History ShoutOut / TheAnnotatedSeries

* Bruce's chanting of "KAYOOGAH!" is interpreted as "WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}-ga", followed up with a narration annotation saying that ''"Kayloohgah was then [[Website/GoAnimate was then grounded for x number of years for having his name mentioned]]."''

* References to ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' and the Website/{{deviantART}} practice of recolouring Sonic characters are quite common.

* The next episode previews in season two open with [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz "Open your eyes for the next Sumosize." and "Open your eyes for the last Sumosize" for the finale.]]

* At the end of the OVA: [[WesternAnimation/{{Clerks}} "Oh no Owl is driving! How can this be?"]]

** ''That's what I told the librarian when I tried to play [[Music/{{Rush}} YYZ]] in the library and I still got banned."

* Episode 11: When Sully launches himself out of his bed and into his Danger Ranger uniform at the press of a button, an annotator notes that "Sully went to the ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' school of getting out of bed". This doubles as a reference to ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' since a *ding* is added afterwards.

** [[VideoGame/PaperMario Paper]] [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]], Now available on {{UsefulNotes/Nintendo 64}}.

** The {{UsefulNotes/Atari 2600}} is referred to as the game system that caused the [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 video game crash of 1983]].

* Season 2, Episode 10: When the Robot Masters enter the room Mega and Co. are sleeping in at Thirsty Gulch, an advertisement for [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights At Thirsty Gulch]] (Coming soon to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) pops up. Seconds later, Darkman throws a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Kamehameha]] wave.

** Sawada: "One way or another--" "[[Music/{{Blondie}} Im gunna find ya! Im gunna getcha-getcha-getcha-getcha!]]"

** In the same scene an annotation saying "insert obligatory ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' quote here" pops up.

* Someone compares Ethan's dad with [[Film/BackToTheFuture with an alternate Biff Tannen that became Marty's dad]] ''[[Film/BackToTheFuture and]]'' [[Film/BackToTheFuture developed George's taste in humor]].

** The villain introduces himself with "I am Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan," referencing a gag from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. When blown up, another annotation remarks that he was [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Lord Helmet]] all along.

** A [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros 1-UP]] pops up when Archie squashes a potato.

** Karras's head stomping a man just earned him [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros 100 points]].

** A thermos at the very beginning is labeled [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles "TGRI"]].

** After Guile's opponent gets buried in broken wood planks: "[[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Nobody coulda survived that! Not even Shredder!]]"

** The the first distributor shown becomes Tommy [[Film/TheRoom Wiseau]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Muntz]].

*** An annotation points out that the Bible Dance was never as popular as the [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi Dance]].

* One of the credits in the opening is changed to [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruki Suzumiya]].

** Guile asking about "rats in the kitchen" causes a mention of ''Animation/{{Ratatoing}}'' and lyrics from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle".

* Episode 5: During a commercial concerning breaking and entering into dangerous areas, a girl screams Jimmy's name as he is electrocuted. Pictures of [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Sarah]] and [[WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron Cindy]] are overlaid to make jokes about two girls connected to boys named Jimmy.

*** Another realizes that it's the origin of {{WesternAnimation/Cars}} and yet another is disgusted at encountering [[Creator/VideoBrinquedo The Little Cars]].