History ShoutOut / DuckTales

-->'''Scrooge''': Great Scott! I thought that stuff was supposed to be an anti-aging culture, not an [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros instant growth fungus]]!

* If you manage to beat the game on [[HarderThanHard Extreme]], you're reward is [[spoiler: just text after the credits saying "Dream and Friends". In case you're wondering, it's a ShoutOut to the ending of the original game, where due to poor translation, Scrooge says "Dream and Friends"]].

[[AC: Treasure of the Golden Suns]]

* In the first episode, Scrooge chastises a worker by telling him "there'll be no [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs whistling while you work!]]".
* When Launchpad gets attacked by a water snake, he says that he hates snakes, then changes his mind and says that "[[Franchise/IndianaJones that's someone else.]]"

[[AC: Where No Duck Has Gone Before]]

* The episode shouts out numerous times to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

[[AC: Duck in the Iron Mask]]
* The episode is a WholePlotReference (complete with title) to ''Literature/TheManInTheIronMask''.
* These lines reference ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'':
-->'''Scrooge''': All for one...
-->'''Roy''': ...And one for all!
-->'''Launchpad''': And three against four!

[[AC: Much Ado About Scrooge]]

* The title is [[ShoutOutToShakespeare a reference]] to the Creator/WilliamShakespeare play ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''.

[[AC: Dime Enough for Luck]]

* Gladstone sings a line of "[[Theatre/GuysAndDolls Luck Be a Lady]]".
* Magica says, [[Literature/LordOfTheRings One dime to rule them all, one dime to find them!]]
* Scrooge and Gladstone have this discussion:
-->'''Gladstone''': [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory What is this, a funhouse]]?
-->'''Scrooge''': [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Why, having fun?]]
* Scrooge also tells Gladstone that "Money will get you through times of no luck, my boy, better than luck will get you through times of no money", paraphrasing a famous line from ''ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers''.

[[AC: Top Duck]]

* The title is a clear reference to ''Film/TopGun.''
* When telling the story of how he messed up, Launchpad begins, " [[Franchise/StarWars A long time ago in a big sky far away...]]"

[[AC: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. [=McDuck=]]]
* The title is an obvious reference to ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* Shedlock Jones is an obvious parody of Literature/SherlockHolmes.

[[AC: Home Sweet Homer]]

* Circe says to her reflection, " You've come a long way, baby!", a reference to a slogan for a brand of cigarettes known as Virginia Slims.

[[AC: Catch as Cash Can]]

* In "Aqua Ducks", after seeing Gyro, Doofus, and Launchpad trip each other up, Scrooge says, "[[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid Morons. I've got morons on my team.]]"

[[AC: Duckworth's Revolt]]

* The episode begins with a Franchise/StarWars-style opening crawl.[[note]]Which now counts as a FunnyAneurysmMoment.[[/note]]

[[AC: The Right Duck]]

* Launchpad, demanding OnePhoneCall, says, "[[ETTheExtraterrestrial Even ET got to phone home!]]"
* When Ping hears the ship is headed to Pluto, he says, "[[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup No way, I hate dogs!]]"

[[AC: The Money Vanishes]]

* While holding a teleportation gun, Huey says a variant of Dirty Harry's "Make my day" quote. Definitely something for the adults in the audience.

[[AC: Sweet Duck of Youth]]

* The title is a reference to Creator/TennesseeWilliams' ''Sweet Bird of Youth''.

[[AC: The Uncrashable Hindentanic]]

* [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's that idiot [=McQuack=]!]]
* The same episode is chock full of references to disaster films like ''Film/TheHindenburg'', ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'', ''Film/{{Meteor}}'', and ''Film/TheSwarm''. An Creator/IrwinAllen stand in even shows up and comments on all the disasters appearing in his next movie.
* The character Gloria Swansong is both a reference to Gloria Swanson, and one of Swanson's most famous movie roles, that of the Norma Desmond in the FilmNoir ''Film/SunsetBoulevard''.

[[AC: Til Nephews Do Us Part]]

* Webby says about Ms. Vanderbucks, "[[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves If she offered me an apple in a forest, I sure wouldn't take it.]]"

[[AC: Super [=DuckTales=]]]

* As Scrooge is trying to stop his money bun from reentering Earth's atmosphere, he shouts, "[[Franchise/TheLoneRanger Hi yo, silver]] dollar!"

[[AC: Dough Ray Me]]

* Huey, Dewey, and Louie's first attempt to earn money has them wear gray jumpsuits and use vacuum cleaners while offering to clean the house for Mrs. Beakley as [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Dirt Busters]]. At one point, they even say "Who ya gonna call? Dirt Busters!"

[[AC: The Big Flub]]

* Fenton says, "I'm a Pepper too" when the Pep gum makes him float away, referencing an infamous jingle for Dr. Pepper.

[[AC: A [=DuckTales=] Valentine]]

* Aphroducky and her husband, Vulcan, act like [[THeHoneymooners Alice and Ralph Kramden.]]
* When Vulcan turns up looking for Aphroducky, Launchpad quips, "[[Franchise/StarTrek Live long and prosper.]]"

* When Ping hears the ship is headed to Pluto, he says, "[[PlutoThePup No way, I hate dogs!]]"

* In "Terror at the Top of the World", Launchpad calls, " All aboard for the [[Film/ThePolarExpress polar pooch express]]!"

* Huey, Dewey, and Louie's first attempt to earn money has them wear gray jumpsuits and use vacuum cleaners while offering to clean the house for Mrs. Beakley as [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Dirt Busters]]. At one point, they even say "Who ya gonna call? Dirt Busters!"

* Also from the Flabberg&eacute story, Scrooge, upset over a burglar escaping with a clue, says, "Film/TheLadyVanishes, with our only egg clue."

* Also from the Flabberge story, Scrooge, upset over a burglar escaping with a clue, says, "Film/TheLadyVanishes, with our only egg clue."

** The episode is a WholePlotReference (complete with title) to ''Literature/TheManInTheIronMask''.
** These lines reference ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'':
--->'''Scrooge''': All for one...
--->'''Roy''': ...And one for all!
--->'''Launchpad''': And three against four!

-->'''Scrooge''': All for one...
-->'''Roy''': ...And one for all!
-->'''Launchpad''': And three against four!