History ShoutOut / GoodEats

* At the start of "Immersion Therapy", Alton discusses a lifelong interest in TimeTravel. During this monologue, he reveals his replica of a famous British time machine model, the TARDIS from ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* The fourth episode of The Return, Immersion Therapy, ends the episode with Alton leaving the set in [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]. It doesn't make the iconic sound, but that probably just means he took the breaks off.

'''Male Chorus:''' "Spamspamspamspamspamspamspam..."\\

** When Alton says that one of the classic elements of a good punch is spice, his assistant intones "[[Franchise/{{Dune}} He who controls the spice controls the universe!]]". Alton tells him to lay off the sci-fi, to which he replies "The spice must flow!"

* The fourth episode of The Return, Immersion Therapy, ends the episode with Alton leaving the set in [[DoctorWho the TARDIS]]. It doesn't make the iconic sound, but that probably just means he took the breaks off.

* Alton dresses up--and acts--as ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} in the show's spinach salad episode.

* [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's Up, Duck?"]] features numerous cartoon [=shoutout=]s as Alton conducts thermodynamic experiment on duck-shaped subjects named [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Daffy]], [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Darkwing]], [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald]], WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}, and [[Comicbook/HowardTheDuck Howard]].

** Alton somehow manages to squeeze in a Pac-Man reference in "Stew Romance", thanks to a strategically cut disc of beef fat.

* At the start of "Immersion Therapy", Alton discusses a lifelong interest in TimeTravel. During this monologue, he reveals his replica of a famous British time machine model, the TARDIS from '"Series/DoctorWho''.

* Dishes and ingredients that are seen either as unpalatable or difficult to work with are displayed in "The Food Gallery", an AffectionateParody of [[Series/TheTwilightZone Rod Serling]]'s ''Series/NightGallery''.

* A papier-maché chicken comes in after knocking on his door, and thus so he goes to "[[Literature/TheRaven Fry Some More]]".

* [[Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls "For Whom the Cheese Melts".]]
* [[Literature/TheHouseOfTheRisingSun "House of the Rising Bun".]]

--> '''Alton:''' You youngsters are just going to have to look that one up.

--> '''Alton:''' Liver and onions are on permanent display here...

** If you pay close enough attention to the members of the band, you may notice that the bongo player is [[WesternAnimation/TweetyAndSylvester Tweety]], in mutated form, from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''Hyde and Go Tweet''.

* The series about alchohol is named [[{{Music/Madonna}} "True Brew"]].

* References are made to Music/SimonAndGarfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" whenever Alton brings up any of the song's herbal medley of parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
* In "I, Pie", Alton brings up Music/LimpBizkit as a way to describe a poorly constructed lemon meringue pie crust.

* "Tamale Never Dies" is a play at Literature/JamesBond, and during the episode Alton's fridge has Alton himself drawn as Bond, complete with stylized title. The episode, however, contains a parody of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. "Raising the Bar" featured an appearance by James Bond in "person", where Alton took his signature drink order ("Vodka martini, shaken, not stirred") then proceeded to make the drink with gin and stirred it (with reasons for both steps). "Bond" loved the drink.

* In the peanut episode, George Washington Carver's ghost gets revenge on Alton for ignoring peanuts by filling his bed with them. [[Film/TheGodfather When he wakes up in the morning, he throws back the gold silk sheets to discover them and screams in terror]].

* In the peanut episode, George Washington Carver's ghost gets revenge on Alton for ignoring peanuts by filling his bed with them. [[Film/TheGodfather When he wakes up in the morning, he throws back the gold silk sheets to discover them and begins scream in terror]].

* The series about alchohol is named [[{{Music/Madonna}} "True Brew"]]

* Pantry Raid V contains multiple references to ''Film/AnimalHouse'', as the introduction to ramen takes place in, appropriately enough, a dorm.

--> '''Alton:''' Does something about this scenario seem oddly familiar?\\

* [[Literature/TheSunAlsoRises "The Dough Also Rises".]]

* From the episode about pomegranates--in the segment about grenadine syrup's use in cocktails, Alton demonstrates by making a Tequila Sunrise. When he's done, he proudly presents it with the comment "There you are--[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila_Sunrise_(song) an Eagles concert in a glass!"]]

* The animations featured in later-season episodes are done in a pastiche of Creator/TerryGilliam's style. They even used the Liberty Bell march as BGM on more than one occasion.[[note]]In "Raising the Bar", the classic cocktails episode, and in the one-hour Thanksgiving special "Romancing the Bird", wherein Brown makes cornbread pudding while blindfolded.[[/note]]

"No, Mr. Pear, [[PrepareToDie I expect you to die.]]"

* Alton would occasionally poke fun at other Creator/FoodNetwork personalities, especially Emeril Lagasse and his "BAM!" shtick. After Emeril left FN, Alton seemed to prefer tweaking Creator/RachaelRay instead. There's also been a few instances of the show [[ContinuityNod referencing]] ''[[ContinuityNod itself]]'', usually by quoting older episodes in the context of whatever the newer episode is doing.

* "Scrap Iron Chef" is a hybrid parody of ''Series/IronChef'' and ''Series/JunkyardWars''.[[note]]HilariousInHindsight, considering Alton's ''Cutthroat Kitchen'' demonstrates elements from this episode.[[/note]]

* Alton gives a ShoutOut to Music/LedZeppelin in "It's a Pan, It's a Dish, It's Paella!"

* The entire Season 12 episode "Oh My, Meat Pie" is one huge ''SweeneyTodd'' shout out, along with all the unfortunate implications about [[ImAHumanitarian the meat]] used in that episode. It also had an ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' ShoutOut when Mr. Todd is chopping up vegetables.

* "Bean Stalker" has Chuck [[JackAndTheBeanstalk eagerly wanting to grow a giant beanstalk]]. After receiving a goose named [[MeaningfulName Goldie]] near the episode's end, Alton soon [[LampshadeHanging realizes the situation mimics a certain children's tale]].

* "Bean Stalker" has Chuck [[''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' eagerly wanting to grow a giant beanstalk]]. After receiving a goose named [[MeaningfulName Goldie]] near the episode's end, Alton soon [[LampshadeHanging realizes the situation mimics a certain children's tale]].

** In the same episode, Alton protests an outrageous restaurant price with [[TrueGrit "Fill your hands you son of a--"]] [[CurseCutShort "SHHHH!"]]

--> '''Alton:''' Does something about this scenario seem oddly familiar?
'''Giant:''' Fee, fi, fo, fum!

* [[Series/TheXFiles "The Egg Files".]] Enough said!
* [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Deep Space Slime"]], which talks about gelatin desserts.

** On several occasions, AB has asked people to name things that float, and once he did the list himself. [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "Ducks", "small rocks", and one time, "witches".]] In his book ''Good Eats: The Early Years'', Alton openly admits that the opening of "What's Up Duck?" is a nod to ''Holy Grail''.

* "Bean Stalker" has Chuck [[''Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk'' wanting to grow a giant beanstalk]]. Alton even lampshades this at the end after receiving a goose named [[MeaningfulName Goldie]].

* [[Literature/HouseOfTheRisingSun "House of the Rising Bun".]]

* "True Brew II: [[Creator/MrT Mr. Tea]]"[[note]]Also a possible reference to the Mr. Coffee brand of coffee makers.[[/note].

* References are usually made to [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel "Scarborough Fair"]] whenever Alton brings up any of the song's parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme--even referring to the duo by name.

* The dark chocolate special is named "[[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Turn On the Dark]]", and in order to illustrate the old adage "Good things come in small packages", Alton pulls out the actual Noisy Cricket prop from ''Film/MenInBlack''. Later in that same episode, Thing holds up a seltzer sprayer, causing Alton to respond "[[Film/{{Tombstone}} Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...]]"

* Alton dresses as ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} in the show's spinach salad episode.

* [[Literature/HouseOfTheRisingBun "House of the Rising Bun".]]

* "True Brew II: [[Creator/MrT Mr. Tea]]".[[note]]Also a possible reference to the Mr. Coffee brand of coffee makers.[[/note]

** In the same episode, Alton protests an outrageous restaraunt price with [[TrueGrit "Fill your hands you son of a--"]] [[CurseCutShort "SHHHH!"]]

* A chicken (actually a plushie) comes in after knocking on his door, and thus so he goes to "[[Literature/TheRaven Fry Some More]]".

* In the Power Bar episode, Alton has questions about the ingredients in a protein bar being marketed as health food. (These UnfortunateIngredients included high-fructose corn syrup, large amounts of sodium, and palm kernel oil.) He consults with Cocoa Carl, who is in a maximum security prison a la [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].
* Alton reacts with "[[Literature/WinnieThePooh Oh, bother]]" as a RunningGag, usually whenever the Food Police show up.
* The carrot episode is titled, ''[[Literature/AClockworkOrange A Taproot Orange]]''.

* "True Brew II: [[Creator/MrT Mr. Tea]]".
* "Scrap Iron Chef" is a parody of ''Series/IronChef'' and ''Series/JunkyardWars''.

* The entire Season 12 episode "Oh My, Meat Pie" is one huge SweeneyTodd shout out, along with all the unfortunate implications about the [[ImAHumanitarian meat]] used in that episode. It also had an ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' ShoutOut when Mr. Todd is chopping up vegetables.
* His character of "The Waffler" in his waffle-making episode was clearly inspired by the same named recruitment-reject character in ''Film/MysteryMen''... except without the burny parts. His outfit seems closer to Crow T. Robot's Willy the Waffle Sprite costume from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. He's even got a W cut out from a waffle on his head. Plus he has a little puppet theater called the Mystery Food Science Theater complete with little opening doors.

** In the same segment, he plays the commanding officer of a EITC ship who dunks a Dutchman in icy waters to get ice for his punch recipe. Alton apologizes to him, saying "Sorry about your ship, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean just business, nothing personal]], you know."

* Any time someone mentions New York City on the show, expect everyone in the scene to yell [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrGyR6EYbY "NEW YORK CITY?!"]][[note:This directly references early commercials for Pace brand salsa.]]
** This reference is turned on its head in "The Big Chili", where "Grumpy Gus" (Alton Brown dressed up as a cowboy) mentions buying a salsa "made in New York City, so you know it's good".

* In [[Film/TomorrowNeverDies "Tamale Never Dies"]], while talking about the contributions ancient civilizations made to corn, Alton says "Without the Aztecs, we wouldn't have the ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' films, now would we?" It's a reference to the film's ancient Predators using ships that looked like Aztec and Egyptian pyramids to reach Earth.
* The "Wing and I" episode features a segment where Alton is offering free samples of hot sauce to the boyfriend of a passing couple (to provide an example of a study conducted that showed the eating of spicy food had connections to mating rituals). The girlfriend first calls her bravado-filled boyfriend "Pumpkin", which seems relatively normal. After he rushes off to find sour cream and Alton explains why the boyfriend downed the hot sauce, the following dialogue ensues:
-->'''Girlfriend''': You mean... he really loves me?\\
'''Alton''': Well, I wouldn't call it--yeah. He loves you.\\
'''Girlfriend''' (''chasing after boyfriend''): [[Film/PulpFiction Pumpkin! Honey Bunny]] is gonna make it all better!
* The entire scallop episode is a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
* In "Porterhouse Rules", Alton depicts the enzymes in steaks as bunch of cogwheels that stop spinning, and when they do, Alton, as a factory worker, [[Film/ModernTimes leaps on top of one and starts tightening the bolts]].

--> ''(points to the Skull-And-Crossbones poison warning on a bottle of lye'') No, this doesn't mean [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Johnny Depp]] gets a percentage off of every bottle.

-->'''AB''': ''A PLEDGE PIN, ON YOUR UNIFORM?!''

* "Give Peas a Chance" contains ''multiple'' references to ''Film/TheExorcist''. Complete with Stevie's parents and psychologist getting covered in split-pea soup, and an ExorcistHead moment. There's even a riff on the theme music that's reminiscent of "Tubular Bells."

* In the pomegranate episode they bring the fake doctor bit back and Alton cheerfully describes a jell-o dish he made as, "A dessert that even [[Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Nurse Ratched]] could love!"