History ShoutOut / Literature

** In “Cupcake Wars!”, Spike wants a Spiderman stall at the fair.

** In “What’s Your New Year’s Resolution, Roys Bedoys?”, Roys tries to resolve to be Spiderman.

** ''Literature/{{Cryoburn}}'' has two: Miles thinks to himself "Imperial Auditor Vorkosigan; Threat or Menace" (in Spider-Man, J.J.J.'s paper, ''The Daily Bugle'' often ran headlines "Spider-Man: Threat or Menace?"). And Armsman Roic quips to a local "Don't worry, I have a license to stun." The local responds "I thought that has a license to kill?" Both, of course refer to ''Franchise/JamesBond'''s 00 "License to Kill".

* In the ''Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy'', the Gentleman visits The Machiavelli Club, a special society for the WickedCultured. His table has on it a welcome back card from an "elegant lady thief of his acquaintance, Franchise/{{Carmen|Sandiego}}." Other members of the Machiavelli Club (setting aside established Creator/MarvelComics villains; they're {{Continuity Nod}}s) include [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric]], [[Franchise/DieHard the Gruber brothers]], ComicBook/{{Lex|Luthor}}, [[Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct Herr Taubmann]], [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul Ra's]], [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Soze]], [[Film/Batman1989 Napier]], [[Film/TradingPlaces Randolph and Mortimer Duke]], [[Film/{{Unbreakable}} Mr Glass]], and [[Film/JamesBond Ernst]]. The Gentleman has also worked with [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 Casper Gutman]].

** Nico references Franchise/{{Spide|rMan}}y at one point: [[ComesGreatResponsibility "With great power...]][[SubvertedTrope comes great need to take a nap."]]

** In the eighteenth story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Franchise/{{Superman}}," but later comes to compare himself with [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] when he finds out his attempted "rescue" of a woman and the children in her care from a fire [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast]].

** He references ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' by having Trantor as a major location in the asteroid belt.

** A senior student warns Jeff of Randy by referring to ''Music/RobZombie'''s take on ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}'' (since Jeff is wearing the appropriate shirt to suggest that he's seen it), comparing Randy to that of a young Michael Myers from those films.

** Eric claims that sailors are a [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} suspicious and cowardly lot]].

** The pawn shop where Liv pawns off her jewelry from Claire's has a {{Toys/Furby}}, a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pikachu]] doll, a copy of ''{{Manga/Akira}}'', and a ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' cartridge visible in the background.

* ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'': Many, most of them intentional InUniverse because Mediochre is a bit of a nerd. Of particular note: The university at which Mediochre and Joseph word is St Myth/{{Merlin}}'s ("different [[CrypticBackgroundReference Merlin]]"); the Prime Minister of Mantically Aware Britain is named Kathryn Queen, colloquially called [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Queen MAB]]; one of Mediochre's {{catchphrase}}s is "[[Series/TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together]]"; Joseph responds to the tempomancer's insistence that "Time is relative" with "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Lunchtime doubly so?]]"; and in a particularly impressive one, Mediochre mentions while captured that the chances of escape are roughly equal to the odds of [[Comicbook/XMen Kitty Pride]] being a real person - which seems like he's admitting defeat unless you happen to know that the character of Kitty Pride was named after a (still living) artist from RealLife, thus making her odds of being real 100% certain.

** Weber has had fun with the series' extensive use of MyNaymeIs to slip in references to pop culture. Two major secondary characters, for instance, are named Kynt Clareyk, after [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], and Nahrmahn Baytz, after the title character of ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. When introduced, Clareyk's second in command is even named Layn. A member of Charis's nobility is [[Creator/PeterSellers Paityr Sellyrs]]. A member of the Corisandian resistance movement is named Paitryk Hainree, after American historical figure Patrick Henry.

** There's also a village she visits where a beefy blacksmith doesn't seem impressed with a fishmonger who's shouting "Get your fresh fish here! Fresh fish! It's lovely", a reference to {{ComicBook/Asterix}}.

* In the ''Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy'', the Gentleman visits The Machiavelli Club, a special society for the WickedCultured. His table has on it a welcome back card from an "elegant lady thief of his acquaintance, Franchise/{{Carmen|Sandiego}}." Other members of the Machiavelli Club (setting aside established Creator/MarvelComics villains; they're {{Continuity Nod}}s) include [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric]], [[Franchise/DieHard the Gruber brothers]], ComicBook/{{Lex|Luthor}}, [[Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct Herr Taubmann]], [[Comicbook/RasAlGhul Ra's]], [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Soze]], [[Film/Batman1989 Napier]], [[Film/TradingPlaces Randolph and Mortimer Duke]], [[Film/{{Unbreakable}} Mr Glass]], and [[Film/JamesBond Ernst]]. The Gentleman has also worked with [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 Casper Gutman]].

** Two street names mentioned offhandedly are named [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Voorhees]] and Comicbook/LoisLane.

* The ''Literature/{{Confessions}}'' includes quotations from Creator/{{Cicero}}'s ([[MissingEpisode long-lost]]) work ''Hortensius'', one of the first books to actually change St. Augustine's life for the better.

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel ''Literature/NightLords'' has a fairly subtle shout out, but one that [[WordOfGod appeared to please the author when told it was noticed]]. A depleted squad of Chaos Space Marines take note of the missing seats in their transport, causing one to comment "This isn't a squad, [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie this is bad comedy]]".

* ''Literature/StarCarrier: Deep Space'' introduces an Earthlike planet orbiting 40 Eridani A, which InUniverse was dubbed "Vulcan" after the planet in ''Franchise/StarTrek''. For the uninitiated, while no canon ''Franchise/StarTrek'' work has ever flat-out stated that Vulcan orbits 40 Eridani A, that is the WordOfGod from Creator/GeneRoddenberry and near-universal[[labelnote:*]]one or two works identify it as Epsilon Eridani instead[[/labelnote]] in the ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'', and is supported by mentions of Vulcan's distance from Earth in two ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episodes.

* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:

* The time-travel novel ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'' by Creator/ConnieWillis is one big shout-out to Jerome K. Jerome’s ''[[Literature/ThreeMeninaBoat Three Men in a Boat]]'' (subtitle: ''To say nothing of the dog''). Each of its major dogs is introduced by name several pages before the author makes it clear that the name belongs to a dog--just like Montmorency in the original. In one brief scene, the narrator even meets Jerome K. and his two friends (to say nothing of the dog) and exchanges a few words.

* In ''Literature/ABadCaseOfStripes'', Camilla's classmates call her "[[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Lollipop]]".

** The variety of vampire pop-culture: when on masquerade party, Dora dresses up as [[Film/{{Underworld}} Selena]] and Miron and Joshua dress up as ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' characters. In one scene, Dora makes a joke about [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkling vampires]], which [[YourVampiresSuck doesn't go well]] with a vampire king present.

** At one point, Sam attempts to play off his assassin's garb as the costume for a play, "The Tragedy of Oswald, Prince of Volinar". Sam describes the plot as [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "The one where the fellow's uncle kills his father and marries his mother."]] He later even mentally quotes "To thine own self be true", ascribed as coming from an "ancient play".

** He references ''Literature/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' by one of the belt's many weird cults; thy leave black monoliths of various sizes dotted around, which send a radio pulse to the galactic core when touched.

** "Literature/StepsonsOfMars" is co-authored by Creator/CMKornbluth and Creator/RichardWilson, and published in April 1940.

* In ''Literature/BenHur'', when Jesus is being arrested, Judah tries to rescue him; the Roman soldiers push him away, his clothing is torn off, and he is forced to flee naked. This is based on an incident actually recorded in the Bible. (Mark 14:51-52).
* ''Literature/{{Beyond}}'': One of Orbis's countries is known as Tinaria. The author's wife's name is Tina. Coincidence! I think not!

* ''Literture/TheLotterysMoreOrLess'': Chapter 9 of the book is titled "[[Theatre/{{Oliver}} Food, Glorious Food]]".

** "“In those days Mr. Literature/SherlockHolmes was still living in [[Creator/ArthurConanDoyle Baker Street]] and the [[Creator/ENesbit Bastables]] were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.”
*** The Russian translation for no discernible reason changes the reference to Bastables to reference to Literature/FatherBrown from stories by G. K. Chesterton.

** A badge on Clary's bag says 'Still Not King', a reference to Clare's famous ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanfic ''FanFic/TheVerySecretDiaries.''

* Malik's admission that he's a fan of both Sherlock Holmes and Franchise/SpiderMan in ''Literature/WanderingDjinn''.

* ''Literature/ByTheWatersOfBabylon'': The title is a reference to Psalm 137 in ''Literature/TheBible'', which expresses the longing of the Jews in the Babylonian exile that they can return home, hoping Babylon will fall and its people be destroyed as well. In the story, such destruction is essentially what happened with New York City and the rest of the US due to a war.

* A trilogy of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novels are entitled ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'', ''Ravenor Returned'' and ''Ravenor Rogue''; a rather highbrow nod to John Updike's equally {{Alliterative|Title}} "Rabbit" series (''Literature/RabbitRun'', ''Rabbit Redux'', ''Rabbit is Rich'', ''Literature/RabbitAtRest'' and ''Rabbit Remembered'').

* ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'': Many, most of them intentional InUniverse because Mediochre is a bit of a nerd. Of particular note: The university at which Mediochre and Joseph word is St Myth/{{Merlin}}'s ("[[NamesTheSame different]] [[CrypticBackgroundReference Merlin]]"); the Prime Minister of Mantically Aware Britain is named Kathryn Queen, colloquially called [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Queen MAB]]; one of Mediochre's {{catchphrase}}s is "[[Series/TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together]]"; Joseph responds to the tempomancer's insistence that "Time is relative" with "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Lunchtime doubly so?]]"; and in a particularly impressive one, Mediochre mentions while captured that the chances of escape are roughly equal to the odds of [[Comicbook/XMen Kitty Pride]] being a real person - which seems like he's admitting defeat unless you happen to know that the character of Kitty Pride was named after a (still living) artist from RealLife, thus making her odds of being real 100% certain.

** ''Music/SymphonyInC'' is composed by Creator/IgorStravinsky.

--->"I was young and foolish then."
--->"Well? You're old and foolish now."

** In ''Sabbie'', [=RealLifeAnime=] boss compares his upcoming show to both ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and ''Franchise/SailorMoon'';
** In ''Sharoine'', Eliphya compares Count Sebastien to "''a gay version of [[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Kamen]]''";

** Madison is a fan of various anime and manga, including ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/SoulEater'' and ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', to name just a few. She also enjoys ''Series/DoctorWho'', and owns a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Ponyta]]'' shirt.

** The Herondales are a Shadowhunter family with a birthmark of a star. [[spoiler: Jace's]] is on the back of his shoulder. Now, [[Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure where have I heard of that before?]]

* Every book in the ''Literature/ToughMagic'' trilogy has an outtake section in the back where shout-outs abound, including ones to ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/HarryPotter''...

This page lists {{Shout Out}}s seen in literary works.

** Remulo and Rommis, two boys raised by a wolf in a story from Odo. They're based on Romulus and Remus, legendary founder of UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} pretty clearly.