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- The Dragon and the Butterfly: Whiteout: When Isabela remarks that she's never having kids, Camilo remarks that it's because she found the "five babies" remark back when she was engage to Mariano off-putting.
- Fantasy of Utter Ridiculousness has a fair number of these to its source materials:
- The return of Megas's "La Cucaracha" horn, Super Destructor Mode, and the Double Deuce.
- Marisa and Reimu's respective hair colors during their PC-98 days. Yuuka herself is still sporting the hairstyle and clothes from her initial appearances.
- Marisa tries to make one to the time Alice was roped into working as a maid back in her PC-98 days, only to be sharply interrupted.
- Yukari asks Yuyuko why she was woken up using almost the exact same words Jamie spoke to Coop back in Megas XLR's first episode.
- Manehattan's Lone Guardian has a number of these to their respective sources.
- In the time between Elpizo's uprising and Omega's arrival, Leviathan learned of Zero adapting his enemies' techniques for his own use. This gets referenced when she does the same thing against the Midnight Castle gang.
- A disgruntled Leviathan notes that her battles against Zero would probably have been more even if he didn't have access to the Flame Chip, and wonders who put the Guard Orotic—the boss that drops said Chip—in charge of the factory that the Resistance ended up capturing.
- The bugbear's escape from Tartarus and resulting dissolution of S.M.I.L.E. takes place shortly before the story begins. This gets commented on by Celestia when Gray tries to get herself reinstated into the organization.
- Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations:
:- During her second encounter against Kaito Kumon, the whole battle between Samus and Lord Baron harkens back to episode 46 of Kamen Rider Gaim, Kaito pins Samus down and is held sword point just like how he does to Kouta, but Samus stands up and equips the Athena Suitnote , during the climax of the battle, Samus emulates of how Kouta broke Lord Baron's sword and stabs him on the midsection with it. However, the fight ends with Deep Specter, Chaser Mach, Ryugen Melon Energy Arms, and Samus herself doing a four-way Rider Kick.
- During her second encounter
- Peace of Mind, Piece of Heart: To numerous events in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Steven Universe, naturally. For example, when explaining reasons why Steven shouldn't want to get close to her, she specifically mentions opening "portals that nearly destroy reality" and ruining "stupid, stuffy proms".
- An especially blunt one comes in The Prayer Warriors:And if that does not work, remove the head, like I did to Grover in the epic battle the first chapter, and if you have not read that, go back and read it, or sleep you will go to hell! Beware of my warring!
- Super Sentai vs. Power Rangers' sequel contains several call-backs to the original arc because the works covered are all by the same author.
- Chapter 8 has Rika mention that Impersonator saying "baka!" makes more sense than M!Takeru saying "Onore!".
- In Chapter 9, after Mika was called "Trini" while one of the heroes in Power Rangers Sword Dynasty watched Bioman, Rika makes references to how Trini received Mika's backstory only because of the former's actress' tragic death and the latter's on-screen death.
- The Harry Potter/Justice League crossover Terminal Justice contains numerous references to Rorschach's Blot's stories Make a Wish, The Hunt for Harry Potter and Back in Black, in which Harry went around disguised as one "Mr. Black", in addition to several scenes from and references to Justice League episodes.
- Where the Sunlight Ends: Both to No Way Home and Spider-Man 2, when Otto reveals the arc reactor, which he has been "saving for a special occasion":The power of the sun.
I'm coming, Peter thinks, determined and elated and sure, and extends the palm of his hand.
- A Moth to a Flame: When Sasha tries to warn Anne that Marcy can't be trusted, Anne doesn't believe her, hitting her with a blistering "The Reason You Suck" Speech which concludes with an Ironic Echo of Sasha's last words to her in "Reunion":Anne: You were right; I am better off without you. We both are.
- A Witch in Wartwood:
- In Chapter 5's journal entry, Marcy mentions talking to Maddie about making noodles. In Chapter 17, Anne brings up noodles to Maddie's father, convincing him to make a batch.
- When Polly asks him for help getting Marcy and Anne together in Chapter 19, Hop Pop remarks that he learned something back when he and Felicia Sundew set up the courtship ritual... but can't recall what it was.
- In Chapter 3, Marcy discovered that she'd grown fangs after being possessed by a beast spirit. Come Chapter 20, she accidentally pokes Anne with them during their first kiss.
- Winter War plays this trope for drama rather than humor. While Orihime is restoring Ichigo to control of his body, she makes a Call Back to something Ichigo said and did way back in the canonical Soul Society arc:Orihime: Don’t you remember what you told Kuchiki-kun — the person who’s being saved doesn’t get any say in the matter...
- The Bolt Chronicles:
- In canon, Bolt is first seen having a strong prejudicial hatred of cats, something he eventually outgrows as he gets to know Mittens better. In the post-canon fic "The Blood Brother," he is gradually seen backsliding into this toxic mindset under the influence of his new friend, a sociopathic and bigoted cocker spaniel named Duke — and it's a major plot element.
- In canon, Mittens is presented as having been abandoned by her owners through unknown circumstances, something she strongly resents and finds upsetting. In "The Mall," she is accidentally left behind at the title venue, which again leaves her feeling unhappy and abandoned — and it's a major plot element.
- In canon, Mittens teaches Bolt how to beg and do cute things to coax food from trailer park visitors, one of these being a charming roll-over maneuver while on his back. In "The Wind," Bolt uses the same spin move to get out of the way of his dog fight antagonist Ike, who charges towards him with head lowered. Ike doesn't realize Bolt has evaded him and crashes full force into a brick wall, breaking his neck with a loud crack, ending the fight. Bolt is described using the technique again in "The Coffee Shop," this time for the same purpose as in canon — to try and charm patrons at the title venue into giving him snacks.
- In canon, Mittens is shown dragging Bolt by the ear over to a billboard advertising his show, trying to convince the dog that Penny's love for him is fake. In "The Spaceship," the randy cat does the same thing to Bolt when she drags him away from the TV by his ear for a lovemaking session.
- In canon, Bolt has several superpowers on his show (though none of them are real In-Universe). These are referenced in various stories:
- Bolt is seen in canon to have super jumping ability on his show, and also says he knows how to land safely after a fall by doing what he calls a "tuck and roll" move. In "The Baseball Game," he is said to be able to approximate those jumping skills, if not to the degree presented on the program. He possesses enough prowess here to leap over the crouched catcher blocking the basepath, landing safe on home plate while executing a "tuck and roll" maneuver.
- Bolt in canon is shown using laser Eye Beams to blow things up on his show. In "The Murder Mystery," he and his show replacement Junior use these powers to kill off the humans in their Closed Circle interrogation in order to escape after they admit to committing murder. Subverted given that the story is revealed to be All Just a Dream at the end.
- In "The Spaceship," Rhino has dementia and among other things frequently references someone named Goldie. Neither Bolt nor Mittens know who this is, speculating that he may be referring to Goldie Hawn who starred in a film they recently saw, Cactus Flower. The story ends with the hamster muttering "Goldie… Goldie… My work is done here, and I’ll be seeing you very soon now. I'm ready. Goldie… Goldie… I can't wait to see you again. Goldie… Goldie… Goldie… Goldie… " as he dies. In the last story of the series, "The Gift," it is revealed that Goldie is the name of Rhino's Nirvana afterlife soulmate, who he left behind in order to return to earth and guide Bolt and Mittens into realizing they are each other's soulmates.
- During the latter part of "The Mall," Penny is shown having done some online research trying to find out what happened to Bolt when he disappeared in canon. All but one of the photos she subsequently discovers illustrate scenarios from the film or its accompanying book The Art Of Bolt. These include pictures of Bolt with his head caught in a fence, dangling Mittens above an overpass, and begging for food in a trailer park, as well as traveling with Mittens and Rhino on an Iowa farm road, in a snowy Colorado field, and in a kayak attached to a car while riding through Utah. She's able to fill in a lot (though not all) of the missing information accurately this way.
- For the story "The Murder Mystery":
- In canon, Rhino is heard complaining about the meat-lovers pizza he just ate, saying it's "not loving me back at all." The surreal plot to this fic is presented as being an Acid Reflux Nightmare Penny experiences after eating a meat-lover's pizza with added anchovies and jalapeno peppers before bedtime.
- In the same story, Penny's ex-agent is heard protesting that he isn't having an affair with Mindy Parker, saying "We’re just… just… good friends. For heaven’s sake, I have a wife, a daughter, a baseball glove… " In canon, he tries to convince Penny to accept a substitute for her runaway dog by telling a ridiculous story equating the baseball glove he got for his birthday as a child as a cherished possession that he rode to school as an alternative to the bicycle he had asked for instead.
- Calvin & Hobbes: The Series tends to incorporate parts of the original strip into itself.
- A non-strip example: "Thunderstorm"'s "The Reason You Suck" Speech ends quite similarly to part of another "The Reason You Suck" Speech from "The Case of the Rogue Water Balloon".TCotRWB's speech: YOU'RE LUCKY I DON'T THROW YOU OUT ON YOUR FURRY BUTT ON THE SIDEWALK FOR THIS!
Thunderstorm's speech: I SHOULD'VE KICKED YOU OUT ON YOUR SORRY FURRY BUTT YEARS AGO! - Then there's a callback to earlier in the same episode - "Camping Trip Part 2" opens with a dream sequence where Calvin and Hobbes have resorted to eating tires. Later, the non-dream Calvin contemplates eating a tire.
- Also, a scene in the very first episode has Calvin asking Hobbes "You Can Talk?", to which he responds, "Last time I checked." This sequence is repeated in its entirety four seasons later in "Invasion".
- A non-strip example: "Thunderstorm"'s "The Reason You Suck" Speech ends quite similarly to part of another "The Reason You Suck" Speech from "The Case of the Rogue Water Balloon".
- Can You Imagine That? has a chase scene in Chapter 6 that is very similar to the one in Chapter 1.
- Blackened Skies features plenty of references to the various death games that the participants were previously in. But Felony Funland is absolutely brimming with them, as it's an Amusement Park of Doom run by Monokuma himself, themed after the Mutual Killing Games:
- The robotic backup dancers Monokuma summons to introduce the place are dressed up as the Student Council members who were victims of the prototypical killing game.
- The bangles that serve as the students' entry passes resemble the ones from the DR3 anime, complete with poisonous injectors.
- The 'Death Row Delights' food stall offers dishes based off of various executions — including, to Kaede's horror, the first one in this game. Kiyo decides to try the "Shinguji Stew", noting that it's a bit too salty, but reassuring the others that it doesn't taste like human flesh.Kaede: Kiyo... how do you know what human flesh tastes like?
Korekiyo: (meets the stares of his companions while taking another long, slow sip of his stew)
- A Posse Ad Esse has two of these from the first chapter - Dr Spieler mentions two therapeutic setbacks since she started working in the stead of Dr Kindermann, one involving a hypodermic needle and the other involving Halo Stop Ultra. The first returns in Chapter 4 to aid Dr Wood's physical combat style; the other, in Chapter 14, the result of which the patients use as a springboard to restore Dub from his Angst Coma.
- Dragon Ball Abridged: A lot of the humor in later episodes comes from stuff like this.
- Notably featured are three uses of the Solar Flare attack to blind an enemy. In the first instance, Vegeta shouted it was like "walking in on Frieza in the shower"; the second victim several episodes later saw a brief image of a showering Frieza when hit with the attack. The third victim is Frieza himself, who sees a brief image of the second victim posing.
- In The Fifth Act, Aeris jokingly refers to Cloud as a "nobody" after he calls himself one despite the Planet warning her about him when they first meet. She jokes that nobodies can't talk to the Planet. She starts to call him "Mr.Nobody" as an Affectionate Nickname. Later, Aeris uses it to remind Cloud that nobodies can't talk to the Planet. Which means the voice that Cloud is hearing is not the Planet, but Jenova.
- There are entirely too many call backs in Concerned to even list. The best example is probably here when there are three separate call backs in the same day.
- Back in the very first episode of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, after Anderson cuts off Alucard's head only for the powerful vampire to reconstitute, Anderson demands to know how in the hell he managed to do that, to which Alucard responds, "Fuck you, that's how." In episode 7, this gets a magnificent callback when Seras goes full vampire after drinking Pip's blood, resulting in not only taking several levels in badass, but also regaining the use of the eyes that Zorin Blitz slashed out with her scythe. Zorin is flabbergasted, demanding to know how she is even able to look at her like this. Seras's response: "Fuck you, that's how."
- Jonathan Joestar, The First JoJo: When Jonathan first wakes up inside the turtle, he notes Younger Joseph's Strong Family Resemblance to him:He looks just like me!
- Later, when he is sent back to his original time, he says the exact same thing while looking at a photo of Joseph.
- In Tangled In Time the way Ganondorf survives is a reference to the Sages' execution in Twilight Princess: both the Sages and Link both fail to execute him by ramming their swords through him and both times he keeps the swords, one that became his personal BFS and the other, the Master Sword.
- Anger Management:
- Lori is working at Gus's Games 'n' Grub, which she did during "The Waiting Game", and rigs the raffle so that Lincoln wins. This is what starts the plot by allowing him to go to the convention.
- Lincoln's "victory undies" he wins in "Undie Pressure" are a plot point— he keeps his tickets in them and then later Lynn steals them.
- The fight protocol seen in "Brawl in the Family" features again when Lynn's sisters try to keep her and Lincoln from fighting by separating them.
- Boys and Girls acts as a sequel to the episode "Study Muffin", tackling the issue of Lori's fawning over Hugh when she already has a boyfriend.
- In Flowers Drenched in Vodka, Umi is rather disturbed to hear that Eli has become The Alcoholic and may be abusing her girlfriend Hanayo. The narration notes that, "If Umi was willing to slap her best friend turned girlfriend over quitting being a school idol that many years ago, God knows what she would be willing to do to Eli."
- When Sue Storm gets to visit the inside of Stark labs in Agent Carter: Phantom Pain, she sees several items that appeared previously in Agent Carter and other films.
- The flying car from Captain America: The First Avenger is there, and still broken down.
- The photonic amplifier, which was only in the planning stages when mentioned in the first season of Agent Carter, has reached a prototpye stage.
- Howard also seems to have made an actual Blitzkrieg Button, since the original was just a ruse meant to hide Steve's blood sample in.
- The radio typewriter used in the first few episodes also makes an appearance.
- Feralnette AU: In "Birds of a Feather", Alya flashes back to several key moments throughout the first two chapters in a Flashback-Montage Realization as she comes to recognize how Lila's treatment of others parallels the way Kim acted right before and during his akumatization into White Knight.
- Scarlet Lady:
- During "Frozer", Marinette and Adrien both start panicking at the prospect of their first real date, so they turn to their friends for advice... only to be reminded that aside from Juleka and Rose, everyone's story about how they got together involves akumas in some fashion. Kim even Lampshades matters by laughing that "You're sure forgetful sometimes, 'Nette!"
- Perhaps one of the most triumphant examples comes in "Frightengale", when Chloé learns that Clara has no intention of including the titular Nominal Heroine in her music video and demands to know why. Cue Lila stepping in and providing a laundry list of reasons, complete with references to various akumas that demonstrate each and every point she's making.Lila: Finally... My time has come! Point One: Scarlet Lady habitually arrives last minute to akumas, leaving Paris vulnerable. (See Marinette's uncle, "Princess Fragrance", M. Hapele, and Wayhem.)
Chloé: Wha—?! Why do you have these prepared?!
Lila: Point Two: She constantly leaves civilians in dangers, sometimes while doing something completely unrelated. (See Max, "Timebreaker", "Troublemaker" and Mme. Tsurugi.
Chloé: Grrr—!
Lila: Point Three: She was going to let Alya drown! She barely qualifies as a hero at all! Why would anyone immmortalize her in a music video?!
Chloé: H-How dare you?!
Clara: (thinking to herself) What an amazing debater! Or maybe a very passionate hater.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- A Diplomatic Visit:
- Chapter 27 has a mention of the incident with Spoiled Rich from chapter 9.
- The epilogue references multiple events from earlier in the story, including the mention of Garble and Swift-Pad's promise to bring it up with his counterparts, and the wolves asking to send a delegation of spectators to the Equestria Games, including one who sees Shining Armor as his hero.
- In the seventh chapter of the fourth story, The Diplomat's Life, Trixie mentions that she's creeped out by the thought of meeting the Pony of Shadows. She previously expressed a fear of meeting it in story 3, chapter 6.
- Escape from the Moon:
- To canon - in chapter 9 of the sequel The Mare From the Moon, references are made to events from the episodes Dragonshy (Twilight mentions a dragon’s snoring and producing smoke that caused troubles), The Cutie Mark Chronicles (Twilight hatching Spike), The Return of Harmony two-parter (what Discord did the first time they met him), Secret of My Excess (Spike’s Greed Growth-fueled rampage), Dragon Quest (their first meeting with Garble) and Gauntlet of Fire (how they first met Dragon Lord Ember).
- At the end of the first story, Spliced learned that she was her world’s "banished pony", who would be trapped on the moon for a thousand years, and at the end of that time “the stars would aid her escape”. At the end of the second story, this proves true - Spliced’s sentence ends exactly one thousand years after she was first sent to the moon, and she returns to Hesturland via the shuttle Aiding Stars, piloted by a pony named Escape Velocity.
- The Pieces Lie Where They Fell:
- After getting his Element, Wind Breaker regrets not getting the name of Applejack's brother, whom she'd been mistaken for. During Rex's meeting with Rarity, he asks for the name on Wind Breaker's behalf, but doesn't get it. The human Applejack finally gives him the name after he meets the human Big McIntosh in the flesh.
- Chapter 39 is loaded with these, both to in-story events and to canon, including:
- Vix-Lei mentions the time she talked about how she was looking forward to meeting any of Pinkie's relatives, since they'd probably be a real hoot. She then says, after meeting Maud Pie, that she was right.
- Night Blade mentions Vix-Lei's crazy driving, and considers pony Rainbow Dash's flying to be even worse.
- Page learns that Angel Bunny was real, and that he wasn't a demon, just a normal, bad-tempered rabbit... very similarly to Anon e Mouse Jr.'s first non-canon omake chapter, except for the fact that it's the Equestrian Fluttershy who explains it to her this time.
- References are made to their time in Fluttershy's old cottage.
- Night Blade and the human Rainbow Dash's previous visit to Elysium, when she slapped him repeatedly, is referenced.
- The entire group's conversation references multiple past events, wherein the group learns the true identities of several of the Virtues' old "enemies", explaining the misunderstandings that came about in part because of Blueblood not understanding things quite right (as Rainbow Dash mentioned in chapter 31). The reveal on Trixie also references her human counterpart's scene at the vending machine.
- Pony!Rarity makes a passing reference to her personal history with Blueblood, and later to the Diamond Dog incident in A Dog and Pony Show and the events of Sonic Rainboom.
- The incident at the library from chapter 36 is mentioned, revealing that the three boys involved were the human counterparts of the Diamond Dog trio Fido, Spot and Rover.
- The five older Bearers present reminisce on how they got their Cutie Marks, as they did in The Cutie Mark Chronicles.
- Night Blade and Page both remember how they got their Talent Emblem/Cutie Mark, as mentioned in chapter 3 (for Page) and 28 (for Night Blade).
- Page mentions the Magi of Stars being referred to as the patron saint of knowledge, something established in chapter 1 of the story.
- Vix-Lei mentions her previous suspicions that Bulk Biceps was a minotaur in Equestria, along with what Pinkie told her about his actual Equestrian self.
- In chapter 42, Page references the warning Balance gave her in her first meeting with the spirit.
- Page's illusion sequence in chapter 45 is rather reminiscent of her introduction back in chapter 3.
- Chapter 46 has Vix-Lei's rubber lizard make a second appearance, when she throws it at the Nightmare for a distraction.
- In chapter 27, Rex seems happy at the idea of setting Vix-Lei on fire. In chapter 46, he actually does get to set her on fire, or at least her weapons.
- The sequel, Picking Up the Pieces, continues the trend:
- Wind Breaker has a run-in with Page's coworker Polished Apple, and gives her the message from Applejack about their ancestors not being happy about the way their family is doing things nowadays.
- He also tells Page about his meeting with Diamond Back in the lead-up to the final battle, and Page recalls how Wind had saved her from the other griffon's carelessness.
- Page's garden, where she and her fellow librarians grow their produce, is brought up for the first time since her first POV chapter in The Pieces Lie Where They Fell.
- References are made to the events of the final battle with the Nightmare.
- Chapter 5 contains brief references to Xvital's family background, which she previously told Wind Breaker about in the first story's chapter 13. Later, in chapter 9, Xvital herself tells Night Blade about some of it.
- Chapter 9 contains further references to Xvital's past, as she explains to Night Blade about her poor experiences with nobility and how she'd inadvertently taken it out on him, something she'd realized (with Page's help) in story 1's chapter 30 and is finally apologizing for.
- In the first omake chapter, Reel informs the Captains of the Bearers having met humans before, and some of the information they found out about Violet's ancestor during the Equestria Girls arc.
- In chapter 15, Blazen Sun makes mention of the note Memorizing gave to Violet in chapter 2, leading to the reveal of its contents.
- Quizzical: The Quality of Mercy, when Quiz and the Cake Twins meet a Wendigo, Quiz references Adventures In Cake Sitting where Wendigos were responsible for a enormous blizzard that dangerously snowed in Ponyville."I would have thought you had enough of windigos after the last time."
The twins shuddered. Then Pumpkin shook her head and smiled. "Wispy not like that. He's not scary, he's cute!" - The Stars Ascendant makes use of the images of the past which appear in the starry realm that Twilight Sparkle went to when she became an alicorn.
- Naru-Hina Chronicles:
- Besides most chapters making references to events that happened in either previous chapters or the canon manga, some chapters also mention events from the anime Filler episodes, such as the Mizuki Strikes Back arc or the Search for the Bikōchū arc. Even the first movie is given a nod when Arekusu mentions Director Makino from that movie in Chapter 78.
- Naru-Hina Chronicles Mini-sodes: During their day at the lake, Hinata does a move that reminds Naruto of a dream he had on a mission of a naked girl dancing in a waterfall (it was from the Search for the Bikōchū filler arc, and it was very much real). Hinata immediately becomes flustered as she can't believe that Naruto remembers that.
- This Bites!:
- Cross threatens Zoro with Chopper's medicine in Alabasta, causing Zoro to remark "So many colors, and I couldn't cut any of them." Later in Skypiea, Zoro threatens Cross with the same, prompting Cross to mutter, "So many colors, and none of them would listen." Lampshaded by Soundbite of course.
- When Sanji is informed that Princess Shirahoshi is underage and thus out of his range unless he wants to be a creep, he screams "CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!" Later, when Nami learns that a defeated Enel had flown off to the moon along with all her gold, she screams "CURSE YOU, ENERU! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!" Bonus points for Soundbite responding with a deadpan "Seriously?"
- Cross tells Nami that her facing down Crocodile directly would lead to her being eviscerated in 10 seconds (8 to monologue, 1 to laugh, and 1 for the eviscerating). Nami repeats this for what the sea will do to them if they try finding a Knock-Up Stream without the help of a South Bird.
- When one of the Alabastan guards calls Cross and Soundbite scary for torturing the Unluckies with Vogon poetry, Cross responds with "Pi~ra~te." Later in the story, Robin responds with the exact same phrase when Cross calls her out for playing dirty.
- Sailor Moon: Between the Lines: While using the Disguise Pen to visit an adult bar, Usagi attempts to order a cream soda, much like she did back in episode 6 of the first season.
- Robb Returns: During his speech to the Lords and Ladies of the North in Castle Black, Ned mentions they need the men and the resources of the South, much like he did when he first talked with Catelyn about the incoming invasion of the Others. He also mentions that Robert's Durrandon blood sang true, like he did when he learned that Robert had found Stormbreaker.
- The Egg Team: When returning to the city to steal a Chaos Emerald, the trio ends up heading back to the same bakery that Luna and Teddy went to the first time they went to the city. Once they get there, Teddy orders chocolate cupcakes for everyone, the same way that Luna got him one to comfort him after being reminded about his home being destroyed.
- In chapter five of Bait and Switch the Galaxy-class starship USS Bajor suffers an attempted ramming attack by a Jem'Hadar attack ship. Captain Kanril Eleya flashes on "a horror story from before the Dominion War," the destruction of the USS Odyssey in DS9: "The Jem'Hadar". Then she blocks the ram by using the navigational deflector for its intended purpose: Deflecting incoming objects.
- By the parameters of the literary challenge for which The Headhunt was written, Lore's head was transported to Facility 4028 after he was killed by the Enterprise-D crew in TNG: "Descent, Part II".
- Last Rights: Jhet'leya/Lyndsey Ballard from VOY: "Ashes to Ashes" is now the Kobali Armaments Minister, and adopts the Kobali created from Athezra Darrod.
- In Peace Forged in Fire:
- The Romulan Star Empire apparently fell into chaos (again) with the revelations that the Tal'Shiar were responsible for Hobus (missions "Revelation" and "Taris") and Empress Sela's kidnapping by the Iconians (mission "Cutting the Cord"). Velal, who succeeded Sela as Praetor after she crowned herself Empress, only recently restored order.
- There's roundabout explanations of Velal's backstory as the Romulan general who turned up in a couple episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Among other things the destruction of the Romulan flagship IRW D'ridthau at Cardassia is mentioned (the Aen'rhien, then an Imperial ship, apparently rescued the surviving crew).
- Remembrance of the Fallen:
- The framing narrative is a sequel to Sobaru's death in the Masterverse fic Faces in the Flames.
- To From Bajor to the Black. Thrass gives Kanril Eleya the job of tutoring Tia and Sobaru in return for forgiving some of the bad grades she incurred after a messy breakup. Eleya's initially uncomfortable with the idea of tutoring Sobaru and Tia due to the campus rumor that they're a couple, since she's coming off of a nasty breakup with her boyfriend of a year, who was offered early graduation and a plum assignment on the USS Planck and left without saying goodbye. This after they were talking about getting married.Eleya: (to Thrass) You’re putting me next to a blue-on-blue?* After Dalton?
- The framing narrative is a sequel to Sobaru's death in the Masterverse fic Faces in the Flames
- Retribution: While trying to get Kirk to forgive himself for his harsh words, Spock reminds Kirk that he forgave Spock for attempted murder.
- Shakedown Shenanigans:
- Rear Admiral Taurik, the commandant of 40 Eridani A Starfleet Construction Yards, is the same Vulcan engineering officer who appeared in TNG: "Lower Decks" forty years earlier.
- The fic references the launch of the Enterprise-B in Star Trek: Generations about halfway through, in the context of how stupid it was to launch the ship before it was fully finished. Eleya sarcastically asks Taurik if the remaining quantum torpedoes are going to be delivered Tuesday, and then tells him get her a full load by launch or she's not leaving port. Taurik thinks she's paranoid but she points out that over 350 people died in that incident because San Francisco Fleet Yards dragged its feet. When the inevitable happens, the ship is fully armed, and fully fueled thanks to Eleya bribing the shipyard's fueling manager with booze offscreen.
- In Solaere ssiun Hnaifv'daenn, the planet Glintara apparently was one of the worlds mentioned to have declared independence from the Romulan Star Empire in Peace Forged in Fire.
- Strange Times Are Upon Us: The crew borrows Scotty's trick from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, capturing radiation from fissile materials, to repair their dilithium crystals so they can warp-slingshot around Sol to get back to the future. Rather than try to find nonexistent "nuclear wessels", however, they just mine and refine naturally occurring thorium offscreen.
- The Wrong Reflection:
- In an aversion of Hollywood Healing for characters and ship, Eleya and Gaarra are still on light duty after the events of Reality Is Fluid, and the Bajor's still having repairs done in the deflector room.
- When briefing Eleya, Admiral Riker references the Terran Empire story arc in the "Cardassian Struggle" episode, as well as the revamped "Mirror Invasion" with the Terrans attacking Vauthil Station. He also refers to a Gul Antos, the subject of a Clear My Name plot in the diplomacy mission "Standoff".
- Admiral Kree remarks that the Terran base and its defense sats will be a tough nut to crack. Brokosh asks if she wants them disabled or plain gone. This is about a year after he completely obliterated the main control center of Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards with a kinetic strike in Red Fire, Red Planet.
- Tess uses the question of why she joined Starfleet ("To piss off my thavan.") from "From Bajor to the Black, Part II" as a Trust Password.
- In Double Agent Vader, the Rebellion's most highly placed mole in the Imperial hierarchy is a person code-named Ekkreth, with Leia Organa being one of the very few people who knows that Ekkreth is Darth Vader. At one of their meetings, Leia gets upset at the way Palpatine treats him, as if he were an inanimate possession instead of a person, and he agrees, "I'm a person, and my name is Ekkreth", echoing one of the first things he said in The Phantom Menace.
- For How to Survive in Middle Earth When You're a Teenaged Girl, the "Doodles in the Margin" call back to the main story. In "Doodles" chapter 2, Elrohir calls back to the main story, book 1, chapter 14. From his own memory, Elrohir repeats his lesson to Priscilla. He says the same lines and makes the same motions. Priscilla says, "You remembered."
- Courtney's Crusade for Redemption:
- In her narration, Courtney often references events from past seasons; she also does it sometimes when justifying her actions or giving advice.
- Zoey invokes her 'Commando' personality in the boxing challenge, which makes her a much more effective, tougher fighter.
- In The Legend of Total Drama Island, The Storyteller tends to lampshade her references to earlier plot points with the narrative flourish, "as has been told of before". When Lindsay is first revealed to be a gymnast, for example, the Storyteller describes in considerable detail Lindsay's achievements in that field. Many chapters later, when this secondary character trait becomes relevant again, the Storyteller says in pertinent part, "Lindsay was an accomplished gymnast, as has been told of before..."
- In The Panda Chronicles, Tae Young's nightmares were said to have started after the events of the movie.
- Daryl, a Canon Foreigner from the show The Walking Dead (2010), calls back to Shane's treacherous actions in Better Angels upon returning to the farm. This becomes a greater issue due to the fic's premise that Shane survived.
- The AU fic The Wraith Saga features Jason Wyngarde being possessed by the Wraith (the Phoenix Force's Evil Counterpart) as a major plot point. The scene where the Wraith takes hold of him is a reference to the famous scene in Uncanny X-Men #101, when Jean first became the Phoenix.
- First:Jean: Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever! I am Phoenix!
- Later:Jason: Hear me, mortals! No longer am I the man you once knew! I am the shadow! I am oblivion, and Death incarnate! Now and forever, I am The Wraith!
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- With This Ring:
- During their trip to the Logan Animal Sanctuary, Firebrand asks OL about the offer of making her his Manhunter.
- In the first episode, OL is afraid to use the Zeta Beam in fear of getting Telefragged. In Contingency, OL spoils Kid Flash's Hope Spot by pointing that the alien invaders' Zeta Beams cause Death by Telefragging.
- In Dependency Day, OL comments how annoying how most copies of On Liberty only have the name of John Stuart Mill when it was co-written with his wife, Harriet Taylor. For Christmas, months later OL gives Diana a homemade copy with Harriet Taylor's name as a present.
- In Ex Perdition A co-worker of Martian adult actor J'arrkn, mentions knowing Orange Lantern through his post Displaced interview with Cat Grant.
- In Zatanna's introduction chapter, Artemis asks her why she can just say "Erif" when attacking someone. When Mistress Martian was attacking them, Zatanna does just that.
- Paul jokingly tries to suggest that the Grecian Pantheon bring in gods or goddesses from other pantheons to make up for failing ones in their own to Diana, who laughs and says that they're not going to do that just so Paul can play "Musical Pantheons." Several months later, when visiting Themyscera, Paul accidentally causes Hera to divorce Zeus, causing a huge shakeup in the Grecian Pantheon.
- Marik Plays Bloodlines, a spin-off of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, has a call back to the episode where Marik meets Joey and Tea. His vampire character is named "Malik Blishtar", the Sue Donym he made up.
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- In SlifofinaDragon's fanfics, there have been plenty references to the SB anime.
