlimited cast coming together to break into teams and disable alien doomsday machines affecting the weather. [[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Where have I seen that before?]]
** Guardian: "These aren't your normal [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo meddling kids]]."
** Wally: "Guy knows a little advanced science and [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledores]] it up to scare the bad guys and impress the babes."
** Psimon: "Simon says: ''forget''!"
** Robin: "You need to hack our minds in order to [[Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand grok]] what happened to us. Got it. Go."
** Wally: [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes "Get your hands off her you]] [[GoshdangItToHeck darn]] [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes dirty ape!"]]
** Wally's Halloween costume in "Secrets" has the same letterman's jacket and pattern of hair as ''Film/TeenWolf''.
** In "Secrets", Miss Martian's "Martian" form is a slightly distorted [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin the Martian]] with Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s roar. The prankster that she is counter-pranking is even named Marvin.
** When Miss Martian finds out that Billy is Captain Marvel, Kid Flash remarks "Yeah, and I'm [[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales Speedy Gonzalez]]."
** In "Disordered", Superboy pilots the {{Super Robot|Genre}} Infinity-Man by docking his Super-Cycle on its head, just like how Kouji Kabuto pilots Anime/MazingerZ with the Pilder. (The feature isn't in the Creator/JackKirby comics where Infinity-Man first appeared.)
** ComicBook/GreenArrow and Artemis use a [[Series/DoctorWho blue police box as their Justice League teleporter.]] Later, Miss Martian uses a similar police box [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild located in a junkyard.]]
** In "Schooled", Miss Martian briefly uses her shapeshifting powers to become a four-armed green-skinned Martian, reminiscent in form (though not in dress) of ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.
** In "Secrets", the magical sword of Literature/{{Beowulf}} (made up for the show) is sheathed in [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Grendel's]] arm, which Beowulf famously tore off.
** In "Performance," when Miss Martian [[NoBiochemicalBarriers catches the flu that has been affecting so many of the people around her]], Robin mentions that Creator/HGWells [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds predicted there could be such a cross-species disease]].
** In "Earthlings", Adam Strange quotes Lewis Carroll in order to get some Rannian policemen to chase him, specifically "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}" and ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. Later Alanna, who obviously has never heard this tale and does not speak English, tries to do this to Kroleteans:
---> '''Alanna:''' [[MondegreenGag Bewore tha Jabarwok!]]
** Bumblebee's line after discovering the ancient ruins in "Beneath":
---> '''Bumblebee:''' Can you say "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Temple of Doom]]?"
** The Terror Twins are named Literature/TommyAndTuppence Terror.
** In "True Colors", the Justice League logo that appears on Godfrey's show is identical to the logo for the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague DCAU series]]. Also the [[spoiler: Green Beetle's]] name is B'arzz O'oomm, which when spoken sounds like Barsoom, the name for Mars in Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' series.
* WB animated shorts are notorious for including crew names on background objects such as billboards or boxes. "Friz" shows up a lot, an homage to director Friz Freleng. In the short ''Rocket Squad'', Porky and Daffy play future cops in a parody of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', and a list of "known criminals" they use to find the bad guy includes everyone working in the animation department at that time. A more complete listing of the various inside jokes can be [[http://gregbrian.tripod.com/hidden/ found here]].
** In the short "Daffy Duck Slept Here", Daffy claims to be friends with a six-foot tall invisible kangaroo named [[Theatre/{{Harvey}} "Hymie"]].
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[[folder:Transformers]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
** A scene in ''Gorilla Warfare'' is inspired by Franchise/{{Robocop}}.
** In ''Victory'', the scene where Optimus is falling from the Axalon after being shot by Scorponok in his Beast mode resembles a scene in Franchise/KingKong.
** There's also this one to ComicBook/{{Superman}}, complete with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of Supes' Main Theme:
--->'''Dinobot:''' ''Wait! Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird?''\\
'''Rhinox:''' ''Maybe a plane!''\\
'''Rattrap:''' ''Nah! IT'S OPTIMUS!!''
** In ''Dark Designs'', Cheetor's "Better dead than Pred" is a pun on an [[DirtyCommunists anti-communism]] message from TheFifties.
** Another scene, where Optimus brandishes his swords before Megatron shoots him down is reminiscent of the duel between Indiana Jones and the Cairo swordsman in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. Dinobot pushing Scorponok into his rotor blade weapon echoes the demise of the German engineer in the same movie.
** Airazor's pose in "The Low Road" (as seen in the page image) is a direct reference to the famous ''Franchise/StarWars'' poster.
** The sequence in Season 3 where Megatron is [[spoiler:using the Transmetal Driver to create the new Dinobot II from a blank Protoform]] draws heavily from the classic film ''Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}}''.
** In the episode "The Probe", the search and rescue probes sent out from Cybertron, shot for shot, mirror the imperial probe droids from the beginning of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** Several to classic WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, mostly involving Waspinator getting scrapped.
** Rock'em Sock'em Robots battle between Rhinox and Inferno in Season 2. Colors even match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvbbQyFWrDI
** The head writers involved were very active in the online fandom. As a result, these cropped up all the time, often in the form of locations. Subsector Hooks and Grid Joona, for example, are named after fans who posted on the alt.toys.transformers usenet group at the time.
*** At one point a concussed [[TheChewToy Waspinator]] refers to himself as "Wonko the Sane". While this was originally a name of a minor character in ''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy So Long and Thanks for All the Fish]]'', the specific reference was evidently to another ''Beast Wars'' fan who used this name as an online alias. That fan, Benson Yee, went on to be recruited as a continuity consultant for the second season finale. The ''Beast Wars'' crew recognized the value of the fandom.
** What may have been a very subtle Shout Out was Cheetor's weapon sound effect. It sounded just like WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}'s from the cartoon. Both were voiced by Ian Corlett.
** Rattrap and Optimus' dialog about the Ark, how "that ship wasn't built, it was poured" and "die-cast metal, its a lost art" are both about how the original ''Gen1 Transformer'' toys (well, the better, larger ones) all had die-cast parts for at least half the body.
** Also Megatron's [[spoiler:first appearing to Optimus after he gets his new dragon body? "Film/EnterTheDragon!"]]
* In the ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' episode "Cramp", Fred exclaims "[[Literature/HeartOfDarkness The horror! The horror!]]" when Unicron begins attacking Cybertron.
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[[folder:Others]]
* Creator/HannaBarbera's ''The Adventures of Gulliver'' episode "The Dark Sleep". The witch Malagar was inspired by the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** She lives in a huge forbidding castle.
** After she captures Gulliver, she holds up an hourglass and says "You have until the sand runs out, young Gulliver. Then, if you do not give up the map, I shall deal with you in my own fashion".
** At one point she says "All in good time", a line spoken by the [=WWotW=] in the movie.
* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsSummerMadness'':
** Neiderflyer's name is a reference to Douglas C. Neidermeyer of ''Film/AnimalHouse'' fame.
** The title of "Chill Hard" references the ''Franchise/DieHard'' films.
** "Pillow Fight Club" is a parody of ''Film/FightClub''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'':
** Molecule Kid looks like Rex Salazar from ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', another Creator/ManOfActionStudios production. [[CastingGag He also has the same voice actor]].
** At one point, [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme Hyperion]] steals [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]]'s red cape and wears it as a trophy. This causes him to look ''even more'' like the Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} character]] he is a CaptainErsatz of.
** In "Prison Break", Princess Zarda believes in [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 crushing her enemies, seeing them driven before her, and hearing the lamentations of their men]]. Also when Typhoid Mary uses her mental powers on the guards, Zarda calls her a "merciless Minerva", and later during the inevitable betrayal, she says Mary is a "suffering savage". These are both references to the OhMyGods exclamations of [[ComicBook/WonderWoman the DC character]] ''she's'' a CaptainErsatz of: "Merciful Minerva!" and "Suffering Sappho!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'':
** "Iron Man Is Born!" contains an extended parody of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' involving Iron Man fighting Ultimo while [[InUniverseCamera onlookers record the whole thing]].
** "Masters of Evil" has a scene of the [[LegionOfDoom title team of villains]] [[MirroredConfronTationShot rushing into battle against the Avengers]] in a scene mirroring the opening of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Challenge of the Superfriends]]''.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]]'s outfit looks a lot like that of [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Ben Tennyson]]. Creator/ManOfActionStudios created the ''Franchise/Ben10'' franchise and did most of the second season episodes of ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes''.
** The GrandFinale, "Avengers Assemble!", seems like a WholePlotReference to "Destroyer", the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
** Blizzard was redesigned to look like ComicBook/TheFlash's foe (as well as Blizzard's AlternateCompanyEquivalent), Captain Cold.
* "Eleanor Rigby" from ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs'' has two bugs searching for Eleanor Rigby named "Skölly" and "Mildew," which Buzz corrupts as [[Series/TheXFiles "Skilldoo" and "Molly."]]
* When WesternAnimation/TheBeatles come across the cave of a hermit in "Nowhere Man," Ringo quips "I've heard his records." A reference to Herman's Hermits, a band from the British Invasion days.
** In "I'm Only Sleeping," the boys are confronted with a fire-breathing dragon. George nervously quips in sing-song, "The fans are getting tougher all the time," which shouts out to the 40s standard "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time" by Les Brown.
* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'':
*** Way Big's look resembles more like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
*** Ben and Gwen's cousin-in-law Lucy has whiskers similar to Franchise/{{Naruto}}'s and her casual clothes remind people of [[ComicBook/YoungJustice Cassie Sandsmark]].
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' is fond of these:
*** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "No juice for you!"]]
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Worst. Roadtrip. EVER!]]
*** Upchuck, the ExtremeOmnivore alien, is a Gourmand from the planet Peptos. Matter-Eater Lad, the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes member with the same power, comes from the planet Bismoll.
*** Paradox's "I walk in eternity" is a direct quote from Series/DoctorWho.
*** "The Con Of Rath" to ''The Wrath Of Khan''.
*** One of the Forever Knights yells "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "RUN AWAY!"]] [[spoiler:when Ship breaks their mind control and turns on them... [[OhCrap while still outfitted with their weapons]].]]
*** [[Literature/ThePrincessBride "My name is Kevin Ethan Levin. You killed my father. Prepare to die."]]
*** Vilgax has homing EyeBeams like [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]].
*** Ben's command to self-destruct the Omnitrix is a shout out to ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. Kirk gave the same command to destroy the Enterprise.
*** When Ship surrounds Julie and becomes her armor, she ends up looking a lot like Samus Aran from Metroid.
*** The Vreedle Brothers, lets see, a pair of idiotic twins, with a last name that begins with V, that are killed multiple times and are brought back to life by cloning them? [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Sounds kind of familiar]]
*** In ''The Secret of Chromastone'', Kevin references ''Film/{{Alien}}'' when he tells Ben that "In space, no one can hear you sneeze."
*** Raff, the Inkursian commander, looks a bit like [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Psimon]], purple colors cheme and MyBrainIsBig.
*** At the beginning of "Undercover", Ben is wary of Kevin testing the teleporter with a banana, questioning what would happen if a fly landed on the banana during the test, turning it into a "killer banana fly", a direct ShoutOut to ''Film/TheFly1958''.
*** Kevin tries to make it off an alien planet with a stash of treasure, but winds up dropping it on the way out, where a poor girl picks it up. [[{{Series/Firefly}} Think they'll name the place Levinstown?]]
*** Charmcaster dons a similar tiara as Characters/ScarletWitch.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' had Mr. Bumpy and Squishington competing to scare each other. In one instance, Squishington is looking beyond an open door, averting and saying [[Music/TheBeatles "Get back! Get back to where you once belonged!"]]
* In "Stella Sprinkles!" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', Cricket invites Stella Sprinkles to a cupcake decorating party, then sets up the party without waiting for her acceptance. When Stella doesn't show up at the scheduled time, she goes outside the cafe and shouts "[[Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire Stella! Stelllla!]]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Capelito}}'' episode "Daddy", Capelito shows his cap-changing ability to some Mexican tourists. When he changes his cap to a Mexican sombrero, one of the tourists responds with "[[WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales Arriba, arriba!]]" To drive the point home further, another tourist outright says the name "Speedy Gonzales" only a second or so afterwards.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', Paper Star's hair is styled like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Juri Han]].
* On ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Flea]] beats Kenny G with Nick Diamond stating "[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Flea killed Kenny G!]]" A kid in the audience then shouts, "YouBastard"
* ''WesternAnimation/CityIsland2022'':
** Terra says "[[Film/SunsetBoulevard I'm ready for my closeup]]."
** [[https://twitter.com/bransonreese/status/1606751627863638016?s=46&t=vr6R3xVJlre16NKcJXc9OA According]] to his voice actor, Watt's dad's full name is Frank Lloyd Light. This is a pun on Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous architect.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is full of these.
** "Nugget": There is a placard for [[http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e85/flirtykuki/Operation_Nugget015_0003.jpg "Mr. Warburton's Flim Flam Elixir"]] in the background. It is a reference to the series creator Tom Warburton (who on this show is always credited as just "Mr. Warburton").
** [[Film/{{Aliens}} "It's another glorious day in the Kids Next Door! A day in the KND is a day out of school! Every meal is ice cream, every show's a cartoon, every formation's a dodgeball game. I looooove the Kids Next Door!"]]
** And lets not forget the episode "Operation Archive", which plays out almost scene-for-scene like a family-friendly version of "[[Anime/TheAnimatrix The Second Renaissance]]".
** In one mission, Numbah Two and Numbah Five have to rescue a younger class' pet before he is [[ItMakesSenseinContext dipped in chocolate.]] His name is [[Series/SesameStreet Mr. Snuffleupagus.]]
** The main antagonists, The Delightful Children From Down the Lane, seem to be based on the antagonists in co-creator Mo Willem's 1996 ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', sketch, ''The Off-Beats'', known as "The Populars".
** [[Film/{{Chinatown}} I was hungry (slap), I was thirsty (slap), I was hungry (slap), I was thirsty (slap),..., I was hungry and thirsty.]]
** The Delightful Children are turned into sheep in one episode. The middle one resembles Sheep from WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity. Also, in "T.H.E.-F.L.Y.", one of the stuffed animals shown in Numbuh 3's room is Sheep.
** WesternAnimation/{{Dexter|sLaboratory}} appears as a balloon in a ZombieApocalypse episode.
** Operation: H.O.M.E gives us the origins of Rainbow Monkey Cereal.[[spoiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKVj4l5GU4 IT'S MADE FROM RAINBOW MONKEYS!]]
** Numbuh Four's version of [[ArtShift Op. R.E.P.O.R.T.]] is a huge one to ''Manga/DragonBall''. At one point he blows a chewing gum bubble into his hands to make what looks like a [[KamehameHadoken Chewing Gum Kamehameha]]. Operation R.E.P.O.R.T. does five parodies in one episode.
** When the Dodgeball Wizard says that he's not a magician, Numbuh 4's dad says, [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment "All right, you're an illusionist then!"]]
** Father appears to be based off of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs.
** In Op. E.N.G.L.A.N.D., one of the British KND operatives [[spoiler: actually one of the Rowdy Hooligans from Across the Square]] repeatedly says to Numbuh One "Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus say-no-more, say-no-more!"]]
** [[http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/9/25/128983599130667789.jpg Ash Ketchum makes an appearance for one second in a crowd scene.]] [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Yes, that one.]] [[Anime/YuGiOh Yugi, too.]]
** Numbuh One: "[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 By your command,]] Mr. President."[[spoiler: the president was a robot duplicate]]
** When a baby makes a hole in a locked door to get to Numbuhs One and Five, he yells, [[Film/TheShining "Heeeere's Jackson!"]]
** Numbuh 86 is possibly a ShoutOut to [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove Rosa Klebb]], another [[HotBlooded hot-tempered]], [[EvilRedhead red-headed]], [[DoesNotLikeMen boy-hating]] operative with a grating accent and a grudge against [[Film/JamesBond a British agent]].
** The Tommy's costume (wide-brimmed hat, mask and cape), hammy poses and catch phrase ("I am The Tommy!") reminds of [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck another animated superhero.]] Probably also a shout out to Radio/TheShadow.
** Operation P.L.A.N.E.T. features a planet of rainbow monkeys similar to the first ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''.
** Two of the England KND members are a ShoutOut to the ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' and ''Series/DoctorWho'' respectively.
** Numbuh 11-Teen is based off of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall Jane Goodall]]
** When Numbah One is turning into a moose in "Operation S.A.F.A.R.I.", his voice starts to sound like that of [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle J. Moose]].
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
** Kadic Academy was named after Creator/PhilipKDick (look at his middle initial and last name); this is [[WordOfGod confirmed by MoonScoop themselves]].
** Several times, a [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] plush toy can be seen in Yumi's bedroom.
** At the end of episode "Vertigo", Odd comments that he would love to turn invisible, like Susan of the ComicBook/FantasticFour. This is quite a direct shout-out since French animation company [=MoonScoop=] also produced ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes''.
** In the episode "The Secret", the demolition worker controlled by XANA distinctly looks like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. William even calls him a "super-plumber".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrayonBox'': In "The Three Piggies", the pigs are named Lester, Chester, and Sylvester. Sylvester changes his name to Bob because [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Sylvester's a name for a cat]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheChocolix'': In "The Truffle Family Arrives at Chocoland", when Mrs. Truffle is explaining how her square eggs come from the Square Kingdom, she's imagining what it looks like. It looks like ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', especially the square person who looks like and has the same clothing as Steve.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'':
** ''VideoGame/PacMan'' is spoofed in "Save Granny" when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2dxYHIccrU&t=62s Pa chases Granny]] in an 8-bit maze and sound-quality. The Crumpets' adopted cousin Cordless explicitly wants a Pac-Man game as part of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPxsB1WDuo&t=331s video arcade proposal]] in the Crumpets' house in "Gambled Gables". Cordless also wears a shirt with a ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' sprite; more sprites would appear in the show's sequel ''Teen Crumpets''.
** In "Ransoming Dad", the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]] is mentioned to demand the ransom in the forged letter.
** One of Li'l One's plushes is an {{Toys/Uglydolls}} character.
** In "Booty for Beauty", the words "[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Grey]]" are heard.
** Pfff's bedroom has parodies of real bands such as a poster reading "[[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine RAGE CRUMPET THE MACHINE]]".
** In "Disassister", Marylin calls a crocodile "WesternAnimation/WallyGator".
* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'':
** When cooking soup for Mom Tiger in "Mom Tiger is Sick," Mr. Daniel Tiger adds "Just a little Mrs. Salt and some Mr. Pepper." While it was Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper on ''Blue's Clues'', it still seems very close, especially when consider that series creator Angela C. Santomero has a story credit on the episode.
** Daniel Tiger's fantasy sequence in "Mom Tiger is Sick" in which he imagines himself as a superhero fighting germs features the same style and general appearance as ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Super Mario Bros.]]''.
** In a tribute to Fred Rogers, "After the Storm" features a song that includes the phrase "Look for the helpers," which was a phrase that Mister Rogers became known for.
** Another installment features the characters singing to each other "''I like you / I like you / I like you just the way you are.''" Fred Rogers would end his program by telling viewers "You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you. And I like you just the way you are," inspired by his grandfather who once told him "Fred, you made this day a special day, just by being yourself. Always remember there's just one person in this whole world like you -- and I like you just the way you are."
** The book ''Let's Play Together!'' features activities and crafts for parents to do with their children or teachers to do with their students. One of these is called "Handprint Cards" and involves having the child cover their hand in paint and make their handprint on a sheet of folded paper. However, the illustration accompanying doesn't depict a handprint, it depicts a [[WesternAnimation/BluesClues blue pawprint]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': To comic books, crewmembers, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', VideoGame/{{Doom}}, and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Also, after forcing Danny to WalkThePlank from Youngblood's flying pirate ship:
--->'''Ember:''' [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan So...where's the splat?]]
** The name of the male who wears the amulet to become a ''dragon'' is '' '''Aragon''', aka Literature/TheLordOfTheRings.
** The high school is named Casper High School.
--->'''Paulina:''' So you're like, [[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost a friendly ghost]]?
** "Urban Jungle" has Danny [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack on an ice world floating in a defrosting tank in his underwear...]] just before he prepares to beat the MonsterOfTheWeek voiced by Creator/MarkHamill.
** The movie posters in Sam's basement: ''Film/CitizenKane, Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes, Franchise/StarWars, Film/AClockworkOrange'' and ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
** "Darn! Right at the part where he says, '[[Film/JerryMaguire you complete me]].'"
*** "Man, when [[Music/BetteMidler she sings]] '[[Music/BetteMidler Wind Beneath My Wings]]', I just go to pieces."
** At the end of Pirate Radio, some very familiar [[ThemeSong music]] plays: ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s theme.
** From "Fanning the Flames": Take any requests? How about "[[Music/MichaelJackson Beat It]]"?
** At the end of "Reality Trip", Danny tells the Guys in White to leave his human self and his family alone, because [[Franchise/StarWars he's not the ghost they're looking for]], complete with a wave of his hand (which is currently sporting a [[RealityWarper reality warping gauntlet]]) to make them believe it. Also, the whole movie revolves around the villain Freakshow assembling magical gems to be placed into the Reality Gauntlet that, when complete, allows the bearer to rewrite reality at his whim. This is a huge reference to the Marvel story ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', only with Freakshow in place of Thanos, and three gems instead of five.
** In "Public Enemies" when Danny fights overshadowed Kwan, the latter twirls a ghost guard's stick threateningly. Unimpressed, Danny [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk just blasts him]].
** "What You Want" features the extremely popular (at least among Paulina and her cohorts) new movie [[Franchise/HelloKitty "Sayonara Pussycat"]].
** In "Memory Blank" {{gender flip}}ped expies of the Franchise/{{Predator}}, Franchise/{{Terminator}}, and [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] appear as movie monsters brought to life by Desiree.
** Ghost Rays in general look like the energy blasts from ''Franchise/DragonBall'', even the way Danny fires the extra-strong ones looks like a Kamehameha.
** The chariot race in "King Tuck" is a reference to the famous scene in ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', complete with Messala's wheel-cutting spoke spikes.
** There are also a few shout-outs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''. Marty [=McFly=] himself appears in a brief, pause-or-you'll-miss-it cameo in "Masters of All Time" and "Splitting Images". George [=McFly=]'s book "A Match Made in Space" is seen in "Double Cross My Heart". And the coolest; the clock tower in the University of Madison (in "Masters of All Time") reads 10:04.
** There's an obvious nod in the episode "Lucky in Love" to ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. The OncePerEpisode title card was a parody of the famous movie poster of Rhett holding Scarlett in front of the burning city of Atlanta.
** In one episode, Danny plays a "Crash Nebula" arcade game, a reference to the ShowWithinAShow on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Which leads to another one: in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''Crash Nebula'', the young Crash is seen reading a ''Danny Phantom'' comic book.
* ''WesternAnimation/DenisAndMe'': The episodes have titles like "[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights At Pinchy's]]", [[Film/ParanormalActivity Paranormal Cativity]]", "I Think I'm A Clone Now", "[[Series/{{Punkd}} Skunk'd]]", and "[[Film/HomeAlone Home A Clone]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':
** At the beginning of "Monstory", Dexter is examining what appears to be a microscopic civilization on a small speck, a deduction he calls "[[Literature/HortonHearsAWho Horton's theory of Who]]".
** In "Filet of Soul", Dexter prepares to get rid of the ghost of the family's pet goldfish and boats [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} "Who ya gonna call?"]]
** In "Sport's a Poppin", Dexter is set to kick a football Dee Dee is holding. Just before Dexter kicks it, Dee Dee puts it over Dexter just like Lucy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' does, stating she always wanted to do that. The next time Dad is seen, he has a piece of gum in his mouth so that he talks like the adults in ''Peanuts'' do.
* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'':
** The usage of "time tunnels" to travel through time might be a reference to the classic 60s TV show ''Series/TheTimeTunnel''.
** Ned in the episode "Night Train" notes "dinosaurs come and go so quickly here," similar to Dorothy's remark about Munchkins in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** King ''Cryolophosaurus'' is just one big Music/ElvisPresley reference.
** The title of "Remember the Alamosaurus" is a reference to the phrase "Remember the Alamo!" from after the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside. However, the Alamosaurus was not named after the Alamo and was not found in Texas until after its naming.
** In "Stargazing on the Night Train," Sidney says that there are "[[Creator/CarlSagan billions and billions]]" of stars.
** In "Get Into Nature!" Don suggests calling the club "Literature/TheOutsiders."
* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'': In "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" the Grumpy Old Troll makes Dora and Sniper solve three Christmas-related riddles. The answer to the second is WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman, though the image they use is of a generic snowman.
* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'':
** In "Very Berry," when Ord gets stuck in a hole, Max speaks of his daddy reading him a story about a [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh bear who got stuck in a hole from eating too much honey.]]
** In "Ord's Unhappy Birthday," when Ord sees the SurpriseParty everyone has put together, he declares "You like me! You really like me!," referencing Sally Fields's famous Oscar speech, though this particular reading of the line is actually a BeamMeUpScotty.
* In "A Change of Art" from ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'' after completing a painting, Mr. Lion tells Elinor and her friends "And [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting that's the joy of painting]]." (''The Joy of Painting'' also aired on PBS.) Furthermore, the character actually looks vaguely like Creator/BobRoss, sporting an afro and goatee.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FacesMusicParty'', the gold chain that Face wears has the old Nick Jr. logo.
* Because of the sheer [[FollowTheLeader similarities]] between the two shows, it was an inevitability that ''WesternAnimation/FillyFuntasia'' would be drawing a few allusions to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** One of the main Filly Characters, Will, has a distinctly black color, strange-looking green wings, and his actual race in-universe is ''[[TheFairFolk Fairy]]'' Filly. Very reminiscent of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 the Changelings]] in ''Friendship Is Magic''.
** One of the Fillies looks like Fluttershy.
** There's a Filly character named ''Twilight'', and another Filly character named ''Sparkle''. If that wasn't enough, Twilight has wings and Sparkle is a unicorn. Put the two together and what do you get?
* The ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' episode "Breach" has Rex telling Holiday he was fighting a little girl, and she wasn't "[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 made of sugar and spice!]]"
** The ''entire episode'' (or at least Rex's segment) seemed to reference Franchise/SilentHill, foggy town filled with monsters, a creepy school, and the possibility of Alternate Dimensions being involved, not helped by some of the questions about Breach's psyche.
* George's aunt(?) in ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeShrinks'' tends to respond to shocks with "What in the name of ([[Creator/MarxBrothers Insert Groucho Marx Character Here]])..." - this has included such luminaries as Hugo Z. Hackenbush, Jeffrey Spaulding, and Rufus T. Firefly.
* ''WesternAnimation/GetBlake'': In "Get West!", the Squalliens disguise themselves by inhabiting the form of a black clad, robotic gunslinger that looks an awful lot like Creator/YulBrynner's character in ''Film/{{Westworld}}''.
* The episode ''Invasion from Below'' from the ''Toys/HeroFactory'' cartoon seems to be Franchise/{{LEGO}}'s take on ''Film/PacificRim'', which came out half a year prior. It has {{Kaiju}} attacking from a mysterious underground place, the Heroes riding mechs to fight them, the discovery that the beasts can communicate with each other, and one of the Heroes ejecting his escape pod upwards when his mech gets sucked into a chasm. Its animation studio Creator/GhostVFX has also worked on ''Pacific Rim''.
* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'':
** In "Were-Kaz", Kaz's transformation via lap dissolves parodies ''[[Film/TheWolfMan1941 The Wolf Man]]'', complete with an [[{{Retraux}} old, grainy, black-and-white film effect]].
** In "Ami Goes Bad", Ami says [[Film/TheMask "Smokin!"]] after getting possessed.
* In the fifth episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'' they find an AbandonedLaboratory that has benn taken over by an aggressive alien creature. Among the slime and destruction they find a clawed-up military-style helmet labelled "[[Film/{{Aliens}} Pte. Hudson]]".
* In ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends: Christmas Wishes'', Amy describes Mr. Beech's display of little drummer boy dwarfs as "[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Attack of the Little Drummer Clones.]]"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' episode "Focus on Gadget", Gadget gets his nose caught in an airlock door, which is a callback to the closing sequence of Don Adams' earlier show, ''Series/GetSmart''.
* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': In Black Tiger's lair, there is a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi egg.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': Aside from a WholePlotReference to ''Film/IAmLegend'', the title for one episode, "[[IOweYouMyLife Jimmy, Don't Be a Hero]]", is a reference to the 1974 song "Billy, Don't Be a Hero".
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' has few episodes starting and ending with narrator announcing that Johnny is now "in ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 the zone]]'', where normal things don’t happen very often."
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'':
** "Not Home on the Range" is a reference to the song, "Home on the Range".
** In "House Music", Andy does a dance similar to [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]].
** "Lizardzilla!" briefly shows poster parodies of Japanese movies like ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService''. Lizardzilla is also a very obvious parody of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''.
** In "Story Story", ''The Hairy Games'' book series is a reference to both ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. Said series has Districts, like ''Hunger Games'', but they're organized more like ''Harry Potter'' houses.
** In "Robo Kid", the gang visits a 60-foot tall robot statue. There is one in real life, and it's of none other than Unicorn Gundam from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn''.
** "Beetlemania":
*** Andy has a digital tomato pet, an obvious BlandNameProduct of ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}''.
*** The episode title is a pun on [[Music/TheBeatles the Beatlemania craze]].
** In "Loco for Cocoa!", Luna sings about Montezuma II, an Aztec king who loved chocolate. He is shown going through a ''VideoGame/PacMan''-like maze eating chocolate treats, complete with the sound effects.
** In "Old School", the school mascot does [[Film/It2017 the Pennywise jig]]. You can see it [[https://www.hellokathyjo.com/journal/2021/7/6/boston-episode-highlights-on-lets-go-luna here]].
** In "Blanket Decision", Andy's favorite baseball team is the Rochester Hot Wings, a parody of the Rochester Red Wings.
* In one episode of ''{{WesternAnimation/Lolirock}}'', the main characters reach a sunken ship to rescue a character who had previously been there. After they fill the ship with air, that character asks them how they did that. Iris states that it was really complicated and that they had to use ping-pong balls. This is a reference to a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Donald Duck]] story where a sunken ship was risen by lowering a hose from the surface and pumping it with ping-pong balls.
* The Dandies from ''WesternAnimation/LongLiveTheRoyals'' are introduced in a spoof of the opening shot of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'':
** In one episode, Cathy is sent to detention, and it's specifically mentioned that it will be in [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Room 101]].
** Two-dimensional art in the series, such as on posters, is generally rendered in the {{Animesque}} style used for fellow Marathon series ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' and ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.
* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', while not as ShoutOut-y as ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', does have a few.
*** "The Glass Princess" has a couple of examples:
*** The title and refrain of "Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave", is taken from ''Marmion'', an 1808 poem by Sir Walter Scott.
----->''"Oh! what a tangled web we weave''\\
''When first we practise to deceive!"''
*** As the raptorians celebrate their approaching victory and the prospect of taking a vitrified Ponyland as their new homeland, they run around in circles while shouting "[[Literature/TheWizardOfOz there's no place like home, there's no place like home!]]"
*** On one occasion, the Moochick and his rabbit assistant Habbit are seen playing [[Franchise/StarTrek three-dimensional chess]]. Amusingly, Habbit is winning.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'':
*** In "The Traditional Unicorn Sleep-over", a unicorn version of ''Film/NottingHill'' is briefly shown.
*** In "Top Remodel", Hitch says that he's [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} "not afraid of no ghosts"]] as he explores the abandoned [=CanterLogic=] factory, [[TemptingFate only for a winged rat to scurry behind him and startle him.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' loves its fairytale, Fleischer, Disney, Dante, Miyazaki and Tex Avery references. Notably:
** The name for the series itself [[http://manuscriptsburn.blogspot.com/2015/02/behind-potatoes-and-molasses-interview.html comes at least partially]] from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall_%281919_film%29 a lost silent era film of the same name.]]
** Greg's frog at the piano, seen at the beginning and end of the series, resembles the title card for ''WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog''.
** [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Beatrice]] acts as a guide through the woods for the kids, just like her literary counterpart.
** Befitting his status as a SatanicArchetype, The Beast's name references one of the names of the Antichrist in Literature/TheBible.
** The Gorilla in Chapter Three looks an awful lot like [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer the Bumble.]]
** The ferry is called the [=McLoughlin=] Brothers Ferry, named for a children's storybook publishing company that operated from the 1800s to the 1920s.
** Another comes in the Beast turning his victims into Edelwood trees either through either trickery with Greg or despair with Wirt. The representation of the Beast for suicide and how he manipulates it harks back to Canto XIII of the ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]'', where victims of suicide are turned into trees and suffer the abuse of harpies within the seventh circle of hell.
** The "Babes in the Woods" episode shares its name with a fairytale about two lost children in the woods. [[spoiler:In the original story, the children die, setting a grim tone for those who get the reference.]]
** The rock tune that opens episode 9 is a [[InTheStyleOf sound-alike]] of the T. Rex song [[Music/MarcBolan "Ballrooms of Mars."]]
** Sara was named after the eponymous Music/FleetwoodMac song.
** The comic miniseries has Holly Hobbie-esque girls in the first issue.
* ''WesternAnimation/PCPinkerton'': In the episode "Slipper", when P.C. Pinkerton ands his family are trying to decide the name of their new puppy, Peter suggests that the puppy's name be "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'': In a ChristmasEpisode you can see, of all things, a picture of [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi]].
* ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' features the planet [[ChurchOfHappyology Zeenu]].
* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'':
** In ''Big Chief Ugh-Umugh-Ugh'', Popeye quips to the chief "Hey, who made your bows? An amateur?". The way he says it makes it a reference to the popular radio show ''Major Bowes' Amateur Hour''.
** ''Nix on Hypnotricks'' and ''She-Sick Sailors'' make references to Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Popples}} "Mary Pop-pop-Poppins is my hero! ~giggles~]]"
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'' opened with a bored fairy lamenting that her town was "boring" while her pet tried to talk her out of it. It was almost line-by-line taken from one of the best ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episodes. Turns out that it was the same voice actress, and Jewel Riders used most of the same writers and staff as ''Galaxy Rangers''!
* ''Pucca'' has a sequence during a costume party where the band dresses up like Devo.
* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'': The wizard in episode 11 resembles Mickey from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Cesar and Nestor’s names are a clear reference to ''Film/TheMamboKings''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'':
** One episode had a wangsty villain whose sidekick/best friend was named [=DiTillio=], after one of episode writer J. Michael Straczynski's former colleagues from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
** Peter Venkman is a fan of ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow''. Doubles as an ActorAllusion: his voice actor, Creator/LorenzoMusic, was ''Newhart's'' executive producer.
** In "Lost and Foundry," Ray asks what all the possessed objects have in common, to which Venkman responds, [[Series/WhatsMyLine "Is it bigger than a breadbox?"]]
** "Adventures in Slime and Space" has shout-out after shout-out, with references to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and ''Franchise/KingKong''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' runs on this trope, so much so that the Other Wiki's episode guide has a column devoted to listing them all. Some of the most notable ones include ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'' (which got an episode to parody it) and ''Series/TheXFiles'', in the form of minor characters Fax Modem and Data Nully ([[ActorAllusion voiced by Gillian Anderson herself, no less]]). Other shout-outs include ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' (and anime in general), ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'', and ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RocketMonkeys'' episode "Trick or Trixie", Gus is watching his pet space squid Inky make paintings on the wall out of ink. When Wally asks it to paint for him it shoots ink in his face that results in him looking like [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], complete with hanging tongue.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' has this shout out to Burma Shave:
-->''Do not go back''
-->''Go on instead''
-->''Your friend the moose''
-->''Is just ahead''
-->''Boris Shave''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shelldon}}'':
** In "Alien Encounter," the musical sound coming from the U.F.O. (unidentified floating object, and clearly actually a human fishing vessel), while not the same, is clearly intended to evoke the tune from ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
** In the same story, a black crab wearing sunglasses [[Film/MenInBlack neuralyzes]] two police officers before absconding with the "U.F.O."
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Light Hope, the AI that assists Adora as She-Ra, attempts to give her a pat on the shoulder while saying [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 "There, there"]]. It fails, as she is intangible, but it's the thought that counts.
* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'': Yumyulack's name is likely a reference to the name of the [[Film/{{Coneheads}} Coneheads']] home planet of Remulak.
* ''WesternAnimation/SoupeOpera'': After it's created, a rabbit [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland checks its pocket watch and runs away]].
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' had two characters who were a ShoutOut to JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf.
* One of the episodes of ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' is called "Angel Cake in the Outfield," which is referential of the film ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield''.
* The 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' series has some of these:
** When stranded on an alien planet and looking for transport, the turtles find {{Captain Ersatz}}es of [[Franchise/StarWars Han and Chewie]]. They conclude, "We can do better."
** In the previous episode, Michaelangelo says, "Not today, Chung Lee." A triple entendre in that he references not only Wang Chung and Creator/BruceLee, but [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun Li]].
** In a fight, Donatello realizes, "A bo staff? And a bunch of guys who all look the same? Time to try one of my favorite movie stunts!" He spins around his staff à la [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded Burly Brawl]], but it doesn't work. Raphael (I think) reminds Donny that "[[ThisIsReality This ain't the movies.]]"
** One episode has Donatello find wayward computer data in the systems of a Texas paper factory -- likely a ShoutOut to ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', where The Company uses a paper factory in Texas as a front. Makes you wonder what other kind of data he'd find there if he looked...
** The episode "Reality Check" takes place InAWorld where the Turtles are super-powered heroes. The "Shell of Justice" is a shout-out to the Hall of Justice from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', and "Shelletron-1000" probably references the Autobots computer in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', Teletron-1. An early episode has similar shout-outs, where Mikey's fantasies of the Turtles as superheroes get mocked as "the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Ninja-stice League]]", "the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Shelltastic Four]]", and "[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes the Legion of Sewer-Heroes]]".
** In one episode, Mikey meets a superhero named [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Green Mantle]]. His civilian name is even "Al Gordon" after Hal Jordan.
** The episode where Donatello meets an artist named [[Creator/JackKirby Kirby]] and traveled with him to a world with people living in [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor a city at the end of a rainbow bridge]] protected by warriors with [[ComicBook/NewGods godlike powers and cosmic technology]]. This episode's name was "[[FanNickname The King]]"
** In the Battle Nexus Tournament Mikey faces [[https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Kluh_(2003_TV_series) Kluh]] from the dimension "[[SdrawkcabName Levram]]". His father is Ammag.
* On the subject of the Ninja Turtles, [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the old cartoon]] tended to have the Turtles (usually Raphael) use a reference to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' in conversation.
* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': The series' name is inspired by that of ''[[Literature/ArabianNights The Thousand and One Nights]]''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'':
** There's a beetle named Twingo who speaks using Music/TheBeatles references and seems to have the power to make others speak this way too when talking to him.
--->'''Twingo:''' Help. I need somebody to help me cross this stream. It's so wide and vast.\\
'''Pickle:''' We can work it out. Climb into my hand. I'll help you across.\\
'''Twingo:''' You've really got to hold on to me. ... I got over it with a little bit of help from my friend.
** In "Super Sophie," the scene changer with the wing logo that represents superhero identity is displayed in a similar way and with a similar musical theme as the bat logo seen in ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'': I know it was you [[Film/TheGodfather Fredo]]!
* In an episode of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' Fast cartoon for ''Netflix'', White Shadow, and Skidmark stay back in Turbo Town so they can watch a ''Series/GossipGirl'' parody titled "Gossip Snail" and are egarly awaiting the reveal of the titular Gossip Snail in question.
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' has a number as well:
** In the [[TheTeaser Cold Open]] for "Venom" we get a very ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''-esque recapping of Spidey's adventures with the robots of the Marvel Universe.
** Peter tells Osborn that maybe Spider-Man sits close to him in Spanish class. Cue to Spidey singing "Donde esta la biblioteca" from ''Series/{{Community}}''.
** In "For Your Eye Only", there is a ''Film/JamesBond'' riff involving Spidey in a tuxedo on a snowboard.
*** Fury's magic number is "007" and the "Doctor Octopussy" title card at the end of the episode.
** Spider-Man falls into the trash compactor of the SHIELD Helicarrier.
--->'''Spider-Man:''' [[Film/ANewHope What a wonderful smell I've discovered!]]
** And Spider-Man mutters sarcastically to himself in the air vents, à la ''Film/DieHard''
** The use of the ScareChord during "Snow Day" seemed [[Series/{{Lost}} awfully familiar...]]
** In "Spidah-Man" , the city of Boston provides Spidey with a gadget-filled cave, [[TheJeeves an English butler]], a [[ThemeMobile Spider-Mobile]], and even an eager KidSidekick. [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Three guesses as to who these Shout Outs are aimed at]].
** "The itsy-Bitsy Spider-Man" has J Jonah Jameson airing an interview in response to accusations of the Bugle not being "fair and balanced" about Spider-Man. This references the tagline of Fox News.
** In "Guardians of the Galaxy", Spider-Man quotes Daffy Duck's Robin Hood short as Rocket Raccoon tries to evade enemy lasers.
*** The same episode has a cutaway gag parodying the training sequence from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', with Nova and Rocket Raccoon standing in for Luke Skywalker and Yoda.
** In "Game Over" Spidey, Cap and Wolverine face off against [[MirrorMatch LMD Doppelgangers]] of themselves, when they are about to square off the "Versus" image is ''a lot'' like VideoGame/CapcomVs; the doubles are even a lighter shade of PaletteSwap.
** From "Ultimate Deadpool":
--->'''Deadpool:''' {{You|CantHandleTheParody}} [[Film/AFewGoodMen can't handle the truth]]!
** In "Awesome" Spidey steals the Awesome Android from a SHIELD lab to pass off as his science fair invention. Among the items he passed on stealing are the Ultimate Nullifier ("too tiny"), the Cosmic Cube ("too bright"), and Howard the Duck ("too weird!").
** The "Spider-Ham" segment of the "Spider-Verse" story arc:
*** The fight between the two Spideys and the Goblin is one long homage to WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes.
*** When Goblin tries to get a DNA sample from Spider-Ham, Peter Porker declares "[[Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs Not by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin!]]" The Goblin plucks said hairs and replies "[[Film/{{Babe}} That'll do, pig. That'll do.]]"
*** As Spider-Man catapults himself back to the wormhole, he passes some taking crows. "Did you just see a Spider-Monkey fly?" "[[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} Well, now I've seen everything!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' once had a really [[MindScrew weird]] episode where they were trained in using cartoon-violence. When they were asked to show some, very first thing they thought was to imitate ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. Afterward, they imitate ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' and [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wallykazam}}'':
** "How to Bathe Your Dragon" is referential of ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
** One of the characters owns a doll that looks a lot like [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]].
** The Bathmobile from the episode by the same name is obvious reference to the Batmobile from the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' franchise, particularly when Wally calls out "To the bathmobile!"
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatAboutMimi'': The two bully characters were called Brock and Buddy [[Literature/HortonHearsAWho Wickersham]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Witch}}'':
** In the second intro Will owns [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]] merchandise and her room's wallpaper is of the [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Hoenn starters]].
** In episode 1 Cornelia mocks Taranee's star-covered Mary Janes by asking if she's going to [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Oz]].
** In episode 2 Hay Lin references ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'':
** The episode title of "Measure for Measure" a reference to the Creator/WilliamShakespeare play, ''Theatre/MeasureForMeasure''.
** The sliding bike stop Zadie does in "The Mighty Zeke" is a reference to ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}''.
** "Summerweenie Halloweenie": The concept of a Halloween in summer is a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E12Summerween Summerween]]." In fact, the wombats even carve out jack-o-melons, exactly like in Gravity Falls.
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