Here are the shout-outs from Pugad Baboy.
- Pugad Baboy often does shout-outs to Western pop culture such as Wiseguy, Star Wars', Ghostbusters, Aliens, Predator, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Polgas's alter egos are usually like this, including Agent Wisedog, Growlsbuster, the ninja dog Amorsolo (named after Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo), shoeshine boy turned Punisher-like vigilante the Polisher, Undertaker-like wrestler Pol Torero (a pun on sepulturero, gravedigger in Spanish), and others.
- Bab has a few alter egos of his own like secret agent James Bab and superhero/pocket change philanthropist Bruce Swine/Babman.
- At one point, Bab becomes a folk charismatic-style preacher who quotes "The Gospel of John": Imagine all the people... living life in peace.
- Other shout-outs are based on Philippine pop culture, like the superheroine Darna, and sometimes local celebrities and politicians appear for some Adam Westing.
- Elements of Japanese pop culture referenced include Voltes V, Kamen Rider BLACK, and The Samurai
(Onmitsu Kenshi) — all examples of Germans Love David Hasselhoff when they aired. Dagul waxes nostalgic about pretending to be Shintaro from the last series, which was a black-and-white show. - Various TV trends like telenovelas and Asian dramas have also been referenced through the years.
- The full name of Ka Noli (Nolasco M. Tangere) is a reference to Noli Me Tangere by national Filipino hero Jose Rizal. He might also be a double shout-out to another Ka Noli, newscaster and former vice-president Noli de Castro. Ka Noli's wife, Ka Beza, is a play on the word "cabeza", which means head in Spanish.
- The nonsensical title Pugad Baboy (as pigs don't nest) is likely a reference to the Philippine historic site Pugad Lawin ("hawk-nest"), where the Katipunan launched the Revolution. In a weird, Real Life case of Recursive Adaptation, historian Ambeth Ocampo would claim that in the 1996 debates of the National Historical Institute during the centenary of this revolution, historians tend to drop "Pugad Baboy" when they wanted to refer to Pugad Lawin.
