Shout Out / Infinity Crisis

• Constantine mentions that the Devil has left Hell to run a nightclub in Los Angeles.
• When Malekith attacks the Avengers facility, Alex tells him to "head back to Rivendell, asshole".
• When revealing that the souls of the dead are trapped in the Soul Stone, Loki tells the assembled heroes "Your mission, should you choose to accept it..." (although it's unclear if he would know anything about human culture).
• Talking with Carol Danvers, Kara mentions a "Captain Marvel" on her world who's male.
• Kara nonchalantly picks up Mjolnir and passes it to Jane without realizing that she's done anything noteworthy.
• Secretary Ross makes arrangements for Zemo to be part of "Project Thunderbolts" to act against the Avengers if required.
• In Gamma Relations, Jennifer Walters makes reference to "claims of teenagers running around with a pet dinosaur".
• Powers and Marvels:
  • When the Rangers use an Iron Zord to fight Foom in Beijing, She-Hulk and Spider-Man both make a reference to "Joel, Mike and the Bots" watching.
• Tomorrow's Guardians;
  • One of the Legends' past cases since the main storyline ended is referenced as having involved werewolves attacking Queen Victoria, and Peter Quill observes that he hates dinosaurs ever since a bad museum trip as a child. He also mentions how "we could have landed in the Old West".
  • Later on, Sara asks Snart not to tell "another prison break story".
  • When Gordon Malloy of the Orville compares the Kaylon attack to a new interpretation of Battlestar Galactica, Ray expresses his disbelief that they still know about that show this far into the future, and expresses similar incredulity when Gordon compares Isaac fighting with them to "the reprogrammed Arnold" from Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
  • When Mantis shows awareness of serious trouble on Moclus, it evokes images of Obi-Wan Kenobi sensing the destruction of Alderaan.
• In In Hand and Foot, Jessica Jones gets exasperated at the bizarre creatures from the Turtles' Earth and asks "what's next, a samurai rabbit?" Later on, it's noted that even the not-so-pop-culture-savvy Foot have sometimes been reminded of Darth Vader by the Shredder's attire, even if they would never make the analogy to his face.
• In Distant Cousins, Carol is upset to learn that Cat Grant's nickname for her is Power Girl with Kara explaining there's already a Captain Marvel on this Earth and "it's a whole legal thing" referring to the infamous decades-long battle between DC and Marvel over the "Captain Marvel" name.
• Sins, Sirens and Strife:
  • Ibac warns the other villains about letting Amora call all the shots, comparing her to Neve Campbell in Wild Things.
  • Hearing some of the tales about what happened to the expedition members who opened a particular tomb, characters observe that they've seen enough Indiana Jones to recognize a curse.
  • Characters observe that Sherlock Holmes' philosophy of "eliminating the impossible" is still a good approach, but it's harder to be sure what's actually impossible in a world with superhumans and magic.
• Counterpart Conferences:
  • In Chapter 5, Huntress makes a few mentions of "that weird-ass world with the talking, flying ponies".
  • In Chapter 8, Nimue (of Cursed (2020)) tells Merlin that he should consider that Arthur might come back as a woman, which could be a reference to the Disney Channel version of Avalon High.
• In Infinity Crisis: The Inhumans, Michael Moorcock is mentioned a couple of times. This was done intentionally by the author as a multiverse is a regular theme of his work, and Infinity Crisis is about a group of heroes from three alternate realities coming together to face a common threat.
  Tana Moon: I read 'The Final Programme'' once in college, alright?
  • The first exchange between Medusa and Maximus pays homage to the first exchange between Kirk and Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
• In Tales of the Beyond, Jimmy Neutron mentions Blake's 7 by name, and the ship he designed is called the Silverwing (made more obvious by Carl mentioning bats shortly after the name is revealed).
  • Also in Tales of the Beyond, Black Cat (of Earth-92131) quotes Wyldstyle, which is lampshaded.
    Black Cat: Come with me if you want to not die.
    Terri Lee: ...did she seriously just quote The Lego Movie?
• An Adventure of a Multiversal Crisis:
  • Watson is introduced reading a newspaper article about Jay Gatsby's murder.
  • There is a past event that is frequently mentioned known as the Tripod War.
  • When looking at a picture of Petey, Tom brings up Moreau and "that Paddington station sighting."
  • Charlie Bucket thought it would be a good idea to try the Pan Galactic Gargle Baster after hearing how it was considered the best drink in existence.
  • Chapter two features a brief visit to the Island of Sodor and a namedrop of the Fat Controller. For some reason something about the island's locomotives freaks out James Henry Trotter.
  • Much like the original LXG comic, Randolph Carter is related to John Carter of Mars. (albeit as distant cousins rather than as descendant and ancestor).
  • It's possible to access Narnia and Middle-Earth from Earth-1898.
  • Haven City is noted to exist.
  • When Matilda is looking through the world in her dreams, she encounters Death, and catches glimpses of Rat, Jeperson, Fregly, the version of Mr. Nancy from the American Gods television series universe, and Brother Bear.
• The New Kids in Townsville:
  • The author notes for the second chapter reveals that the villains initially arrived in Peach Creek.
  • The third chapter has Professor Utonium keeping tabs on Aron City, Orchid Bay City, Bellwood and Endsville. There are also news articles describing a giant robot with a car for a head in New Jersey, reports of people claiming to be trapped on a phantom train with cars that contained entire civilizations and upright intelligent bears causing commotions in San Francisco.
  • The third chapter opens with Bubbles dreaming that she's Truffles from Chowder.
  • The fifth chapter mentions Albonquetine, Beach City and Aberdale. There's also a mention of Atlanta which the author notes say was meant as a reference to Class of 3000.
• In Brothers of Thunder, Skurge's final stand is an explicit reference to his death in Walt Simonson's Thor series.
• A Darker Shade of Red;
  • When the Doctor explains the Skrulls' plan to try and 'trick' reality into thinking that Brandon was just another version of Superman, she uses as an example a world she's heard about where "we have superhumans walking around in the seventeenth century" to demonstrate how reality can 'fight' to protect itself from such events.
• Glimpses;
  • In Chapter 5 when Haim is overwhelmed by Lance turning into a pigeon, he asks if he's a god. Lance mocks him, saying that Haim's talking like he's Gozer or something.
  • In Chapter 12, Hekapoo was apparently in the universe of Iron Widow just before arriving on Earth-467.
• In Skysurfin' Surprise, Micky informs Brad that he's set up a date with a girl he met at a Comic-Con who was cosplaying as Pharah.
  • In the same story, Selena Salazar refers to the dead Skrull from Earth-199999 the Skysurfers found as an "ugly little spud", which is what Ray Stantz called Slimer when Peter Venkman first encountered it in the first Ghostbusters movie.
• Undead & Unburied: An Infinity Crisis Halloween Story;
  • The title of the story is a riff on Dead & Buried.
  • The opening has Mystery Inc. listening to "Every Day is Halloween" by Ministry.
  • In Chapter 2, Velma tries to convince Shaggy and Scooby to watch Camp Bloodbath with her.
• In Infinity Crisis Aftermath: An Avenging Christmas, the Eleventh Doctor mentions having once met a time traveling human referred to as "Doc".
  • The native universe of Captain Carter and her Steve Rogers is designated "Earth-86315" as an homage to the third Exiles series, which also featured a version of Peggy Carter that became a super-soldier.
• His Hazelnut Heart;
  • Danny catches Tucker dancing to "Disco Girl", a parody of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA from the Gravity Falls episode Dipper vs. Manliness.
  • When Dash informs Vlad that "Admiral Pillow and the Search for Cushion Island" is an kids' edutainment show with puppets, he compares it to Between the Lions and The Puzzle Place.
• In Infinity Crisis Aftermath: Freedom Force, the members of the titular group discus a variety of Marx Brothers films.
• In Infinity Crisis Aftermath: The Greatest Party in the Galaxy, the Earth-2011 Darcy mentions E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when questioning what Jane expected Thor to look like. Later on, the Doctor mentions a reality he's witnessed where Asgardians are little grey aliens, clearly meant to be a shout out to Stargate.
• Infinity Crisis Aftermath: Celestial Navigation:
  • Ozel sings "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke to herself before being approached by her college friends.
  • The scene in which one of Ozel's friends causes a foodfight homages Animal House.
  • Tana calls Nyx "Lydia Deetz" at one point.
• In the very end of Infinity Crisis: Some Twitter Videos, the Wild Card sings "Look At The Sky" by Porter Robinson.
• Multiversal Moves:
  • During the presentation of the golf lab and its history, it's mentioned that the takeover of the place happened "before [the scientists] could say "KLTPZYXM"".
  • While the Wild Card explains to SCP-507 and Candy!Gamzee Makara why she brought them into her headquarters, she states that Thanos' actions "impacted every fucking single universe on this side of Alagadda". Can also count as a Mythology Gag.
• The Girl From TORONTO;
  • The title is an obvious nod to The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
• In Infinity Crisis: Chronicles of the Hex, the character of ??? decides to change their name to Coda. It's also stated that The Beginner's Guide properly exists in Earth-199999.^note Funny enough, The Beginner's Guide was the original inspiration for ??? and "Walk", its home game
• Another Side of the Glimpses:
  • The name that is given to Bowsette, "Ruby", comes from a fanfiction named A New Princess in Town.
  • According to the commentary, Andrew Hussie' appearance in the series is based on his appearance on a fancomic named Homestuck 2^2: Taking Back Canon.^note She also notes that it's something she decided after Chapter 1, as a sort of little retcon.
  • In Chapter 2, Mario & Jack English exchange quotes from Hotline Miami, most specifically the fight between Jacket & Biker.
    Jack English: You're dead meat.
    Mario (after he got told by one of the commands to say something badass): Well, if it's-a what you want...
  • The title of Chapter 3, "shadowymultiversalpsycho.zip" (with the "dot" written in all letters), references a fake lost Kanye West album named "blackamericanpsycho.zip".
  • In Chapter 3, during an in-universe YouTube video that he's recording, Freddy Fazbear references both Five Nights at Fuckboy's and the "What if it was purple?" meme.
  • The title of Chapter 4, "The Games We Play", is a reference to the song of the same name by Pusha T.
  • Still about Chapter 4, when the Raving Rabbids are doing a dance-off in order to distract the members of the Broforce, it's mentioned that The Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" and Stormzy' "Vossi Bop" are playing in the background.
  • Another one in Chapter 4: the game (or, at least, one of them) that Pedro & Rorschach II are forced to do in the prison has been described by the author as a "live television version of Super Crate Box".
  • The title of Chapter 5, "I Was Never There", is a reference to the song of the same name by The Weeknd & Gesaffelstein.
  • In Chapter 5, when Sunky finds himself groggy after bursting out of the portal, he starts singing "Glitter", by Tyler, the Creator.
  • Still in Chapter 5, the presence of the icebergs is an entire homage to the iceberg tier format and, in return, some shout-outs to particular theories and trivias are made.
  • Another one in Chapter 5 and one that is easy to miss out: apparently, the way the Narrator of the series is imprisoned references Forever Evil.^note There's no precision on who exactly is referenced here but it might be Earth-3 Alexander Luthor, as he spent most of his time in the comic in the same position.
  • In Chapter 6, Cyborg Noodle is repaired and given a new outfit, including a shirt with the cover art for Graduation as the artwork.
  • Still in Chapter 6, Word of God states that the scene with Pighead and UB!Alto Clef was a reenactment of the intro of Infiltrating the Airship.
  • The title of Chapter 7, "Shot for Me", is a reference to the song of the same name by Drake.
  • In Chapter 7, Tony compares the process of resurrection used by D.E.L.I.L.A.H. to bring back the other Fans to The Exorcist.
  • Still in Chapter 7, while the Wild Card is filming William Afton being dragged by the Blob, she's singing "Yummy", by Justin Bieber.
  • In Chapter 7 again, at one point, Sunky and his friends do the Distraction Dance.
  • The title of Chapter 8, "Titanic (Brad Fucking Drowned Remix)", is a reference to the song of the same name by Earl Sweatshirt.
  • During her freestyle over the instrumental of "Titanic", the Wild Card namedrops or makes references to (besides Red Skull & Eobard Thawne) a lot of musicians: respectively The Notorious B.I.G., Common, 100 gecs, Ghostface Killah, Montell Jordan, MF DOOM & Eric B. and Rakim. She also references Shia LaBeouf' "Do it!" meme.
  • The title of Chapter 9, "Stop Making Sense", is a reference to the concert film (and live album) of the same name by the Talking Heads.^note In the commentary, Pighead explained that the original title was "My Own Worst Enemy", a reference to the song of the same name by the band Lit, but it got changed later.
  • The title of Chapter 10, "END CREDITS!", is a reference to the song of the same name by JPEGMafia.
  • In the Closing Credits of Chapter 10, Westside Gunn^note famed underground rapper and founder of the label Griselda Records is jokingly mentioned as having sold crack to a pine tree. According to the commentary, this is a reference to HIVEMIND, a rap-focused YouTube channel.
  • Still in the closing credits of Chapter 10, a lot of people have shout-outs given their way: Andrew Hussie, Daniel Mullins, Kendrick Lamar, the SCP Foundation, Ian Flynn & Evan Stanley, Anthony Fantano and others.
• National Stride: An Infinity Crisis Fourth of July Story has the Ultra-Humanite listening to the beginning of "American Woman" at the end.
• In Infinity Crisis Aftermath: Future Avengers, Adi has the surname of Amritraj. This is intended to be a nod to Indian tennis player and actor Vijay Amritraj.
• In Women of Wonder, the introduction of John Constantine often invokes John Wick.
• In Rampage of the Rani, the rocket Meilin Lee uses to defeat The Rani is called the Thunderbolt. Which is the same name of the rocket in The Gate (Which plays out similarly as that film's climax.)
• In Infinity Crisis Aftermath: The Spirit of Halloween, Star indirectly thinks of the Alternate History novel, The Man in the High Castle while talking to Winn.
• In Bewitchcraft: An Infinity Crisis Halloween Story, Eddie dresses as Dewey Cox (Who was a real guy in their universe) and later sings a Halloween-themed cover of the song "Muskrat Love" to try (and fail) to set a romantic scene for Melody and Wendy the Good Little Witch.
• Several Infinity Crisis stories reference the "Fox Theory" to explain how the Multiverse works. This is a tip of the hat to Gardner F. Fox, who popularized the Multiverse as a part of DC Comics lore with the 1961 story Flash of Two Worlds!.
• In Battlestars in their Eyes, it's established that Ghost was born in Anlaby, England. That is the birthplace of Hannah John-Kamen, who portrayed Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
  • Also in that story, a new Whirlwind is introduced: Jo Reeves. Her name is a reference to Jo Harding and Melissa Reeves, two characters from the 1996 film Twister.
• In Family Time, Peter/Spidey mentions the Commodores song "Brick House" while taunting Powerhouse. He mistakenly calls them the "Commanders", much to her fury. He also describes Beast as having "that 'Cookie Monster's Cool Professor Uncle' vibe".
• In The New Justice Guild, Doctor Blizzard is established to have the real name of Hans Eiselmann. This is a nod to this fan timeline of the Justice Guild's Earth.
• In BAD Girls, during Snowflame's rampage in Miami, he roars "SNOWFLAME IS THE BEST AT PARCHEESI".
  • In the same story, it's established that the Asp is given the birth name of Naima Rizk, while her comic name, Cleopatra Nefertiti, is established to be a stage name from her exotic dancing days. The author's notes at the end of the story explain the new birth name is in homage to Egyptian actresses Naima Akef and Amina Rizk. Both women also hailed from Tanta, Asp's birthplace in the comics.