Shout Out / Heroine Chic

Film & TV

• Mean Girls and Jem and the Holograms (2015) are both mentioned. (Mean Girls in Episode 6, when Zoe and Laren make plans to watch the film.)
• Geordie's likes apparently include Chopped, The Walking Dead
• Laren's parents are huge fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation, having named her after the character Ro Laren.
• Episode 34 is titled "Orange Is the New Black".
• Carrie Bradshaw is quoted in Chapter 40. Avalon, Khatie, and Paragon II also compare themselves to characters from "Sex and the City."
• During Geordie's high school prom, there's a song request from Monica to Chandler.
• When Daniel wakes up in the hospital after getting hit with Mindfull's powers, the narration states that it feels like a battalion of cybermen is marching in his head — to which Zoe responds, "I'll get the doctor."
• In Chapter 67, Dyna calls Zoe's investigation into Garmento "the fellowship of the bling ring."
• Zoe and Detective Komicz schedule a date to go see Notting Hill.
• Edna Mode shows up at the first Heroine Chic fashion show in Episode 52.
• When confronted with the elite "Vowel" ninja squad working for Garmento, Zoe's first response is to tell one of them that he's "trying to sound like Will Arnett in the 'Lego Batman Movie'."
• After she agrees to model for Tom, Laren informs Zoe that Tom paints nudes. Zoe is ecstatic that Tom is going to "paint me like one of his french girls."
• The narrator has a little fun with a shout out to Fight Club.
  Umbra: The first rule of Garmento is—
  Narrator: Yeah, yeah, yeah... nobody talks about Garmento. We get it.
• When Zoe confronts Huge about joining the Vowel Ninjas, Huge claims "Garmento made me an offer I couldn't refuse."
• The "Eternity Stone" that Geordie and Zoe use to transform into Valiant and Gilded Lily, respectively, is part of a set of Power Crystals that bad guy Excelsior is trying to collect so he can utilize their combined powers for his own purposes - much like the Infinity Stones of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Episode 76 reveals that Zoe and her mother were fans of Gossip Girl.
• Episode 76 also reveals that Mindful knew about Zoe's mother's position as a proctor of Garmento.
  Mindful said Garmento used an "Alias" -- and that when Zoe found out, it would be a "Scandal"... two long-running series where the hero's mother is the brains behind a maze-like, secret organization. Mindful watches a lot of TV.

Comics

• Dyna says some rather... interesting things about Venom's tongue.
• Detective Comics are mentioned when Police Detective Komicz is first introduced.
• Cable shows up at the fashion show in Episode 52 sitting with Edna Mode — she jokes that the tactical pouches on his costume balanced out his massive shoulders.
• One of Heroine Chic's clients is Count Weird, Maestro of the Occult. He's placed an order for a cape.
• Daniel goes to tattoo artist Gwynn Stacey to get his custom, super-powered tattoos done.

Celebrities

• Geordie's social media mentions that he's a fan of Selena Gomez.
• In Chapter 47, Dyna snarks that Zoe's Gilded Lily costume with a fake brunette ponytail makes her look like she's cosplaying Ariana Grande.

Fashion

• Zoe mentions Zak Posen, Michael Kors, and Betsey Johnson in attendance at the fashion show she and Dyna attend.
• Several real-life brands have featured Product Placement in the comic.
• Dyna's disparaging nickname for Zoe is "Etsy Johnson."

Other

• Apparently Umbra Langoustine gives TED Talks.
• Zoe and Daniel both order flowers from Sherwood Florist.
• Excelsior's insufferable Wicked Cultured introduction:
  Excelsior: One last thing... while I have you— there's something I've always wondered about... are you named after "Zoe" in Salinger's "Franny and Zooey"? I was an English Major and kind of a Salinger nerd... I'm one of those guys who tracked down a copy of the June 19, 1965 New Yorker to read "Hapsworth 16, 1924". I have to say, it's a little hard to get through.
  Zoe: It's Zooey! "Franny and Zooey!"
  Excelsior: I have a copy here, somewhere. I'm going to go check.
• Episode 12 is called "Kiss Me, Khatie!", a reference to Kiss Me, Kate.
• Quincy's fake lawyer skills in Episode 75 are attributed to his performance as Henry Drummond in a high school production of Inherit the Wind.
• Dyna insults Zoe's striped shirt in Episode 67 by asking "Did you find Waldo?"

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