History ShoutOut / ShadowsOverHell

* A particularly relaxing movie date with Blitz ends with a laughing Stolas exclaiming ''[[Film/TheRoom "You are TEARING ME APART, BLITZY!"]]''

** The eldritch creature known as the King bears several striking visual similarities to ''[[Literature/TheKinginYellow]]''

* Chapter 13 name drops this world's version of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' & ''Website/DeviantArt'' called Daylight & [=DelinquentArt=]

* Before IMP and company can leave the city by car, an ork blows up the Abrams tanks in IMP's parking lot. The debris crush Blitz's van. His reaction? "Well that's just great! Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real shit now! [[Film/Aliens Game over!"]]. Rufus' response? "Shut up, Hudson."

* In Chapter 61, Rufus appears for Krampusnacht leaning on a cane and wrapped in a high collared long coat, making Blitz think of Christopher Walken in [[Film/TheDeadZone]].

--> '''Charlie''': Yeah, they sure do happen around here, don't they?

* After the first portal to Hell fails, Blitzo snaps at Charlie who frustratedly tells him, she and the others are trying their best. The angry imp has this response to that: [[Film/TheRock "Losers always cry about their best! WE'RE WINNERS! AND WINNERS GO HOME AND FUCK THE PROM QUEEN!"]]

* Loona calls [[spoiler: one of the monster in Mother's Army, resembling a giant butterfly]] [[Film/Mothra Mothra]] as she shoots it down, much to Vaggie's amusement. Loona coins if [[EverythingIsRacist that would be racist.]]

* When an improvised bomb fails to go off during the finale, Blitz asks [[WesternAnimation/HaredevilHare ''"Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"'']].

* When an improvised bomb fails to go off during the finale, Blitz asks [[Characters/LooneyTunesMajorCharacters/MarvinTheMartian ''"Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"'']].

* When an improvised bomb fails to go off during the finale, Blitz asks [[Characters/LooneyTunesMajorCharacters/MarvintheMartian ''"Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"'']].

* Upon seeing the power of his new guns, Rufus happily says: [[Film/EvilDead2 ''"Groovy"'']]. Loona gives him two punches on the shoulder for it, calling him a nerd.

* Rufus' fondness for the Franchise/{{Alien}} franchise extended to him creating a customized Pulse Rifle from traditional steel and walnut furniture, much to Loona's amusement.

* Rufus' fondness for the Franchise/Alien franchise extended to him creating a customized Pulse Rifle from traditional steel and walnut furniture, much to Loona's amusement.

* Lilith remarks that the magical ritual circle needed to access Mother's realm is the most complicated bit of sorcery she and Lucifer have attempted [[VideoGame/Doom "since the third Age when that brute in green armor tried to rip and tear his way through Violence."]]
* Rufus' fondness for the ALIENS franchise extended to him creating a customized Pulse Rifle from traditional steel and walnut furniture, much to Loona's amusement.

* Several demons are shocked when Rufus glasses Alastor at the hotel bar. Angel Dust takes it in stride, filming the ensuing fistfight with his phone and exclaiming [[Film/TheMonsterSquad "Whao, wolf man's got nards!"]]

* Several demons are shocked when Rufus glasses Alastor at the hotel bar. Angel Dust takes it in stride, filming the ensuing fistfight with his phone and exclaiming [[Film/TheMonsterSquad "Whao, wolf man's got <i>nards!</i>"]]

* Several demons are shocked when Rufus glasses Alastor at the hotel bar. Angel Dust takes it in stride, filming the ensuing fistfight with his phone and exclaiming [[Film/TheMonsterSquad "Whao, wolf man's got <em>nards!</em>"]]

* Alastor coins a familiar quote when the leads come to him for help: [[Film/TheDarkKnight "If you're good at something never do it for free."]]

* During her first introduction to Loona, Slaanesh threatens to [[{{WesternAnimation/Balto}} fold her five ways, and leave her for a cat toy.]]
* Octavia's first ever Taxidermy project, at the age of 12, was with a Phoenix she would sometimes play with, that she lovingly named ''[[Characters/HarryPotterAnimalsAndPets Fawkes.]]''
* Octavia joins Loona and her hellhound bodies, in ripping into Hell's period drama ''[[Series/DowntonAbbey Slaughterton Abbey.]]''

* While M&M share a passionate moment together with a bubblebath in their own home, Moxxie ends up turning on Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder as background noise.
* During his brushing session with Loona, Blitzo turns on Film/GhostShark, which both find to be much less fun that advertised aside from a few kill scenes.

* When Rufus finally returns to Goetia Keep after spending two and a half days fighting and killing his way through Pentagram City and Imp City, he opines [[Film/Tremors2: Aftershocks "I am completely ''out'' of ammo... That's never happened to me before."]]

* Alastor coins a familiar quote when the leads come to him for help: [[Film/TheDarkKnight ''"If you're good at something never do it for free."'']]

* The world of [[Franchise/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]] apparently exists here and is fully accessible to the royalty of Hell.

* Both Blitz and Loona enjoy ''[[Podcast/WelcometoNightVale "Waiting on the bus in the rain, in the rain..."]]'' even though Loona finds the Weather rather hit-or-miss.

* Chapter 43 reveals that Dr. Crest's book, is in fact [[Creator/RobertBloch De Vermis Mysteriis]].

* During his BadassBoast and Speech to everyone in Stolas' palace, Blitzo happily holds aloft his new heavenly shotgun and quotes Ash William's famous line: [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness "This…is my BOOMSTICK!"]]