History ShoutOut / Chuck

* In "Chuck Versus First Class," Hannah sees a character played by StoneColdSteveAustin and tries to guess his profession-- "A professional wrestler, maybe?"

* "Chuck Versus the Cubic Z" includes an ActorAllusion between two of its guest stars, as [[spoiler:Stacy Keibler and StoneColdSteveAustin have a brief reprise match]].

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

* In "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" the VillainOfTheWeek is named [[{{Queen}} Farrokh Bulsara]].

** 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''.

* In "Chuck Versus the Mask", Hannah (Kristin Kreuk) mentions how handsome she thinks Shaw (Brandon Routh) looks. In that same scene, Chuck retorts with "Sure, if you're into the strong, Superman-y type of guy" - A twofer, as [[SupermanReturns Routh previously played Superman]], and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Kreuk previously played Clark Kent's first love]].

* The second season has two shout-outs to GrossePointeBlank- Chuck makes a reference to Sarah fighting rebellion in Paraguay with a fork which sounds very similar to Martin's claim to have killed a president of Paraguay with this eating utensil. The next episode has Sarah being forced to go to her high school reunion as part of an assignment, which fits the plot of that film.

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

* On more than one occasion, the team has deployed a GLG-20 listening device, a shout out to ''SpiesLikeUs''. Another such shout-out was when Chuck, pretending to be a doctor, had an extended "Doctor"-"Doctor" greeting with a villain doctor. Emmett Millbarge is a cross between the names of the two spies in the movie.
** Lets face it, ''SpiesLikeUs'' is a frequent target of Chuck shoutouts.

* Several shout-outs to ''{{Casablanca}}'': "We'll always have Omaha." It's Ellie's favorite movie, as well.
** "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" contains a bunch for ''{{Casablanca}}''. Cynical lone wolf Casey reopens an old wound when he unexpectedly encounters his old flame ''Ilsa'' and finds that she's about to marry ''Victor'', the movie plays in the background at the BuyMore when Ilsa comes to meet Casey, and at the end, after Ilsa leaves on a plane, Chuck says, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." (see WholePlotReference below).

* ''YTheLastMan'' is featured throughout the show multiple times. Chuck has a Y poster in his bedroom, Devon is shown reading the first issue while waiting for Chuck to wake up, Chuck is reading it at the bar to lure Manoosh. He refers to it as, "The greatest literary contribution of our time." --clearly one of the writers is a fan.

* One of Chuck's job interviews in "Chuck Versus the Anniversary" is at [[{{Seinfeld}} Vandalay Industries]].

** "Come with me if you want to live," however, comes from ''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''. In-show, it's uttered by Linda Hamilton, who [[ActorAllusion played Sarah Connor]] in that movie.

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

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

* In "Chuck Versus the Break-Up", Morgan says Mitt and his friends are giants and psychopaths. Mitt is played by Michael Strahan, better known for being a Hall of Fame defensive end for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague New York Giants]].

* Chuck keeps [[spoiler:the documents given to him by Orion]] hidden in an issue of ''ExMachina''.

* "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer," an episode about ''Missile Command'' and ''Rush'' also had a model of MazingerZ visible in one scene. Sharper-eyed viewers will also be able to glimpse the back of a model of Ultraman in that same sequence.

** Sarah dying her hair from blonde to black after "going rogue" mirrors a similar change from ''{{Salt}}''.

* Chuck constantly referring to Dr. Leo Dreyfus in "Chuck Versus the Tooth" (as played by ChristopherLloyd) as [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Doc."]] [[spoiler:He then gets Chuck [[OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest committed to a mental asylum]].]]

* In the episode "Chuck vs. the First Fight" Chuck meets with a MI6 handler called Tuttle [[spoiler: who turns out to be a cover identity for
Volkoff. "Tuttle" is also the name of a made-up officer in an episode of "Series/{{MASH}}"]]

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

* In "Chuck Versus the Leftovers," Mary Elizabeth Bartowski (played by Linda Hamilton) tells Chuck and Sarah to "[[TheTerminator Come with me if you want to live.]]"

* Volkoff, as played by TimothyDalton, has one. As it turns out, [[spoiler: he once worked for MI6.]]

* "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" has possibly the geekiest one of all - an explosive labeled "IG-88", the serial number of an assassin robot who was only named in the ''StarWars'' ExpandedUniverse.

* Casey brainwashing Lester into obeying Morgan is reminiscent of TheManchurianCandidate.

* In the episode "Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat" the name "Yakov Smirnoff" is seen, in one of Chuck's flashback's, in Russian.

* In the episode "Chuck vs. the First Fight" Chuck meets with a MI6 handler called Tuttle [[spoiler: who turns out to be a cover identity for Volkoff. "Tuttle" is also the name of a made-up officer in an episode of "Series/{{MASH}}"]]

Morgan: Clever girl.