History Main / InternalHomage

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara's anniversary episodes always have to do with ComicBook/SpiderMan's ComicBook/TheCloneSaga, because that's what his very first video review was about. He also celebrates the anniversaries of the show proper (the anniversary of his text recaps as opposed to video reviews in general) by reviewing an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'', his first text recap.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98iTbFqRuM&t=1s This Universal Studios logo]], which celebrates their 100th anniversary, has homages to all of their previous logos, including the biplane logo, the Art Deco logo, the Universal-International logo, the Earth with rings logo, and the current giant letters around the Earth logo.

* WebAnimation/{{hololive}}: To celebrate the anniversary of [=AsaCoco=], a morning show hosted by former Japanese member Kiryu Coco, FUWAMOCO's Mococo Abyssguard from hololive's English branch hosted a homage titled [=AsaMoco=]. The segments are nods to classic [=AsaCoco=], even including infomercials for dubious items.

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]": Similar to "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]", Lestat de Lioncourt is in a sexual situation with Louis de Pointe du Lac and a woman, he asks "Do you like it?" about a piece of music that he composed, Louis then initiates sex with Lestat by kissing him, and [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence there's neck-biting which leaves behind wounds]].

** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]": Like in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E5AVileHungerForYourHammeringHeart A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart]]", Claudia is pushed against an armoire while being throttled by one of her vampire fathers.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Captain America blocking a blast from Iron Man is a reference to the cover of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' #7.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", similar to "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]", Lestat de Lioncourt is in a sexual situation with Louis de Pointe du Lac and a woman, he asks "Do you like it?" about a piece of music that he composed, Louis then initiates sex with Lestat by kissing him, and [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence there's neck-biting which leaves behind wounds]].

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Ron to Hermione, Book One: [[ForgotICouldFly Are you a witch or what?]] Six books later, Hermione says to Ron: Are you a wizard or what?

* Gregory [=McDonald=] has sections from earlier books in ''Literature/SonOfFletch'', mostly to emphasize the difference in character attitudes towards racism.
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/SpaceCadet'', Matt Dodson is part of a group of freshman cadets reporting aboard the Patrol school ship ''PRS Randolph'', where they are met and escorted by a senior cadet. Later in the book, the scene is repeated — including much of the dialog — with Matt as the senior.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Literature/GauntsGhosts'', in the book ''The Guns of Tanith'', had Gol Kolea rescuing Tona Criid [[spoiler:and getting shot in the back of the head afterward, losing his memory and personality]]. In ''Sabbat Martyr'', the same thing happens. One of the Ghosts who had been present the earlier time recognises this happening [[spoiler:and pulls Kolea to safety before history fully repeats.]]

** In the first serialized manga for ''-san'', they mimic a scene from the first published chapter of ''-kun'' where four of the brothers go up to another person and ask if food is ready but the person doesn't recognize that they're talking to four separate people. In the ''-san'' homage, the panelling also mimics that of the ''-kun'' original.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' is all over this, especially in regards to the episode featuring Superman. In that episode alone, they are mostly homages to various comic cover shots (such as Jimmy Olsen's death trick, Superman becoming King of Earth, "Jungle Jimmy" complete with his gorilla bride, etc.), but two in particular come from the [[Film/{{Superman}} first Superman film]] -- one where Superman [[http://supermanfan.nu/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/bnb-cat.jpg puts a cat in a tree]] (an inversion of the scene in the film where he rescues a cat from a tree), and one where he calls Luthor a "diseased maniac".

** "Victorious Eagler Warfare": '''Proletius''': "Mighty heroes of the galaxy! You have proven yourself to be mighty indeed!" / "Master of the Galaxy:" "Leading the charge is the mightiest scion of evil." '''Evil Proletius''': "Mighty indeed!" / "Brothers of Grail": '''Proletius''': "Deformed goblins of the wasteland! You have proven yourselves to be unworthy of our technology, indeed!"
** "The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny": '''The Hootsman''': "All right, Zargothrax! Your evil reign of terror ends today! My name is the Hootsman, and I am the one and only true god of this universe! It's time for you to taste the power of HOOTS!" / "Wasteland Warrior Hoots Patrol": '''The Hootsman''': "All right, you bunch of nuclear goblins, listen up! My name is the Hootsman, and this wasteland belongs to me. Now, I'm gonna give you to the count of three to get your good for nothing goblonic asses outta here, or you're gonna taste the power of HOOTS!"
** "Legend of the Astral Hammer" (which is about the hero): "Minuscule goblin, impractical sword." / "Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy" (which is about the villain): "Laser goblin! Power sword!"

** "Victorious Eagler Warfare": '''Proletius''': Mighty heroes of the galaxy! You have proven yourself to be mighty indeed!" / "Master of the Galaxy:" "Leading the charge is the mightiest scion of evil." '''Evil Proletius''': "Mighty indeed!" / "Brothers of Grail": '''Proletius''': "Deformed goblins of the wasteland! You have proven yourselves to be unworthy of our technology, indeed!"

** "The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny": '''The Hootsman''': "All right, Zargothrax! Your evil reign of terror ends today! My name is the Hootsman, and I am the one and only true god of this universe! It's time for you to taste the power of HOOTS!" / "Wasteland Warrior Hoots Patrol": '''The Hootsman''': "All right, you bunch of nuclear goblins, listen up! My name is the Hootsman, and this wasteland belongs to me. Now, I'm gonna give you to the count of three
To get your good for nothing goblonic asses outta here, or you're gonna taste the power of HOOTS!"

A subtrope of MythologyGag. {{Bookends}} (and by extension, HereWeGoAgain) are a manifestation of Internal Homage. {{Exp|y}}ies, especially of the GenerationXerox variety, can be used to this end as well. {{Continuity Reboot}}s and otherwise alternate-continuity stories will often use Internal Homages to appease fans of the franchise's past. Extreme cases do this OncePerEpisode.

* ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' has the tracks plastered with homages to previous games by Namco. ''Type 4'', to begin with, has a Pac-Man animation on the starting line's big screen and ''Pac-Man World'' sculptures on one track, as well as ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'' ads on the track called Phantomile. The fifth game, meanwhile, has the logos of the megacorporations from ''VideoGame/AceCombat 3: Electrosphere'' out there.

* It is very common for the Heisei ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series to have one monster who is grasshopper-based (scarves are optional), and an obvious tribute to the original [[Series/KamenRider Kamen Rider 1]]. Examples include the Arch Orphenoch from ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]]'', the Batta (grasshopper) Yummy from ''[[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]]'' and Zu-Badzu-Ba from ''[[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Kuuga]]''.

* ''Disney's Magical Mirror Starring MickeyMouse'', and later ''VideoGame/EpicMickey'', recreate the scene from the cartoon "Thru the Mirror" where Mickey crosses over into the mirror world. ''Magical Mirror'' also recreates the scene where Mickey grows and shrinks.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': The two ''seasons'' of the show are reflections of each other in so many ways that they naturally end up full of these. The fact that they're both exactly 26 half-hour episodes long makes references even easier.
** In the first season, LaResistance opposes the powerful tyrant in Meridian, while in the second TheRemnant [[spoiler:tries to depose the new, benevolent ruler]]. And then there's [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist the difference between]] the two [[BigBad major villains]].
** Also happens with individual episodes, where the plot of a second season episode is quite similar to one from the first on the surface, but significantly DarkerAndEdgier. Examples include "A Service to the Community" and "Q is for Quarry" (Will jumping to conclusions about a {{Glamour}}), "Divide and Conquer" and "T is for Trauma" (a new girl comes to the heroines' school and charms the boys away from them), and rather obviously given the role of the [[MindControlDevice Horn of Hypnos]] in both, "Walk This Way" and "G is for Garbage". In the first case, it's openly {{lampshaded}}, while in the second the same BackgroundMusic plays during the scenes in question.
** Relationships too. [[spoiler:Two of the girls get boyfriends in the first season, two in the second]]. It's almost taken to LeaningOnTheFourthWall levels when the scenes in which two of these [[RelationshipUpgrade finally happen]] are uncannily similar - one in each season, both at the ends of their respective episodes, again right down to the exact same music.

* The first episode of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ("Why Are We Here?") featured Grif and Simmons of Red team talking, and Simmons asks "Why are we here?" Grif answers with a monologue about life, God, and the universe, while Simmons ''meant'' "why are we stationed here?" In the last episode ("Why '''Were''' We Here?"), Caboose asks Church the same question in a similar situation, and Church launches into a speech about love, hate, and taking orders, while Caboose simply meant "Why are we here in the sun when we could be over there... in the shade?"

* The ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' games love doing this; ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' are full of them. In fact, much of the "point" of ''[=MGS2=]'' was that the entire hostage situation was a recreation of the events of ''[=MGS1=]'', in an attempt to control history itself.

* ''Thunderstrike'' Vol 1 #21 has the "Everyman Comicbook/{{Thor}}" battle Loki with the help of Comicbook/SheHulk, Comicbook/AntMan (Scott Lang), and ComicBook/WarMachine. The cover is an homage to ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' #1, with the heroes in the position of the original Avenger they're a counterpart to (Erik = Thor, Jen = [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]], Scott = Hank and Rhodey = [[Comicbook/IronMan Tony]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'':

* ''Series/Lost'' The final scene of the finale is one to the first scene of the pilot. In both scenes, Jack is running through the bamboo forest on the island, sees a tattered white sneaker on a tree, and runs into Vincent the dog. The main difference between both is that in the first ever shot of the first scene, Jack's eye opens as he wakes up, whereas in the last shot of the last scene, [[spoiler: Jack's eye closes as he dies.]]