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* When Mirabel hands Zachary a sword and tells him to take it, Zachary responds, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone."]] He drops this line again when [[spoiler: he gives Dorian the sword.]]

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* When Mirabel hands Zachary a sword and tells him to take it, Zachary responds, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI "It's dangerous to go alone."]] He drops this line again when [[spoiler: he gives Dorian the sword.]]
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* While researching the Keating Foundation, Kat describes it as "a little [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Gozer worshippy]]." She also remarks that the Starless Sea reminds her of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Rivendell]].

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* While researching the Keating Foundation, Kat describes it as "a little [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Gozer worshippy]]." She also remarks that the Starless Sea reminds her of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Rivendell]].
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* While waiting for Eleanor in the Harbor, Simon becomes engrossed in [[Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell a book about dueling magicians with copious footnotes and a raven on the cover]].
* When Mirabel hands Zachary a sword and tells him to take it, Zachary responds, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone."]] He drops this line again when [[spoiler: he gives Dorian the sword.]]
* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'' is given a mention when Zachary is first looking for information about the Starless Sea on the internet.
** He also finds a bee and a key on [[Literature/TheMagicians a coat of arms for a fictional magic school.]]
* Dorian's name is obviously one to ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'' by Oscar Wilde. Mirabel [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] this.
* While researching the Keating Foundation, Kat describes it as "a little [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Gozer worshippy]]." She also remarks that the Starless Sea reminds her of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Rivendell]].
* There are many more overt mentions of famous literature throughout:
** Kat knits Zachary a [[Franchise/HarryPotter Ravenclaw]] scarf.
** In the bar where he first sees Zachary, Dorian is pretending to read ''Literature/TheSecretHistory,'' which he has read many times.
** Zachary and Dorian find a secret passage in a wardrobe:
--> It is, [Zachary] thinks, the only proper wardrobe he has ever had and after a considerable amount of time he has spent sitting in closets literally and [[ClosetGay figuratively]] he cannot believe he has not yet checked this one for a door to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]].
* Zachary is writing his dissertation on video games, so many video games are directly mentioned, including ''VideoGame/DarkSouls,'' ''VideoGame/BioShock,'' ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]],'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* Literary references abound at the masquerade at the Algonquin Hotel:
** Mirabel is dressed as Max from ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre,'' and Zachary proceeds to call her that for the rest of the story. Other costumes seen at the party include Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, [[Literature/TheGreatGatsby Daisy Buchanan]], Creator/EmilyDickinson, the twins from ''Literature/TheShining,'' and a man with a "Hello my name is [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot]]" name tag.
** Drinks include a "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Drowning Ophelia]]," [[Creator/ErnestHemingway Hemingway]] Daiquiris, and wine flutes with [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland "Drink Me"]] ribbons.

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