History ShoutOut / Chuck

* Compare, if you will:
** in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Jaynestown", admiring the Jayne statue:
-->'''Wash:''' I think they captured him, though. You know, captured his essence.\\
'''Kaylee:''' Looks sorta angry, don't he?\\
'''Wash:''' Kinda what I meant.
** in "Chuck Versus the Sensei", explaining why "find your calm center" wasn't the way to bring out Casey's best performance, and pissing him off worked so much better:
-->'''Chuck:''' See, Casey doesn't really ''have'' a calm center. It's more of an... ''angry'' center.

* "Chuck Versus the Anniversary" - Harry Dean Stanton as a RepoMan and DolphLundgren dropping several of his ''RockyIV'' lines.

* DolphLundgren stating [[RockyIV "I must break you." and "If you die, you die."]]

Morgan: You were distracting me so she could break in.
Chuck: Yeah.

* Jurassic Park routine from Chuck vs. The A Team
Morgan Grimes: You were distracting me so she could break in.
Chuck Bartowski: Yeah.
Morgan Grimes: Clever girl.
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** That selfsame episode, "Chuck Versus the Cougars," also contains a shout out to ''RiskyBusiness'' with the side-plot at the Buy More mirroring that film fairly closely.
* The second season opener has a shout out to ''Film/BatmanBegins'', the messenger who attacks Casey uses the same weapon that Jonathan Crane uses to dispense his fear toxin.

* The name Charles Bartowski is two letters different from renowned author Charles Bukowski. Hard to believe that this is a coincidence.

* Chuck is reading Series/GameOfThrones at the start of "Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff"

* In "Chuck Versus Operation Awesome," Chuck greets the villain over the Buy More's PA system with "[[Franchise/{{Scream}} Hello, Sydney]]."

* The choreography during the final scene of "Chuck Versus the Ring" was largely lifted directly from ''Film/TheMatrix''... this troper wasn't sure it was intentional until Chuck said "I know Kung Fu."

* [[Creator/AdamBaldwin Agent Casey]] gets many an ActorAllusion, particularly to his role in {{Firefly}} and Film/{{Serenity}}:
** In "Chuck Versus the Sandworm," he asks (in reference to a hacker geek who escaped from a secure facility), "What's he going to do, hurt me with his mind?"
** Likewise, Casey mutters "Shiny!" in another episode.
*** In "Chuck Vs. the Crown Victoria," Chuck comments, "Shiny," when he sees Casey waxing his car.
** At one point, he states that Chuck is "damaging his calm."
** In "Chuck versus the Fear Of Death," there's a low-key one when Casey is confronting [[SummerGlau Greta]], where he says the doesn't care "what ''crew'' you were on."

** Sarah, with black hair, wearing a form-fitting catsuit, and [[ActorAllusion reprising a previous role]]: "I love a good [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Suicide Mission]]."

* [[{{Superman}} Brandon Routh]] as Agent Shaw has donned glasses that look suspiciously like ones Clark Kent would wear.

* Other episodes have featured characters named Lo Pan and Jack Burton from BigTroubleInLittleChina.
** Point of fact, the character Ben Lo Pan is actually played by James Hong, who played David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China.

'''Casey:''' We're just happy to be doing good works.

* Casey has said lines Creator/AdamBaldwin has used before -- as Jayne in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. It's also hard to ignore that their initials are identical, which may or may not be intentional.

* In Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer we have [[{{Queen}} Farrokh Bulsara]].

* Nicole Richie's character Heather Chandler is named after the AlphaBitch in {{Heathers}}.

** "Come with me if you want to live," however, comes from ''TheTerminator''. In-show, it's uttered by Linda Hamilton, who [[ActorAllusion played Sarah Connor]] in that movie.
* "Chuck Versus the Balcony" riffs on a famous scene from ''TheCourtJester'' when trying to track a bottle of wine:

* In "Chuck Versus the Alma Mater," Casey quotes Creator/TheFiresignTheatre's "Nick Danger" sketch.

* In "Chuck Versus the Alma Mater," Casey quotes FiresignTheatre's "Nick Danger" sketch.

* Casey has said lines AdamBaldwin has used before -- as Jayne in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. It's also hard to ignore that their initials are identical, which may or may not be intentional.

* In "Chuck Versus the Fear of Death", [[AdamBaldwin Casey]] asks [[SummerGlau Greta]] what kind of "[[Series/{{Firefly}} crew]]" she used to be on.

* [[AdamBaldwin Agent Casey]] gets many an ActorAllusion, particularly to his role in {{Firefly}} and Film/{{Serenity}}:

Series/{{Chuck}}, the show, had dozens of shoutouts. Several per episode generally, to anything and everything geekworthy.

* The second season opener has a shout out to ''BatmanBegins'', the messenger who attacks Casey uses the same weapon that Jonathon Crane uses to dispense his fear toxin.

{{Chuck}}, the show, had dozens of shoutouts. Several per episode generally, to anything and everything geekworthy.

* The choreography during the final scene of "Chuck Versus the Ring" was largely lifted directly from ''TheMatrix''... this troper wasn't sure it was intentional until Chuck said "I know Kung Fu."

* Apparently, [[{{Lost}} Oceanic Flight 815]] was ''shot'' down.

* When Sarah tells Chuck that she wants to make love to him to improve their cover, he swallows his coffee and remarks "[[GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Hot coffee!]]"
* Issues of ''KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' are seen in Chuck's room. (The writer wrote in to the magazine itself once to point this fact out.)
* Chuck's room has a poster for the imaginary "Yakuza Prep," originally found in the bedroom of Seth on ''TheOC.'' (Also created by Josh Schwartz)

** Sarah, with black hair, wearing a form-fitting catsuit, and [[ActorAllusion reprising a previous role]]: "I love a good [[MassEffect2 Suicide Mission]]."

* Chuck is reading GameOfThrones at the start of "Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff"

* In "Chuck Versus the Frosted Tips", [[spoiler: an Intersected]] Morgan evades tranq shots in a style not unlike [[TheMatrix Neo]]. Incidentally, Carrie-Ann Moss (who played Trinity in the movies) made an appearance in the episode.

* [[AdamBaldwin Agent Casey]] gets many an ActorAllusion, particularly to his role in {{Firefly}} and {{Film/Serenity}}:

** That selfsame episode, "Chuck Versus the Cougars," also contains a shout out to ''RiskyBusiness'' with the side-plot at the Buy More mirroring that film fairly closely.

* The Christmas 2008 episode contains a shout-out to ''Film/DieHard'' when Reginald [=VelJohnson=] guest stars as Sgt. Al Powell of the Burbank Police Department. There's also a shoutout to ''Film/GroundhogDay'' with the hostage holder, "Ned Ryerson" (spelled differently on the show than in the movie).
* Several shout-outs to ''{{Casablanca}}'': "We'll always have Omaha." It's Ellie's favorite movie, as well.

* Chuck's room has a poster for the imaginary "Yakuza Prep," originally found in the bedroom of Seth on ''[[TheOC The O.C.]]'' (Also created by Josh Schwartz)

* In "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock", when one of the villains is going through the mailboxes in Chuck's appartment complex, it is revealed that Casey's neighbor is named ''[[{{TwentyFour}} Bauer]]''. When 24 was still running the shows were indeed "neighbors," since both aired on Monday night.

** Sarah, with black hair, wearing a form-fitting catsuit, and [[ActorAllusion reprising a previous role]]: "I love a good [[MassEffect2 Suicide Mission]]."

** Of course, Chuck seems to have the book open to the middle, whereas that event takes place right at the very beginning...

* Morgan helps fashion a prison escape by posing as a guard and reporting a "[[Film/ANewHope prisoner transfer from]] [[Film/{{THX1138}} CB 11, Section 3-8]]."

* At the end of "Chuck Versus the Kept Man", Casey is seen enjoying an episode of DowntonAbbey.