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* During the late 90's, Music/MaxMartin often used a piano playing a bass riff at the beginning of a song, that would recur throughout the track (for example, Music/BritneySpears' "Baby One More Time" and Music/{{Nsync}}'s "It's Gonna Be Me").

* During the late 90's, Music/MaxMartin often used a piano playing a bass riff at the beginning of a song, that would recur throughout the track (for example, Music/BritneySpears' "Music/BabyOneMoreTime" and Music/{{Nsync}}'s "It's Gonna Be Me").

* The late comic book writer Mark Gruenwald apparently loved his home state Wisconsin. In ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica,'' he made the villain Sidewinder a Wisconsinite, while his hero ComicBook/{{Quasar}} also hailed from "America's Dairyland". His love for Wisconsin really showed in ''D.P.7.,'' as most of the early issues were set there, and many of the characters were from Wisconsin.

* Legendary comic book artist George Perez
** He has a non-sexual fetish of redesigning characters' costumes to be much more detailed than the average artist is willing to draw. It gets sexual because whenever he draws [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Wanda Maximoff, AKA the Scarlet Witch]] (whom he has singled out as his [[PerverseSexualLust favorite character to draw]]), he draws her in [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/7a/64/417a645713787a664b6be5b88891c693.jpg this costume]], which references her Roma heritage. Furthermore, this outfit is designed to indicate that Wanda ''[[VaporWear does not wear panties]]'' (the two sections of fabric over her hips are connected by gold loops that rest over bare skin). When asked to provide WordOfGod information that nobody else could give, Perez stated that Wanda prefers to go commando and dared readers to find an instance in which she is proven to be wearing underwear. He even found other ways to subtly convey this sexual trivia - such as showing her wearing a very long t-shirt to bed. It is worth noting that no other artist draws this costume if they can avoid it, although that is likely because of the prohibitive level of detail rather than the designer's fetish appeal.

* Scott Snyder has a penchant for starting every story with--as comics journalist David Brothers says it--the main character relating "[Aged male mentor figure] used to say [anecdote relevant to the plot]."

* How can you spot a [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/kalash93 Kalash93]] story? Firstly, he loves his GunPorn, especially Kalashnikov rifles and other Soviet weapons. Expect to see stuff about mercenaries, paramilitaries, guerillas, militias, and positive depictions of civilian gun ownership. Secondly, GratuitousForeignLanguage, especially [[GratuitousRussian Russian, ]]because he is a Russian Language major in RealLife, but he's also studied [[GratuitousLatin Latin]] and [[GratuitousGerman German.]] Russian cultural and military references abound in his war stories, with many of his characters wearing a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnyashka telnyashka.]] The guy adores his booze, particularly rye whiskey. And he's written a few stories that involve prostitution, as well as male virginity.

* John Flansburgh of Music/TheyMightBeGiants appears to enjoy writing about cranial trauma, while John Linnell likes personifying inanimate made

For recurring associates, see ProductionPosse. For recurring characters or items identified with a previous movie, see ProductionThrowback and ReusedCharacterDesign. The literary/unintentional equivalent of this is an AuthorCatchphrase, and the actor equivalent of this is just a normal catchphrase (e.g. [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger "I'll be back"]]). Does not include overarching SignatureStyle elements of a body of work, {{Signature Shot}}s, or ''explicit'' MediaNotes/{{trademark}}s, such as Creator/AlfredHitchcock's silhouette or Walt Disney's signature. If the Thumbprint is something the author likes, then it's AuthorAppeal, and if it's lifted wholesale from another series by the creator, it's BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries.

For recurring associates, see ProductionPosse. For recurring characters or items identified with a previous movie, see ProductionThrowback and ReusedCharacterDesign. The literary/unintentional equivalent of this is an AuthorCatchphrase, and the actor equivalent of this is just a normal catchphrase (e.g. [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger "I'll be back"]]). Does not include overarching SignatureStyle elements of a body of work, {{Signature Shot}}s, or ''explicit'' UsefulNotes/{{trademark}}s, such as Creator/AlfredHitchcock's silhouette or Walt Disney's signature. If the Thumbprint is something the author likes, then it's AuthorAppeal, and if it's lifted wholesale from another series by the creator, it's BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries.

** Perez just has a fetish for costume design in general. His second-favorite Marvel girl to play with is the Wasp because he can design any-and-as-many costumes as he damn well pleases for her with no one batting an eye about it. Hilariously enough, though, even with the ''dozens'' of outfits he's given her, ''none'' of the rare {{Stripperific}} costumes she's had were of his design. Not that he couldn't. His design for ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' ' [[http://league.jmkprime.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/starfire-326x600.jpg Starfire]]

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* [[{{Wrestling/VinceRusso}} Vince Russo]] loves pole matches. If you see a pole match in a Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, or Wrestling/{{TNA}} show, Russo's booking this match. The pole matches are also for the craziest things. These include a rat, a bottle of Viagra, Judy Bagwell (they needed to use a forklift), a pinata, and the keys to Mick Foley's office, among other things.
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* Ian Livingstone, co-creator of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' gamebook series, seems to enjoy sailboat racing, given how he's snuck {{Author Avatar}}s of himself and his teammates as minor characters in some of the gamebooks he's written. He appears as one of the crew members who can ferry the hero to Kaad in ''Literature/ReturnToFiretopMountain'', and the rest of the crew have real-life names that are spelled phonetically ("Eeyun" instead of Ian, "Ndroo" instead of Drew, etc.), and also appears as an innkeeper who reminisces about his sailing days to the hero in ''Literature/ArmiesOfDeath''.
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* Music/{{Zedd}} frequently uses the sounds of ticking clocks in tracks that he produced, such as "Stay", "The Middle", Music/ShawnMendes' "Lost in Japan" and Music/KatyPerry's "Never Really Over".

* Shamelessly lampshaded by Ai Yazawa in her manga ''Manga/GokinjoMonogatari'', about an arts high school populated by eccentric teens. "''In the Yazawa High School students have an unspoken agreement to dress in the most outrageous way possible. Why? Principal Ai Yazawa just loves outlandish clothes!''". Before becoming a mangaka, she wanted to be a fashion designer, and she's a hardcore fan of Vivienne Westwood. She also loves rock and punk music. It becomes glaringly obvious since ''all'' of her mangas feature [[Manga/ParadiseKiss fashion designers]], [[UnlimitedWardrobe massive amounts of different outfits]], designs lifted from Westwood, [[Manga/{{Nana}} aspiring musicians and punk rockers]].

* Music/{{Zedd}} frequently uses the sounds of ticking clocks in tracks that he produced, such as "Stay", "The Middle" and Music/KatyPerry's "Never Really Over".

* Jhonen Vasquez (''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' and ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'') gives frequent homages to ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', ''Film/TheFly'' (both the original and Creator/DavidCronenberg's version), ''Film/{{Scanners}}'', and video games in his comics/TV shows. He's also a fan of [[HumongousMecha giant robots]], space in general, horrifying imagery, BodyHorror, and certain words, most notably: ''[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doom]]'', ''cheese'', ''piggies'', ''tacos'', ''monkeys'', ''moose'', ''noodles'', ''dooky'', ''nachos'', and ''bunnies''. He even stated at [=ComicCon=] '07 that he's fascinated with plotlines of people who are "controlled and used" by others (Johnny and the Doughboys, Devi and Sickness) and that he also hates dogs and little kids (sans [[ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac Squee]]).

* Creator/ShirowMasamune loves drawing sexy, scantily clad women, but that hardly sets him apart; what ''does'' is his [[TechnologyPorn obsessive attention to detail regarding near-future/sci-fi weaponry and machines]].

* Just like Creator/ShirowMasamune, Steven A Gallacci, the creator of ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'' tends to include beautiful girls and lots of technical data about the military, guns, machines, or anything geeky. Unlike Shirow, Gallacci justifies this because he was a member of the USAF and a Vietnam War veteran.

* Creator/GarthEnnis has a fondness for Irish and British characters, especially working-class ones.

* Dahne, the author of ''Fanfic/{{Stray}}'', ''loaded'' the story with {{Shout Out}}s, and seems to have a particular interest in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (justifiable in-story, as one of the protagonists is a mecha anime {{Otaku}}), ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' (which provides the ArcWords), and Myth/NorseMythology.

*** They appear repeatedly in Gary's ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' modules B2 ''The TabletopGame/KeepOnTheBorderlands'', G3 ''Hall of the Fire Giant King'', D3 ''Vault of the Drow'', [=EX2=] ''The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror'', S1 ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors'', T1-4 ''TabletopGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil'', [=WG4=] ''The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun'', [=WG5=] ''Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure'' and [=WG6=] ''Isle of the Ape''.

* Creator/RickGriffin loves kangaroos. His fursona is a kangaroo, ''Webcomic/AAndHClub'' features a kangaroo main character, ''Webcomic/Housepets'' features a pair of kangaroos as ThoseTwoGuys, and several of his other works feature them in supporting roles.

* This is part of the reason why ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' fans love the series. The person in charge of it is a self-admitted fan of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', so he inserted ''a lot'' of HumongousMecha tropes and references into the anime. [[MixAndMatch The resulting fusion]] of {{Magical Girl}}s and HumongousMecha is [[RuleOfCool very cool indeed]].

For recurring associates, see ProductionPosse. For recurring characters or items identified with a previous movie, see ProductionThrowback and ReusedCharacterDesign. The literary/unintentional equivalent of this is an AuthorCatchphrase, and the actor equivalent of this is just a normal CatchPhrase (e.g. [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger "I'll be back"]]). Does not include overarching SignatureStyle elements of a body of work, {{Signature Shot}}s, or ''explicit'' UsefulNotes/{{trademark}}s, such as Creator/AlfredHitchcock's silhouette or Walt Disney's signature. If the Thumbprint is something the author likes, then it's AuthorAppeal, and if it's lifted wholesale from another series by the creator, it's BorrowingFromTheSisterSeries.