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* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Before he learns their real names, Drew Carter mentally nicknames the angel Validus [[Film/Braveheart Wallace]] and the demon Durgank [[Film/Highlander Kurgan]].
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* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Before he learns their real names, Drew Carter mentally nicknames the angel Validus [[Film/Braveheart [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Wallace]] and the demon Durgank [[Film/Highlander [[Film/{{Highlander}} Kurgan]].
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* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Before he learns their real names, Drew Carter mentally nicknames the angel Validus [[Film/Braveheart Wallace]] and the demon Durgank [[Film/Highlander Kurgan]].
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* ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'': Naturally, to just about every fairy tale in the public consciousness, but also to some recent literature:
** As mentioned in ''Dealing with Dragons'', Cimorene's Great-Aunt Rose is basically ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' / ''Briar Rose'', what with the sleeping curse, as said by Cimorene's mother:
---> Your Great-Aunt Rose was married at sixteen [...] One really can't count all those years she spent asleep under that dreadful fairy's curse.
** The Fire-witch whose castle is full of [[TakenForGranite petrified]] passersby is like the White Witch in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''.
** The idea that witches and wizards [[KillItWithWater melt in soapy water]] clearly comes from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' (as do a pair of ruby slippers and the magic belt that goes with them, both being offered by Gypsy Jack), though in Morwen's case it is subverted.
** Some of the descriptions of the network of caverns under the Mountains of Morning echo those in ''VideoGame/ColossalCave'', including a maze of twisty little passages.
** Rumpelstiltskin in ''Searching for Dragons'', where the dwarf who's saddled with the role gets quite burdened after many children are left in his care whose mothers were unable to guess his name (though he loves them genuinely).
** As mentioned in ''Dealing with Dragons'', Cimorene's Great-Aunt Rose is basically ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' / ''Briar Rose'', what with the sleeping curse, as said by Cimorene's mother:
---> Your Great-Aunt Rose was married at sixteen [...] One really can't count all those years she spent asleep under that dreadful fairy's curse.
** The Fire-witch whose castle is full of [[TakenForGranite petrified]] passersby is like the White Witch in ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''.
** The idea that witches and wizards [[KillItWithWater melt in soapy water]] clearly comes from ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' (as do a pair of ruby slippers and the magic belt that goes with them, both being offered by Gypsy Jack), though in Morwen's case it is subverted.
** Some of the descriptions of the network of caverns under the Mountains of Morning echo those in ''VideoGame/ColossalCave'', including a maze of twisty little passages.
** Rumpelstiltskin in ''Searching for Dragons'', where the dwarf who's saddled with the role gets quite burdened after many children are left in his care whose mothers were unable to guess his name (though he loves them genuinely).
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* ''Literature/UniversalMonsters'': In book 4, Captain Bob references ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' by misquoting the film:
-->'''Captain Bob''': "Brother, just what we need -- a jurist's princess."
-->'''Captain Bob''': "Brother, just what we need -- a jurist's princess."
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* ''Literature/AxisOfTime'':
** One of the characters is mentioned to hail from [[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo Grantville, West Virginia]]. One of FDR's Secret Service bodyguards is even named Agent Flint.
** Captain Creator/MikeJudge
** Turtletaub's named after Creator/HarryTurtledove's former nomme de plume. The first mention of him is followed by a sarcastic remark about [[Literature/WorldWar an invasion of lizard aliens.]]
** There's one part where the president would no longer be surprised if [[Literature/TheDraka a bunch of African Super Nazis rose to power]] or [[Literature/{{Worldwar}} if dinosaurs from outer space began attacking.]]
** Stalin to Beria in book 3: [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "No soup for you"]].
** Two of the French characters mentioned are called [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Goscinny and Uderzo.]]
** The 21st century Royal Navy nickname for the [[MoreDakka Metal Storm]] defense pods is "[[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]]". Captain Halabi muses that the nickname never really caught on in the US.
*** TruthInTelevision: The Phalanx, a predecessor to the fictional Metal Storm, is indeed referred to this way by British servicemen. American Navy instead refers to similar systems as [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2s]].
** The HMS ''Trident'''s Combat Intelligence is nicknamed "Posh" and, according to Halabi, speaks with a "flawless imitation" of [[Music/SpiceGirls Lady Beckham]].
** ''USS Amanda L Garrett'', the ship that get transported near Antartica and sunk minutes after the Transition is named after the [[Literature/USSCunninghamQuintet Amanda Lee Garrett novel series]], the first book taking place in Antartica.
** One of the characters is mentioned to hail from [[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo Grantville, West Virginia]]. One of FDR's Secret Service bodyguards is even named Agent Flint.
** Captain Creator/MikeJudge
** Turtletaub's named after Creator/HarryTurtledove's former nomme de plume. The first mention of him is followed by a sarcastic remark about [[Literature/WorldWar an invasion of lizard aliens.]]
** There's one part where the president would no longer be surprised if [[Literature/TheDraka a bunch of African Super Nazis rose to power]] or [[Literature/{{Worldwar}} if dinosaurs from outer space began attacking.]]
** Stalin to Beria in book 3: [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "No soup for you"]].
** Two of the French characters mentioned are called [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Goscinny and Uderzo.]]
** The 21st century Royal Navy nickname for the [[MoreDakka Metal Storm]] defense pods is "[[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]]". Captain Halabi muses that the nickname never really caught on in the US.
*** TruthInTelevision: The Phalanx, a predecessor to the fictional Metal Storm, is indeed referred to this way by British servicemen. American Navy instead refers to similar systems as [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2s]].
** The HMS ''Trident'''s Combat Intelligence is nicknamed "Posh" and, according to Halabi, speaks with a "flawless imitation" of [[Music/SpiceGirls Lady Beckham]].
** ''USS Amanda L Garrett'', the ship that get transported near Antartica and sunk minutes after the Transition is named after the [[Literature/USSCunninghamQuintet Amanda Lee Garrett novel series]], the first book taking place in Antartica.
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* The Roman poet Creator/{{Catullus}} used the name "Lesbia" as a pseudonym for the illicit lover much of his poetry describes, a clear reference to the Isle of Lesbos, home to the Greek poet Creator/{{Sappho}}, who may well have been the {{Trope Maker|s}} or TropeCodifier for many of the Romantic love tropes Catullus (and for that matter, much of the Western World) used in his poetry (When he wasn't being [[SophisticatedAsHell Incredibly Explicit]], that is, and even sometimes when he was).
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* The Roman poet Creator/{{Catullus}} used the name "Lesbia" as a pseudonym for the illicit lover much of his poetry {{poetry}} describes, a clear reference to the Isle of Lesbos, home to the Greek poet Creator/{{Sappho}}, who may well have been the {{Trope Maker|s}} or TropeCodifier for many of the Romantic love tropes Catullus (and for that matter, much of the Western World) used in his poetry (When he wasn't being [[SophisticatedAsHell Incredibly Explicit]], that is, and even sometimes when he was).
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* Creator/LilaGaela: The opening paragraph of ''Literature/{{Cronicas de un gato a medianoche}}'' references Creator/JoseMariaEguren's poem "(R)eyes (r)ojos" word by word. Gaela uses it as a shortcut metaphor for weary eyes while keeping the original's BilingualBonus. It also makes an allusion to one of Homura Akemi's [[spoiler:witch transformation stages]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' --specifically, when spiderweb-bleeding red moons replace Homura's eyes.
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* Creator/LilaGaela: The opening paragraph of ''Literature/{{Cronicas de un gato a medianoche}}'' references Creator/JoseMariaEguren's poem {{poem}} "(R)eyes (r)ojos" word by word. Gaela uses it as a shortcut metaphor for weary eyes while keeping the original's BilingualBonus. It also makes an allusion to one of Homura Akemi's [[spoiler:witch transformation stages]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' --specifically, when spiderweb-bleeding red moons replace Homura's eyes.
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* ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'' has a lot of them:
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* ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'' ''Literature/BridgeOfClay'' has a lot of them:
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* In ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse'', Agent Ellington calls the [[EvilWeapon cursed blade]] Connie has in the first chapter a [[Franchise/StarTrek bat'leth]].
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* ''ShoutOut/KeitAi''
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* A ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' book has a malignant AI tricking Zak Arranda, and when Zak wants its help it says "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey I'm afraid I can't do that, Zak.]]"
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* A ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' Creator/LilaGaela: The opening paragraph of ''Literature/{{Cronicas de un gato a medianoche}}'' references Creator/JoseMariaEguren's poem "(R)eyes (r)ojos" word by word. Gaela uses it as a shortcut metaphor for weary eyes while keeping the original's BilingualBonus. It also makes an allusion to one of Homura Akemi's [[spoiler:witch transformation stages]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' --specifically, when spiderweb-bleeding red moons replace Homura's eyes.
* ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'': One book has a malignant AI tricking Zak Arranda, and when Zak wants its help it says "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey I'm afraid I can't do that, Zak.]]"
* ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'': One book has a malignant AI tricking Zak Arranda, and when Zak wants its help it says "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey I'm afraid I can't do that, Zak.]]"
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* "Literature/MrWidemouth": The narrator compares Mr. Widemouth to a Toys/{{Furby}}.
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* ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': There are references to classic fairy tales. One is of a wicked stepmother who had a nymph cast a spell to poison a golden apple she wanted for her stepdaughter (something like ''Literature/SnowWhite'') but it backfired, poisoning an entire apple crop. Wren also meets a toad who claims he's a lord turned into this by a witch, with a kiss turning him back (''Literature/TheFrogPrince''). It turns out he's a sprite who wants to trick her though, and if she kissed him ''she'd'' turn into a toad too.
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* ''Literature/SweetAndBitterMagic'': There are references to classic fairy tales. One is of a wicked stepmother who had a nymph cast a spell to poison a golden apple she wanted for her stepdaughter (something like ''Literature/SnowWhite'') but it backfired, poisoning an entire apple crop. Wren also meets a toad who claims he's a lord turned into this by a witch, with a kiss turning him back (''Literature/TheFrogPrince''). It turns out he's a sprite who wants to trick her though, and if she kissed him ''she'd'' turn into a toad too. There's also mention of a creature called a "[[Literature/Rumpelstiltskin stiltzkin]]" that girls can trade their names for the ability to turn straw into gold.
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-->Again, there was an exotic combination of old and new technology. The three great turrets of the ancient battleship swiveled, just as if it were still sailing the Pacific. But the guidance mechanisms were state-of-the-art Doge technology. And the incredible laser beams which pulsed out of each turret's three retrofitted barrels were something new to the galaxy.... Only a ship as enormous as the old ''Missouri'' could use these lasers. It took an immense hull capacity to hold the magnetic fusion bottles.
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* The opening paragraph of ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld''-- "It was date night, and Constance Verity was wrestling an alligator woman in her underwear. How the alligator woman ended up wearing Connie's underwear was a mystery she never solved." -- is very similar to the famed Creator/MarxBrothers joke "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I don't know."
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*** ''{{Film/Rebecca}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
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*** ''{{Film/Rebecca}}'' ''{{Film/Rebecca|1940}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
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* ''Literature/TheLastAdventureOfConstanceVerity'':
** After Hiro saves Connie and Tia from The Countess, Connie thinks "Of all the secret vaults in all the world, he'd have to walk into hers," a reference to the iconic Creator/HumphreyBogart line -- "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" -- from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.
** Connie's conversation with The Engine in the climax has a lot in common with Neo's conversation with The Architect in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''; The Engine reveals to Connie that her status as TheChosenOne is nothing but a byproduct of the perfect system they designed, and that by returning that byproduct to the system and absorbing it, it can complete its final equation and remake the Multiverse into the "perfect order" it designed. Connie being the one variable it can't predict with 100% accuracy, she manages to outwit all of its attempts at absorbing her.
** After Hiro saves Connie and Tia from The Countess, Connie thinks "Of all the secret vaults in all the world, he'd have to walk into hers," a reference to the iconic Creator/HumphreyBogart line -- "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" -- from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.
** Connie's conversation with The Engine in the climax has a lot in common with Neo's conversation with The Architect in ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''; The Engine reveals to Connie that her status as TheChosenOne is nothing but a byproduct of the perfect system they designed, and that by returning that byproduct to the system and absorbing it, it can complete its final equation and remake the Multiverse into the "perfect order" it designed. Connie being the one variable it can't predict with 100% accuracy, she manages to outwit all of its attempts at absorbing her.
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* The short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel makes reference to a mineral whose unrefined form is too sharp to handle safely. The mineral is called "costnerite"--because it's [[Film/TheUntouchables untouchable]].
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* The short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel Creator/DesmondWarzel makes reference to a mineral whose unrefined form is too sharp to handle safely. The mineral is called "costnerite"--because it's [[Film/TheUntouchables untouchable]].
