History ShoutOut / FanWorks

* In ''Night Shift'' ([[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]] link [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43195773 here]], Stefanie reads ''Literature/MitchAndAmy'' to Camilo.

* ''VideoGame/BlackHeart:''

** One of the students at Beacon is a stag faunus named [[Literature/HarryPotter Evan Potter]]. WordOfGod states that he's actually dating a girl named [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger "Harmony"]] and his best friend is named [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley "Rufus".]]

** In Chapter 27, Blake was reading the collected works of a poet named Coeur Azure, who is obviously based on notable RWBY fanfiction writer Creator/CoeurAlAran. One of Couer's OC creations Tsune is a minor side character since Chapter 2.

* ''[[Fanfic/WednesdayAndTheWeepingAngel Wednesday and the Shifter]]'' has WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere eating [[Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce an everything bagel]].

* ''ShoutOut/GalacticShiftExtend''

** The comm chatter during the fleet battle in chapter three contains lines borrowed from ''Film/ANewHope'', ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', and ''Film/TopGun''.

** One story arc has the Puppet play ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}''.

* ''ShoutOut/HarryAndTheShipGirls''

* In the ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' prequel fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3210906 The Butterfly Effect 0]]'', the head of the Sunnyvale Institution is [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Von Braun]]

** Yothga, a magic-eating plant found in Tartarus and which holds a powerful being imprisoned in its vines, is from the Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/TheScarletCitadel".* ''Fanfic/TheNonBronyverse'': TD's lectures to the [[FunWithAcronyms DORKS]] on the history of the Human race are entirely composed of references to everything from ''Franchise/StarWars'' to ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''.

** During the sleepover, the goths watch ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13779778/1/A-Man-of-Honor A Man of Honor]]'' contains a plethora of references to various crime fiction including ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/GoodFellas'', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'', ''Series/{{Narcos}}'', ''Film/TheDeparted'', ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', ''Series/TheSopranos'', ''Film/{{Casino}}'', ''Anime/BlackLagoon'', Film/LordOfWar and even games like ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings''.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13779778/1/A-Man-of-Honor A Man of Honor]]'' contains a plethora of references to various crime fiction including ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/GoodFellas'', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'', ''Series/{{Narcos}}'', ''Film/TheDeparted'', ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', ''Series/TheSopranos'', ''Film/{{Casino}}'', ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' and even games like ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings''.

* ''ShoutOut/{{Survivors}}''

!! Other Fan Works:

* There are ''tons'' in a ''FanFic/ACureForLove'': Matt hums the ''Franchise/StarWars'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 Imperial March]]" when [[BigBad Kira]] enters [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the meeting room.]] Also when Light gets a scar on one of their misadventures of getting shot at he grumbles in his InternalMonologue that it makes him look like ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Also in the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6866923/1/Last_Night_I_Dreamt_Somebody_Loved_Me deleted scenes]] Mello compares Light to the ByronicHero Heathcliff of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and his FreudianExcuse [[FridgeBrilliance is similar in this ficverse.]] There's a stealth one with the OriginalCharacter V who has a [[ComicBook/VForVendetta vendetta]]. Also "[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Matt had just been spectacularly killed by a zombie riding a unicycle]]" and Near points out that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "One does not simply walk into Mordor."]] Also when Light confides in L about [[DealWithTheDevil his little problem]] and why he can't just quit: "Think of [[Theatre/DoctorFaustus Faust]], L. It's Faust on a shorter time scale." And [[spoiler: Light's ultimate scheme]] is a shout out to ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''.
* ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'' has ''tons'' with {{Shout Out}}s to ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' , ''Manga/ShamanKing'', ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', ''Film/BattleLosAngeles'' and the theme song is [[Series/DoctorWho "I Can't Decide."]], Light and the taskforce sing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]], Light tells Misa that "[[Series/{{Highlander}} there can be only one]]", "Ooh Mad Libs!", "[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Your fridge is running.]]" [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Go Rem, ''fly!'' And do my bidding! Muwahahaha!"]], "WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Assemble!]]," Near asks for [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Amanda Hugankiss]], [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} the passcode is 1-2-3-4-5]], and new rule of the Death Note: "KlaatuBaradaNikto" does not mean "we come in peace" especially when said by Creator/KeanuReeves. Also the title of every episode is named ater a movie or pop culture reference. "Whatever happened to that missle?" *the [[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]] explodes*, and the mafia guy in the gimp mask speaks like [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Kenny.]] "[[Series/TheXFiles The truth is out there]]," [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} "Seek and destroy!"]], and then there's DaChief's [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann final words about MANLINESS and his theme song...]]
* In ''Fanfic/KiraSweetheart'' there's a Shout Out to the [[AdvertisingCampaigns "Got Milk?"]] commercial, L dreams of TabletopGame/CandyLand, [[PerkyGoth Misa shops at Hot Topic]], "An Excellent Day For An Exorcism" is a quote from ''Film/TheExorcist'', Rem's line [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLgPNilXHM4 "The conversion has already begun"]] is a Shout Out to Music/{{Disturbed}}, L declares [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd "I am the law,"]], [[spoiler: L gets Ryuk]] hooked on ''VideoGame/EverQuest'', [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]] is Light's attending physician, L pays for [[spoiler: Light's surgery]] with his [[Film/BatmanForever L-Credit Card]], Light and L watch ''Manga/BlackButler'', and the title of the last chapter, Sugarcoat, aside from being an IncrediblyLamePun was inspired by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2gCAiDETM the song]] by Music/BreakingBenjamin. Also there's a couple of stealth ones: one to Film/TheGodfather ([[spoiler: even badass mafia hitmen know it's not fun getting stabbed in the hand]]). Another scene is inspired by an episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' [[spoiler: where the doctor restricts the crew from eating their [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite foods]] and [[WholePlotReference they deal with it by trying to switch their plates around.]]]]
* In the [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Fanfic/MyStupidReality'' the first books Light read as a child that had any substance to them were ''[[Literature/EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'', ''Literature/EndersGame'', and ''Literature/BattleRoyale''--this is what causes the canon divergence because after finishing this reading list young Light Yagami decides it might be more prudent to [[ObfuscatingStupidity hide his genius]]. Later when on the run [[FallenHero from L]], Light sets up a false trail for his pursuers that leads them [[{{Film/Fargo}} through Minnesota to Fargo, North Dakota.]] There are also shout outs to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.

* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/35939 Like gold to ayery thinnesse beate]]'' has Will doubling over in laughter when [[spoiler: Lyra]] tells him she put a [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia wardrobe over an opening to another world.]]

** Reynold's line “Ahh, that was the best one yet, I feel bad for who has to go in there next.” is a parody of a line from {{WebVideo/Phelous}}'s Beauty and the Beast review.

** In “Because I Knew You”, Peter and Wanda first admit their knowledge of each other's secrets after watching the play when Wanda and Peter are each struck by the similarities between them and Elphaba, Wanda obviously drawing analogies to how Elphaba was condemned as the villain and Peter comparing his current secret to how Elphaba never told Glinda the truth about her survival.
** In “Clea Cut” [[spoiler: after Wanda is manipulated into dreamwalking into her counterpart in another world, the already-displaced Peter of her world confirms her identity by singing lines from ''Wicked''; he had already established that show doesn't exist in Earth-717, so the "local" Wanda wouldn't understand the reference]].
** Aside from ''Wicked'', it’s stated that several 80s horror movies were inspired by contact with the Dark Dimension, such as dreamwalking inspiring [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]; Clea mentions that the Dark Dimension is still earning royalties from a writer who created a series about “[[Franchise/EvilDead a Darkhold ripoff and a guy with a chainsaw hand]]”.

* In ''Fanfic/TheOtherSideMemoriaeterna'', after the Snap killed the ''other'' half of the universe, when Yelena Belova makes contact with Peter Parker she concludes her introduction by saying “I think you are missing a Black Widow on your team so [[Literature/TheHungerGames I volunteer as tribute]], Peter Parker.”

'''Princess Luna,[[spoiler: newly infused with Terra's magic]]:''' Taller.

-->'''Esteem:''' “It is useless to resist! Don’t let yourself be destroyed as your mother did!”

** In chapter 18, [[spoiler: Nyx/Nightmare Moon deals with a [[TheUsualAdversaries scorpio]] by [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 grabbing its tail, swinging it in circles, and throwing it]] towards the Everfree Forest]].

** Blair responds to Piro's needling about [[spoiler: Libra's actions]] in Chapter 25 with a line similar to one uttered by Gordon in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'':

--->"I suppose we can do this your way, [[spoiler: little clone]]," Zemblani said. "Prepare to meet 'thy' doom!"\\

** [[spoiler: The entire story is a shout-out to a proposal for an [[http://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of-honor/ as yet unbuilt nuclear waste storage facility.]] TheReveal turns the story into a {{Horror}} story, as the reader realizes that the ponies who got sick are suffering from radiation sickness.]]
--->[[spoiler: This is not a place of honor. No great deed is commemorated here. Nothing of value is here.]]

** In Chapter 33, Nora sings a personalized cover of "I’m Super" from ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''.

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'''Oliver:''' …Next thing I know you’ll be fighting trash cans and offering everyone jelly babies.

** The "[[spoiler: Chris gets raped by a giant demonic fly-wasp hybrid]]" scene may or may not be a reference to as similar scene from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.

** [[spoiler: Tails's funeral]] in the rewrite of Episode 78 is an homage to [[spoiler: Spock's funeral]] in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' - and it's [[TearJerker just as powerful]].

* In ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'' there is one to ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' in Chapter 45 of Part 1 [[spoiler: More specifically, the act of having the Star Spirits appear and using their energy to [[SuperMode power-up]] Mario and the other heroes,]] a concept which, while it didn't get to appear in the actual series, was shown in the intro.

** In Chapter 4, David's last conversation with his father Lawrence is a near word-for-word remake of the last conversation [[Film/TheForceAwakens Han Solo]] has with [[spoiler: his son, Ben (Kylo Ren)]], while Diesel 10 thanks the dieselworks worker who helped him (unaware of who he is) with nearly the same words [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]] uses to thank Tinkerbell for showing him Peter's hideout before locking her in a lantern.

** Chapter 7 is titled "[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker The Rise of Rider]]", and the final battle with Diesel 10 plays out similarly to the final battle from the movie. In addition, David's last words with [[spoiler: the ghost of his father Lawrence]] are a near word-for-word reworking of [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Vader's last words to Luke]]. In the same chapter, David quotes [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dumbledore]] during his confrontation with Diesel 10:

** In Chapter 8, David's [[spoiler: reunion with his mother]] plays out similarly to [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka's reunion with his father.]] It even contains reworkings of several lines from said reunion.

* In Chapter 3 of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13887970/1/The-Brother-s-Grimm The Brother's Grimm]]'', David's attempts at comforting Bernard and giving him a pep talk (as well as Bernard's angry rant) are near word-for-word remakes of one of [[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet Silver and Jim's conversations]], while Bernard's conversation with [[spoiler: the ghost of Lawrence]] is lifted from Yoda and Luke's conversation in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.

** Freddy's newsstand sells several comic-books: ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]]'', ''Crime Does Not Pay'' (a book published by Lev Gleason from 1942 to 1955) and ''Frontline Combat'' (an Creator/ECComics war book that was cancelled in 1954, only twelve months after the final issue of ''Marvel Family'').

** Beast Boy's Let's Player sign-off references both LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} and WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}

** WordOfGod hasn't confirmed this one yet, but the fact that Luna has a magma-powered forge and warns Scootaloo against exploring the castle cellars on her own has led [=SpaceBattles=] to conclude that she set [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress the Hidden Fun Stuff]] loose in her big sister's basement. Whether or not Canterlot also has a [[{{LetsPlay/Boatmurdered}} Fuck The World lever]] is also unknown as yet.