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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: When Sheridan talks to {{spoiler|the "Inquisitor" AKA Sebastian}} as he's seeing him off, he mentions the date of his last known appearance (Nov. 11, 1888) as the day after the end of a series of [
** [[Word of God]] is that he did do the research, and in fact had the relevant information right in front of him as he wrote the scene, and was so angry he could kick himself when he realized the mistake.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Primary and recurring cast members included [[Tron|Bruce]] [[Scarecrow and Mrs. King
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Numerous examples.
** Byron the telepath is also the Medic from ''[[
** When the computer is rebooted after a systems shutdown, it comes back online with an obnoxious, stubborn personality voiced by [[Harlan Ellison]].
** Ellison also provided the voice for Zooty's talking prop when comedians Rebo and Zooty visited the station.
** Ardwright Chamberlain -- Nicolai of ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant'' -- is Kosh.
** Mel Winkler, Aku Aku from the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series, appears in the episode "And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place".
** In the 2002 TV movie ''Legend
* [[Line to God]]: JMS was a frequent poster on the [[UseNet]] group rec.arts.tv.scifi.babylon5.moderated during the show's run.
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]:
** Mira Furlan (Delenn) went on to play a [[Wild Hair|wild-haired]] [[Crazy Survivalist]] on ''[[
** Ken Jenkins (Trevor Hall, captain of the Heracles) later played Dr. Kelso on ''[[
** Matthew Stoner [[Angel
** David McCallum (who played Dr. Hendricks in ''Infection'') would go on to [[NCIS
* [[Shout
** In one episode, a plaintiff in a courtroom is suing one of [[The Greys]] because his ancestor was abducted by the alien's ancestor, a [[Shout
** [[Word of God]] is that the Canticle reference was not intentional. He had been doing research on monasteries for another project, and so had them in mind when he was writing the episode. It wasn't until later that he realized he'd pretty much done ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]'', but he couldn't think of another way to do the scene that worked as well, so he kept it as is.
** Such as a Martian representative named Amanda [[John Carter of Mars|Carter]] in the episode ''Spider in the Web''. With an ancestor named John, [[Anvilicious|in case you didn't get it]].
** And ''[[
*** Not just a [[Shout
*** The Psi Corps was a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] of sorts; the true [[Shout
** Multiple Shout Outs to George Orwell's ''1984'': Ministry of Peace, rewriting the dictionaries, etc.
** The episode ''Passing Through Gethsemane'' has a Biblical shout out in its title, and a plot based on [[
** Much of the philosophy spouted by various races is only slightly re-worded from human thinkers. For instance, much of Minbari philosophy is a reworking of things [[Carl Sagan]] said. His "Star Stuff" speech from the ''Cosmos'' special is repeated almost verbatim by Delenn in the pilot. Given that modern Minbari philosophy and religion was essentially created ''en masse'' by {{spoiler|a time-traveling Sinclair in his guise as Valen, it may be that Sinclair directly cribbed from Sagan}}.
** The greatest [[Shout
** In the otherwise forgettable episode ''Infection'', a character trying to get Franklin's attention mentions that there's a [[War of the Worlds|Martian death machine parked outside the station, and they'd like to have a word with him about the common cold.]]
** JMS was very touchy on the subject of [[Shout
*** In his defense, the supposed [[Shout
** Draal in "The Long, Twilight Struggle" plays up a very Oz-like attitude, right up to proclaiming "great and terrible".
** {{spoiler|President Clark's final actions are a mirror of Hitler's final plans right down to the Scorched Earth decree. Of course, Hitler issued his decree to generals and factory managers who immediately ignored it, Clark issued his to automated orbital death rays that had to be taken out by the attack fleet. Then he shoots himself before he can be humiliated by his enemies in public.}}
** The last thing Bester does at the end of his first appearance in "Mind War" is turn to Commander Sinclair, [[The Prisoner|hook his forefinger and thumb into a circle, raise his hand to his forehead in a salute, and say, "Be seeing you."]]
** In "The Face of the Enemy", when William Edgars tells Garibaldi that by betraying Sheridan he has brought him closer to the truth. Garibaldi responds by saying "The last guy got [[The Bible
** Vir's conversation with the technomage in "The Geometry of Shadows" includes two: The technomage's name is [[The Elric Saga|Elric]], and he quotes "an old saying" about not trying the patience of wizards that originates in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
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* Back when nearly all of the World Wide Web could be linked to on one page, it seemed that most web sites had some sort of sci-fi series tribute somewhere. ''[[Star Trek:
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