History ShoutOut / JAG

* In "The Game of Go", when Harm, Mac & Bud meets Clayton Webb at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota.
-->'''Clayton Webb''': I might have known the admiral would send his ''[[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Three Musketeers]]''.
-->'''Harmon Rabb''': Nice to see you again too, Clayton.
-->'''Bud Roberts''': Well, there were actually four musketeers, sir. Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan.

* In "Boot", an episode centering on an investigation into the death of a Marine recruit at Boot Camp, the two [[DrillSergeantNasty Drill Sergeant Nasties]] spend some idle time watching ''The D.I.'', an old Jack Webb film about Marine Boot Camp. This also serves as some clever foreshadowing if you're familiar with the film's history, being made in response to a highly-publicized incident where several Marine recruits drowned while marching through a swamp at night. [[spoiler: The film's climax has the killer and Meg Austin both nearly drown in the swamp during a nighttime foot chase.]]

* In "When the Bough Breaks", Bud makes comparisons between [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearian works]] and [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek episodes]] to Admiral Chegwidden's girlfriend (a Shakespearian scholar); ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' and "Dagger of the Mind"; ''Theatre/TheTempest'' and "Requiem for Methuselah"; ''{{Hamlet}}'' and "Conscience of the King'.

* In season 5, episode "Rogue" centers on a Navy commando who has recruited Navy SEALS, Delta Force and other assorted badass soldiers to infiltrate and attack military installations, including nuclear submarines, to test their security and advise on how to defend against a terrorist attack. Despite claims that it's not based on real life the episode [[RogueWarrior name]] hints at the fictional and real life exploits of one Richard Marcinko.

* In Season 2’s "Washington Holiday" (itself a take on ''Film/RomanHoliday'') when the Romanian Princess has escaped from doing her duties and went to a night club instead: Harm, as her military escort dressed in whites, carries her back to the limousine causing a woman in the background to say: "This is so like ''AnOfficerAndAGentleman''".

** It is also interesting the first Scifi reference in the show - in the pilot, when [[Creator/TerryOQuinn Captain Boone (the CAG)]] and Lieutenant Arrutti return from a flight, as Boone is about to get out of the cockpit, one of the yellow-shirt flight deck crew starts to paint on the F-14.

* Bud being a sci-fi nut; he gives the occasional reference to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Series/QuantumLeap'', even naming one of his kids after James T. Kirk. DonaldPBellisario even cameos as himself at a sci-fi convention, and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is featured in one episode. The Franchise/StarTrek connection is interesting considering it has the same copyright holder as ''Series/{{JAG}}'' (i.e. Creator/{{CBS}} / Creator/{{Paramount}}.) Cross-promotion anyone?

-->'''Bud Roberts''': Well, [[DonaldPBellisario the guy who created]] ''Series/MagnumPI''--

-->'''Commander Turner''': ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober movie, sir. Captain Yerastov is SeanConnery and I am Alec Baldwin, sir. I need to be aboard that boat''.

* In season 5, episode "Rogue" centers on a Navy commando who has recruited Navy SEALS, Delta Force and other assorted BadAss soldiers to infiltrate and attack military installations, including nuclear submarines, to test their security and advise on how to defend against a terrorist attack. Despite claims that it's not based on real life the episode [[RogueWarrior name]] hints at the fictional and real life exploits of one Richard Marcinko.

-->'''Corporal John Edner''': ''With JohnWayne.''

* Mac questions an enlisted marine about their captain’s unorthodox training methods in "Force Recon". Considering that the captain has the nickname ''Duke'' like JohnWayne, she comments that there seems to be case for movies.

-->'''Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Mackenzie''': I wanna die like ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid.

-->''Let me guess: TouchedByAnAngel?''

** It is also interesting the first Scifi reference in the show - in the pilot, when [[TerryOQuinn Captain Boone (the CAG)]] and Lieutenant Arrutti return from a flight, as Boone is about to get out of the cockpit, one of the yellow-shirt flight deck crew starts to paint on the F-14.

-->'''Josh Pendry''': ''StevenSeagal in Under Siege. He got the Pentagon on a satellite radio from a life boat.''

-->'''Harm''': ''Yeah, I'm, uh, beginning to feel like [[TheSoundOfMusic Captain von Trapp]].''

-->'''Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb''': ''Annie and I took Josh to see the ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' last night before we sailed.''

-->''So Bud's not drowning in McHalesNavy?''

-->'''Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rabb''': ''Well, [[ThisIsReality unfortunately this isn't a movie]], Josh. These lifeboats have satellite radios with an emergency beacon and a short-range voice transmitter. We could activate one. The CoastGuard would come, but before we could inform them of our situation, who knows what these terrorists are likely to do.''