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1* Series creator Kathy Reichs appeared as one of the doctors Zack Addy defended his dissertation to in one episode.
2* "The Girl with the Curl" has the [[{{Series/Angel}} Hyperion Hotel]].
3** Also, Brennan mentions Booth threatening to push someone out a window, possibly a subtle shout out to the pilot episode of ''{{Series/Angel}}'', in which Angel (Boreanaz) does exactly that.
4* "[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Boris and Natasha]] and their Russian Throwing Knives of Death."
5* "The Bond in the Boot" is ''loaded'' with ''Film/JamesBond'' references. One of the few that goes unremarked is a CIA front company named "Universal Exports" -- 007's standard cover.
6* There are two inside thirty seconds in "The Dwarf in the Dirt" -- "[[{{Series/Angel}} There are no such things as leprechauns]]" and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] brain MRI on the X-ray board behind Nigel. [[note]] For bonus points, Creator/DanCastellaneta appears in the episode as a snarky policeman. [[/note]] Both were put in to coincide with ''The Simpson'''s 20th anniversary, a theme running throughout all Fox shows that week.
7* Possibly, ''possibly'' "[[Film/ReservoirDogs Mr. White]]" in "The Proof in the Pudding." ''Possibly.''
8* Booth spends the first half of "The Devil in the Details" dressed uncannily similarly to [[{{ComicBook/Hellblazer}} John Constantine]].
9* The opening camera zoom during "The Woman in the Sand," set in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, is ''identical'' to those commonly used on ''Series/LasVegas''. Given that reruns of both shows air on TNT, once could be forgiven for thinking someone screwed up the scheduling until Brennan starts talking.
10* ''Possibly'' in the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", during which Booth and Bones [[spoiler:go "undercover" as married to Bones' highschool reunion.]] Booth is Bobby ''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kent]]'', [[Franchise/{{Superman}} newspaper man]].
11* The episode "The Beaver in the Otter" is one long sequence of references to ''Film/AnimalHouse'', from the title to the Dean being named "Vernon Wormer" and a student having sex with the Dean's wife.
12* In the sixth season opener Caroline refers to the Squints as the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scooby]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Gang]].
13* In "The Babe in the Bar", the victim of the week is named Harriet. [[spoiler:She's a corporate [[Literature/HarrietTheSpy spy.]]]]
14* "The Maggots in the Meathead" is one big shoutout to ''Series/JerseyShore''. The "documentary" on the Guidos that Brennan watches is implied to be ''Jersey Shore'' itself.
15* In the pilot episode, Booth refers to both himself and Bones as "[[Series/TheXFiles Scully and Mulder]]".
16* Not to mention the episode "The X in the File", which is full of ''X-Files'' references and guest stars.
17* In the book series, Brennan's mother is named Daisy. On the show, we have the intern Daisy Wick. This is either a dual case of ShownTheirWork or just an extreme coincidence.
18* The episode title for "[[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]".
19* One of the major character interactions in "The Gamer in the Grease" is lifted directly from ''Film/TheKingOfKong'', right down to the record holder and breaker being named Billy and Steve, respectively.
20* In "The Feet on the Beach", one of the employees at the body farm is named Larry [[{{Series/Angel}} Wolfram]].
21* Hodgins mentions Zack watching reruns of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. No mention is made of the fact that Cam appeared briefly in the beginning of ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. Though this might be pretty standard fare for Bones. Mention has been made of watching Buffy by characters, and no one seemed to notice that Booth was a pretty major character there for a while.
22* On a related note to the above entry, ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' regular Gina Torres played Dr. Toni Ezralow, a murder suspect in season 4’s “The Bone That Blew”. In the same episode an affluent young boy calls Booth “stupid inbred stack of meat” in Mandarin. The same insult is used by Saffron, the recurring character who tricked Mal into marrying her, in the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' episode “Trash”.
23* And Franchise/Star Wars is brought up several times:
24--> '''Sweets''': It's awesome! It's like the Sith Lords, man. There's always only two of them.
25--> '''Booth''': Did you just Franchise/StarWars us?
26** It's brought up in the first season by Booth, when Zack is wearing the thermal imaging helmet:
27---> '''Booth''': How’s it going there, Darth? See anything on Saturn? (off of Brennan’s look) Oh, please tell me you’ve seen at least one ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie.
28---> '''Brennan''': When I was seven, and leave Zack alone.
29** Another Star Wars reference is found in "The Brain in the Bot":
30---> '''Booth''': I mean, what, are we talking like, full-on C-3PO or RD-D2? What?
31---> '''Brennan''': I have no idea what that means...
32* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' was mentioned, and "gut instinct" girl squintern was surprised Cam's never heard of it since it's [[BeforeMyTime "old school"]].
33* Angela is stunned that [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Brennan]] thinks an "unflattering" reconstruction of an old man resembles Music/IronMaiden[='s=] ("[[DontExplainTheJoke Not an actual]] iron maiden") mascot [[MetalBandMascot Eddie]]. Turns out she's been interested in the metal subculture since it came up in a previous case.
34* Possibly ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' for Brennan's "surprise" 40th birthday party: She planned her own party and surprised a few of her guests with presents [[spoiler: by revealing that she's the one who recommended Angela for a [=MacArthur=] Genius Grant and for Daisy to be head forensic anthropologist for a national forensics group]].
35* "A Night at the Bones Museum" is one big {{Homage}} to [[Film/TheMummy1932 the 1932 original film version of The Mummy]], featuring Boris Karloff. Clips of the film are seen throughout the episode, being watched by Angela, Sweets and a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness gleeful Dr. Brennan]]. The latter of the three even refers to the movie as the inspiration to her becoming an anthropologist, although she prefers the Lon Chaney interpretation of the character over Karloff's.
36* "The Jewel in the Crown" features a few references to ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'', particularly since the team are aided by French detective Inspector ''Rousseau''; he freely admits that given his name he's had to learn to have a good sense of humor about people quoting the film to him.
37* In one occasion, Booth knows something about giraffes Bones didn't and he sees it as ''[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky getting one over the Brain]]''.
38* In the 200th episode, a film noir themed episode, Warren and Fuentes appear as a husband and wife duo remiscent of [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz]].
39* The episode with Sweets, Hodgins and Fisher getting ''{{Film/Avatar}}'' tickets. Fisher’s actor was in the film, and there’s a mention of “freaks and geeks”. John Francis Daley, who plays Sweets, was one of the stars of ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''

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