Fan Works / Shout Out

Many Fan Works use Shout Outs — to things within fandom, and to other works, because it's all Just for Fun after all.

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In the JAG fanfic Abyss of the Soul, Marine Staff Sergeant Jonathan Scott Beckett had faked his death and was living under the alias "Sam Archer" when he was arrested.
A video of the Warrior Cats-based animation channel, Blixemi, "What Your Other Favorite Warrior Cat Says About You", the first image that comes up for "Sharptooth", the mountain lion, is a picture of the Sharptooth from The Land Before Time.
In Ringshadow's Slice of Life Star Fox fanfic Butterfly Photographs, Slippy programmed an AI into his pickup truck which has the ability to drive it. Its avatar is a face on a video screen, and its name is Max. At one point a character asks if Max is in one of the stages of rampancy in reaction to Max's slightly odd behaviour.
Decks Fall Everyone Dies. Examples: "Reverse card open" is a shout-out to the MAD videos that feature Kaiba repeating that line. Yami's line calling dice "rolling bones" (astragali) is a shout-out to the manga.
Disgaea: Jewel of the gods at the very begining has already given ones to One Piece, Bleach, Dragon Ball, Soul Eater, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Chrono Trigger, Beyblade, and Metal Gear.
In the Elemental Chess Trilogy, Ed and Winry Elric have a son named Lucas; the author chose the name after Luke from the Professor Layton games.
In Neon Genesis Evangelion/Xenogears, "Father Knows Best", Kensuke compares Rei with a famous skirt-wearing female superhero:
"What did you see?" Her eyes narrow. She has not yet developed laser eyes, but that is on her to-do list.
"I saw you fly," he responds. Honesty, he figures, is the best policy.
Rei clenches her eyes shut and lets out an almost silent swear.
"I also did not take any pictures despite it being a prime opportunity for an upskirt picture because I have a good idea of what Asuka would do to me."
"Good instincts." Then she narrows her eyes. Her feet rise from the roof, and she folds her arms, floating over to him and over him. Leaning down, she meets his gaze. "Wait. You're more afraid of Asuka than me?"
He shrugs. "You can fly, so my mental image of you beating me up has you in spandex and a cape."
In the Marvel Universe fanfiction FIRE! (DarkMark), Captain America references The Merchant of Venice when he sneers that Red Skull is "A devil who can somehow cite Scripture".
Funeral for a Flash: During Barry Allen's funeral, Dexter Myles, "an old Shakespearean actor who had been curator of the Flash Museum for ages, read the oration of Mark Antony for Brutus from Julius Caesar.
In Supergirl fanfiction The Golden Boys Last Temptation, Dream of the Endless references the ending of The Once and Future King:
Dream: "Once every ten years, you may pass on the dream to one you believe worthy. You may not reveal the fate of Prez Rickard to anyone else. What they do with their dream afterward is up to them. As with King Arthur, and the squire he spared to tell the tale of Camelot. All Truths begin as Dreams."
Here There Be Monsters:
- The story is a tribute to The Monster Society of Evil.
- The title is a reference to the Here Be Dragons phrase.
- Freddy's newsstand sells several comic books: Superman, Uncle Scrooge, Crime Does Not Pay (a book published by Lev Gleason from 1942 to 1955) and Frontline Combat (an EC Comics war book that was cancelled in 1954, only twelve months after the final issue of Marvel Family).
- Mister Atom and Red Crusher's rampage reminds some soldiers of The War of the Worlds, which, as the narration points out, premiered one year before.
- While mocking Captain Marvel, Dr. Sivana smugly cites Walt Whitman's famous poem:
  Dr. Sivana: This is the weapon that has brought you low, Oh Captain, My Captain.
In Worm fanfic "Heroes and Villains" two female heroes invoke famous comic-book team-ups:
Glory Girl: Exactly! And I've got a spare bedroom in my apartment, so you can crash there until you find a place of your own. And if you wanted to get away from the Shadow Stalker persona, we can borrow from those old pre-powers comic books. You know, Superman and Batman. Stuff like that.
Shadow Stalker: In case you missed the memo, we're girls, not guys.
Glory Girl: Fine. Supergirl and Batgirl. They were a thing too, you know.
Shadow Stalker: I am not putting ears on my mask. And if you put an 'S' on your chest, I'm gonna tell everyone it stands for 'Stupid'.
Glory Girl: Well, okay, we'll stick with Glory and the Shadow.
Shadow Stalker: That is not going to be our team name.
Glory Girl: Okay then, we'll call ourselves Gimel's Finest. Or the Brave and the Foolhardy.
In Mary Mary? Quite Contrary!, there are many shout outs made in the "Sparkly Shiny Alchemist" story. For one thing, the protagonist's full name is Christiana Sophia Maysalee Thomas^noteMaysalee is the name of Madge's aunt, for those who don't know. And there's this quote from her "bro" Jeff:
"I'm a mog. Half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!"
- From the same author, we have Fullmetal Eds, in which Ed exclaims "Holy *** on a ** sandwich!"
Stray is full of these. The story's Arc Words are an obvious nod to Planescape: Torment, Snake has a dog named Kaworu (Otacon chose the name), and there are more subtle references to Watchmen and Kafka.
Forward has as many shout-outs, ranging from references to Mass Effect, Portal, BioShock and even Team Fortress 2. There's also multiple Actor Allusions to Summer Glau's roles in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Nathan Fillion's role in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Some of these are extremely subtle — for example, the Portal reference is almost impossible to spot unless you're looking for a Stealth Pun.
W.I.T.C.H. fanfic Kieva Lynn's Season Three features C'thulu in one episode. The episode title "The Telemarketing Call of C'thulu" is a play on the title of The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Collect Call of C'thulu." They even beat him in much the same way.
Dragon Age fic Middle Of Nowhere has three in its very short first chapter alone: the fic's title, Larry Niven's The Mote in God's Eye, and Lethal Weapon. There's a fourth one if you count the direct reference to Life on Mars (2006). And they keep coming...
This Kill la Kill poem fic titled Le Danse de Satsuki is a shoutout to Marilyn's dancing scene from The Suicide Shop, complete with different reactions to the titular Satsuki's dancing and the scene's soundtrack.
Whateley Universe fanfic Homecoming, 2026:
- To Navi and her reminders in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time:
  As additional students and visitors wandered through the culinary laboratory, a ball of light with wings flickered into existence over the shoulder of one of the school's sidhe students. The Virtual Assistant flitted in front of its master and began speaking. "Hey! Listen!"
  "What is it Navi?" Came the expected response.
- To the "This. Is. Sparta!" scene of 300:
  After several long moments of silence, a jazzy tune sounded throughout the stadium and the lights snapped back on. The display screen was gone, it's place taken by a hemisphere shaped object, floating at about the height of the basketball hoops. Standing in the object was a student dressed like Marvin the Martin and twirling a parade marshal's baton. His voice boomed out across the stadium, "Ladies and Gentlemen. This! Is! Halloween! Are you ready to party?"
- Skyball is conceptually a renamed version of Quidditch from Harry Potter. Both games with hoops and balls and two sides.
  Nestled in the basin that had been the mine proper were 6 giant hoops, perched on poles. They were divided into two clusters of three, with the space between them forming the academy's skyball field.
- Splatterball is a teenage version of Doc from The Whiteboard.
- Gary (Waite)'s VI is one to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
  Floating over one shoulder was a cloud-like formation of spaghetti, complete with two meatball eyes.
- Gateway of Destiny is to EVE Online what GEO, from the fanfic's source, the Whateley Universe, is to World of Warcraft. Basically an enhanced version of what we have.
When She Smiles (Fresh C): Takashi, one of the inmates of the hospital where Asuka is staying at, is called Casper because he is so quiet, moves silently and walks through walls at night.
Pokémon Story: Sinnoh Journey:
- Aaron's Empoleon and May's Wartortle reference Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Happy Feet while insulting each other.
- Ian's Appeal Round performance in the Sunyshore City Contest is him narrating the tale of the Black Fog. You know, from The Electric Tale of Pikachu?
- Lucario's Aura-Double Team seems lifted straight from Super Smash Bros.
A Prize for Three Empires has several shout-outs:
- To several DC heroines when Carol Danvers complains that "[The Avengers will] be expecting Binary, super-wonder girl who punches out plasma. They're getting something closer to Ms. Marvel."
- A subtle one to Kingdom Come. At the end of Operation: Galactic Storm the Avengers kill the Supreme Intelligence in punishment for engineering the whole intergalactic war. Captain America fears they come to see killing as a solution, wonders if his ideals are still valid in an age of super-heroes who kill without a second thought, and considers retirement.
In fanfiction X-Men 1970, a cop calls Marvel Girl Mary Marvel by mistake.
Frozen Hearts (Red Witch): Upon seeing Damon's crippled state, Simon quotes how they either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
In The Gelatin Store, Scirocco Mole steals Secret's Pouch Monsters Green video game, and Secret's uncle sends him a Game Person Colored.
What If I Know Too Many Reasons I Can Be Strong?:
- To Berserk:
  - Tanjiro has Guts' black clothing, huge sword, and muscular build.
  - Haganezuka names Tanjiro's sword the Demon Slayer.
  - Chapter 5 has Tanjiro escape the Lotus-Eater Machine by quoting Guts to his past self.
  - The Red Light District arc has Tanjiro say he's to sell himself for three silver coins, the same price as when Gambino pimped Guts as a child.
  - Chapter 11 reimagines Yoriichi Type Zero as the equivalent of the Berserker Armor.
- In the pixiv version of Chapter 11, Tanjiro kills Nakime the same way Sephiroth does to Aerith in Final Fantasy VII. Doma tells him afterward, "[she] will no longer talk, no longer laugh, cry... or get angry... What about me... what are I supposed to do? What about my pain?".
In the Ranma ½ fanfic Ranma Restart: Bid for Freedom, the attack Mousse uses to send Ranma into the past is called the "Wind Tunnel" technique.
In Bring Your Children to Work Day, Jason replaces Jarro with a Patrick Star plushie.
The Redemption of Harley Quinn: Selina Kyle (now Selina Wayne) tells Poison Ivy "Love is the condition where another person's happiness is essential to your own".
In A Cure to Adella, Ariel mentions the stories Sawfish and Remora and Juliette.
In the Urusei Yatsura fanfic Those Annoying Humans, one of the advances that result from the alien invasion is the NP3 (as opposed to MP3) player.
In The Unwanted Harem Of Nathan Adams, Nate's Accidental Proposal to Damona plays out almost the exact same way it does in the fanfic Damona In The Details.
Here Comes The New Boss: The OC hero Konnigit named himself after a bit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and quotes it a few times, though he later changes his name since nobody gets the reference.
Lady Luck's Favor: Danny's Halloween costume is Dante from Devil May Cry, while Jazz dresses as a blue Ranger and Ember dresses as Hatsune Miku. Sam and Valerie, on the other hand, dress as Julia from Return of the Living Dead 3 and Jack Sparrow, respectively, while Star dresses as the Bride from Kill Bill.
Spooky: Tombstones attempts to use the Levitation Charm to expedite setting up Halloween decorations, but messes up the incantation and turns the string lights into cheese instead.
In Multiversal Singularity, Jazz becomes a victim of the "Mourning Seekers", mysterious beings in the form of Seekers who can't move if they're being observed, can’t look at each other either, and send their victims to alternate realities while devouring their life force - in other words, the Cybertronian equivalent of the Weeping Angels.
Rise of the Minisukas: The title of the ninth chapter, "The Fortress of Soryutude", is a nod to the Home Base of the Superman and Supergirl comics.
Springaling:
- Springtrap's human self is drawn to resemble, and is named after, BOB from Twin Peaks.
- "Gremlintronics" has three tips for making sure the new animatronics continue to work properly: don't expose them to bright lights, don't get them wet, and don't feed them during the night shift, i.e. after midnight.
- Springtrap says the second season of Show Within a Show Freddy and Friends bombed because it was put up against Muppet Babies (1984).
- One story arc has the Puppet play Polybius.
- God is depicted the same way He is in The Simpsons.
In the Skylanders fanfic, Skylanders: Return to the Ruins, Spyro says that Kaos is so uncoordinated, he couldn't even land a hit in Wii Tennis.
Asuka & Shinji's Infinite Playlist: At one point, Masaru tells Shinji: "Even in Shakespeare's greatest work, everyone dies. But do you ever wonder what would have happened had the Montagues and Capulets first settled their feud?", referencing William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Things I Am Not Allowed to Do at the PPC: Skippy's List has a rule about Skippy not being allowed to do any given action if the thought of doing so makes him giggle for longer than fifteen seconds. The PPC version of the rule opens with an instruction to "Forget 15 seconds" before saying that if thinking about doing the thing makes you giggle at all, you're not allowed to do it.
Time Resetting Relationships And Other Shenanigans: In this story, Morty's girlfriend from "The Vat of Acid Episode" is named Jane Nguyen because the author is a huge fan of BoJack Horseman and Diane from that show and believes that Morty's girlfriend was bi-racial; it looks like her mother was Asian, and her father was Caucasian when Morty met them.
Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip has this in-universe and out. Parasite_Ib's forums username is an obscure reference, combining the titles of two Japanese horror games: Parasite Eve and Ib.^note Her forums avatar, accordingly, depicts the protagonist of Parasite Eve, Aya, edited to have the color scheme and rose motif of the latter game's protagonist, Ib.
Wednesday and the Shifter has Jenny Everywhere eating an everything bagel.
From The Fog: One alternate skin for Herobrine includes a gray hood variant, in reference to his portrayal in Fallen Kingdom.

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