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* The villain from the first season finale [[spoiler:(and second season premiere)]] has a last name of Lumiere, and is a filmmaker. The Lumiere brothers were pioneers of French cinema.
* The show contains a fair number of Shout Outs to ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Some of them are ActorAllusion moments, as Katie Griffin (who plays Alex) played Sailor Mars in the early English dub of the show.
* The show has a metric ton of Shout Outs to ''Manga/CatsEye'', which had a very popular French dub in the 80's. Alex is a CaptainErsatz of Ai, the youngest Kisugi sister, who was [[DubNameChange called "Alex" in the dub]].
** Pam, Alice, and Crimson, the predecessors of the show's protagonists, are also modeled after the three Kisugi sisters. They also acted as rival spies in an episode tiled [[ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy Spies Vs Spies]].
* The show contains a fair number of Shout Outs to ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Some of them are ActorAllusion moments, as Katie Griffin (who plays Alex) played Sailor Mars in the early English dub of the show.
* The show has a metric ton of Shout Outs to ''Manga/CatsEye'', which had a very popular French dub in the 80's. Alex is a CaptainErsatz of Ai, the youngest Kisugi sister, who was [[DubNameChange called "Alex" in the dub]].
** Pam, Alice, and Crimson, the predecessors of the show's protagonists, are also modeled after the three Kisugi sisters. They also acted as rival spies in an episode tiled [[ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy Spies Vs Spies]].
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!!''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''
ShoutOut in this series.
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* References to ''Anime/SailorMoon'' are probably an inside joke, as at least one of the voice actors -- namely Katy Griffin, who plays Alex -- also voiced Raye in the early Creator/DiC-dubbed episodes of that show.
* ''Series/CharliesAngels'', when a villain impersonating Jerry accidentally calls Alex "Farrah".
* WOOHP sounds suspiciously similar to WOOC(P), the employer of the protagonist of ''The Ipcress File'' and other Creator/LenDeighton novels.
* There is a ShoutOut to Tsukasa Hojo's ''Manga/CatsEye'' in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. More precisely, the tomboyish brunette ActionGirl with a yellow SpyCatsuit Alex is an {{Expy}} for Ai Kisugi, the youngest of the three sisters. It's much easier for the French viewers to figure it out, since Ai was named ''Alex'' (short for Alexia) in the French dub. It also helps that ''Manga/CatsEye'' was broadcast multiple times on French public channels in the '80s (and well beloved). And yes, it was displayed on kids programs. Which the creators of the show grew up watching. [[ValuesDissonance Explains a lot, doesn't it?]]
** In the episode "Spies Vs. Spies", the agents who predate the girls, Pam, Alice, and Crimson, seemed to have been directly modeled after the girls from ''Manga/CatsEye''.
** Crimson is a reference to the rock song "Crimson and Clover"
** Wait a minute, [[ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy Spies Vs. Spies?]]
* Also, whenever the girls are shown playing soccer, the animation draws much inspiration from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', from the balls taking on an oval shape after being kicked, all the way the ball spinning in the goalkeeper's hands until his gloves are fizzled out. Especially if Alex (who is a professed soccer fan, as per "Spy Soccer") is involved.
* In the episode "Miss Spirit Fingers", Alex and Clover have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where they crash into a ''Film/PulpFiction'' poster.
* Jerry's [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix-style]] jump to the helicopter in the episode "A Spy Is Born (part II)".
* And there's another possible ''Matrix'' reference in the series 2 episode "It's How You Play the Game" with the wriggly silverfish robots used to infect people's minds by the BigBad. They go in through the ear, though, not the belly button.
* Oooh! And the ''Film/JamesBond'' crotch-laser in the episode "Starstruck".
* Also when Jerry's mother, in a flashback, rises from the sea in an orange bikini with a white belt.
* ''Film/KingKong1933'', when the gorilla climbs up a skyscraper with Alex on its back in the episode "Animal World".
* Averted with G.L.A.D.I.S.. Despite what many would think, this show's [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} G.L.A.D.I.S.]] actually came first.
* But G.L.A.D.I.S.' main interface looks a lot like Shirka from ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}''.
* Margie from "Brain Drain" shouts [[Literature/MommieDearest "NO WIRE HANGERS!"]]
* Geraldine Husk sounds and looks a lot like Emma Peel, which ended up being the breakout star of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', a mod spy show.
* Alex briefly snaps a [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salute]] when encountering aliens.
* Does Clover's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/totallyspies/images/8/89/Lara_Croft-02.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20120625113610 virtual trainer]] in season 3's "Evil Promotion Much" remind anyone of [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleofLife a certain globetrotting adventuress?]]
* Season 3's "Morphing Is Soooo 1987" sees recurring villain Tim Scam creating multiple [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay morphing robots that can effortlessly create an exact copy of anyone it touches]] in an effort to destroy WOOHP.
* Though it is possibly unintentional, the design for Gargantuan's head in episode 12 season 3 is strikingly similar to that of the Combat Boomers from ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''.
ShoutOut in this series.
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* References to ''Anime/SailorMoon'' are probably an inside joke, as at least one of the voice actors -- namely Katy Griffin, who plays Alex -- also voiced Raye in the early Creator/DiC-dubbed episodes of that show.
* ''Series/CharliesAngels'', when a villain impersonating Jerry accidentally calls Alex "Farrah".
* WOOHP sounds suspiciously similar to WOOC(P), the employer of the protagonist of ''The Ipcress File'' and other Creator/LenDeighton novels.
* There is a ShoutOut to Tsukasa Hojo's ''Manga/CatsEye'' in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. More precisely, the tomboyish brunette ActionGirl with a yellow SpyCatsuit Alex is an {{Expy}} for Ai Kisugi, the youngest of the three sisters. It's much easier for the French viewers to figure it out, since Ai was named ''Alex'' (short for Alexia) in the French dub. It also helps that ''Manga/CatsEye'' was broadcast multiple times on French public channels in the '80s (and well beloved). And yes, it was displayed on kids programs. Which the creators of the show grew up watching. [[ValuesDissonance Explains a lot, doesn't it?]]
** In the episode "Spies Vs. Spies", the agents who predate the girls, Pam, Alice, and Crimson, seemed to have been directly modeled after the girls from ''Manga/CatsEye''.
** Crimson is a reference to the rock song "Crimson and Clover"
** Wait a minute, [[ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy Spies Vs. Spies?]]
* Also, whenever the girls are shown playing soccer, the animation draws much inspiration from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', from the balls taking on an oval shape after being kicked, all the way the ball spinning in the goalkeeper's hands until his gloves are fizzled out. Especially if Alex (who is a professed soccer fan, as per "Spy Soccer") is involved.
* In the episode "Miss Spirit Fingers", Alex and Clover have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where they crash into a ''Film/PulpFiction'' poster.
* Jerry's [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix-style]] jump to the helicopter in the episode "A Spy Is Born (part II)".
* And there's another possible ''Matrix'' reference in the series 2 episode "It's How You Play the Game" with the wriggly silverfish robots used to infect people's minds by the BigBad. They go in through the ear, though, not the belly button.
* Oooh! And the ''Film/JamesBond'' crotch-laser in the episode "Starstruck".
* Also when Jerry's mother, in a flashback, rises from the sea in an orange bikini with a white belt.
* ''Film/KingKong1933'', when the gorilla climbs up a skyscraper with Alex on its back in the episode "Animal World".
* Averted with G.L.A.D.I.S.. Despite what many would think, this show's [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} G.L.A.D.I.S.]] actually came first.
* But G.L.A.D.I.S.' main interface looks a lot like Shirka from ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}''.
* Margie from "Brain Drain" shouts [[Literature/MommieDearest "NO WIRE HANGERS!"]]
* Geraldine Husk sounds and looks a lot like Emma Peel, which ended up being the breakout star of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'', a mod spy show.
* Alex briefly snaps a [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salute]] when encountering aliens.
* Does Clover's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/totallyspies/images/8/89/Lara_Croft-02.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20120625113610 virtual trainer]] in season 3's "Evil Promotion Much" remind anyone of [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleofLife a certain globetrotting adventuress?]]
* Season 3's "Morphing Is Soooo 1987" sees recurring villain Tim Scam creating multiple [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay morphing robots that can effortlessly create an exact copy of anyone it touches]] in an effort to destroy WOOHP.
* Though it is possibly unintentional, the design for Gargantuan's head in episode 12 season 3 is strikingly similar to that of the Combat Boomers from ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''.
