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Dewicking Film.Robo Cop


'''Neon Tiger:''' What, ripping off Film/{{Robocop}}?

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'''Neon Tiger:''' What, ripping off Film/{{Robocop}}?Franchise/RoboCop?
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* The LotusEaterMachine they get trapped inside right after that tells them that "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros their princess is in another castle]]".

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* The LotusEaterMachine they get trapped inside right after that tells them that "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 their princess is in another castle]]".
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* The heroes [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} cross the streams]] to destroy Grenade Man.

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* The heroes [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} [[Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}} cross the streams]] to destroy Grenade Man.
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* Dr. Light watches Series/MacGyver on a monitor screen, and [[SeriousBusiness gets mad]] when Neon Tiger disses it. He's quite defensive about it.

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* Dr. Light watches Series/MacGyver ''Series/MacGyver1985'' on a monitor screen, and [[SeriousBusiness gets mad]] when Neon Tiger disses it. He's quite defensive about it.
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* Mega Man ''almost'' says '[[Film/DieHard yippie-ki-yay, mother-]] before Proto Man cuts him off.

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* Mega Man ''almost'' says '[[Film/DieHard yippie-ki-yay, mother-]] mother-]]' before Proto Man cuts him off.
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* The comic gets really meta about this in the July 26th 2001 strip. Neon Tiger makes a Franchise/WinnieThePooh reference and Heat Man calls him out for being too obscure. Neon Tiger responds that just because Heat Man [[DefiedTrope refused to say]] "[[Film/GalaxyQuest By Grabthar's Hammer]] in the previous strip ([[SincerityMode which he really didn't say]]), doesn't mean Neon Tiger has to give up on Pop Culture as well. This is immediately followed by them being sacked and the narrator announcing they've been sacked, another Monty Python reference.

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* The comic gets really meta about this in the July 26th 2001 strip. Neon Tiger makes a Franchise/WinnieThePooh reference and Heat Man calls him out for being too obscure. Neon Tiger responds that just because Heat Man [[DefiedTrope refused to say]] "[[Film/GalaxyQuest By Grabthar's Hammer]] Hammer]]" in the previous strip ([[SincerityMode which he really didn't say]]), doesn't mean Neon Tiger has to give up on Pop Culture as well. This is immediately followed by them being sacked and the narrator announcing they've been sacked, another Monty Python reference.
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* To Final Fantasy in the February 16th comic. Proto Man is seen with Cecil's Paladin helmet, and Mega Man with Kain's. Later on, actual FF characters join the cast briefly.

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* To Final Fantasy ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' in the February 16th comic. Proto Man is seen with Cecil's Paladin helmet, and Mega Man with Kain's. Later on, actual FF FFIV characters join the cast briefly.
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* Mega Man tells Junk Man that [[Film/ANewHope if he strikes him down, he shall become more powerful than Junk Man could possible imagine]].

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* Mega Man tells Junk Man that [[Film/ANewHope if he strikes him down, he shall become more powerful than Junk Man could possible possibly imagine]].



* For whatever reason, the characters sing "Wise up [It's not going to stop]" by Aimee Mann in a {{Filler Strip|s}}. Then, Wily starts singing [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Somewhere Out There]]", but it cuts to Proto Man calling him a pathetic sight.

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* For whatever reason, the characters sing "Wise up [It's not going to stop]" by Aimee Mann in a {{Filler Strip|s}}. Then, Wily starts singing [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail "[[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Somewhere Out There]]", but it cuts to Proto Man calling him a pathetic sight.



* When he cuts off Roll's hand, he tells her to stop crying or he'll also tell her [[Film/TheEmpireStrikersBack he's her father]].

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* When he cuts off Roll's hand, he tells her to stop crying or he'll also tell her [[Film/TheEmpireStrikersBack [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack he's her father]].
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* To Final Fantasy in the February 16th comic. Proto Man is seen with Cecil's Paladin helmet, and Mega Man with Kain's. Later on, actual FF characters join the cast briefly.
* Mega Man tells Junk Man that [[Film/ANewHope if he strikes him down, he shall become more powerful than Junk Man could possible imagine]].
* Dr. Light buys a ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' shirt.
* The heroes [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} cross the streams]] to destroy Grenade Man.
--> '''Proto Man:''' Do... \\
'''Mega Man:''' Re... \\
'''[=Megatug=]:''' [=Megatug=]! \\
'''Grenade Man:''' [[LampshadeHanging Enough with the Ghostbusters jokes]], for crying out loud! Let's just GetItOverWith!
* Mega Man ''almost'' says '[[Film/DieHard yippie-ki-yay, mother-]] before Proto Man cuts him off.
* Cecil compares Prince Edward to '[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Sir Robin without the minstrels]]'.
* For whatever reason, the characters sing "Wise up [It's not going to stop]" by Aimee Mann in a {{Filler Strip|s}}. Then, Wily starts singing [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Somewhere Out There]]", but it cuts to Proto Man calling him a pathetic sight.
* A little later, [=Megatug=] is singing "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" by Music/LouisArmstrong in Wily's prison.
* Mega Man and the second bird do the "Let me face the peril" conversation from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And just like in the movie, the bird is dragging him away from a group of dangerous but attractive girls.
* [=Megatug=] does [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]]'s YouKilledMyFather speech, despite not having a father.
--> '''[=Megatug=]:''' Well, isn't that what you're supposed to say?
* The LotusEaterMachine they get trapped inside right after that tells them that "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros their princess is in another castle]]".
* To Film/ThePrincessBride again when the narrator is suddenly interrupted by his grandson.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating]] fashion when Neon Tiger reveals he forgot about his third directive.
--> '''Heat Man:''' This can't be good. \\
'''Neon Tiger:''' What, ripping off Film/{{Robocop}}?
* The title of the July 23 2001 strip is 'Visions of [[Creator/PeterMolyneux Molyneux]] dance in his head'. Given the context, it's likely a reference to his work making god games.
* The comic gets really meta about this in the July 26th 2001 strip. Neon Tiger makes a Franchise/WinnieThePooh reference and Heat Man calls him out for being too obscure. Neon Tiger responds that just because Heat Man [[DefiedTrope refused to say]] "[[Film/GalaxyQuest By Grabthar's Hammer]] in the previous strip ([[SincerityMode which he really didn't say]]), doesn't mean Neon Tiger has to give up on Pop Culture as well. This is immediately followed by them being sacked and the narrator announcing they've been sacked, another Monty Python reference.
* Roll is also pissed off at Wily making a Film/{{Spaceballs}} reference, but Wily insists the strip will always be a pop culture whore.
* And yet, even he cannot actually bring himself to say "Just a flesh wound", with the title saying it instead.
* The title for the August 22nd 2001 strip is ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'', a play known for [[SelfDeprecation its long, meandering and deliberately pointless conversations]].
* When he cuts off Roll's hand, he tells her to stop crying or he'll also tell her [[Film/TheEmpireStrikersBack he's her father]].
* As [[spoiler: the strip's reset countdown begins]], Neon Tiger asks Heat Man to say something from pop culture to close out the story arc. He chooses "[[Film/TheHuntForRedOctober I would have liked to have seen Montana]]".
* Wily does a Film/LastOfTheMohicans reference to an unimpressed Roll.
* When the Author tells Mega Man to "do some [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]] stuff", Mega Man takes it literally and starts repeating "there's no place like home".
* Dr. Light watches Series/MacGyver on a monitor screen, and [[SeriousBusiness gets mad]] when Neon Tiger disses it. He's quite defensive about it.
* [=Megatug=] tries using [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gandalf]]'s "Many that live deserve death" speech to justify his choice to spare Wily's life. Mega Man tells him to cut it out, and the title says he "[[IncrediblyLamePun Tolkien it One Step Too Far]]".
* Proto Man starts singing "Cupid" by Music/SamCooke while inside Mega Man's head, believin it'll help them get out like in ''Film/{{Innerspace}}''.
* Shade Man greets Dr. Light and Sigma with "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN?]]"
* Dr. Wily uses "[[Anime/OutlawStar It was you who broke my mason plate]]" to [[spoiler: deactivate Mega Man]]. [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Though it's actually incorrect]]; it's supposed to be ''meissen'' plate.
* Sigma and Flame Mammoth have another SeinfeldianConversation about ''Series/DarkAngel'' and it being replaced by ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
* Proto Man undergoes SanitySlippage and starts talking like [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gollum]].
* The earlier ''Outlaw Star'' reference becomes a BrickJoke when Wily reactivates Mega Man with "Breakfast is signaled with a silver spoon".
* A little later, Proto Man switches to saying "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Proto Man a dull boy]]".
* And then when he finally gets the drop on Cut Man, he shoots him point-blank after saying "[[Film/TheMatrix Dodge this]]".

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