History ShoutOut / GarfieldInAlongCameASplut

* When the Splut appears, Garfield slams the door shut "with a force that would make ComicBook/{{the Hulk}} look like it would take the strength of a man who could move a mountain to break a toothpick."

* A footnote reveals that Literature/TheUglyBarnacle was scheduled to make a guest appearance, but had to cancel at the 11th hour due to his crew dying because of his ugliness.

* [[UsefulNote/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]], now a cynical DeathSeeker, allows himself to be run over by Garfield.

* Garfield plays [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Simon and "Garfunkle"]] at full blast, while also playing ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''. The game also involves saving the whales, a reference to ''[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Star Trek IV]]''.
* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln makes a very brief appearance, but is immediately killed by a shard of glass from Garfield's busted TV, because he's supposed to be dead to begin with.

* Later, when Garfield opens a door, it burns his fur off because Franchise/{{Superman}} used his EyeBeams on it, a nod to ''Film/ManOfSteel''.

* He also runs into [[Film/TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]'s car, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Batmobile]] and ComicBook/LexLuthor, [[Website/{{Superdickery}} who stole forty cakes]], AndThatsTerrible.
* "The Film/BladeRunner" (as in, a man running on blades) unwittingly helps Garfield out, and the Splut turns him into a pony for his troubles, a nod to the films recurring unicorn dream. The story says [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail he got better.]]

* The penultimate paragraphs turn into a recreation of [[Film/ANewHope the Death Star trench run]], during which he accidentally causes [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Krypton]] to be destroyed. Then he literally recreates the films hyperspace scene (as in, ''the actual method used to make the special effect'').
* The ending is a {{homage}} to [[spoiler:''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'']], where the pie and Garfield find a Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} over Jupiter [[spoiler:and become a Star Child... which makes the DreamWorksFace and says [[Film/AChristmasStory "Drink more Ovaltine."]]]]

* The ending is a {{homage}} to [[spoiler:''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'']], where the pie and Garfield find a Franchise/{{Stargate}} over Jupiter [[spoiler:and become a Star Child... which makes the DreamWorksFace and says [[Film/AChristmasStory "Drink more Ovaltine."]]]]

* "The Film/BladeRunner" (as in, a man running on blades) unwittingly helps Garfield out, and the Splut turns him into a pony for his troubles, a nod to the films weird ending. The story says [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail he got better.]]

* He also runs into [[Film/TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]'s car, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} the Batmobile]] and SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, [[Website/{{Superdickery}} who stole forty cakes]], AndThatsTerrible.

* Another footnote reveals the reason Jon Arbuckle doesn't appear is because of an incident with a [[Film/TheFly baboon fused with a cat]], and it says Jon is being rebuilt into the next Franchise/RoboCop because despite his injuries, [[StealthPun he has no life]] and thus [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan can be rebuilt anew.]]