Line #140 ContinuityNod/Literature


1	!!Books with their own pages
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4	* ''ContinuityNod/TheHeroesOfOlympus''
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7	!!Other examples:
8	* Used extensively in the ''Literature/AgeOfFire Series''. The three separated siblings often her tales and legends of other's feats, factions from previous stories reappear and affect others, and some recurring characters are met by all 3 siblings.
9	* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': In “Girls United!”, Angela says that Mrs. Nicely isn’t keen on football, since when Bertie played it, the ball broke her greenhouse window. This happened in the ''Dirty Bertie'' story “Smash!”.
10	* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' gets a very nicely hidden one. For those who read second book enough, they'd realize that the 6th book revolves around something very briefly mentioned in the 2nd on page 120.
11	--> ''... "My father, though some of his ventures were undoubtedly illegal, was... is... a noble man. The idea of harming another creature would be repugnant to him." Holly tugged her boot from eight inches of snow. "So what happened to you?" Artemis's breath bloomed in icy clouds over his shoulder. "I...I made a mistake."''
12	** Artemis briefly mentioning the event that the 6th book's plot revolves around.
13	** Without foreknowledge, the "mistake" he was referring to could just as easily refer to him abducting Holly.
14	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
15	** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan": Chapter 13 strongly implies that this story takes place in the same continuity as ''Literature/IRobot'', because the Robertson family name is still in charge of the corporation (although it is now Smythe-Robertson), and there's a {{hologram}} of Susan Calvin on the wall, a reminder to everyone at US Robotics of the corporation's first Chief Robopsychologist.
16	** ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation'': During "Eto Demerzel", Seldon thinks back to the events of ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'', describing how [[MainCharacters he met only four people]] during his [[TheQuest Flight across Trantor]]. He mentions [[TheSmurfettePrinciple three men and Dors Venabili]], who married him in the intervening period.
17	** "Literature/TheHazing": Wri Forase excitedly tries to tell his college buddies about the [[HumanityIsInsane strange psychology exhibited by humans of Earth]]. Because this story was printed in a different magazine compared to "Literature/HomoSol", it was important to reference the difficulty in convincing Earth to join the [[GalacticSuperpower galactic council]].
18	** "Literature/TheImaginary": Because this story was printed in a different magazine compared to "Literature/HomoSol", it was important to reference Tan Porus's work to convince the humans of Earth to join the [[GalacticSuperpower galactic council]].
19	** ''Literature/TheRobotsOfDawn'': This novel takes place in the far future where robots are common in the Outer Worlds (they actually outnumber humans). While introducing the plot, Han Falstofe makes a reference to one of Asimov's short story from ''Literature/IRobot'', "Literature/Liar1941", which takes place in the early 21th century, about the time robots got developed in Asimov's universe. The story is told by Falstofe as a legend which is most probably not true, but illustrates the "mental freeze-out" of robots.
20	* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBearsBigChapterBooks'': The Big Chapter Books are chock-full of these. Events that took place in previous books get referred to in later books, and events from the parent series get referenced as well.
21	** In ''The Berenstain Bears and the Drug Free Zone'', when Dr. Gert Grizzly is telling the cubs about peer pressure and how it can be used to manipulate people into trying drugs, Sister recalls the events of ''The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd'', when Queenie tried to make all the other girls feel bad about not wearing her style of clothes.
22	** Later in the same book, when he's told the Too-Tall gang are being rounded up for drug-dealing, Brother remembers the events of ''The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare'', and how Too-Tall got in trouble with his dad for stealing from Farmer Ben.
23	** In ''The Berenstain Bears and the Galloping Ghost'', when Billy Bogg is exposed as the fake ghost, Cousin Fred says he thought the Bogg Brothers were still in prison on their drug conviction from ''The Berenstain Bears and the Drug Free Zone''.
24	* Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series:
25	** In ''The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian'' Bernie does some running, which is a reference to his claiming to be a runner during a podiatrist's appointment in ''The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza''. His new lawyer, Wally Hemphill, was a minor character in the same book.
26	** In ''The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams'' Bernie briefly mentions the bodies found in ''Burglars Can't Be Choosers'' and ''The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian''.
27	* This is done again in The Brothers Cabal when Cabal mentions the fate of the Skirtingboard people-which were also featured in the Blustery Day.
28	* At the very end of ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'', the abbot finds the skull of Francis, the protagonist of the first third of the book. It is, of course, symbolic: [[spoiler:both men complete their mission and ensure that humanity can grow and flourish once more, but neither survives to witness the consequences.]]
29	* Creator/MichaelConnelly has been writing mystery novels since the early 1990s and they are all in the same universe, and all of them after the first have at least one continuity nod. Here are two examples: ''Literature/NineDragons'' starts with Detective Literature/HarryBosch investigating the murder of an AsianStoreOwner--at the same store where Bosch wound up at the end of a previous Connelly novel, ''Literature/AngelsFlight''; non-Bosch novel ''Literature/ThePoet'' is tied to the Bosch verse when a character reads a newspaper article by Keisha Russell, a character mentioned in Bosch book ''Literature/TheLastCoyote''.
30	* ''Literature/TheCosmere'' has numerous subtle ones tying all the works in it together:
31	** A mysterious worldhopper named Hoid [[TheConstant makes scattered appearances throughout the books]], either as an AllPowerfulBystander or a manipulator [[HeroOfAnotherStory working to his own ends in the background]]. Sometimes his cameos allude to other appearances he made: in ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'', he poses as a Skaa street urchin and informant, the same disguise he used in ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy''.
32	** ''Wax And Wayne'' also has numerous nods to the events of ''Mistborn''. Various locations are named after prominent characters from ''Mistborn'', other characters have become mythic figures during the TimeSkip, Wax is a distant descendant of Breeze, Spook’s nigh-incomprehensible slang has become an officially recognized language, “Hazekillers” is now used as slang for anti-allomancer weapons, and techniques invented by the protagonists of ''Mistborn'' have become widespread.
33	** ''Literature/MistbornSecretHistory'' has Kelsier meeting a ton of Worldhoppers from previous stories, with appropriate references to said stories, including Khriss and Nazh and [[spoiler:[[{{Literature/Elantris}} some Elantrians]].]] He also runs into Hoid again, who references their previous meeting in ''The Original Trilogy'' and chews Kelsier out for some of his actions in that story.
34	** ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'' has a young, pre-worldhopping Khriss show up, setting up her chronologically later appearances in the other books.
35	** In ''Literature/SixthOfTheDusk'', it’s noted that the planet the story happens on, First of the Sun, has a naturally occurring Perpendicularity, a place that allows for dimensional travel that figures into the plot of some other Cosmere stories and plays a major part in the backstory.
36	** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', as the CrisisCrossover all the other stories lead into, naturally features a ton of nods to other stories:
37	*** [[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Ati, Demoux,]] [[{{Literature/Elantris}} Galladon,]] [[ComicBook/WhiteSand Baon,]] [[{{Literature/Warbreaker}} Vasher, Nightblood, and Vivenna]] all make [[BackForTheFinale return appearances or get mentioned]].
38	*** The Ghostblood’s trophies are a sort of “greatest hits” collection of objects, locations, and types of magic from past stories; a vial of pale sand from Taldain, Hemalurgic spikes, a lock of hair stolen from a Returned, a Tear Of Edgli, a silver knife from Threnody, etc..
39	* It's not uncommon for stories in the Franchise/CthulhuMythos to make reference to one another in some way with varying degrees of subtlety. When it's not bringing in one of Lovecraft's monsters, this can range from using common elements (i.e. the Necronomicon, referred to frequently by Lovecraft and used just as often by other writers) to referencing the events of specific stories.
40	* ''Literature/{{Daystar}}'' has several references to the earlier books in the series, including a passing mention of Firebird wearing a "gold bird pendant" which is presumably the eagle pendant Brennen's older brother gave him when they were both children and which Brennen had carried with him for years, and the fact that Tel Tellai married Esme Rogonin, whose friendship we see beginning in ''Crown of Fire''.
41	* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'':
42	** In ''Double Down'', Greg says that the Underpants Bandits books (from ''The Long Haul'') are old news now and that Spineticklers has replaced them.
43	** ''Wrecking Ball'':
44	*** A picture on Rowley's collage depicts him and Greg in their two-headed monster costume from ''Double Down''.
45	*** Various characters from ''The Meltdown'' appear attending Greg's going away party.
46	*** There are three references to ''Literature/DiaryOfAnAwesomeFriendlyKid''. Two illustrations (Greg's baby pictures and Rowley with an ice cream cone on his head) from said book reappear here in Greg's style, and a picture that Rowley draws in cement is done in the ''Awesome Friendly Kid'' style.
47	*** The Family Frolic magazine from ''The Long Haul'' and ''Double Down'' appears once again, with Susan using it to help Greg with the yard sale.
48	** In ''The Deep End'', Sweetie is mentioned once again. And he's still as spoiled and overfed as ever.
49	** In ''Big Shot'', Greg's team is initially sponsored by Marconi's Sub Shop, which appears in ''The Meltdown''. Greg is suspicious because they've been closed due to health code violations. Later, Coach Patel takes them there to eat at the end of the season.
50	* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': At the end of ''Paradiso'' Canto 22, Dante looks back at the seven spheres he passed and notes that back in the second canto, he incorrectly argued that the sphere of the Moon must be made of rare and dense matter.
51	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has quite a few. One of the bigger ones is a scene in ''Literature/MakingMoney'' where Moist is told "You can walk out of that door over there, and the matter will not be raised again." As [[Literature/GoingPostal the last time this happened]], the door opened onto a very deep pit, he is a little wary. [[spoiler: It is, in fact, a normal door.]]
52	** In ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Ridcully brings up the events of ''Literature/ReaperMan'': "Remember when we had all that extra life force around? A man couldn't call his trousers his own!" Other books have also made reference to "[[Literature/MovingPictures the Holy Wood incident]]" and "[[Literature/SoulMusic that music with rocks in debacle]]".
53	** This crosses through different protagonists' books. In ''Literature/{{Thud}}!'' Vimes is complaining about "that pea-brained idiot at the post office" (Stanley Howler, Head of Stamps as of the end of ''Literature/GoingPostal''), whose cabbage-scented stamps apparently ran into a few unforeseen problems, and in ''Making Money'' Moist briefly apologizes to Vetinari about the cabbage stamp debacle when trying to think of reasons Vetinari might have wanted to meet with him.
54	** In ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', the entire plot is set in motion by lightning striking a particular house as Vimes falls the University library roof straight into L-Space. This doesn't seem especially meaningful, unless you've read ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', and know that lighting bolt [[spoiler:stopped time and 'eventually' shattered time into a billion pieces, with Vimes apparently being missed [[FridgeBrilliance (probably due to him being inside L-Space)]] as it got put back together.]]
55	*** A scene in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' nods 'back' in reply, as characters from [=TOT=] notice there's a fight going on in Sator Square that is the aftermath of the action at the very start of ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld''. Which makes sense as we're observing it about 5 seconds later.
56	** Also, in ''Literature/TheTruth'' Vetinari asks William if Dibbler had had any managerial position of the press. This makes sense when you realize that Dibbler has almost destroyed Ankh-Morpork several times this way: In ''Reaper Man'' he had the snow globes, in ''Moving Pictures'' there was the "clicks", then in ''Soul Music'' there was Music with Rocks In...
57	** ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' mentions that [[Literature/{{Sourcery}} the last time the wizards got into a succession war]], TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt was only narrowly averted by Rincewind, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu wielding a half-brick in a sock]]. There's tons to later books as well, to the point of ContinuityPorn for attentive fans.
58	** The Dark Morris Dance from ''Literature/ReaperMan'' later appeared in ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}'' as a key plot point. Also, ''Wintersmith'' ends with Rob Anybody of the Nac Mac Feegles struggling to read "Where's My Cow", Sam Vimes Jr's favorite book from ''Literature/{{Thud}}''.
59	* In ''Literature/EmilyTheStrangeStrangerAndStranger'', Emily realizes she lost the ability to calculate terminal velocity. In the previous book ''Literature/EmilyTheStrangeTheLostDays'', Jakey told her that she was probably the only person in town who did know it.
60	* ''Literature/FelseInvestigates'' series by Creator/EllisPeters:
61	** In ''The Grass Widow's Tale'', George Felse stops in at a garage/petrol station he visited as part of the investigation in ''Flight of a Witch'', four novels and four years earlier, and reflects on how things have changed in the intervening years.
62	** ''Rainbow's End'' is set in the same neighbourhood as ''The Knocker on Death's Door'', three books previous, with some returning characters in supporting roles.
63	* ''Literature/Foundation1951'': In ''Literature/TheMerchantPrinces'', Sef Sermak, the opposition leader from ''Literature/TheMayors'', is mentioned as a historical figure who broke the power of the aristocracy in the Four Kingdoms with his land reforms. His party, the Actionist Party, is now in government.
64	* ''Literature/TheFurtherAdventuresOfBatman'': Most of the stories contain a reference to Robin’s death, which occurred in the recent storyline, ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''.
65	%%* Understandably, this happens in every single ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' book ever.
66	* Little windows to [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first book]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' abound in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the seventh]], and show starkly just how bad things have gotten.
67	** From the chapter "The Prince's Tale": "Keep an eye on Quirrell, won't you?"
68	*** There are about a million of 'em in that chapter as Harry goes through all of Snape's relevant memories--Dumbledore and Snape's conversation in the woods (where Snape says "you take too much for granted") is the one Hagrid overheard, as reported in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince HBP]], we hear "that awful boy" (Snape, not James) telling Lily about Dementors, as overheard by Petunia and reported in the beginning of [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix OotP]], etc, etc...
69	** [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Book Five]] is basically one ContinuityNod after another. When Harry takes his exams, he reminisces over all the stuff he did and learned over the past five years.
70	* The ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' novels have more than one nod to events that came before. The series began in the middle of Hornblower's career and the next several books go in a direct line of continuity, but then jump back to his days as a midshipman. ''Hornblower and the Atropos'' therefore seems to contain all the references to specific ships and adventures from ''Mr. Midshipman Hornblower'' and ''Lieutenant Hornblower'' that later books lack (while not mentioning his immediate previous command, ''Hotspur'', which Forester wouldn't write for another decade).
71	* Nick Hornby makes nods towards his other novels:
72	** In ''About a Boy'', Will shops in the record shop from ''Literature/HighFidelity''.
73	** In ''How to Be Good'', one character lives in a flat in the same building as an employee of the same record shop.
74	** In ''A Long Way Down'', a character from ''How to Be Good'' has a show on Martin Sharp's terrible cable TV channel.
75	* One of the protagonists of the ''Literature/HostileTakeoverSwann'' series is a [[Literature/MoreauSeries Frankenstein]] whose ancestors were optimized for neural interface with computers. She shares a surname with a frankenstein hacker who plays a significant role in [[Literature/MoreauSeries ''Specters of the Dawn'']]
76	* Various ''Literature/JamesBond'' novels have mentions of Bond's previous adventures. Most common references are his short marriage from ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and his various run-ins with the criminal organization SPECTRE.
77	* The Johannes Cabal series does this twice with minor throw-away supernatural weather terms brought up in the very first Cabal short story "Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" showing up first in the epilogue ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheDetective'' where we encounter the Blood-Red Snow and its creator, and then later in The Brothers Cabal when Horst encounters Cumulonemesis.
78	* Creator/JohnLeCarre occasionally adds references to names and events from earlier books that aren't directly relevant, just to reinforce the fact that his spy novels share the same setting.
79	* ''Literature/{{Linked}}'': Dana's father works at a dinosaur dig sponsored by the Wexford-Smythe University, and BlueBlood George Wexford-Smythe III was a character in [[Literature/MacdonaldHall the first two books Korman wrote]].
80	** ''Literature/TheLookingGlassWar'' centres around The Department, a different agency to George Smiley's employers the Circus. An early chapter very briefly mentions Smiley's Circus colleagues Leamas and Guillam, who play no further part in the story (unlike Smiley himself).
81	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', in addition to many more or less obscure allusions to events from ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' and ''Literature/TheHobbit'', manages to do an odd little in-universe continuity nod as Sam realises that he is indeed part of the same continuity, which are legends to him.
82	-->"No, sir, of course not. [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Beren]] now, he never thought he was going to [[EngagementChallenge get that Silmaril]] from the [[OrcusOnHisThrone Iron Crown]] in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that's a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it - and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We've got - you've got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you! Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. [[AndTheAdventureContinues Don't the great tales never end]]?" (''The Two Towers'', "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol")
83	** Gandalf getting dragged into a pit by a Balrog he has defeated can feel like one to "The Fall of Gondolin", where the Elf Glorfindel is dragged off a cliff by a Balrog.
84	** An especially evil one in Balin's grave. While Tolkien is not big on torturing his readers, killing one of The Hobbit's most beloved characters in this way is plain cruel.
85	* Towards the very beginning of ''Magician'', the first book of ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'', Pug is named squire of Forest Deep. In ''King of Foxes'', the 20th book, an agent is told that if he needs to contact the Conclave of Shadows, he should address a message to the Squire of Forest Deep and give it to a certain person. [[spoiler:This may not be a code phrase. Pug is the head of the Conclave, and when he renounced his title as Duke of Stardock, he did not renounce his other title, that of "Squire of Forest Deep".]]
86	* Creator/{{David Mitchell\|Author}}’s books are noted for their interconnectivity. This is true within single stories (the wondering soul in one of ''Literature/{{Ghostwritten}}''’s narratives, whose travels take it full-circle); within single novels (''Ghostwritten'' and ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' which are both made up of several independent but connected stories), and between novels (and other works). For example, a character from the Frobisher narrative in ''Cloud Atlas'' features prominently in ''Black Swan Green''. A minor character from Marco's narrative in ''Ghostwritten'' starts his story by waking up to a woman whose birthmark marks her as an iteration of the 'soul' that links all of the narratives in ''Cloud Atlas''. The list goes on and on. Even in Mitchell's latest book, ''Literature/TheThousandAutumnsOfJacobDeZoet'', which was seen as a departure from his previous meta/post-modernist fiction into fairly 'straight' historical drama, there is at least one very subtle connection to his earlier book ''Literature/Number9Dream'': the minor character Satsuki Miyake comes from Yakushima, hinting that she is the ancestor of Eiji Miyake, protagonist of the earlier work, who also hails from the tiny island. Insofar as Mitchell is writing about the 'real world', past or contemporary, this Verse is quite close to our own. However, Mitchell is also notable for writing science fiction elements into his books. If, as seems to be the case, all Mitchell's works are taking place in the same Verse, we are left to try and reconcile the end of ''Literature/{{Ghostwritten}}'' (which implies [[spoiler: the self-aware super-computer created by the nice Irish scientist has decided to annihilate mankind]]) with the future-set episodes of ''Cloud Atlas'' (in the first instance [[spoiler: a [[Film/SoylentGreen Soylent-Green]]-referencing consumerist dystopia; in the second instance a far-future-set 'last days of humanity']]). The possibilities are fascinating...
87	** ''Literature/TheBoneClocks'' goes even further and connects almost all of his previous novels and fleshes out the entire multiverse. In particular, ''The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet'' is directly connected [[spoiler: with Dr. Marinus revealed as an ''Main/EternalHero'' and Enomoto's immortality cult as legitimate magic]]. The future setting of ''Cloud Atlas'' and some background on the [[spoiler: Prescients]] are also tied into it.
88	* Creator/NnediOkorafor is fond of doing this, using references to her made-up world Ginen to loosely tie together ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' (set on Ginen), ''Literature/TheShadowSpeaker'' (set partly on Ginen), ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' (the heroine finds a book about Ginen), and ''Literature/AkataWitch'' (the heroine's knife was probably made on Ginen).
89	* ''Literature/PinkiePieAndTheRockinPonypaloozaParty'':
90	** Pinkie has been using a wall planner since [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies the incident involving the Mirror Pool.]]
91	** Pinkie references [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles her first party]] when her family arrives.
92	* ''Literature/RainbowDashAndTheDaringDoDoubleDare'':
93	** The last time Rainbow Dash was [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E8TheMysteriousMareDoWell particularly egotistical about her deeds]] was mentioned. The lesson appears to have [[AesopAmnesia worn off]]. [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Rainbow Danger Dash]] is brought up again as well.
94	** Also mentioned is the time when she saved Rarity in the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Canterlot Best Young Flyers Competition]]. Apparently her feat has been upgraded to a Double Rainboom, a possible [[FandomNod nod]] to a [[WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom fan episode]] and [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries Rainbow Dash's issue in the comic]].
95	** When Rainbow Dash mentions that she wouldn't be surprised if Daring Do was a real pony, the rest of the Mane Six [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E4DaringDont shoot her a stern look]].
96	* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, fairies the girls have met before will show up, and previous books' events are mentioned.
97	** Jack Frost's disguise in the Superstar Fairies series is a rapper. He rapped in the movie.
98	* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
99	** In “What’s Your Talent, Roys Bedoys?”, Roys makes the same cupcakes he made in “It’s the Last Day of School, Roys Bedoys!” (putting a scoop of ice cream on top).
100	** In “It’s St. Patrick’s Day, Roys Bedoys!”, Maker wears his green shirt with the white stripes he wore back in “It’s Spirit Week, Roys Bedoys!”.
101	** In “Roys Bedoys and Little Red Riding Hood”, the kids acknowledge that they’ve put on a play before (back in “Roys Bedoys and the Three Little Pigs”).
102	** In “Don’t Exclude Your Friend, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys and Maker remember when they went camping and Flora told a story which made Wen laugh, which happened in “Let’s Go Camping, Roys Bedoys!”.
103	** “Christmas is the Season of Giving, Roys Bedoys!” reveals that the Bedoys boys eventually managed to get the video game that sold out in “It’s Black Friday, Roys Bedoys”.
104	** The helmet from “Don’t Exclude Your Friend, Roys Bedoys!” appears again in “Manage Your Anger, Roys Bedoys!”.
105	** In “Read a Book, Roys Bedoys!”, Flora reads ''The Hat on the Cat'', which is the same book from “Behave at the Library, Roys Bedoys!”.
106	* In John Mortimer's ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' stories, Rumpole (the first person narrator of all but a few of the stories) often makes reference to other cases he's worked on (with Mortimer going so far as to add footnotes referencing the title of the story, the title of the compilation volume in which it appeared, and the page number it started on).
107	** The ''Rumpole'' series is also noteworthy for perpetrating what may well be the greatest NoodleIncident / ContinuityNod transformation in the history of literature. For years, in just about all of the stories Rumpole would reference [[NoodleIncident his greatest case]], "The Penge Bungalow Murders" (which, as he often noted, he tried "alone and without a leader"). Finally, nearing the end of his writing career, Mortimer finally wrote the novel ''Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders'', neatly turning that NoodleIncident into a ContinuityNod.
108	* Pelevin's ''The Sacred Book of the Werewolf'' contains several references to his earlier "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia", and [[spoiler:implies that Alexander in ''The Sacred Book of the Werewolf'' and Sasha in "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia" are the same person.]]
109	* Daniel Handler's ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' has tons of these, especially in "An Unauthorized Biography". LampshadeHanging and SubvertedTrope in "The End"
110	* In ''Literature/ShamanBlues'', Dora Wilk shaking up the entire power structure of the Council at the end of ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'' is why Gardiasz is going full DaChief on Witkacy.
111	* In the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' stories, Dr. Watson was fond of making references to other cases Holmes had worked on. While many of these were to incidents that Conan Doyle never based stories on, a few were references to other stories found in the Sherlockian Canon.
112	* Jon Snow's advice to Arya in book 1 of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' to "stick them with the pointy end" of her sword is referred to by both of them throughout the series.
113	** During the books, Tyrion loses his nose. Much later, when the dwarf Bobono, [[ShowWithinAShow who plays Tyrion in a play]], starts groping Mercy([[spoiler: Arya]]),she threatens to rip off his nose if he doesn't stop.
114	* Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse:
115	** Creator/PeterDavid's ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' novels include an immortal character named Morgan Primus. It's hinted that the character may be the same as Number One (from "The Cage"), suggested that she is the original model for shipboard computers' voices, and both Jean-Luc Picard and Montgomery Scott mistake her for other women they're familiar with (Lwaxana Troi and Christine Chapel, respectively). All of which is a big wink at the numerous roles that actress Majel Barrett (-Roddenberry) has filled in the Franchise/TrekVerse.
116	** In the ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}'' novel ''The Empty Chair'', it’s mentioned that there’s a planet just barely inside the Rihannsu side of the Neutral Zone that is almost richer in dilithium than [[Literature/HowMuchForJustThePlanet Direidi]]. In ''Literature/{{Swordhunt}}'', a Klingon refers to a "[[Literature/TheFinalReflection Thought Admiral]]".
117	** Tons and tons of them in the modern novel line. Just one example: in [[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo Star Trek: A Time to Kill]], President Zife ends up getting a list of crises which occurred on his watch recited to him. These are, of course, all references to other novels. There was [[Literature/StarTrekTheGenesisWave the Genesis Wave]], the [[Literature/StarTrekVoyagerRelaunch Holostrike]], the [[Literature/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineRelaunch Trill debacle]], the [[Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier Selelvians]]...
118	** The ''Literature/FortunesOfWar'' books are set in the later years of the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS timeline]], and ''Battlestations!'' makes reference to this by having Kirk own a racing yacht named ''[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Edith Keeler]]''. Piper, the main character, ponders the meaning behind the name.
119	* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
120	** The popular "it's a trap!" quote and {{meme\|ticMutation}} from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films is given a ContinuityNod twice in the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' novel series; once by [[MamaBear Mara Jade]] in ''Sacrifice'', and once by [[MartialPacifist Luke]] in ''Revelation''.
121	** In ''Literature/DarkForceRising'', Luke and Mara sneak aboard a Star Destroyer to rescue Talon Karrde. Luke sneaks into and out of the detention area via a trash compactor. (Also, earlier, looking to [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguise themselves]] for the rescue attempt, Luke advises Mara that stormtrooper armor is hard to see out of, referencing his line from ''Film/ANewHope''.)
122	--->'''Luke:''' I can't see a thing in this helmet!
123	** References to "[[RunningGag I have a bad feeling about this]]" are rife in the Legends. And ''Literature/DeathStar'' is absolutely packed with acknowledgments about the builders of the Death Star, the prototypes, and what else is going on in the galaxy.
124	** ''[[Comicbook/{{Legacy}} Star Wars: Legacy]]'' had an "I love you." ... "I know." exchange between two characters, one of whom is a descendant of Han and Leia.
125	** The Legends continuity is unusually continuous, for an ExpandedUniverse. In theory all books are a view of the same 'verse; some views are crystal clear, some are blurry, and some are downright abstract. In practice it depends on the writer. Karen Traviss does no research at all and merrily tramples on previous canon, then calls people who dislike this the "[[DearNegativeReader Talifan]]". Creator/TimothyZahn reads everything, takes it into account, and then incorporates details and characters freely and subtly, though he retcons things here and there. In the first book of the ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, he introduced the Caamaasi species, though none of them were named characters. Immediately after that, Stackpole wrote "[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]" which had a Caamaasi character, and in the second book of the duology Zahn included this character in a fairly prominent role. The two books of the duology were published a year apart. The character was ''in character''. Most writers lean more towards Zahn than towards Traviss, but is it any wonder [[CreatorWorship who is more loved?]]
126	*** While authors try to mimic Zahn in this way, Creator/LucasArts itself seems to merely despise the fanbase when they ignore the idea that there is any pre-established continuity. They ultimately decide the outline of new ''Star Wars'' material, and in an actual ''inversion'' of the Continuity Nod that goes beyond simple Retcon, they add new events to the timeline thousands of years apart and then connect them together. For example, the new ''Fate of the Jedi'' series, which takes place about 40 years after the movies, involves plot elements from 5,000 years before movies. Previously, the span of important events covered to about 4,000 years before. When they ran out of room to reference events, they just tacked it on the end, and at an arbitrary date no less. Plans spawned from said 5,000 year plot must coexist alongside other plans, such as [[ItWasHisSled Palpatine's rise to power]], The Sith Empire from ''The Old Republic'' hiding in the Unknown Regions, and The One Sith (which is itself another example of this): all of these plans manipulate politics and events at a ''galactic'' level, yet they never contradict one another. This new element is simply the newest of a long trend, and one that just ramps it up to eleven. The characters are unaware of these plots (as is the audience) but the Galaxy Far, Far Away, in its omniscience, knew about them the whole time.
127	** ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'', taking place just after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', references events from the prequel films and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', as well as previous literature and comics, both of events that took place on Tatooine and of wars from thousands of years in the past.
128	** ''Literature/BlackFleetCrisis'':
129	*** Early in the first book, Leia mentions all the villains from the previous books, and it had just been [[LampshadeHanging one after another there for years]].
130	*** At the end of the third book, [[spoiler:the computer-controlled Imperial fleet automatically sets course for Byss, the Emperor's secret secondary capital in the Deep Core from ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'']].
131	* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' and its spinoffs make nods among its own novels or between each sub-franchise, in different ways:
132	** Within ''KZ'' itself, any continuity nods will explicitly state which previous book of the franchise that reference happened in, for example:
133	-->''I first went to Wakatake's house during ''The Egg Hamburg Steak Knows''.
134	-->'''Aya''''s InternalMonologue, ''Youkai Computer Knows''
135	** ''KZ'' and ''KZ Deep File'' are taken to be of the same universe; so plot points do cross-reference. Novel titles were no longer cited, however. For example, the opening lines of ''Cherry Hills Hold a Crime'' mentioned the fact that Uesugi had a brief drop in grades. This, refers to ''KZ'''s ''The Backyard Knows'', one of the four novels that gets adopted into anime.
136	* ''Literature/TortallUniverse''
137	** In ''Literature/TheImmortals'', the second quartet in the universe, Daine meets Alanna and the other major characters of ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'' in ''Wild Magic''. She spends the next two books doing other things with her teacher Numair, but they come back in the fourth when war breaks out.
138	** In the third book of ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', King Jon's royal progress makes stops at the fiefs of Eldorne, Tirragen, Malven and Sinthya--who are all "invited" to host the royal retinue at expensive banquets. This is mentioned as a tactic of Jon's to remind them he's keep an eye on them after their treasonous actions in the first two quartets, and to drain their pocketbooks so they can't try rebelling a second time.
139	* Creator/HBeamPiper example: in ''Uller Uprising'', there's a romance between General Carlos von Schlichten and his adjutant, Paula Quinton. In ''Federation'', the short story "Oomphel in the Sky" has a reference to a Paula von Schlichten Fellowship.
140	* In Creator/IsabelAllende's ''Literature/{{Violeta}}'', Violeta Del Valle mentions that her paternal grandmother, Nívea, was decapitated in a strange accident. She also mentions his sister. Just from the nameless aunt’s description as clairvoyant, it’s clear she talks about Clara from
141	''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits''.
142	* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
143	** In ''Literature/{{Cetaganda}}'', Miles was on the titular planet to attend a state funeral, and was talking privately with one of the keepers of the Star Creche, haut-lady Rian. The discussion is interrupted by a call to Rian from a Cetagandan agent, ghem-Colonel Millisor about tracking down some useful genetic line. Millisor was the antagonist of an earlier novel, ''Literature/EthanOfAthos'', which took place at the same time but was written ten years earlier. The plots have nothing to do with each other outside of this one call, though Miles does note that this will be a useful fact to distract Illyan with when he gets back to Barrayar and has to report. Presumably this led to the events of ''Ethan of Athos'', which in turn led to the mission Miles gets sent on in the short story "Labyrinth", which introduced several major supporting characters.
144	** ''Cetaganda'' results in him being given, in his words, "a lead weight, suitable for sinking small enemies." [[spoiler:Namely, the Cetagandan Order of Merit, their third highest honour]]. Ivan asks if he'll ever wear it, and he says only if he ever needs to be really obnoxious. In ''Literature/{{Memory}}'' the need arises, and it is briefly commented on.
145	** In both ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'' and ''Literature/DiplomaticImmunity'' reference is made to his mother's infamous "shopping trip", which occurred in ''Literature/{{Barrayar}}''.
146	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
147	** ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' has quite a few nods to other books Creator/DanAbnett has written, and almost all of his books include references to the events and characters in his other works. Many, however, are retroactive, having been written about first as a passing reference, then [[SequelHook developed into a full story]]. This can result in circular Continuity Nods.
148	** Dan Abnett's ''Horus Rising'' opens by recounting how Loken would say that he was there when Horus killed the emperor. This is, in fact, the emperor of a planet they conquered while he was still a loyal son of the Emperor, but it's not lacking in {{Irony}}.
149	*** Indeed, if you know the backstories well enough, the ''entire'' Literature/HorusHeresy series contains at least one example per chapter that is just like that. Fans will often yell 'No! No! Don't do that! You stupid plonker!' at certain actions, and frankly groan at the various lines that are just dragging the currently on-top-of-the-galaxy Horus [[spoiler:deeper and deeper into wannabe EvilOverlord territory.]]
150	** Also, note that the first chronological literary appearance of the ''Dies Irae'' was in the very first ''Heresy'' novel, and it went on to play a major part in the series. ''Dies Irae'' appears ''ten thousand years later'' as a Chaos Titan that played a major part in Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''Storm of Iron'' novel, written long before the ''Heresy'' novels.
151	** However, could be justified that this a Chaos titan, and that the power of Choaos has helped to maintain the titan all those years.
152	** Another Heresy novel, ''Mechanicum'', references a Chaos-corrupted Titan on Mars being destroyed, but whose hellstorm cannon was salvaged and taken to another world - presumably Kronus, from ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Dark Crusade'', which had a hellstorm cannon play a significant role in a stronghold siege and, if you were attacking as the Word Bearers, turn out to have a dormant Daemon trapped within.
153	** One of the first ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' books makes reference to there being record of a Commissar who held the dual rank of Colonel-Commissar, a ShoutOut to Abnett's [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Ibram Gaunt.]]
154	** ''Literature/BlackLegion'' tells the tale of how Justaerin came to be corrupted and possessed, two qualities that are noted in ''Literature/NightLords'', written much earlier, but taking place millennia later. Its main character was also alluded to in John French's ''Ahriman'' novels.
155	* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' novel ''Sunset'', Firestar says to Brambleclaw, "Remember when I had to go away for a while, when you were a new warrior?", and talks about how Graystripe said he'd wait for Firestar to return, as a reference to ''Firestar's Quest''. Interestingly, ''Sunset'' came out over half a year ''before'' the release of ''Firestar's Quest'', so it referenced a scene that fans didn't know about yet.
156	* Used in-universe in ''Literature/WatershipDown'', in the [[StoryWithinAStory legends of El-ahrairah]]. In the "Black Rabbit of Inle" tale, the folk hero's whiskers are gambled away, then re-grown at the end. Days later, as he's beginning the "Rowsby Woof" story, Dandelion mentions El-ahrairah's new whiskers.
157	* ''Literature/{{Echo}}'' has a brief mention of a town in the Hudson valley that disappeared, implying that ''Literature/{{Hex}}'' (the international version, that is) takes places in the same universe.
158	* In ''Literature/YoungRoyals'', there's a small one that's easy to miss, but the author, Carolyn Meyer, also wrote ''Isabel: Jewel of Castilla'' from ''Literature/TheRoyalDiaries'', which focused on [[UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon Catherine]]'s mother, [[UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs Isabel]]. In ''Patience, Princess Catherine'', Catherine recalls being told of how her parents first met and the details line up exactly with how it was described in ''Castilla'', down to Isabel wearing the same lavender dress with a ruby necklace and exclaiming the same line upon seeing her husband-to-be ("It is he! Oh, it is he! And all that I could wish!").

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