History MythologyGag / LiveActionTV

* ''[[PowerRangers Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'': Tommy digs through a box of old possessions, turning up a number of props from ''SuperSentai''.

*** The fact that the show is clearly CutAndPasteTranslation, and ''PowerRangers'' prided itself on using [[{{Macekre}} Macek's]] [[{{Robotech}} techniques]] is just the cherry on top.
** Gallifrey was mentioned in passing in one episode of ''PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. In exchange, Eltar (Zordon's planet) was mentioned in a ''Series/DoctorWho'' audio drama.
** ''[[PowerRangers Power Rangers SPD]]'': One of the photos on Sky's nightstand is a publicity shot from ''[[SuperSentai Goranger]]''.
** In ''PowerRangersRPM'', the team's special vehicle is called the "[[EngineSentaiGoOnger GO-ONGER]]" (it stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Ground Outdoor Operational Network General-purpose Explorational Rover]])

* ''{{Caprica}}'s'' pilot comes to close only a few minutes after the first cylon ends its combat test by saying "[[BattlestarGalactica by your command]]." This is both a reference to the NoughtiesDramaSeries it's a {{Prequel}} to as well as to the original ActionAdventure the former was a ContinuityReboot of.

* The 2000s ''BattlestarGalactica'' has several mythology references to its predecessor;

** The design of the Battlestar ''Pegasus'' is reminiscent of the original Battlestar ''Galactica''.

* Another, similar gag was used in ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''. After Carter describes a Goa'uld communication device, O'Neill jokingly asks "does it get Showtime?" At the time, ''SG-1'' aired on Showtime.

* The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Reset" had the Doctor's former companion, Martha Jones, adopt the pseudonym Samantha ("Sam") Jones, which referenced the character of the same name from the BBC Books EighthDoctorAdventures. How many got ''that'' one?

** The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Bad Wolf" namechecks Lucifer, from the [[VirginNewAdventures New Adventures]] novel ''Lucifer Rising'' by Andy Lane and Jim Mortimore. And in "Doomsday" he mentions Arcadia, from the New Adventures novel ''Deceit'' by Peter Darvill-Evans.

* The final intro of ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' in 2005 resembles the 70s intro more than the other intros.

* In a bizarre reverse-nod, in one episode of ''{{Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future}}'', Tank mentions (in an episode written by JMichaelStraczynski) that he is originally from ''{{Babylon 5}}'' -- years before [[{{Babylon5}} that show]] aired. (JMS also mentioned B5 in his novel ''Othersyde'', where it is a character's favorite TV show -- again, before the show actually aired.)

** The episode "Kandor" features two good ones. First, Chloe remarks that Clark's had feelings for Lois "since 1939" (the year Superman debuted in ActionComics). Second, people actually kneel before Zod.

* In ''StarTrekVoyager'''s premiere, Janeway mentions how they are going to "seek out new life and new civilisations." [[OpeningNarration Sound]] [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries fami]][[StarTrekTheNextGeneration liar]]? Yeah, the show thought so too -- you can hear the original series' InstrumentalThemeTune piping away in the background immediately after she says it.
* The ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Far Beyond the Stars". Full stop. The entire thing is one long mythology gag for the entire ''StarTrek'' franchise, combined with constant HeyItsThatGuy ''in universe'' (since so many of the ''Deep Space Nine'' regulars usually appear in very heavy makeup), except that it isn't a humorous episode -- all the humor is meta, while the plot is serious.

*** At this point, it's safe to say they must be his favorite colors. [[SecretIdentity Fortunately]], he's stopped wearing blue and red when he's {{Clark Kent}}ing.

* In ''LostInOz'', Alex finds the remains of Dorothy's house on the ''western'' border, and asks why. In the original Oz books, West and East were switched on the map.

** The new series episode "Dalek" was based on elements of the BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama "Jubilee", and was originally intended to include a pizza box labelled "Jubilee Pizza". This name eventually appeared in a few episodes of ''Series.{{Torchwood}}''.

** Similarly, at the very end of the musical ''Camelot'' (and the book ''The Once and Future King'' on which is it based), Arthur knights a young page named "Tom" and then charges him to escape the final battle and live to tell the tell the story of Arthur's reign; "Tom" is clearly supposed to be Sir ThomasMalory, who wrote the definitive volume of Arthurian myth, ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.

** The new series episode "Dalek" was based on elements of the BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama "Jubilee", and was originally intended to include a pizza box labelled "Jubilee Pizza". This name eventually appeared in a few episodes of ''Serues.{{Torchwood}}''.

* In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNBOoDiG0w one episode]] of ''{{House}}'', Dr. House says "I can't believe it. I finally have a case of lupus", which is a nod to the fact that they very often expect lupus, but it so far hasn't been the case.

** The two-part story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", contained an even more obscure reference to "Paula Moore", the pseudonymous creator of the story ''Attack of the Cybermen''.

** The books themselves often referenced sources that didn't seem to fit into the continuity of the {{Whoniverse}}. This included referencing a [[CanonDiscontinuity willingly ignored mini-episode]] and a video game as [[DreamSequence products of the Doctor's imagination]]. The [[VirginNewAdventures Virgin Publishing novel]] ''Conundrum'' by Steve Lyons made the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks 1960s]] ''Dr Who'' comics stories a product of the Land of Fiction. (One story in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' would later feature those stories as another product of the Doctor's imagination.) When Virgin lost the licence, but continued the series with their own characters, the BerniceSummerfield series, the BBC EighthDoctorAdventures and the [[BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish audio drama series]] heavily implied that the other two continuities were set in [[AlternativeContinuity Alternative Continuities]].
** ''[[http://www.tetrap.com/drwho/disccon/ The DiscContinuity Guide]]'', a website analysing the BigFinishDoctorWho audio dramas, lists each story's Mythology Gag (if any) under the heading "intertextuality".
** In "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Dalek Emperor disguise used by Davros is based on the Emperor that appeared in the ''Dalek Chronicles'' comic, rather than the Dalek Emperor that had appeared earlier in the series.

** The two-part story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", although set in an AlternateUniverse with completely unconnected Cybermen, nonetheless included a version of International Electromatics, the company involved in the Cyberman invasion in the 1960s story "The Invasion". Possibly more of a ContinuityNod, but confused by the MirrorUniverse angle. The story also contained an even more obscure reference to "Paula Moore", the pseudonymous creator of the story "Attack of the Cybermen".
** The term "rel" as a Dalek unit of time was first used in the very out-of-{{Canon}} Peter Cushing movies. It then appeared on and off in various ExpandedUniverse media before finally becoming "official" in the episode "Doomsday".

** The new series episode "Dalek" was based on elements of the BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama "Jubilee", and was originally intended to include a pizza box labelled "Jubilee Pizza". This name eventually appeared in a few episodes of ''{{Torchwood}}''.

** The ''{{Torchwood}}'' episode "Reset" had the Doctor's former companion, Martha Jones, adopt the pseudonym Samantha ("Sam") Jones, which referenced the character of the same name from the BBC Books EighthDoctorAdventures. How many got ''that'' one?

** The BigFinishDoctorWho audio ''The Kingmaker'' had clips of the Fourth Doctor (voiced by [[Series.DeadRingers John Culshaw]]) dictating notes for a book called ''Doctor Who Discovers Historical Mysteries''. This is a parody of the ''Doctor Who Discovers'' books published by Target in the seventies.
*** Not to mention that [[RichardOfGloucester Richard the Third]] was played by an actor who sounded suspiciously like ChristopherEccleston...
**** And uttered the word "Fantastic!" with a Northern accent.
**** Not to mention that the Fifth Doctor writes a letter to be delivered by himself two years in the past. It is ultimately delivered by a "big eared Northern chap."

** The BigFinish audio drama ''Minuet In Hell'' features Nicholas Briggs as a madman who believes he's the Doctor. Briggs had previously played the Doctor in a series of fan-audios ... including the original version of ''Minuet In Hell''!
*** The Briggs Doctor also appears in the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip a couple of times, once as an unspecified "future Doctor", and once as a fake Ninth Doctor.
*** Cameos by Briggs in other stories suggest that his Doctor is actually an AlternateUniverse Second Doctor, coming between the Nick Scovell First Doctor from the stage play of ''The Daleks Masterplan'' and the Arabella Weir Third Doctor from the ''DoctorWho Unbound'' audio ''Exile''.

** If you listen carefully, one of the vendors in "The Long Game" is selling "kronkburgers", from the ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip "The Iron Legion".

** The books themselves often referenced sources that didn't seem to fit into the continuity of the {{Whoniverse}}. This included referencing a [[CanonDiscontinuity willingly ignored mini-episode]] and a video game as [[DreamSequence products of the Doctor's imagination]]. The [[VirginNewAdventures Virgin Publishing novel]] ''Conundrum'' by Steve Lyons made the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks 1960s]] ''Dr Who'' comics stories a product of the Land of Fiction. (One story in ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' would later feature those stories as another product of the Doctor's imagination.) When Virgin lost the licence, but continued the series with their own characters, the BerniceSummerfield series, the BBC EighthDoctorAdventures and the [[BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish audio drama series]] heavily implied that the other two continuities were set in [[AlternativeContinuity Alternative Continuities]].

* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' used a similar gag. "Dawn's in trouble... must be Tuesday." Tuesday was the day ''Buffy'' was broadcast.

* The ''{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Hollywood Babylon" takes place on a film set, and contains several references to the shows own production, including the execs skepticism about salt as a way to battle ghosts, the precision of the lore, and the quality of the catering on set (the cast of the film comment how much it's improved). The producer is even named as [=McG=].

* A second season episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' had Face (Dirk Benedict) being surprised by a [[BattlestarGalactica Cylon]] walking by him on a movie set. The scene was incorporated into the opening credits from season 3 on.
* At one point in {{Nikita}}, Division actually does some good. Nikita suggests that maybe Michael could take it over and set it straight; Michael suggests Nikita could do it. At the end of the original LaFemmeNikita, Nikita takes over Operation, of which Division is a counterpart.

* At one point in {{Nikita}}, Division actually does some good. Nikita suggests that maybe Michael could take it over and set it straight; Michael suggests Nikita could do it. At the end of the original LaFemmeNikita, Nikita takes over Operation, of which Division is a counterpart.

*** Take your pick: [=~Bellisario's Maxim~=] or {{MST3K Mantra}}.

** The books themselves often referenced sources that didn't seem to fit into the continuity of the {{Whoniverse}}. This included referencing a [[DisContinuity willingly ignored mini-episode]] and a video game as [[DreamSequence products of the Doctor's imagination]]. The [[VirginNewAdventures Virgin Publishing novel]] ''Conundrum'' by Steve Lyons made the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks 1960s]] ''Dr Who'' comics stories a product of the Land of Fiction. (One story in ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' would later feature those stories as another product of the Doctor's imagination.) When Virgin lost the licence, but continued the series with their own characters, the BerniceSummerfield series, the BBC EighthDoctorAdventures and the [[BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish audio drama series]] heavily implied that the other two continuities were set in [[AlternativeContinuity Alternative Continuities]].