History ShoutOut / BojackHorseman

* [=BoJack=] being OrderedToCheat on a game show by Wanda, on a question about a close personal interest of his, is very reminiscent of John Turturro's role as Herb Stempel in ''Film/QuizShow''.

* Any scene that centers on Princess Carolyn trying to make clients happy, navigating office politics or her attempts to have a functional life outside of her career as a talent agent/manager is heavily inspired by Series/MadMen

* Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman and Series/DoctorWho are mentioned by Todd and Bojack.

* Bojack abandoning all of his responsibilities to travel across the country to reenter the life of someone he hasn't seen in a very long time is behavior that is very reminiscent of Don Draper in Series/MadMen.

* Much of the episode pays tribute to Film/LostInTranslation. Pacific Ocean City is a stand in for Tokyo where Bojack feels isolated and struck with culture shock while promoting his film and the end where he tries to give Kelsey Jannings a note when she is about to leave the city is deeply inspired by the end of Film/LostInTranslation. Except here we see Bojack's message to Kelsey but the words become blurred before she can read it which is the opposite of Film/LostInTranslation where Bob successfully whispers his message in Charlotte's ear and she's deeply touched by it but we as the audience can't make out the words.

* The way that Beatrice's dementia warped memories are represented is inspired by Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind with objects randomly disappearing, people lacking faces, auditory distortions and places that should be normal becoming bizarre locations.

* Much of the episode pays tribute to Film/LostInTranslation. Pacific Ocean City is a stand in for Tokyo where Bojack feels isolated and struck with culture shock while promoting his film and the end where he tries to give Kelsey Jannings a note when she is about to leave the city is deeply inspired by the end of Film/LostInTranslation. Except here we see Bojack's message to Kelsey but the words become blurred before she can read it which is the opposite of Lost In Translation where Bob successfully whispers his message in Charlotte's ear but we as the audience can't make out the words.

* The way that Beatrice's dementia warped memories are represented is inspired by Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind with objects randomly disappearing, people with out faces, and places that should be normal becoming bizarre locations.

* Much of the episode pays tribute to Film/LostInTranslation. Pacific Ocean City is a stand in for Tokyo where Bojack feels isolated and struck with culture shock while promoting his film and the end where he tries to give Kelsey Jannings a note when she is about to leave the city is deeply inspired by the end of Film/LostInTranslation.

* Much of episode pays tribute to Film/LostInTranslation. Pacific Ocean City is a stand in for Tokyo where Bojack feels isolated and struck with culture shock while promoting his film and the end where he tries to give Kelsey Jannings a note when she is about to leave the city is deeply inspired by the end of Film/LostInTranslation.

* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Creator/MerylStreep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'', Farmer [=McGregor=] was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so got his father killed (meaning Rutabaga is [[StealthInsult essentially calling Judah an asshole]]).

* Herb Kazaaz's production company VanityPlate at the end of ''JustForFun/HorsinAround'' episodes, is done in the style of Creator/AlHirschfeld celebrity caricatures.

* Wanda's new friend Alex, who turns out to be a KGB agent that has been in a coma since the 1980s, strongly resembles Philip Jennings from ''Series/TheAmericans'', which is a show about Soviet spies in the 1980s. Coincidentally, Creator/MargotMartindale plays a supporting role on the show.

* [=BoJack=] being OrderedToCheat on a game show by Wanda, on a question about a close personal interest of his, is reminiscent of Creator/JohnTurturro's role in ''Film/QuizShow''.

* Herb Kazaaz's production company VanityPlate at the end of ''Horsin' Around'' is done in the style of Al Hirschfeld celebrity caricatures.
* From what we see of Decapathon VII, it's a [[NonindicativeName puzzle game]] apparently identical to ''VideoGame/{{Columns}}''.
* There are a few references to JD Salinger's lesser known works
--> '''JD Salinger''': "Get me a red bull and a bananafish sandwich!"
--> '''Todd''': "On it! It's a perfect day for a red bull!"
* A recurring background character wears a shirt referencing Music/TheMisfits, except it reads "The Misprints."
* Princess Carolyn's office contains several cat-themed versions of well-known books, such as "''[[ComicBook/{{Persepolis}} Purrsepolis]]''" and "''Me Meow Pretty One Day''" - the latter is a reference to a book by Creator/DavidSedaris, the brother of Creator/AmySedaris, [[ActorAllusion who plays Princess Carolyn]].
* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'', Farmer [=McGregor=] was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so got his father killed ( meaning Rutabaga is [[StealthInsult essentially calling Judah an asshole]]).
* There are [[http://blog.sartle.com/post/124687009035/bojack-horseman-all-the-art-references many shout-outs to famous artworks and artists]] in the background. [=BoJack=] apparently owns a version of David Hockney's "[[http://41.media.tumblr.com/e4ebdf74355428869a5b01c849257849/tumblr_inline_nruoku4j6w1sthg2o_500.jpg Pool with two Figures]]" except [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/1f9bd39cd18c194f3d4d7b488d393f00/tumblr_inline_nruoj2vFas1sthg2o_500.jpg featuring a horse]] (possibly himself). He also owns a version of Henri Mattise's "[[http://41.media.tumblr.com/480dd0d8257660daa952d7b511229f1a/tumblr_inline_nrur3rFPAj1sthg2o_500.jpg Danse]]" but with [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/0e9e64834f650e8987456cfa62e7770a/tumblr_inline_nruqzdvDpF1sthg2o_500.png animals instead of humans]]. Herb owned several paintings, [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/f0387b7603e2ef4002aafefb84e9ce61/tumblr_inline_nrurzyziDi1sthg2o_500.jpg presumably by Jean-Michel Basquiat, of [=BoJack=]]]. In the past [=BoJack=] apparently owned [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/ba25e0a8a27098484cdad0754688ea7b/tumblr_inline_nruqoyLQc51sthg2o_500.jpg a few paintings]] by Keith Haring. There are also references to Botticelli's "[[http://www.uffizi.org/img/artworks/botticelli-birth-venus.jpg The Birth of Venus]]" featuring, what else, [[http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-07/21/12/enhanced/webdr10/enhanced-31852-1437497110-11.png an elephant as Aphrodite]], an [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/51930e582dd0099b1aedfeabbdfb8a8e/tumblr_inline_nrurdyEJlb1sthg2o_500.jpg "OBAAA" poster]] by Shepard Fairey, and Manet's "[[http://36.media.tumblr.com/06ea4cc26cef057ff99e1f9c2ef000a3/tumblr_inline_nrurp2b9w91sthg2o_500.jpg Olympia]]" as a [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/1cee99badd5d84816dbba7426935d4da/tumblr_inline_nrurk9sMXV1sthg2o_500.jpg shark]]. "That's Too Much, Man!" starts with a closeup of Sarah Lynn's copy of Millais' "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(painting) Ophelia]]" featuring herself, [[spoiler:thus foreshadowing her eventual death]].

* In "[=BoJack=] Hates The Troops," during Tom Jumbo-Grumbo's newscast, one of the headlines on the ticker at the bottom of the screen reads [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0 "Government declares war is good for absolutely nothing, says it again."]]
* In "Downer Ending" we get an Akira-style body horror meltdown of [[spoiler:Diane during [=BoJack=]'s MushroomSamba]].
* Actor Andrew Garfield has a number of similarities to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, such has loving lasagnas and hating Mondays. Only Todd seems to notice.
* [=BoJack=]'s dressing room mirror in "The Telescope" has several sticky notes with quotes from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' on them.
* Before that, [=BoJack=] visits a very [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Lucy van Pelt]]-looking version of Diane for psychological advice.
* In the Season 1 finale, it is revealed that character actress Margo Martindale is serving her time in the same prison as the cast of fellow Netflix show, ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

* "Still Broken" has a subtle nod to ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', which Will Arnett also starred in, with Herb telling Joelle in a flashback that "family is the most important thing".
* The Russian spy that has been in a coma since the 1980s strongly resembles Philip Jennings from Series/TheAmericans which is a show about Russian spies in the 1980s. Coincidentally, Margot Martindale plays a supporting role on the show.
* TheTeaser to "Let's Find Out" is a clear homage to ''{{Film/Birdman}}'', with the same "one-shot" style and jazzy drum score.
** The rest of the episode takes the common elements and gently transfers from there to an episode long homage to the media focused works of Creator/AaronSorkin.
** [=BoJack=] being OrderedToCheat on a game show by Wanda, on a question about a close personal interest of his, is reminiscent of John Turturro in ''Film/QuizShow''.

* Season 3's "Fish Out Of Water" has an homage to ''Film/ModernTimes'' when [=BoJack=] and the baby seahorse get to the factory the baby's father works at.
* When Mr. Peanutbutter is chasing down his phone in the sewers, the maintenance workers he passes by are four turtles [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wearing blue, orange, red, and purple shirts and bandanas]].
* Ralph Stilton's name is a reference to the children's book series ''[[Literature/GeronimoStilton Geronimo Stilton]].'' A at the end of his "non-date" with Princess Carolyn, he references another with this line when she realizes she won't have time for another date with him.
-->'''Ralph''': What? Did I say something? Is it because I asked for the glass of milk? [[Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie Because if you give me a cookie-]]
* In the planetarium theater where [[spoiler:Sarah Lynn dies]], she and [=BoJack=] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 appear as black silhouettes against the screen]].
* The scene in "That Went Well" where [[spoiler:Mr. Peanutbutter and the Cabracadabra girls drive to the beach to deal with the giant wad of spaghetti about to destroy Pacific Ocean City]], the shot of the cars driving full speed down the beach is a direct riff of one of the most famous shots from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.

* There's a poster for ''Film/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' featuring a feline Creator/ElizabethTaylor.
* Bojack visiting his former lovers in order to find out which one is the mother to the child he never knew he had is a scenario inspired by the film Film/BrokenFlowers.
* In the episode Underground [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E07Underground]] a group of vain, hypocritical and spoiled rich people are at a dinner party which they find themselves unable to leave and as food and water begins to dwindle they succumb to their worst impulses which is all inspired by the film Film/TheExterminatingAngel.
* Come Season 4, we find out that mice have a holiday dubbed "The Feast of St. Squeaky", about [[Literature/{{Redwall}} a heroic mouse that killed an evil cat-king]].

* In the Season 1 finale, it is revealed that character actress Margo Martindale is serving her time in the same prison as the cast of fellow Netflix show, ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.
* "Still Broken" has a subtle nod to ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', which Will Arnett also starred in, with Herb telling Joelle in a flashback that "family is the most important thing".
* [=BoJack=]'s dressing room mirror in "The Telescope" has several sticky notes with quotes from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' on them.
* Actor Andrew Garfield has a number of similarities to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, such has loving lasagnas and hating Mondays. Only Todd seems to notice.
* In "[=BoJack=] Hates The Troops," during Tom Jumbo-Grumbo's newscast, one of the headlines on the ticker at the bottom of the screen reads [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHUAJTZqF0 "Government declares war is good for absolutely nothing, says it again."]]
* In "Downer Ending" we get an Akira-style body horror meltdown of [[spoiler:Diane during [=BoJack=]'s MushroomSamba]].
* Before that, [=BoJack=] visits a very [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Lucy van Pelt]]-looking version of Diane for psychological advice.

* TheTeaser to "Let's Find Out" is a clear homage to ''{{Film/Birdman}}'', with the same "one-shot" style and jazzy drum score.
** The rest of the episode takes the common elements and gently transfers from there to an episode long homage to the media focused works of Creator/AaronSorkin.
** [=BoJack=] being OrderedToCheat on a game show by Wanda, on a question about a close personal interest of his, is reminiscent of John Turturro in ''Film/QuizShow''.
* There are [[http://blog.sartle.com/post/124687009035/bojack-horseman-all-the-art-references many shout-outs to famous artworks and artists]] in the background. [=BoJack=] apparently owns a version of David Hockney's "[[http://41.media.tumblr.com/e4ebdf74355428869a5b01c849257849/tumblr_inline_nruoku4j6w1sthg2o_500.jpg Pool with two Figures]]" except [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/1f9bd39cd18c194f3d4d7b488d393f00/tumblr_inline_nruoj2vFas1sthg2o_500.jpg featuring a horse]] (possibly himself). He also owns a version of Henri Mattise's "[[http://41.media.tumblr.com/480dd0d8257660daa952d7b511229f1a/tumblr_inline_nrur3rFPAj1sthg2o_500.jpg Danse]]" but with [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/0e9e64834f650e8987456cfa62e7770a/tumblr_inline_nruqzdvDpF1sthg2o_500.png animals instead of humans]]. Herb owned several paintings, [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/f0387b7603e2ef4002aafefb84e9ce61/tumblr_inline_nrurzyziDi1sthg2o_500.jpg presumably by Jean-Michel Basquiat, of [=BoJack=]]]. In the past [=BoJack=] apparently owned [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/ba25e0a8a27098484cdad0754688ea7b/tumblr_inline_nruqoyLQc51sthg2o_500.jpg a few paintings]] by Keith Haring. There are also references to Botticelli's "[[http://www.uffizi.org/img/artworks/botticelli-birth-venus.jpg The Birth of Venus]]" featuring, what else, [[http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-07/21/12/enhanced/webdr10/enhanced-31852-1437497110-11.png an elephant as Aphrodite]], an [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/51930e582dd0099b1aedfeabbdfb8a8e/tumblr_inline_nrurdyEJlb1sthg2o_500.jpg "OBAAA" poster]] by Shepard Fairey, and Manet's "[[http://36.media.tumblr.com/06ea4cc26cef057ff99e1f9c2ef000a3/tumblr_inline_nrurp2b9w91sthg2o_500.jpg Olympia]]" as a [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/1cee99badd5d84816dbba7426935d4da/tumblr_inline_nrurk9sMXV1sthg2o_500.jpg shark]]. "That's Too Much, Man!" starts with a closeup of Sarah Lynn's copy of Millais' "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_(painting) Ophelia]]" featuring herself, [[spoiler:thus foreshadowing her eventual death]].
* Season 3's "Fish Out Of Water" has an homage to ''Film/ModernTimes'' when [=BoJack=] and the baby seahorse get to the factory the baby's father works at.
* Ralph Stilton's name is a reference to the children's book series ''[[Literature/GeronimoStilton Geronimo Stilton]].'' A at the end of his "non-date" with Princess Carolyn, he references another with this line when she realizes she won't have time for another date with him.
-->'''Ralph''': What? Did I say something? Is it because I asked for the glass of milk? [[Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie Because if you give me a cookie-]]

* Come Season 4, we find out that mice have a holiday dubbed "The Feast of St. Squeaky", about [[Literature/{{Redwall}} a heroic mouse that killed an evil cat-king]].
* When Mr. Peanutbutter is chasing down his phone in the sewers, the maintenance workers he passes by are four turtles [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles wearing blue, orange, red, and purple shirts and bandanas]].
* In the planetarium theater where [[spoiler:Sarah Lynn dies]], she and [=BoJack=] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 appear as black silhouettes against the screen]].
* The scene in "That Went Well" where [[spoiler:Mr. Peanutbutter and the Cabracadabra girls drive to the beach to deal with the giant wad of spaghetti about to destroy Pacific Ocean City]], the shot of the cars driving full speed down the beach is a direct riff of one of the most famous shots from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.

* There's a poster for ''Film/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' featuring a feline Creator/ElizabethTaylor.

* Bojack visiting his former lovers in order to find out which one is the mother to the child he never knew he had is a scenario inspired by the film Film/BrokenFlowers
* The russian spy that has been in a coma since the 1980s strongly resembles Philip Jennings from Series/TheAmericans which is a show about russian spies in the 1980s. Coincidentally, Margot Martindale plays a supporting role on the show.
* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit'', Farmer [=McGregor=] was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so got his father killed ( meaning Rutabaga is [[StealthInsult essentially calling Judah an asshole]]).

* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''TheTaleofPeterRabbit'', Farmer [=McGregor=] was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so got his father killed ( meaning Rutabaga is [[StealthInsult essentially calling Judah an asshole]]).

* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''TheTaleofPeterRabbit'', Farmer [=McGregor=] was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so could got his father killed ( meaning Rutabaga is [[StealthInsult essentially calling Judah an asshole]]).

* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. [=McGregor=]". In ''TheTaleofPeterRabbit'', Farmer McGregor was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so could got his father killed ([[StealthInsult]] meaning Rutabaga is essentially calling Judah an asshole).

* When Judah tries to tell Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga about Meryl Streep retiring, Rutabaga calls him "Mr. McGregor". In ''TheTaleofPeterRabbit'', Farmer McGregor was the farmer whose garden Peter kept sneaking into, despite the fact doing so could got his father killed ([[StealthInsult]] meaning Rutabaga is essentially calling Judah an asshole).

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* The russian spy that has been in a coma since the 1980s strongly resembles Philip Jennings from Series/TheAmericans which is a show about russian spies in the 1980s.

* Bojack visiting his former lovers in order to find out which one is the mother to the child he never knew he had is a scenario inspired by the Film/BrokenFlowers

* Bojack visiting his former lovers in order to find out which one is the mother to the child he never knew he had is a scenario inspired by Film/BrokenFlowers