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alt title(s): Shout Outs; Allusion
"Why must you take everything that is honest, pure, sweet, and wholesome, and turn it into some vague Alan Arkin film reference? Why, why, why?!"
Joel, MST3K: It Conquered the World

A shout out is something subtle (a name, line of dialogue, or prop) in a show that refers to fans or family members of the cast or crew, or to another source of inspiration. By nature, these can be obscure for casual fans.

You can even talk about them in English class if only you call them "allusions".

See also Homage, Stock Shout Outs, Opening Shout Out, Shout Out Theme Naming. Literary Allusion Title is a subtrope. Easily confused with a Mythology Gag and Continuity Nod. Contrast Take That, which is a negative-spirited Shout Out.

See Stock Shout Outs for a list of Shout Outs and other references common enough to earn their own page.

See also Obligatory Trope Overdosed Reference for those Shout Outs that just can't be avoided.


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