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11	->'''Liu Kang:''' Are we the [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]?\
12	'''Raiden:''' That is Kronika's [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Deception]].\
13	'''Liu Kang:''' Or a recipe for [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]].
14	-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''
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16	A Mythology Gag is a reference to past iterations of a work that are explicitly not {{Canon}} to the work in question. A meta-ContinuityNod, if you will. Often seen in [[ContinuityReboot Reboots]] or {{Series Franchise}}s when an element from the previous version is referenced or seen in some way, usually as an acknowledgment to fans of earlier incarnations. When successful, it serves as a reassurance to those fans that the producers aren't trying to disrespect the original source material. When unsuccessful, it only reminds fans that the original source material essentially never happened.
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18	This trope is usually taken largely as a bit of gratuitous humor, since if the program you're watching is "real" then the characters shouldn't be thinking in terms of ''any'' continuity, alternate or otherwise. Sometimes this will be [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the characters, who wonder how they could possibly know such a thing. Also, the CelebrityParadox might come into play.
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20	See RemakeCameo for when the Mythology Gag involves actors from the original production. Compare ContinuityNod, DiscontinuityNod, RecurringElement, IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine, ActorAllusion, ContinuityCameo, CompanyCrossReferences, AscendedMeme, MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness (when taken a step further) and ShoutOut. Contrast DevelopmentGag, which references things that ''would'' have been part of the work but were left out halfway through production, and EarlyBirdCameo.
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22	''Remember, it's only this if the events happened in a different continuity. Otherwise, it's a ContinuityNod or a CallBack.''
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25	!!Example subpages:
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27	[[index]]
28	* MythologyGag/AnimeAndManga
29	* MythologyGag/CardGames
30	* MythologyGag/ComicBooks
31	* MythologyGag/FanWorks
32	* [[MythologyGag/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
33	* [[MythologyGag/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
34	* MythologyGag/{{Literature}}
35	* MythologyGag/LiveActionTV
36	* MythologyGag/{{Music}}
37	* MythologyGag/{{Pinball}}
38	* MythologyGag/{{Radio}}
39	* MythologyGag/TabletopGames
40	* MythologyGag/{{Theatre}}
41	* MythologyGag/{{Toys}}
42	* MythologyGag/VideoGames
43	* MythologyGag/WebOriginal
44	* MythologyGag/{{Webcomics}}
45	* MythologyGag/WesternAnimation
46	[[/index]]
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48	!!Other examples:
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51	[[folder:Advertising]]
52	* [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftOfficeAssistant Clippy]]'s first spoken words in the Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP ad campaign before his AdaptationalJerkass personality kicks in are "It looks like you're writing a letter, would you like help?"
53	[[/folder]]
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55	[[folder:Arts]]
56	* The Art/SistineChapel, the physical building itself, has the same dimensions (40.9 meters long by 13.4 meters wide) as the Temple of Solomon does in Literature/TheBible. This reinforces one of the main theses of the Chapel: to demonstrate that the Christian tradition flows directly from the teachings of UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
60	* The AnimatedAdaptation (and its non-canon chibi SpinOff) of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' often references novel events that aren't present in the adaptation.
61	** Wei Wuxian flips through his old notebook that Lan Wangji kept and briefly pauses to admire his flower bookmark. This is a reference to the flower bookmark Lan Wangji uses in the novel, which is hinted to be given to him by Wei Wuxian from one of the multiple instances he threw flowers at him.
62	** In the final episode, the protagonists return to a cottage in the mountains that's implied to be a home they live in outside of Gusu. In the novel, Wei Wuxian mentions multiple times his dream of retiring in a house in a secluded area to live a rural life with Lan Wangji.
63	** One episode of the spinoff has Lan Wangji and Lan Xichen trying out Wei Wuxian's food "suggestions" (such as eating lotus seeds from a lotus pod that has its stem intact). This references the novel extra chapter "Lotus Seed Pod", where Lan Wangji asked his brother about the food suggestions during their training session and later looked for fresh lotus pods so he could try them out.
64	** The chibi SpinOff twice brings back the Heavenly Maiden statue (a troublesome ArcVillain the cast has to defeat early in the main story) just to have characters comically beat it up.
65	[[/folder]]
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67	[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
68	* Statius begins ''Literature/TheAchilleid'' by praying to Apollo to give him more inspiration after using it all up of writing about Thebes, referencing [[Literature/TheThebaid the first epic he wrote]].
69	[[/folder]]
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71	[[folder:Podcasts]]
72	* The Podcast/RiffTrax for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' contains a joke pointing out the resemblance between Dr. Woodrue and a certain character from Rifftrax's [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual predecessor]]...
73	-->'''Bill Corbett: (as Woodrue)''' Yes! Now to achieve my lifelong dream of [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 launching a man into space and forcing him to watch really bad movies]]!
74	** The Rifftrax for the first ''Film/XMen1'' movie has a CallBack to a joke from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
75	--->'''Mike Nelson:''' She wandered into Thunderdome!\
76	'''Bill Corbet:''' Mike...\
77	'''Mike Nelson: (realizing)''' Oh. Oh no...\
78	'''Bill Corbet:''' Mike... can't we get '''[[{{Pun}} beyond]]''' [[{{Pun}} Thunderdome]]?
79	*** Even funnier as the exchange being referenced was in one of the last sketches between Mike and Crow as played by Trace Beaulieu, not Bill Corbett.
80	** The Rifftrax for ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope]]'' has a throwback to a RunningGag on the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''Film/SpaceMutiny,'' one of the most popular episodes.
81	--->'''Han Solo:''' Chewie! Get us outta here!!\
82	'''Bill:''' Kalgan, take me away!
83	*** Not necessarily a throwback, because there is a real product (Calgon) with this slogan.
84	** Bill Corbett comments of Anakin and Palpatine in the theater in the Rifftrax for ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'':
85	--->"[[HypocriticalHumor So, they're just gonna sit alone in those theater seats and make wisecracks about the show? What jerks!]]"
86	** Bill also comments on X-Men's setting of "The Not-Too-Distant Future".
87	--->'''Bill:''' [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage Huh, that seems familiar]]...
88	** In D-War, a deep voiced villain asks for help. Leading to "[[Film/TheFinalSacrifice Zap Rowsdower, is that you?]]"
89	[[/folder]]
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91	[[folder:Web Animation]]
92	* Albeit briefly, ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'' pulled one off in the show's intro. As a nod to [[Recap/AIBThePilot its pilot episode]], Brain and Bouncy Ball can be seen playing poker, with the same EarlyInstallmentWeirdness that can be seen in the pilot.
93	* In WebAnimation/BlackRhinoRanger's animated music video, "Now That's What I Call VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Polka", when Kaos sings "Only got twenty dollars in my pocket", Terrafin appears in the corner and shouts "THAT'S HOW MUCH HE OWES ME!", referencing a commercial for ''Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure'' where Terrafin claims Kaos owes him money.
94	* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': The show Ian watches on the TV in the episode "Starsaber Duel" is ''Terry Serpent's Swimming Spectacle'' from Chris Salaises' old [=YouTube=] channel, [=chris14S=].
95	* The ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' animated pilot features a few nods to the original comic despite being relatively self-contained.
96	** The opening poem Rocky recites is an original written by the author, and featured in [[https://lackadaisy.com/comic.php?comicid=14 this strip.]]
97	** Mitzi reads Isadora Duncan's real-life obituary to the portrait of her late lover. The comic's primary plot is kicked off by a hidden message inside an obituary.
98	** Viktor angrily retorts he has a 'very good idea' of what Rocky went through to get his alcohol, referencing his past in the comic working for Lackadaisy as a rum-runner.
99	** During his RummageFail, Rocky tosses aside the cactus he gifted Mitzi in a [[https://lackadaisy.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=368 non-canon side strip]], later canonized by the cactus' appearance in the same car.
100	[[/folder]]
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