History ShoutOut / Pondovadia

* Chapter twenty-one's funeral fight is a reference to the church scene from ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', complete with bigots tearing each other apart.

* Minor character Ander Polnareff (the stoner artist from chapter four) gets his last name from one of the characters from Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure
* The main characters are reading {{Manga/Berserk}} in the beginning of chapter five
* “So she’s trying to be a lame vegan version of [[Anime/DeathNote Light Yagami]]. Gotcha”
* In chapter eight, 89 Days Around the World is a ShowWithinAShow version of Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders.
* Violet gets her last name, Harlacher, from Creator/ErikaHarlacher, the English dub voice actress for LightNovel/VioletEvergarden

* Francis is a noted visitor of [[Film/{{Grease}} Greased Up Lightning]]

* The scene with the deer dying while warning Ponce is a direct reference to Victor Pascow's scene in Literature/PetSematary. Both even feature someone in college (although Pondovadia goes with the college professor route rather than student)
* In chapter fifteen, Principal Cinnamon is seen reading ComicBook/{{Maus}}

* In chapter nineteen, Frederick's class discusses Literature/ToKillAMockingBird with a heavily inaccurate analysis.
* Chapter twenty-one's funeral fight is a reference to the church scene from Film/KingsmanTheSecretService, complete with bigots tearing each other apart.

* Lake of the Unknown Knotts is named after Creator/DonKnotts of Series/TheAndyGriffithShow fame.
* In chapter six, Klarisse mentions Franchise/StarTrek fanfiction as part of her class.
* Chapter Seven's plot is a tribute to Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 . The main scientist is even named after Creator/FeliciaDay and she mentions Joel, Mike, and Jonah as other clients.

* Francis looks for a [[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia 'monstah condom']]

* The subtitle comes from lyrics from [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Can't Stop]]
* Chapter One's title is lyrics from the song [[Music/TheGoGos This Town]]

* Minor character Don Van Maskrep is named after Music/CaptainBeefheart and his album Trout Mask Replica. Unsurprisingly, he is a trout.
* Rory Hollenoat gets his last name from Music/HallAndOates
* In the middle of chapter one, Bell references Comfortably Numb by Music/PinkFloyd
* Court of the Epitaph takes its names from two albums by Music/KingCrimson
* The Paisley Three Story Fountain is named after Paisley Park by Music/{{Prince}}
* Chapter two's title is [[Music/MotleyCrue Kickstart My Heart]]
* Joan is named after Music/JoanJett
* Recurring band Blyned Jagwar is named after Music/DefLeppard
* Chapter Three's title references [[Music/KennyLoggins Danger Zone]]
* Chapter four's title references [[Music/TheB52s Love Shack]]
* The weed Carnegie asks for is named [[Music/JimiHendrix Purple Haze]], [[Music/PinkFloyd Dark Side Moon]], and [[Music/TheBeatles Sgt Pepper]].
* Chapter five's title references lyrics from "Music/LandOfConfusion"
* Side character Benjamin is named after [[Music/OutKast Andre Laure Benjamin]]
* Recurring character Keira Takeuchi's last name from [[Main/JapanesePopMusic Mariya Takeuchi]]
* Chapter six's title is from [[Music/DuranDuran Hungry like the Wolf]]. And yes there is a wolf character
* Geddy, a minor character, is named after [[Music/RushBand Geddy Lee]]
* Nightfever Hockey Ring is named after [[Music/TheBeeGees Night Fever]]
* Chapter seven's title is lyrics from [[Music/RickAstley Never Gonna Give You Up]]
* Chapter eight's title is from [[Music/HallAndOates Out of Touch]]
* Chapter nine and ten's chapter titles references English lyrics from [[Main/JapanesePopMusic Plastic Love]]
* Chapter fourteen's title references [[Music/TomTomClub Genius of Love]]
* The sermon at [[spoiler: Vincent's funeral]] quotes the song Rasputin in his eulogy.

* Scorpion character Tobias is directly named after one of the creators of Franchise/MortalKombat
* Minor character Rodney is an expy of the VideoGame/AnimalCrossing character
* Peeky Pika has a similar name to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]

* The whole series taking place in the 3000s is a direct reference to [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} a certain other series taking place in the same time period]]
* Jamie Valhallen's last name is a reference to [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Valhallen]]
* In chapter seven, the theater is named after [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Planet Express]]
* Also in chapter seven, Ponce yells out [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark "Oh my fuck they killed Kaylee"]]
* Sandyna's last name, Sanchez, is a direct reference to [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]]
* In chapter fourteen, Ponce references [[WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool Deandra's "X, no, Y, no, X, no Y, no, both!"]] when picking out a new hoodie.

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* Side character Benjamin is named after [[Music/{{OutKast}} Andre Laure Benjamin]]

* Geddy, a minor character, is named after [[Music/{{Rush}} Geddy Lee]]

* Chapter five's title references lyrics from [[Music/{{Genesis}} Land of Confusion]]

* The main characters are reading {{Anime/Berserk}} in the beginning of chapter five

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* Chapter Seven's plot is a tribute to Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 . The main scientist is even named after Creator/FeliciaDay and she mentions Joel, Mike, and Jonah.
* Toshi yells out [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "I'm not dead, I'm resting!"]]

* Chapter four's title is from Love Shack by Music/TheB52s

* Sandyna's last name, Sanchez, is a direct reference to WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty

* In chapter six, Klarisse mentions the Franchise/StarTrek fanfiction as part of her class.