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** One strip showed a housewife telling her husband (who is carrying a flute and has a group of rats behind him) to take the rats down to a lake. This references the story of Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin, who used his musical abilities to get rid of the rats of Hamelin by taking them to a nearby river and drowning them.

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** One strip has an old crocodile calling an old man (with an eyepatch and a hook for a hand) and saying "Tick-tock" over and over again. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', which has a crocodile that pursues Captain Hook (who has an eyepatch and a hook for a hand). The crocodile has an ticking alarm clock inside of him that always alerts Hook that the crocodile is approaching.
** One strip has a cleaning lady in a primate research laboratory jumping up to try to get a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling. This is a reference to a scene in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' where Dr. Zira (a humanoid chimpanzee) is given a test of her intelligence by primate researchers that involves getting to a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling.

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** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''
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One strip has an old crocodile calling an old man (with an eyepatch and a hook for a hand) and saying "Tick-tock" over and over again. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', which has a crocodile that pursues Captain Hook (who has an eyepatch and a hook for a hand). The crocodile has an ticking alarm clock inside of him that always alerts Hook that the crocodile is approaching.
*** A strip has a woman inside a house saying that she heard a large bird hit the window. Outside, the body of a man wearing a ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''-style costume is lying below the window.
** One strip has a cleaning lady housewife talking to her scientist husband, who has the head of a fly. This is a reference to the film ''Film/TheFly1958'', in which a scientist gains the head of a fly after an accident with a teleportation machine.
** One strip had a man talking to a doctor, saying that he's "come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee" (and he does, in fact, have a banjo-shaped protrusion on his knee). This is a reference to the song "Oh Susanna", which has that line in it.
** A strip has two gorillas
in a primate research laboratory jumping up zoo after a man falls into their enclosure. One gorilla says to try to get a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling. other "Looks like it's time for the old luggage test." This is a reference to a scene in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' where Dr. Zira (a humanoid chimpanzee) is given a test series of her intelligence by primate researchers that involves getting 1980s American Tourister commercials which showed a gorilla doing everything it could to a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling.damage one of their suitcases and failing.

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** One strip has an old crocodile calling an old man (with an eyepatch and a hook for a hand) and saying "Tick-tock" over and over again. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', which had a crocodile that pursued Captain Hook (who had an eyepatch and a hook for a hand). The crocodile had an ticking alarm clock inside of him that always alerted Hook that the crocodile was approaching.

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** One strip has an old crocodile calling an old man (with an eyepatch and a hook for a hand) and saying "Tick-tock" over and over again. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', which had has a crocodile that pursued pursues Captain Hook (who had has an eyepatch and a hook for a hand). The crocodile had has an ticking alarm clock inside of him that always alerted alerts Hook that the crocodile was approaching.is approaching.
** One strip has a cleaning lady in a primate research laboratory jumping up to try to get a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling. This is a reference to a scene in ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' where Dr. Zira (a humanoid chimpanzee) is given a test of her intelligence by primate researchers that involves getting to a banana hanging on a rope from the ceiling.
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** One strip has an old crocodile calling an old man (with an eyepatch and a hook for a hand) and saying "Tick-tock" over and over again. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', which had a crocodile that pursued Captain Hook (who had an eyepatch and a hook for a hand). The crocodile had an ticking alarm clock inside of him that always alerted Hook that the crocodile was approaching.
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--->''Every Saturday morning, while his playmates patiently waited, little Normy Bates]] would always take a few extra minutes to yell at his “dog.”''

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--->''Every Saturday morning, while his playmates patiently waited, little Normy Bates]] Bates would always take a few extra minutes to yell at his “dog.”''

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** One strip has a group of boys waiting for their friend to come join them.
-->''Every Saturday morning, while his playmates patiently waited, little [[Film/{{Psycho}} Normy Bates]] would always take a few extra minutes to yell at his “dog.”''

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** ''Film/{{Psycho}}''
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One strip has a group of boys waiting for their friend to come join them.
-->''Every --->''Every Saturday morning, while his playmates patiently waited, little [[Film/{{Psycho}} Normy Bates]] would always take a few extra minutes to yell at his “dog.”''”''
*** One strip has a woman taking a shower. Unlike the film, where a person attacked the woman in the shower, a ''military tank'' breaks through the wall. The caption is ''Psycho III''.
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** One comic has a lobster about to be put in a pot of boiling water saying "Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There's no place like home! There's no place like home.", a reference to two lines in the film version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** One comic has a horse walking out of a theater showing ''Film/TheGodfather'' looking terrified and a person with them saying "Get ahold of yourself! It was only a movie, for crying out loud!" This is a reference to the scene in the film where a horse's head is left on Jack Woltz's bed to scare him.

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** One comic strip has a lobster about to be put in a pot of boiling water saying "Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There's no place like home! There's no place like home.", a reference to two lines in the film version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** One comic strip has a horse walking out of a theater showing ''Film/TheGodfather'' looking terrified and a person with them saying "Get ahold of yourself! It was only a movie, for crying out loud!" This is a reference to the scene in the film where a horse's head is left on Jack Woltz's bed to scare him.

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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has a comic with a lobster about to be put in a pot of boiling water saying "Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There's no place like home! There's no place like home.", a reference to two lines in the film version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''
** One strip
has a group of boys waiting for their friend to come join them.
-->''Every Saturday morning, while his playmates patiently waited, little [[Film/{{Psycho}} Normy Bates]] would always take a few extra minutes to yell at his “dog.”''
** Another strip has the police investigating a brutal bar fight. As the witness recalls;
-->''"...So [[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} this sailor dude]] whips out a can of spinach, this [[ThemeMusicPowerUp crazy music]] starts playing, and... well, just look at this place!"''
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comic with has a lobster about to be put in a pot of boiling water saying "Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There's no place like home! There's no place like home.", a reference to two lines in the film version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** One comic has a horse walking out of a theater showing ''Film/TheGodfather'' looking terrified and a person with them saying "Get ahold of yourself! It was only a movie, for crying out loud!" This is a reference to the scene in the film where a horse's head is left on Jack Woltz's bed to scare him.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has a comic with a lobster about to be put in a pot of boiling water saying "Auntie Em, Auntie Em! There's no place like home! There's no place like home.", a reference to two lines in the film version of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

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* ''ComicStrip/SabrinaAtSeeCAD'':
** ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' gets a few, with Sabrina watching an episode while procrastinating her homework. Tabitha also copies her dialogue from Mindy as well.
** Sabrina's stress paying her tuition at the college bursar mimics Creator/WilliamShatner's over-acting style in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
** The ''{{ComicStrip/Garfield}}'' coffee mug Sabrina uses.
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* ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'':
** Eve sometimes sleeps on her ironing board, in a tribute to Snoopy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.
** [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me006414.jpg One 2017 Sunday strip]] was named [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Eskom's Life of Brian Molefe"]], reflecting the then-current corruption scandal with lyrics set to the tune of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
** [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me006462.jpg This strip]] is one to Music/{{Queen}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody".

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** A recurring setting is the café "Orwell's", established 1984, a reference to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's Literature/NineteenEightyFour.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Elvie}}'':
** A stick figure has a son named "[=Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--=]", just like in Webcomic/{{XKCD}}.
** Elvie remakes a Franchise/SuperMarioBros game, replacing Mario with the Linux mascot Tux.
** Elvie tries to sell a Series/DoctorWho scarf.
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** In the strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-06.gif September 6th 2013]], there's a Siamese cat and Grimm is looking for "the other one", a reference to Disney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', which featured a pair of sly and nasty Siamese cats.

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** In the strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-06.gif September 6th 2013]], there's a Siamese cat and Grimm is looking for "the other one", a reference to Disney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', which featured a pair of sly and nasty Siamese cats.

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%%* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Hobbes once used Crisco to style Calvin's hair into ''Manga/AstroBoy'''s pointy-horn-hair. Hobbes points this out, which Calvin (and later Suzie) thinks is awesome.
%%** In one Sunday strip, Calvin's parents admire a ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' comic strip in a museum. If they're not in museums, they should be.
%%** The names Calvin and Hobbes are taken from a 16th-century theologian (John Calvin) and a 17th-century philosopher (Thomas Hobbes).

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' had a moment coming at the end of a (week's worth) discussion by Roger and Andy about the success of the ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic (which might also count as an extended Shout Out.) In the end, they conclude that ''Dilbert'' is likely popular simply based on its own merits, meaning that [[FollowTheLeader emulation of a current success]] isn't a particularly good idea. Jason (drawn in a slightly different style) then runs in, telling his parents to [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes check out the cool stuffed tiger he found]].

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' had a moment coming at the end of a (week's worth) discussion by Roger and Andy about the success of the ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic (which might also count as an extended Shout Out.) Out). In the end, they conclude that ''Dilbert'' is likely popular simply based on its own merits, meaning that [[FollowTheLeader emulation of a current success]] isn't a particularly good idea. Jason (drawn in a slightly different style) then runs in, telling his parents to [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes check out the cool stuffed tiger he found]].



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'''Andy:''' I miss [[GoodMorningAmerica Bryant and Kate]].\\
'''Jason:''' I miss [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf and Data]]\\

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'''Andy:''' I miss [[GoodMorningAmerica [[Series/GoodMorningAmerica Bryant and Kate]].\\
'''Jason:''' I miss [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf and Data]]\\Data]].\\



** Rob's tastes in music, television, sports teams, etc. frequently involve {{Shout Out}}s to same.

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** Rob's tastes in music, television, sports teams, etc. frequently involve {{Shout Out}}s shout outs to same.



** In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/3f0e8cb0225d013136f7001dd8b71c47 strip for November 9th 2013]], Bucky is hit on the head by a tomato thrown at him from behind him. He says "It came from...behind", a reference to a line spoken by a Rebel pilot in ''Film/ANewHope'' during the attack on the Death Star. The pilot said "They came from... behind" in reference to attacks by Darth Vader and his Imperial TIE fighter wingmen.

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** In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/3f0e8cb0225d013136f7001dd8b71c47 strip for November 9th 9th, 2013]], Bucky is hit on the head by a tomato thrown at him from behind him. behind. He says says, "It came from...behind", behind," a reference to a line spoken by a Rebel pilot in ''Film/ANewHope'' during the attack on the Death Star. The pilot said said, "They came from... behind" behind," in reference to attacks by Darth Vader and his Imperial TIE fighter wingmen.



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'''Mother Goose''': A history channel show about presidents.\\

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'''Mother Goose''': A history channel History Channel show about presidents.\\



'''Mother Goose''': Grimm, president Garfield and the cat are two different people.
** In the strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-06.gif September 6th 2013]], there's a Siamese cat and Grimm is looking for "the other one", a reference to Disney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' which featured a pair of sly and nasty Siamese cats.

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'''Mother Goose''': Grimm, president President Garfield and the cat are two different people.
** In the strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-06.gif September 6th 2013]], there's a Siamese cat and Grimm is looking for "the other one", a reference to Disney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', which featured a pair of sly and nasty Siamese cats.



* ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe''. In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/bc1aa880f729013013b2001dd8b71c47 strip for September 11th, 2013]] a cat is wrapped around a postman's face. Poncho says "Kitty drool. Great defense mechanism. You don't dare remove it or you get cat saliva all over yourself." This is a reference to the film ''Film/{{Alien}}'', in which Kane had an alien facehugger wrapped around his face. After Ash tried to cut it off with a laser, it dripped powerful acid and Parker said "It's got a wonderful defence mechanism. You don't dare kill it."

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* ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe''. ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe'': In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/bc1aa880f729013013b2001dd8b71c47 strip for September 11th, 2013]] 2013]], a cat is wrapped around a postman's face. Poncho says says, "Kitty drool. Great defense mechanism. You don't dare remove it or you get cat saliva all over yourself." This is a reference to the film ''Film/{{Alien}}'', in which Kane had an alien facehugger wrapped around his face. After Ash tried to cut it off with a laser, it dripped powerful acid and Parker said said, "It's got a wonderful defence defense mechanism. You don't dare kill it."
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* At some point, nearly every comic strip (and webcomic) has had a ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. See ReferencedBy.{{Peanuts}} for the list. [[http://www.chivian.com/chivian/PeanutsTribute.html Forty comic strips]] did a shout out to ''Peanuts'' in one day.

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%%* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Hobbes once used Crisco to style Calvin's hair into ''Manga/AstroBoy'''s pointy-horn-hair. Hobbes points this out, which Calvin (and later Suzie) thinks is awesome.
%%** In one Sunday strip, Calvin's parents admire a ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' comic strip in a museum. If they're not in museums, they should be.
%%** The names Calvin and Hobbes are taken from a 16th-century theologian (John Calvin) and a 17th-century philosopher (Thomas Hobbes).
* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' author Bil Keane did a few for Disney, where his son [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Keane Glen]] works as an animator. Current ''Family Circus'' artist Jeff Keane did this [[http://i.imgur.com/FBxhi.gif Halloween 2012]] shout-out, which is probably the first (not to mention oddly specific) mention of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' in newspaper comics.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Foxtrot}}'' had a moment coming at the end of a (week's worth) discussion by Roger and Andy about the success of the ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic (which might also count as an extended Shout Out.) In the end, they conclude that ''Dilbert'' is likely popular simply based on its own merits, meaning that [[FollowTheLeader emulation of a current success]] isn't a particularly good idea. Jason (drawn in a slightly different style) then runs in, telling his parents to [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes check out the cool stuffed tiger he found]].
-->'''Roger:''' Maybe we should include the recent past in that statement, too...\\
'''Andy:''' I don't know. There's something to be said for nostalgia.
** [[SerialEscalation FOUR]] were packed into this strip:
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'''Paige:''' I miss [[Series/BeverlyHills90210 Brandon and Dylan]].\\
'''Peter:''' I miss [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart and Homer]].\\
'''Andy:''' I miss [[GoodMorningAmerica Bryant and Kate]].\\
'''Jason:''' I miss [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf and Data]]\\
'''Roger:''' (eating the marshmallows) Am I, um, missing something?
** The strip made a double reference to ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2012/04/01/ the April 1, 2012, strip]].
* ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy''
** The [[http://community-2.webtv.net/Taimm/THERESATOWELDNA4FR/ tribute to Douglas Adams' death]] (about two-thirds of the way down the page).
** Rob's tastes in music, television, sports teams, etc. frequently involve {{Shout Out}}s to same.
** There is a member of the Cat Mafia named Whitey. Whitey is the nickname of James Bulger, a former Irish mobster who operated out of the Boston area.
** [[http://comics.com/get_fuzzy/2011-05-16/ This strip]] references ''VideoGame/ZeroWing''.
** In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/3f0e8cb0225d013136f7001dd8b71c47 strip for November 9th 2013]], Bucky is hit on the head by a tomato thrown at him from behind him. He says "It came from...behind", a reference to a line spoken by a Rebel pilot in ''Film/ANewHope'' during the attack on the Death Star. The pilot said "They came from... behind" in reference to attacks by Darth Vader and his Imperial TIE fighter wingmen.
* ''ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm''
** To ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''
*** There's one in a strip during a 2004 story arc where Grimm goes to a veterinarian. While the vet was talking to Mother Goose, he briefly morphs into Garfield but still wears the doctor clothes, prompting Grimm to cry out, "NURSE!"
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---->'''Grimmy''': What are you watching?\\
'''Mother Goose''': A history channel show about presidents.\\
'''Grimmy''': [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} When did he grow that ugly beard? Did they serve lasagna at his inauguration? Was Odie his vice president?]]\\
'''Mother Goose''': Grimm, president Garfield and the cat are two different people.
** In the strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-06.gif September 6th 2013]], there's a Siamese cat and Grimm is looking for "the other one", a reference to Disney's ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' which featured a pair of sly and nasty Siamese cats.
** The strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2013/MGG-2013-09-18.gif September 18th, 2013]] parodied a Geico commercial which had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBhP0EQ1lA camel wandering around an office on Wednesday asking people what day it was so they would say "hump day"]].
* ''ComicStrip/PoochCafe''. In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/bc1aa880f729013013b2001dd8b71c47 strip for September 11th, 2013]] a cat is wrapped around a postman's face. Poncho says "Kitty drool. Great defense mechanism. You don't dare remove it or you get cat saliva all over yourself." This is a reference to the film ''Film/{{Alien}}'', in which Kane had an alien facehugger wrapped around his face. After Ash tried to cut it off with a laser, it dripped powerful acid and Parker said "It's got a wonderful defence mechanism. You don't dare kill it."

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