History ShoutOut / SchlockMercenary

* [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-07-23 LOTA]]. "[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk I don't think we'd like it when it's angry.]]" Also, [[HulkSpeak Lota is too large for your puny pronouns]].

* Carbosilicate amorphs apparently ''[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-10-25 do]]'' dream of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric sheep]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''... er... [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-11-11 reverse guest comic]].

* "What does a [[Manga/{{Bleach}} 21st Century anime]] have to do [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-11-23 with whitening agents]]?"

* The RPG mentions an Esspererin habitat cluster called "Lonesome, Series/{{Lost}} [[Series/GilligansIsland Gilligan]]" that suffered a memetic infection of 20th century Earth TV. During the final battle we see one of their palm tree-ships crewed by a cyborg bug Skipper and a cowboy.

* [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-30 Three words]]: Disney/TheLionKing

* Schlock quotes [[Film/StarWars Han Solo's infamous attempt to talk down Imperials investigating their shoot-out on Leia's detention level]] in an effort to fool the Pa'anuri. [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2020-03-29 It works just about as well as Han's.]]

* UsefulNotes/{{Clippy the Paperclip}} [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2020-02-27 turns out to have returned in spirit]] (in the form of a VR tentacle) a thousand years hence:

* [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-07 Here is a comparison]] between uplifted Apes and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Dwarves]]

* ''Film/StarWars'': Combining a BrickJoke out of the name of the Kessler Array, [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-12-21 with Admiral Chu issuing orders and emphasizing them by stating he wouldn't like to start the next millennium making Kessler runs]].

* And the general uniforms for the Mallcop Command arc are effectively Next Generation command uniforms with the colors reversed.

-->'''Uptrobar''': A pair of ancient human philosophers pithily described this not-uncommon circumstance... [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]] said that scientific progress is less "Eureka" and more "That's funny", and {{Hobbes|WasRight}} said [[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/01/10 "Scientific progress goes 'boink.'"]]
-->'''Lefevre''' ''({{facepalm}}ing)'': Watterson. That was ''Watterson''.

-->'''Uptrobar''': A pair of ancient human philosophers pithily described this not-uncommon circumstance... [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Asimov]] said that scientific progress is less "Eureka" and more "That's funny", and {{Hobbes|WasRight}} said "Scientific progress goes 'boink.'""
-->'''Lefevre''' ''({{facepalm}}ing)'': Watterson. That was ''[[https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/01/10 Watterson]]''.

** A [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] example here:

* If you're in a decently equipped lab, you might see [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph-in-a-Tube]]. As well as an adult Xenomorph [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-12-16 here]]

* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-01 This]]. (With a TakeThat in the commentary beneath.)

* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-07-23 LOTA]]. "[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk I don't think we'd like it when it's angry.]]" Also, [[HulkSpeak Lota is too large for your puny pronouns]].

* LOTA and the Burana-Bots [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-11-29 performing]] the opening number from ''[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Aperture Science: The Musical]] by [[Music/JonathanCoulton Coulton]], [[Creator/JohnScalzi Scalzi]], and [[Creator/WilWheaton Wheaton]]''

* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-08-16 this]] strip, Tailor says 'We're in a maze of twisty passages, all alike!', a reference to either VideoGame/{{Zork}} or VideoGame/ColossalCave
* In [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-04-01 this]] strip, Schlock gets put back together by jumping into a pod and reassembling. Once he gets out of the pod, he says "Whoa! I know kung fu," a reference to Neo in Film/TheMatrix.

* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-07 Here is a comparison]] between uplifted Apes and [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Dwarves]]
* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-30 Three words]]: Disney/TheLionKing
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''... er... [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-11-11 reverse guest comic]].
* Although it was subtle enough to require WordOfGod confirmation, [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-22 "key lime pie"]] is a reference to [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F002.jpg the second]] ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' strip.
* Gavcorps gets one to ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-31 here]]
* ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'' -- [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-07-03 don't make it angry]]!
* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-06-27 One arc]] is named VideoGame/CommandAndConquer.
* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-02-17 Author notes]] reference a certain, popular [[Theatre/PunchAndJudy "Punch and Judy"]] TV show.
* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-10-07 Their exit is a blue police box that looks]] [[Series/DoctorWho bigger on the inside]].
** Petey seems to like this one - he uses a similar box [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-03-27 as a breaching/boarding pod]] later on.

** Comic artist "Doc" Nickel's website "Doc's Machine" gets a nod, as [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-10-26 the name of the boat]] used for hunting a giant shark.
** The fictional "Doc" appears as a background character on one of Petey's floating cities, [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-11-15 seen in the window in the second frame of the strip.]]
* The imaginary TV in [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-12-14 "The Sharp End Of The Stick"]] has "Film/{{THX1138}}" printed on the back.
* Pi uses [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-09-06 non-dairy creamer]] for explosives training. [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01871.htm A couple months]] after Florence did the same thing in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''.
* In "Delegates and Delegation", [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-10-30 using an orbital array of solar mirrors as a superweapon]] is referred to as [[Literature/TroyRising "cool to read about"]].
* ''Film/StarWars'': Combining a BrickJoke out of the name of the Kessler Array, [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-12-21 with Admiral Chu issuing orders and emphasizing them by stating he wouldn't like to start the next millennium making Kessler runs]].
* The ship chartered by the Toughs for [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-08-16 their salvage run to Ystre]] is a model called "Starcraft Ghost X360".
* "[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Ancient Earth documentaries]] suggest that [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2012-02-12 talking during this sort of show is required]]."

* When enough Gavs get tired of being a demographic of identical clones, they set up the [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-25 Diversity Engineering Institute.]] No-one else in the 31st century has a clue how hilarious the initials [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_System_at_the_California_Institute_of_Technology#Dabney_House DEI]] are.

* "What does a [[Manga/{{Bleach}} 21st Century anime]] have to do [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-11-23 with whitening agents]]?