History Literature / TheCaseFilesOfIbrahimHelsing

** Pater Zutter's introduction has him wearing [[a periwinkle robe with a blue cowl WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters]].

** And the leading villain of the piece, Pater Zutter, AKA[[spoiler:Zutter Caine, [[Film/InTheMouthOfMadness is Sutter Cane from the John Carpenter film, In The Mouth of Maddness.]]]]

** During [[spoiler:Ibrahim's fight with Abba over Abba's ignorance towards the disabled]] in chapter five, Ibrahim cites ''[[Film/TropicThunder Simple Jack]]'' and ''[[Film/ForrestGump Forrest Gump]]'' enforcing the [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged "inspirationally disadvantaged"]] stereotype.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Ibrahim spends chapter two ignoring how Cassandra is clearly uncomfortable with him putting so much trust towards Abba instead of realizing how his very presence is a trigger to her.

** Ibrahim's steadily crumbling relationship with Cassandra falls under this, as he's far more supportive of Abba over his own landlord/roommate, even after she's had a panic attack.

* AuthorAppeal: Describing the intricacies of a character's wardrobe frequently pops up in the series.

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The series takes place in 2019.

** "The Church of Our Father In-Darkness", comes from [[Literature/AnnoDracula the Anno Dracula series,]] derived from the term for when an elder vampire turns a mortal into a new-born vampire. The congregation being called "Ruthvenians" comes from [[Literature/TheVampyre "The Vampyre",]] written by John William Polidori, the author who introduced a multitude of modern vampire tropes before [[Creator/BramStoker Bram Stoker]] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} wrote Dracula.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cassandra ruminating over the apocalypse has her mention that she's glad there's no televangelists blaming scapegoats for the disaster only a few days later, clearly referring to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell_Sr. Jerry Falwell Senior,]] [[TooSoon who did such a thing two days after]] [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Cassandra ruminating over the apocalypse has her mention that she's glad there's no televangelists blaming scapegoats for the disaster only a few days later, clearly referring to Jerry Falwell Senior.

** a Shifting Points USA booth has a banner alleging that [[Franchise/IndianaJones Doctor Henry Jones]] is innocent of some non-descript wrongdoing and challenges the students on campus to debate them over it.

* QueerRomance: Takes center stage in ''The Miskatonic Affair''

** [[ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} Ibrahim says that his father was trained by Conrad van Helsing.]]

* CrypticBackgroundReference:
** Ibrahim's parents taught him and his sister knot tying after their battle with [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera The Phantom of]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} the Opry.]]
** [[ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} Conrad van Helsing trained Helsing's father.]]

** [[ComicBook/Vampirella Conrad van Helsing trained Helsing's father.]]

** Ibrahim mentions that [[BuryYourDisabled because two disabled men got murdered over]] [[/Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 in Texas]] [[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 and in New Jersey,]] people are reluctant in hiring him to fight the paranormal.

** Chapter three has Cassandra drinking some [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Chateau Picard red wine]]