History ShoutOut / TheNostalgiaCritic

* In the ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' review, the Critic's asks Adam about "Going into anime", which is quite true in that Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (Adam's actor) went on to become one of the most well-known anime voice actors today.

* In his review of ''Film/InspectorGadget'', when making a gag about what the Gadgetmobile would sound like if voiced by Chris Tucker, the Gadgetmobile got pissed about Gadget [[Film/RushHour touching his radio]].

* When Aunts Spikey and Sponge attack a car that James is standing on in ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', the Critic says [[Film/TheShining "Heeeere's Peachy!"]]

--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' Oh my God, I've [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture traveled back and forth so much that it must have altered the present]]! What if [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} the machines have taken over]]? What if [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes humans and apes have switched places]]? What if [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd all cops are judge, jury and executioner]]? What if [[Film/TheFifthElement Chris Tucker's a sci-fi radio announcer in a dress]]?

* The end of the the ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' edition of "Old vs. New" is a spot-on recreation of the ending to "WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck". Notably, the Critic is largely inspired by Daffy Duck (As made clear in his ''Animaniacs'' interview.)

* During the Mr.Magoo review, he labels one ambiguously ethnic character "the [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Kwisatz Haderach]] of stereotypes, offending all at once".

* His review of ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' had a number of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' jokes.

** The trio throw a ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' joke after a guy falls into a spiky pit. Said guy is played by Ho Sung Pak, who did the motion capture for Liu Kang in the original ''Mortal Kombat'' games.

* In his review of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', the Critic shows [[{{Film/Poltergeist}} a house imploding after the movie is shown to its wall]]. The father responds with "should've rented ''[[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant Iron Giant]]''".

* If you look closely in the intro for the ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'' review, you could see [[Series/LambChopsPlayAlong Shari Lewis and Lamb-Chop]].

** When he's angsting at the end of the ''Film/MyPetMonster'' review, the "Lonely Man" theme to ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' plays.

* In ''Battle of Commercials'', some of Kid!Malcolm's black magic incantations include [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Wingardium leviosa"]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing "Asante sana, squash banana."]]

--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(smiling)'' Oh yes! I remember that magic element that was mean to bring back the evil that was almost destroyed... in fact, I was there. ''(background music starts to play; serious expression)'' [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings I was there when the strength of men fell.]]\\

* The Critic's freak-out at Amanda Waller in the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' review turns into a reference to Daniel Day-Lewis' famous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', with a good LampshadeHanging at the end:

--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(smiling)'' Oh yes! I remember that magic element that was mean to bring back the evil that was almost destroyed... in fact, I was there. ''(background music starts to play; serious expression)'' [[TheLordOfTheRings I was there when the strength of men fell.]]\\

* During the ''Film/MonsterSquad'' review, the "Ancient Book of Ancientness" that the Critic uses to fight Reality is [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Journal #3]].

* The intro for Matrix Month shows, in addition to words and random Japanese letters, small sprites of [[Franchise/PacMan Pac-Man, a ghost]], and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Triforce]].

* In his review of ''Mr. Nanny'', he mentions that ''Literature/{{Precious}}'' was a good movie.

* In his review of ''Mr. Nanny'', he mentions that ''[[{{Literature/Push}} Precious]]'' was a good movie.

* In the ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' review, Linkara at one point says "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty I need scissors 61!]]".
** Done in the Critic, Linkara and Spoony's review of this movie when they used a photoshopped picture of one of ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' openings. They also ended the review with appropriate music and slapstick antics.

* In the Top 11 F* ck Ups video, the Critic acknowledges that he repeatedly called the forklift in ''Film/BarbWire'' a bulldozer, and says that because of it he missed out on the [[FugitiveAlien obvious]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 reference]].

* The entire ''We're Back!'' review is a reference to ''Film/{{Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}''.

** He also introduces "Talent Replacer Bot 9000" to explain how it writes films. It notes that it uses a particular process for Rob Schneider films and directly references ''[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark]]'''s parody trailer for Rob Schneider films.

-->'''WonderWoman:''' And brother, when it disintegrates, it disintegrates! ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (sword disintegrates)]]'' Well, what do you know. It disintegrated.

* The Season 10 intro is based off that for ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJohnnyQuest]]''.