Schlock Mercenary/Trivia

"Doctor Bunnigus: If you don't mind a painkiller dependency, you could be a great detective."
 * Shout-Out:
 * both Pronto and Pi were named after the screen names for two regulars on the series forum. Shep's visor resembles Geordi's from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
 * And the general uniforms for the Mallcop Command arc are effectively Next Generation command uniforms with the colors reversed.
 * Given his status as the Butt Monkey, Der Trihs' first name (John) may be one of these, too.
 * If you're in a decently equipped lab, you might see Xenomorph-in-a-Tube. And one mission had a teraport booth that resembled a certain blue police box...
 * As well as an adult Xenomorph here
 * [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-11-01 This]. (With a Take That in the commentary beneath.)
 * And the events leading up to that strip involved a salute to David Drake's Hammer's Slammers: the mercenary unit Pranger's Bangers, led by Colonel Drake Pranger, whose head, Word of God pointed out, is somewhat hammer-shaped.
 * There's a city on Celeschul called San Asimov. And a Port Weber is briefly mentioned.
 * Sherlock Holmes [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-12-28]:

"Kaff Tagon: Six fobott'r, two humans, a frellenti, a kreely, a rilla, and an esspee... plus Schlock, that's thirteen. Tailor: Do we need to hire a burglar? Kaff Tagon: (Beat) You're using the joke voice, so I think we probably do not."
 * [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-07-23 LOTA]. "I don't think we'd like it when it's angry." Also, Lota is too large for your puny pronouns.
 * Clone-Cone [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-26 made] Schlock look like a Dronuri who "got sick, then turned big and green and started smashing things". Schlock then remembers "a show about a big Bruce guy…"
 * LOTA and the Burana-Bots [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2009-11-29 performing] the opening number from Aperture Science: The Musical by Coulton, Scalzi, and Wheaton
 * Retired Rear Admiral Mikhail von Mauser. Stealthy until Thurl refers to him as "Mikki."
 * In [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-08-16 this] strip, Tailor says 'We're in a maze of twisty passages, all alike!', a reference to either Zork or Colossal Cave Adventure.
 * In [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-04-01 this] strip, Shlock gets put back together by jumping into a pod and reassembling. Once he gets out of the pod, he says "Whoa! I know kung fu," a reference to Neo in The Matrix.
 * Later  makes a point of saying he didn't say "I know kung-fu!".
 * [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-07 Here is a comparison] between uplifted Apes and Dwarves
 * [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-11-30 The ape raises] the issue of The Lion King.
 * Sinfest... er... [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-11-11 reverse guest comic].
 * Although it was subtle enough to require Word of God confirmation, [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-12-22 "key lime pie"] is a reference to the second Erfworld strip.
 * Gavcorps gets one to Calvin and Hobbes here
 * The species of [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-03-26 Acey Nubs] have generally humanoid shape, but with two thin hands on one side and one strong on the other, like the Moties
 * [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-08-12 Clue]hammer 40,000
 * Incredible Hulk - "I like her when she's angry".
 * The mobile body of Tenzy resembles EVE visually and even functionally (miniature flying cannon).
 * ...but if a Shout-Out to WALL-E indulges in cannibalism, does this also count as a Shout-Out to Full Frontal Nerdity?
 * "Say goodnight, Gracie" [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-03-12 here] (spoiler).
 * Tailor [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-02-24 references] The Hobbit, but Captain Tagon doesn't get it: