History FanFic / Hands

** Andrew compares Nurse Redheart to [[OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Nurse Rached]]. The two of them also discuss literature, leading to Andrew bringing up ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''... [[TakeThat and how bad it is, describing the protagonist as a "whiny bitch"]].

* XMeetsY: Andrew is like a self-insert version of [[Series/{{Farscape}} John Chriton]] meets [[MassEffect Commander Shepard]].

* CampGay: Andrew claims his brother is so stereotypically gay that "It was like someone walked out of ''WillAndGrace'' for the sole purpose of annoying straight and gay men alike." He doesn't give any indication that he thinks less of his brother for it, though, and does claim that he misses him and the rest of his family.

* ActionSurvivor: Andrew is a normal guy but can be surprisingly dangerous if pushed, especially if he has his weapons on him. [[spoiler:As the demon found out.]].

** Andrew compares Nurse Redheart to Nurse [[OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Nurse Rached]]. The two of them also discuss literature, leading to Andrew bringing up ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''... [[TakeThat and how bad it is, describing the protagonist as a "whiny bitch"]].

* [[spoiler: CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Andrew asks why the Changelings couldn't have just asked for help with feeding rather than invading.]]

** "If I'm crashing, I'm doing it quoting ''{{Firefly}}''."

* XMeetsY: Andrew is like a self-insert version of [[{{Farscape}} John Chriton]] meets [[MassEffect Commander Shepard]].

** Funnily enough, he does reference ''{{Farscape}}'', a sci-fi show where the protagonist was similarly in a fish-out-of-water situation and made frequent pop-culture jokes that none of the locals ever got.

*** After the war, more ships are made: ''[[StarWars Falcon,]]'' ''Niel Armstrong'', ''[[Franchise/MassEffect Normandy]]'', ''Colombia,'' and ''[[BattlestarGalactica Galactica.]]'' It's mentioned that other nations have other ships, but these are the only ones mentioned.

** Andrew makes reference to ''DoctorWho'' several times, including comparing one of Rarity's outfits to something the Eighth Doctor might have worn, and saying that in a Paradox situation, one of the possible consequences is "Time Bats," which actually did happen once. Just after he says that, Twilight says that one theory of Time is that it's a TimeyWimeyBall, using the words of the TropeNamer.

** When Spike is reorganizing the library to tease Twilight, two of the books are ''[[AmericanGods Equestrian Gods]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandmare]]''.

** WordOfGod says that at some point, Andrew will become a pony... but only temporarily.

** When observing the dragons, he compares himself to Jane Goodall and [[StargateSG1 Daniel Jackson]].

** When Spike is reorganizing the library to tease Twilight, two of the books are ''[[AmericanGods Equestrian Gods]]'' and ''[[{{Sandman}} Sandmare]]''.

** The character's name is "Andrew [[Franchise7MassEffect Shepard]]."

*** The sucubus that tries to seduce Andrew is said to look like "A pony version of Morrigan from ''Darkstalkers''."

** The character's name is "Andrew [[MassEffect Shepard]]."

*** After the war, more ships are made: ''[[StarWars Falcon,]]'' ''Niel Armstrong'', ''[[MassEffect Normandy]]'', ''Colombia,'' and ''[[BattlestarGalactica Galactica.]]'' It's mentioned that other nations have other ships, but these are the only ones mentioned.

* InstantPlunderJustAddPirates: One omake has Discord setting up a pirate simulation for Pipsqueak and Luna. Things quickly get out of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/119496/hands-omake-by-rift120 "hand"]].

*** After the war, more ships are made: ''[[StarWars Falcon,]]'' ''Niel Armstrong'', ''[[MassEffect Normandy]]'', ''Colombia,'' and ''[[BattlestarGalactica Galactica.]]'' It's mentioned that other nations have other ships, but these are the only ones mentioned. Please also note that some of these ''may'' not be shout-outs (for example, ''Normandy'' might be named after the battle from World War II, and ''Falcon'' might just be named after the bird.)

** {{Polyamory}}: Eventually, they reluctantly decide to live in a threesome.

* SelfDeprecation: According to the author, the story was meant to be a satire of Human In Equestria fics.