Quotes / Reference Overdosed

There are way too many references in these flashbacks.

— Serenity, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (episode 63)

Is season 36 the moment when Sesame Street entered its spoof-heaviest phase? Spoofs, parodies, and take-offs had been part of the show for a long time, of course. There was a Dragnet sketch in the early years, and the “Monsterpiece Theater” segments regularly featured parodies of movies and TV shows. Song parodies from the 1970s like “Born to Add” and “Letter B” have become all-time Sesame classics.

—A ToughPigs article about the 36th season of Sesame Street

WHOOOOOOAAAAAA YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Take some Venom and Accept
That you won't see Nazareth
The Rainbow leads you home

Warrior sent from Milky Way,
UFO shooting Gamma Ray,
A Riot of Destruction

Watch the Rockbitch go Down, and Vixen spread!

Chorus:
When the Priest killed a Maiden in the Metal Church,
Armored Saints and Warlocks watched the Slaughter
Rage of the Slayer forced the Pretty Maids
To KISS the Queen in Crimson Glory

You were born a Motörhead
Bike's In Flames, you race ahead,
U Do the Kansas Rush

Racing with the Mötley Crüe
Annihilator chasing you
With guns and burning roses

Status Quo has been reached, Wasps Unleashed

(Chorus)

Take a Skyride with me, then you'll see

(Chorus)

— Sabaton, "Metal Crue"

The problem is that at this point, all of this expounding and world building has shoved the actual storytelling of the comic to the back burner. The great thing about the first two volumes of [The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen] wasn't just that they featured well-known public domain characters, but that they used them to tell thrilling stories that didn't necessarily require a college degree to understand. [...] A scene of two characters discussing street names does not advance the plot. It feels like it should, because the names are distinctive and the characters are spending an entire panel being extremely specific about them, but in the end, they're irrelevant. They're just there to meet [Alan Moore] and [Kevin O'Neill]'s recommended daily allowance of Michael Moorcock references. Push it far enough, and you're just doing Family Guy for smart people.

—Comics Alliance, critiquing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969 and its use of this trope.

Well, [appearing on Family Guy is] how you know it's from something else. Nothing's "from Family Guy."

— Danny, Game Grumps

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