History Main / StockShoutOuts

* ShoutOutToShakespeare

* Also see ShoutOutToShakespeare

* The image of God Wariors [[SetTheWorldOnFire burning the world]] from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (which is, in fact, the first page of the manga and the second scene of the movie) is used to depict TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, sometimes parodically, sometimes not. [[DelayedExplosion God Warior firing]] its BreathWeapon often serves as a model for other {{Wave Motion Gun}}s. [[BabyDollBaby The fate of Princess Kushana's mother]] is also referenced.

** Creator/JRRTolkien's wise words on dwarfs in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' also take a repeated hammering. The original Gimli's assertion that there such things as female Dwarfs, only "they are in look and garb so alike to the males that the eyes of Man cannot tell them apart" spawns several books' worth of ShoutOuts to dwarfs who favour chain-mail lingerie and take more care with grooming their beards. A Dwarf schoolgirl is allowed into a prestigious boarding school, but must plait her beard with ribbons in the school colours. Then there is Dwarf feminist Cheery Littlebottom, who rebels against all that but cannot bring herself to shave her beard off.

* ChristmasCarolPlot

* If you see someone watching a pastiche of magical girl shows, you can rest easy knowing that it will be a ''Anime/SailorMoon'' or ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' spoof.

* Long-running Franchise/LupinIII is a source of many stock shout outs. The two most commonly referenced are from his first theatrical film, ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'':

** Also, that badass motorcycle slide from the movie that Kaneda does.

* SlidingBikeStop

* The flashback of God Wariors [[SetTheWorldOnFire burning the world]] from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' is used to depict TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, sometimes parodically, sometimes not. [[DelayedExplosion God Warior firing]] its BreathWeapon often serves as a model for other {{Wave Motion Gun}}s. [[BabyDollBaby The fate of Princess Kushana's mother]] is also referenced.

* SherlockHolmes in general, but in particular lines like "[[BeamMeUpScotty elementary, my dear Watson]]", "the game's afoot", and "when you've ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, [however improbable,] must be the truth".

** The cover of ''Action Comics'' #247 with the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes voting not to admit Superboy is very frequently homaged in comics.

* When a plot-important vehicle is destroyed or has a fiery, spectacular crash, we may expect its license plate to come unattached and twirl on the ground, a la ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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* The phrase [[Music/GunsNRoses "Welcome to the Jungle"]] pops out everywhere.
* The first four notes of Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Fifth Symphony.
** Music/OdeToJoy, from the Ninth Symphony.
* Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" has been used countless times in animated cartoons.
* Music/ElvisPresley in his UsefulNotes/LasVegas period.
* Music/TheBeatles in their mob top haircut days.
** [[SgtPeppersShoutOut The]] [[AbbeyRoadCrossing covers]] of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' and ''Music/AbbeyRoad''.
* MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody: Because sometimes it's not even meant as a parody, but more as a shout-out.
* Sampling music is a kind of shout out in itself.
** The line "Put your hands up in the air/and wave 'm like you just don't care" from Music/TheSugarHillGang has been used in countless rap songs.
** The AmenBreak by the Winston Brothers and Music/JamesBrown 's "The Funky Drummer" have beats and breaks that have been sampled to death.
** The announcement "The Official Adventures of..." from Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive has also been re-used countless times.
* The album cover of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''.
* The BoDiddleyBeat.
* An incredibly large GirlGroup calling themselves some variation of "[[Music/AKB48 ABC48]]".
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* Iyami's "SHEEEH!" pose from ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' is THE go-to standard shock/surprised pose in Japanese media.

* "It's a man's life in the...", from the traditional recruiting slogan "It's a man's life in the British Army". For extra humour, the organisation or occupation used will often be very lacking in apparent manliness.