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* Harry notes the Fomor have [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 released the kraken.]]

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* Harry notes the Fomor have [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 released the kraken.]]
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* The relief charge of Marcone's army and the forces of Summer is already pretty reminiscent of the charge of the Rohirrim in ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheKing'', but the kicker is when River Shoulders takes a captured Jotun horn and blows it hard enough to crack it - just as Theoden does.
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* Harry gets to tell Mavra to "cease any and all supernatural activities" the same way [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ray addressed Gozer.]] Knowing Harry, this was almost certainly intentional.

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* Harry gets to tell Mavra to "cease any and all supernatural activities" the same way [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ray addressed Gozer.]] Knowing Harry, this was almost certainly intentional.intentional.
* When Harry needs to convince the "civilians" of Chicago that he is, in fact, a wizard, he produces a bolt of lightning between his hands with the magic words "[[Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina Eggus Chennus]]".
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* Harry gets to tell Mavra to "cease any and all supernatural activities" the same way [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ray addressed Gozer.]] Knowing Harry, this was almost certainly intentional.

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* Harry gets to tell Mavra to "cease any and all supernatural activities" the same way [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ray addressed Gozer.]] Knowing Harry, this was almost certainly intentional.

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* Harry notes the Fomor have [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans released the kraken.]]

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* Harry notes the Fomor have [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 released the kraken.]]



* The character of [[spoiler: Drakul]] can be seen as a giant shout-out to the [[Franchise/CastleVania CastleVania]] franchise, complete with a similar moveset and power level.

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* The character of [[spoiler: Drakul]] can be seen as a giant shout-out to the [[Franchise/CastleVania CastleVania]] Franchise/{{Castlevania}} franchise, complete with a similar moveset and power level.



* The illusion of the Carpenters being murdered is explicitly compared to [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Fellowship of the Ring]] by Molly.

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* The illusion of the Carpenters being murdered is explicitly compared to [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Fellowship of ''Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing''--the film version, in which Frodo and company watched their rooms being ransacked by Black Riders from across the Ring]] by street--by Molly.



--> '''Harry:''' (Shoots a tree with lightning) It started burning up with green flame, ''[[AudienceParticipation green flame]]''--all hell was breaking loose.

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--> '''Harry:''' (Shoots ''[shoots a tree with lightning) lightning]'' It started burning up with green flame, ''[[AudienceParticipation green flame]]''--all hell was breaking loose.



--> "I'm the hero Chicago needs, not the one it swiped on Tinder."

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--> "I'm -->'''Harry:''' I'm the hero Chicago needs, not the one it swiped on Tinder."



* He also muses to Molly that he ought to put in a window like that of ComicBook/DoctorStrange.

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* He also muses to Molly that he ought to put in a window like that of ComicBook/DoctorStrange.ComicBook/DoctorStrange to cover the hole Ethniu had blasted into his new castle.



** Either that, or the White Witch's icicle sword from [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]

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** Either that, or the White Witch's icicle sword from [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]Narnia]].



-->'''Harry:''' Augh, you nerd!



* The Huntsmen of Annuvin who gain more strength every time one is killed are almost certainly a subtle nod to Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain (supposedly, they come from Welsh mythology, but the spelling of Annuvin rather than Annwn gives it away).

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* The Huntsmen of Annuvin who gain more strength every time one is killed are almost certainly a subtle nod to Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain (supposedly, they come from Welsh mythology, but the spelling of Annuvin rather than Annwn gives it away).away).
* Harry gets to tell Mavra to "cease any and all supernatural activities" the same way [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Ray addressed Gozer.]] Knowing Harry, this was almost certainly intentional.
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* Twice within a couple of pages fighting Sudhe are described as looking as if they were doing wire-work.

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* Twice within a couple of pages fighting Sudhe are described as looking as if they were doing wire-work.wire-work.
* The Huntsmen of Annuvin who gain more strength every time one is killed are almost certainly a subtle nod to Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain (supposedly, they come from Welsh mythology, but the spelling of Annuvin rather than Annwn gives it away).
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** Either that, or the White Witch's icicle sword from Narnia

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** Either that, or the White Witch's icicle sword from Narnia[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]
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Wire-fu, I would gues Yuen-style.


* Listens-To-Wind shifting into a bear and dropping from the sky onto an enemy is a maneuver [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Druids]] call 'Rawrbombing.'

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* Listens-To-Wind shifting into a bear and dropping from the sky onto an enemy is a maneuver [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Druids]] call 'Rawrbombing.''
* Twice within a couple of pages fighting Sudhe are described as looking as if they were doing wire-work.
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Book 17 of the ''Literature/DresdenFiles''.

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Book 17 of the ''Literature/DresdenFiles''.\\
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* Harry’s unasked for callsign is ComicBook/BoosterGold. He complains.

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* Harry’s unasked for unasked-for callsign is ComicBook/BoosterGold. He complains.



* Perhaps subtler than these others, but Murphy taking out a Jotnar with a bazooka immediately brings to mind [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] killing The Judge with a rocket launcher.

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* Perhaps subtler than these others, but Murphy taking out a Jotnar with a bazooka immediately brings to mind [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] killing The Judge with a rocket launcher. Particularly relevant given how often Murphy is compared to Buffy.

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* And another when Harry and Butters collapse a bridge to hinder Fomor forces:
--> [[YouShallNotPass "YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS!"]]



* And another when Harry and Butters collapse a bridge to hinder Fomor forces:
--> "YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS!"

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