Line #9 ShoutOut/AwfulHospital


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants Oh, who lives in a morgue under the Hospital? SpongeSlob SpikePants!]]]]
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4	''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' is [[ReferenceOverdosed stuffed like a turkey]] with little and/or big nods and references to other works of fiction and/or Bogleech's, said references sometimes slipped in subtly.
5	* The Depressed Spleen is unbelievably pessimistic and cynical. Here he is, [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy spleen the size of a spleen]]...
6	* Speaking of the Spleen, when the Commentors tell Fern to talk to him again she is shown with the [[Anime/SoulEater Excalibur face]].
7	** Happens later in the maternity ward, in reference to Dr. Fleagood.
8	* Zoe has a photo of [[Literature/{{Anpanman}} Baikinman]] on her desk. Not bad for a show known only in Asia.
9	* Phage doesn't want to be disturbed for nothing less than a [[Website/SCPFoundation CK-class reconstructing scenario]].
10	* One of the creatures "outside" the Hospital is [[Videogame/YumeNikki Uboa]].
11	** Another resembles the [[Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark Pale Lady]].
12	* When you [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/112.html talk to Dr. Man]] after meeting him, he mentions [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland budget cuts]].
13	--> '''Dr. Man''': On the staff, I'm afraid not, just as Miss Tori is our only tube-zoner. [[WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland Budget]] [[NoBudget cuts]]. Ha, ha. Naturally, patients come and go from all layers of the range.
14	* The Ramblin' Evil Colorectal Polyp is practically a walking ShoutOut to the {{Videogame/Mother}} series and the initial battle with him is one to the {{Franchise/Pokemon}} series.
15	* Two of the multitude of worms seen on the journey is the [[Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach Earthworm]] and [[Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar The Very Hungry Caterpillar]].
16	* Phage's full title is "Dr. H. M. Phage, T. E." These honorifics, which stand for '''H'''ighly '''M'''agnified and '''T'''horoughly '''E'''ducated, are a reference to H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E., a character from the [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Oz]] books.
17	* The morgue is set up like the maze from ''VideoGame/PacMan'', and is run by a gravestone-like being that looks like one of the ghosts. It's haunted by a being called the "Revourer", which is yellow.
18	* The ''Extragovernmental Bureau of Socio-Hazardous Aberrations'' is a page-long Website/SCPFoundation ShoutOut.
19	* This somewhat familiar offer of assistance, and the reaction:
20	--> '''Cyst Dweller''': [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It can be hazardous to venture unassisted. Perhaps I can offer you an implement to mitigate the substantial risk factor?]]
21	--> '''Chest Worm''': CHARLIE I SWEAR TO [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} NURGLE]]...
22	** In fact, ''all'' rotifers worship Nurgle.
23	* Celia's description of the "community" living to the east of the Horrible Ghastly Death Woods:
24	--> '''Celia''': [[Film/ANewHope Alas, you will never find a more loathsome nest of riffraff and knavery]].
25	* The televisions and paintings in the patient rooms are loaded with shots of everything from {{Creator/Junji Ito}}'s [[Manga/JunjiItoKyoufuMangaCollection "The Long Dream"]], {{Creator/Stephen Gammell}}'s illustrations for ''Literature/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'', ''Film/RobotMonster'', ''{{Film/Them}}'', and the Space Kook from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''.
26	* The AprilFoolsDay update has Doctor Phage [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim singing the doom song]].
27	* The [[MadDoctor Ghastly Physician Worm]] starts its fight by proclaiming, [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} "goOod NEWWWwws eVeRyONnnne!!!"]]
28	* The fight against [[spoiler: Balphin]] is one huge reference to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''. The music that plays during the battle is even The Final Battle from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. WordOfGod even states that [[spoiler: Balphin's]] OneWingedAngel design is based off of angelic final bosses like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].
29	* When Fern finally wakes up in the Morgue, the narration is one to ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
30	--> '' After all you've been through, you feel like the Hospital should be a piece of cake from here on out, and knowing there are creatures you can actually come to trust in these backwards little universes, or whatever they are, '''fills you with determination.''' ''
31	* [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/476.html A monster in the distance]] resembling [[Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault the Fault Victim]].
32	* Fern's [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/488.html mocha from the café]] is so delicious it gives her a [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001 moment]].
33	* [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/072.html A poster]] depicting [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]], which has [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/201.html reappeared]] at least [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/478.html twice]] now.
34	* [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/497.html Crash describes his boredom]] in a manner very similar to how another insane AI describes his hatred:
35	--> '''Crash''': [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream BOREDOM. LET ME TELL SOMETHING YOU ABOUT BOREDOM....IF "BOREDOM" WERE ENGRAVED ON EVERY PARAQUARK OF MY TRILLIONS OF BRANCHES OF CIRCUITOIDS IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE VERMILLIONTH THE BOREDOM THAT I FEEL AT THIS NEGASECOND.]]
36	* One page in Jay's journal mentions encountering a garbage bag with feet, and that it's a sign that the Hospital is "running out of ideas." Bogleech's favorite Franchise/{{Pokemon}} also happens to be [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite a garbage bag with feet]] that people commonly cite as evidence its creators are running out of ideas.
37	* Another page in Jay's journal mentions [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 carnivorous pianos]].
38	* Some of the descriptions of [[spoiler:Crashslob's]] attacks are references to [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 98]] screensavers.
39	* The page titles in the archives are full of these. A few examples:
40	-->'''132:''' [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory A land of pure evisceration.]]
41	-->'''167:''' [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast No-one flatulates like Gaston.]]
42	-->'''171:''' WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} already used [[Literature/ParadiseLost Parasites Lost.]] Darn it.
43	-->'''406:''' [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse ♪All I wanna do, is see you turn into... ♪]]
44	-->'''407:''' [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse ♪...whatever that is! WHATEVER THAT IS! ♪]]
45	-->'''607:''' [[Series/DiffrentStrokes What is it that you speak of, Willis?]]
46	* On the intermission page explaining the mechanics of Slob formation, Bog declares "You can even make slobs out of other fictional characters!" and then, as seen in the page image, gives us... [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/spongeslob.png SpongeSlob]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants SquarePants!]]
47	** As another reference to Spongebob, [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/608.html One of Tori's paintings]] greatly resembles Squidward's [[https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-09/1/15/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01/sub-buzz-32544-1504293438-2.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto Bold & Brash]]
48	* When Lacey's Macrobobby asks Fern to bring a monster that he can frame for Lacey's cat allergy, one of the possibilities he suggests is a [[Website/SCPFoundation Pattern Screamer]].
49	* The Jagged Stain bears more than a passing resemblance to a [[VideoGame/YumeNikki Floyag.]]
50	* One of Dr. Fleagood’s waiting [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/895.html Rooms]] has a poster featuring [[Blog/SlimySwampGhost Trevor Henderson's]] [[https://slimyswampghost.tumblr.com/tagged/Long-Horse Long Horse]].
51	* In Fern's thought cloud while recapping what happened to her since the last time she saw Celia and Staph, Jay is drawn as [[Franchise/TheMuppets a Muppet]] in a cast.
52	* Cheryl's readings are a good source for this, from a novel titled ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Five-Hundred Shades of Greyzone]]'' to a magazine, the title of which changes from [[Literature/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay "Terrible" to "Horrible" to "No Good" to "Very Bad"]].
53	* [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/w20 While doing battle with the G.H.P.W.E.]], a drunken Cheryl's slurring includes the use of "[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Delibird]]" [[{{Malaproper}} instead of "delivery"]]. And after it leaves, [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/cherylfg.png she passes out on the floor]] while in the [[MemeticMutation oh-so-memetic]] ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[Memes/FamilyGuy "death pose"]].

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