Shout Out / Sherman's Lagoon

• At a book club, Sherman talks about a book that he read... which turns out to be Green Eggs and Ham.
• Apparently, while he and Ernest were in "Goose Vegas" (which is apparently where geese go when they fly south for the winter), Sherman was recruited to wear a Big Bird costume for their aquatic show.
• One series of strips from 2000 has Sherman and Fillmore encounter three of The Beatles in their Yellow Submarine.
• After getting a paper cut in the speed-reading competition, Fillmore apparently received a Pokémon band-aid.
• Fillmore apparently also owns Spider-Man and Ninja Turtle underwear.
  • Speaking of Spider-Man, Fillmore's idea of living rebellious is putting on a Spider-Man band-aid.
• In one strip, Sherman tells Hawthorne and Fillmore about his dream about eating the Jolly Green Giant.
• In this strip, it's revealed that Sherman watches Sesame Street.
  • This strip also mentions Sesame Street, after Sherman tells Megan about a strange sea creature in Angola that's been dubbed the "Spaghetti Monster".
  Sherman: I'll bet he's got a cute, gruff little voice.
  Megan: Angola's not Sesame Street, you know.
• "Apparently we've found Nemo 37 times now."
• This strip has Sherman singing "Heigh-Ho".
• When Sherman plays the lead role in Fillmore's production of Macbeth, Fillmore explains to him that his character is the "head dude." Sherman then says, "So, more of an Archie than a Jughead?"
  • From the same story arc, we have this when Sherman and Hawthorne rehearse their lines for the play:
  Sherman: You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?
  Hawthorne: Feelin' lucky, punk? How lucky do ya feel?
  Fillmore: They're great lines, they're just not from the play.
  Hawthorne: No. They're cool lines.
• Sherman occasionally wears a Mickey Mouse watch.
  • Also, when Hawthorne becomes a psychic, he uses a Mickey snow globe as a crystal ball.
• While playing "Charades", Sherman mimics the poster for Jaws.
• Upon meeting Sherman and Ernest, Klornak - a space alien that they cloned - refers to them as Dumb and Dumber.
  Sherman: (whispering to Ernest) I don't like this guy already.
• This strip has Sherman introducing Herman to The Three Stooges.
• When Ernest asks him if he can solve an algebra question, Sherman admits that he can't even find Waldo.
  • This strip has Fillmore attempting to disguise his swollen ear, shell rot, and eye twitch by dressing in an outfit that according to Hawthorne makes him look like "Waldo without the search party".
  Fillmore: Just what I was going for.
• In one strip, Sherman comments that he feels like Rambo when he uses a reef blower.
• This strip has Sherman doing an impression of Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
• When Fillmore says that the lagoon needs a modern-day Robin Hood, Sherman concurs... then asks if he's the one with the funny donkey. Fillmore tells him that he's thinking of Shrek.
• In this strip, Sherman watches Little Einsteins.
• One storyline has Fillmore putting on a stage production of The Wizard of Oz with himself as the Tin Man, Sherman as the Scarecrow, Megan as Dorothy, and Hawthorne as Toto.
• In this strip, Sherman and Megan tell Herman that they're going to get Kahuna to change them into humans. One of Herman's questions is, "Will I still be able to play Minecraft?"

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