Shout Out / Outnumbered

• Throughout the show, there's usually a scene where Karen plays a reality show game with her soft toys. These references include Hell's Kitchen, Britain's Got Talent and The Apprentice.
• The Running Gag of Ben wanting to watch Little Britain in Series 1.
• During Karen's funeral speech to a mouse Sue had killed, she mentions "may the force be with you".
• Karen and Ben arguing that the cartoons Spongebob Squarepants and Watch My Chops are educational.
• One of the questions in the board game the Brockmans were playing was "his name is Bob and he's a builder".
  • The show was also referenced in "Spartacus: The Musical" where Karen, Tommy and Stacey are watching it and Stacey is freaked out by Spud's appearance.
• One of Karen's dreams in "The Night Out" has her only having four fingers like The Simpsons.
• When Jake asks Pete if he's seen the film Groundhog Day, he states that he thinks "he's in it".
• When Pete asks Ben if he had any dreams lately, he recites the plot to Pan's Labyrinth.
• Ben reciting The Phantom Menace in the back garden all by himself.
• In "The Internet" when Pete is setting up a game of chess:
  Pete: OK, Ben. We're a bishop short, so you've got Darth Vader.
• The first scene of "The Funeral" had Pete going against Jake and Ben at Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. He then later remarks that he will not be playing as Princess Peach.
• When Pete struggles mending the washing machine, Ben suggests him to "turn it off and on again".
• In "The Labrador", Jake notes that the size of the ball in comparison to the player figures in Subbuteo^note A tabletop game which mimics football. is similar to the ball that chased Indiana Jones.
• Karen replicating Hole In The Wall with toys, complete with water and the wall (made from cardboard).
• In "The Exchange Student", Ottfried was a one point shown wearing a Naruto shirt.
• In "Communication Skills", when Pete is on the phone to Mr. Lee (who has picked up Ben's phone). The café has wall art featuring Jake from Tweenies and Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica and Spike from Rugrats behind him.
• The entire "I Am Spartacus" scene that happens right after when Ben announces that he's playing the lead character in Spartacus The Musical.