History ShoutOut / TeenTitansGo

* "The Academy", as a satire on entertainment awards, references Franchise/BackToTheFuture, {{Film/ET}}, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk, and Film/ForrestGump in the Titans' chores montage. At the end, the Titans are dressed as different characters from Film/TheLordOfTheRings as they appear in the film--Robin is Frodo, Cyborg is Gimli, Raven is Gandalf, Beast Boy is Gollum, and Starfire is Legolas--in order to battle the Academy. Robin even foregoes his usual battle cry in favor of "Fly, you fools!"

** The Titans humming to get Cyborg back in the game sounds less like "The Night Begins to Shine" than, distinctly, "[[Music/{{Blondie}} Call Me]]".

* Of the many references to other DC characters in the series, perhaps the most potentially impactful on the story was Beast Boy finding a Franchise/GreenLantern ring in the couch at the start of "La Larva de Amor". Of course, as he was looking for something else, he tossed it aside.

** Raven gives Robin nearly all of Franchise/{{Superman}}'s superpowers. And with it comes Superman's signature spit curl.

** How have we gone this long without how Raven told him how [[Franchise/SpiderMan "With great power, comes greater responsibility"]]?

** Their battle against the Spirit of Halloween is a clear {{homage}} to ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'', with the jack-o'-lanterns acting as proton packs and the uncarved pumpkin being a ghost trap.

* "The Academy", as a satire on entertainment awards, references Film/BackToTheFuture, {{Film/ET}}, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk, and Film/ForrestGump in the Titans' chores montage. At the end, the Titans are dressed as different characters from Film/TheLordOfTheRings as they appear in the film—Robin is Frodo, Cyborg is Gimli, Raven is Gandalf, Beast Boy is Gollum, and Starfire is Legolas—in order to battle the Academy. Robin even foregoes his usual battle cry in favor of "Fly, you fools!"

** Anytime Cyborg invokes going off-roading, he says "[[Film/BackToTheFuture Where we're going, we don't need roads]]."

** The boys return Silkie to Killer Moth, and have a huge blast with the reward money, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck style.]]

** One of Cyborg's bodies is shaped like one of the ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' lions in leg mode. Another one is Franchise/{{DCAU}}'s Brainiac ("too brainy").

** In the Titans' flashback they're dressed as the WesternAnimation/ThunderCats with Raven as Mumm-ra.

* [="BL4Z3"=] is one big homage to Film/TheMatrix, specifically spoofing the red pill/blue pill scene and the franchise's general HellBentForLeather tendencies.

* "How's This for a Special? Spaaaace" parodies both Franchise/StarTrek and Franchise/StarWars, but contains a WholePlotReference to Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E25TheInnerLight "The Inner Light"]], where they find an ancient alien probe that zaps Robin unconcious and makes him live a full life in the final days of a dying alien society, where he learns to play the trombone. When he wakes up, he finds the trombone inside the probe. When the other Titans see his ability to play, they also touch the probe to get musical talent.

** The Jerks have members that involve [[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]], [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gecko]] and [[Film/TheKarateKid Johnny Kreese]].

* "Teen Titans Vroom!" is a WholePlotReference to WesternAnimation/TurboTeen with some shout outs to Franchise/TransformersGeneration1
* The final part of "Where on Earth is Carl Sanpero" is a huge one to Series/GameOfThrones. Cyborg even goes full Hodor during it.

** Apparently, Twilight Sparkle from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''Pretty Pretty Pegasus'' fanatic Raven are ''both'' voiced by Creator/TaraStrong. In addition to that, "Books" has Raven expounding the virtues of books to the team, much like Twilight Sparkle at one point or another.

* "Teen Titans Vroom!" is a WholePlotReference to WesternAnimation/TurboTeen with some shout outs to Franchise/TransformersGeneration1

* ''Teen Titans Vroom!'' is a WholePlotReference to WesternAnimation/TurboTeen with some shout outs to Franchise/TransformersGeneration1

* "The Night Begins To Shine 2" shows someone in the writing staff must be a fan of ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', what with Cyborg being reduced to a [[VideoGame/SuperdimensionNeptuneVsSegaHardGirls talking motorcycle]].

** Also, when Robin flushes himself down the toilet and emerges into a 2D video game world, stock sounds from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrothers'' can be heard, especially the "traveling through pipe" sound.

** The Jerks have members that involve [[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]], [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gecko]] and [[Film/TheKarateKid Johnny Kreese]].

** Also in "Jinxed", the establishing shot of the tower in the ending scene shows [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1 Flounder, Sebastian, and Scuttle]] on the rocks.

** In once scene, Cyborg is trying to decide between watching two movies: ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'' and ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightRises The Dark Knight Snoozes]]''.

* In Beast Boy's flashback at the start of "Dog Hand", the warthog that kicks him away is orange with black hair, like Pumbaa from ''Disney/TheLionKing''.

** The Spirit of Halloween's stock evil laughter is taken from the [[Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad Disney version]] of the HeadlessHorseman.

** Also in "Jinxed", the establishing shot of the tower in the ending scene shows [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Flounder, Sebastian, and Scuttle]] on the rocks.

* The three team costume designs that Robin suggests in "Costume Contest" are the team as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Inc.]], the heroes of Film/TheWizardOfOz (and Raven as the Wicked Witch of the West), and the main members of the Film/SuicideSquad.

** "BL4Z3" is one big homage to Film/TheMatrix, specifically spoofing the red pill/blue pill scene and the franchise's general HellBentForLeather tendencies.

** Also in "Costume Contest", Rose Wilson is seen in a cameo talking to someone wearing the ghost costume with holes cut into it from WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown. They're even holding a rock!

* "The Academy", as a satire on entertainment awards, references Film/BackToTheFuture, {{Film/ET}}, Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk, and Film/ForrestGump in the Titans' chores montage. At the end, the Titans are dressed as different characters from Film/TheLordOfTheRings as they appear in the film—Robin is Frodo, Cyborg is Gimli, Raven is Gandalf, Beast Boy is Gollum, and Starfire is Legolas.

* "The Academy", as a satire on entertainment awards, references Film/BackToTheFuture, Film/ET, Film/IndianaJonesAndTheRaidersOfTheLostArk, and Film/ForrestGump in the Titans' chores montage. At the end, the Titans are dressed as different characters from Film/TheLordOfTheRings as they appear in the film—Robin is Frodo, Cyborg is Gimli, Raven is Gandalf, Beast Boy is Gollum, and Starfire is Legolas.