With crossover shenanigans involved, there's bound to be references to OTHER pieces of fiction
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The Trained Six fics (listed alphabetically):
Batmare Beyond
Dante's Little Apple Surprise
Fortresshy: The Nine Fathers/Fortresshy 1.5: For(t) Pony
- Fluttershy has a scouter that censors her swearing with a sound bite of her going “yay”.
The Sparkle In His Eye
- When the group gets ready to fight Tirek, Pinkie uses the Catchphrase of a certain Crazy Is Cool school teacher. Spike and Nefarious then reference the show's opening theme.Pinkie: Seat belts, Everyone!
Spike: Can't this be just an ordinary field trip-I mean, final battle?
Nefarious: With pink frizz? NO WAY! - During the battle of Tyhrranosis, Twilight reveals that when training the Sparkle Squad, a group of four Galactic Ranger robots named Ironhead, Boom-Boom, Madd, and Eagle, she used a certain video game and programmed into them the personalities of the game's characters that suited their personalities.
- Ironhead is based on both the Heavy Weapons Guy and the Medic, being both a Mighty Glacier and Combat Medic who relies on his mainly on his fists to do damage.
- Boom-Boom takes cues from both the Soldier and Demoman, being equipped with both a set of grenade launchers as well as a rocket launcher with a trigger-happy personality.
- Madd is based on the Scout, with a slightly brash and sometimes cowardly personality as well as being equipped with unique melee weapons and guns.
- Eagle's programming is based on the Sniper, complete with sniper rifle and SMG.
- The Sparkle Squad's Madd was programmed with the personality of a Klingon Warrior in order to make him less cowardly in battle.
- A reference is made to Q at one point.
- During their VacU training, Twilight sings a verse of "Still Alive". Nefarious also comments that he likes "Want You Gone" more than the former song.
- While sailing at Octonok Cay, Twilight, Azimuth, Qwark and Nefarious all sing "You are a Pirate".
- As a Running Gag during "4-Gotten", Dr. Nefarious picks up signals other than the usual soap operas. Many of these have to do with a certain cartoon show that involves a certain MadScientist.
The Technological Technicolor Technomare
- Hulk becomes a walking reference to Mrs. Doubtfire.
You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter
- At one point Pinkie tries to destroy a statue Looney Tunes style. It doesn't even budge.
The Not-So-Bad Guys fics (listed alphabetically):
Order and Chaos
The Merc With the Moth
- Chrysalis goes to school, and Deadpool returns to see she dealt with all the villains from Johnny Test.
There's Nopony I'd Rather Be Than Me
- Sid plays a role in this fic.
- In-Universe when Blueblood ends up becoming a pirate, and sends a letter to Nightmare Moon promising to come back in One Piece. Nightmare Moon is confused as to why he capitalized those two words until Celestia explains that he watched too many Neighponese cartoons as a child.
- After Nightmare Moon is defeated and Pinkie informs her that this is a Player world, not a video game, she has a breakdown and gets cuddled by the Crusaders... and Celestia too, who emerges from her cage to join them. Applejack is startled when she realizes Celestia "coulda walked outta that cage at any time", only for Pinkie to correct her:"Not at any time!" Pinkie called out. "Only when it was funny!"Nightmare Moon managed to laugh through her tears. "At least that's something familiar," she murmured, remembering one of Stan and Lauren's favorite movies.
Three Kittens, Two Unicorns, and a BANANA!
The Supporting Characters fics (listed alphabetically):
Another Hatchling
Dragon Ball Zeeyup!
Dressed To Steal
- Chapter 19 includes one to the "Pull the lever!" "Wrong lever!" "Why do you even have that lever?" exchange from The Emperor's New Groove.
Heart of the Dragon General
- When Cadance goes One-Winged Angel thanks to Sozin's Comet and tears Azula down, she finishes it all with "Give me a hug."
Mother X: Father
My Little Killing Machine
My Own Wings
On the Corner of Straight and Narrow
Sons of Damas
The Rock in the Gulch
- Grif finds a Minecraft mine beneath Blood Gulch and uses it to get ripped/make cool things to win over Maud (Also a Shout-Out to Grif's voice actor Geoff Ramsey and his role as the leader of Achievement Hunter).
- In chapter 29, Texas notes that "powdered hens teeth" is a magical ingredient in some of my favorite fantasy novels."
- Chapter 37 features Omega getting beaten up to the tune of "Men in Tights", with appropriately modified lyrics.
- Chapters 49 and 50 feature Church's take on the "Muldoon's Will" skit.
- In chapter 60, Ferdy and Tucker's children are named for the first thing Caboose sees when he pokes his head out of the birthing tent — the second is One-Man-Bucket, and the first is Two-Ponies-Wrestling. (They're shortened to "Mob" and "Twerp", respectively.)
Three More Things!
- Sweetie Belle uses the "Higitus...Figitus...bigitus bum...Prestedigitonium" lines from Merlin's packing spell to pack away the books from the Lotus Temple.
- Apparently it's entirely legal to open demonic portals for the purpose of making Hollywood films, Black citing Doom as an example.
- One of the Hyoudou siblings is named Aku. He's fully aware of the comparison.
- There's more than one Scooby-Doo reference.
- At one point, Jackie converses with Jake Long.
The Megaverse trilogy:
Wily's Wittle Wub
Melody of the Future
- Chapter 135:Zero: "Give me the bird," (referring to Timbre)Random Reploid: "We'd love to, but the network censors won't let us!"
Denouement Duet
