History ShoutOut / TheAvengers1998

* After finding two dead scientists wearing bear suits Steed says "The teddy bears are having a picnic." This refers to the song "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Bears%27_Picnic Teddy Bears' Picnic]]''.
* When Steed and Mrs. Peel see the two bearsuit-wearing villains split up, Mrs. Peel says "I'll take the high road" and Steed says "And I'll take the low road.", a reference to the Scottish song ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonnie_Banks_o%27_Loch_Lomond The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond]]''.

* {{Mythology Gag}}s referring to [[Series/TheAvengers1960s the original TV series]] and ''Series/TheNewAvengers'':
** The sequence where Mrs. Peel finds herself unable to escape the mansion is strongly reminiscent of the episode "The House That Jack Built."
** The faux-village training course at the start of the film is very much like the one in the ''New Avengers'' episode "Target".
** While Steed and Mrs. Peel are on Sir August's island he calls out to her, saying "Mrs. Peel, you're needed". In the first season in colors of the original series, Steed would often say the CatchPhrase "Mrs. Peel, we're needed" at the beginning of an episode to get them into the action.

* [[Series/TheAvengers1960s The original TV series]]

** The faux-village training course at the start of the film is very much like the one in ''Series/TheNewAvengers'' episode "Target".
** While Steed and Mrs. Peel are on Sir August's island he calls out to her, saying "Mrs. Peel, you're needed". In the first season in colors of the original series, Steed would sometimes say "Mrs. Peel, we're needed" at the beginning of an episode to get them into the action.

* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''
** One of the {{Villain}} organizations is named "Wonderland Weather".
** Sir August plays a game of croquet with Father, as Alice did with the Red Queen.
** At one point Mother says "I often think of six impossible things before breakfast" (a paraphrase of the White Queen's line).
** One of the Ministry's agents is named "Alice".
** Mrs. Peel falls "down a rabbit hole" in the maze and ended up in Sir August's clutches. He uses a mixture of hypnosis and drugs to send her on a hallucinogenic journey through a bizarre area.
** Mrs. Peel escapes from Sir August's tesseract rooms by jumping through a mirror on a wall, similar to the way Alice went through the looking glass.
* ''Film/BladeRunner''

* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays
** After finding a dead scientist wearing a teddy bear costume Steed says "Alas, poor teddy", from "Alas poor Yorick" in ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
** When Sir August appears before the Council of Ministers to make his demands, he starts off by saying "Now is the winter of your discontent", from Gloster's line in ''Theatre/RichardIII'': "Now is the winter of our discontent".

* The endless stair Mrs. Peel tries to descend during her drug-induced nightmare is clearly inspired by the works of the artist Creator/MCEscher.

* [[Series/TheAvengers The original TV series]]

** While Steed and Mrs. Peel are on Sir August's island he calls out to her, saying "Mrs. Peel, you're needed." In the original series Steed would sometimes say "Mrs. Peel, we're needed" at the beginning of an episode to get them into the action.

* The endless stair Mrs. Peel tries to descend during her drug-induced nightmare is clearly inspired by the works of the artist M. C. Escher.

* While Steed and Mrs. Peel are in the escape pod Steed says "The owl and the pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat.", from the Edward Lear poem.

** While Steed and Mrs. Peel are on Sir August's island he calls out to her, saying "Mrs. Peel, you're needed." In the original series Steed would sometimes say to Mrs. Peel "Mrs. Peel, we're needed" at the beginning of an episode.

** The faux-village training course at the start of the film is very much like the one in ''Series/TheNewAvengers'' episode "Target".

** The faux-village training course at the start of the film is very much like the one in ''The New Avengers'' episode "Target".

* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'':
** One of the {{Villain}} organizations was named "Wonderland Weather".
** Sir August played a game of croquet with Father, as Alice did with the Red Queen.
** At one point Mother said "I often think of six impossible things before breakfast" (a paraphrase of the White Queen's line).
** One of the Ministry's agents was named "Alice".
** Mrs. Peel fell "down a rabbit hole" in the maze and ended up in Sir August's clutches. He used a mixture of hypnosis and drugs to send her on a hallucinogenic journey through a bizarre area.
** Mrs. Peel escaped from Sir August's tesseract rooms by jumping through a mirror on a wall, similar to the way Alice went through the looking glass.
* ''Film/BladeRunner'':

* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays:

* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''. While Father and then fake Mrs. Peel are escaping by balloon, Sir August sends instructions by radio to head "north by northwest".
* The endless stair Mrs. Peel tries to descend during her drug-induced nightmare was clearly inspired by the works of the artist M. C. Escher.

* The original TV series:

** The sequence where Mrs. Peel finds herself unable to escape the mansion is strongly reminiscent of the episode "The House That Jack Built."

* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''NorthByNorthwest''. While Father and then fake Mrs. Peel are escaping by balloon, Sir August sends instructions by radio to head "north by northwest".

* While Steed and Mrs. Peel are in the escape pod Steed says "The owl and the pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat.", from the Edward Lear poem.

* ''BladeRunner'':

* WilliamShakespeare's plays:

** After finding a dead scientist wearing a teddy bear costume Steed says "Alas, poor teddy", from "Alas poor Yorick" in ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}''.

* AlfredHitchcock's ''NorthByNorthwest''. While Father and then fake Mrs. Peel are escaping by balloon, Sir August sends instructions by radio to head "north by northwest".