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As a FanFic story that [[{{Crossover}} crosses over]] both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', and is set in the MarvelUniverse, naturally there are a lot of mentions of elements from those three media. Other things the story references include:
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As a FanFic story that [[{{Crossover}} crosses over]] both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', and is set in the MarvelUniverse, Franchise/MarvelUniverse, naturally there are a lot of mentions of elements from those three media. Other things the story references include:
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* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Series/KitchenConfidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse than it was in the real world.
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* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Marvel Universe, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Series/KitchenConfidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse Marvel Universe than it was in the real world.
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* Chapter 19 is basically one huge ShoutOut to the Disneyland Park.
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* Chapter 19 is basically one huge ShoutOut to the Disneyland Park.
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** John Waker demanding that Barney Barton call up "EVERYONE!" in the same overly hammy way that Gary Oldman did in Film/TheProfessional did.
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** John Waker demanding that Barney Barton call up "EVERYONE!" in the same overly hammy way that Gary Oldman Creator/GaryOldman did in Film/TheProfessional ''Film/TheProfessional'' did.
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* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from Franchise/{{Superman}}, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.
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* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from Franchise/{{Superman}}, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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!!Other Shouts-Out:
* The casting used in the ''Franchise/MarvelComics'' version of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' includes actors who were called to audition but didn't make the cut, and to actors that only appeared in ''Buffy's'' unaired pilot.
* The casting used in the ''Franchise/MarvelComics'' version of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' includes actors who were called to audition but didn't make the cut, and to actors that only appeared in ''Buffy's'' unaired pilot.
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!!Other Shouts-Out:
Shout-Outs:
* The casting used in the''Franchise/MarvelComics'' Creator/MarvelComics version of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' includes actors who were called to audition but didn't make the cut, and to actors that only appeared in ''Buffy's'' unaired pilot.
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* The title of Chapter 16, "The Deep Breath Before the Plunge" was taken from one of Gandalf's lines of dialogue in the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''.
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* The title of Chapter 16, "The Deep Breath Before the Plunge" was taken from one of Gandalf's lines of dialogue in the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''.
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* Chapter 31's title, "That Time is Now!" is a reference to a truly epic remastering of the original [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQe_WugEwCg Superfriends theme]].
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* Chapter 31 features Alex taking on the Sentry and Carol Danvers using a tactic she remembers from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall The Flash's trick of running around the world to destroy Brainthor]].
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** John Waker demanding that Barney Barton call up "EVERYONE!" in the same overly hammy way that Gary Oldman did in Film/TheProfessional did.
** Alex taking on the Sentry and Carol Danvers using a tactic she remembers from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall The Flash's trick of running around the world to destroyBrainthor]].Brainthor]].
** Alex catching Ragnarok's hammer with one hand and utterly destroying it in the same way Hela did in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** John Waker demanding that Barney Barton call up "EVERYONE!" in the same overly hammy way that Gary Oldman did in Film/TheProfessional did.
** Alex taking on the Sentry and Carol Danvers using a tactic she remembers from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall The Flash's trick of running around the world to destroy
** Alex catching Ragnarok's hammer with one hand and utterly destroying it in the same way Hela did in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
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* Chapter 31 features Alex taking on the Sentry and Carol Danvers using a tactic she remembers from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall The Flash's trick of running around the world to destroy Brainthor]].
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** Previously, on the same chapter, Alex stops a Hydra assassin from killing himself with a gun; she comments that he'd have used a CyanidePill or similar instead, a reference to CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger.
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** Previously, on the same chapter, Alex stops a Hydra assassin from killing himself with a gun; she comments that he'd have used a CyanidePill or similar instead, a reference to CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger.
''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.
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** Previously, on the same chapter, Alex stops a Hydra assassin from killing himself with a gun; she comments that he'd have used a CyanidePill or similar instead, a reference to CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger.
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* The very last words spoken in Chapter 30 is Alex saying, "Colonel. Would you care to step outside?" while hanging motionless in thin air just outside a room where Carol Danvers is holding a meeting. It is direct reference to the scene in ''Film/SupermanII'' where Superman confronts General Zod with, "General. Would you care to step outside?"
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* The title of Chapter 26, "If This Goes On", is taken from the title of the Creator/RobertAHeinlein novel of the same name. Heinlein's novel is about a subtle dictatorship that takes over the United States by playing on the fears of the general public, mirroring the plot of ''FanFic/OriginStory''.
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* The title of Chapter 26, "If This Goes On", is taken from the title of the Creator/RobertAHeinlein [[Literature/IfThisGoesOn novel of the same name.name]]. Heinlein's novel is about a subtle dictatorship that takes over the United States by playing on the fears of the general public, mirroring the plot of ''FanFic/OriginStory''.
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* The title of Chapter 2, "Now For Something Completely Different" is a ShoutOut to MontyPython.
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* The title of Chapter 2, "Now For Something Completely Different" is a ShoutOut to MontyPython.Creator/MontyPython.
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* Chapter 28 features a [[TheCameo cameo]] by Deadpool, rather brazenly states that he's only making the cameo to generate a lttle extra push for the readership. He then says "TV Tropes even has a name for it: WolverinePublicity!"
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* Chapter 29, entitled "No. You Move!", takes its title from a now legendary ComicBook/CaptainAmerica speech in which he explains to Spider-Man that while compromise is all fine and good, there are some times where ethics and morality demand you plant yourself in the way of those would do bad things and dare them to try and push through you.
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* At the end of Chapter 9, Louise Fulford tells Alex not to worry about what to do at a Catholic mass, because she will "steer [her] around the curves." In the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode, "The Zeppo", Faith Lehane uses that exact phrasing on Xander to quell Xander's anxiety over being a version when he and Faith are about to have sex with each other.
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* In Chapter 28, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica mentions earning his Congressional Medal of Honor for a mission in which he "dropped onto Schloss Adler." "Schloss Adler" was the castle in which the Nazis had their strategic headquarters in the 1969 movie, ''Film/WhereEaglesDare''.
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* In Chapter 28, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica mentions earning his Congressional Medal of Honor for a mission in which he "dropped onto Schloss Adler." "Schloss Adler" was the castle in which the Nazis had their strategic headquarters in the 1969 movie, ''Film/WhereEaglesDare''.
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* Chapter 25 uses the argument from ''Film/XMen'' that "We license people to drive but not to live."
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* Chapter 25 uses the argument from ''Film/XMen'' ''Film/XMen1'' that "We license people to drive but not to live."
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* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song "Us vs. Them."
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* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song "Us vs. Them.Them," which just so happens to be the second song on side two of "Dark Side of the Moon."
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* The team of crime scene investigators that discover Karen Starr was raped and murdered by her father are all named after the characters in the Music/WeirdAlYankovic film Film/UHF.
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* The team of crime scene investigators that discover Karen Starr was raped and murdered by her father are all named after the characters in the Music/WeirdAlYankovic film Film/UHF.''Film/{{UHF}}''.
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* Chapter 27, "Welcome to the Hellmouth", takes its title from the pilot episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
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* Chapter 27's page quote is taken directly from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season one OpeningNarration.
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* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from ComicBook/Superman, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.
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* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from ComicBook/Superman, Franchise/{{Superman}}, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.
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* When Agent Understone asks Doc Samson for a diagnosis of Alex's mental state, Samson says, “She's a loon”, a reference to ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.
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* When Agent Understone asks Doc Samson for a diagnosis of Alex's mental state, Samson says, “She's a loon”, a reference to ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.''Film/TheTerminator''.
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* Chapter 25 uses the argument from ''Film/XMen'' that "We license people to drive but not to live."
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* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Kitchen Confidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse than it was in the real world.
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* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Kitchen Confidential'', ''Series/KitchenConfidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse than it was in the real world.
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* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song of the same name.
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* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song of the same name."Us vs. Them."
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* Chapter 8's title, "But Today... Today is a Very Different Day" is taken from a line of dialogue spoken by Londo Mollari in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' epidose "Into the Fire".
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* Chapter 8's title, "But Today... Today is a Very Different Day" is taken from a line of dialogue spoken by Londo Mollari in the ''Series/BabylonFive'' epidose episode "Into the Fire".
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* Chapter 8's title, "But Today... Today is a Very Different Day" is taken from a line of dialogue spoken by Londo Mollari in the ''Series/Babylon5'' epidose "Into the Fire".
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As a FanFic story that [[{{Crossover}} crosses over]] both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'', and is set in the MarvelUniverse, naturally there are a lot of mentions of elements from those three media. Other things the story references include:
!!References In The Titles:
* Chapter 1 is entitled "Orbital Decay", a name taken from the Alan Steele novel of the same name. The chapter begins with Alex Harris falling to Earth from orbit and surviving. The climax of the novel "Orbital Decay" features an astronaut who falls to Earth from orbit and survives.
* The title of Chapter 2, "Now For Something Completely Different" is a ShoutOut to MontyPython.
* The titles of Chapter 5, "Life is What Happens to You..." and Chapter 6, "... When You're Busy Making Other Plans'' are taken from the Music/JohnLennon song "Beautiful Boy".
* Chapter 8's title, "But Today... Today is a Very Different Day" is taken from a line of dialogue spoken by Londo Mollari in the ''Series/Babylon5'' epidose "Into the Fire".
* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song of the same name.
* The title of Chapter 16, "The Deep Breath Before the Plunge" was taken from one of Gandalf's lines of dialogue in the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''.
* The title of Chapter 22, "Definitely Miami" was taken from the twelfth episode of ''Series/MiamiVice's'' second season. That's the episode in which Music/TedNugent plays a serial killer.
* Chapter 23's title, "Look! Up in the Sky!" is, of course, one of the {{Stock Phrase}}s of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' franchise.
!!Other Shouts-Out:
* The casting used in the ''Franchise/MarvelComics'' version of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' includes actors who were called to audition but didn't make the cut, and to actors that only appeared in ''Buffy's'' unaired pilot.
* When Agent Understone asks Doc Samson for a diagnosis of Alex's mental state, Samson says, “She's a loon”, a reference to ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.
* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from ComicBook/Superman, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.
* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Kitchen Confidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse than it was in the real world.
* The computer tech who helps Phil Coulson distribute the truth about Alex's treatment at the hands of SHIELD to the general public was named Willow Rosenberg. Coulson, who knows the truth about Alex's origins, found it “poetically appropriate”.
* The first time Alex models her new costume for her girlfriend, Louise points to the costume's insignia and asks, "What's the S stand for?" in a near-duplicate of the scene from ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* Chapter 19 is basically one huge ShoutOut to the Disneyland Park.
* Chapter 22 features an almost loving ShoutOut to Scarlett's Cabaret, Miami's singular, top-of-the-line strip joint/nightclub.
* Chapter 23 features a shout to the popular Orlando drive-time shock-jocks, the Monsters in the Morning.
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!!References In The Titles:
* Chapter 1 is entitled "Orbital Decay", a name taken from the Alan Steele novel of the same name. The chapter begins with Alex Harris falling to Earth from orbit and surviving. The climax of the novel "Orbital Decay" features an astronaut who falls to Earth from orbit and survives.
* The title of Chapter 2, "Now For Something Completely Different" is a ShoutOut to MontyPython.
* The titles of Chapter 5, "Life is What Happens to You..." and Chapter 6, "... When You're Busy Making Other Plans'' are taken from the Music/JohnLennon song "Beautiful Boy".
* Chapter 8's title, "But Today... Today is a Very Different Day" is taken from a line of dialogue spoken by Londo Mollari in the ''Series/Babylon5'' epidose "Into the Fire".
* The title of Chapter, 12, “Dark Side of the Moon: Side 2, Song 2” is a reference to a single line of dialog from an episode of ''Series/GeneralHospital'' that broadcast back in 1985. Of course, it is also a reference to the Music/PinkFloyd song of the same name.
* The title of Chapter 16, "The Deep Breath Before the Plunge" was taken from one of Gandalf's lines of dialogue in the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''.
* The title of Chapter 22, "Definitely Miami" was taken from the twelfth episode of ''Series/MiamiVice's'' second season. That's the episode in which Music/TedNugent plays a serial killer.
* Chapter 23's title, "Look! Up in the Sky!" is, of course, one of the {{Stock Phrase}}s of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' franchise.
!!Other Shouts-Out:
* The casting used in the ''Franchise/MarvelComics'' version of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' includes actors who were called to audition but didn't make the cut, and to actors that only appeared in ''Buffy's'' unaired pilot.
* When Agent Understone asks Doc Samson for a diagnosis of Alex's mental state, Samson says, “She's a loon”, a reference to ''Film/{{Terminator}}''.
* When she finally decides to become a superhero, she takes her look directly from ComicBook/Superman, but tosses in a dash of ComicBook/PowerGirl for good measure. And the name she uses, Superwoman, is a direct ShoutOut to honor the man she's hoping to emulate in the MarvelUniverse.
* Alex and Louise run into actor Nicholas Brendon and his twin brother, Kelly Donovan. Notably, in the MarvelUniverse, Brendon was never cast as Xander Harris and spends much more well-known for ''Kitchen Confidential'', which was a much bigger hit in the MarvelUniverse than it was in the real world.
* The computer tech who helps Phil Coulson distribute the truth about Alex's treatment at the hands of SHIELD to the general public was named Willow Rosenberg. Coulson, who knows the truth about Alex's origins, found it “poetically appropriate”.
* The first time Alex models her new costume for her girlfriend, Louise points to the costume's insignia and asks, "What's the S stand for?" in a near-duplicate of the scene from ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* Chapter 19 is basically one huge ShoutOut to the Disneyland Park.
* Chapter 22 features an almost loving ShoutOut to Scarlett's Cabaret, Miami's singular, top-of-the-line strip joint/nightclub.
* Chapter 23 features a shout to the popular Orlando drive-time shock-jocks, the Monsters in the Morning.
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