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1[[folder:Season 1]]
2[[AC:Pilot]]
3* Liv refers to her zombification when out of brains as going Creator/GeorgeARomero, who is the director of the movie ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. Liv is seen buying the movie's DVD early in the episode.
4* Liv refers to ''28 Days Later'' to explain how is her full-on zombie mode.
5
6[[AC:Brother, Can you Spare a Brain?]]
7* Clive calls Liv's colorful description of the sex Javier was having [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Psychic]].
8* The episode title makes a reference to "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?", one of the best-known American songs of TheGreatDepression.
9* Major accuses Liv of being a [[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers Pod Person]].
10* Blaine says the first rule of [[Film/FightClub Brain Club]] is you don't talk about [[Film/FightClub Brain Club]].
11
12[[AC:The Exterminator]]
13* The title is a shout-out to the movie Film/TheTerminator.
14* "First rule of Brain Club, you don't talk about [[Film/FightClub Brain Club]]".
15* The emcee for the trivia contest is in a [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]] costume.
16* One of the comic book title cut is ''[[Film/DrivingMissDaisy Driving Miss Crazy]]''
17* The title of Clive's and Liv's trivia team is "[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Piggy and the Brain]]".
18* When Liv eats another piece of Martin's brain, she explains that when Popeye faces Bluto, he has to eat his spinach.
19* Clive describes Liv's insights as "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Good Vibrations]]".
20* Ravi starts quoting ComicBook/SpiderMan but is cut short
21-->'''Ravi''': With great power comes...\
22'''Liv''': Do not! Seriously.
23
24[[AC:Liv and Let Clive]]
25* The title is a allusion to the famous quote "Live and Let Live". Due to subject matter and rhyme, it could also be construed as an allusion to the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" (which is itself alluding to the original phrase).
26* "He was just this junkie who’s always yelling at us [[Series/PartyDown ‘are we having fun yet?’]].
27* Clive describes Liv's life as the whorey version of Film/{{Memento}}.
28
29[[AC:Flight of the Living Dead]]
30* Title is a shout-out to Creator/GeorgeARomero's movie ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
31* Ravi name-drops [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Keyser Soze]].
32* Carson mentions [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]
33* ''Film/WarmBodies'' is mentioned when Liv is talking with a suspect.
34* There's mention of a homeless man constantly shouting "Are we having fun yet?", the desperate catch phrase of Rob Thomas's other show Series/PartyDown.
35* Seattle PD uses a dry-erase board with open homicide cases in red, just like the Baltimore PD in Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet
36
37[[AC:Virtual Reality Bites]]
38* The title is a reference to the movie ''Film/RealityBites''.
39* "Great. I just ate [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpsons]]' brain."
40
41[[AC:Maternity Liv]]
42* "This is what Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} carves for you after you promise him your first born."
43* "Look, Film/{{Beetlejuice}}. I don't remember saying your name three times, so stay the hell out of my business."
44
45[[AC:Dead Air]]
46* Lowell tells Liv "We can't all pull off the ethereal Tinker Bell look", referencing Rose Mciver's previous role on Series/{{Once Upon a Time}}.
47* Jane compares her and Sasha's dynamic with Liz and Jenna's from ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
48
49[[AC:Patriot Brains]]
50
51[[AC:Mr. Berserker]]
52
53[[AC:Astroburger]]
54
55[[AC:Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat]]
56* One of the members of the ban compares their situation to ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', saying that she watched it and [[GenreSavvy knows what she should be doing in that situation]]. Being that the episode is a WholePlotReference to the movie, it's justified.
57
58[[AC:Blaine's World]]
59
60[[/folder]]
61
62[[folder:Season 2]]
63[[AC:Grumpy Old Liv]]
64* Liv gives Clive a "Good God, Lemon!", Jack Donaghy's CatchPhrase from ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
65
66[[AC:Zombie Bro]]
67
68[[AC:Real Dead Housewives of Seattle]]
69
70[[AC:Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues]]
71
72[[AC:Love & Basketball]]
73* Ravi continues his trend to name rats after ''Franchise/StarWars'' references and calls one of them "Bobba Ratt".
74* The Comic Panel Titles include:
75** [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Smells like Team Spirit]]
76** [[Film/FistOfFury Fists Of Fury]]
77
78[[AC:Max Wager]]
79* When an upbeat Major comes to view, Peyton looks at Ravi and questions "Film/BodySnatchers"
80* The Comic Panel Titles include:
81** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrtF45-y-g Let's talk about sex, Zom-Bie]]
82** [[Series/MagnumPI Magnum, P.I.]]
83** [[Series/WhosTheBoss Who's The Boss?]]
84** [[Film/RiskyBusiness Risky Business]]
85
86[[AC:Abra Cadaver]]
87
88[[AC:The Hurt Stalker]]
89
90[[AC:Cape Town]]
91
92[[AC:Method Head]]
93
94[[AC:Fifty Shades of Grey Matter]]
95* The title is a reference to the book ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', which is an erotic book much like the victim wrote.
96
97[[AC:Physician, Heal thy Selfie]]
98
99[[AC:The Whooper]]
100
101[[AC:Eternal Sunshine of the Caffeinated Mind]]
102* The title refers to the movie ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind''.
103
104[[AC:He Blinded Me... With Science]]
105
106[[AC:Pour Some Sugar Zombie]]
107* The title is a song by ''Music/DefLeppard'', "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
108* When Peyton moves back to Liv's apartment, They mention that, if Ravi and Major moved closer, they could be like the characters from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', including comparing Major and Liv's [[StarCrossedlovers situation]] to the [[WillTheyOrWontThey Ross and Rachel]] romance.
109* Liv sarcastically compares the hair of a stripper to Music/ArianaGrande.
110
111[[AC:Reflections of the Way Liv Used to be]]
112
113[[AC:Dead Beat]]
114
115[[AC:Salivation Army]]
116
117[[/folder]]
118
119[[folder:Season 3]]
120[[AC:Heaven Just Got A Little Bit Smoother]]
121
122[[AC:Zombie Knows Best]]
123* Major on Teenage Girl Brain elects Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" as Peyton and Ravi's song.
124* Later, Liv on Dad Brain calls Major's music "[[Music/MileyCyrus Miley]]-[[Music/KatyPerry Perry]]-[[Music/SelenaGomez Gomez]]" when she doesn't know who made the song he is playing.
125
126[[AC:Eat, Pray, Liv]]
127* The title refers to the book ''Literature/EatPrayLove''.
128
129* At the start, Ravi and Major are clearly playing ''VideoGame/DyingLight''.
130[[AC:Wag the Tongue Softly]]
131
132[[AC:Spanking the Zombie]]
133
134[[AC:Dirt Nap Time]]
135
136[[AC:Eat A Knievel]]
137* The title refers to the famous stunt artist UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel.
138
139[[AC:Twenty-sided, Die]]
140* The group of D&D the main characters created was dubbed by Peyton and later by Liv as [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fellowship of the Dorks]].
141* Peyton uses the name [[Creator/BradPitt Bra]][[Creator/AngelinaJolie ngelina]] Darksbane for her D&D character.
142* It's briefly mentioned that the girl among the suspects is a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fan and that's where Steve's {{Goth}} persona comes from.
143
144[[AC:Return of the Dead Guy]]
145* The title is likely a reference to ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead''
146** Or, more likely, a reference to ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''
147* At one point, one of Blaine's workers compares their situation to being [[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa Loompas and he thought it would be like getting the golden ticket]]
148* At one point, Liv suggests to Peyton and Clive to listen to ''Music/DarkSideOfTheMoon'' until they really understand it. Clive, however, start to explain the themes of greed and mental illness surrounding the album.
149* When the witness accuses Liv of being a mutant with ninja-like skills, Peyton ridicules it by asking if [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles she had a round shell and wanted pizza]].
150
151[[AC:Conspiracy Weary]]
152* Double as CallBack, but one of the comic book cuts was titles "Finnegan's Wake-up Call", a reference to the song "Finnegan's Wake", by The Irish Rovers, which was the song the [[spoiler:now dead fellow soldier]] sung in "Eat A Knievel".
153** Another one is called "Sweet Dreams(aren't made of this)", referencing the Music/{{Eurythmics}} song.
154* Under Conspiracy Brain, Blaine, Liv and Don E. debate over the truth about Music/TupacShakur and Music/TheNotoriousBIG. Particularly whether Tupac died.
155** On the same vein, they later start debating if Creator/TomCruise is a zombie.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Season 4]]
159* Clive does this twice when talking about Liv's new looks and personality as a RichBitch.
160** He calls her [[Film/DrivingMissDaisy Miss Daisy]] when she tries to get him to drive for her while she's in the back.
161** He later says to a witness that he should remind of her from ''Series/MurderSheWrote''
162* Liv tells Clive "[[Series/GameOfThrones You know nothing Clive Babineaux]]".
163[[/folder]]

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