History ShoutOut / Bones

* On a related note to the above entry, ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' regular Gina Torres played Dr. Toni Ezralow, a murder suspect in season 4’s “The Bone That Blew”. In the same episode, one of the nanny’s wards, an affluent young boy calls Booth “stupid inbred stack of meat” in Mandarin. The same insult is used by Saffron, the recurring character who tricked Mal into marrying her, in the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' episode “Trash”.

* On a related note to the above entry, ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' regular Gina Torres played Dr. Toni Ezralow, a suspect in the murder of a nanny to two of the children from her son’s school in season 4’s “The Bone That Blew”. In the same episode, one of the nanny’s wards, an affluent young boy calls Booth “stupid inbred stack of meat” in Mandarin. The same insult is used by Saffron, the recurring character who tricked Mal into marrying her, in the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' episode “Trash”.

* On a related note to the above entry, ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' regular Gina Torres played the nanny in season 4’s “The Bone That Blew”. The boy she’s being a nanny for calls Booth “stupid inbred stack of meat” in Mandarin. The same insult is used by Saffron, the recurring character who tricked Mal into marrying her, in the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' episode “Trash”.

* In the 200th episode, a film noir themed episode, Warren and Fuentes appear as a husband and wife duo remiscent of [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz]].

* One which is made all the funnier when you realize that Cam has a bit role as River's teacher in ''{{Film/Serenity}}'':
-->'''Hodgins:''' Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to stop, it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage, it watches reruns of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.

* In one occasion, Booth knows something about giraffes Bones didn't and he sees it as ''[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky getting one over the Brain]]''.

* "A Night at the Bones Museum" is one big {{Homage}} to [[Film/TheMummy1932 the 1932 original film version of The Mummy]], featuring Boris Karloff. Clips of the film are seen throughout the episode, being watched by Angela, Sweets and a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness gleeful Dr. Brennan]]. The latter of the three even refers to the movie as the inspiration to her becoming an anthropologist, although she prefers the Lon Chaney interpretation of the character over Karloff's.

* And Franchise/StarWars is brought up several times:

* "A Night at the Bones Museum" is one big {{Homage}} to [[Film/TheMummy1932 the 1932 original film version of The Mummy]], featuring Boris Karloff. Clips of the film are seen throughout the episode, being watched by Angela, Sweets and a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness gleeful Dr. Brennan]]. The latter of the three even refers to the movie as the inspiration to he becoming an anthropologist, although she prefers the Lon Chaney interpretation of the character over Karloff's.

* Possibly ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' for Brennan's "surprise" 40th birthday party: She planned her own party and surprised a few of her guests with presents [[spoiler: by revealing that she's the one who recommended Angela for a [=MacArthur=] Genius Grant and for Daisy to be head forensic anthropologist for a national forensics group]].

* In "The Babe in the Bar", the victim of the week is named Harriet. [[spoiler:She's a corporate [[HarrietTheSpy spy.]]]]

* There are two inside thirty seconds in "The Dwarf in the Dirt" -- "[[{{Series/Angel}} There are no such things as leprechauns]]" and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] [[http://teesbox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/homer-simpson-brain-mri.jpg MRI]] on the X-ray board behind Nigel. Both were put in to coincide with ''The Simpson'''s 20th anniversary, a theme running throughout all Fox shows that week.

* "The Maggots in the Meathead" is one big shoutout to ''JerseyShore''. The "documentary" on the Guidos that Brennan watches is implied to be ''JerseyShore'' itself.

* "[[RockyAndBullwinkle Boris and Natasha]] and their Russian Throwing Knives of Death."

* ''Possibly'' in the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", during which Booth and Bones [[spoiler:go "undercover" as married to Bones' highschool reunion.]] Booth is Bobby ''[[{{Superman}} Kent]]'', [[{{Superman}} newspaper man]].

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' was mentioned, and "gut instinct" girl was surprised Cam's never heard of it since it's [[BeforeMyTime "old school"]].

* There's also an episode where the victim is a spy, whose car and cover story (International Exports) are [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to ''Film/JamesBond''. It's {{lampshaded}} by several characters.

:: It's brought up in the first season by Booth, when Zack is wearing the thermal imaging helmet:

* The episode "The Beaver in the Otter" is one long sequence of references to ''AnimalHouse'', from the title to the Dean being named "Vernon Wormer" and a student having sex with the Dean's wife.

* ''Possibly'' in the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", during which Booth and Bones [[spoiler:go "undercover" as married to Bone's highschool reunion.]] Booth is Bobby ''[[{{Superman}} Kent]]'', [[{{Superman}} newspaper man]].

---> '''Brennan''': When I was seven, and leave Zack alone.

* The opening camera zoom during "The Woman in the Sand," set in [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]], is ''identical'' to those commonly used on ''Series/LasVegas''. Given that reruns of both shows air on TNT, once could be forgiven for thinking someone screwed up the scheduling until Brennan starts talking.

* One of the major character interactions in "The Gamer in the Grease" is lifted directly from TheKingOfKong, right down to the record holder and breaker being named Billy and Steve, respectively.

-->'''Hodgins:''' Your robot reminds me of you. You tell it to turn, it stops. You tell it to stop, it turns. You ask it to take out the garbage, it watches reruns of ''{{Series/Firefly}}''.
* "The Bond in the Boot" is ''loaded'' with Film/JamesBond references. One of the few that goes unremarked is a CIA front company named "Universal Exports" -- 007's standard cover.

* There's also an episode where the victim is a spy, whose car and cover story (International Exports) are [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to JamesBond. It's {{lampshaded}} by several characters.

* Hodgins mentions Zack watching reruns of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. No mention is made of the fact that Cam appeared briefly in the beginning of ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. Though this might be pretty standard fare for Bones. Mention has been made of watching Buffy by characters, and no one seemed to notice that Booth was on that show for a while.

* In the pilot episode, Booth refers to both himself and Bones as "[[{{Series/The X-Files}} Scully and Mulder]]".

* The opening camera zoom during "The Woman in the Sand," set in [[VivaLasVegas Las Vegas]], is ''identical'' to those commonly used on ''LasVegas''. Given that reruns of both shows air on TNT, once could be forgiven for thinking someone screwed up the scheduling until Brennan starts talking.

* In "The Feet on the Beach", one of the employees at the body farm is named Larry [[{{Series/Angel}} Wolfram]].