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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02192.htm 2192]]: Max Post is playing ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'' or a similar game.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." For those who don't get the joke, long time {{Flash}} villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." For those who don't get the joke, long time {{Flash}} ComicBook/{{Flash}} villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart.



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].Comet.]]



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02413.htm 2413]]: Sam's explanation of why a criminal should not kill his victims makes sense to Qwerty, to his horror -- which he phrases [[EldritchAbomination as if a scene from Lovecraft]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02413.htm 2413]]: Sam's explanation of why a criminal should not kill his victims makes sense to Qwerty, to his horror -- which he phrases [[EldritchAbomination as if a scene from Lovecraft]].from]] [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]].
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01864.htm 1864]]: The store window has cameos of characters from several webcomics. The comment below this strip identifies the cameos.



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01987.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]].
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"




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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02413.htm 2413]]: Sam's explanation of why a criminal should not kill his victims makes sense to Qwerty, to his horror -- which he phrases [[EldritchAbomination as if a scene from Lovecraft]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''LiveActionFilm/{{Robocop}}''.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''LiveActionFilm/{{Robocop}}''.''Film/{{Robocop|1987}}''.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''LiveActionFilm/Robocop''.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''LiveActionFilm/Robocop''.''LiveActionFilm/{{Robocop}}''.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02299.htm 2299]]: One of the robot police quotes ''LiveActionFilm/Robocop''.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02017.htm 2017]]: A series of robots identify each other by their ID numbers. The numbers given are actually the birthdates of Creator/IsaacAsimov, Creator/LarryNiven, and Creator/JerryPournelle.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02075.htm 2075]]: Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02075.htm 2075]]: Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.[[invoked]]



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.htm 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.htm 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''TheBigBangTheory'''s ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.png 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.png htm 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01523.htm 1523]]: "Captain Sam's Super Secret [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Order_191 Special Order 191.]]" Found wrapped around three cigars in an envelope in the grass, no less.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01060.htm 1060]] Contains a poster advertising [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01060.htm 1060]] Contains 1060]]: There is a poster advertising [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]].paintball]].
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01064.htm 1064]]: There is a poster containing a picture of what is clearly Chrome and his mini whip Aurla from ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles''.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01060.htm 1060]] Contains a poster advertising ''[[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]]''.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01060.htm 1060]] Contains a poster advertising ''[[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]]''.[[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard paintball]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01110.htm 1110]]: Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant [[http://sakana-katana.deviantart.com/art/My-Freefall-Cameo-264594217 Sakana Katana]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01110.htm 1110]]: Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant [[http://sakana-katana.deviantart.com/art/My-Freefall-Cameo-264594217 Sakana Katana]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02335.png 2335]]: Mr. Kornada's socially impaired robot does a spot-on imitation of ''TheBigBangTheory'''s Sheldon when he's knocking on someone else's door.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon [[Film/FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.



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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fv02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fv02265.com/ff2300/fc02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.
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** Also in the same strip, we learn that the ship Florence was ''meant'' to join was 1071-[[CableNewsNetwork CNN]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01110.htm 1110]]: Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant [[http://sakana-katana.deviantart.com/art/My-Freefall-Cameo-264594217 Sakana Katana]].



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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01780.htm 1780]]: "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02075.htm 2075]]: Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02304.htm 2304]]: Mr. Raibert's phone demonstrates the advances in small speaker technology, in a shout out to the Maxell ad showing the listener [[GaleForceSound being blown away by the sound fidelity of one of Maxell's cassettes]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02304.com/ff2400/fc02305.htm 2304]]: 2305]]: Mr. Raibert's phone demonstrates the advances in small speaker technology, in a shout out to the Maxell ad showing the listener [[GaleForceSound being blown away by the sound fidelity of one of Maxell's cassettes]].



* "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."
* Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant Sakana Katana.
* Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.

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* "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."
* Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant Sakana Katana.
* Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CNN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CNN, 1071-CCN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes WCFields.

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes WCFields.Creator/WCFields.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02304.htm 2304]]: Mr. Raibert's phone demonstrates the advances in small speaker technology, in a shout out to the Maxell ad showing the listener [[GaleForceSound being blown away by the sound fidelity of one of Maxell's cassettes]].

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cassettes]].
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02312.htm 2312]]: one of the robots in a massive robot on robot fight has his head jacked up just like the classic "Rock'em Sock'em Robots" game.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02304.htm 2304]]: Mr. Raibert's phone demonstrates the advances in small speaker technology, in a shout out to the Maxell ad showing the listener [[GaleForceSound being blown away by the sound fidelity of one of Maxell's cassettes]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02253.htm 2253]]: Blunt's invocation of YouShallNotPass references Gandalf from the film of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Compare:
--> '''Gandalf:''' ''I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.... YOU SHALL NOT PASS!''
--> '''Blunt:''' ''I am a. Servant of humanity. Wielder. Of the rubber ball. YOU SHALL NOT PASS!''



* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02269.htm 2269]]: Florence uses "a descendant of the Power Pwn" to penetrate a computer network. The [[http://pwnieexpress.com/products/power-pwn Power Pwn]] is a real product, a computer hidden inside a power strip.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm 2296]]: The number of the motorcycle transponder Florence uses is [[LesMiserables 24601]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02269.htm 2269]]: Florence uses "a descendant of the Power Pwn" to penetrate a computer network. The [[http://pwnieexpress.com/products/power-pwn Power Pwn]] is a real product, product from 2012. It's [[http://www.zdnet.com/power-pwn-this-darpa-funded-power-strip-will-hack-your-network-7000001331/ a computer hidden inside disguised as a power strip.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm 2296]]: The number of the motorcycle transponder Florence uses the transponder for motorcycle 24601. [[Literature/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]] was prisoner 24601. The reference is [[LesMiserables 24601]].
timely; this comic appeared a few weeks after the film of ''[[Film/LesMiserables2012 Les Miserables]]'' did debut.



* For her break-in at Ecosystems Unlimited, Florence disguises herself with a [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm motorcycle transponder]] with the registry number [[LesMiserables 24601]].

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm 2296]]: The number of the motorcycle transponder Florence uses is [[LesMiserables 24601]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"

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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00440.htm 440]]: Sam and Helix enter a movie theater called Thimble Theater. It shows cartoons, because its name comes from ''Thimble Theater'', the comic strip that introduced ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}. Sam and Helix will watch a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00441.htm 441]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00451.htm 451]]: There are cameos from several other webcomics. The captions under each strip identify the characters and their source comics.

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* ShoutOut: A lot.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CNN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00047.htm 47]]: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" This is perhaps a reference to Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novel ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls'' (1985), but Heinlein did not make the quote. [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Panic Wikiquote traces the quote]] to an "anonymous U.S. military saying" (1929), and says that Herman Wouk's ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1952) spread the quote.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm 125]]: Sam blamed the NoodleIncident on "that spiky haired boy with the stuffed tiger", a reference to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00184.htm 184]]: Helix cares for a pair of rabbits that, unbeknownst to him, Florence intends to eat. He names them Bun-Bun (from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'') and Kevin (from ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'').
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 410]]: Florence deduces that, because she's not in an enchanted castle, it's a dog and not an animated mop (from Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'').
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00568.htm 568]]: "On the gripping hand" is a [[Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye Motie]] idiom.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00883.htm 883]]: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bail bondsmen of Earth..." This poem is an edit of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.#High_Flight High Flight]]''.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01115.htm 1115]]: "Looking at it that way, we're lucky every human planet isn't named Bob." In case you missed it, there is a poster of ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' in the background.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01212.htm 1212]]: "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]. Alien abduction of coffee."
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm 1372]]: "Klaatu! Barada! Doggy!" is a reference to ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill''.
** Every strip from [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01390.htm 1390]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01476.htm 1476]] features a cameo. The robot religious meeting has robots from just about every TV series or film with robots, including [[ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Cylon]], Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]] and [[Series/DoctorWho K9]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." For those who don't get the joke, long time {{Flash}} villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes WCFields.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm 2019]]: A robot playing chess in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: Joshua (after ''Film/WarGames''). Joshua quotes ''War Games'' on the next page.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02032.htm 2032]]: How to open a door: Talk about saying "mellon", like in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. The door opens, because "I thought I heard somebody talking out here."
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02210.htm 2210]]: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation Representation? Does that mean taxation?]]"
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fv02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02269.htm 2269]]: Florence uses "a descendant of the Power Pwn" to penetrate a computer network. The [[http://pwnieexpress.com/products/power-pwn Power Pwn]] is a real product, a computer hidden inside a power strip.
** "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."
** Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant Sakana Katana.
** Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.
** For her break-in at Ecosystems Unlimited, Florence disguises herself with a [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm motorcycle transponder]] with the registry number [[LesMiserables 24601]].

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''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' does ShoutOut a lot.

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* ShoutOut: A lot.
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[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CNN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]].
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00047.htm 47]]: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" This is perhaps a reference to Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novel ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls'' (1985), but Heinlein did not make the quote. [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Panic Wikiquote traces the quote]] to an "anonymous U.S. military saying" (1929), and says that Herman Wouk's ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1952) spread the quote.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm 125]]: Sam blamed the NoodleIncident on "that spiky haired boy with the stuffed tiger", a reference to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00184.htm 184]]: Helix cares for a pair of rabbits that, unbeknownst to him, Florence intends to eat. He names them Bun-Bun (from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'') and Kevin (from ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'').
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 410]]: Florence deduces that, because she's not in an enchanted castle, it's a dog and not an animated mop (from Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'').
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00568.htm 568]]: "On the gripping hand" is a [[Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye Motie]] idiom.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00883.htm 883]]: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bail bondsmen of Earth..." This poem is an edit of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.#High_Flight High Flight]]''.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01115.htm 1115]]: "Looking at it that way, we're lucky every human planet isn't named Bob." In case you missed it, there is a poster of ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' in the background.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01212.htm 1212]]: "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]. Alien abduction of coffee."
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm 1372]]: "Klaatu! Barada! Doggy!" is a reference to ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill''.
** * Every strip from [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01390.htm 1390]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01476.htm 1476]] features a cameo. The robot religious meeting has robots from just about every TV series or film with robots, including [[ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Cylon]], Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]] and [[Series/DoctorWho K9]].
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." For those who don't get the joke, long time {{Flash}} villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]].
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes WCFields.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm 2019]]: A robot playing chess in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: Joshua (after ''Film/WarGames''). Joshua quotes ''War Games'' on the next page.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02032.htm 2032]]: How to open a door: Talk about saying "mellon", like in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. The door opens, because "I thought I heard somebody talking out here."
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02210.htm 2210]]: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation Representation? Does that mean taxation?]]"
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fv02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.
** * [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02269.htm 2269]]: Florence uses "a descendant of the Power Pwn" to penetrate a computer network. The [[http://pwnieexpress.com/products/power-pwn Power Pwn]] is a real product, a computer hidden inside a power strip.
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"I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."
** * Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant Sakana Katana.
** * Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.
** * For her break-in at Ecosystems Unlimited, Florence disguises herself with a [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm motorcycle transponder]] with the registry number [[LesMiserables 24601]].
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* ShoutOut: A lot.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00005.htm Comic 5]]: The Savage Chicken's registry is 1071-CNN, a [[SdrawkcabName reversal]] to the [[Franchise/StarTrek USS Enterprise NCC-1701]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00047.htm 47]]: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" This is perhaps a reference to Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novel ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls'' (1985), but Heinlein did not make the quote. [[https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Panic Wikiquote traces the quote]] to an "anonymous U.S. military saying" (1929), and says that Herman Wouk's ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'' (1952) spread the quote.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00125.htm 125]]: Sam blamed the NoodleIncident on "that spiky haired boy with the stuffed tiger", a reference to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00184.htm 184]]: Helix cares for a pair of rabbits that, unbeknownst to him, Florence intends to eat. He names them Bun-Bun (from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'') and Kevin (from ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'').
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 410]]: Florence deduces that, because she's not in an enchanted castle, it's a dog and not an animated mop (from Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'').
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00568.htm 568]]: "On the gripping hand" is a [[Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye Motie]] idiom.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00883.htm 883]]: "Oh! I have slipped the surly bail bondsmen of Earth..." This poem is an edit of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.'s ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.#High_Flight High Flight]]''.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01115.htm 1115]]: "Looking at it that way, we're lucky every human planet isn't named Bob." In case you missed it, there is a poster of ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' in the background.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01212.htm 1212]]: "[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind Close Encounter of the Third Kind]]. Alien abduction of coffee."
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm 1372]]: "Klaatu! Barada! Doggy!" is a reference to ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill''.
** Every strip from [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01390.htm 1390]] to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01476.htm 1476]] features a cameo. The robot religious meeting has robots from just about every TV series or film with robots, including [[ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Cylon]], Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]] and [[Series/DoctorWho K9]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01683.htm 1683]]: When Sam needs to come up with an alias in a Cryogenics lab, he claims to be "Leonard Snart. Captain of this Cold facility." For those who don't get the joke, long time {{Flash}} villain Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00410.htm 1987]]: "Welcome. I'm Bennie, this is my jet." This is a reference to Music/EltonJohn's song, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_and_the_Jets "Bennie and the Jets"]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01995.htm 1995]]: "Please feel free to use the airsickness bag under your seat. A friend of mine is collecting. She's going to make a comet." It would be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet Vomit Comet]].
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm 1624]]: "My God, he's full of crickets!". [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]] of them, to be exact.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01902.htm 1902]]: Edge quotes WCFields.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm 2019]]: A robot playing chess in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: Joshua (after ''Film/WarGames''). Joshua quotes ''War Games'' on the next page.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02032.htm 2032]]: How to open a door: Talk about saying "mellon", like in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. The door opens, because "I thought I heard somebody talking out here."
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm 2044]]: Bennie quotes ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': "I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02210.htm 2210]]: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation Representation? Does that mean taxation?]]"
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fv02265.htm 2265]]: Sam stole the security passes from these scientists: [[Webcomic/TheWhiteboard Doc Nickel]], [[FlashGordon Doctor Zarkov]], [[WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest Doctor Quest]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]], [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]], [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Doctor Sivana]], [[Manga/AstroBoy Doctor Tenma]] and DoctorSolar.
** [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02269.htm 2269]]: Florence uses "a descendant of the Power Pwn" to penetrate a computer network. The [[http://pwnieexpress.com/products/power-pwn Power Pwn]] is a real product, a computer hidden inside a power strip.
** "I hate you, Sam. I hate you [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit more than any woman's ever hated a cephalopod]]."
** Both the ''FundayPawpetShow'' and viewer/participant Sakana Katana.
** Mr. Kornada's robot is named [[StopHelpingMe Clippy]], after the default search assistant in Microsoft Office.
** For her break-in at Ecosystems Unlimited, Florence disguises herself with a [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02296.htm motorcycle transponder]] with the registry number [[LesMiserables 24601]].

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