History ShoutOut / BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

*** The other part? The final fight in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''. Batman's armored suit is an obvious visual reference, but the still shots of Batman hitting Superman seal the deal, as they are directly lifted from the comic.

* While the Harley Quinn in "Emperor Joker" looks more like a RoaringTwenties flapper (she is probably based on silent comedienne Mabel Normand), when Joker puts Bat-Mite into a Jester outfit, it's the Jester outfit the classic Harley wore in her original WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries appearance.

** The ending references ''SomeLikeItHot''. You can guess which scene.

* Aquaman's Rousing Song Of Heroism mentions [[{{Spider-Man}} wallcrawling]] among the many superpowers possible. The guy he's dressed as is the Tarantula, a Golden Age hero retconned into a Spidey knockoff in Roy Thomas' ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron''.

** The premise of the episode is Bat-Mite trying to get the show canceled by having it [[JumpingTheShark Jump the Shark]] (explicitly using that phrase, even) as Ambush Bug tries to stop him. Ambush Bug is voiced by Henry Winkler -- the original Shark Jumper, Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays''.

** "[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=46 Battle of the Super-Heroes]]" was the title of a classic ''World's Finest'' comic.

** There are direct references to several comics featured on the Website/{{Superdickery}} website, including [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=2 this one]] and [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=45&limitstart=4 this one]].

** The main episode opens with a shout-out to "[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aconfounding-comic-covers-index&id=617%3Aiimmys-&option=com_content&Itemid=45 Jimmy Olsen's Death-Trick]]". Except Superman has to attend to an emergency before he can say he's Clark Kent, and ''just'' before he leaves, he reveals that Jimmy's act didn't fool him one bit, as he found him to be perfectly healthy with his X-ray vision.

* Sportsmaster wears a purple and black padded suit which bears a passing resemblance to the Globogym's uniforms from ''Film/{{Dodgeball}}''.

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* In "Sidekicks Assemble!", Robin tells a defeated Ubu "[[Series/FamilyTies Sit Ubu, Sit!]]"

* Adam Strange's leitmotif in "Mystery in Space!" features heavy electric guitar noodling, deliberately evocative of {{Music/Queen}}'s soundtrack for ''{{Film/Flash Gordon}}''.

** A reference to the original Jump The Shark website was included as a CastingGag - one of the tricks Bat-Mite uses to get the show canceled was to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] TheOtherDarren by giving Aquaman a new voice - "patron saint of shark jumping" Creator/TedMcGinley.

** Luthor's lair is based on that of the titular villain in ''[[SupermanTheatricalCartoons The Mad Scientist]]''.

* The ComicBook/DoctorFate-themed episode "The Fate of Equinox" features an art style reminiscent of Creator/SteveDitko. This is almost certainly a nod to Comicbook/DoctorStrange, Doctor Fate's AlternateCompanyEquivalent from MarvelComics.

** It also features B'wana Beast riding a dead ringer for [[{{Shazzan}} Kaboobie, the flying camel]].

-->'''Matches''': I'll whack him, and [[Series/TheSopranos bada-boom,]] [[Film/TheGodfather bada-bing]], I'll have complete control of Gotham!

* The Haunted Tank cold open is basically a two-minute episode of ''TheDukesOfHazzard.'' Right down to the slo-mo jump and car horn that plays "Dixie."

* Proto in "Plague of the Prototypes!" does two homages to the ''Anime/GoLion'' version of ''{{Voltron}}'': with his sword, and his pose in space in the end.

* From the same episode: [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} "There is no Jaime, only The Reach."]]

** Aquaman's son is dressed in the short-lived 80s reboot Aquaman costume, while Mera's gigantic hair might be a reference to [[MarriedWithChildren Peggy Bundy]] considering the sitcom tropes.

* Batman testing [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders the Outsiders]] in a [[VirtualTrainingSimulation virtual training room]] may be a nod to the [[DeadlyTrainingArea Danger Room]] from ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}''.

** The premise of the episode is Bat-Mite trying to get the show canceled by having it [[JumpingTheShark Jump the Shark]] (explicitly using that phrase, even) as Ambush Bug tries to stop him. Ambush Bug is voiced by Henry Winkler -- the original Shark Jumper, Fonzie from ''HappyDays''.

** For that matter, the Joker's henchmen in this episode are muscled-up [[{{Expy expies}}]] of classic silent film comics [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton Buster Keaton]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Lloyd Harold Lloyd]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin Charlie Chaplin]]. [[GeniusBonus How many of the audience were exepcted to recognize them?]]