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*** Though there was the ''Super Griffins'' short where he mentioned having past experiences fighting super-powered beings.

**** Also in ''[[Family Guy]]'', in the episode [[The Greatest American Hero|"Believe It Or Not, Joe's Walking On Air"]], Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt - both played by [[Seth MacFarlane]] - who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, with some bound to sound similar.

** One should not forget West's role as Catman on ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]''. He also appears in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' a few times. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth MacFarlane, who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''[[Western Animation]]/Family Guy'', mentioned above.

** One should not forget West's role as Catman on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''. He also appears in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' a few times. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth MacFarlane, who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''[[Western Animation]]/Family Guy'', mentioned above.

* Also in ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'', the Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a "late night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity". In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.

* Also in ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', the Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a "late night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity". In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.

** There's also Dr. Rip Studwell, voiced by series creator Butch Hartman himself. His over the top, soap opera style is a reference to Hartman's acting roles on soap operas before he made it big in animation.

*** His design is also based on Hartman himself, originally done as a joke.

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* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', during his first scene with Buddy (voiced by Jason Lee), Mr. Incredible forgets the boy's name. Incredible's first guess is Brodie, a reference to Lee's character Brodie Bruce from ''[[Mallrats]]''.

** Later in that same movie, Frozone ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) tries to get a drink of water while a nervous cop holds him at gunpoint. It is nearly a shot-for-shot homage to a scene in ''[[Die Hard]] With a Vengeance''

* In ''[[Toy Story]]'', Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, accidentally drops a Binford toolbox on Woody's head. Binford was the sponsor of "Tool Time", Tim Allen's [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[Home Improvement]]''.

* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, accidentally drops a Binford toolbox on Woody's head. Binford was the sponsor of "Tool Time", Tim Allen's [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.

** Earlier in the movie, Mr. Potato Head says "What are you looking at, you hockey puck?" causing a puck toy to shrug. "Hockey puck" is a famous insult Don Rickles uses in his stand up.

** In the second movie, after hugging Woody, Jessie yells "Sweet mother of [[Abraham Lincoln]]!". [[Tom Hanks]], the voice of Woody, is a distant relative of Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.

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** In the final season finale, Optimus dons a new jetpack in order to fly and be able to fight Decepticons more evenly. Upon takeoff he shouts ''Excellent!! YEEEESSSSS!!'', two words frequently pronounced by the Beast Wars Megatron. Both were voiced by David Kaye.

** Two toys based on ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' had [[Gary Chalk|Optimus Prime]] and [[David Kaye|Megatron]] temporarily turn into [[Beast Wars|a gorilla and a Tyrannosaurus rex]] while still on the Jungle Planet according to their toy bios.

* In ''[[Freakazoid]]'', the title character's butler Professor Jones, voiced by Jonathan Harris, is pretty much a reprisal of Harris' role as Dr. Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]'' - snotty and coward, with some lines directly lifted from ''LiS''. A [[Running Gag]] involves everyone asking Jones if he was "on a show with a robot". Also, Sgt. Cosgrove and the villain Guitierrez resemble their voice actors, Ed Asner and Ricardo Montalbán, respectively.

* In ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', the title character's butler Professor Jones, voiced by Jonathan Harris, is pretty much a reprisal of Harris' role as Dr. Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]'' - snotty and coward, with some lines directly lifted from ''LiS''. A [[Running Gag]] involves everyone asking Jones if he was "on a show with a robot". Also, Sgt. Cosgrove and the villain Guitierrez resemble their voice actors, Ed Asner and Ricardo Montalbán, respectively.

** In "The Chip", Guitierrez delivers a speech to Dexter that seems to have been taken from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''. Guess what actor portrayed Khan.

*** The first season's finale is titled "The Wrath of Guitierrez". One gets the impression that the writers ''really'' liked having Ricardo Montalbán on their side.