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12-->-- '''Lex Friedman''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16232_david-blaine-lesbians-weeks-5-biggest-douchebags.html Cracked.com's The Week in Douchebaggery May 2nd 2008]]''
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14A Continuity Nod is a minor reference to some aspect of a series' continuity or an event within the [[TheVerse shared universe]]. It is distinct from a CallBack and a CallForward in that it does not drive or foreshadow any actual plot development; it's more of a hat-tilt to fans that pick on up little details. Here's an example of the difference between all the tropes:
15* Continuity Nod: "You remember those martial arts lessons you took before? Okay, cool. Let's get back to baking."
16* CallBack: "You remember those martial arts lessons you took before? It should come in handy to take down these {{mook}}s!"
17* CallForward: "These {{mook}}s are overwhelming us! Too bad you don't know martial arts!"
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19Compare with ContinuityCavalcade, an unusually large number of Continuity Nods all at once, ContinuityPorn, an excessive use of Continuity Nods to the point of being distracting, and an InternalHomage, a whole scenario from a past story is recreated. Contrast with SeriesContinuityError and DiscontinuityNod, where the continuity is either accidentally or intentionally invalidated, respectively. If a Continuity Nod comes back and becomes a CallBack, that may be ChekhovsBoomerang.
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21OnceDoneNeverForgotten and RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun are {{Sub Trope}}s. ObliviousMockery is also a subtrope when the viewer knows about the action being mocked.
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23''Remember, it's only this if the events happen in the same continuity. Otherwise, it's a MythologyGag.''
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26!!Example subpages
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28[[index]]
29* ContinuityNod/AnimeAndManga
30* ContinuityNod/ComicBooks
31* ContinuityNod/FanWorks
32* ContinuityNod/{{Film}}
33* ContinuityNod/{{Literature}}
34* ContinuityNod/LiveActionTV
35* ContinuityNod/{{Music}}
36* ContinuityNod/VideoGames
37* {{ContinuityNod/Webcomics}}
38* ContinuityNod/WebOriginal
39* ContinuityNod/WesternAnimation
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42!!Other examples
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45[[folder:Asian Animation]]
46* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': In Season 2 episode 6, when Probe asks if he's ever steered Adu Du wrong, Adu Du mentions Probe having sold their ship for an electric spatula, which occurred in Season 1.
47-->'''Probe:''' ''[laughs nervously]'' ...He still remembers that?
48* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 2 episode 20, Little M., upon encountering the bottle genie, thinks he's the wishing wood. In episode 35 of Season 1, the heroes find a wish-granting piece of wood with a similar appearance to the bottle genie.
49* There is an episode of ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' called "Alien Again" where Slim Doc is mistaken for an extraterrestrial. The episode title is referencing how it isn't the only AlienEpisode in the show; the previous season has an episode simply called "Alien" which also involves the docs being caught up with aliens of some sort.
50* ''Manhua/LittleCherry'': In Season 2 Episode 7, prior to the debate competition, Lazy reminds Cherry not to make the mistakes she fell for while opening their Children's Day show act, which is from Season 1 Episode 10.
51* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'':
52** In ''Joys of Seasons'' episode 26, Night Wolf tells Wolffy he owes him one after the latter captures Weslie, Paddi, Tibbie, and Sparky. He then says "Remember the pancake incident?", referencing episode 21 of the same season where Wolffy flies to the pancake moon and tries to eat it into the shape of a heart for Wolnie after Night Wolf's wife, Fragrant Wolf, tells him she wants the moon.
53** In the fourth film, when Weslie and Wolffy [[spoiler:are trapped under tons of debris after defeating the giant metallic dragon]], Wolffy asks Weslie if he can take a bite out of him since he's traveled a desert and explored the moon, referencing the previous two films in the series (in the second film, an amusement park built over Goat Village uses up enough energy that it dries up the surrounding area and creates a desert that Weslie and Wolffy have to traverse, and in the third film the gang goes to the moon to defeat the Bitter Gourd King).
54** In ''Mighty Little Defenders'' episode 58, Wolfram molds a mud figure into the shape of Wolffy... in the art style of ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass''.
55** The season ''Dunk for Victories'' has a few. First of all, Weslie's team is called Team Defenders, a nod to an earlier season, ''Mighty Little Defenders''. At the beginning of episode 1, it said that the episode takes place after the season ''Against the Dark Force''. In episode 7, the golden cake that Slowy uses to lure Paddi into his basketball team was made by Aunt Merry from the season ''Paddi the Amazing Chef''.
56* ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'':
57** In the first English version of "Jalebi's Birthday", before Jalebi helps Vada up a non-functioning escalator, Jalebi assures him that she's got the experience to do so and mentions "I even saved the life of that fly" as an example. This is referring to the events of the earlier episode "Makkhi Makkhi!", where a fly gets stuck on Jalebi's sticky head. The second English dub replaces this reference, instead having her mention she once saved a lifeguard.
58** In "Kakaki Kabaddi", Samosa wears his Banana Fontana outfit from the episode "Banana Fontana", and Dhokla wears his Doctor D outfit from the episode "Doctor D", both to disguise themselves from a group of townsfolk who are chasing after them.
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61[[folder:Audio Plays]]
62* At the end of the ''AudioPlay/BlakesSeven'' full-cast audio "Warship", as Blake's life capsule drifts away from the Liberator he laughs and murmurs, like he did in [[Series/BlakesSeven another pilot episode many years ago]], "Oh no... I'm coming back."
63* ''AudioPlay/SonicAndTailsR'':
64** At the start of the first episode, Tails shows off the 7th Chaos Emerald to Sonic and notes that he came across it during one of his test flights - just like he did near the beginning of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
65--> '''Sonic:''' Some things never change.
66** When Knuckles declines to help out the duo due to his duties as guardian, Tails decides to use the jewel radar from the Japanese manual of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3'' to find the shards instead.
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69[[folder:Comic Strips]]
70* In early ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strips, the now infamous PointyHairedBoss did not have pointy hair at all, but rather just an ordinary, receding hairline of black curly hair. A 1995 strip depicting the slow decline of Dilbert's health benefits, via a series of flashbacks, depicts the boss with his old, unpointy hair.
71* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip from 1983, Jon buys a frog he names Herbie, Garfield soon becomes jealous and eats him when Jon leaves the room, much later in a Halloween strip from 1994 a group of ghosts of animals he had previously eaten come to haunt him, one of them is Herbie.
72** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/02/09 Sometimes, Garfield can't sleep.]] He thinks it was November 8, 1992. [[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/11/08 That day's strip]] features Garfield being unable to sleep because of the night noises.
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76* In ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'', every player starts with $1,500. [[Pinball/{{Monopoly}} The pinball adaptation]] translates this to each player having 1,500 points at the beginning of the game.
77* Creator/WilliamsElectronics' "rollercoaster" game ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}},'' a sequel to ''Pinball/{{Comet}},'' includes the "Comet" in the game.
78** ''Pinball/{{Hurricane}},'' the second sequel, also includes the "Comet" in the game. Furthermore, the backglass shows two riders wearing "Comet" and "Cyclone" T-shirts.
79* The backglass for ''Pinball/TalesFromTheCrypt'' shows the Crypt Keeper reading an issue of the original Creator/ECComics' ''Tales from the Crypt'' comic book.
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82[[folder:Podcasts]]
83* In ''Podcast/TheHiddenAlmanac'', episode 38 records that in 1781, the Librarian Prince forbade the use of numberical placings in contests, leaving people to come up with workarounds such as "color-coded ribbons, Honorablest Mentions, and the 'We're Extremely Glad You Participated Award'". In episode 40, an item about sheep breeding mentions that in 1783 a ram named Sturdy took the "Exceedingly Honorable-We-Really-Mean-It Award" at the city fair.
84* In the "Podcast/Relative Disasters" episode on the Donner Party, the fraudulent guidebook causes the hosts to reference the fraudulent guidebook of the Poyais scam which they'd talked about in an earlier episode.
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87[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
88* Wrestling/TitoSantana and Wrestling/RickMartel had teamed together in 1987 as "Strike Force" and then they broke up violently, the feud lasting the rest of their careers, even when they weren't actively feuding.
89* Wrestling/{{ECW}} fans had fun mocking Wrestling/{{Raven}} by reminding him of his former Johnny Polo and Scotty The Body [[TheGimmick gimmicks]]. The change to Raven was explained by Scotty becoming depressed.
90* Throughout the Wrestling/AttitudeEra, the WWF gave us a subtle Continuity Nod on a weekly basis, in the form of Wrestling/{{Chyna}}'s nickname, "The Ninth Wonder of the World". You may be saying, "Wait, aren't there only seven wonders?" Yes, but in the '70s and '80s, the WWF billed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant as "The Eighth Wonder of the World", and thus Chyna was next in line after him.
91** And Wrestling/ZackRyder was in line after her, as he was recently called "The Tenth Wonder of the World".
92* The WWF shows from October '99 to around August '00 paid a greater attention to continuity than usual thanks to the efforts of then head writer, the late Chris Kreski. Kreski made a habit of extensively storyboarding everything and keeping continuity charts. One specific continuity nod sticks out in a world where allegiances are constantly changing and old ones are often ignored. Shortly before Kreski took over, Summerslam '99 saw the climax of the feud between Wrestling/{{Test}} and Wrestling/{{Shane McMahon}} over Test deserving the love of Shane's sister Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon. Test won a "Love Her or Leave Her" match and the next night on Raw, Shane told him he was the better man and that they should be friends from then on. After Kreski took over, and even for a long time after Stephanie turned heel on her family and Test to marry Wrestling/TripleH, Test had Shane's back whenever he was needed.
93* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] tends to slip in references to his partners and rivals from his starting promotion, Gateway Championship Wrestling, wherever he goes, such as using Wrestling/MattSydal's "[[CallingYourAttacks Here It Is!]]" to defeat the supposedly titanic sized Hydra in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}. It might have to do with GCW's Diabolic Khaos stable bleeding into IWA Mid-South but commentator Dave Prazak will call any move Delirious is known for by the appropriate NameOfPower if he sees Wrestling/MsChif perform it.
94* [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] would sometimes wear a shirt reading "Where My Doggs At" in reference to her husband's {{tag team}} in Ohio Valley Wrestling with [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]], The Dogg Pound. She wrestle with a red bandana on too because "Redd Dogg" Rodney Mack also would.
95* Wrestling/BobHolly's match in OVW with Matt Cappotelli is became famous for unintended reasons [[CurbstompBattle as it progressed]] but before that happened, Wrestling/JimCornette made sure to mention Bob's cousin Wrestling/{{Molly|Holly}} would be taking on Wrestling/JillianHall.
96* [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] likes to pretend that the company started in 2006/7 but has several call backs to their Wrestling Superstars days when they weren't an all women's promotion, most obviously the recurring Queen ''And King'' Of The Ring tournament but there are quite a few less obvious reminders, such as commentator Monsta Mack, who used to wrestle for them before the transition.
97* Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH billed Wrestling/SamoaJoe as a Wrestling/{{TNA}} wrestler during his runs there but the commentators weren't shy to reference Joe's time in Wrestling/RingOfHonor, which had quite a few inter promotional events with NOAH while Joe was face of the company.
98* Wrestling/AngelinaLove's tattoos and ring gear contain symbolism and [[TheArtifact visual artifacts]] from her old Angel Williams/Canadian Angel [[TheGimmick gimmicks]] and when she goes back to those gimmicks, her gear tends to reference her TNA time as Love.
99* Inter promotional example, and a rare one considering it involved WWE but Primo Colon's instant hostility toward Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder upon the announcement that they were members of "La Familia" [[BilingualBonus would go over the heads]] [[ForeignCurseWord of most people who don't speak Spanish]] and just confuse those who do, ''unless'' they also watched WWC, where "La Familia" was one of the promotion's most dominant power stables, whom Eddie(Primo) and Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}} were opposed to.
100* After Wrestling/MadisonRayne [[LoserLeavesTown "killed" Roxxi Laveaux's TNA career]], she started using the Barbie Crusher, best known as Roxxi's {{finishing move}}.
101* Subverted by WWE firing the continuity editor when he pointed out too many issues and never hiring a new one.
102* These days, WWE doesn't tend to make Continuity Nods referring to incidents from more than half a decade ago (see FleetingDemographicRule). This tendency does not apply to appearances by or even casual mentions of Legends (WWE Superstars who are no longer with the company but are still widely remembered), who will often be referenced by younger commentators who weren't even ''born'' when they were in their heyday! One commentator casually mentioned Sky Low Low - a midget wrestler whom very few fans over the age of 40 are even aware existed!
103* WWE either intentionally does this (such as HHH never referring to his loss to Wrestling/TheUndertaker at ''[=WrestleMania=] 17'' during promos for their fight at 27) or completely forgets about some stuff because they weren't important enough at the time. Wrestling/CMPunk reportedly had to remind the writers during his feud with Wrestling/RandyOrton that he was jumped by Orton and his stable in Unforgiven 2008, making him lose without even entering his title match, and thus giving him a pretty valid reason to go after Orton for Wrestlemania 27.
104* While contracted to IWA Puerto Rico, Wrestling/BlackRose would make occasional appearances as an audience member on the shows of their main rival WWC to cheer on her old managerial client Bronco #1. Usually this kind of behavior is frowned upon in professional wrestling, as Wrestling/AustinAries can tell you about Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{TNA}}, but in Rose's case and exception was made because she began as an audience member on WWC's weekend shows that Bronco's TagTeam partner Rico Suave had repeatedly {{dare|tobebadass}}d try professional wrestling until he finally decided he wasn't taking "no" for an answer.
105* In a world where most storylines disappear after [[ThreeMonthRule three months]], it took Wrestling/RandyOrton ''years'' to get over Wrestling/{{Evolution}}'s betrayal, a moment which is generally agreed to be his StartOfDarkness, transforming him from the suave "Legend Killer" to the cold and sadistic "Viper." This is evident because it became the standing reason for Randy's hatred of Wrestling/TripleH (and to a lesser extent, Wrestling/{{Batista}}), extending the grudge all the way to 2009, a full four years after the stable had long since dissolved. Evolution also left its mark on Randy in another ways, most notably in Randy's own PowerStable Legacy, an imitation of Evolution, except with Randy taking Triple H's place as The Centerpiece, in order to keep on a stranglehold on the WWE Championship, much like how Hunter did with Evolution and the World Heavyweight Championship. It's only in recent years that Randy has been able to get over it in order to ally himself with Wrestling/TheAuthority. This extends to Orton's relationship with other superstars. Besides the aforementioned Wrestling/CMPunk example, many of his former rivals make it no secret that they still hate him regardless of current alignments. This was most noticeable with Wrestling/JohnCena, whose feud with Randy was the most personal in recent years, arguably even more personal than Wrestling/TripleH's and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels circa '02-'04. Regardless of their alignments, anything that puts them in even the slightest bit of conflict pushes them to the verge of feuding again.
106* On Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} season 2, Kaval made mention of his encounters with Wrestling/EddieGuerrero in Impact Championship Wrestling back when he was known as Wrestling/LowKi. Also, during one of the "challenges" which usually showed "talents" beyond those that related to pro wrestling, Kaval cut a rap which ended with the worlds "[[FunWithAcronyms Total Nonstop Action]]", where he had also wrestled before.
107* Wrestling/{{Kane}} gives us one in the form of a delightful speech about his past while in an anger management class on the 8/27/12 edition of Raw. HilarityEnsues.
108--> "I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, [[GroinAttack once electrocuted a man's testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]]. My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I recently trapped in a meat locker. I've been married, divorced, broke up my ex-wife's wedding and tombstoned the priest. And, for reasons never quite explained, I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose."
109* In Ring Of Honor, "Touched" by VAST was among the entrance themes Wrestling/AJStyles used until he was pulled out of the promotion by TNA. When Style's TNA contract was up and he could return to ROH without their restriction, "Demi Gods" by [=LabRats=] became his theme, which wasn't just a remix of "Touched" but also a song about the forming of a team, which of course is a nod to the fact he joined Wrestling/BulletClub in the interim. Also, Styles took up the Bloody Sunday maneuver of former club leader, "Prince" Wrestling/FergalDevitt, who was forced out of the group and Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling but amicably as possible.
110* Wrestling/{{M|ontelVontaviousPorter}}VP's "investor in TNA" gimmick is a nod to his "highest paid free agent in all of "[[InsistentTerminology sports entertainment]]" gimmick on Smackdown. His director of wrestling operations role is a nod to TNA becoming an affiliate of the World Wrestling League, where former TNA agent/booker/whatever Savio Vega really was directing such operations.
111* During Wrestling/BobbyLashley's first TNA Heavyweight Title run, Wrestling/BobbyRoode asking if his real passion was pro wrestling or MMA might have seemed like a cheap plug for Lashely also fighting in Bellator at the time, unless one remembered Lashley's previous TNA run ended with his wife trying to get him to quit TNA because she was being harassed by Wrestling/ScottSteiner and said no one ever bothered her during his MMA matches.
112* Wrestling/CodyRhodes's "Stardust" gimmick wasn't just putting himself more in line with {{tag team}} partner Wrestling/{{Goldust}} but a nod to one of [[Wrestling/DustyRhodes his father]]'s {{red baron}}s.
113* In 1992 (taped 1991), Wrestling/ShawnMichaels betrayed Wrestling/MartyJannetty by kicking him in the jaw and smashing him through a glass object. In 2008, Wrestling/ChrisJericho betrayed Shawn Michaels by beating the hell out of him and smashing him through a glass object. In 2017, Wrestling/KevinOwens betrayed Chris Jericho by savagely beating him down and smashing him through a glass object. In 2023, Jacy Jayne betrayed Gigi Dolin savagely kicking her down and smashing her through the ''[[Wrestling/BayLey Ding Dong, Hello!]]'' door, which was not made of glass.
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116[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
117* In both ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', references are usually sprinkled around for fans to find referring to all manner of things from the previous editions that may have been forgotten about, passed over or [[CanonDiscontinuity deliberately retconned]]. For example, in the ''Grey Seer'' novel for ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'', Grey Seer Thanquol makes a passing mention to the "blasphemous Kweekul", referring to the 2nd edition "Realms of Chaos" sourcebooks, during the time of which Skaven were actually part of the Chaos forces, and specifically referring to a Skaven Daemon Prince used to highlight the "design a Chaos God" rules. Similarly, the 7th edition Warriors of Chaos sourcebook mentions Lothar Bubonicus and Werner Thunderfist, two Chaos Champions (Nurgle and Tzeentch respectively) who each ascended to Daemonhood. Both of them were warbands played by the writers of ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'', and their progress was shown in issue #124.
118** A rules related version crops up in the 8th edition High Elves book. In earlier editions (5th and before) the High Elves general could be decided by a random dice roll, due to politics deciding who was in charge (the rule was called Intrigue at Court). In later books, this rules was removed by the fluff still makes mention to generals being decided by politics, and states that this is usually overriden by the Phoenix King.
119* ''Planet Hoppers: Beheboth: Blood and Water'', an article/story written for Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast's ''TabletopGame/StarWarsD20'', revisits characters from ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'', including one Sergeant Malka. In an obvious nod to a [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic much more recent story]], Darial mistakenly refers to him as "Malak" at one point.
120* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
121** Sphere of Chaos's name and effect is a reference to a trio of monsters often called "The Chaos Trio", consisting of "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning", "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End", and "Chaos Sorcerer", who needed a LIGHT and DARK Monster to summon.
122** The Sage of Necloth is clearly an aged Gishki Avance, with the same stats.
123** The Necloth of Trishula has the same effect and stats as the original Trishula.
124** Elder of the Spirit Beast Tamers is an older Kamui, Hope of Gusto.
125** The Spirit Beast Tamers are Psychic-type, just like all of the human Gusto monsters.
126** Just like the Dragunity and Gusto before them, their extra deck monsters consist of a rider and their steed.
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129[[folder:Theatre]]
130* In Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone, the Man in Chair mentions that actress Ukulele Lil probably played the ukulele, "although she doesn't in this show." And then she does at the ''very end'', which is technically outside the ShowWithinAShow.
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134* During the line to get in ''The Simpsons Ride'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, various clips from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' are shown on [=TV=]s. One of them is a clip of Doc Brown from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' selling the rights to [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide the time travel compound]] to Professor Frink.
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138* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a number of these. One occurs in The Monstrous Turnabout in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', which features a photo capturing a supposed flying killer. This is the fourth time the series has used the "supposed flying murderer" plot point. When Apollo points out the possibility of a flying murderer in court, the Judge's reaction is a sarcastic "I can't wait to hear this".
139* ''VisualNovel/Canvas2'' has multiple references to the original game and several of the heroines, mostly in Misaki and Saya's routes. Both of them are sisters of heroines from the original.
140* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' does this a lot, but chapter 3 of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has two particularly notable examples. A key plot point in the case is the use of a [[spoiler:katana covered with gold paint that comes off easily]], referencing a weapon used in the first case of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''. Later, during the trial, the possibility is brought up that the killer [[spoiler:stabbed someone through the floorboards, which may have had glow in the dark paint on them,]] referencing the cause of death in the first case of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. When either of these things are brought up in the trial, Monokuma comments on how both ideas sound familiar.
141* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Kotomine remarks offhandedly about how Tohsaka will feel much better after being buried underground for a bit amidst a conversation that skims along the topic of [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} vampires.]] Shirou isn't sure whether to take the comment literally or seriously. This little conversation gave rise to some EpilepticTrees suggesting that Tohsaka is the descent of a vampire.
142* In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' sequel ''Holiday Star'', the human girl is friends with The Conductor, implicitly from [[spoiler:all the bad ends]] in the previous game. She [[LampshadeHanging even says]] they've known each other [[NoFourthWall since the demo version!]]
143* ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' makes numerous passing references to ''VisualNovel/SekienNoInganock'' including mentioning the city of Inganock itself and a Runner known as David, who was a minor character there.
144* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'':
145** While the game has many [[CallBack notable ties]] to its predecessor ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'', there's also a few inconsequential references put in for fun:
146*** Momo's [[FanserviceModel gravure]] photo has her made up like a doll and posing on a red couch, with it being based on an urban legend about 'a doll in a mysterious mansion'. This is all a reference to Mary, the protagonist's advisor from ''Death Mark''.
147*** When Akira asks Kaoru what he could be, if not a human, one of her answers is a humanoid weapon that was developed in secret by the old army. This is exactly what the Kannon Soldier from Chapter 5 of ''Death Mark'' is.
148*** One of Natsumi's notebooks contains information on the scar-like Death Mark that plagued the characters of the titular game. Kaoru explains that she knew someone involved with the case, and that she took much of her inspiration for Momo Kuruse from it.
149*** When explaining the Miroku Mansion's {{Bizarrchitecture}}, Rosé references roads and staircases that impossibly loop you back to the same spot, which were featured in Chapters 3 and 6 of ''Death Mark''.
150*** According to Ami's profile, she once talked to a dog with a human face, a reference to Genta from the third chapter of ''Death Mark''.
151** One of [[CollectionSidequest D-Man's cards]] tells the tale of the Princess Mach urban legend. If Ban is alive at the end of the game, then his epilogue scene mentions that he's investigating the very same spirit.
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155* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has absolutely ''massive'' amounts of these. The most minor characters will pop up in various places, turns of phrase and vocabulary items will be thrown around in completely different contexts, objects from previous cartoons will make appearances elsewhere for little reason. At its greatest, a one-off joke will come back so much that it becomes a much larger part of the website, such as the band Limozeen. All you need to do is go to [[http://www.hrwiki.org/ the Homestar Runner Wiki]], find a cartoon's page and look at ''inside references'', where each Continuity Nod, ShoutOut, and MythologyGag will be documented in precise detail.
156* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
157%%** [[http://www.roosterteeth.com/archive/episode.php?id=349 "Aw, shit. And I was in charge of confetti."]]
158** When Grif somehow revived Sarge from a gunshot wound he was chastised for how random that treatment was and Sarge ask if he would have treated a shot in the foot by rubbing aloe vera on his neck. When Grif talks to Doc a while later, a (not very good) medic, Doc tells Grif that he made the right decision and states that he just treated Caboose's gunshot wound in the foot by rubbing aloe vera on his neck (then his toe fell off).
159** In ''Recreation'', Grif gets in the cockpit for a large vehicle and asks 'Why are there only four pedals if there's six directions?', the exact opposite of what Caboose asked when he first piloted his team's tank in season 1. There are sometimes several continuity nods per episode, though many are of the "blink and you'll miss it" variety.
160** In the ''Project Freelancer Saga'' flashbacks, Carolina ends up having to attach her grappling hook to Washington's codpiece to get him onto their escape ship. In season 11, he admits that [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten that moment]] was what he was known for among his group.
161* In ''WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn 3'', having been through everything else the cartoon is going to throw at him, at least he finds that kidney they stole back in the first one.
162* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w&feature=PlayList&p=B74E99AAF998D904&index=6 This fan work for]] ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is ''filled'' with nods toward the original graphic novel, from Rorsachs' "love of animals" to the scene where the comedian falls out of a window.
163* ''WebAnimation/TheLeetWorld'': In "Satisfaction Guaranteed", Player has something of an obsession with a snowman's hat. In the second season, the same hat can be seen in the intro sequence.
164* In Website/BrainPOP's Fractions episode, many of the robots from other videos on the site, such as Little Jimmy and the Cycloids from the Capitalization video and the Hillbot from the Country Music video, show up at Moby's birthday party.
165* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': "Shameless Self Reference" is packed with references to prior episodes, complete with hyperlinks to the relevant episode. TheStinger from the season one finale references the first two episodes, with Night Moon Mare showing up from nowhere to deliver her catchphrase, "Saaaaaaaaaaaaand!"
166* Breeze Rider references the opening of ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn'' when the group approaches the castle.
167* The main character of WebAnimation/PeteraDzive, after having taken a photo of himself with a drunk, passed out naked man, keeps the photo on the wall of his room in future episodes.
168* The creators of ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' and ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'' just ''love'' making sure that the viewers never forget all the crazy shit that has happened in previous episodes. Even if it means having to go way back to reference the very first episodes.
169* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
170** In Volume 1, Episode 15, Weiss mentions that an entire train of her family's Dust shipments had been stolen by the White Fang. The Black trailer involved Blake and Adam pulling a heist on a train with cargo that had the Schnee logo.
171** In Volume 2, Chapter 2, Team RWBY is playing a board game where each player controls army that attempts to conquer the world. Weiss's army consists of knight figurines that look just like the knight she fought in the White Trailer.
172** During the last few seconds of "Worthy" , Volume 8's penultimate episode, one of the Grimm seen attacking the refugees is a Ravager, a Grimm first featured in the novel ''Literature/RWBYAfterTheFall''.
173** During the events of "Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble" when Ruby enters the mansion created by Neopolitan, pictures of a young girl with her parents can be seen. These are pictures of Trivia Vanille, Neopolitan's original identity and her parents Jimmy and Carmel Vanille who she eventually killed in the climax of the novel ''Literature/RWBYRomanHoliday''.
174* In the ''WebAnimation/StarTrekLogicalThinking'' video about the Ipse Dixit (it simply is) fallacy, Harry Mudd mentions being defeated by his own androids, which happened in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
175* ''WebAnimation/{{Anon|Machinima}}'': Chelsea and Tucker take a photo in a photobooth of them kissing, which ends up on Chelsea's wall for the remaining four seasons before the timeskip. After the timeskip, Candace, their daughter, has her own photobooth picture with her boyfriend Ryan.
176* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': In the attic scene in "Deadly Smiles", Lila hides behind the portrait of her and Skid's dad that was hung up on the wall in "It's spooky month", now with Skid's dad's face torn out.
177* The ''WebAnimation/RobotboxAndCactus'' episode "Brentwood Academy" has Ben Patagopolis saying "the moon" in a hushed whisper with an extreme close-up of his mouth. This oddly dramatic way of framing someone saying "the moon" returns in episode 38, "Back in Time", where Crazy Legs warns of the government's plans to go to "the moon" in the same manner.
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181* In international diplomacy, it's customary for world leaders, when visiting another country, to make references to long-forgotten ties between their nation and the host country. For instance, when visiting Morocco, US Presidents will usually make reference to the fact that in 1777, Morocco was the first nation to recognize America's independence from Britain.
182* In 1890, the Turkish frigate ''Ertuğrul'' sank off the coast of Wakayama, Japan, after having an audience with Emperor Meiji. The surviving sailors were taken back to Istanbul by two Japanese frigates. In 1985, Turkey sent frigates to rescue 215 Japanese nationals who were living in Tehran at the time and endangered by the effects of the Iran-Iraq war. A statement released by the Turkish government mentioned it as returning the favor from 1890.
183* In 1986, the Greater London Council, led by Ken Livingstone, was disbanded by the Thatcher government and power was devolved to the local boroughs. In 2000, the Greater London Authority was formed, and the first elected Mayor of London was the same Ken Livingstone. He started his victory speech by saying, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted fourteen years ago..."
184* On the final ball of a 2005 [=Twenty20=] UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} international between Australia and New Zealand, Australian bowler Glenn [=McGrath=] pretended to deliver an underarm ball to NZ's Kyle Mills. Umpire Billy Bowden (from NZ) responded by showing [=McGrath=] a mock red card. The incident was a ShoutOut to the notorious [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_of_1981 1981 underarm bowling incident]], in which Aussie captain Greg Chappell called for his brother Trevor to roll the ball along the ground to prevent NZ from hitting a six that would have won the match. [=McGrath's=] practical joke was much more favourably received by the crowd, since Australia had an unbeatable 44-run lead.
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