History ShoutOut / Homestuck

* GT: what does your time machine look like? [[Series/DoctorWho a phone booth?]] [[Film/BillAndTed phone booths are a popular thing for some reason.]]

* Blatant ''Series/RedDwarf'' reference in [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5245 this]] pesterlog between Jake and AR, of the "everybody's dead, [name]" variety. The reference [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7024 gets repeated again]] by Terezi. (It is to be noted that, in a possible subtle joke, neither version involves the character actually ''named'' Dave being addressed.)

* Blatant ''Series/RedDwarf'' reference in [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/5245 this]] pesterlog between Jake and AR, of the "everybody's dead, [name]" variety.
** The reference [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/7024 gets repeated again]] by Terezi.

* TRICKSTER MODE has an unexpected ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''.

** Vriska's quick battle sprite is [[http://abortedslunk.deviantart.com/art/Pixelart-for-Homestuck-Trolls-183950739 a shout out]] to Creator/PaulRobertson, of ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim: The Game]]'' fame.

* [S] Past Karkat: Wake Up and the resulting style it introduced is essentially a huge homage to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', but other specific ones within the aforementioned flash:

!!''VideoGame/EarthBound''
The entire series is more or less an extended shout out to the ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' trilogy, most especially ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.

* The title "Homestuck" can be construed as a synonym of ''VideoGame/EarthBound''. The first published volume of ''Homestuck'' confirms that John's pesterchum initials, "EB", are also an '''[=EarthBound=]'' reference.

* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4696 This panel]] has an [[http://wikibound.info/wiki/Instant_Revitalizing_Device Instant Revitalizing Device]] in the corner; oddly, while it's clearly the ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' variant in that it's not stamped with a Pigmask logo, it otherwise has the color scheme of their ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' incarnation.

* WordOfGod instance: Hussie has stated that, of her extensive gaming repertoire, Roxy's favorites are ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', two titles he himself particularly enjoyed.

* A dinosaur from the Webcomic/DinosaurComics website's background appears momentarily [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/757 here]]. Ryan North thinks it signifies something more.[[labelnote:*]]''"Believe you me: this is no mere shout-out to good, sensible web design elements. I believe this to be an acknowledgement of what Andrew and I have long known in our individual and respective heart of hearts: that Dinosaur Comics and MS Paint Adventures take place in the [[SharedUniverse same universe]], that one will segue into the other after only a few million years have passed, and that just as [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel and Carl Winslow]] could in theory go for a walk and bump into [[Series/PerfectStrangers Balki and cousin Larry]], so too will this pterosaur from my site one day happen to fly over the events which set up the adventures now being chronicled on his site, these adventures that take us through time and space, these adventures that have let us take control of the bodies of at least three children so far, these -- these [[TitleDrop MS Paint Adventures]]."''[[/labelnote]]

* In Jade's introduction sequence, when testing out her Pictionary Modus for her [[AwesomeButImpractical Eclectic Bass]], she accidentally creates a ghost image of [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]]. Later, during her Alchemize-o-rama, she creates a Johnnytop from her lunchtop and the image, and also attempts to make a massive weapon from a Transformer ghost image, a powerful gun and [[ComicBook/IronMan her own personal Iron Lass suit]]. She makes...Johnny 5.

* Karkat's freakout during his conversation with Gamzee is a shoutout to ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance''.

* Karkat's freakout during his conversation with Doc Scratch is a shoutout to ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance''.

* [[Film/{{Avatar}} Jake loves Neytiri]] (and [[Film/TheFifthElement Diva Pavalaguna]] and [[Film/XMenFilmSeries (adult) Mystique]] and [[BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe washed-out]] [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Lara Croft]] [[{{Fetish}} and...]])

*** Said parody is taken UpToEleven with Meulin. In addition, Mituna is a parody of {{Imageboards}}, Website/FourChan in particular.

* [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4858 A reference to]] Wiki/ThisVeryWiki.

** It also resembles that of a TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} SpaceMarine.