History ShoutOut / Shadowrun

* ''Bug City''. Truman Technologies operatives dressed up as Eagle Security officers captured Fuchi-employed gang members, lined them up against a wall and ruthlessly murdered them. This was based on the RealLife 1929 "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day_Massacre Saint Valentine's Day Massacre]]", in which killers hired by Al Capone's gang dressed as police officers, captured members of the North Side gang and executed them.

** ''Awakenings''. A decker named Al Phee is a reference to a character of that name in the [[Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon Callahan's Bar]] short story "Have You Heard the One...?"
** Also in ''Awakenings'', one of the datafiles is written by a forensic sorcerer with the Los Angeles Police Department. [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} His name is Friday]].

* The ''Germany Sourcebook'' had an ad with an endorsement from Max Hein•Rügen, a reference to Mark Rein•Hagen of Creator/WhiteWolf Games.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Requiem for Methuselah". In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' Immortal Elves who lived thousands of years before the time the game takes place were the artists known as Rembrandt, Constable, Van Gogh and Grandma Moses. During the Sixth World they painted works in the same style they used in their earlier roles. In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' episode, the Enterprise crew found unknown works by Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Brahms in Flint's home - works created by Flint himself, since he was an immortal who was the original da Vinci and Brahms.

** ''Man & Machine: Cyberware'' mentioned hollowing out a compartment behind the navel as a storage container, which the title character in ''Literature/{{Friday}}'' had.

* A legitimate ''LordOfTheRings'' reference is the radical ork rights faction named the Sons of Sauron. Presumably this is ''also'' an AppropriatedAppellation as well.

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novels.

*** The Tír's air traffic control network is referred to as "No Sparrow Shall Fall". In Heinlein's novel ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' this phrase was used to describe the U.S. air traffic control net, and in his short story "If This Goes On" the Prophet's news network was called the "No-Sparrow-Shall-Fall News Service".

** ''Native American Nations Volume 1'' has two. The quote "Vox Populi Vox Dei usually translates as 'My God, how did we get into this mess?'" is from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long section of ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''. A Salt Lake City police officer is quoted as saying "Can I do you a service, citizen?" Almost the exact same quote appears in the short stories "Methuselah's Children" and "Coventry".

** One of the most fearful monsters in the Sixth World is a gigantic bear that has fallen victim to several toxic elements of its environment. Its name? The [[Literature/Shardik Shardik]].

--->'- Turbo Bunny

* Also two of the top selling simsense in the 20th Anniversary rule book is, Literature/AmericanGods and... Literature/TheRoad. On that same list is another shout out to ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'', with ''Spider J: A Half True Story'' by [[WarrenEllis Ellis Alt]].

* A number of references to Creator/WilliamGibson's ''Literature/SprawlTrilogy'', such as "new yen", decks, the matrix, 'trodes, Edge, [=SINs=], Japan taking over the world...
* In the 4E {{sourcebook}} ''Runner Havens'', there's a chart of the top-grossing movies in Seattle. Among them: ''[[ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}} I Hate It Here]]'', starring [[Creator/WarrenEllis W. Ellis]], produced by ComicBook/GlobalFrequency Studios; ''Ninja Princess'', starring [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters M.]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]]; and ''[[VideoGame/SmashTV The Pleasure Dome]]'', starring [[Creator/EugeneJarvis E. Jarvis]], produced by Smash Trideo Entertainment.

* ''Arsenal'' gives players the option to customize the interfaces of certain electronic devices with personality software. Among the available personalities are [[TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Hal 9001]], [[MaxHeadroom Max Headnode]] and {{Radio/The Shadow}}.

** The supplement ''Tir Tairngire'' has "Frag you and the horse you rode in on" and the ''Lone Star'' supplement has "Frag you and the hog you rode in on". Both are a reference to John Bigboote's line "Damn John Whorfin and the horse he rode in on!".

** 4e's ''Land of Promise'' shows that there is a dwarf street gang named the Sons of Gimli in Tir Tairngire, continuing the tradition.

** ''Tir Tairngire'' sourcebook
*** The Tir's air traffic control network is referred to as "No Sparrow Shall Fall". In Heinlein's novel ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' this phrase was used to describe the U.S. air traffic control net, and in his short story "If This Goes On" the Prophet's news network was called the "No-Sparrow-Shall-Fall News Service".
*** The Tir government set up the Star Chamber as a sham legislature designed to trick the Tir public into thinking that they had representation. It has no real power and is disregarded by the Council of Princes. In Heinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' Professor Bernardo de la Paz creates a "Ad-Hoc Congress for Organization of Free Luna" and invites people to join it. He says he is "simply putting all my nuts in one basket" and expects them to do nothing substantial.

** The ''Tir Tairngire'' supplement says that the Tir Tairngire government requires all students to learn creative arts. In ''TabletopGame/{{Earthdawn}}'', being tainted by a Horror prevented a person from being creative. The leaders of Tir Tairngire were immortal elves who lived during the Earthdawn period and knew that the Horrors would eventually return, so they decided to teach everyone creative arts so it would be easier to identify people who had been Horror tainted.

* ''BoredOfTheRings''. ''Virtual Realities 2.0'' mentions a decker who has IC "lusting for her chitlins" (trying to kill her). In the novel, when Legolam and Gimlet draw weapons and are about to attack each other it says that they're "lusting for each other's chitlins".

---> - Turbo Bunny

** Also in ''Awakenings'', one of the datafiles is written by a forensic sorcerer with the Los Angeles Police Department. [[{{Dragnet}} His name is Friday]].

** Spinrad [=NeverRest=] cyberlimbs are optimized to improve the user's climbing skills. The sales pitch is introduced with "[[TV/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Rock climbing, Joel!]]"

** A decker named Ridley calls a decker named Unicorn "ugly one-horned mule". This was a line from the film ''Film/{{Legend}}'', which was directed by Creator/RidleyScott.

* ''BuckarooBanzai''

*** The Tir government set up the Star Chamber as a sham legislature designed to trick the Tir public into thinking that they had representation. It has no real power and is disregarded by the Council of Princes. In Heinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' Professor Bernardo de la Paz creates a "Ad-Hoc Congress for Organization of Free Luna" and invites people to join it. He says he was "simply putting all my nuts in one basket" and expected them to do nothing substantial.

*** The Tir government set up the Star Chamber as a sham legislature designed to trick the Tir public into thinking that they had representation. It has no real power and is disregarded by the Council of Princes. In Heinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' the people behind the Revolution create a "Ad-Hoc Congress for Organization of Free Luna" and invite people to join it. Professor Bernardo de la Paz says he was "simply putting all my nuts in one basket" and expected them to do nothing substantial.

** The Tir's air traffic control network is referred to as "No Sparrow Shall Fall". In Heinlein's novel ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' this phrase was used to describe the U.S. air traffic control net, and in his short story "If This Goes On" the Prophet's news network was called the "No-Sparrow-Shall-Fall News Service".
** The Tir government set up the Star Chamber as a sham legislature designed to trick the Tir public into thinking that they had representation. It has no real power and is disregarded by the Council of Princes. In Heinlein's ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' the people behind the Revolution create a "Ad-Hoc Congress for Organization of Free Luna" and invite people to join it. Professor Bernardo de la Paz says he was "simply putting all my nuts in one basket" and expected them to do nothing substantial.

** The ''Tir Tairngire'' sourcebook refers to the Tir's air traffic control network as "No Sparrow Shall Fall". In Heinlein's novel ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'' this phrase was used to describe the U.S. air traffic control net, and in his short story "If This Goes On" the Prophet's news network was called the "No-Sparrow-Shall-Fall News Service".

*** One of the items on sale at the shop is an idol carved from red stone in the form of a demon holding a pink crystal sphere to its chest. This is a reference to the Horror-powered idol in the ''TabletopGame/Shadowrun'' adventure ''Bottled Demon''.

* In the 4E {{sourcebook}} ''Runner Havens'', there's a chart of the top-grossing movies in Seattle. Among them: ''[[ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}} I Hate It Here]]'', starring [[Creator/WarrenEllis W. Ellis]], produced by ComicBook/GlobalFrequency Studios; ''Ninja Princess'', starring [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters M.]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Shiranui]]; and ''[[VideoGame/SmashTV The Pleasure Dome]]'', starring [[EugeneJarvis E. Jarvis]], produced by Smash Trideo Entertainment.

** A new quality called [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen Uncanny]] Healing grants what is essentially a toned-down version of Wolverine's HealingFactor.

* "Safe Houses"

-> Las Vegas-to-San Francisco on horseback was a great time for contemplation.
->Lots of secrets learned in the thoughts of nothing and the sounds of silence.
-> - Man-Of-Many-Names

-> Aren’t those old rock lyrics?
-> - Kat o’ Nine Tales

-> Oh, come on, that sounds nice. What did you call the horse?
-> - /dev/grrl

-> I do not believe he had a name.
-> - Man-Of-Many-Names

-> ''Seriously?''
-> - Kat o’ Nine Tales