Line #15 ShoutOut/TheUltimateEvil


1	!!The Ultimate Evil
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3	* Valerie finds [[DiscoDan Finn's]] outfit to look something straight off of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' when she first sees it, and she describes Jade demonstrating the Rabbit Talisman's [[SuperSpeed power]] as turning into a mini version of the Franchise/TheFlash.
4	* In the second chapter, Valerie cites ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' and a supposed Creator/WilliamShakespeare quote.
5	* Some quotations from classic literature — like ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' and ''Literature/LesMiserables'' — are read out loud to make references to Shendu and Valerie's relationship as it develops.
6	* The ninth chapter has a quote borrowed from ''Film/RedRidingHood'':
7	-->'''Shendu''': …that's all that matters, ''Valerie''…\
8	'''Valerie''': You know my name…
9	* When Uncle decides to find an apprentice, Valerie jokingly asks if it's going to be like [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] wizard training.
10	* When Valerie meets Nataline for the first time, she describes the demon hunter as [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy The Vampire Slayer's]] long lost cousin.
11	* Nat calls Bai Tza [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 "Ariel-wannabe"]] at one point.
12	* When Valerie swims frantically in the flooding Embarcadero Station, she compares the experience to being in close proximity to Film/{{Jaws}}.
13	* Valerie and Shendu's confrontation in the antepenultimate chapter has lines borrowed from the climax of ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''.
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15	!!The Stronger Evil
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17	* Valerie, who already compared her first visit to Section 13 to being in a ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' film in ''The Ultimate Evil'', hums the theme song when she first returns there.
18	* Valerie can't help but think of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' when she enters the zoo where the resurrected Shendu has followed her friends. When she and Jade are later hiding from Drago in a school library, she mutters that no one had better start humming the theme.
19	* Valerie mentions ''Film/TheTerminator'' when Jade assumes Drago to have a similar reason for coming to the present.
20	* While trying to meditate in the ninth chapter, Drago mutters that "[[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children]]".
21	* When reading the newspaper, Valerie comes across an article about homeless people spreading stories of [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} gargoyles in New York]].
22	* Nat makes a reference to ''Franchise/StarWars'' by calling Tarakudo's [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]] the Force and saying that she's not a Jedi.
23	* Nat's last line in the 11th chapter ("We are in ''very'' serious trouble…") is a reference to ''Film/TheMummy1999'' and the author's direct defiance of [[Film/TheMummy2017 the 2017 version]].
24	* Nat and Valerie mention [[Literature/HarryPotter the spells]] ''Wingardium Leviosa'' and ''Petrificus Totalus'' in the 14th chapter.
25	* Shendu showing Valerie his human disguise and his disappointment at her reaction are borrowed from ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride''.
26	* Valerie is called Shendu's "[[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley-Quinn]] rip off" by the burglars' leader in the 17th chapter.

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