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* "Have Yourself a Joyful Little Animas" is chock full of references to Christmas Specials such as [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]], [[Film/AChristmasStory A Christmas Story]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and even]], [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].

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* "Have Yourself a Joyful Little Animas" is chock full of references to Christmas Specials such as [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]], [[Film/AChristmasStory A Christmas Story]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', ''Film/AChristmasStory'', and even]], [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].even, ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown''.

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* In "Meet the Spidermonkeys", while acting out as a zoo animal and dealing with the patrons, Adam says "[[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Just smile and wave]]".

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* In "Meet the Spidermonkeys", while acting out as a zoo animal and dealing with the patrons, Adam says "[[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} "[[WesternAnimation/Madagascar1 Just smile and wave]]".
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* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]]'' and he even ''[[WaxingLyrical made his own version]]'' of the chorus of [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].

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* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'', ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]]'' and he even ''[[WaxingLyrical made his own version]]'' of the chorus of [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].
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** Dickie and Laura pulled of a [[SpaghettiKiss spaghetti kiss]], referencing to the iconic scene from ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.

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** Dickie and Laura pulled of a [[SpaghettiKiss spaghetti kiss]], referencing to the iconic scene from ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''.
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** "Docu Trauma" has Adam chased around by a documentary filmmaker named Zira Cornelius, and the whole episode is basically a massive shout out to the PlanetOfTheApes franchise.

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** "Docu Trauma" has Adam chased around by a documentary filmmaker named Zira Cornelius, and the whole episode is basically a massive shout out to the PlanetOfTheApes ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' franchise.
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** Dickie and Laura pulled of a [[SpaghettiKiss spaghetti kiss]], referencing to the iconic scene from [[Film/LadyAndTheTramp Lady and the Tramp]].

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** Dickie and Laura pulled of a [[SpaghettiKiss spaghetti kiss]], referencing to the iconic scene from [[Film/LadyAndTheTramp Lady and the Tramp]].''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.

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* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]] and [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].

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* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]] Four]]'' and he even ''[[WaxingLyrical made his own version]]'' of the chorus of [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].



* In "The Hyena and the Mighty", Mr. Mandrill does some standup in the same fashion as Jerry Seinfeld from Series/{{Seinfeld}}.
* In "Oh, Henry!" Bull dresses as Film/NapoleonDynamite and dances like him too.
** The episode title, itself is a reference to "O. Henry", the pen name of William Sydney Porter.
* In "My Feral Lyon", Adam causes a distraction in the school, by running through the halls and singing "[[Film/TheBreakfastClub I wanna be an airborne ranger!''".
* In "A Mid Semester Life's Dream", we get tons of these.
** First of all, note the title pun.
** Mr. Hornbill makes a reference to the original Batman show.
** Miss Chameleon teaches her class about Shakespeare.
** Charleston Festoon is a parody on Charleton Heston.
** Windor quotes JFK and Jake quotes John Donne.
* In "The Ivy League", Mrs. Warthog watches a show called "Seal or No Seal".
* In "Robo Frog 3000", we get references to Robo Cop.
* In "The Notorious Windsor Gorilla", which is a reference to "The Notorious B.I.G.", Adam paints a picture, reminiscent of Margaret Keane's Big Eyes paintings.
** Captain Corporate says that he's the very model of the modern middle management.
** Principal Pixiefrog and Windsor do a parody on "Inside the Actor's Studio".
* In "Ingrid Through the Out Door", Principal Pixiefrog dresses as Groucho Marx.



* One episode has Bull Sharkowsci dress and dance like Film/NapoleonDynamite.
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* The Jungle Guy play in "Me Adam, You Jake" is {{Tarzan}}, but with enough stuff changed, so that they wouldn't get sued.

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* The Jungle Guy play in "Me Adam, You Jake" is {{Tarzan}}, Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, but with enough stuff changed, so that they wouldn't get sued.
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** "Docu Trauma" has Adam chased around by a documentary filmmaker named Zira Cornelius, and the whole episode is basically a massive shout out to the PlanetOfTheApes franchise.
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* "The Prince and the Pooper", was a [[PrinceAndPauper prince and pauper]] parody.
** Dobie Broadway Junior is a Michael Jackson parody, and Little Lord Saucypants is Mr. Bubbles.
* "That Darn Platypus", was the third part of a [[CrossThrough cross through]], called Cartoon Network Invaded. The other shows featured were [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Ed, Edd, & Eddy]], [[WesternAnimation/CampLazlo Camp Lazlo]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]].
** Windsor reads a magazine, that pictured [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Ed, Edd, & Eddy]] getting abducted by aliens, referencing to the episode "The Eds Are Coming".
** The Magazine in question was titled "Weekly World Snooze", a parody on the "Weekly World News" from [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]].
** Outside of Cartoon Network, the title of the episode is a pun on [[Film/ThatDarnCat That Darn Cat]].
** Mrs. Warthog plays computer solitaire.
** The Spiffies cosplay as [[Franchise/StarTrek Star Trek]] characters. Additionally, Windsor insults Phineas, by calling him "Captain Jerk", in a reference to the main character, Captain Kirk.
* "Pride and Pixiefrog" is a pun on [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Pride and Prejudice]].
** Windsor compares Principal Pixiefrog to a modern day Ashton Kutcher. [[note]]In the original storyboard, Windsor compared him to Randolph Scott. I guess this was changed to a reference the kids would get.[[/note]]

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* "Have Yourself a Joyful Little Animas" is chock full of references to Christmas Specials such as [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/AChristmasCarol]], [[Film/AChristmasStory A Christmas Story]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and even]], [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].

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* "Have Yourself a Joyful Little Animas" is chock full of references to Christmas Specials such as [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]], [[Literature/AChristmasCarol]], [[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]], [[Film/AChristmasStory A Christmas Story]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and even]], [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]].Brown]].
* [[Music/NightOnBaldMountain Night on Bald Mountain]] plays during Adam and Bull's fight in "One Lump or Tutor".
* In "Talking Teddy", Windsor and Teddy Truman do a take on [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Abbott and Costello's]] famous [[WhosOnFirst Who's on First Base?]] routine.
* "Pants in Space" is a pun on the classic [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppets]] sketch, "Pigs in Space".
** Another King Kong reference is made, when Jake calls Windsor "Baby Kong".
** And another Abbott and Costello reference, when Principal Pixiefrog first meets a man named, "I Didn't".



* In "The Morning Zoo", Adam, after been hit on the head by a piece of concrete, became [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Joey Mack]].
* There is one episode where [[{{Geek}} The Spiffies]] are modeled after TheMafia, with ringleader Phinnius Porpoise doing a very good impression of [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito.]] They even call him "The Finfather".

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* In "Sick Day", Adam Lyon is absent during role call, leaving Mr. Hornbill saying "Lyon, ... Mr. Lyon, ... Adam Lyon, ... Lyon, ... Lyon" [[OverlyLongGag for a while]]. This is a reference to the famous "Bueller" scene from, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".
** Adam plays a video game system called "Game Circle", which is a parody on Nintendo's Game Cube.
* In "The Morning Zoo", Adam, after been hit on the head by a piece of concrete, became [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Joey Mack]].
* There is one episode where
Spiffanos", [[{{Geek}} The Spiffies]] are modeled after TheMafia, with ringleader Phinnius Porpoise doing a very good impression of [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito.]] They even call him "The Finfather".Finfather".
** Also, when Marvin Hammy rode up to Adam and Jake on a tricycle, this was a reference to [[Film/TheShining The Shining]].


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* "The Little Mermonkey" is an obvious pun on [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid The Little Mermaid]].
* In "Diplomatic Insanity", yet another King Kong reference is made, when Windsor's species label is given as "Kingus Kongus".
* In "Gorilla My Dreams", Principal Pixiefrog calls out in misery, for his ex-wife Lenore. He shouts "LENORE!" out the window, and a raven crashes into the window panel. This is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's [[Literature/TheRaven The Raven]].
* In "The Morning Zoo", Adam, after been hit on the head by a piece of concrete, became [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Joey Mack]].

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* David Coppertrout is an obvious play on David Copperfield.



* There's an episode where it ends with a spoof of the intro from ''The Love Boat''.

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* There's an episode where it ends with a spoof of In "Le Switcheroo", Adam temporarily took over Coach Gills' job for the intro from ''The Love Boat''.day, and he found a very valuable item on her desk, an autographed picture of Brian Doyle-Murray, who voices her.
* The Jungle Squad doing role call at the beginning of "Cheer Pressure", could be a reference to the opening of [[Film/BringItOn Bring It On]].
* "The Times, They Are Exchangin'", is a pun on the Bob Dylan song, "The Times, They Are A Changin'".
* In "Cool Kids", Adam has to take gym in the Arctic Wing and gets frost bite, giving him a red nose. (like [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Rudolph]]) The reindeer students make fun of him for it, and Adam even says that [[WaxingLyrical they won't let his join in any reindeer games]].



* When Adam temporarily took over Coach Gills' job for the day, he found a very valuable item on her desk, an autographed picture of Brian Doyle-Murray, who voices her.

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* When Adam temporarily took over Coach Gills' job In "Leaf of Absence", Principal Pixiefrog watches The Doll Shopping Show, a parody on "[[Series/AntiquesRoadshow The Antiques Road Show]]".
** Principal Wolverine, opens an umbrella and flies away, off to London. This is a reference to "[[Film/MaryPoppins Mary Poppins]]".
* "I Fear Pretties" is a pun on the Julie Andrews song, "I Feel Pretty".
* "Ain't Too Proud to Egg" is a pun on the The Temptations song, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg".
* One episode is called "[[Film/TheTwoJakes The Two Jakes]]".
* The title and plot of "Jake's Day Off" is a parody on [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller's Day Off]].
** Dickie and Laura pulled of a [[SpaghettiKiss spaghetti kiss]], referencing to the iconic scene from [[Film/LadyAndTheTramp Lady and the Tramp]].
** Jake fittingly quotes Muhammad Ali, after being knocked out cold by Adam's boxing gloves.
-->'''Jake:''' I am the greatest.
** "The Shakey Jakey" is an obvious takey on "The Hokey Pokey", making
for an okee dokee jokey.
* "Lupe in Love" ends with a spoof of
the day, he found intro from ''The Love Boat''.
* "Have Yourself
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* It'd be awesome if Jake Spidermonkey, being a [[ButtMonkey monkey who's obsessed with his butt]] was a reference to TVTropes, but it's highly unlikely.

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* It'd be awesome if Jake Spidermonkey, being a [[ButtMonkey monkey who's obsessed with his butt]] was a reference to TVTropes, but it's highly unlikely.



* WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack's VA plays the recurring character "I Didn't", a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} doctor who wants others to try his delicious blueberry pie.

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* The title of the [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween special]], is "It's the Scary Old Custodian, Adam Lyon", which is a nice little reference to the unforgettable classic, "[[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]".
* Adam's costume in said episode, bears resemblance to Patchy the Pirate. Plus, the background music, that played when it was first seen, sounds a lot like what they'd use in [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob Squarepants]].
* In "My Science Project", Windsor read science fiction books, by a guy named "[[PunnyName William Gibbon]]", which is a reference to science fiction novelist, William Gibson.
** Also, the episode title in question, may be a reference to the [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming naming scheme]] for episodes of {{Series/Scrubs}}.
* Principal Pixiefrog [[ElvisImpersonator impersonates Elvis]] in "Docu-Trauma".
* The plot of "Political Animals", is similar to that of "[[Film/TheCandidate The Candidate]]".
* When Adam is [[TheInsomniac deprived of sleep]] in "Up All Night", he goes a little crazy and then starts quoting Bill Cosby, saying "Abba zeeba zabba zooba."
* In "Kerry to Dance?" Jake shows Adam an exert from the rule book, saying that "Students are permitted to bring a guest to any school function, so long as that guest, is an animal, mineral, or vegetable." This is an allusion to the famous song, "[[ModernMajorGeneral I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General]]", from "[[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance The Pirates of Penzance]]".
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* In "Inoculation Day", we get a reference to [[Film/KingKong King Kong]], with a monkey-ified Adam climbing up Ingrid's neck like a tower, while holding Principal Pixiefrog, who's wearing a mop wig at the time.
* In "Shark Attack", Bull makes an homage to the iconic poster for {{Jaws}}, when eating Adam's pudding pocket.

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* In "Inoculation Day", we get a reference to [[Film/KingKong King Kong]], ''Film/KingKong1933'', with a monkey-ified Adam climbing up Ingrid's neck like a tower, while holding Principal Pixiefrog, who's wearing a mop wig at the time.
* In "Shark Attack", Bull makes an homage to the iconic poster for {{Jaws}}, ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', when eating Adam's pudding pocket.



* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like {{Poltergeist}}, [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]] and [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].

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* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like {{Poltergeist}}, ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}'', [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]] and [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].


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* In "Meet the Spidermonkeys", Adam says "[[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Just smile and wave]]" when dealing with zoo patrons.

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* WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack had a cameo once, as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} doctor who wants others to try his delicious blueberry pie.

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* "Animal School Musical", while mainly being an obvious Film/HighSchoolMusical parody, contains a few more references.
** David Coppertrout dresses up as Jeannie, from ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'', during his musical number about wish granting. The writers must have mixed references, since when granting the wish, instead of crossing his arms and bobbing his head, David twitches his nose like Sabrina from ''{{Series/Bewitched}}''.
** The Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python Foot makes a cameo, during "Waiting in the Wings", stepping on James Ant. Additionally, a hand drawn in the same style is also used, having James perch on it's finger.
** Jake references Film/TheWizardOfOz, when Jake clicks his ruby heels together to [[BroughtDownToNormal set everything back the way it was]].
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* Miss Loon sounds like Creator/KatharineHepburn, a shout out to ''Film/OnGoldenPond'', in which she played a woman who loved to hear the sounds of the loons calling across the lake.
* WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack had a cameo once, as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} doctor who wants others to try his delicious blueberry pie.
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* In "Inoculation Day", we get a reference to [[Film/KingKong King Kong]], with a monkey-ified Adam climbing up Ingrid's neck like a tower, while holding Principal Pixiefrog, who's wearing a mop wig at the time.
* In "Shark Attack", Bull makes an homage to the iconic poster for {{Jaws}}, when eating Adam's pudding pocket.
* The Jungle Guy play in "Me Adam, You Jake" is {{Tarzan}}, but with enough stuff changed, so that they wouldn't get sued.
* Jake drops a lot of references in "Shiny Thing", quoting and impersonating characters from famous work like {{Poltergeist}}, [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Nineteen Eighty Four]] and [[TabletopGame/AgeOfAquarius Age of Aquarius]].
* The title of "Law and Odor" is an obvious reference to [[Series/LawAndOrder Law and Order]].
** The original title was going to be "Law and Order: Special Hall Monitor's Unit", but they must've decided this was too wordy.
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* There's an episode where it ends with a spoof of the intro from ''The Love Boat''.
* During the infamous [[HollywoodToneDeaf "I'm A Friendly Armadillo"]] episode, the judges of the school talent show are positioned in the same order as the ones from ''Series/AmericanIdol''.
** Cyrus Q Hornbill for Randy Jackson, the neutral one.
** Miss Chameleon for Paula Abdul, the nice one.
** Coach Gills as Simon Cowell, the mean and honest one.
* When Adam temporarily took over Coach Gills' job for the day, he found a very valuable item on her desk, an autographed picture of Brian Doyle-Murray, who voices her.
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[[folder:Season 3]]
* In "The Morning Zoo", Adam, after been hit on the head by a piece of concrete, became [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Joey Mack]].
* There is one episode where [[{{Geek}} The Spiffies]] are modeled after TheMafia, with ringleader Phinnius Porpoise doing a very good impression of [[Film/TheGodfather Don Vito.]] They even call him "The Finfather".
** Let's also not forget how the title of the episode is a pun on The Sopranos.
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* Mr. Hornbill teaches the kids that rubbing mud on yourself will prevent predators from being able to see you. The camera shows a cartoon Franchise/{{Predator}} sitting in a desk, who says, "It's true."
* One episode has Bull Sharkowsci dress and dance like Film/NapoleonDynamite.
* In "A Whole Zoo World", when Adam tries to capture Jake while jumping off a waterfall, he shouts, "PREZENKOWSKI!" A reference to executive in charge of production for Creator/CartoonNetwork, Jeff Prezenkowski.
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* "The Big Field Trip" contained multiple references to Literature/LordOfTheFlies and WesternAnimation/YogiBear.
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