History ShoutOut / Freefall

* 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 [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Cylon]],[[Film/RoboCop ED-209]] , Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]], [[Series/DoctorWho K9]], and even [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Noo-Noo]].

* 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 [[Film/ForbiddenPlanet Robbie]], a [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Cylon]], Manga/AstroBoy, a [[Series/RedDwarf Skutter]], [[Series/DoctorWho K9]], and even [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Noo-Noo]].

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2800/fc02793.htm 2793]]: A robot asks, rhetorically, "Do we sit with folded hands while humans hurt each other?" In Creator/JackWilliamson's "With Folded Hands" and sequels, well-intentioned robots attempt to protect humans by completely taking over their lives and preventing them from doing anything that might even possibly be harmful. (In Williamson's story it is the humans who sit with folded hands, having been left with literally nothing to do.)

* [[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/ff3200/fc03174.htm 3174]]: Sam explains the recurring motif in human mythologies of fire being stolen from the gods, with a [[Disney/{{Moana}} familiar interpretation]] of the Polynesian version.

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2300/fc02253.htm 2253]]: Blunt's invocation of YouShallNotPass references Gandalf from the film of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Compare:

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02169.htm 2169]]: Sam refers to the wall-climbing sequences in ''Series/{{Batman}}'' (which made it look easy because they were filmed on a flat set with the camera turned on its side).

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02070.htm 2070]]: Clippy (a ShoutOut itself, see below) says dialogue spoken by [[Film/BladeRunner Deckard]] word for word when examining a picture of Florence in a crowd of robots.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02075.htm 2075]]: Mr. Kornada's robot is named Clippy, after the default assistant in Microsoft Office.

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03311.htm 3311]], [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03312.htm 3312]] and [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03307.htm 3307]] When Sam tells the legend of how the Sqids stole fire from Bob, the three Sqids that perform the theft are [[Film/TheThreeStooges Lairee, Coily and Mho]].

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/xmas2009.htm The 2009 Christmas Day strip]] has Max Post reading about Christmas to the robot religious studies group. Specifically, it's the same reading Linus recites in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.

** As a science fiction comic, it's also possibly a shout out to Creator/RobertHeinlein who used the phrase more than once in his writing.

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03308.htm 3308]]: It appears that the Sqid maker god is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob Microsoft Bob]].

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02665.htm 2665]]: Sam guesses that the secret base might contain "ancient artifacts of power like [[http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/how-jpls-peanut-tradition-started-120815.htm JPL peanuts]] or [[http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/The_Fedora.php Sikorsky's fedora]]".

* When Sam tells the legend of how the Sqids stole fire from Bob, [[Film/TheThreeStooges the three Sqids]] that perform the theft are [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03311.htm Lairee]], [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03312.htm Coily]] and [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03307.htm Mho]].

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

* Another chase scene ends with [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03260.htm a slew of cameos]] and Doc from ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' informing everyone he needs to [[BreakingTheFourthWall start repairing the fourth wall]].
* It appears that [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3400/fc03308.htm the Sqid maker god]] is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob Microsoft Bob]].

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00350.htm 350]]: While seeking shelter during a hurricane, Florence ends up quoting the opening monologue of ''Series/TheTwilightZone''.

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02347.htm 2347]]: The police chief's mobility rig is named L Linear Rig B, AKA ''[[Music/YellowSubmarine Eleanor Rigby]]'' by
Music/TheBeatles. This must have confused some readers initially, because the author later ''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02640.htm stated]] the Chief calls her "Eleanor."

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02347.htm 2640]]: The police chief's mobility rig is named L Linear Rig B, a reference to Music/TheBeatles' song ''[[Music/YellowSubmarine Eleanor Rigby]].'' This must have confused some readers initially, because the author later ''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02640.htm stated]] the Chief calls her "Eleanor."

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02640.htm 2640]]: The police chief's mobility rig is named L Linear Rig B, a reference to Music/TheBeatles' song ''[[Music/YellowSubmarine Eleanor Rigby]].''

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02640.htm 2640]]: The police chief's mobility rig is named Eleanor Rig B, or "Eleanor" for short, a reference to Music/TheBeatles' song ''[[Music/YellowSubmarine Eleanor Rigby]].''

* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02374.htm 2374]]: Sam's reasons for pursuing the challenge of figuring out Kornada's scheme sound suspiciously like the reasons The Bandit gave Cletus for pursuing their own challenge, in ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit''.