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** The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Phone Home" is, as the title suggests, one massive homage to ''Film/{{ET}}'', with Young Ray as Elliot and [[spoiler:a baby Dominator]] as E.T.

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** The ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' episode "Phone Home" is, as the title suggests, one massive homage to ''Film/{{ET}}'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', with Young Ray as Elliot and [[spoiler:a baby Dominator]] as E.T.
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* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': The SeriesFinale "Reality Takes a Holiday" is one to ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E23AWorldOfDifference A World of Difference]]".

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* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': The SeriesFinale "Reality Takes a Holiday" is one to ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E23AWorldOfDifference "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E23AWorldOfDifference A World of Difference]]".



* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E97TheGift The Gift]]" is a sci-fi version of the story of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}. Williams is an alien visitor who has arrived on Earth with a gift for humanity, a CureForCancer, but he is killed and the gift is destroyed. The parallel is made clear when the doctor says that the bartender Manolo, who has told the Mexican Army of Williams' presence, should have been christened "Judas."

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E97TheGift "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E32TheGift The Gift]]" is a sci-fi version of the story of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}. Williams is an alien visitor who has arrived on Earth with a gift for humanity, a CureForCancer, but he is killed and the gift is destroyed. The parallel is made clear when the doctor says that the bartender Manolo, who has told the Mexican Army of Williams' presence, should have been christened "Judas."
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* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "The Lives of Others", like ''Film/RearWindow'', has Castle stuck at home with a broken leg. While watching his neighbors through binoculars, he sees something that looks like a murder. [[spoiler:It was staged by Beckett as an elaborate way to get him to a surprise party.]]

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* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "The Lives of Others", like ''Film/RearWindow'', has Castle stuck at home with a broken leg. While watching his neighbors through binoculars, he sees something that looks like a murder. [[spoiler:It was staged by Beckett as an elaborate way to get him to a surprise party.]]
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* The "ABC Killer" episode from ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa'' is, as one might guess, a big reference to Agatha Christie's ''Literature/TheABCMurders''. Arisugawa specifically brings up in-universe that a serial killer targeting people based on the alphabet was likely inspired by the novel. It also has a similar twist to the novel: [[spoiler:there was only one targeted victim, with the rest killed to send the police on a false trail.]]
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has incorporated nearly every fairy tale known to man at this point, as well as a few things that aren't usually considered fairy tales, albeit in a manner that doesn't generally qualify for this trope. Which makes it all the more unexpected when the initial plot of the Season 3 finale turns out to be one gigantic reference to [[spoiler: ''Film/BackToTheFuture'']], of all things.

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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has incorporated nearly every fairy tale known to man at this point, as well as a few things that aren't usually considered fairy tales, albeit in a manner that doesn't generally qualify for this trope. Which makes it all the more unexpected when the initial plot of the Season 3 finale turns out to be one gigantic reference to [[spoiler: ''Film/BackToTheFuture'']], ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'']], of all things.

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